Quotes / Musicalis Interruptus

Greg: (singing) You're having fun!
Pearl: More or less.
Greg: So dance with me, just say—
Pearl: NO!
(music suddenly stops)
Pearl: I...I mean...maybe later. (walks away)
Waiter: Booooo! You ruined the song!

— Steven Universe, "Mr. Greg"

Jennifer: (singing) Now, he's just a loner and a liar.
Davey: (singing) And my trailer's caught on fire... (music stops) Fire!? OH MY GOD!

— Eight Crazy Nights

I was singing here!

— Ariel, Lilo & Stitch

Rebecca Sugar: (singing) If I could begin to be-

Jasper: STOP SINGING!

(Beat)

Rebecca Sugar: Fuck you.

— Stets Fights Colin Firth On TV

Let us disappear: This line should really read: 'Let us disap— (shriek)' for so it is always sung: the pirates appear before the ladies can finish the word.

— The Complete Annotated Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance

Apple Bloom: We're gonna make my sister see
I don't need her watching over me...
Scootaloo: STOP! No time for a song! Applejack's coming!

— My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, "Somepony to Watch over Me"

Nacho: Ramses number one, he knows the secrets of desire
(imitates trumpet)
Ramses number one, he puts the people all on fire
(imitates trumpet again)
Ramses—
(Ramses splashes wine on Nacho)

— Nacho Libre

Pit: Thank goodness we don't have to go there [Reaper Fortress], right?
(musical and conversation Beat ensues)
Pit: ...That silence means we have to go there, doesn't it?

— Kid Icarus: Uprising

Sparky: (singing) I wish...I could be...

Fender: Sparky, stop. This is not a musical.

— A Car's Life: Sparky's Big Adventure

Shrek: Why are you following me?!
Donkey: I'll tell you why. 🎵 'Cause I'm all alooooone, there's no one here besiiiiide me... My problems have all gooooone, there's no one to deriiiiiide meeeeee... BUT YOU GOTTA HAVE FRIEEEEEE-- 🎵
Shrek: STOP! SINGING!

— Shrek

"Oh, please, gentlemen, do not stop. That is almost my favourite song."

— Dr. Stanley, On the House, "Take Me to Your Leader"

Henchman: Uh, hey Boss. Boss! Hey, Boss!
The Devil: What?! I was singing!
Henchman: The... the soul counter stopped.

— The Cuphead Show!, "Carn-Evil"

Percy: 🎵 The bluebells are coming! Oh-ho, oh-ho! The bluebells are coming! Oh-ho— 🎵
Douglas: If ye must sing, can't ye sing in tune?

— The Railway Series - Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine, "Bluebells of England"

Captain Mainwaring: Frazer stand behind him-

Sergeant Wilson: And I will get his gun-

Lance Corporal Jones: And I will take my bayonet, and stick it up his-

Nazi Photographer: Halt!

— Dad's Army (1971)

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