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* In ''ComicBook/GiraffesOnHorsebackSalad'', a graphic novel adaptation of an unfinished Creator/SalvadorDali film, the protagonist expresses his inner self-doubts via "The Shadow Plays".
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* In ''ComicBook/GiraffesOnHorsebackSalad'', a graphic novel adaptation of an unfinished Creator/SalvadorDali film, the protagonist expresses his inner self-doubts via "The Shadow Plays".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs'': Defied with "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" The song starts out with Fifer Pig and Fiddler Pig joyfully singing about how they play around all day because they have no fear of the Big Bad Wolf. They mock Practical Pig for building a strong house to protect himself from the Wolf. Practical Pig sings about how he doesn't care what the other pigs think, because he knows he's right to take precautions against the Wolf. Fifer and Fiddler Pig sing the song whenever they think there is no danger, only to immediately cower and panic at the slightest hint of danger. The song carries the cartoon's overall message: When a bad situation is coming, it's best to work hard and take the proper precautions so that there's no reason to be afraid when disaster strikes.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' episode "It's Great to be a Ghost" has "When I'm Booin'", a parody of "When You're Smilin'", which is about Tyrone being too much of a scaredy-moose to be a ghost.
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** The''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' episode "It's Great to be a Ghost" has "When I'm Booin'", a parody of "When You're Smilin'", which is about Tyrone being too much of a scaredy-moose to be a ghost.ghost.
** "Shy Guy" from "Castaways" is about Austin as a ShrinkingViolet who's too nervous to walk right up to the other castaways and talk to them.
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** "Shy Guy" from "Castaways" is about Austin as a ShrinkingViolet who's too nervous to walk right up to the other castaways and talk to them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'': Played with. Terri, a Starlight Girl who is highly superstitious and gets scared easily, hates Halloween. Jerrica sings "It's Fun to Be Scared" to remind her that the scariness of Halloween is just pretend and that being scared is part of the fun.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'': Played with. Terri, a Starlight Girl who is highly superstitious and gets scared easily, hates Halloween. Jerrica sings "It's Fun to Be Scared" to remind her that the scariness of Halloween is just pretend and that being scared is part of the fun.
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* ''Series/FraggleRock'': In [[Recap/FraggleRockS1E20TheGardenPlot The Garden Plot]], Red sings "Afraid to be Afraid" as she laments her fears at letting the other Fraggles see her being afraid when she lied to Gobo earlier that she wasn't afraid of the Gorgs.
* In the ''Series/SesameStreet'' special "Elmo Visits the Doctor", the title character is AfraidOfDoctors. Because of this, Elmo can't decide whether to have his earache treated or not, and sings a song about it.
* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' has one called "I'm Not Scared" in the HalloweenEpisode "We All Say Boo!", where the toys sing about their fears.
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* ''Series/FraggleRock'': In [[Recap/FraggleRockS1E20TheGardenPlot The Garden Plot]], Red sings "Afraid to be Afraid" as she laments her fears at letting the other Fraggles see her being afraid when she lied to Gobo earlier that she wasn't afraid of the Gorgs.
* In the ''Series/SesameStreet'' special "Elmo Visits the Doctor", the title character is AfraidOfDoctors. Because of this, Elmo can't decide whether to have his earache treated or not, and sings a song about it.
* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' has one called "I'm Not Scared" in the HalloweenEpisode "We All Say Boo!", where the toys sing about their fears.
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* ''Series/FraggleRock'':
** [[Recap/FraggleRockS1E8TheTerribleTunnel The Terrible Tunnel]] has the song "Bad News," which is about Boober's superstitions and Gobo's skepticism of them.
** In [[Recap/FraggleRockS1E20TheGardenPlot The Garden Plot]], Red sings "Afraid to be Afraid" as she laments her fears at letting the other Fraggles see her being afraid when she lied to Gobo earlier that she wasn't afraid of the Gorgs.
* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' has one called "I'm Not Scared" in the HalloweenEpisode "We All Say Boo!", where the toys sing about their fears.
* In the ''Series/SesameStreet'' special "Elmo Visits the Doctor", the title character is AfraidOfDoctors. Because of this, Elmo can't decide whether to have his earache treated or not, and sings a song about it.
