World's Smallest Violin: Difference between revisions

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Bob has accidentally allowed his subscription to ''[[Simpsons|Better Homes Than Yours]]'' to expire. Now he's going to miss the finals of the Fall '10 wrap-around porch competition. He'll never find out if Mrs. Custerly's balsa-wood extravaganza will win out against that retired marine biologist's oak/rattan experiment. Bob is in deep, deep dejection when he comes across Aerith.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

{{quote| '''Margaret''': Charles, do you know what this is? It's the world's smallest violin, and it's playing just for you. }}

{{quote| '''Kraft''': Aww, here's the world's smallest violin playing the world's saddest song just for you! }}

* Charlie mentions the world's smallest violin in an early episode of ''[[Two and A Half Men]]''.

 

== Music ==

{{quote| Run your mouth when I'm not around, it's easy to achieve<br />

You cry to weak friends that sympathize<br />

 

== Web Comics ==

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

{{quote| '''Linkara''': Are we going to start a flashback involving Wolverine's past? Give me a second. *Goes off screen and came back with a violin.* You may continue. }}

* Doctor Tease once played a tiny violin to accompany [[The Nostalgia Chick]] angsting.

** Which according to the commentary, had been an actual gift from Lindsay, prior to that.

** The violin returns in the ''[[She's All That]]'' review for Freddie Prinze Jr. - though first The Makeover Fairy appears with a real violin as Lindsay can't find it.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

* In [[South Park]], Cartman took out a violin while someone was telling a sad story.

* An old [[Captain America]] cartoon had Cap asking the Red Skull if he wanted someone to play a violin while he told his sad [[Backstory]].

{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs''': Oh, boo hoo. Let me play a sad song for you on the World's Smallest Violin. ''[does so]''<br />

'''Squidward''': This is serious!<br />