History Main / HappyDance

* In ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', Captain Ginyu performs a Dance of Joy for Frieza. He tried. [[LargeHam All things considered]] we shouldn't blame Frieza for refusing this *ahem* ''generous'' offer.

* In ''Literature/TheMysteriousBenedictSociety and the Prisoner's Dilemma'', Mr. Curtain arranges for certain agents to come to the prison facility where he is conducting operations and holding the members of the society. He arranges secret password - the answer to a question that the man previously failed on a test. Constance uses her telepathic powers to steal the question from his mind, and Sticky provides the answer, which Constance then uses to transmit to Mr. Benedict, who is the one actually at the gate. When Mr. Benedict answers the question correctly, Mr. Curtain begins jerking his wheelchair, which [[ObfuscatingDisability he doesn't actually need to get around]], side-to-side.

%%* The "Tequila" dance in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''.

* In ''LiveActionTV/TheKnowledge'', Ted does a happy dance when he passes his Knowledge of London. Chris does an exaggerated happy dance when he cracks ''the first run'' (out of four hundred and sixty-eight).

*** After winning at "Pin the Tail on the Donkey", Pop-Pop, Lynn Jr., and Liam's grandma do a "goofy victory
dance".

%%* Done to very disturbing effect by Mr. Blonde in ''Film/ReservoirDogs''.

* In ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', Russia does this after he defeats Poland and Lithuania.

* ''WebVideo/TranslatorFails'': In the video about cooking dinner, Malinda does a goofy dance on the line "Happy happy happy".

** In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", Twilight Sparkle does a jump-in-a-circle dance after realizing she's earned her cutie mark. Cut back to the present day, and we see Twilight Sparkle has gotten a little too caught up in her story and is doing it in the middle of Ponyville.

** In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", Twilight Sparkle does an {{Adorkable}} jump-in-a-circle dance after realizing she's earned her cutie mark. Cut back to the present day, and we see Twilight Sparkle has gotten a little too caught up in her story and is doing it in the middle of Ponyville.

** ''Fanfic/LincolnsMemroies'':

* ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'': "What's goin' on!? It's the Daddy Dance!" Performed when Koiwai finished a big work project (see chapter 11).

* ''Manga/DeathNote'': Ryuk + apple = Happy Dance. It's in the second intro.
* In ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'', Joey and Tristan do a silly victory dance a couple of times.
--> "Can-can, kick a little can-can, tell me who's the man-man..."
* In ''Manga/GetBackers'', Ginji occasionally does a happy-happy dance by going chibi and waving victory fans.

* ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'' sees Yagami Taichi and Zeromaru do this pretty often. When a new monster shows up that no one recognizes, it is instantly identified as Zero the moment it and Taichi do their usual routine.
--> '''Taichi''' and '''Zeromaru''': VICTORY DANCE! YAY! YAY!
* In ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'', Russia does this after he defeats Poland and Lithuania.

* From the Creator/DougTenNapel's short comic ''Solomon Fix'': "Happy coupon dance! Happy coupon dance!" ... "Second half of the happy coupon dance! Second half of the happy coupon dance!".

** In "The Castafiore Emerald", Haddock does one when [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave the annoying opera singer says she has to depart Marlinspike Hall]], but she turns out to be RightBehindMe, so Haddock pretends to be happy over finally getting out of the wheelchair he'd been stuck for in the entire story.

* In ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'', Pitch celebrates his NearVillainVictory by bursting into North's workshop and dancing on the globe.

* Koskov's {{Narm}}-inducing dance in a ''fabulous'' sunhat and bathrobe in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' once he learns that he's successfully manipulated the British government into using 007 to kill his rival.

* Walter Huston's dance from ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', echoed and parodied repeatedly in ''Film/CitySlickersIITheLegendOfCurlysGold''.

