History Main / ThemeTuneRollCall

* The Corny Collins Council gets one in "The Nicest Kids in Town" from ''Film/{{Hairspray}}''.

* "Nicest Kids in Town", theme song of [[ShowWithinAShow the Corny Collins Show]] from ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'', has one of these introducing the Council Members.

* ''Series/FraggleRock'': ("We're Gobo, Mokey, Wembley, Boober, Red!") It's noticeable that the fraggles say their names very fast, making it hard to remember.

* The intro to "Series/Teletubbies" introduces the four Teletubbies by name, only for them to repeat exactly what the singer sang.

* ''WesternAnimation/LittleDogsOnThePrairie'': The theme song lists the main characters in its second verse.

-->(A book of TV theme lyrics adds "And Rosie the robot maid", but spoken rather than sung)

* ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' ("Robot Roll Call!") Though Dr. Forrester, TV's Frank, and Pearl are name-checked during the Mike-era theme, the Mads are never mentioned by name in the Joel-era and Jonah-era themes. Also, the Mike-era episodes airing on the Sci-Fi channel never name-checked Bobo or Observer either.
%%* ''Series/ImaginationMovers''

* "We're ''[[WesternAnimation/FilmationsGhostbusters The Ghost Busters]]'' ('I'm Spencer! He's Tracy!' 'I'm Kong!')!..."

* ''Series/GilligansIsland'' ("...with Gilligan, the Skipper too, the Millionaire, and his wife...") Note that it originally left off the Professor and Mary Ann, who were referred to as "and the rest", until Bob Denver (Gilligan) forced the studio to change it.
* ''Series/{{Tweenies}}'': "I'm Bella!" "I'm Milo!" "I'm Fizz!" "And I'm Jake!" ("I'm Doodles!")
* The 1970s kids' show ''Series/{{ZOOM}}'' had one, preserved in the show's later 1999-2005 incarnation.
%%* ''Series/{{Animorphs}}''
* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfOzzieAndHarriet'' ("Here's Ozzie! Here's Harriet!")
* ''Series/SpaceCases'' -- originally aired as the closing theme in the first season but moved to opening theme in the second season and in syndication.
%%* ''Series/LancelotLinkSecretChimp''

* Several ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' themes have this, including ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'', ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'' and ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger''. ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'''s closing theme, "199 Hero Getter", goes through the name of each of the 35 teams.

* The theme to ''Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse'' does this at one point:
--> "Globey's spinning, Mr. Window's grinning, 'cause Pterri's flying by..."
** In the ChristmasSpecial, Pee-Wee introduces all the puppet / claymation / etc. characters, followed by the regular human characters, and the special guest stars.

* The ''Barney and the Backyard Gang'' videos had this type of theme song but the ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'' TV show that followed averted it.
* The ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' theme song mentions all four of the child characters.

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' is an example of an OpeningNarration doing this.

* The openings to both anime adaptations of Ryohgo Narita's works, ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' and ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' respectively list every single major character in text during quick freezeframe closeups. [[spoiler: The intro to ''Baccano!'' also contains one notable and intentional exclusion, as a train conductor who has a prominent shot in its opening at one point and is apparently [[SacrificialLamb cannon fodder]] early on turns out to also be very much alive and a main character as well.]]

Compare IntroDump and IntroductoryOpeningCredits. SubTrope to ListSong.

* Parodied with the ''[[SugarWiki/{{Watchmen}} Saturday Morning Watchmen]]'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDHHrt6l4w Opening]].

%%* ''WesternAnimation/TeamUmizoomi''

%%* ''WesternAnimation/ZulaPatrol''

->'''ROLL CALL!'''
->DONALD!(Present!)
->DAISY!(Here!)
->GOOFY!(A-yuk, here!)
->PLUTO!(Ruff ruff!)
->MINNIE!(Oh-ho-ho, here!)
->MICKEY!(Right here!)

-->''Benedict, and Yolky, and Scramble, and Sunny''

->GOOFY!(Here!)
->PLUTO!(Woof wood!)
->MINNIE!(Here!)

DONALD!(Present!)
DAISY!(Here!)
GOOFY!(Here!)
PLUTO!(Woof wood!)
MINNIE!(Here!)
MICKEY!(Right here!)

->''"Geez, not only do [[Creator/{{DIC}} you]] ignore the original song, but you rewrite it, and you get it to tell me [[Anime/SailorMoon what I'm about to watch right now]]! Well, what are you gonna do next? Tell me the names of all the characters that are in the show?!"''
-->-- '''WebVideo/MarzGurl''' in her ''Top 10 List of Animated Shows That Tell the Whole Story in Their Theme Song''

* ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' had a part in its theme song where they say "Happy! Sunny! Peace! March! Beauty!" which are the names of the 5 main girls.
* The ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' theme song cleverly hides the words "Hibiki" and "Kanade" in its lyrics. Of course, it becomes obsolete once Ellen and Ako join...

