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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'': Kerchak, Tarzan's adoptive gorilla father, is often accompanied by a distinctive slow theme that displays his intimidating nature mixed with a hint of somberness.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'': Kerchak, Tarzan's adoptive ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'':
** Tarzan himself has a short triumphant theme that plays after he kills Sabor and once he replaces Kerchak as the head of his
gorilla father, family.
** Kerchak
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tarzan}}'': Kerchak, Tarzan's adoptive gorilla father, is often accompanied by a distinctive slow theme that displays his intimidating nature mixed with a hint of somberness.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' takes an interesting approach, using at least three recognizable "melody" leitmotifs as well as assigning particular instruments to particular characters. The Vikings are represented by thundering warpipes, the dragons by noisy brass instruments, a violin comes into play when Astrid is on the scene, and our stalwart hero, Hiccup, is represented by...[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments a piping tinwhistle and/or flute]]. These instruments weave in and out of major themes such as:

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* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' ''WesternAnimation/{{How to Train Your Dragon|2010}}'' takes an interesting approach, using at least three recognizable "melody" leitmotifs as well as assigning particular instruments to particular characters. The Vikings are represented by thundering warpipes, the dragons by noisy brass instruments, a violin comes into play when Astrid is on the scene, and our stalwart hero, Hiccup, is represented by...[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments a piping tinwhistle and/or flute]]. These instruments weave in and out of major themes such as:



** In WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2, [[BigBad Drago Bludvist]] has one, a suitably menacing theme that makes up most of the track "Meet Drago".

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** In WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2, ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2'', [[BigBad Drago Bludvist]] has one, a suitably menacing theme that makes up most of the track "Meet Drago".

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' is also based heavily on themes. Aladdin himself is represented by "One Jump Ahead," Jafar has a set of dark, descending notes, the Sultan has his own {{Fanfare}}, Jasmine has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rg2rp8e6ro&feature=related haunting little tune]], and there is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJgo_fk0Lgw lovely]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3chWBldnKKA theme]] representing freedom. Jasmine's theme and the freedom theme were later combined to create a new song called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5_NLFNiq9A To Be Free]]."

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' is also based heavily on themes. Aladdin himself is represented by "One Jump Ahead," Jafar has a set of dark, descending notes, the Sultan has his own {{Fanfare}}, Jasmine has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rg2rp8e6ro&feature=related haunting little tune]], and there is a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJgo_fk0Lgw lovely]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3chWBldnKKA theme]] representing freedom. Jasmine's theme and the freedom theme were later combined to create a new song called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5_NLFNiq9A To Be Free]]."



* Another Pixar example: in WesternAnimation/MonstersInc., [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flLBeTPFfIg Boo has her own leitmotif]]. [[TheRival Randall]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCrUlOhr2EU also has one whenever he appears]], which sounds [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent sneaky and sinister.]]
** There's also a sentimental theme that plays during emotional moments between Sully and Boo.
** There's also a theme that's typically played during intense moments like chase scenes. It's also heard briefly in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' when the Oozma Kappa brothers run from MI security.

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* Another Pixar example: in WesternAnimation/MonstersInc., ''Franchise/MonstersInc'':
** In the [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1 first film]],
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flLBeTPFfIg Boo has her own leitmotif]]. [[TheRival Randall]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCrUlOhr2EU also has one whenever he appears]], which sounds [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent sneaky and sinister.]]
sinister]].
** There's also a sentimental theme that plays during emotional moments between Sully and Boo.
** There's also a theme that's typically played during intense moments like chase scenes. It's also heard briefly in ''WesternAnimation/MonstersUniversity'' when the Oozma Kappa brothers run from MI security.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' has an repeating three-note theme for "Man" which gets louder and ominous to symbolize that he's getting closer. It has garnered comparisons to the theme from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' has an repeating three-note theme for "Man" which gets louder and more ominous to symbolize that he's getting closer. It has garnered comparisons to the theme from ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.

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* Robin's leitmotif in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' is an instrumental of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-9DYYmJMIg I Found You]]".

