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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZmb-aYHnBQ Pirate Land]] from ''VideoGame/MarioParty 2''.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZmb-aYHnBQ Pirate Land]] from ''VideoGame/MarioParty 2''.''VideoGame/MarioParty2''.
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* The first track of ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled'' is set on a beach and features a shipwreck. If driven throught it, the VariableMix kicks in, and the track music changes to accordion.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', a pirate is sitting in the rigging, playing a concertina and singing. Captain Hook shoots him in the middle of his cadenza.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', a pirate is sitting in the rigging, playing a concertina and singing. Unfortunately, Captain Hook is not appreciative of the impromptu serenade and shoots him in the middle of his cadenza.
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* As a girl the Inuit author Anauta Blackmore was gifted an accordion and at least beginning instruction in how to play it by a visiting sailor.

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* As a girl the Inuit author Anauta Blackmore Creator/AnautaBlackmore was gifted an accordion instrument that she describes as an accordion, and at least beginning instruction in how to play it it, by a visiting sailor.
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* As a girl the Inuit author Anauta Blackmore was gifted an accordion and at least beginning instruction in how to play it by a visiting sailor.
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* ''Series/Roots1977'': One of the sailors on the slave ship plays an accordion.
* In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' universe, Klingons treat space travel more like sailing than most races, and have acted as pirates. On [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]], the [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Klingon_concertina Klingon chef owns a concertina]] and has been known to serenade his customers.

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* ''Series/Roots1977'': ''Series/{{Roots|1977}}'': One of the sailors on the slave ship plays an accordion.
* In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' universe, Klingons treat space travel more like sailing than most races, and have acted as pirates. On [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]], Nine]]'', the [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Klingon_concertina Klingon chef owns a concertina]] and has been known to serenade his customers.



* Used in a variety of Franchise/{{LEGO}} video games to represent the ''Toys/LEGOPirates'' theme. Typically, in these crossover games, the accordion is notably only heard in pirate-themed locations and levels, and absent from the rest of the soundtrack.

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* Used in a variety of Franchise/{{LEGO}} Franchise/{{Lego}} video games to represent the ''Toys/LEGOPirates'' ''Toys/LegoPirates'' theme. Typically, in these crossover games, the accordion is notably only heard in pirate-themed locations and levels, and absent from the rest of the soundtrack.



** ''VideoGame/LEGOLegacyHeroesUnboxed'': The Pirate-themed PalmtreePanic music tracks [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUlFApYjtGM "SAND 01"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zuT4A3oIds "SAND 02"]] feature an accordion.
** ''VideoGame/LEGORacers'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_PKM-hJMeo Captain Redbeard's intro theme]] has an accordion melody, while the PortTown level [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt-9T9c_rnw Imperial Grand Prix music]] features an accordion in the harmony.

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** ''VideoGame/LEGOLegacyHeroesUnboxed'': ''VideoGame/LegoLegacyHeroesUnboxed'': The Pirate-themed PalmtreePanic music tracks [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUlFApYjtGM "SAND 01"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zuT4A3oIds "SAND 02"]] feature an accordion.
** ''VideoGame/LEGORacers'': ''VideoGame/LegoRacers'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_PKM-hJMeo Captain Redbeard's intro theme]] has an accordion melody, while the PortTown level [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt-9T9c_rnw Imperial Grand Prix music]] features an accordion in the harmony.



** ''VideoGame/LEGOUniverse'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfrrJYY6R8s Pirate Camp music]], as well as its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-5Si6GjjPo sped-up Cannon Cove Shooting Gallery remix]], features an accordion playing part of the melody of a traditional Irish jig.

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** ''VideoGame/LEGOUniverse'': ''VideoGame/LegoUniverse'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfrrJYY6R8s Pirate Camp music]], as well as its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-5Si6GjjPo sped-up Cannon Cove Shooting Gallery remix]], features an accordion playing part of the melody of a traditional Irish jig.



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*** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' has the PortTown hub world Delfino Plaza, prominently featuring the accordion in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3tkgU0pQmQ music]].



*** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' has the PortTown hub world Delfino Plaza, prominently featuring the accordion in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3tkgU0pQmQ music]].



