History Main / WaxingLyrical

'''Donkey:''' Then ya got to, got to [[Music/OtisRedding ♫ try a little tenderness ♫!]]

'''Shrek:''' Yes!\\
'''Donkey:''' Then ya gotta, gotta try a little ''tenderness!''

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* A State Farm ad has a customer and a rep unconsciously quoting "Any Way You Want It," until the customer notices. "We just had ourselves a little Music/{{Journey}} moment there."

* In 2017, Ride/DisneyThemeParks began running a series of commercials consisting of a montage of people enjoying the parks as a narrator quotes the lyrics to a well-known song from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. Examples include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdZjV3z__VU "A Whole New World"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTDuOnyVVcE "Bella Notte."]]

'''Captain Buccaneer:''' (while dying) I'll see you...on the other side. [[Film/TheMuppetMovie Someday we'll find it. The Rainbow Connection. The lovers, the dreamers...and me.]]

-->"When they read the results, my face was … frozen. But then I thought about it and I just decided just to … let it go."

'''Order taker''': "It's a hell of a town."\\
'''Mr. Sandler''': "The Bronx is up."\\
'''Order taker''': "And the Battery is down."

[[quoteright:350:[[ComicBook/YoungJustice https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yj_war.png]]]]

* Herman Cain used a quote in one of his speeches, which he attributed to a ‘poet’, and in a later speech he claimed it was from ‘the closing song to the 2000 Olympics’, unaware that it was taken from ''[[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/The_Power_of_One_(song) The Power of One]]'', used in the ending of the American dub of ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}''. [[HilarityEnsues The Internet did]]. Later, when he dropped out of the Republican Party’s primary elections for the 2012 presidential elections, he used the same quote in his concession speech, saying, ‘I believe these words come from the Pokémon movie,’ trying to pass it off as an indication of him being a family man.
-->'''Cain:''' Life can be a challenge. Life can seem impossible. It’s never easy when there’s so much on the line. But you can make a difference: with courage, you can set things right. The gift to dream, and make dreams real, is yours and mine.

* The episode titles of ''Anime/BlackRockShooter'' are lines from the song "Black★Rock Shooter" by ryo(supercell) feat. Hatsune Miku, which is also the opening (and the song the anime was based on). Characters in the series also often quote lines from the same song.

When used in FanFiction, this is SongFic. Not to be confused with ThatRemindsMeOfASong, [[Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue "One Song To The Tune Of Another"]] or "[[http://kissthisguy.com/ singing]] [[{{Mondegreen}} the wrong lyrics]]". Also has no relationship to [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha a certain]] MagicalGirl.

[[caption-width-right:350:They couldn't resist [[Music/TheTemptations the temptation]] to sing.]]

* In 2017, Ride/DisneyThemeParks began running a series of commercials consisting of a montage of people enjoying the parks as a narrator quotes the lyrics to a well-known song from the Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon. Examples include "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdZjV3z__VU A Whole New World]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTDuOnyVVcE Bella Notte]]".

* The Brazilian dub of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' had one when Whis said to Piccolo "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_hY89b05mo Take your hands off me... I don't belong to you]]".

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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* Near the end of ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' volume 5, Scott says [[spoiler:to Ramona before she disappears]], "I don't care who you are, or where you're from, or... what you did. [[Music/BackstreetBoys As long as you love me.]]"
* This exchange from an issue of ''Franchise/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}}'' upon discovering a familiar face:
-->'''Wonder Woman:''' Abra Kadabra!\\
'''Green Lantern:''' [[Music/SteveMillerBand Gonna reach out and grab ya...]]
* There was a panel of ''Comicbook/YoungJustice'' where the characters end up quoting "War" and {{lampshad|eHanging}}ing it: "War?" "What is it good for?" "Absolutely ''nothing''!" "I love that song." "It's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn91L9goKfQ song?]]"
* The following exchange between ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and a nightclub owner:
-->'''Nightclub Owner:''' You got...you got powers right?\\
'''Deadpool:''' Oh yeah, I'm a super freak.\\
'''Nightclub Owner:''' A super freak?\\
'''Deadpool:''' I'm super freakayyy.
** There's another comic which has Deadpool ending a flashback with a casually-spoken "You ain't seen nothin' yet." Cut back to present day, with a two-page spread of him standing in front of a giant explosion, arms in [[LargeHam air guitar]] position, belting, "B-B-B-BABY, YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET!!"
** When fighting the Comicbook/{{Thunderbolts}} during ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', Deadpool gets shot through the left torso by the Black Widow. He sinks to the ground, wheezing "S-shot...through...the heart..." Just as the Thunderbolts think they finally got him to shut up, he springs back up with [[Music/BonJovi "AND YOU'RE TO BLAME! YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME!"]] In the same arc, Comicbook/{{Taskmaster}} gets in on the action while disguised as Deadpool; Black Widow asks him who he is, and he responds with [[Music/SteveMillerBand "Some people call me the space cowboy... some people call me the gangster of love."]]
* One of the cases in ''Ogenki Clinic'' has a rock singer as a patient. All of her lines include at least two or three song titles.
* In ''Comicbook/VForVendetta'', V introduces himself to a priest by saying, "Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth... and taste." You probably remember this as the first line of The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil". Later, when asked where he's going, he says, [[Music/VelvetUnderground "I'm waiting for the man."]]
* In Creator/PaulCornell's ''Comicbook/KnightAndSquire'', the British superheroes include The Milkman -- who once fought a villain called Two-Ton Ted from Teddington. It remains to be seen if his [[SecretIdentity real name]] is [[Creator/BennyHill Ernie]].
* During the ''ComicBook/SalvationRun'' mini-series, most of DC's villains were exiled to a distant planet, where they started to form separate factions. In one scene, ComicBook/TheJoker 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 Music/BobDylan's "All Along the Watchtower", [[DontExplainTheJoke "There must be some way out of here, said the joker to the thief."]] {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d when the Joker then commented, "I must be losing my mojo, there's a joke in there somewhere and I can't find it!"
* The third issue of ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'' has Dr. Light tell Mega Man the following: "[[Music/TheMegas I made you in my image. I built your heart and gave you eyes. I gave you power and a sense of justice beyond any compare. I gave you hands, a child's face... heh... robot hair. But this burden, the burning in your heart, I did not put there.]]" This is almost a word-for-word recitation of the chorus of "The Message from Doctor Light" by Music/TheMegas.
** The Megas get quoted again much later on at the end of this exchange between Break Man and Mega Man:
--->'''Break Man:''' What are ''you''? Dr. Light's assistant? His ''weapon''? ''His son?!''\\
'''Mega Man:''' I'm ''all'' those things.\\
'''Break Man:''' '''''THEN WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO BE?!'''''
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' does this many times, mostly with songs from the main game series:
** In issue 205:
--->'''Dr. Eggman:''' [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 I will destroy the blue one, you know!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvERHiTfx9w He's an obstacle that always gets in my way!]]
** Later, in the same issue:
--->'''Dr. Eggman:''' Here it comes, rodent! Right from the show!\\
'''Sonic:''' "From the show"?\\
'''Dr. Eggman:''' [[WebAnimation/YouTubePoop From the show!]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bNCfEvQFUY I'm gonna be on TV! I'm gonna be a TV star!]]
** In Sonic Universe issue 53:
--->'''Knuckles:''' Eggman and Wily, huh? Where are they? I want first crack at them!\\
'''Sonic:''' Uh-huh, 'cause you're [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure tougher than the rest of them? The best of 'em? Tougher than leather?]]\\
'''Knuckles:''' Grrrr...
* The ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'' comics even get in on this fun.
--->'''[[spoiler:Neo Metal Sonic:]]''' No more games. Tell me where my master is. '''NOW.'''\\
'''Sonic:''' [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 I never fear the fall.]]
* In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'' Issue #3 [[spoiler:Hoity Toity joyously proclaims Flax Seed is [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite the next pony every pony should know]] at the Canterlot fashion show]].
* In ''Hoax Hunters'' #5, which takes place in 1984, Hoax Hunters agent Alan Lawson meets with Lauren Reynolds, who had recently encountered the Jersey Devil. As he tells her about his organization and offers her a job with them, he says "Some boys take a beautiful girl and hide her away from the rest of the world" -- a line from 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'. Earlier in the issue, he was actually singing it; he claims a catchy hook is "the most potent mind control there is."
* During Creator/AlanMoore's run on ''ComicBook/CaptainBritain'', [[RealityWarper "Mad Jim" Jaspers]] gives into this trope during one of his AGodAmI moments;
-->"I made you! I made everything! I made the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tyger tiger and the lamb]]! [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXmsLe8t_gg I put the bomp in the bomp-bah-bomp-bah-bomp and the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong!]]"
* Happens often in ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': In the original French version of ''Asterix in Belgium'' the Belgian chieftain claims that in "his flat country the only mountains are oppidums". This is a reference to a line from Belgian singer Music/JacquesBrel's song "Le Plat Pays" ("The Flat Country") "...avec des cathédrales pour des uniques montagnes" ("Where the only mountains are cathedrals.")
* A common trait of Luci's in ''ComicBook/TheWickedAndTheDivine''. When she complains about Laura being too old for her the following exchange occurs:
-->'''Laura''': I'm only ''just'' seventeen?\\
'''Luci''': [[Music/TheBeatles You know what I mean]].
* In the ''Comicbook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Eleventh Doctor comics, the companion John Jones is a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Music/DavidBowie. He spends most of his first trip to space quoting "Space Oddity" and "Starman". A later story has him suffering horrible hallucinations from eating alien food and muttering {{Non Sequitur}}s like "Not rock'n'roll! ''Genocide!!''" and "Hope ... is a cheap thing". He recovers when he travels to an AlternateDimension called the Face of God, and the sense of wonder there makes him feel like "We can be ... just for one day".
* The ComicBook/DisneyKingdoms Figment books have a tendency to quote the "One Little Spark" song from the ride.
* In ''Comicbook/SpiderMan: Comicbook/RenewYourVows'', Peter checks in on his daughter Annie-May during a training simulation by asking "[[Music/MichaelJackson Annie, are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?]]" Judging from [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore her reaction]], he does this ''all the time''.
* When Dweeb and Sleepwanker play 'the Oldest Game' in ''ComicBook/SoulsearchersAndCompany'' #3, it devolves into this:
-->'''Sleepwanker:''' I am darkness and utter annihilation! And what'll you be then, huh?\\
'''Dweeb:''' I am hope.\\
'''Sleepwanker:''' Well, I'm Crosby! Not to mention Stills, Nash '''and''' Young!\\
'''Dweeb:''' I am the '''walrus''', goo goo job!
* ''ComicBook/LockeAndKey'' has this bit in the ''Crown of Shadows'' arc when [[BigBad Dodge]] finds the titular crown and [[CastingAShadow summons the shadows]].
-->'''Dodge''': [[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel Hello, darkness... my old friend.]]

