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Author: Psychobabble6

Jan 6th 2012 at 10:06:04 PM

* ''{{Mulan}}'''s "I'll Make A Man Out of You" starts and ends in two places: Mulan is still disliked by her peers, and all of the soldiers are abysmal failures. By the end, [[SweetPollyOliver Ping]] is one of the guys, and Shang stays true to his word, making men of the pathetic weaklings.
* ''TheLittleMermaid'' has "Poor Unfortunate Souls", in which Ursula convinces Ariel to seal her FaustianBargain.
* "Prince Ali Reprise" from ''{{Aladdin}}'', Jafar's VillainSong, finally brings to light Aladdin's true social status and, more importantly, sends him a few thousand miles north. Impressive for a song that barely breaks a minute.
* "Hakuna Matata" from ''TheLionKing'' is an odd example, in that it doesn't really move the plot along, but Simba ''does'' age substantially, marking one half of the movie from the other.
* ''SweeneyTodd'' has a number of songs in which a character makes a significant decision ("Epiphany", where Sweeney decides to become a SerialKiller, immediately followed by "A Little Priest", where Mrs. Lovett [[IncrediblyLamePun cooks up]] the idea of popping people into pies). One of the best examples, though, is "Poor Thing", in which Mrs. Lovett recounts the story of what happened to Lucy.

Incidentally, are expositions excluded? (For example, the first songs from ''{{Wicked}}'' and ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' both provide a back story to set up the main plot, and have a fair amount of dialogue).