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| 7 | [[quoteright:175:[[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snoopy_dance_4844.jpg]]]] |
| 8 | [[caption-width-right:175:SUPPERTIME!]] |
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| 10 | ->''"Scuse me while I do my happy dance!"'' |
| 11 | -->-- '''Oghren''', ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'' |
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| 13 | This trope is [[ExactlyWhatitSaysontheTin a dance that a character does when they're happy]]. Maybe it's time to celebrate. Maybe it's time to make themselves feel better. Maybe their excitement overflows into action. Maybe they want to pat themselves on the back. Whatever the reason may be, they quickly bust a couple of moves. The Happy Dance! It's also known as a victory dance. |
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| 15 | May even be a signature moment for the character (for example, this picture may seem awfully familiar). See also VictoryPose. |
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| 17 | Contrast AngryDance and DanceOfDespair. |
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| 20 | !!Examples: |
| 21 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 24 | * In the commercials for Kellogg's Raisin Bran Crunch with Johnson, Johnson's low-level manager wants to fire him for apparently just sitting at his desk all day eating cereal instead of doing any work, but can't because the brass likes Johnson due to the amazing things he unwittingly does while eating cereal to benefit the company. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOtGaH8OJkM one installment of this saga]], the manager tries to fire him anyway, but finds Johnson's desk apparently empty because Johnson ducked under the desk to grab a pencil he dropped. Thrilled, he begins a happy dance, fists pumped up in the air, singing "Yes! He's gone! Johnson is gone! Johnson's gone, Johnson's gone... Yes he is!" and twirling. Johnson can't hear any of this because he's re-emerged from under the desk and is crunching on his cereal, but as the boss turns back around, Johnson smiles at him and does a brief sitting-down imitation of the happy dance and the boss ducks out. |
| 25 | * Creator/BongRevilla pulled this off in what went down in Filipino pop culture as the [[{{Narm}} cringiest]], most tasteless [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5Kzi1Yu9QY election advertisement]] in recent memory. It didn't help that he was (suspiciously) acquitted for embezzlement not long after he was tried guilty for stealing public funds, and to make matters worse, people actually ''[[ViewersAreMorons voted for him]]''. MemeticMutation [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X0qV4RwuGE ensues.]] |
| 26 | [[/folder]] |
| 27 | |
| 28 | [[folder:Anime and Manga]] |
| 29 | * ''Manga/DeathNote'': Ryuk + apple = Happy Dance. It's in the second intro. |
| 30 | * ''Manga/DigimonVTamer01'' sees Yagami Taichi and Zeromaru do this pretty often. When a new monster shows up that no one recognizes, it is instantly identified as Zero the moment it and Taichi do their usual routine. |
| 31 | --> '''Taichi''' and '''Zeromaru''': VICTORY DANCE! YAY! YAY! |
| 32 | * ''Manga/DragonBall'': |
| 33 | ** The Ox-King does this in the first arc when Goku reveals he knows Master Roshi, as it means he's found someone who can ask the master for the Bansho-sen that will put out Frypan Mountain's fire keeping Ox-King from his castle. |
| 34 | ** Roshi does one himself when [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Launch]] agrees to live in the Kame House. |
| 35 | ** Captain Ginyu performs a Dance of Joy for Frieza. He tried. [[LargeHam All things considered]] we shouldn't blame Frieza for refusing this *ahem* ''generous'' offer. |
| 36 | * In ''Manga/GetBackers'', Ginji occasionally does a happy-happy dance by going chibi and waving victory fans. |
| 37 | * In ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'', Russia does this after he defeats Poland and Lithuania. |
| 38 | * ''Manga/OnePiece''': |
| 39 | ** Chopper has a trademark happy dance which he burst into every time someone gives him a compliment. He tries to act like he doesn't want their praise, and calls them assholes while wiggling his hips and grinning ear-to-ear. |
| 40 | ** [[spoiler: Bartholomew Kuma is revealed to have one, where he does a little jig while doing an acapella of the Drums of Liberation associated with "Sun God" Nika, a legendary liberator of slaves. He was taught by his father Clapp and is later shown doing the dance with his daughter Bonney.]] |
| 41 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': |
| 42 | ** Ash's Totodile always seemed to be in a happy dance sort of mood. Sometimes even dancing around incoming attacks while laughing the whole time. |
| 43 | ** Misty's Togepi often does happy dances, but since it's usually in Misty's arms, it simply waves its arms back and forth, which sometimes triggers the move [[RandomEffectSpell Metronome]]. |
| 44 | * In ''Anime/{{Sarazanmai}}'', Reo dances in excitement while singing how he and Mabu are "the ultimate couple" in Episode 9. The dance itself is taken [[https://twitter.com/keropparis/status/1135361144980475904 shot for shot]] from the film version of ''Theatre/WestSideStory''. It also doubles as an ActorAllusion, since Creator/MamoruMiyano, Reo's voice actor, was set to play Tony in a Japanese production of ''West Side Story'' at the time. |
| 45 | * ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'': "What's goin' on!? It's the Daddy Dance!" Performed when Koiwai finished a big work project (see chapter 11). |
| 46 | * In ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'', Joey and Tristan do a silly victory dance a couple of times. |
| 47 | --> "[[StandardSnippet/TheCancanSong Can-can]], kick a little can-can, tell me who's the man-man..." |
| 48 | * In ''Anime/YuriOnIce'', Minako and the Nishigori triplets do this since they're excited about the "Onsen on Ice" event and how this will mark Yuri's comeback as a figure skater. However, it's [[http://68.media.tumblr.com/7d99ff0ad8fcc71ba5923381af54f228/tumblr_ohd4pz0Tqu1rztjsno1_500.gif mostly just spinning]]. |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 52 | * Example and ShoutOut in ''[[ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable Fuzzy Knights]]'': [[TheMunchkin Ben]] does a victory dance after a [[RandomNumberGod successful roll]]. |
| 53 | -->'''[[ButtMonkey Target]]''': Not [[Franchise/{{Peanuts}} the Snoopy Dance]]! |
| 54 | * ''MeddlesomePatrolman'': Longtarin does one where he somehow claps his feet together when he manages to give ''ComicBook/GastonLagaffe'' three parking tickets in a row. |
| 55 | * From the Creator/DougTenNapel's short comic ''Solomon Fix'': "Happy coupon dance! Happy coupon dance!" ... "Second half of the happy coupon dance! Second half of the happy coupon dance!". |
| 56 | * Several examples in ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}''. |
| 57 | ** In "The Castafiore Emerald", Haddock does a dance when [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave the annoying opera singer says she has to depart Marlinspike Hall]], but she turns out to be RightBehindMe, so Haddock pretends to be happy over finally getting out of the wheelchair he'd been stuck for in the entire story. |
| 58 | ** Tintin and Haddock do a mutual dance after solving "The Secret of the Unicorn". |
| 59 | ** Tintin does this in "The Shooting Star" when he sees a seaplane coming to rescue him from a sinking island, only to stop on [[OhCrap coming face-to-face]] with a GiantSpider! |
| 60 | [[/folder]] |
| 61 | |
| 62 | [[folder:Fan Fic]] |
| 63 | * Examples from Fanfic/{{the Calvinverse}}: |
| 64 | ** In ''Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat'', Calvin and Hobbes do one shortly before rescuing the kids. Apparently, it looked stupid. |