[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'':
-->He suddenly looked at them with an evil look in his eye and muttered Well If you wanted Honesty that’s all you haD TO SAY! .\\
"That's not a spell that's an [[Music/MyChemicalRomance MCR]] song." I corrected him wisely.
* A few mangled lines from songs are snuck into the dialogue in ''FanFic/DecksFallEveryoneDies''.
* In ''FanFic/DrunkardsWalk 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 "[[Music/{{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.
* This quote from Gibbet (Willow) of ''[[FanFic/MyMetal My Mëtäl]]'', a ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'' HeavyMetal {{Parody}} by Creator/MonicaGilbeyBieber, as an added explanation of how Gibbet would show up one chapter after Ignacïo confesses to Rainblood that he killed Gibbet. This is in reference to the scene in ''My Immortal'' where Willow is brought back to life without explanation.
-->I dunno what's gotten into Ignacïo, but he sent me to get tortured, killed, tortured again, and fucked by Snape InThatOrder after Ignacïo [[Music/AvengedSevenfold must have stabbed me fifty fucking times!]] Good thing I barely survived and escaped that necropedophile before he attempted to [[Music/AvengedSevenfold rip my heart out right before my eyes]] and completely butcher me until I end up looking like a model for a Music/CannibalCorpse [[ContemptibleCover album cover!]]
** Hilariously, Music/AvengedSevenfold is considered a poser (My Metal's equivalent of a prep) band in this fanfic.
** Also, Rainblood/Chäntal mentions that [[Music/FallingInReverse he's not a vampire, but he feels like one]] when Tom asked him/her how s/he drank all the blood of a lady in the movie theater. Just like Avenged Sevenfold, Falling in Reverse is also, hilariously, a poser band in this fanfic.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10707012/3/Another-Day-in-the-Life-of Another Day in the Life of]]'' Voldemort quotes Music/{{Queen}}'s "Another One Bites the Dust" shortly before entering the Potter home at Godric's Hollow.
* In ''Fanfic/DisneyHigh'', {{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}} mistakenly believes that Jasmine will only date someone who knows all the lyrics to an album by Music/MileyCyrus by heart. When they are talking at a party and he tries to convince her he's really an Arabian prince who's only moved to the US recently, he desperately comes up with this:
-->'''Aladdin:''' I just got here... hopped off the plane at L.A.X... with my dream and um... my cardigan. I mean... it's the land of fame excess... I was kinda worried I wasn't going to fit in.\\
'''Jasmine:''' Are you... are those the lyrics to Miley Cyrus's "Party in the USA"?\\
'''Aladdin:''' ...Maybe.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11420222/11/The-Fairy-Godmother The Fairy Godmother]]'' Harry's mother comments on how much she and his father loved him at the end of a recorded will.
-->'''Lily:''' Never be sad, because our sacrifice was for you. You are my little sunshine and you make me happy when my skies are grey.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11166568/4/The-Ties-That-Bind The Ties That Bind]]'', [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] segues into quoting John Denver ("leaving on a jet plane...") while giving Edgeworth romantic advice. It should be noted that this is not at all out of character for [[SickeninglySweethearts him]].
* Several examples in ''Fanfic/TheKeysStandAlone: The Soft World'', notably when the priest of Meddar convinces [[Music/TheBeatles the four]] to rescue Malla's baby by quoting a couple of lines from “Help!” while channeling the god.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10677182/3/There-s-Nothing-Sweeter There's Nothing Sweeter]]'':
-->'''Gwen:''' Now that you know me, your life would suck without me. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRM70Jw7F4M Coz we belong together, yeah, forever united here somehow, yeah.]]\\
'''Travis:''' Oh Gods, shut up. You're not even singing it and that song ''still'' sounds awful.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5608089/2/Leaving-Home Leaving Home]]'' Harry decides to transfer to Salem Academy. Hermione's parents ask her why she intends to do the same and she quotes Peggy March's "I Will Follow Him".
* In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/8184311/chapters/18750962 Secrets]]'' Draco is nervous about the impending Final Battle.
-->'''Harry:''' Take my hand and we'll make it, I swear.\\
'''Draco:''' [[Music/BonJovi Livin' on a fucking prayer.]]\\
'''Harry:''' We've got to hold on, ready or not. You live for the fight when it's all that you've got.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7665632/14/Potter-s-Protector Potter's Protector]]'' Xander receives a valentine which quotes "Hungry Like the Wolf".
-->'''Xander:''' I'm fairly certain Music/DuranDuran are, as we speak, building a lawsuit.
* ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMysticForce'': When the true BigBad [[spoiler: Ivan Ooze]] reveals himself, he quips "[[Music/TheRollingStones Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste.]]"
* In ''Fanfic/BetweenMyBrotherAndMeMorsOmnibus'', Yvonne Maxa and Yusho Sakaki have to duel Yuya and Zarc in an Action Duel. At this point, Yusho is trying everything he can to free Yuya from Zarc's control, so Yvonne uses the lines from the song "Aim For the Head" by Music/CreatureFeature to give him ideas.
-->'''Yvonne:''' This is a test of strength and your will to survive. And if you give up now, they’re gonna eat you alive.\\
'''Yusho:''' Then how do we stop them?\\
'''Yvonne:''' ''(pulling out a [[KnifeNut knife]])'' I suggest that with a loaded gun and a steady hand, we just might live through this.\\
(...)\\
'''Yusho:''' Any other advice?\\
'''Yvonne:''' ''(taps side of head twice)'' Aim for the head.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' has Lexi do this on one occasion, referencing The Beatles after dancing with Chloe ([[Music/TheBeatles "happy just to dance with you"]]), but Chloe herself is the one who most often peppers her dialogue with quotes from books or songs when she wants to make a clever joke. Chloe doesn't always explain ''when'' she's doing this, however, leading to moments like:
-->'''Lexi''': It doesn’t matter what car you’re from or what your aspirations are; they [Grace and Simon] will hurt you, kill you and show not a single ounce of pity. If I had my way, I’d…\\
'''[[NightmareFetishist Chloe]]:''' [[Music/TheDecemberists Find them, bind them, tie them to a pole and break their fingers to splinters, throw them in a hole until they wake up naked crawling at the ceiling of their graves?]]\\
(''{{Beat}}'')\\
'''Lexi''' ...Was any of that sarcastic?
* ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsPsiTheSeekerOfDarkness'': ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/16458608/chapters/39115876 Adjustments]]'' has a scene where Kairi, giving relationship advice to Roxas about Xion, quotes the chorus of Music/JesseMcCartney's "Beautiful Soul", [[ActorAllusion to him]], much to his confusion.
-->'''Roxas''': I just… I didn’t realize that you could just… say song lyrics. I thought it had to be timed right… and underwater… and [[RhythmGame with the right button presses]].
* ''Fanfic/NewTamaran'' and ''Fanfic/BeastBoyAndRavenJoinPETA'' both have Raven quoting the chorus of "The Vengeful One" by Music/{{Disturbed}} upon turning into The Spectre.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13751104/27/Time-Left-Today Time Left Today]]'':
-->'''Dumbledore:''' —that this must have been a challenging night. And for that, I am truly sorry. You have every right to feel anger or despair, Harry, and do not take what I am about to say as a suggestion to smother all feeling. But I have lived a long time now, and I have been shown over and again that sometimes, it is the moments when we are denied that ultimately lead to great fulfilment. The seeds of our victories lie in our defeats.\\
'''Harry:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sMjm9Eloo Life is a highway.]]
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13791274/18/The-Snorkackic-Trio The Snorkackic Trio]]'':
-->'''Dudley:''' Yes, sure, I'd be delighted to attend your wedding.\\
'''Harry:''' Great! Tomorrow you'll meet my godfather, Sirius Black, and he'll take you shopping for Muggle clothes. He's a wizard, but he's a dapper dresser when he wants to dress Muggle.\\
'''Hermione:''' [[Music/ZZTop 'Cause ev'ry girl crazy about a sharp-dressed man.]]
* A TalkingInYourDreams moment in ''Fanfic/HarryAndTheShipgirls'' had Hibiki talk to Verniy, the manifestation of Hibiki's regrets from her days as a steel hull. A great deal of Verniy's dialogue was cribbed from the lyrics to ''[[Anime/KanColle Miiro]]''.
-->Verniy finished for her. "To be sad? To not have anything to live for?" At Hibiki's nod, she sighed. "Da, I can see that. But I am, and was you. And so once you were like me as you are me. Yet now, you have so much to live for. You will not be so foolish as to repeat the tragedy and have escaped the sea of sadness."

-->Smiling thinly, Verniy shook her head. "Can you blame me, so long have I done without our them? Back then, yearning I set sail for Russia. Despair, loss, parting, we crossed the sea with countless sorrows. When I could... I would let them fall away. Even if you could not accept me, and what it stood for, I was alright. Because they were there in the end and I could see them."

-->For a moment, the world around them stilled and Verniy smiled widely with tears in her eyes. "Then I will put all I have into this blow, and my whole memory will melt away into the color of the sea and disappear into the light of the past for you. And this time... this time we shall change things. You will make it so that we do not lose them in this miraculous time." Closing her eyes, she let out a sob. [[TearJerker "Please... please, I do not want to lose them. I can't lose them again."]]

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'':
-->'''Gingerbread Man:''' Do you know the Muffin Man?\\
'''Farquaad:''' The Muffin Man?\\
'''Gingerbread Man:''' The Muffin Man.\\
'''Farquaad:''' Yes... I know the Muffin Man. Who lives on Drury Lane?\\
'''Gingerbread Man:''' Well... she's married to the Muffin Man.\\
'''Farquaad:''' The Muffin Man?\\
'''Gingerbread Man:''' '''''The Muffin Man!'''''\\
'''Farquaad:''' She's married to the Muffin Man...
** Also, there's this:
--->'''Donkey:''' You love this woman, don't ya?\\
'''Shrek:''' Yes.\\
'''Donkey:''' You wanna ''hold'' her?\\
'''Shrek:''' Yes.\\
'''Donkey:''' ''Please'' her?\\
'''Shrek:''' Yes!\\
'''Donkey:''' Then ya gotta, gotta try a little ''tenderness!''
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio 2}}'', Nigel accidentally attends a Carnival audition. He then proceeds to do a dramatic performance of "I Will Survive", turning that into a VillainSong ([[StayingAlive not that it]] [[JokerImmunity isn't adequate]]).
* In one of the wraparounds from ''Friz Freleng's Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie'', Daffy challenges Bugs to a talent contest to see who's the best.
-->'''Daffy:''' [[Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun I can do anything better than you! Yes, I can! Yes, I can! YES I CAN!]]
* WesternAnimation/OpenSeason: In the Direct-To-Video Special "Scared Silly", the animals just have crashed Shaw's seaplane. Which happens to be named Jolene. [[Music/DollyParton Cue Trope.]]

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* In ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'', Jenna is having a sleepover with some teenagers from the apartment complex. While talking about the struggles of dating, she begins reciting the lyrics to 'Love Is A Battlefield' by ''Music/PatBenatar.''
* In ''Film/{{Eurotrip}}'', Cooper [[ItMakesSenseInContext sets the Pope's hat on fire]] and Scotty tells him [[Music/BloodhoundGang "The hat, the hat, the hat is on fire"]]. Cooper immediately starts singing "Oh we don't need no water, let the mother-...".
* In ''Film/TropicThunder'', Kirk Lazarus quotes the theme song to ''Series/TheJeffersons'' as part of an inspirational speech. He's immediately called out on it.
-->"Don't make it any less true."
* Done deliberately throughout ''Film/MoulinRouge'' [[JustifiedTrope as part of]] [[MusicalWorldHypotheses the concept]]. Christian hastily composes a poem for Satine, and even before the music cues, it is clearly Music/EltonJohn's "Your Song". Zidler tries to convince the Duke to stay with what, before the farce of a song starts, may be the most lascivious recital of lyrics from "[[Music/{{Madonna}} Like A Virgin]]" you've ever heard. And the central theme of the story is simply the final line of Nat King Cole's "Nature Boy".
* In ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfColonelBlimp'', the titular character Clive Candy (actually a General at this point in the movie) is referred to by Spud as "the Wizard". This turns out to be a ShoutOut when Spud tells his men that they have to rush to Candy's HQ "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz because of the wonderful things he does]]."
* Creator/MelGibson's character in ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'' uses "[[Music/ThePolice Everything you do is magic]]" lyrics to propose to his {{Love Interest|s}} -- crash and burn too.
* From ''Film/SchoolOfRock'':
** Creator/JackBlack's character, trying to bluff his way through a conversation with teachers while posing as a substitute, starts reciting snatches from Music/WhitneyHouston's "The Greatest Love of All". Someone asks "Isn't that a song?", and he denies it.
** His RousingSpeech concludes "We roll tonight to the guitar bite, and for those about to rock, I salute you", from Music/{{ACDC}}'s "For Those About to Rock".
* ''Film/XXxStateOfTheUnion'':
-->'''Darius Stone:''' Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal.\\
'''Gibbons:''' I like that. Who said it? Jefferson? Patton?\\
'''Darius Stone:''' Music/{{Tupac|Shakur}}.
** [[spoiler:Becomes a BrickJoke at the film's dénouement when the President quotes Stone in turn, during a press conference.]]
* In a sequence of ''[[Film/OceansEleven Ocean's Twelve]]'', Ocean and Rusty start talking ThievesCant with a contact. Linus tries to join the conversation... by reciting Music/LedZeppelin's "Kashmir". It translates to calling the contact's niece a cheap whore. [[spoiler:Or so they claim; in reality, they're just playing a prank on him.]]
* ''Franchise/BillAndTed'':
** In ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', Ted's attempt at 'philosophizing' with Socrates is to recite the line [[Music/{{Kansas}} "All we are is dust in the wind"]]. It works.
** In ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'', Bill and Ted go to heaven and are asked the meaning of life. They recite the chorus from Music/{{Poison}}'s "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." Again, it works. Earlier, after [[ChessWithDeath beating Death at a variety of games]], as he's leading them from {{Hell}} to {{Heaven}}, Bill says to Ted, "Ted, DontFearTheReaper." (referring to the Music/BlueOysterCult song) to which Death replies, "I heard that!"
* In ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' Gary King has the tendency to do this, quoting Happy Mondays ("Twist the melon!") during a fight and Primal Scream's "Loaded" during the film's climax.
* ''Film/SpiceWorld'': Bus driver played by Music/MeatLoaf: "I love those girls, and I'll do anything for them... [[ActorAllusion but I won't do that]]."
* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': "Good morning, starshine!...The Earth says hello!"
* From ''Film/CannibalTheMusical'':
-->'''Alferd Packer''': Hey, do you guys think it's true, that she's a trapper horse?\\
'''Frank Miller''': [[Series/MisterEd A horse is a horse]].\\
'''James Humphrey''': Of course.\\
'''Alferd Packer''': Of course.
* ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007'' does this multiple times with various [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] songs, "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" being perhaps the most obvious. One can expect to find this trope in any JukeboxMusical.
* In the made for TV ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'' movie, one of the castaway brothers (who really doesn't give a dang about the local ways and culture) uses the opening lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody to answer an essay question regarding the meaning of a particular section of the Dinotopian philosophy. Afterwards, his teacher and a number of scholars are chattering about how deep it was.
* [[http://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2009/11/beatles-and-shakespeare-take-three.html This.]] Creator/PeterSellers meets Music/TheBeatles in the land of ''Theatre/RichardIII''.
* A running gag in ''Film/TheOtherGuys'' is Captain Mauch accidentally quoting Music/{{TLC}} lyrics. Gamble and Hoitz repeatedly attempt to [[LampshadeHanging call him out on it]] but he insists he doesn't know what they're talking about. It's ambiguous whether he's telling the truth.
* In ''Film/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 ''Theatre/{{Godspell}}''.
* In ''Film/{{Roxanne}}'', when asked to say something romantic, Chris quotes the opening lines to "Close to You" by the Music/{{Carpenters}} and is immediately called out on this.
* In ''Film/EasyA'', Olive receives a greeting card that plays Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocketful Of Sunshine", and then the song becomes a huge EarWorm for her. Later on, when she's lying to her best friend about having spent the weekend with a college boy, one of the lyrics slips into the conversation:
-->'''Olive:''' He's charming... You know, he's a real gentleman. You know, and it feels like - It feels like I got a love and I know that it's all mine.
* In an odd example, all that's left of the "Admiral Boom" song in ''Film/MaryPoppins'' is a wax lyrical from [[InteractiveNarrator Bert]].
-->'''Bert:''' The whole world gets its time from Greenwich. But Greenwich, they say, gets its time from Admiral Boom.
* ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'' does this. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Fabbrizio Disguisey immediately performing a [[TheTake Take]] at what his son said, and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in the DVD commentary stating they had to pay a lot of money in order to do this gag.
-->'''Pistachio:''' [[{{Music/Madonna}} But, Papa, don't preach. I'm in trouble deep... and I'm keeping my baby.]]
* After the killer in ''Film/ShriekIfYouKnowWhatIDidLastFridayTheThirteenth'' is revealed to be an {{evil|Twin}} [[UncannyFamilyResemblance identical]] [[Series/ThePattyDukeShow cousin]].
-->'''Doughy:''' Whereas Hardy enjoys a minuet, the ballets russes and crêpes suzette.\\
'''Hardy:''' Doughy likes to rock n roll, a hot dog makes him lose control.\\
'''Hagitha:''' What a wild duet.\\
'''Martina:''' Still they're cousins.\\
'''Dawson''': Identical cousins.\\
'''Martina:''' They laugh alike.\\
'''Dawson:''' They walk alike.\\
'''Martina:''' At times they even talk alike.\\
'''Hagitha:''' And you can lose your mind.\\
'''Hardy:''' [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Shut up everybody! For god sakes, how many times do you think we've heard that in our lives?]]
* In ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle'' the Angels decide to pose as nightclub dancers.
-->'''Natalie:''' Do a little dance?\\
'''Dylan:''' Make a little love?\\
'''Alex:''' Get down tonight.
* In ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'', Ryan tells off Cass, who's been romancing him but he suspects called the police on him:
-->'''Ryan''': Music/TheBeatles said it best. She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, listen, Michelle ma belle, this nowhere man is the walrus, koo koo kachoo!
* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension''. Some of Lord John Whorfin's more eccentric pronouncements are actually song lyrics, e.g. "I feel so broke up, I want to go home" from Music/TheBeachBoys song "Sloop John B".
* In ''Film/HorseFeathers'', Wagstaff, during his first address as President of Huxley College, briefly lapses into the old vaudeville song "Any Rags?"
* In ''Film/GlenOrGlenda'', the weird narration in the NightmareSequence is a mangled quotation of the lyrics to "The Green-Eyed Dragon," a reference that will mystify most viewers.
* In ''Film/RockOfAges'', after Drew sings half of "[[Music/{{Journey}} Don't Stop Believing]]", he finishes with "And it goes on and on and on." Later on, Lonny exclaims "We built this city on rock and roll!" as part of a protest, just before the protesters begin singing "We Built This City" by [[Music/JeffersonAirplane Starship]].
* Vincent in ''Film/{{Twins}}'' does this when flirting with Linda, pretending he's reciting poetry that he wrote. When Linda's sister Marnie tells her they're just old song lyrics, she says she already knows.
* ''Film/ForrestGump'': When Forrest meets Music/JohnLennon on the Dick Cavett Show Forrest claims that in the land of China people hardly got nothing at all. To which Lennon replies: [[Music/{{Imagine}} "No possessions?" Gump looks up bewildered, but continues: "They never go to church", to which Lennon again replies: "No religion too?" Whereupon the host says: "Must be hard to imagine", but Lennon reassures him: "It's easy if you try, Dick."]]
* ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': Ultron is able to take lines from a ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' song and turn them into a BadassBoast about his status as TheUnfettered. Used to especially chilling effect in the trailer, where the song is played hauntingly throughout, only to transition to his voice near the end.
-->''I once had strings''\\
''But '''now I'm free'''''\\
'''''There are no strings on me.'''''
* In ''Film/TheBookOfEli'', Eli is trying to explain to Solara the concept of faith and relies on Music/JohnnyCash's "Greystone Chapel" for assistance.
-->'''Eli:''' It doesn't have to make sense. It's faith, it's faith. It's the flower of light in the field of darkness that's giving me the strength to carry on. You understand?\\
'''Solara:''' Is that from your book?\\
'''Eli:''' No, it's, uh, Johnny Cash, Live at Folsom Prison.\\
'''Solara:''' What?
* In ''Film/GrandCanyon'', when Claire and Mack say goodbye to Roberto as he goes off to summer camp (to be a counselor), and Mack sees how sad Claire is, he sings, "[[Music/TheBeatles (S)He's leaving home, bye-bye]]".
* ''Film/TheSpiritOf76'': When Tommy and Chris are describing Music/GrandFunkRailroad to the time travelers, Tommy says, "They, like, they come into your town, and help you party down." Heinz-57 enters the lyrics into his keyboard.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': When R.K. Maroon asks Eddie Valiant what he knows about show business, Eddie replies, "Only that [[Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun there's no business like it. No business I know"]].
* ''Film/TheReplacements2000'': The players are hanging out in a bar, and Clifford Franklin puts "I Will Survive" on the jukebox, although he claims he had picked something else when everyone complains about it. Shortly after that, they get into a brawl and they all end up in a jail cell. When they come down on Clifford for hiding behind the jukebox during the fight, he retorts "At first, I admit, I was afraid. Shit, I was petrified..." Which segues into them all singing and line-dancing.
* In ''Film/UltramanOrbTheMovieLendMeThePowerOfBonds'', the BigDamnMovie of ''Series/UltramanOrb'' released in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of ''Series/{{Ultraseven}}'', when Dan Moroboshi reveals himself as Ultraseven in the final battle, the present Ultramen and Aliens unintentionally quotes the iconic Ultraseven theme. "Seven?" "Seven?" "Seven, Seven?" "''Seven, Seven, Seven!''"

