DU TOON POLL: Best Theme/Opening for Animated Series

[Cooley Hurd]

You know, where they play the song and show the credits at the beginning? This question is actually two questions in one because you might like the song but hate the opening, or hate the song and like the opening. Think about it and cast your vote...

[Bill McBlueState]

1. Futurama

killer animation, and the music fits the show well

[gmoney]

2. Itchy & Scratchy?

They bite, and fight, and bite and fight and bite... bite bite bite, fight fight fight... The Itchy and Scratchy Show!

[mac56]

22. Then of course there were the closing credits:

(quieter and slower)

"They fought, and bit, and fought and fought and bit...fought fought fought, bit bit bit...it was the Itchy and Scratchy show!"

[ProudGerman]

3. What? no animaniacs?

I'm no Spielberg fan, but damn I loved that cartoon. So many jokes went way over the heads of its usual audience.

[kayleybeth]

4. The Simpsons -eom-

[NightTrain]

5. Overture, down the lights. This is it, we'll hit the heights....

And oh, what heights we'll hit.
On with the show, this is it!

[Salviati]

6. The Tick!

Baa-dwee da da da dwee-dow
Baa-dwee da da da dwee-dow
Baa daa dwee-dow
Baa daa dwee-dow
Baa-dwee da da da dow

[WillParkinson]

23. *AHEM*

SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

Don't you get it Arthur?

SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

[proud patriot]

7. Futurama

:thumbsup:

[Elidor]

8. Looney Tunes!

How can you have a poll without Looney Tunes? Bugs is the ultimate antihero.

[Cooley Hurd]

9. Have you seen the opening for Dilbert, though?

I thought of this poll last night when watching it on Comedy Central. It's quite incredible - it starts out with a single-celled organism (wearing Dilbert glasses) that evolves to Dilbert via fish, amphibian, ape and caveman. It cuts to Dogbert printing Dilbert out on a HP Deskjet, foldng him into a paper airplane, which he tosses out into the office. The plane hits a flourescent light, which crackles and burns Alice's pyramid-shaped hair.

Fast forward - the plane lands in the boss's hand, and he crumples it up and tosses it into the wastebasket, but the paper uncrumples showing an aerial view of a panicked Dilbert. The camera pans out revealing Dilbert in his cubicle, surrounded by thousands of cubicles which are all merely a part of his opening logo. All to an awesome drum solo...

Futurama's song and animation are great, but Dilbert's opening has something a little extra. The Simpsons gets honorable mention for the blackboard and the couch gag.

[alphafemale]

10. Here he comes to save the DAY! Just like a bolt from the blue-

With a heart that's true!

Fighting evil-Fighting crime!

bom-bom

And always there in the----

Nick of time!

[Kitsune]

11. TRIGUN!

Seriously, if you haven't heard it, you're missing out on some of the craziest guitar riffs ever. XD God, I love that song. *blasts it* Wheeee!

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

12. I have to counter with "Cowboy Bebop"!

When I heard the opening of that series, the furious jazz pounded its way into my head and I said "holy shit!"
That was so awesome...
(Trigun's is good, too. Don't get me wrong, but damn, did Bebop's opening totally jam.)

[Kitsune]

13. Ah yes, "Tank!"

Also an excellent song. ^_^ A lot of anime series have really, really good opening songs...I wish American shows would take a cue from them. ^^;;

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

14. Man, I loved the Cowboy Bebop soundtrack...

Noticed it was written by Yoko Kano.
Love her stuff.

[everythingsxen]

31. Another vote for Bebop!

[terrya]

15. "Jonny Quest"

The best opening theme music (well, it really wasn't a song) was from
"Jonny Quest". It was so cool and jazzy. I loved it.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

17. YES !

I loved it as well .

[T_i_B]

16. Stop the Pidgeon

Dick Dastardly rules!!! :bounce:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

18. SPEED RACER!

Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer
He's a demon on wheels
He's a demon and he's gonna be chasing after someone
He's gaining on you so you better look alive
He's busy revving up the powerful Mach Five
And when the odds are against him and there's daaangerous work to do
You bet your life Speed Racer will see it through

Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer go

He's off and flying as he guns the car around the track
He's jamming down the pedal like he's never coming back
Adventure's waiting just aheeeeeeeeaaaaad

Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer Go!

[jobycom]

40. Oo! I was going to say Spongebob, but you changed my mind!

Though Spongebob is second! Whoooooo lives in a pineapple under the sea? You know the rest.

[FunBobbyMucha]

19. Shirley Walker's breathtaking score, topped with Bruce Timm's animation...

...makes "Batman the Animated Series" the winner of this weird little category, hands down.

[Archae]

25. Don't forget Batman Beyond.

Kick-ass opening theme music.

