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* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' sketch "The Preamble", in which much of the song is just the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States set to music. [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic And it is awesome.]]
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* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' sketch "The Preamble", in which much of the song is just the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States set to music. [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic And it is awesome.]]]] (Though it should be noted that the first words of the Preamble are "We the People [of the United States] in order to form..." The words in brackets were removed to make it more musical.)
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** A brief little quip of this was done by Stewie in "Prick Up Your Ears", when Stewie nicknamed Brian, [[Music/{{DonMcLean}} "Threw my chevy to the levee but the levee was Bri."]]
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** A brief little quip of this was done by Stewie in "Prick Up Your Ears", "Chick Cancer", when Stewie nicknamed Brian, [[Music/{{DonMcLean}} "Threw my chevy to the levee but the levee was Bri."]]
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** In "Moral Decay," the Professor quotes the closing ThemeTuneRollCall when he tells Buttercup, "I know you're the toughest fighter..."
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* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': "[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic I am Wreck-Gar]]! I [[ActorAllusion dare to be stupid]]!" Also a MythologyGag, since that song was featured in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': "[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic I am Wreck-Gar]]! I [[ActorAllusion dare to be stupid]]!" Also a MythologyGag, since that song was featured in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie''.''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'':
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--->'''Lois''': Annie? Are you okay? ... Are you okay? ... Are you okay, Annie?\\
'''Chris''': What's wrong with her?\\
'''Chris''': What's wrong with her?\\
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--->'''Lois''': Annie? Are you okay? ... Are So, Annie, are you okay? ... Are you okay, Annie?\\
'''Chris''':What's wrong with her?\\What happened to her, Mom?\\
'''Chris''':
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'''Chris''': That was fun, mom. We don't usually get to do stuff like that together.
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'''Chris''': That was fun, mom.Mom. We don't usually get to do stuff like that together.
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E5LisaTheVegetarian Lisa the Vegetarian]]", when Music/PaulMcCartney hears Lisa say that she ran away from home, he says: "What, she's leaving home?", referring to Music/TheBeatles song "She's Leaving Home", and his then-wife Linda says "Whenever we're in Springfield, we like to hang out in Apu's garden in the shade", paraphrasing "Octopus's Garden".
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E5LisaTheVegetarian Lisa the Vegetarian]]", when Music/PaulMcCartney hears Lisa say that she ran away from home, he says: says, "What, she's leaving home?", referring to Music/TheBeatles song "She's Leaving Home", and his then-wife Linda says says, "Whenever we're in Springfield, we like to hang out in Apu's garden in the shade", paraphrasing "Octopus's Garden".
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E5LisaTheVegetarian Lisa the Vegetarian]]" Music/PaulMcCartney hears Lisa say that ran away from home he says: "What, she's leaving home?", referring to Music/TheBeatles song "She's Leaving Home", and his then-wife Linda says "Whenever we're in Springfield, we like to hang out in Apu's garden in the shade", paraphrasing "Octopus's Garden".
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E5LisaTheVegetarian Lisa the Vegetarian]]" Vegetarian]]", when Music/PaulMcCartney hears Lisa say that she ran away from home home, he says: "What, she's leaving home?", referring to Music/TheBeatles song "She's Leaving Home", and his then-wife Linda says "Whenever we're in Springfield, we like to hang out in Apu's garden in the shade", paraphrasing "Octopus's Garden".
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* Variation: In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode where Roger poses as a college professor, his opening lecture quotes from the spoken introduction of Music/{{Prince}}'s "Let's Go Crazy". ("Electric word, 'life', it means forever, and that's a mighty long time...")
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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''
** Variation: In the''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode where Roger poses as a college professor, his opening lecture quotes from the spoken introduction of Music/{{Prince}}'s "Let's Go Crazy". ("Electric word, 'life', it means forever, and that's a mighty long time...")")
** In "Multiverse of American Dadness," reggae singer Music/{{Shaggy}} guest stars AsHimself and apparently slept with Principal Lewis' wife; when Principal Lewis confronts Shaggy about this, their dialogue is lifted word-for-word from Shaggy's SignatureSong, "It Wasn't Me."
** Variation: In the
** In "Multiverse of American Dadness," reggae singer Music/{{Shaggy}} guest stars AsHimself and apparently slept with Principal Lewis' wife; when Principal Lewis confronts Shaggy about this, their dialogue is lifted word-for-word from Shaggy's SignatureSong, "It Wasn't Me."
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* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
** [=LeShawna=] mocks an opponent by saying "'[[Music/SnoopDogg He dropped it like it was hot]]!"
** In the first elimination round of the second season, Chris quotes Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" when saying anyone who tries to interfere with the voting process will be eliminated immediately.
** When recapping the breakdown of Gwen and Trent's relationship, Chris says that "[[Music/AvrilLavigne He was a boy, she was a girl]]."
** The way Harold describes his favorite superhero Owl Man ("Catches thieves just like mice") directly homages [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 a certain other superhero's iconic theme song]].
** Harold also lets off a "[[Music/{{ACDC}} For those about to rock, I salute you]]" during a guitar challenge.
** [=LeShawna=] mocks an opponent by saying "'[[Music/SnoopDogg He dropped it like it was hot]]!"
** In the first elimination round of the second season, Chris quotes Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" when saying anyone who tries to interfere with the voting process will be eliminated immediately.
** When recapping the breakdown of Gwen and Trent's relationship, Chris says that "[[Music/AvrilLavigne He was a boy, she was a girl]]."
** The way Harold describes his favorite superhero Owl Man ("Catches thieves just like mice") directly homages [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 a certain other superhero's iconic theme song]].
** Harold also lets off a "[[Music/{{ACDC}} For those about to rock, I salute you]]" during a guitar challenge.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "King Ten Pin," Phil and Lil have this exchange when they see bowling shoes for the first time:
-->'''Lil:''' Look! Clown shoes!\\
'''Phil:''' Yeah! Maybe they'll [[Theatre/ALittleNightMusic send in the clowns!]]\\
'''Lil:''' ''(looks at the old people bowling nearby)'' Don't bother. They're here.
-->'''Lil:''' Look! Clown shoes!\\
'''Phil:''' Yeah! Maybe they'll [[Theatre/ALittleNightMusic send in the clowns!]]\\
'''Lil:''' ''(looks at the old people bowling nearby)'' Don't bother. They're here.
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** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E17BartGetsAnElephant Bart Gets an Elephant]]" has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPrI8db74kA a scene where Homer crashes the family car into a statue of a deer]], leading to a [[Funny/TheSimpsonsSeasons4And5 funny moment]] as the characters inadvertently recite the opening line of "Do-Re-Mi" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.
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** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E17BartGetsAnElephant Bart Gets an Elephant]]" has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPrI8db74kA a scene where Homer crashes the family car into a statue of a deer]], leading to a [[Funny/TheSimpsonsSeasons4And5 [[Funny/TheSimpsons funny moment]] as the characters inadvertently recite the opening line of "Do-Re-Mi" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.
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** In "Best Gift Ever" we hear that Twilight Sparkle has [[SantaClaus "made a list and checked it twice"]].
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** In "Best Gift Ever" we hear that Twilight Sparkle has [[SantaClaus "made a list and checked it twice"]].twice", a paraphrase from "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".
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** A ChekhovsGun in "Speedtrapped". When a cowboy gets (rightly) suspicious of Quinn's tale of a hitch-hiker stealing her and Daria's money, Daria wins his trust by paraphrasing from [[Music/ConwayTwitty "Don't Call Him a Cowboy"]], which the hitcher sang to the girls earlier ("I don't call 'em cowboys till I see 'em ride...'Cause a Stetson hat and them fancy boots don't tell me what's inside").