[[folder:Literature]]
* This is a generalized trope in the work of Creator/StephenKing. Along with {{epigraph}}s it's the reason why most of his books have song rights information on the copyright page.
* In the Creator/ArthurCClarke[=/=]Creator/StephenBaxter book ''The Light Of Other Days'', about a society where [[SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands privacy is becoming obsolete]], a girl is seen wearing a T-shirt with the words 'Santa Claus Is Coming To Town'. The protagonist doesn't know what it means, but she explains it to him later in case the reader didn't catch it: "He sees you when you're sleeping..."
* In "Literature/ColdSnap", the advent of a prehistoric elemental ice being results in the surrounding countryside being plunged into freezing weather even though it's the middle of summer. The scene is described with a quotation from the Christmas carol "In the Bleak Midwinter":
-->Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone... snow had fallen, snow had fallen, snow on snow.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
** ''Literature/{{Hogfather}}'' has some fun with the lyrics of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town": Quoth the Raven tells Susan "You'd better watch out"; Death, in his role as Hogfather, is able to ensure some kids see him, because [[AC:I know when they are peeping]], and he asks if checking the list twice is sufficient. In the same book, the magical and dizzyingly fast sleigh ride prompts Albert to mutter sarcastically "Oh, what fun."
** ''Literature/SoulMusic'' is absolutely ''loaded'' with musical references, such as Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler telling some would-be musicians "So you want to be a Music With Rocks In It Star? [[Music/TheByrds Then listen now to what I say...]]"
** In ''Literature/{{Thud}}'', Fred Colon comments on the trouble in Koom Valley with the immortal question "War, Nobby, huh. What is it good for"? Nobby Nobbs proceeds to [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder try and come up with an answer]].
** In ''Literature/LordsAndLadies'', Ridcully claims he's not fit to jump off Lancre Bridge like he was in his youth, saying "I was young and foolish then". Granny Weatherwax retorts "Well? You're [[Music/TheyMightBeGiants old and foolish now]]."
** In ''Literature/TheLastContinent'', Ridcully's reaction to stormclouds ''finally'' arriving in the Disc's FantasyCounterpartCulture Australia is "[[Music/MenAtWork Can you hear that thunder? We'd better take cover.]]" In the same book, Fair Go Dibbler's list of people he ''doesn't'' want to send back where they came from includes "me mate Duncan, [[https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/slimdusty/duncan.html 'cos Duncan's me mate]]".
* Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse
** In the ''Literature/PastDoctorAdventures'' novel ''The Eleventh Tiger'', the Doctor and his companions are staying at a 19th century ''gongfu'' school. (Note that Ian and Barbara are from ten years before the song came out, but the Doctor clearly recognizes the accidental reference):
--->[Ian:] "One minute those kids are just running around chaotically, but the next minute they're all focused, and everyone's kung-fu fighting."\\
"Those kids are as fast as lightning," Barbara added.\\
The Doctor raised an eyebrow. "Are they indeed? And was it, perchance, dear boy, a little bit frightening? Hmm?"
** In the Fifth/Seventh team-up ''[[Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures Cold Fusion]]'', Chris Cwej is posing as an Australian, and describes living in a close-knit community in a sunny suburb, where everyone pops in and out of each others' houses, before concluding "With a little understanding, you can find the perfect blend and that's when good neighbours become good friends". Real Australian Tegan doesn't get the reference, having come from a time before ''Series/{{Neighbours}}'' began, but does spot he's talking nonsense.
** And in the Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures novel ''Camera Obscura'', the Doctor quotes "All Along the Watchtower" while trying to escape a creepy EldritchLocation with a man who ''[[NoYay literally]]'' [[OrganTheft stole his]] [[HeartTrauma heart]]:
--->"'There must be some way out of here,' said the [[TheTrickster joker]] to the thief."
** Sabbath (the aforementioned thief) has his own moment of doing this, for no particular reason at all: he's usually TheStoic, and he's from the 18th century. But he gets into an alarmingly perky and cheerful mood and starts quoting from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
--->"'Because,' said Sabbath. 'Because because because because because. Because of the wonderful things I does.'"
** The New Series Adventures novel ''Silhouette'' has a brief CallBack to the ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'' moment in "The Christmas Invasion" (below). The Twelfth Doctor is trying to convince a HumanWeapon EmotionBomb to amplify the positive emotions surrounding him, rather than the negative ones, and asks "Can you feel the love tonight?" He breaks off for a moment, then decides that wherever it came from, it works.
** In the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''Love and War'' by Creator/PaulCornell, when Benny asks Ace how she met the Doctor, Ace accurately describes her initial situation in "Dragonfire" as "[[Music/TheHumanLeague I was working as a waitress is a cocktail bar]]..."
* ''Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'' has a scene involving a horse in a bathroom.
-->"A horse?" he said again.\\
"Yes, it is," said the Professor. "Wait--" he motioned to Richard, who was about to go out again and investigate-- "let it be. It won't be long."\\
Richard stared in disbelief. "You say there's a horse in your bathroom, and all you can do is stand there naming Beatles songs?"
* ''Literature/TheBookOfAwesome'': The final two paragraphs of "Taking your shoes off on a long car ride" match the lyrics of Music/BuddyHolly's ''Rollercoaster''.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'':
** In ''Literature/GhostStory'', Dresden tries to console Molly by saying "for everything there is a season", but Molly cuts him off by telling him to stop quoting the Bible at her. Harry counters he was actually quoting the song ''Turn! Turn! Turn!'' (admittedly the latter is based on the former).
** In another book he makes Toot-Toot a Major General in order to psych him up. The little faerie can't believe it and asks for confirmations. Harry replies, "[[Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance Yes, yes, a Major General]]."
* Near the start of ''[[Literature/RiversOfLondon Whispers Underground]]'', during a murder investigation, DI Stephanopoulos comments "Well, our victim [[Music/{{Pulp}} had a thirst for knowledge]]. He was a student at St Martin's College."
* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': From ''[[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/original-timeline/745-imp-4-a-teacher-s-tail-part-1 Imp 4: A Teacher’s Tail (Part 1)]]'', when her narration is discussing her neighbor, the Imp starts singing the opening song for ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'':
-->"It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor," I began singing, only to make Maria stop and stare at me. After a few more lines, I flashed her a broad grin and asked, “Won’t you be my neighbor?”
* In the ''Literature/AngelsOfMusic'' novella ''The Mark of Kane'', when [[Theatre/MyFairLady Mrs Elizabeth Eynsford-Hill]] and [[Film/{{Gigi}} Mme Gilberte Lachaille]] accost [[Film/CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane]] to stop him leaving his own party, Eliza suggests that they could dance all night, Gigi that they could drink champagne like it's just been invented, referencing "I Could Have Danced All Night" and "The Night They Invented Champagne" from their respective musicals.
* Literature/ColonyMars has Gizmo tell Mia Sorelli “it is time to leave the capsule, if you dare”
* Bill from ''Literature/IThinkILoveYou'' writes Petra a love letter consisting of Creator/DavidCassidy lyrics.
* In ''Literature/EvidenceOfThingsNotSeen'', Frank asks his wife Stella if she would like to swing on a star and carry moonbeams home in a jar.

[[folder:Magazines]]
* For some reason, in ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'''s "Blogs of Doom" featuring Dalek Caan, the MadOracle's cryptic utterances keep turning into this:
** On the Doctor: "He dances in the moonlight, everybody's feeling warm and bright!"
** On the Children of Time: "They cross time, space and [[Creator/JonPertwee the void beyond the mind]] to move against us."
** On Martha: "[[Music/{{Aqua}} Dr Jones, Dr Jones, calling Dr Jones, Dr Jones, Dr Jones, get up now!]]"
** On the Time War:
*** "[[Music/ProcolHarum I skipped the light fandango and turned cartwheels across the floor]]!"
*** "I've been undressed by the Could've Been Kings and seen some things that a Dalek ain't supposed to see! I've been to the Skaro Degradations but I've never been to meeeee!"
** On the destruction of the Daleks: "The endless armies will burn! [[Music/KatyPerry And I am dancing through the fire, because I am a champion, and you're gonna hear me roooaaaaar!]]"

[[folder:Music]]
Note: For this category, we only list sketches or spoken word interludes on musical albums to be counted as an example of Waxing Lyrical.
* Music/FrankZappa:
** During the song "Punky's Whips" Terry Bozzio is voicing his obsession for Punky Meadows and at one point says (not sings): "Oh, Punky, isn't it romantic?" While he says that a small musical snippet from the 1930s song "Isn't It Romantic?" can be heard in the background.
** Music/JoesGarage: During "Sy Borg" Joe is having sex with a robot, but gets too excited, causing the robot to malfunction and shout: "You're plooking too hard! Plooking too hard on me!" This is a reference to the 1966 song "Pushin' Too Hard" by The Seeds.

