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Compare MelodicRap, a style of singing in which hip-hop rhythms and vocabulary are sung, often to minimalistic melodies. Some artists like Music/BoneThugsAndHarmony and Music/{{Eminem}} have made patter songs that attempt to fuse rapping with the music-hall tradition.

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Compare MelodicRap, a style of singing in which hip-hop rhythms and vocabulary are sung, often to minimalistic melodies. Some artists like Music/BoneThugsAndHarmony Music/BoneThugsNHarmony and Music/{{Eminem}} have made patter songs that attempt to fuse rapping with the music-hall tradition.
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Compare MelodicRap, a style of singing in which hip-hop rhythms and vocabulary are sung, often to minimalistic melodies. Some artists like Music/BoneThugsAndHarmony and Music/{{Eminem}} have made patter songs that attempt to fuse rapping with the music-hall tradition.
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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDCtBBb0Cx4 Goin' Down]]" by Music/TheMonkees is a fast-paced, upbeat song... about a guy having second thoughts after trying to drown himself.

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* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDCtBBb0Cx4 com/watch?v=xnzrGr78Mws Goin' Down]]" by Music/TheMonkees is a fast-paced, upbeat song... about a guy having second thoughts after trying to drown himself.
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That you are not mentally prepared to make room for a KID, Adam!"

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That you are not mentally prepared to make room for a KID, mentally prepared to make room for a KID, Adam!"



Hiding away so you don't have to face being a bad MOM, Barbara!"

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Hiding away so you don't have to face being a bad MOM, so you don't have to face being a bad MOM, Barbara!"

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* The song "Ready, Set, Not Yet" from ''Theatre/{{Beetlejuice}}'' has both Adam and Barbara launching into their own little spoken patter bits when discussing others' disdain for their boring hobbies and unwillingness to start a family:
-->'''Adam:''' Folks say, "Adam,\\
Why do you polish a crib when you don't have a kid\\
And even if you did have a kid\\
This crib is too precious for placing a baby inside it\\
So it simply exists to remind you\\
Your sense of perfection is just a reflection\\
That you are not mentally prepared to make room for a KID, Adam!"
-->'''Barbara:''' Folks say, "Barbara,\\
Why can't you see that ceramics\\
Is simply a manifestation of motherly panic\\
By making a baby that's breakable\\
Aren't you creating a way of translating the terror\\
Of making maternal mistakes into clay,\\
Hiding away so you don't have to face being a bad MOM, Barbara!"



%% * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', the segments "Yakko's World" and "All the Words in the English Language", both of which are sung by Yakko, seem to be this.

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%% * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', the segments famous segment "Yakko's World" and is a BigList of every country in the world (roughly), sung very quickly to a slightly modified version of "The Mexican Hat Dance". This is then spoofed with "All the Words in the English Language", both set to the same tune, where Yakko rattles off a whole bunch of which are sung by Yakko, seem words beginning with "A" before cutting to be this.the next cartoon. They cut back later with him partway through "L", starting to slow down, and finally again with him at the tail end of the "Z"s, even slower still and ready to pass out.
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-->''"The task of filling up the blanks I rather leave to you, but it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list, 'cause they'd none of them be missed, they'd none of them be missed."''

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-->''"The -->''"And Tsk-tsk-tsk and What's-his-name and also You-know-who, the task of filling up the blanks I rather leave to you, but it really doesn't matter whom you put upon the list, 'cause they'd none of them be missed, they'd none of them be missed."''
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** "As Someday It May Happen" (a.k.a. [[RefrainFromAssuming the "Little List" song]]) from ''Theatre/TheMikado'' lists people who would not be missed if they were to be executed. Modern productions of ''The Mikado'' invariably rewrite this one to incorporate topical and local events, especially as the original lyrics explicitly invite the performer (or producer) to add their own lines:

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** "As Someday It May Happen" (a.k.a. [[RefrainFromAssuming the "Little List" song]]) from ''Theatre/TheMikado'' lists people who would not be missed if they were to be executed. Modern productions of ''The Mikado'' invariably rewrite this one to incorporate topical and local events, especially as the original lyrics explicitly invite the performer (or producer) to add their own lines:
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* The bridge from "On Your Knees" on the ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' season 9 soundtrack can count as this.

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* The bridge from "On Your Knees" on the ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' season 9 soundtrack can count as this.
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The MajorGeneralSong, which parodies and/or homages a Creator/GilbertAndSullivan song, is a common example.

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The MajorGeneralSong, which parodies and/or homages a Creator/GilbertAndSullivan song, is a common example.
example. A more modern one is [[WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies We Didn't Start the Fire]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch", a fast-paced song Cartman initially sings in "[[Recap/SouthParkS1E9MrHankeyTheChristmasPoo Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo]]]", largely consists of calling Kyle's uptight mother Sheila a bitch over and over. In ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'', the song gets even faster and dubbed in various different languages.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch", a fast-paced song Cartman initially sings in "[[Recap/SouthParkS1E9MrHankeyTheChristmasPoo Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo]]]", Poo]]", largely consists of calling Kyle's uptight mother Sheila a bitch over and over. In ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'', the song gets even faster and dubbed in various different languages.
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* Wiki/TheOtherWiki has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_patter_songs its own list]]...

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* Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki has [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_patter_songs its own list]]...
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has a few, including "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E20TwoDozenAndOneGreyhounds See My Vest]]" (in which Mr. Burns shows off all the garments he's made from real animal skins and fur), and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E12HomerTheGreat We Do]]]", in which the Stonecutters list the ''many'' conspiracies in which they are involved, including covering up life on Mars, robbing cavefish of their sight, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking maintaining]] Creator/SteveGuttenberg's career.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has a few, including "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E20TwoDozenAndOneGreyhounds See My Vest]]" (in which Mr. Burns shows off all the garments he's made from real animal skins and fur), and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E12HomerTheGreat We Do]]]", Do]]", in which the Stonecutters list the ''many'' conspiracies in which they are involved, including covering up life on Mars, robbing cavefish of their sight, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking maintaining]] Creator/SteveGuttenberg's career.
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** He also does this in the theme song for [[Series/TheWeirdAlShow his short-lived TV show]]. The first verse is even [[UpToEleven a run-on sentence]]!

