History Main / SerendipitousSymphony

* An ad for UsefulNotes/McDonalds uses this trope as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'' started "On the Open Road" like this.

* ''Film/{{Zatoichi}}'' has the farmer scene.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpwoRq9W-AY Musicotherapie]]
* ''WebVideo/PotterPuppetPals'' has "The Mysterious Ticking Noise". "Snape... Snape... Se-ve-rus Snape..."

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* Nickelodeon used to run a series of shorts called ''The Space Between Mr. Frear's Ears'', which consisted entirely of this trope.
** These segments were done by {{Stomp}}. And is arguably their entire ''act''. (Suppose that makes this TruthInTelevision then.)

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* In the ''{{Popeye}}'' cartoon "Me Musical Nephews", Popeye's nephews are bored until they decide to make music with various objects in their room.

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* Tyres from the BritCom ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' is a such a raver, he hears random enviromental noises as rave music, resulting at one point to him dancing to the beeping of a pedestrian crossing. On another occasion, he starts building up a SerendipitousSymphony, but Tim deliberately gets rid of the noises to stop him so he'll get on with making an urgent delivery.

* "Little April Showers" from ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'' starts out with, of course, some raindrops.
* "Trashing the Camp" from ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'' is basically a Stomp number...[[InSpace with]] [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys gorillas]]. And an elephant.

* Multiple times in ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'' with the cuckoo clocks and the music boxes.

* Disney's 1937 short ''Disney/TheOldMill''. The wind, cattails slapping on a fence, etc.

* ''[[WebVideo/PotterPuppetPals Snape... Snape... Se-ve-rus Snape...]]''

* The ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cartoon ''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/onetwo.html One Two, One Two]]'' consists ''entirely'' of a SerendipitousSymphony. The toon was released along with the ''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/onetwomixer.html MixMastah 800]]'', a tool to mix your own SerendipitousSymphony.
** An EasterEgg in the Strong Bad Email ''[[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail173.html the paper]]'' referenced this toon by starting another SerendipitousSymphony, before being cut off by Strong Bad.

* Happened in a 10th-season episode of ''TopGear'', when the crew start comparing the various noises given off by their [[TheAllegedCar British Leyland cars]]. The various squeaks, rattles and clunks soon turn into a musical number...

* The ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' gang [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6ICOyOnEY burst into a spontaneous rendition]] of "We Will Rock You" by {{Queen}} as a result of Norm tapping his pencil.

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* [=KitKat=] commercials do this with the sounds of opening, eating, and humming enjoyment of the candy bar to the "Give me a break" theme.

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* ''Series/{{Wings}}'' has a moment where everybody is bored because the airport is fogged in. Antonio is clinking his spoon in a coffee mug, Joe is noodling on a guitar, and Brian is flipping through a magazine. Then Lowell starts sanding the door frame nearby. His rhythmic sanding coincides with Antonio's clinking beat. Suddenly Brian starts scatting, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dWkr2s6L8&feature=more_related they're doing a full-on Bossanova number.]] Eventually they realize what's happened and pause——before continuing right on with the music.

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* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' had an end credits segment where the guys were sitting around in the kitchen, making random noises... Which they turned into a melody... And then busted out into a full-on rendition of ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'' theme song. This was probably done more for the enjoyment of the audience, rather than meant to be in-character, though (and that's not how it happened at all anyway).

* One of Nike's most famous ads involves a bunch of NBA players creating a Serendipitous Symphony with their shoes, the ball, and the net. In fact, it was so famous, it was even parodied in ''ScaryMovie 2''.

* The A Cappella group, Toxic Audio, does a cover of "Put da Lime in da Coconut." It starts with someone sporadically coughing. Then another member starts clearing their throat. The soprano starts sneezing in time. And suddenly the whole range of ailments becomes the background beat for "Coconut."

* The ''{{Cheers}}'' gang [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6ICOyOnEY burst into a spontaneous rendition]] of "We Will Rock You" by {{Queen}} as a result of Norm tapping his pencil.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Dude, We're Getting The Band Back Together!", one of these in a library, of all places, kicks off the number "Ain't Got Rhythm".

* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' episode "Hurricane Neddy", a hurricane blows into a harmonica shop, creating a pleasing melody. The same thing then occurs with an adjacent harpsichord shop, resulting only in a discordant thunk.

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* First appeared in the French film ''Film/{{Delicatessen}}'', where a creeking mattress is joined by a cello player, a painter and others.
* In the film version of ''Film/{{Chicago}}'', the Cell Block Tango starts as a chorus of water droplets, footsteps, and fingernails, and then evolves into an actual musical number.

* ''Film/AugustRush'' has this a lot. It's used to indicate that August is so highly musical that either he only hears what fits the rhythm he's thinking about, or the world itself rhythmizes around him.

* ''Film/{{Zatoichi}}'' has the farmer scene.
* The musical numbers in ''Film/DancerInTheDark'' all started this way, with machinery or trains or footsteps, etc.

* ''AGoofyMovie'' started "On the Open Road" like this.
* ''AugustRush'' has this a lot. It's used to indicate that August is so highly musical that either he only hears what fits the rhythm he's thinking about, or the world itself rhythmizes around him.

* ''{{Zatoichi}}'' has the farmer scene.

* ''SpongeBobSquarePants'' did this when luring party animal jellyfish out of his house. It starts with Gary's eyestalks clacking together, and builds up from there.
* In the ''PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Dude, We're Getting The Band Back Together!", one of these in a library, of all places, kicks off the number "Ain't Got Rhythm".

* In the ''[[TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' episode "Hurricane Neddy", a hurricane blows into a harmonica shop, creating a pleasing melody. The same thing then occurs with an adjacent harpsichord shop, resulting only in a discordant thunk.

* An ad for McDonalds uses this trope as well.

* ''Music/TheFlightOfTheConchords'' does something like this on the song "Leggy Blonde". While it's an actual song with guitars and shit, the rhythm section is made up of various office supplies (staplers, printers, tape etc.).

* Kit Kat commercials do this with the sounds of opening, eating, and humming enjoyment of a KitKat bar to the "Give me a break" theme.

* ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' had an end credits segment where the guys were sitting around in the kitchen, making random noises... Which they turned into a melody... And then busted out into a full-on rendition of ''TheBeverlyHillbillies'' theme song. This was probably done more for the enjoyment of the audience, rather than meant to be in-character, though.

* "Trashing the Camp" from ''Disney/{{Tarzan}}'' is basically a Stomp number...[[InSpace with]] [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys gorillas]].
** And an elephant.

* Disney's 1937 short ''TheOldMill''. The wind, cattails slapping on a fence, etc.

* ''[[PotterPuppetPals Snape... Snape... Se-ve-rus Snape...]]''
* ''MuppetViralVideos'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE Popcorn Shrimp]], a rendition of Gershon Kingsley's song "Popcorn".
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpwoRq9W-AY Musicotherapie]]

* ''MuppetViralVideos'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE Popcorn Shrimp]]