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** Bad Cop is often accompanied by a repeating and intense electronic sting.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'':
** The Bat-Family has a slow, reflective theme that often comes up when Batman is thinking about his family.
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Robin's leitmotif in ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie'' is an instrumental of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-9DYYmJMIg I Found You]]".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'':
** Wyldstyle has a slow theme most prominently featured in the track "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyVrPARmCwc Emmet Falls In Love]]".
** Vitruvius shares a leitmotif with the Prophecy that's sometimes sung by a choir.
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** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C8J-jhMtRA Yoda's Theme]]", first heard in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', underscores the serenity and wisdom of Yoda's 900-year life.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheWindInTheWillows1983'', Mole has a ragtime piano leitmotif that is carried over to the series, Ratty has the clarinet motif "On The River", and Toad has "Toad The Motorist", which is reprised WithLyrics as "A Hero's Song".

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* Both ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' movies have a few subtle ones, but they're there. At least Po, Tai Lung and Lord Shen have themes that usually accompany their appearances. Po's is called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtPqjywOp2E Panda Po]]" (Remixed as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3kIFhrHkak Dumpling Warrior]]" and its remix in the sequel's OST), Lord Shen has "Ancient China/Lord Shen" and Tai Lung's, while not named in the OST, first appears as the music Shifu plays on his flute/staff, and is featured prominently in their battle as well as, naturally, his escape from Chorh-Gom. The movie's main theme also appears to be Oogway's, since it plays during his [[spoiler:[[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascent to a Higher Plane of Existence]]]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6eRWvT8RZI scene]].

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* Both ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' movies ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'':
** The [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1 first movie]] and [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 the sequel]]
have a few subtle ones, but they're there. At least Po, Tai Lung and Lord Shen have themes that usually accompany their appearances. Po's is called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtPqjywOp2E Panda Po]]" (Remixed as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3kIFhrHkak Dumpling Warrior]]" and its remix in the sequel's OST), Lord Shen has "Ancient China/Lord Shen" and Tai Lung's, while not named in the OST, first appears as the music Shifu plays on his flute/staff, and is featured prominently in their battle as well as, naturally, his escape from Chorh-Gom. The movie's main theme also appears to be Oogway's, since it plays during his [[spoiler:[[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascent to a Higher Plane of Existence]]]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6eRWvT8RZI scene]].
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* Both WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda movies have a few subtle ones, but they're there. At least Po, Tai Lung and Lord Shen have themes that usually accompany their appearances. Po's is called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtPqjywOp2E Panda Po]]" (Remixed as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3kIFhrHkak Dumpling Warrior]]" and its remix in the sequel's OST), Lord Shen has "Ancient China/Lord Shen" and Tai Lung's, while not named in the OST, first appears as the music Shifu plays on his flute/staff, and is featured prominently in their battle as well as, naturally, his escape from Chorh-Gom. The movie's main theme also appears to be Oogway's, since it plays during his [[spoiler:[[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascent to a Higher Plane of Existence]]]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6eRWvT8RZI scene]].

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* Both WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' movies have a few subtle ones, but they're there. At least Po, Tai Lung and Lord Shen have themes that usually accompany their appearances. Po's is called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtPqjywOp2E Panda Po]]" (Remixed as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3kIFhrHkak Dumpling Warrior]]" and its remix in the sequel's OST), Lord Shen has "Ancient China/Lord Shen" and Tai Lung's, while not named in the OST, first appears as the music Shifu plays on his flute/staff, and is featured prominently in their battle as well as, naturally, his escape from Chorh-Gom. The movie's main theme also appears to be Oogway's, since it plays during his [[spoiler:[[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence Ascent to a Higher Plane of Existence]]]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6eRWvT8RZI scene]].
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** Amusingly, the Nolan movies' Batman leitmotif sounds an awful lot like a minor key version of the Adam West series' "NUH-nuh NUH-nuh NUH-nuh NUH-nuh BAT-MAN!". This might be a bit of an in-joke by Hans Zimmer, given that the three films occasionally paid some InternalHomage to elements of previous live-action Batman adaptations.

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** Amusingly, the Nolan movies' Batman leitmotif sounds an awful lot like a minor key [[{{Tonality}} key]] version of the Adam West series' "NUH-nuh NUH-nuh NUH-nuh NUH-nuh BAT-MAN!". This might be a bit of an in-joke by Hans Zimmer, given that the three films occasionally paid some InternalHomage to elements of previous live-action Batman adaptations.

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