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6	->''You can lie to yourself and your minions!\
7	You can claim that you haven't a qualm!\
8	But you never can run from\
9	nor hide what you've done from the eyes!\
10	The very eyes of Notre-Dame!''
11	-->-- '''Archdeacon''', ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney''
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13	The protagonists meets a character, or even a entire group, inside of or near the entrance of a place that already looks omnious, or about to meet a person [[TheDreaded with a scary reputation]]. Said character/group decides to warn the heroes about how the area they're about to enter will be their end, or how said dreaded person could put a end to them... but warn in a musical way.
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15	Can invoke some LyricalDissonance, if the instrumental is not creepy or at least sad. Compare TheVillainSucksSong, which is about how awful a villain is, and FearSong, a song about a character's own fears. In some cases, especially if it is done in an EdutainmentShow, it could also count as an EducationalSong.
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19	!!Examples
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23	[[folder:Advertising]]
24	* "Don't Put It In Your Mouth" is a Canadian [[PublicServiceAnnouncement public service announcement]] from the 1990's where a {{Muppet}}-esque brother and sister sing about asking your mom or dad before you put something in your mouth even if it looks tasty, otherwise you may get sick.
25	* The 1970's [[PublicServiceAnnouncement public service announcement]] "Mr. Yuk" warns of a monster whose sticker appears on objects that kids should not touch.
26	* "We're Not Candy" was a [[PublicServiceAnnouncement public service announcement]] aired on New York City area television stations in the 1980's featuring puppet pills that warned kids that although pills may look like candy, they're only meant to be given to people with a doctor's permission.
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29	[[folder:Anime]]
30	* One of the songs on the Cinnamoroll DirectToDVD special ''Everyone's Friends with Cinnamon'' [[note]] Cinnamon no Minna Tomodachi in Japanese[[/note]], "Roads Are Dangerous!" [[note]] Dorou wa kigen! in Japanese[[/note]] by Creator/{{Sanrio}}, teaches children when they should cross a road and what not to do around cars or in the street.
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33	[[folder:Fan Works]]
34	* A fan-created song for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' called "Don't Go to the Forest" is about Zecora warning ponies not to go into the Everfree Forest or they might be killed by the various creatures that live there.
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37	[[folder:Film — Animation]]
38	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfIchabodAndMrToad'': In The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Brom Bones sings "[[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Headless_Horseman_(song) Headless Horseman]]", an ominous yet [[CreepyJazzMusic swingy]] number about the titular HeadlessHorseman, although the song is less out of a genuine desire to warn the people than it is to [[TheBully frighten the superstitious Ichabod]].
39	* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastTheEnchantedChristmas'': The succinctly titled song "Don't Fall in Love," in which Maestro Forte sings to Beast about how he shouldn't fall in love with Belle, or anyone else, listing a number of reasons why it will ruin his life. Played with in that Forte is a FalseFriend, and his warnings are (probably) not genuine, he only wants to keep the Beast from breaking the curse on him and the whole castle because it forces the Beast to [[AttentionWhore give Forte the attention he craves]].
40	* Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon
41	** ''WesternAnimation/TheFoxAndTheHound'': Big Mama has "Lack of Education" as she warns Tod that despite his friendship with Copper, they are not supposed to be friends and when they grow up, they will become mortal enemies. Tod is against this, but he soon finds out she's right.
42	** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'':
43	*** Clopin begins the film putting on a little theater for a group of children, all the while singing ''"The Bells of Notre Dame"'' to tell them the story of how the titular hunchback, Quasimodo, came to be the bellringer of Notre-Dame, and under the care of [[BigBad Judge Claude Frollo]]. Ostensibly, the song is to warn the children the dangers of corruption that power brings, and that ''no one'' is above the judgement of God. The latter of which, within the song itself, is sung to Frollo by [[BigGood the Archdeacon]] as a warning in and of itself. The Archdeacon gave Frollo that warning after Frollo claimed a clear conscience for murdering Quasimodo's mother on the very steps of the church; the Archdeacon himself was too late to stop him, but arrived in time to save the infant Quasimodo's life.
44	--->'''Archdeacon:''' You can lie to yourself and your minions! You can claim that you haven't a qualm! But you never can run from nor hide what you've done from the eyes! The very eyes of Notre-Dame!
