History Main / RhymingEpisode

* An ArchieComics story involved Jughead rhyming all of Archie's sentences, causing a chain reaction that rapidly has all of Riverdale High compulsively rhyming each other's sentences non-stop. Everyone is miserable until Betty and Veronica recall that the last time Jughead did this, it finally stopped when he suffered a blow to the head. They then trick him into making an insulting rhyme with [[HairTriggerTemper Big Moose's]] name in his hearing...POW.

* [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/916-Wolfenstein One episode]] of ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' had Yahtzee reviewing ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'', and nearly the entire episode was done in "lumeric form".

In 'Literature/TheNeverendingStory'', Atreyu reaches Uyulala, the Southern Oracle. He soon discovers that it only ever speaks in rhymes and cannot comprehend human speech unless it's also rhymed, resulting in a rhymed conversation.

!!Examples:
* The ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "The Fright Before Christmas" has a villain called The Ghost Writer, who turns Danny and all of Amity Park into a Christmas poem, forcing everyone to rhyme.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode "Twas the Day Before Christmas" was done in rhyme.
** Also, [[Literature/TheCatInTheHat "The Kid in the Lid"]].
** Plus the ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "Hickory Dickory Bonk."
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' episode "Bad Rap."
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Dream Scheme", revolving around dreams and sleeping, is written in rhyme to resemble nursery rhymes.
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''TheGrinch'' was done completely in rhyme.
* WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd Christmas special that parodied ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' rhymed throughout. He even did his reviews for bad Video Games in rhymes.
* The ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode "Twas the Night" parodied the Christmas poem ''A Visit from St. Nicholas'' and was narrated by Creator/AdamWest.
** Also done in an earlier episode, [[Literature/GreenEggsAndHam "Cookie Crisis"]], where it was constantly {{Lampshaded}}.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Rhyme for Your Life" involved Binky Barnes having a dream where he was in a town called Verseburg, where everyone spoke only in rhyme.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{SpongeBob SquarePants}}'' episode "[=SpongeBob=] vs. the Patty Gadget" had the entire episode in rhyme, telling the story of how [=SpongeBob=] was about to be replaced by a machine that made as many Krabby Patties as he did.
* [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/916-Wolfenstein One episode]] of ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' had Yahtzee reviewing ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'', and nearly the entire episode was done in "lumeric form".
* The second half of [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s review of a New Kids on the Block comic was done in rhyme.
* The ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'' episode "Atomic Shakespeare" was done in costume as if the cast were in Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew''. At one point, the leads break the fourth wall to tell the audience, "We hate iambic pentameter!"
* ''Series/{{How I Met Your Mother}}'' has the episode "Bedtime Stories" entirely in nursery rhymes.
* There have been quite a number of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episodes that were in rhyme, such as "Ode to Odie" and "Fit for a King".
* Downplayed in ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'': when Atreyu reaches Uyulala, the Southern Oracle, he discovers that it only ever speaks in rhymes and cannot comprehend human speech unless it's also rhymed, resulting in a rhymed conversation.

* The ''Series/FaerieTaleTheatre'' adaptation of "Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin" is a straight-up retelling of the Robert Browning poem, so after a FramingDevice prologue that presents it as a bedtime story Browning is telling a young boy, all the dialogue and narration is in rhyming couplets. (This is also a rare rhyming episode that is primarily PlayedForDrama.)
* ''ComicBook/CaptainMarvel'' #9 (the 2014 run with Carol as Captain) has Carol, Tic, and mutant rockstar Lila Cheney end up on a planet where it is customary to speak only in rhyme. Highlights include Carol chiding her opponent in a death match for trying to rhyme [[PainfulRhyme tale with fell]], and later knocking out said opponent with a ''[[WrittenSoundEffect BOP]]'' while telling her to [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall stop]].
* The narrator on ''DangerMouse'' delivers his lines in rhyme in the episode "Once Upon A Timeslip" after a microphone glitch transports the cast to the days of Robin Hood.