Also, these wern't mentioned but are good:

Johnny Bravo
Dexter's Laboratory
Johnny Quest (most recent version)
Swat Kats
Samurai Jack
Gargoyles
Darkwing Duck
Mighty Ducks
Sonic The Hedgehog (Saturday AM version)

[JVS]

20. Fat Albert!

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

21. Once again I have to scream out a big

YES ! Too many great cartoon themes , I can't vote for just one .

[BlackVelvetElvis]

26. Oh man!

I loved me some Fat Albert when I was a kid. Especially Mushmouth!
I had a hard time deciding. Jetsons or Speed Racer?
I had to go with the Jetsons.

[geniph]

24. Animaniacs!

It's time for Animaniacs
And we're zany to the max
So just sit back and relax
You'll laugh 'til you collapse
We're Animaniacs!

Y+W : Come join the Warner Brothers
Dot : And the Warner Sister, Dot
YW+D : Just for fun we run around the Warner movie lot.
They lock us in the tower whenever we get caught
But we break loose and then vamoose
And now you know the plot!

We're Animaniacs!
Dot is cute and Yakko yaks.
Wakko packs away the snacks
+ While Bill Clinton plays the sax.
++ We've got wisecracks by the stacks.
+++ We pay tons of income tax.
We're Animaniacs!

+ Meet Pinky and the Brain who want to rule the universe.
+++* Meet Ralph and Dr Scratchansniff; say hi to Hello Nurse.
Goodfeathers flock together; Slappy whacks 'em with her purse.
Buttons chases Mindy, while Rita sings a verse.
The writers flipped; we have no script
Why bother to rehearse?

Cast : We're Animaniacs!
We have pay-or-play contracts.
We're zany to the max
There's baloney in our slacks.
We're Animanie,
Totally insaney
*Dot : Here's the show's namey
*YW+D : Pinky and The Brainy
*Dot : Come back, Shaney
*Dot : The rain in Spainy
*YW+D : Cockamamie
*Dot : Shirley MacLainey
*YW+D : How urbaney
*Yakko: Citizen Kaney
*Yakko: Andromeda Strainy
*Wakko: Where's Lon Chaney?
*Yakko: Eisenhower Mamie
*Yakko: Miss Cellany
*Wakko: Chicken Chow Meiny
*Yakko: Dana Delaney
*Dot : No pain, no gainy
*YW+D : Hydroplaney
*YW+D : Money down the drainy
*Wakko: Penny Laney
*Yakko: Ehhh...
*Dot : Tarzan and Janey
*YW+D : Novocainey
*YW+D : Here's the Flamey
*YW+D : Meet Mark Twainy
*Yakko: Presidential campaigny
*Wakko: Hunchback of Notre Damey
*YW+D : Bowling laney
*Yakko: Bangor, Mainey
*YW+D : Frasier Craney
*YW+D : Mister Haney
*Dot : Quiche lorrainey
*Yakko: Lake Champlainy
*Dot : High octaney
*YW+D : Public domainy
*Yakko: Candy caney
Cast : Animaniacs!
Those are the facts.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

28. Animaniacs had some great songs

I love the one about the presidents.

[Richardo]

27. Jetsons - the all time SWINGIN'EST theme song ever...

...and that goes for cartoon OR live-action shows.

:thumbsup:

The haiku-like zen simplicity of the lyrics:

Meet George Jetson
His boy Elroy
Daughter Judy
Jane, his wife.

Ommmmmmmmmmmmm.....

[BlackVelvetElvis]

29. I agree.

Wasn't that such fun?!

[CO Liberal]

30. "The Bugs Bunny Show"

Overture, Curtain, Lights -
This is it - the night of nights.
No more rehearsing and nursing a part -
We know every part by heart.....

Overture, Curtain, Lights -
This is it - we'll hit the heights!
And oh, what heights we'll hit -
On with the show - This is It!!!!

(Looney tunes characters march across the stage)

And oh, what heights we'll hit -
On with the show - This is It!!!!

[ACK]

32. Johnny Quest baby ... cool ass stomping jazz

badass absolutely badass.

[Richardo]

33. That's right - I forgot about ol' JQ

But I still like the Jetsons. :D

BTW what was your favorite JQ? Mine was the one with the walking spider-eyeball-robot. :thumbsup:

[terrya]

38. And Hanna-Barbera wrote that ultra cool theme.

You're right...absolutely badass.

[smirkymonkey]

34. No South Park?

I am shocked - am I the only fan here? "Ample parking day or night, people spouting party favors..." (I think those are the words ;))

[ironflange]

37. I think it's

People shouting, "Howdy neighbor!"

[smirkymonkey]

42. Whoops! Thanks for the correction!

I thought that second line was a little strange!

[DS1]

35. Invader Zim

:7

[DS1]

36. Invader Zim

:7

[joeybee12]

39. Simpsons--because that theme is now engrained into our national

consciosuness.

[AlFrankenFan]

41. Simpsons

Of course! :)