* Done to very disturbing effect by Mr. Blonde in ''Film/ReservoirDogs''.
* Do the Dance in ''Film/EvanAlmighty''.
* The "Tequila" dance in ''Film/PeeWeesBigAdventure''.
* The 2010 ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010'': "I shall [[AccidentalInnuendo futterwacken...]] ''vigorously.''"
* The Mamushka from ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' movie. As crazy as you would expect any tradition of that family to be and utterly awesome.
* In ''Film/{{Baseketball}}'', Coop is forced to do the happy dance when depressed.

* ''Film/IfYouBelieve'': Susan Stone is an editor. She performs a Happy Dance when she phones Dilly, her biggest star among her writers. She learns that he finally overcame his WritersBlock. That's quite a reason to celebrate, right?
* In ''Film/TheLastBoyScout'', Joe Hallenbeck tells Jimmy Dix that if he survives their adventure, "I'm gonna dance a jig." After he defeats TheDragon, that's exactly what he does.
* Franchise/{{Godzilla}} in ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster''. It has to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgR15lbADhw seen]] to be believed.
* The nine sidekicks do a loud happy dance in ''Film/{{Sanjuro}}'', but catch themselves doing it, so continue more quietly.
* In Chaplin's ''Film/TheCircus'', the Tramp does this after hearing the fortune teller talk about Merna ending up with a dark, handsome man. Too bad for him, it turns out to be a PropheticFallacy.
* In ''Film/DantesPeak'', Terry Furlong does something like a happy dance towards the end of the film chanting "Thank you, NASA! Thank you, NASA!" when a piece of equipment loaned by the agency allows him to find the missing and presumed-dead protagonist. It's not a real dance because his leg is broken and he instead does the brief "dance" with his crutches.
* In ''Film/LoveActually'', Sarah excuses herself to do a brief one after she finally gets to bring Karl back to her apartment.
* ''Film/ChaiLaiAngelsDangerousFlowers'': After Gus proposes to her, and she accepts, Rose manages to contain herself long enough to make it back to her room before breaking out in an incredibly cute happy dance.
* In ''Film/JaneWantsABoyfriend'', Jane dances around in excitement over her plans to get a boyfriend.

** An unlucky man just had his right arm amputated, and this upsets him. He is thinking he'll not do without and never have a good life again. Right as he leaves the hospital, he sees another man who is missing both arms, but still dances happily around as if he's never felt better. The first man wants to find out why the other man is so overjoyed despite his lack of arms, so he asks him what makes him so happy that he is dancing. The other man replies angrily: "I'm not dancing! My ass is itching, and I can't scratch it!".

* It's mentioned at the end of ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Isard's Revenge]]'' that Wedge was so happy to find that Wes Janson hadn't died at around the book's midpoint that he performed an "Ewok dance of joy".

* Bear does a happy dance in ''Literature/{{Franklin}} Has a Sleepover'' after learning that Franklin has invited him for a sleepover. Franklin does one at the end after his parents agree that he can go over to Bear's place for a sleepover next time.

* In the picture book ''[[https://smile.amazon.com/Kat-Juju-Kataneh-Vahdani/dp/154204328X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Kat and Juju]]'', Kat tells Juju that sometimes you just have to let go and do a happy dance. She wishes that she could, but worries that everyone will laugh at her. Finally, at the end of the book, [[spoiler:she gives in and does one after she and Kat successfully nurse a baby bird back to health. Nobody laughs at her.]]

* Balki's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfPg5LjGYz8 Dance of Joy]] from ''Series/PerfectStrangers''.
* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'':
** Turk has many of these (including the "you are so getting a piece of this" dance, the "there's a sale on lotion" dance and the "I'm gonna cut you open" dance). At one point, JD is shown to have a Happy Dance coach.
** Elliot has, on two occassions, displayed her "I Told You So" dance.
* ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'': Five, Six, Seven, Eight! No more alimony! No more alimony! No more alimony! No more alimony!

