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* In ''WesternAnimation/RhapsodyRabbit'', Bugs Bunny is pestered by a mouse disrupting his performance of Liszt's second rhapsody. Bugs slams the piano lid on the mouse, who proceeds to play "Chopsticks," prompting Bugs to toss in a lit stick of dynamite. When it explodes, "Taps" suddenly can be heard up to the last note which was conspicuously absent. Bugs lifts the lid and gets bonked on the head by the mouse with a mallet, the last note finally played.
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** In ''WesternAnimation/ScaredyCat'', Sylvester mimics a trumpet playing this to try to warn Porky of the killer mice. But Porky thinks he's just being hysterical.
** In ''WesternAnimation/RhapsodyRabbit'', Bugs Bunny is pestered by a mouse disrupting his performance of Liszt's second rhapsody. Bugs slams the piano lid on the mouse, who proceeds to play "Chopsticks," prompting Bugs to toss in a lit stick of dynamite. When it explodes, "Taps" suddenly can be heard up to the last note which was conspicuously absent. Bugs lifts the lid and gets bonked on the head by the mouse with a mallet, the last note finallyplayed.played.
** In ''WesternAnimation/RomanLegionHare'', Emperor Nero fiddles this while he and Yosemite Sam are about to be done in by the lions.
** In ''WesternAnimation/ScaredyCat'', Sylvester mimics a trumpet playing this to try to warn Porky of the killer mice. But Porky thinks he's just being hysterical.
** In ''WesternAnimation/RhapsodyRabbit'', Bugs Bunny is pestered by a mouse disrupting his performance of Liszt's second rhapsody. Bugs slams the piano lid on the mouse, who proceeds to play "Chopsticks," prompting Bugs to toss in a lit stick of dynamite. When it explodes, "Taps" suddenly can be heard up to the last note which was conspicuously absent. Bugs lifts the lid and gets bonked on the head by the mouse with a mallet, the last note finally
** In ''WesternAnimation/RomanLegionHare'', Emperor Nero fiddles this while he and Yosemite Sam are about to be done in by the lions.
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* ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' has Taps mixed into the film score during Iceman's Navy funeral to rather moving effect.
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* As you might guess, ''Film/{{Taps}}'' has this a number of times, at the beginning when the school reads off the names and dates of alumni who fell in battle, [[spoiler: and when they have their memorial service for General Bache]]. The movie's title also indicates the impending death of the academy.
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* As you might guess, ''Film/{{Taps}}'' has this a number A high-pitched variation of times, at "Taps" is heard in the beginning when background in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', during the school reads off the names and dates of alumni who fell in battle, [[spoiler: and when they have their memorial service for General Bache]]. The movie's title also indicates the impending death [[SignatureScene famous scene]] of the academy.piles of wounded soldiers lying on the ground.
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* As you might guess, ''Film/{{Taps}}'' has this a number of times, at the beginning when the school reads off the names and dates of alumni who fell in battle, [[spoiler: and when they have their memorial service for General Bache]]. The movie's title also indicates the impending death of the academy.
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* At the beginning of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode "Pokemon Shipwreck", Officer Jenny and the other survivors of the sinking of the St. Anne are mourning the apparent deaths of Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, Jessie, James, and Meowth, after they were unable to get off the ship. After Jenny tosses a bouquet of flowers overboard, she tells everyone to give a salute while a trumpeter starts playing "Taps", as the flowers sink into the ocean waters.
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* At the beginning of the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Pokemon Shipwreck", Officer Jenny and the other survivors of the sinking of the St. Anne are mourning the apparent deaths of Ash, Misty, Brock, Pikachu, Jessie, James, and Meowth, after they were unable to get off the ship. After Jenny tosses a bouquet of flowers overboard, she tells everyone to give a salute while a trumpeter starts playing "Taps", as the flowers sink into the ocean waters.
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* In ''VideoGame/BitLife'', when you die during a ''VideoGame/{{Minesweeper}}''-like minigame after being deployed in the military, the first four notes of "Taps" play when your grave is shown.
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As the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taps "Taps" article]] on Website/ThatOtherWiki states, "Taps" is a musical piece sounded at dusk, and at funerals, particularly by the U.S. military. It is sounded during flag ceremonies and funerals, on single bugle or trumpet, and often at Boy Scout, Girl Scout and Girl Guide meetings and camps.
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As the [[http://en.[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taps org/wiki/Taps_(bugle_call) "Taps" article]] on Website/ThatOtherWiki states, "Taps" is a musical piece sounded at dusk, and at funerals, particularly by the U.S. military. It is sounded during flag ceremonies and funerals, on single bugle or trumpet, and often at Boy Scout, Girl Scout and Girl Guide meetings and camps.
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* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia'' plays the first/last three notes of "Taps' if the Prince suffers an "accidental" death, and a variation of Chopin's Funeral March if he dies in battle.
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** In "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E10GhostHostChimpsAhoy Chimps Ahoy]]", [=SpongeBob=] uses one of Sandy's inventions, a helmet that lets you talk to nuts, to communicate with a peanut. Sandy then uses another invention to turn the peanut into coffee, which mortifies [=SpongeBob=] when he hears its agonized screams. "Taps" then plays in the background as he takes the helmet off.
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* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnerie_aux_morts Sonnerie aux Morts]] (listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPTkrUt1m3I here]] is the French equivalent.
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* The "Aux Morts", known as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnerie_aux_morts Sonnerie aux Morts]] morts]], (listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPTkrUt1m3I here]] is the French equivalent.
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* The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonnerie_aux_morts Sonnerie aux Morts]] (listen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPTkrUt1m3I here]] is the French equivalent.
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As the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taps "Taps" article]] on Wiki/ThatOtherWiki Website/ThatOtherWiki states, "Taps" is a musical piece sounded at dusk, and at funerals, particularly by the U.S. military. It is sounded during flag ceremonies and funerals, on single bugle or trumpet, and often at Boy Scout, Girl Scout and Girl Guide meetings and camps.
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In fiction, "Taps" is usually used to mourn an honorable person, especially military characters, though in comedy it can be used for just about anyone. Often combined with a MomentOfSilence, hats off. "Taps" can also mean a metaphorical death, like a death of one's hope. If a civilian has died, AmazingFreakingGrace is much more likely to be heard.
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In fiction, "Taps" is usually used to mourn an honorable person, especially military characters, though in comedy it can be used for just about anyone. Often combined with a MomentOfSilence, hats off. "Taps" can also mean a metaphorical death, like a death of one's hope. If a civilian has died, AmazingFreakingGrace is much more likely to be heard.
heard. However, in the case of first responders like police, firefighters, and medical personnel, expect a combination of both Taps and Amazing Grace to be heard to honor the fallen, especially on bagpipes.
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* "There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere," made famous by Elton Britt, uses the first few measures of "Taps" as part of the intro to the song and each chorus. The somber tones of the melody undercut the jingoism of what otherwise would be a fairly banal, patriotic WWII song.
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* In ''VideoGame/Spore'', if your Captain dies in an adventure, either "Taps" or the Funeral March play.
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* In ''VideoGame/Spore'', ''VideoGame/{{Spore}}'', if your Captain dies in an adventure, either "Taps" or the Funeral March play.
