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* A very good example is the end of the short film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irbFBgI0jhM Alma]]. [[spoiler: The character has her soul transferred into a doll and another doll is made for the next victim.]] All of this is scored to very cheery music.

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* A very good example is the end of the short film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irbFBgI0jhM Alma]].the short film]] ''WesternAnimation/{{Alma}}''. [[spoiler: The character has her soul transferred into a doll and another doll is made for the next victim.]] All of this is scored to very cheery music.



* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': In "Drones", Beavis's confession to Butt-Head about being drugged, raped, thrown under a bridge and intimidated into silence by a school grief counselor is set to Music/Deadmau5's peppy dance music "Ghosts 'n' Stuff".

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* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'': In "Drones", Beavis's confession to Butt-Head about being drugged, raped, thrown under a bridge and intimidated into silence by a school grief counselor is set to Music/Deadmau5's peppy dance music "Ghosts 'n' Stuff".
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* An absolutely ''glorious'' example of this in ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'': In the second episode, ''Bestest Friends'', the titular [[AlienAmongUs invader]] attempts to befriend a human in order to appear more normal. Cue a dastardly montage of Zim abusing said friend set to the most ridiculously upbeat score of music possibly ever composed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlt2SEsz8cU&list=PLBA0415B54F3DF2F8 It must be heard to be believed.]]

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* An absolutely ''glorious'' example of this in ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'': In the second episode, ''Bestest Friends'', "[[Recap/InvaderZimS1E2BestestFriend Bestest Friend]]", the titular [[AlienAmongUs invader]] invader attempts to befriend a human in order to appear more normal. Cue a dastardly montage of Zim abusing said friend set to the most ridiculously upbeat score of music possibly ever composed. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlt2SEsz8cU&list=PLBA0415B54F3DF2F8 It must be heard to be believed.]]ridiculously upbeat music]].
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* In the WesternAnimation/RegularShow episode "Karaoke Video", Pops is onstage at a karaoke bar singing the title song from ''{{Film/Footloose}}'' when a bar brawl suddenly breaks out - he keeps singing obliviously as his performance becomes the soundtrack to the fight.

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* In the WesternAnimation/RegularShow ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' episode "Karaoke Video", Pops is onstage at a karaoke bar singing the title song from ''{{Film/Footloose}}'' when a bar brawl suddenly breaks out - he keeps singing obliviously as his performance becomes the soundtrack to the fight.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'': "Somewhere over the Rainbow" plays while [[spoiler:5 is desperately trying to escape a huge and psychotic robot]]. Made all the more disturbing when it cuts back to the others still playing happily, while in the background you can hear [[spoiler:5 screaming for help]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'', Schroeder plays "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", typically a rather happy song, while accompanying the Peanuts gang crying over Snoopy leaving them forever.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'', Schroeder plays "It's a Long Way to Tipperary", typically a rather happy song, while accompanying the [[EverybodyCries Peanuts gang crying crying]] over Snoopy leaving them forever.
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* El Manana by {{Music/Gorillaz}} is a slow, peaceful song, and the video for it has [[{{Moe}} Noodle]] sitting on a windmill in the clouds, surrounded by greenery and looking pretty chilled out. [[spoiler: Then helicopters arrive and start shooting at her, sinking the island and [[WhamEpisode apparently killing her]].]] Cloud of Unknowing, whilst being very sombre in tone, also has a very violent video.

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* El Manana Mañana by {{Music/Gorillaz}} is a slow, peaceful song, and the video for it has [[{{Moe}} Noodle]] sitting on a windmill in the clouds, surrounded by greenery and looking pretty chilled out. [[spoiler: Then helicopters arrive and start shooting at her, sinking the island and [[WhamEpisode apparently killing her]].]] Cloud of Unknowing, whilst being very sombre in tone, also has a very violent video.
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** One of the happiest, cheeriest themes heard frequently throughout the series is a upbeat flute-played tune that would be right at home in a circus... which also happens to be [[MonsterClown The Joker's]] theme music. He sometimes [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage whistles it]].
** ComicBook/ThePenguin's theme sounds nasty and threatening...which is a bit strange, since this version of the character is quite soft-spoken and at times AffablyEvil - not the quacking maniac we remember from Creator/BurgessMeredith and Creator/DannyDeVito portrayals.
** ComicBook/PoisonIvy's theme is soft, dreamlike and chimey. This is a woman who regularly murders people in the most sadistic ways she can think of.

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** One of the happiest, cheeriest themes heard frequently throughout the series is a upbeat flute-played tune that would be right at home in a circus... which also happens to be [[MonsterClown The Joker's]] the Joker]]'s theme music. He sometimes [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage whistles it]].
** ComicBook/ThePenguin's The Penguin's theme sounds nasty and threatening...which is a bit strange, since this version of the character is quite soft-spoken and at times AffablyEvil - -- not the quacking maniac we remember from Creator/BurgessMeredith and Creator/DannyDeVito portrayals.
** ComicBook/PoisonIvy's Poison Ivy's theme is soft, dreamlike and chimey. This is a woman who regularly murders people in the most sadistic ways she can think of.



** The early Joker episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE4TheLastLaugh The Last Laugh]]" has a rather minimalist soundtrack: a drum machine straight out of a really dark hip-hop video, with the Joker's regular theme interrupting throughout. [[HellIsThatNoise It's actually very unsettling.]]

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** The early Joker episode "[[Recap/BatmanTheAnimatedSeriesE4TheLastLaugh The Last Laugh]]" has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEEYhJ4iVTs a rather minimalist soundtrack: soundtrack]]: a drum machine straight out of a really dark hip-hop video, with the Joker's regular theme interrupting throughout. [[HellIsThatNoise It's actually very unsettling.]]unsettling]].

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