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** He also does this in the theme song for [[Series/TheWeirdAlShow his short-lived TV show]]. The first verse is even [[UpToEleven a run-on sentence]]!sentence!

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%% ** Remarkably averted in ''Film/ASongIsBorn''. (Danny's songwriter wife refused to write any songs for the film as they were estranged at the time.)

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%% ** Remarkably averted in ''Film/ASongIsBorn''. (Danny's (Kaye's songwriter wife refused to write any songs for the film as they were estranged at the time.)



-->'''Jean-Pierre''': You know, I think they did it.\\
'''Sam''': No they didn’t!\\
'''Jean-Pierre''': Yes they did, and we can pin it.\\
'''Sam''': If they did, how did they do it?\\
'''Jean-Pierre''': If they didn’t, how did they didn’t?\\
'''Sam''': If they didn’t then it’s easy,\\

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-->'''Jean-Pierre''': -->'''Jean-Pierre:''' You know, I think they did it.\\
'''Sam''': '''Sam:''' No they didn’t!\\
'''Jean-Pierre''': '''Jean-Pierre:''' Yes they did, and we can pin it.\\
'''Sam''': '''Sam:''' If they did, how did they do it?\\
'''Jean-Pierre''': '''Jean-Pierre:''' If they didn’t, how did they didn’t?\\
'''Sam''': '''Sam:''' If they didn’t then it’s easy,\\



'''Jean-Pierre''': If they did it, then I knew it,\\

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'''Jean-Pierre''': '''Jean-Pierre:''' If they did it, then I knew it,\\



* Henry Higgins' musical rants in ''Film/MyFairLady''.

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* Henry Higgins' musical rants in ''Film/MyFairLady''.



* In the MusicalEpisode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', Dr Cox's traditional long, funny rant becomes a song.



** Also from season one, "Cold Showers Lead To Crack," a ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'' homage song in which Rebecca tries to convince a bunch of apartment residents to join a class action suit about cold showers by claiming the cold water will [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext make them heroin addicts]].

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** Also from season one, "Cold Showers Lead To Crack," to Crack", a ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'' homage song in which Rebecca tries to convince a bunch of apartment residents to join a class action suit about cold showers by claiming the cold water will [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext make them heroin addicts]].



* In the MusicalEpisode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'', Dr. Cox's traditional long, funny rant becomes a song.



* The last episode of the summer 2015 series of ''Radio/TheNowShow'' had "It's a Long-Term Economic Plan (But Not For You)", in which Jake Yapp and Harry the Piano cast George Osborne as Harold Hill ("Friends, we got trouble, right here in Blighty...")

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* The last episode of the summer 2015 series finale of ''Radio/TheNowShow'' had "It's a Long-Term Economic Plan (But Not For You)", in which Jake Yapp and Harry the Piano cast George Osborne as Harold Hill ("Friends, we got trouble, right here in Blighty...")



* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' has "Notes" in the first act, which is a patter song with an increasing number of people all singing angrily at each other until the Phantom shuts them up.



* "Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians)" lyrics by Creator/IraGershwin and music by Music/KurtWeill, first performed by Creator/DannyKaye in ''Theatre/LadyInTheDark''.
* "Both Sides of the Coin" from ''Theatre/{{Drood}}''.
* "Contini Submits" and Necrophorus' part in "Folies Bergeres" from ''Nine''.
* "Rock Island" from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'' is a rare example involving many people. It's more of a proto-rap than a conventional song, and it lost its musical accompaniment when the pianist was unavailable. The authors performed it ''a cappella'', and it worked so well that they [[ThrowItIn kept it that way]]. And of course, "Ya Got Trouble" from the same score is one of the most well-known American patter songs.
* Music/StephenSondheim loves this:
** "Everybody Says Don't" from ''Theatre/AnyoneCanWhistle'' doesn't keep a consistently fast pace, but has more than enough sixteenth notes to challenge singers.
** "Another Hundred People" and Amy's part of "Getting Married Today" from ''[[Theatre/CompanySondheim Company]]''. The latter is such a fast patter that the printed notes are never sung.
** "Buddy's Blues" from ''Theatre/{{Follies}}''.
** "Now" from ''Theatre/ALittleNightMusic''.
** The British Ambassador's part in "Please Hello" from ''Theatre/PacificOvertures''. Sondhiem wrote each Ambassador's part (American, British, Dutch, Russian, and French) in a musical style that reflects their nationality. The British Ambassador's bit is an homage to Gilbert and Sullivan
** ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' has some of this in "The Contest," and more in "The Worst Pies In London."
** "Franklin Shepard, Inc." from ''Theatre/MerrilyWeRollAlong'' has elements of this.
** ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' has an ensemble version of this in "Your Fault", but other bits in the score are similar, such as the Witch and Stepsister's bit in "Ever After".
** Arguably "The Ballad of Czolgosz" from ''Theatre/{{Assassins}}''.
** Sondheim's demo recordings of "Pretty Little Picture" and "Everybody Ought To Have A Maid" from ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'' are decidedly faster than the original cast performed them, though they're still {{List Song}}s with a lot of bits that are tricky to enunciate in tempo. "Free" is another mouthful.
* "Now (It's Just The Gas)" from ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
* The Quartet from ''Theatre/{{Chess}}'' has some of this.
* Mr. Graydon's dictation test/interview of Mille in ''Film/ThoroughlyModernMillie'' ("The Speed Test") gradually becomes this as they move through the verses. The tune uses "My Eyes Are Fully Open" from Ruddigore.[[note]]And opens with those words.[[/note]] In this case, the music starts off as PAINSTAKINGLY SLOW, and then little by little turns RIDICULOUSLY [[MotorMouth FAST]].
* A song that Jim Steinman wrote for the never produced Franchise/{{Batman}} musical was a patter song. It was written for the Joker character, was entitled "Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?" (Steinman likes long titles) and it goes a little something like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J06bcmbXdZo this]]...
* "The Plan" from ''Theatre/TheBrainFromPlanetX'' counts as this.
* The verses of "War Is A Science" from ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}''.
** Made more evident in the revival, in which the verses get EVEN FASTER.