| 65 | ** In ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIILostAtSea'', Calvin's father does one that's described as looking like a petrified chicken hopping around. |
| 66 | ** Dr. Brainstorm does one in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' when things start going his way for once. |
| 67 | * In ''Fanfic/TheGreatAlicornHunt'', Celestia and Luna start doing the Happy Hoofy Dance when they are in the presence of the six Mane Six newly-reborn as alicorns. |
| 68 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' fanfics: |
| 69 | ** ''Fanfic/AngerManagement'': |
| 70 | *** At the beginning, Lincoln is excitedly hopping up and down while waiting for the results of a raffle. |
| 71 | *** Lana is said to do a "victory dance" when she wins the mud wrestling match. |
| 72 | ** In ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/mrtyedye/art/Peeking-Through-the-Fourth-Wall-AD-Ep-5-797050822 Tongue Tied,]]'' Lisa does a little dance when she finds out her invention will be used. |
| 73 | ** In ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/mrtyedye/art/Fanfic-Peeking-Through-the-Fourth-Wall-Ep-27-824445119 A Town Hates a Boy,]]'' Lisa (again) does a little dance upon finding she's created a HatePlague (she was [[CharacterExaggeration even more of a mad scientist than in canon]]). |
| 74 | ** ''Fanfic/LincolnsMemories'': |
| 75 | *** After winning at "Pin the Tail on the Donkey", Pop-Pop, Lynn Jr., and Liam's grandma do a "goofy victory dance". |
| 76 | *** Lynn does a victory dance in "Happy Easter!" when she and Lincoln win the Easter egg hunt. |
| 77 | *** In "Lincoln Chases the Rainbow", six-year-old Lincoln dances at the idea of finding gold at the end of the rainbow. |
| 78 | *** Lincoln dances with joy in "Nothing But the Tooth" after Lynn Sr. suggests a trip to Dairyland. |
| 79 | [[/folder]] |
| 80 | |
| 81 | [[folder:Film — Animated]] |
| 82 | * In ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', Roger and Pongo briefly do a little dance to celebrate Perdita's puppies being born. |
| 83 | * At the end of ''WesternAnimation/FantasticMrFox'', the animals all dance to celebrate their survival. |
| 84 | * ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'': |
| 85 | ** Played straight when Sulley and Mike do a little dance to celebrate their earning more electricity (they get electricity from human screams) from kids at a slumber party. |
| 86 | ** Subverted when Sulley and Mike think Boo is dancing with joy, but really she needs to pee. |
| 87 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'', Wilden starts a goofy one, drawing in his sons, Ian and Barley. |
| 88 | * In ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'', Pitch celebrates his NearVillainVictory by bursting into North's workshop and dancing on the globe. |
| 89 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', Rapunzel starts dancing in the city once her hair is braided, and draws people into the DanceLine. |
| 90 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei and her friends do a little dance to celebrate their making $200. |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[folder:Film — Live-Action]] |
| 94 | * The Mamushka from ''Series/TheAddamsFamily'' movie is a very complicated celebratory dance. As crazy as you would expect any tradition of that family to be and utterly awesome. |
| 95 | * The 2010 ''Film/{{Alice in Wonderland|2010}}'': When the Mad Hatter is celebrating the Red Queen's banishment, he does a traditional dance called the "futterwacken". |
| 96 | * In ''Film/Annie1982'', Warbucks and Grace do a dance after the former adopts Annie, all the while singing about how great Annie is. |
| 97 | * In ''Film/{{Baseketball}}'', Coop is forced to do the happy dance when depressed. |
| 98 | * In Chaplin's ''Film/TheCircus'', the Tramp does this after hearing the fortune teller talk about Merna ending up with a dark, handsome man. Too bad for him, it turns out to be a PropheticFallacy. |
| 99 | * ''Film/ChaiLaiAngelsDangerousFlowers'': After Gus proposes to her, and she accepts, Rose manages to contain herself long enough to make it back to her room before breaking out in an incredibly cute happy dance. |
| 100 | * Creator/GeorgeCScott as Scrooge does a happy dance in ''Film/AChristmasCarol1984'' after he realises that he still has time to change his course of life. Characteristically, Scott's intensity of portrayal helps to make the scene heartwarming. |
| 101 | * In ''Film/DantesPeak'', Terry Furlong does something like a happy dance towards the end of the film chanting "Thank you, NASA! Thank you, NASA!" when a piece of equipment loaned by the agency allows him to find the missing and presumed-dead protagonist. It's not a real dance because his leg is broken and he instead does the brief "dance" with his crutches. |
| 102 | %% Do the Dance in ''Film/EvanAlmighty''. |
| 103 | * ''Film/IfYouBelieve'': Susan Stone is an editor. She performs a Happy Dance when she phones Dilly, her biggest star among her writers. She learns that he finally overcame his WritersBlock. That's quite a reason to celebrate, right? |
| 104 | * Franchise/{{Godzilla}} in ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster''. It has to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgR15lbADhw seen]] to be believed. |
| 105 | * In ''Film/JaneWantsABoyfriend'', Jane dances around in excitement over her plans to get a boyfriend. |
| 106 | * In ''Film/TheKnowledge'', Ted does a happy dance when he passes his Knowledge of London. Chris does an exaggerated happy dance when he cracks ''the first run'' (out of four hundred and sixty-eight). |
| 107 | * In ''Film/TheLastBoyScout'', Joe Hallenbeck tells Jimmy Dix that if he survives their adventure, "I'm gonna dance a jig." After he defeats TheDragon, that's exactly what he does. |
| 108 | * Koskov's {{Narm}}-inducing dance in a ''fabulous'' sunhat and bathrobe in ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' once he learns that he's successfully manipulated the British government into using 007 to kill his rival. |
| 109 | * In ''Film/LoveActually'', Sarah excuses herself to do a brief one after she finally gets to bring Karl back to her apartment. |
| 110 | * In ''Film/TheMuppets2011'', characters dance during "Life's a Happy Song" to celebrate life and friendship. |
| 111 | * ''Film/TheParty'' has an entire group of people do this when the Russian ballet troupe arrives, though Creator/PeterSellers' character (who has just saved a girl from her creepy Hollywood agent) exhibits the most excellent example. |
| 112 | * ''Film/{{Qivitoq}}'': Mama Caecile and a couple other old Inuit ladies do a literal happy dance, after Pavia comes back with a freshly killed seal. |
| 113 | * Done to very disturbing effect by Mr. Blonde in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', as he cheerfully dances to "Stuck in the Middle With You", right before and after slicing a man's ear off. |
| 114 | * The nine sidekicks do a loud happy dance in ''Film/{{Sanjuro}}'', but catch themselves doing it, so continue more quietly. |
| 115 | * ''Film/SinginInTheRain'': In the eponymous number, Don does a dance in the rain to celebrate his idea of making his movie into a musical. |
| 116 | * Walter Huston's dance from ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', echoed and parodied repeatedly in ''Film/CitySlickersIITheLegendOfCurlysGold''. |
| 117 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF_vliKV2Lw Les Grossman has one]] at the end of ''Film/TropicThunder'' after [[spoiler:the documentary of of the making of Tropic Thunder becomes a successful film in its own right.]] |
| 118 | * Near the end of ''Film/YankeeDoodleDandy'', George Cohan (Creator/JamesCagney) breaks into an impromptu tap-dance as he descends the staircase from the second floor of the White House, after receiving the Congressional Gold Medal (misidentified in the dialogue as the Medal of Honor) from President Franklin Roosevelt. |
| 119 | [[/folder]] |
| 120 | |
| 121 | [[folder:Jokes]] |
| 122 | * Subverted in the following joke: |
