Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Main / WaxingLyrical

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** And when Dean's being-Death-for-a-day, everyone he collects says something like 'But what does it all ''mean''?' At first he angsts about it, but after a while he gives up.
-->'''Heart Attack Guy''': But what does it all ''mean''?
-->'''Dean:''' ...Everything is dust in the wind.
-->(pause)
-->'''Heart Attack Guy:''' That's it? That's all you got? A Kansas song?
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** In ''The Devil's Playhouse'', the Maimtron army march to war against [[spoiler: Maxthulthu]] while chanting, "If you liked it than you should have put a ring on it, if you liked it than you should have put a ring on it..."


Added DiffLines:

*In ''TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', Grim has a nightmare that he's in a spooky house with a monster wife. He screams, "This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife!" and is then woken up by Billy shouting "Same as it ever was same as it ever was same as it ever was -"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** In "Woodstock Slappy", when the festival gathers right outside Slappy's tree and she wonders aloud what's going on, Skippy says "There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear." Slappy is unamused.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* In ''[[FanFic/DrunkardsWalk Drunkard's Walk]] II'', during a discussion about Doug's PinballGag combat ([[AWizardDidIt it's magic]]), one character asks "How do you think he does it?" and a second responds "I don't know." A third continues "[[{{Tommy}} What makes him so good?]]...Well, it's obvious that he's a pinball wizard. And that there has to be a twist." Neither of the other two gets it.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Whenever someone on a message board or any sort of site says something that also happens to be the lyrics to a song, the next few posts are usually continuations of the lyrics....

to:

* Whenever someone on a message board or any sort of site says something that also happens to be the lyrics to a song, the next few posts are usually continuations of the lyrics....
lyrics.....
* [[AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] tends to do this quite a lot, most often when a comic's dialogue gives him a decent opening.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* One advert for Virgin Media has the narrator reciting the lyrics to "Our House" by Madness.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

**From the rock and roll fantasy camp episode when Homer is forced to leave:
-->'''Mick Jager:''' Cheer up Homer, it's only Rock n Roll Camp.
-->'''Homer:''' But I like it...
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* In TheBookOfAwesome, the final two paragraphs of "Taking your shoes of on a long car ride" match the lyrics of Buddy Holly's Rollercoaster.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** Also, when Daisy and Tim begin having an argument through cliches about the wisdom of Tim getting back with his girlfriend:
-->'''Tim''': I can read her like a book.\\
'''Daisy''': Never judge a book by it's cover.\\
'''Tim''': He who dares, wins.\\
'''Daisy''': Look before you leap.\\
'''Tim''': Do ''you'' believe in life after love?\\
'''Daisy''': ''[Dismissive]'' That's a song.\\
'''Tim''': Shit.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
ie -> eg


* [[{{Newsnight}} Kirsty Wark]]'s signature gag on ''DeadRingers'', ie: "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like, 'It's better than yours'. Damn right it's better than yours. [[FilmAtEleven More on that story later.]]"

to:

* [[{{Newsnight}} Kirsty Wark]]'s signature gag on ''DeadRingers'', ie: ''DeadRingers''; for example: "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like, 'It's better than yours'. Damn right it's better than yours. [[FilmAtEleven More on that story later.]]"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* Kirsty Wark's signature gag on ''DeadRingers'', ie: "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like, 'It's better than yours'. Damn right it's better than yours. [[FilmAtEleven More on that story later.]]"

to:

* [[{{Newsnight}} Kirsty Wark's Wark]]'s signature gag on ''DeadRingers'', ie: "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like, 'It's better than yours'. Damn right it's better than yours. [[FilmAtEleven More on that story later.]]"




to:

* The original radio version of ''DeadRingers'' uses the same gag as the TV version, only with Radio 4 newsreader Charlotte Greene: "I'm Charlotte Greene. [[WestSideStory Say it loud and there's music playing, say it soft and it's almost like praying]]."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* During the "Salvation Run" mini-series, most of DC's villains were exiled to a distant planet, where they started to form separate factions. In one scene, the Joker is walking along a makeshift watchtower with Shadow Thief, complaining, "[[StealthPun There must be some way out of here!]]", in reference to the first line of BobDylan's "All Along the Watchtower [[DontExplainTheJoke "There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief."]] Lampshaded when the Joker then commented, "I must be losing my mojo, there's a joke in there somewhere and I can't find it!"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* In MeetTheParents, when Greg is asked to say grace at dinner, he tries to improvise a prayer, and comes up with the lyrics to ''Day by Day'' from the musical {{Godspell}}.

