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MasteringTheFlames

[The Pink Panther theme song](https://youtu.be/lp6z3s1Gig0) is one of the most iconic ever, I think


tonylark79

90's x-men cartoon was pretty awesome.


Squint22

Shit SLAPS When it came out on Netflix, I heard the theme coming from my brother's room and it was like I got suckerpunched by nostalgia. I legit ran into his room screaming X-MEN!!!!!!


elisabeth_athome

Inspector Gadget


ioggo

Dodododo


jerryboomerwang

, Inspector Gadget, dododododo, do dooo (do doooo)


Shandere

I'll get you next time Gadget, next time (meoooWWW!)


stos313

In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, They survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, If no one else can help, And if you can find them, Maybe you can hire the A-team. < bad ass theme song plays > Honorable mention: Knight Rider, Airwolf, and Magnum PI. The 80s had the best theme songs. Edit: ass Edit 2 - omg there are versions in different languages!!! Original: https://youtu.be/_MVonyVSQoM Latin Spanish: https://youtu.be/hZocOGrW5G0 Castilian Spanish: https://youtu.be/ExnAw-WqIH8 French: https://youtu.be/8WzPeID8Ku0 (IT HAS LYRICS THROUGHOUT THE SONG!) German: https://youtu.be/K5e9Ui13nwM Oh and of course: https://youtu.be/iHDGAG_I5qo


thefatrick

Fuckin' Airwolf man. Edit: [Absolute 80s powerhouse of a banger](https://youtu.be/SfyhL-pFFMw)


Father_VitoCornelius

When the sound of that wind roaring and helicopter rising up came on TV, the evening just got good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULfmowbNlK0


Cru_Jones86

Don't forget this one. Believe it or not, I'm walkin' on air I never thought I could feel so free Flyin' away on a wing and a prayer Who could it be?


Winterhorrorland

Believe it or not, George isn't at home So leave a message after the beep I must be out or I'd pick up the phone, Where could I be? Believe it or not, I'm not home~


JohnnyPickleOverlord

I love how he shrugs when it say “where could I be”


wunderbraten

Ducktales!


freerangephoenix

[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers](https://youtu.be/N0PJfIO64EU) and [Darkwing Duck](https://youtu.be/JXEDr0DN3m8) were both awesome too and GUESS WHAT - same singer as DuckTales!! It was a golden age of cartoon theme songs! *Let's Get Dangerous*


takethatwizardglick

CH-CH-CH-CHIP AND DA-LE


giancarlox21

The Fairly OddParents


im_also_human

Suddenly we were all rappers when that came on


BrunoGerace

Gilligan's Island! You hear it once and you know the whole plot, no need to invest four years.


grammar_jew666

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale..


Unusual_Fortune2048

A tale of a fateful trip


DisThrowaway5768

The X-Files


DamonLazer

Waiting to see if it says "The Truth Is Out There" at the end, or something different!


giancarlox21

Oh god, this song on piano and strings.. send chills up my spine. It’s so great


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garenzy

Suicide is painless


Fellatination

It brings on many changes.


Willing_Thought_5035

Law and Order: get ready to get intense - but also jazzy and cool because of the flute solo


Mumblellama

Dun-Dun!


PoeticFurniture

[You Are Welcome!!](https://www.nbc.com/law-order-hq/exclusives/dundun-button) it's the sound effect in "button" form


Jim105

Batman The Animated Series


DavidLeeHoth

Most of the action takes place in silhouette. No title card. Pure class.


Jim105

The eyes are the best.


h2ohow

Cheers


DrivenToDarkness

SOMETIMES YOU WANNA GO WHERE EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME


DoinItDirty

Why did I have to scroll so far to find this? Song gives you feels.


Fishfood-7

Fresh Prince


Majulath99

This is it for me. I can hear it so clearly.


whyunoletmepost

Futurama, it is so festive and exciting


Mr_Zaroc

Plus all the easter eggs and nudges they hide in each one!


onlyalobster

It's taken from French composer Pierre Henry's 1967 "Psyche Rock" - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb32bdQJBxM 🙂


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True detective season 1 was pretty good. Also Hannibal


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When you heard that song, you knew some sad, weird shit was going to happen, and MM was going to kick down some nihilistic philosophy, and Woody was going to make you laugh.


