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**Another one from the full show is "Poison" which keeps the same upbeat tune (until the last few lines anyways) but is even more depressing than Addict, with Angel singing about how he knows that his life and how Valentino treats him is "poisonous" but he can't escape it.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'': "Music/{{Addict}}" is full of this, with a hint of SoundtrackDissonance as well. It sounds like a peppy and cheery song with some silly sex and violence going on, but listening and looking a little closer (doubly so for the video, which sugarcoats nothing) tells an incredibly depressing story about Angel and Cherri being "addicted" to their lifestyles, using sex, drugs, murder, and mayhem in an attempt to ignore their pain and sadness.
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* ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8md9x96dNE "Here Comes The Sea!"]] is an upbeat parody of "Under The Sea" about the Warners' singing about how global warming shouldn't be ignored to a polar bear businessman who wants to use it for profit:

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* ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8md9x96dNE "Here Comes The Sea!"]] is an upbeat parody of "Under The the Sea" about the Warners' Warners singing about how global warming shouldn't be ignored to a polar bear businessman who wants to use it for profit:
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* ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8md9x96dNE "Here Comes The Sea!"]] is an upbeat parody of "Under The Sea" about the Warners' singing about how global warming shouldn't be ignored to a polar bear businessman who wants to use it for profit:
--> "Here comes the sea, ominously. Can we stop pretending the world isn't ending and do something useful, please?"
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** The infamous Be Your Own You from "The Copycats" has the Wattersons sing a light and optimistic song encouraging their copycats to [[BeYourself be themselves]], while also warning them that they are performing copyright infringement by copying their every move.
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** In "The Baljeetles", Baljeet sings an angry heavy metal song...called "Gimme a Grade", that's all about being an overachieving conformist. But that doesn't stop the song from being so Awesome and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVhGWmljQEM glorious]].

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** In "The Baljeetles", Baljeet sings an angry heavy metal song... called "Gimme a Grade", that's all about being an overachieving conformist. But that doesn't stop the song from being so Awesome and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVhGWmljQEM glorious]].
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** In "The Baljeetles", Baljeet sings an angry heavy metal song...called "Gimmie a Grade", that's all about being an overachieving conformist.

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** In "The Baljeetles", Baljeet sings an angry heavy metal song...called "Gimmie "Gimme a Grade", that's all about being an overachieving conformist.conformist. But that doesn't stop the song from being so Awesome and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVhGWmljQEM glorious]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' has "Be Yourself", told entirely from Blythe's perspective. Her friend Sue wants to be just like her so she is repeatedly [[StalkerWithoutACrush following her around everywhere she goes]], set to cheerful, happy music.

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** In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' Steven's SillyLoveSong to Connie "I'd Rather be Me with You" seems really sweet until the the viewer remembers that Steven is basically saying he doesn't know/like who he is without Connie.



** In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'' Steven's SillyLoveSong to Connie "I'd Rather be Me with You" seems really sweet until the the viewer remembers that Steven is basically saying he doesn't know/like who he is without Connie.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': The song "Where's Gary?" (not "Gary Come Home") that plays over the credits of "Have You Seen This Snail?" and was released on ''The Best Day Ever'' album. It's an upbeat song about [=SpongeBob=] being sad that his beloved pet has ran away, featuring lines like "I'm so lonely all the time" and "it tortures me all night and day, what could have made you run away?"
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** In "Meapless in Seattle", the [[TastesLikeDiabetes Meaps']] war song definitely counts:

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** In "Meapless in Seattle", the [[TastesLikeDiabetes Meaps']] Meaps' war song definitely counts:

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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'': In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyAndFriendsE24BrightLights4 Bright Lights, Part 4]]", "We Are the Flutter Ponies" is upbeat, cheerful song about the flutter ponies easily crushing the villain.



** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Winter Wrap Up]]", the cast begin [[MusicalChores singing a jolly song about]] [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows cleaning up winter to make way for spring]]. Rainbow Dash sings about awesome holidays, Pinkie about having fun and Rarity about fashion. Applejack? She's singing about possible starvation due to running out of food.

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** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E11WinterWrapUp Winter Wrap Up]]", the Up]]": The cast begin [[MusicalChores singing a jolly song about]] [[PaintingTheFrostOnWindows cleaning up winter to make way for spring]]. Rainbow Dash sings about awesome holidays, Pinkie about having fun and Rarity about fashion. Applejack? She's singing about possible starvation due to running out of food.

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** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple One Bad Apple]]": "Babs Seed" is an upbeat, happy song, but it is about how the Cutie Mark Crusaders are being bullied.



** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple One Bad Apple]]": "Babs Seed" is an upbeat, happy song, but it is about how the Cutie Mark Crusaders are being bullied.

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** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E4OneBadApple One Bad Apple]]": "Babs Seed" In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS8E1SchoolDazePart1 School Daze Part 1]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLQpLolIAT0 The School of Friendship]]" is an upbeat, happy song, but it a cheerful song sung by Twilight on how her school is perfect, while the students and her friends are shown being miserable about running it the [=EEA=] way, though this is a case of DramaticIrony as she doesn't realize how the Cutie Mark Crusaders are being bullied.her friends feel.
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* Many of the songs in ''[[Literature/TomGates The Brilliant World Of Tom Gates]]'' are used in a way that relates to the plot in some form, but it fails in “What You Gonna Do”. The titular song is used to represent Mr. Fullerman’s distractions, but the lyrics about fictional band Plastic Cup than said scenario. For instance, the second verse:

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* Many of the songs in ''[[Literature/TomGates The Brilliant World Of Tom Gates]]'' are used in a way that relates to the plot in some form, but it fails in “What You Gonna Do”. The titular song is used to represent Mr. Fullerman’s distractions, but the lyrics are more about fictional band Plastic Cup than said scenario. For instance, the second verse:
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* Many of the songs in ''[[Literature/TomGates The Brilliant World Of Tom Gates]]'' are used in a way that relates to the plot in some form, but it fails in “What You Gonna Do”. The titular song is used as Mr. Fullerman alerts Tom for disrupting the class, but the lyrics appear to be about a 90s grunge band making fun of themselves. For instance, the second verse:

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* Many of the songs in ''[[Literature/TomGates The Brilliant World Of Tom Gates]]'' are used in a way that relates to the plot in some form, but it fails in “What You Gonna Do”. The titular song is used as to represent Mr. Fullerman alerts Tom for disrupting the class, Fullerman’s distractions, but the lyrics appear to be about a 90s grunge fictional band making fun of themselves.Plastic Cup than said scenario. For instance, the second verse:

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