Top 20 Cartoon Theme Songs 

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Unpopular opinion: Total Drama Island's theme is severely underrated

I can’t believe the “Phineas and Ferb” theme didn’t make the list! It’s a total banger that my kids and I will still break out into randomly. Huge miss on that one!

This is one those rare occasions where WatchMojo got my FULL attention by both the thumbnail & the title of the video alone. So much nostalgia in a single video... And I still listen to some of the themes.

A lot of people probably don't remember this, but "The Pink Panther" had his own cartoon show, and the Grammy-winning theme (written by Henry Mancini) was used for it.

Pokemon and Danny Phantom's themes were my jams as a child. I still remember all of the lyrics, I'm unashamed to admit!

Nice list! An honorable mention: Jem and the Holograms (80s version). The song will instantly be in your head the rest of the day!

The scooby doo theme song will always be my favorite I still occasionally listen to the song itself scooby doo was my whole childhood

The fact that you left Johnny Quest completely off the list is mind-boggling. That big-band swing is the best by a mile.

I love the Spider-Man and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme songs. So classic!

How could you miss Voltron, Tailspin and Swatkats. Still insanely catchy today.

As old school cartoon fans, we truly thank you, WatchMojo. Oh, and congratulations for reaching 25 million. 😊

This list brings back memories. Love it. Disappointed that Darkwing Duck (nice honorable mention), Doug, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, and Samurai Jack didn’t make the list.

List: 20: Arthur 19: Batman: The Animated Series 18: Spongebob Squarepants 17: The Transformers 16: Inspector Gadget 15: The Flintstones 14: Tiny Toon Adventures 13: Danny Phantom 12: Kim Possible 11: Dragon Ball Z 10: Teen Titans (Original) 9: ThunderCats 8: Animaniacs (1993) 7: The Simpsons 6: Pokémon (Series 1) 5: DuckTales (Original) 4: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? 3: TMNT 🥉 2: X-Men 🥈 1: Spider-Man🥇

I've been rewatching Futurama and honestly forgot how much of a great opening them that show had.

The disrespect of leaving out Classic Ben 10's banger theme right here.

What’s New Scooby Doo is also one of the greatest cartoon theme songs ever. It’s just so 2000’s I love it

Ah man the Pokemon theme is always going to get me now for pure nostaglia. And literally the first lyrics of it: "I want to be the very best like no one ever was!" Ash is now the very best, and he'll be leaving us...

Sailor Moon is one of mine! The English dub from the 90s so iconic

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Silverhawks, COPS, MASK, Spiral Zone, Bionic Six and Galaxy Rangers have all entered the chat. (And just like Thundercats and Jayce, all theme songs that promised more than the shows delivered.)

The English opening of Sailor Moon is also pretty great.

I can't believe they didn't mention Chip N Dales Recue Rangers.

I'm happy to see Darkwing Duck, Gummi Bears got honorable mentions, but Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers should too. Tigersharks had a cool theme too.

I saw every episode of Batman the animated series on HBO max. Rest in peace good 'ol Kevin Conroy.

Glad to see Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors mentioned! That song is so epic. Only other one I can think of that wasn’t mentioned is Bobby’s World, that song is pure nostalgia.

Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes had a AMAZING into song for a criminally underrated series: Fight as one by Bad City. The Downstait cover is awesome as well. The Jackie Chan Adventures has an awesome theme by Wheatus but I don’t remember if it was an intro; I mostly remember it playing during the credits.

"Fairly Odd Parents" and "My Life as a Teenage Robot" were really good and should have been on this list.

The 2000s had a lot of great themes. I always remember the original Ben 10 theme being awesome

The Magic School Bus, Where In the World is Carbon San Diego, M.A.S.K., G.I. Joe, Gargoyles, Superman: The Animated Series, Brave Star, and The Real Ghostbusters are theme songs that will get you pumped up.

1. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (Na-na-na, gonna have a good time) 2. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 3. The Jetsons 4. Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies 5. Jem 6. G.I. Joe 7. Super Friends franchise

I was hoping Captain Planet would be there!!!! I can’t argue a single note of this list. Absolutely perfect!!!

My favourite is I Wanna Be Famous from Total Drama, though I think they should have mentioned Chip “n” Dale Rescue Rangers.

