History Main / WaxingLyrical

* The third issue of Archie Comics' four-part series recreating the events of the first [[MegaMan Mega Man]] game has Dr. Light tell Mega Man the following:

** Which makes it a subversion since Donkey ''sings'' the last line.
* In a sequence of ''[[OceansEleven Ocean's Twelve]]'', Ocean and Rusty start talking SpySpeak with a contact. Linus tries to join the conversation... by reciting LedZeppelin's "Kashmir".
** Which turns out to translate to calling the contact's niece a cheap whore in SpySpeak. [[spoiler:Or so they claim; in reality they're just playing a prank on him.]]
* When [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Bill and Ted]] first meet Socrates, Ted's attempt at "philosophising with him" is to recite the line "All we are is dust in the wind" from the Kansas song "Dust In The Wind". It works.
** Socrates' response is ([[BilingualBonus in Greek]]) the opening to ''Days of our Lives''.
** In the second movie, Bill and Ted go to heaven and are asked the meaning of life. They recite the chorus from "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." Again, it works.

* The chief in TheOtherGuys appears to be doing this with several TLC songs unintentionally.

* The chief in TheOtherGuys appears to be doing this with several TLC songs unintentionally.

*** Also later, when C3P0 is regailing the ewoks with stories, he is telling them the opening theme to ThePreshPrinceOfBelAir.

-->'''Farnsworth:''' Shut your mouth.

** Earlier, in ''The Three Doctors'', The Doctor(Jon Pertwee) tries to explain the presence of [[TheNthDoctor his past self]](Patrick Troughton) to Jo:

** When fighting the Thunderbolts during 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 "AND YOU'RE TO BLAME! YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME!" In the same arc, Taskmaster gets in on the action while disguised as Deadpool; Black Widow asks him who he is, and he responds with "Some people call me the space cowboy...some people call me the gangster of love."

* In one episode of JackieChanAdventures, 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?"

* HotelMario has Mario telling one of the Koopalings: [[TheRollingStones "Hey you! Get off of my cloud!"]]

** 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 ''TheWizardOfOz''.

* In TheEmperorsNewGroove, in Yzma's lair, lines from a certain song from WizardOfOz appear:

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

** [[FridgeBrilliance SO THAT'S WHY IT BECAME A MEME!]]

* The original radio version of ''DeadRingers'' uses the same gag as the TV version, only with Radio 4 newsreader Charlotte Greene: "I'm Charlotte Greene. [[WestSideStory Say it loud and there's music playing, say it soft and it's almost like praying]]."

* From ''DoctorWho'', "The Christmas Invasion":

-->'''George Michael's Head:''' Please pick me up before you go-go?

'''George Michael's Head:''' Please pick me up before you go-go?

* A frequent gag including ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series}}''. 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:''' Let's dance!
-->'''Yami:''' I don't feel like dancing. No sir. No dancing today.

-->'''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.
-->[[hottip:* :'''Kaiba:''' (I love this song)]]

* After a chapter of DiveQuest that's been particularly harrowing for both of them on a personal level, Tislomer and Babrakus start reciting lines from the DropkickMurphys' "Forever".

* In ''SchoolOfRock'', Jack Black's character, trying to bluff his way through a conversation with teachers while posing as a substitute, starts reciting Crosby Stills And Nash's "Teach Your Children Well". Someone asks "Isn't that a song?", and he denies it.

-->'''T-Rex:''' Hey Dromiceiomimus, do you think that I could be forgiven? I wish you would.
-->'''Dromiceiomimus:''' Aw no, not this again. Come on T-Rex, passing off lyrics as conversation ONLY AMUSES YOURSELF.
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