** In "Daria!", Kevin yells [[Music/{{Queen}} "We are the champions, my friends!"]] at the pep rally.
** Daria quips [[Ride/{{Disneyland}} "It's a small world after all"]] in "Speedtrapped" (Mystik Spiral's "world tour" amounts to a gig 100 miles away) and "Psycho Therapy" (Jane's online camera feed to "the world" gets a total of eight hits, three of them from Daria).
** In "Art Burn", when Daria sees Jane's booth at the art exhibition, she says [[Series/SesameStreet "One of these things is not like the others"]].
** In "Daria!", Kevin yells [[Music/{{Queen}} "We are the champions, my friends!"]] at the pep rally.
** Daria quips [[Ride/{{Disneyland}} "It's a small world after all"]] in "Speedtrapped" (Mystik Spiral's "world tour" amounts to a gig 100 miles away) and "Psycho Therapy" (Jane's online camera feed to "the world" gets a total of eight hits, three of them from Daria).
** In "Art Burn", when Daria sees Jane's booth at the art exhibition, she says [[Series/SesameStreet "One of these things is not like the others"]].
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** A ChekhovsGun in "Speedtrapped". When a cowboy gets (rightly) suspicious of Quinn's tale of about a hitch-hiker stealing her and Daria's money, Daria wins his trust by paraphrasing from [[Music/ConwayTwitty Music/ConwayTwitty's "Don't Call Him a Cowboy"]], Cowboy", which the hitcher sang to the girls earlier ("I don't call 'em cowboys till I see 'em ride...'Cause a Stetson hat and them fancy boots don't tell me what's inside").
** In "Daria!", Kevin yells[[Music/{{Queen}} "We are the champions, my friends!"]] friends!" from Music/{{Queen}} at the pep rally.
** Daria quips[[Ride/{{Disneyland}} "It's a small world after all"]] all" from Ride/{{Disneyland}} in "Speedtrapped" (Mystik Spiral's "world tour" amounts to a gig 100 miles away) and "Psycho Therapy" (Jane's online camera feed to "the world" gets a total of eight hits, three of them from Daria).
** In "Art Burn", when Daria sees Jane's booth at the art exhibition, she says[[Series/SesameStreet "One of these things is not like the others"]].others", the name of a ''Series/SesameStreet'' song.
** In "Daria!", Kevin yells
** Daria quips
** In "Art Burn", when Daria sees Jane's booth at the art exhibition, she says
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* The first episode of the eminently forgettable ''WesternAnimation/FamilyDog'' had exactly one funny moment, when one character says to the ButtMonkey dog, "It just goes to show you, you can't always get what you wa-ant."
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* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}}'' where Krystal wins the lottery and Dan Halen pretends to be in love with her to get to her money.
** "Krystal, I want to know what love is, I know you can show me. I feel like making love to you. Love in an elevator, lovin' up as I'm goin' down."
** "Krystal, I want to know what love is, I know you can show me. I feel like making love to you. Love in an elevator, lovin' up as I'm goin' down."
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* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}}'' where Krystal wins the lottery and Dan Halen pretends to be in love with her to get to her money.
**money, he says, "Krystal, I want to know what love is, I know you can show me. I feel like making love to you. Love in an elevator, lovin' up as I'm goin' down."
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--> '''[[BewareTheNiceOnes Rudy:]]''' You know damn well what we're talking about.
--> '''[[CloudCuckooLander Andy:]]''' Let's give them something to talk about!
--> '''[[SingleMindedTwins Ollie:]]''' [[Music/BonnieRaitt How about love!]]
--> '''[[CloudCuckooLander Andy:]]''' Let's give them something to talk about!
--> '''[[SingleMindedTwins Ollie:]]''' [[Music/BonnieRaitt How about love!]]
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'''[[CloudCuckooLander Andy:]]''' Let's give them something to talk
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'''[[SingleMindedTwins Ollie:]]''' [[Music/BonnieRaitt How about love!]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E10NoSmallParts No Small Parts]]": Riker says "It was a long road, getting from there to here" as he mentions that he was playing the holoprogram about the crew of the NX-01 ''Enterprise''.
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** In "Woodstock Slappy", when the festival gathers right outside Slappy's tree and she wonders aloud what's going on, Skippy says "There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear." Slappy is unamused.
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** In "Woodstock Slappy", when the festival gathers right outside Slappy's tree and she wonders aloud what's going on, Skippy says [[Music/BuffaloSpringfield "There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear." "]] Slappy is unamused.
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** In "This Pun For Hire", Yakko asks Hello Nurse "What's your story, sister?". Dot takes it as her cue to quote the opening lines of "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" before Yakko explains that he wasn't talking to her.
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** In "This Pun For Hire", Yakko asks Hello Nurse "What's your story, sister?". Dot takes it as her cue to quote the opening lines of [[Music/{{Cher}} "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" Thieves"]] before Yakko explains that he wasn't talking to her.
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--->'''Music/MickJagger:''' [[Music/TheRollingStones Cheer up Homer, it's only Rock 'n' Roll Camp.]]\\
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]" Bart goes to Hell and meets the Devil, who says: [[Music/TheRollingStones "Please allow me to introduce myself."]]
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]" Bart goes to Hell and meets the Devil, who says: [[Music/TheRollingStones [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand "Please allow me to introduce myself."]]
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** In "The Simpsons Guy", during Peter's apology to Homer after their big fight, the two wax lyrical from their respective show's theme songs (in Homer's case, the only vocals in an otherwise instrumental song).
--->'''Peter:''' I'm sorry we fought. I just wanted to make you laugh and cry. You see, I'm a family guy.
--->'''Homer:''' I understand. I'm a the Simpsons.
--->'''Peter:''' I'm sorry we fought. I just wanted to make you laugh and cry. You see, I'm a family guy.
--->'''Homer:''' I understand. I'm a the Simpsons.
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-->'''Err''': You do as the Music/{{Scorpions}} have before you!
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-->'''Err''': You do as the Music/{{Scorpions}} Music/{{Scorpions|Band}} have before you!
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** Apparently, Grim [[https://youtu.be/rBEni2rgNZk gets his mojo flowing]] by chanting 'Mamase mamasa mamakusa', which many would know from Michael Jackson's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'".
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** [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent An entire episode]] of this joke. "Meet the Beat-Alls", in which most lines of dialogue were from Beatles songs. It was nominated for an Emmy. And neatly subverted at the end:
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** [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent An entire episode]] episode of this joke. "Meet the Beat-Alls", in which most lines of dialogue were from Beatles songs. It was nominated for an Emmy. And neatly subverted at the end:
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** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E17BartGetsAnElephant Bart Gets an Elephant]]" has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPrI8db74kA a scene where Homer crashes the family car into a statue of a deer]], leading to a [[Funny/TheSimpsonsSeasons1To8 funny moment]] as the characters inadvertently recite the opening line of "Do-Re-Mi" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.
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** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E17BartGetsAnElephant Bart Gets an Elephant]]" has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPrI8db74kA a scene where Homer crashes the family car into a statue of a deer]], leading to a [[Funny/TheSimpsonsSeasons1To8 [[Funny/TheSimpsonsSeasons4And5 funny moment]] as the characters inadvertently recite the opening line of "Do-Re-Mi" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.
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** In "Missionary: Impossible", when Marge is calling Homer over the radio, she says "Hello, is there anybody in there?", quoting Music/PinkFloyd's "Comfortably Numb".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E17BartGetsAnElephant Bart Gets an Elephant]]" has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPrI8db74kA a scene where Homer crashes the family car into a statue of a deer]], leading to a [[Funny/TheSimpsonsSeasons1To8 funny moment]] as the characters inadvertently recite the opening line of "Do-Re-Mi" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.