[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'': One strip has some scientists gathered around an enormous, flaming, [[HeartSymbol heart-shaped meteorite]], and telling a reporter that they think it's [[Music/ElvisPresley a hunk o', hunk o' burning love]].
* Occurs on occasion in the puntacular Sunday strips of ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'', where the setup for the jokes can lead to strange reconstructions of song lyrics. For example, Pig tells Rat about how he entered a bread-kneading competition at a fair, lost, and didn't even get to keep the bread dough that he kneaded. Rat responds by saying that if you're persistent enough, you can keep the dough, which prompts him to conclude with this gem:
-->'''Rat:''' [[Music/TheRollingStones You can't always get what you won, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you knead]].\\
''(BeatPanel)''\\
'''Rat:''' {{Who writes this|Crap}} [[SymbolSwearing @*!&]]?
* In one ''ComicStrip/ShermansLagoon'' strip, Sherman the shark announced that he was collecting (Easter) eggs. Sea turtle Fillmore pointed out that someone else was appointed to collect the eggs, and exclaimed, "Doesn't anyone know who they're supposed to be?" Of course, as soon as Sherman referred to himself as the "eggman," we all knew [[Music/TheBeatles that walrus would show up in the last panel]].

[[folder:Pinball]]
* Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/{{Mayfair}}'', based on the film version of ''Film/MyFairLady'', is peppered with references to the musical's various songs, including:
** A street sign for Your Street ("The Street Where You Live")
** A dancing couple asking "dance all night?" ("I Could Have Danced All Night")
** Eliza's father has a card in his hatband reading "''Reminder:'' Get Me To The Church On Time"

[[folder:Podcasts]]
* ''Podcast/AnimeSlushie'': The text-to-speech quotes over [[SpecialEditionTitle the buttrock that opens the [=RWBY=] episodes]] are all lyrics from actual [=RWBY=] music.
** Until [=V8E13=], that is. That episode's quote is "WHO CARES ABOUT LYRICS, THIS SHOW SUCKS." [=V8E14=] has no quote at all.
* This is a favourite pastime across many ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' games.
** In the ''Franchise/HarryPotter''-themed game ''Hogwarts: The New Class'':
*** Episode three gets its title from Jake singing "Let's get it sorted!" to the tune of "Let's Get It Started" by Music/TheBlackEyedPeas.
*** Episode four has several Music/WuTangClan lyrics dropped casually by the kids.
** In ''Podcast/TheFallenGods'' when Tuatha succeeds her constitution saving throw in episode 10, Solvin asks her if she woke up [[Music/{{Kesha}} feeling like P. Diddy]].
** ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'':
*** While debating what constitutes a magic attack in episode 4, Alan states "[[Music/BoB I've got the magic in me]]", and Jake follows up with "Everything he touch that track it turns into gold".
*** Jake accidentally says lyrics from [[Music/{{Metallica}} "Enter Sandman"]] while describing a scene at Chell's home, and Josh tries to keep it going.
*** They do it to the theme from ''Film/WildWildWest'' during the previously on segment for episode 11. Jake tries to stop it before they get sued.
* When the ''Podcast/{{Jemjammer}}'' party lands at Port Meridian and tries to figure out what to do on a space station, Cacophony declares that the proper action is to find a girl named Brandy and tell her she might be a fine girl, but your life, your lover, your lady...is [[SpaceX space sea]].
* In ''Podcast/InterstitialActualPlay'' episode 2.
-->'''Jo:''' First things first--\\
'''Wheels:''' I'm the realest.\\
'''Riley:''' I was gonna say "I eat your brains".
** In episode 11, when Edith trudges through the woods.
--->'''Hazel:''' I'm making my way...downtown. Walking...at a moderate pace, faces pass, and I mean, like, in a grander sense I'm home bound.
* ''Podcast/MysteryShow'': Dennis, the Ticketmaster customer service rep, quotes Music/{{Gotye}}:
-->'''Dennis:''' You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness.
* All over the place in ''Podcast/{{Disgraceland}}'', as you can expect.
* Podcast/SongVsSong is just as guilty.

