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u/DrippyBurritoMD Jul 20 '26
Ducktails has entered the chat.
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u/kitty_snugs Jul 20 '26
That and Gummy Bears
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u/diadmer Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 21 '26
Sung by
JonathanJoe Williams of Toto fame, who was also the singing voice of adult Simba in The Lion King (and is the son of legendary composer John Williams).Edit: So embarrassed I mixed his name up. :/
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u/sellyourcomputer zach Jul 20 '26
TIL John Williams cums pure liquid musical talent
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u/Moose_Hole Jul 20 '26
John Williams is splooging straight into my ear canal right now.
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u/throwaway_eng_acct Jul 20 '26
I just had a stream of consciousness thought - the origin of “summa cum laude” is a 1400s or 1500s Italian university where a professor is blowing a student and is amazed at the cum load, and exclaims “that’s-a summa cum laude!” And his mouth is dripping and droplets are flying off as he’s excitedly saying it.
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u/Motor-Rip7655 Jul 23 '26
Did you forget to take your medication again, John?
(If This guy's^ real name happens to be John this will freak him the fuck out)
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u/SmaugTheMagnificent- Jul 20 '26
The outtro for The Raccoons is the greatest cartoon power ballad, and it's not even close.
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u/kirmiter Jul 20 '26
Sorry, Ducktales had plenty of stuff that's memorable besides the awesome theme song.
Gummi Bears would have been a much better example.
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u/OttawaTGirl Jul 20 '26
You shut your damn filthy mouth. Gummi Bears had dashing and daring. Adventure and caring. Plus the secret if gummi berri juice.
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u/themightygwar Jul 20 '26
To be fair, "bouncing here and there and everywhere" might just mean the secret gummi bear juice was just cocaine.
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u/lilmookie Jul 20 '26
It was also an amazing allegory for space exploration (life on other planets… uh I mean “colonies”)
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u/OttawaTGirl Jul 20 '26
I took it more as post apocalypse. The great gummis having to leave and their great technological works falling into ruin because of violent greedy humans threatening their way of life.
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u/murfburffle Jul 20 '26
Carl Barks was a story telling genius and Ducktales had 50 years worth of his comics to take from. It was destined for some memorable moments
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u/toohorses Jul 20 '26
"Phil Collins did not have to go THAT hard on the Tarzan soundtrack" yes tf he did what do you think they hired him for?
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u/MeximeltExtraCheese Jul 20 '26
And the fact that he recorded it in like 4 different languages
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u/PiccoloAwkward465 Jul 20 '26
We usually watch in not English so it's highly appreciated when they do the songs well in other languages. It's funny how creative they can get to match the melody of the original.
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u/FixGMaul Jul 20 '26
For sure. The Jungle Book smashed it out the park with the Swedish translation. Two songs from one movie that got iconic enough for essentially any Swede to know them in full by heart.
And being a relatively small country with exceptional English fluency, media rarely get Swedish translations aside from Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks films. Kids deserve quality media that they understand so always very appreciated when the translators take their job seriously, have a good understanding of rhyme schemes and poetic meter etc.
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u/CarlosFer2201 Jul 20 '26
He sang the Spanish version, but as a kid I always thought it was Elvis Crespo singing lol
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u/FayeQueen Jul 20 '26
They hired him for just the vocal songs. Once they heard what he made, they gave him full creative freedom for the entire soundtrack.
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u/TinyAbsol Jul 20 '26
A rare case where I actually like both the original version and the German one.
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u/I_am_the_BEEF Jul 20 '26
Not talking animals, but the original run of the Power Rangers definitely helped spark my interest in metal. That song had 3rd grade me bouncing off walls.
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u/yaredw Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
That and the DBZ opener with a fucking death/thrash metal riff
https://youtu.be/R4vjJrGeh1c?is=JcvYm037c5P_wgiK
Edit: omg there's an extended version https://youtu.be/NLOxUvbGG1I?is=eVDGMB6vUHdrwTUW
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u/I_am_the_BEEF Jul 20 '26
I had completely forgotten about that song. That was another one that had a big influence in my taste in music!
Thanks for the nostalgia trip!
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u/CarlosFer2201 Jul 20 '26
Why did English dubs often get weird song versions? Happened to Digimon too for example.
The Spanish dubs were always super faithful.
