History Main / RhymingEpisode

* ''[[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Captain Marvel]]'' #9 has Carol, Tic, and mutant rock star 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]].

* WesternAnimation/PinkPanther is narrated in rhymes in the German dub.

* The second ''ComicBook/SuperDiaperBaby'' book briefly starts rhyming in the middle, in a parody of Literature/''HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Dream Scheme", revolving around dreams and sleeping, is written in rhyme to resemble nursery rhymes.

[[folder: Fan Works]]

* [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/916-Wolfenstein One episode]] of ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' had Yahtzee reviewing ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein 2009}}'', and nearly the entire episode was done in "limerick form", since he declared it was so boring that a review of it would also be boring otherwise.

There are times where characters sing a song,\\
Forming a MusicalEpisode where the others sing along.\\
Then we have this, where people do [[RhymesOnADime rhyme]]\\
All throughout the episode's airing time.\\
Such episodes usually feature narration,\\
even when, from the norm, this marks a deviation.\\
This is usually done so the script need not bother\\
making each line of dialog rhyme with another.\\
(This isn't to say such rhymes ''can't'' be done well,\\
but when they're the only kind used in a tale,\\
the end result often feels unrealistic,\\
and in the worst cases, [[PainfulRhyme downright masochistic]].)\\
Usually this is when the episode's about\\
[[FairyTaleEpisode A fairy tale or poem]] that you've heard of, no doubt.\\
The ChristmasEpisode's also a popular choice\\
When you're telling a story to all the girls and boys\\
Usually a {{Parody}} of "The Night Before Christmas"\\
Or a FollowTheLeader. I rest my case thus.\\

* An ComicBook/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.

* ''[[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Captain Marvel]]'' #9 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]].

There are times where characters sing a song,

Forming a MusicalEpisode where the others sing along.

Then we have this, where people do [[RhymesOnADime rhyme]]

All throughout the episode's airing time.

Such episodes usually feature narration,

even when, from the norm, this marks a deviation.

This is usually done so the script need not bother

making each line of dialog rhyme with another.

(This isn't to say such rhymes ''can't'' be done well,

but when they're the only kind used in a tale,

the end result often feels unrealistic,

and in the worst cases, [[PainfulRhyme downright masochistic]].)

Usually this is when the episode's about

[[FairyTaleEpisode A fairy tale or poem]] that you've heard of, no doubt.

The ChristmasEpisode's also a popular choice

When you're telling a story to all the girls and boys

Usually a {{Parody}} of "The Night Before Christmas"

Or a FollowTheLeader. I rest my case thus.

* Episode 65 of WebVideo/{{Ultra Fast Pony}} ([[AddedAlliterativeAppeal The Hip Hop Happening]]) invokes this. The Mane 6 are rapping throughout most of the episode...with predictable results.

* An Franchise/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.

* ''ComicBook/CaptainMarvel'' #9 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]].

A fairy tale or poem that you've heard of, no doubt.

* Episode 65 of {{Ultra Fast Pony}} ([[AddedAlliterativeAppeal The Hip Hop Happening]]) invokes this. The Mane 6 are rapping throughout most of the episode...with predictable results.

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''TheGrinch'' was done completely in rhyme.

* [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/916-Wolfenstein One episode]] of ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' had Yahtzee reviewing ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein 2009}}'', 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.

* Episode 65 of {{Ultra Fast Pony}} (The [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AddedAlliterativeAppeal Hip Hop Happening]])invokes this. The Mane 6 are rapping throughout most of the episode...with predictable results.

[[folder: Fan Fiction]]

A lesser version of a MusicalEpisode, a rhyming episode is when all characters speak in [[RhymesOnADime rhymes]] throughout the episode, sometimes even rhyming each other's sentences. Usually an episode like this is when the plot is based around a classic poem or fairy tale. The ChristmasEpisode is also a popular choice for rhyming.

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