[[folder:Radio]]
* A very common gag in [[Radio/TheVeryWorldOfMiltonJones Milton Jones's shows]]; particular highlights include "Is this a photo of you with Music/{{REM}}?" "Yes, that's me in the corner" and this gem:
-->I had a Siamese twin, you see, but we were separated a couple of months before I went onto the comedy circuit. In fact, he earned a little money from doing this really bad impressions of me, but then he became an astronaut. I saw him again recently. He asked me how I'd been. I said, well, at first I was afraid, I was petrified, thought that I could never live without you... by my side. But I spent so many nights, thinking how you did me wrong, and I grew strong... So now you're back. From outer space.
** Another joke by him combines this with HypocriticalHumor: "I'd like to see a world without plagiarism. [[Music/JohnLennon You may say I'm a dreamer... but I'm not the only one]]."
* ''Radio/AbsolutePower'':
** In the first episode Sandy is accused of taking the petty cash and stormed out. When they find out it was really stolen by the chairman of the Conservative Party and she returns, Charles greets her with "Ah, Sandy. You came and you gave without taking, but we sent you away."
** In episode 2 of season 3, Charles declares HesBack after being lovesick with "[[Theatre/{{Oliver}} I'm reviewing the situation, I'm a bad 'un, and a bad 'un I shall stay.]]"
* When Pip Bin, Mr. Gently Benevolent, and Harry Biscuit are in space in ''Radio/BleakExpectations'', Harry keeps quoting "Space Oddity". When he thinks Pippa is leaving him for Mr. Benevolent (again), he does the first few lines of "I Will Survive".
** Also, His Majesty King George the Fourth's armada, including H.M.S. War, H.M.S. Huh, H.M.S. What Is It Good For?, and H.M.S. Absolutely Nothing.
* Happens occasionally on ''Radio/TheNowShow''; one particular example came when the audience question was "Who would you give an honour too?" and someone wrote, "I would give a KBE to Shalamar, to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Night_to_Remember_(Shalamar_song) make him a knight to remember]]." (Hugh: "I think I was far away enough from the actual tune there that we don't have to pay royalties.")
** In the first episode of the 2010 election special series, ''The Vote Now Show'', they looked at the various government inspectors the Conservatives would abolish, including one who checks premises for illegal performing animals. The conversation between the inspector and a suspect quickly becomes "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Smith_and_the_Amazing_Dancing_Bear Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear]]".
*** The second-to-last episode of ''The Vote Now Show'', in what became a mini-RunningGag:
---->'''Jon Holmes''': I believe that the children are our future. Treat them well and let them lead the way, show them all the beauty they possess inside...\\
'''Steve Punt''': Jon, has someone bet you that you can't get the lyrics to a Whitney Houston song into tonight's show?\\
'''Jon Holmes''': Yes. Music/MitchBenn has, and he now owes me five pounds.
** Lloyd Langford on the failure of a Lib Dem peer to apologise for alleged sex offences: "It's sad, so sad, it's a sad, sad situation, and it's getting more and more absurd, but for Lord Rennard, [[Music/EltonJohn 'sorry' seems to be the hardest word]]".
** Steve Punt on the badger culls "Brian May is protesting again, in camouflage gear. [[Music/{{Queen}} He's got mud on his face, and he's waving his banner all over the place.]]"
* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'':
** There's a round based on this. For instance, the following dialogue between Graeme Garden (as a doctor) and Barry Cryer (as his patient):
--->'''Barry''': I hope you won't want to give me a jab, because I'm terrified of needles.\\
'''Graeme''': ''(contemptuous)'' Baby. Take off your coat. Real slow.\\
'''Barry''': But it hurts when I move my arms.\\
'''Graeme''': Baby. Take off your shoes.\\
'''Barry''': I can't bend over, it hurts...\\
'''Graeme''': ''(irritated)'' I'll help you take off your shoes. Baby. Take off your dress.\\
'''Barry''': Now, I can explain about the dress...\\
'''Graeme''': ''(dismissively)'' Yes, yes, yes.\\
'''Barry ''': Doctor, do you want me to undress completely?\\
'''Graeme''': YouCanLeaveYourHatOn.
** If one of the teams is putting on an Italian accent for 86 Chicken Cross Lane (a game in which they construct a letter from a historic personage word by word), it will inevitably morph into "Shaddap You Face".
* The original radio version of ''Series/DeadRingers'' uses the same gag as the TV version, only with Radio 4 newsreader Charlotte Greene: "I'm Charlotte Greene. [[Theatre/WestSideStory Say it loud and there's music playing, say it soft and it's almost like praying]]. More on that story later."
* In ''Radio/OldHarrysGame Olympic Special'', Thomas finds himself trying to comfort Creator/MarilynMonroe.
-->'''Marilyn''': Where did I go wrong?\\
'''Thomas''': Well ... [[Music/EltonJohn Norma Jean ... It seems to me ... you lived your life ... like a candle, in the wind. Never knowing who to cling to ... when the rain set in...]]\\
'''Marilyn''': [[LiteralMinded Candles can't cling]].
* The title character of ''Lenin of the Rovers'', Russian footballer Ricky Lenin, does this quite often.
-->'''Ricky''': Look, Ray, I don't care too much for money. Because, you know, money ''can't'' buy me love.\\
...\\
'''Ricky''': Terry! Don't be a hero! Don't be a fool with your life!
** Eventually, the rest of the cast starts joining in.
--->'''Ricky''': Hey, that's neat. That's neat. That's neat, that's neat, that's neat, that's neat.\\
'''Terry Trotsky and Stevie Stalin''': I really love your tiger feet.
* AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho:
** A number of Music/TheBeatles titles are buried in the dialogue of ''Fanfare for the Common Men''.
** In ''Paradise 5'', a man who has spent much of the episode terrified of a Serpent lurking in a VR suite reacts to the Serpent's actual appearance by exclaiming "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZtJxhp7mUw What's that coming over the hill? Is it a monster?]]"
* In the Radio 4 serial ''I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General'', George Grossmith, having been given a dressing down by Creator/WSGilbert for overacting in his role as Sir Joseph in ''Theatre/HMSPinafore'' tells Music/ArthurSullivan it's to make up for his singing. Sullivan assures him neither of them has ever had any criticism of his singing. Grossmith asks "What, never?" and Sullivan, of course, replies "Hardly ever." It's later established that the line has already become a MemeticMutation.
* In an episode of ''Radio/TheInfiniteMonkeyCage'' about microbes, planetary scientist Professor Monica Grady, discussing the search for micro-organisms on Mars, mentions the theory that Earth might have been "seeded" by ancient Martian life.
-->'''Robin Ince:''' Do we know what the chances of anything coming from Mars are?\\
'''Monica Grady:''' I think they're about [[Music/JeffWaynesMusicalVersionOfTheWarOfTheWorlds a million to one]].
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* Several charms in ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful'' are the names of songs.
* The names of the action cards of the "Giant Ants" faction of ''TabletopGame/SmashUp'' are all titles of ''Music/{{Queen}}'' songs
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* In ''Theatre/FiniansRainbow'', Og the {{leprechaun}} is trying to explain that he now knows WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove, and Finian plays along with the quotation of SillyLoveSongs:
-->'''Og:''' Does an optical illusion feel an, oh, such a hungry yearning burning inside of him, under the hide of him? Does an optical illusion feel the beat-beat-beat of the tom-tom in the roaring traffic's boom, in his lonely room?\\
'''Finian''' (His scholarly interest is enlisted): Hmmm. Do you also feel like the promised kiss of springtime that trembles on the brink of a lovely song?\\
'''Og:''' Yes, and what's worse, smoke keeps coming out of me eyes.\\
'''Finian:''' You go round and round like an elevator lost in the tide?
* In ''The Complete History of America (abridged)'', Jefferson and Madison are brainstorming the beginning of the Bill of Rights. After throwing out each other's first ideas as [[StrawCharacter "too liberal" or "too conservative"]] suggestions, Jefferson suggests, [[Music/TheBeeGees "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."
* In an indirect example, the stars of the Broadway musical ''Theatre/RockOfAges'' are this; a small town girl, trying to escape her [[Music/{{Journey}} lonely world]], and a city boy [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything born and raised in south Detroit]].
* A running gag in ''The Case of the Tale Told by an Idiot'', a Theatre/{{Macbeth}}/FilmNoir mash-up by Bruce Kane. The FemmeFatale, Nola, is described in the words of "Whatever Lola Wants" and "Copacabana". Her accomplice's confession at the end keeps lapsing into "You Made Me Love You". Macbeth's soliloquies (in addition to the ones Shakespeare gave him) are "I'm Forever Chasing Rainbows", "Night and Day", and "Three O'Clock in the Morning".
* In the one-man show ''FRIEND (The One with Gunther)'', when Gunther is complaining that the Series/{{Friends}} never saw him as one of the gang, despite his best efforts, he says "I was ''there'' for them!"
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[[folder:TV Tropes]]
* Wiki/TVTropes: In addition to trope names, tropers will often disguise quotes from the song or show they're discussing as banter-like natter.
* ThePowerOfLove: The article opens with the first three lyrics of the eponymous Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews song, and the paragraph closes with the fourth.
* WhoYouGonnaCall: "Of course, {{Muggles}} [[{{Masquerade}} don't tend to be aware]] of the existence of the threat, so types 1-5 are often perceived as kooks, often of the AgentMulder brand. Still, [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} if there's something strange in your neighbourhood...]]"
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Many units in ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' will spout song lyrics as their StopPokingMe lines.
** By extension, ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' as well.
*** On a particular note was Lt. Duran from ''Brood War'', who was prone to (of course) reciting Music/DuranDuran lyrics when poked.
** In ''VideoGame/WarcraftII'', the cheat code to instantly research all magic spells was "[[Music/ThePolice every little thing she does]]".
* In ''VideoGame/{{Sam and Max|FreelancePolice}}: Ice Station Santa'', Sam and Max confront a giant Maimtron robot that randomly drops appropriate pop-song lyrics into its dialogue. Sam can distract it by asking it questions like "Why do fools fall in love?" and "Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?"
** The Maimtron is reactivated in ''What's New Beelzebub'' with the words, "Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die? Oh no. Not I. I will survive. I will survive."
** Later in ''Sam & Max: What's New, Beelzebub?'', they meet Satan who quotes the two lines everyone knows from [[Music/TheRollingStones Sympathy for the Devil]].
** They also find a radio at one point in ''Moai Better Blues'', where if you return to a particular channel several times you get these lines: "Hello, hello, hello?" "Is there anybody out there?" "Just respond if you can hear me." [[Music/PinkFloyd "Is there anyone at home?"]]
** In ''The Devil's Playhouse'', the Maimtron army march to war against [[spoiler:Maxthulthu]] while chanting, "[[Music/{{Beyonce}} If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it, if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it...]]"
* ''VideoGame/HotelMario'' has Mario telling one of the Koopalings: [[Music/TheRollingStones "Hey you! Get off of my cloud!"]]
* [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Jolee Bindo]] spent twenty years on Kashyyyk. Why?
-->'''Jolee:''' I did it all for the Wookiees.\\
'''PC:''' [[Music/LimpBizkit The Wookiees]]?\\
'''Jolee:''' The Wookiees!
* In the handheld versions of ''[[VideoGame/TheSims The Urbz: Sims in the City]]'', after you best the Red Man at a fiddling contest:
-->'''Player Character:''' I told you once, you son of a gun, I'm the best there's ever been!
* In ''VideoGame/MaximoVsArmyOfZin'', a rescued townsperson next to a burning barn proclaims "The roof... the roof... the roof is on fire!" on the spectacle, referencing the Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three song "The Roof Is on Fire".
* In ''{{VideoGame/Metal Gear Solid 3|SnakeEater}}'', if the player starts the game by saying "I like [=MGS2=]!" in the opening screen, Snake will [[SillinessSwitch be wearing a mask in the opening cutscene and greet the Major by saying]] [[Music/DavidBowie "Can you hear me, Major Tom?"]]
* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' does this [[ReferenceOverdosed all the time.]] For example, pretty much every cake-based food item in the game references lyrics from a song by ''Music/{{CAKE}}''.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', there is a guy running around in Hyrule Castle Town. If you talk to him, he says: "I'm late! For a very important date!".
* Some of the clothing/instrument descriptions in ''VideoGame/RockBand'', unsurprisingly.
* In ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' 3U, talking to one of the Moga Village fishing boat captains when you have both Shakalaka party members with you results in him reciting a short (and hilarious) homage to a famous Mary Poppins song.
* ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'': In "Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective", Strong Bad's character, Dangeresque, begins rattling off pop song lyrics when his father, "Dadgeresque," is killed.
-->'''Dangeresque:''' Don't do this dad, you have to hang on! [[Music/BetteMidler Did you ever know that you're my hero]]? [[Music/TheCarpenters We've only just begun]]! You're the wind beneath my wings! [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Umm... She Bop?]]
* ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsUX'':
** In Scenario 12, Soushi uses quotes from the opening and ending song lyrics of ''Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor'' [[note]]"Hajimareba, izure owaru" for the opening song, "Kizu wo outte demo habataki taito, sou negau no nara" for the ending song[[/note]]. Later in Scenario 25, [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Tsubaki]] will use another quote from another ''Fafner'' ending song "Separation" [[note]]"Atashi, ika nakucha"[[/note]]. Lyrics from ''[[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Fafner In The Azure: Heaven and Earth]]'' are quoted by Shou in Scenario 29 [[note]]"If dead people return to the soil, then all of us, then we are all living above dead in a way"[[/note]], while [[Toys/BBSenshiSangokuden Ryuubi Gundam or Chousen Qubeley]] quotes the main song lyrics in Scenario 47 [[note]]"Tamashii wa, katachi wo koe nakara..."[[/note]].
** In Scenario 34, [[VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}} Doctor West]] will quote the lyrics of the 1979 anime ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'' [[note]]"Hahaha! The blowing wind suits this Genius Scientist Doctoooor West!"[[/note]].
** During Scenario 43 of the Union Route, Fei-Yen HD, Sheryl Nome and Ranka Lee will sing the lyrics of the opening song "Tori no Uta" from ''Anime/DancougarNova'' together [[note]]Fei-Yen - "Hokori to ai ga kyoumeishite... Kanadeteru, melody!"; Sheryl - "Tsubasa wa, kaze ni notte...!"; Ranka - "Oo sora ni inoru, Tori no Uta...!"[[/note]].
** At one point in ''UX'', [[Anime/MazinkaiserSKL Aira]] uses the lyrics from "Proud", an in-anime song from ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron'' [[note]]"Hitomi no naka ni utsushi dasareta kibou no kakera. Toki wo koe... Kizuna wo egaku, mirai."[[/note]].
** Shou uses the lyrics to "Fly Dunbine", the opening song to ''Anime/AuraBattlerDunbine'', in Scenario 46 [[note]]"Osoreruna, kanashimuna. Shinjiru kokoro ga... Seigi ni narundaaa!"[[/note]].
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny Shinn Asuka]] will quote lyrics from the ending song "Life Goes On" from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny''. [[note]]"Kono inochi ga, aru kagiri."[[/note]]
* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration'', Irm will sometimes quote the ''Series/UltramanTaro'' opening theme when he attacks.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis:
-->'''Yakko:''' We need to cooperate here. Wakko, you take the high road. Dot, you take the low road. As for me, I'll be in Scotland before ye. Whatever that means.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSimsMedieval'' if you get the "Ghost Ship" chance event one of the choices is described with "[[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} I ain't afraid of no ghost!]]"
* In ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'' this can happen at several points:
** You can quote Music/{{DMX}}'s "Where The Hood At" at your Shivers skill, and it replies in kind:
--->'''You:''' Where the hood, where the hood, where the hood at?\\
'''Shivers:''' HAVE A [[NWordPrivileges BROTHER]] IN THE CUT. WHERE THE WOOD AT?
** The Electrochemistry skill will reference Music/FatboySlim's "The Rockafeller Skank", as you [[spoiler:extract the bullet which has punched a hole in the Hanged Man's basal ganglia]]:
--->'''Electrochemistry:''' The ''funk soul brother'' at the back of his head has gone dark. Forever.
** 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 event will quote you right back:
--->'''You:''' OH, I WANT TO DANCE WITH SOMEBODY!\\
'''Egg Head:''' I WANT TO FEEL THE HEAT WITH SOMEBODY!
* A punny case happens on ''Videogame/{{Civilization}} 6'', 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).
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Happens all the time in ''My Name Is Might Have Been'', a ''VideoGame/RockBand'' {{Fan Web Comic|s}}.
* ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' does this in [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/871.html this strip]], which incorporates a number of Duran Duran lyrics, and [[http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2557.html this strip]], in which the transcript of Galileo's trial consists of the lyrics to "Bohemian Rhapsody".
* In ''Webcomic/ElfOnlyInn'' this was actually a plot point, where Slave made a big deal about someone stealing her (his?) poetry, only later was forced to admit she'd stolen all her poetry from a certain well-known singer.
* One ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'' strip involves T-Rex [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=562 trying to hold conversations entirely in lyrics from "A Long December"]] by Music/CountingCrows. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Dromiceiomimus and Utahraptor.
-->''"Come on T-Rex, passing off lyrics as conversation ONLY AMUSES YOURSELF."''
* Happens in [[http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0358.html this strip]] of ''WebComic/DarthsAndDroids''. Annie really seems to like the Broadway; that's not the first time she's done it.
** Meanwhile, Jim is riffing off the Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush duet "Don't Give Up".
* ''WebComic/{{xkcd}}'' does this every now and then, prompting many readers to start quoting the comic. This, inevitably, leads to {{Flame War}}s, they get in one little fight and my mom got scared and said YOU'RE MOVIN' WITH YOUR AUNTIE AND YOUR UNCLE IN BEL AIR
* Mentl in ''Webcomic/TheChallengesOfZona'' is a mage who can use [[ThePowerOfRock favorite song lyrics as powerful spells]]. Examples: he sent blasts of fire by singing [[Music/JerryLeeLewis "Great Balls of Fire"]], and can travel between dimensions by singing [[Music/TheBeatles "Get Back to where you once belonged"]]
* ''Webcomic/TimesLikeThis'' has many examples of this trope, including:
** [[http://timeslikethis.com/?id=122 Cassie concluding a graduation speech with words from Natasha Bedingfield's "Unwritten".]]
** [[http://timeslikethis.com/?id=489 A court jester performing "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" for... King Henry VIII.]]
** [[http://timeslikethis.com/?id=396 Cassie reading lyrics from Rush's "Tom Sawyer" to Mark Twain (who thinks it's a book review).]]
* In the second ''Li'l Mell'' storyline, a running gag involves Sergio trying to write his own playground songs, based on Music/SimonAndGarfunkel, and Mell telling him they're terrible. In the end, Sergio wonders if they'll see Homeschool Joe again and Mell says she told him "Me and Sergio are down by the schoolyard".
* ''Webcomic/Level30Psychiatry'': [[http://lvl30psy.thecomicseries.com/comics/39/ It turns out Tails' theme from Sonic Adventure was a pretty accurate psychiatric assessment.]]
* Faye attempts it in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=977 this]] ''WebComic/QuestionableContent'' strip. It doesn't go over well.
* In ''Webcomic/WorstOfTheTimeLords'', the Tenth Doctor gives the following explanation for the First Doctor:
--> '''Ten:''' [[Music/BobDylan I was so much older then.]] [[TheNthDoctor I'm younger than that now.]]
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick:''
** After getting hit with a ''Crushing Despair'' spell, the [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0591.html giant devil]] whines about his old high school buddies going on to become [[Music/TheRollingStones men of wealth and taste.]]
** Haley telling Hinjo that they need to retreat:
--->'''Haley''': When I was a little girl, my daddy taught me the words of [[Music/KennyRogers a very wise man]]: "You've got to know when to hold them, know when to fold them, know when to walk away, know when to run".\\
