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* ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'' does this. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Fabbrizio Disguisey immediately performing a {{Take}} at what his son said, and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in the DVD commentary stating they had to pay a lot of money in order to do this gag.

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* ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'' does this. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Fabbrizio Disguisey immediately performing a {{Take}} [[TheTake Take]] at what his son said, and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in the DVD commentary stating they had to pay a lot of money in order to do this gag.
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* In ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' Gary King has the tendency to do this, quoting Happy Mondays ("Twist the melon!") during a fight and Primal Scream's "Loaded" during the film's climax.

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* In ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' Gary King has the tendency to do this, quoting Happy Mondays ("Twist the melon!") during a fight fight, The Soup Dragons [[note]]"I'm Free" is originally a Music/RollingStones song, but he probably had The Soup Dragons' 1990 cover version in mind[[/note]] when defending his hedonistic lifestyle ("I'm free to do what I want any old time"), and Primal Scream's "Loaded" during the film's climax.
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* In ''Film/EasyA'', Olive receives a greeting card that plays Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocketful Of Sunshine", and then the song becomes a huge EarWorm for her. Later on, when she's lying to her best friend about having spent the weekend with a college boy, one of the lyrics slips into the conversation:

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* In ''Film/EasyA'', ''Film/EasyA'': Olive receives a greeting card that plays Natasha Bedingfield's Music/NatashaBedingfield's "Pocketful Of Sunshine", and then the song becomes a huge EarWorm for her. Later on, when she's lying to her best friend about having spent the weekend with a college boy, one of the lyrics slips into the conversation:
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* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': When R.K. Maroon asks Eddie Valiant what he knows about show business, Eddie replies, "Only that [[Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun there's no business like it. No business I know"]].

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* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': When R.K. Maroon asks Eddie Valiant what he knows about show business, Eddie replies, "Only that [[Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun there's no business like it. No business I know"]].know." This paraphrases from "There's No Business Like Show Business" from ''Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun''.
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* ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'' does this. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Fabbrizio Disguisey immediately performing a [[TheTake Take]] at what his son said, and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in the DVD commentary stating they had to pay a lot of money in order to do this gag.

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* ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'' does this. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Fabbrizio Disguisey immediately performing a [[TheTake Take]] {{Take}} at what his son said, and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in the DVD commentary stating they had to pay a lot of money in order to do this gag.
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* In ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'', as Jack is walking through the dark with Verge, he complains that he suddenly has a sour taste in his mouth. Verge dryly replies "You want me to show you the way to the next whisky bar?"

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* In ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'', as Jack is walking through the dark with Verge, he complains that he suddenly has a sour taste in his mouth. Verge dryly replies "You want me to show you the way to the next whisky whiskey bar?"
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* In ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'', as Jack is walking through the dark with Verge, he complains that he suddenly has a sour taste in his mouth. Verge dryly replies "You want me to show you the way to the next whisky bar?"
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* In ''Film/RockOfAges'', after Drew sings half of "[[Music/{{Journey}} Don't Stop Believing]]", he finishes with "And it goes on and on and on." Later on, Lonny exclaims "We built this city on rock and roll!" as part of a protest, just before the protesters begin singing "We Built This City" by [[Music/JeffersonAirplane Starship]].

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* In ''Film/RockOfAges'', after Drew sings half of "[[Music/{{Journey}} "[[Music/JourneyBand Don't Stop Believing]]", he finishes with "And it goes on and on and on." Later on, Lonny exclaims "We built this city on rock and roll!" as part of a protest, just before the protesters begin singing "We Built This City" by [[Music/JeffersonAirplane Starship]].
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* In ''Film/LargerThanLife'', Jack receives a telegram from Walter that says, "You've only just begun. A kiss for luck, and you're on your way."
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* Vincent in ''Film/{{Twins}}'' does this when flirting with Linda, pretending he's reciting poetry that he wrote. When Linda's sister Marnie tells her they're just old song lyrics, she says she already knows.