--->'''Homer:''' D'oh![[note]](or maybe "[[{{Pun}} Doe)!"]][[/note]]\\
'''Lisa:''' A deer!\\
'''Marge:''' A ''female'' deer!
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E24Homerpalooza Homerpalooza]]", Homer mourns his loss of the freedom he had in his youth, "I used to [[Music/{{KISS}} rock and roll all night and party ev-e-ry day]]. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find one night a month in which to get funky."
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E2HowISpentMyStrummerVacation How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]", when Homer is forced to leave the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp:
--->'''Music/MickJagger:''' [[Music/TheRollingStones Cheer up Homer, it's only Rock 'n' Roll Camp.]]\\
'''Homer:''' But I like it...
** From "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E19TheSweetestApu The Sweetest Apu]]", Homer's attempt to put off telling Apu that he knows about Apu's affair:
--->'''Homer:''' So, if you take ''that'' bottle down, and pass ''it'' around...\\
'''Apu:''' Yes, yes, I know. There will be 47 bottles of beer on the wall!
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E9IAnnoyedGruntBot I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot]]", when Homer pretends to be a robot in a robot fighting competition, he defeats one robot using a buzzsaw by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using its own weapon against it]], leading to this commentary:
--->'''Announcer 1:''' He's killing him softly with his saw.\\
'''Announcer 2:''' Killing him softly?\\
'''Announcer 1:''' [[Music/TheFugees With his saw!]]
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E5BartAfterDark Bart After Dark]]", when the Springfieldians decide to keep their beloved burlesque house, the Maison Derriere, Reverend Lovejoy paraphrases the Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash song, "Our House":
--->'''Lovejoy:''' This house is a very, very, very fine house.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]" Bart goes to Hell and meets the Devil, who says: [[Music/TheRollingStones "Please allow me to introduce myself."]]
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E5LisaTheVegetarian Lisa the Vegetarian]]" Music/PaulMcCartney hears Lisa say that ran away from home he says: "What, she's leaving home?", referring to Music/TheBeatles song "She's Leaving Home", and his then-wife Linda says "Whenever we're in Springfield, we like to hang out in Apu's garden in the shade", paraphrasing "Octopus's Garden".
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E11MargicalHistoryTour Margical History Tour]]", the retelling of King Henry VIII's life shows Henry (Homer) introduced singing "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am".
** In "Who Shot Mr. Burns: Part 1", before he was shot, Mr. Burns paraphrases the Music/SimonAndGarfunkel song "Feelin' Groovy", saying "Hello, lamppost, whatcha knowin'? I've come to watch your power flowin'...".
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS7E7RedMansGreed Red Man's Greed]]" the citizens of South Park are all being evicted by an oppressive Native American casino. They rise up and march and sing as one. The song includes lines such as "We are strong" and "No one can tell us we're wrong" and sounds like an inspiring protest song... 'til it turns out they're singing [[Music/PatBenatar "Love Is A Battlefield"]].
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E13KennyDies Kenny Dies]]", Cartman appears before Congress, and after making his speech, says "I'm not the best speaker. Maybe I can put it best in the words of a timeless song." He then proceeds to lead Congress in [[Music/{{Asia}} "Heat of the Moment"]].
** The boys warn the police that criminals are going to be at the monster mash in "[[Recap/SouthParkS16E12ANightmareOnFaceTime A Nightmare on Face Time]]".
--->'''Sgt. Yates:''' How many people at the Monster Mash?\\
'''Officer:''' Most of the town, sir. It's a graveyard smash.\\
'''Officer 2:''' Look, whatever we do, we'd better hurry. It gets on in a flash.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
** The episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E10RunningMates Running Mates]]" where Peter runs for the head of the PTA had him just reciting sitcom lyrics in his speech:
--->'''Peter''': [[Series/OneDayAtATime1975 This is life. The one you get, so go and have a ball]]. [[Series/DiffrentStrokes Because the world don't march to the beat of just one drum, what might be right for you, might be wrong for some]]. [[Series/TheFactsOfLife You take the good and take the bad and there you have]]... my opening statement. Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog.
** This gag would be rehashed in during [[spoiler:Angela's funeral]] in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS17E9PawtucketPete Pawtucket Pete]]".
--->'''Peter''': [[Series/{{Friends}} So, no one told you life was gunna be this way. (claps hands)]] Angela. [[Series/{{Cheers}} Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name.]] Angela. [[Series/SanfordAndSon (sings Sanford and Son theme tune)]]. Angela.
** Also, in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E2HolyCrap Holy Crap]]" when Peter's dad vanishes at the baseball game after going to "buy some peanuts and Cracker Jack", Brian responds with "I don't care if he never gets back." *{{Beat}}* "[[LampshadeHanging I wasn't being cute, I really hope he's dead.]]"
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E10ModelMisbehavior Model Misbehavior]]", Peter asks Lois, [[Music/{{RightSaidFred}} "So don't you wanna go back and do your little turn on the catwalk? On the catwalk? Yeah, on the catwalk? Do your little turn on the catwalk?"]]
** In the ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball parody]], when Leia strangles Jabba, his subtitles may read "Help, I'm being strangled!" [[EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped but his Jabbaspeak is the lyrics to Lady Marmalade]]. Later, when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceUL2Jgi0GY C-3P0 is regaling the Ewoks with stories]], he is telling them the opening theme to ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''.
** When Carter Pewterschmidt suffers a heart attack, he exclaims "[[Music/BillyJoel I’m having a heart attack-ack-ack-ack! You oughta know by now!]]" before losing consciousness.
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E17ForeignAffairs Foreign Affairs]]" Bonnie gets in a relationship with another paraplegic. Joe says that he truly loves her and proves it by standing (with help from Quagmire). The other paraplegic states that [[Music/MeatLoaf he would do anything for love, but he won't do that]].
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E16AVerySpecialFamilyGuyFreakinChristmas A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas]]", Lois tells Stewie to behave on Christmas as Santa is watching.
--->'''Stewie''': What the devil do you mean, "watching"?\\
'''Lois''': Well, honey, Santa's making a list and checking it twice.\\
'''Meg''': He sees you when you're sleeping.\\
'''Chris''': And he knows when you're awake. *{{Beat}}* I almost caught him last year. But he's magic!
** In "Family Gay", Brian asked the doctor how long the effects of the gay serum would last. The doctor said that it's unknown, but it could range between [[Theatre/{{Rent}} "A day, a week, or five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes."]]
** In "Crimes and Meg's Demeanor", Lois' friend, Annie, was in a coma, after being assaulted and she waxed lyrical, while Chris supported her.
--->'''Lois''': Annie? Are you okay? ... Are you okay? ... Are you okay, Annie?\\
'''Chris''': What's wrong with her?\\
'''Lois''': She was hit by-She was struck by a [[Music/{{MichaelJackson}} smooth criminal]].\\
'''Chris''': That was fun, mom. We don't usually get to do stuff like that together.
** A brief little quip of this was done by Stewie in "Prick Up Your Ears", when Stewie nicknamed Brian, [[Music/{{DonMcLean}} "Threw my chevy to the levee but the levee was Bri."]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':
-->'''Dr. Venture:''' You know I feel so dirty when they start talking cute.\\
'''The Monarch:''' Yeah, well get used to it.\\
'''Dr. Venture:''' I want to tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot.\\
'''The Monarch:''' ... Are you reciting ''Jessie's Girl''?
** Also at the start of "Ghost Pirates of the Sargasso", we see Major Tom's last conversation before his spaceship crashes; the conversation is mostly Music/DavidBowie's "Space Oddity" and "Ashes to Ashes".