'''Elan''': Amen.\\
'''Belkar''': The man makes some fine roast chicken.
* One ''Webcomic/NineteenNinetySomething'' strip has Joel and Aaron lamenting [[AlphaBitch Lindsay's]] latest sucker of a boyfriend - only to realize by the end that they've been quoting Bell Biv [=DeVoe's=] "Poison."
* In one ''Webcomic/SaffronAndSage'' comic, Coriander tells the group information about Dwarves. Including the fact that the men like to form raiding parties and that the women glow. This all turns out to be a set up for Saffron to say [[Music/MenAtWork "We'll go through the land down under, where women glow and men plunder"]].
* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'':
** After crashing King's ([[BalefulPolymorph formerly]] known as Joel Robinson) wedding Pete [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2013/05/24/woe-woe-woe/ quotes]] Simon and Garfunkel.
** Kitsune goes so far as to manifest a karaoke machine to remind Tarot ''[[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2018/04/16/were-gonna-vent-our-frustration/ You can't always get what you waaaant.]]''
* In ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'' Jigsaw [[ScriptSwap hacks]] her stepsister's script in order to Rickroll her [[http://www.lastres0rt.com/comic/they-have-a-real-step-sibling-rivalry-going/ protest speech]].
* ''Webcomic/StrangeSchool'': [[https://strangeschoolnotsogreat.tumblr.com/post/137318907622/encounter-not-ida Chicka]], does this with the Music/{{Vocaloid}} song, "Matryoshka":
---> KALINKA, MALINKA, SNAPPED LIKE A BOWSTRING!\\
TELL ME, TELL ME, WHAT SHOULD I DO?
* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'': [[https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2021/03/17/speedwagon In one strip]], Tycho's discussion of the [[Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague Snyder cut]] is derailed when he mentions 'SEO' (search engine optimization) and Gabe assumes it's related to Music/REOSpeedwagon.
-->'''Gabe:''' Well, ''I'' can't fight this feeling anymore.\\
'''Tycho:''' Don't you fucking dare.\\
'''Gabe:''' Honestly? I've forgotten what I started fighting ''for''.\\
'''Tycho:''' God damn you. You piece of shit. [[BreakingThefourthWall Now the strip is over!]]
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'':
** In his first ''[[VideoGame/Ghostbusters1984 Ghostbusters]]'' game review, he pondered why you're capturing ghosts if they're not harming anything, and asks: "Because busting makes you feel good?", a line from the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' theme song.
** This happens with the show's own ThemeTune in "[[YetAnotherChristmasCarol AVGN: Christmas Carol]]":
--->'''Nerd''': Why are you seeing me?\\
'''Ghost of Christmas Past''': To take you back to the past!\\
'''Nerd''': To play some shitty games that suck ass? No thanks.
** Also, from the Tiger Electronics episode: "Yeah, this Tiger sure [[Film/RockyIII rose up to the challenge of its rivals, had the guts, got the glory, went the distance, now it's not gonna stop!]] It's literally a [[{{Music/Survivor}} survivor]]!"
* A frequent gag including ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''. Including:
-->'''Marik:''' Let's see how you like my Cage of Doom!\\
'''Yami:''' Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage.\\
\\
'''Vic Mignogna:''' [[Music/DavidBowie Let's dance!]]\\
'''Yami:''' I don't feel like dancing. No sir. No dancing today.\\
\\
'''Téa:''' [[Music/BillyJoel We didn't start the fire! It was always burning since the world's been turning!]]
** And another one, from Episode 36, that then [[DiegeticSwitch turns into BGM]]:
--->'''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.\\
'''Joey:''' Yeah, from the very start with honor we've dueled 'n stuff. Watched each other’s backs and, you know, battled with pride.\\
'''Yugi:''' We’re closer than brothers. And now we have to fight each other.\\
'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' And we trust our fate to the heart of the cards!\\
'''Tristan:''' No matter what!\\
'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' Let the game begin.\\
'''Tristan:''' No matter what!\\
'''Yugi and Joey, singing:''' May the best man win.\\
[[note]]'''Kaiba:''' (I love this song)[[/note]]
* Any time JustForFun/{{Rickroll}}ing comes up in an Internet discussion, there's a good chance that someone will mention how Rick Astley's never gonna give you up and never gonna let you down. You wouldn't get it from any other guy. It's now possible to recite lines that are simply a similar form of exaggeratedly romantic promises, and ''get your audience to JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} themselves''.
* ''Literature/TheDescendants'' loves this. To date, it's used "Hurt" by Trent Reznor, "Once in a Lifetime" by Music/TalkingHeads and "Sympathy for the Devil" by The Rolling Stones.
** The "Sympathy for the Devil" one is arguable because the characters were quoting the ShowWithinAShow.
* In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', when describing the Astral Knights, the Emperor says that they were "...the best around. Nothing was ever gonna keep them down.", quoting the "You're the best" song from ''Film/TheKarateKid''.
* ''WebVideo/{{Unskippable}}'''s ''VideoGame/GrandiaIII'' episode:
** As far as I know, there's only been one.
** Singular sensation.
* An episode of ''ENN'' (WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun's ''Daily Show''-style gaming news show that eventually became ''Checkpoint'') has the newsreaders reciting the theme song to ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''.
* [[http://beta.newsbiscuit.com/board/61/01/8//Mild-alarm-caused-by-kung-fu-fighting-ou.html This]] Website/NewsBiscuit article, "Mild alarm caused by kung fu fighting outbreak" ("it was a little bit frightening" said one witness)
* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'':
** In a really old version of the character page, Marzipan's description stated that "She loves horses and her boyfriend, too."
** "3 Times Halloween Funjob" has Strong Sad dressing up like David Byrne, and sure enough, there's an EasterEgg with the inevitable reference to the lyrics of "Once In A Lifetime".
--->'''Coach Z:''' Well, Strong Sad, this is a beautiful house you got here.\\
'''Strong Sad:''' This is not my beautiful house!\\
'''Coach Z:''' Oh, and I haven't been introduced to your beautiful wife yet, neither.\\
'''Strong Sad:''' This is not my beautiful wife!
** In the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "cliffhangers", Strong Bad's eventual response (after some LiteralistSnarking) to a request to "resolve all the cliffhangers, please" is "[[Music/TheBeatles You say you want a resolution]], huh?"
** In WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad Issue #14, Quarterman quotes some lines from "[[Film/HighSchoolMusical What I've Been Looking For]]" when he tells The Ugly One, "All this time I was looking around, and you weren't right there in front of me. But I realized... when I was looking around... that you were right there in front of me... all this time...".
--->'''The Ugly One:''' ''(excited)'' That makes so much sense!
** In "A Decemberween Mackerel", Homestar is so turned off at the thought of helping Senor Cardgage, that he leaves for Marzipan's house. As he does this, he references "Winter Wonderland" by telling Marzipan "Later on, we'll conspire."
** The last update to the site (until AprilFoolsDay of 2014, at least) was a "Decemberween costume special" that had The King of Town dressed up as Heat Miser from ''WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus''. When Homestar confused it for a "Devil Don King", he was corrected, followed by the KOT saying "I'm Mister Heat Blister, I'm Mister Hundred and One!"
** "Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold", an unfinished sequel to their original children's book, features a flying competition involving strapped-on wings. After Homestar's teammate Mr. Bland is put out of commission, he drafts Strong Sad onto the team saying "Take these broken wings and learn to fly!" a line from both "Blackbird" by the Beatles and "Broken Wings" by Mr. Mister. When this was adapted into a cartoon, two alternate takes were added where the line is swapped out first for "You've got to fly, fly to the angels" ("Fly to the Angels" by Slaughter) and then "You're motoring! What's your price for flight?" ("Sister Christian" by Night Ranger).
** In "Mr. Poofers Must Die", Strong Sad starts making a series of references to Music/DinosaurJr albums, in reference to Marzipan dressing as lead singer J. Mascis. Strong Bad complains that no one else gets the reference, and Marzipan says that while she gets the joke, [[LamePunReaction it's not very funny]].
* 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.....
* [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara]] tends to do this quite a lot, most often when a comic's dialogue gives him a decent opening. This is usually an excuse to play the song, no matter how otherwise irrelevant, over the opening title card or closing credits. He will also occasionally play a clip from the song immediately after reciting the verse if he thinks viewers might not get the reference. He seems to know an awful lot of songs.
* After a chapter of ''Webcomic/DiveQuest'' that's been particularly harrowing for both of them on a personal level, Tislomer and Babrakus start reciting lines from the Music/DropkickMurphys' "Forever".
* In ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'', some of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick 's elven montages feature lyrics to 'One Week' by Music/BarenakedLadies and Music/BadRomance by Music/LadyGaga.
* ''Blog/ThingsMrWelchIsNoLongerAllowedToDoInAnRPG'':
--> 390. My character's background must be more in-depth than a montage of ''Queen'' lyrics.
* In the ''WebVideo/DVDRHell'' review of ''Series/{{Bibleman}}'', archvillain [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Doctor Insano]] delivers a "WeWillMeetAgain" speech from behind bars.
-->Beware, Bibleman -- There's [[Series/CharlesInCharge a new scientist in the neighborhood! Lives downstairs, and it's understood!]]
* [[Website/TheAgonyBooth Mr. Mendo]] does this a lot, usually as a CouchGag. At various times, he's introduced himself as:
-->Your fantabulous host who [[HolidayInCambodia works harder with a gun in his back for a bowl of rice a day]], [[ThemeTune who's got a double mission with evil at its worst]], [[Music/TheNotoriousBIG who can fill you with real millionaire shit...]], etc.
* WebVideo/TVTrash's The Rowdy Reviewer does this when reviewing ''WesternAnimation/TheGroovenians''. After a character says "Tomorrow is another day", he follows it up with "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_On_the_Rain And I'm thirsty anyway, so bring on the rain.]]"
* In ''WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeriesKpts4tv'' DaChief declares "[[JustForFun/{{Rickroll}} I won't let you down... or give you up... but I might run and round and desert you.]]"
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic concludes his review of ''Film/JingleAllTheWay'' with this, as a threat to Santa:
-->'''Critic''': You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout. I'm telling you why. THE NOSTALGIA CRITIC IS COMING TO YOUR HOUSE!
* Happens occasionally in WebVideo/ToddInTheShadows' videos, usually using lyrics from the song he's reviewing.
** In "OMG" and "The Top 10 Best Songs of 2010", he hits on Lupa with terrible song lyrics ("OMG" itself and "Sexy Bitch" in the former, "Carryout" in the latter).
** To push the joke on "[[Music/LadyGaga Born This Way]]" and "[[Music/{{Madonna}} Express Yourself]]" [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong being considered too similar]], 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".
** He closes a U2 top 5 with "I'm Todd in the Shadows, and I still haven't found what I'm looking for".
** "I mean, you'd think people [[Music/{{Wings}} would have had enough of silly love songs.]]"
** "Levine, [[Music/TheRollingStones get off of his cloud!]]"
** He begins his review of "We Are Young" and "[[Music/{{Gotye}} Somebody That I Used to Know]]" by quoting the former's opening lyrics: "Give me a second. I... I need to get my story straight."
** In His "Top 10 Best Songs of 2013" video, [[WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh Kyle]] convinces Todd to get over his depressive stupor and go on with the show by telling him to "be the best... hooded [[Music/{{Queen}} silhouetto of a man]] that you can be!"
*** From the same video, when discussing Gotye's failure to get any further publicity after "Somebody That I Used to Know" became a #1 hit, he admonishes the public: "You didn't have to cut him off!"
*** A partial example when he's describing "Some Nights" by fun. -- he asks "What is this song about? What ''is'' this song about?" in a manner deliberately imitating the song's "What do I stand for? What do I stand for?" and immediately cuts to the next line, "Most nights, I don't know."
** When introducing Music/JustinTimberlake in his review of "Suit and Tie"/"Thrift Shop", Todd asks, "You ready, JT?", just as Timbaland does in "Suit and Tie".
** In the "Worst Hit Songs of 2013" video, he says that the "bros" who have overtaken country music in 2013 are "[[Music/GeorgeStrait not here for a long time, just a good time.]]"
** In his "Talk Dirty" review, when he realizes Jason Derulo has still been having hits, he states that it's [[{{Music/LLCoolJ}} "not a come back, he's been here for years"]].
** When introducing "Show Me" in his Worst Hit Songs of 2014 video, he comments that the song reminds him of something, but he doesn't know what it is.
** Also in the Worst of 2014 video, when discussing Jason Derulo's "Trumpets," particularly that the subject's eyes remind him of a Music/{{Coldplay}} song, Todd responds with, "...they were all yellow?"
** In his "Best Hit Songs of 2015" video, before introducing "Wildest Dreams," he comments that Music/TaylorSwift romanticizing a sustained relationship is hard to believe because "she goes on too many dates" but "can't make them stay." At least, "that's what people say". Also, while discussing "[[Music/{{Rihanna}} Four]][[Music/KanyeWest Five]][[Music/PaulMcCartney Seconds]]," he says that the song carries the sentiment of "[[Music/RKelly It's the freakin' weekend, baby, I'm about to have me some fun!]]"
** Todd sums up "Scars to Your Beautiful"'s underlying message as "[[Music/ChristinaAguilera you are beautiful no matter what they say, words can't bring you down.]]"
* In ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'', Penwood and his men get reports that London Bridge is falling down.
-->'''British Intelligence Agent:''' London Bridge is falling down!\\
'''Penwood:''' Falling down?!\\
'''British Intelligence Agent:''' Falling down!\\
'''Penwood:''' London Bridge is falling down... My fair lady, what should we do!?
* The ''Series/DoctorWho'' analysis blog ''[[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/author/phil/tardis-eruditorum/ TARDIS Eruditorium]]'' occasionally does this with its jokey picture captions, for instance, suggesting that in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E5PlanetOfFire Planet of Fire]]", the Master [[http://www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/burn-with-me-planet-of-fire/ is saying to Peri]] "[[Music/{{Slade}} See Kamelion, lying there in the sun]]..."
* ''WebVideo/TheBenHeckShow'': In the 2015 Halloween episode, Ben quotes word-for-word the ending rap/speech of Michael Jackson's Thriller.
* Website/RottenTomatoes had a consensus that read "[[Music/TheClash The Shareef don't like]] ''[[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rock_the_kasbah/ Rock The Kasbah]]'', and neither will viewers...".
* El Sandifer of ''TARDIS Eruditorum'', also did this with her previous blog ''The Nintendo Project'', quoting OneHitWonder the Vapors with a shift in punctuation, when her [[http://projectnes.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/tldnr-baseball-games.html discussion of baseball games]] says "Video games have always been turning Japanese, I think. So?"
* Parodied UpToEleven in the ''WebVideo/{{Smosh}}'' video "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB0Vb0DAedA REJECTED TWILIGHT ZONE EPISODES!]]" where one of the rejected episodes featured a woman who could only say lyrics from Music/LadyGaga songs.
* In ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', Yui admits that she latched onto Kirito and Asuna to try to figure out how [[BelligerentSexualTension two incredibly dysfunctional people managed to form a stable relationship.]] Or as she puts it:
-->'''Yui:''' I wanted to know what love is. I wanted you to show me.\\
'''Asuna:''' (''tearing up'') Goddamn ''Music/{{Foreigner}}''...\\
'''Kirito:''' [[InnocentBigot Y-you]] mean the band, right?
* From the ''1000 Misspent Hours'' [[http://1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsh-m/murderatthebaskervilles.htm review]] of ''Film/MurderAtTheBaskervilles'':
-->'''El Santo''': Now [[Series/MrEd a horse is a horse]] (of course, of course), and no one can bribe a horse to throw a race (of course), and that pertains even if the horse is the famous Silver Blaze.
* An invoked version: Go on Website/YouTube and search for "Sung by the movies". You'll find a number of videos of movies spliced together so their dialogue forms the lyrics to various songs.
* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable WebVideo/ButReallyReallyFast'', Kira does this with the lyrics from the Music/TheyMightBeGiants' song "ECNALUBMA", which also [[spoiler:foreshadows his eventual fate]]. An example, which also has lyrics from the Jojo Part 4 theme song itself, "Great Days":
-->'''Kira:''' I knew that this would happen, WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN?! I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE A [[TitleThemeDrop BREAKDOWN, BREAKDOWN--]]
* In Creator/TeamFourStar's abridged parody of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency'', the characters [[MusicalThemeNaming named after famous music acts]] tend to quote lyrics from those music acts' most-known songs. Other song lyrics are quoted just for the hell of it.
-->'''[[Music/{{Wham}} Wamuu]]:''' Thanks for ''waking us up before you went-went''!\\
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'''Joseph Joestar:''' (''to Lisa Lisa'') ''[[Creator/PaulyShore And you are the one I adore!]]''\\
'''Lisa Lisa:''' [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure Not the reference, but whatever]]. [''She's actually named after Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam'']\\
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'''Lisa Lisa:''' You are now Hamon masters ''head to toe.''\\
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'''[[Music/{{ACDC}} Esidisi]]:''' Oh, ''you've got some big balls'' to take me on.\\
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'''Joseph Joestar:''' [''after defeating Esidisi''] Looks like he's ''on a highway to Hell'', now!\\
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'''Esidisi:''' [''his brain is possessing Suzi Q's body''] So, turns out ''Hell's not a bad place to be!''\\
'''Joseph Joestar:''' ''Hell's Bells'', he's got Suzi Q! She's ''up to her neck in him!'' Esidisi, your ''dirty deeds'' will not go unpunished!\\
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'''Esidisi's brain:''' [''as he's exploding''] I've been... ''Hamon struck!''\\
'''Joseph Joestar:''' Now that's what I call a ''brain shake!''\\
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'''[[Music/TheCars Kars]]:''' Sorry, but I'm a real ''dangerous type'', and while you might have the ''drive'' to beat me, you're ''all mixed up'' if you think you have the skills! [''Joseph kicks him off a cliff''] Aw, dammit. [''falls'']\\
'''Joseph Joestar:''' ''Bye-bye, love!''\\
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'''Wamuu:''' It was a mistake to come here alone, but if you're that eager to die, ''I'm your man.''\\
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'''Joseph Joestar:''' [''mourning [[Music/LedZeppelin Caesar Zeppeli]]''] We had ''good times, bad times''... Sometimes we had a ''communication breakdown'', but... now you're climbing a ''stairway to Heav-'' [''Zeppeli's blood bubble hits Joseph in the face''] Blood in my eyes! Blood in my eyes, oh God! This is how you get hepatitis!\\
'''Lisa Lisa:''' [=JoJo=], this is no time to get ''lost in emotion!''\\
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'''Joseph Joestar:''' [''having just decapitated a distracted Wamuu''] Looks like you got ''careless... whisper.''\\
'''Wamuu's Head:''' [[LampshadeHanging Y'know, some people consider "Careless Whisper" to be a George Michael solo single, Even though it was released on Wham!'s "Make it-]] [''[[KilledMidSentence dies]]'']\\
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'''Robert E.O. Speedwagon:''' Don't worry; they've [''Stroheim and his cohorts''] got ''[[Music/JustinTimberlake sunshine in their pockets]]!''\\
'''Rudol von Stroheim:''' ''[[LightEmUp And ze good soul in our beams]]!''\\
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'''Kars:''' [''upon becoming the UltimateLifeForm''] And now, ''let the good times roll!'' [''Joseph crashes a plane into him'']\\
'''Joseph Joestar:''' Terribly sorry, but ''I'm all you've got tonight!''\\
'''Kars:''' It's sunrise, you asshole!