* ''Series/TheLWord'': Jenny excuses herself to do one after finding out that a New York bigwig loved her manuscript-excuses herself five feet away from the table the bigwig was at.

* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Amy has one that is way over the top given her normally straight-laced and reserved personality, Jake seems to enjoy it. Terry also does this sometimes, one time when he was told to stop he stood still but his pecs kept dancing.
* ''Series/{{Maury}}'': If the titular host ever reads "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt2i0ts-uck You are NOT the father!]]" on a paternity test, there's a chance the tested man will break out into one of these. The show has become infamous for these sorts of over-the-top displays after the results of a paternity test are read.
* Creator/EllenDegeneres may secretly be the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the Happy Dance.

* Martin Short's character Ed Grimley, on ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', often does one upon receiving good news: "[[CatchPhrase I'm going mental!]]"
* James May on ''Series/TopGear'' and ''Series/TheGrandTour'' likes to do these, especially when he bests the others in a challenge.
* On ''Series/HannahMontana'', Miley and Lily do a girly version of this.
* ''Series/MythBusters'':
** After Kari finished constructing a pole for an experiment, she celebrated by doing her "pole dance". It turned out to be a Happy Dance.
--->'''Kari''': Not what you expected, huh?
** In the episode where the guys tested LatexPerfection, Adam did a lot of Happy Dances while disguised as Jamie in order to have fun with his image as TheComicallySerious.
* Parker did a version of this after getting the dagger in "The Rashomon Job" on ''Series/{{Leverage}}''.

* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': The show has one in SarcasmMode. "Happy dance, happy dance, we love to do the happy dance." "Happier!!"
* ''Series/LazyTown'': "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0CHAZJr3OE Bing Bang DIGGARIGGADONG!]]"
* ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' has a standard Happy Dance routine that crops up a few times to the exact same tune -- walk jauntily down the street, click heels, head a football that flies out of nowhere, hug bewildered stranger. Tim does it, later in the episode Brian tries but manages to mess up every step. [[CallBack In a later episode]], Tim and Bilbo do it side by side.
* Ba Wool from ''Series/FlowerBoyRamyunShop'' does a happy dance after he gets a kiss on the cheek from Soo Yi. Eun Bi smacks him around the head for being stupid.
* On ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', Sherlock does one of these -- literally leaping into the air, whirling about the room, shouting "It's Christmas!" and kissing Mrs Hudson -- when he's called in to investigate a fourth mysterious serial suicide.
* In an episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', it's revealed that [[GentleGiant Marshall]] does happy dances so often that he got "dancer's hip", an injury common among ballerinas.

* Squacky from ''Series/ThePajanimals'' is known for breaking into one and one of the show's songs is all about happy dances.
* ''Series/FamilyFeud'': Steve Harvey sometimes does this whenever a contestant's family-unfriendly answer isn't on the board.
* One clip on ''Series/WorldsDumbest'' features a man who gets high on gasoline and performs what Leif Garrett calls a "happy gasoline dance".

* ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'' usually opens with Stephen himself doing a brief one of these onstage immediately after he comes running out. When this is absent -- such as after the UCC shooting in Oregon in October 2015 -- it's a sign that something really sad has happened.
* The "Elmo's World" segment from ''Series/SesameStreet'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=top6rTkXYJw has]] Elmo doing one. "''When we learn something new, we do the happy dance, yeah!''"

* Music/LindseyStirling sings about how "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Qskb3gQW0 We're in Europe!]] We're here in Europe right now, gonna be awesome, so excited!" whilst doing some kind of dance across the screen and back again.

* The current page image is Snoopy's iconic Happy Dance from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. One time, Charlie Brown celebrates getting the better of the dog with a mocking happy dance of his own.

* Wrestling/ShawnMichaels used to dance around like a fairy as part of a GorgeousGeorge gimmick, but later it just became [[TheArtifact something that he did]].

