siriuslyblack

You know that part in movies where the main character turns on their car radio and the song that’s playing slowly fades in and becomes the movies background music? I like that

remindmeofthe

I love the opposite, where the background music is seemingly just background music until the cut to someone turning off the radio and the music abruptly cuts off.

biggest-gaudiest-patronuses

The first one is called the Diegetic Switch. The second one is the Left the Background Music On trope which is more fun and full of comedic potential