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{{quote|'''T-Rex:''' Hey Dromiceiomimus, do you think that I could be forgiven? I wish you would.<br />
'''Dromiceiomimus:''' Aw no, not this again. Come on T-Rex, passing off lyrics as conversation ONLY AMUSES YOURSELF.|''[[Dinosaur Comics (Webcomic)|Dinosaur Comics]]''|[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=562 562]<ref>The song is by [[Counting Crows (Music)|Counting Crows]] — [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwxlokJuz90 "A Long December"]</ref>}}
|''[[Dinosaur Comics]]''|[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=562 562]<ref>The song is by [[Counting Crows]] — [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}bwxlokJuz90 "A Long December"]</ref>}}
 
''Who first sang that song?... Let's keep it that way.''
 
Bob[[Alice and AliceBob]] are talking, and you the viewer can't help but notice that there is something weird with Bob's dialogue. When he finishes speaking it turns out that Bob was using the lyrics to a well known song to make his point. Alternatively, Bob could have been singing, but the fact that the song was mainstream was hidden due to the fact that the song could have been reworked or sounded more appropriate to the character's situation than it actually was. Either way, the writers have made a joke by subtly slipping a popular song into the events of a show and then revealing it. Writers, like all people, just love to play with words.
 
This is a favorite trick of time-travelers or ambassadors to alien civilizations, who will break out song lyrics whenever they need to say something vaguely intellectual-sounding. This often seems to manifest as a game of duelingduelling aphorisms with a local philosopher, who will always end up being impressed with such an obviously learned man. See [[I'm Mr. Future Pop Culture Reference]].
 
Obviously, if the viewer knows the song well, they'll see the joke coming, but the joke is intended for a larger audience who are aware of the song but wouldn't know the lyrics by heart. If it appears in a children's show, it likely doubles as a [[Parental Bonus]].
 
When'''Waxing usedLyrical''' inis a supertrope to [[FanSong FictionFic]], this isin [[SongFan FicFiction]]. Not to be confused with [[That Reminds Me of a Song]], [[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio)|"One Song To The Tune Of Another"]] or "[http://kissthisguy.com/3151misheard.htm singing] [[Mondegreen|the wrong lyrics]]".
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== General ==
* "CRAAAAAAAWLIIIIIING IN MY SKIIIIIIN", the refrain of [[Linkin Park (Music)|Linkin Park]]'s "Crawling", has become a [[Stock Phrase]] for mocking [[Wangst]]. Sometimes it's followed by the next line: "these wounds, they will not heal". Or a paraphrase or snowclone of it.
 
 
== [[Advertising]] ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdLgUPgq8-g This Commercialcommercial] by Nortel features a CEO giving a rather bizarre inspirational speech to his company, which turns out to be the Beatles' "Come Together".
* One advert for Virgin Media has the narrator reciting the lyrics to "Our House" by Madness.
 
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Near the end of ''[[Scott Pilgrim (Comic Book)|Scott Pilgrim]]'' volume 5, Scott says {{spoiler|to Ramona before she disappears}}, "I don't care who you are, or where you're from, or... what you did. [[Backstreet Boys|As long as you love me.]]"
* There was a panel of ''[[Young Justice (Comic Bookcomics)|Young Justice]]'' where the characters end up quoting "War" and lampshading it: "War?" "What is it good for?" "Absolutely ''nothing''!" "I love that song." "It's a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h__zgVz9fN4 song?]"
* The following exchange between [[Deadpool]] and a night club owner:
{{quote| '''Nightclub Owner:''' You got....you got powers right?<br />
'''Deadpool:''' Oh yeah, I'm a superfreak.<br />
'''Nightclub Owner:''' A super freak?<br />
'''Deadpool:''' I'm super freakayyy. }}
** There's another comic which has Deadpool ending a flashback with a casually-spoken "You ain't seen nothin' yet." Cut back to present day, with a two-page spread of him standing in front of a giant explosion, arms in [[Large Ham|air guitar]] position, belting, "B-B-B-BABY, YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET!!"
** When fighting the [[Thunderbolts]] during ''[[Dark Reign (Comic Bookcomics)|Dark Reign]]'', Deadpool gets shot through the left torso by the Black Widow. He sinks to the ground, wheezing "S-shot...through...the heart..." Just as the Thunderbolts think they finally got him to shut up, he springs back up with [[Bon Jovi (Music)|"AND YOU'RE TO BLAME! YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME!"]] In the same arc, [[Taskmaster]] gets in on the action while disguised as Deadpool; Black Widow asks him who he is, and he responds with "Some people call me the space cowboy... some people call me the gangster of love."
* ''[[The Simpsons (Comic Book)|The Simpsons]]'' comic had an issue with Milhouse auditioning for a boy band singing 'Tubthumping'; before he can finish Homer throws a shoe at him, knocking him over and causing him to exclaim "I can't get up again!"
* In ''[[V for Vendetta]]'', V introduces himself to a priest by saying, "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth... and taste." You probably remember this as the first line of The Rolling Stones' ''Sympathy for the Devil''
** Later, when asked where he's going, he says, [[The Velvet Underground|"I'm waiting for the man."]]
* In [[Paul Cornell]]'s ''Knight And Squire'', the British superheroes include The Milkman - who once fought a villain called Two-Ton Ted from Teddington. It remains to be seen if his [[Secret Identity|real name]] is [[Benny Hill|Ernie]].
* During the ''Salvation Run'' mini-series, most of DC's villains were exiled to a distant planet, where they started to form separate factions. In one scene, [[The Joker]] is walking along a makeshift watchtower with Shadow Thief, complaining, "[[Stealth Pun|There must be some way out of here!]]", in reference to the first line of [[Bob Dylan (Music)|Bob Dylan]]'s "All Along the Watchtower [[Don't Explain the Joke|"There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief."]] Lampshaded when the Joker then commented, "I must be losing my mojo, there's a joke in there somewhere and I can't find it!"
* The third issue of [[Archie Comics]]' ''[[Mega Man (Comic Bookcomics)|Mega Man]]'' has Dr. Light tell Mega Man the following:
** [[The Megas (Music)|I made you in my image. I built your heart and gave you eyes. I gave you power and a sense of justice beyond any compare. I gave you hands, a child's face... heh... robot hair. But this burden, the burning in your heart, I did not put there.]]
 
== [[RealFan LifeWorks]] ==
 
==* ''[[FanficMy Immortal]] =='':
{{quote| He suddenly looked at them with an evil look in his eye and muttered Well If you wanted Honesty that’s all you haD TO SAY! .<br />
* ''[[My Immortal (Fanfic)|My Immortal]]'':
{{quote| He suddenly looked at them with an evil look in his eye and muttered Well If you wanted Honesty that’s all you haD TO SAY! .<br />
“That’s not a spell that’s an [[My Chemical Romance|MCR]] song.” I corrected him wisely. }}
* A few mangled lines from songs are snuck into the dialogue in ''[[Decks Fall Everyone Dies (Fanfic)|Decks Fall, Everyone Dies]]''.
* In ''[[Drunkard's Walk (Fanfic)|Drunkard's Walk]] II'', during a discussion about Doug's [[Pinball Gag]] combat ([[A Wizard Did It|it's magic]]), one character asks "How do you think he does it?" and a second responds "I don't know." A third continues "[[Tommy|What makes him so good?]]...Well, it's obvious that he's a pinball wizard. And that there has to be a twist." Neither of the other two gets it.
 
