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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s theme song is an interesting case, as most of the main characters have separate speaking and singing voices; as such, the trope is subverted by Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie and Rarity, but played straight with Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Fluttershy.
** A slightly weird example of this trope, as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy [[Creator/AndreaLibman share a voice actress]].
** Except where the individual main characters chime in with their solo lines, the majority of the theme song (and all of the two-minute version) is sung by Creator/RebeccaShoichet (Twilight) and Shannon Chan-Kent (backup vocals).
** A slightly weird example of this trope, as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy [[Creator/AndreaLibman share a voice actress]].
** Except where the individual main characters chime in with their solo lines, the majority of the theme song (and all of the two-minute version) is sung by Creator/RebeccaShoichet (Twilight) and Shannon Chan-Kent (backup vocals).
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* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s theme song is an interesting case, as most of the main characters have separate speaking and singing voices; as such, the trope is subverted by Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie and Rarity, but played straight with Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Fluttershy.
** A slightly weird example of this trope, as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy [[Creator/AndreaLibman share a voice actress]].
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** Except where the individual main characters chime in with their solo lines, the majority of the theme song (and all of the two-minute version) is sung by Creator/RebeccaShoichet(Twilight) (Twilight Sparkle's singing voice) and Shannon Chan-Kent (backup vocals).(Pinkie Pie's singing voice).
** A slightly weird example of this trope, as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy [[Creator/AndreaLibman share a voice actress]].
** Except where the individual main characters chime in with their solo lines, the majority of the theme song (and all of the two-minute version) is sung by Creator/RebeccaShoichet
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* The opening to ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' is performed by Creator/AshlyBurch and Creator/DanaSnyder who voices Molly and Scratch respectively. Molly sings about how Scratch is stuck with her forever and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Scratch goes on about on how it will go wrong]].
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* The opening to ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' is performed by Creator/AshlyBurch (Molly) and Creator/DanaSnyder who voices Molly and Scratch respectively.(Scratch). Molly sings about how Scratch is stuck with her forever and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Scratch goes on about on how it will go wrong]].
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***It is revealed in the 2000 music video that Bob himself actually sang the theme song.
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* "Call Me, Beep Me", the theme tune for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', is this, along with being a TitleThemeTune. The song is performed by the voice of Kim, Creator/ChristyCarlsonRomano.
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* There were two versions of the ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' song "Run With Us." The first was sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGMrAPW8z8A Stephen Lunt,]] while the second was sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2EJicGNelE Lisa Loughheed,]] the voice actress of [[TheDanza Lisa Raccoon]].
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* There were two versions of the ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' song "Run With Us." The first was sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGMrAPW8z8A Stephen Lunt,]] while the second was sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2EJicGNelE Lisa Loughheed,]] Lougheed,]] the voice actress of [[TheDanza Lisa Raccoon]].
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* The opening theme tune for the direct to video series ''WesternAnimation/LittleDogsOnThePrairie'' is mainly sung by the characters Gilroy, Hollister, and Patterson.
* The theme song for ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatNorth'' is an entirely in-house affair, co-written by the show creators and musical directors, sung by the main cast in-character.
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* The opening theme tune for the direct to video direct-to-video series ''WesternAnimation/LittleDogsOnThePrairie'' is mainly sung by the characters Gilroy, Hollister, and Patterson.
* The theme song for ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatNorth'' is an entirely in-house affair, co-written by the show creators and musical directors, and sung by the main cast in-character.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongoFuzzAndJalapena'': Jonathan Grant raps most of the intro song as Spongo, with other character occasionally chipping in.
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* The theme of ''WesternAnimation/CleopatraInSpace'' was performed by Lilimar (Cleo's voice) in character as Cleo herself.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt'' The theme, "The Future's in My Hands" is sung in character by Hailey both at the beginning and end.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madballs}}'': The theme song, a cover of "Great Balls of Fire", is sung by Creator/CreeSummer in character as Freakella.
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* The theme song for ''WesternAnimation/AbbyHatcher'' is sung by Abby Hatcher herself.
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* "Call Me, Beep Me", the theme tune for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', is performed by the voice of Kim, Creator/ChristyCarlsonRomano.
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* "Call Me, Beep Me", the theme tune for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', is this, along with being a TitleThemeTune. The song is performed by the voice of Kim, Creator/ChristyCarlsonRomano.
