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** Going with the US Tokusatsu themes, there was also: [[UltraSeries ULTRAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!]] ([[UltramanTiga TIGA!]]) ULTRAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! (Laaaaarger than) Larger than Life, ULTRAMAN!

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** Going with the US Tokusatsu themes, there was also: [[UltraSeries [[Franchise/UltraSeries ULTRAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!]] ([[UltramanTiga ([[Series/UltramanTiga TIGA!]]) ULTRAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! (Laaaaarger than) Larger than Life, ULTRAMAN!
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* ''Theatre/BarefootInThePark''
* ''Theatre/TheMoonIsBlue''
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* ''HandyManny'': The theme song repeats "Handy Manny" but they are able to fit in Manny greeting his friends and the tools exclaiming.
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* The theme tune for ''WesternAnimation/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' is basically the words "Sam and Max, Freelance Police" ad nauseum.

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* ''AllStarBlitz'', [[{{Scatting}} hobba hum, hobba heeba humba]]



* [[TheAquabatsSuperShow This is the Aquabats Super Show, it's a TV shooooo-wooaaaaaah-ohhhhhhhh-ohhhhhhh-owwwwwww! (The Aquabats! Super Show! The Aquabats! Super Show!)]]



* The last two seasons of the Tom Bergeron version of ''HollywoodSquares'' turned Teena Marie's song "Square Biz" into one of these. ("Everybody get up.. it's the ''Hollywood Squares''!")



* Older viewers might remember: "It's HowdyDoody time!" They might easily have forgotten the song's other lines.
* ''Series/ItsABigBigWorld'', don't you agree? Big enough for you and me!



* A variation of "Run On," the late '90s-early 2000s theme from ''TheOprahWinfreyShow'', title-drops her iconic first name.
* Any sort of DisneyChannel show -- ''PhilOfTheFuture'', ''ThatsSoRaven'', ''LifeWithDerek'', etc., etc.



* Any sort of DisneyChannel show -- ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', ''PhilOfTheFuture'', ''LifeWithDerek'', etc., etc.



* ''SilverSpoons''

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* ''SilverSpoons''"Two ''SilverSpoons'' together, You and I!"



* ''[[Series/{{Stingray 1964}} Stingraaaay, Stingray!]] Dananana nana!''



** ''AllStarBlitz'', [[{{Scatting}} hobba hum, hobba heeba humba]]
** The last two seasons of the Tom Bergeron version of ''HollywoodSquares'' turned Teena Marie's song "Square Biz" into one of these. ("Everybody get up.. it's the ''Hollywood Squares''!")
* [[TheAquabatsSuperShow This is the Aquabats Super Show, it's a TV shooooo-wooaaaaaah-ohhhhhhhh-ohhhhhhh-owwwwwww! (The Aquabats! Super Show! The Aquabats! Super Show!)]]



* "Can you tell me how to get, how to get to SesameStreet?"
** They never DID tell us...
* "It's time to play the music / It's time to light the lights / It's time to meet the Muppets / On ''TheMuppetShow'' tonight."
* "Here come the Muppets! Here come the Muppets! Here come the MuppetsTonight!"

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* "Can "''[[Series/BananasInPyjamas Bananas in Pajamas]]'' are coming down the stairs...
* Another French example for another Japanese series: ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiScuDJPR2g Bomber X]]'' (a.k.a. ''StarFleet'' by GoNagai).
* "...we'll all be doubled over with laughter / At the expense of others, maybe even your mother! / Won't
you tell me how to get, how to get to SesameStreet?"
** They never DID tell us...
* "It's time to play
join the music / It's time to light the lights / It's time to meet the Muppets / On ''TheMuppetShow'' tonight."
* "Here come the Muppets! Here come the Muppets! Here come the MuppetsTonight!"
''Series/CrankYankers'' tonight? Crank Yankers!"



* Another French example for another Japanese series: ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiScuDJPR2g Bomber X]]'' (a.k.a. ''StarFleet'' by GoNagai).
* [[TheTeletubbies Tinky Winky... Dipsy... Laa-laa... and Po. Teletubbies. "Teletubbies!" Say... hell-o! "Eh-oh!"]]
* "Sifl... and... Ol-ly! [[TheSiflAndOllyShow Sifl and Olly Show!]] (ROCK!)"

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* Another French example ''Series/TheGreatSpaceCoaster''
* Older viewers might remember: "It's HowdyDoody time!" They might easily have forgotten the song's other lines.
* ''Series/ItsABigBigWorld'', don't you agree? Big enough
for another Japanese series: ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiScuDJPR2g Bomber X]]'' (a.k.a. ''StarFleet'' by GoNagai).
* [[TheTeletubbies Tinky Winky... Dipsy... Laa-laa...
you and Po. Teletubbies. "Teletubbies!" Say... hell-o! "Eh-oh!"]]
* "Sifl... and... Ol-ly! [[TheSiflAndOllyShow Sifl and Olly Show!]] (ROCK!)"
me!



* "...we'll all be doubled over with laughter / At the expense of others, maybe even your mother! / Won't you join the ''Series/CrankYankers'' tonight? Crank Yankers!"
* "''Series/BananasInPyjamas'' are coming down the stairs...