** As well as Hank reciting Music/TheDoors lyrics while tripping on Molotov's spy poison, and several gags done with the aging rockstars that seem to constitute most of The Guild's leadership. Venture Bros does this a lot actually.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':
** [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent An entire episode]] of this joke. "Meet the Beat-Alls", in which most lines of dialogue were from Beatles songs. It was nominated for an Emmy. And neatly subverted at the end:
--->'''Blossom:''' Well, it's like the song goes - the love you take is equal to... equal to... oh, who cares, it's by some dumb old band anyway.
** Another episode that wasn't even remotely Beatles-related threw one in, too:
--->'''Princess:''' ''Help!'' I need somebody! Help! Not just anybody!
** Before the narrator gives his end of episode {{Catchphrase}} in "Knock it Off"
--->'''Narrator:''' I guess the love you take IS equal to the love you make!
** When the Mayor looks through a telescope during the heat wave in "Ice Sore":
--->'''Mayor:''' [[Music/JerryLeeLewis Goodness gracious! Great ball of fire!]]
** In "Say Uncle", the Professor reads a telegram from his brother.
--->"[[Music/TheMonkees I'll be on the last train to Clarksville. Come meet me at the station.]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E4XmasStory Xmas Story]]":
-->'''Leela:''' Fry's outside? He's in great danger!\\
'''Dr. Zoidberg:''' Why?\\
'''Leela:''' I'm telling you why! [[BadSanta Santa Claus is coming to town!]]
** In the same episode,
--->'''Robot Santa:''' You've been very naughty, Fry and Leela. I checked my list.\\
'''Fry:''' Well, check it twice!\\
'''Robot Santa:''' I perform over fifty mega-checks per second!
** "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E12TheSting The Sting]]":
--->'''Fry:''' How big's the honeycomb?\\
'''Hermes:''' Honeycomb's big, yeah, yeah, yeah.\\
'''Bender:''' It's not small?
--->'''Hermes:''' No, no, no.
** Near the end of "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E16ThreeHundredBigBoys Three Hundred Big Boys]]", when the piles of war plunder catch fire, UsefulNotes/RichardNixon yells "The loot! The loot! The loot is on fire!"
** In the second straight to DVD movie, "[[Recap/FuturamaM2TheBeastWithABillionBacks The Beast with a Billion Backs]]", Prof. Wernstum orders some tentacle-resisters to "Stop! In the name of love!"
** Also from "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E15IDatedARobot I Dated A Robot]]".
--->'''Music/GeorgeMichael's Head:''' Please pick me up before you go-go?
** Also this from "[[Recap/FuturamaM3BendersGame Bender's Game]]":
--->'''Elevator Steward:''' Maintenance shaft 7 serving...\\
'''Professor:''' Shut your mouth.\\
'''Elevator Steward:''' I'm just talking about the shaft.
** Still in "Bender's Game":
--->'''Robot Psychiatrist:''' You're suffering from a breakdown. [[Music/MCHammer Now stop, hammertime.]] ''(activates the "treatment", which is basically hitting the patient with a hammer.)''
** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E18TheTipOfTheZoidberg The Tip of the Zoidberg]]", The Professor tells Dr. (John) Zoidberg to flee by saying, "Go Johnny, Go!".
** "Mobius Dick":
--->'''Fry:''' Leela, I'm no doctor, but I'm afraid [[Music/RunDMC you be]] [[SophisticatedAsHell exhibiting symptoms of]] [[Music/RunDMC illin']].
* Variation: In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode where Roger poses as a college professor, his opening lecture quotes from the spoken introduction of Music/{{Prince}}'s "Let's Go Crazy". ("Electric word, 'life', it means forever, and that's a mighty long time...")
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'':
** Señor Senior Sr. paraphrases from Music/TalkingHeads' "Life During Wartime" when he tells his son "This is not a party, this is not a disco, this is not... fooling around!"
** In another episode:
--->'''Dr. Drakken:''' Your Nana is a bad grandmother...\\
'''Kim:''' Shut yo' mouth!\\
'''Dr. Drakken:''' [[Film/{{Shaft}} I'm just talkin' about Nana.]]
** In "Rufus in Show", when Kim and Ron infiltrated a dog-show, and Kim discovered the gems stolen by Falsetto Jones:
--->'''Kim:''' And Bingo was his name-o.
* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries''
** When Rolly is Egg Sitting, the Eggs, he is laying on, begin to hatch. Rolly panics and tries to get the Eggs back together, barking; "[[Music/TheBeatles Get back! Get back! Get back to where you once belong!]]"?
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'':
** Rocko's attempt at hiding his nail-biting habit using a ham and a monkey puppet leads him to remark, "[[Music/TheBeatles Everybody's got something to hide, except for meat and my monkey.]]"
** In another episode, Rocko recalls a school bully named Dingo who literally harassed him until the day he moved to America.
--->'''Rocko:''' Why he never liked me, I'll never know, and Dingo was his name...\\
'''Heffer & Filbert:''' Oh.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MonkeyDust'', several of Clive's many excuses for being late.
* 29 years before the ''Futurama'' example above, the StopMotion ChristmasSpecial ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'' worked in a similar gag while still averting a TitleDrop.
-->'''Kris Kringle:''' You better watch out. You better not cry, you better not pout.\\
'''Children:''' Why?\\
'''Kris Kringle:''' I'm telling you why! Because ''I'' came to town.
** As did fellow [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin-Bass]] StopMotion {{Christmas Special}}s ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' and ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''.
* The first episode of the eminently forgettable ''WesternAnimation/FamilyDog'' had exactly one funny moment, when one character says to the ButtMonkey dog, "It just goes to show you, you can't always get what you wa-ant."
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'':
** A sketch featuring a crossover of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', ''Film/IRobot'', and ''Series/UnsolvedMysteries'', introduces the case with the line "Meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane his wife." The sketch ends with a preview of the 'next episode', WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}. Was she outrageous? Truly, truly outrageous?"
** [[BlackComedy The principal walks in on a student who murdered his music teacher.]]
--->'''Principal:''' ''(shocked)'' The leader of the band!\\
'''Student:''' His blood runs through my instrument! ''(plays the saxophone as blood spurts out)''
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', Senator Stampingston introduces Dethklok to the Tribunal using the lyrics to the theme song.
--> Skwisgaar Skwigelf, taller than a tree. Toki Wartooth, not a bumblebee. William Murderface. Murderface. Murderface. Pickles. The drummer. Doodily doo...ding dong doodily...doodily doo. Nathan Explosion.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'':
** Grim said, upon realising he was in a dream [[Music/TalkingHeads "This is not me beautiful house! This is not me beautiful wife!" and woke up to Billy chanting "Same as it ever was! Same as it ever was!"]]
** In another episode, Billy chastises General Skarr for not being as evil as Billy thought he was.
--->'''Billy:''' [[Music/MichaelJackson You ain't bad! YOU AIN'T NOTHIN'!]]
** "Fear not, William! [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan I am very well acquainted with all matters mathematical. I understand equations both the simple and the quadratical]]."
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': "[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic I am Wreck-Gar]]! I [[ActorAllusion dare to be stupid]]!" Also a MythologyGag, since that song was featured in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie''.
* In one of the climactic battles of ''Anime/TransformersCybertron,'' Optimus orders his troops into battle formation with the command, "Come together, right now! ''Over me!''" The ''Cybertron'' dub had a lot of those.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' combined this with ThePowerOfRock with the Foreigner Belt, which gave its wearer super-powers triggered by reciting the titles of Foreigner songs.