You missed four awesome opening theme songs. Goof Troop - always brings a smile to my face Magic School Bus - this show made it fun to learn and how can you ignore "Please let this be a normal field trip!" "With the Frizz? No way!" Gargoyles - Whether Goliath speaks or not, that melody gives me chills Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers - how can you have a top anything list and this doesn't get even an honourable mention?

The classic Spider-Man opening theme song (1967-1970). 😮

Maybe you could do variations like Top Nickelodeon theme songs, Top Disney Channel theme songs, Top Cartoon Network theme songs, etc.

I would like to mention the following Huntik: Secrets and Seekers Wild Kratts Generator Rex Iron Man Armored Adventures Garfield & Friends Quack Pack Lego Ninjago And for the same reason that they included DragonBall and Pokemon on this list, I'm mentioning the old Shaman King show.

Personal faves of mine that were missed: Dexter's Lab, Hey Arnold!, Tom and Jerry (Kids if you want lyrics), Jimmy Neutron, Magic School Bus, and Family Guy. But I can't disagree with your choices.

You should have added one of the opening themes from Jem and The Holograms.

You could of filled this list with almost all the old Disney toons: Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck, Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers…

Hope to hear the X-MEN opening song again when they released the revived series this year .The X-MEN and Spiderman songs from the 90's are hands down the best in my opinion . Still listened to this day .

The dangermouse theme tune is one of the greatest ever

I loved The Gummi Bears Show!!! So good!

I feel genuinely sick that Phineas and Ferb wasn't on this list

I will always love the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe intro. Although, it was more of a voice over with a tune in the background.

The X-Men theme did appear in the Multiverse of Madness, or at least the opening part. When Xavier came out the song played and there was a collective squeal among the audience.

I think Freakazoid's theme song deserves at least an honorable mention ^^ So fun to sing! Oh, and Marsupilami!

I've never been more happy to be a 90s baby. Original and awesome cartoons, reruns of awesome earlier decades cartoons (80s and back) and getting to see cartoons evolve (and devolve.) Though this could apply to anyone too

I'm glad Wheeled Warriors theme got a mention. They went above a beyond on that theme. No way did it have to be that good, but it is. 🙌

Did you miss The Jetsons

I also really like the "What's New Scooby Doo" theme song. It's a cool updated version that really makes me sing along

Can't forget about an all time classic: The Smurfs

Histeria, Totally Spies, Winx club, Sandokan, Biker Mice from Mars are among my favorite themes that are not listed here 😇

TaleSpin has a good theme song

Top 3 (In my opinion): 1. Pokemon 2. SpongeBob SquarePants 3. The Simpsons I loved the theme song from Pokemon so much, it was one of the best things in the franchise and reminded me of how much fun Pokemon was back in the old times and I still love the song to this day (man I miss those days). It was a very tough call for the final spot between Spider-Man, Scooby-Doo Where Are You?, The Simpsons and The Flintstones because they were catchy classics, in the end, it was the Simpsons because it was a longer run of hearing it over and over again compared to the others.

I was expecting Sonic X to be on the list because the theme song feels like a Sonic track and let’s everyone know Sonic’s gotta go fast

For me the Samurai Pizza Cats theme song is still one of my all time faves. Also Danger Mouse!

Spongebob's Intro Song is the best in my oppinion. And the funniest.

The 90's were hands down the golden age of cartoons

Theme tunes like this were such a hallmark of so many of our childhoods in fact I often seem to remember the tune tunes better than the actual programmes themselves

Thanks for including Pokémon. Sure it’s a Japanese anime show, but the original English theme song for the show is awesome. Nothing’s wrong with the Japanese version’s theme song either

I'm showing my age but George of the Jungle was both funny and self explanatory. It deserves a place of honor with any cartoon themes.

The Sailor moon theme for the original dub was a pretty big earworm Also I loved the gummi bears and loved the fact that the theme song was quoted in the revived 2020's duck tales finale, loved that easter egg.

Such a memorable childhood memories of the 80s and 90s

How come nobody tried mentioning the theme to the Mighty Ducks? Seriously, both the opening and closing themes are real head bangers!

