History Main / GratuitousRap

* Rapping shark in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic In Search Of The Titanic]]'', making it two full length animated movies about the Titanic disaster featuring rapping animals.

* [[Franchise/CareBears Care Bears in Wonderland.]] The rapping cat.

* ''WesternAnimation/TitanicTheLegendGoesOn''. With the rapping dog. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxHNztg0X3s "It's party time!"]]
* Rapping shark in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTheTitanic In Search Of The Titanic]]'', making it two full length animated movies about the Titanic disaster featuring rapping animals.

* [[WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest Yo, the name is Batty! The logic is erratic! Potato in a jacket! Toys in the attic! I rock and I ramble! My brain is SCRAMBLED! Rap like an animal, but I'm a mammal!]]
* [[Franchise/CareBears Care Bears in Wonderland.]] The rapping cat.

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* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'': Katsura and his "Katsurap."
** Even more gratuitous are the recaps for the Thorny Boys arc.

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* Champion ice skater Katerina Witt suddenly and [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment bizarrely]] breaks into a full-on rap during one of the Christmas TV specials she made in the early 90s.

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* [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure You can call me Knuckles]]...[[{{Narm}} Unlike Sonic I don't chuckle!]]

* [[VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 His coconut gun/Can fire in spurts/If he shoots ya/It's gonna hurt!]]

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-->I'll charm the chicks (Are those real? Ha!)
-->Do magic tricks (Was it the three of spades? Ho!)
-->Lay down some tap
-->And I can rap
-->My name is Neil and I'm here to say, *random rapping noises*
-->No I can't rap
-->That was painful...
* The cover version of [[Anime/{{Free}} "Splash Free"]] in WebOriginal/FiftyPercentOff adds a rap featuring [[ScaryBlackMan Nagisa]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''

* [[Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow We're the Mario Brothers, and plumbin's our game! We're not like the others who get all the fame!]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': In "Testing, Testing, 1 2 3", Pinkie Pie tries to help Rainbow Dash learn about the history of the Wonderbolts by rapping about it. Complete with a [[TheNineties 90's style]] StylisticSuck [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=003WdaUtdBM video.]]

* [[WesternAnimation/DonkeyKongCountry "Hold it now, hold it now, hold it, hold it right there! You wouldn't drop, couldn't drop [Diddy], you wouldn't dare!"]]

* The infamous "Ninja Rap" [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGLlUNaJcmc sequence]] in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles II: The Secret of Ooze''. Perpetrated by the one and only Music/VanillaIce.

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* One witness in the DLC case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' occasionally drops into this, even giving [[ThatOneLevel one testimony in rap!]]

* ''WeseternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheGhoulSchool'' ends with Scrappy Doo rapping. It is exactly as horrendous as it sounds.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic]]'': In "Testing, Testing, 1 2 3", Pinkie Pie tries to help Rainbow Dash learn about the history of the Wonderbolts by rapping about it. Complete with a [[TheNineties 90's style]] StylisticSuck [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=003WdaUtdBM video.]]

* [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 You can call me Knuckles]]...[[{{Narm}} Unlike Sonic I don't chuckle!]]

* ''Film/{{Bulworth}}''. A jaded politician decides to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth to the American public… in rap... Significantly better than it sounds.

* The ''Hard Knock Life'' scene from the 3rd ''Film/AustinPowers'' movie. Which also happened to be a parody of a rap by Jay-Z that sampled the soundtrack from ''Theatre/{{Annie}}''.