** The ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' games have this too:

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* In ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'', the Spectral Catch is a pirate-themed floor. Unsurprisingly, its soundtrack prominently features the accordion, as heard in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N49NUAlK61o Elevator Hall]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AouZBLn9CCg Grotto Lounge]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AK7lNSD4cA Ghost Catching]] themes.
* The ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' series tends to use accordions in levels inspired by ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'':
** ''VideoGame/MarioKartDS'': Delfino Square, a PortTown track, features an accordion in the instrumentation of its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLKi2PPfEnU music]].
** ''VideoGame/MarioKartWii'': Delfino Pier, a battle course themed around a pier, has an accordion melody in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqWODI5Tuo music]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZmb-aYHnBQ Pirate Land]] from ''VideoGame/MarioParty 2''.



* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HubULBtmfNQ musical theme for Surfshine Harbor]] is a variation of the theme for Decalburg, except slower, in 3/4 time, and with accordions among the instruments.
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'': The VariableMix for Toad Town changes from the fully orchestrated version of most of the town to a quieter accordion-based version when approaching the dock.



* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' has the Beach Bowl Galaxy; while there is no sailing, this trope is invoked by its PalmtreePanic beach setting combined with an accordion in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vdMbB_tL-U music]]. ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' follows suit with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFeCJyXmUSA music]] for Starshine Beach Galaxy.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' has the PortTown hub world Delfino Plaza, prominently featuring the accordion in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3tkgU0pQmQ music]].

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* ''VideoGame/AShortHike'' invokes this trope with the boat minigame which has an accordion in its dedicated track you can hear only if you go fast enough.
* The ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' franchise '''loves''' this trope.
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''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' has the Beach Bowl Galaxy; while there is no sailing, this trope is invoked by its PalmtreePanic beach setting combined with an accordion in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vdMbB_tL-U music]]. ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' follows suit with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFeCJyXmUSA music]] for Starshine Beach Galaxy.
* *** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' has the PortTown hub world Delfino Plaza, prominently featuring the accordion in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3tkgU0pQmQ music]].music]].
** The ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' series tends to use accordions in levels inspired by ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'':
*** ''VideoGame/MarioKartDS'': Delfino Square, a PortTown track, features an accordion in the instrumentation of its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLKi2PPfEnU music]].
*** ''VideoGame/MarioKartWii'': Delfino Pier, a battle course themed around a pier, has an accordion melody in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqWODI5Tuo music]].
** The ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' games have this too:
*** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HubULBtmfNQ musical theme for Surfshine Harbor]] is a variation of the theme for Decalburg, except slower, in 3/4 time, and with accordions among the instruments.
*** ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'': The VariableMix for Toad Town changes from the fully orchestrated version of most of the town to a quieter accordion-based version when approaching the dock.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZmb-aYHnBQ Pirate Land]] from ''VideoGame/MarioParty 2''.
** In ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'', the Spectral Catch is a pirate-themed floor. Unsurprisingly, its soundtrack prominently features the accordion, as heard in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N49NUAlK61o Elevator Hall]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AouZBLn9CCg Grotto Lounge]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AK7lNSD4cA Ghost Catching]] themes.
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* The main theme of the ''Moby Dick'' flash game series.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLU2JA1XBG8 Blue Resort]] from ''VideoGame/Bomberman64''.


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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZmb-aYHnBQ Pirate Land]] from ''VideoGame/MarioParty 2''.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPugwash'', Tom TheCabinboy is an expert concertina player, and part of his repertoire is "The Trumpet Hornpipe" (a.k.a. [[ThemeTuneCameo the Captain Pugwash theme]]).

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* In ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPugwash'', Tom TheCabinboy is an expert concertina player, and part of his repertoire is "The Trumpet Hornpipe" (a.k.a. [[ThemeTuneCameo [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage the Captain Pugwash theme]]).

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* Towards the beginning of ''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' on the U.S. Navy ship, Ned Land (Creator/KirkDouglas) plays the guitar while singing "A Whale of a Tale", but he's also accompanied by an accordion.



* Towards the beginning of ''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' on the U.S. Navy ship, Ned Land (Creator/KirkDouglas) plays the guitar while singing "A Whale of a Tale", but he's also accompanied by an accordion.
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* In ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen'' Creator/TerryGilliam has a CreatorCameo as a singing accordion-playing man trapped inside the belly of the giant SeaMonster.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In ''Bart the Fink'', Krusty has faked his death and while looking for him, Bart and Lisa encounter Handsome Pete, a lookalike at the docks who plays the "Sailor's Hornpipe" on the accordion and dances for nickels. As they leave, Bart tosses a coin into his hat.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In ''Bart the Fink'', Krusty has faked his death and while looking for him, Bart and Lisa encounter Handsome Pete, a lookalike at the docks who plays the "Sailor's Hornpipe" on the accordion and dances for nickels. As they leave, Bart tosses a coin into his hat.cup.
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** The song about the "Shark of Danville Harbor", which is a sea-shanty, involves an accordion player.

