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{{trope}}
{{quote|'''T-Rex:''' Hey Dromiceiomimus, do you think that I could be forgiven? I wish you would.
'''Dromiceiomimus:''' Aw no, not this again. Come on T-Rex, passing off lyrics as conversation ONLY AMUSES YOURSELF.
|''[[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.''
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
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]].
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== General ==
* "CRAAAAAAAWLIIIIIING IN MY SKIIIIIIN", the refrain of [[
== [[Advertising]] ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdLgUPgq8-g This
* One advert for Virgin Media has the narrator reciting the lyrics to "Our House" by Madness.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Near the end of ''[[
* There was a panel of ''[[Young Justice (
* The following exchange between [[Deadpool]] and a night club owner:
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'''Deadpool:''' Oh yeah, I'm a superfreak.
'''Nightclub Owner:''' A super freak?
'''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 (
* ''[[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 [[
* The third issue of [[Archie Comics]]' ''[[Mega Man (
** [[The Megas
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▲{{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
* In ''[[
== [[Film]] ==
* In ''[[
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* 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 [[
* [[
* 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 [[
* ''[[XXX
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'''Gibbons''': I like that. Who said it? Jefferson? Patton?
'''Darius Stone''': [[
* ''[[
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'''Farquaad''': The Muffin Man?
'''Gingerbread Man:''' The Muffin Man.
'''Farquaad''': Yes... I know the Muffin Man. Who lives on Drury Lane?
'''Gingerbread Man:''' Well... she's married to the Muffin Man.
'''Farquaad''': The Muffin Man?
'''Gingerbread Man:''' '''''The Muffin Man!'''''
'''Farquaad''': She's married to the Muffin Man... }}
** Also, there's this:
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'''Shrek:''' Yes.
'''Donkey:''' You wanna hold her?
'''Shrek:''' Yes.
'''Donkey:''' Please her?
'''Shrek:''' Yes!
'''Donkey:''' Then ya gotta, gotta try a little ''tenderness!'' }}
* In a sequence of ''[[Ocean's Eleven
* In ''[[Bill and Ted (
* In ''[[Bill and Ted (
** Earlier, after [[Chess
* ''[[Spice World]]'': Bus driver played by [[
* ''[[Charlie and
* From ''[[Cannibal!
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'''Frank Miller''': [[Mister Ed|A horse is a horse]].
'''James Humphrey''': Of course.
'''Alferd Packer''': Of course. }}
* ''[[Across the Universe (
** 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 (
* A running gag in ''[[
* In ''[[
* 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 ''[[
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* In an odd example, all that's left of the "Admiral Boom" song in ''[[Mary Poppins]]'' is a wax lyrical from [[Interactive Narrator|Bert]].
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* ''[[
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* After the killer in ''[[
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'''Hardy''': Doughy likes to rock n roll, a hot dog makes him lose control.
'''Hagitha''': What a wild duet.
'''Martina''': Still they're cousins.
'''Dawson''': Identical cousins.
'''Martina''': They laugh alike.
'''Dawson''': They walk alike.
'''Martina''': At times they even talk alike.
'''Hagitha''': And you can lose your mind.
'''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
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'''Dylan''': Make a little love?
'''Alex''': Get down tonight. }}
* In ''[[Wrongfully Accused]]'', Ryan tells off Cass, who's been romancing him but he suspects called the police on him:
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In the [[Arthur C. Clarke
* ''[[Discworld]]'':
*
** And ''[[
** In ''[[
* In the [[
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"Those kids are as fast as lightning," Barbara added.
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]]:
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** 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 (
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* ''[[Dirk
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"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."
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 ''[[
== [[Live
* 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 [[
* From ''[[
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'''Saffy:''' That's lovely, who wrote it?
'''Eddy:''' Madonna, darling. }}
* From ''[[Doctor Who]]'', "The Christmas Invasion":
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** 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:
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'''Jo''': [[The Beatles (
'''Third Doctor''': What?
'''Jo''': It's a song by the Beatles.
'''Second Doctor''': [[Cloudcuckoolander|Oh, really? How does it go?]] }}
* ''[[
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'''Dr Cox:''' [[Deadpan Snarker|...Should I give her every reason to accept that I'm for real?
'''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:
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'''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
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'''Nina:''' ''(dismissively)'' Yeah, yeah, yeah...
