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11	->''"You know there's something you should know, so I'm gonna tell you so! Don't sweat it! Forget it! Enjoy the show!"''
12	-->-- '''Fritz''', opening the "Party Time" number in ''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn''
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14	Basically, things like characters performing brief rap numbers in stories where it isn't the primary subject.
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16	Compare PissTakeRap and AWildRapperAppears. '''Not''' to be confused with GratuitousRape.
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19	!!Examples:
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22	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
23	* That one episode of ''Manga/BoboboboBobobo'' with the roller coaster.
24	* ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby'' has a few scenes where a gang of delinquents does freestyle raps about current events or about society. Though the raps are rather good, given that the voice actors of the delinquents are real-life rappers.
25	* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'': Katsura and his "[[PissTakeRap Katsurap]]." Even more gratuitous are the recaps for the Thorny Boys arc.
26	* All versions of the ending theme ''Marukaite Chikyuu'' of ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' anime contain rap sections, even for characters like Japan whom you'll not expect to rap.
27	* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has a chapter where Fujiwara suddenly busts into a rap number when she, Kaguya, and Shirogane are playing a "word guessing game". Shirogane thinks Fujiwara's [[YoureInsane lost her mind]] while Kaguya [[JustSmileAndNod sits and smiles]], hoping that her silent composure will help her win the game. [[spoiler:They both lose.]]
28	* Killer B from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' has a tendency to do this, even when others say it's not all that good.
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31	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
32	* The ending for ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'' features a rap battle between [[spoiler:Bubbles]] and a flock of seagulls, done by the guys at ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''.
33	* ''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn''. With the rapping dog. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxHNztg0X3s "It's party time!"]]
34	* And then there's the rapping shark in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic In Search of the Titanic]]'', making there two full-length animated movies about the Titanic disaster featuring rapping animals.
35	* [[WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest "Yo, the name is Batty! The logic is erratic! Potato in a jacket! Toys in the attic! I rock and I ramble! My brain is SCRAMBLED! Rap like an animal, but I'm a mammal!"]]
36	* ''[[Franchise/CareBears Care Bears in Wonderland.]]'' The rapping cat.
37	* In ''WesternAnimation/Cars3'', Cruz Ramirez does a crazy workout routine complete with weird Latin music, which she makes up her own rap out of. Lightning [=McQueen=] later uses the melody and makes up his own rap when attempting to apologize to Cruz later on in the movie.
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40	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
41	* The masked slasher in ''Film/ScaryMovie'' dances around the room and dispenses some rapid-fire rap lyrics after the other characters invite him to smoke some marijuana. He even uses his knife to make "cool" rap gestures - but apparently gets a little too into it, because he ends up slashing everyone in the room to death.
42	* ''[[Creator/SeltzerAndFriedberg Epic Movie]]'' contains several scenes.
43	* ''Film/{{Bulworth}}''. A jaded politician decides to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth to the American public… in rap... Significantly SugarWiki/BetterThanItSounds.
44	* [[Film/OfficeSpace Die, motherfucker, die, motherfucker, die!]] It works a little better here because the entire movie is set to hip-hop. Which is hilarious because it's about weedy white (and one Indian) office workers.
45	* The ''Hard Knock Life'' scene from the 3rd ''Film/AustinPowers'' movie. Which also happened to be a parody of a rap by Music/JayZ that sampled the soundtrack from ''Film/{{Annie\|1982}}''.
46	* The infamous "Ninja Rap" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGLlUNaJcmc sequence]] in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIITheSecretOfTheOoze''. Perpetrated by the one and only Music/VanillaIce.
47	* [[Film/{{Gordy}} PIG POWER IN THE HOUSE!!!!]]
48	* The VillainSong in ''Film/TheMuppets2011'' is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKJKjXAY5bs a deliberately over-the-top example.]]