* Oddities tended to do so after they were joined by Music/InsaneClownPosse in the Wrestling/WorldWrestlingFederation. Wrestling/JohnTenta, Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}}, Wrestling/LunaVachon and Wrestling/GiantSilva would continue to do so afterwards.
* Too Cool and Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}, being hip hop dancers.
* The All Knighters, Joey Knight in particular being known for a flexing bouncing shin dance.

* The Human Tornado, being a walking throwback to the 1970s, is known for his funky break dancing, and he'll happily stomp a mud hole in you and your friends all at once while getting loose.
* Ryusuke Taguchi, after he took up his "Funky Weapon" gimmick to taunt his opponents.
* Wrestling/BlackRose, making use of her professional dancing experience and leading to a rivalry with fellow dancer Barbie Boy in the International Wrestling Association. Noemi Bosques later became her dancer partner.

* Wrestling/TheUsos, particularly when an opponent's attack [[NoSell completely fails to hurt one of them]].

* Wrestling/BrodusClay's (and later, Wrestling/{{R|on Killings}}-Truth and Wrestling/XavierWoods's) cheerleaders, Wrestling/TheFunkadactyls, tend to do so when their charges win, as well as part of their own entrance, or when Wrestling/{{Naomi}} doesn't immediately go for a pin follow the [[AssKicksYou rear view]], or...
* DoubleSubverted by Wrestling/{{Fandango}}, who can't actually dance, despite his and everyone else's insistence otherwise but then {{accidental|DanceCraze}}ly created a new dance craze.

* In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', the Chao combine a Happy Dance with some GRatedSex.
* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' does one of these at least once per game when he accomplished something (and often temporarily spawns duplicates during the dance).
** In ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', Bandana Waddle Dee, King Dedede, and even ''Meta Knight'' will join in on the dance if they're present when it happens.
** ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' has many more joining, from all the helpers made from copy abilities to several others, such as Rick, Gooey and even Marx. Later updates added more Dream Friends, so now Dark Meta Knight, Susie and even the game's [[TheDragon dragons]], The Three Mage Sisters can do the happy dance.

* Riki, ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles''' resident RidiculouslyCuteCritter, has a ridiculously cute happy dance to go with it. He not only talks about it in some of his dialogue, but it's both his IdleAnimation and one of his battle aura moves.

* Whenever your captain in ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}: [[ExpansionPack Galactic Adventures]]'' completes an adventure succesfully, this is what he'll do. He sometimes even Music/{{m|ichaelJackson}}oon[[ShoutOut walks]]. As anyone can create an adventure, this has been {{lampshade|Hanging}}d more than once in adventures that have been made.
* ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'': Moses Happy Dance! YEEEHAW!
** Also:
-->'''Moses''': Victory Dance! Come On!!!\\
'''Senel''' and '''Chloe''': (in stereo) Shut up Moses.
* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'':
** Donkey and Diddy Kong will do a short dance whenever the player completes a level in the [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1 first game]] (SNES version only).
** Then the two of them, along with three other Kongs, do a dance whenever the player beats a mini game or gets a Golden Banana in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64''.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': Luigi is known [[DivergentCharacterEvolution far more than]] [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] for his Happy Dance, especially in the ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi Mario & Luigi]]'' series where it reaches hilarious levels of NarmCharm.
* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'': One of [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Oghren's]] random battle quotes at the end of a successful battle. ''(He doesn't actually dance though.)''
* Raz of ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' has one in which he "walks like an Egyptian" while bobbing his head all the while singing a little tune. He got it off a bully, with the first time he does the dance being when he knocks said bully off grind rails.