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* "Call Me, Beep Me", the theme tune for ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' is performed by the voice of Kim, Creator/ChristyCarlsonRomano.
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* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': The theme song is sung by Malik, Zadie, Zeke, and the rest of the cast.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey'' theme song was sung by his voice actor, Benjamin "Scatman" Crothers.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur'': Creator/DiamondWhite, who voices Lunella / Moon Girl in the series, performs the series theme song, “Moon Girl Magic”.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpongoFuzzAndJalapena'': Jonathan Grant raps most of the intro song as Spongo, with other character occasionally chipping in.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RosiesRules'': Rosie shouts the show's title twice during the opening.
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* The theme song for the second half of the six ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'' videos is sung by Ronald [=McDonald=] himself.
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* The theme tune for the direct to video series ''WesternAnimation/LittleDogsOnThePrairie'' is mainly sung by the characters Gilroy, Hollister, and Patterson.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': The ending theme for the first two seasons is performed by Star's voice actress, Eden Sher. Bonus points because it feels like an anime ending (both visuals and song-wise).
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': The ending theme for the first two seasons is performed by Star's voice actress, Eden Sher.Creator/EdenSher. Bonus points because it feels like an anime ending (both visuals and song-wise).
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* A strange example happened with ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': While Painty the Pirate (aka [[spoiler:Burger Beard]]) usually only shows up for some brief scenes (or the occasional in-show parody of theme song), the kids who co-sang the theme song played some minor roles in the earlier seasons prior to them hitting puberty.
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* A strange example happened with ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': While Painty the Pirate (aka [[spoiler:Burger Beard]]) usually only shows up for some brief scenes (or the occasional in-show parody of theme song), the kids who co-sang the theme song played some minor roles in the earlier seasons prior to them hitting puberty.
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* The theme tune for the direct to video series ''Little Dogs on the Prairie'' is mainly sung by the characters Gilroy, Hollister, and Patterson.
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* There were two versions of the ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' song "Run With Us." The first was sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGMrAPW8z8A Stephen Lunt,]] while the second was sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY6MuvRY6g0 Lisa Loughheed,]] the voice actress of [[TheDanza Lisa Raccoon]].
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* There were two versions of the ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' song "Run With Us." The first was sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGMrAPW8z8A Stephen Lunt,]] while the second was sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY6MuvRY6g0 com/watch?v=d2EJicGNelE Lisa Loughheed,]] the voice actress of [[TheDanza Lisa Raccoon]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' has a version of the opening sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pblJhXr1Qms Jim Cummings, out of character]]. This intro was mainly heard in syndicated reruns during the early 90s.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' has a version of the opening sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pblJhXr1Qms Jim Cummings, out of character]]. character.]] This intro was mainly heard in syndicated reruns during the early 90s.
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* The second version There were two versions of ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons''' theme tune, the ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'' song "Run With Us"(Stephen Lunt sang the Us." The first version), was performed sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGMrAPW8z8A Stephen Lunt,]] while the second was sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY6MuvRY6g0 Lisa Lougheed, Loughheed,]] the voice actress of [[TheDanza Lisa Raccoon]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Sixteen}}'' has the theme song sung by characters Wyatt and Jude.
* The theme song for ''WesternAnimation/AbbyHatcher'' is sung by Abby Hatcher herself.
* In the German version of ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'', the titular character (voiced by Ryan van den Akker) is heard humming the show's theme song alongside [[DescendedCreator series creator Herman Van Veen.]] While the credits for the Dutch and Germans dub has Alfred singing "Zo Vrolijk" ("Warum bin ich so fröhlich") with Van Veen singing a few lyrics.
* The theme song for ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'' was sung by the title character's voice actress, as well as many other songs featured in the show.
* Brendon Small was responsible for nearly all the music on ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'', including the theme song. He also writes the music for ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' and voices three of [[FakeBand Dethklok's]] five members, including lead singer Nathan Explosion.
* One of the {{DVD commentar|y}}ies for ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has Creator/BillyWest (in character as [[CloudCuckoolander Fry]]) state that the theme song needed lyrics and sing the word "Futurama" in time to the music over the end credits.
* The Creator/{{Disney}} series ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' has Kathleen Wilhoite, voice actor for the titular character, sing the theme song.
* The first run of American dubbed episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'' have William Dufris, original American voice actor for the titular character, sing the theme song.
