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* In ''ComicStrip/FootrotFlats: The Dog's Tail'', Wal learns that a selector for the All Blacks (New Zealand's national UsefulNotes/RugbyUnion team) will be present at the upcoming rugby game, which segues into an ImagineSpot where he dreams of becoming a star player. When the actual match happens, however, the selector is less than impressed.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': In “A Royal Pain”, the Jazzberries have to perform with Princess Persephone for a show that will be attended by her mother, Queen Marie. Unfortunately for them, Persephone is quite the RoyalBrat.
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* The ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' issue ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' recounts Creator/WilliamShakespeare and his troupe's performance of [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream the eponymous play]] for an audience of TheFairFolk, including King Oberon and Queen Titania themselves. The performance itself is a success, being well-received by the fae, but as is often the case with TheFairFolk, even their approval leads to tragic consequences down the road.
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* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': The ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' issue ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' recounts Creator/WilliamShakespeare and his troupe's performance of [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream the eponymous play]] for an audience of TheFairFolk, including King Oberon and Queen Titania themselves. The performance itself is a success, being well-received by the fae, but as is often the case with TheFairFolk, even their approval leads to tragic consequences down the road.
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* On April 14, 1865; a performance of the play ''Our American Cousin'' was held at Ford's Theater in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC, and among the attendees was President UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln...who was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a famed actor (not a part of the cast) and strong sympathizer of the Confederate States that had just been defeated in the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar five days earlier.
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* On April 14, 1865; a performance of the play ''Our American Cousin'' was held at Ford's Theater in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC, and among the attendees was President UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln...who was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a famed actor (not a part of the cast) and strong sympathizer of the Confederate States that had just been defeated in the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar five days earlier. Earlier in the play, a line where the heroine, hoping to get a seat where she would be protected from the drafty air, had its response changed from "Well, you're not the only one who wants to escape the draft" to "The draft has already been stopped by order of the President" in Lincoln's honor.
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* PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Princess Azula attends her old friend Ty Lee's circus performance after failing to convince Ty Lee to help her hunt down her brother, Zuko. She uses the Ringmaster's desire to please her to have Ty Lee's ''saftey net'' set on fire, to convince/intimidate Ty Lee into saying yes.
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* PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Princess Azula attends her old friend Ty Lee's circus performance after After failing to convince her old friend Ty Lee to leave her job and help her hunt down her brother, Zuko.Zuko, Princess Azula decides she wants to stick around and see Ty Lee's performance. She uses the Ringmaster's desire to please her to have Ty Lee's ''saftey net'' set on fire, to convince/intimidate Ty Lee into saying yes.
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* PlayedForDrama in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Princess Azula attends her old friend Ty Lee's circus performance after failing to convince Ty Lee to help her hunt down her brother, Zuko. She uses the Ringmaster's desire to please her to have Ty Lee's ''saftey net'' set on fire, to convince/intimidate Ty Lee into saying yes.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' starts out with members of [[LovableRogue Tantalus]], Zidane included, arriving in Alexandria with the intent of kidnapping Princess Garnet, using a theatrical performance production that the folks of Alexandria (commoners and royalties alike, including Queen Brahne) as the front. The plot then makes a twist when [[RebelliousPrincess Garnet]], upon meeting Zidane, ''asks'' him to kidnap her so she can get away from [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Brahne]].
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' starts out with members of [[LovableRogue Tantalus]], Zidane included, arriving in Alexandria with the intent of kidnapping Princess Garnet, using a theatrical performance production that the folks of Alexandria (commoners and royalties alike, including Queen Brahne) will be watching as the front. The plot then makes a twist when [[RebelliousPrincess Garnet]], upon meeting Zidane, ''asks'' him to kidnap her so she can get away from [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Brahne]].
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' starts out with members of [[LovableRogue Tantalus]], Zidane included, arriving in Alexandria with the intent of kidnapping Princess Garnet, using a theatrical performance production that the folks of Alexandria (commoners and royalties alike, including Queen Brahne) as the front. The plot then makes a twist when [[RebelliousPrincess Garnet]], upon meeting Zidane, ''asks'' him to kidnap her so she can get away from [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Brahne]].