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** In "The Ballad of Badbeard", the kids get told about the legendary pirate Badbeard in the form of a song, which starts with Buford pulling an accordion out of {{Hammerspace}} to start it.

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** In "The Ballad of Badbeard", the kids get told about the legendary pirate Badbeard in the form of a song, which starts with Buford pulling an accordion a concertina out of {{Hammerspace}} to start it.
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* In ''Film/TheDemoniacs'', many of the scenes in the sailors' cafe have an accordion playing in the background.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPugwash'', Tom TheCabinboy is an expert concertina player, and part of his repertoire is "The Trumpet Hornpipe" (a.k.a. [[ThemeTuneCameo the Captain Pugwash theme]]).
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* This erm... "unique" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZvARrqizzY Pirate ASMR]] video by ''Creator/TheMostEverCompany'' opens with an awkward jig tune performed on what sounds like a cheap keyboard replica of a concertina, replete with sounds of a limping wooden leg.

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* This erm... "unique" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZvARrqizzY Pirate ASMR]] video by ''Creator/TheMostEverCompany'' Creator/TheMostEverCompany opens with an awkward jig tune performed on what sounds like a cheap keyboard replica of a concertina, replete with sounds the sound of a limping wooden leg.
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* This erm... "unique" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZvARrqizzY Pirate ASMR]]'' video by ''Creator/TheMostEverCompany'' opens with an awkward jig tune performed on what sounds like a cheap keyboard replica of a concertina, replete with sounds of a limping wooden leg.

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* An accordion can be heard at the end of the Music/{{Rammstein}} song "Reise Reise" (from the eponymous album), which is about sailors and sea travels.
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* Towards the beginning of ''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'' on the U.S. Navy ship, Ned Land (Creator/KirkDouglas) plays the guitar while singing "A Whale of a Tale", but he's also accompanied by an accordion.
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* ''VideoGame/BuddySimulator1984'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UjIJfyl2Y8&t theme for the Palchum Docks]] has an accordion playing in a "Yo ho ho" rhythm, which is replaced by a more frantic accordion [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SydKBEV9li0 when you get into battle]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' has Prince Eric playing a flute and another seaman playing an accordion while festivities are in progress on the main deck of the ship. The music and merriment are done to celebrate Prince Eric's birthday. The crew in general seem to be a cheery and affable bunch.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' has Prince Eric playing a flute and another seaman playing an accordion while festivities are in progress on the main deck of the ship. The music and merriment are done to celebrate Prince Eric's birthday. The crew in general seem to be a cheery and affable bunch.



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* In ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'', the Spectral Catch is a pirate-themed floor. Unsurprisingly, its soundtrack prominently features the accordion, as heard in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N49NUAlK61o Elevator Hall]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AouZBLn9CCg Grotto Lounge]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AK7lNSD4cA Ghost Catching]] themes.
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* The whalers at the Spouter Inn early in ''Film/MobyDick'' (1956) liven things up with a concertina rendition of "Amsterdam" (aka "A-Rovin'") after the topic of Ahab puts a damper on conversation.
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* One of pirates in ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'' is simply known as "The Pirate with an Accordion".

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If there is ever one musical instrument that is associated with sailing, you can bet it will be the accordion. When the audience hears accordion music, it sets the stage for adventures with sailors and pirates on the high seas. Other similar free-reed instruments, such as the concertina, may also qualify for this trope; historically, the concertina may even be more relevant, although the average audience member is more likely to recognize the accordion.

Sailors have always been associated with music, since there wasn't a lot else to do for entertainment on a long voyage (a lot of ships forbade games that might be used as a cover for gambling), and music actually serves a practical purpose on a ship: sea shanties originated as a way to coordinate sailors during shipboard tasks. The reason concertinas are particularly associated with pirates is because the concertina was popularized as a small, cheap, versatile instrument in the 1830s, and a lot of popular pirate media is set right around that period because it's seen as the last romanticized gasp of the tall ships before they were replaced by more modern ones.

This trope can come in diegetic and non-diegetic flavors. In diegetic music, it seems that fictional sailors are more likely to pick accordions as their instrument of choice while playing sea shanties. Otherwise, expect accordions to be heard in the non-diegetic musical scores of works featuring sailing, or else only heard in scenes featuring sailors.

