History Main / CrowdSong

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', quite famously. The King of Swamp Castle tries to stall the start of a Crowd Song, or any kind of musical number, for as long as possible.

* ''Film/{{Elf}}'' contains a sequence where the {{Love Interest|s}} leads a group of New Yorkers in "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"; this is slightly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that pretty much everyone ''does'' know the words to that song, and in that several people are fairly off-key.
* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' has "That's How You Know". Robert accepts that Giselle sings (he thinks she's a CloudCuckoolander), but is completely astonished when the effect proves contagious and an increasingly large number of Central Park street musicians and performers join in. Somehow, this scene manages to play the trope so straight it meets parody coming the other way.
-->'''Robert:''' He knows the song too? I've never heard this song before! What the hell is it?

* ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' takes this a step further. Not only does everybody in Chicago sing along to "Twist and Shout", but many of them dance in unison, too. Somewhat justified. It's a well-known song/dance.

* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'' has the "That's How You Know" scene in Central Park. Robert accepts that Giselle sings (he thinks she's a CloudCuckoolander), but is completely astonished when the effect proves contagious and an increasingly large number of random people join in. Somehow, this scene manages to play the trope so straight it meets parody coming the other way.

* As the page quote showcases, ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' had a MusicalEpisode called "Zanzibar" - unfortunately, Rocko was the ''only'' one who didn't know the words, a fact that was [[RunningGag repeatedly]] [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] throughout the episode.

* Lampshaded in ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', where one episode has everyone in town performing a live musical in the streets dedicated to spring cleaning. Rocko is confused by this and questions how this was even organized, with the response being the page quote.

* Mocked to great effect in the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' musical episode "Once More With Feeling". When the gang are discussing how they're all breaking into spell they wonder if they're the only ones affected or if it's the entire town. Buffy sticks her head out the door of the Magic Box and catches the end of a song about a man celebrating his dry cleaning.

* Mocked to great effect in the ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' musical episode "Once More With Feeling".
** "They got the mustard out!"

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* {{Opera}} is the genre that [[TropeCodifier codified]] this trope, and possibly even [[TropeMakers made it]] (we don't actually know for sure ''what'' Greek plays actually sounded like, and early opera composers acknowledged that). The interesting thing, though, is that all early operas (such as Monteverdi's ''Theatre/LOrfeo'') attempt to [[JustifiedTrope justify]] this, by having most of the music sound as speech-like as possible, or by having it sung by characters who possess supernatural powers.