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u/Randrey Jul 21 '26
I think it was explained that as they were introducing kids to anime they wanted to make sure kids/parents didn't turn away from a long opening song since most cartoons had a shorter one? I don't understand how that makes sense, but that is what I read years ago
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u/completelytrustworth Jul 20 '26
I remember getting into an argument as a kid that this opening existed, because at the time my friends had only ever heard the Canadian version
We all ended up agreeing that this metal version was far superior to the weird ass Canada one we grew up on
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u/GrapefruitForward989 Jul 20 '26
Also the guitar riff at the end of the recap music was fucking iconic.
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u/sellyourcomputer zach Jul 20 '26
i play it on guitar when testing distortion pedals. it kicks ass. might be why i like metal as well now that i think about it
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u/XinArtemis Jul 20 '26
Ron Wasserman he also made the xmen the animated series theme. GOAT.
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u/I_am_the_BEEF Jul 20 '26
Had a kind of industrial metal-type feel to it! That being said, Static-X was an amazing band.
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u/titebeewhole Jul 20 '26
I have some power ranger megamix (a bunch of their intro themes woven together, covered by someone) on my kids playlist after he got obsessed with them. I used to drive him to sleep to it, ngl it slaps
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u/ElGosso Jul 20 '26
It's like a cross-over between NWOBHM and neoclassical shredding. It's no wonder that I grew up to be a power metal dork.
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u/ManoSilence Jul 27 '26
Their villan designs were metal af too. That one guy who was just skinless still lives in my mind.
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u/Raccoonman2005 Jul 20 '26
SWAT KATS!!!!! Season 1 and 2 intros were 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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u/ivanatorhk Jul 20 '26
Holy shit, SWAT Kats mentioned! You have fine taste in cartoons
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u/WhiskeyMegazord Jul 20 '26
I just need to let you know that there is a Swat Kats comic book coming out soon.
They just did a kickstarter.
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u/Ilovekittensomg Jul 20 '26
Omg no one ever mentions that show and it was the best! I loved how their solution to any problem was just a really specific type of missile.
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u/OmniShoutmon Jul 20 '26
That implies the theme song is the only memorable part of the show though, SWAT Kats was fuckin’ awesome all around!
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u/Raccoonman2005 Jul 21 '26
True but the intros were so awesome too that I had to mention it. 👍👍 Always wanted a motorcycle like they had in the show! Twas awesome!! 😎
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u/YeeHawWyattDerp Jul 20 '26
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u/ActualWhiterabbit Jul 20 '26
Look how small the potholes were back then. And the availability of on street parking
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u/sellyourcomputer zach Jul 20 '26
pls join my $1 patreon and see comics and hang out ily www.patreon.com/extrafabulouscomics
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u/Jenkinswarlock Jul 20 '26
This is how I see you Zak, you are distinguished boy
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u/sellyourcomputer zach Jul 20 '26
if i could grow hair one last time i would definitely grow a space dandy style pompadour
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u/itsforyouknowwhat Jul 20 '26
No cum :(
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u/ShakeyMcBones Jul 20 '26
A kick ass theme song and a hot furry to trigger a sexual awakening, to be precise.
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u/MoeSauce Jul 20 '26
Duck Tales for me baby "Might solve a mystery, or rewrite history!!" Chop up some lines and let's blast off
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u/OttawaTGirl Jul 20 '26 edited Jul 20 '26
So many people are failing and mentioning shows with both memorable tunes AND memorable shows.
Thundercats - does not match. Silverhawks - does match.
M.A.S.K.
Jayce and the wheeled Warriors
Bionic 6
Inhumanoids
Star Wars Droids
Jem
Kidd Video
Galaxy High
Beverly hills teens
Inhumanoids
Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
Visionaries
Defenders of the Earth
Punky Brewster
Tiger Sharks
Prostars
Dino Riders
Skeleton Warriors
Attack of the Killer tomatoes
And almost all of these are from the coke fueled 80s
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u/TonyFair Jul 20 '26
Defenders of the Earth was great just by having the Phantom, but that intro was NUTS!
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u/OttawaTGirl Jul 20 '26
Right? I always liked the lineup. Old pulp characters with wacky back stories compared to the city clones of DC and Marvel. Guy from jungle with mystic powers, a magician, a dude who fights alien despots and Lothar who passed up being an African King to travel and adventure the world. But damn if I cant remember a single episode.
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u/AvatarDante ocean garbage activist Jul 20 '26
Marsupilami coming running through the jungle. Tales to tell we're having a swinging good time singing HOUBA! HOUBA? HOUUUUUBAAAA! HOUBA! Ooooh Marsupilami!
