"Help! I can’t stop getting down! Ooh! Sweet, horrible self-expression through movement!'"
— A dryer repair man hit with the Dance-Inator, Phineas and Ferb
"Everybody's dancing! They can't stop themselves!"
— Four, Numberjacks
"I used ... to like ... to dance ...!"
— Alyssa Enrilé being subject to this, Power Rangers Wild Force
Oscar: Do you expect me to talk?
Margaret: No, my dear. I expect you to dance.
She gotta dance, she gotta dance
And she can't stop 'til them shoes come off
These shoes do, a kind of voodoo
They're gonna make her dance 'til her legs fall off
Call a doctor, call a priest
They're gonna whip her up like a helicopter
And she can't stop 'til them shoes come off
These shoes do, a kind of voodoo
They're gonna make her dance 'til her legs fall off
Call a doctor, call a priest
They're gonna whip her up like a helicopter
— Kate Bush, The Red Shoes
"My tunes have taken over your bodies! Soon I'll control your minds!"
— Dischordia, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Voldemort: C'mon, Potter! Imperio!
You take your foot
Your little foot
Hey, look! Your foot!
See how it starts to shake
Your little foot
Hey, look! Your foot!
See how it starts to shake
Quirrell: Ooh, try his arms!
How 'bout a twirl?
He's like a girl!
How 'bout a twirl?
He's like a girl!
— A Very Potter Musical, Dance Again
Britney: The music makes you energized!
Sam: Maybe too energized... It's like my body's leading and my mind is following! I... can't... stop!
"Slave to the boogie, slave to the boogie!"
— Giru under the effects of the Para Para Boogie, Dragon Ball GT
Shrek: You move fast.
Fiona: I-It's not me doing the moving... (They're both forced into a dance by the Piper's music)
Shrek: Huh—?
Fiona: Why is this happening!?
Shrek: Love...?
Fiona: No, I'm being forced to dance!
Shrek: By love!
Fiona: NO, I CAN'T STOP MYSELF!
"Sorry, mayor! My feet are going cuckoo!"
— Sportacus, LazyTown
"Hey there, spacecats. Ulala here coming at you from Spaceport 9. Tonight, I'm investigating a report that aliens have invaded and are forcing people ... to dance!"
— Ulala describing the main threat of the game, Space Channel 5
"Black Cat! What are you doing h-... Who's ... behind this!? Wh-... Wh-... Wh... Why are you dancing?"
— Spider-Man, Spider-Man (2000)
Oh: Involuntary physical response ... ! Confusion! What is happening to my body!?
Tip: It's called dancing!
Tip: I can tell!
Oh: How long before this kills me!? I am not in control of my own extremities!
Tip: Work it!
Tip: Hey, you know what? Boov rhymes with groove! Shake your Boov thang!
Oh: It is shaking in a most undignified way! Oh no! My hands are in the air like they just do not care!
"My body just started dancing by itself. I didn't know what was going on. I was... frightened."
— Yuna, Final Fantasy X-2
When your head is bobbin and your fingers snappin'...
That's Loco Legs
When your knees are knockin or your arms are flappin'
You got Loco Legs
When your feet are movin and your toes are tappin'
That's Loco Legs
When your shoulders shake and your hands are clappin'
You got Loco Legs
When your feet don't stop, when your hips go hop
When limbs are limp and your flips are flop
When your belly wiggles, jelly jiggles and your...
Body giggles
That's Loco Legs
When your knees are knockin or your arms are flappin'
You got Loco Legs
When your feet are movin and your toes are tappin'
That's Loco Legs
When your shoulders shake and your hands are clappin'
You got Loco Legs
When your feet don't stop, when your hips go hop
When limbs are limp and your flips are flop
When your belly wiggles, jelly jiggles and your...
Body giggles
— The Fresh Beat Band, Loco Legs
"Hey, I can't stop dancing. Will you help me? Or will you dance with me? Oh~..."
— Odile, Pop'n Music 17 THE MOVIE
“Dance you shall,” said he, “dance in your red shoes till you are pale and cold, till your skin shrivels up and you are a skeleton! Dance you shall, from door to door, and where proud and wicked children live you shall knock, so that they may hear you and fear you! Dance you shall, dance—!”
—Hans Christian Andersen, The Red Shoes
The bullies used to pick on me because I sang in choir
But something very strange occurred when I kept singing higher!