** The original UK version had its theme tune sung by Neil Morrissey.
* The ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' theme song is sung by the show's cast.
* ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', to the extent that a single spoken line in the middle of the song from Queen Alina ("I long for my children but I have to wait. To act too soon could seal their fate.") is done by that character's voice actress.
* ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'''s theme was done by Ginger's voice actress, Melissa Disney, for the pilot episode, but was replaced by Miranda's voice actress Cree Summer and later R&B singer Macy Gray. In the US, the first few episodes used the Summer theme, but was soon changed to the Gray version even for reruns of the first episodes.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' has Creator/AshleighBall singing the theme song as her character, Blythe Baxter.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' has a version of the opening sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pblJhXr1Qms Jim Cummings, out of character]]. This intro was mainly heard in syndicated reruns during the early 90s.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s theme song is an interesting case, as most of the main characters have separate speaking and singing voices; as such, the trope is subverted by Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie and Rarity, but played straight with Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Fluttershy.
** A slightly weird example of this trope, as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy [[Creator/AndreaLibman share a voice actress]].
** Except where the individual main characters chime in with their solo lines, the majority of the theme song (and all of the two-minute version) is sung by Creator/RebeccaShoichet (Twilight) and Shannon Chan-Kent (backup vocals).
** The Japanese dub also falls into this, as the first and third openings, "Mirai Start" and "Yumemiru! Shinjiru! Mirai Kanaete!" are sung by Pinkie Pie's dub VA, Suzuko Mimori.
* Bella Ramsey, the voice of WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}, wrote and performed a song called "The Life of Hilda" which is a fun combination of this trope and a IAmSong which talks about Hilda's everyday life. While the song is released on Youtube on November 25th, the song was featured as a stinger at the very end of the credits of "The Beast of Cauldron Island". Bonus points for it being sung in her character's voice!
* The theme for ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is sung by the voice actors of the Griffin family.
** Also, Mike Henry, who voices Cleveland, appropriately sings ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' theme.
** Creator/SethMacFarlane, as Stan Smith, sings the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' theme song.
* The theme song from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' features lines by Stan and Kyle, Cartman, and an unintelligible one by Kenny. (the latter replaced by Timmy singing his own name in season 6)
* ''WesternAnimation/JaneAndTheDragon'' has Jane singing part of the theme song.
* The ''WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey'' theme song was sung by his voice actor, Benjamin "Scatman" Crothers.
* ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'': Creator/PaulWinchell performed the theme song in character as Dick Dastardly.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. The theme song is mostly sung by the Warners, with the last set of lines sung [[CrowdSong by the entire cast]]. In [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020 the revival]], only the Warners sing the entire song, since most of the other cast members are now gone.
* The Season 3 outro of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' is a vocaloid remix of "Anne's Theme" performed by Brenda Song, Justin Felbinger, Bill Farmer, and Amanda Leighton, which remixed lines from past episodes including the classic, "Not the baby!" from "Marcy At The Gates".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' not only has the theme performed by Rob Paulsen, but the way he sang almost sounds similar to Yakko's...
* The ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' theme song is technically another crowd song, but is mostly sung by Buster and Babs Bunny ([[RunningGag no relation]]), with Plucky joining in for a few lines.
* The theme tune for ''WesternAnimation/WatchMyChops'' uniquely combines this with ExpositoryThemeTune: Corneil (a talking dog) starts out singing the theme tune on his own, until dogsitter Bernie comes in, realizes Corneil can talk, and most of the rest of the song is a duet that sums up the premise of the show (Bernie must hide the fact that Corneil can talk from everybody else).
* The theme song for ''WesternAnimation/{{Hammerman}}'' is sung by Music/MCHammer himself.
* The theme for ''WesternAnimation/TheCatInTheHatKnowsALotAboutThat'' is written and sung by the show's music composer David Schweitzer who sings in an American accent.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
** The regular theme is sung by creator Creator/PendletonWard, who [[DescendedCreator also voices some characters]], mostly notably Lumpy Space Princess.
** Each of the three miniseries has a SpecialEditionTitle where the theme is sung by the character most in focus: Marceline in ''Stakes'', Finn in ''Islands'', and Princess Bubblegum in ''Elements''.
** The Japanese dub has the opening performed by Finn and Jake's dub [=VAs.=] Becomes funny when you remember Finn's dub voice is Creator/RomiPark, the voice of [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Edward Elric.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' uses a shorter version of "The Wind In My Hair" from the pilot episode as the show's intro, sung by Rapunzel's voice actor, Music/MandyMoore.
* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' is another one to mash-up this and ExpositoryThemeTune, as the title song is done by Sofia's voice actor, Creator/ArielWinter.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'''s theme is sung by Izabella Alvarez in character, joined by Ally Brooke as part of a duet as well as Ronnie Anne's family. You can't have a good family theme song without your familia.
* The theme for ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is sung by the main cast, in-character. Due to the [[MusicalWorldHypotheses diegetic]] nature of many songs in the series, it is even part of the show's canon, as a song that the titular character wrote as a child.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'' theme is performed by the voice actors of the bears--Daws Butler (Hair Bear), Paul Winchell (Bubi), and Bill Calloway (Square).
* The theme for ''The Scooby Doo-Dynomutt Hour'' (1976) originally had the voice actors (Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Pat Stevens, Heather North) performing the theme. When the Scooby episodes were prepped for syndication in 1980, the opening was revamped without Dynomutt and the voice actors replaced doing the theme (with new lyrics) by unidentified performers.
** When Dynomutt got his own half-hour, the theme for it was expanded from the segment intro on ''Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt'' and was performed (spoken) by the two main voice actors, Gary Owens and Frank Welker.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' frontman Corey Riffin gives us a catchy little expository tune at the beginning of each episode to explain what his band does.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'''s theme song is sung by the titular character.
* WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins' theme song was sung by the main four characters.
* The opening to ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' is performed by Creator/AshlyBurch and Creator/DanaSnyder who voices Molly and Scratch respectively. Molly sings about how Scratch is stuck with her forever and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Scratch goes on about on how it will go wrong]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': The ending theme for the first two seasons is performed by Star's voice actress, Eden Sher. Bonus points because it feels like an anime ending (both visuals and song-wise).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'''s theme is sung by its main cast in-character. Since this includes [[TheUnintelligible Shnitzel]], one of the lines ends up being "Radda radda radda, ra-ra radda radda!"[[note]]Which translates to "You share a big piece with everyone."[[/note]]
* The credits song from ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild'' is performed by [[Creator/ElizabethDaily E.G. Daily]] and ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'''s opening theme is performed by Creator/CreeSummer, both out of character.
* The opening theme of the 1997 ''Literature/PippiLongstocking'' animated series, "What Shall I Do Today?", is performed by Pippi.
* Peg and Cat almost entirely sing the TitleThemeTune of ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'', save that off-screen kids sing the parts with the numbers and also join for the final shouting of the title.
* In ''WesternAnimation/EllaTheElephant'', the theme song is sung in-character by Ella, though some of the other characters join at times.
* The theme to ''WesternAnimation/IHeartArlo'', which is simply an abridged version of "Beautiful Together" from the PilotMovie, is indeed performed by Arlo's voice actor Michael J. Woodard.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheriffCalliesWildWest'' has its theme mostly performed by its title character, Sheriff Callie. "''Hey, I'm Callie, and I'm the sheriff, got my badge here on my vest!''"
* The ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' theme was written and sung by Peter Hannan, who also served as the show's executive producer and main character designer.
* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'' is performed by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, Milo's voice actor.
* The theme song for ''WesternAnimation/BeatBugs'', "[[RealSongThemeTune All You Need Is Love]]" by Music/TheBeatles, is performed by the show's main cast.
* In 1989, Creator/JohnCandy created and starred in an animated series called ''WesternAnimation/CampCandy''. He also sang the show's opening theme song.
* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/ScaredySquirrel'' is sung by Scaredy himself, though not really singing, but rather scatting the instrumentals.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doki}}'' 's theme song is sung by him and his friends.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'''s theme song is sung by the creator, Creator/CraigBartlett, and part of it is performed by the characters.
* Though it's not the case with the actual show, stage productions of ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' often have Ryder perform the theme song, replacing the line "Ryder and his team of pups" with "Me and all my team of pups".
** The Japanese version of the theme is performed by the voice actors for the pups.
* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/ButtUglyMartians'' is sung by Creator/CharlieSchlatter, Creator/RobPaulsen, and Creator/JessHarnell, who are the respective voice actors of B-Bop A-Luna, [=2T=] Fru-T, and Do-Wah Diddy.
* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/DrZitbagsTransylvaniaPetShop'' is sung by Dr. Zitbag, his skeletal canine companion Horrifido, and his love interests the Exorsisters.