** From the villain roll call in ''The Last One'':
-->'''Ignignokt''': Just say 'here', and we'll consider that short for 'Here I am, rock you like a hurricane'.
-->'''Err''': You do as the Music/{{Scorpions}} have before you!
* On ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', when Babs arrives at New York, she says "New York, just like I pictured it. Skycrapers and everything", a line from the spoken section of Music/StevieWonder's "Living in the City".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
** The Warners watched a [[LeFilmArtistique pretentious French film]] with dialogue from the original lyrics to "Frere Jacques" and "Alouette".
** In "Woodstock Slappy", when the festival gathers right outside Slappy's tree and she wonders aloud what's going on, Skippy says "There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear." Slappy is unamused.
** In "Deduces Wild", the Warners' scavenger hunt list gradually turns into "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
** In "This Pun For Hire", Yakko asks Hello Nurse "What's your story, sister?". Dot takes it as her cue to quote the opening lines of "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" before Yakko explains that he wasn't talking to her.
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'':
** In one episode, Jackie explains that he's in a western town because "I've been working on the railroad." The people he's talking to get angry, and he adds "All the livelong day?"
** In another, the thunder demon Tchang Zu is revived, only to discover that his former realm is now part of Hollywood:
--->'''Tchang Zu:''' My palace! These humans have paved my paradise and constructed a...\\
'''Ratso:''' Uh, [[Music/JoniMitchell parking lot]]?
* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Christmas is|HereAgain}} [[ChristmasSpecial Here Again]]'', Buster the fox refuses to follow the others into the BigBad's hideout.
-->'''Paul Rocco''': Let him stay. He only gets us into trouble anyway.\\
'''Buster''': He's right. I'm troubled waters, see. Now be a bridge and ease my mind.
* The Flash pulled one on ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' when asked where Batman was:
-->"Running late. The Batmobile? It lost a wheel. The Joker got away." (''the League members cast pained expressions at Flash'') "That's what I heard."
** Doubles as a ContinuityNod to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veju4PxhuGc Joker's version of "Jingle Bells"]] in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries "Christmas with the Joker."]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In the episode "A Bird in the Hoof," Fluttershy realizes, "[[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland I'm late! For a very important date!]]" Bonus points for her being reminded by a rabbit with a pocket watch.
** In "Best Gift Ever" we hear that Twilight Sparkle has [[SantaClaus "made a list and checked it twice"]].
* Referenced on ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', where his grandma says Arnold "[[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand was born on the backseat of a Greyhound Bus, going down Highway 41.]]" Grandpa Phil points out [[LampshadeHanging that's "from an old hippie song"]].
* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}}'' where Krystal wins the lottery and Dan Halen pretends to be in love with her to get to her money.
** "Krystal, I want to know what love is, I know you can show me. I feel like making love to you. Love in an elevator, lovin' up as I'm goin' down."
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', while giving some advice, Binky Barnes starts reciting the lyrics of the [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage show's actual theme song]] ("You gotta listen to your heart/Listen to the beat/Listen to the rhythm/The rhythm of the street"). He then notes that it's just something he heard somewhere.
* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' sketch "The Preamble", in which much of the song is just the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States set to music. [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic And it is awesome.]]
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'', Mr. Bumpy, Squishington, and Molly Coddle are in a contest to see who can freak each other out. Squishington "averts" to a sight behind the door:
-->'''Squishington:''' Get back! Get back to where you once belonged!
* Though the CD didn't come out until about two seasons later, ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'''s William says "Being sensible is just not sensible". Yumi points out that it came from the Subdigitals (then the Subsonics, but they changed the name to avoid copyright from another similar band).
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' has a scene in which Music/{{Beyonce}} trips and twists her ankle, sending the media into a frenzy, as well as a string of terrible Beyonce-related puns:
-->'''Reporter in the field''': Well, Tom, I'm told that she fell on ''all the single dollars."\\
'''Tom''': ALL the single dollars?\\
'''Reporter in the field''': ALL the single dollars!\\
'''Tom''': ''(despairingly) Bills, bills, bills...''
* Luna from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' is a rocker, so she often sprinkles her sentences with lyrics to rock songs.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** In ''Herr Meets Hare'' when Bugs Bunny pretends to be UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and Hermann Goering tries to appease him.
--->'''Goering:''' [[IKissYourHand I kiss mein Fuehrer's hand!]] I kiss [[WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace right in der Fuehrer's face!]]
** In ''WesternAnimation/AGruesomeTwosome'', as a cat tries to woo a female by quoting "You Ought to Be in Pictures".
--->'''Cat:''' Do you want a sky-high penthouse? Do you want a king-size car? Do you want to be in pictures? Do you want to be a star?
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': In the pilot "To the Rescue", Professor Nimnul, who is plotting to destroy the city by creating a giant bolt of lightning, says "It's gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight!"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' episode "Jet Can't Sleep", the characters are playing charades. Sunspot acts out a thunderstorm by dancing around with a flashlight and drum. Jet guesses "[[Music/EllaFitzgerald I got rhythm, I got music]]".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' Zorro parody, Dodgers says the oppressed peasantry yearn "to be born free, as free as the wind blows", quoting the theme of the film ''Film/BornFree''.
* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': In "Know Your Mom", K.O. decides to help his mother, a retired hero, relive her glory days with a rematch with one of her old enemies, Succulentus of the Kactus Krew. Succulentus, played by Johnathan Davis of Music/{{Korn}}, peppers his dialogue with references to nu-metal acts like Music/LinkinPark ("Every step that I take is another mistake for you!"), Music/{{Disturbed}} ("Now you've woken up the demon in me!"), and Music/{{Evanescence}} ("Some coffee would really wake me up inside.").
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'':
** A ChekhovsGun in "Speedtrapped". When a cowboy gets (rightly) suspicious of Quinn's tale of a hitch-hiker stealing her and Daria's money, Daria wins his trust by paraphrasing from [[Music/ConwayTwitty "Don't Call Him a Cowboy"]], which the hitcher sang to the girls earlier ("I don't call 'em cowboys till I see 'em ride...'Cause a Stetson hat and them fancy boots don't tell me what's inside").
** In "Daria!", Kevin yells [[Music/{{Queen}} "We are the champions, my friends!"]] at the pep rally.
** Daria quips [[Ride/{{Disneyland}} "It's a small world after all"]] in "Speedtrapped" (Mystik Spiral's "world tour" amounts to a gig 100 miles away) and "Psycho Therapy" (Jane's online camera feed to "the world" gets a total of eight hits, three of them from Daria).
** In "Art Burn", when Daria sees Jane's booth at the art exhibition, she says [[Series/SesameStreet "One of these things is not like the others"]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In the season 9 Halloween episode "A Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street", the neighborhood kids hunt a prankster who has been snatching trick-or-treaters' candy. At one point they spot the teenagers [[DancingWithMyself Jimmy Jr.]] [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan and]] [[BigFun Zeke]] eating sweets, which they take as evidence that the two are the culprits. [[ThoseTwoGuys The pair's]] stumped response to being accused leads to the following:
--> '''[[BewareTheNiceOnes Rudy:]]''' You know damn well what we're talking about.
--> '''[[CloudCuckooLander Andy:]]''' Let's give them something to talk about!
--> '''[[SingleMindedTwins Ollie:]]''' [[Music/BonnieRaitt How about love!]]
----
** The episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E17BartGetsAnElephant Bart Gets an Elephant]]" has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPrI8db74kA a scene where Homer crashes the family car into a statue of a deer]], leading to a [[Funny/TheSimpsonsSeasons1To8 funny moment]] as the characters inadvertently recite the opening line of "Do-Re-Mi" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''.