45	*** The first part of "Out There" has Frollo warn Quasimodo to stay in the bell tower for all eternity for the people of the outside world will hate him for his deformed appearance and call him a monster. This turns out to be a case of irony, as he killed Quasi's mother when he was a baby and ''he'' is the monster himself.
46	** From ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'':
47	*** "Mother Knows Best" sung by [[MyBelovedSmother Gothel]] is a VillainSong that depends on instilling enough fear in Rapunzel that she won't dare leave her tower by listing the dangers of the outside world, because she is secretly using Rapunzel for the healing abilities of her hair and needs her to stay young forever.
48	*** The [[DarkReprise reprise]] of "Mother Knows Best", when Rapunzel refuses to come back to Gothel, Gothel sings that the only reason Flynn is sticking around Rapunzel is to get back the [[CoolCrown crown]] he stole.
49	--->'''Gothel:''' Don't let him deceive you, give it to him watch you'll see. Trust me my dear, that's how fast he'll leave you, I won't say I told you so... If he's lying, don't come crying!
50	** ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013'' has "Frozen Heart", which serves as both a warning and as {{Foreshadowing}}.
51	*** In ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' Elsa and Anna's mother sings them a lullaby, "All Is Found", about a mystical river full of memories. However, if you get [[{{Foreshadowing}} too close you'll drown]].
52	** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'', Mirabel's family and the villagers tell Mirabel "We Don't Talk About Bruno" because his predictions tend to cause misfortune.
53	* In ''WesternAnimation/FaceLikeAFrog'', when Max tries to go into the {{Haunted House}}'s basement (because the door says there's a phone down there, and he wants to call someone), a [[Creator/DannyElfman lizard man]] [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment comes out of nowhere and sings the number "Don't Go Into the Basement"]], which is all about the lizard ordering Max to stay out of the basement for vague reasons. At the end, we learn that the basement contains [[spoiler:a train to Hell]].
54	* ''The Bearer of the Ring, The Wearer of the Ring'' from ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing'' is a warning against the One Ring's seductive power, and that its "simple" power (actually its [[NotTheIntendedUse useful side-effect]] of invisibility) grows stronger and more malicious with every step it's taken closer to Barad-Dûr, and thus its true master, Sauron (Frodo and Sam are going to the nearby volcano, Mt. Doom).
55	* ''WesternAnimation/Thumbelina1994'': Ms. Fieldmouse warns Thumbelina that she'd be better off to "Marry the Mole" then pursue her true love Prince Cornelius, even invoking the doomed romance of Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet.
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58	[[folder:Film — Live-Action]]
59	* ''Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy2005'': Dolphin's warning the audience the world is coming to an end but alas due to human ears they couldn't understand them, so instead they sing the song "So long and thanks for all the fish" before they disappear off the earth.
60	* The main theme for ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'' is about the monster plant Audrey II and has the lyric, "You better, everyone had better, tell your mama something's gonna get her. She better, everybody better beware!".
61	* ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' has the Oompa-Loompas singing songs warning people against eating too much, excessive gum chewing, spoiling children, and watching too much television.
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64	[[folder:Literature]]
65	* ''Literature/CharlieAndTheGreatGlassElevator'' has the song "Attention, Please!" by the Oompa-Loompas, warning against taking medicine in a foolish way.
66	* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'': ''Loamhedge'' has the AffablyEvil stoat Flinky sing a song called "Heads Down" ([[https://youtu.be/WWATYSIDqbo the audiobook version can be heard here]]) in which he warns his cohorts to hide during a battle instead of fighting, arguing that fighting is foolish and will certainly get them killed.
67	-->''When the clouds of arrows fly, keep your heads down''\
68	''Let the brave ones charge on by, keep your heads down''\
69	''When the hero's blood runs red, and you're scared to raise your head''\
70	''Just be glad that you ain't dead, and keep your heads down.''
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73	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
74	* ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-UEqJ85KE "Don't Be a Lawyer"]], which warns about how incredibly difficult and soul-sucking the job is.
75	* ''Series/TheGoShow'' has a song called "Never Cross the Road on Your Own" which talks about how to safely cross the road and repeatedly warns against crossing the road on your own.
