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* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Mid-Life Crustacean" starts with Mr. Krabs waking up to a song on the radio called "You're Old".

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Related to ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere. See also YourTelevisionHatesYou. A SuperTrope to LosingHorns, where it's just a musical sting that's used for mockery. Not to be confused with TheVillainSucksSong or TheHeroSucksSong, where a character ''deliberately'' makes music that mocks another one.

* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': Joe and Eddie have an awkward moment while sitting in their police car due to the fact that Joe is ''not'' happy about Eddie dating his daughter Iris. Eddie tries to fill the awkward silence by turning on the radio, but the first song that comes on is "When a Man Loves a Woman". He changes the station, and ends up with [[Music/MarvinGaye "Let's Get It On"]. He turns the radio off, stating "Quiet is good."

'''Bart:''' Amen, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Ernie_Ford Ernie]].

* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': Sylar tries to explain to Luke that while he may fit many of the criteria, he's not technically a serial killer. He tries to end the conversation by turning on the car radio, only to be greeted with "Psycho Killer" by The {{Music/Talking Heads}}.

A character is upset about something. He turns on the radio, only to be confronted with a song that seems to mock exactly the thing that's upsetting him.

Related to ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere. See also YourTelevisionHatesYou. LosingHorns is a subtrope, where it's just a musical sting that is used for mockery. Not to be confused with TheVillainSucksSong or TheHeroSucksSong, where a character ''deliberately'' makes music that mocks another one.

* In ''[[Recap/TintinExplorersOnTheMoon Tintin: Explorers on the Moon]]'', the gang are left with a very limited time to repair the ship before they run out oxygen, so they listen to Radio-Klow while working to keep their spirits up... and as soon as it comes on, the announcer says they'll be playing Schubert's "The Gravedigger".

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* In ''[[Recap/TintinExplorersOnTheMoon Tintin: Explorers on the Moon]]'', the gang listens to Radio-Klow while working to repair the ship... and as soon as it comes on, the announcer says they'll be playing Schubert's "The Gravedigger".

* ''Series/TheBoys2019''. A brief version occurs when Starlight goes on a [[RoadTripEpisode mission with Hughie and Mother's Milk]] to get away from the stress of working as a celebrity superhero. She turns on the car radio only to find herself singing a cheesy power ballad, then changes channels only to find the same song, before finally finding Music/BillyJoel.

Related to ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere. See also YourTelevisionHatesYou. LosingHorns is a subtrope, where it's just a musical sting that is used for mockery.

** In "Bart Gets an Elephant", Marge suggests that Bart listen to the radio to help him get through his chores of cleaning the house. The song playing is Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Sixteen Tons", a song about being financially enslaved in a CompanyTown. The irony is not lost on Bart.

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* In ''Manga/ElfenLied'' there's the music box that plays an instrumental version of the show's theme song "Lilium" the lyrics of which are OminousLatinChanting for "O Pure Lily" and "God have mercy." [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Lucy]] later hums the song while slaughtering people.

-->That’s right, every city in this country has a station on the radio whose whole purpose is to get lonely people to commit suicide. Just when you’re feeling better, you’re in your car and there’s some guy going, “You’re listening to nothing but love songs. No rock, no jazz, nothing but throw-yourself-off-a-goddamn building love songs. And now for all you people who just broke up and are feeling bad, here’s a song called ‘You’ll Be Alone the Rest of Your Goddamn Life’.”

* ''FanFic/TheJadedEyesSeries'', a ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' DarkFic: ''[[Music/{{Skillet}} "I NEED A HERO TO SAVE ME NOW!"]]'' is one of the songs [[FallenHero Harry/Tristan]] kills [[spoiler: [[BrownNote the muggle world]]]] to.

* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/427645/chapters/719500 The Shinigami Wing Deal]]'' right after L tried to blackmail Light into [[SexualExtortion having sex with him or go to jail]] for [[TheAtoner his past crimes as Kira]], Matsuda brings in a stereo system playing [[Music/{{Queen}} "Bohemian Rhapsody."]] This annoys Light enough that he [[AgitatedItemStomping murders the hell out of Matsuda's stereo.]]

* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' when Kuradeel [[BullyingADragon challenges Kirito to a duel]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0CyOAO8y0 "Entry of the Gladiators,"]] AKA the stereotypical circus music, begins playing, in this case because the BigBad has some control over ''SAO''[='s=] music and sound effects.
-->'''Kirito:''' Wow, even Kayaba thinks this is a clown show...

* ''Anime/DeathNote: The Abridged Series''
** In [[WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv the Kpts4tv version]], while Kira suspects Light and Misa are stuck in [[spoiler: solitary confinement]], [[JerkAss L and the Taskforce]] take to singing [[Music/{{Queen}} "Bohemian Rhapsody"]] over the loud speakers. [[TheChessmaster Light somehow anticipated that they'd do this]] and sings along, making the line [[FoeRomanceSubtext "So you think you can love me and leave me to die?"]] [[SpySpeak be the code for]] [[spoiler: forfeiting the notebook.]]
** In [[WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesTeamDattebayo the Team Dattebayo version]], Aizawa listens to [[Music/{{Metallica}} "...And Justice for All"]] on his way to work.

* The WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes short "WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous", in which Sylvester tries to swear off eating birds. He turns on the TV only to see that YourTelevisionHatesYou as there's a cooking show featuring a chef cutting into some poultry. The radio hates him, too: The playlist features "Bye Bye Blackbird" and "When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along". Talk about ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere.

'''Radio:''' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen_Tons You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt...]]\\

** In "Saturdays of Thunder," Homer takes a parenting quiz and is unable to answer any questions about Bart. When he calls the quizmakers to ask what he should do, they put him on hold; the song played is Music/{{Harry Chapin}}'s "Cat's in the Cradle," [[WhenYouComingHomeDad about a father and son who never find the time to get to know each other]]. He promptly breaks down weeping while listening to it.

* From ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials Garfield in the Rough]]'', a broadcast about a vicious black panther that had escaped from the zoo is followed with:

'''Garfield:''' ''[immediately turns off radio]'' [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere That's it, we're outta here.]]

** In a similar joke from the episode "Homer Alone", Homer attempts to dial a missing child hotline after Maggie disappears. He's put on hold and the music playing is "Baby Come Back" by Player. More weeping ensues.

Still I'm gonna miss you...''

* ''Series/TheBoys2019''. A brief version when Starlight goes on a [[RoadTripEpisode mission with Hughie and Mother's Milk]] to get away from the stress of working as a celebrity superhero. She turns on the car radio only to find herself singing a cheesy power ballad, then changes channels only to find the same song, before finally finding Music/BillyJoel.