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* ''Series/FraggleRock'':
** [[Recap/FraggleRockS1E8TheTerribleTunnel The Terrible Tunnel]] has the song "Bad News," which is about Boober's superstitions and Gobo's skepticism of them.
** In [[Recap/FraggleRockS1E20TheGardenPlot The Garden Plot]], Red sings "Afraid to be Afraid" as she laments her fears at letting the other Fraggles see her being afraid when she lied to Gobo earlier that she wasn't afraid of the Gorgs.
* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' has one called "I'm Not Scared" in the HalloweenEpisode "We All Say Boo!", where the toys sing about their fears.
* In the ''Series/SesameStreet'' special "Elmo Visits the Doctor", the title character is AfraidOfDoctors. Because of this, Elmo can't decide whether to have his earache treated or not, and sings a song about it.
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** In the season five episode "Can't Go Back", Lapis sings "That Distant Shore" about how her trauma from her experiences in the last [[spoiler: Gem War]] keeps her from fully committing to the Crystal Gems, even though she wants to now.
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* "Surface Pressure" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'' is about how Luisa doesn't know who she is if she can't be the [[ChronicHeroSyndrome strong one]] in the family.
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* ''Series/FraggleRock'': In "The Garden Plot", Red sings "Afraid to be Afraid" as she laments her fears at letting the other Fraggles see her being afraid when she lied to Gobo earlier that she wasn't afraid of the Gorgs.
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* ''Series/FraggleRock'': In "The [[Recap/FraggleRockS1E20TheGardenPlot The Garden Plot", Plot]], Red sings "Afraid to be Afraid" as she laments her fears at letting the other Fraggles see her being afraid when she lied to Gobo earlier that she wasn't afraid of the Gorgs.Gorgs.
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* ''Series/FraggleRock'': In "The Garden Plot", Red sings "Afraid to be Afraid" as she laments her fears at letting the other Fraggles see her being afraid when she lied to Gobo earlier that she wasn't afraid of the Gorgs.
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* ''[[Radio/IntergalacticalMagicalRadio The Wacky Musical Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Intergalactical Magical Radio]]'': The track "Unidentified Knocking Object" has Ronald [=McDonald=] and friends sing about their fear and reluctance towards investigating after hearing a mysterious knocking outside their spaceship.
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* ''[[Radio/IntergalacticalMagicalRadio The Wacky Musical Adventures of Ronald McDonald: Intergalactical Magical Radio]]'': The track "Unidentified Knocking Object" has Ronald [=McDonald=] and friends sing about their fear and reluctance towards investigating after hearing a mysterious knocking outside their spaceship.
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* "Big Bird" by Music/{{AJJ}} is a [[ListSong long list]] of the speaker's {{Adult Fear}}s that includes dying of cancer, not being able to support his family, and that [[CovertPervert everyone knows he is a pervert]].
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* Music/CrazyCod's "The Most Frightening Number (Stop The Clock)" is about the fear of turning 30 and the passage of time.
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* "Midnight in Me" from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsLegendOfEverfree'' , in which Twilight resolves to bottle up her inner darkness, embodied by her SuperpoweredEvilSide Midnight Sparkle, terrified of what might happen if her friends see what she's going through or Midnight took control once again.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BabesInToyland'': "[[https://youtu.be/YFc3xHTTcEY The Worst Is Yet To Come]]" starts out as a VillainSong, as Rodrigo and Gonzargo, who are taking the {{kid hero}}es to the land of goblins, taunt the kids about their imminent deaths. But it becomes a sort of musical OhCrap moment near the end as Rodrigo and Gonzargo start to realize that, by entering the goblins' territory, they've put ''themselves'' in danger too.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BabesInToyland'': "[[https://youtu.be/YFc3xHTTcEY The Worst Is Yet To Come]]" starts out as a VillainSong, as Rodrigo and Gonzargo, who are taking the {{kid hero}}es to the land of goblins, taunt the kids about their imminent deaths. But it becomes a sort of musical OhCrap moment near the end as Rodrigo and Gonzargo start to realize [[TooDumbToLive finally realize]] that, by entering the goblins' territory, they've put ''themselves'' in danger too.