* Professor Abronsius' song "Wahrheit" in ''Theatre/TanzDerVampire''.
* Thomas Aquinas's part in ''Theatre/{{Godspell}}'''s "Tower of Babble." "God is apprehended by imagination, intuition...."
** Also from ''Theatre/{{Godspell}}'', Judas/David's verse in "All For The Best."



* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_he-mCN2WY "Tonight at Eight"]] from ''She Loves Me''.
* Not a whole song, but the ending of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTuFP0SFLQY The King of Broadway]]" in ''Film/TheProducers'' certainly qualifies.
** So does Leo's part in "We Can Do It"
* Most of the song "The Brain" from ''Theatre/YoungFrankenstein'' ("His Medulla Oblongata / tells his brain stem that it’s gotta / send an impulse full of data / which creates a lot of pain"… etc).
* "The Red Phone Rag" in ''[[Film/DrStrangelove Strangelove]]: The Musical''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYnciR0_qos Es que estoy tan ocupada]]" ("I'm just so busy") from the Cibrian-Mahler musical ''30 Days'', where Juana's self-centered mother answers her pre-suicide call by listing all the inane stuff she does.
* "Strike That, Reverse It" in ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' has fun with this trope: A RunningGag within it has Willy Wonka singing so quickly that he keeps accidentally switching words around at the end of verses (InternalHomage to the [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory 1971 film adaptation of this story]]), and in the final stretch he promises "The next time I'll rehearse it". As he presses the guardians of the Golden Ticket finders to sign a contract before proceeding with the tour, his summary of its contents is ''so'' fast -- and filled with both GratuitousLatin '''and''' Gratuitous French -- that Mr. Salt complains "This tempo is preposterous!"
-->'''Wonka:''' ''Our schedule has no room for intros, languid and rubato./ Accelerate right to the verse, [[LampshadeHanging and play it molto presto and staccato!]]''



* ''Barnum'' gives us the "Museum Song."

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* ''Barnum'' gives us the "Museum Song."Song".



* "Guns and Ships" of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' holds the distinction of being the fastest song in one of the fastest shows in Broadway history, courtesy of Lafayette. There's a section where 19 words are sung in about 3 seconds. And it's all done in an over-the-top French accent. Angelica's main song ("Satisfied") also counts--Lin himself can't pull off her rap sections, and she's got fewer opportunities to sneak a breath in than Lafayette does.

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* A song that Jim Steinman wrote for the unproduced Franchise/{{Batman}} musical was a patter song. Written for ComicBook/TheJoker, it was entitled "Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?" (Steinman likes long titles) and it goes a little something like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J06bcmbXdZo this]]...
* "The Plan" from ''Theatre/TheBrainFromPlanetX'' counts as this.
* "Strike That, Reverse It" in ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' has fun with this trope: A RunningGag within it has Willy Wonka singing so quickly that he keeps accidentally switching words around at the end of verses (InternalHomage to the [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory 1971 film adaptation of this story]]), and in the final stretch he promises "The next time I'll rehearse it". As he presses the guardians of the Golden Ticket finders to sign a contract before proceeding with the tour, his summary of its contents is ''so'' fast -- and filled with both GratuitousLatin '''and''' Gratuitous French -- that Mr. Salt complains "This tempo is preposterous!"
-->'''Wonka:''' ''Our schedule has no room for intros, languid and rubato./ Accelerate right to the verse, [[LampshadeHanging and play it molto presto and staccato!]]''
* The Quartet from ''Theatre/{{Chess}}'' has some of this.
* "Both Sides of the Coin" from ''Theatre/{{Drood}}''.
* Thomas Aquinas's part in ''Theatre/{{Godspell}}'''s "Tower of Babble". "God is apprehended by imagination, intuition...."
** Also from ''Godspell'', Judas/David's verse in "All for the Best".
* "Guns and Ships" of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' holds the distinction of being the fastest song in one of the fastest shows in Broadway history, courtesy of Lafayette. There's a section where 19 '''nineteen''' words are sung in about 3 roughly three seconds. And it's all done in an over-the-top French accent. Angelica's main song ("Satisfied") also counts--Lin himself can't pull off her rap sections, and she's got fewer opportunities to sneak a breath in than Lafayette does.does.
* "Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians)" lyrics by Creator/IraGershwin and music by Music/KurtWeill, first performed by Creator/DannyKaye in ''Theatre/LadyInTheDark''.
* "Now (It's Just the Gas)" from ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
* "Rock Island" from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'' is a rare example involving many people. It's more of a proto-rap than a conventional song, and it lost its musical accompaniment when the pianist was unavailable. The authors performed it ''a cappella'', and it worked so well that they [[ThrowItIn kept it that way]]. And of course, "Ya Got Trouble" from the same score is one of the most well-known American patter songs.