 
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[Tropic Thunder (Film)|Tropic Thunder]]'', Kirk Lazarus quotes the theme song to ''[[The Jeffersons]]'' as part of an inspirational speech. He's immediately called out on it.
{{quote| "Don't make it any less true."}}
* Done deliberately throughout ''[[Moulin Rouge]]'' [[Justified Trope|as part of the concept]]. Christian hastily composes a poem for Satine, and even before the music cues, it is clearly [[Elton John (Music)|Elton John]]'s "Your Song". Zidler tries to convince the Duke to stay with what, before the farce of a song starts, may be the most lascivious recital of lyrics from "[[Madonna (Music)|Like A Virgin]]" I've ever heard. And the central theme of the story is simply the final line of Nat King Cole's "Nature Boy".
* [[Mel Gibson (Creator)|Mel Gibson]]'s character in ''[[Conspiracy Theory (Filmfilm)|Conspiracy Theory]]'' uses "[[The Police (Music)|Everything you do is magic]]" lyrics to propose to his [[Love Interest]] -- crash—crash and burn too.
* From ''[[School of Rock]]'':
** [[Jack Black]]'s character, trying to bluff his way through a conversation with teachers while posing as a substitute, starts reciting snatches from [[Whitney Houston]]'s "The Greatest Love of All". Someone asks "Isn't that a song?", and he denies it.
** His [[Rousing Speech]] concludes "We roll tonight to the guitar bite, and for those about to rock, I salute you", from [[ACDC (Music)|ACDC]]'s "For Those About to Rock".
* ''[[XXX (Film)|xXx]] 2: State Of The Union'':
{{quote| '''Darius Stone''': Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal.<br />
'''Gibbons''': I like that. Who said it? Jefferson? Patton?<br />
'''Darius Stone''': [[Tupac Shakur (Music)|Tupac Shakur]]. }}
* ''[[Shrek (Animation)|Shrek]]''.
{{quote| '''Gingerbread Man:''' Do you know the Muffin Man?<br />
'''Farquaad''': The Muffin Man?<br />
'''Gingerbread Man:''' The Muffin Man.<br />
'''Farquaad''': Yes... I know the Muffin Man. Who lives on Drury Lane?<br />
'''Gingerbread Man:''' Well... she's married to the Muffin Man.<br />
'''Farquaad''': The Muffin Man?<br />
'''Gingerbread Man:''' '''''The Muffin Man!'''''<br />
'''Farquaad''': She's married to the Muffin Man... }}
** Also, there's this:
{{quote| '''Donkey:''' You love this woman, don't ya?<br />
'''Shrek:''' Yes.<br />
'''Donkey:''' You wanna hold her?<br />
'''Shrek:''' Yes.<br />
'''Donkey:''' Please her?<br />
'''Shrek:''' Yes!<br />
'''Donkey:''' Then ya gotta, gotta try a little ''tenderness!'' }}
* In a sequence of ''[[Ocean's Eleven (Film)|Ocean's Twelve]]'', Ocean and Rusty start talking [[Spy Speak]] with a contact. Linus tries to join the conversation... by reciting [[Led Zeppelin (Music)|Led Zeppelin]]'s "Kashmir". It translates to calling the contact's niece a cheap whore. {{spoiler|Or so they claim; in reality they're just playing a prank on him.}}
* In ''[[Bill and Ted (Filmfilm)|Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure]]'', Ted's attempt at 'philosophising' with Socrates is to recite the line "All we are is dust in the wind" from the Kansas song "Dust In The Wind". It works.
* In ''[[Bill and Ted (Filmfilm)|Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey]]'', Bill and Ted go to heaven and are asked the meaning of life. They recite the chorus from Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." Again, it works.
** Earlier, after [[Chess Withwith Death|beating Death at a variety of games]], as he's leading them from [[Hell]] to [[Heaven]], Bill says to Ted, "Ted, [[Don't Fear the Reaper]]." (referring to the Blue Oyster Cult song) to which Death replies, "I heard that!".
* ''[[Spice World]]'': Bus driver played by [[Meat Loaf (Music)|Meat Loaf]]: "I love those girls, and I'll do anything for them... [[Actor Allusion|but I won't do that]]."
* ''[[Charlie and Thethe Chocolate Factory (Filmfilm)|Charlie and The Chocolate Factory]]'': "Good morning starshine!...The Earth says hello!"
* From ''[[Cannibal! theThe Musical (Film)|Cannibal the Musical]]'':
{{quote| '''Alferd Packer''': Hey, do you guys think it's true, that she's a trapper horse?<br />
'''Frank Miller''': [[Mister Ed|A horse is a horse]].<br />
'''James Humphrey''': Of course.<br />
'''Alferd Packer''': Of course. }}
* ''[[Across the Universe (Filmfilm)|Across the Universe]]'' does this multiple times with various [[The Beatles (Musicband)|Beatles]] songs, "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" being perhaps the most obvious.
** Of course, one can expect to find this trope in any [[Jukebox Musical]].
* In the made for TV ''[[Dinotopia]]'' movie, one of the castaway brothers (who really doesn't give a dang about the local ways and culture) uses the opening lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody to answer an essay question regarding the meaning of a particular section of the Dinotopian philosophy. Afterwards, his teacher and a number of scholars are chattering about how deep it was.
* [http://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2009/11/beatles-and-shakespeare-take-three.html This.] [[Peter Sellers]] meets [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]] in the land of ''[[Richard III (Theatre)|Richard III]]''.
* A running gag in ''[[The Other Guys (Film)|The Other Guys]]'' is Captain Mauch repeatedly quoting TLC lyrics. Gamble and Hoitz repeatedly attempt to [[Lampshade Hanging|call him out on it]] but he remains oblivious.
* In ''[[Meet the Parents (Film)|Meet the Parents]]'', when Greg is asked to say grace at dinner, he tries to improvise a prayer, and comes up with the lyrics to ''Day by Day'' from the musical ''[[Godspell]]''.
* In ''[[Roxanne]]'', when asked to say something romantic, Chris quotes the opening lines to "Close to You" by The Carpenters, and is immediately called out on this.
* In ''[[Easy A (Film)|Easy A]]'', Olive receives a greeting card that plays Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocketful Of Sunshine", and then the song becomes a huge [[Ear Worm]] for her. Later on, when she's lying to her best friend about having spent the weekend with a college boy, one of the lyrics slips into the conversation:
{{quote| '''Olive:''' He's charming... You know, he's a real gentleman. You know, and it feels like - It feels like I got a love and I know that it's all mine. }}
* In an odd example, all that's left of the "Admiral Boom" song in ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' is a wax lyrical from [[Interactive Narrator|Bert]].
{{quote| '''Bert:''' The whole world gets its time from Greenwich. But Greenwich, they say, gets its time from Admiral Boom.}}
* ''[[The Master of Disguise (Film)|The Master of Disguise]]'' does this:
{{quote| '''Pistachio:''' But, Papa, don't preach. I'm in trouble deep... and I'm keeping my baby.}}
* After the killer in ''[[Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (Film)|Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth]]'' is revealed to be an [[Evil Twin]] [[Uncanny Family Resemblance|identical]] [[The Patty Duke Show|cousin]].
{{quote| '''Doughy''': Whereas Hardy enjoys a minuet, ballet ruse and crepes suzette.<br />
'''Hardy''': Doughy likes to rock n roll, a hot dog makes him lose control.<br />
'''Hagitha''': What a wild duet.<br />
'''Martina''': Still they're cousins.<br />
'''Dawson''': Identical cousins.<br />
'''Martina''': They laugh alike.<br />
'''Dawson''': They walk alike.<br />
'''Martina''': At times they even talk alike.<br />
'''Hagitha''': And you can lose your mind. <br />
'''Hardy''': [[Never Heard That One Before|Shut up everybody! For god sakes, how many times do you think we've heard that in our lives.]] }}
* In ''[[Charlie's Angels (TV)|Charlies Angels]]: Full Throttle'' the Angels decide to pose as night club dancers.
{{quote| '''Natalie''': Do a little dance? <br />
'''Dylan''': Make a little love? <br />
'''Alex''': Get down tonight. }}
* In ''[[Wrongfully Accused]]'', Ryan tells off Cass, who's been romancing him but he suspects called the police on him:
{{quote| '''Ryan''': [[The Beatles (Musicband)|The Beatles]] said it best. She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, listen, Michelle ma belle, this nowhere man is the walrus, koo koo kachoo!}}
 
