If there is danger of having to pay money to use a piece of music, the piece can be imitated in style () or parodied. Less so in modern cartoons, unless they have the budget to score episodes individually. Very common in that employ, where they may be used as a. Many of these have become verbal shorthand for particular nationalities or ethnicities, and thus may border on stereotypes. Some of these occur often enough to seem standardized, and in some cases they are. Octavia Melody, ' Typically appearing in works that employ a score with non-original elements, these are brief segments of recognizable songs - like - as themes for various types of scenes or activities.