History Main / MockingSingSong

* BillGoldberg, being a big hockey fan, was thrilled with the "Gold-berg" chants in {{WCW}}, until he found out they were [[{{Astroturfing}} piped in]].
** Another wrestling example, and one that more closely resembles the "Ring Around the Rosie" tune, Samoa Joe's opponents are often met with the taunt "Joe's gonna kill you! Joe's gonna kill you!" Same goes for Awesome Kong/Kharma.

* Possessed Sam taunting Jo in the {{Supernatural}} episode "Born Under A Bad Sign":

* In ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers'', Ravelli threatens to reveal Chandler's past identity, taunting him: "Abie the fish man! Abie the fish man!" (In the play script, the taunt was "He's Ivan the Fish-Peddler.")

* In ''AnimalCrackers'', Ravelli threatens to reveal Chandler's past identity, taunting him: "Abie the fish man! Abie the fish man!"

* Spike in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', "Becoming, part 2":

The Hyenas in the Lion King. "No king, no king, la la-la la-la la!"

* In the "A Little Bit Country" episode of ''Stuart Little: The Animated Series'', Stuart taunts Falcon (before he can kill Snowbell and Monty), "You'll never get me! You'll never get me!", then blowing a raspberry as well.

* ''{{Digimon}}'':

* Possessed Sam taunting Jo in the {{Supernatural}} episode "Born Under A Bad Sign"

** ''TheSimpsonsMovie'': Lisa has a perfect moment with Colin before they escape the dome. And then...

* Parodied on the {{Rifftrax}} to ''Film/TheMatrix Reloaded'':

{{Exactly What It Says On The Tin}}, when one character is trying to think of a {{Freudian Excuse}} or has experienced a humiliating incident, or is just minding his own business, another character will immediately mock him to the tune of "Ring Around The Rosie".

There also seems to be a recurring taunt in fiction, where a character puts both hands to the side of their face, with their thumbs at their cheeks, then wiggle their fingers and go "Nana Na Nana Na" to the same tune.

It seems this trope is done mostly by immature characters.

Also a rather common playground thing in {{Real Life}} in some places as well.

Will occasionally overlap with: {{Blowing a Raspberry}}
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!'''Examples'''

[[AC: {{Anime and Manga}}]]
* ''{{Digimon}}'':
** ''DigimonAdventure'':
--->'''Biyomon:''' Go-ma-mon's em-bar-rassed!
** ''{{Digimon Adventure 02}}'': A Mexican girl does it, and Yolei lets out a "nyah nyah" after she and teammates destroy a bunch of control spires.
** ''DigimonTamers'': Takato has a dream about a battle in the rain, and tries to tell his friends the next day. They don't believe him.
--->'''Kazu:''' Maybe you [[PottyFailure made your own cold puddle]]! Poor little sleepyhead / made his own waterbed! *runs off laughing*
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Team Rocket teases Pikachu by opening and closing a door on their shockproof machine, punctuating this with the classic "nyah nyah na nyah nyah!"

[[AC: {{Film}} - Animated]]
* In ''{{The Land Before Time}} V'', Ducky teases a Sharptooth (read: ''Tyrannosaurus rex'') this way:
-->'''Ducky:''' The log is gooooone! / You cannot get acroooooss!
* The "Hook is a codfish" scene from Disney's ''Disney/{{Peter Pan}}''.
* From ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'':
-->'''Pain and Panic:''' Our hero's a zero! Our hero's a zero!

[[AC: {{Film}} - Live-Action]]
* From ''RookieOfTheYear'':
-->'''Henry Rowengartner:''' Pitcher's got a big butt! Pitcher's got a big butt!
* There was a boy in ''ALeagueOfTheirOwn'' who liked to taunt the other team with "You're gonna lo-ose".
* ''[[Recap/{{DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie}} Doctor Who: The Movie]]'' (1996)
* ''MissCongeniality'': After SheCleansUpNicely:
-->You think I'm gor-geous. You wanna kiss me. You want to hug me.
** It gets a {{Meaningful Echo}} at the end of the film.
* In ''AnimalCrackers'', Ravelli threatens to reveal Chandler's past identity, taunting him: "Abie the fish man! Abie the fish man!"
* Parodied on the {{Rifftrax}} to ''TheMatrix Reloaded'':
-->(during their sex scene) "Neo likes Trinity, Neo likes Trinity!"