* One of Pearl Fey's portraits in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series has her [[http://doulifee.com//Storage/aceatt/GyakutenHeroes/3-ani-pearl-bounce.gif bouncing up and down]] Happy Dance-style. And it's ''adorable''.
* ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale''.
** It features the Minions, whose job it is to dance like this for the player if they can land more than 2 kills at once or very close together. They happen to be SuperDeformed UsefulNotes/PlayStation characters, tied to someone on the roster.
** Left in the IdleAnimation long enough, Jak and Daxter will perform the dance seen at the end of the first ''Jak and Daxter'', mentioned above.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonXandY'', numerous Pokemon will do a brief one as an idle animation and/or happy animation in Pokemon Amie. It's not just the cute ones, either, as Garchomp and Hydreigon among others will demonstrate (But ''[[CreepyCute especially]]'' Hydreigon).
* ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity'': Mega Man does one when he [[spoiler:defeats Omega in The TRUE Arena]].

* Farron of ''VideoGame/ConquestOfTheCrystalPalace'' will do a little jig and flash the VSign after defeating a boss. If his dog Zap is alive at the end of the battle, he'll run around his master before stopping to do the same.
* ''VideoGame/HauntingStarringPolterguy'': Whenever poltergeist Polterguy collects all ectoplasm in the underworld, he does a short dance to celebrate. It is more of a punk dance however.
* In ''Videogame/OrcsMustDie'' and it's sequels, the protagonists will let out a victory dance upon completing a map, with a special one for getting a perfect rank.

* The captain's Happy Dance in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' was so prevalent, that when he is gone for a while, the team correctly points out ''when'' he would have been doing the dance. The only time we got to see it onscreen was [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing when Xinchub died]]. It stops coming up in later books, partly because every passing arc turned more serious and the calls were too close for his comfort.

* ''Webcomic/SuicideForHire'': Hunter's Happy Gun Dance, done upon realising that he's gotten away with buying guns with a fake ID.
* [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=001030 Victory Dance!]] ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' gained a level!

* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' has Happy Dances from [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=300 Steve and Ellen]], [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=840 Marten (offscreen)]], [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=903 Dora and Marten]], [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1597 Marigold]], and [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1738 Angus]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1888 twice]].

* Max's [[http://occasionalcomics.com/1342/latest-comic-321/ "Dance" cap]] in ''Webcomic/MaxOveracts''.
* In ''Webcomic/FauxPas'', [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?661 Randy wants to do one when some cats leave.]]
* In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' Agatha does a happy little jig on the rooftop after [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130111 she restores power to her castle and the town's defenses.]]

* Both Creator/{{John|Green}} and Music/HankGreen of the WebVideo/VlogBrothers have their own happy dances. They are generally performed when good things happen, as is to be expected.
* The online community Nerdfighters has a signature happy dance, actually called, "the happy dance." [[http://dft.ba/-8GR See it here.]]

* On a Donation Drive video, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic gleefully victory dances after he got Creator/ChristopherLloyd to say "I was frozen today". It's ridiculously adorable.
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick does this too after she decides she enjoys doing movies other than girly ones, and hers is the "frolicking in a field" variety.

* ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'': Jane is doing a happy dance — mainly waving her arms — when she tells her viewers that she's got a reply from a prospective employer, Grace Poole. See it [[http://youtu.be/evJd6A2tUKE?t=1m31s here]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
** In the episode where Peter finds out his father has died, Lois and Brian calmly walk outside and break into a quick Happy Dance before coming back inside to console him.
** Lois's (insanely rich) aunt died, and when he finds out they were left something in her will, Peter ''pulls her corpse out of the casket'' and ballrooms with it.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': "Go Beast Boy, go Beast Boy, you're probeless, no probes now, go Beast Boy, go Beast Boy, get funkyyy..."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'': "But the most wonderful thing about tiggers... is I'm the only one! I'M the only one!!"
* Andy [[ShoutOut mimics]] [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} the Snoopy dance]] at the end of one ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' episode [[spoiler:after Ron's car rolls off a bridge]].

