Line #15 WesternAnimation/SymphonyHour


1	[[quoteright:257:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/symphony_hour.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:257:That concert is not going to go as well as the poster suggests.]]
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4	''Symphony Hour'' is a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1942]] WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse short. In premise, it is similar to ''WesternAnimation/TheBandConcert'', although things take a much different turn, for the worse.
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6	Mickey stars as the conductor of an orchestra sponsored by Sylvester Macaroni (WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}). Macaroni loves the orchestra's rehearsal of Franz von Suppé's "Light Cavalry Overture", but after the instruments and WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} have an unfortunate encounter with an elevator, the live performance quickly becomes an unmitigated disaster.
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8	!!"Symphony Hour" provides examples of:
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10	* BatmanGrabsAGun: Or rather, ''Mickey'' grabs a gun.
11	* BeyondTheImpossible: In RealLife, the instruments being as badly damaged as they were would not be able to play anything, let alone StylisticSuck. Yet the orchestra manages to play their instruments and keep in relative intonation, with a few key signature and rhythm changes.
12	** Special notice to Clarabelle Cow, who managed to pluck out her violin solo with two strings after her fiddle got ''squashed flat''.
13	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Goofy looks straight at the audience with a proper OhCrap look on his face when he realises what happened to the instruments.
14	* BrownNote: Dear lord, the entire performance compared with how the song actually sounds.
15	* CompilationRerelease: Once got a ClassicalMusic[=-themed=] VHS release alongside Disney's ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'' and ''WesternAnimation/MusicLand''.
16	* CrazyConsumption: "Sylvester Macaroni" reacts to the horrible performance by taking a bite out of his chair.
17	* {{Determinator}}: Mickey. And most of the orchestra, for that matter, since despite their instruments being busted they keep playing.
18	* EarnYourHappyEnding: Despite their busted instruments, the orchestra manages to put on a passable and entertaining show, earning many encores from the audience.
19	* FurryReminder: Horace Horsecollar briefly laughs at Donald's Asian caricature, sounding like a horse's whinny.
20	* HeroicRROD: After the concert is done, Mickey collapses on stage, his hands still conducting.
21	* IdiotBall: Mickey probably should have known better than to trust [[TheKlutz Goofy]] with the instruments.
22	* ImpactSilhouette: Goofy after crashing through the glass elevator doors, sending him (and all the instruments he's carrying) down the empty shaft.
23	* InelegantBlubbering: Macaroni is in tears at the end of the disastrous performance, convinced his reputation is shot. He cheers up immediately when he hears the audience shouting for more.
24	* {{Manchild}}: When he hears the symphony hour gone wrong, Macaroni throws a temper tantrum, doing everything from tearing a poster of the concert to literally ChewingTheScenery to [[InelegantBlubbering crying his eyes out at the end of it]].
25	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Sure, Goofy wrecks the instruments, [[spoiler: but the audience loves it anyway.]]
26	* OhCrap:
27	** Goofy when he discovers the busted instruments.
28	** Also Donald when he realises he's staring down the barrel of a gun held by Mickey.
29	* OhCrapSmile: Mickey briefly makes one at Macaroni during the live performance.
30	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The infamous moment in the short where Mickey, in a desperate effort to keep Donald from walking out on the concert, blocks his path and ''holds him at gunpoint''.
31	* RambunctiousItalian: Sylvester Macaroni, especially during the performance segment.
32	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Donald attempts to bail after everything goes wrong, but Mickey forces him to stay and keep playing at gunpoint.
33	* TheShowMustGoOn: Despite [[TheShowMustGoWrong his orchestra having to play with damaged instruments]], Mickey is one determined conductor.
34	* StopOrIWillShoot: In one of the funnier moments of the short, Mickey stops Donald from leaving by pulling a gun on him.
35	* StylisticSuck: How the music sounds after the instrument is busted. With that said, the orchestra keeps in tune relatively well.
36	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The look on Goofy's face says it all [[BreakingTheFourthWall when he looks straight at the audience after realising what happened to the instruments]].
37	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Clara Cluck was only around for the rehearsal, she wasn't seen at all at the live performance.

Context WesternAnimation / SymphonyHour