History Main / SurrealThemeTune

** [[ButtCuckooLander Osaka's]] ImageSong is called "Time Pavement." It's as nutty as it sounds.

* It doesn't get more surreal than the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8HChqhHVuU&fmt=18 opening]] of ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'', which features the cast laughing at nothing in particular amid random and often apocalyptic scenes, and its accompanying theme song, "Yume no Shima Shinen Kouen" (aka "Dream Island Obsessional Park") by Susumu Hirasawa. The lyrics of the song are on par, with such lyrics as "Ah! Such a beautiful mushroom butt in the sky".

[[caption-width-right:350:Some of the openings that Creator/StudioSHAFT has made for its shows.[[note]]From top left to bottom right: 1-2 ''Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase''; 3-5 ''Anime/PaniPoniDash''; 6 ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason''; 7 ''Manga/HidamariSketch''; 8-10 ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei''; 11-14 ''LightNovel/Bakemonogatari''; 15 ''Manga/NatsuNoArashi''[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Some of the openings that Creator/StudioSHAFT has made for its shows.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase Some]] [[Anime/PaniPoniDash of the]] [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima openings]] [[Manga/HidamariSketch that]] Creator/StudioSHAFT [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei has made]] [[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} for its]] [[Manga/NatsuNoArashi shows]].]]

* ''DivergenceEve'' is an anime series with a very strange first episode, but which establishes that it's in space and there's a battle against some sort of monsters. The episode ends on a gloomy note with an "I am... dead?" with a fade to black. Cut to the bouncy ending theme called [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=2joUfb98TII Pump up!]], which has absolutely nothing in common with the preceding content. It's like replacing the ending credits of ''SchindlersList'' with an episode of ''PowerPuffGirls''.

* DaiMahouTouge: as seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VMsw0PisEE here]].

* ''MiraiNikki'': the song used for the first dozen episodes has OminousLatinChanting, GratuitousEnglish and GratuitousGerman. The second is entirely {{Engrish}} that may seem nonsensical , but actually every line makes a reference to something in the show itself. Similarly, the visuals to both openings contain a lot of symbolism that only makes sense once you know the full story. All in all, it wouldn't look out of place next to an opening from Creator/StudioShaft.

* The theme tune to {{Dollhouse}} is... weird. I don't believe we human beings have a genre for it yet.

* ''JustShootMe''

* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus.'' They wanted a theme song that meant nothing about the show, so they picked a Sousa march, and now everyone knows that opening bell when they hear it. These days, no one plays that march in real military-type occasions anymore. Nothing takes the gravitas out of a ceremony like music [[WeirdAlEffect that brings to mind]] two grown men hitting each other with fish.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase Some]] [[PaniPoniDash of the]] [[MahouSenseiNegima openings]] [[HidamariSketch that]] Creator/StudioSHAFT [[SayonaraZetsubouSensei has made]] [[LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}} for its]] [[NatsuNoArashi shows]].]]

* ''{{FLCL}}'''s ending song, ''Ride on shooting star'', is at once very catchy and chock full of this and [[GratuitousEnglish extremely gratuitous English]]. [[spoiler:Orange slides and revengeful lobsters abound.]]

* While not exactly theme tunes, ''AxisPowersHetalia's'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M87JgXdBAJc English dub]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6-NFhsFkM trailer songs]] are definitely [[MindScrew hard to comprehend]]. [[EarWorm Lalalalalala~]]

* ''{{Haruhi-Chan}}'''s OP "Ima Made no Arasuji". Somehow is crazier than the actual anime, which is an UpToEleven version of the already unique [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya main series]].

* The theme tune to ''{{Freakazoid}}'' seems to be an ExpositoryThemeTune trying to hang onto its sanity with ever-increasing difficulty. The absurdities in the song tell the viewer much more about the show than straight exposition would. Nonsense thus makes sense while sense would make no sense, creating a paradox and causing the universe to collapse in on itself. ("''His home base is the Freakalair / Freakazoid! Fricassee! / Floyd the barber cuts his hair / Freakazoid! Chimpanzee!''")
** "Drives around in the Freakmobile / Freakazoid! Free kazoo (or "Freak-a-zoo")! / Wants to make a movie deal / Freak-a-me! Freak-a-you!"