[[AC: {{Newspaper Comics}}]]
* MattGroening must like this trope because, besides ''The Simpsons'', he also used it in his ''LifeInHell'' comic where Binky somehow thought it would be cute to sing to his date, "Someone's got a run in her pantyhose."

[[AC: {{Literature}}]]
* ''ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'': Vice Principal Nero constantly does this to put down his students, another sign of his ManChild behavior.

[[AC: {{Live-Action TV}}]]
* Rachel on ''{{Friends}}'', "The One With All the Poker".
-->I have got your mon-ey / And you'll never see it / And your fly's still o-pen / Ha! I made you loo-ook!

[[AC: {{Music}}]]
* The backing vocals of {{Emilie Autumn}}'s "I Know Where You Sleep" evoke this. In the context set up by previous songs on the album, it conjures up a chorus of dead little girls taunting the man who killed them.

[[AC: {{Professional Wrestling}}]]
* {{Bill Goldberg}}, being a big hockey fan, was thrilled with the "Gold-berg" chants in {{WCW}}, until he found out they were [[{{Astroturfing}} piped in]].
** Another wrestling example, and one that more closely resembles the "Ring Around the Rosie" tune, Samoa Joe's opponents are often met with the taunt "Joe's gonna kill you! Joe's gonna kill you!" Same goes for Awesome Kong/Kharma.

[[AC: {{Web Original}}]]
* ''YugiohTheAbridgedSeries'': "Mako's a freaky fish guy!"

[[AC: {{Western Animation}}]]
* ''{{The Simpsons}}'' has this:
-->'''Mr. Dewey Largo:''' Miss Simpson, do you find something funny about the word "tromboner"?
-->'''Lisa Simpson:''' No, sir. I was laughing at something outside.
-->'''Sherri:''' She was looking at Nelson!
-->'''Class:''' ''(sing-song)'' Lisa likes Nelson!
-->'''Milhouse:''' She does not!
-->'''Class:''' ''(sing-song)'' Milhouse likes Lisa!
-->'''Janey:''' He does not!
-->'''Class:''' ''(sing-song)'' Janey likes Milhouse!
-->'''Uter van Finkle:''' She does not!
-->'''Class:''' ''(sing-song)'' Uter likes Milhouse.
-->'''Mr. Dewey Largo:''' *Nobody* likes Milhouse! Lisa, you've got detention!
** When Mr. Burns loads the SNPP softball team with ringers in order to win a bet with a rival, Homer is replaced in left field by Darryl Strawberry. Bart & Lisa give him a "Darrr-ylll" chant in the hope that he'll quit so Homer can get back on the field.
** When Ned is coaching Bart's peewee football team, Homer chants, "Flannn-ders" at him to make Ned lose his cool.
** ''TheSimpsonsMovie'': Lisa has a perfect moment with Colin before they escape the dome. And then...
--->'''Bart:''' Lisa has a boyfriend, that she'll never see again!
** In another ''Simpsons'' episode, Terri & Sherri give Lisa body image anxiety by chanting, "Lisa has a big butt! Lisa has a big butt!"
** In yet another, Lisa is being taunted after the other kids steal her shoes. "Lisa has cooties! Lisa has cooties!" Principal Skinner just happens to come on the PA at that moment calling Lisa in to the nurse's office for a lice inspection.
* In his less sociopathic moments, Cartman of ''SouthPark'' likes to mock people with sing song. "Stan wants to ki-iss, Wendy Testabuuurger!" And then there's the "Muh muh muh" noises he makes in the movie when mocking Kyle.
* Brattus teases ''WesternAnimation/MrBogus'' this way in the episode "[[{{Recap/MrBogusS2E8BogusToTheRescue}} Bogus to the Rescue]]":
-->'''Brattus:''' Bogus is a chicken! Bogus is a chicken!
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|1987}}'' had the Shredder make all the adults in New York act like children. A newscaster at Channel 6 went "Nyah nyah, I'm on TV and you're not!" on the air.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' episode "The Big Cheese", Dexter is rendered incapable of saying anything besides the phrase "Omellete du fromage", and Dee Dee keeps mocking him by singing: "That's all you can saaaay, that's all you can saaay!"