* [[ComicBook/CaptainMarvel]] #9 (the 2014 run with Carol as Captain) has Carol, Tic, and mutant rockstar Lila Cheney end up on a planet where it is customary to speak only in rhyme. Highlights include Carol chiding her opponent in a death match for trying to rhyme [[PainfulRhyme tale with fell]], and later knocking out said opponent with a ''[[WrittenSoundEffect BOP]]'' while telling her to [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall stop]].

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* The ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "Hickory Dickory Bonk."

* The ''Series/FaerieTaleTheatre'' adaptation of "Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin" is a straight-up retelling of the Robert Browning poem, so after a FramingDevice prologue that presents it as a bedtime story Browning is telling a young boy, all the dialogue and narration is in rhyming couplets.

* The ''Series/FaerieTaleTheatre'' adaptation of "ThePiedPiperOfHamelin" is a straight-up retelling of the Robert Browning poem, so after a FramingDevice prologue that presents it as a bedtime story Browning is telling a young boy, all the dialogue and narration is in rhyming couplets.

* The ''Series/FaerieTaleTheatre'' adaptation of ''ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'' is a straight-up retelling of the Robert Browning poem, so after a FramingDevice prologue that presents it as a bedtime story Browning is telling a young boy, all the dialogue and narration is in rhyming couplets.

* The ''FaerieTaleTheater'' adaptation of ''ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'' is a straight-up retelling of the Robert Browning poem, so after a FramingDevice prologue that presents it as a bedtime story Browning is telling a young boy, all the dialogue and narration is in rhyming couplets.

* The ''FaerieTaleTheatre'' adaptation of ''ThePiedPiperOfHamelin'' is a straight-up retelling of the Robert Browning poem, so after a FramingDevice prologue that presents it as a bedtime story Browning is telling a young boy, all the dialogue and narration is in rhyming couplets.

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* [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/916-Wolfenstein One episode]] of ''WebVideo/ZeroPunctuation'' had Yahtzee reviewing ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'', and nearly the entire episode was done in "lumeric form".

* TheAngryVideoGameNerd Christmas special that parodied ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' rhymed throughout. He even did his reviews for bad Video Games in rhymes.

* The second half of [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s review of a New Kids on the Block comic was done in rhyme.

* The ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode "Twas the Night" parodied the Christmas poem ''A Visit from St. Nicholas'' and was narrated by AdamWest.

A lesser version of a MusicalEpisode, a rhyming episode is when all characters speak in [[RhymesOnADime rhymes]] throughout the episode, sometimes even rhyming each others sentences. Usually an episode like this is when the plot is based around a classic poem or fairy tale.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' episode "The Fright Before Christmas" has a villain called The Ghost Writer who turns Danny and all of Amity Park into a Christmas Poem forcing everyone to rhyme.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode, "Twas the Day Before Christmas".
** Also, [[TheCatInTheHat "The Kid in the Lid"]]

* WebVideo/{{The Nostalgia Critic}}'s review of TheGrinch was done completely in rhyme.
* TheAngryVideoGameNerd Christmas special that parodied HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas rhymed throughout. He even did his reviews for bad Video Games in rhymes.
* The ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode "Twas The Night" parodied the Christmas poem and was narrated by Adam West.
** Also done in an earlier episode, [[GreenEggsAndHam "Cookie Crisis"]] where it was constantly {{Lampshaded}}.
* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode "Rhyme For Your Life" involved Binky Barnes having a dream where he was in a town called Verseburg, where everyone only spoke in rhyme.
* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Spongebob VS. The Patty Gadget" had the entire episode in rhyme, telling the story of how Spongebob was about to be replaced by a machine that made as many Krabby Patties as he did.
* [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/916-Wolfenstein One episode]] of ''ZeroPunctuation'' had Yahtzee reviewing ''{{VideoGame/Wolfenstein}}'', and nearly the entire episode was done in "lumeric form".
* The second half of [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]]'s review of a New Kids on the Block comic.
* The {{Moonlighting}} episode, "Atomic Shakespeare" was done in costume as if the cast were in Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew''. At one point the leads break the fourth wall to tell the audience "We hate iambic pentameter!"
* There have been quite a number of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' episodes that were in rhyme, such as "Ode To Odie" and "Fit For A King".