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* In the [[Arthur C. Clarke (Creator)]]/[[Stephen Baxter]] book ''[[The Light Ofof Other Days]]'', about a society where [[Palantir Ploy|privacy is becoming obsolete]], a girl is seen wearing a T-shirt with the words 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town'. The protagonist doesn't know what it means, but she explains it to him later in case the reader didn't catch it: "He sees you when you're sleeping..."
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
* The* ''[[Discworld (Literature)|Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Hogfather|Hogfather]]'' has some fun with the lyrics of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town": Quoth the Raven tells Susan "You'd better watch out"; Death, in his role as Hogfather, is able to ensure some kids see him, because {{smallcaps|I know when they are peeping}}, and he asks if checking the list twice is sufficient. In the same book, the magical and dizzyingly fast sleigh ride prompts Albert to mutter sarcastically "Oh, what fun."
** And ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Soul Music (novel)|Soul Music]]''. Oh, so very much.
** In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Thud|Thud!]]'', Fred Colon comments on the trouble in Koom Valley with the immortal question "War, Nobby, huh. What is it good for"? Nobby Nobbs proceeds to [[Rhetorical Question Blunder|try and come up with an answer]].
* In the [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe (Franchise)|Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] novel ''[[Past Doctor Adventures|The Eleventh Tiger]]'', the Doctor and his companions are staying at a 19th century ''gongfu'' school. (Note that Ian and Barbara are from ten years before the song came out, but the Doctor clearly recognises the accidental reference):
{{quote| [Ian:] "One minute those kids are just running around chaotically, but the next minute they're all focused, and everyone's kung-fu fighting."<br />
"Those kids are as fast as lightning," Barbara added.<br />
The Doctor raised an eyebrow. "Are they indeed? And was it, perchance, dear boy, a little bit frightening? Hmm?" }}
** In the Fifth/Seventh team-up ''[[Virgin Missing Adventures|Cold Fusion]]'', Chris Cwej is posing as an Australian, and describes living in a close-knit community in a sunny suburb, where everyone pops in and out of each others' houses, before concluding "With a little understanding, you can find the perfect blend and that's when good [[Neighbours]] become good friends". Real Australian Tegan doesn't get the reference, having come from a time before "Neighbours" began, but does spot he's talking nonsense.
** And in the Eighth Doctor novel ''[[Eighth Doctor Adventures|Camera Obscura]]'', the Doctor quotes "All Along the Watchtower" while trying to escape a creepy [[Eldritch Location]] with a man who ''[[No Yay|literally]]'' [[Organ Theft|stole his]] [[Heart Trauma|heart]]:
{{quote| ‘“There must be some way out of here,’ said the [[Trickster Archetype|joker]] to the thief”.’}}
** Sabbath (the aforementioned thief) has his own moment of doing this, for no particular reason at all: he's usually [[The Stoic]], and he's from the 18th century. But he gets into an alarmingly perky and cheerful mood and starts quoting from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]''.
{{quote| "‘Because,’ said Sabbath. ‘Because because because because because. Because of the wonderful things I does.’"}}
* ''[[Dirk GentlysGently's Holistic Detective Agency (Literature)|Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency]]'' has a scene involving a horse in a bathroom.
{{quote| "A horse?" he said again.<br />
"Yes, it is," said the Professor. "Wait--" he motioned to Richard, who was about to go out again and investigate-- "let it be. It won't be long."<br />
Richard stared in disbelief. "You say there's a horse in your bathroom, and all you can do is stand there naming Beatles songs?" }}
* In [[The Book Of Awesome]], the final two paragraphs of "Taking your shoes of on a long car ride" match the lyrics of Buddy Holly's Rollercoaster.
* In ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)|The Dresden Files]]'' book, ''[[The Dresden Files (Literature)/Ghost Story|Ghost Story]]'', Dresden tries to console Molly by saying "for everything there is a season", but Molly cuts him off by telling him to stop quoting the Bible at her. Harry counters he was actually quoting the song ''Turn! Turn! Turn!'' (admittedly the latter is based on the former).
 