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* ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' has one called "I'm Not Scared" in the HalloweenEpisode "We All Say Boo!", where the toys sing about their fears.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'': Vor's part of the song "On My Own" from the GrandFinale is about how Sofia is alone with her inside the Amulet of Avalor and believes she's too scared to even fight her.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': After realizing just how dangerous Homeworld is, Steven sings ''Full Disclosure'', about how he doesn't want to keep involving Connie in the Gem conflict but is too afraid to confront her.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'' episode "It's Great to be a Ghost" has "When I'm Booin'", a parody of "When You're Smilin'", which is about Tyrone being too much of a scaredy-moose to be a ghost.
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''To want to curl up in a ball [[GratuitousGerman und]] hide avay?''\\
''You see a mouse scamper 'cross ze floor''\\
''Or hear ze creaking of a door''\\
''You get frightened! You want to freeze, freeze, freeze!''
-->--'''Dr. Flurry,''' ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales: The League of Incredible Vegetables''
When you're afraid, how do you cope with your fear? In the troperiffic world of fiction, sometimes the answer is to sing about it. Songs about fear are pretty common in musicals.
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->''Do you know what it's like to be afraid?''
->''To want to curl up in a ball [[GratuitousGerman und]] hide avay?''
->''You see a mouse scamper 'cross ze floor''
->''Or hear ze creaking of a door''
->''You get frightened! You want to freeze, freeze, freeze!''
-->'''Dr. Flurry,''' ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales: The League of Incredible Vegetables''
When you're afraid, how do you cope with your fear? In the troperiffic world of fiction, sometimes the answer is to sing about it. Songs about fear are pretty common in musicals.
This is also a common topic for {{Filk Song}}s based on horror works, especially indie horror games. These songs will have the protagonist/victim character sing about how they're afraid of the monster/villain character.
Compare WarningSong and MelancholyMusicalNumber, and FaceYourFears. If the song is about being afraid of a villainous character, may overlap with TheVillainSucksSong, or even VillainSong if the villain sings in it too. Contrast OdeToApathy, and PepTalkSong, a musical number about trying to overcome fear and other negative emotions.
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->''To want to curl up in a ball [[GratuitousGerman und]] hide avay?''
->''You see a mouse scamper 'cross ze floor''
->''Or hear ze creaking of a door''
->''You get frightened! You want to freeze, freeze, freeze!''
-->'''Dr. Flurry,''' ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales: The League of Incredible Vegetables''
When you're afraid, how do you cope with your fear? In the troperiffic world of fiction, sometimes the answer is to sing about it. Songs about fear are pretty common in musicals.
This is also a common topic for {{Filk Song}}s based on horror works, especially indie horror games. These songs will have the protagonist/victim character sing about how they're afraid of the monster/villain character.
Compare WarningSong and MelancholyMusicalNumber, and FaceYourFears. If the song is about being afraid of a villainous character, may overlap with TheVillainSucksSong, or even VillainSong if the villain sings in it too. Contrast OdeToApathy, and PepTalkSong, a musical number about trying to overcome fear and other negative emotions.
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->''Do you know what it's like to be afraid?''
->''To want to curl up in a ball [[GratuitousGerman und]] hide avay?''
->''You see a mouse scamper 'cross ze floor''
->''Or hear ze creaking of a door''
->''You get frightened! You want to freeze, freeze, freeze!''
-->'''Dr. Flurry,''' ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales: The League of Incredible Vegetables''
When you're afraid, how do you cope with your fear? In the troperiffic world of fiction, sometimes the answer is to sing about it. Songs about fear are pretty common in musicals.
This is also a common topic for {{Filk Song}}s based on horror works, especially indie horror games. These songs will have the protagonist/victim character sing about how they're afraid of the monster/villain character.
Compare WarningSong and MelancholyMusicalNumber, and FaceYourFears. If the song is about being afraid of a villainous character, may overlap with TheVillainSucksSong, or even VillainSong if the villain sings in it too. Contrast OdeToApathy, and PepTalkSong, a musical number about trying to overcome fear and other negative emotions.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BabesInToyland'': "[[https://youtu.be/YFc3xHTTcEY The Worst Is Yet To Come]]" starts out as a VillainSong, as Rodrigo and Gonzargo, who are taking the {{kid hero}}es to the land of goblins, taunt the kids about their imminent deaths. But it becomes a sort of musical OhCrap moment near the end as Rodrigo and Gonzargo start to realize that, by entering the goblins' territory, they've put ''themselves'' in danger too.