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* "It's time to play the music / It's time to light the lights / It's time to meet the Muppets / On ''TheMuppetShow'' tonight."
* "Here come the Muppets! Here come the Muppets! Here come the MuppetsTonight!"
* "Can you tell me how to get, how to get to SesameStreet?"
** They never DID tell us...
* "Sifl... and... Ol-ly! [[TheSiflAndOllyShow Sifl and Olly Show!]] (ROCK!)"
* [[TheTeletubbies Tinky Winky... Dipsy... Laa-laa... and Po. Teletubbies. "Teletubbies!" Say... hell-o! "Eh-oh!"]]


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* "Call ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements''."
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* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAIAXFQ0T74Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!]]''. The theme for the [[Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Anime of the same name.]]

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* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAIAXFQ0T74Watashi com/watch?v=HAIAXFQ0T74 Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!]]''. The theme for the the [[Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Anime of the same name.]]
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* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAIAXFQ0T74Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!]]''. The theme for the [[Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular Anime of the same name.]]
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** Indeed, the only exceptions are ''Film/DrNo'' ("Three Blind Mice" for the opening credits, and original tune "Underneath the Mango Tree" during the movie), ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' ("Nobody Does It Better") and ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' ("All Time High"). The latter is the first Bond movie title song where the movie title isn't even mentioned in the lyrics, followed by ''Film/CasinoRoyale'' ("You Know My Name") and ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' ("Another Way To Die"). Also arguably an aversion with ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', which, while it has a theme song with the same name as the movie, has no lyrics, as they couldn't find a way to shoehorn the movie's name into a song without it sounding forced.

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** Indeed, the only exceptions are ''Film/DrNo'' ("Three Blind Mice" for the opening credits, and original tune "Underneath the Mango Tree" during the movie), ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' ("Nobody Does It Better") and ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' ("All Time High"). The latter is the first Bond movie title song where the movie title isn't even mentioned in the lyrics, followed by ''Film/CasinoRoyale'' ("You Know My Name") and ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' ("Another Way To Die"). Also arguably an aversion with ''Film/DrNo'' and ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', which, while it has a they have theme song songs with the same name names as the movie, has respective movies, have no lyrics, as lyrics. In the case of ''OHMSS'', they couldn't find a way to shoehorn the movie's name into a song without it sounding forced.
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** Indeed, the only exceptions are ''Film/DrNo'' (''Three Blind Mice" for the opening credits, and "Underneath the Mango Tree" during the movie as the original song), ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' ("Nobody Does It Better") and ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' ("All Time High"). The latter is the first Bond movie title song where the movie title isn't even mentioned in the lyrics, followed by ''Film/CasinoRoyale'' ("You Know My Name") and ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' ("Another Way To Die"). Also arguably an aversion with ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', which, while it has a theme song with the same name as the movie, has no lyrics, as they couldn't find a way to shoehorn the movie's name into a song without it sounding forced.

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** Indeed, the only exceptions are ''Film/DrNo'' (''Three ("Three Blind Mice" for the opening credits, and original tune "Underneath the Mango Tree" during the movie as the original song), movie), ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' ("Nobody Does It Better") and ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' ("All Time High"). The latter is the first Bond movie title song where the movie title isn't even mentioned in the lyrics, followed by ''Film/CasinoRoyale'' ("You Know My Name") and ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' ("Another Way To Die"). Also arguably an aversion with ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', which, while it has a theme song with the same name as the movie, has no lyrics, as they couldn't find a way to shoehorn the movie's name into a song without it sounding forced.
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** ''Film/Skyfall''
** Indeed, the only exceptions are ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' ("Nobody Does It Better") and ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' ("All Time High"). The latter is the first Bond movie title song where the movie title isn't even mentioned in the lyrics, followed by ''Film/CasinoRoyale'' ("You Know My Name") and ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' ("Another Way To Die"). Also arguably an aversion with ''OnHerMajestysSecretService'', which, while it has a theme song with the same name as the movie, has no lyrics, as they couldn't find a way to shoehorn the movie's name into a song without it sounding forced.

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** ''Film/Skyfall''
''Film/{{Skyfall}}''
** Indeed, the only exceptions are ''Film/DrNo'' (''Three Blind Mice" for the opening credits, and "Underneath the Mango Tree" during the movie as the original song), ''Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' ("Nobody Does It Better") and ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'' ("All Time High"). The latter is the first Bond movie title song where the movie title isn't even mentioned in the lyrics, followed by ''Film/CasinoRoyale'' ("You Know My Name") and ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' ("Another Way To Die"). Also arguably an aversion with ''OnHerMajestysSecretService'', ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'', which, while it has a theme song with the same name as the movie, has no lyrics, as they couldn't find a way to shoehorn the movie's name into a song without it sounding forced.
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* ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'' has a theme with a chrous including five lines. The even-numbered lines proclaim the show's subtitle, and the fifth gives a full TitleDrop.
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* "There's a holdup in The Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights / There's a traffic jam in Harlem that's backed up to Jackson Heights / There's a scout troop short a child, Khrushchev's due at Idlewild[[note]]The airport now known as the John F. Kennedy International Airport[[/note]] / ''Car54WhereAreYou''
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* Parodied by the theme to ''ItsGarryShandlingsShow'': "This is the theme to Garry's show/The opening theme to Garry's show/Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song..."
* "Living in the ''Series/LandOfTheLost!''"

