# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/101 "2013-02-22T04:17:24Z")
The extended intro for [The Mysterious Cities of Gold.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfb_BBnXFHw) ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/102 "2013-02-22T06:37:57Z")
Super - 6 The Flintstones Hound Cats Wait till your Father Gets Home Porky Pig Popeye Among the old Marvels, it’s Captain America Among the Hannah Barbera animals, it’s Yogi ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/103 "2013-02-22T07:47:39Z")
It’s gotta be Deputy Dawg, there boy. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/104 "2013-02-22T15:31:25Z")
_Spaaaaaace Ghost!_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/105 "2013-02-22T16:00:17Z")
[Cool McCool](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpmMqVqizNI) [Gigantor](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNEKhxvEvlc) [Duck Tales(rare full version)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCJkVTBSq0M) [Animaniacs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWnWwN1z_UM) [Tailspin(full version)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM94EFNizOY) [Freakazoid!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5DH7XY8Tho) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/106 "2013-02-22T16:23:11Z")
And how could I possibly forget the cartoon theme song that best exemplified the 80’s in all its glorious excess: [Beverly Hills Teens.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJtmkPcXad8) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/107 "2013-02-22T16:51:23Z")
> [@ArizonaTeach](#): > > [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. I’ve had this CD since it was released, and I still like it when something from it pops up on the iPod. I don’t care for _Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sun Shine In_, though I liked Frente! I like _Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy_, but it’s anachronistic. It’s hard to pick a favourite from the rest, as they’re all good and it depends on my mood. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/108 "2013-02-22T17:34:20Z")
Three pages and no [Mighty Heroes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72rYHuWidSM)? I do despair… ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/109 "2013-02-22T19:31:08Z")
_Hong Kong Phooey_ and _George of the Jungle_. ---
**Author:** ![Chipacabra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Chipacabra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chipacabra)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/110 "2013-02-22T20:09:22Z")
I always found [the music to Paranoia Agent](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rooJnHesxPQ) hauntingly beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/111 "2013-02-22T21:06:53Z")
While not strictly a cartoon (it was a live-action/cartoon hybrid) _The Banana Splits_ theme was awesome. Tra-la-la Tra-la-la-la… Enjoy the earworm. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/112 "2013-02-22T21:44:54Z")
[Alicia Keys Sings Gummi Bears](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW2NuxOC8fU) ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/113 "2013-02-22T22:44:20Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > While not strictly a cartoon (it was a live-action/cartoon hybrid) _The Banana Splits_ theme was awesome. > > Tra-la-la > Tra-la-la-la… > > Enjoy the earworm. You bastard! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/114 "2013-02-22T22:51:09Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > … to cheat a little… the _Looney Toons_ song. I go back and forth on the _Looney Toons_ theme and the _Merrie Melodies_ theme. [Listening](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jTHNBKjMBU) now, I think I prefer the latter. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/115 "2013-02-23T00:13:38Z")
Rocky and Bullwinkle. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/116 "2013-02-23T00:32:13Z")
From Animated Movies, I gotta nominate _The Incredibles_, which was a slice of the good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/117 "2013-02-23T00:57:25Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > From Animated Movies, I gotta nominate _The Incredibles_, which was a slice of the good stuff. One of my favorite soundtracks! ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/118 "2013-02-23T01:18:00Z")
[Clone High](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEmVaEItQdc&feature=youtube_gdata_player) ---
**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:** [February 23, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/119 "2013-02-23T02:06:05Z")
I vote for the theme song from [Tom Terrific](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PgniqcgdFo). This has been a persistent earworm of mine for more than fifty years. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381/120 "2013-02-23T02:38:37Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > I vote for the theme song from [Tom Terrific](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PgniqcgdFo). This has been a persistent earworm of mine for more than fifty years. With Manfred, the Wonder Dog! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-cartoon-theme-songs-of-all-time/417381.md?page=7)