49	* ''Film/CoolCatSavesTheKids'' has "Cool Cat Boogie", which even starts out with "My name is Cool Cat."
50	* M. Night Shyamalan's ''Film/TheVisit''- a horror film no less- has several instances where Tyler raps, for no other reason than that he loves to rap.
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53	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
54	* The Ringmaster in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy".
55	* ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' constantly. The worst was Rick's environmental rap.
56	* Champion ice skater Katerina Witt suddenly and [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment bizarrely]] breaks into a full-on rap during one of the Christmas TV specials she made in the early '90s.
57	* ''Series/OddSquad'':
58	** "IsThereADoctorInTheHouse", Dr. O's theme song, is an example of this. It plays at the end of "Oscar of All Trades" and also serves as a BoastfulRap, as it's about Dr. O being an expert "in everything that you don't know".
59	** "A Likely Story", the [[LetsDuet duet]] between Olympia and Otis in "The Cherry-on-Top-inator" as they tell their story of how the eponymous gadget helped them to Oona, has one that's smack-dab in the middle of the song as Otis, Olympia, and the chef at the restaurant they're disguised at try to figure out what the Puppy Master's favorite dish is.
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62	[[folder:Pinballs]]
63	* Each of the stiffs do this in ''Class of 1812'' whenever they are dug up.
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66	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
67	* In the pre-show for ''Ride/RaceThroughNewYorkStarringJimmyFallon'' at Ride/UniversalStudios, Jimmy has Tariq Trotter (vocalist of The Roots) rap the ride's safety instructions, feeling that just reciting them normally would be too boring.
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70	[[folder:Video Games]]
71	* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'':
72	** "You can call me Knuckles... [[{{Narm}} Unlike Sonic I don't chuckle!]]"
73	** The [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 second game continues the trend.]] "ECHIDONA! That's what I'm representin'! Never seen a mic hog spit like a menace!"
74	* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'': "His coconut gun/Can fire in spurts/If he shoots ya/It's gonna hurt!"
75	* Marlon Rimes in the DLC case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' occasionally drops into this, even giving [[ThatOneLevel one testimony in rap!]]
76	* ''VideoGame/SevenSamurai20XX'' has two bosses, the "Hip-hop Brothers" Mu and Chi, break into a lengthy rapping intro before facing the protagonist, and for once Natoe seems to [[FaceFault channel the audience's WTF]] as they introduce themselves. They also speak in a rapping fashion after being beaten, but Natoe is still unimpressed.
77	* ''VideoGame/ClashOfClans'': [[https://twitter.com/ClashofClans/status/1728733726073372953 This]] promotional video for the Hammer Jam is styled like a very 90's-esque rap music video, topped off with breakdancing and GenericGraffiti.
78	* ''VideoGame/BrawlStars'': Darryl and R-T both have voicelines when they're in the lead which is them going into a rap verse. Here they are:
79	--> ''"Yo! Double B.D. in the sea, that's me!"''
80	--> ''"R-T in the place to be, do it for the robot family."''
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83	[[folder:Web Animation]]
84	* The cover version of [[Anime/{{Free}} "Splash Free"]] in ''WebVideo/FiftyPercentOff'' adds a rap featuring [[ScaryBlackMan Nagisa]].
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87	[[folder:Webcomics]]
88	* ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' frequently breaks out into gratuitous rap, due to T-Rex's love of fresh rhymes. At one point, God busted it out to philosophically [[https://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2143 prove His existence]].
89	* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', with [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gamebro-original-1990-mix GameBro]], which doesn't seem to have any specific character performing it, but is a rap about an obscure plot element that resurfaces a negligible amount of times in the massive comic.
90	* ''Webcomic/MinionComics'' features a Teddy Ruxpin-esque stuffed turtle singing a rap song entitled "[[http://www.meetmyminion.com/?p=533 Punch Your Bitch In The Mouth]]" advising schoolchildren about how to treat their girlfriends.
