History Main / SettingOffSong

* ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet": Non-musical example: "To the Spaceport" and "The Launch".

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Dinosaur}}": Non-musical example: "Across the Desert".

* "Never Say Never" from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'', which doubles as a PepTalkSong.
** "Way Out West" from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest''.
* "Journey to the Past" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}''.
* Non-musical example: "The Submarine" from ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', especially when we see the ''Ulysses'' finally descend into the ocean.
* "City of Light" from ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster''.
* "On My Way" by Music/PhilCollins from ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear''.
* "We're Off to See the World" from ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure''.
* "On the Open Road" from ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie''.
* "Go the Distance" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' starts off as an IWantSong before turning into this.
* "Adventuring" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTimeXTheGreatLongneckMigration''.
* "Get Up and Go" from ''WesternAnimation/LittleGoldenBookLand''.
* "The Apple Song" from ''WesternAnimation/MelodyTime.''
* "How Far I'll Go" from ''{{WesternAnimation/Moana}}''.
* "A Girl Worth Fighting For" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}''.
* "Second Star to the Right" and "Following the Leader" from ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan''.
* "Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}.''
* "The Virginia Company" and its reprise from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}.''
* "Adventure Is A Wonderful Thing" from ''WesternAnimation/PoohsGrandAdventure'', which Owl sings to the gang before sending them out on their trip, about all the dangers they may face and how there's little chance that they'll come home.
* "Gonna Take You There" from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''.
* While not a musical, ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'' has "Born To Be Wild" playing in the background as T.J. and Becky go to pick the gang up from their camps.
* "Tomorrow Is Another Day", by Music/ShelbyFlint for ''WesternAnimation/TheRescuers''.
* "On the Trail We Blaze" from ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado''.
* "I'm On My Way" by The Proclaimers from ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1''.
* "The Song of the Marines" from ''The Singing Marine'', a 1937 Warner Bros. film. But it's more well known from the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Conrad the Sailor".
* The reprise of "When Will My Life Begin?" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}.''
* "Have You Been to Bahia?" from ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros.''

* "All Together Now" from ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine''.

* Non-musical example: "Rescue" from the live-action ''Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996''. It's such a popular piece from the movie, that Disney re-used it for the VHS trailer of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' and the theatrical trailer of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Doug}} Doug's 1st Movie]]''.
* "Off To Kyoto" from ''Film/BigBirdInJapan.'' It even gives a ShoutOut to ''Film/WizardOfOz.''
* "Goodbye Song" from ''Film/{{Harriet}}'' is a rare RealLife example. Enslaved people about to run away from their captors often sang songs to their loved ones as a coded farewell, and the film uses the actual song that UsefulNotes/HarrietTubman sang to her family.
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' has a few
** "The Road Goes Ever On," which also appears in the book.
** "A Walking Song," which appears in the book and is adapted as Pippin's song "The Edge of Night" in the movies. An unusual example in that it isn't sung while setting off, though by subject matter it is a setting-off song.
* "Movin' Right Along" from ''Film/TheMuppetMovie.''
* "Sailing For Adventure" from ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland.''
* "(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco" from ''Film/RoadToMorocco''.
** And the other ''Film/RoadTo'' movies. They certainly do get around.
* "Summer Holiday" in ''Film/SummerHoliday'', which acts more as an [[NarratingTheObvious unhelpful narrator]] than this trope, since it'd been established earlier (The song begins with ''"We're all going on a summer holiday..."'' yet it appears about ten minutes into the movie after the characters decide to do so).
* "A Whole Bunch Of World" from the film of ''WesternAnimation/TeachersPet''
* "We're Off to See the Wizard" from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' is probably [[TropeMaker the most famous example]].

* ''Series/{{Galavant}}'' has "Hero's Journey," where Galavant, Sid, and Isabella set off on their quest to take back Isabella's kingdom from King Richard. Though Galavant is confident he'll succeed in his mission, his companions are unsure of what his plan even is.

* In the last episode of ''Series/TheYoungOnes'', the housemates sing this while on the bus they [[spoiler: stole after robbing the bank]], as a reference to ''Music/CliffRichard'' and the film ''Film/SummerHoliday''. Too bad they [[spoiler: drive over a cliff, and the bus explodes.]]

* "Hit the Bricks" from the audio drama podcast ''Podcast/HitTheBricks'', which takes place in the Franchise/LandOfOz. It's not ''quite'' as catchy as "We're Off To See The Wizard," but it's close -- and it's set on the very same yellow brick road to boot.

* "One Foot, Other Foot" from ''Theatre/{{Allegro}}'', sung by the GreekChorus when Joseph Taylor, Jr. first learns to walk. It symbolizes adventurousness and determination, and becomes his personal motto.
* From the Broadway adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Anastasia}}'':

--> "Coachman, hold the horses\\

* "Two By Two" for the missionaries in ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon''.

* "I'm On My Way" by The Proclaimers from ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''.

* While not a musical, ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'' used "Born To Be Wild" playing in the background as T.J. and Becky went to pick the gang up from their camps.

* "Adventuring" from ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime: The Great Longneck Migration''.

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