to:

* In MeetTheParents, ''MeetTheParents'', when Greg is asked to say grace at dinner, he tries to improvise a prayer, and comes up with the lyrics to ''Day by Day'' from the musical {{Godspell}}.
''{{Godspell}}''.
* In ''{{Roxanne}}'', when asked to say something romantic, Chris quotes the opening lines to "Close to You" by The Carpenters, and is immediately called out on this.

Added: 124

Changed: 21

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->'''Yugi:''' Hey, Joey, how'd it come to this? I mean, after all we've been through? Two of a pair, now on opposite sides.



-->'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' We’ll let the games begin.

to:

-->'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' We’ll let Let the games game begin.



-->'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' We’ll let the best man win.

to:

-->'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' We’ll let May the best man win.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* The Flash pulled one on ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', when asked where Batman was:
-->"He's running late. Batmobile lost a wheel and Joker got away." (The League members cast pained expressions at Flash) "Well, that's what I heard."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** Earlier, in ''The Three Doctors'', The Doctor(Jon Pertwee) tries to explain the presence of [[TheNthDoctor his past self]](Patrick Troughton) to Jo:
--->'''The Doctor''': It's really very simple, Jo. I am he, and he is me.
--->'''Jo''': [[TheBeatles And we are all together, goo goo kachoo?]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* In ''The Complete History of America (abridged)'', Jefferson and Madison are brainstorming the beginning of the Bill of Rights. After throwing out some [[StrawmanPolitical "too liberal" or "too conservative"]] suggestions, Jefferson suggests, "Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, you're staying alive, staying alive," to which Madison says, "No, that's too seventies."

to:

* In ''The Complete History of America (abridged)'', Jefferson and Madison are brainstorming the beginning of the Bill of Rights. After throwing out some each other's first ideas as [[StrawmanPolitical "too liberal" or "too conservative"]] suggestions, Jefferson suggests, [[TheBeeGees "Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, you're staying alive, staying alive," alive,"]] to which Madison says, "No, that's too seventies."
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* In ''[[ChristmasSpecial Christmastime is Here Again]]'', Buster the fox refuses to follow the others into the BigBad's hideout.
-->'''Paul Rocko''': Let him stay. He only gets us into trouble anyway.\\

to:

* In ''[[ChristmasSpecial Christmastime Christmas is Here Again]]'', Buster the fox refuses to follow the others into the BigBad's hideout.
-->'''Paul Rocko''': Rocco''': Let him stay. He only gets us into trouble anyway.\\

Added: 238

Changed: 4

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''KimPossible'': Señor Senior Senior paraphrases from Music/TalkingHeads' "Life During Wartime" when he tells his son "This is not a party, this is not a disco, this is not... fooling around!"

to:

* ''KimPossible'': Señor Señor Senior Senior Sr. paraphrases from Music/TalkingHeads' "Life During Wartime" when he tells his son "This is not a party, this is not a disco, this is not... fooling around!"


Added DiffLines:

** In another episode, Rocko recalls a school bully named Dingo who literally harassed him until the day he moved to America.
--->'''Rocko:''' Why he never liked me, I'll never know, and Dingo was his name...
--->'''Heffer & Filbert:''' Oh.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* In ''[[ChristmasSpecial Christmastime is Here Again]]'', Buster the fox refuses to follow the others into the BigBad's hideout.
-->'''Paul Rocko''': Let him stay. He only gets us into trouble anyway.\\
'''Buster''':He's right. I'm troubled waters, see. Now be a bridge and ease my mind.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** In the Return of the Jedi parody, when Lea starngles Jabba, his subtitles may read "Help I'm being strangles!" but his Jabbaspeak is the lyrics to Lady Marmalade.
*** Also later, when C3P0 is regailing the ewoks with stories, he is telling them the opening theme to ThePreshPrinceOfBelAir.