| 123 | ** An unlucky man just [[AnArmAndALeg had his right arm amputated]], and this upsets him. He is thinking he'll not do without and never have a good life again. Right as he leaves the hospital, he sees another man who is missing both arms, but still dances happily around as if he's never felt better. The first man wants to find out why the other man is so overjoyed despite his lack of arms, so he asks him what makes him so happy that he is dancing. The other man replies angrily: "I'm not dancing! My ass is itching, and I can't scratch it!". |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 127 | * ''Literature/AngelaNicely'': In “The Big Bike Ride!”, Angela does a little dance upon getting her pocket money. |
| 128 | * In the ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' book "Lose a Friend", Goldie does a little dance whenever she gets fed. |
| 129 | * ''Literature/ChooChoo1937'': When Jim, Oley, and Archibald bring Choo Choo home at the end of the book, they're so happy to have her back that they dance a jig together. |
| 130 | * ''Literature/DinosaurVs'': Subverted in "Dinosaur vs. the Potty" where the narrator thinks Dinosaur is doing a victory dance, but it turns out to be a PottyDance. |
| 131 | * Nikki Maxwell from ''Literature/DorkDiaries'' tends to do a "[[{{ComicStrip/Peanuts}} Snoopy Happy Dance]]'' whenever she's pleased. |
| 132 | * Bear does a happy dance in ''Literature/{{Franklin}} Has a Sleepover'' after learning that Franklin has invited him for a sleepover. Franklin does one at the end after his parents agree that he can go over to Bear's place for a sleepover next time. |
| 133 | * In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', Harry, Hermione, and the Weasley kids are all said to break into a group happy dance when Harry is acquitted of underage wizardry charges. |
| 134 | --> "He got off, he got off, he got off, he got off..." |
| 135 | * Referenced in ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' a couple times; Bertie tends to be rather demonstrative when sudden joy hits him. |
| 136 | * ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': When Eric recovers from a magical disease known as [[spoiler: mana mutation]], Kallen does a quick run around the room complete with {{Squee}}. |
| 137 | * In the picture book ''[[https://smile.amazon.com/Kat-Juju-Kataneh-Vahdani/dp/154204328X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Kat and Juju,]]'' Kat tells Juju that sometimes you just have to let go and do a happy dance. She wishes that she could, but worries that everyone will laugh at her. Finally, at the end of the book, [[spoiler:she gives in and does one after she and Kat successfully nurse a baby bird back to health. Nobody laughs at her.]] |
| 138 | * In ''Literature/TheMysteriousBenedictSociety and the Prisoner's Dilemma'', Mr. Curtain arranges for certain agents to come to the prison facility where he is conducting operations and holding the members of the society. He arranges secret password -- the answer to a question that the man previously failed on a test. Constance uses her telepathic powers to steal the question from his mind, and Sticky provides the answer, which Constance then uses to transmit to Mr. Benedict, who is the one actually at the gate. When Mr. Benedict answers the question correctly, Mr. Curtain begins jerking his wheelchair, which [[ObfuscatingDisability he doesn't actually need to get around]], side-to-side. |
| 139 | -->''Then, half-closing his eyes, he began snapping his fingers and jerking his wheelchair side to side as if dancing. After a moment Reynie realized he ''was'' dancing. He was humming a tune barely audible over the sound of the wheelchair's rubber tires, which made sharp chirping noises against the floor, rather like the squeak of sneakers on a basketball court.'' |
| 140 | * ''Literature/RoysBedoys'': |
| 141 | ** In “Just Tell the Truth, Roys Bedoys!”, Loys dances to celebrate winning at a video game. |
| 142 | ** Loys starts dancing with joy in “Meet the Baby, Roys Bedoys!” when he realises he’s no longer the youngest. |
| 143 | ** In “Let’s Get Ready for Christmas, Roys Bedoys!”, when Mr. Bedoys asks his sons to help him put up the Christmas tree, the boys start dancing around and singing “Jingle Bells”. |
| 144 | ** In “Do Your Chores, Roys Bedoys!”, the Bedoys brothers start dancing in unison at the idea of getting an allowance. |
| 145 | ** Loys dances happily on his birthday in “Let Others Shine, Roys Bedoys!”. |
| 146 | ** In “Stop Changing the Rules, Roys Bedoys!”, Roys dances in joy when he wins the board game illegally. |
| 147 | ** In “Let’s Go Fishing, Roys Bedoys!”, Roys and Loys dance for joy when Grandpa takes them fishing. |
| 148 | ** In “What’s Your New Year’s Resolution, Roys Bedoys?”, Roys dances to celebrate getting an A+. |
| 149 | * ''Literature/TheStormSwimmer'': After Ginika first sees the sea people, a human subspecies that have adapted to live in the ocean, she dances all the way back to Cormorant Heights. |
| 150 | * It's mentioned at the end of ''[[Literature/XWingSeries Isard's Revenge]]'' that Wedge was so happy to find that Wes Janson hadn't died at around the book's midpoint that he performed an "Ewok dance of joy". |
| 151 | [[/folder]] |
| 152 | |
| 153 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 154 | * ''Series/{{Angel}}'': |
| 155 | ** Numfar! Do the Dance of Joy! |
| 156 | ** At the end of "[[Recap/AngelS02E17Disharmony Disharmony]]", Wesley makes a speech about how time and space are the only things that can fix the recent rifts in Team Angel...only for Cordelia to come bounding in, squeeing over the [[ApologyGift new clothes Angel bought her]]. It gets funnier when Angel [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DLz9p6-2vM joins in.]] |
| 157 | * ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'': Amy has one that is way over the top given her normally straight-laced and reserved personality, Jake seems to enjoy it. Terry also does this sometimes, one time when he was told to stop he stood still but his pecs kept dancing. |
| 158 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': |
| 159 | ** There's Anya's "Dance of Capitalist Superiority" in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E6AllTheWay All the Way]]". |
| 160 | ** Xander does the "Snoopy Dance" for Willow in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E3TheReplacement The Replacement]]". |
| 161 | ** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E18Entropy Entropy]]", when Anya and Spike are talking about the impact that falling in love with their respective partners had. |
| 162 | -->'''Anya:''' And I'm off my guard. Happy! I'm singing in the shower and doing my sexy dance.\ |
| 163 | '''Spike:''' Exactly - [[SayingTooMuch I have no dance]]. |
| 164 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': In ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E9Flatline Flatline]]'' The Doctor gives a little dance despite being stuck in his TARDIS. |
| 165 | %%* Creator/EllenDegeneres may secretly be the AnthropomorphicPersonification of the Happy Dance. |
| 166 | * ''Series/FamilyFeud'': Steve Harvey sometimes does this whenever a contestant's family-unfriendly answer isn't on the board. |
| 167 | * Ba Wool from ''Series/FlowerBoyRamyunShop'' does a happy dance after he gets a kiss on the cheek from Soo Yi. Eun Bi smacks him around the head for being stupid. |
| 168 | * ''Series/{{Friends}}'': |
| 169 | ** In [[Recap/FriendsS5E3TheOneHundredth "The One Hundreth"]], Chandler Bing from one after he has a heart-to-heart talk with Monica, reassuring each other that they feel serious about their secret relationship. When Monica leaves, she senses that he's doing it and she says without looking back: "Don't do the dance." |