* On ''WesternAnimation/FancyNancy'', Nancy's voice actress, Mia Sinclair Jenness, performs almost all of the theme tune, "Add a Little Fancy."
* A strange example happened with ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': While Painty the Pirate (aka [[spoiler:Burger Beard]]) usually only shows up for some brief scenes (or the occasional in-show parody of theme song), the kids who co-sang the theme song played some minor roles in the earlier seasons prior to them hitting puberty.
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness''' theme song (see video example below) is sung by Mick Wingert as Po himself known to be... [[SpoilerTitle Do I even have to say it?!]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': In the Japanese dub of the final episode, the dubbing cast sings along with the dub's intro theme, "TRANSFORMERS EVO." by Music/JamProject.
* ''WesternAnimation/ElinorWondersWhy'' - the theme tune is performed by Elinor, ''except'' for the parts with the [[TitleThemeTune title of the show]], which are sung by a group of kids.
* The second version of ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons''' theme tune, "Run With Us"(Stephen Lunt sang the first version), was performed by Lisa Lougheed, the voice actress of [[TheDanza Lisa Raccoon]].
* The theme tune to ''WesternAnimation/CornAndPeg'' is mostly performed by Michela Luci and Kingsley Marshall, but it has parts sung by Corn and Peg.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'', being a musical show, has its theme tune sung entirely by its main cast (who also dance to it).
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* The theme song for ''WesternAnimation/AbbyHatcher'' is sung by Abby Hatcher herself.
* In the German version of ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'', the titular character (voiced by Ryan van den Akker) is heard humming the show's theme song alongside [[DescendedCreator series creator Herman Van Veen.]] While the credits for the Dutch and Germans dub has Alfred singing "Zo Vrolijk" ("Warum bin ich so fröhlich") with Van Veen singing a few lyrics.
* The theme song for ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'' was sung by the title character's voice actress, as well as many other songs featured in the show.
* Brendon Small was responsible for nearly all the music on ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'', including the theme song. He also writes the music for ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' and voices three of [[FakeBand Dethklok's]] five members, including lead singer Nathan Explosion.
* One of the {{DVD commentar|y}}ies for ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has Creator/BillyWest (in character as [[CloudCuckoolander Fry]]) state that the theme song needed lyrics and sing the word "Futurama" in time to the music over the end credits.
* The Creator/{{Disney}} series ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' has Kathleen Wilhoite, voice actor for the titular character, sing the theme song.
* The first run of American dubbed episodes of ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'' have William Dufris, original American voice actor for the titular character, sing the theme song.
** The original UK version had its theme tune sung by Neil Morrissey.
* The ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' theme song is sung by the show's cast.
* ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'', to the extent that a single spoken line in the middle of the song from Queen Alina ("I long for my children but I have to wait. To act too soon could seal their fate.") is done by that character's voice actress.
* ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'''s theme was done by Ginger's voice actress, Melissa Disney, for the pilot episode, but was replaced by Miranda's voice actress Cree Summer and later R&B singer Macy Gray. In the US, the first few episodes used the Summer theme, but was soon changed to the Gray version even for reruns of the first episodes.
* ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'' has Creator/AshleighBall singing the theme song as her character, Blythe Baxter.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' has a version of the opening sung by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pblJhXr1Qms Jim Cummings, out of character]]. This intro was mainly heard in syndicated reruns during the early 90s.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s theme song is an interesting case, as most of the main characters have separate speaking and singing voices; as such, the trope is subverted by Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie and Rarity, but played straight with Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Fluttershy.
** A slightly weird example of this trope, as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy [[Creator/AndreaLibman share a voice actress]].
** Except where the individual main characters chime in with their solo lines, the majority of the theme song (and all of the two-minute version) is sung by Creator/RebeccaShoichet (Twilight) and Shannon Chan-Kent (backup vocals).
** The Japanese dub also falls into this, as the first and third openings, "Mirai Start" and "Yumemiru! Shinjiru! Mirai Kanaete!" are sung by Pinkie Pie's dub VA, Suzuko Mimori.
* Bella Ramsey, the voice of WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}, wrote and performed a song called "The Life of Hilda" which is a fun combination of this trope and a IAmSong which talks about Hilda's everyday life. While the song is released on Youtube on November 25th, the song was featured as a stinger at the very end of the credits of "The Beast of Cauldron Island". Bonus points for it being sung in her character's voice!