The ruffians around me quickly fell into a trance
And it was then with wicked glee I made those puppets dance!
I'm the Music Meister!
But something very strange occurred when I kept singing higher!
The ruffians around me quickly fell into a trance
And it was then with wicked glee I made those puppets dance!
I'm the Music Meister!
—Batman: The Brave and the Bold, I'm The Music Meister
"Now dance, fucker, dance!"
—The Offspring, You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
"I can't stop dancing! And I wasn't even dancing!"
—Jessica Cruz, DC Super Hero Girls: Infinite Frenemies (Issue #2)
"Uhh... why am I suddenly, and uncontrollably, good at dancing...?"
—Kipo Oak, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
The fiddler grabbed the fiddle from it's case
and lifted his bow towards the dawning Sunday sun
Then the people of Hårga became in a hurry
They forgot about God and the whole world
The dance went on meadows and hills
high upon the top of the ridge of Hårga
One wore out both shoes and heels
One could not stop the dance
Where do you come from, you who is playing
Tell us who have taught you this way to play, so wild and mad
If you don't stop our hearts will burst
Oh God help us, he has a cloven hoof!
The bells had rung in the valley,
And father and mother and brother walked to the parish church
Where can Hårgas youths now be?
Oh my God, they are still dancing!
The dance went to the Hårga tune
High up on the top of the ridge of Hårga
They are not far from crying
Now, when dancing, they wore through both soul and body
Stop your bow, fiddler
Before we dance out life and soul and bones
No he doesn't stop his dance
Until we all fall dead down
and lifted his bow towards the dawning Sunday sun
Then the people of Hårga became in a hurry
They forgot about God and the whole world
The dance went on meadows and hills
high upon the top of the ridge of Hårga
One wore out both shoes and heels
One could not stop the dance
Where do you come from, you who is playing
Tell us who have taught you this way to play, so wild and mad
If you don't stop our hearts will burst
Oh God help us, he has a cloven hoof!
The bells had rung in the valley,
And father and mother and brother walked to the parish church
Where can Hårgas youths now be?
Oh my God, they are still dancing!
The dance went to the Hårga tune
High up on the top of the ridge of Hårga
They are not far from crying
Now, when dancing, they wore through both soul and body
Stop your bow, fiddler
Before we dance out life and soul and bones
No he doesn't stop his dance
Until we all fall dead down
Hårgalåten
"Time to let loose! Nothing can stop us now! When the music starts kickin'... you're gonna dance 'till you drop!"
— Jango, One Piece
Tharja: The hex will paralyze you, rendering you incapable of moving incapable of moving so much as an eyelid. Then I'll manipulate your limbs in a macabre dance, like a living marionette. I think that would be VERY entertaining, don't you? Hee hee hee!
Olivia: B-but, Tharja, that sounds...
Tharja: Did I mention that over the course of time, I'll come to control your mind as well? You'll belong to me heart and soul — a helpless puppet at my beck and call. How does that sound, Olivia?
Olivia: That... that sounds nothing at all like what I suggested! That sounds like a horror show!
Tharja: Well, everyone loves a horror show, don't they?
Olivia: Um, NO! Not when they're a part of the horror!
Olivia: B-but, Tharja, that sounds...
Tharja: Did I mention that over the course of time, I'll come to control your mind as well? You'll belong to me heart and soul — a helpless puppet at my beck and call. How does that sound, Olivia?
Olivia: That... that sounds nothing at all like what I suggested! That sounds like a horror show!
Tharja: Well, everyone loves a horror show, don't they?
Olivia: Um, NO! Not when they're a part of the horror!
"I don't know how it started
Don't know how to stop it
Suddenly, I'm dancin'
To imaginary music
Something's coming, so out of breath
I just kept spinnin' and I danced myself to death"
Don't know how to stop it
Suddenly, I'm dancin'
To imaginary music
Something's coming, so out of breath
I just kept spinnin' and I danced myself to death"
— Florence + the Machine, "Choreomania"
The Professor: Yeah, so, uh... she danced. And people probably thought, "Huh. Pretty funny. Good one, Frau".
Ryan: She danced until she died or she just danced?
The Professor: Well... she continued to dance until she passed out from exhaustion. And then. She woke up. And she started dancing again.
Ryan: She danced until she died or she just danced?
The Professor: Well... she continued to dance until she passed out from exhaustion. And then. She woke up. And she started dancing again.
