1 | '''Basic Trope''': A CrowdSong that takes place on a bus or train, usually in a UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} film. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Everyone on the bus starts singing and someone gets up to dance. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': All the others start dancing and playing musical instruments, too. |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': Music is playing, but nobody gets up from their seats, though many people are tapping their toes or swinging their arms. |
5 | * '''Justified''': A StreetMusician is playing a popular song that people know well enough to sing and dance to. |
6 | * '''Inverted''': The CrowdSong in question takes place at the bus stop, not actually on the bus. |
7 | * '''Subverted''': The number ''begins'' at the bus stop. |
8 | * '''Double Subverted''': But continues on the bus. |
9 | * '''Parodied''': |
10 | ** The song in question is "The Wheels on the Bus," "99 Bottles of Beer," or some other such car song. |
11 | ** The number takes place on a school bus, sung by elementary school or JuniorHigh aged kids. It is a really sappy Bollywood-like song one wouldn't expect to hear [[FreeRangeChildren from kids]]. |
12 | ** On the subway, someone takes a swing around one of the support poles. |
13 | ** Even the ''bus driver'' gets into it... But who's driving the bus?! |
14 | * '''Zig Zagged''': ??? |
15 | * '''Averted''': Everyone sits quietly on the bus. |
16 | * '''Enforced''': "We need a musical number in here..." |
17 | * '''Lampshaded''': "No Bollywood musical numbers on the bus!" |
18 | * '''Invoked''': Someone starts singing in a typical show tune fashion. |
19 | * '''Exploited''': ??? |
20 | * '''Defied''': The crowd believes that singing is OK, but dancing would be unsafe, so they all stay in their seats. |
21 | * '''Discussed''': ??? |
22 | * '''Conversed''': "Even the bus driver is part of this number...[[FridgeLogic how have they not crashed yet?]]" |
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26 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
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28 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
29 | %%* '''Deconstructed''': ??? |
30 | %%* '''Reconstructed''': ??? |
31 | %%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ??? |
32 | %%* '''Played For Laughs''': ??? |
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