History Main / InvoluntaryDance

* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' fa* ''Fanfic/TheRetellingOfPokemonColosseum'': In this fanfic, the DanceBattler Miror B. has a special hypnotic music player that forces everyone else to dance as well.nfic ''[[http://jeconais.fanficauthors.net/This_Means_War/index/ This Means War]]'' has Harry play a prank on the Weasley boys which involves magically forcing them to sing and dance in front of the school to Y.M.C.A.

->''"I CAN'T... RESIST THE GROOVE... ANY LONGER! [[GoshDangItToHeck SPLAT YOU]], [[IdolSinger SQUID SISTERS]]!!"''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': When Zack attempts to hypnotize Lincoln into doing his magic act for a talent show, [[BungledHypnotism he ends up putting the school secretary in a trance]] instead, made to dance mindlessly until she's snapped out of it.

* ''[[ComicBook/DawnOfDC Speed Force]]'': The Music Meister, adapted from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' below, makes his debut in which he does this to Superboy complete with an EvilCostumeSwitch.

* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', this is the punishment of the original incarnation of Majora. A traveler who seeks to obtain the dark beast's power uses enchanted music to force it to dance itself to exhaustion until death.

* In ''VideoGame/GoatSimulator'', one of the special Mutations is [[Music/{{Deadmau5}} Deadgoa7]]. This mutation's special ability involved everyone nearby entering their dance animation no matter what they're doing at that moment.

** The spell ''[[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/irresistibleDance.htm Otto's irresistible dance]]'' forces the victim to dance for a short time, and do nothing else. It's quite high-level because it allows NoSavingThrow.

* ''VideoGame/DungeonsAndDragonsOnline'': Compared to tabletop D&D, DDO also adds an Otto's Resistable Dance (allows a saving throw, but much lower level), and Sphere of Dancing, an area-of-effect crowd control spell that creates a [[GratuitousDiscoSequence disco ball and techno music]]. Most monsters remain vulnerable to dancing, even at high level, and all have a special dancing animation to account for it.

** In her first real debut episode, Livewire uses her power over electricity to take control of Bumblebee's suit, forcing her to dance in front of a crowd and [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYoutube posting it online afterwards]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'': During the first "[[EarWorm Catchy Song]]", Emmett is starting to get caught up by the music.
-->'''Emmett:''' My body is ''worming''! I didn't know I knew how to do this...

* ''VideoGame/LEGOTheLordOfTheRings'':
** In ''The Lord of the Rings'', equipping a treasure called the "Disco Phial" allows you to see in the dark, while causing everyone in the immediate area to dance uncontrollably -- which can be a pain if you're in multiplayer mode and your partner does this. It also changes the music to an electronic VoiceClipSong using lines from all three movies. This continues until you put the Phial away.

* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': The anime-only twins Linlin and Ranran's most powerful move. The twins [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage play the theme tune]] which causes the opponent to dance uncontrollably, and while they dance Linlin and Ranran use a flamethrower to burn the opponent.

* ''Anime/TheSnowqueen2005'': In the episode based on "Red Shoes" which ends with disastrous consequences.

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* In ''Animation/FourAngies'', Nina will dance uncontrollably at the sound of fast-paced music, the basis of her spinning "Nina Twister" move.
* In Season 10 episode 12 of ''Animation/HappyHeroes'', Big M. at one point uses Doctor H.'s machine to make Smart S. do a ballet dance against his will - complete with him spawning a ballerina dress out of nowhere. Seconds later, he does the same thing to Careful S. and his duplicates, also with spontaneously-appearing dresses to fit.
* ''Animation/{{Miniforce}} X'': In "The Suspicious Shoes", the main villain's plot revolves around selling shoes to the populous, only to later activate them to force them all to dance uncontrollably.
* ''Animation/MotuPatlu'': In "Magical Flute", among the loot that John the Don's minions stole from a store is a magic flute that, when played, causes anybody within hearing range to dance uncontrollably. Naturally, John utilizes the flute in yet another of his villainous schemes.
* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': Tibbie's Magic Train in ''Flying Island: The Sky Adventure'' can play music to make people dance against their will. In that season's 19th episode, she stops Wolffy with this ability when he infiltrates the room used for producing rainbows.
* ''Animation/{{Pucca}}'': In "The Dance of the Ruby Slippers", the titular cursed shoes forces anyone who wears them into dancing uncontrollably.
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* ''Film/Legend1985''. While Lily is trapped in Darkness' lair, he sends a dancing mannequin in a black dress to seduce her. The mannequin {{Mind Control}}s her into dancing with it, eventually transforming her with an EvilCostumeSwitch[=/=]EvilMakeover.