My number 1? Dangermouse! Any UK kid on the 80s would remember it.

the 80s and 90s really had some of the best cartoon themes ever made

My fav hands down was Danny Phantom. Who didn’t want to rap along? 🙌🏽😭

The Best of the Best Epic Cartoon Theme Songs from my Childhood Years That Are My Jams are Pokémon, Danny Phantom, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Avatar: The Last Airbender, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, The Wild Thornberrys, The Angry Beavers, CatDog, The Animaniacs (1993), Tiny Toon Adventures, Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987, 2003 and 2012), The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Donkey Kong Country, Ben 10 (2005), Generator Rex, Adventure Time, Steven Universe, DuckTales (1987 and 2017), Star vs The Forces of Evil, Phineas and Ferb, Kim Possible, Disney's The Weekenders, House of Mouse, Dragon Ball Z, Teen Titans, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, The Loud House, The Legend of Tarzan, Hercules (Disney Television Series), Aladdin (Another Disney Television Series), The Simpsons and Futurama, The Batman (2004), Darkwing Duck, Quack Pack, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, and Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog (Saturday Morning Cartoon), Sonic Underground and Sonic X, Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994), The Spectacular Spider-Man, Winx Club, W.I.T.C.H., Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Care Bears, Dragon Tales, Gadget and the Gadgetinis, Sally Bollywood, Totally Spies!, Lilo and Stitch, Amphibia, The Owl House, Chop Socky Chooks, Jackie Chan Adventures, Timon and Pumbaa, Sofia the First, Elena of Avalor, DC Super Hero Girls (2015), Mucha Lucha, Ed, Edd n' Eddy, Chowder, Craig of the Creek, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, The Fairly OddParents, T.U.F.F. Puppy and Camp Lazlo. These are ALL of My Most Favorite Cartoon Theme Songs Throughout the Years from my Childhood, from Disney, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

So many amazing childhood memories with all of these 😢

First time I've watched a redone list of a past one where they've given the top spot to the same entry both times. Congrats on consistency!

The Gravity Falls theme song is one of my favorites. I was hoping it would be somewhere on this list

"It's a shame that it hasn't appeared in any live action X-Men movies" *Danny Elfman would like to have a word with you...*

WatchMojo, congratulations for having 25 million subscribers! 🎉🎉🎉

I forgot all about Tiny Toon Adventures!! Great show, great song, and they also used to have a great game I played as a kid on Super Nintendo

Ed Edd N' Eddy and Aqua Teen Hunger Force are the best cartoon Theme songs

Damn, thought ChalkZone would at least be an honorable mention. The catchy rock music along with the lyrics made it pretty catchy lol.

Mucha Lucha, Spectacular Spiderman, Ben 10... those were bangers

congratulations on your 25 million subscribers. Keep doing these amazing top lists.

I was 12 years old in '84 and remember the original g1 transformers series

So glad people are finally giving recognition to the underrated gem that is the Tiny Toon Adventures theme.

Im sorry, but personally there is one opening theme that reigns supreme for me above any other: There’s a 104 days of summer vacation-

You also forgot to mention that Power Rangers creator Haim Saban (along with his executive producer Shuki Levy) composed the theme to Inspector Gadget. Great video Watchmojo 😁👍🏻

Chalkzone, Magic School Bus, and Take Spin needed to be on the list

Here are some cool ones that I grew up on. Double Dragons 🐉 Adventures of The Gummi Bears Muppet Babies Mummies Alive Goof Troop TaleSpin Dark Wing Duck Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers DuckTales Heathcliff Inspector Gadget Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Real Ghostbusters Captain Planet and The Planeteers Sailor Moon Tarzan Alvin and The Chipmunks Rocko's Morder Life Hey Arnold Little Bear Barbar Life With Louie Doug Regrets

One opening that stood out to me, only from watching 80's openings on RU-vid is "Defenders of the Earth." I have never seen any of the show, but was always one of my favorites from the 80's, musically speaking. Bu that could be because I personally always liked the Avengers: united they stand, cartoon opening song. And it seems like that Avengers opening takes many bits of the Defenders original opening. They sound very similar, and I bet that isn't a mistake.