--->'''Homer:''' D'oh![[note]](or maybe "[[{{Pun}} Doe)!"]][[/note]]\\
'''Lisa:''' A deer!\\
'''Marge:''' A ''female'' deer!
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E24Homerpalooza Homerpalooza]]", Homer mourns his loss of the freedom he had in his youth, "I used to [[Music/{{KISS}} rock and roll all night and party ev-e-ry day]]. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find one night a month in which to get funky."
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E2HowISpentMyStrummerVacation How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]", when Homer is forced to leave the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp:
--->'''Music/MickJagger:''' [[Music/TheRollingStones Cheer up Homer, it's only Rock 'n' Roll Camp.]]\\
'''Homer:''' But I like it...
** From "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E19TheSweetestApu The Sweetest Apu]]", Homer's attempt to put off telling Apu that he knows about Apu's affair:
--->'''Homer:''' So, if you take ''that'' bottle down, and pass ''it'' around...\\
'''Apu:''' Yes, yes, I know. There will be 47 bottles of beer on the wall!
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E9IAnnoyedGruntBot I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot]]", when Homer pretends to be a robot in a robot fighting competition, he defeats one robot using a buzzsaw by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard using its own weapon against it]], leading to this commentary:
--->'''Announcer 1:''' He's killing him softly with his saw.\\
'''Announcer 2:''' Killing him softly?\\
'''Announcer 1:''' [[Music/TheFugees With his saw!]]
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E5BartAfterDark Bart After Dark]]", when the Springfieldians decide to keep their beloved burlesque house, the Maison Derriere, Reverend Lovejoy paraphrases the Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash song, "Our House":
--->'''Lovejoy:''' This house is a very, very, very fine house.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E10BartGetsHitByACar Bart Gets Hit by a Car]]" Bart goes to Hell and meets the Devil, who says: [[Music/TheRollingStones "Please allow me to introduce myself."]]
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E5LisaTheVegetarian Lisa the Vegetarian]]" Music/PaulMcCartney hears Lisa say that ran away from home he says: "What, she's leaving home?", referring to Music/TheBeatles song "She's Leaving Home", and his then-wife Linda says "Whenever we're in Springfield, we like to hang out in Apu's garden in the shade", paraphrasing "Octopus's Garden".
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E11MargicalHistoryTour Margical History Tour]]", the retelling of King Henry VIII's life shows Henry (Homer) introduced singing "I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am".
** In "Who Shot Mr. Burns: Part 1", before he was shot, Mr. Burns paraphrases the Music/SimonAndGarfunkel song "Feelin' Groovy", saying "Hello, lamppost, whatcha knowin'? I've come to watch your power flowin'...".
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS7E7RedMansGreed Red Man's Greed]]" the citizens of South Park are all being evicted by an oppressive Native American casino. They rise up and march and sing as one. The song includes lines such as "We are strong" and "No one can tell us we're wrong" and sounds like an inspiring protest song... 'til it turns out they're singing [[Music/PatBenatar "Love Is A Battlefield"]].
** In "[[Recap/SouthParkS5E13KennyDies Kenny Dies]]", Cartman appears before Congress, and after making his speech, says "I'm not the best speaker. Maybe I can put it best in the words of a timeless song." He then proceeds to lead Congress in [[Music/{{Asia}} "Heat of the Moment"]].
** The boys warn the police that criminals are going to be at the monster mash in "[[Recap/SouthParkS16E12ANightmareOnFaceTime A Nightmare on Face Time]]".
--->'''Sgt. Yates:''' How many people at the Monster Mash?\\
'''Officer:''' Most of the town, sir. It's a graveyard smash.\\
'''Officer 2:''' Look, whatever we do, we'd better hurry. It gets on in a flash.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''
** The episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E10RunningMates Running Mates]]" where Peter runs for the head of the PTA had him just reciting sitcom lyrics in his speech:
--->'''Peter''': [[Series/OneDayAtATime1975 This is life. The one you get, so go and have a ball]]. [[Series/DiffrentStrokes Because the world don't march to the beat of just one drum, what might be right for you, might be wrong for some]]. [[Series/TheFactsOfLife You take the good and take the bad and there you have]]... my opening statement. Sit, Ubu, sit. Good dog.
** This gag would be rehashed in during [[spoiler:Angela's funeral]] in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS17E9PawtucketPete Pawtucket Pete]]".
--->'''Peter''': [[Series/{{Friends}} So, no one told you life was gunna be this way. (claps hands)]] Angela. [[Series/{{Cheers}} Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name.]] Angela. [[Series/SanfordAndSon (sings Sanford and Son theme tune)]]. Angela.
** Also, in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS2E2HolyCrap Holy Crap]]" when Peter's dad vanishes at the baseball game after going to "buy some peanuts and Cracker Jack", Brian responds with "I don't care if he never gets back." *{{Beat}}* "[[LampshadeHanging I wasn't being cute, I really hope he's dead.]]"
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E10ModelMisbehavior Model Misbehavior]]", Peter asks Lois, [[Music/{{RightSaidFred}} "So don't you wanna go back and do your little turn on the catwalk? On the catwalk? Yeah, on the catwalk? Do your little turn on the catwalk?"]]
** In the ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball parody]], when Leia strangles Jabba, his subtitles may read "Help, I'm being strangled!" [[EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped but his Jabbaspeak is the lyrics to Lady Marmalade]]. Later, when [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceUL2Jgi0GY C-3P0 is regaling the Ewoks with stories]], he is telling them the opening theme to ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir''.
** When Carter Pewterschmidt suffers a heart attack, he exclaims "[[Music/BillyJoel I’m having a heart attack-ack-ack-ack! You oughta know by now!]]" before losing consciousness.
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS9E17ForeignAffairs Foreign Affairs]]" Bonnie gets in a relationship with another paraplegic. Joe says that he truly loves her and proves it by standing (with help from Quagmire). The other paraplegic states that [[Music/MeatLoaf he would do anything for love, but he won't do that]].
** In "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS3E16AVerySpecialFamilyGuyFreakinChristmas A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas]]", Lois tells Stewie to behave on Christmas as Santa is watching.
--->'''Stewie''': What the devil do you mean, "watching"?\\
'''Lois''': Well, honey, Santa's making a list and checking it twice.\\
'''Meg''': He sees you when you're sleeping.\\
'''Chris''': And he knows when you're awake. *{{Beat}}* I almost caught him last year. But he's magic!
** In "Family Gay", Brian asked the doctor how long the effects of the gay serum would last. The doctor said that it's unknown, but it could range between [[Theatre/{{Rent}} "A day, a week, or five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes."]]
** In "Crimes and Meg's Demeanor", Lois' friend, Annie, was in a coma, after being assaulted and she waxed lyrical, while Chris supported her.
--->'''Lois''': Annie? Are you okay? ... Are you okay? ... Are you okay, Annie?\\
'''Chris''': What's wrong with her?\\
'''Lois''': She was hit by-She was struck by a [[Music/{{MichaelJackson}} smooth criminal]].\\
'''Chris''': That was fun, mom. We don't usually get to do stuff like that together.
** A brief little quip of this was done by Stewie in "Prick Up Your Ears", when Stewie nicknamed Brian, [[Music/{{DonMcLean}} "Threw my chevy to the levee but the levee was Bri."]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':
-->'''Dr. Venture:''' You know I feel so dirty when they start talking cute.\\
'''The Monarch:''' Yeah, well get used to it.\\
'''Dr. Venture:''' I want to tell her that I love her, but the point is probably moot.\\
'''The Monarch:''' ... Are you reciting ''Jessie's Girl''?
** Also at the start of "Ghost Pirates of the Sargasso", we see Major Tom's last conversation before his spaceship crashes; the conversation is mostly Music/DavidBowie's "Space Oddity" and "Ashes to Ashes".