Added: 151

Changed: 224

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' did [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent an entire episode]] of this joke. "Meet the Beat'Alls", in which most lines of dialogue were from Beatles songs. It was nominated for an Emmy.

to:

* ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' did [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent an entire episode]] of this joke. "Meet the Beat'Alls", Beat-Alls", in which most lines of dialogue were from Beatles songs. It was nominated for an Emmy.



** In the second straight to DVD movie, Prof. Wernstum orders some tentacle-resisters to "Stop! In the name of love!"

to:

** Near the end of "Three Hundred Big Boys", when the piles of war plunder catch fire, Richard Nixon yells "The loot! The loot! The loot is on fire!"
** In the second straight to DVD movie, "The Beast With a Billion Backs", Prof. Wernstum orders some tentacle-resisters to "Stop! In the name of love!"
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


When used in FanFiction, this is SongFic. Not to be confused with NameThatTune, ThatRemindsMeOfASong, [[ImSorryIHaventAClue "One Song To The Tune Of Another"]] or "[[http://kissthisguy.com/3151misheard.htm singing]] [[{{Mondegreen}} the wrong lyrics]]".

to:

When used in FanFiction, this is SongFic. Not to be confused with NameThatTune, ThatRemindsMeOfASong, [[ImSorryIHaventAClue "One Song To The Tune Of Another"]] or "[[http://kissthisguy.com/3151misheard.htm singing]] [[{{Mondegreen}} the wrong lyrics]]".
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* A frequent gag including YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries. Including:

to:

* A frequent gag including YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries.''{{Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series}}''. Including:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Socrates' response is (in Greek) the opening to ''Days of our Lives''.

to:

** Socrates' response is (in Greek) ([[BilingualBonus in Greek]]) the opening to ''Days of our Lives''.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

** Homer's attempt to put off telling Apu that he knows about Apu's affair:
--->'''Homer:''' So, if you take ''that'' bottle down, and pass ''it'' around...
--->'''Apu:''' Yes, yes, I know. There will be 47 bottles of beer on the wall!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


** Freddie catches on quickly enough; when asked [[WhatWouldJesusDo what Michael would say about him]], he suggests that he's "Bad" and should "Beat It". (Michael would actually tell him that he's "Gotta Be Startin' Somethin'" - not quite a Michael Jackson song (that was "''Wanna'' Be Startin' Somethin'"), but close enough.)

to:

** Freddie catches on quickly enough; when asked [[WhatWouldJesusDo [[WhatWouldXDo what would Michael would say about him]], he suggests that he's "Bad" and should "Beat It". (Michael would actually tell him that he's "Gotta Be Startin' Somethin'" - not quite a Michael Jackson song (that was "''Wanna'' Be Startin' Somethin'"), but close enough.)

Added: 365

Changed: 327

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

** Freddie catches on quickly enough; when asked [[WhatWouldJesusDo what Michael would say about him]], he suggests that he's "Bad" and should "Beat It". (Michael would actually tell him that he's "Gotta Be Startin' Somethin'" - not quite a Michael Jackson song (that was "''Wanna'' Be Startin' Somethin'"), but close enough.)
** And set up for a CrowningMomentOfFunny later when Freddie visits him again; he turns, stares at the ''Thriller'' cover for inspiration... and gets nothing.
** And of course, the guidance counselor is played by Will Young, who sung [[BetterByADifferentName one of the greatest Michael Jackson songs ever that wasn't actually a Michael Jackson song]] ("Your Game").



-->'''Homer:''' D'oh! [[hottip:* :(or maybe [[IncrediblyLamePun "Doe!"]]]]

to:

-->'''Homer:''' D'oh! [[hottip:* :(or maybe [[IncrediblyLamePun "Doe!"]]]]"Doe!")]]]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


-->'''Homer:''' D'oh!

to:

-->'''Homer:''' D'oh!D'oh! [[hottip:* :(or maybe [[IncrediblyLamePun "Doe!"]]]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None



to:

* In MeetTheParents, when Greg is asked to say grace at dinner, he tries to improvise a prayer, and comes up with the lyrics to ''Day by Day'' from the musical {{Godspell}}.

Top