-->'''Rodrigo:''' Your nerves are jarred, your heart beats hard,
-->'''Gonzargo:''' Like a kettle drum!
-->'''Rodrigo:''' You're hearing shrieks and eerie squeaks!
-->'''Gonzargo:''' Where is that one coming from?!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'':
** Played with. The song "This is Halloween" has the residents of HalloweenTown singing about themselves, because they're scary and that's their job.
** "Sally's Song" is primarily a MelancholyMusicalNumber, but also has elements of this trope. It starts off with Sally singing about how she's anxious because [[OnlySaneMan she's the only one]] who realizes that Jack's SubbingForSanta plan is not going to end well.
* In a [[CutSong deleted song]] from ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild'' (a crossover between ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'') titled "Fraidy-Cat Finster", Chuckie Finster sings about his timid personality and things he's afraid of.
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* ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'': When the adventure begins, the talking bugs sing a song that is partially about how they're nervous about all the creatures they might meet on their journey, such as a 49-headed creature, or a dilemma with literal horns.
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*In the ''Series/SesameStreet'' special "Elmo Visits the Doctor", the title character is AfraidOfDoctors. Because of this, Elmo can't decide whether to have his earache treated or not, and sings a song about it.
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* "Big Bird" by Music/{{AJJ}} is a [[ListSong long list]] of the speaker's {{Adult Fear}}s that includes dying of cancer, not being able to support his family, and that [[CovertPervert everyone knows he is a pervert]].
* Music/{{CG5}}:
** VideoGame/{{Luigi|sMansion}}'s song "[[https://youtu.be/sCo5zBz00pI Phantom Dancing]]" describes both how terrified he is of the ghosts in the mansion and how [[CowardlyLion he will keep on going and save Mario anyway]].
** "[[https://youtu.be/NbjSj26f8Zc Every Door]]" is sung by a boy being relentlessly pursued by VideoGame/{{Baldi|sBasicsInEducationAndLearning}}. It describes both his terror and his wish to be anywhere else. Baldi also has some lines in the song saying he will never stop chasing the kid.
** "[[https://youtu.be/pL_JulOAtmA Let Me Through]]" is primarily a VillainSong by various versions of [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Foxy]] as they hunt down the security guard, but the security guard also gets two segments in the song about how Foxy confuses and scares him.
* Music/FlandersAndSwann has "The Spider Song", about an arachnophobic man who's afraid to shave because there's a spider in the bath.
* Music/JudyPancoast, the children's singer, has a song called "Gotta Get a Shot", sung from the point-of-view of a little girl who [[InjectionPlot needs to get a shot]] but is AfraidOfNeedles.
* Music/TheLivingTombstone: "[[https://youtu.be/weZKm1kTrpc Basics in Behavior]]" is sung by a kid at VideoGame/{{Baldi|sBasicsInEducationAndLearning}}'s school. It mostly describes the child's fear of Baldi, an EvilTeacher who chases them and their classmates down for failing to follow his rules.
* Music/LouReed's song "Waves of Fear" describes a panic attack in detail.
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* In ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'', Anna the governess sings "I Whistle a Happy Tune", which details her secret for dealing with fear. She fools other people and makes herself feel better by pretending she's absolutely carefree.
* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'': Elphaba sings ''No Good Deed'' after Fiyero is taken to be executed. The first part of the song deals with her growing fear that her desperate attempts at magic will not be enough to save him, before turning nihilistic and cynical as she angrily accepts her role as a villain.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' episode "It Snakes a Village" has one, in which Gene explains snakes are the ''only'' thing he's afraid of:
--> '''Gene:''' I'm not afraid of ghosts/I'm not afraid of sharks/I'm not afraid of cancer/I'm just afraid of snakes!/ They really creep me out/Where are their arms and legs?/It's not okay!
