# Greatest Cartoon  Theme Songs Of All Time

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**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")\
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[QUOTE=Cuckoorex]  
_Up from the depths!  
Thirty stories high!  
Breathing fire,  
His head in the sky…  
GODZILLA!! GODZILLA!! GODZILLA!!  
And Godzooky!_  
[/QUOTE]

OOOH!

1st Class!

How about the _Kidd Video_ theme?

Or, the whole darn show?

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How about The Schmoo?

It’s the new Schmoo…  
The incredible new Schmoo.

He’s gonna please you…  
This incredible new Schmoo.

Does anybody remember the Schmoo and his teenage sidekicks? I think one of them was named Billy Joe.

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No cartoon theme song is cooler than [Cool McCool](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUiwhIKy4do)’s. It’s 1966, and you can sure tell, with this groovy combination of surf guitars and acid Hammond organ.

[Lucky Luke](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Bm_HZbVgE) is pretty damn good too. Or, as we say _en francaise_, “Looky Look.”

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I actually listen to my mp3 of the Inspector Gadget theme song on a regular basis… go gadget gooo.

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:eek:  
What!  
No Popeye?

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[QUOTE=DigitalC]  
I actually listen to my mp3 of the Inspector Gadget theme song on a regular basis… go gadget gooo.  
[/QUOTE]

Gee thanks!!!, Now that frikken song will stuck in my head all day… :smack:

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Many great ones mentioned already, especially _8th Man_ , _Top Cat_ , & _Underdog_ .

More of my favorites:

_Go-Go Gophers_  
_Wait Till Your Father Gets Home_  
_King Leonardo_  
_Milton the Monster_

and I can’t believe no one has mentioned _Tennessee Tuxedo_ ! :eek:

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Ooh! Yes, links to themes. Here’s my list again with youtube links …

[Johnny Quest original opener](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV_-u9sxYZM)  
[Pink Panther](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnLhvMStUWU) \<- This link actually mixes images from the cartoon and the cartoon parts of the movies – I’m not sure that makes it a “legit” theme song. And just for the hell of it, [The Dragonball Z Techno Remix](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y04jFgE890c).  
[Teen Titans](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro-jEnieW8A)  
[Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsxLtk9mlfg)  
[Bobobo-bo bo-bobo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx-9zJ3UpvQ)

Good old [Duck Dodgers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzAeHQudDiY). I’m not sure what the Italian business is about, but it’s only a second at the beginning and end.

And after re-listening to everything, I changed my mind. [Cowboy Bebop](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6zDfxZ4NcE) is #1.

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Always loved the old \*\*_Scooby Doo_ \*\* theme (70’s version).

Nowadays, the _ **Venture Bros** _.

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I will just add that I don’t think anything else is even in the same league as **Cowboy Bebop**.

**Harvey Birdman** ’s theme is pretty kick-ass, though.

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Pinky and the Brain. That and Spider-Man were the only ones I ever bothered to memorize.

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**Gummi Bears**.

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> [@](#):
>
> Originally posted by **Mr. Greenjeans**
> 
> There are many good ones, but none better than Tobor, the 8th Man.

Wait… Tobor was a real show? When I look back at my childhood I always thought I imagined it. No one my age remembers it. I thought it was “Ape Man” but still. Cool.

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[QUOTE=Asimovian]  
I will just add that I don’t think anything else is even in the same league as **Cowboy Bebop**.  
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Damn you, that’s such a good one.

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Oh, also, The Tick.

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Speed Racer, Sailor Moon, Kim Possible.

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[QUOTE=Manduck]  
Speed Racer, Sailor Moon, Kim Possible.  
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Seconded. They all get the premise of the show across while still sounding cool. Though I prefer the original Japanese opening theme for Sailor Moon, “Moonlight Densetsu.” Other anime theme songs I like are the one for Bleach and the third (I think) opening theme for Naruto, “Go!” (aka "“Fighting Dreamers”).  
Oh, wait, we’re supposed to avoid anime? Sorry. :o  
I also like the Camp Lazlo theme. And don’t forget SpongeBob Squarepants!

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?..

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[QUOTE=Asimovian]  
I will just add that I don’t think anything else is even in the same league as **Cowboy Bebop**.  
[/QUOTE]  
You either missed mr. jp’s post or you don’t have any taste. “Gummi Bears” was also mentioned.

Also, there’s the Spanish version of “Freakazoid” ([Fenomenoide](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuHvX7s3bjc&mode=related&search=)), notable for the minimalist single voices of a man and woman. Plus:

[Kotetsu Jeegu](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbL0T__fnm0) (though I can’t decide whether I like the original or the [Italian](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFPyN8cj6Dg) version better  
[Heathcliff](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxCInOkn6OU&mode=related&search=)  
[Chipmunks Go to the Movies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUHLWgQKnLM)  
[Taz-mania](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PuKM-oZxLk)  
The Spanish closing to [Mazinger Z](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1pg4AfPwRY&mode=related&search=)  
There’s also the Ren & Stimpy closing credit’s theme, but I can’t find a link.

Then on the otherwise forgettable syndicated shows side:  
[James Bond Jr.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHfrRtPU-xs)  
[BOTS Master](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLKYOSiW7U4)  
[Bucky O’Hare](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6Mh7hhaqhk)

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It’s unusual to have a question in Cafe Society with a factual answer but nonetheless, the answer is [Underdog.](http://melaman2.com/cartoons/singles/mp3/underdog.mp3) It’s also my ringtone.

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[QUOTE=AtomicDog]

[The New Adventures of Superman](http://melaman2.com/cartoons/singles/superman66.html)  
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::stoic, squinty eyed smilie::

I listened to the entire 54 seconds of that just so I could be certain to hate you for pointlessly sharing a theme that doesn’t vary a note from intros to the theatrical shorts that predate that series a couple of decades.

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