 
== [[Live -Action TV]] ==
* In the 2008 ''[[Good News Week]]'' season finale, host Paul McDermott laments on 2008 and eventually starts to sing a very slow song about it. His song includes lines "this was never the way I planned" and it sounds like he is singing regretfully about the year, until he gets to the chorus and it turns out that he is singing a very slow reworking of "I Kissed A Girl".
* An ad for the TV show ''Bridezillas'' had the brides and their families getting ready for a fight and the family starts singing the song "We're Not Gonna Take It" by [[Twisted Sister (Music)|Twisted Sister]].
* From ''[[Absolutely Fabulous (TV)|Absolutely Fabulous]]'':
{{quote| '''Eddy:''' Life is a mystery, we all must stand alone. I hear him call my name and it feels like home.<br />
'''Saffy:''' That's lovely, who wrote it?<br />
'''Eddy:''' Madonna, darling. }}
* From ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "The Christmas Invasion":
{{quote| "[[Patrick Stewart Speech|Look at these human beings! Consider their potential!]] From the day we arrive on the planet, and blinking step into the sun... there's more to see than can ever be seen! More to do than -- no, hold on... sorry, that's ''[[The Lion King]]'', but... The point still stands!"}}
** Earlier, in ''The Three Doctors'', The Doctor(Jon Pertwee) tries to explain the presence of [[The Nth Doctor|his past self]] (Patrick Troughton) to Jo:
{{quote| '''Third Doctor''': It's really very simple, Jo. I am he, and he is me.<br />
'''Jo''': [[The Beatles (Musicband)|And we are all together, goo goo kachoo?]]<br />
'''Third Doctor''': What?<br />
'''Jo''': It's a song by the Beatles.<br />
'''Second Doctor''': [[Cloudcuckoolander|Oh, really? How does it go?]] }}
* ''[[Scrubs (TV)|Scrubs]]'':
{{quote| '''JD:''' You should tell her about it. Tell her everything you feel.<br />
'''Dr Cox:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|...Should I give her every reason to accept that I'm for real?<br />]]
'''JD:''' Hey! Billy Joel got me through high school. }}
** In another episode Turk starts quoting the "Safety Dance" when Carla asks how he would react if their child were to take up dance classes and be mocked by his friends for it. When she tells Elliot, Elliot chastises her for forgetting the time she told Turk the Commissar was in town.
** Another classic Turk Moment:
{{quote| '''Dr Cox:''' Name a test, any test that you would use to check for Lupus.<br />
'''Turk:''' Lupus? Doesn't he live on the second floor? Does he live upstairs from you? Yes I think you've seen him before. }}
** Later, JD consoled a woman whose husband was dying with the theme from Facts of Life.
** In another example of a song being disguised as a different type of song; at the Janitor's wedding in the final season, Ted sings a beautiful acoustic love song which turns out to be "Hey Ya".
* There was an episode of ''[[3rd Rock From the Sun (TV)|3rd Rock Fromfrom the Sun]]'' where Dick got called up for jury duty and was eager to go, while Nina and Mary told him not to bother. Dick made a point about how he has a sense of duty and can be relied upon:
{{quote| '''Dick:''' Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall, all you've got to do is call, and I'll be there.<br />
'''Nina:''' ''(dismissively)'' Yeah, yeah, yeah...<br />
'''Dick:''' Yes I will. }}
** Another episode had someone asking Dick what he wanted, to which he [[Large Ham|very hammily]] shot back, in dead seriousness: "Fame! I want to live forever -- light up the sky like a flame!"
** Another time, after a failed bank robbery which had Sally dressed like a biker, Tommy dressed like a sailor, and Harry dressed like a Native American, they greeted Don (in uniform) and Dick (dressed like a construction worker, since he had just gotten back from a gay bar). Everybody keeps saying "Hey!" back and forth to the tune of "Macho Man".
* Either Del or Rodney on ''[[Only Fools and Horses (TV)|Only Fools and Horses]]'', trying to be inspiring: "You've got to have a dream. If you don't have a dream... how're you going to have a dream come true?" (The other one just gives him a look.)
** Gordon Brittas gets the same line in ''[[The Brittas Empire (TV)|The Brittas Empire]]''.
* ''[[News Radio (TV)|News Radio]]'': Every year when the annual bonuses are delivered, Matthew gets no bonus, known around the station as "The Shaft". Naturally, the guys tease him by reciting lyrics from "Theme from ''Shaft''".
** Similarly, from [[Crowning Moment of Funny|the complaint box episode]]:
{{quote| '''Dave''' ''(reading card from the box)'': Uh, "Who's the black private dick, a sex machine to all the chicks"?<br />
'''Everyone''': ''Shaft!''<br />
'''Bill''': I thought we'd get a kick out of that. }}
* On ''[[Not Only... butBut Also]]'' a spoof of ''[[A Man for All Seasons (Theatre)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' had a scene with Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragorn delivering dialogue consisting entirely of lyrics from popular songs of the day.
* An occasional joke on ''[[Not Going Out (TV)|Not Going Out]]''.
{{quote| '''Cleaner:''' Listen. When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother, what will I be? Will I be pretty? Will I be rich? Here's what she said to me.<br />
'''Lee:''' I'm guessing it was a no. }}
** [''in an episode in which Tim and Lee have just played a gig of very unrock songs'']
{{quote| '''Lucy:''' I don't think the crowd liked the Elaine Paige and Barabra Dixon number much.<br />
'''Lee:''' Yeah... [[Chess (Theatretheatre)|looking back I should have played it differently]]. }}
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' frequently quotes "You Can't Always Get What You Want". Most notably in the first episode:
{{quote| '''House:''' As the great philosopher [[The Rolling Stones (Music)|Jagger]] said; You can't always get what you want.<br />
[[Comeback Tomorrow|Later]]<br />
'''Cuddy:''' By the way, I checked out that philosopher you mentioned and it turns out that you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you'll get what you need. }}
** It should be noted that "You Can't Always Get What You Want" eventually became the theme song for House's vicodin addiction.
* ''[[Weird Science (TV series)|Weird Science]]'' had an episode where Lisa the genie fell in love with one of the guys and became a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]. He tells her "When you love someone, set them free", which causes Lisa to start deleting herself. Instantly his friend interrupts, saying "Don't listen to him! He's an idiot spouting bad song lyrics!"
* The season 3 finale of ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined(2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' has a number of characters {{spoiler|who turn out to be Cylons}} start mumbling the same bits of nonsensical poetry as a sign of their mental breakdown. Towards the end of the finale, the lines come together and are revealed to be {{spoiler|''All Along the Watchtower''}}. The effect of Season Three's finale's reveal was weakened by the fact that the song is relatively well known, {{spoiler|since the original was by [[Bob Dylan]], achieved huge popularity as a cover by [[Jimi Hendrix]], and was popular again in the early Noughties following another cover by Dave Matthews Band (as well as covers by [[Neil Young]], Ben Harper, Lenny Kravitz, and many, many others). "There must be some way out of here" and "I can't get no relief" may be relatively unnoticeable, but dialogue that includes "Said the Joker to the Thief," even out of context, raises a few eyebrows.}}
** {{spoiler|''All Along the Watchtower''}} became a kind of [[Arc Words|significant]] [[Leitmotif]] for the {{spoiler|Final Five Cylons}} at the end of Season Three and throughout Season Four. The song actually becomes vitally important to the series overall: {{spoiler|Hera}} draws a series of dots which are revealed to be the notes to the song when {{spoiler|Kara}} remembers it as a song {{spoiler|her}} father used to play when {{spoiler|she}} was a child. {{spoiler|Kara}} also uses the line {{spoiler|"there must be some kind of way out of here"}} in the series finale, using the notes of the song as coordinates.
** According to the commentary, in the finale, when Adama asks {{spoiler|Kara}} where the coordinates have taken them, her reply was to have been {{spoiler|"Somewhere... [[Title Drop|all along the watchtower]].}} Luckily, {{spoiler|Katee Sackhoff}} recognized the [[Narm|narminessnarm]]iness of the line and refused.
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] on ''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]'':
{{quote| '''Jack''': ''[in total seriousness]'' I have an opportunity here, Lemon. A chance to go back to the past to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|put things right that once went wrong]].<br />
'''Liz''': That's the ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' intro. }}
* In the third season of the Australian ''[[Thank God You're Here (TV)|Thank God You're Here]]'', Shaun Micallef, responding to the question "Have you ever been to London?" replies "I've been to London, I've been to Birmingham, I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me."
* The 2009 series of BBC documentary ''Springwatch'' was home to a bizarre series of these. Chris Packham had taken out a bet with a friend that he could slip the name of a [[The Smiths|Smiths]] song into every episode. The last episode featured Kate Humble reporting that Bill Oddie had called to congratulate him on this feat, to which Chris deadpans to camera, "William, it was really nothing."
* Shows up on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'':
{{quote| '''Old Sage-Type Guy''': My daughter, you will find that you can't always have what you want.<br />
'''Servo''': But if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you need. }}
* In ''[[The Stand]]'', Randall Flagg introduces himself, "[[The Rolling Stones (Music)|Pleased to meet you, Lloyd. Hope you guess my name]]," to indicate that he is more or less [[Sympathy for Thethe Devil|the devil]].
* A ''[[Friends (TV)|Friends]]'' episode has Ross taking a phone message for Rachel from a guy named Casey. While on the phone, he asks if Casey is spelled "like '[[Casey Atat the Bat (Literature)|-at the bat]]' or '-and the Sunshine Band'?" After he hangs up:
{{quote| '''Ross''': Who's this Casey?<br />
'''Phoebe''': Some guy she met at the movies.<br />
'''Ross''': What does he want with her?<br />
'''Chandler''': I'm guessing he wants to do a little dance...make a little love...and, basically, get down tonight. }}
** There's another time when Joey tries to stall answering the question "Why?"
{{quote| '''Joey''': Because... because... because... because... because...<br />
'''Chandler''': [[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|Because of the wonderful things he does?]] }}
* Used by ''[[Mock the Week]]'' when Diana Ross was given custody of [[Michael Jackson (Music)|Michael Jackson]]'s children:
{{quote| '''Hugh:''' Do you think if they're naughty, she can just tell them "Stop! In the name of love!"}}
* A round on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV)|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'' involves the participants holding a conversation purely in song titles.
* In the 3D episode of ''[[Chuck]]'', in trying to think fast, Chuck calls himself a drummer and then says: "I'm the little drummer boy... Come they told me... ba... rumpa... bombom..."
* One episode of ''[[The Goodies (TV)|The Goodies]]'' started off by quoting the White Rabbit's song from Disney's version of ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''. Bill and Graeme are sitting around the office:
{{quote| '''Graeme''': He's late.<br />
'''Tim''': ''(walking in)'' I'm late.<br />
'''Bill''': For a very important date.<br />
'''Graeme''': No time to say hello.<br />
'''Tim''': ''(leaving)'' Goodbye.<br />
'''Graeme and Bill''': ''(together)'' He's late, he's late, he's late, eeh eeh! }}
* In ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air (TV)|The Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]'', Will recites a few lines of the show's theme song in formal-sounding prose to a judge. "Your honour, in West Philadelphia born 'n' raised, on the playground was where I spent most of my days".
** Also when Will announces his marriage to Lisa, his Uncle Phil, Aunt Vivian and his mother ask how he manages to make a living.
{{quote| '''Will:''' We're survive on love.<br />
'''Vy:''' What's love gotta do with it?<br />
'''[[Servile Snarker|Geoffrey:]]''' ''(walking past them)'' Gotta do, gotta do with it. }}
* This was a favorite technique of the writers of ''[[The Bob Newhart Show (TV)|The Bob Newhart Show]]''. In one episode, the guys get drunk and Emily offers to make them coffee. One says, "I love coffee." A second adds, "I love tea." Then Mr. Carlin says, "I love the Java Jive, and it loves me."
** From another episode, Bob denies being afraid of death, saying, "I am strong, I am invincible ..." at which point another character cuts him off with, "You are woman. Let's hear you roar."
* In a first season episode of ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', "Lord of the Bling", Veronica explains her connection to a missing teenager with the words "We used to be friends...a long time ago." Immediately afterwards, the theme song starts playing - the opening line? "A long time ago, we used to be friends..."
* In the short-lived ''Pepper Dennis'', Pepper tries to advise a would-be [[Runaway Bride]] with the lyrics to D.H.T's "Listen To Your Heart".
* In an episode of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' where Hiro Nakamura was put on trial by his own mind, he tried to defend his meddling with history by saying he had been '[[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|setting right what once went wrong]]'
{{quote| '''[[Enemy Within|Mental image of Takezo Kensei]]:''' ''Objection, Your Honour: He's reciting the opening to [[Quantum Leap]]!''}}
* Used in ''[[Men Behaving Badly (TV)|Men Behaving Badly]]'' when Tony is persuading Gary he should get back together with Dorothy.
{{quote| '''Tony''': She loves you, mate. [[The Beatles (Musicband)|And with a love like that, you know you should be glad]].}}
* An episode of ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'' had Wilson dishing out some famous quotes about love. Tim responded with: "'Everybody... loves somebody sometimes.' Martin, comma, Dean."
** Another episode had Wilson musing, on the subject of Tim compromising with his wife, "You have to give a little, take a little..." Tim responds, sardonically, "Yeah, and let your poor heart break a little." Then, he realizes what the next line in the song is, and they figure it's not so bad an idea after all, as they sing together, "That's the story of, that's the story of love..."
* One episode of ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati (TV)|WKRP in Cincinnati]]'' has Herb recruiting staffers to sing a jingle for a funeral home client.
{{quote| '''Herb''': Bailey...sing something.<br />
'''Bailey''': Oh, I can't sing.<br />
'''Herb''': Everyone can sing.<br />
'''Venus''': Go on Bailey, sing. Sing a song.<br />
'''Les''': Sing out loud, sing out strong.<br />
'''Herb''': Sing of good things, not---<br />
'''Venus''': (Cutting him off) Herb! }}
* ''[[Spaced (TV)|Spaced]]'' has one in its famous [[Paintball Episode]].
{{quote| '''Duane:''': You can't help who you fall in love with. Cause when you get that feeling...<br />
'''Mike:''': It's like sexual healing. }}
** Also, when Daisy and Tim begin having an argument through cliches about the wisdom of Tim getting back with his girlfriend:
{{quote| '''Tim''': I can read her like a book.<br />
'''Daisy''': Never judge a book by it's cover.<br />
'''Tim''': He who dares, wins.<br />
'''Daisy''': Look before you leap.<br />
'''Tim''': Do ''you'' believe in life after love?<br />
'''Daisy''': ''[Dismissive]'' That's a song.<br />
'''Tim''': Shit. }}
* The [[DVD Commentary]] for ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'', "A Tale of Two Cities" (which is basically a producer and an actress cracking jokes - they even call it "[[Shout-Out|our]] ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV)|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''"):
{{quote| '''Elizabeth Mitchell''': Well, maybe, maybe the glass just started it. It was his impressive glass acting. It's kind of like a microwave in there, heating up... [laughs]<br />
'''Damon Lindelof''': ...behind the glass. Juliet might, might as well walk over and just push the popcorn button, 'cause it's getting hot up in there.<br />
'''Elizabeth Mitchell''':[laughing] So take off all your clothes. [Lindelof chuckles] }}
* [[Newsnight|Kirsty Wark]]'s signature gag on ''[[Dead Ringers (TV series)|Dead Ringers]]''; for example: "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like, 'It's better than yours'. Damn right it's better than yours. [[Film At Eleven|More on that story later.]]"
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'': In the episode "Jus in Bello", Henriksen realizes he's been possessed and comments "I shot the sheriff." Dean, smiling, says back "But you didn't shoot the deputy."
** In "No Rest for the Wicked," Ruby says "Hit me with your best shot, baby."
** And when Dean's being-Death-for-a-day, everyone he collects says something like 'But what does it all ''mean''?' At first he angsts about it, but after a while he gives up.
{{quote| '''Heart Attack Guy''': But what does it all ''mean''?<br />
'''Dean:''' ...Everything is dust in the wind.<br />
(pause)<br />
'''Heart Attack Guy:''' That's it? That's all you got? A Kansas song? }}
* ''[[The Adventures of Pete and Pete]]''. "Apocalypse Pete". A [[Large Ham|particularly hammish]] crossing guard orders a speeding remote-control car to "Stop in the name of love". [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* One episode of ''[[Skins]]'' has Freddie meeting with a guidance counselor who reveres [[Michael Jackson (Music)|Michael Jackson]] and gives lyrics from his songs as advice.
** Freddie catches on quickly enough; when asked [[What Would X Do?|what would Michael say about him]], he suggests that he's "Bad" and should "Beat It". (Michael would actually tell him that he's "Gotta Be Startin' Somethin'" - not quite a Michael Jackson song (that was "''Wanna'' Be Startin' Somethin'"), but close enough.)
** And set up for a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] later when Freddie visits him again; he turns, stares at the ''Thriller'' cover for inspiration... and gets nothing.
** And of course, the guidance counselor is played by Will Young, who sung [[Better Byby a Different Name|one of the greatest Michael Jackson songs ever that wasn't actually a Michael Jackson song]] ("Your Game").
* Deliberately invoked in-universe. "[[The Middleman (TV)|The Middleman]]" gave us at least [[Once Per Episode|one conversation per episode]] between Wendy and Noser that consisted entirely of song lyrics.
* In ''[[Being Human (TVUK)|Being Human]]'', when George finds out that his dad has died, Annie tries to give a eulogy and ends up with the lyrics to [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Fight For This Love by Cheryl Cole.]]
* A running gag in [[Miranda]] involves her inability to restrain herself from doing this, and she almost always ends up lapsing into singing the rest of the song in places like a job interview, psychiatrist's office and a funeral.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn5iKVB6g5U This old MTV promo], with Steve Buscemi. All the way.
* On ''[[Boy Meets World (TV)|Boy Meets World]]'', Mr. Feeny does this with a KC And The Sunshine Band song:
{{quote| '''Mr. Feeny:''' Mr. Matthews I have no idea what you're talking about, and that's the way, uh-huh uh-huh, I like it. }}
* There was an episode of ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine (TV)|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' in which Quark, talking about the Dominion War, says, "War? What is it good for? You ask me, absolutely nothing."
* On an episode of ''[[Yes Dear (TV)|Yes, Dear]]'', Jimmy and Christine are trying to write poems for each other. After several minutes of struggling, Jimmy starts reading his poem, which soon turns out to be Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer". As it turns out, Christine wrote the exact same thing.
* Happens occasionally on ''Spicks and Specks''. In one memorable example, Darlene Love started telling a story about the time she almost had sex with Tom Jones. Reginald D. Hunter chimed in "From what I hear, that's not unusual."
* In one episode of ''[[30 Rock (TV)|Thirty Rock]]'', after Liz's boyfriend Criss sells his hotdog van named "[[Punny Name|Van Der Beek]]", he says "[[DawsonsDawson's Creek (TV)|I don't wanna wait for our lives to be over.]]" Part of joke was that earlier in the episode Criss mentioned that he had never actually seen ''[[DawsonsDawson's Creek (TV)|Dawsons Creek]]''.
* In the ''[[Pretty Little Liars (TV series)|Pretty Little Liars]]'' episode "Over My Dead Body," a nearly carbon monoxide-poisoned Emily has a dream ([[Or Was It a Dream?|or does she?]]) that she's having a conversation with the late Alison; when Emily asks who "A" is, Alison - taking a line from the show's signature tune, The Pierces' "Secrets" - tells her that "Two can keep a secret if one of them is dead."
 
