History Main / SpoofingInTheRain

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'': After seeing his date home, Fender starts singing about "Slippin' on the Oil".

* Being a JukeboxMusical show in which showtunes are extremely prominent, it's not surprising that even ''Series/{{Glee}}'' did [[http://gleeperformances.tumblr.com/post/9947915079/singing-in-the-rain-umbrella its own take on the iconic tune]], combining it with "[[Music/{{Rihanna}} Umbrella]]" to represent Will and New Directions (represented by SpecialGuest GwynethPaltrow as Holly Holiday) coming together at the end of "The Substitute".
** In the same episode, as part of Will's FeverDream , he and Mike Chang do a close imitation of "Make 'Em Laugh."

** When Rich Little was a guest in 1978, he performed the song--in raincoats--along with Fozzie Bear.

* In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/MovingPictures'', there's a scene where movie mogul CMOT Dibbler is gripped by the Magic of Holy Wood and starts singing and dancing in the rain, swinging off lampposts and bemusing a passing policeman just like Gene Kelly. Notably, because the Magic of Holy Wood can do only so much, he's not celebrating being in love but the imminent debut of his biggest box office success yet.

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

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-->-- Groundskeeper Willie, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

* ''Film/AustinPowers'' does the routine in the ''Goldmember'' opening titles.

* In the Discworld novel ''Discworld/MovingPictures'', there's a scene where movie mogul CMOT Dibbler is gripped by the Magic of Holy Wood and starts singing and dancing in the rain, swinging off lampposts and bemusing a passing policeman just like Gene Kelly. Notably, because the Magic of Holy Wood can do only so much, he's not celebrating being in love but the imminent debut of his biggest box office success yet.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleShow'', Fred Flamingo's episode is a send-up of thism with Fred tap-dancing in a rainstorm. At one point, he even spins around on a lamppost.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales}}'' episode "[[Recap/DuckTalesS1E5NothingToFear Nothing to Fear]]", Doofus sings a song titled "Eatin' in the Rain", based on "Singin' in the Rain".

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

* ''Film/ThePinkPanther Strikes Again'': ''Singin' in the Rain'' is one of the movies the Pink Panther imitates during the animated opening credits.

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* ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish'': This is one of several Hollywood movies spoofed during the opening theme for the anime.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': In ''Recap/AsterixAndTheMagicCarpet'' Cacofonix makes the sky rain by singing this song.

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* ''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 Rich Little 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.

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* ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish'' (Princess Jellyfish): This is one of several Hollywood movies spoofed during the opening theme for the anime.

* ''Manga/{{Kuragehime}}'' (Princess Jellyfish): This is one of several Hollywood movies spoofed during the opening theme for the anime.

* When Seann William Scott hosted ''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..."

* This is done with Jimmy Five, among several other stock movie parodies, in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVM8ZLNcqv4 the opening sequence]] to the ''MonicasGang'' movie ''Cinegibi''. The joke is that the following scene shows Jimmy with a cold.

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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]].

** In ''"Who Shot Mr. Burns, Part One"'', Mr. Burns climbs a lamp post in the same way Gene Kelly did.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', Jay does this in his student film. He promptly gets struck by lightning.

* Being a JukeboxMusical show in which showtunes are extremely prominent, it's not surprising that even ''Series/{{Glee}}'' did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnDrfyol29Q its own take on the iconic tune]], combining it with "[[Music/{{Rihanna}} Umbrella]]" to represent Will and New Directions (represented by SpecialGuest GwynethPaltrow as Holly Holiday) coming together at the end of "The Substitute".