| 170 | ** In the next episode [[Recap/FriendsS5E4TheOneWherePhoebeHatesPBS "The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS"]], after learning that Monica's secret boyfriend (a.k.a himself) is the best she has ever had Chandler gets a bit full of himself. This culminates in him hoping on top of Monica's coffee table and dancing noting that it's what he would do if he were Monica's secret boyfriend and just found out he was the best sex she’s ever had. Monica does a mocking version of the same dance when Chandler asks her later on why she doesn't want to have sex with him. |
| 171 | %%* On ''Series/HannahMontana'', Miley and Lily do a girly version of this. |
| 172 | * In an episode of ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', it's revealed that [[GentleGiant Marshall]] does happy dances so often that he got "dancer's hip", an injury common among ballerinas. |
| 173 | * On ''Series/TheLateLateShow'', whenever Craig Ferguson brings out Secretariat, EVERYBODY dances!!! |
| 174 | * ''Series/TheLateShowWithStephenColbert'' usually opens with Stephen himself doing a brief one of these onstage immediately after he comes running out. When this is absent -- such as after the UCC shooting in Oregon in October 2015 -- it's a sign that something really sad has happened. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | * Parker did a version of this after getting the dagger in "The Rashomon Job" on ''Series/{{Leverage}}''. |
| 177 | * ''Series/TheLWord'': Jenny excuses herself to do one after finding out that a New York bigwig loved her manuscript-excuses herself five feet away from the table the bigwig was at. |
| 178 | * ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': The show has one in SarcasmMode. "Happy dance, happy dance, we love to do the happy dance." "Happier!!" |
| 179 | * ''Series/{{Maury}}'': If the titular host ever reads "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt2i0ts-uck You are NOT the father!]]" on a paternity test, there's a chance the tested man will break out into one of these. The show has become infamous for these sorts of over-the-top displays after the results of a paternity test are read. |
| 180 | * ''Series/{{Monk}}'': |
| 181 | ** Monk [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBhxLL9KRKE does the jig]] after solving the case in "Mr. Monk Gets Fired". Sharona is weirded out but calls Captain Stottlemeyer as requested while her boss continues to "dance." |
| 182 | ** In one of the blog entries, "Mr. Monk Scores at the Soccer Game", this turns out to be key to solving the mystery. A banker has been murdered and the police found a bizarre group of bloody footprints at the scene, which they initially attribute to the victim scoring a head blow and making the killer dizzy. While he and Natalie are at a school soccer game, Monk observes one "sore winner" coach's behavior and tells Natalie to call Stottlemeyer -- the coach's "victory dance" that he does whenever the team scores matches the footprints. |
| 183 | * ''Series/MythBusters'': |
| 184 | ** After Kari finished constructing a pole for an experiment, she celebrated by doing her "pole dance". It turned out to be a Happy Dance. |
| 185 | --->'''Kari''': Not what you expected, huh? |
| 186 | ** In the episode where the guys tested LatexPerfection, Adam did a lot of Happy Dances while disguised as Jamie in order to have fun with his image as TheComicallySerious. |
| 187 | * Squacky from ''Series/ThePajanimals'' is known for breaking into one and one of the show's songs is all about happy dances. |
| 188 | * Balki's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfPg5LjGYz8 Dance of Joy]] from ''Series/PerfectStrangers''. |
| 189 | * In ''Series/PhilOfTheFuture'', Phil and Keely each do one of these after they make plans to go to the dance together in "Get Ready To Go Go". |
| 190 | * On ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'''s Church Lady sketches by Dana Carvey, the character would go into a strutting "Superior Dance" whenever she thinks she has proven her superiority over anybody. |
| 191 | * ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'': |
| 192 | ** Turk has many of these (including the "you are so getting a piece of this" dance, the "there's a sale on lotion" dance and the "I'm gonna cut you open" dance). At one point, JD is shown to have a Happy Dance coach. |
| 193 | ** Elliot has, on two occassions, displayed her "I Told You So" dance. |
| 194 | * Martin Short's character Ed Grimley, on ''Series/{{SCTV}}'' and ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', often does one upon receiving good news: "I'm going mental!" |
| 195 | * On ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', Sherlock does one of these -- literally leaping into the air, whirling about the room, shouting "It's Christmas!" and kissing Mrs Hudson -- when he's called in to investigate a fourth mysterious serial suicide. |
| 196 | * ''Series/SmartGuy'' sometimes has Marcus (the older brother of the pint-size genius protagonist, T.J.) do a Happy Dance routine that differs depending on the episode. He first does this by himself in Season 1’s "Brother, Brother"; starting with Season 2’s "T.J. Versus the Machine," his best friend Mo usually dances along with him. |
| 197 | * ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' has a standard Happy Dance routine that crops up a few times to the exact same tune -- walk jauntily down the street, click heels, head a football that flies out of nowhere, hug bewildered stranger. Tim does it, later in the episode Brian tries but manages to mess up every step. [[CallBack In a later episode]], Tim and Bilbo do it side by side. |
| 198 | * Belgian children's show Series/KabouterPlop by {{Creator/Studio100}} has a song called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwufDZboEaU "Joepiejee" with a music video of the cast dancing and thinking of silly, or happy things to cheer up Lui.]] |
| 199 | * James May on ''Series/TopGearUK'' and ''Series/TheGrandTour'' likes to do these, especially when he bests the others in a challenge. |
| 200 | * ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'': Five, Six, Seven, Eight! No more alimony! No more alimony! No more alimony! No more alimony! |
| 201 | * One clip on ''Series/WorldsDumbest'' features a man who gets high on gasoline and performs what Leif Garrett calls a "happy gasoline dance". |
| 202 | [[/folder]] |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 205 | * During Music/DukeEllington's 1956 performance at Newport, the 15-minute rendition of "Dimenuendo and Crescendo in Blue" slowly started getting the crowd riled up during Paul Gonsalves's legendary 27-chorus tenor sax solo, after an inauspicious beginning to the program. When a [[EveryoneLovesBlondes platinum blonde]] in one row spontaneously jumped to her feet and started one of these, the audience ''exploded'', and pandemonium ensued. |
| 206 | * ''Music/TheLearningStation'' has a song teaching kids how to do a happy dance, with the lyrics, "I'm so happy, that's why I [action], because I'm feeling happy." The actions are clapping, twisting hips, marching in place, and waving arms. |
| 207 | * Music/LindseyStirling sings about how "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Qskb3gQW0 We're in Europe!]] We're here in Europe right now, gonna be awesome, so excited!" whilst doing some kind of dance across the screen and back again. |
| 208 | [[/folder]] |
| 209 | |
| 210 | [[folder:Newspaper Comics]] |
| 211 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'': Dilbert and Wally have done "victory dances" at work, incorporating such moves as Russian-dancing kicks and "turbo mooning". |
| 212 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': Garfield does the Happy Dance occasionally, like when he hears the automatic can opener. |
| 213 | * The current page image is Snoopy's iconic Happy Dance from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}''. One time, Charlie Brown celebrates getting the better of the dog with a mocking happy dance of his own. |
| 214 | [[/folder]] |
| 215 | |
| 216 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 217 | * The All Knighters, Joey Knight in particular being known for a flexing bouncing shin dance. |
