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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E14TheSevenBeerSnitch The Seven-Beer Snitch]]", the collected audience sits down for the Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and then files out after the first few notes ("We already heard the ''da-da-da-daaa!''"). Marge's protests for them to stay involve telling them that the next thing is "an atonal melody" by Music/PhillipGlass, which pushes them to all, rather than depart with disinterest, ''flee from'' the building (with the ''orchestra itself'' running after them).

** In "The Seven-Beer Snitch", the collected audience sits down for the Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and then files out after the first few notes ("We already heard the ''da-da-da-daaa!''"). Marge's protests for them to stay involve telling them that the next thing is "an atonal melody" by Phillip Glass, which pushes them to all, rather than depart with disinterest, ''flee from'' the building (with the ''orchestra itself'' running after them).

** The stands are full for a Springfield Isotopes (minor league baseball) game because Music/CyndiLauper is singing the National Anthem. After she finishes practically everyone gets up to leave, until the play-by-play announcer reminds them that there's also a game today. Most people sit back down.

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E22KrustyGetsKancelled Krusty Gets Kancelled]]", Krusty falls victim to this when his show airs the cartoon "Worker and Parasite".

See also ScrewThisImOuttaHere and EightDeadlyWords.

See also ScrewThisImOuttaHere

* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "Eternity," Angel and Wesley wanted to walk out of a production of ''Theatre/ADollsHouse'' because Cordelia was doing a horrible job as Nora, but couldn't/didn't because they knew Cordelia would be upset if they did.

-->'''DM:''' (''reading note'') "My fireman and I refuse to demean ourselves by participating in this farcical lower-class production. Got off at last stop."\\

** The Seven-Beer Snitch; even the orchestra leaves when they hear what's next.

!! Examples:

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* ''Film/DeathBecomesHer'' opens with a performance of ''Songbird!'', TheMusical of ''SweetBirdOfYouth'' that Madeline Ashton (Creator/MerylStreep) is starring in. The musical is waist-deep in StylisticSuck, and the audience members are leaving in droves (some are only staying because they have fallen asleep). Ernest Menville (Creator/BruceWillis) is the only one who sits enraptured.
* A few people walk out of ''Springtime For Hitler'' in ''Film/TheProducers'', before the rest think it's a comedy.

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* Has happened on ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' several times. One notable example is the Nancy Walker episode, when Fozzie was guest hosting while Kermit was sick.
* In ''Series/TheITCrowd'', Roy and Moss try to walk out of ''Gay! The Gay Musical''.
* ''Series/SesameStreet'' had a musical routine where Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats play a song called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dFYsrGw5eI "Exit"]]. The song essentially describes the meaning of Exit, i.e. how to get out. As he sings the nightclub guests up and leave (through the Exit door, of course). Even the backup vocalists split before the song is done. By the end of the song, Little Chrissy notices he is all alone, and tries to leave... but he apparently wasn't paying attention to his own song, as he has no idea ''how'' to leave.
* In ''Series/{{Angel}}'', "Eternity," Angel and Wesley wanted to walk out of a production of ''Theatre/ADollsHouse'' because Cordelia was doing a horrible job as Nora, but couldn't/didn't because they knew Cordelia would be upset if they did.
* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Barney puts on an [[StylisticSuck intentionally awful]] play, to refute Lily's assertion that friends have to support each other no matter what. Before it's even halfway over his audience has dwindled down to only the main cast, and even Lily finally cracks and tells him to just stop it already. [[spoiler: But they stay anyway because he's their friend. Though Marshall eventually uses one of his slaps to end the play.]]
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[[folder: Stand Up Comedy ]]
* Paula Poundstone had a one-liner (paraphrased here):
--> '''Paula:''' Last night I did an hour and a half set. It could have gone longer, but the club had lousy security, and the audience left before I finished.

[[folder: Web Animation]]
* In ''WebAnimation/MrPlastimime'', most of Graeme's very small audience walks out during his show. Only Betsy stays to see the ending.

[[folder: Western Animation ]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'', everyone walks out of the Terrance and Phillip movie, ''Asses of Fire,'' during the "Uncle Fucker" song. The only ones still in the theater are the protagonists, who enjoy the song immensely.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': The stands are full for a Springfield Isotopes (minor league baseball) game because Music/CyndiLauper is singing the National Anthem. After she finishes practically everyone gets up to leave, until the play-by-play announcer reminds them that there's also a game today. Most people sit back down.
** The Seven-Beer Snitch; even the orchestra leaves when they hear what's next.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E22KrustyGetsKancelled Krusty Gets Kancelled]]", Krusty falls victim to this when his show airs the cartoon "Worker and Parasite".
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Baton Bunny": WesternAnimation/BugsBunny is conducting an orchestra when he's distracted by a fly and thrashes the pit trying to swat it. After he's done he turns to the audience to find that everyone has gone. The only accolades he gets are from the fly he was trying to kill.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' Fred becomes a teen idol. Wilma and Betty sabotage the performance by convincing the teens that Fred is old news, and they all leave during his song.
* On one of ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' cartoons, Pink takes over an orchestra to perform his theme music. When he turns around the house is empty, except for one person: Music/HenryMancini.
* In ''[[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife A Bug's Life]]'', bugs start flying out during the circus performance, so a desperate P.T. Flea resorts to their most dangerous routine, Flaming Death.
* In the (originally final) episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E18TheDevilsHandsAreIdlePlaythings The Devil's Hands are Idol Playthings]]", Fry loses the robotic hands he won from the Robot Devil, and everyone walks out of the end of his holophone opera in disgust (since he can no longer play) [[spoiler: except for Leela]].
* In the 1935 MickeyMouse film ''Disney/TheBandConcert'', the entire audience leaves. Subverted in that they don't hate the performance, they're ''fleeing for their lives'' from an approaching tornado.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbLightsCandaceAction Lights, Candace, Action!]]", a bunch of teenagers are going in the theater to see the boys' movie. But Doofenshmirtz' Age Accelerator-inator hits them and a bunch of cranky old people walk out of the theater.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' episode "Out of the Past", Bruce Wayne walks out of a campy musical depiction of his days as Batman.

* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Barney puts on an [[StylisticSuck intentionally awful]] play, to refute Lily's assertion that friends have to support each other no matter what. Before it's even halfway over his audience has dwindled down to only the main cast, and even Lily finally cracks and tells him to just stop it already. [[spoiler: But they stay to the end anyway because he's their friend.]]

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