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--->'''Sabrina''': Trust me Val, Orchestra Club is the way to go.
--->'''Valerie''': Yeah, that's where my kind belongs, in the dark corner of the orchestra pit playing the triangle.

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Yeah, that's where my kind belongs, in the dark corner of the orchestra pit playing the triangle.
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* ''WebVideo/JubileeMedia'' made a video where a woman is asked to choose which man to go on a date with, based solely on their musical ability. When she's asked what the most attractive instrument is for a man to play, she says "guitar", and when asked what the least attractive instrument is for a man to play, she says "You know that triangle thing? Ting!"
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': The episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS16E16FamilyGuyThroughTheYears Family Guy Through the Years]]", includes a segment where the Griffin family is portrayed as a band, referencing ''WesternAnimation/TheArchieShow''. Peter plays the guitar, Lois plays the tambourine, Stewie plays the drums, Chris plays the bass, Brian plays the keyboard... and [[ButtMonkey Meg]] plays the triangle.
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->''I have to play the triangle! Easy peasy boring!''
-->-- '''Buzzbee''', ''WesternAnimation/TheHive''
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** Played with in the famous cowbell skit with a similar one-note instrument. Music/BlueOysterCult is recording "Don't Fear the Reaper", and Gene Frenkle (Will Ferrell) is playing the cowbell obnoxiously loudly. But producer Bruce Dickinson (Christopher Walken) repeatedly asks for ''more cowbell''.

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** Played with in the famous cowbell skit with a similar one-note instrument. Music/BlueOysterCult is recording "Don't Fear the Reaper", and Gene Frenkle (Will Ferrell) (Creator/WillFerrell) is playing the cowbell obnoxiously loudly. But producer Bruce Dickinson (Christopher Walken) (Creator/ChristopherWalken) repeatedly asks for ''more cowbell''.



** Cosmo himself used to play the "electric triangle" in his high school garage band. It did nothing but result in electric shocks to him.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': When the whole school band minus three end up playing tardy by getting unnecessary surgery, Martin with his triangle only looks good in comparison to [[TheDitz Ralph with a flute up his nose]].

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** Cosmo himself used to play the "electric triangle" in his high school garage band.{{garage band}}. It did nothing but result in electric shocks to him.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': When the whole school band minus three end up playing tardy by getting unnecessary surgery, Martin [[StereotypicalNerd Martin]] with his triangle only looks good in comparison to [[TheDitz Ralph Ralph]] with a flute up his nose]].nose.
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* Averted by Music/FranzLiszt in his First Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1855), which includes a scherzo-like section with a rhythmic triangle accompaniment. The composer added a footnote specifically requesting that the triangle part here not be played sloppily but with delicate precision. It didn't dissuade the infamous music critic Edouard Hanslick from putting it down as "a triangle concerto with piano accompaniment."
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** Played with in the famous cowbell skit with a similar one-note instrument. Music/BlueOysterCult is recording "Don't Fear the Reaper", and Gene Frenkle (Will Ferrell) is playing the cowbell obnoxiously loudly. But producer Bruce Dickinson (Christopher Walken) repeatedly asks for ''more cowbell''.
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* One pop-up scenario in ''VideoGame/{{Bitlife}}'' has you pick an instrument to learn in music class. If you select "Triangle," you'll realize how boring the triangle is.
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* In Season 3 of ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' Sabrina uses a magical penny to dissuade Valerie from becoming a second string cheerleader. When she backs out of tryouts, Valerie signs up for Orchestra Club instead.
--->'''Sabrina''': Trust me Val, Orchestra Club is the way to go.
--->'''Valerie''': Yeah, that's where my kind belongs, in the dark corner of the orchestra pit playing the triangle.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': The titular instrument of ''The Triangle'' doesn't feature much but serves to underscore how the one it's assigned to, Gumball, feels inadequate and upstaged by Darwin.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'':
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The titular instrument of ''The Triangle'' "The Triangle" doesn't feature much but serves to underscore how the one it's assigned to, Gumball, feels inadequate and upstaged by Darwin.Darwin.
** "The Fridge" has a montage of all Gumball's failures that week, one of which was when he was assigned the triangle for band practice. [[EpicFail He fails to hit the ONLY note he had to hit]].

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