* "Contini Submits" and Necrophorus' part in "Folies Bergeres" from ''Theatre/{{Nine|Musical}}''.
* ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' has "Notes" in the first act, which consists of an increasing number of people all singing angrily at each other until the Phantom shuts them up.
* The verses of "War Is a Science" from ''Theatre/{{Pippin}}''.
** Made more evident in the revival, in which the verses get EVEN FASTER.
* The ending of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTuFP0SFLQY The King of Broadway]]" in ''Theatre/TheProducers'' certainly qualifies.
** So does Leo's part in "We Can Do It".
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_he-mCN2WY "Tonight at Eight"]] from ''She Loves Me''.
* "The Red Phone Rag" in ''[[Film/DrStrangelove Strangelove]]: The Musical''.
* Professor Abronsius' "Wahrheit" in ''Theatre/TanzDerVampire''.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYnciR0_qos Es que estoy tan ocupada]]" ("I'm just so busy") from the Cibrian-Mahler musical ''30 Days'', where Juana's self-centered mother answers her pre-suicide call by listing all the inane stuff she does.
* Mr. Graydon's dictation test/interview of Mille in ''Film/ThoroughlyModernMillie'' ("The Speed Test") gradually becomes this as they move through the verses. The tune uses "My Eyes Are Fully Open" from Ruddigore.[[note]]And opens with those words.[[/note]] In this case, the music starts off as PAINSTAKINGLY SLOW, and then little by little turns RIDICULOUSLY [[MotorMouth FAST]].
* Most of "The Brain" from ''Theatre/YoungFrankenstein'' ("His Medulla Oblongata / tells his brain stem that it’s gotta / send an impulse full of data / which creates a lot of pain"… etc).
* Music/StephenSondheim loves this:
** "Everybody Says Don't" from ''Theatre/AnyoneCanWhistle'' doesn't keep a consistently fast pace, but has more than enough sixteenth notes to challenge singers.
** "Another Hundred People" and Amy's part of "Getting Married Today" from ''[[Theatre/CompanySondheim Company]]''. The latter is such a fast patter that the printed notes are never sung.
** "Buddy's Blues" from ''Theatre/{{Follies}}''.
** "Now" from ''Theatre/ALittleNightMusic''.
** The British Ambassador's part in "Please Hello" from ''Theatre/PacificOvertures''. Sondhiem wrote each Ambassador's part (American, British, Dutch, Russian, and French) in a musical style that reflects their nationality. The British Ambassador's bit is an homage to Gilbert and Sullivan
** ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' has some of this in "The Contest," and more in "The Worst Pies In London."
** "Franklin Shepard, Inc." from ''Theatre/MerrilyWeRollAlong'' has elements of this.
** ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods'' has an ensemble version of this in "Your Fault", but other bits in the score are similar, such as the Witch and Stepsister's bit in "Ever After".
** Arguably "The Ballad of Czolgosz" from ''Theatre/{{Assassins}}''.
** Sondheim's demo recordings of "Pretty Little Picture" and "Everybody Ought to Have a Maid" from ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'' are decidedly faster than the original cast performed them, though they're still {{List Song}}s with a lot of bits that are tricky to enunciate in tempo. "Free" is another mouthful.



** He also did ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'' in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' with a Krogan theme. And if that wasn't enough, he did a song about molecular biology to the tune of ''John Brown's Body'' as well.

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** He also did ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'' ''The Pirates of Penzance'' in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' with a Krogan theme. And if that wasn't enough, he did a song about molecular biology to the tune of ''John Brown's Body'' as well.



* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'''s 400th strip special song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR5DaYuDWYs The History of Nintendo]], has this in the verses.

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* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'''s 400th strip special song, [[https://www."[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR5DaYuDWYs The History of Nintendo]], Nintendo]]", has this in the verses.



* The song "Brand New Day" in ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' has Dr. Horrible quietly sing the verses in a very speedy manner. The whole cast and crew were amazed that Creator/NeilPatrickHarris actually managed to sing it.
%% * Most of Mettaton's numbers, mainly "Metal Crusher" and parts of "Death by Glamour" in ''WebVideo/UndertaleTheMusical''.
* The bridge from "On Your Knees" on the ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' season 9 soundtrack can count as this.
-->Oklahoma beat down\\
Pennsylvania dead and drown\\
Minnesota castigate\\
Massachusetts flagellate\\
Bitch slap Tennesee\\
DC dead see?\\
Utah is a fucking mess\\
Oregon in great duress\\
Maryland is on her knees \\
Louisiana? Bitch….please.\\
Mississippi worst day ever\\
North Dakota not much better\\
Missouri in a stranglehold\\
Montana's corpse is getting cold\\
Bleeding time for old Kentucky\\
Indiana not so lucky\\
Vermont could use a four leaf clover\\
New Jersey it is almost over\\
Pick up Delaware and slam her\\
Call the meds for Alabama\\
Michigan has been destroyed\\
Ditto that for Illinois\\
New Hampshire should have brought a friend\\
West Virginia's at her end



* "Brand New Day" in ''WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' has the titular villain quietly sing the verses in a very speedy manner. The whole cast and crew were amazed that Creator/NeilPatrickHarris actually managed to sing it.
* The bridge from "On Your Knees" on the ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' season 9 soundtrack can count as this.
-->Oklahoma beat down\\
Pennsylvania dead and drown\\
Minnesota castigate\\
Massachusetts flagellate\\
Bitch slap Tennesee\\
DC dead see?\\
Utah is a fucking mess\\
Oregon in great duress\\
Maryland is on her knees \\
Louisiana? Bitch….please.\\
Mississippi worst day ever\\
North Dakota not much better\\
Missouri in a stranglehold\\
Montana's corpse is getting cold\\
Bleeding time for old Kentucky\\
Indiana not so lucky\\
Vermont could use a four leaf clover\\
New Jersey it is almost over\\
Pick up Delaware and slam her\\
Call the meds for Alabama\\
Michigan has been destroyed\\
Ditto that for Illinois\\
New Hampshire should have brought a friend\\
West Virginia's at her end
%% * Most of Mettaton's numbers, mainly "Metal Crusher" and parts of "Death by Glamour" in ''WebVideo/UndertaleTheMusical''.



* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xslBV_a4x-U That's How We'll Get Her]]'' from the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''-episode "My Fair Hatey" is a song by Sylvia and Commander Peepers in which they plot a way to defeat [[BigBad Lord Dominator]].
-->'''Peepers:''' ''I've done extensive research on our good friend Dominator\\
You see, her whole fleet's powered by volcanic excavator\\
So I'll apply frostonium to this pyroregulator\\
and completely discombobulate her army's power center!''
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** "I Really Don't Hate Christmas" from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb's Christmas Vacation'' is a song in which Dr. Doofenshmirtz sings about how much it bugs him that he can't work up more than "[[OdeToApathy an intense, burning indifference]]" towards a holiday he, as an evil genius, feels obliged to hate, while [[ListSong rattling off a number of holidays and other things]] that he unambiguously hates.
-->''You see, Valentine's is torture, and my birthday is a mess\\
New Year's is a lot of noise, and Arbor Day's a pest\\
Halloween's a horror, but I guess I must confess\\
That I really don't hate Christmas!''
** In the episode "Where's Pinky?", a motor-mouthed tour guide at the city hall sings about "The History of the Tri-State Area" to a tour group.
-->''A lot of people know that the Tri-State Area used to be a Bi-State Area with an adjacent area over there\\
What people don't know is that originally it was three distinct single-state areas, but people don't care!\\
The founders of the area were independent thinkers, completely unaffected by bureaucratic hurdles\\
And that's why the Capitol Building was moved here from Sri Lanka on the backs of seven giant sea turtles!''
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]", the Flim-Flam Brothers get a patter song that's heavily based on the previously mentioned "Trouble" from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan''.
** Discord gets a patter song in the episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E11ThreesACrowd Three's A Crowd]]" titled "Glass of Water", where [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he asks for a glass of water]]. [[LongList Along with many, many,]] ''[[LongList many]]'' [[LongList other zany things]].
** Pinkie Pie's "Smile Song", as originally written by Amy Keating-Rogers, was going to have a patter section, but it was deleted from Daniel Ingram's final version.
* Referenced in the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Killer Queen" when Peter is playing characters in West Side Story and Pirates of Penzance who both have patter songs and he mumbles through the lyrics.



%% * ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'' summed up all 37 of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays this way in "That Is The Story That's Told By The Bard."
%% * ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Francis X. Bushlad gets brief one (set to the tune of "Modern Major General") extolling the virtues of his lemonade in "Francis Takes a Stand".

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%% * ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'' summed up all 37 of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays this way in "That Is The Story That's Told By The Bard."
%% * ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Francis X. Bushlad gets brief
"Summer Sunshine", which opens ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAMermaidTale'' is one (set to the tune of "Modern Major General") extolling the virtues of his lemonade in "Francis Takes a Stand".these.



* The ExpositoryThemeTune for ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' also qualifies as a patter song, with rapid-fire verses that explain the premise of the show.
--> ''Out on the road or back in town\\
All kinds a' critters putting [=CatDog=] down\\
Gotta rise above it, gotta try to get along\\
Gotta walk together, gotta sing this song''



--> '''Spirit of Invention''': Count the teeth along these two gears\\

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--> '''Spirit of Invention''': Invention:''' Count the teeth along these two gears\\



* Referenced in the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E16KillerQueen Killer Queen]]" when Peter is playing characters in ''West Side Story'' and ''The Pirates of Penzance'', who both have patter songs and he mumbles through the lyrics.
%% * ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}'' summed up all 37 of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays this way in "That Is the Story That's Told by the Bard".



* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has a few, including "See My Vest" (in which Mr. Burns shows off all the garments he's made from real animal skins and fur), and "We Do", in which the Stonecutters list the ''many'' conspiracies in which they are involved, including covering up life on Mars, robbing cavefish of their sight, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking maintaining]] Creator/SteveGuttenberg's career.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch," a fast-paced song Cartman sings in "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo," largely consists of calling Kyle's mom a bitch over and over. In ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut,'' the song gets even faster and dubbed in various different languages.



%% * "Summer Sunshine", which opens ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAMermaidTale'' is one of these.
* The ExpositoryThemeTune for ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' also qualifies as a patter song, with rapid-fire verses that explain the premise of the show.
--> ''Out on the road or back in town\\
All kinds a' critters putting [=CatDog=] down\\
Gotta rise above it, gotta try to get along\\
Gotta walk together, gotta sing this song''

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%% * "Summer Sunshine", which opens ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAMermaidTale'' is one of these.
*
''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E15TheSuperSpeedyCiderSqueezy6000
The ExpositoryThemeTune for ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' also qualifies as Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000]]", the Flim-Flam Brothers get a patter song, song that's heavily based on the previously mentioned "Trouble" from ''Theatre/TheMusicMan''.
** Discord gets one in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E11ThreesACrowd Three's a Crowd]]" titled "Glass of Water", where [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he asks for a glass of water]]. [[LongList Along
with rapid-fire verses many, many,]] ''[[LongList many]]'' [[LongList other zany things]].
** Pinkie Pie's "Smile Song", as originally written by Amy Keating-Rogers, was going to have a patter section, but it was deleted from Daniel Ingram's final version.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** "I Really Don't Hate Christmas" from ''Phineas and Ferb's Christmas Vacation'' is a song in which Dr. Doofenshmirtz sings about how much it bugs him
that explain he can't work up more than "[[OdeToApathy an intense, burning indifference]]" towards a holiday he, as an evil genius, feels obliged to hate, while [[ListSong rattling off a number of holidays and other things]] that he unambiguously hates.
-->''You see, Valentine's is torture, and my birthday is a mess\\
New Year's is a lot of noise, and Arbor Day's a pest\\
Halloween's a horror, but I guess I must confess\\
That I really don't hate Christmas!''
** In "Where's Pinky?", a motor-mouthed tour guide at
the premise city hall sings about "The History of the show.
--> ''Out
Tri-State Area" to a tour group.
-->''A lot of people know that the Tri-State Area used to be a Bi-State Area with an adjacent area over there\\
What people don't know is that originally it was three distinct single-state areas, but people don't care!\\
The founders of the area were independent thinkers, completely unaffected by bureaucratic hurdles\\
And that's why the Capitol Building was moved here from Sri Lanka
on the road or back backs of seven giant sea turtles!''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' has a few, including "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E20TwoDozenAndOneGreyhounds See My Vest]]" (in which Mr. Burns shows off all the garments he's made from real animal skins and fur), and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E12HomerTheGreat We Do]]]",
in town\\
All kinds a' critters putting [=CatDog=] down\\
Gotta rise above it, gotta try
which the Stonecutters list the ''many'' conspiracies in which they are involved, including covering up life on Mars, robbing cavefish of their sight, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking maintaining]] Creator/SteveGuttenberg's career.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': "Kyle's Mom's a Bitch", a fast-paced song Cartman initially sings in "[[Recap/SouthParkS1E9MrHankeyTheChristmasPoo Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo]]]", largely consists of calling Kyle's uptight mother Sheila a bitch over and over. In ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'', the song gets even faster and dubbed in various different languages.
%% * ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'': Francis X. Bushlad gets brief one (set
to get along\\
Gotta walk together, gotta sing
the tune of "Modern Major General") extolling the virtues of his lemonade in "Francis Takes a Stand".
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xslBV_a4x-U That's How We'll Get Her]]" from the ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''-episode "My Fair Hatey" is a song by Sylvia and Commander Peepers in which they plot a way to defeat [[BigBad Lord Dominator]].
-->'''Peepers:''' ''I've done extensive research on our good friend Dominator\\
You see, her whole fleet's powered by volcanic excavator\\
So I'll apply frostonium to
this song''pyroregulator\\
and completely discombobulate her army's power center!''
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* Offenbach is the exemple of the light operetta in France's Second Empire, and, just as Gilbert & Sullivan, left numerous patter song in his work:
** One of the most well-known is probably the aria of the Brazilian [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvezcTjWHBc Je suis Brésilien, j'ai de l'or]] in ''La Vie Parisienne'', where a Brazilian arriving to Paris explain in great details and length why and how he came to France by stealing money in his country and more than eager to be stolen from here.
** ''Les bavards'' (The Chatterboxes) featured a large number of patter songs - as we can expect from such chattering people. It includes a wife claiming (in a verbious manner) how she can stop talking whenever she wants and how she hates chatterboxes (while illustrating every flaw she criticize); a young man listing to an old merchant the various reasons someone might need money; the same young man, complimenting at top speed and nonsensically the meal he has been invited too; and four merchants explaining their grievances to a judge. ''They just never stop chattering''.