Inspector Gadget, The Flinstones, Pokemon, Scooby-Doo, Where are you? and Spider-Man all deserve respect. But you forgot one, The Magic School Bus!

The best cartoon opening theme songs between 1960s and 2010s. 😊

The 80s to early 2000s put out some absolute BANGERS

Wait. Ben 10 didn’t make the list. I’m talking about the classic series.

Really?! No Mask, The Fraggles, He-Man, Ghostbusters (both versions), Mysterious Cities of Gold, Defenders of the Earth (theme written by Stan Lee!), Pole Position, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Galaxy Rangers (No guts, no glory; more 80s Rock!), and best of all: The Raccoons: "Run with us'! This list needs a part 2!!! ^^

George of the Jungle should have a honorable mention.

An underrated theme intro Men in Black the animated series that shows intro and the show itself was a huge bop and that 90s x-men theme is such a huge theme that it lives in my mind rent free

Speaking of x-men and Danny Elfman, the composer used the tune of the cartoon when professor Xavier appears in the second Doctor Strange movie

Fun fact: For the 2017 reboot of DuckTales, the singer, Felicia Barton, was asked to sing it quote, "Like you can't believe you're singing it" Listen for yourself and you'll realize that her performance is all-natural

I miss the theme song for Tom and Jerry ❤️

I didn’t realize Watch Mojo was including orchestral score theme songs. In that case Batman the animated series, Superman the animated series, Batman Beyond, Justice League the animated series, Justice League Unlimited, the first theme to The Batman, Gargoyles, both 90’s Iron Man, both 90’s Fantastic Four, 90’s Incredible Hulk, X-Men the animated series, X-Men: Evolution, Wolverine & The X-Men, the original Johnny Quest and The New Adventures of Johnny Quest, He-Man & The Masters of the Universe, the 80’s She-Ra: Princess of Power, Voltron, 98 Godzilla, The Simpsons, Rugrats, Bobby’s World, King of the Hill, Archer, Gravity Falls, Tales from the Cryptkeeper, Beetle Juice, The Powerpuff Girls, Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends, Transformers Prime, Beast Wars, Rick & Morty, Duck Tales, Chip & Dales Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck, 90’s Spider-Man the animated series, Pokémon, Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Tazmania, Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Freakazoid, Pinky & The Brain, Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Teen Titans, The Real Ghostbusters, G. I. Joe, Transformers, Alvin & The Chipmunks, The Flintstone Kids, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Mighty Max, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Honk Kong Phooey, Gummie Bears, Tale Spin, Goof Troop, The All New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 80’s/90’s, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012, Thundercats, Jayce & The Wheel Warriors, King Arthur & The Knights of Justice, Conan the Adventurer, Daria, South Park, Iron Man Armored Adventures, Spectacular Spider-Man, and Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show just to name a few. Also: Muppet Babies, Tom & Jerry Kids, Heathcliff, Inspector Gadget, What’s New Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo Where Are You, Phinieas & Ferb, 90’s ABC Sonic the Hedgehog, Captain Planet,

So many nostalgia😍😍😍😍

I've seen the Arthur, Kim Possible, SpongeBob SquarePants, Inspector Gadget, The Flintstones, the Danny Phantom, the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You, Teen Titans, and The Simpsons theme song. I enjoyed them! Only, I didn't hum to the Inspector Gadget one and I have not seen The Simpsons theme song from the 80s. This video refreshed my memory on some of the theme songs I've seen long ago.

Honorable mention; Pirates of Dark Water. This show deserved far better, and it's theme was so good. It absolutely nails that grand adventure feeling that so many shows rarely get right. The fact that it's got narration rather than song lyrics just adds to it, making it feel like a story unfolding. Every time my Canadian friend says "Loonie" when talking about money, I always start singing the Tiny Toon theme. He absolutely hates it. Kim Possible's art style always bugged me. Only having an upper lip always made me think they had thick mustaches. I know that's not the case, but it's stuck in my head. Thundercats' opening is one I love. I wish it had more episodes or a faithful and worthy modern version, but it's a cursed series in that regard. The original English Pokemon theme is so damn good. None of the English openings from later series have ever compared to this one. Scooby has had a ton of great openings, but the original is just too perfect. Shame the series is being dragged through the mud nowadays.