*** Slight correction: That is the crossdressing boy himself singing about that. Which makes it all the more surreal.

** [[CloudCuckooLander Osaka's]] ImageSong is called "Time Pavement." It's as nutty as it sounds.

* It doesn't get more surreal than the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8HChqhHVuU&fmt=18 opening]] of ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'', which features the cast laughing at nothing in particular amid random and often apocalyptic scenes, and its accompanying theme song, "Yume no Shima Shinen Kouen" (aka "Dream Island Obsessional Park") by Susumu Hirasawa. The lyrics of the song are on par, with such lyrics as "Ah! Such a beautiful mushroom cloud in the sky".

* The theme for the British version of ''BlanketyBlank'' consisted of the show's title repeated over and again; the show's Supermatch Game used the same tune, but with "Supermatch Game! Supermatch Game!" awkwardly sung to the same rhythm.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC6REhy5L38 opening song]] for ''BlackLagoon'' contains copious amounts of GratuitousEnglish to the point that you can't even tell what the song is even about.

* The closing theme to ''WelcomeToTheNHK'' starts off on a somewhat classical note which fits the depression theme that is a long runner in this show, and BAM! in a cut and less than a few seconds, is a dancing alien singing about how he wants to pretend to be a baby human (Or "kidult", as some people have translated it), while screaming incoherent things like "Nyaaaaaah". A fine closing to a series where most of the main characters are a little less than sane. (Note: This is actually related to the show--given that the show is about hikikkomori-ism and otaku-ism).No really,this [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikFGCQJbHoM song]] will have you question the rationality of society!

* ''[[DotHack .hack//SIGN's]]'' theme tune ''Obsession'' has [[http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/hacksign/obsession.htm a strange set of lyrics]] that don't seem to have much of a connection with the show. (It's also a very fast dance number, which belies the series' leisurely pacing.)

* ''TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete''. The show is a surrealistic version of suburban childhood, and yet the most common interpretation of the theme lyrics is that it's about the Kent State shootings, the song's title "Hey Sandy" is named after Sandy Schuer, who was one of the "four dead in Ohio" who lost their lives during the tragedy. Not to mention that, no matter how many times someone tells you the missing line is "Can you settle to shoot me," the reality is that [[ShrugOfGod both the creators of the show and the writers of the song have absolutely refused to confirm that or even hint at the correct wording.]] What does it really mean? Decide for yourself:

* ''TakAndThePowerOfJuju'' had theme where a bunch of guys sing "Tak and The Power of Juju" over and over again.

* The theme tune to ''CatDog'' shows Dog trying to chase a garbage truck though a weired version of Neighburg, but they ended back home

* While the theme to TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager could be considered thematic, the fact that it's talking about falling in love makes it surreal since the show centers around lots and lots of sex with random people, not love.

* ''WesternAnimation/ScaredeySquirrel'' features the titular character singing to how the instruments sound on the theme and goes though random places all at once.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mad}}'' has a bunch of gibberish, kazoos, and voices singing "Hey yabba boy yamma".

* The short lived 1980s game show ''AllStarBlitz'' originally had a mostly conventional theme that had the title sung at a few points (which was even worked into the intro). For a week, some downright... ''weird'' scat singing (available [[http://www.gameshowthemesongs.net/sounds/All%20Star%20Blitz/ALLSTARBLITZ.mp3 here]]) was added.
* Similarly, listen to the [[http://www.gameshowthemesongs.net/sounds/The%20Better%20Sex/BETTERSEX.mp3 theme]] to ''Series/TheBetterSex'' with all its strange scatting. Even weirder in the context of the intro sequence, which had hosts BillAnderson and Sarah Purcell "arguing" in time to the gibberish.

* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi''. There is no other description for the first opening.