* In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', in "The Bunny Rabbits Is Coming!", Wade sings about his [[AbsurdPhobia overwhelming fear of everything]], even nonsensical items like flannel shirts and raisins.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Played with. Billy sings "Scary-O" to list all of the things he is supposedly not scared of, but the song's lyrics consist of a series of paradoxes that invalidate his claims and make it clear he is actually terrified of everything he is saying.
--> '''Billy:''' "I'm not scared of earthquakes, as long as the ground doesn't shake!"
* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': In "Not Home on the Range", Leo's song "I'm Just a Jittery Jackaroo" is about his fear of horses.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': After realizing just how dangerous Homeworld is, Steven sings ''Full Disclosure'', about how he doesn't want to keep involving Connie in the Gem conflict but is too afraid to confront her.
* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''
** Defied with "God is Bigger than the Boogeyman," which is basically an ''anti''-fear song. The song teaches that God is bigger and stronger than anything you might be afraid of, and that trusting in Him is the best solution to fear.
** ''The League of Incredible Vegetables'': In "[[https://youtu.be/0SalfZG9i6I?t=86 Freeze, Freeze, Freeze]]," Dr. Flurry sings about his fear of the heroes, listing the symptoms it causes in him. He also describes how he plans to weaponize the heroes' own fears against them.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'': In "Scared Silly", Ronald and his friends take shelter in a haunted house after it rains during their camping trip. They sing two similar songs addressing the house's creepy nature. One describes the fact that they have no other choice for shelter, while the other reassures them that they'll be fine if they stick together.
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->''Do you know what it's like to be afraid?''
->''To want to curl up in a ball [[GratuitousGerman und]] hide avay?''
->''You see a mouse scamper 'cross ze floor''
->''Or hear ze creaking of a door''
->''You get frightened! You want to freeze, freeze, freeze!''
-->'''Dr. Flurry,''' ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales: The League of Incredible Vegetables''
When you're afraid, how do you cope with your fear? In the troperiffic world of fiction, sometimes the answer is to sing about it. Songs about fear are pretty common in musicals.
This is also a common topic for {{Filk Song}}s based on horror works, especially indie horror games. These songs will have the protagonist/victim character sing about how they're afraid of the monster/villain character.
Compare WarningSong and MelancholyMusicalNumber, and FaceYourFears. If the song is about being afraid of a villainous character, may overlap with TheVillainSucksSong, or even VillainSong if the villain sings in it too. Contrast OdeToApathy, and PepTalkSong, a musical number about trying to overcome fear and other negative emotions.
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* ''WesternAnimation/BabesInToyland'': "[[https://youtu.be/YFc3xHTTcEY The Worst Is Yet To Come]]" starts out as a VillainSong, as Rodrigo and Gonzargo, who are taking the {{kid hero}}es to the land of goblins, taunt the kids about their imminent deaths. But it becomes a sort of musical OhCrap moment near the end as Rodrigo and Gonzargo start to realize that, by entering the goblins' territory, they've put ''themselves'' in danger too.
-->'''Rodrigo:''' Your nerves are jarred, your heart beats hard,
-->'''Gonzargo:''' Like a kettle drum!
-->'''Rodrigo:''' You're hearing shrieks and eerie squeaks!
-->'''Gonzargo:''' Where is that one coming from?!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'':
** Played with. The song "This is Halloween" has the residents of HalloweenTown singing about themselves, because they're scary and that's their job.
** "Sally's Song" is primarily a MelancholyMusicalNumber, but also has elements of this trope. It starts off with Sally singing about how she's anxious because [[OnlySaneMan she's the only one]] who realizes that Jack's SubbingForSanta plan is not going to end well.
* In a [[CutSong deleted song]] from ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild'' (a crossover between ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'') titled "Fraidy-Cat Finster", Chuckie Finster sings about his timid personality and things he's afraid of.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach'': When the adventure begins, the talking bugs sing a song that is partially about how they're nervous about all the creatures they might meet on their journey, such as a 49-headed creature, or a dilemma with literal horns.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
*In the ''Series/SesameStreet'' special "Elmo Visits the Doctor", the title character is AfraidOfDoctors. Because of this, Elmo can't decide whether to have his earache treated or not, and sings a song about it.