| 218 | * Wrestling/BlackRose, making use of her professional dancing experience and leading to a rivalry with fellow dancer Barbie Boy in the International Wrestling Association. Noemi Bosques later became her dancer partner. |
| 219 | * Wrestling/BrodusClay's (and later, Wrestling/{{R|on Killings}}-Truth and Wrestling/XavierWoods's) cheerleaders, Wrestling/TheFunkadactyls, tend to do so when their charges win, as well as part of their own entrance, or when Wrestling/{{Naomi|Wrestler}} doesn't immediately go for a pin follow the [[AssKicksYou rear view]], or... |
| 220 | * Carlos Colon prior to the figure four leg lock, a trait that would be passed down to Wrestling/{{Carl|ito Colon}}y, Stacy and Eddie. His nemesis, Ray González, has his own dance before the figure four, which González Jr would also do. |
| 221 | * DoubleSubverted by Wrestling/{{Fandango}}, who can't actually dance, despite his and everyone else's insistence otherwise but then {{accidental|DanceCraze}}ly created a new dance craze. |
| 222 | * The Human Tornado, being a walking throwback to the 1970s, is known for his funky break dancing, and he'll happily stomp a mud hole in you and your friends all at once while getting loose. |
| 223 | * Oddities tended to do so after they were joined by Music/InsaneClownPosse in the Wrestling/WorldWrestlingFederation. Wrestling/JohnTenta, Wrestling/{{Kurrgan}}, Wrestling/LunaVachon and Wrestling/GiantSilva would continue to do so afterwards. |
| 224 | * Wrestling/LaParka and his [[LegacyCharacter many]], [[AlternateCompanyEquivalent many]], [[{{Expy}} derivatives]], starting in Wrestling/{{AAA}} and spreading elsewhere, [[TheLongList such as]] Wrestling/{{WCW}}, Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, [[Wrestling/DragonGate Toryumon]], The Wrestling/{{N|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA and Lucha Libre USA. He put a good third of the wrestling industry [[{{Leitmotif}} In The Thrilla]]! |
| 225 | * [[Wrestling/LisaMarieVaron Victoria]] was a dancing ho during her time with the Godfather and a dancing ex ho for sometime afterwards before her gimmick became being AxCrazy. Then she went back to dancing around the same time Wrestling/LanceStorm was doing his "happy dance" [[TheGimmick gimmick]]. |
| 226 | * Wrestling/TheOsirianPortal, who are so funky you'll have to dance along with them. And if you don't, you'll end up doing so anyway via MassHypnosis. |
| 227 | * Pretty Bitchin, the team of "Portuguese Princess" Ariel and Nikki "La Gringa" Roxx tended to breakout in dance before matches and after victories, often inviting fans to join them. |
| 228 | * The Wrestling/PrimeTimePlayers's two man Million Dollar Dance. |
| 229 | * Too Cool and Wrestling/{{Rikishi}}, being hip hop dancers. |
| 230 | * [[Wrestling/{{Rosemary}} Courtney Rush]] and Jodi D'Milo, The Moonwalk Thrillers, though Rush's dancing was so bad Portia Perez and Wrestling/SaraDelRey found it offensive. |
| 231 | * Ryusuke Taguchi, after he took up his "Funky Weapon" gimmick to taunt his opponents. |
| 232 | * Wrestling/ShawnMichaels used to dance around like a fairy as part of a GorgeousGeorge gimmick, but later it just became [[TheArtifact something that he did]]. |
| 233 | * [[Wrestling/TenilleDashwood Emma's]] [[TheGimmick gimmick]] revolves around the bizarre dances she does. |
| 234 | * Wrestling/TheUsos, particularly when an opponent's attack [[NoSell completely fails to hurt one of them]]. |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 238 | * ''Series/FraggleRock'': Fraggles do a ''lot'' of these. It's right there in the theme song! |
| 239 | -->''Dance your cares away!\ |
| 240 | Worry's for another day!\ |
| 241 | Let the music play\ |
| 242 | Down at Fraggle Rock!'' |
| 243 | * ''Series/LazyTown'': |
| 244 | %%** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0CHAZJr3OE Bing Bang DIGGARIGGADONG!]]" |
| 245 | ** In "Sleepless in [=LazyTown=]", the townsfolk dance about and sing a song called "Wake Up" to celebrate getting up in the morning. |
| 246 | * ''Series/SesameStreet'': |
| 247 | ** The "Elmo's World" segment [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=top6rTkXYJw has]] Elmo doing one. "''When we learn something new, we do the happy dance, yeah!''" |
| 248 | ** In the "Good Birds Club" episode, Big Bird does a little tap dance because he's happy to be a bird. |
| 249 | ** One "Abby's Flying Fairy School" skit has a donkey do the "Donkey Dance of Joy" upon being fed. |
| 250 | [[/folder]] |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:Sports]] |
| 253 | * These are very much employed by NFL players (often called Endzone Dances), despite the heavy fines that are handed down from the [[StopHavingFunGuy No Fun League]]...err...National Football League. |
| 254 | * UsefulNotes/{{Tennis}} star Serena Willams [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l76h2MPY2WQ did the 'Crip Walk']] after winning gold at the 2012 UsefulNotes/OlympicGames. |
| 255 | * The Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA and their fans dance to Sugar Hill Gang Apache's "Jump On It" after home wins. |
| 256 | * Korean golfer K. J. Choi once celebrated a successful putt into the hole by breaking into Psy's "Gangnam Style" dance. |
| 257 | * It's not uncommon to see a "victory spin" performed by triumphant UsefulNotes/RobotCombat participants, partly so the drivers can celebrate and partly to wow the crowd with how the victorious robot's mobility was not impaired by the fight. |
| 258 | [[/folder]] |
| 259 | |
| 260 | [[folder:Stand-Up Comedy]] |
| 261 | * When Creator/SteveMartin was doing stand-up, he would get frequent attacks of "Happy Feet". |
| 262 | [[/folder]] |
| 263 | |
| 264 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 265 | * In ''[[Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}} Megasta]] episode 2: Goodbye my dear Frenemy'', Moe does this when she finds out she won the illustration competition. |
| 266 | [[/folder]] |
| 267 | |
| 268 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 269 | * One of Pearl Fey's portraits in the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series has her [[http://doulifee.com//Storage/aceatt/GyakutenHeroes/3-ani-pearl-bounce.gif bouncing up and down]] Happy Dance-style. And it's ''adorable''. |
| 270 | * ''VideoGame/AgentHugoRoboRumble'': Hugo always busts a move with something related to the course if he's victorious upon exiting it. |
| 271 | * Many characters do this when they make a touchdown in ''[[VideoGame/BackyardSports Backyard Football]]''. |
| 272 | * ''VideoGame/BalaceraBrothers'' have the titular characters performing a happy tap-dance at the end of each stage after killing a boss. They do the same dance in the end credits screen as well. |
| 273 | * Farron of ''VideoGame/ConquestOfTheCrystalPalace'' will do a little jig and flash the VSign after defeating a boss. If his dog Zap is alive at the end of the battle, he'll run around his master before stopping to do the same. |
| 274 | * VideoGame/CrashBandicoot in some of his games when he gets a gem or relic. In the ''[[VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy N. Sane Trilogy]]'' remake, Coco now does the dance as well. |
| 275 | * ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'': |
| 276 | ** Donkey and Diddy Kong will do a short dance whenever the player completes a level in the [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry1 first game]] (SNES version only). |
| 277 | ** Then the two of them, along with three other Kongs, do a dance whenever the player beats a mini game or gets a Golden Banana in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64''. |
| 278 | * ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'': One of [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame Oghren's]] random battle quotes at the end of a successful battle. ''(He doesn't actually dance though.)'' |
| 279 | * A Hollow Man in ''VideoGame/FableII'' yearned to have one of these but got instead the "Hollow Dance of Ur'Cyrandorandorander". Even he can't pronounce it right. |
