# Greatest Cartoon Theme Songs Of All Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381 "2007-08-29T16:59:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/1 "2007-08-29T16:59:15Z")
In no particular order: Underdog Spider-Man Jetsons Scooby-Do Star Trek: TAS (Ending theme) Batman: TAS Astro Boy Kimba The White Lion Speed Racer I notice that most of my favorites are from the '60’s. Maybe it’s just nostalgia. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/2 "2007-08-29T17:02:14Z")
There are many good ones, but none better than Tobor, the 8th Man. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/3 "2007-08-29T17:02:26Z")
Hong-Kong Phooey. Danger Mouse. Darkwing Duck. The Venture Brothers. Freakazoid! Earthworm Jim. Animaniacs. Mighty Mouse. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/4 "2007-08-29T17:05:04Z")
I would definitely add Fat Albert to that list. Probably Super Chicken and Josie and the Pussycats, too. ---
**Author:** ![I\_m\_No\_Saint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/977dab/32.png) [@I\_m\_No\_Saint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_m_No_Saint)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/5 "2007-08-29T17:18:45Z")
GI Joe. Good God, GI Joe. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/6 "2007-08-29T17:22:06Z")
There is a little ditty about the worlds most fearsome fighting team that blows all these out of the water. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/7 "2007-08-29T17:22:35Z")
Jetsons? A mere recitation of the main characters’ names is one of your greatest cartoon theme songs of all time? In addition to many of those already mentioned, Magilla Gorilla’s was good. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/8 "2007-08-29T17:23:07Z")
I’ve always liked the _Duck Tales_ theme. (I assume we’re ruling out anime, to avoid having the thread dominated by _Cowboy Bebop_. ;)) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/9 "2007-08-29T17:35:01Z")
_Gigantor_ has a nifty, Latin jazz-y kind of theme. [On this page](http://home.alphalink.com.au/~roglen/gigantor.htm), there’s a link to the theme at the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/10 "2007-08-29T17:38:13Z")
I’ve been waiting for a thread like this! My nominations (click through for a sample): [Fantastic Four (1966)](http://melaman2.com/cartoons/singles/fantastic4.html) [Birdman](http://melaman2.com/cartoons/singles/birdman.html) [The New Adventures of Superman](http://melaman2.com/cartoons/singles/superman66.html) [Justice League](http://www.supermanhomepage.com/multimedia/multimedia.php?topic=sounds) ['90s X-Men](http://www.comicbookresources.com/resources/tvthemes/) [Teen Titans](http://www.titansgo.net/audio.php) and what is probably my all time favorite: [Spaaace Ghoooost!](http://melaman2.com/cartoons/singles/spaceghost.html) Honorable mention: [Thunderbirds](http://ufoseries.com/barry/). (Scroll down to “Thunderbirds Theme”). Not a cartoon, but hey, animation’s animation. Ah, to be a kid in the sixties. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/11 "2007-08-29T17:38:13Z")
There was a CD about 12 years ago of cartoon themes covered by various Alternative acts of the day. Liz Phair can sing “Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork” and make it sound sexy. And the Reverend Horton Heat does a cover of the Jonny Quest theme that chews nails and spits out screws. If you can find that disk, get it. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/12 "2007-08-29T17:45:04Z")
_T-o-o-om Slick! T-o-o-om Slick! Let me tell you why He’s the best of all good guys T-o-o-om Slick! T-o-o-om Slick! In the Thunderbolt Greaseslapper once he’s on your tail He can’t lose because he knows there’s no such word as fail to T-o-o-om Slick! T-o-o-om Slick! (dum dum dum dum dum dum dum)_ A close second to Super Chicken. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/13 "2007-08-29T17:50:23Z")
A toss up between Underdog and Rocky and Bullwinkle ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/14 "2007-08-29T18:05:53Z")
[QUOTE=plnnr] A toss up between Underdog and Rocky and Bullwinkle [/QUOTE] Dudley Doright is in there, too. I’m not a jazz fan, and it was written for the movie, not the cartoon, but Henry Mancini’s _Pink Panther Theme_ is waaaay cool. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/15 "2007-08-29T18:13:35Z")
I nominate the theme from [Duckman](http://youtube.com/watch?v=p_PgQwmN6H0). For years I thought this was composed by Frank Zappa, but I’ve learned that it was actually written by Scott Wilk and Todd Yvega. Whatever its origin, it’s a jazzy, memorable little piece. ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/16 "2007-08-29T18:31:38Z")
My pick is also my current ringtone: the Freakazoid! theme wins over all. ---
**Author:** ![DustyButt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc348/32.png) [@DustyButt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DustyButt)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/17 "2007-08-29T18:46:56Z")
[disbelief] Those with superior taste appreciate the smooth jazzy goodness of the original Johnny Quest. [/disbelief] ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/18 "2007-08-29T18:49:33Z")
PINK PANTHER!!! (I don’t care if was a movie theme first!) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/19 "2007-08-29T18:53:13Z")
[QUOTE=Balance] I’ve always liked the _Duck Tales_ theme. (I assume we’re ruling out anime, to avoid having the thread dominated by _Cowboy Bebop_. ;)) [/QUOTE] Mild nitpick: Astroboy, Kimba and Speed Racer are anime. And yes, I would nominate “Tank” from the title theme of Cowboy Bebop. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/20 "2007-08-29T18:57:02Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] There was a CD about 12 years ago of cartoon themes covered by various Alternative acts of the day. Liz Phair can sing “Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork” and make it sound sexy. And the Reverend Horton Heat does a cover of the Jonny Quest theme that chews nails and spits out screws. If you can find that disk, get it. [/QUOTE] [Saturday Morning’s Greatest Hits](http://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Morning-Cartoons-Greatest-Hits/dp/B000002OYG/ref=sr_1_1/104-9892222-1411140?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1188413674&sr=8-1). And yes, yes you should. The VHS tape is kind of fun, too. For a little while, I was emailing the producer who put it all together, and we had fun brainstorming a possible sequel. Never came to pass, though. Sigh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381.md?page=2)