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Author: justanotherrandomlurker

Mar 7th 2013 at 8:41:39 AM

I can see where the confusion has come up, but ArkadyDarell is correct, this is for series where the characters are not musicians, or part of a band (cases in point: ''TheMonkees'', ''AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', ''JemAndTheHolograms'', etc), or where music is specifically a major component of the show's premises (as with ''{{Glee}}'' or ''{{Smash}}''). Those are, indeed, refered to as "musical series". The purpose for this YKTTW, however, is for when series that pretty much have nothing to do with music as part of its premise seem to utilize a song as part of an episode's soundtrack, or the characters randomly doing a spontaneous show-stopping number. So, take ''ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', for example: the series is about a group of teenagers, and their beloved Great Dane, who go out on mysteries and solve them - that's the basic premise of the show, music isn't a part of the premise; however, on an almost OnceAnEpisode basis, there's usually a song thrown into a chase scene. That's what this proposed trope is about.

And also, like I said earlier, and ArkadyDarell appears to agree with me, I don't believe this YKTTW would necessarily apply to shows such as ''SesameStreet'', ''TheElectricCompany'', ''321Contact'', ''SquareOneTV'', etc, as premise-wise, they may not be about bands or musicians or anything, BUT, these shows actually do make it a point to include music and songs are major components of the show, so they're not really random, or spontaneous, they're expected.