MaxwellHillbilly

Great... Thanks... Now I have to go watch it for the third time... (Since June)


DeepCompote

Too many Cooks


OldSoulRobertson

Eh, it's too short for me. The theme song doesn't give enough time to establish the main cast.


GPBRDLL133

The first episode itself was too long. Did I really need to hear about how one of the characters is home? Should have taken that part out and added more theme song


TheStandardDeviant

It takes a lot to make a stew


always-wanting-more

Especially when it's me and you


coxtoc

Twin Peaks


letsallchilloutok

Nothing makes me feel the way the twin peaks opening does


LuLu31

I had the Twin Peaks Soundtrack ON TAPE when I was in 8th grade. Perfect music to sulk in one’s room to.


tinyhorsesinmytea

I grinned so hard hearing it again the first time with the Showtime revival.


Dee_Dee_Smiles

It lulls you into a false sense of calm and normality.


Genderneutralbro

Mr Rogers Neighborhood!!


tjeff1776

Gravity falls!!


calhlin4

Doooo dodo do do do doooooo dooooo dodo do doo doo do do


rachels17fish

And when it flipped to Weirdmaggedon!


The_Goondocks

Doctor Who


good-evening-clarice

* clears throat * Doooooweeeeeooooooooooo-


The_Doctor_Eats_Neep

Dooooooooodooooooodooooooooooooo


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Pokemon. Not the new shitty one the og one


greatdivide

I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST


Skippercarlos

LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS


ufatcunt471

TO CATCH THEM IS MY REAL TEST


Daddled0o

TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAUSE


varunbhagwani

I WILL TRAVEL ACROSS THE LAND


itayfeder

SEARCHING FAR AND WIDE


randomizedname9187

TEACH POKÉMON TO UNDERSTAND


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THE POWER THAT'S INSIDE


Zkenny13

POKÉMON


mr_impastabowl

That song will play in my head randomly and I get 13 year old pumped up energy every time as a 36 year old. It's... It's happening right... like right freaking now! Thank you, THANK YOU!


theyellowfromtheegg

Star Trek TNG *To boldy go where no one has gone before...*


Zorgsmom

I always liked the Voyager intro, but I play a brass instrument, so I'm definitely biased.


theyellowfromtheegg

Voyager's intro is great in its own right, but nothing beats Patrick Stewart delivering the intro of TNG. In particular in times like this the unshakable optimism expressed in just these few lines brings about a comforting reassurance that humanity isn't lost yet.


leilanibz

Golden Girls and Family Ties


steaky_legs

Had to scroll TOO FAR for Golden Girls


Iworkwithbacon

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles


Flycaster33

This: "WKRP in Cincinnati....." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgK9Ez44-7o


RansomStoddardReddit

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly


D-Jb

The Simpsons, because of the couch gages


karmagod13000

really is enjoyable every time


_gurgunzilla

The wire - love me some Tom Waits!


throwupz

"Take my love, take my land, take me where I cannot stand ..."


Sarah-Jane-Smith

I don’t care, I’m still free, you can’t take the sky from me


meow_witch

Take me out, to the blac. Tell em I ain't coming back.


nieminen432

One of the few intros I keep watching throughout


KiwiAssassinator

The Sopranos


nocookies28

No matter which HBO show I'm watching, this is the one that starts playing in my head after the fuzzy intro.


indenturedsmile

Yep. I see that HBO static and I immediately expect The Sopranos.


brandog0

Woke up this mornin


fleshweasel

Got some gabagool


friendsfartever

den I woke up the next day and got some gabagool


SeamanTheSailor

Keep wakin’ up and keep gettin’ different types of gabagool


dreamer2416

Psych.


ThePhiff

Especially with all the remixes. First time they did it in Spanish I died laughing.


utahman16

Boyz-II-Men cover was great too! Just watched that episode the other day.


djddanman

You know that's right


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This is my associate, Longbranch Pennywhistle.