 
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Occurs on occasion in the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|puntacular Sunday strips]] of ''[[Pearls Before Swine (Comic Strip)|Pearls Before Swine]]'', where the setup for the jokes can lead to strange reconstructions of song lyrics. For example, Pig tells Rat about how he entered a bread-kneading competition at a fair, lost, and didn't even get to keep the bread dough that he kneaded. Rat responds by saying that if you're persistent enough, you can keep the dough, which prompts him to conclude with this gem:
{{quote| '''Rat''': [[The Rolling Stones (Music)|You can't always get what you won, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you knead]].<br />
([[Beat Panel]])<br />
'''Rat''': [[Who Writes This Crap?]] [[Symbol Swearing|@*!&]]? }}
* In one ''Sherman's Lagoon'' strip, Sherman the shark announced that he was collecting (Easter) eggs. Sea turtle Fillmore pointed out that someone else was appointed to collect the eggs, and exclaimed, "Doesn't anyone know who they're supposed to be?" Of course, as soon as Sherman referred to himself as the "eggman," we all knew [[The Beatles (Musicband)|that walrus would show up in the last panel]].
 
 
== [[Radio]] ==
* A very common gag in [[The Very World of Milton Jones (Radio)|Milton Jones's shows]]; particular highlights include "Is this a photo of you with [[REM]]?" "Yes, that's me in the corner" and this gem:
{{quote| I had a Siamese twin, you see, but we were separated a couple of months before I went onto the comedy circuit. In fact he earned a little money from doing this really bad impressions of me, but then he became an astronaut. I saw him again recently. He asked me how I'd been. I said, well, at first I was afraid, I was petrified, thought that I could never live without you... by my side. But I spent so many nights, thinking how you did me wrong, and I grew strong... So now you're back. From outer space.}}
* In the first episode of ''[[Absolute Power (Radioradio)|Absolute Power]]'', Sandy is accused of taking the petty cash, and stormed out. When they find out it was really stolen by the chairman of the Conservative Party and she returns, Charles greets her with "Ah, Sandy. You came and you gave without taking, but we sent you away."
* When Pip Bin, Mr Gently Benevolent and Harry Biscuit are in space in ''[[Bleak Expectations (Radio)|Bleak Expectations]]'', Harry keeps quoting "Space Oddity".
* Happens occasionally on ''[[The Now Show (Radio)|The Now Show]]''; one particular example came when the audience question was "Who would you give an honour too?" and someone wrote "I would give a KBE to Shalamar, to [[wikipedia:A Night to Remember (Shalamar song)|make him a knight to remember]]." (Hugh: "I think I was far away enough from the actual tune there that we don't have to pay royalties.")
** In the first episode of the 2010 election special series, ''The Vote Now Show'', they looked at the various government inspectors the Conservatives would abolish, including one who checks premises for illegal performing animals. The conversation between the inspector and a suspect quickly becomes "[[wikipedia:Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear|Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear]]".
*** The second-to-last episode of ''The Vote Now Show'', in what became a mini-[[Running Gag]]:
{{quote| '''Jon Holmes''': I believe that the children are our future. Treat them well and let them lead the way, show them all the beauty they possess inside...<br />
'''Steve Punt''': Jon, has someone bet you that you can't get the lyrics to a Whitney Houston song into tonight's show?<br />
'''Jon Holmes''': Yes. [[Mitch Benn]] has, and he now owes me five pounds. }}
* There's a round on ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (Radio)|I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' based on this. For instance, the following dialogue between Graeme Garden (as a doctor) and Barry Cryer (as his patient):
{{quote| '''Barry''': I hope you won't want to give me a jab, because I'm terrified of needles.<br />
'''Graeme''': ''(contemptuous)'' Baby. Take off your coat. Real slow.<br />
'''Barry''': But it hurts when I move my arms.<br />
'''Graeme''': Baby. Take off your shoes.<br />
'''Barry''': I can't bend over, it hurts...<br />
'''Graeme''': ''(irritated)'' I'll help you take off your shoes. Baby. Take off your dress.<br />
'''Barry''': Now, I can explain about the dress...<br />
'''Graeme''': ''(dismissively)'' Yes, yes, yes.<br />
'''Barry ''': Doctor, do you want me to undress completely?<br />
'''Graeme''': You can leave your hat on. }}
* The original radio version of ''[[Dead Ringers (TV series)|Dead Ringers]]'' uses the same gag as the TV version, only with Radio 4 newsreader Charlotte Greene: "I'm Charlotte Greene. [[West Side Story|Say it loud and there's music playing, say it soft and it's almost like praying]]."
 
