History Main / TheDayTheMusicLied

* [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers:]] {{The|Movie}} [[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangers Movie]] pulls something similar. As the team morphs for the first time in the film, we are treated to a pumped-up version of the [[ThemeMusicPowerUp theme song]] and obligatory [[AssKickingPose posing]], after which it is revealed that the bad guys have ''fled the scene'' during all the buildup. Even the post-reveal ''guitar riff'' sounds disappointed.

* In the {{Bakuman}} anime, after Mashiro makes Azuki cry by asking her if they have to wait until their dreams come true to see each other, he tells Takagi he wants to submit something to the Tezuka Awards, and dramatic music plays, as it does when the characters get an idea or renewed determination. After Takagi suggests that he be more patient and make a good submission, the music fades as Mashiro apologizes. Then again, after Takagi learns that their first submission, The Two Earths, was not even chosen as a finalist, he decides to go with Mashiro's plan.

* In the {{Uninvited}} game, when you meet the Scarlet O'Hara lookalike, the music sounds VERY upbeat. As if you're going to have a pleasant time. Doing anything aside of a select few will cause her to reveal her HighOctaneNightmareFuel face as she rips you apart while said music turns into utter HellIsThatNoise. This is noteworthy because usually dangers in the game were accompanied with an eerie music, rather than such upbeat music.

* ''ChronoTrigger''. A lowly villain brings forth a couple of monsters, the characters pull out their weapons, and battle music starts... then the monsters fall into a pit. Cue the music [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand faltering out]].

* {{Clannad}} often starts playing emotional music during scenes that are set up to be misleading either to the audience or characters. Such as Tomoya starting to tell Tomoyo that Sunohara loves her, or when Kyou pulls Tomoya aside to show him a love letter, the assumption being that it's from her to him. The music starts in both cases only to get cut short by Sunohara butting in to say he wants to fight Tomoyo or an irritated Kyou explaining it was from some boy to Ryou.

* A non-lethal version on ''TheSimpsons'': Abe Simpson is about to perform an act called the "Funky Grampa" - and just as he starts up the singing and dancing, he promptly falls asleep.

* In ''{{Ys}} VI'', after you defeat the first boss, it gets up again and the boss music restarts, but is interrupted when Olha kills it with an Emelas arrow.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'' does this occasionally, for example during Ash's final battle against Brandon when Charizard loses against Dusclops.

* In the first MarioParty, one board has Bowser giving players black stars. At first it might seem that they count because of the fanfare... Then they [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand Let The Air Out Of The Band]] to let you know you were forced to pay for nothing.

Compare CatScare for when dramatic tension is build up with music only for a harmless outcome.

* ''{{Bleach}}'' uses it a few times, most notably when Aizen stops Ichigo with one finger in the middle of his theme song, and again when the exact opposite happens much later: When Ichigo barehandedly stops Aizen's sword in the middle of the "Snakes of Despair" song.

* Played with in ''[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs]]''. During her first battle with the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Wolkenritter]], Nanoha is trying to use [[WaveMotionGun Starlight Breaker]] to open the way for reinforcements for her friends. During the charging, the music plays to the fullest... until [[BodyHorror a certain hand rises from her chest]], [[GameBreakingInjury absorbing her magical power]]. [[SubvertedTrope The subversion?]]. She ''still'' shoots. And it was ''[[Awesome/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs glorious]]'', accompanied by the music playing to the fullest again.

* Played with in ''{{Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's}}''. During her first battle with the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Wolkenritter]], Nanoha is trying to use [[WaveMotionGun Starlight Breaker]] to open the way for reinforcements for her friends. During the charging, the music plays to the fullest... until [[BodyHorror a certain hand rises from her chest]], [[GameBreakingInjury absorbing her magical power]]. [[SubvertedTrope The subversion?]]. She ''still'' shoots. And it was ''[[Awesome/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs glorious]]'', accompanied by the music playing to the fullest again.

* Played with in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha A's''. During her first battle with the [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Wolkenritter]], Nanoha is trying to use [[WaveMotionGun Starlight Breaker]] to open the way for reinforcements for her friends. During the charging, the music plays to the fullest... until [[BodyHorror a certain hand rises from her chest]], [[GameBreakingInjury absorbing her magical power]]. [[SubvertedTrope The subversion?]]. She ''still'' shoots. And it was ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome glorious]]'', accompanied by the music playing to the fullest again.