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In the episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E87APianoIntheHouse A Piano in the House]]", a player piano had the ability to bring out what's BeneathTheMask of a person listening to its music. One of the people affected secretly loved to dance, so she danced along to the music.

* ''Film/HocusPocus'': After the witch sisters [[VillainsOutShopping spontaneously perform at a party]], they curse the attendants to dance until they die. [[spoiler:[[NoOntologicalInertia The sisters' deaths ended the spell]], as the last scene of the movie is the people leaving the party, exhausted but still alive.]] Done again in the [[Film/HocusPocus2 sequel]] to Music/{{Blondie}}'s "One Way Or Another".

* ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'': When Boov hear music, as first evidenced by Oh's reaction to it when being played on the radio, they find their bodies stricken with an uncontrollable urge to dance.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'': During the first [[EarWorm "Catchy Song"]], Emmett is starting to get caught up by the music.

** In the ShowWithinAShow in ''The Barkleys of Broadway,'' Josh is forced to dance by a pair of magical shoes (a ShoutOut to ''Film/{{The Red Shoes|1948}}'' -- the movie had come out the previous year).
* ''Film/Aladdin2019'': Genie says that he can't make people fall in love. Not that Genie doesn't ''try'', but the princely entourage, gifts, and forcing Aladdin to dance don't help at all.
** Earlier in the film during the "Friend Like Me" sequence, Genie uses puppet strings to attach themselves to Aladdin and help him dance along to the bombastic number, in a further demonstration of his phenomenal cosmic power.

* ''Film/TheMask''. The title character sings the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dyO9SWiY7k "Cuban Pete"]] song and everyone in the audience (mostly composed of cops aiming their weapons at him) starts dancing (except for Lieutenant Kellaway).

* ''Film/Suspiria2018'': After getting caught by the other matrons and breaking her leg (which is then undone), Sara is subjected to dancing her part of ''Volk'' under Blanc's spell.

* ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'': There exists a spell for this that Female Wizard is able to learn in one of the [[SpinOff side stories]].

* ''Literature/{{Merida}}'': Padraic attempts to [[HypnotizeThePrincess hypnotize Merida]] into doing a jig through the power of his limited magic locket, however, her HeroicWillpower is strong enough to resist it before she goes through with the suggestion.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAddamsFamily1992'': In the episode, "Sir Pugsley", Wednesday finds that whenever she hears her victory music, she can't stop dancing. However, when Pugsley finds a way to exploit this to his advantage, he uses the music to drive his sister out of control, and leave him easily able to win the jousting competition she initially cheated to win.

** In his [[SpecialGuest appearance]] in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', he ends up doing this to the classic Banana Boat song to the Titans as well as some monsters in their way, making them beat themselves up by the end.
** In a less BJ-centric episode of the show, the Titans, sans Raven, are forced into becoming a dancing demon's backup dancers after having performed the forbidden dances.
** In an earlier episode where some goop from a monster seemingly infects the Titans' costumes, [[spoiler: actually a ploy by Raven's magic]], they do this to the heroes while "wearing" them.

* ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperheroGirls2019'': In her first real debut episode, Livewire uses her power over electricity to take control of Bumblebee's suit, forcing her to dance in front of a crowd and [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYoutube posting it online afterwards]].

* ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle2007'': Every time Ape hears the sound of Mitch's bongos he dances uncontrollably, which results in mass insanity and the destruction of their Tree House.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': In the special, "Dance Pantsed", Mojo creates an evil video game with pants-designed controllers resembling ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'', with their hidden purpose being to [[UnwillingRoboticization roboticize the girls]] and force them to kidnap various hostages. Later on, while they are somewhat freed from the robot shell, the pants are still able to incapacitate them by forcing them to Running Man away from the scene. Good thing they have EyeBeams.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' has the Jitterbug disease and [[Recap/TheSmurfs1981S1E38SmurfettesDancingShoes Smurfette's dancing shoes]].

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' has an evil footwear designer demonstrate his power over the critics he's captured by forcing them into this via controlling the boots they're wearing, which also seem to enhance their strength. Later, Alex puts them to good use after disabling the control chip inside.

* ''Animation/{{Miniforce}}'': In "The Suspicious Shoes", the main villain's plot revolves around selling shoes to the populous, only to later activate them to force them all to dance uncontrollably.

* One short from ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' had Goofy get stalked by a killer mountain lion who compulsively dances whenever they hear music, so the only thing keeping Goofy from getting eaten is his radio.

* One short from ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' had Goofy get stalked by a killer mountain lion who compulsively dances whenever they hear music, so the only thing keeping Goofy from getting eaten is his radio.

* One short from ''WesternAnimation/DisneysHouseOfMouse'' had Goofy get stalked by a killer mountain lion who compulsively dances whenever they hear music, so the only thing keeping Goofy from getting eaten is his radio.