** As well as Hank reciting Music/TheDoors lyrics while tripping on Molotov's spy poison, and several gags done with the aging rockstars that seem to constitute most of The Guild's leadership. Venture Bros does this a lot actually.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':
** [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent An entire episode]] of this joke. "Meet the Beat-Alls", in which most lines of dialogue were from Beatles songs. It was nominated for an Emmy. And neatly subverted at the end:
--->'''Blossom:''' Well, it's like the song goes - the love you take is equal to... equal to... oh, who cares, it's by some dumb old band anyway.
** Another episode that wasn't even remotely Beatles-related threw one in, too:
--->'''Princess:''' ''Help!'' I need somebody! Help! Not just anybody!
** Before the narrator gives his end of episode {{Catchphrase}} in "Knock it Off"
--->'''Narrator:''' I guess the love you take IS equal to the love you make!
** When the Mayor looks through a telescope during the heat wave in "Ice Sore":
--->'''Mayor:''' [[Music/JerryLeeLewis Goodness gracious! Great ball of fire!]]
** In "Say Uncle", the Professor reads a telegram from his brother.
--->"[[Music/TheMonkees I'll be on the last train to Clarksville. Come meet me at the station.]]"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', "[[Recap/FuturamaS2E4XmasStory Xmas Story]]":
-->'''Leela:''' Fry's outside? He's in great danger!\\
'''Dr. Zoidberg:''' Why?\\
'''Leela:''' I'm telling you why! [[BadSanta Santa Claus is coming to town!]]
** In the same episode,
--->'''Robot Santa:''' You've been very naughty, Fry and Leela. I checked my list.\\
'''Fry:''' Well, check it twice!\\
'''Robot Santa:''' I perform over fifty mega-checks per second!
** "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E12TheSting The Sting]]":
--->'''Fry:''' How big's the honeycomb?\\
'''Hermes:''' Honeycomb's big, yeah, yeah, yeah.\\
'''Bender:''' It's not small?
--->'''Hermes:''' No, no, no.
** Near the end of "[[Recap/FuturamaS4E16ThreeHundredBigBoys Three Hundred Big Boys]]", when the piles of war plunder catch fire, UsefulNotes/RichardNixon yells "The loot! The loot! The loot is on fire!"
** In the second straight to DVD movie, "[[Recap/FuturamaM2TheBeastWithABillionBacks The Beast with a Billion Backs]]", Prof. Wernstum orders some tentacle-resisters to "Stop! In the name of love!"
** Also from "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E15IDatedARobot I Dated A Robot]]".
--->'''Music/GeorgeMichael's Head:''' Please pick me up before you go-go?
** Also this from "[[Recap/FuturamaM3BendersGame Bender's Game]]":
--->'''Elevator Steward:''' Maintenance shaft 7 serving...\\
'''Professor:''' Shut your mouth.\\
'''Elevator Steward:''' I'm just talking about the shaft.
** Still in "Bender's Game":
--->'''Robot Psychiatrist:''' You're suffering from a breakdown. [[Music/MCHammer Now stop, hammertime.]] ''(activates the "treatment", which is basically hitting the patient with a hammer.)''
** In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E18TheTipOfTheZoidberg The Tip of the Zoidberg]]", The Professor tells Dr. (John) Zoidberg to flee by saying, "Go Johnny, Go!".
** "Mobius Dick":
--->'''Fry:''' Leela, I'm no doctor, but I'm afraid [[Music/RunDMC you be]] [[SophisticatedAsHell exhibiting symptoms of]] [[Music/RunDMC illin']].
* Variation: In the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' episode where Roger poses as a college professor, his opening lecture quotes from the spoken introduction of Music/{{Prince}}'s "Let's Go Crazy". ("Electric word, 'life', it means forever, and that's a mighty long time...")
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'':
** Señor Senior Sr. paraphrases from Music/TalkingHeads' "Life During Wartime" when he tells his son "This is not a party, this is not a disco, this is not... fooling around!"
** In another episode:
--->'''Dr. Drakken:''' Your Nana is a bad grandmother...\\
'''Kim:''' Shut yo' mouth!\\
'''Dr. Drakken:''' [[Film/{{Shaft}} I'm just talkin' about Nana.]]
** In "Rufus in Show", when Kim and Ron infiltrated a dog-show, and Kim discovered the gems stolen by Falsetto Jones:
--->'''Kim:''' And Bingo was his name-o.
* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries''
** When Rolly is Egg Sitting, the Eggs, he is laying on, begin to hatch. Rolly panics and tries to get the Eggs back together, barking; "[[Music/TheBeatles Get back! Get back! Get back to where you once belong!]]"?
* ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'':
** Rocko's attempt at hiding his nail-biting habit using a ham and a monkey puppet leads him to remark, "[[Music/TheBeatles Everybody's got something to hide, except for meat and my monkey.]]"
** In another episode, Rocko recalls a school bully named Dingo who literally harassed him until the day he moved to America.
--->'''Rocko:''' Why he never liked me, I'll never know, and Dingo was his name...\\
'''Heffer & Filbert:''' Oh.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MonkeyDust'', several of Clive's many excuses for being late.
* 29 years before the ''Futurama'' example above, the StopMotion ChristmasSpecial ''WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown'' worked in a similar gag while still averting a TitleDrop.
-->'''Kris Kringle:''' You better watch out. You better not cry, you better not pout.\\
'''Children:''' Why?\\
'''Kris Kringle:''' I'm telling you why! Because ''I'' came to town.
** As did fellow [[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin-Bass]] StopMotion {{Christmas Special}}s ''WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer'' and ''WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman''.
* The first episode of the eminently forgettable ''WesternAnimation/FamilyDog'' had exactly one funny moment, when one character says to the ButtMonkey dog, "It just goes to show you, you can't always get what you wa-ant."
* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'':
** A sketch featuring a crossover of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', ''Film/IRobot'', and ''Series/UnsolvedMysteries'', introduces the case with the line "Meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane his wife." The sketch ends with a preview of the 'next episode', WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}. Was she outrageous? Truly, truly outrageous?"
** [[BlackComedy The principal walks in on a student who murdered his music teacher.]]
--->'''Principal:''' ''(shocked)'' The leader of the band!\\
'''Student:''' His blood runs through my instrument! ''(plays the saxophone as blood spurts out)''
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', Senator Stampingston introduces Dethklok to the Tribunal using the lyrics to the theme song.
--> Skwisgaar Skwigelf, taller than a tree. Toki Wartooth, not a bumblebee. William Murderface. Murderface. Murderface. Pickles. The drummer. Doodily doo...ding dong doodily...doodily doo. Nathan Explosion.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'':
** Grim said, upon realising he was in a dream [[Music/TalkingHeads "This is not me beautiful house! This is not me beautiful wife!" and woke up to Billy chanting "Same as it ever was! Same as it ever was!"]]
** In another episode, Billy chastises General Skarr for not being as evil as Billy thought he was.
--->'''Billy:''' [[Music/MichaelJackson You ain't bad! YOU AIN'T NOTHIN'!]]
** "Fear not, William! [[Creator/GilbertAndSullivan I am very well acquainted with all matters mathematical. I understand equations both the simple and the quadratical]]."
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': "[[Music/WeirdAlYankovic I am Wreck-Gar]]! I [[ActorAllusion dare to be stupid]]!" Also a MythologyGag, since that song was featured in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie''.
* In one of the climactic battles of ''Anime/TransformersCybertron,'' Optimus orders his troops into battle formation with the command, "Come together, right now! ''Over me!''" The ''Cybertron'' dub had a lot of those.