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* ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse's'' ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/40225/symphony-for-moon-and-sun Symphony for Moon and Sun]]'': The eponymous symphony is about the royal sisters, and ends with the battle that resulted in Celestia/Corona’s banishment. The problem is that the final movement that represents that battle has been lost for several centuries, with every musician to play it before Princess Luna making their own interpretation. It's publicly known that Luna hates the piece and has shunned every last one of those musicians, thereby ruining their careers. Various attempts are chronicled in bonus chapters, including one by a JackOfAllTrades ConArtist who tried to fake this trope with an accomplice while Luna was away, but the real deal showed up after all. In the present, Octavia is railroaded into playing the symphony via the sly manipulations of a spiteful [[AristocratsAreEvil corrupt noble]] she betrayed. [[spoiler:Octavia eventually gets inspiration from Lyra's recounting of when Luna and Corona faced off in the pilot story, ''Longest Night, Longest Day'', and the result gets Luna’s approval]].
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* ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse's'' ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/40225/symphony-for-moon-and-sun Symphony for Moon and Sun]]'': The eponymous symphony is about the royal sisters, and ends with the battle that resulted in Celestia/Corona’s banishment. The problem is that the final movement that represents that battle has been lost for several centuries, with every musician to play it before Princess Luna making their own interpretation. It's publicly known that Luna hates the piece and has shunned every last one of those musicians, thereby ruining their careers. Various attempts are chronicled in bonus chapters, including one by a JackOfAllTrades ConArtist who tried to fake this trope with an accomplice while Luna was away, but the real deal showed up after all. In the present, Octavia is railroaded into playing the symphony via the sly manipulations of a spiteful [[AristocratsAreEvil corrupt noble]] she betrayed. [[spoiler:Octavia eventually gets inspiration from Lyra's recounting of when Luna and Corona faced off in the pilot story, ''Longest Night, Longest Day'', and the result gets Luna’s approval]].
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A group of performers, putting on a ShowWithinAShow, learn that a very important person is in the audience. In most cases, HilarityEnsues as the performers do everything they can to make sure they put on a good show and don't embarrass themselves in front of the important person. In other types of stories, however, this may be a great opportunity for an assassin to take out the important person.
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A group of performers, putting on a ShowWithinAShow, learn that a very important person is in the audience. In most cases, HilarityEnsues as the performers do everything they can to make sure they put on a good show and don't embarrass themselves in front of the important person. Extra complications can arise if the performers' rivals try to sabotage them so that they ''do'' embarrass themselves in front of the important person. In other types of more serious stories, however, this may be a great opportunity for an assassin to take out the important person.
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* [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] when the cast of ''Series/TheCatherineTateShow'' appeared at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijStfku29dk Royal Variety Performance.]] Tate, as [[TheLadette Lauren Cooper]], is excited about the prospect of meeting the Queen--but when she misspeaks and her friends start teasing her, she gets huffy, which isn't helped when Elizabeth II herself starts laughing. Lauren then makes fun of Her Majesty with an imitation ("My husband and I! My husband and I!"), but Elizabeth [[ActuallyPrettyFunny finds it hilarious]]; the punchline is Lauren being knighted ("I've just been made a Dame") for her jokes!
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* The climax of ''Film/ShakespeareInLove'' revolves around a performance of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', and the Queen (in this case, Elizabeth I) will be watching.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1964'': At one point, the elves are rehearsing a song that they intend to sing for Santa during the yearly Christmas celebration, only to find out the big man himself is observing the performance. Unfortunately, one of the elves, Hermey, skipped the rehearsal [[ItMakesSenseInContext to practice dentistry]], and his absence leads to an unfavorable performance; this prompts the head elf to barge into Hermey's room and loudly demand why he didn't attend "elf practice."
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* ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1964'': At one point, the elves are rehearsing a song that they intend to sing for Santa during the yearly Christmas celebration, only to find out the big man himself is observing the performance. Unfortunately, one of the elves, Hermey, skipped the rehearsal [[ItMakesSenseInContext to practice dentistry]], and his absence leads to an unfavorable performance; this prompts the head elf to barge into Hermey's room and [[SuddenlyShouting loudly demand demand]] why he didn't attend "elf practice."
