History Main / IncessantMusicMadness

Related to BigShutUp, which is often the outcome. Also related to DreadfulMusician. Can be related to ItWontTurnOff. Could be a case of {{The Thing That Would Not Leave}} if this happens inside a person's house. Compare BrownNote, which is a related trope. (The difference? This trope is when the music is not harmful itself but irritates you to madness; Brown Note is when the music is ''inherently'' harmful.) Also compare LoudOfWar, which is this trope done maliciously. ''Also'' compare {{Hell is That Noise}}. Not to be confused with EarWorm. Make it so only one character (or a few) can hear the music, and it becomes a form of TerribleTicking.

* In ''DarkerThanBlack'', Hei's downstairs neighbors practice for their band into the wee hours of nonstop. Averted, in that this never bothered him, either due to his zen-like calm, or the fact that he's generally never home. Un-averted, when he has Kenji Sakurai as a guest, and he complains about the noise.

* ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': the director is arguing with Roger after he blows his lines when he finally shouts, "[[SorryILeftTheBGMON Can we lose the playback please!?]]"

* In ''RobinHoodMenInTights'', Prince John calls for the knights to stop Robin and his men. About 50 men in suits of armor start marching into the room from all sides, the clanging of their armor getting louder and louder and ''louder''. After several minutes of this, Prince John, who has taken refuge under a table and is holding his ears, says, "I hope this is worth THE NOISE!!!"

* In the {{Film/Apocalypse}} film series movie ''Revelation'', the song "Amazing Grace" that is sung by the Haters being incinerated becomes a choir song and is made to look as if the two One Nation Earth converts Willy Spino and Cindy Bolton are getting sick of hearing it.

** Cheri Oteri's appearance on ''CurbYourEnthusiasm'' was as a mentally unstable nanny who was driven mad by constantly hearing the ''LooneyTunes'' theme while working at an amusement park. She sings it constantly and it drives her into a murderous rage.

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* ''{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'', episode "Jellyfish Jam". [=SpongeBob=] and a jellyfish keep Squidward up all night playing loud music. When more jellyfish show up and play the music even louder, Squidward has had enough and counterattacks by playing his clarinet. This angers the jellyfish, and when [=SpongeBob's=] pleas to stop result in Squidward playing even louder, the jellyfish goes over to Squidward's and stings him.

* Bagpipes, for many. {{YMMV}}. (They were used by armies for just that reason, another example of this trope being weaponized.)

* The Donald comic ''[[http://coa.inducks.org/s.php?c=H+89025 Drie Konigen]]'' has Donald chased by a Christmas song about the Three Wise Men, wherever he goes.

* "The Song That Never Ends" from ''Lamb Chop and Friends'' drives Shari Lewis mad.

* During [=ProtonJonSA's=] Let's Play of ''Super Kaizo World'', he hears the "Time's Running Out" alarm so many times after reloading save states at the very beginning of the level that he eventually pleads for it to stop. He later adds, "I'm not sleeping tonight, guys. This is my [[HellIsThatNoise nightmare sound]]."

Related to BigShutUp, which is often the outcome. Also related to DreadfulMusician. Could be a case of {{The Thing That Would Not Leave}} if this happens inside a person's house. Compare BrownNote, which is a related trope. (The difference? This trope is when the music is not harmful itself but irritates you to madness; Brown Note is when the music is ''inherently'' harmful.) Also compare LoudOfWar, which is this trope done maliciously. ''Also'' compare {{Hell is That Noise}}. Not to be confused with EarWorm. Make it so only one character (or a few) can hear the music, and it becomes a form of TerribleTicking.

* In ''{{Ghost}}'', Sam convinces Oda Mae to help him after serenading her all night with an enthusiastic rendition of ''I'm Henry the Eighth I Am.'' (Molly claims this is also how he convinced her to go out with him.)

* In ''{{Ghost}}'', Sam convinces Oda Mae to help him after serenading her all night with an enthusiastic rendition of ''I'm Henry the Eighth I Am.''

* ''{{Histeria}}'' had a CivilWar skit accompanied by violin music - eventually the soldier [[SorryILeftTheBGMOn started complaining about the music]] and wound up eating his own head so he wouldn't have to hear it (PlayedForLaughs).

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* As one of the final challenges in the first season of ''Series/TheMole'', the players had to work together to free each other from their individual hotel rooms. One was stuck in a room where "Tiny Bubbles" played the entire time. Sometimes half speed, sometimes double speed, sometimes backwards...

* In {{Ghost}}, Sam convinces Oda Mae to help him after serenading her all night with an enthusiastic rendition of ''I'm Henry the Eighth I Am.''

* In [[Ghost]], Sam convinces Oda Mae to help him after serenading her all night with an enthusiastic rendition of ''I'm Henry the Eighth I Am.''

* In early seasons of ''TheSimpsons'', one of Homer's catch phrases was "Will you cut out that infernal racket?!" directed at Lisa rehearsing her sax. In the episode where he thinks he's dying from having poisonous sushi, he goes to her room as she's playing. "Hi, Dad. Want me to cut out this infernal racket?"

* On ''{{Arthur}}'' Arthur's little sister, DW, likes the song "Crazy Bus", which drives Arthur crazy. Everyone else his age enjoys it too, but not as incessantly as DW.

* As InvaderZim flies to Earth, [=GIR=] decides to sing the "Doom Song" on the way... ''for six months straight.'' Zim is just about to lose it when they finally arrive.

* In the ''{{MASH}}'' episode "The Smell of Music", Winchester's French horn aggravates BJ and Hawkeye such that they refuse to bathe until he gives it up.

* In ''RocketMan'', the hero and his rival for the astronaut position are both placed in isolation chambers for psychological testing. However, the two chambers aren't isolated enough, so the test subjects can hear each other. The hero passes the time by singing "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt" for several hours, pushing the other guy to the brink.

* The Bugs Bunny cartoon "Long-Haired Hare" begins with Bugs playing various instruments (a banjo, a harp and a tuba) and singing while an opera singer is trying to rehearse, leading the opera singer to smash Bugs' instruments and beat him up.

Related to BigShutUp, which is often the outcome. Also related to DreadfulMusician. Could be a case of {{The Thing That Would Not Leave}} if this happens inside a person's house. Compare BrownNote, which is a related trope. (The difference? This trope is when the music is not harmful itself but irritates you to madness; Brown Note is when the music is ''inherently'' harmful.) Also compare LoudOfWar, which is this trope done maliciously. ''Also'' compare {{Hell is That Noise}}. Not to be confused with EarWorm.