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' combined this with ThePowerOfRock with the Foreigner Belt, which gave its wearer super-powers triggered by reciting the titles of Foreigner songs.
** From the villain roll call in ''The Last One'':
-->'''Ignignokt''': Just say 'here', and we'll consider that short for 'Here I am, rock you like a hurricane'.
-->'''Err''': You do as the Music/{{Scorpions}} have before you!
* On ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'', when Babs arrives at New York, she says "New York, just like I pictured it. Skycrapers and everything", a line from the spoken section of Music/StevieWonder's "Living in the City".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'':
** The Warners watched a [[LeFilmArtistique pretentious French film]] with dialogue from the original lyrics to "Frere Jacques" and "Alouette".
** In "Woodstock Slappy", when the festival gathers right outside Slappy's tree and she wonders aloud what's going on, Skippy says "There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear." Slappy is unamused.
** In "Deduces Wild", the Warners' scavenger hunt list gradually turns into "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
** In "This Pun For Hire", Yakko asks Hello Nurse "What's your story, sister?". Dot takes it as her cue to quote the opening lines of "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" before Yakko explains that he wasn't talking to her.
* ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'':
** In one episode, Jackie explains that he's in a western town because "I've been working on the railroad." The people he's talking to get angry, and he adds "All the livelong day?"
** In another, the thunder demon Tchang Zu is revived, only to discover that his former realm is now part of Hollywood:
--->'''Tchang Zu:''' My palace! These humans have paved my paradise and constructed a...\\
'''Ratso:''' Uh, [[Music/JoniMitchell parking lot]]?
* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Christmas is|HereAgain}} [[ChristmasSpecial Here Again]]'', Buster the fox refuses to follow the others into the BigBad's hideout.
-->'''Paul Rocco''': Let him stay. He only gets us into trouble anyway.\\
'''Buster''': He's right. I'm troubled waters, see. Now be a bridge and ease my mind.
* The Flash pulled one on ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' when asked where Batman was:
-->"Running late. The Batmobile? It lost a wheel. The Joker got away." (''the League members cast pained expressions at Flash'') "That's what I heard."
** Doubles as a ContinuityNod to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Veju4PxhuGc Joker's version of "Jingle Bells"]] in [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries "Christmas with the Joker."]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** In the episode "A Bird in the Hoof," Fluttershy realizes, "[[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland I'm late! For a very important date!]]" Bonus points for her being reminded by a rabbit with a pocket watch.
** In "Best Gift Ever" we hear that Twilight Sparkle has [[SantaClaus "made a list and checked it twice"]].
* Referenced on ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', where his grandma says Arnold "[[Music/TheAllmanBrothersBand was born on the backseat of a Greyhound Bus, going down Highway 41.]]" Grandpa Phil points out [[LampshadeHanging that's "from an old hippie song"]].
* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}}'' where Krystal wins the lottery and Dan Halen pretends to be in love with her to get to her money.
** "Krystal, I want to know what love is, I know you can show me. I feel like making love to you. Love in an elevator, lovin' up as I'm goin' down."
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', while giving some advice, Binky Barnes starts reciting the lyrics of the [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage show's actual theme song]] ("You gotta listen to your heart/Listen to the beat/Listen to the rhythm/The rhythm of the street"). He then notes that it's just something he heard somewhere.
* {{Inverted|Trope}} in the ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' sketch "The Preamble", in which much of the song is just the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States set to music. [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic And it is awesome.]]
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'', Mr. Bumpy, Squishington, and Molly Coddle are in a contest to see who can freak each other out. Squishington "averts" to a sight behind the door:
-->'''Squishington:''' Get back! Get back to where you once belonged!
* Though the CD didn't come out until about two seasons later, ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'''s William says "Being sensible is just not sensible". Yumi points out that it came from the Subdigitals (then the Subsonics, but they changed the name to avoid copyright from another similar band).
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' has a scene in which Music/{{Beyonce}} trips and twists her ankle, sending the media into a frenzy, as well as a string of terrible Beyonce-related puns:
-->'''Reporter in the field''': Well, Tom, I'm told that she fell on ''all the single dollars."\\
'''Tom''': ALL the single dollars?\\
'''Reporter in the field''': ALL the single dollars!\\
'''Tom''': ''(despairingly) Bills, bills, bills...''
* Luna from ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' is a rocker, so she often sprinkles her sentences with lyrics to rock songs.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** In ''Herr Meets Hare'' when Bugs Bunny pretends to be UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and Hermann Goering tries to appease him.
--->'''Goering:''' [[IKissYourHand I kiss mein Fuehrer's hand!]] I kiss [[WesternAnimation/DerFuehrersFace right in der Fuehrer's face!]]
** In ''WesternAnimation/AGruesomeTwosome'', as a cat tries to woo a female by quoting "You Ought to Be in Pictures".
--->'''Cat:''' Do you want a sky-high penthouse? Do you want a king-size car? Do you want to be in pictures? Do you want to be a star?
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': In the pilot "To the Rescue", Professor Nimnul, who is plotting to destroy the city by creating a giant bolt of lightning, says "It's gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight!"
* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'' episode "Jet Can't Sleep", the characters are playing charades. Sunspot acts out a thunderstorm by dancing around with a flashlight and drum. Jet guesses "[[Music/EllaFitzgerald I got rhythm, I got music]]".
* In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' Zorro parody, Dodgers says the oppressed peasantry yearn "to be born free, as free as the wind blows", quoting the theme of the film ''Film/BornFree''.
* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': In "Know Your Mom", K.O. decides to help his mother, a retired hero, relive her glory days with a rematch with one of her old enemies, Succulentus of the Kactus Krew. Succulentus, played by Johnathan Davis of Music/{{Korn}}, peppers his dialogue with references to nu-metal acts like Music/LinkinPark ("Every step that I take is another mistake for you!"), Music/{{Disturbed}} ("Now you've woken up the demon in me!"), and Music/{{Evanescence}} ("Some coffee would really wake me up inside.").
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'':
** A ChekhovsGun in "Speedtrapped". When a cowboy gets (rightly) suspicious of Quinn's tale of a hitch-hiker stealing her and Daria's money, Daria wins his trust by paraphrasing from [[Music/ConwayTwitty "Don't Call Him a Cowboy"]], which the hitcher sang to the girls earlier ("I don't call 'em cowboys till I see 'em ride...'Cause a Stetson hat and them fancy boots don't tell me what's inside").
** In "Daria!", Kevin yells [[Music/{{Queen}} "We are the champions, my friends!"]] at the pep rally.
** Daria quips [[Ride/{{Disneyland}} "It's a small world after all"]] in "Speedtrapped" (Mystik Spiral's "world tour" amounts to a gig 100 miles away) and "Psycho Therapy" (Jane's online camera feed to "the world" gets a total of eight hits, three of them from Daria).
** In "Art Burn", when Daria sees Jane's booth at the art exhibition, she says [[Series/SesameStreet "One of these things is not like the others"]].
* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'': In the season 9 Halloween episode "A Nightmare on Ocean Avenue Street", the neighborhood kids hunt a prankster who has been snatching trick-or-treaters' candy. At one point they spot the teenagers [[DancingWithMyself Jimmy Jr.]] [[SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan and]] [[BigFun Zeke]] eating sweets, which they take as evidence that the two are the culprits. [[ThoseTwoGuys The pair's]] stumped response to being accused leads to the following:
--> '''[[BewareTheNiceOnes Rudy:]]''' You know damn well what we're talking about.
--> '''[[CloudCuckooLander Andy:]]''' Let's give them something to talk about!
--> '''[[SingleMindedTwins Ollie:]]''' [[Music/BonnieRaitt How about love!]]
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