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[[folder:Music]]
* "Big Bird" by Music/{{AJJ}} is a [[ListSong long list]] of the speaker's {{Adult Fear}}s that includes dying of cancer, not being able to support his family, and that [[CovertPervert everyone knows he is a pervert]].
* Music/{{CG5}}:
** VideoGame/{{Luigi|sMansion}}'s song "[[https://youtu.be/sCo5zBz00pI Phantom Dancing]]" describes both how terrified he is of the ghosts in the mansion and how [[CowardlyLion he will keep on going and save Mario anyway]].
** "[[https://youtu.be/NbjSj26f8Zc Every Door]]" is sung by a boy being relentlessly pursued by VideoGame/{{Baldi|sBasicsInEducationAndLearning}}. It describes both his terror and his wish to be anywhere else. Baldi also has some lines in the song saying he will never stop chasing the kid.
** "[[https://youtu.be/pL_JulOAtmA Let Me Through]]" is primarily a VillainSong by various versions of [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Foxy]] as they hunt down the security guard, but the security guard also gets two segments in the song about how Foxy confuses and scares him.
* Music/FlandersAndSwann has "The Spider Song", about an arachnophobic man who's afraid to shave because there's a spider in the bath.
* Music/JudyPancoast, the children's singer, has a song called "Gotta Get a Shot", sung from the point-of-view of a little girl who [[InjectionPlot needs to get a shot]] but is AfraidOfNeedles.
* Music/TheLivingTombstone: "[[https://youtu.be/weZKm1kTrpc Basics in Behavior]]" is sung by a kid at VideoGame/{{Baldi|sBasicsInEducationAndLearning}}'s school. It mostly describes the child's fear of Baldi, an EvilTeacher who chases them and their classmates down for failing to follow his rules.
* Music/LouReed's song "Waves of Fear" describes a panic attack in detail.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* In ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'', Anna the governess sings "I Whistle a Happy Tune", which details her secret for dealing with fear. She fools other people and makes herself feel better by pretending she's absolutely carefree.
* ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'': Elphaba sings ''No Good Deed'' after Fiyero is taken to be executed. The first part of the song deals with her growing fear that her desperate attempts at magic will not be enough to save him, before turning nihilistic and cynical as she angrily accepts her role as a villain.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* The ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' episode "It Snakes a Village" has one, in which Gene explains snakes are the ''only'' thing he's afraid of:
--> '''Gene:''' I'm not afraid of ghosts/I'm not afraid of sharks/I'm not afraid of cancer/I'm just afraid of snakes!/ They really creep me out/Where are their arms and legs?/It's not okay!
* In ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', in "The Bunny Rabbits Is Coming!", Wade sings about his [[AbsurdPhobia overwhelming fear of everything]], even nonsensical items like flannel shirts and raisins.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Played with. Billy sings "Scary-O" to list all of the things he is supposedly not scared of, but the song's lyrics consist of a series of paradoxes that invalidate his claims and make it clear he is actually terrified of everything he is saying.
--> '''Billy:''' "I'm not scared of earthquakes, as long as the ground doesn't shake!"
* ''WesternAnimation/LetsGoLuna'': In "Not Home on the Range", Leo's song "I'm Just a Jittery Jackaroo" is about his fear of horses.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': After realizing just how dangerous Homeworld is, Steven sings ''Full Disclosure'', about how he doesn't want to keep involving Connie in the Gem conflict but is too afraid to confront her.
* ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales''
** Defied with "God is Bigger than the Boogeyman," which is basically an ''anti''-fear song. The song teaches that God is bigger and stronger than anything you might be afraid of, and that trusting in Him is the best solution to fear.
** ''The League of Incredible Vegetables'': In "[[https://youtu.be/0SalfZG9i6I?t=86 Freeze, Freeze, Freeze]]," Dr. Flurry sings about his fear of the heroes, listing the symptoms it causes in him. He also describes how he plans to weaponize the heroes' own fears against them.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'': In "Scared Silly", Ronald and his friends take shelter in a haunted house after it rains during their camping trip. They sing two similar songs addressing the house's creepy nature. One describes the fact that they have no other choice for shelter, while the other reassures them that they'll be fine if they stick together.
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indices:
* MusicalNumberIndex
* FearTropes