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93	[[folder:Web Original]]
94	* ''WebVideo/CommentaryTheMusical'', "Neil's Turn": in the middle of a song he suddenly starts rapping.
95	-->''I'll charm the chicks (Are those real? Ha!)\
96	Do magic tricks (Was it the three of spades? Ho!)\
97	Lay down some tap\
98	And I can rap\
99	My name is Neil and I'm here to say, [random rapping noises]\
100	No I can't rap\
101	That was painful...''
102	* ''WebVideo/FinalFantasyVIIAbridged:'' Rude communicates entirely through rapping.
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105	[[folder:Western Animation]]
106	* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' features an episode where Dexter raps about the "reality" behind SantaClaus.
107	* ''WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry'': "Hold it now, hold it now, hold it, hold it right there! You wouldn't drop, couldn't drop [Diddy], you wouldn't dare!"
108	* The conclusion of an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' ("[[Recap/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriendsS1E9WorldWideWabbit World Wide Wabbit]]") saw Harriman make a rap video to promote the house on its "spider-web".
109	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "Testing, Testing, 1 2 3", Pinkie Pie tries to help Rainbow Dash learn about the history of the Wonderbolts by rapping about it. Complete with a [[TheNineties '90s style]] StylisticSuck [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=003WdaUtdBM video.]]
110	* "It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown" features one. Yes, a '''rap''' in a '''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} special.'''
111	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' featured plenty of spontaneous musical numbers, and a few of these are rap songs:
112	** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbPictureThis Picture This]]" ends with Candace doing a rhythmic RapidFireBut, which Ferb begins beatboxing over and Phineas doing some DJ scratching sounds and Baljeet raps "There is No Candy in Me", based on his panicked cries when Linda, blindfolded, chases him mistaking him for a piñata.
113	--->'''Buford''': Nerd ain't no piñata!
114	** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbBrainDrain Brain Drain]]" has the memorable and meme-able "There's a Platypus Controlling Me", in which Doofenshmirtz falls down a junkyard hill, gets some rubber glue on his hands, which stick to the records on a turntable, so Perry puts the mind control helmet on his head and makes him spin, and Doof starts rapping the song.
115	** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbCandaceGetsBusted Candace Gets Busted]]" has "Candace Party", in which Candace keeps insisting her party is actually an intimate get-together and raps while berating her guests for misbehaving.
116	--->''Don't spill your drink!''\
117	''Don't drop your food!''\
118	''Don't make the music in the house go boom!''\
119	''Hey, don't use my mom's good scissors,''\
120	''And'' please ''stay out of my room!''\
121	''Take your feet off the chair!''\
122	''No running in the house!''\
123	''Put a coaster under that drink!''\
124	''Hey, these tchochtkes aren't for juggling,''\
125	''And that's a toilet! Not a sink!''\
126	''It's not a party, it's an intimate get-together! (Candace party! Candace party!)''\
127	''Don't call it that! It's just a get-together! (Candace party! Candace party!)''
128	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
129	** In "Pranksta Rap," Homer and Marge perform an impromptu PissTakeRap (complete with Maggie pacifier-sucking to the beat) to explain to Bart he can't go to a rap concert. Bart just walks away, embarrassed.
130	** Homer also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJwZIDaILrg proposed a rap to advertise his Mr. Plow business.]]
131	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
132	** The show gives us this little gem.
133	--->'''Cartman''': Well I'm a badass cowboy living in the cowboy days. A wiki wiki scratch yo yo jiggy jiggy. [[Film/WildWildWest Me and Artemis Clyde frog from the big metal spider]]. A wiki wiki what.
134	** The eponymous PublicServiceAnnouncement troupe at the beginning of "Butt Out".
135	* ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'': "We're the Mario Brothers, and plumbin's our game! We're not like the others who get all the fame!"
136	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'' ends with Scrappy Doo rapping. It is exactly as horrendous as it sounds.
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