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* Vincent in ''Film/{{Twins}}'' ''Film/Twins1988'' does this when flirting with Linda, pretending he's reciting poetry that he wrote. When Linda's sister Marnie tells her they're just old song lyrics, she says she already knows.
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* In ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'', Jenna is having a sleepover with some teenagers from the apartment complex. While talking about the struggles of dating, she begins reciting the lyrics to 'Love Is A Battlefield' by ''Music/PatBenatar.''
* In ''Film/{{Eurotrip}}'', Cooper [[ItMakesSenseInContext sets the Pope's hat on fire]] and Scotty tells him [[Music/BloodhoundGang "The hat, the hat, the hat is on fire"]]. Cooper immediately starts singing "Oh we don't need no water, let the mother-...".
* In ''Film/TropicThunder'', Kirk Lazarus quotes the theme song to ''Series/TheJeffersons'' as part of an inspirational speech. He's immediately called out on it.
-->"Don't make it any less true."
* Done deliberately throughout ''Film/MoulinRouge'' [[JustifiedTrope as part of]] [[MusicalWorldHypotheses the concept]]. Christian hastily composes a poem for Satine, and even before the music cues, it is clearly Music/EltonJohn's "Your Song". Zidler tries to convince the Duke to stay with what, before the farce of a song starts, may be the most lascivious recital of lyrics from "[[Music/{{Madonna}} Like A Virgin]]" you've ever heard. And the central theme of the story is simply the final line of Nat King Cole's "Nature Boy".
* In ''Film/TheLifeAndDeathOfColonelBlimp'', the titular character Clive Candy (actually a General at this point in the movie) is referred to by Spud as "the Wizard". This turns out to be a ShoutOut when Spud tells his men that they have to rush to Candy's HQ "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz because of the wonderful things he does]]."
* Creator/MelGibson's character in ''Film/ConspiracyTheory'' uses "[[Music/ThePolice Everything you do is magic]]" lyrics to propose to his {{Love Interest|s}} -- crash and burn too.
* From ''Film/SchoolOfRock'':
** Creator/JackBlack's character, trying to bluff his way through a conversation with teachers while posing as a substitute, starts reciting snatches from Music/WhitneyHouston's "The Greatest Love of All". Someone asks "Isn't that a song?", and he denies it.
** His RousingSpeech concludes "We roll tonight to the guitar bite, and for those about to rock, I salute you", from Music/{{ACDC}}'s "For Those About to Rock".
* ''Film/XXxStateOfTheUnion'':
-->'''Darius Stone:''' Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal.\\
'''Gibbons:''' I like that. Who said it? Jefferson? Patton?\\
'''Darius Stone:''' Music/{{Tupac|Shakur}}.
** [[spoiler:Becomes a BrickJoke at the film's dénouement when the President quotes Stone in turn, during a press conference.]]
* In a sequence of ''[[Film/OceansEleven Ocean's Twelve]]'', Ocean and Rusty start talking ThievesCant with a contact. Linus tries to join the conversation... by reciting Music/LedZeppelin's "Kashmir". It translates to calling the contact's niece a cheap whore. [[spoiler:Or so they claim; in reality, they're just playing a prank on him.]]
* ''Franchise/BillAndTed'':
** In ''Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure'', Ted's attempt at 'philosophizing' with Socrates is to recite the line [[Music/{{Kansas}} "All we are is dust in the wind"]]. It works.
** In ''Film/BillAndTedsBogusJourney'', Bill and Ted go to heaven and are asked the meaning of life. They recite the chorus from Music/{{Poison}}'s "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." Again, it works. Earlier, after [[ChessWithDeath beating Death at a variety of games]], as he's leading them from {{Hell}} to {{Heaven}}, Bill says to Ted, "Ted, DontFearTheReaper." (referring to the Music/BlueOysterCult song) to which Death replies, "I heard that!"
* In ''Film/TheWorldsEnd'' Gary King has the tendency to do this, quoting Happy Mondays ("Twist the melon!") during a fight and Primal Scream's "Loaded" during the film's climax.
* ''Film/SpiceWorld'': Bus driver played by Music/MeatLoaf: "I love those girls, and I'll do anything for them... [[ActorAllusion but I won't do that]]."
* ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'': "Good morning, starshine!...The Earth says hello!"
* From ''Film/CannibalTheMusical'':
-->'''Alferd Packer''': Hey, do you guys think it's true, that she's a trapper horse?\\
'''Frank Miller''': [[Series/MisterEd A horse is a horse]].\\
'''James Humphrey''': Of course.\\
'''Alferd Packer''': Of course.
* ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007'' does this multiple times with various [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] songs, "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" being perhaps the most obvious. One can expect to find this trope in any JukeboxMusical.
* In the made for TV ''Literature/{{Dinotopia}}'' movie, one of the castaway brothers (who really doesn't give a dang about the local ways and culture) uses the opening lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody to answer an essay question regarding the meaning of a particular section of the Dinotopian philosophy. Afterwards, his teacher and a number of scholars are chattering about how deep it was.
* [[http://bardfilm.blogspot.com/2009/11/beatles-and-shakespeare-take-three.html This.]] Creator/PeterSellers meets Music/TheBeatles in the land of ''Theatre/RichardIII''.
* A running gag in ''Film/TheOtherGuys'' is Captain Mauch accidentally quoting Music/{{TLC}} lyrics. Gamble and Hoitz repeatedly attempt to [[LampshadeHanging call him out on it]] but he insists he doesn't know what they're talking about. It's ambiguous whether he's telling the truth.
* In ''Film/MeetTheParents'', when Greg is asked to say grace at dinner, he tries to improvise a prayer, and comes up with the lyrics to ''Day by Day'' from the musical ''Theatre/{{Godspell}}''.
* In ''Film/{{Roxanne}}'', when asked to say something romantic, Chris quotes the opening lines to "Close to You" by the Music/{{Carpenters}} and is immediately called out on this.
* In ''Film/EasyA'', Olive receives a greeting card that plays Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocketful Of Sunshine", and then the song becomes a huge EarWorm for her. Later on, when she's lying to her best friend about having spent the weekend with a college boy, one of the lyrics slips into the conversation:
-->'''Olive:''' He's charming... You know, he's a real gentleman. You know, and it feels like - It feels like I got a love and I know that it's all mine.
* In an odd example, all that's left of the "Admiral Boom" song in ''Film/MaryPoppins'' is a wax lyrical from [[InteractiveNarrator Bert]].
-->'''Bert:''' The whole world gets its time from Greenwich. But Greenwich, they say, gets its time from Admiral Boom.
* ''Film/TheMasterOfDisguise'' does this. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Fabbrizio Disguisey immediately performing a [[TheTake Take]] at what his son said, and {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in the DVD commentary stating they had to pay a lot of money in order to do this gag.
-->'''Pistachio:''' [[{{Music/Madonna}} But, Papa, don't preach. I'm in trouble deep... and I'm keeping my baby.]]
* After the killer in ''Film/ShriekIfYouKnowWhatIDidLastFridayTheThirteenth'' is revealed to be an {{evil|Twin}} [[UncannyFamilyResemblance identical]] [[Series/ThePattyDukeShow cousin]].
-->'''Doughy:''' Whereas Hardy enjoys a minuet, the ballets russes and crêpes suzette.\\
'''Hardy:''' Doughy likes to rock n roll, a hot dog makes him lose control.\\
'''Hagitha:''' What a wild duet.\\
'''Martina:''' Still they're cousins.\\
'''Dawson''': Identical cousins.\\
'''Martina:''' They laugh alike.\\
'''Dawson:''' They walk alike.\\
'''Martina:''' At times they even talk alike.\\
'''Hagitha:''' And you can lose your mind.\\
'''Hardy:''' [[NeverHeardThatOneBefore Shut up everybody! For god sakes, how many times do you think we've heard that in our lives?]]
* In ''Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle'' the Angels decide to pose as nightclub dancers.
-->'''Natalie:''' Do a little dance?\\
'''Dylan:''' Make a little love?\\
'''Alex:''' Get down tonight.
* In ''Film/WrongfullyAccused'', Ryan tells off Cass, who's been romancing him but he suspects called the police on him:
-->'''Ryan''': Music/TheBeatles said it best. She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, listen, Michelle ma belle, this nowhere man is the walrus, koo koo kachoo!
* ''Film/TheAdventuresOfBuckarooBanzaiAcrossThe8thDimension''. Some of Lord John Whorfin's more eccentric pronouncements are actually song lyrics, e.g. "I feel so broke up, I want to go home" from Music/TheBeachBoys song "Sloop John B".
* In ''Film/HorseFeathers'', Wagstaff, during his first address as President of Huxley College, briefly lapses into the old vaudeville song "Any Rags?"
* In ''Film/GlenOrGlenda'', the weird narration in the NightmareSequence is a mangled quotation of the lyrics to "The Green-Eyed Dragon," a reference that will mystify most viewers.
* In ''Film/RockOfAges'', after Drew sings half of "[[Music/{{Journey}} Don't Stop Believing]]", he finishes with "And it goes on and on and on." Later on, Lonny exclaims "We built this city on rock and roll!" as part of a protest, just before the protesters begin singing "We Built This City" by [[Music/JeffersonAirplane Starship]].
* Vincent in ''Film/{{Twins}}'' does this when flirting with Linda, pretending he's reciting poetry that he wrote. When Linda's sister Marnie tells her they're just old song lyrics, she says she already knows.
* ''Film/ForrestGump'': When Forrest meets Music/JohnLennon on the Dick Cavett Show Forrest claims that in the land of China people hardly got nothing at all. To which Lennon replies: [[Music/{{Imagine}} "No possessions?" Gump looks up bewildered, but continues: "They never go to church", to which Lennon again replies: "No religion too?" Whereupon the host says: "Must be hard to imagine", but Lennon reassures him: "It's easy if you try, Dick."]]
* ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': Ultron is able to take lines from a ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'' song and turn them into a BadassBoast about his status as TheUnfettered. Used to especially chilling effect in the trailer, where the song is played hauntingly throughout, only to transition to his voice near the end.
-->''I once had strings''\\
''But '''now I'm free'''''\\
'''''There are no strings on me.'''''
* In ''Film/TheBookOfEli'', Eli is trying to explain to Solara the concept of faith and relies on Music/JohnnyCash's "Greystone Chapel" for assistance.
-->'''Eli:''' It doesn't have to make sense. It's faith, it's faith. It's the flower of light in the field of darkness that's giving me the strength to carry on. You understand?\\
'''Solara:''' Is that from your book?\\
'''Eli:''' No, it's, uh, Johnny Cash, Live at Folsom Prison.\\
'''Solara:''' What?
* In ''Film/GrandCanyon'', when Claire and Mack say goodbye to Roberto as he goes off to summer camp (to be a counselor), and Mack sees how sad Claire is, he sings, "[[Music/TheBeatles (S)He's leaving home, bye-bye]]".
* ''Film/TheSpiritOf76'': When Tommy and Chris are describing Music/GrandFunkRailroad to the time travelers, Tommy says, "They, like, they come into your town, and help you party down." Heinz-57 enters the lyrics into his keyboard.
* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': When R.K. Maroon asks Eddie Valiant what he knows about show business, Eddie replies, "Only that [[Theatre/AnnieGetYourGun there's no business like it. No business I know"]].
* ''Film/TheReplacements2000'': The players are hanging out in a bar, and Clifford Franklin puts "I Will Survive" on the jukebox, although he claims he had picked something else when everyone complains about it. Shortly after that, they get into a brawl and they all end up in a jail cell. When they come down on Clifford for hiding behind the jukebox during the fight, he retorts "At first, I admit, I was afraid. Shit, I was petrified..." Which segues into them all singing and line-dancing.
* In ''Film/UltramanOrbTheMovieLendMeThePowerOfBonds'', the BigDamnMovie of ''Series/UltramanOrb'' released in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of ''Series/{{Ultraseven}}'', when Dan Moroboshi reveals himself as Ultraseven in the final battle, the present Ultramen and Aliens unintentionally quotes the iconic Ultraseven theme. "Seven?" "Seven?" "Seven, Seven?" "''Seven, Seven, Seven!''"

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