| 280 | * ''VideoGame/HauntingStarringPolterguy'': Whenever poltergeist Polterguy collects all ectoplasm in the underworld, he does a short dance to celebrate. It is more of a punk dance however. |
| 281 | * Some ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' games had this upon winning a battle, especially the older ones. |
| 282 | * Multiple exist in the ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' series: |
| 283 | ** In ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy'' the titular heroes do an elaborate victory dance after they've defeated the BigBad. Daxter will do various dances (including the robot, pirouettes and a butt-waggle) after they've collected a powercell. |
| 284 | ** In ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade'' Daxter ''starts'' to do one after they've completed their first mission, but is interrupted when the place crumbles. |
| 285 | ** At the end of ''VideoGame/Jak3Wastelander'' Daxter does another one when he finds out that [[spoiler: he's a Precursor]]. |
| 286 | * ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' does one of these at least once per game when he accomplished something (and often [[SummonBackupDancers temporarily spawns duplicates]] during the dance). |
| 287 | ** In ''VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand'', Bandana Waddle Dee, King Dedede, and even ''Meta Knight'' will join in on the dance if they're present when it happens. |
| 288 | ** ''VideoGame/KirbyStarAllies'' has many more joining, from all the helpers made from copy abilities to several others, such as Rick, Gooey and even Marx. Later updates added more Dream Friends, so now Dark Meta Knight, Susie and even the game's [[TheDragon dragons]], The Three Mage Sisters can do the happy dance. |
| 289 | * ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': |
| 290 | ** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', getting Goron Chief Darunia to do one of these is a requirement to progress. By playing Saria's Song for him, he will break into dancing and be roused from his bad mood, allowing Link access into [[LethalLavaLand Dodongo's Cavern]]. |
| 291 | *** The spin-off ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', where Darunia is playable, will have him break into the famous happy dance in his victory animation. [[ContinuityNod With a remix of Saria's Song, no less]]! |
| 292 | ** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'': Link will dance with joy when he has defeated a boss. Also when he's winning an {{auction}}. |
| 293 | * ''VideoGame/ManEatingPlant'', a game where you're the titular ManEatingPlant, will have you performing a happy jig at the end of each level after devouring enough onscreen targets. By twisting your stalks, waving your leaves and shaking your gigantic plant maw side-by-side as confetti fills the screen. |
| 294 | * ''VideoGame/MarioParty'': Bowser has a happy dance in the first three games, commonly used just as he is done screwing the poor player out of money and/or stars [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown as a way to twist the knife]]. |
| 295 | * ''VideoGame/MoshiMonsters'': |
| 296 | ** Playable monsters would dance on various happy occasions, like when eating their first food, when levelling up, or just because. |
| 297 | ** The song "Super Moshi March" references "stomp your feet in celebration". |
| 298 | * ''VideoGame/{{MUGEN}}'': [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP-999]] "fights" by using moves that [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul fill a happiness meter above the opponent]] instead of dealing damage. Once this fills up, the opponent is forced into dancing for the rest of the round while "[[WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow Happy Happy Joy Joy]]" plays, which counts as a KO. |
| 299 | * ''VideoGame/{{Ninjala}}'': The emote "Spirits High" makes the player's avatar bounce up and down with their arms in the air as confetti falls onto them. |
| 300 | * In ''VideoGame/OrcsMustDie'' and it's sequels, the protagonists will let out a victory dance upon completing a map, with a special one for getting a perfect rank. |
| 301 | * ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale''. |
| 302 | ** It features the Minions, whose job it is to dance like this for the player if they can land more than 2 kills at once or very close together. They happen to be SuperDeformed Platform/PlayStation characters, tied to someone on the roster. |
| 303 | ** Left in the IdleAnimation long enough, Jak and Daxter will perform the dance seen at the end of the first ''Jak and Daxter'', mentioned above. |
| 304 | * In ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', numerous Pokemon will do a brief one as an idle animation and/or happy animation in Pokemon Amie. It's not just the cute ones, either, as Garchomp and Hydreigon among others will demonstrate (But ''[[CreepyCute especially]]'' Hydreigon). |
| 305 | * Raz of ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' has one in which he "walks like an Egyptian" while bobbing his head all the while singing a little tune. He got it off a bully, with the first time he does the dance being when he knocks said bully off grind rails. It returns in ''Videogame/Psychonauts2'' via an equippable pin. |
| 306 | * ''VideoGame/Rockman4MinusInfinity'': Mega Man does one when he [[spoiler:defeats Omega in The TRUE Arena]]. |
| 307 | * ''VideoGame/ShantaeHalfGenieHero'': After completing a world in Jammies Mode, Shantae will dance in place on the teleport pad before being teleported. |
| 308 | * ''VideoGame/SkiFree'': A villianous example, as [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti the Yeti]] hops up and down [[{{Troll}} in glee]] upon catching and devouring your skier. |
| 309 | * In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', the Chao combine a Happy Dance with some GRatedSex. |
| 310 | * In ''VideoGame/SuperCatboy'', the villain Dr. Engefug performs an improvised happy tapdance after you're defeated in a HopelessBossFight. Then your partner Weapongirl interrupts his dance by busting in. |
| 311 | * Whenever your captain in ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}: [[ExpansionPack Galactic Adventures]]'' completes an adventure succesfully, this is what he'll do. He sometimes even Music/{{m|ichaelJackson}}oon[[ShoutOut walks]]. As anyone can create an adventure, this has been {{lampshade|Hanging}}d more than once in adventures that have been made. |
| 312 | * ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': Luigi is known [[DivergentCharacterEvolution far more than]] [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] for his Happy Dance, especially in the ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi Mario & Luigi]]'' series where it reaches hilarious levels of NarmCharm. |
| 313 | * ''VideoGame/TalesOfLegendia'': Moses Happy Dance! YEEEHAW! |
| 314 | ** Also: |
| 315 | -->'''Moses''': Victory Dance! Come On!!!\ |
| 316 | '''Senel''' and '''Chloe''': (in stereo) Shut up Moses. |
| 317 | * Riki, ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'''s resident RidiculouslyCuteCritter, has a ridiculously cute happy dance to go with it. He not only talks about it in some of his dialogue, but it's both his IdleAnimation and one of his battle aura moves. |
| 318 | [[/folder]] |
| 319 | |
| 320 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 321 | * ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'': Grenchka learns from Dominic that the "Butcher", the bogeyman of the orcs, is dead, and asks him to cover his eyes so she can sing "Iakka takka" (happy dance) and do a little jig. The reason she asks him to cover his eyes is because [[spoiler:said butcher was the father of Siegfried, one of his acquaintances]], and while he does so, he gripes, "I can still ''hear'' you." |
| 322 | ** And in any case, she takes it a step further on [[http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2006-07-28 the next page.]] |