'''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 ''[[
** Gordon Brittas gets the same line in ''[[
* ''[[
** Similarly, from [[Crowning Moment of Funny|the complaint box episode]]:
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'''Everyone''': ''Shaft!''
'''Bill''': I thought we'd get a kick out of that. }}
* On ''[[Not Only...
* An occasional joke on ''[[
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'''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'']
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'''Lee:''' Yeah... [[Chess (
* ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' frequently quotes "You Can't Always Get What You Want". Most notably in the first episode:
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[[Comeback Tomorrow|Later]]
'''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
** {{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 [[
* [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] on ''[[30 Rock
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'''Liz''': That's the ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' intro. }}
* In the third season of the Australian ''[[
* 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 ''[[
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'''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
* A ''[[
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'''Phoebe''': Some guy she met at the movies.
'''Ross''': What does he want with her?
'''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?"
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'''Chandler''': [[The Wizard of Oz (
* Used by ''[[Mock the Week]]'' when Diana Ross was given custody of [[
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* A round on ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?
* 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 ''[[
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'''Tim''': ''(walking in)'' I'm late.
'''Bill''': For a very important date.
'''Graeme''': No time to say hello.
'''Tim''': ''(leaving)'' Goodbye.
'''Graeme and Bill''': ''(together)'' He's late, he's late, he's late, eeh eeh! }}
* In ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel
** 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|
'''Vy:''' What's love gotta do with it?
'''[[Servile Snarker|Geoffrey:]]''' ''(walking past them)'' Gotta do, gotta do with it. }}
* This was a favorite technique of the writers of ''[[
** 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]]'
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* Used in ''[[
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* 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 ''[[
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'''Bailey''': Oh, I can't sing.
'''Herb''': Everyone can sing.
'''Venus''': Go on Bailey, sing. Sing a song.
'''Les''': Sing out loud, sing out strong.
'''Herb''': Sing of good things, not---
'''Venus''': (Cutting him off) Herb! }}
* ''[[
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'''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:
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'''Daisy''': Never judge a book by it's cover.
'''Tim''': He who dares, wins.
'''Daisy''': Look before you leap.
'''Tim''': Do ''you'' believe in life after love?
'''Daisy''': ''[Dismissive]'' That's a song.
'''Tim''': Shit. }}
* The [[DVD Commentary]] for ''[[
{{quote|
'''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.
'''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.
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'''Dean:''' ...Everything is dust in the wind.
(pause)
'''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 [[
** 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
* Deliberately invoked in-universe. "[[
* In ''[[Being Human (
* 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 ''[[
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* There was an episode of ''[[Star Trek
* On an episode of ''[[Yes
* 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
* 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 ''[[
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([[Beat Panel]])
'''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 (
== [[Radio]] ==
* A very common gag in [[The Very World of Milton Jones
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* In the first episode of ''[[Absolute Power (
* When Pip Bin, Mr Gently Benevolent and Harry Biscuit are in space in ''[[
* Happens occasionally on ''[[
** 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]]:
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'''Steve Punt''': Jon, has someone bet you that you can't get the lyrics to a Whitney Houston song into tonight's show?
'''Jon Holmes''': Yes. [[Mitch Benn]] has, and he now owes me five pounds. }}
* There's a round on ''[[
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'''Graeme''': ''(contemptuous)'' Baby. Take off your coat. Real slow.
'''Barry''': But it hurts when I move my arms.
'''Graeme''': Baby. Take off your shoes.
'''Barry''': I can't bend over, it hurts...
'''Graeme''': ''(irritated)'' I'll help you take off your shoes. Baby. Take off your dress.
'''Barry''': Now, I can explain about the dress...
'''Graeme''': ''(dismissively)'' Yes, yes, yes.
'''Barry ''': Doctor, do you want me to undress completely?
'''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]]."
* In ''[[
▲== [[Real Life]] ==
{{quote|
* 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?
▲== [[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
* In an indirect example, the stars of the broadway musical ''[[Rock of Ages (
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Many units in ''[[
** By extension, [[
*** 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
* In ''[[The Adventures of Sam
** 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
** 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
** 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..."
* ''[[
* [[Knights of the Old Republic (
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'''PC:''' [[Limp Bizkit
'''Jolee:''' The Wookiees! }}
* In the handheld versions of ''[[The Sims
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* In ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3
* ''[[
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* Happens all the time in ''My Name Is Might Have Been'', a ''[[
* ''[[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.▼
▲**
* 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 ''[[
▲* One ''[[
▲* Happens in [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0358.html this strip] of ''[[
** Meanwhile, Jim is riffing off the Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush duet "Don't Give Up".
* ''[[
* Mentl in ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==▼
* A frequent gag including ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The
▲== [[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 />
'''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]]:
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'''Joey:''' Yeah, from the very start with honor we've dueled 'n stuff. Watched each other’s backs and, you know, battled with pride.