== [[TheaterTheatre]] ==
 
* In ''[[Finian's Rainbow (Theatre)|Finian's Rainbow]]'', Og the [[Leprechaun]] is trying to explain that he now knows [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]], and Finian plays along with the quotation of [[Silly Love Songs]]:
== [[Real Life]] ==
{{quote| '''Og''': Does an optical illusion feel an, oh, such a hungry yearning burning inside of him, under the hide of him? Does an optical illusion feel the beat-beat-beat of the tom-tom in the roaring traffic's boom, in his lonely room?<br />
* There is a time and a place for this sort of wordplay; [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11672840 at an inquest asking you why you shot a man] is not it.
'''Finian''' (His scholarly interest is enlisted): Hmmm. Do you also feel like the promised kiss of springtime that trembles on the brink of a lovely song?<br />
 
'''Og''': Yes, and what's worse, smoke keeps coming out of me eyes.<br />
 
== [[Theater]] ==
* In ''[[Finian's Rainbow (Theatre)|Finian's Rainbow]]'', Og the [[Leprechaun]] is trying to explain that he now knows [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]], and Finian plays along with the quotation of [[Silly Love Songs]]:
{{quote| '''Og''': Does an optical illusion feel an, oh, such a hungry yearning burning inside of him, under the hide of him? Does an optical illusion feel the beat-beat-beat of the tom-tom in the roaring traffic's boom, in his lonely room?<br />
'''Finian''' (His scholarly interest is enlisted): Hmmm. Do you also feel like the promised kiss of springtime that trembles on the brink of a lovely song?<br />
'''Og''': Yes, and what's worse, smoke keeps coming out of me eyes.<br />
'''Finian''': You go round and round like an elevator lost in the tide? }}
* In ''The Complete History of America (abridged)'', Jefferson and Madison are brainstorming the beginning of the Bill of Rights. After throwing out each other's first ideas as [[Straw Character|"too liberal" or "too conservative"]] suggestions, Jefferson suggests, [[The Bee Gees (Music)|"Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, you're staying alive, staying alive,"]] to which Madison says, "No, that's too seventies."
* In an indirect example, the stars of the broadway musical ''[[Rock of Ages (Theatretheatre)|Rock of Ages]]'' are this; a small town girl, trying to escape her [[Journey (Musicband)|lonely world]], and a city boy [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|born and raised in south Detroit]].
 
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Many units in ''[[Warcraft (Video Game)|Warcraft]] III'' will spout song lyrics as their [[Stop Poking Me]] lines.
** By extension, [[Starcraft (Video Game)|StarcraftStarCraft]] as well.
*** On particular note was Lt. Duran from Brood War, who was prone to (of course) reciting [[Duran Duran]] lyrics when poked.
** In ''Warcraft II'', the cheat code to instantly research all magic spells was "[[The Police (Music)|every little thing she does]]".
* In ''[[The Adventures of Sam and& Max: Freelance Police (Video Game)|Sam and Max Freelance Police]]: Ice Station Santa'', Sam and Max confront a giant Maimtron robot that randomly drops appropriate pop-song lyrics into its dialogue. Sam can distract it by asking it questions like "Why do fools fall in love?" and "Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?"
** The Maimtron is reactivated in ''What's New Beelzebub'' with the words, "Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die? Oh no. Not I. I will survive. I will survive."
** Later in ''Sam & Max: What's New, Beelzebub?'', they meet Satan who quotes the two lines everyone knows from [[The Rolling Stones (Music)|Sympathy for the Devil]].
** They also find a radio at one point, where if you return to a particular channel several times you get these lines: "Hello, hello, hello?" "Is there anybody out there?" "Just respond if you can hear me." [[Pink Floyd (Music)|"Is there anyone at home?"]]
** In ''The Devil's Playhouse'', the Maimtron army march to war against {{spoiler|Maxthulthu}} while chanting, "If you liked it than you should have put a ring on it, if you liked it than you should have put a ring on it..."
* ''[[Hotel Mario (Video Game)|Hotel Mario]]'' has Mario telling one of the Koopalings: [[The Rolling Stones (Music)|"Hey you! Get off of my cloud!"]]
* [[Knights of the Old Republic (Videovideo Gamegame)|Jolee Bindo]] spent twenty years on Kashyyyk. Why?
{{quote| '''Jolee:''' I did it all for the Wookiees.<br />
'''PC:''' [[Limp Bizkit (Music)|The Wookiees]]?<br />
'''Jolee:''' The Wookiees! }}
* In the handheld versions of ''[[The Sims (Video Game)|The Urbz: Sims in the City]]'', after you best the Red Man at a fiddling contest:
{{quote| '''Player Character:''' I told you once, you son of a gun, I'm the best there's ever been!}}
* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3 Snake Eater (Video Game)|Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'', if the player starts the game by saying "I like MGS2!" in the opening screen, Snake will [[Silliness Switch|be wearing a mask in the opening cutscene and greet the Major by saying "Can you hear me, Major Tom?"]]
* ''[[Kingdom of Loathing (Video Game)|Kingdom of Loathing]]'' does this [[Reference Overdosed|all the time.]]
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time]]'', there is a guy running around in Hyrule Castle Town. If you talk to him, he says: "I'm late! For a very important date!".
 
 
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Happens all the time in ''My Name Is Might Have Been'', a ''[[Rock Band (Video Game)|Rock Band]]'' [[Fan Web Comic]].
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic]]'':
* ''[[Irregular Webcomic (Webcomic)|Irregular Webcomic]]'' does this in [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/871.html this strip], which incorporates a number of Duran Duran lyrics, and [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2557.html this strip], in which the transcript of Galileo's trial consists of the lyrics to "Bohemian Rhapsody".
** [https://www.irregularwebcomic.net/871.html This strip] incorporates a number of Duran Duran lyrics.
* In ''[[Elf Only Inn (Webcomic)|Elf Only Inn]]'' this was actually a plot point, where Slave made a big deal about someone stealing her (his?) poetry, only later was forced to admit she'd stolen all her poetry from a certain well-known singer.
** ''[[Irregular Webcomic (Webcomic)|Irregular Webcomic]]'' does this inIn [http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/871.html this strip], which incorporates a number of Duran Duran lyrics, and [httphttps://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2557.html this strip], in which the transcript of Galileo's trial consists of the lyrics to "Bohemian Rhapsody".
* One ''[[Dinosaur Comics (Webcomic)|Dinosaur Comics]]'' strip involves T-Rex [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=562 trying to hold conversations entirely in lyrics from "A Long December"] by [[Counting Crows (Music)|Counting Crows]]. It's [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Dromiceiomimus and Utahraptor.
** [https://www.irregularwebcomic.net/4927.html This strip] points out that a bard is perfectly justified in Waxing Lyrical.
* Happens in [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0358.html this strip] of ''[[Darths and Droids (Webcomic)|Darths and Droids]]''. Annie really seems to like the Broadway; that's not the first time she's done it.
* In ''[[Elf Only Inn (Webcomic)|Elf Only Inn]]'' this was actually a plot point, where Slave made a big deal about someone stealing her (his?) poetry, only later was forced to admit she'd stolen all her poetry from a certain well-known singer.
* One ''[[Dinosaur Comics (Webcomic)|Dinosaur Comics]]'' strip involves T-Rex [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=562 trying to hold conversations entirely in lyrics from "A Long December"] by [[Counting Crows (Music)|Counting Crows]]. It's [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Dromiceiomimus and Utahraptor.
* Happens in [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0358.html this strip] of ''[[Darths and Droids (Webcomic)|Darths and Droids]]''. Annie really seems to like the Broadway; that's not the first time she's done it.
** Meanwhile, Jim is riffing off the Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush duet "Don't Give Up".
* ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]'' does this every now and then, prompting many readers to start quoting the comic. This, inevitably, leads to [[Flame War|Flame Wars]]s, they get in one little fight and my mom got scared and said YOU'RE MOVIN' WITH YOUR AUNTIE AND YOUR UNCLE IN BEL AIR
* Mentl in ''[[The Challenges of Zona (Webcomic)|The Challenges of Zona]]'' is a mage who can use [[The Power of Rock|favorite song lyrics as powerful spells]]. Examples: he sent blasts of fire by singing [[Jerry Lee Lewis|"Great Balls of Fire"]], and can travel between dimensions by singing [[The Beatles (Musicband)|"Get Back to where you once belonged"]]
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* A frequent gag including ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''. Including:
{{quote| '''Marik:''' Let's see how you like my Cage of Doom!<br />
'''Yami:''' Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.<br />
 
'''Vic Mignogna:''' Let's dance!<br />
'''Yami:''' I don't feel like dancing. No sir. No dancing today.<br />
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* A frequent gag including ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series (Web Video)|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]''. Including:
{{quote| '''Marik:''' Let's see how you like my Cage of Doom!<br />
'''Yami:''' Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.<br />
<br />
'''Vic Mignogna:''' Let's dance!<br />
'''Yami:''' I don't feel like dancing. No sir. No dancing today.<br />
<br />
'''Téa:''' We didn't start the fire! It was always burning since the world's been turning! }}
 