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78	[[folder:Music]]
79	* The song "My Boyfriend's Back" by The Angels. A StalkerWithACrush had asked a girl for a date, and after she said no he had spread malicious rumors about her. Now that her boyfriend has returned to town she gleefully informs the stalker that her boyfriend is going to beat him up.
80	* Music/TheCharlieDanielsBand recorded ''Music/TheLegendOfWooleySwamp'' in 1980, warning of the hazards of this marshland full of creepy-crawlies and quicksand. Oh, and the ghost of Lucius Clay, too.
81	* "The Depths Below" by Music/TheCogIsDead warns of a semi-mechanical SeaMonster roaming the seas, grabbing ships with its tentacles and pulling them into the titular depths.
82	* "The House of Myth" by Music/CreatureFeature warns the listener about the grim fate awaiting anyone who enters the eponymous house.
83	-->They're gonna have to scrape you off of the walls\
84	That's even if they find your body at all
85	* Music/TheEagles released ''Music/HotelCalifornia'' in 1977, wherein a lone driver, drowsy from the road, stops at the lonely Hotel California. While the welcome is pleasant enough, the rest is unsettling. As the hostess puts it: "We are all just prisoners here / of our own device." The clincher is the night man's "You can check out any time you like / but you can never leave." While fans have come up with many ideas of what the song is actually referring to (drugs, atheism, the state of California itself), WordOfGod is that it's about the predatory practices of the music industry in the 70s.
86	* "Bad Moon Rising" by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival. John Fogerty reportedly wrote the song after watching ''Film/TheDevilAndDanielWebster''. Inspired by a scene in the film involving a hurricane, Fogerty claims the song is about "the apocalypse that was going to be visited upon us".
87	-->''Don't go 'round tonight\
88	It's bound to take your life\
89	There's a bad moon on the rise.''
90	* "Dead Man's Curve" by Music/JanAndDean tells of a street race to the titular Dead Man's Curve and the warnings of the locals that the curve dangerous. The singer doesn't heed the warning and apparently gets into a wreck (as implied by the fact that the last verse is told to a doctor).
91	* Music/BobbyBare wrote and recorded ''Music/MarieLaVeau'' in 1974, about a swamp witch in Louisiana with a tendency to shriek at trespassers and hucksters, which somehow makes them disappear. Handsome Jack tried to bamboozle her, but once he showed his true colors, Marie fired off her trademark shriek, and "another man done gone." There was a real Marie LaVeau, (two actually, mother and daughter), that lived in New Orleans proper, who practiced voodoo for healing and midwifery, known for benevolence and altruism rather than malice and murder.
92	* Music/BobbyParker's "Watch Your Step", where he warns an ex who has jilted him to, well, watch their step, because he'll be keeping an eye on everything they do.
93	* Music/{{Voltaire}}:
94	** "Beast of Pirate's Bay" involves the singer warning people at a tavern not to go into Pirate's Bay because of the beast that lives there, who scared Blackbeard's beard white and ate [[Literature/PeterPan Captain Hook's]] remaining hand. Ultimately subverted, because the beast was actually a beached whale the singer was trying to protect by keeping people away.
95	** "Don't Go By the River" plays with this trope. The song is largely about the singer warning the listener to stay away from the riverside, because there are deadly monsters there. However, the singer also drops a hint that ''he's'' one of the monsters, implying that he's a CardCarryingVillain who is actually trying to scare the listener rather than show concern for their safety.
96	* Music/{{Weird Al Yankovic}}'s song "Virus Alert" is a warning about what will happen if you get a certain computer virus.
97	** "Don't Download This Song" warns and pleads with listeners to not download the song they're listening to, lest they go to jail and become an infamous criminal who will burn in hell for it.
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100	[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
101	* ''Series/{{Bumble}}'' has an episode where Fishy says, "It might rain or it might not." Bumble wasn't listening properly and didn't hear the "might not", so he tells someone else that it's going to rain and that they'd better take the clothes in off the line in case there's a storm. Boo [[OutOfContextEavesdropping just hears something about storms]] and so sings a song to Peek, warning him that he'd better not be outside "when the wind begins to roar".
