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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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28	%%* '''Implied''': ???
29	%%* '''Deconstructed''': ???
30	%%* '''Reconstructed''': ???
31	%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
32	%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

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