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* A music box version of The Shadowlord's theme plays in ''{{Nier}}'' when The Shadowlord is on his final bit of health. It's meant to represent how at this point [[DespairEventHorizion he just wants to die]].

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* A music box version of The Shadowlord's theme plays in ''{{Nier}}'' when The Shadowlord is on his final bit of health. It's meant to represent how at this point [[DespairEventHorizion [[DespairEventHorizon he just wants to die]].
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* A music box version of The Shadowlord's theme plays in ''{{Nier}}'' when The Shadowlord is on his final bit of health. It's meant to represent how at this point [[DespairEventHorizon he just wants to die]].

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* A music box version of The Shadowlord's theme plays in ''{{Nier}}'' when The Shadowlord is on his final bit of health. It's meant to represent how at this point [[DespairEventHorizon [[DespairEventHorizion he just wants to die]].
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* A music box version of The Shadowlord's theme plays in ''{{Nier}}'' when The Shadowlord is on his final bit of health. It's meant to represent how at this point [[DespairEventHorizion he just wants to die]].

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* A music box version of The Shadowlord's theme plays in ''{{Nier}}'' when The Shadowlord is on his final bit of health. It's meant to represent how at this point [[DespairEventHorizion [[DespairEventHorizon he just wants to die]].
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* A music box version of The Shadowlord's theme plays in ''{{Nier}}'' when The Shadowlord is on his final bit of health. It's meant to represent how at this point [[DespairEventHorizion he just wants to die]].
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* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' has Davy Jones and Tia Dalma's music box lockets, which is the only thing shown to be able to drive the [[LoveMakesYouEvil love-hardened]] [[PsychoForHire vindictive sadist]] to tears.

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* ''PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' has Davy Jones and Tia Dalma's music box lockets, which is the only thing shown to be able to drive the [[LoveMakesYouEvil love-hardened]] [[PsychoForHire vindictive sadist]] to tears.[[TearJerker tears]].
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** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnY9gy1OdFY Herr Drosselmeyer's Doll]]" is much the same, but with less nostalgia and more... [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean allure]].

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** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnY9gy1OdFY Herr Drosselmeyer's Doll]]" is much the same, but with less nostalgia and more... [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean allure]].allure.
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* In ProfessorLayton And The Diabolical Box, one of these plays during TheReveal. In this case, the music isn't the symbolic part, it's [[spoiler:the Elysian Box itself, which finally fulfills its original purpose of carrying a message from Anton to Sophia and back. Of course, it's less on the nostalgia and more on the what could've been.]] The music box track, Iris, is used a few minutes later in orchestrated form for the end credits. And it's one hell of a Tearjerker.

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* In ProfessorLayton And The Diabolical Box, ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheDiabolicalBox'', one of these plays during TheReveal. In this case, the music isn't the symbolic part, it's [[spoiler:the Elysian Box itself, which finally fulfills its original purpose of carrying a message from Anton to Sophia and back. Of course, it's less on the nostalgia and more on the what could've been.]] The music box track, Iris, is used a few minutes later in orchestrated form for the end credits. And it's one hell of a Tearjerker.
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* The {{Rammstein}} song "Spieluhr" involves one.

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* The {{Rammstein}} Music/{{Rammstein}} song "Spieluhr" involves one.
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-->''The music box is broken, or is it? It starts to play, and a haunting tune fills the air...''
-->--'''Spike Spiegel''', ''CowboyBebop''
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* Game Over screen in BlazBlue has a short sad music box music. Later (especially in Continuum Shift) promoted to flashback music. Also turns out to be theme song of an important unplayable [[spoiler: Saya]] character with even more symbolism. Also has a vocal version in one of the albums but not in the games.
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The opposite of the OminousMusicBoxTune when the nursery tune takes the sounds much more sinister...

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The opposite of the OminousMusicBoxTune when the nursery tune takes the sounds much more sinister...
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The opposite of the IronicNurseryTune when the nursery tune takes the form of a music box instrumental.

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The opposite of the IronicNurseryTune OminousMusicBoxTune when the nursery tune takes the form of a music box instrumental.sounds much more sinister...
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* In FullMoonOSagashite, Mitsuki learns of a song her father's band once performed called "Eternal Snow"[[hottip:*: the show's 3rd ending theme]]. When she learns more about her mom and dad, among other things she finds a music box that plays the song's melody. From this point, the music box is played in almost every episode.
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* Japanese singer/cellist Kanon Wakeshima has one in the instrumentals "Sweet Dreams" and "Shakespeare No Wasuremono ~Epilogue~", as well as in the beginning of the single [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcQQYE66l2o "Lolitawork Libretto ~Storytelling by Solita~"]].