* In his review of ''Film/TheOogielovesInTheBigBalloonAdventure'', ''WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob'' unamusedly sings 'Silent Running' by ''Music/MikeAndTheMechanics''. He recites the lyrics in such a way that his disdain for the film is ''palpable''.

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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E17BartGetsAnElephant Bart Gets an Elephant]]" has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPrI8db74kA a scene where Homer crashes the family car into a statue of a deer]], leading to a [[Funny/TheSimpsonsSeasons1To8 funny moment]] as the characters inadvertently recite the opening line of "Do-Re-Mi" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.
--->'''Homer:''' D'oh![[note]](or maybe "[[{{Pun}} Doe)!"]][[/note]]\\
'''Lisa:''' A deer!\\
'''Marge:''' A ''female'' deer!
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E24Homerpalooza Homerpalooza]]", Homer mourns his loss of the freedom he had in his youth, "I used to [[Music/{{KISS}} rock and roll all night and party ev-e-ry day]]. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find one night a month in which to get funky."
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E2HowISpentMyStrummerVacation How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]", when Homer is forced to leave the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp:
--->'''Music/MickJagger:''' [[Music/TheRollingStones Cheer up Homer, it's only Rock 'n' Roll Camp.]]\\
'''Homer:''' But I like it...
** From "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E19TheSweetestApu The Sweetest Apu]]", 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!
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E9IAnnoyedGruntBot I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot]]", when Homer pretends to be a robot in a robot fighting competition, he defeats one robot using a buzzsaw by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using its own weapon against it]], leading to this commentary:
--->'''Announcer 1:''' He's killing him softly with his saw.\\
'''Announcer 2:''' Killing him softly?\\
'''Announcer 1:''' [[Music/TheFugees With his saw!]]
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E5BartAfterDark Bart After Dark]]", when the Springfieldians decide to keep their beloved burlesque house, the Maison Derriere, Reverend Lovejoy paraphrases the Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash song, "Our House":
--->'''Lovejoy:''' This house is a very, very, very fine house.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]" Bart goes to Hell and meets the Devil, who says: [[Music/TheRollingStones "Please allow me to introduce myself."]]
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E5LisaTheVegetarian Lisa the Vegetarian]]" Music/PaulMcCartney hears Lisa say that ran away from home he says: "What, she's leaving home?", referring to Music/TheBeatles song "She's Leaving Home", and his then-wife Linda says "Whenever we're in Springfield, we like to hang out in Apu's garden in the shade", paraphrasing "Octopus's Garden".
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E11MargicalHistoryTour Margical History Tour]]", the retelling of King Henry VIII's life shows Henry (Homer) introduced singing "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am".
** In "Who Shot Mr. Burns: Part 1", before he was shot, Mr. Burns paraphrases the Music/SimonAndGarfunkel song "Feelin' Groovy", saying "Hello, lamppost, whatcha knowin'? I've come to watch your power flowin'...".
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS7E7RedMansGreed Red Man's Greed]]" the citizens of South Park are all being evicted by an oppressive Native American casino. They rise up and march and sing as one. The song includes lines such as "We are strong" and "No one can tell us we're wrong" and sounds like an inspiring protest song... 'til it turns out they're singing [[Music/PatBenatar "Love Is A Battlefield"]].
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E13KennyDies Kenny Dies]]", Cartman appears before Congress, and after making his speech, says "I'm not the best speaker. Maybe I can put it best in the words of a timeless song." He then proceeds to lead Congress in [[Music/{{Asia}} "Heat of the Moment"]].
** The boys warn the police that criminals are going to be at the monster mash in "[[Recap/SouthParkS16E12ANightmareOnFaceTime A Nightmare on Face Time]]".
--->'''Sgt. Yates:''' How many people at the Monster Mash?\\
'''Officer:''' Most of the town, sir. It's a graveyard smash.\\
'''Officer 2:''' Look, whatever we do, we'd better hurry. It gets on in a flash.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
** The episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E10RunningMates Running Mates]]" where Peter runs for the head of the PTA had him just reciting sitcom lyrics in his speech:
--->'''Peter''': [[Series/OneDayAtATime1975 This is life. The one you get, so go and have a ball]]. [[Series/DiffrentStrokes Because the world don't march to the beat of just one drum, what might be right for you, might be wrong for some]]. [[Series/TheFactsOfLife You take the good and take the bad and there you have]]... my opening statement. Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog.
** This gag would be rehashed in during [[spoiler:Angela's funeral]] in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS17E9PawtucketPete Pawtucket Pete]]".
--->'''Peter''': [[Series/{{Friends}} So, no one told you life was gunna be this way. (claps hands)]] Angela. [[Series/{{Cheers}} Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name.]] Angela. [[Series/SanfordAndSon (sings Sanford and Son theme tune)]]. Angela.
** Also, in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E2HolyCrap Holy Crap]]" when Peter's dad vanishes at the baseball game after going to "buy some peanuts and Cracker Jack", Brian responds with "I don't care if he never gets back." *{{Beat}}* "[[LampshadeHanging I wasn't being cute, I really hope he's dead.]]"
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E10ModelMisbehavior Model Misbehavior]]", Peter asks Lois, [[Music/{{RightSaidFred}} "So don't you wanna go back and do your little turn on the catwalk? On the catwalk? Yeah, on the catwalk? Do your little turn on the catwalk?"]]
** In the ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball parody]], when Leia strangles Jabba, his subtitles may read "Help, I'm being strangled!" [[EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped but his Jabbaspeak is the lyrics to Lady Marmalade]]. Later, when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceUL2Jgi0GY C-3P0 is regaling the Ewoks with stories]], he is telling them the opening theme to ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''.
** When Carter Pewterschmidt suffers a heart attack, he exclaims "[[Music/BillyJoel I’m having a heart attack-ack-ack-ack! You oughta know by now!]]" before losing consciousness.
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E17ForeignAffairs Foreign Affairs]]" Bonnie gets in a relationship with another paraplegic. Joe says that he truly loves her and proves it by standing (with help from Quagmire). The other paraplegic states that [[Music/MeatLoaf he would do anything for love, but he won't do that]].
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E16AVerySpecialFamilyGuyFreakinChristmas A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas]]", Lois tells Stewie to behave on Christmas as Santa is watching.
--->'''Stewie''': What the devil do you mean, "watching"?\\
'''Lois''': Well, honey, Santa's making a list and checking it twice.\\
'''Meg''': He sees you when you're sleeping.\\
'''Chris''': And he knows when you're awake. *{{Beat}}* I almost caught him last year. But he's magic!
** In "Family Gay", Brian asked the doctor how long the effects of the gay serum would last. The doctor said that it's unknown, but it could range between [[Theatre/{{Rent}} "A day, a week, or five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes."]]
** In "Crimes and Meg's Demeanor", Lois' friend, Annie, was in a coma, after being assaulted and she waxed lyrical, while Chris supported her.
--->'''Lois''': Annie? Are you okay? ... Are you okay? ... Are you okay, Annie?\\
'''Chris''': What's wrong with her?\\
'''Lois''': She was hit by-She was struck by a [[Music/{{MichaelJackson}} smooth criminal]].\\
'''Chris''': That was fun, mom. We don't usually get to do stuff like that together.
** A brief little quip of this was done by Stewie in "Prick Up Your Ears", when Stewie nicknamed Brian, [[Music/{{DonMcLean}} "Threw my chevy to the levee but the levee was Bri."]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':
-->'''Dr. Venture:''' You know I feel so dirty when they start talking cute.\\
'''The Monarch:''' Yeah, well get used to it.\\
'''Dr. Venture:''' I want to tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot.\\
'''The Monarch:''' ... Are you reciting ''Jessie's Girl''?
** Also at the start of "Ghost Pirates of the Sargasso", we see Major Tom's last conversation before his spaceship crashes; the conversation is mostly Music/DavidBowie's "Space Oddity" and "Ashes to Ashes".
** As well as Hank reciting Music/TheDoors lyrics while tripping on Molotov's spy poison, and several gags done with the aging rockstars that seem to constitute most of The Guild's leadership. Venture Bros does this a lot actually.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':
** [[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. And neatly subverted at the end:
--->'''Blossom:''' Well, it's like the song goes - the love you take is equal to... equal to... oh, who cares, it's by some dumb old band anyway.
** Another episode that wasn't even remotely Beatles-related threw one in, too:
--->'''Princess:''' ''Help!'' I need somebody! Help! Not just anybody!
** Before the narrator gives his end of episode {{Catchphrase}} in "Knock it Off"
--->'''Narrator:''' I guess the love you take IS equal to the love you make!
** When the Mayor looks through a telescope during the heat wave in "Ice Sore":
--->'''Mayor:''' [[Music/JerryLeeLewis Goodness gracious! Great ball of fire!]]
** In "Say Uncle", the Professor reads a telegram from his brother.
--->"[[Music/TheMonkees I'll be on the last train to Clarksville. Come meet me at the station.]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E4XmasStory Xmas Story]]":
-->'''Leela:''' Fry's outside? He's in great danger!\\
'''Dr. Zoidberg:''' Why?\\
'''Leela:''' I'm telling you why! [[BadSanta Santa Claus is coming to town!]]
** In the same episode,
--->'''Robot Santa:''' You've been very naughty, Fry and Leela. I checked my list.\\
'''Fry:''' Well, check it twice!\\
'''Robot Santa:''' I perform over fifty mega-checks per second!
** "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E12TheSting The Sting]]":
--->'''Fry:''' How big's the honeycomb?\\
'''Hermes:''' Honeycomb's big, yeah, yeah, yeah.\\
'''Bender:''' It's not small?
--->'''Hermes:''' No, no, no.
** Near the end of "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E16ThreeHundredBigBoys Three Hundred Big Boys]]", when the piles of war plunder catch fire, UsefulNotes/RichardNixon yells "The loot! The loot! The loot is on fire!"
** In the second straight to DVD movie, "[[Recap/FuturamaM2TheBeastWithABillionBacks The Beast with a Billion Backs]]", Prof. Wernstum orders some tentacle-resisters to "Stop! In the name of love!"
** Also from "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E15IDatedARobot I Dated A Robot]]".
--->'''Music/GeorgeMichael's Head:''' Please pick me up before you go-go?
** Also this from "[[Recap/FuturamaM3BendersGame Bender's Game]]":
--->'''Elevator Steward:''' Maintenance shaft 7 serving...\\
'''Professor:''' Shut your mouth.\\
'''Elevator Steward:''' I'm just talking about the shaft.
** Still in "Bender's Game":
--->'''Robot Psychiatrist:''' You're suffering from a breakdown. [[Music/MCHammer Now stop, hammertime.]] ''(activates the "treatment", which is basically hitting the patient with a hammer.)''
** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E18TheTipOfTheZoidberg The Tip of the Zoidberg]]", The Professor tells Dr. (John) Zoidberg to flee by saying, "Go Johnny, Go!".
** "Mobius Dick":
--->'''Fry:''' Leela, I'm no doctor, but I'm afraid [[Music/RunDMC you be]] [[SophisticatedAsHell exhibiting symptoms of]] [[Music/RunDMC illin']].
* Variation: In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode where Roger poses as a college professor, his opening lecture quotes from the spoken introduction of Music/{{Prince}}'s "Let's Go Crazy". ("Electric word, 'life', it means forever, and that's a mighty long time...")
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'':
** Señor 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!"
** In another episode:
--->'''Dr. Drakken:''' Your Nana is a bad grandmother...\\
'''Kim:''' Shut yo' mouth!\\
'''Dr. Drakken:''' [[Film/{{Shaft}} I'm just talkin' about Nana.]]
** In "Rufus in Show", when Kim and Ron infiltrated a dog-show, and Kim discovered the gems stolen by Falsetto Jones:
--->'''Kim:''' And Bingo was his name-o.
* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries''
** When Rolly is Egg Sitting, the Eggs, he is laying on, begin to hatch. Rolly panics and tries to get the Eggs back together, barking; "[[Music/TheBeatles Get back! Get back! Get back to where you once belong!]]"?
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'':
** Rocko's attempt at hiding his nail-biting habit using a ham and a monkey puppet leads him to remark, "[[Music/TheBeatles Everybody's got something to hide, except for meat and my monkey.]]"
** 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.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MonkeyDust'', several of Clive's many excuses for being late.
* 29 years before the ''Futurama'' example above, the StopMotion ChristmasSpecial ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'' worked in a similar gag while still averting a TitleDrop.
-->'''Kris Kringle:''' You better watch out. You better not cry, you better not pout.\\
'''Children:''' Why?\\
'''Kris Kringle:''' I'm telling you why! Because ''I'' came to town.
** As did fellow [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin-Bass]] StopMotion {{Christmas Special}}s ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' and ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''.
* The first episode of the eminently forgettable ''WesternAnimation/FamilyDog'' had exactly one funny moment, when one character says to the ButtMonkey dog, "It just goes to show you, you can't always get what you wa-ant."
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'':
** A sketch featuring a crossover of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', ''Film/IRobot'', and ''Series/UnsolvedMysteries'', introduces the case with the line "Meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane his wife." The sketch ends with a preview of the 'next episode', WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}. Was she outrageous? Truly, truly outrageous?"
** [[BlackComedy The principal walks in on a student who murdered his music teacher.]]
--->'''Principal:''' ''(shocked)'' The leader of the band!\\
'''Student:''' His blood runs through my instrument! ''(plays the saxophone as blood spurts out)''
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', Senator Stampingston introduces Dethklok to the Tribunal using the lyrics to the theme song.
--> Skwisgaar Skwigelf, taller than a tree. Toki Wartooth, not a bumblebee. William Murderface. Murderface. Murderface. Pickles. The drummer. Doodily doo...ding dong doodily...doodily doo. Nathan Explosion.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'':
** Grim said, upon realising he was in a dream [[Music/TalkingHeads "This is not me beautiful house! This is not me beautiful wife!" and woke up to Billy chanting "Same as it ever was! Same as it ever was!"]]
** In another episode, Billy chastises General Skarr for not being as evil as Billy thought he was.
--->'''Billy:''' [[Music/MichaelJackson You ain't bad! YOU AIN'T NOTHIN'!]]
** "Fear not, William! [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan I am very well acquainted with all matters mathematical. I understand equations both the simple and the quadratical]]."
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': "[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic I am Wreck-Gar]]! I [[ActorAllusion dare to be stupid]]!" Also a MythologyGag, since that song was featured in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie''.
* In one of the climactic battles of ''Anime/TransformersCybertron,'' Optimus orders his troops into battle formation with the command, "Come together, right now! ''Over me!''" The ''Cybertron'' dub had a lot of those.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' combined this with ThePowerOfRock with the Foreigner Belt, which gave its wearer super-powers triggered by reciting the titles of Foreigner songs.
** From the villain roll call in ''The Last One'':
-->'''Ignignokt''': Just say 'here', and we'll consider that short for 'Here I am, rock you like a hurricane'.
-->'''Err''': You do as the Music/{{Scorpions}} have before you!
* On ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', when Babs arrives at New York, she says "New York, just like I pictured it. Skycrapers and everything", a line from the spoken section of Music/StevieWonder's "Living in the City".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
** The Warners watched a [[LeFilmArtistique pretentious French film]] with dialogue from the original lyrics to "Frere Jacques" and "Alouette".
** 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.
** In "Deduces Wild", the Warners' scavenger hunt list gradually turns into "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
** In "This Pun For Hire", Yakko asks Hello Nurse "What's your story, sister?". Dot takes it as her cue to quote the opening lines of "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" before Yakko explains that he wasn't talking to her.
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'':
** In one episode, Jackie explains that he's in a western town because "I've been working on the railroad." The people he's talking to get angry, and he adds "All the livelong day?"
** In another, the thunder demon Tchang Zu is revived, only to discover that his former realm is now part of Hollywood:
--->'''Tchang Zu:''' My palace! These humans have paved my paradise and constructed a...\\
'''Ratso:''' Uh, [[Music/JoniMitchell parking lot]]?
* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Christmas is|HereAgain}} [[ChristmasSpecial Here Again]]'', Buster the fox refuses to follow the others into the BigBad's hideout.
-->'''Paul Rocco''': 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.
* The Flash pulled one on ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' when asked where Batman was:
-->"Running late. The Batmobile? It lost a wheel. The Joker got away." (''the League members cast pained expressions at Flash'') "That's what I heard."
** Doubles as a ContinuityNod to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veju4PxhuGc Joker's version of "Jingle Bells"]] in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries "Christmas with the Joker."]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In the episode "A Bird in the Hoof," Fluttershy realizes, "[[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland I'm late! For a very important date!]]" Bonus points for her being reminded by a rabbit with a pocket watch.
** In "Best Gift Ever" we hear that Twilight Sparkle has [[SantaClaus "made a list and checked it twice"]].
* Referenced on ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', where his grandma says Arnold "[[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand was born on the backseat of a Greyhound Bus, going down Highway 41.]]" Grandpa Phil points out [[LampshadeHanging that's "from an old hippie song"]].
* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}}'' where Krystal wins the lottery and Dan Halen pretends to be in love with her to get to her money.
** "Krystal, I want to know what love is, I know you can show me. I feel like making love to you. Love in an elevator, lovin' up as I'm goin' down."
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', while giving some advice, Binky Barnes starts reciting the lyrics of the [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage 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.
* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' sketch "The Preamble", in which much of the song is just the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States set to music. [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic And it is awesome.]]
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'', Mr. Bumpy, Squishington, and Molly Coddle are in a contest to see who can freak each other out. Squishington "averts" to a sight behind the door:
-->'''Squishington:''' Get back! Get back to where you once belonged!
* Though the CD didn't come out until about two seasons later, ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'''s William says "Being sensible is just not sensible". Yumi points out that it came from the Subdigitals (then the Subsonics, but they changed the name to avoid copyright from another similar band).
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' has a scene in which Music/{{Beyonce}} trips and twists her ankle, sending the media into a frenzy, as well as a string of terrible Beyonce-related puns:
-->'''Reporter in the field''': Well, Tom, I'm told that she fell on ''all the single dollars."\\
'''Tom''': ALL the single dollars?\\
'''Reporter in the field''': ALL the single dollars!\\
'''Tom''': ''(despairingly) Bills, bills, bills...''
* Luna from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' is a rocker, so she often sprinkles her sentences with lyrics to rock songs.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** In ''Herr Meets Hare'' when Bugs Bunny pretends to be UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and Hermann Goering tries to appease him.
--->'''Goering:''' [[IKissYourHand I kiss mein Fuehrer's hand!]] I kiss [[WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace right in der Fuehrer's face!]]
** In ''WesternAnimation/AGruesomeTwosome'', as a cat tries to woo a female by quoting "You Ought to Be in Pictures".
--->'''Cat:''' Do you want a sky-high penthouse? Do you want a king-size car? Do you want to be in pictures? Do you want to be a star?
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': In the pilot "To the Rescue", Professor Nimnul, who is plotting to destroy the city by creating a giant bolt of lightning, says "It's gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight!"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' episode "Jet Can't Sleep", the characters are playing charades. Sunspot acts out a thunderstorm by dancing around with a flashlight and drum. Jet guesses "[[Music/EllaFitzgerald I got rhythm, I got music]]".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' Zorro parody, Dodgers says the oppressed peasantry yearn "to be born free, as free as the wind blows", quoting the theme of the film ''Film/BornFree''.
* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': In "Know Your Mom", K.O. decides to help his mother, a retired hero, relive her glory days with a rematch with one of her old enemies, Succulentus of the Kactus Krew. Succulentus, played by Johnathan Davis of Music/{{Korn}}, peppers his dialogue with references to nu-metal acts like Music/LinkinPark ("Every step that I take is another mistake for you!"), Music/{{Disturbed}} ("Now you've woken up the demon in me!"), and Music/{{Evanescence}} ("Some coffee would really wake me up inside.").
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'':
** A ChekhovsGun in "Speedtrapped". When a cowboy gets (rightly) suspicious of Quinn's tale of a hitch-hiker stealing her and Daria's money, Daria wins his trust by paraphrasing from [[Music/ConwayTwitty "Don't Call Him a Cowboy"]], which the hitcher sang to the girls earlier ("I don't call 'em cowboys till I see 'em ride...'Cause a Stetson hat and them fancy boots don't tell me what's inside").
** In "Daria!", Kevin yells [[Music/{{Queen}} "We are the champions, my friends!"]] at the pep rally.
** Daria quips [[Ride/{{Disneyland}} "It's a small world after all"]] in "Speedtrapped" (Mystik Spiral's "world tour" amounts to a gig 100 miles away) and "Psycho Therapy" (Jane's online camera feed to "the world" gets a total of eight hits, three of them from Daria).
** In "Art Burn", when Daria sees Jane's booth at the art exhibition, she says [[Series/SesameStreet "One of these things is not like the others"]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In the season 9 Halloween episode "A Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street", the neighborhood kids hunt a prankster 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:
--> '''[[BewareTheNiceOnes Rudy:]]''' You know damn well what we're talking about.
--> '''[[CloudCuckooLander Andy:]]''' Let's give them something to talk about!
--> '''[[SingleMindedTwins Ollie:]]''' [[Music/BonnieRaitt How about love!]]
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* There is a time and a place for this sort of wordplay; [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-11672840 at an inquest asking you why you shot a man dead]] is not it.
* A dark (and likely unintentional) example appears in ''Wonderful Tonight'', the autobiography of Pattie Boyd (ex-wife and [[TheMuse muse]] of both Music/GeorgeHarrison and Music/EricClapton). Music/RingoStarr refused to believe that his wife, Maureen, was having an affair with George until George announced that he was in love with Maureen in front of an entire dinner party--including their spouses. According to Boyd, Ringo [[HeroicBSOD worked himself into a state]] and went around for the rest of the night muttering, "[[Music/TheBeatles Nothing is real]], [[MadnessMantra nothing is real]]."
* While not exactly trying to pass them off as "regular conversation", Creator/{{ESPN}}'s Chris Fowler reveals in an interview with ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine that he had one of his groomsmen incorporate song lyrics into his speech at Fowler's wedding. The groomsman introduced it as "a reading from the great American poet [[Music/{{Metallica}} James Hetfield]]". (The song in question was "Nothing Else Matters".)
* Happens on ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'' a few times.
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/bohemian-nobody/5571 Bohemian Nobody]]
** [[http://notalwaysright.com/easy-come-easy-go/435 Easy Come, Easy Go]]
** [[https://notalwaysright.com/two-is-the-moan-iest-number/76486/ Two Is The Moan-iest Number]]
* After the 2014 Oscar ceremony, when his song "Happy" from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe2'' lost the Best Original Song category to "Let It Go" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', [[http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/pharrell-oscars-loss-decided-article-1.1734194 Pharrell Williams expressed his feelings]]:
-->"When they read the results, my face was … frozen. But then I thought about it and I just decided just to … let it go."
* Herman Cain used a quote in one of his speeches, which he attributed to a ‘poet’, and in a later speech he claimed it was from ‘the closing song to the 2000 Olympics’, unaware that it was taken from ''[[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/The_Power_of_One_(song) The Power of One]]'', used in the ending of the American dub of ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}''. [[HilarityEnsues The Internet did]]. Later, when he dropped out of the Republican Party’s primary elections for the 2012 presidential elections, he used the same quote in his concession speech, saying, ‘I believe these words come from the Pokémon movie,’ trying to pass it off as an indication of him being a family man.
-->'''Cain:''' Life can be a challenge. Life can seem impossible. It’s never easy when there’s so much on the line. But you can make a difference: with courage, you can set things right. The gift to dream, and make dreams real, is yours and mine.
* An anecdote from the ''New York Times'' [[http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/28/nyregion/metropolitan-diary-057673.html "Metropolitan Diary" of September 28, 1998]]:
-->They didn't need the coming revival of ''Theatre/OnTheTown'' to inspire them--Sidney Sandler gave his prescription information to the order taker for the AARP Pharmacy Service in Pennsylvania. He followed this with his address and ended with "New York, New York." The following exchange ensued, short but a delight to both participants.\\
'''Order taker''': "It's a hell of a town."\\
'''Mr. Sandler''': "The Bronx is up."\\
'''Order taker''': "And the Battery is down."
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[[caption-width-right:299:Well, what ''would'' Music/RickAstley do?]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' Zorro parody, Dodgers says the oppressed peasantry yearn "to be born free, as free as the wind blows", quoting the theme of the film ''Born Free''.

* ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse'' does this multiple times with various [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] songs, "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" being perhaps the most obvious. One can expect to find this trope in any JukeboxMusical.

** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS7E7RedMansGreed Red Man's Greed]]" the citizens of South Park are all being evicted by an oppressive Native American casino. They rise up and march and sing as one. The song includes lines such as "We are strong" and "No one can tell us were wrong" and sounds like an inspiring protest song... 'til it turns out they're singing [[Music/{{PatBenatar}} "Love Is A Battlefield"]].

* The third issue of Creator/ArchieComics' ''ComicBook/MegaMan'' has Dr. Light tell Mega Man the following: "[[Music/TheMegas I made you in my image. I built your heart and gave you eyes. I gave you power and a sense of justice beyond any compare. I gave you hands, a child's face... heh... robot hair. But this burden, the burning in your heart, I did not put there.]]" This is almost a word-for-word recitation of the chorus of "The Message from Doctor Light" by Music/TheMegas.

* A punny case happens on ''Videogame/{{Civilization}} 6'', 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).

* An episode of ENN has the newsreaders reciting the theme song to ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''.

* In ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'', Jenna is having a sleepover with some teenagers from the apartment complex. While talking about the struggles of dating, she begins reciting the lyrics to ''Love Is A Battlefield'' by ''Music/PatBenatar.''

* In ''Film/{{13GoingOn30}}'', Jenna is having a sleepover with some teenagers from the apartment complex. While talking about the struggles of dating, she begins reciting the lyrics to ''Love Is A Battlefield'' by ''Music/PatBenatar.''

* In ''Film/13GoingOn30'', Jenna is having a sleepover with some teenagers from the apartment complex. While talking about the struggles of dating, she begins reciting the lyrics to ''Love Is A Battlefield'' by ''Music/PatBenatar.''

* ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsPsiTheseekerOfDarkness'': ''[[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", [[ActorAllusion to him]], much to his confusion.

** A ChekhovsGun in "Speedtrapped". When a cowboy gets (rightly) suspicious of Quinn's tale of a hitch-hiker stealing her and Daria's money, Daria seals the deal by paraphrasing from [[Music/ConwayTwitty "Don't Call Him a Cowboy"]], which the hitcher sang to the girls earlier ("I don't call 'em cowboys till I see 'em ride...'Cause a Stetson hat and them fancy boots don't tell me what's inside").

** Daria quips [[Ride/{{Disneyland}} "It's a small world after all"]] in "Speedtrapped" and "Psycho Therapy".