| 323 | * In ''Webcomic/FauxPas'', [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?661 Randy wants to do one when some cats leave.]] |
| 324 | * In ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' Agatha does a happy little jig on the rooftop after [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130111 she restores power to her castle and the town's defenses.]] |
| 325 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': |
| 326 | ** Right before the end of act 5, Courtyard Droll does such a dance after accomplishing his mission to [[spoiler:assassinate Jade]]. |
| 327 | ** After finally succeeding at something and ''forcing Vriska to admit that he did'', Tavros launches into [[OverlyLongGag four pages]] of [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=009760 increasingly silly victory dances.]] |
| 328 | * Max's [[http://occasionalcomics.com/1342/latest-comic-321/ "Dance" cap]] in ''Webcomic/MaxOveracts''. |
| 329 | * In ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick On the Origin Of PCs]]'', [[TheDitz Elan]] does one of these after [[OnlySaneMan Roy]] hires him for his adventuring party. |
| 330 | -->'''Elan:''' Yeah, I'm doin' the Gainful Employment Dance! Yeah I am! Look at me! Look at me! |
| 331 | -->'''Roy:''' Why do I get the feeling that when future historians look back on my life, they'll pinpoint this exact moment as when everything began to really go downhill for me? |
| 332 | * [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=001030 Victory Dance!]] ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' gained a level! |
| 333 | * The captain's Happy Dance in ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' was so prevalent, that when he is gone for a while, the team correctly points out ''when'' he would have been doing the dance. The only time we got to see it onscreen was [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing when Xinchub died]]. It stops coming up in later books, partly because every passing arc turned more serious and the calls were too close for his comfort. |
| 334 | * ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'': |
| 335 | ** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4262 Tangerine does a Hoodie Dance]] because she really likes her hoodie. |
| 336 | ** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1459 When Satan clears out, the angels dance.]] |
| 337 | ** [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4453 Seymour attempts a happy-making dance, to cheer up the navy blue succubus.]] It does seem relieve her morose gloom -- by making her too surprised at him to do anything else. |
| 338 | * ''Webcomic/SuicideForHire'': Hunter's Happy Gun Dance, done upon realising that he's gotten away with buying guns with a fake ID. |
| 339 | * ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' has Happy Dances from [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=300 Steve and Ellen,]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=840 Marten (offscreen),]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=903 Dora and Marten,]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1597 Marigold,]] and [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1738 Angus]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1888 twice.]] |
| 340 | [[/folder]] |
| 341 | |
| 342 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 343 | * ''WebVideo/TheAutobiographyOfJaneEyre'': Jane is doing a happy dance — mainly waving her arms — when she tells her viewers that she's got a reply from a prospective employer, Grace Poole. [[http://youtu.be/evJd6A2tUKE?t=1m31s See it here.]] |
| 344 | * Music/DoctorSteel jauntily dances at the end of Episode 1 of ''The Dr. Steel Show''. There is also a section on [[http://www.doctorsteel.com his website]] where you can make him do several dance moves to some old-timey music. In Caleb Allen's FanVid of "Lament for a Toy Factory", the actor playing Dr. Steel breaks into these dance moves as the helicopter spotlight hits him - and the music from the website begins to play. |
| 345 | * ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'''s Captain Ginyu not only has the aforementioned "Dance of Joy", under orders from King Cold to perform after every successful mission, but also the "Daddy's Little Princess Dance", under Cooler's orders [[ForTheEvulz because he's a prick]], the "Dance of Cheering You Up" for when Frieza's attempt to use the Dragon Balls fails, and finally, the "Dance of Solitude" for being alone (and it's done to [[Music/{{Madonna}} Vogue]], of all things)! |
| 346 | * ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory'': Ivan the Terrible does this after [[spoiler:killing both Alexander the Great and Frederick the Great]]. |
| 347 | * The online community Nerdfighters has a signature happy dance, actually called, "the happy dance." [[http://dft.ba/-8GR See it here.]] |
| 348 | * ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick'' does this too after she decides she enjoys doing movies other than girly ones, and hers is the "frolicking in a field" variety. |
| 349 | * On a Donation Drive video, ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' gleefully victory dances after he got Creator/ChristopherLloyd to say "I was frozen today". It's ridiculously adorable. |
| 350 | * ''WebVideo/TwistedTranslations'': In the video about cooking dinner, Malinda does a goofy dance on the line "Happy happy happy". |
| 351 | * Both Creator/{{John|Green}} and Music/HankGreen of the ''WebVideo/VlogBrothers'' have their own happy dances. They are generally performed when good things happen, as is to be expected. |
| 352 | [[/folder]] |
| 353 | |
| 354 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 355 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'': Bolbi. |
| 356 | -->'''Bolbi:''' Slap slap slap, clap clap clap! [[MadnessMantra Slap slap slap, clap clap clap!]] |
| 357 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'': Riley's "celebratory booty dance". |
| 358 | -->'''Riley:''' Booty dance, unh, booty dance! Booty dance, unh, booty dance! |
| 359 | -->'''Huey:''' Granddad, Riley's doing the celebratory booty dance. |
| 360 | * In "The Fairy Bean Adventure!" from ''WesternAnimation/ButterbeansCafe'', when Ms. Marmalady overhears Butterbean saying that she doesn't have anymore fairy beans and without them can't do a fairy finish, she does a happy dance with a song to go with it. "''No more fairy finish. No more fairy finish. No more fairy finish. No more fairy finish!''" |
| 361 | * ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': Eustace does one in "Courage Meets Bigfoot" when he finds out that there will be a reward for capturing Bigfoot. |
| 362 | * ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'': |
| 363 | ** Most, if not all, episodes, end with characters singing, "We did it! We did it! We did it! Yay! [[note]]¡Lo hicimos![[/note]] We did it!" and doing a little dance. |
| 364 | ** Whenever the Grumpy Old Troll feels thankful (which is rare because he's, well, grumpy) he does what he calls his "thank-you dance". |
| 365 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': |
| 366 | ** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E10PetersTwoDads Peter's Two Dads]]", Peter finds out his father has died and Lois and Brian calmly walk outside and break into a quick Happy Dance before coming back inside to console him. |
| 367 | ** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E1PeterPeterCaviarEater Peter Peter Caviar Eater]]", Lois' (insanely rich) aunt died, and when he finds out they were left something in her will, Peter ''pulls her corpse out of the casket'' and ballrooms with it. |
| 368 | * ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "Boyz Crazy", Mabel barges into the Mystery Shack gift shop and starts doing a dance when she learns her favorite boy band, Sev'ral Timez, is going to be playing a show at the Gravity Falls Civic Center. Dipper initially thinks she [[GRatedDrug got into the Smile Dip again]], and when he and Wendy start mocking boy bands Mabel complains "You're making my dance sad." |