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* Offenbach is the exemple example of the light operetta in France's Second Empire, and, just as like Gilbert & and Sullivan, left numerous patter song songs in his work:
** One of the most well-known is probably the aria of the Brazilian [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvezcTjWHBc Je suis Brésilien, j'ai de l'or]] in ''La Vie Parisienne'', where a Brazilian arriving to Paris explain explains in great details detail and length why and how he came to France by stealing money in his country and more than eager to be stolen from here.
** ''Les bavards'' (The Chatterboxes) featured a large number of patter songs - as we can expect from such chattering people. It includes a wife claiming (in a verbious manner) how she can stop talking whenever she wants and how she hates chatterboxes (while illustrating every flaw she criticize); criticizes); a young man listing to an old merchant the various reasons someone might need money; the same young man, complimenting at top speed and nonsensically the meal he has been invited too; to; and four merchants explaining their grievances to a judge. ''They just never stop chattering''.



** In ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein'', the new general of the possible UrExample {{Ruritania}} in western literature, singing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nXfBhHgI-M his last victory (by making the enemy army drink until they pass out...)]].
** In ''La Belle Hélène'', parodying the rapture of Helen (and the beginning of the Trojan War), the kings of Greece introduce themselves in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER9fi5x_qrE patter-style song and light tongue-twisters]]. The same melody is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-9qywm3AE used]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoIZCtH-yQY twice]], even quicker, to expulse the king Menelas from Greece and then, after, to encourage Helen to flee with an oracle (in fact Paris in disguise).
** Helen also has a patter song managing to be touching, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlkbvYkt-gs Là, vrai, je ne suis pas coupable]], where Helen is demonstrating that, indeed, all of this is absolutely not her fault.
** In ''Theatre/LeVoyageDansLaLune'', the three main characters (the prince Caprice, the king Vlan and the scientist Microscope) sing how [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOcs3-Kj2f0 travelling by ejecting yourself with a cannon is a much more effective way of travelling than the train]].
** ''Les deux aveugles'', where two false blind beggars try to attract charity by singing each their own song. While Giraffier sings a languid serenade in minor key, Patachon sings a very joyous song on a much quicker tempo, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSBiRY-aLQ8 until the two melodies blend together and they start yelling at each other]].

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** In ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein'', the new general of the possible UrExample {{Ruritania}} in western literature, singing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nXfBhHgI-M his last victory (by victory]] by making the enemy army drink until they pass out...)]].
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** In ''La Belle Hélène'', parodying the rapture of Helen (and the beginning of the Trojan War), the kings of Greece introduce themselves in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER9fi5x_qrE patter-style song and with light tongue-twisters]]. The same melody is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-9qywm3AE used]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoIZCtH-yQY twice]], even quicker, to expulse the king Menelas from Greece and then, after, to encourage Helen to flee with an oracle (in fact Paris in disguise).
** Helen also has a patter song managing that manages to be touching, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlkbvYkt-gs Là, vrai, je ne suis pas coupable]], where Helen is demonstrating that, indeed, all of this is absolutely not her fault.
** In ''Theatre/LeVoyageDansLaLune'', the three main characters (the prince Caprice, the king Vlan and the scientist Microscope) sing how [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOcs3-Kj2f0 travelling by ejecting yourself with a cannon is a much more effective way of travelling than the by train]].
** ''Les deux aveugles'', where two false blind beggars try to attract charity by singing each their own song. While Giraffier sings a languid serenade in minor key, Patachon sings a very joyous song on a much quicker tempo, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSBiRY-aLQ8 until the two melodies blend together and they start yelling at each other]].



** ''Le Château à Toto'' has Catherine and Pitou fighting themselves in a song that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzywPOx1Jaw degenerates in a tongue-twisting, repeating patter song]].