* Another rare advertising example is Franchise/{{Barbie}} and the Rockers (also used in the two animated specials[[note]]Which were co-written by Ruth Handler, the original creator of the Barbie doll (and by extension, the Barbie franchise)[[/note]]):
-->''We're Barbie, and the Rockers (with Ken)!\\
Rocking out, we're totally in the groove!\\
Dana, Dee Dee, Derek, and Diva too!...''[[note]]This part had some variations across the commercials and the specials. There were also commercials that left this part out.[[/note]]

* ''Anime/SailorMoon'''s Creator/DiC dub theme song.
** But it was only accurate for the first season. Pluto isn't mentioned once she shows up in R, nor are Any of the Outer Senshi in S, or Chibi Moon in either S or [=SuperS=]. Not a very good roll call if you forget half the heroes.
** It probably sounds worse on Creator/{{Geneon}}'s American [=DVDs=] of the third season. The English versions include the American theme song synced with a Japanese opening, causing a part meant to show off the new Sailor Senshi to have singers exclaiming the Inner Senshi's names for no apparent reason.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** The 4Kids dub ThemeTuneRap. They didn't make it any longer, so each addition to the cast made the lines involving the roll call more cluttered.
** Two of the Japanese themes, "Share the World" and "We Go!", feature title cards for the characters.
* Similarly the 4Kids dubbed seasons of ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' had the Pokerap. While technically never a title theme, it was a number of tunes played following an episode listing down all the Pokemon of the current region. The original Japanese edit eventually started making it's own variations.

** Both the original Japanese and English ending themes both have a variation. In the original Japanese version the characters' names had the first syllable placed at the end of their names.[[note]]"teruNe, idoMa, maruChibi, daPan, ushiKo, hamuTora, bon-chanRi", etc.[[/note]] For the English dub version, we have this:

* The opening to ''Anime/RoninWarriors'', American version.
* The second series of ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' calls the five heroes in numbered order by their civilian names.
** A variation of the OpeningNarration to ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'' has the announcer calling their (adapted) names.
*** This also happens in the OpeningNarration to the second English dub, [[Anime/GForceGuardiansOfSpace G-Force]][[note]]Which is the name that was also used for the team in the Battle of the Planets version.[[/note]]
* The original ending theme to ''Manga/GetterRobo'', ''[[CombiningMecha Gattai]] Getter Robo'' had this.
* ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' had a part in its theme song where they say "Happy! Sunny! Peace! March! Beauty!" which are the names of the 5 main girls.
** Also, the ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' theme song cleverly hides the words "Hibiki" and "Kanade" in its lyrics. Of course, it becomes obsolete once Ellen and Ako join...

* The openings to both anime adaptations of Ryohgo Narita's works, ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' and ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' respectively list every single major character in text during quick freezeframe closeups. [[spoiler: The intro to ''Baccano!'' also contains one notable and intentional exclusion, as a train conductor who has a prominent shot in its opening at one point and is apparently [[SacrificialLamb cannon fodder]] early on turns out to also be very much alive and a main character as well.]]
* This happens in the intro to ''Fables of the Green Forest'', the English dubbed version of ''Rocky Chuck the Mountain Rat (adapted from the Literature/BurgessBedtimeStories).

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc74IQzKSzY theme song]] from the English dub of ''Anime/TransformersCybertron'' has a roll call just after Optimus Prime's narration sets the show's stage. After that and dropping the Autobot rallying cry of "Transform and roll out", the theme song itself kicks in.

* One of the 1990s BazookaJoe comics is a "rap" which [[http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~jimmyk/bazooka_html/baz23.html roll-calls the entire cast]].

An ExpositoryThemeTune for a series that includes a rundown of the main characters, usually with a line or two about each one's role in the show (sometimes overlapping with JobSong if their roles coincide with professions). Especially common in kids' shows. Note that not all examples contain the characters' names in the lyrics. Some examples have songs that only describe them. May also occur in {{Opening Narration}}s, and even in shows that have instrumentals (e.g. 1990s ''WesternAnimation/XMen'').

* The ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' AnimatedAdaptation had one of these with no lyrics.
** The Latin Spanish dub, however, had a narrator telling each character's adapted-to-Spanish name as they came on screen.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeamUmizoomi''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has a theme song containing subtle references to the four presumably most popular Avengers: ComicBook/IronMan, The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, and ComicBook/TheMightyThor. (While they appear onscreen in that order, the lyrics reference Hulk first, followed by Cap, Thor, and Iron Man.) Deleted lyrics reference ComicBook/AntMan, ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, ComicBook/BlackPanther, and ComicBook/TheWasp, four superheroes who also became Avengers during the first season. The show's second season replaces this theme with an OpeningNarration that lists off the "Big Four" Avengers by name, but not any of the other Avengers, despite there being more members shown at the end of the opening sequence.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow''. "{{Wolverine}} and [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] are fierce, ComicBook/DoctorDoom ends up in tears/when ComicBook/IronMan joins the fight! [[Comicbook/TheFalcon Falcon]] darts in from the sky, ComicBook/SilverSurfer by his side, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor's]] hammer has thunder's mi-iiiiight..."
** The second season changed it slightly: "{{Wolverine}} and [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] are fierce, even ComicBook/{{Thanos}} is in tears/when ComicBook/IronMan joins the fight! [[Comicbook/TheFalcon Falcon]] darts in from the sky, ComicBook/ScarletWitch will zap bad guys, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor's]] hammer has thunder's mi-iiiiight..."