History Main / SpoofingInTheRain

* In the "WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic" episode "On Your Marks", Tender Taps jumps onto a lamp post while dancing, and then strikes Gene Kelly's iconic pose.

A StockParody in the {{Musical}} and {{Comedy}} genre. [[HappyRain Whenever it starts raining you may rest assured that someone will begin to sing and dance around]], often in the vicinity of a street and a lantern post, on which he will swing himself around. Musical lamp spins, even without rain are a common allusion.

A StockParody in the {{Musical}} and {{Comedy}} genre. [[HappyRain Whenever it starts raining you may rest assured that someone will begin to sing and dance around]], often in the vicinity of a street and a lantern post, on which he will swing himself around. Always a ShoutOut to Creator/GeneKelly in his iconic song and dance number in ''Film/SinginInTheRain (1952)'', even though the song itself is much older and was used in other Hollywood musicals before, though not quite as memorable.

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* WesternAnimation/Paddington1975 does this in the 1980 special ''Paddington Goes to the Movies''.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CNO-iJ1KOw&ab_channel=hoshishiroA GE commercial]] featured an elephant in the jungle tap-dancing to the song.

* A GE commercial featured an elephant in the jungle tap-dancing to the song.

* ''WesternAnimation/LaBalladeDesDalton'': During the Daltons' Hollywood spectacle dream sequence, they sing and dance "Singin' in the Rain" during rainfall.

** In ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsWhoShotMrBurns Who Shot Mr. Burns, Part One]]'', Mr. Burns climbs a lamp post in the same way Gene Kelly did.

* WesternAnimation/{{Paddington}} does this in the 1980 special ''Paddington Goes to the Movies''.

->''"I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain, what a glorious feelin' '' [acid rain burns through umbrella] ''Aaah! It burns like a Glasgow bikini wax! Gaaah!"''
-->-- '''Groundskeeper Willie''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

* ''Series/SesameStreet'': One sketch had Grover perform ''"Singin' in the Rain"'' in front of a film crew directed by Prairie Dawn, but each time he starts, the type of weather is wrong.
* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': When Creator/GeneKelly was a guest on the show in 1981, the Muppets wanted him to perform ''"Singin' in the Rain"'', but before the show starts, Kelly informs them that he won't do it, since the people are ''"sick of that song by now"'', causing a mass panic among the Muppets. Eventually he gave in and sang it backstage.
** When Creator/RichLittle was a guest in 1978, he performed the song--in raincoats--along with Fozzie Bear.
** The film is referenced a ''lot'' in Creator/JimHenson's work. It comes as no surprise that Kermit named it his favorite movie during a 1991 CNN interview.

* When Seann William Scott hosted ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', he tried in [[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/01/01bmono.phtml his monologue]] to say "[[NeverLiveItDown there's more to me than just]] [[UrineTrouble getting peed on]]. Yeah yeah, or [[IAteWhat drinking a beer that has some guy's sperm in it.]]" referring to infamous moments of the first two ''Film/AmericanPie''. So there's three of his ancestors in the film business facing similar beer situations, including a ''Singin' in the Rain'' spoof with him singing "There's semen in the beer..."

* ''Film/AClockworkOrange'': Perhaps the most infamous and horrific example of this song-and-dance number; Alex sings and dances the song [[SoundtrackDissonance while beating up an author and raping his wife.]] This isn't present [[Literature/AClockworkOrange in the original novel]], and [[ThrowItIn was ad-libbed by Malcolm McDowell]] -- reportedly no royalties were paid for it either. Gene Kelly was angry about this usage and once refused to shake hands with [=McDowell=] as a result.

* ''Film/AClockworkOrange'': Perhaps the most infamous and horrific example of this song-and-dance number; Alex sings and dances the song [[SoundtrackDissonance while beating up an author and raping his wife.]] This isn't present [[Literature/AClockworkOrange in the original novel]], and [[ThrowItIn was ad-libbed by [[Creator/MalcolmMcDowell]] -- reportedly no royalties were paid for it either. Gene Kelly was angry about this usage and once refused to shake hands with [=McDowell=] as a result.

->''"I'm singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain, what a glourious feelin' '' [acid rain burns through umbrella] ''Aaah! It burns like a Glasgow bikini wax! Gaaah!"''

* ''Film/AClockworkOrange'': Perhaps the most infamous and horrific example of this song-and-dance number. Alex sings and dances the song while beating up an author and raping his wife. The SoundtrackDissonance of this scene has caused a PopCulturalOsmosis among some viewers. Gene Kelly was angry by his usage and refused to shake hands with Malcolm [=McDowell=], because Creator/StanleyKubrick never paid him for the song. Alex singing "Singin' In The Rain" is also not present [[Literature/AClockworkOrange in the original novel]], and [[ThrowItIn was ad-libbed by [=McDowell=]]].

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* ''Film/AClockworkOrange'': Perhaps the most infamous and horrific example of this song-and-dance number. Alex sings and dances the song while beating up an author and raping his wife. The SoundtrackDissonance of this scene has caused a PopCulturalOsmosis among some viewers. Gene Kelly was angry by his usage and refused to shake hands with Malcolm [=McDowell=] , because Creator/StanleyKubrick never paid him for the song. Alex singing "Singin' In The Rain" is also not present [[Literature/AClockworkOrange in the original novel]], and [[ThrowItIn was ad-libbed by [=McDowell=]]].

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