History Main / IgnoringBySinging

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10924355/1/Bard-of-Morning-s-Hope Bard of Morning's Hope]]'', Kingsley Shacklebolt covers his ears and hums when Harry mentions the (presumably illegal) "special something" he added to the wards on Grimmauld Place.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9157305/8/Losing-Control Losing Control]]'', Harry's girlfriend makes an innuendo about his "wand" and her mother covers her ears and starts chanting "LALALALALA."

'''Krebs''': A lovely ladies' purse!

* ''Film/LiarLiar'' - Fletcher (Creator/JimCarrey) knows he is cursed to speak the truth when answering a question, but not if he can't hear the question! [[spoiler:Doesn't work.]]

** In Season 21's "Bart Gets a Z", Principal Skinner orders the students to stick their fingers in their ears and go "la la la" while the new substitute teacher is drunk and shouting about how [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop alcohol is a great way to get rid of sadness]] and other similar things.
%%* It was done by Charlie once in ''WesternAnimation/CharlieAndLola''.

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10924355/1/Bard-of-Morning-s-Hope Bard of Morning's Hope]]'' Kingsley Shacklebolt covers his ears and hums when Harry mentions the (presumably illegal) "special something" he added to the wards on Grimmauld Place.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9157305/8/Losing-Control Losing Control]]'' Harry's girlfriend makes an innuendo about his "wand" and her mother covers her ears and starts chanting "LALALALALA."

* In ''Machinima/FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'' Tifa was telling Cloud very bluntly and explicitly how she was going to get top secret information out of Don Corneo. Aerith immediately walks away, covering her ears and singing, "LALALALALA! MOOGLES MOOGLES MOOGLES MOOGLLLESSSS!!"
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10162504/7/Nails-And-Tails Nails and Tails]]'' Harry asks about Seamus Finnigan's definition of "mate" in an attempt to clarify their relationship and Dean Thomas covers his ears and goes "Lalalala."

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10631516/28/Back-in-Black Back in Black]]'' Sam covers his ears and hums when Dean mentions what few details he can remember of a six-man orgy he participated in while drunk on [[GargleBlaster Asgardian mead]].

* In WebVideo/UndertaleAgainstHumanity, this is [[ButtMonkey Asriel's]] response to [[DirtyOldMan Asgore]] [[TooMuchInformation talking about Toriel's vagina.]]
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12901264/1/The-Potters-Ruin-Book-Club The Potters Ruin Book Club]]'' Harry rents a subpar romance novel and teasingly suggests that he and Ginny could re-enact page 206.

* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7274734/3/Saying-No Saying No]]'' Hermione gets the idea to shave Dumbledore bald. Kreacher is happy to oblige, then reveals he removed ''all'' of Dumbledore's hair from ''everywhere'' on his body. {{Squick}}ed, Hermione covers her ears and hums loudly to drown out Kreacher describing the process in detail.

'''Anna'''': To let you treat the people out there just as coldly as you always treated me.\\
'''Elsa''': *hands on head* [=LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA=]!

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess The Swan Princess II]]'': Queen Euberta's [[MotorMouth constant babbling]] soon becomes [[PityTheKidnapper too much for her captor, the evil wizard Clavius to handle]]. She doesn't even stop when Clavius turns her into a bunch of different animals.
-->'''Clavius''': "YI YI YI YI YI - I don't hear you! YI YI YI YI YI - I'm not listening! YI YI YI YI YI YI YI YI YI YI...\\
'''Uberta''': Don't take that tone with me!

* ''Film/LiarLiar'' - Jim Carrey's character knows he is cursed to speak the truth when answering a question, but not if he can't hear the question! [[spoiler:Doesn't work.]]

* ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop''. After messing up the cigarette sting operation Axel Foley is bothered by fellow cop Jeffrey. Foley uses the "la la la" version while trying to get Jeffrey to stop.

* In an episode of ''Series/HappyEndings'', Brad does this twice. First, when someone brings up ''Series/SexandtheCity'', going "lalalala, I have it on DVR!" Then later, when Max mentions that Jane (Brad's wife) slept with nearly every guy she dated, he says "lalalala, let me know when you're done!"