| 369 | * In ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'', I.R Baboon used to have a victory dance before it got phased out. It was used regularly in the opening titles. |
| 370 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Kaeloo sometimes does the [[ShakingTheRump "booty dance"]] when she is happy. |
| 371 | ** When Kaeloo and Stumpy [[spoiler: beat Olaf at baseball by cheating]] in the BaseballEpisode, they both do a weird dance by stretching their arms back and forth and walking on the spot. |
| 372 | * On ''Literature/LlamaLlama'', Llama Llama does one on the sofa in "Mama Llama's Mother's Day" after Mama Llama agrees to some of his big Mother's Day plans that he had originally scrapped after overhearing her say she would be okay with a nice, quiet Mother's Day. |
| 373 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': |
| 374 | ** Whenever Lynn is proud of something, she does a butt-shaking dance. |
| 375 | ** In "Come Sale Away", Lincoln does a little dance to celebrate selling the most stuff at a garage sale. |
| 376 | ** In "The Waiting Game", Lincoln and Clyde both dance to celebrate being invited to the birthday party of their classmate Chandler. |
| 377 | ** In "No Such Luck", Lincoln does a dance to celebrate getting time to himself. |
| 378 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'': "But the most wonderful thing about tiggers... is I'm the only one! I'M the only one!!" |
| 379 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'': "Hot dog, hot dog, hot diggity dog!" |
| 380 | * Andy [[ShoutOut mimics]] [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} the Snoopy dance]] at the end of one ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' episode [[spoiler:after Ron's car rolls off a bridge]]. |
| 381 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': |
| 382 | ** In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", Twilight Sparkle does a silly little jump-in-a-circle dance after realizing she's earned her cutie mark. Cut back to the present day, and we see Twilight Sparkle has gotten a little too caught up in her story and is doing the same dance in the middle of Ponyville. |
| 383 | ** In "Three's a Crowd", ''[[spoiler:Discord]]'' does one, complete with cheering and chanting, when he learns Twilight Sparkle is willing to stick her neck out for him, actually proving that their friendship is genuine, [[VitriolicBestBuds if not a little caustic]]. |
| 384 | ** In "A Friend in Deed", the townsponies, led by Pinkie Pie, do a dance while singing about smiling. |
| 385 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode, "The Mom Attractor", Candace does a victory dance while declaring that she's awesome. Phineas and Ferb join in on the dance as well. |
| 386 | * ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Mitchell does a little happy dance upon uncovering the treasure in "Treasure Map". |
| 387 | * ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' danced to "The Happy Happy Joy Joy Song" in an early episode. |
| 388 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 389 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E19TheSweetestApu The Sweetest Apu]]", Manjula went to see a divorce lawyer who danced happily on his desk after she told him she had eight kids. |
| 390 | ** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E8HomerAndNedsHailMaryPass Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]", sport stars discovered that Homer had talent for inventing the craziest of dancing routines. They kept paying him for ideas because it was magnet for attention. |
| 391 | * The Green Goblin in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' threatened to do one, but ''very'' unfortunately he didn't actually go that far. |
| 392 | --> '''Green Goblin:''' I might just do my happy dance! |
| 393 | * ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'': |
| 394 | ** When Spongebob's pineapple house was eaten by nematodes in "Home Sweet Pineapple", he has to move back with his parents. Squidward was dancing happily on the ground where his house use to be, but then a new one grows from the seed Spongebob planted and lands on Squidward. |
| 395 | ** In the episode "Band Geeks", Spongebob dances excitedly right before performing at the Bubble Bowl, wearing an expression Squidward describes as "his eager face." |
| 396 | %%* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': "Go Beast Boy, go Beast Boy, you're probeless, no probes now, go Beast Boy, go Beast Boy, get funkyyy..." |
| 397 | * ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': |
| 398 | ** Leshawna gives the Screaming Gophers' victory party in "[[Recap/TotalDramaNotSoHappyCampersPartTwo Not So Happy Campers - Part 2]]" some flair with a victory dance and cheer. Noah and Owen join her. |
| 399 | ** When the alliance consisting of Tyler, Cody, Owen, and DJ get its hands on the suitcase containing a million dollars in "[[Recap/TotalDramaTotalDramaDramaDramaDramaIsland Total Drama Drama Drama Drama Island]]", each member does a happy dance. Tyler jumps up and down like a grasshopper, while the others dance more conventionally with Owen holding on to the case. |
| 400 | ** During Bridgette's performance begging Geoff for forgiveness in "[[Recap/TotalDramaAftermathIBridgetteOverTroubledWaters Aftermath I: Bridgette Over Troubled Waters]]", she sings that if he'll give her "one more chance", she'll do her "happy, happy dance". At these lyrics, she does a silly jig, which almost wins Geoff over for how cute it is until he reminds himself that she kissed Alejandro. |
| 401 | ** DJ does a little joyous dance in "[[Recap/TotalDramaCantHelpFallingInLouvre Can't Help Falling in Louvre]]" when he thinks he's lost the challenge, singing that now that he's going home, no more animals will get hurt. Too bad for him that he actually wins the challenge. |
| 402 | ** In "[[Recap/TotalDramaThreeZonesAndABaby Three Zones and a Baby]]", Sugar does a victory dance in her own honor when the Wâneyihtam Maskwak make it past the lions and snakes. It comes to an end when Shawn points out she lost her baby amidst the carnivores. |
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| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 406 | * Rabbits do a happy dance called a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZgsMCRxXnI binky.]] They jump into the air, and kick out their legs while in the air, with or without a butt waggle. |
| 407 | * "Sparking" - repeated and sudden vertical jumps, performed out of sheer enthusiasm - is a good sign that young mice are happy. |
| 408 | * Guinea pigs are known to do something similar called "popcorning." |
| 409 | * Ferrets do an adorable dance when excited. Fans have dubbed this the "Weasel War Dance", after a line from a ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' comic. [[BewareTheSillyOnes They also use it to disorient prey while hunting.]] |
| 410 | * Most owners of Pembroke Welsh corgis (the tail-less kind) could probably tell you all about the happy corgi butt wiggle dance. |
| 411 | * Creator/GeorgeTakei. ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSjO-rWMuJo Oh my.]]'' |
| 412 | * UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler supposedly danced a jig in celebration of the surrender of France, but it was actually Allied propaganda [[EverybodyDoTheEndlessLoop created by looping footage of him stamping his foot]]. |
| 413 | * QVC host David Venable of InTheKitchenWithDavid does a happy dance when he tastes good food. It consists of him throwing his hands in the air and dancing in a circle while exclaiming, "HAPPY DANCE! HAPPY DANCE!" He often provides warnings to his co-hosts so they can get out of the way. ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS8zDgtWW7s HAPPY DANCE!]]'' |
| 414 | [[/folder]] |
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