** An another one, from Episode 36, that then [[Diegetic Switch|turns into BGM]]:
{{quote| '''Yugi:''' Hey, Joey, how'd it come to this? I mean, after all we've been through? Two of a pair, now on opposite sides.<br />
'''Joey:''' Yeah, from the very start with honor we've dueled 'n stuff. Watched each other’s backs and, you know, battled with pride.<br />
'''Yugi:''' We’re closer than brothers. And now we have to fight each other.<br />
'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' And we trust our fate to the heart of the cards!<br />
'''Tristan:''' No matter what!<br />
'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' Let the game begin.<br />
'''Tristan:''' No matter what!<br />
'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' May the best man win.<br />
<ref>'''Kaiba:''' (I love this song)</ref> }}
* Any time [[Rickroll|Rickrolling]]ing comes up in an internet discussion, there's a good chance that someone will mention how Rick Astley's never gonna give you up and never gonna let you down.
** You wouldn't get it from any other guy.
** It's now possible to recite lines that are simply a similar form of exaggeratedly romantic promises, and ''get your audience to [[Rickroll]] themselves''.
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** As far as I know there's only been one.
** Singular sensation.
* An episode of ENN has the newsreaders reciting the theme song to ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air]]''.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090922143822/http://beta.newsbiscuit.com/board/61/01/8//Mild-alarm-caused-by-kung-fu-fighting-ou.html This] [[News Biscuit]] article, "Mild alarm caused by kung fu fighting outbreak" ("it was a little bit frightening" said one witness)
* In a really old version of the [[Homestar Runner (Web Animation)|Homestar Runner]] character page, Marzipan's description stated that "She loves horses and her boyfriend, too."
** "3 Times Halloween Funjob" has Strong Sad dressing up like David Byrne, and sure enough there's an [[Easter Egg]] with the inevitable reference to the lyrics of "Once In A Lifetime".
* Whenever someone on a message board or any sort of site says something that also happens to be the lyrics to a song, the next few posts are usually continuations of the lyrics.....
* [[Atop the Fourth Wall (Web Video)|Linkara]] tends to do this quite a lot, most often when a comic's dialogue gives him a decent opening. This is usually an excuse to play the song, no matter how otherwise irrelevant, over the opening title card or closing credits.
** He will also occasionally play a clip from the song immediately after reciting the verse if he thinks viewers might not get the reference. He seems to know an awful lot of songs.
* After a chapter of ''[[Dive Quest]]'' that's been particularly harrowing for both of them on a personal level, Tislomer and Babrakus start reciting lines from the [[Dropkick Murphys]]' "Forever".
* In ''[[Suburban Knights (Web Video)|Suburban Knights]]'', some of [[The Nostalgia Chick (Web Video)|The Nostalgia Chick]] 's elven montages feature lyrics to 'One Week' by Barenaked Ladies and [[Bad Romance]] by [[Lady Gaga (Music)|Lady Gaga]].
* [[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]]:
{{quote| 390. My character's background must be more in-depth than a montage of Queen lyrics.}}
 
