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--> '''Mort''': ''DAMNIT, WOULD YOU TWO JUST GET ON THE F***ING TIME MACHINE?!''

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** In the Soul Society arc, Ichigo squares off against the [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who's been [[BatmanGambit playing the entire Soul Society like a cheap violin]]. The ThemeMusicPowerUp song kicks in, the audience settles in for another awesome beatdown... and Ichigo's ThemeMusicPowerUp cuts off suddenly as his opponent blocks Ichigo's blow with ''a single finger''.
** Five years and two and a half hundred chapters later, they square off again, and Ichigo is ready to turn the tables on him. [[spoiler: Aizen]] gloats how he is going to break Ichigo's sword in one blow, his OminousLatinChanting builds up to a crescendo... And cuts off when Ichigo catches his blade with his bare hand, mirroring their previous example. But it does not stop there, as he attempts to use his other trump card, Kido #90: Black Coffin, again gloating how it will basically swallow Ichigo in a black hole... And again his music cuts off as Ichigo shatters it effortlessly.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Oars, an ancient, zombified giant, has just finished mopping the floor with the Straw Hat crew's fighters when Luffy shows up in a new form after absorbing 100 shadows to increase his strength. Having previously absorbed Luffy's own shadow, Oars promptly attempts to use one of his signature techniques against Luffy, who calmly stops it along with the music using nothing but his bare hand. He then retaliates by [[MegatonPunch punching the giant with enough force to send him flying into the nearby forest.]]
** PlayedForDrama right after Luffy beats Caesar, where the music abruptly stops... because Caesar is using his powers to choke Luffy into unconsciousness.
** Law has pulled off a desperate gambit to kill Doflamingo using one of his most powerful attacks and left exhausted and unable to move, yet even that was not enough to kill the Shichibukai. As Doflamingo prepares to kill Law by crushing his head underfoot, Law loudly curses his fate... until Luffy uses his own foot to stop both Doflamingo's foot ''and'' the music.
** 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.
** As part of the Straw Hats and Law arrive in Zou, Ryunosuke (the [[ArtInitiatesLife drawn dragon]] that took them there) is dying. A sentimental, grandiose soundtrack plays in the background while Luffy, Usopp, Robin and Franky cry for him. The music (and cries) simply stops as the scene cuts to [[TheStoic Zoro and Law]], who say crying over a bad drawing is just ridiculous.
** As the duel between Luffy and Kaido reaches its climax and both fighters [[DeathOrGloryAttack charge at each other to end the fight]], 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]].

* 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.

* ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', when Anakin and Padme are about to kiss, then she decides not to.

* ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays'' does this at least twice, in episodes 5 and 6, each time using previous ending themes. And it's ''not'' played for laughs, especially in episode 6, when the music stops as soon as [[spoiler:Kotonoha reaches the school rooftop and sees Makoto making out with Sekai.]]
* Happens in episode 11 of ''Anime/RozenMaiden''. "Battle of Rose" plays whilst Shinku fights Suigintou, [[spoiler:who proceeds to crush her against a junk pile, cutting the music.]]

* A diegetic example in ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', when one of a gang of marauders [[BullyingTheDragon threatens Legato]] in a bar, and the jazz band continues to play through physical abuse of a captured girl and gunfire scattered around Legato. The saxophonist, one of Legato's henchmen, abruptly stops when Legato finally gives the gangster [[LetsGetDangerous his full attention]].

* In ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' "[[CreepyChildrenSinging My mother has killed me... my father is eating me... my brothers and sisters, sit under the table, picking up my bones! They'll bury them, under the cold marble stones]]...

* ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor''. After the crew of the Soyokaze escape from quarantine and declare that their BornLucky captain must surely be alive and that they're going to rescue him, the {{Leitmotif}} that always plays when the crew starts doing something awesome is suddenly interrupted by a squad of armed guards ordering them back into detention.
* At the end of the final episode of ''Manga/ICantUnderstandWhatMyHusbandIsSaying'', the credits theme stops when [[spoiler: Karou's pregnancy test turns positive]]. It then starts up again and plays until the episode finishes.
* During the Doma arc of ''Anime/YuGiOh'', this happens when Jonouchi (Joey) draws his Legendary Dragon against Ryuzaki (Rex)

* This trope signifies that [[Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar Kenshiro]] has shown up to stop the bad guy. [[YourHeadAsplode Permanently]]. Usually happens in the middle of an attack.
* The penultimate episode of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'' has an odd {{Meta}} version of this. Near the end of the opening theme song, [[BigBad DIO]] appears behind [[TheHero Jotaro]] seemingly via teleportation; the previous episode revealed that DIO has the power to [[TimeStandsStill stop time]], so this time it's shown happening from his perspective. When the singers get to the lyric "End of the World", DIO cuts them off by [[CallingYourAttacks shouting "THE WORLD!"]], which puts the song on hold until he gets into position and restarts time again.
* 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.

* ''Theatre/SeventeenSeventySix'' has a pretty good subversion in "Cool, Cool, Considerate Men". In the middle of the number, while the congressmen are dancing between the desks, the secretary smoothly inserts himself into the lyrics as though he has to do this all the time.

* 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.