* The theme for ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is sung by the voice actors of the Griffin family.
** Also, Mike Henry, who voices Cleveland, appropriately sings ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'' theme.
** Creator/SethMacFarlane, as Stan Smith, sings the ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' theme song.
* The theme song from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' features lines by Stan and Kyle, Cartman, and an unintelligible one by Kenny. (the latter replaced by Timmy singing his own name in season 6)
* ''WesternAnimation/JaneAndTheDragon'' has Jane singing part of the theme song.
* The ''WesternAnimation/HongKongPhooey'' theme song was sung by his voice actor, Benjamin "Scatman" Crothers.
* ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines'': Creator/PaulWinchell performed the theme song in character as Dick Dastardly.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. The theme song is mostly sung by the Warners, with the last set of lines sung [[CrowdSong by the entire cast]]. In [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020 the revival]], only the Warners sing the entire song, since most of the other cast members are now gone.
* The Season 3 outro of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' is a vocaloid remix of "Anne's Theme" performed by Brenda Song, Justin Felbinger, Bill Farmer, and Amanda Leighton, which remixed lines from past episodes including the classic, "Not the baby!" from "Marcy At The Gates".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' not only has the theme performed by Rob Paulsen, but the way he sang almost sounds similar to Yakko's...
* The ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' theme song is technically another crowd song, but is mostly sung by Buster and Babs Bunny ([[RunningGag no relation]]), with Plucky joining in for a few lines.
* The theme tune for ''WesternAnimation/WatchMyChops'' uniquely combines this with ExpositoryThemeTune: Corneil (a talking dog) starts out singing the theme tune on his own, until dogsitter Bernie comes in, realizes Corneil can talk, and most of the rest of the song is a duet that sums up the premise of the show (Bernie must hide the fact that Corneil can talk from everybody else).
* The theme song for ''WesternAnimation/{{Hammerman}}'' is sung by Music/MCHammer himself.
* The theme for ''WesternAnimation/TheCatInTheHatKnowsALotAboutThat'' is written and sung by the show's music composer David Schweitzer who sings in an American accent.
* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
** The regular theme is sung by creator Creator/PendletonWard, who [[DescendedCreator also voices some characters]], mostly notably Lumpy Space Princess.
** Each of the three miniseries has a SpecialEditionTitle where the theme is sung by the character most in focus: Marceline in ''Stakes'', Finn in ''Islands'', and Princess Bubblegum in ''Elements''.
** The Japanese dub has the opening performed by Finn and Jake's dub [=VAs.=] Becomes funny when you remember Finn's dub voice is Creator/RomiPark, the voice of [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Edward Elric.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' uses a shorter version of "The Wind In My Hair" from the pilot episode as the show's intro, sung by Rapunzel's voice actor, Music/MandyMoore.
* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' is another one to mash-up this and ExpositoryThemeTune, as the title song is done by Sofia's voice actor, Creator/ArielWinter.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes'''s theme is sung by Izabella Alvarez in character, joined by Ally Brooke as part of a duet as well as Ronnie Anne's family. You can't have a good family theme song without your familia.
* The theme for ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is sung by the main cast, in-character. Due to the [[MusicalWorldHypotheses diegetic]] nature of many songs in the series, it is even part of the show's canon, as a song that the titular character wrote as a child.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheHairBearBunch'' theme is performed by the voice actors of the bears--Daws Butler (Hair Bear), Paul Winchell (Bubi), and Bill Calloway (Square).
* The theme for ''The Scooby Doo-Dynomutt Hour'' (1976) originally had the voice actors (Frank Welker, Casey Kasem, Pat Stevens, Heather North) performing the theme. When the Scooby episodes were prepped for syndication in 1980, the opening was revamped without Dynomutt and the voice actors replaced doing the theme (with new lyrics) by unidentified performers.
** When Dynomutt got his own half-hour, the theme for it was expanded from the segment intro on ''Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt'' and was performed (spoken) by the two main voice actors, Gary Owens and Frank Welker.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' frontman Corey Riffin gives us a catchy little expository tune at the beginning of each episode to explain what his band does.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}'''s theme song is sung by the titular character.
* WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins' theme song was sung by the main four characters.