 
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "Bart Gets an Elephant" has a scene where Homer crashes the family car into a statue of a deer, leading to a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] as the characters inadvertently recite the opening line of "Do-Re-Mi" from ''[[The Sound of Music]]''.
{{quote| '''Homer:''' D'oh! [[hottip:*:<ref>(or maybe [[A Worldwide Punomenon|"Doe!")]]<br /ref>
'''Lisa:''' A deer!<br />
'''Marge:''' A ''female'' deer! }}
** Homer also mourns his loss of the freedom he had in his youth, "I used to [[KISS (Music)|rock and roll all night and party ev-e-ry day]]. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find one night a month in which to get funky."
** From the rock and roll fantasy camp episode when Homer is forced to leave:
{{quote| '''Mick Jagger:''' Cheer up Homer, it's only Rock 'n' Roll Camp.<br />
'''Homer:''' But I like it... }}
** Homer's attempt to put off telling Apu that he knows about Apu's affair:
{{quote| '''Homer:''' So, if you take ''that'' bottle down, and pass ''it'' around...<br />
'''Apu:''' Yes, yes, I know. There will be 47 bottles of beer on the wall! }}
** And when Homer pretends to be a robot in a robot fighting competition he defeats one robot using a buzzsaw by [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard|using its own weapon against it]], leading to this commentary:
{{quote| '''Announcer 1:''' He's killing him softly with his saw.<br />
'''Announcer 2:''' Killing him softly?<br />
'''Announcer 1:''' [[The Fugees (Music)|With his saw!]] }}
* ''[[South Park (Animation)|South Park]]'': In one episode the citizens of South Park are all being evicted by an oppressive Native American casino. They rise up and march and sing as one. The song includes lines such as "We are strong" and "No one can tell us were wrong" and sounds like an inspiring protest song... 'til it turns out they're singing "Love Is A Battlefield".
** In another episode, Cartman appears before Congress, and after making his speech, says "I'm not the best speaker. Maybe I can put it best in the words of a timeless song." He then proceeds to lead Congress in "Heat of the Moment."
* An episode of ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' where Peter runs for head of the PTA had him just reciting sitcom lyrics in his speech:
{{quote| '''Peter''': [[One Day At a Time|This is life. The one you get, so go and have a ball]]. [[DiffrentDiff'rent Strokes (TV)|Because the world don't march to the beat of just one drum, what might be right for you, might be wrong for some]]. [[The Facts of Life (TV)|You take the good and take the bad and there you have]]... my opening statement.}}
** "Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog."
** Also, when Peter's dad vanishes at the baseball game after going to "buy some peanuts and Cracker Jack", Brian responds with "I don't care if he never gets back." *[[Beat]]* "[[Lampshade Hanging|I wasn't being cute, I really hope he's dead.]]"
** In the episode where Lois becomes a model, Peter asks her "So don't you wanna go back and do your little turn on the catwalk? On the catwalk? Yeah, on the catwalk? Do your little turn on the catwalk?"
** In the ''[[Return of the Jedi (Film)|Return of the Jedi]]'' [[Family Guy Presentslaugh It Up FuzzballBlue (Animation)Harvest|parody]], when Leia strangles Jabba, his subtitles may read "Help, I'm being strangled!" but his Jabbaspeak is the lyrics to Lady Marmalade.
*** Also later, when C-3P0 is regaling the Ewoks with stories, he is telling them the opening theme to ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel -Air (TV)|The Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]''.
** When Carter Pewterschmidt suffers a heart attack, he exclaims "I’m having a heart attack-ack-ack-ack! You oughta know by now!" before losing consciousness.
** In "Foreign Affairs" Bonnie gets in a relationship with another paraplegic. Joe says that he truly loves her and proves it by standing (with help from Quagmire). The other paraplegic states that he would do anything for love, but he won't do that.
* ''[[The Venture Brothers (Animation)|The Venture Brothers]]'':
{{quote| '''Dr Venture:''' You know I feel so dirty when they start talking cute.<br />
'''The Monarch:''' Yeah, well get used to it.<br />
'''Dr Venture:''' I want to tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot.<br />
'''The Monarch:''' ... Are you reciting ''Jessie's Girl''? }}
** Also at the start of "Ghost Pirates of the Sargasso", we see Major Tom's last conversation before his spaceship crashes; the conversation is mostly David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and "Ashes to Ashes".
** As well as Hank reciting The Doors lyrics while tripping on Molotov's spy poison, and several gags done with the ageing rockstars that seem to constitute most of The Guild's leadership. Venture Bros does this a lot actually.
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|The Powerpuff Girls]]'' did [[Something Completely Different|an entire episode]] of this joke. "Meet the Beat-Alls", in which most lines of dialogue were from Beatles songs. It was nominated for an Emmy.
** And neatly subverted at the end:
{{quote| '''Blossom''': Well, it's like the song goes - the love you take is equal to... equal to... oh, who cares, it's by some dumb old band anyway.}}
** Another episode that wasn't even remotely Beatles-related threw one in, too:
{{quote| '''Princess:''' ''Help!'' I need somebody! Help! Not just anybody!}}
** When the Mayor looks through a telescope during the heat wave in "Ice Sore":
{{quote| '''Mayor''': Goodness gracious! Great ball of fire!}}
* ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'', "Xmas Story":
{{quote| '''Leela:''' Fry's outside? He's in great danger!<br />
'''Dr. Zoidberg:''' Why?<br />
'''Leela:''' I'm telling you why! [[Bad Santa|Santa Claus is coming to town!]] }}
** In the same episode, Santa: "I perform over 60 megachecks per second!"
** "The Sting":
{{quote| '''Fry:''' How big's the honeycomb?<br />
'''Hermes:''' Honeycomb's big, yeah, yeah, yeah.<br />
'''Bender:''' It's not small?<br />
'''Hermes:''' No, no, no. }}
** Near the end of "Three Hundred Big Boys", when the piles of war plunder catch fire, [[Richard Nixon]] yells "The loot! The loot! The loot is on fire!"
** In the second straight to DVD movie, "The Beast With a Billion Backs", Prof. Wernstum orders some tentacle-resisters to "Stop! In the name of love!"
** Also from "I Dated A Robot".
{{quote| '''George Michael's Head:''' Please pick me up before you go-go? }}
** Also this from "Bender's Game":
{{quote| '''Elevator Steward:''' Maintenance shaft 7 serving...<br />
'''Professor:''' Shut your mouth.<br />
'''Elevator Steward:''' I'm just talking about the shaft. }}
** Still in "Bender's Game":
{{quote| '''Robot Psychiatrist:''' You're suffering from a breakdown. [[MC Hammer (Music)|Now stop, hammertime.]] ''(activates the "treatment", which is basically hitting the patient with a hammer.)''}}
** In "The Tip of the Zoidberg", The Professor tells Dr. (John) Zoidberg to flee by saying, "Go Johnny, Go!".
* Variation: In the ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' episode where Roger poses as a college professor, his opening lecture quotes from the spoken introduction of Prince's "Let's Go Crazy". ("Electric word, 'life', it means forever, and that's a mighty long time...")
* ''[[Kim Possible (Animation)|Kim Possible]]'': Señor Senior Sr. paraphrases from [[Talking Heads (Musicband)|Talking Heads]]' "Life During Wartime" when he tells his son "This is not a party, this is not a disco, this is not... fooling around!"
** In another episode (which also counts as [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]):
{{quote| '''Dr. Drakken''': Your Nana is one bad grandmother...<br />
'''Kim''': Shut yo' mouth!<br />
'''Dr. Drakken''': [[Shaft|I'm just talkin' about Nana.]] }}
** In "Rufus in Show", when Kim and Ron infiltrated a dog-show, and Kim discovered the gems stolen by Falsetto Jones:
{{quote| '''Kim''': And Bingo was his name-o.}}
* In ''[[Rocko's Modern Life (Animation)|Rocko's Modern Life]]'', Rocko's attempt at hiding his nail-biting habit using a ham and a monkey puppet leads him to remark, "Everybody's got something to hide, except for meat and my monkey."
** In another episode, Rocko recalls a school bully named Dingo who literally harassed him until the day he moved to America.
{{quote| '''Rocko:''' Why he never liked me, I'll never know, and Dingo was his name...<br />
'''Heffer & Filbert:''' Oh. }}
* In ''[[Monkey Dust (Animation)|Monkey Dust]]'', several of Clive's many excuses for being late.
* 29 years before the ''Futurama'' example above, the [[Stop Motion]] [[Christmas Special]] ''[[Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (Animation)|Santa Claus Is Comin to Town]]'' worked in a similar gag while still averting a [[Title Drop]].
{{quote| '''Kris Kringle:''' You better watch out. You better not cry, you better not pout.<br />
'''Children:''' Why?<br />
'''Kris Kringle:''' I'm telling you why! Because ''I'' came to town. }}
** As did fellow [[Rankin/Bass Productions|Rankin-Bass]] [[Stop Motion]] [[Christmas Special|Christmas Specials]]s ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Animation)|Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer]]'' and ''[[Frosty the Snowman (Animation)|Frosty the Snowman]]''.
* The first episode of the eminently forgettable ''Family Dog'' had exactly one funny moment, when one character says to the [[Butt Monkey]] dog, "It just goes to show you, you can't always get what you wa-ant."
* A ''[[Robot Chicken (Animation)|Robot Chicken]]'' sketch featuring a crossover of ''[[The Jetsons (Animation)|The Jetsons]]'', ''[[I, Robot (Filmfilm)|I Robot]]'', and ''[[Unsolved Mysteries]]'', introduces the case with the line "Meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane his wife."
** The sketch ends with a preview of the 'next episode', [[Jem (Animation)|Jem]]. Was she outrageous? Truly, truly outrageous?"
** [[Black Comedy|The principal walks in on a student who murdered his music teacher.]]
{{quote| '''Principal''': (shocked) The leader of the band! <br />
'''Student''': His blood runs through my instrument! (plays the saxophone as blood spurts out) }}
* In ''[[Metalocalypse (Animation)|Metalocalypse]]'', Senator Stampingston introduces Dethklok to the Tribunal using the lyrics to the theme song.
{{quote| Skwisgaar Skwigelf, taller than a tree. Toki Wartooth, not a bumblebee. William Murderface. Murderface. Murderface. Pickles. The drummer. Doodily doo...ding dong doodily...doodily doo. Nathan Explosion.}}
* Grim from ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (Animation)|The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]'' said, upon realising he was in a dream "This is not me beautiful house! This is not me beautiful wife!" and woke up to Billy chanting "Same as it ever was! Same as it ever was!"
** In another episode, Billy chastises General Skarr for not being as evil as Billy thought he was.
{{quote| '''Billy:''' [[Michael Jackson (Music)|You ain't bad! YOU AIN'T NOTHIN'!]]}}
* ''[[Transformers Animated (Animation)|Transformers Animated]]'': "[["Weird Al" Yankovic (Music)|I am Wreck-Gar]] and I [[Actor Allusion|dare to be stupid]]!"
** Also a [[Mythology Gag]], since that song was featured in ''[[Transformers: theThe Movie (Animation)|Transformers the Movie]]''.
* In one of the climactic battles of ''[[Transformers Cybertron (Anime)|Transformers Cybertron]],'' Optimus orders his troops into battle formation with the command, "Come together, right now! ''Over me!''"
** Although this troper doesn't recall any particular examples at the moment, he remembers the ''Cybertron'' dub doing a lot of those.
* An episode of ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]]'' combined this with [[The Power of Rock]] with the Foreigner Belt, which gave its wearer super-powers triggered by reciting the titles of Foreigner songs.
* On ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures (Animation)|Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', when Babs arrives at New York, she says "New York, just like I pictured it. Skycrapers and everything", a line from the spoken section of [[Stevie Wonder (Music)|Stevie Wonder]]'s "Living in the City".
* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' once had the Warners watching a [[Le Film Artistique|pretentious French film]] with dialogue from the original lyrics to "Frere Jacques" and "Alouette".
** In "Woodstock Slappy", when the festival gathers right outside Slappy's tree and she wonders aloud what's going on, Skippy says "There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear." Slappy is unamused.
* In ''[[The Emperor's New Groove (Disney)|The Emperors New Groove]]'', in Yzma's lair, lines from a certain song from ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Filmfilm)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' appear:
{{quote| '''Pacha:''' ''(reading labels)'' "Lions... Tigers... Bears!"<br />
'''Yzma:''' ''(suddenly appearing from behind, holding the vial they were looking for)'' "Oh my!" }}
* In one episode of ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures (Animation)|Jackie Chan Adventures]]'', Jackie explains that he's in a western town because "I've been working on the railroad." The people he's talking to get angry, and he adds "All the livelong day?"
** In another, the thunder demon Tchang Zu is revived, only to discover that his former realm is now part of Hollywood:
{{quote| '''Tchang Zu:''' My palace! These humans have paved my paradise and constructed a...<br />
'''Ratso:''' Uh, [[Joni Mitchell|parking lot]]? }}
* In ''[[Christmas Is Here Again (Animation)|Christmas Is Here Again]] [[Christmas Special|Here Again]]'', Buster the fox refuses to follow the others into the [[Big Bad]]'s hideout.
{{quote| '''Paul Rocco''': Let him stay. He only gets us into trouble anyway.<br />
'''Buster''':He's right. I'm troubled waters, see. Now be a bridge and ease my mind. }}
* The Flash pulled one on ''[[Justice League (Animationanimation)|Justice League Unlimited]]'', when asked where Batman was:
{{quote| "He's running late. Batmobile lost a wheel and Joker got away." (The League members cast pained expressions at Flash) "Well, that's what I heard."}}
* In the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "A Bird in the Hoof," Fluttershy realizes, "[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|I'm late! For a very important date!]]" Bonus points for her being reminded by a rabbit with a pocketwatch.
* Referenced on ''[[Hey Arnold (Animation)|Hey Arnold!]]'' his grandma says he "was born on the backseat of a Greyhound Bus, going down Highway 41." Grandpa Phil says that what she said is from an old hippie song.
* On an episode of ''[[Squidbillies (Animation)|Squidbillies]]'' where Krystal wins the lottery and Dan Halen pretends to be in love with her to get to her money.
** "Krystal, I want to know what love is, I know you can show me. I feel like making love to you. Love in an elevator, lovin' up as I'm goin' down."
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
* There is a time and a place for this sort of wordplay; [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11672840 at an inquest asking you why you shot a man] is not it.
 
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