* ''Miss Congeniality'': After SheCleansUpNicely:

* One episode of ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' had the Shredder make all the adults in New York act like children. A newscaster at Channel 6 went "Nyah nyah, I'm on TV and you're not!" on the air.

* Brattus teases WesternAnimation/MrBogus this way in the episode "[[{{Recap/MrBogusS2E8BogusToTheRescue}} Bogus to the Rescue]]":

Will occasionally overlap with: {{Blowing A Raspberry}}

[[AC: {{Anime And Manga}}]]
* {{Digimon}}:
** {{Digimon Adventure}}:
--->'''Biyomon:''' Go-ma-mon's em-bar-assed!
** {{Digimon Adventure 02}}: A Mexican girl does it, and Yolei lets out a "nyah nyah" after she and teammates destroy a bunch of control spires.
** {{Digimon Tamers}}: Takato has a dream about a battle in the rain, and tries to tell his friends the next day. They don't believe him.
--->'''Kazu:''' Maybe you [[{{Potty Failure}} made your own cold puddle]]! Poor little sleepyhead / made his own waterbed! *runs off laughing*
* {{Pokemon}}: Team Rocket teases Pikachu by opening and closing a door on their shockproof machine, punctuating this with the classic "nyah nyah na nyah nyah!"

* In ''{{The Land Before Time}} V'', Ducky teases a Sharptooth (read: Tyrannosaurus rex) this way:

* The "Hook is a codfish" scene from Disney's Disney/{{Peter Pan}}.
* From Disney/{{Hercules}}:

* From {{Rookie Of The Year}}:

* There was a boy in {{A League Of Their Own}} who liked to taunt the other team with "You're gonna lo-ose".
* [[Recap/{{DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie}} Doctor Who: The Movie]] (1996)
* {{Miss Congeniality}}: After {{She Cleans Up Nicely}}:

* In {{Animal Crackers}}, Ravelli threatens to reveal Chandler's past identity, taunting him: "Abie the fish man! Abie the fish man!"
* Parodied on the {{Rifftrax}} to ''{{The Matrix}} Reloaded'':

* Matt Groening must like this trope because he also used it in his {{Life In Hell}} comic where Binky somehow thought it would be cute to sing to his date "Someone's got a run in her pantyhose."

* {{A Series Of Unfortunate Events}}: Vice Principal Nero constantly does this to put down his students, another sign of his {{Man Child}} behavior.

* Rachel on {{Friends}}, "The One With All The Poker".
-->I have got your mon-ey / And you'll never see it / And your fly's still o-pen / Ha! I made you lo-ok!

* YugiohTheAbridgedSeries: "Mako's a freaky fish guy!"

* {{The Simpsons}} has this:

** When Mr. Burns loads the SNPP softball team with ringers in order to win a bet with a rival, Homer is replaced in left field by Darryl Strawberry. Bart & Lisa give him a "Darrr-ylll" chant in hopes that he'll quit so Homer can get back on the field.
** When Ned is coaching Bart's peewee football team Homer chants "Flannn-ders" at him to make him lose his cool.
** {{The Simpsons Movie}}: Lisa has a perfect moment with Colin before they escape the dome. And then...

** In another Simpsons episode Terri & Sherri give Lisa body image anxiety by chanting "Lisa has a big butt! Lisa has a big butt!"
** In yet another one Lisa is being taunted after the other kids steal her shoes. "Lisa has cooties! Lisa has cooties!" Principal Skinner just happens to come on the PA at that moment calling Lisa in to the nurse's office for a lice inspection.
* In his less sociopathic moments, Cartman of {{South Park}} likes to mock people with sing song. "Stan wants to ki-iss, Wendy Testabuuurger!" And then there's the "Muh muh muh" noises he makes in the movie when mocking Kyle.
* Brattus teases WesternAnimation/{{Mr Bogus}} this way in the episode "[[{{Recap/MrBogusS2E8BogusToTheRescue}} Bogus To The Rescue]]":

* One episode of {{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles}} had the Shredder make all the adults in New York act like children. A newscaster at Channel 6 went "Nyah nyah, I'm on TV and you're not!" on the air.
* In the WesternAnimation/{{Dexters Laboratory}} episode "The Big Cheese", Dexter is rendered incapable of saying anything besides the phrase "Omellete du fromage", and Dee Dee keeps mocking him by singing: "That's all you can saaaay, that's all you can saaay!"