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** In ''Theatre/OrpheusInTheUnderworld'' (most known for the can-can), the god Mercure introduces himself in a joyous and hopping patter song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzJG-X1GLfY Et hop ! Et hop ! Place à Mercure !]].
** In the same opera, there is a patter chorus, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvNzg_HLzTI Aux armes, déesses et demi-dieux !]], where the gods are calling for a revolution against the "tyrannic" rule of Jupiter (and it happened during the Second Empire, the heir of various Revolutions in those troubled French times).
** Once again, in ''Orpheus in the Underworld'', gods are mocking Jupiter in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmsCw0KXNgo list song of his metamorphosises to seduce mortals]], implying thaty he finds himself too ugly to appear as such.
-->''"Que prouvent ces métamorphoses ? "''

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** In ''Theatre/OrpheusInTheUnderworld'' (most known for the can-can), the ''Theatre/OrpheusInTheUnderworld'' has several patter songs.
*** The
god Mercure Mercury introduces himself in a joyous and hopping patter song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzJG-X1GLfY Et hop ! hop! Et hop ! hop! Place à Mercure !]].Mercury!]].
** In the same opera, there *** There is a patter chorus, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvNzg_HLzTI Aux armes, déesses et demi-dieux !]], demi-dieux!]], where the gods are calling for a revolution against the "tyrannic" rule of Jupiter (and it happened during the Second Empire, the heir of various Revolutions in those troubled French times).
** Once again, in ''Orpheus in the Underworld'', *** The gods are mocking Jupiter in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmsCw0KXNgo list song of his metamorphosises metamorphoses to seduce mortals]], implying thaty that he finds himself too ugly to appear as such.
-->''"Que prouvent ces métamorphoses ? "''métamorphoses?"''
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*Offenbach is the exemple of the light operetta in France's Second Empire, and, just as Gilbert & Sullivan, left numerous patter song in his work:
** One of the most well-known is probably the aria of the Brazilian [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvezcTjWHBc Je suis Brésilien, j'ai de l'or]] in ''La Vie Parisienne'', where a Brazilian arriving to Paris explain in great details and length why and how he came to France by stealing money in his country and more than eager to be stolen from here.
**''Les bavards'' (The Chatterboxes) featured a large number of patter songs - as we can expect from such chattering people. It includes a wife claiming (in a verbious manner) how she can stop talking whenever she wants and how she hates chatterboxes (while illustrating every flaw she criticize); a young man listing to an old merchant the various reasons someone might need money; the same young man, complimenting at top speed and nonsensically the meal he has been invited too; and four merchants explaining their grievances to a judge. ''They just never stop chattering''.
**In ''Theatre/OrpheusInTheUnderworld'' (most known for the can-can), the god Mercure introduces himself in a joyous and hopping patter song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzJG-X1GLfY Et hop ! Et hop ! Place à Mercure !]].
**In the same opera, there is a patter chorus, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvNzg_HLzTI Aux armes, déesses et demi-dieux !]], where the gods are calling for a revolution against the "tyrannic" rule of Jupiter (and it happened during the Second Empire, the heir of various Revolutions in those troubled French times).
** Once again, in ''Orpheus in the Underworld'', gods are mocking Jupiter in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmsCw0KXNgo list song of his metamorphosises to seduce mortals]], implying thaty he finds himself too ugly to appear as such.
-->''"Que prouvent ces métamorphoses ? "''
-->''"C'est que tu te trouves si laid"''
-->''"Que pour te faire aimer, tu n'oses"''
-->''"Te montrer tel que l'on t'a fait..."''
** In ''La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein'', the new general of the possible UrExample {{Ruritania}} in western literature, singing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nXfBhHgI-M his last victory (by making the enemy army drink until they pass out...)]].
** In ''La Belle Hélène'', parodying the rapture of Helen (and the beginning of the Trojan War), the kings of Greece introduce themselves in a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER9fi5x_qrE patter-style song and light tongue-twisters]]. The same melody is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-9qywm3AE used]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoIZCtH-yQY twice]], even quicker, to expulse the king Menelas from Greece and then, after, to encourage Helen to flee with an oracle (in fact Paris in disguise).
**Helen also has a patter song managing to be touching, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlkbvYkt-gs Là, vrai, je ne suis pas coupable]], where Helen is demonstrating that, indeed, all of this is absolutely not her fault.
** In ''Theatre/LeVoyageDansLaLune'', the three main characters (the prince Caprice, the king Vlan and the scientist Microscope) sing how [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOcs3-Kj2f0 travelling by ejecting yourself with a cannon is a much more effective way of travelling than the train]].
**''Les deux aveugles'', where two false blind beggars try to attract charity by singing each their own song. While Giraffier sings a languid serenade in minor key, Patachon sings a very joyous song on a much quicker tempo, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSBiRY-aLQ8 until the two melodies blend together and they start yelling at each other]].
**In ''Barbe-Bleue'', Blue-Beard sing how sad and tragic it is to loose all his wives... while following quickly on how he will find a new one that will not last long as he presumes, ending each strophes by reciting [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASh5BQD7ltU Je suis Barbe-Barbe-Barbe-Barbe-Barbe-Barbe-Bleue]] at top speed.
** ''Le Château à Toto'' has Catherine and Pitou fighting themselves in a song that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzywPOx1Jaw degenerates in a tongue-twisting, repeating patter song]].
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* Most of the song "The Brain" from the musical version of ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' ("His Medulla Oblongata / tells his brain stem that it’s gotta / send an impulse full of data / which creates a lot of pain"… etc).

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* Most of the song "The Brain" from the musical version of ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'' ''Theatre/YoungFrankenstein'' ("His Medulla Oblongata / tells his brain stem that it’s gotta / send an impulse full of data / which creates a lot of pain"… etc).
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** Eminem's hook for "Patiently Waiting" has him singing intricate words to a rapid melody.

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* Music/{{Eminem}} did a few of these, especially in 2003, when he was in an IronicNurseryRhyme phase and starting to experiment with singing his ultra-technical lyrics instead of rapping them:

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* Music/{{Eminem}} did a few of these, especially in 2003, when he was in an IronicNurseryRhyme phase and starting to experiment as the result of his SubvertedKidsShow vibe combining with singing his ultra-technical lyrics instead of rapping them:lyrics.