'''Yugi:''' We’re closer than brothers. And now we have to fight each other.
'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' And we trust our fate to the heart of the cards!
'''Tristan:''' No matter what!
'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' Let the game begin.
'''Tristan:''' No matter what!
'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' May the best man win.
* Any time [[Rickroll
** 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
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090922143822/http://beta.newsbiscuit.com/board/61/01/8
* In a really old version of the [[
** "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
** 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 ''[[
* [[Things Mr. Welch Is No Longer Allowed to Do In An RPG]]:
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Simpsons (
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'''Lisa:''' A deer!
'''Marge:''' A ''female'' deer! }}
** Homer also mourns his loss of the freedom he had in his youth, "I used to [[KISS
** From the rock and roll fantasy camp episode when Homer is forced to leave:
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'''Homer:''' But I like it... }}
** Homer's attempt to put off telling Apu that he knows about Apu's affair:
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'''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
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'''Announcer 2:''' Killing him softly?
'''Announcer 1:''' [[The Fugees
* ''[[
** 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 ''[[
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** "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 ''[[
*** Also later, when C-3P0 is regaling the Ewoks with stories, he is telling them the opening theme to ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel
** 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.
* ''[[
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'''The Monarch:''' Yeah, well get used to it.
'''Dr Venture:''' I want to tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot.
'''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.
* ''[[
** And neatly subverted at the end:
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** Another episode that wasn't even remotely Beatles-related threw one in, too:
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** When the Mayor looks through a telescope during the heat wave in "Ice Sore":
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* ''[[
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'''Dr. Zoidberg:''' Why?
'''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":
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'''Hermes:''' Honeycomb's big, yeah, yeah, yeah.
'''Bender:''' It's not small?
'''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".
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** Also this from "Bender's Game":
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'''Professor:''' Shut your mouth.
'''Elevator Steward:''' I'm just talking about the shaft. }}
** Still in "Bender's Game":
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** In "The Tip of the Zoidberg", The Professor tells Dr. (John) Zoidberg to flee by saying, "Go Johnny, Go!".
* Variation: In the ''[[
* ''[[
** In another episode (which also counts as [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]):
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'''Kim''': Shut yo' mouth!
'''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|
* In ''[[
** In another episode, Rocko recalls a school bully named Dingo who literally harassed him until the day he moved to America.
{{quote|
'''Heffer & Filbert:''' Oh. }}
* In ''[[
* 29 years before the ''Futurama'' example above, the [[Stop Motion]] [[Christmas Special]] ''[[Santa Claus is Comin'
{{quote|
'''Children:''' Why?
'''Kris Kringle:''' I'm telling you why! Because ''I'' came to town. }}
** As did fellow [[Rankin/Bass Productions|Rankin-Bass]] [[Stop Motion]] [[Christmas Special
* 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 ''[[
** The sketch ends with a preview of the 'next episode', [[
** [[Black Comedy|The principal walks in on a student who murdered his music teacher.]]
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'''Student''': His blood runs through my instrument! (plays the saxophone as blood spurts out) }}
* In ''[[
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* Grim from ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
** In another episode, Billy chastises General Skarr for not being as evil as Billy thought he was.
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* ''[[
** Also a [[Mythology Gag]], since that song was featured in ''[[Transformers:
* In one of the climactic battles of ''[[
** 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 ''[[
* On ''[[
* ''[[
** 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
{{quote|
'''Yzma:''' ''(suddenly appearing from behind, holding the vial they were looking for)'' "Oh my!" }}
* In one episode of ''[[
** In another, the thunder demon Tchang Zu is revived, only to discover that his former realm is now part of Hollywood:
{{quote|
'''Ratso:''' Uh, [[Joni Mitchell|parking lot]]? }}
* In ''[[
{{quote|
'''Buster''':He's right. I'm troubled waters, see. Now be a bridge and ease my mind. }}
* The Flash pulled one on ''[[Justice League (
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* In the ''[[My Little Pony:
* Referenced on ''[[Hey Arnold
* On an episode of ''[[
** "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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