History Main / ConcertClimax

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Tends to come in one of two versions:

* The climax and ending of ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'' happen at a concert led by Queen Barb after the Rock Trolls took the other Tribes' strings and members. It starts of as Version A, but switches to Version B when Branch and Poppy begin a relationship together.

* The climax and ending of ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'' happen at a concert led by Queen Barb after the Rock Trolls took the other Tribes' strings and members.

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!!Examples of Version B

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* ''Anime/{{Basquash}}!'' builds up [[IdolSinger Eclipse]]'s final concert, and Dan and company, taking Citron's hint, crash it. Like with most things in the show, a giant robot basketball match breaks out. [[spoiler:Rouge gets her memories back and something happens with the moon.]]

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* In FanFic/TheTaintedGrimoire, The climax of the St. Galleria arc takes place at a major wedding.

* ''LightNovel/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu Purezza'' has this split across two events. First, at [[IdolSinger Milan Himemiya]]'s concert, some music is played to get Yuuto to stop Haruka from being misled into a life she doesn't want. So he runs to another building where her audition is being held and then completes the trope from there.

* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'': Occurs in [[Recap/DoraemonV3C1AWorldWithoutSound "A World Without Sound"]]. As Noby continues to spend time in the world without sound, he begins to realize how difficult it is to live there. The entire story leads up to the climax at Big G's concert. Reading the lyrics to Big G's songs is enough to make Noby feel sick.

Essentially, when the climax of the show / movie takes place around some big public event such as a concert, performance, sporting event or similar such public gathering that the heroes, for whatever reason, have been brought to. If the concert begins after the climax, or continues to the end credits, it's a DancePartyEnding. See also AtTheOperaTonight.

* In a variant, the climax of ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'' turns an ordinary series of student presentations ''into'' a concert-like megaproduction. The audience responds accordingly, clapping along on cue and raising their cigarette lighters as if it were a rock concert.
* ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'', plays it straight however, with the Battle of the Bands that will determine whether Wyld Stallyns will become the world-famous, peace-and-utopia-bringing band they are destined to be being hijacked by the "Evil Usses", then interrupted by the "Good Usses" and the facedown with [=DeNomelos=].

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-->'''Principal Snyder''':... I don't get it. What is this, avant garde?

* ''LightNovel/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu Purezza'' has this split across two events. First, at [[IdolSinger Milan Himemiya]]'s concert, some music is played to get Yuuto to stop Haruka from being misled into a life she doesn't want. So he runs to another building where her audition is being held, and then completes the trope from there.
* Non-romantic version disguised as version A in ''Anime/RollingGirls''. A rock concert is being bombarded by a [[MacrossMissileMassacre Buddha statue shaped missile massacre]], all of which are harmlessly blown up by the concert hall's built in anti-air defenses. The actual climax was when Misa and Mamechiyo apologized to each other and become friends again. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKRhG7yI28w Followed by an epic electric guitar and shamisen rock duet]].

* The ending of ''Film/MusicAndLyrics'', where Alex pens a song he's written himself to Sophie as a gesture of love / reconciliation. In a mild subversion, the ConcertKiss takes place off-stage.
* In ''Film/WhiteChristmas'', a performer walks out on a gig at a small town hotel after a dispute with a man; he follows her to her new job singing at a New York City nightclub in order to convince her to come back.

* In the final scene of ''Theatre/WonderfulTown'', Ruth and Eileen are performing at the Village Vortex, and Eileen is reprising "It's Love" for an encore when Baker comes up to Ruth and embraces her. At first she's inclined to push him away, but then does a DoubleTake and continues the song:

* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Early versions]] of ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' would have climaxed in Nick and Judy trying to foil an attack on a Gazelle concert.

* ''LightNovel/NogizakaHarukaNoHimitsu Purezza'' has this split across two events. First, at [[IdolSinger Milan Himemiya]]'s concert, some SuspiciouslyAproposMusic is played to get Yuuto to stop Haruka from being misled into a life she doesn't want. So he runs to another building where her audition is being held, and then completes the trope from there.

* The AlternateHistory novel ''[[Literature/SmallChange Ha'penny]]'', by Creator/JoWalton, is about a plot to kill Hitler and the British Prime Minister while they're at a production of ''{{Hamlet}}''.

* The climax of ''Red Menace'' comes during a huge Christmas parade in Los Angeles (with grand marshal Gene Autry!). The Red Menace, an anti-Communist agitator trying to provoke a US-Soviet war, planted a stolen Soviet nuke under the parade route.

* The finale of ''Film/MoulinRouge'', when Satine serenades Christian with the first verse of "Come What May", causing the players to rebel in favour of the real ending, the enraged Duke to [[MurderTheHypotenuse attempt to shoot Christian himself]], and Harold Zidler to [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome subsequently punch him out.]] [[ConcertKiss They kiss]] just as the curtain closes. [[spoiler:However, in an unexpected ([[ForegoneConclusion not exactly]], but the ending of [[ShowWithinAShow Spectacular Spectacular!]] is so happy as to make you almost forget what's coming) and poignant twist, [[DownerEnding Satine dies]] shortly afterwards.]]

* The climax of ''Red Menace'' comes during a huge Christmas parade in Los Angeles. The Red Menace, an anti-Communist agitator trying to provoke a US-Soviet war, planted a stolen Soviet nuke under the parade route.

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', the titular character performs one.

!!* ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q4tQBAPRmo God Knows...]].

* ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q4tQBAPRmo God Knows...]].

* In the climax to ''QuoVadis'', the persecution of Christians by Nero leads to Ursus fighting a bull, on which Lygia is tied, as part of a gladiatorial event. Lygia's love interest, Vinicius, watches in horror, fearing for her. Ursus kills the bull, rescues Lygia, and Vinicius rushes down and appeals to the crowd and emperor for the thumbs up.

* The ''Film/GetSmart'' movie takes place during a performance of [[LudwigVanBeethoven Beethoven]]. The target is the President of the United States, and in a little bit of overkill, the terrorists intend to detonate a nuclear device at the end of the performance. (And yes, the bomb is in the piano.)

* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen The original version]] of ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'' would have taken place at a Gazelle concert, with Judy and Nick rushing to stop the bad guys from pulling off their evil plan.

* Non-romantic version disguised as version A in ''Anime/RollingGirls''. A rock concert is being bombarded by a [[MacrossMissileMassacre Buddha statue shaped missile massacre]], all of which are harmlessly blown up by the concert hall's built in anti-air defenses. The actual climax was when Misa and Mamechiyo apologized to each other and become friends again. Followed by an epic electric guitar and shamisen rock duet.

* MarriedWithChildren. Target: the new scoreboard that was supposed to be dedicated to Al, and which Marcy managed to get renamed for Terry Bradshaw. Bud and Jefferson blew it up (and Al) at the designated signal (a cymbal crash); unfortunately, Mr. Bradshaw had already arranged for it to be named for Al again.

* Seen in ''{{Spooks}}'' at the climax of series 3. Iraqi terrorists hold Fiona and Danny as hostages in order to force the Prime Minister to announce an immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq at a dinner party that evening held in honour of the new Iraqi government. There is also a terrorist on her way to blow up the dinner party [[spoiler:whom Adam convinces to surrender, while special forces storm the building where the hostages were being kept and rescue Fiona. [[AnyoneCanDie Danny]] unfortunately does not survive.]]