# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/81 "2007-08-31T05:08:50Z")
I came to nominate _Courageous Cat_, but I see that someone else also had the discerning ear and good taste to do so. šŸ˜ƒ I also have to second _George of the Jungle, Magilla Gorilla, Speed Racer, Tobor_, and to cheat a littleā€¦ the _Looney Toons_ song. By the way, was the\* Courageous Cat \*theme the same as the one for _Peter Gunn_? ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/82 "2007-08-31T06:01:27Z")
Animaniacs is my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2007, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/83 "2007-08-31T06:50:02Z")
[Key: The Metal Idol](http://youtube.com/watch?v=SIWVXeNIsB0) is pretty good. [Nazca](http://youtube.com/watch?v=AlifLmsgu24) rules though. As does [Kacho Ohji](http://youtube.com/watch?v=ka59YoIhgkA) And [Lain](http://youtube.com/watch?v=_XfJwh2cC6o) ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/84 "2007-09-03T17:57:28Z")
_Tank!_ (Cowboy BeBop) is so far ahead of everything else that thereā€™s really no contest. However, I do like The Animaniacs theme. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/85 "2007-09-03T18:13:11Z")
Samurai Champloo The Boondocks Animaniacs ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/86 "2007-09-03T18:33:27Z")
Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles is good. I also remember likeing the song to Disneyā€™s Tailspin. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/87 "2007-09-03T21:46:41Z")
As far as theme songs with no lyrics, two of my favorites are _Exo Squad_ and _Roughnecks: The Starship Trooper Chronicles_ Most of my lyricā€™d favorites have already been picked, based on the quick browse-through I gave the thread, but Iā€™d like to throw in a special vote for the movie version of the GI Joe theme song, complete with Cobraā€™s theme song. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/88 "2007-09-03T22:48:06Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] I will just add that I donā€™t think anything else is even in the same league as **Cowboy Bebop**. [/QUOTE] True. At best, this thread is a battle for second place. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/89 "2007-09-04T02:24:43Z")
[Pinky and the Brain](http://youtube.com/watch?v=iJPFSNu_QNs), I Am Weasel, [The Mysterious Cities of Gold](http://youtube.com/watch?v=DcH_ZTF6smY), Scooby Doo, [The Littles](http://youtube.com/watch?v=6HAn4fByVb8), [Little Lulu](http://michelesworld.net/lulu/lulu.htm), The Pink Panther, Inspector Gadget, and Dangermouse all were great. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/90 "2007-09-04T08:14:01Z")
[QUOTE=TroubleAgain] PINK PANTHER!!! (I donā€™t care if was a movie theme first!) [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] [Pink Panther](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnLhvMStUWU) \<- This link actually mixes images from the cartoon and the cartoon parts of the movies ā€“ Iā€™m not sure that makes it a ā€œlegitā€ theme song. [/QUOTE] šŸ˜• I know the movie theme was used as incidental music on the TV show, but unless youā€™re talking about a different show, [this was the theme the Pink Panther Show.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSapOlzAKPI) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/91 "2007-09-04T11:32:25Z")
What? No mention of Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent? If nothing else, they get bonus points for the line ā€œyour obedient serpentā€, not to mention ā€œA Bob Clam-pett Car-tooooo-oooooon!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/92 "2007-09-04T12:38:10Z")
[QUOTE=mr. jp] There is a little ditty about the worlds most fearsome fighting team that blows all these out of the water. [/QUOTE] Ask my daughter about it, she loves it. [QUOTE=Colophon] - ā€œMortals - you defy the Gods? I sentence you to travel among unknown stars. Until you find the Kingdom of Hades, your bodies will stay as lifeless as stone!ā€ [/QUOTE] Damn but I loved that show as a kid. Still do šŸ˜› Anyone outside of the UK heard the theme to Bananaman? Catchy, but the voice over makes it; ā€œThis is 29, Acacia Road. And this is Eric, the schoolboy who leads an exciting double life. For when Eric eats a banana, an amazing transformation occurs. Eric is Bananaman. Ever alert for the call to action.ā€ Reminds me too, I bought Bagpuss on DVD, that has a rather touching theme tune with voice over too. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/93 "2007-09-04T13:01:27Z")
No one has mentioned _Beany and Cecil_??? _Come on kids letā€™s flip our lids Higher than the moon Itā€™s our obedient serpent in a Bob Clampett cartoo-ooon._ And yes, that was from memory. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/94 "2007-09-04T13:15:24Z")
An honorable mention surely must go to the theme from _Teen Titans_. Both versions! Iā€™m 46 years old I will find myself humming it. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/95 "2007-09-04T13:43:05Z")
[QUOTE=BMalion] An honorable mention surely must go to the theme from _Teen Titans_. Both versions! [/QUOTE] There were _three_ versions. The episode with a Robin from another dimension, Nosyarg Kcid, had a hilarious opening with the Japanese version of the theme being sung by a drunken-sounding man. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/96 "2007-09-04T15:31:11Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] There were _three_ versions. The episode with a Robin from another dimension, Nosyarg Kcid, had a hilarious opening with the Japanese version of the theme being sung by a drunken-sounding man. [/QUOTE] Damn, I want to see that! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/97 "2007-09-04T15:32:50Z")
Chip-chip-chip-chip chip and Dale, Rescue Rangers. Chip-chip-chip-chip and Dale, when thereā€™s danger! Also, the ending theme to Avatar has some good Taiko drumming. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/98 "2007-09-10T03:10:59Z")
ā€œGeorge of the Jungleā€ gets my vote. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/99 "2013-02-22T02:59:44Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > ::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 doesnā€™t vary a note from intros to the theatrical shorts that predate that series a couple of decades. Forgive my reviving a long-dead zombie, but I just found Pizzabratā€™s complaint, and I just have to make things right. The linked site used the wrong theme, which actually goes to the theme from the Fleischer Superman cartoons from the '40s. What I was referring to was the Filmation series, ā€œThe New Adventures Of Supermanā€, of which the theme and an episode can be seen here: [The Force Phantom](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WoRjR8HoSE) Pizzabrat, if you happen to drop by, I hope youā€™ve stopped hating me by now. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/100 "2013-02-22T03:20:41Z")
How about the [theme from _Dilbert_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpivIYJFjd4)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381.md?page=6)