102	* ''Series/FraggleRock'': In one episode, Wembley accidentally discovers the Terrible Tunnel, which according to legend, is basically a pair of stone jaws that open when someone gets too close, then trap the victim inside. When Wembley narrowly escapes being caught by it, then tells his friends, everyone except Boober insists that it didn't happen and that the Terrible Tunnel is only a legend. Wembley decides to take his friends there to prove that he found it. Boober, refusing to go, sings "Bad News" to try to warn Wembley how dangerous the Terrible Tunnel is.
103	-->'''Boober:''' ''[singing]'' If a raven should appear, you're bound to shed a tear.\
104	Always keep a-runnin' from the Terrible Tunnel or you'll fall in up to here!
105	* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' has two of these:
106	** "The Day The Goblins Got Away" is sung by the toys and Johnny Crawfish in "The Magic Key" to warn Kate and Truman of the troubles that the goblins will cause in the shop.
107	** The song "Another Nice Mess" from "The Big Mess" starts off with Johnny Crawfish warning everyone in the shop to run away from the vaccum cleaner that has gone awry in the shop before it escalates to the other toys singing about the trouble that it is causing.
108	* ''Series/SesameStreet'':
109	** The song "Danger's No Stranger" is sung to a man warning his girlfriend not to put herself in danger by avoiding falling objects and taking heed of danger signs.
110	** "Get Out, Stay Out, Don't You Go Back In" is a take on ''Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs'' about fire safety in which The Big Bad Wolf and the titular pigs warn about not going into a house that's on fire to retrieve lost items.
111	** "Every Day Can't Be Christmas" from ''Film/ElmoSavesChristmas'' is Santa Claus' warning to Elmo about how Christmas wouldn't be special if it was every single day.
112	* ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' has a song called "Dangerous", which warns against the dangers of playing on the road.
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116	* ''Theatre/{{Be More Chill}}'' [[InvertedTrope inverts this]] in "The SQUIP Song", which is an half-upbeat showstopper sung by [[TheBully Rich]] to Jeremy about how great the artificial intelligence that changed his life is. However, [[LyricalDissonance even if the lyrics aren't trying to warn him, the ominous, constantly intensifying music certainly is]] with chanting choirs and all.
117	* ''Theatre/{{Firebringer}}'' has "The Night Belongs to Snarl," about the prehistoric beast that hunts the tribe.
118	* ''Theatre/AGentlemansGuideToLoveAndMurder'': At the top of the show, in "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A Warning to the Audience]]", the Chorus alerts the audience that this is their last chance to leave before [[LemonyNarrator utterly appalling events unfold]]. Later in the show, in "A Warning to Monty" and "Final Warning", they use the same music in-universe.
119	* ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'': "Mark This" is about Cerberus warning Jasper about the GhostAmnesia that will inevitably affect him while in Deadland. Later, "The Forgetting" goes into more detail about how the memory loss happens and what it's like to realize you're fighting a futile battle to hold on to your memories.
120	* The opening number of ''Theatre/{{Urinetown}}'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "This Is Urinetown"]] has the cast [[BreakingTheFourthWall warn the audience]] that they are about to see a show about a CrapsackWorld, that the first act lasts an hour so they might want to go to the bathroom before the show starts, and that there are no ticket refunds at this point.
121	* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'': Anita's half of "A Boy Like That/I Have a Love". Bitter over Bernardo's death, she warns Maria that getting involved with Tony will only lead to more trouble.
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125	* The Efteling roller coaster "Baron 1898" has the "Witte Wieven" warning guests of disastrous consequences through song at two points: in a preshow and just before the car ascends the lifthill.
126	* In the now defunct Six Flags Over Georgia dark ride attraction "Tales of the Okie Pinokie", which itself is an adaptation of the ''Uncle Remus'' stories, a chorus of birds and singing carrots sing a song of warning to B'rer Rabbit that B'rer Fox and B'rer Bear's plot to kill him.
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130	* ''Advertising/DumbWaysToDie'' is a PublicServiceAnnouncement from Australia intended to warn people about the dangers they could face at a train station.
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133	[[folder:Western Animation]]
134	* More than a few places in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin'' get one of these. The most memorable one was for the [[{{Mordor}} Land of Ying]].
