History Main / HailToTheThief

* Though the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Bogey_March Colonel Bogey March]]" was instrumental when it was originally composed during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, it found new life during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as a distinctly crude TheVillainSucksSong about UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and ThoseWackyNazis. For propriety's sake, at the behest of the original composer's widow, the tune had to be whistled instead of sung during its iconic appearance in ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'', making this song an example of both WithLyrics and ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics at once!

* Though the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Bogey_March Colonel Bogey March]]" was instrumental when it was originally confused during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, it found new life during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as a distinctly crude TheVillainSucksSong about UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and ThoseWackyNazis. For propriety's sake, at the behest of the original composer's widow, the tune had to be whistled instead of sung during its iconic appearance in ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'', making this song an example of both WithLyrics and ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics at once!

* Though "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Bogey_March]]" was instrumental when it was originally confused during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, it found new life during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII as a distinctly crude TheVillainSucksSong about UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and ThoseWackyNazis. For propriety's sake, at the behest of the original composer's widow, the tune had to be whistled instead of sung during its iconic appearance in ''Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai'', making this song an example of both WithLyrics and ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics at once!

* In an example from Wiki/TVTropes itself, GodSaveUsFromTheQueen is a play on the British national anthem.

* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' has "The Phony King of England," about [[UsefulNotes/KingJohnOfEngland Prince John]].

-->-- '''Music/{{Radiohead}},''' ''2+2=5''

* Music/SelfInsert mockingly rejoices the oppression of the criminal justice system by seducing a female judge with their extensive criminal history in their 2021 single Necrophilia.

Named after Music/{{Radiohead}}'s [[Music/HailToTheThief album of the same name]].

--> '''Music/{{Radiohead}},''' ''2+2=5''

''Who'd think that a bug worth hardly a slug''\\

This can overlap with TheVillainSucksSong. Compare ProtestSong. A close relative of MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting.

* Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood'' has "The Phony King of England," about [[UsefulNotes/KingJohnOfEngland Prince John]].

* "Disney/DerFuehrersFace," as popularised by Music/SpikeJones and WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, pays mocking respect to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and ThoseWackyNazis.

* Speaking of Creator/{{Disney}}, there's a UsefulNotes/JosefStalin-related [[https://youtu.be/qvX8WLJ-fHo parody]] of Gaston's VillainSong from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''. It's clear that the singers are only singing Stalin's praises because he'll kill them if they don't, and they still get a jab or two in. The song also appears to be mocking Stalin's far-left fanboys on {{imageboards}} like Website/FourChan and 8chan, as evidenced by the proliferation of chan memes in the video. The same Website/{{YouTube}}r also released a song titled "[[https://youtu.be/UBwCbBrsrWs Albanian Nights]]" (based, of course, on ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'''s opening song "{{Arabian Nights|Days}}") mocking [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enver_Hoxha Enver Hoxha]]'s harsh Stalinist regime in UsefulNotes/{{Albania}}. (Note that the memes in this video revolve around one of Hoxha's less brutal but still bizarrely paranoid policies, namely [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkers_in_Albania constructing hundreds of thousands of bunkers all over Albania]] to prepare for potential military attacks.)

* Speaking of Creator/{{Disney}}, there's a UsefulNotes/JosefStalin-related [[https://youtu.be/qvX8WLJ-fHo parody]] of Gaston's VillainSong from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''. It's clear that the singers are only singing Stalin's praises because he'll kill them if they don't, and they still get a jab or two in. The song also appears to be mocking Stalin's far-left fanboys on {{imageboards}} like Website/FourChan and 8chan, as evidenced by the proliferation of chan memes in the video. The same Website/{{YouTube}}r also released a song titled "[[https://youtu.be/UBwCbBrsrWs Albanian Nights]]" (based of course on ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'''s opening song "{{Arabian Nights|Days}}") mocking [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enver_Hoxha Enver Hoxha]]'s harsh Stalinist regime in UsefulNotes/{{Albania}}. (Note that the memes in this video revolve around one of Hoxha's less brutal but still bizarrely paranoid policies, namely [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkers_in_Albania constructing hundreds of thousands of bunkers all over Albania]] to prepare for potential military attacks.)

* Speaking of Creator/{{Disney}}, there's a UsefulNotes/JosefStalin-related [[https://youtu.be/qvX8WLJ-fHo parody]] of Gaston's VillainSong from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''. It's clear that the singers are only singing Stalin's praises because he'll kill them if they don't, and they still get a jab or two in. The song also appears to be mocking Stalin's far-left fanboys on {{imageboards}} like Website/FourChan and 8chan, as evidenced by the proliferation of chan memes in the video.

* During the lead-up to the 2016 [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem presidential election]] in UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates, Website/CollegeHumor made a Creator/DonaldTrump-related [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9-5DJhBh6M parody]] of "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''

* Crossed with TheVillainSucksSong but "[[DragonBall Frieza]], [[AwesomeMusic/DragonBall Frieza]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42B-kOtn-D8 Frieza]]" ...

* Speaking of Creator/{{Disney}}, there's a UsefulNotes/JosefStalin-related [[https://youtu.be/qvX8WLJ-fHo parody]] of Gaston's VillainSong from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''. It's clear that the singers are only singing Stalin's praises because he'll kill them if they don't, and they still get a jab or two in. The song also appears to be partly mocking Stalin's far-left fanboys on {{imageboards}} like Website/FourChan and 8chan, as evidenced by the proliferation of chan memes in the video.

* During the lead-up to the 2016 [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem presidential election]] in UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates, Website/CollegeHumor made a Creator/DonaldTrump-related [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9-5DJhBh6M parody]] of "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" from ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.

* In an example from Wiki/TVTropes itself, GodSaveUsFromTheQueen is a play on the British national anthem.

* "Disney/DerFuehrersFace," as popularized by Music/SpikeJones and WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck cartoon, paying mocking respect to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and ThoseWackyNazis.

* Speaking of Creator/{{Disney}}, there's a UsefulNotes/JosefStalin-related [[https://youtu.be/qvX8WLJ-fHo parody]] of Gaston's VillainSong from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''. It's clear that the singers are only singing Stalin's praises because he'll kill them if they don't, and they still get a jab or two in. The song also appears to be partly mocking Stalin's far-left fanboys on various ImageBoards, as evidenced by the proliferation of chan memes in the video.

Not to be confused with [[Music/HailToTheThief the Radiohead album of the same name]], which is incidentally also the TropeNamer.

* Speaking of Creator/{{Disney}}, there's a UsefulNotes/JosefStalin-related [[https://youtu.be/qvX8WLJ-fHo parody]] of Gaston's VillainSong from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''. It's clear that the singers are only singing Stalin's praises because he'll kill them if they don't, and they still get a jab or two in. The song also appears to be partly mocking Stalin's far-left fanboys on Website/FourChan, as evidenced by the proliferation of chan memes in the video.

* Speaking of Creator/{{Disney}}, there's a UsefulNotes/JosefStalin-related [[https://youtu.be/qvX8WLJ-fHo parody]] of Gaston's VillainSong from ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''. It's clear that the singers are only singing Stalin's praises because he'll kill them if they don't. The song also appears to be partly mocking Stalin's far-left fanboys on Website/FourChan, as evidenced by the proliferation of chan memes in the video.

* "Merry Christmas [[UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher Maggie Thatcher]]" from ''BillyElliot''.

* In an example from TVTropes itself, GodSaveUsFromTheQueen is a play on the British national anthem.