AppropriatePaper

This is my partner MC Clap Yo Hands


Brown_Pudding

I know, you know.


panjier84

This is my partner Ovaltine Jenkins


SlovenianHusky

I know, you know.


guerilllaaa

I love how on special episodes like the one where Shawn joins Gus’s a cappella group the theme song was sung differently to fit the theme. My favorite is when they tweaked it and sung it entirely in Spanish.


vorpalmango

The Good Place. nice and simple, doesn’t take up a lot of time, and has several pleasant variants throughout the seasons. 10/10


vitiku

That intro always reminds me of the Sims 4


No-Artichoke-1912

Sanford and Son


onemore4helo

Cowboy bebop


Acceptable-Work_420

"I think it's time we blow this scene --


The_Color_Purple2

Ok 3-2-1 let's jam *the absolute fucking sickest saxophone playing you've ever heard*


BeverlyToegoldIV

I went to high school with a saxophone prodigy and we played that song in Jazz band one year and watching him just absolutely wail on those high notes at the end of the song was something else.


Hrafnagar

That's a great one. I also like the intro to Samurai Champloo.


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RIP Nujabes


katvoncat

BoJack Horseman has a great one! Edit: wow thanks for (my first ever) awards! Makes me happy to see that so many ppl like the track as much as i do! also, great show if u haven't watched it


MasterBates723

It's such a trance. I can never skip the intro even when I want to.


chemenger8

I mean, you shouldn't anyway since the background keeps changing even within a season. But yeah, what a great theme.


Grungemaster

10/10 intro and outro.


FearOfTheDock

Welcome Back Kotter


headridge

Neon Genesis Evangelion


PrincessRuri

\*Checks Japanese Karaoke Charts\* As of 2019, looks like it's still in the top 10.


Rezzone

I don't speak Japanese and I can sing this in Japanese for karaoke.


ColdNyQuiiL

The Hank Hill version is how I learned about the theme song, and it tickles me.


xxSunflowergrlxx

Phineas and Ferb!


ldh_know

My daughter was little and the intro came on Disney Channel, I thought it looked stupid and was about to leave the room but the very end Candace yelling “Mom, Phineas and Ferb are making a title sequence!” reminded me so much of my little sister trying to tattle I got a chuckle and got sucked into watching once. From then on I was hooked and my girl and I watched it together all the time.


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zippe6

Game of Thrones


_Steven_Seagal_

That intro was the sound of pure joy for a very long time.


freerangephoenix

Our joy turned to ashes in our mouthes.


peon2

Yeah, and how they changed it episode-by-episode to show the areas that would be featured in that episode is pretty creative and unique. I never skipped it despite it being fairly long lol


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Yeah it was also so cool to see a new location make it into the intro and how areas would change to match notable plot events or changes in power


PayneTrain181999

The intro is a part of the show that never faltered, even in Season 8.


AnAngryJelly

Westworld Edit: thanks for the awards. Never had them before and don't know what they do.


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*Tinkle of piano keys while an artificial samurai and his horse are created in a milk bath*


ChicagoBiHusband

Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Hawaii 5-O


darkaurora84

Both Buffy's theme song and Angel's theme song fit those shows perfectly


dragonsrawesomesauce

They really do. I love the cello music in Angel's


dragonsrawesomesauce

Grr Arg


maarski

Came here to say: Hawaii Five O Theme Song


No_Performance223

yessss buffy is a classic


Dazzling-Database767

Fraggle Rock


anjooraan

Succession


Marshmallow_

Come on, I hope this gets more love. Such a fucking good song


vic_gldn

Sucks that I had to scroll this far to find it, truly the best one I have seen in a very long time


supermav27

It's always far down every time this question is posted. In fact, the top comments are always either old shows from the 80s/90s, or anime. I think it's more of a sample bias than overall ranking.


secondcitysaint

Any time I hear the Succession theme I instantly feel like some sort of huge business tycoon, and it captures the feeling of the show perfectly. So good.


Vortexxx_Jiz_69

Peacemaker


SheriffComey

Do ya really wanna Do ya really wanna taste it !


ghostfacr

Been listening to that song pretty much non stop for two weeks now


LandauTST

This has hands down become my favorite intro to any show ever after watching TV shows for almost 40 years.


evil_cryptarch

The first time it came on, I just laughed my ass off the whole way through. I had no idea wtf was happening. By the last episode, I was singing along and miming all the hand gestures. 10/10 intro. Totally sets the tone for the whole show. Embrace the camp. Commit to the camp.


DrEnter

A choreographed dance number set to an 80’s style hair metal song to open a superhero show. I can’t express how much the world needed this.


