History Main / ThemeTuneRap

* ''ComicBook/WildCATs'' theme starts off as an upbeat rock song, then transitions into a rap and then back into rock again.

* The latest ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'' cartoon featured a hip hop theme song.

* Will Smith did {{Theme Tune Rap}}s for ''Film/MenInBlack'' and ''Film/WildWildWest''. They were both pretty damn catchy.

* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', where Will Smith (credited as a part of his then-group, Music/DJJazzyJeffAndTheFreshPrince) tells you a story all about how his life got flipped-turned upside down. This ExpositoryThemeTune became extremely popular among {{Imageboard}} anons, [[InterruptingMeme but my mom got scared she said you're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air]].

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'''s [[SoBadItsGood cheesy-yet-still-fun]] "DK Rap", which also appears in the "Kongo Jungle" stage of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Melee'', albeit rerecorded so they could {{Bowdlerize}} the one use of "helluva" to "heckuva".

* ''VideoGame/{{Persona3}} [[UpdatedReRelease FES]]'' new opening was a Rap Remix of the original.

* The [[RearrangeTheSong new version]] of the classic ''{{Transformers}}'' theme for ''Transformers Cybertron'' had a hint of this to it.

* Creator/FUNimation gave ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' a rap theme song in its initial release to cater to the PeripheryDemographic of young black teens, inspired by fan {{OVA}}s that utilized rock music throughout ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ Z's]]'' run. When they went back and re-released the series with an English dub track containing the original Japanese score, this was replaced with an English version of "Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteru" sung by Creator/VicMignogna.

* ''The Creator/ReducedShakespeareCompany Radio Show'' has several humorously TotallyRadical raps performed by "three white boys ripping off black culture" (as the company calls themselves), including their notorious rap version of ''Othello''.

* The end credits to the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother?" has Peter performing a rap remix of the theme song, complete with black backup singers.

* ''Manga/TenjhoTenge'' has the unfortunate luck of having an opening theme that sounds a bit too much like a 4Kids opening.

* At the [[CircusOfFear circus]] [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] and Ace go see/In ''The Greatest Show in the Galaxy''/The Ringmaster's patter is done in rap/As he introduces the next new act/[[spoiler:Who's always a visitor to the show/And into the ring is soon to go.]]

* ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' is the only entry in the ''PowerRangers'' series to use one.

* ''Anime/{{Danganronpa}}: [[TheAnimeOfTheGame The Animation]]'''s opening, by the Delaware rap group the 49ers.

Niggas makin' their shows
Amazing as hell
A motherfuckin' rapping song
Now that's what I call swell!

If your sink is in trouble you can call us on the double!\\

* The last season of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' replaced the theme with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa0jvoAefp8 one of these.]] [[CanonDiscontinuity The DVD release pretends it didn't.]]

* ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' is the only in the ''PowerRangers'' series to use one.

* ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'' and ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' were both utter nonsense in completely different ways.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}}: [[TheAnimeOfTheGame The Animation]]'''s opening, by the Delaware rap group the 49ers.

* Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats (the GagDub of Kyatto Ninden Teyandee) uses one.
* Anime/DigimonTheMovie gave us the "Digirap", essentially taking the main theme and adding in cheesy rap verses while also putting "Digi-" at the beginning of select words.

* Yo, [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Danny Fenton]], he was just fourteen, when his parents built a very strange machine...

* ''Amos And Andrew'' has one in "[[PerfectlyCromulentWord Suburbian]] Nightmare" by Sir Mix-A-Lot, which plays over the credits and recaps the whole plot from the point of view of Samuel L. Jackson's character.

* Likewise, Tone Loc contributed a rap for the credits of ''[[Film/AceVentura Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]]''.

-->''We out, PEACE!''\\

* Anime/DigimonTheMovie gave us the "Digirap", essentially taking the main theme and adding in cheesy rap verses.

* ''Franchise/OnePiece'' in the [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong dub]] is a(n in)famous example. "He's made of rubber! How'd that happen?" "Yo ho ho, he took a bite of Gum Gum!"

** "Pokémon World", the theme for the Orange Islands arc, starts off with a rap. "Do you wanna be a master of Pokémon?"

* ''Franchise/OnePiece'' in the [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong dub]] is a(n in)famous example. "How'd that happen?" "Yo ho ho, he took a bite of gum gum!"

* Creator/FUNimation gave ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' a rap theme song in its initial release, to cater to the PeripheryDemographic of young black teens. When they went back and rereleased the series with an English dub track containing the original Japanese score, this was replaced with an English version of "Dan Dan Kokoro Hikareteru" sung by Creator/VicMignogna.

* ''OnePiece'' in the [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids]] [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong dub]] is a(n in)famous example. "How'd that happen?" "Yo ho ho, he took a bite of gum gum!"

* ''WesternAnimation/DaBoomCrew'' has one that sounds suspiciously similar to Sean "PDiddy" Combs cover of Led Zeppelin's "Come With Me"

* ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt'', which aired on the same block as Paw Paws[[note]]The show was called by this title onscreen.[[/note]]. Moreover, the block itself even used an instrumental version of this show's theme (aside from the singers singing "Fun-tastic!") for the block's first three seasons.

* ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'''s [[SoBadItsGood cheesy-yet-still-fun]] "DK Rap", which also appears in the "Kongo Jungle" stage of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros. Melee'', albeit rerecorded so they could {{Bowdlerize}} the one use of "helluva" to "heckuva".