* The masked slasher in ''ScaryMovie'' dances around the room and dispenses some rapid-fire rap lyrics after the other characters invite him to smoke some marijuana. He even uses his knife to make "cool" rap gestures - but apparently gets a little too into it, because he ends up slashing everyone in the room to death.
* ''Film/EpicMovie'' contains several scenes.
* ''{{Bulworth}}''. A jaded politician decides to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth to the American public... in rap...
** Significantly better than it sounds.
* ''TitanicTheLegendGoesOn''. With the rapping dog.
* [[OfficeSpace Die, motherfucker, die, motherfucker, die!]]
** It works a little better here because the entire movie is set to hip-hop. Which is hiliarious because it's about weedy white (and one Indian) office workers.
* The ''Hard Knock Life'' scene from the 3rd ''AustinPowers'' movie. Which also happened to be a parody of a rap by Jay-Z that sampled the soundtrack from ''Theatre/{{Annie}}''.
* The infamous "Ninja Rap" sequence in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles II: The Secret of Ooze''. Perpetrated by one and only Music/VanillaIce.
* Rapping shark in ''[[TheLegendOfTheTitanic In Search Of The Titanic]]'', making it two full length animated movies about Titanic disaster featuring rapping animals.
* [[{{Ferngully}} Yo, the name is Batty! The logic is erratic! Potato in a jacket! Toys in the attic! I rock and I ramble! My brain is SCRAMBLED! Rap like an animal, but I'm a mammal!]]
* [[CareBears Care Bears in Wonderland.]] The rapping cat.
* [[{{Gordy}} PIG POWER IN THE HOUSE!!!!]]
* The VillainSong in ''Film/TheMuppets'' is a deliberately over-the-top example.

* ''MinionComics'' features a Teddy Ruxpin-esque stuffed turtle singing a rap song entitled "[[http://www.meetmyminion.com/?p=533 Punch Your Bitch In The Mouth]]" advising schoolchildren about how to treat their girlfriends.

* ''CommentaryTheMusical'', "Neil's Turn": in the middle of a song he suddenly starts rapping.

* {{Homestuck}}, with [[http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/gamebro-original-1990-mix GameBro]], which doesn't seem to have any specific character performing it, but is a rap about an obscure plot element that resurfaces a negligible amount of times in the massive comic.

-->'''Cartman''': Well I'm a {{badass}} cowboy living in the cowboy days. A wiki wiki scratch yo yo jiggy jiggy.

* [[Film/WildWildWest Me and Artemis Clyde frog from the big metal spider]]. A wiki wiki what.
* "It's Spring Training, Charlie Brown" features one. Yes, a '''rap''' in a '''Peanuts special.'''
* An episode of TheSimpsons had Homer and Marge rap discipline to Bart. Maggie played beatbox. It was truly frightening.
** Homer also proposed a rap to advertise his Mr. Plow business.
* The conclusion of an episode of [[FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Foster's]] saw Harriman make a rap video to promote the house on its "spider-web".

* [[SuperMarioBrosSuperShow We're the Mario Brothers, and plumbin's our game! We're not like the others who get all the fame!]]

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* [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 You can call me Knuckles]]...[[{{Narm}} Unlike Sonic I don't chuckle!]]
* [[DonkeyKong64 His coconut gun/Can fire in spurts/If he shoots ya/It's gonna hurt!]]
* One witness in the DLC case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' occasionally drops into this, even giving [[ThatOneLevel one testimony in rap!]]
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* One witness in the DLC case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'' occasionally drops into this, even giving [[ScrappyLevel one testimony in rap!]]

[[Film/WildWildWest Me and Artemis Clyde frog from the big metal spider]]. A wiki wiki what.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' gives us this little gem.
-->'''Cartman''': Well I'm a {{badass}} cowboy living in the cowboy days. A wiki wiki scratch yo yo jiggy jiggy. [[Film/WildWildWest Me and Artemis Clyde frog from the big metal spider]]. A wiki wiki what.

Basically, things like characters performing brief rap numbers in stories where it isn't the primary subject. Compare PissTakeRap and AWildRapperAppears.

* [[TitanicTheLegendGoesOn Everybody's feelin' fine, 'cause it's party time!]]

* ''DegrassiJuniorHigh'' constantly. The worst was Rick's environmental rap.

* ''{{Bulworth}}''. A jaded politician decides to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth to the American public... in rap...

* The ''Hard Knock Life'' scene from the 3rd ''{{Austin Powers}}'' movie. Which also happened to be a parody of a rap by Jay-Z that sampled the soundtrack from ''Theatre/{{Annie}}''.

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* ''SouthPark'' gives us this little gem.

* ''DextersLaboratory'' features an episode where Dexter raps about the "reality" behind SantaClaus.

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* Manga/{{Gintama}}- Katsura and his "Katsurap."

* [[{{Sonic Adventure 2}} You can call me Knuckles]]...[[{{Narm}} Unlike Sonic I don't chuckle!]]