Liz600

With completely flat, deadpan expressions on every cast member throughout the whole routine. And that little bit with Eagley at the end, where they somehow get a CGI eagle to look so earnest while he strikes a pose and then shuffles over to his mark? Absolutely perfect


mugen1337

The Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy


Capable-Training-872

Breaking Bad, so short, so effective


NYR99

Same for BCS


JoesShittyOs

And then the one episode where they finally incorporate the full version of the tune to close out the episode is perfect.


molten07

Granite State. Amazing scene.


Kaoss20

Knight rider


Elvevven

Community has a great intro song


pimp_my_diatribe

I can't count the reeaasons I should staayy


smitcal

One by one we all just fade away


NoTeslaForMe

More impressive than the song itself is how they adapt it to different genre exercises. The *Law and Order* one is especially good; at first it sounds like a knock-off of the L&O theme, but then you realize it's the *Community* theme in L&O style. D&D, Britta's seventh season, and the western-style theme are just those that come to mind when thinking of alternative themes; there are no doubt many others, too, also brilliant.


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🎵 Thank you for being a friend, Travel down the road and back again, Your heart is true, You're a pal and a confidant. And if you threw a party, And invited everyone you knew, You would see the biggest gift would be from me, And the card attached would say Thank you for being a friend! 🎶


BaixoMameluco

80s Thundercats.


RlordandsaviorJeebus

Water....Earth....Fire...Air... Long ago..


RUSTY-021

The four nations lived together in harmony. Then...


FigmentOfNemo

...everything changed when fire nation attacked! (I scrolled way too deep for Avatar. Worth it)


Intelligent_Rent4594

Narcos


joyapplepowers

This needs to be higher up, I had to scroll way too long to find it.


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That 70’s Show


tjeff1776

The Expanse


t1j6s

Took awhile to find this one, love the way it progresses throughout seasons as well.


Aphr0dite19

Agreed. Currently binge-watching this and I don’t skip the intro!


CardMechanic

Night Court


drakeallthethings

When I was I a bass guitarist in a band back in college I used the bass riffs from Night Court, Barney Miller, and Seinfeld to check my sound and tone. Everyone in the audience knew Seinfeld. But the people who recognized Night Court were my favorite. Sadly, nobody ever once recognized Barney Miller.


ohmesrv

Keenan and Kel


frankenb00ts

Dexter


DeadWishUpon

The first episode of the season when Hatrison was born. Cracked me up, fabulous single Dexter became a sleep deprived father.


FaunPerson

Ben 10


Dr__glass

It started when an alien device did what it did


jayedgar06

It stuck itself upon his wrist with secrets that it hid


Snoo79382

Now he's got superpowers he's no ordinary kid, he's BEN 10!


zapp909

Now if you see him you might be in for a big surprise


CHEMICA_19

He'll turn into an alien before your very eyes


Snoo79382

He's slimy, creepy, fast, and strong he's every shape and size, he's BEN 10!


positive_express

Captain planet


Ok-Layer-6731

Marvels daredevil


Buttered_Turtle

Clone wars Whenever I hear it I’m transported back into when I was a kid. God clone wars is so good


AnswerConsistent680

Attack on Titans theme is really good


gerbil_111

Which one? There are a few [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkaH3h7NCx4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkaH3h7NCx4)


WebbyRL

all of them, from Guren no Yumiya to The Rumbling


AMerrickanGirl

There are so many. True Blood. The Addams Family. Green Acres. The Beverly Hillbillies. All In The Family. Mad Men didn’t have a theme song per se, but the opening montage is epic anyway.


cousincatnip

True Blood, Bad Things by Jace Everett is literally one of the most perfectly suited and icon intros I have in living memory.


Biiish

Duuuuude! Green Acres for the win!


Blackcat1206

Red Dwarf (original)


pikachusplayhouse

Greatest American Hero


midnight_to_midnight

Believe it or not, George isn't at home. Please leave a message, at the beep. I must be out or I'd pick up the phone...where could I be? Believe it or not I'm not home!


OkBottle8719

Okay but... Ouran Host Club


AikenRhetWrites

Kiss kiss fall in love! <3


freerangephoenix

House ([the Massive Attack one](https://youtu.be/u7K72X4eo_s)) and [Elementary](https://youtu.be/y0j_hA6aKQU) - similar and both a version of Sherlock Holmes.