Frequently overlaps with PirateSong. When it comes to VideoGameSettings, accordions may be heard in the music playing in GangplankGalleon, PalmtreePanic, and PortTown levels; {{Variable Mix}}es tend to introduce an accordion when the player character is near harbors or ships.

Compare PolkaDork and FrenchAccordion, which are likely the few times you'll hear the accordion in popular media outside of sailing.

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* In a Advertising/PopTarts commercial from the 2000s, an anthropomorphic Apple Strudel pop-tart sails on a ship playing an accordion.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' has Prince Eric playing a flute and another seaman playing an accordion while festivities are in progress on the main deck of the ship. The music and merriment are done to celebrate Prince Eric's birthday. The crew in general seem to be a cheery and affable bunch.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicVoyage'', Columbus entertains his mutinous crew of sailors by playing the concertina while singing "The Life of the Sea".
* In ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'', a pirate is sitting in the rigging, playing a concertina and singing. Captain Hook shoots him in the middle of his cadenza.
* One of pirates in ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'' is simply known as "The Pirate with an Accordion".
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* In ''Film/CabinBoy'', Captain Graybeard plays a concertina at several points throughout the film, including when the crew pelt Nathaniel with beer cans for entertainment.
* The orchestral score of the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' film series tends to feature accordions, fitting the pirate characters and setting. Notable examples include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhEnM2kA5zA "Two Hornpipes (Tortuga)"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2GKOh7Mrhw "The Brethren Court"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnHXRyabx2A "Drink Up Me Hearties"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgsBvOu6TPE "Hoist the Colors Suite"]]. When performed live on Hans Zimmer's tour, the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0_sN4QwgSA medley]] is the only time an accordion is brought out on stage.
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* ''Series/Roots1977'': One of the sailors on the slave ship plays an accordion.
* In the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' universe, Klingons treat space travel more like sailing than most races, and have acted as pirates. On [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]], the [[https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Klingon_concertina Klingon chef owns a concertina]] and has been known to serenade his customers.
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* Music/TheDecemberists, whose music generally has a "guitar and accordion rock" flavor, use the concertina/accordion in a lot of their sailing-themed songs.
* The "Drunken Sailor" sea shanty is popularly performed on the accordion.
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* In the ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'' "[[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue Fifteeniversary]]" story ''Pirates of the Tropical Sea'', Mary Rose listens to a trio of pirates playing a jolly sailor's jig aboard the ''Beatrice'', with one of them playing the accordion.
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* In the burning town scene of ''Ride/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'', an accordion is one of the instruments played by the pirates merrily singing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79brKbb5OzY "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)"]].
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* One of the Franchise/{{LEGO}} [[https://brickset.com/sets/31109-1/Pirate-Ship 31109 Pirate Ship]] alternate models is the Pirates' Inn, which includes an accordion for one of the pirates to play.
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* ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark 2'' is set in the [=1920s=] and features private detective Edward Carnby fighting against a gang of undead pirates who became bootleggers. One of the Game Over cutscenes shows Carnby's corpse hung by his feet at the pirates' ship mast, while one of the pirates plays Irish song "Garryowen" on an accordion.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad0wbpQPuHs music]] in Jolly Roger's Lagoon from ''VideoGame/BanjoTooie'' briefly features an accordion, fitting a level populated by seamen.
* A SidequestSidestory throughout the original ''VideoGame/BlackAndWhite'' concerns a group of would-be sailors who need your help in building a ship and gathering supplies for their voyage. Every time they entreaty you for help, they do so with a song backed by accordions.
* ''VideoGame/BugFables'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUn_p6GogP8 musical theme]] of Bugaria Pier uses an accordion as the main instrument.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e2bD_wVXsc "Gangplank Galleon"]] from ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' opens with an accordion jig to suit the battle aboard a pirate ship. It was brought back as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUgqqhgVGNQ "Snakey Chantey"]] in the even more pirate-themed sequel ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry2DiddysKongQuest'', where it plays in levels taking place aboard pirate ships.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEchoesShadowsOfValentia'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTPQm5_RS-o "Sea Winds and Travelers"]], the PortTown theme, with a melody featuring an accordion and flute duet.
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': Despite having a pirate motif, Foxy and his various counterparts never had an instrument or prop of his own throughout the series, apart from his signature hook hand. The trope is finally played straight as of the release of the [[VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator sixth game]]; Rockstar Foxy -- the newest incarnation of the character in-universe -- now gets his own instrument in the form of a purple accordion, along with his very own PirateParrot.
* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' uses accordions in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwbehR_C96Y Bon Voyage!]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWsyCIEk62Y Ship Shape]], the music tracks used for the Arctic Cruise chapter taking place aboard a cruise ship. The VariableMix for the Spaceship also features accordions when Hat Kid is in the room with the Arctic Cruise telescope.
* Used in a variety of Franchise/{{LEGO}} video games to represent the ''Toys/LEGOPirates'' theme. Typically, in these crossover games, the accordion is notably only heard in pirate-themed locations and levels, and absent from the rest of the soundtrack.
** ''LEGO Chess'': Captain Redbeard's leitmotif, as heard in the story mode cutscenes and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvpvHGPrBRU Pirate-themed chess board music]], features an accordion melody.
** ''VideoGame/LEGOLegacyHeroesUnboxed'': The Pirate-themed PalmtreePanic music tracks [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUlFApYjtGM "SAND 01"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zuT4A3oIds "SAND 02"]] feature an accordion.
** ''VideoGame/LEGORacers'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_PKM-hJMeo Captain Redbeard's intro theme]] has an accordion melody, while the PortTown level [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt-9T9c_rnw Imperial Grand Prix music]] features an accordion in the harmony.
** ''LEGO Soccer Mania'': The "tied" and "losing" variations of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUwaarg65xg the Pirates music]] prominently feature accordion melodies, while it's relegated to a more harmonic role in the "winning" variation.
** ''VideoGame/LEGOUniverse'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfrrJYY6R8s Pirate Camp music]], as well as its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-5Si6GjjPo sped-up Cannon Cove Shooting Gallery remix]], features an accordion playing part of the melody of a traditional Irish jig.
* The ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' series tends to use accordions in levels inspired by ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'':
** ''VideoGame/MarioKartDS'': Delfino Square, a PortTown track, features an accordion in the instrumentation of its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLKi2PPfEnU music]].
** ''VideoGame/MarioKartWii'': Delfino Pier, a battle course themed around a pier, has an accordion melody in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqWODI5Tuo music]].
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar'': The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HubULBtmfNQ musical theme for Surfshine Harbor]] is a variation of the theme for Decalburg, except slower, in 3/4 time, and with accordions among the instruments.
* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheOrigamiKing'': The VariableMix for Toad Town changes from the fully orchestrated version of most of the town to a quieter accordion-based version when approaching the dock.
* In ''VideoGame/SeaOfThieves'', a pirate-themed game, one of the items you can use is an accordion, meaning that you can hunt for treasure and hang out on your ship while playing sea shanties on your accordion.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' has the Beach Bowl Galaxy; while there is no sailing, this trope is invoked by its PalmtreePanic beach setting combined with an accordion in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vdMbB_tL-U music]]. ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2'' follows suit with the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFeCJyXmUSA music]] for Starshine Beach Galaxy.
* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' has the PortTown hub world Delfino Plaza, prominently featuring the accordion in its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3tkgU0pQmQ music]].
* In a licensed game of ''Series/{{Zingzillas}}'', if you select the accordion to play, you will end up with a PirateSong.
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* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** In "The Ballad of Badbeard", the kids get told about the legendary pirate Badbeard in the form of a song, which starts with Buford pulling an accordion out of {{Hammerspace}} to start it.
** The song about the "Shark of Danville Harbor", which is a sea-shanty, involves an accordion player.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOctonauts'': The Octopod is seen as a ship, and Captain Barnacles is occasionally seen playing the accordion (and [[DreadfulMusician sounding awful]]).
* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', whenever Sea Hawk sings a sea shanty(or begins to sing one and is interrupted) accordion music can be heard in the soundtrack.
* ''WesternAnimation/SillySymphonies'': In the beginning of "King Neptune", a group of pirates was shown sailing across the seas and [[PirateSong singing]], before they notice a group of mermaids to kidnap. During their song, one of them was shown playing a concertina.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In ''Bart the Fink'', Krusty has faked his death and while looking for him, Bart and Lisa encounter Handsome Pete, a lookalike at the docks who plays the "Sailor's Hornpipe" on the accordion and dances for nickels. As they leave, Bart tosses a coin into his hat.
-->'''Sea Captain:''' Aar, a quarter! He'll be dancing for hours!
* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', many scenes involving the swashbuckling Mr. Krabs are scored by accordions, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOwXlANwerI this production track of "Drunken Sailor"]] being a prime example.
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaWorldTour'': In the episode "Newf Kids on the Rock," the contestants [[OnceAnEpisode have to sing]] while rowing to the Newfoundland shore. Alejandro starts out the song, a pastiche of sea shanties, by playing an accordion.
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