History Main / MusicalisInterruptus

** In ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}'', Donkey tries to convince Shrek to let him tag along with him, by belting out a dramatic rendition of Bette Midler's "Friends". Shrek is having none of it, and snaps on the run-up to the chorus.

* Pumbaa's last verse in "Hakuna Matata" on ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'', a case of CurseCutShort:

* The Bakshi WesternAnimation/MightyMouse episode "This Island Mouseville" has Mighty Mouse in a fish-slapping fight with an alien cat, and during the fight they sing their lines. The alien cat lampshades it:

** In ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2'', the Fairy Godmother's song "Holding Out for a Hero" is stopped in mid-note when Shrek and Donkey come crashing through the doors to the courtyard.

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}'': Donkey tries to convince Shrek to let him tag along with him, by belting out a dramatic rendition of Bette Midler's "Friends". Shrek is having none of it, and snaps on the run-up to the chorus.
--> '''Shrek:''' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis STOP. SINGING.]] It's no wonder you don't have any friends!
--> '''Donkey:''' Wow. Only a true friend would be that truly honest.

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* In the Catalan tradition of ''castells'' or human towers, a traditional melody called ''toc de castells'' is played while the tower is being built, both for atmosphere and to keep the people in the tower, who can't look up, informed about what stage it has reached (different passages are played at different stages). However, if the tower should collapse, the music cuts off instantly, and the effect is ''heartstopping.''
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* The 1990s iteration of the ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFour'' AnimatedSeries has the newly flame-powered Frankie Raye bursting into song. Johnny interrupts her with a kiss, mainly because the next lyric is considered inappropriate for a kids' show.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'': Cinderella washes the floors while singing "Sing Sweet Nightingale". She's unable to obstensibly get the last word out to scold [[CatsAreMean Lucifer]] for making a mess.

* ''WesternAnimation/Cinderella'': Cinderella washes the floors while singing "Sing Sweet Nightingale". She's unable to obstensibly get the last word out to scold [[CatsAreMean Lucifer]] for making a mess.

* Creator/StanFreberg's parody cover of "I've Got You Under My Skin," after many mishaps, abruptly ends when it reaches the word "stop."

* The ingenious BaitAndSwitch approach of the pirated version of the Music/BrentalFloss album "Bits of Me" is built around this very trope (except for the first track, which just contains different lyrics by Brent). Every first ten-fifteen seconds of the track is heard and is then [[RecordNeedleScratch interrupted by some]] [[HellIsThatNoise nail-grinding]] [[SinisterScrapingSound sound effect]], (or in the case of the album's engineer, who has two tracks, LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand) and goes on to either something totally random, or chastising the listener for pirating the album... or worse, [[UpToEleven BOTH]]. Of course, the final track even goes so far as to play all of the tracks from the album at once. No waiting. No track changing. ALL. AT. ONCE. The result is the kind of musical torture that is so great, by the end of the track, [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand you will be reduced to a]] [[MusicalAssassin helpless,]] [[BrownNote mindless]] [[InstrumentOfMurder vegetable,]] all because you pirated something that took a great amount of hard work and money to create...

* Robin Hood gets this treatment in ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}'' when Fiona gets fed up with his unwanted "rescue" and the ensuing musical number. She cuts him off during a high note with a flying kick to the face before [[CurbStompBattle demolishing the rest of his men]].

* ''WesternAnimation/Shrek'': Donkey tries to convince Shrek to let him tag along with him, by belting out a dramatic rendition of Bette Midler's "Friends". Shrek is having none of it, and snaps on the run-up to the chorus.

* ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' opens with Creator/JohnnyCash singing ''Folsom Prison Blues'' as Savant sits BrigBallBouncing in his bare concrete cell in Belle Reve. When he uses the ball to crush a small bird that appears in the cell, the background music is suddenly replaced by the same song playing faintly over the prison speakers.

** Killer Queen starts to sing the opening verse "Don't Stop Me Now" to celebrate the defeat of The Bohemians, when she is interrupted by Commander Kashoggi, who informs her that Galileo & Scaramouche were able to escape. He, of course, pays the penalty.

* Near the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats'' when Gus yells "QUIET!!!!!" and causes the cat and Edgar to stop brawling. The music also cuts off as well!

** As the Draconian Dignitary prepares to [[spoiler:put on the [[AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome Black Queen's Ring]]]], [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006842 the music swells,]] [[OhCrap just like before]]...then [[RecordNeedleScratch stops]] [[MoodWhiplash abruptly]] [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn when he rubs his cigarette on the record.]]

** Yet another example comes from [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005596 this flash]], where Rose and John are confronting Bec Noir after he [[spoiler:brutally murders their respective parents in cold blood.]] Just as the music ramps up, with tension rising every moment, Bec Noir [[spoiler:teleports behind John and stabs him through the heart.]]