* The opening to ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' is performed by Creator/AshlyBurch and Creator/DanaSnyder who voices Molly and Scratch respectively. Molly sings about how Scratch is stuck with her forever and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Scratch goes on about on how it will go wrong]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': The ending theme for the first two seasons is performed by Star's voice actress, Eden Sher. Bonus points because it feels like an anime ending (both visuals and song-wise).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'''s theme is sung by its main cast in-character. Since this includes [[TheUnintelligible Shnitzel]], one of the lines ends up being "Radda radda radda, ra-ra radda radda!"[[note]]Which translates to "You share a big piece with everyone."[[/note]]
* The credits song from ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild'' is performed by [[Creator/ElizabethDaily E.G. Daily]] and ''WesternAnimation/AllGrownUp'''s opening theme is performed by Creator/CreeSummer, both out of character.
* The opening theme of the 1997 ''Literature/PippiLongstocking'' animated series, "What Shall I Do Today?", is performed by Pippi.
* Peg and Cat almost entirely sing the TitleThemeTune of ''WesternAnimation/PegPlusCat'', save that off-screen kids sing the parts with the numbers and also join for the final shouting of the title.
* In ''WesternAnimation/EllaTheElephant'', the theme song is sung in-character by Ella, though some of the other characters join at times.
* The theme to ''WesternAnimation/IHeartArlo'', which is simply an abridged version of "Beautiful Together" from the PilotMovie, is indeed performed by Arlo's voice actor Michael J. Woodard.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheriffCalliesWildWest'' has its theme mostly performed by its title character, Sheriff Callie. "''Hey, I'm Callie, and I'm the sheriff, got my badge here on my vest!''"
* The ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' theme was written and sung by Peter Hannan, who also served as the show's executive producer and main character designer.
* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'' is performed by Music/WeirdAlYankovic, Milo's voice actor.
* The theme song for ''WesternAnimation/BeatBugs'', "[[RealSongThemeTune All You Need Is Love]]" by Music/TheBeatles, is performed by the show's main cast.
* In 1989, Creator/JohnCandy created and starred in an animated series called ''WesternAnimation/CampCandy''. He also sang the show's opening theme song.
* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/ScaredySquirrel'' is sung by Scaredy himself, though not really singing, but rather scatting the instrumentals.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Doki}}'' 's theme song is sung by him and his friends.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'''s theme song is sung by the creator, Creator/CraigBartlett, and part of it is performed by the characters.
* Though it's not the case with the actual show, stage productions of ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' often have Ryder perform the theme song, replacing the line "Ryder and his team of pups" with "Me and all my team of pups".
** The Japanese version of the theme is performed by the voice actors for the pups.
* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/ButtUglyMartians'' is sung by Creator/CharlieSchlatter, Creator/RobPaulsen, and Creator/JessHarnell, who are the respective voice actors of B-Bop A-Luna, [=2T=] Fru-T, and Do-Wah Diddy.
* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/DrZitbagsTransylvaniaPetShop'' is sung by Dr. Zitbag, his skeletal canine companion Horrifido, and his love interests the Exorsisters.
* On ''WesternAnimation/FancyNancy'', Nancy's voice actress, Mia Sinclair Jenness, performs almost all of the theme tune, "Add a Little Fancy."
* A strange example happened with ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': While Painty the Pirate (aka [[spoiler:Burger Beard]]) usually only shows up for some brief scenes (or the occasional in-show parody of theme song), the kids who co-sang the theme song played some minor roles in the earlier seasons prior to them hitting puberty.
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPandaLegendsOfAwesomeness''' theme song (see video example below) is sung by Mick Wingert as Po himself known to be... [[SpoilerTitle Do I even have to say it?!]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': In the Japanese dub of the final episode, the dubbing cast sings along with the dub's intro theme, "TRANSFORMERS EVO." by Music/JamProject.
* ''WesternAnimation/ElinorWondersWhy'' - the theme tune is performed by Elinor, ''except'' for the parts with the [[TitleThemeTune title of the show]], which are sung by a group of kids.
* The second version of ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons''' theme tune, "Run With Us"(Stephen Lunt sang the first version), was performed by Lisa Lougheed, the voice actress of [[TheDanza Lisa Raccoon]].
* The theme tune to ''WesternAnimation/CornAndPeg'' is mostly performed by Michela Luci and Kingsley Marshall, but it has parts sung by Corn and Peg.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'', being a musical show, has its theme tune sung entirely by its main cast (who also dance to it).
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