* Bridgette does a particularly odd one in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'' during her [[spoiler:song to Geoff]], [[LampshadeHanging even calling it her]] "[[TitleDrop happy, happy dance]]".
* WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy danced to "The Happy Happy Joy Joy Song" in an early episode.
* In ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'', I.R Baboon used to have a victory dance before it got phased out. It was used regularly in the opening titles.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** Manjula went to see a divorce lawyer who danced happily on his desk after she told him she had eight kids.
** In one episode, sport stars discovered that Homer had talent for inventing the craziest of dancing routines. They kept paying him for ideas because it was magnet for attention.
* ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'': "We did it! We did it! We did it! Yay! [[note]]¡Lo hicimos![[/note]] We did it!"
* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'': "Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog!"

* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode, "The Mom Attractor", Candace does a victory dance while declaring that she's awesome. Phineas and Ferb join in on the dance as well.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", Twilight Sparkle does an {{Adorkable}} jump-in-a-circle dance after realizing she's earned her cutie mark. Cut back to the present day, and we see Twilight Sparkle has gotten a little too caught up in her story and is doing it in the middle of Ponyville.
** In "Three's a Crowd", ''[[spoiler:Discord]]'' does one, complete with cheering and chanting, when he learns Twilight Sparkle is willing to stick her neck out for him, actually proving that their friendship is genuine, [[VitriolicBestBuds if not a little caustic]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'':
** When Spongebob's pineapple house was eaten by nematodes in "Home Sweet Pineapple", he has to move back with his parents. Squidward was dancing happily on the ground where his house use to be, but then a new one grows from the seed Spongebob planted and lands on Squidward.
** In the episode "Band Geeks", Spongebob dances excitedly right before performing at the Bubble Bowl, wearing an expression Squidward describes as "his eager face."
* The Green Goblin in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' threatened to do one, but ''very'' unfortunately he didn't actually go that far.
--> '''Green Goblin:''' I might just do my happy dance!
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Kaeloo sometimes does the [[ShakingTheRump "booty dance"]] when she is happy.
** When Kaeloo and Stumpy [[spoiler: beat Olaf at baseball by cheating]] in the BaseballEpisode, they both do a weird dance by stretching their arms back and forth and walking on the spot.
* On ''Literature/LlamaLlama'', Llama Llama does one on the sofa in "Mama Llama's Mother's Day" after Mama Llama agrees to some of his big Mother's Day plans that he had originally scrapped after overhearing her say she would be okay with a nice, quiet Mother's Day.
* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': Eustace does one in "Courage Meets Bigfoot" when he finds out that there will be a reward for capturing Bigfoot.

* In "The Fairy Bean Adventure!" from ''WesternAnimation/ButterbeansCafe'', when Ms. Marmalady overhears Butterbean saying that she doesn't have anymore fairy beans and without them can't do a fairy finish, she does happy dance with a song to go with it. "''No more fairy finish. No more fairy finish. No more fairy finish. No more fairy finish!''"

** ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' has many more joining, from all the helpers made from copy abilities to several others, such as Rick, Gooey and even Marx.

* In ''Anime/{{Sarazanmai}}'', Reo dances in excitement while singing how he and Mabu are "the ultimate couple" in Episode 9. The dance itself is taken [[https://twitter.com/keropparis/status/1135361144980475904 shot for shot]] from the film version of ''Theatre/WestSideStory''.

* In ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', Rapunzel starts dancing in the city once her hair is braided, and draws people into the DanceLine.

* ''Disney/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'': "But the most wonderful thing about tiggers... is I'm the only one! I'M the only one!!"

This trope is [[ExactlyWhatitSaysontheTin a dance that a character does when they're happy]]. Maybe it's time to celebrate. Maybe it's time to make themselves feel better. Maybe their excitement overflows into action. Maybe they want to pat themselves on the back. Whatever the reason may be, they quickly bust a couple of moves. The Happy Dance! It's also known as a [[VictoryPose victory dance]].

Contrast AngryDance.