History Main / WaxingLyrical

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In the season 9 Halloween episode "A Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street", the kids hunt a deviant who has been snatching trick-or-treaters' candy. At one point they spot the teenagers [[DancingWithMyself Jimmy Jr.]] [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan and]] [[BigFun Zeke]] eating sweets, which they take as evidence that the two are the culprits. [[ThoseTwoGuys The pair's]] stumped response to being accused leads to the following:

* A punny case happens on ''Videogame/Civilization6'', where the achievement for winning a game with Roman emperor Trajan is "[[Music/TheB52s Rome If You Want To]]". There's also "[[Music/Bastille "And the Walls Kept Tumbling Down]]" (fitting of the song "Pompeii", have a Roman city hit by a Vesuvius eruption), "[[Music/TheWho Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss]]" (Eleanor capturing a city of a civilization also ruled by Eleanor), and "[[Music/TheyMightBeGiants Nobody's Business]] [[IstanbulNotConstantinople But the Turks]]" (capturing a capital city as the Ottomans and renaming it).

** By extension, VideoGame/{{Starcraft}} as well.

* A punny case happens on ''Videogame/Civilization6'', where the achievement for winning a game with Roman emperor Trajan is "[[Music/TheB52s Rome If You Want To]]".

** To push the "[[Music/LadyGaga Born This Way]]"/"[[Music/{{Madonna}} Express Yourself]]" joke further, he advises Lady Gaga by saying that a wise person once said, "Don't go for second best baby, put your love to the test".

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'': In (fittingly enough) the MusicalEpisode "Daria!", Kevin yells [[Music/{{Queen}} "We are the champions, my friends!"]] at the pep rally.

* The ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/16458608/chapters/39115876 Adjustments]]'' has a scene where Kairi, giving relationship advice to Roxas about Xion, [[ActorAllusion quotes the chorus of]] Music/JesseMcCartney's "Beautiful Soul", to him, much to his confusion.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', while giving some advice, Binky Barnes starts reciting the lyrics of the [[ThemeTuneCameo show's actual theme song]] ("You gotta listen to your heart/Listen to the beat/Listen to the rhythm/The rhythm of the street"). He then notes that it's just something he heard somewhere.

'''Shivers:''' HAVE A [[NWordPrivileges BROTHER]] IN THE CUT, WHERE THE WOOD AT?

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'''Harry:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sMjm9Eloo Life is a highway]].

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5501817/45/Something-Wicked-This-Way-Comes Something Wicked This Way Comes]]'' Luna mentions her relationship with Hermione.
-->'''Luna:''' If it makes you think less of me, I can understand. Love sometimes works in strange ways, and people don't like strange things.\\
'''Cho:''' No, no, it's just... unusual.\\
'''Luna:''' [[Music/TomJones It's not unusual to be loved by someone.]]

** When you are trying to listen to [[spoiler:the beat of the pale]], and the Old Curch is collapsing around you as a result, you can loudly shout out a line of Music/WhitneyHouston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" at the unfolding pandemonium, and Egg Head, the MC who is present at the eventm will quote you right back:

Bob and Alice are talking, and you the viewer can't help but notice that there is something weird with Bob's dialogue. When he finishes speaking it turns out that Bob was using the lyrics to a well known song to make his point. Alternatively, Bob could have been singing, but the fact that the song was mainstream was hidden due to the fact that the song could have been reworked or sounded more appropriate to the character's situation than it actually was. Either way, the writers have made a joke by subtly slipping a popular song into the events of a show and then revealing it. Writers, like all people, just love to play with words.

-->'''Lily Potter:''' Never be sad, because our sacrifice was for you. You are my little sunshine and you make me happy when my skies are grey.

!!Examples:

-->"Beware, Bibleman -- There's [[Series/CharlesInCharge a new scientist in the neighborhood! Lives downstairs, and it's understood!]]

* ''Fanfic/NewTamaran'' and ''Fanfic/BeastBoyAndRavenJoinPETA'' both have Raven quoting the chorus of "The Vengeful One" by Music/{{Distrubed}} upon turning into The Spectre.

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** In another episode (which also counts as GettingCrapPastTheRadar):

-->'''Hohenheim:''' Sali the stablehand could never get his fill of liquor. Trust me, I've had to drink for him. Tommy's boyhood dream was to become a respected scholar. [[Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival Jeremiah was a bullfrog. He was a good friend of mine. I never understood a word he said, but I helped him drink his wine.]]\\

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' does this many times, mostly with songs from the main game series:

** You can quote Music/{{DMX}}'s ''Where The Hood At'' at your Shivers skill, and it replies in kind:

** When you are trying to listen to [[spoiler:the beat of the pale]], and the curch is collapsing around you as a result, you can loudly shout out a line of Music/WhitneyHouston of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody", Egg Head, the MC who is present at the event will quote you right back:

* In ''Literature/OfThingsNotSeen'', Frank asks his wife Stella if she would like to swing on a star and carry moonbeams home in a jar.