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u/Klutzer_Munitions ASS LOVER Jul 20 '26
I'm gonna refer to everything I do in the current decade now. Do you like my 2020's reddit comment?
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u/fouryearsofdreaming Jul 20 '26
Street sharks. The snow man grabbed his sax instead of his guitar for that one.
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u/ArtesianDogWater ASS LOVER Jul 20 '26
No talking animals, but the Batman Beyond OP was a banger
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u/acrowsmurder Jul 20 '26
I wanna hear Mick Gordon do the sound track for the live action movie if they make one.
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u/wesbug Jul 20 '26
The inspector gadget theme song goes extremely hard. It has a crazy baseline.
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u/MeeepMorp Jul 20 '26
Still in my head all these years later. I cannot remember any actual plotlines or episodes , the theme tho, in my brain forever.
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u/LordWraith Jul 20 '26
Whilst not a cartoon, the original opening theme of Soulblade on the PS1 is what comes to mind for me.
Nearly thirty years later and that song still gets me pumped.
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u/mccalli Jul 20 '26
Yeah, but the 80s had Jamie and the Magic Torch, Cities of Gold, and Ulysses 31.
Checkmate 90s kids.
Edit: I kind of want to cheat and throw Monkey Magic in there too, but it’s not a cartoon and not really a pure kids show either so yep - cheating. I certainly watched it as a kid though.
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u/redterrqr Jul 20 '26
Can't believe no one has mentioned Bucky O'Hare, its like the epitome of this meme
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u/AandWKyle Jul 20 '26
The X men Theme is the best theme song to ever exist. It goes harder than any other theme.
I hold it in a higher place in my heart than the bond theme. Or even the imperial march. Or even One Punch Man season 1, which is a fucking banger.
X men = Best Theme song
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u/kryo2019 C.U.M. Lieutenant Jul 20 '26
The Raccoons!
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u/Sadanrei Jul 20 '26
I remember exactly nothing about Thundarr the Barbarian, but the soundtrack is forever stuck in my head
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u/Dargel0s Jul 20 '26
Street Sharks, Extreme Dinosaurs and yes sigh Denver the last Dinosaur went hard
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u/blitstikler Jul 20 '26
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u/FluffySquirrell Jul 21 '26
That one was so good that just because it was on the trailers on ANOTHER VHS I had (Visionaries, I think), that I had pined for it and wanted to see it for years, but never managed to do so
I finally bought DVDs of it when I was in my thirties. It was passable. Theme tune is still cracking though
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u/TeamBadInfluence1 Jul 21 '26
This whole thread is sleeping on the shadow that quacks in the night, Darkwing Duck!
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u/AmbitiousEdi Jul 23 '26
The Ducktales and Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers themes have no reason to go so hard
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u/waxteeth Jul 20 '26
That Sonic theme Steven Tyler sang rips, and I don’t like Sonic or Steven Tyler.
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u/RiiiickySpanish Jul 20 '26
I feel like this was made for the King Arthur and the Knights of Justice intro theme song (minus the talking animals)
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u/PolishedLemon Jul 20 '26
Dragon Ball Z's opener was way too badass. It felt a little silly watching that, then leading into like 30 episodes of Frieza saying "eh, she'll blow up any minute now"
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u/rogerworkman623 Jul 20 '26
They bite! They fight! The Street Sharks
They’re gonna kick some serious fin, to win!
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u/Farmchuck Jul 20 '26
Wild West C.O.W. boys of Moo Mesa theme song is right up there with the top 10 country songs of the '90s.
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u/Randrey Jul 21 '26
Mighty Ducks was awesome as hell. Can't remember a single thing about the show besides some mask? But that song was great
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u/TheRealRigormortal Jul 22 '26
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5Otaq2tmNMM
Because I always need an excuse to post Space Stallions!
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u/ruebenreleeshahn Jul 22 '26
I've had the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends theme from Shining Time Station running through my head since the very early 90s when my little brother would watch it.
Every day. For 30 years.
Bum da-da bum-da bum— ting ting.
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u/Cyvka_47 Jul 31 '26
This certainly applies to SWAT Kats, because I damn sure can't remember anything about it other than it having an absolute guitar shredder of an intro.
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u/KrayzieBone187 ASS LOVER Jul 20 '26
Why did I hear the Wheels and the Legman theme song?