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* Parodied by the theme to ''ItsGarryShandlingsShow'': "This is the theme to Garry's show/The opening theme to Garry's show/Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme song..."
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* "Living "...and plunged them down a thousand feet below, to the ''[[Series/LandOfTheLost LAAAAAAAAAAAAAND OF THE LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOST!]]''
** "...now we've crossed the line, falling though time, living
in the ''Series/LandOfTheLost!''"
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* "We're ''SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', we hope you will enjoy the show..." (TheBeatles)

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* "We're ''SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', we hope you will enjoy the show..." (TheBeatles)(Music/TheBeatles)
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* The dub for ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' puts even less effort into it: "Dragon, Dragon, Rock the Dragon, Dragon Ball Z." Followed by some rock music, then more Dragons. (Later re-airings of the dub replaced the opening with an InstrumentalThemeTune).

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* The dub for ''Manga/DragonBall Z'' ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' puts even less effort into it: "Dragon, Dragon, Rock the Dragon, Dragon Ball Z." Followed by some rock music, then more Dragons. (Later re-airings of the dub replaced the opening with an InstrumentalThemeTune).
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* "''[[WinnieThePooh My Friends Tigger & Pooh]], we're always there for each other!''"

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* "''[[WinnieThePooh "''[[Franchise/WinnieThePooh My Friends Tigger & Pooh]], we're always there for each other!''"
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* "We're ''SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand'', we hope you will enjoy the show..." (TheBeatles)
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* "You can do what you wanna do... ''InLivingColor''!"

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* "You can do what you wanna do... ''InLivingColor''!"''InLivingColor''"
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* "You can do what you wanna do... ''InLivingColor''!"
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** ''AllStarBlitz'', [[{{Scatting}} hobba hum, hobba heeba humba]]
** The last two seasons of the Tom Bergeron version of ''HollywoodSquares'' turned Teena Marie's song "Square Biz" into one of these. ("Everybody get up.. it's the ''Hollywood Squares''!")
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* In-universe example on ''ArrestedDevelopment'': the theme for ''Mock Trial with [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep J.]] [[JudgeReinhold Reinhold]]'' has William Hung repeating the title incessantly.

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* In-universe example on ''ArrestedDevelopment'': the theme for ''Mock Trial with [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep J.]] [[JudgeReinhold Reinhold]]'' has William Hung repeating the title incessantly.
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* In-universe example on ''ArrestedDevelopment'': the theme for ''Mock Trial with [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep J.]] [[JudgeReinhold Reinhold]]'' has William Hung repeating the title incessantly.
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**In-universe example: "Fight fight fight, bite bite bite... ''TheItchyAndScratchyShow''!"
**"[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E24TheSimpsonsSpinOffShowcase The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase]]" used these for ''The Love-matic Grampa'' and ''The Simpsons Family Smile-Time Variety Hour''.
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* Subverted with ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', which had the refrain of "We're [[Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks the Chipmunks]]" and mentioned Alvin in the ThemeTuneRollCall, but did not use the show's full title verbatim. Became a more straight example in season 6 when the title changed to just ''The Chipmunks''.

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* "''Series/BananasInPyjamas'' are coming down the stairs..."

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* "''Series/BananasInPyjamas'' are coming down the stairs..."stairs...
* "Hey, it's ''LambChopsPlayAlong'', where kids come to play-along, and fun things are all we ever do!"
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* "It's coming down the lines, strong as it can be, through the courtesy... of [[TheElectricCompany THE ELECTRIC COMPANYYYYYYY!!!]]"
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* "Cruisin', yeah yeahhhh, ''Cruis'n USA''"!
** And the sequel: "Cruisiiinnn'... cruisin' the wooooorrrrrlllld!!!" Though if you want to get technical, the game was called ''Cruis'n World'', with no "the".
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* ''TheLittles'': In the first season, the theme began with "We are the Littles" and ended with "You can't stop the Littles 'cause The Littles don't stop". In season 2, the first line evolved into a Title Drop for TheMovie: "Here come the Littles!". In season 3, the last line changed to "Here come the Littles, so you better watch out!".

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* Satirized by way of LampshadeHanging in the theme to ''SpyHard'', by Music/WeirdAlYankovic:
-->''By the way, if you walked in late, allow me to reiterate:\\
The name of this movie is ''Spy Hard''!\\
You're watching ''Spy Hard''! It's the theme from ''Spy Hard''!''

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* Satirized As quoted above, satirized by way of LampshadeHanging in the theme to ''SpyHard'', by Music/WeirdAlYankovic:
-->''By the way, if you walked in late, allow me to reiterate:\\
The name of this movie is ''Spy Hard''!\\
You're watching ''Spy Hard''! It's the theme from ''Spy Hard''!''
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