135	--> '''Teddy and Grubby:''' The Land... \
136	Of Ying... \
137	Is not... \
138	The kind of place to go... \
139	on a vacation.\
140	'''Teddy:''' My mother told me never to go to the Land of Ying,\
141	She said it is the place where evil sleeps.
142	* In the WesternAnimation/BettyBoop cartoon ''WesternAnimation/TheOldManOfTheMountain'', the song that the short is named after is sung by an owl in the village to Betty, warning her that the Old Man of the Mountain is evil and will kill or eat anyone who crosses his path. Notably, the lyrics are changed from the original version of the song to give the Old Man AdaptationalVillainy.
143	* Being that the whole show revolves around safety, ''WesternAnimation/DangerRangers'' does many of these types of songs, usually warning kids of how dangerous the topic of the day is. For instance, "Places Not To Play" talks about places that are unsafe to play in and "Don't Touch Them Pills" is about pills not being safe unless a doctor prescribes them.
144	* In the ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'' episode "Bug A Boogie", DK sings to Diddy to warn him about the Big Bog Monster, a mythical monster in the Forbidden Forest that allegedly scared him when he was younger.
145	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS1E13FryAndTheSlurmFactory Fry and The Slurm Factory]]" had the Grunka Lunkas (Expies of Oompa Loompas) warning Fry and his tour group about enquiring too closely into the inner workings of Slurm production:
146	-->Grunka Lunka dunkety doo\
147	We've got a friendly warning for you\
148	Grunka Lunka dunkety dasis\
149	The secret of Slurm's on a need-to-know basis\
150	Asking questions in school is a great way to learn\
151	If you try that stuff here you might get your legs broke\
152	We once found a dead guy face down in the Slurm\
153	It could easily happen again to you, folks\
154	So keep your head down and keep your mouth shut\
155	Grunka Lunka Lunka dunkety dutt!\
156	Grunka Lunka dunkety din-gredient\
157	You should not ask about the secret ingredient!
158	* ''WesternAnimation/HalloweenIsGrinchNight'':
159	** Euchariah and his family notice a Sour-Sweet Wind blowing and lock themselves inside their house, while Grandpa Josiah sings about how a Sour-Sweet Wind is a warning that it's going to be a Grinch Night.
160	--->'''Grandpa Josiah:''' ''[singing]'' It sounds like another's one coming—another Grinch Night might commence.\
161	I wouldn't go out on a night like this for a dollar and fifty cents!
162	** Much later, the Grinch and various [[OurMonstersAreWeird bizarre creatures]] are singing a round that warns Euchariah he's about to be scared out of his wits.
163	--->''Euchariah, Euchariah,\
164	This is it, this is it!\
165	Grinch is gonna get ya!\
166	Grinch is gonna get ya, yes indeedy fa la la, ya!''
167	* ''WesternAnimation/IHeartArlo'': "Ruff and Stucky" from the Season 1 finale "The Uncondemning", sung by Arlo's former hunter rivals from the PilotMovie as they tell about the villainous [[BigBad Bog Lady]] of the swamp and warn of her danger and dark magic, and it's Arlo whom she's especially after.
168	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "[[HalloweenEpisode Tricked!]]", Luna writes a song warning against some dangerous creatures who "aren't herbivores" and probably "haven't been fed in a long time".
169	* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall'': ''[[Recap/OverTheGardenWallChapter4SongsOfTheDarkLantern Songs of the Dark Lantern]]'' has "[[https://youtu.be/ln5hU6RsqA0 The Beast Is Out There]]", an eerie little number sung by a tavernkeeper warning Wirt and Greg about the Beast, an EldritchAbomination who lurks in the woods outside.
170	-->Ooh, ooh, you better beware\
171	ooh, ooh, the Beast is out there!\
172	Ooh, ooh, you better be wise\
173	And don't believe his lies!
174	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': "He's Bigfoot", from "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbGetThatBigfootOuttaMyFace Get That Bigfoot Outta My Face]]", is a song sung by Grandpa Clyde warning the kids about, well, Bigfoot.
175	-->He's Bigfoot, he's Bigfoot\
176	He bathes in the water that you drink!\
177	He's Bigfoot, he's Bigfoot\
178	So watch out, 'cuz he's closer than you think!
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