* Attempted by Kurt on ''Series/{{Glee}}'' when his dad gives him "The Talk". Fortunately his dad forces him to sit and listen to what winds up being a very sweet discussion about the importance of self respect and sex.

* After Lindesfarne and Fenton get married in ''Webcomc/KevinAndKell'', they explain to Fenton's "smart house" Tree that they're going to need privacy, and Tree agrees to "override [her] awareness functions" when asked. This turns out to mean [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/2010/kk0707.html going "La-la-la-la"]].

-->'''Hermione Potter:''' Fine. Henceforth, I shall refer to your father as 'The Man Who Shagged Me Rotten So You Could Be Born And With Whom I Copulate Every Single Night'. Happy?\\
'''Christopher Potter:''' La la la la. I'm not listening!

* In [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7274734/3/Saying-No Chapter 3]] of ''Fanfic/SayingNo'', Hermione Granger gets the idea to shave Dumbledore bald. Kreacher is happy to oblige, then after he's through, he reveals he removed ''all'' of Dumbledore's hair from ''everywhere'' on his body. {{Squick}}ed, Hermione covers her ears and starts humming loudly to drown out the sound of Kreacher informing Ron and Harry about the difficulties he encountered while removing hair from various places.

* Understandably done in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' by [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=168 Faye]] while [[BiTheWay Dora]] and her recently out of the closet younger sister [[{{Squick}} feel the need to openly discuss intimate things]].

* Elsa was meant to do this during the [[CutSong unused]] ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' song "Life's Too Short". It starts out as a sweet song about how the sisters need each other but takes a quick MoodWhiplash to the point where Anna and Elsa are basically singing insults at each other.
-->'''Both''': Life's too short...
-->'''Anna'''': To let you treat the people out there just as coldly as you always treated me.
-->'''Elsa''': *hands on head* [=LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA=]!
* This happens in ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' with Kuzco and Pacha after Pacha warns Kuzco not to venture into the forest. Kuzco responds "La la la la I'm not listening!" and keeps it up a bit as he starts walking on the path into the forest before "la la"-ing again and shouting back "Still not listening!"
* In ''Disney/TheRescuersDownUnder'', Frank the frill-necked lizard covers his ears and sings "Waltzing Matilda" when Krebbs the koala starts describing what the poacher is going to do to them. Then Frank uncovers his ears to see if Krebs is done, only for Krebbs to ''just now'' finish his sentence, to Frank's horror.

-->'''Russel''' ''[offscreen]'': Mr. Fredricksen! Am I supposed to dig the hole before, or after?
-->'''Mr. Fredricksen''': [[{{Squick}} Uuugh]]! [[TooMuchInformation None of my concern]]!

* Bulma pulls this in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13487634/1/ Legend of the Monkey God]]'' after Goku curiously asked what Yamcha (who had seen Bulma nude the previous night) meant when he said "Clean-shaven".

* In ''Film/DrDolittle'', Dr. Dolittle is annoyed by the guinea pig Rodney's constant chatter during a car trip, telling him that if he says one more word, then he's going to leave him outside with the squirrels and see how much talking he does then. Rodney tells him that's fine, that he'll sing, and starts singing Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind," loud in off-key. Dr. Dolittle responds in turn by blasting the song "Rock Steady" on the car radio and singing along with it.

* Shaggy and ScoobyDoo do this in ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooInWheresMyMummy'' when Velma tells them that the tomb of Cleopatra has a curse.

* Deaf people achieve the same result by covering their eyes

* Veronica does this in ''Film/Heathers'' after J.D. tries to tell her that she wanted to [[spoiler:kill Kurt and Ram]], singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb".

* In ''FinalFantasyVIIMachinabridged'' Tifa was telling Cloud very bluntly and explicitly how she was going to get top secret information out of Don Corneo. Aerith immediately walks away, covering her ears and singing, "LALALALALA! MOOGLES MOOGLES MOOGLES MOOGLLLESSSS!!"