** "Gatman and Robbin'" is GangstaRap lyrics sung rapidly to a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to the famous EpicRiff from ''Series/Batman1966''. "I'll Hurt You", likewise, has Eminem singing gangsta death threats over a [[GenreMotif/{{Classical}} tense, cinematic cello riff]].
** A rare-ish example from his later career is Music/{{Pink}}'s "Revenge", in which Slim rapidly describes the humiliations of his dysfunctional relationship over a humorous, bouncy melody.

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** "Gatman and Robbin'" is GangstaRap lyrics sung rapidly to a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to the famous EpicRiff from ''Series/Batman1966''.
**
"I'll Hurt You", likewise, has Eminem singing gangsta death threats over a [[GenreMotif/{{Classical}} tense, cinematic cello riff]].
** A rare-ish example from his later career is Music/{{Pink}}'s "Revenge", in which Slim rapidly describes the humiliations of his dysfunctional relationship over a humorous, bouncy melody.melody (that shares more than a few similarities to "My Name Is").
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** A rare-ish example from his later career is Music/Pink's "Revenge", in which Slim rapidly describes the humiliations of his dysfunctional relationship over a humorous, bouncy melody.

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** A rare-ish example from his later career is Music/Pink's Music/{{Pink}}'s "Revenge", in which Slim rapidly describes the humiliations of his dysfunctional relationship over a humorous, bouncy melody.

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** Most of "Rising Early In The Morning," the last two lines of the verses of "In Enterprise Of Martial Kind," and the chorus of "From The Sunny Spanish Shore", all are patter moments from ''Theatre/TheGondoliers''.


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** ''Theatre/HMSPinafore'' has "When I Was a Lad," which has the last two lines in each verse and chorus sung at patter-like paces.
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** "Gatman and Robbin'" is GangstaRap lyrics sung rapidly to a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to the famous EpicRiff from ''Series/Batman1966''. "I'll Hurt You", likewise, has Eminem singing gangsta death threats over a [[GenreMotif/Classical tense, cinematic cello riff]].

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** "Gatman and Robbin'" is GangstaRap lyrics sung rapidly to a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to the famous EpicRiff from ''Series/Batman1966''. "I'll Hurt You", likewise, has Eminem singing gangsta death threats over a [[GenreMotif/Classical [[GenreMotif/{{Classical}} tense, cinematic cello riff]].
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* Music/{{Eminem}} did a few of these, especially in 2003, when he was starting to experiment with singing his ultra-technical lyrics instead of rapping them:
** "Bully", his DissTrack to his [[GreenEyedMonster jealous magazine editor nemesis]] Benzino and Music/FiftyCent's ArchEnemy Ja Rule (who Eminem had been swept up into beefing with via signing 50 to his label). He humorously describes [[TheVillainSucksSong the ways in which his enemies are emotional wrecks]] to the tune of a [[IronicNurseryRhyme folk song]].
** "Gatman and Robbin'" is GangstaRap lyrics sung rapidly to a SuspiciouslySimilarSong to the famous EpicRiff from ''Series/Batman1966''. "I'll Hurt You", likewise, has Eminem singing gangsta death threats over a [[GenreMotif/Classical tense, cinematic cello riff]].
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* The ExpositoryThemeTune for ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' also qualifies as a patter song, with rapid-fire verses that explain the premise of the show.
--> ''Out on the road or back in town\\
All kinds a' critters putting [=CatDog=] down\\
Gotta rise above it, gotta try to get along\\
Gotta walk together, gotta sing this song''
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* The credits theme from ''VideoGame/TheJackboxPartyPack 6'''s game ''Dictionarium'' is a hilarious Creator/MontyPython-esque number performed by the game's host, The Keeper.
-->''The game that you are playing, well, it causes much hilarium\\
You make up silly words and phrases, ending in hysterium\\
You have to answer quickly, no, you really mustn't tarry-um!\\
And anybody can compete, a Tom, a Dick, a Harry-um!\\
So gather in the living room, pull up a stool or chair-ium\\
With lots of foods or beverages, like milk or juice or barium,\\
Then start to make your crazy words and don't forget to vary 'em,\\
And that is how you win at Dictionarium!''

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* "I Really Don't Hate Christmas" from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb's Christmas Vacation'' is a song in which Dr. Doofenshmirtz sings about how much it bugs him that he can't work up more than "[[OdeToApathy an intense, burning indifference]]" towards a holiday he, as an evil genius, feels obliged to hate, while [[ListSong rattling off a number of holidays and other things]] that he unambiguously hates.

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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
**
"I Really Don't Hate Christmas" from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb's Christmas Vacation'' is a song in which Dr. Doofenshmirtz sings about how much it bugs him that he can't work up more than "[[OdeToApathy an intense, burning indifference]]" towards a holiday he, as an evil genius, feels obliged to hate, while [[ListSong rattling off a number of holidays and other things]] that he unambiguously hates.


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** In the episode "Where's Pinky?", a motor-mouthed tour guide at the city hall sings about "The History of the Tri-State Area" to a tour group.
-->''A lot of people know that the Tri-State Area used to be a Bi-State Area with an adjacent area over there\\
What people don't know is that originally it was three distinct single-state areas, but people don't care!\\
The founders of the area were independent thinkers, completely unaffected by bureaucratic hurdles\\
And that's why the Capitol Building was moved here from Sri Lanka on the backs of seven giant sea turtles!''
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%% * "Queen of Mean" from ''Film/Descendants3''.
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* Referenced in the''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode [[Recap / Family Guy S 10 E 16 Killer Queen]] when Peter is playing characters in West Side Story and Pirates of Penzance who both have patter songs and he mumbles through the lyrics.

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* Referenced in the''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode [[Recap / Family Guy S 10 E 16 Killer Queen]] "Killer Queen" when Peter is playing characters in West Side Story and Pirates of Penzance who both have patter songs and he mumbles through the lyrics.

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