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* Japanese singer/cellist Kanon Wakeshima has one in the instrumentals "Sweet Dreams" and "Shakespeare No Wasuremono ~Epilogue~", as well as in the beginning of the single [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcQQYE66l2o com/watch?v=9fa5cpodqRY "Lolitawork Libretto ~Storytelling by Solita~"]].
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* Japanese singer/cellist Kanon Wakeshima has one in the instrumentals "Sweet Dreams" and "Shakespeare No Wasuremono ~Epilogue~", as well as in the beginning of the single [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcQQYE66l2o "Lolitawork Libretto ~Storytelling by Solita~"]].
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** Same with ''SuperMarioRPG''.

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** Same with ''SuperMarioRPG''.''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG''.
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* ''PaperMario'' features this in both ''The Thousand-Year Door'' and ''SuperPaperMario'' with specifically designated "Memory" themes that used a music-box-like effect when a particularly [[TearJerker Tear-Jerking]] moment was happening.

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* ''PaperMario'' ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' features this in both ''The Thousand-Year Door'' and ''SuperPaperMario'' ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' with specifically designated "Memory" themes that used a music-box-like effect when a particularly [[TearJerker Tear-Jerking]] moment was happening.
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* The {{Rammstein}} song "Spieluhr" involves one.
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* Sad and sentimental scenes with Ilya in ''FateStayNight'' (including [[spoiler:her flashback as she lies dying]] in UBW) uses a music-box version of "Die Lorelei", a German folk song, as background music. It's used to underline Ilya in her innocent and humanizing moments, which becomes a source of LyricalDissonance since the original song is about a siren who uses her beautiful song to drown sailors.
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* In ProfessorLayton And The Diabolical Box, one of these plays during TheReveal. In this case, the music isn't the symbolic part, it's [[spoiler:the Elysian Box itself, which finally fulfills its original purpose of carrying a message from Anton to Sophia and back. Of course, it's less on the nostalgia and more on the what could've been.]] The music box track, Iris, is used a few minutes later in orchestrated form for the end credits. And it's one hell of a Tearjerker.
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-->--Raoul, ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera''

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-->--Raoul, -->--'''Raoul''', ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera''
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** Same with ''SuperMarioRPG''.
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* When alone, Suitengu of ''SpeedGrapher'' obsessively plays a music box with a melancholic tune and thinks about his past. This ultimately leads to a flashback indicating this is the only possession left from his happy childhood, which was destroyed by [[LoanShark loan sharks]]. Making things interesting, Saiga, the hero, independently whistles the same tune, foreshadowing the fact there's a connection between himself and Suitengu.
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* ''The Blue Lagoon'' - film version, has a music box that plays Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, #2 in E flat major. Emmeline says "That's Chopin! I can play it on the piano." It's used by the kids growing up as a connection with/nostalgic reminder of their life before the island. Sometimes they dance to it. None of this is in the book.

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* ''The Blue Lagoon'' ''TheBlueLagoon'' - film version, has a music box that plays Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9, #2 in E flat major. Emmeline says "That's Chopin! I can play it on the piano." It's used by the kids growing up as a connection with/nostalgic reminder of their life before the island. Sometimes they dance to it. None of this is in the book.
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* The final results screen after the credits of DevilMayCry has one of these playing, and it's very pretty.
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** In the prequel, you learn the first part of the game's version of the Eight Melodies from a music box that was in the possessed doll you just fought. Also, the ending tune starts and ends with a music box rendition of the Eight Melodies.
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* ''CowboyBebop'' has two. The first episode "Asteroid Blues" opens with one, ''Memory''. The later two-part episode "Jupiter Jazz" features a music box as a plot point, which plays ''Space Lion (organ version)''.

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* ''CowboyBebop'' has two. The first episode episode, "Asteroid Blues" Blues", opens with one, a music box track titled ''Memory''. The later two-part episode "Jupiter Jazz" features a music box as a plot point, which plays point. The track used for the melody is ''Space Lion (organ version)''.

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* ''CowboyBebop'''s pilot episode opens with one of these. The later two-part episode "Jupiter Jazz" also features one. ''The music box is broken, but is it? It starts to play, and a haunting tune fills the air...''
** The title's "Julia"

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* ''CowboyBebop'''s pilot ''CowboyBebop'' has two. The first episode "Asteroid Blues" opens with one of these. one, ''Memory''. The later two-part episode "Jupiter Jazz" also features one. ''The a music box is broken, but is it? It starts to play, and as a haunting tune fills the air...''
** The title's "Julia"
plot point, which plays ''Space Lion (organ version)''.
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* In ''TacticsOgre: Let Us Cling Together'', Lars carries his late wife's music box as a memento. The track played is titled ''Box of Sentiment''. The melody is later orchestrated in ''Emotion and Absence of Mind''.
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* This is featured in {{Axis Powers Hetalia}}. Russia's character song starts out with a slightly eerie music box melody.

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