History Main / MusicalisInterruptus

* Played for laughs in "Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls." Episode 12 has Azure 1v1 Baiser, with the theme music doing your standard TriumphantReprise...only to [[MusicalisInterruptus stop dead]] while Neroalice gathers up her fallen teammates, and then take up again once she's cleared the field.

* ''Webcomic/MoringMarkTOHComics'': When [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/17ju1wx/a_little_hint_of_blue_chapter_2_part_3/ Skara tries to convince Viney to not erase her memory in song form]], the latter covers the former's mouth.

---> '''Starscream:''' Get on with the ceremony!

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie, during Starscream's coronation, the Constructicons play a loud fanfare which Starscream cuts short by blasting their instruments with his null-ray.

'''Theme Song Guy:''' ''What's his name?!''

This can even happen a breath or a word before the song would've been over anyway.

** Not long after, in the same arc, Doflamingo uses his strings to [[PeoplePuppets force Rebecca]] to kill Viola, who tells her niece to close her eyes and to not blame herself. As Rebecca swings her sword, screaming and crying her eyes out, suddenly the sword snaps in two and the music is brought to a halt; Rebecca slowly opens her eyes only to find that [[BigDamnHeroes Luffy has switched places with Viola at the last second]] using [[SwitchOutMove Law's power]] and used Haki to harmlessly tank her attack. A more fittingly triumphant musical piece begins to play as[[CombatCommentator Gatz]] announces to the entire country that [[HeroicSecondWind Luffy is back for one last round]] against their tyrannical king.

** Not long after, in the same arc, Doflamingo uses his strings to [[PeoplePuppets force Rebecca]] to kill Viola, who tells her niece to close her eyes and to not blame herself. As Rebecca swings her sword, screaming and crying her eyes out, suddenly the sword snaps in two and the music is brought to a halt; Rebecca slowly opens her eyes only to find that Luffy has switched places with Viola at the last second using [[RealityWarper Law's power]] and used Haki to harmlessly tank her attack. A more fittingly triumphant musical piece begins to play as Gatz announces to the entire country that [[HeroicSecondWind Luffy is back for one last round]] against their tyrannical king.

-->'''Goofy:''' Lots of starches, lots of creams, fancy chocolate-covered...\\

** Bonus points for having the interruption still rhyme.

* Several times during ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy(2014)'' the Awesome Mix songs fade or cut abrutly for dramatic effect. Perhaps most notable: the eerie fade-shift from Peter Quill/Starlord dancing to Redbone's ''Come and Get Your Love'' to his [[spoiler:discovery of the Power Stone.]]

* ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'':

** Happens to Baljeet by Candace in the episode "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbTheWizardOfOdd The Wizard of Odd]]". Baljeet spends the rest of the episode complaining about how everyone else got to finish their solo except him.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': In ''Road To Germany'', during a time travel adventure to WW2-era Germany to rescue a time-lost Mort, Brian and Stewie are captured by Hitler and threatened with execution... unless they can perform an elaborate musical number (all three previous ''Road To...'' episodes contained one). Brian and Stewie quickly grab a pair of top hats and cane and prepare to burst into song, only for Mort, who's had more than enough at this point, to interrupt them.

* ''WesternAnimation/AppleAndOnion'': In the minisode "Car", while the main duo sings and dances to a car alarm (along with Hoagie, the ''robber who tried to steal it''), Chicken Nugget manages to arrest the robber right away, stopping the song. Later, when the duo is promoted to "Special Super Force Detectives" for luring the robber with the song, they do another one with Chicken Nugget, who abruptly shouts when noticing Hoagie has escaped.

* ''WesternAnimation/AppleAndOnion'': In the minisode "Car", while the main duo sings and dances to a car alarm (along with Hoagie, the ''robber who tried to steal it''), Chicken Nugget manages to arrest the robber right away, stopping the song. Later, when the duo is promoted to "Special Super Forces Detectives" for luring the robber with the song, they do another one with Chicken Nugget, who abruptly stops when noticing Hoagie having escaped.

* ''WesternAnimation/AppleAndOnion: In the minisode "Car", while the main duo sings and dances to a car alarm (along with Hoagie, the ''robber who tried to steal it''), Chicken Nugget manages to arrest the robber right away, stopping the song. Later, when the duo is promoted to "Special Super Forces Detectives" for luring the robber with the song, they do another one with Chicken Nugget, who abruptly stops when noticing Hoagie having escaped.

** As the duel between Luffy and Kaido reaches its climax and both fighters get ready to [[DeathOrGloryAttack use their finishers with all the strength they have left]], the music stops as [[spoiler:one of the [=CP0=] agents jumps in at the last second and, under orders from the Five Elders to make sure Luffy loses the fight, [[ThirdPartyStopsAttack restrains him so that he can't attack Kaido or defend himself]], leaving Luffy wide open as Kaido hits him with all his might]].

** Robin Hood also gets this treatment 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/TheLittleMermaid'' has some of the funniest, a particular one being "Daughters of Triton", meant to be the singing debut of Ariel, which is interrupted when she doesn't show. Apparently mermaids don't have aquatic stage managers.

* Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy has Zaphod building up a speech after landing on the planet Margrathea with Marvin cueing up "Thus Spracht Zarathrustra" until Zaphod tells him to "can it."

* [[Anime/{{Macross 7}} Fire Bomber]] likes to do this (due to the nature of the mecha's attacks being songs). They even override the final boss theme if you use ''TRY AGAIN'' on it!