History Main / JeopardyThinkingMusic

* Honestly, is there one among us who hasn't been subjected to someone "singing" this just to be obnoxious?

--> '''Leonard:''' I can't decide if I want Creator/StanLee to sign my ''Journey into Mystery'' 83, first appearances of [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], or my ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' number 5, first appearance of Doctor Doom.

* Edited in, hilariously, to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScM2-mOMNuc this portion]] of the ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'' cartoon.

* One episode of ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'' featured a man watching ''Jeopardy!'' and playing the think music with a bicycle pump and then his hands.

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* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' itself capitalized on this by changing its own theme tune to an upbeat remix of "Think!" in 1984. Various other themes had been used during the Art Fleming-hosted versions of the show (the original 1964-75 theme was called "Take Ten" and was written by Merv Griffin's wife at the time, Julann). One year's college tournament was hosted at Yale University, and had Final Jeopardy for the tournament's finale accompanied by an ''a cappella'' performance of the song by Yale's ''a cappella'' ensemble, the Whiffenpoofs.

Creator/MervGriffin, the creator of ''Jeopardy!'' (and sister show ''Series/WheelOfFortune''), composed the well-known "Think" music. He [[SelfPlagiarism self-plagiarized]] it from "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOXGQSdu5jc A Time for Tony]]", which he wrote as a lullaby for his son; the original "A Time for Tony" later became a prize cue on ''Wheel'' in the 1980s.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' episode "Closing Time", Beavis and Butthead imitate the theme in a "rock" style while the health inspector checks on Burger World.

* Sports example: The tune is frequently played over the stadium loudspeakers during [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL instant replay reviews]].

* The music that plays during ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest IV'''s CopyProtection sequence is a remix of the ''Space Quest'' theme designed to sound like this tune.

->''I guessed Mao, but it's B.D. Wong.''

* Used at least once in ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'', where it was dubbed into a home video of a man at the altar taking his sweet time thinking over the "Do you take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife?" question.

* An issue of ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' in the late 1990s featured lyrics for the theme, in an article entitled "11 ways to piss off Alex Trebek":

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Older shows, or those who can't afford to license "Think!", may substitute Leroy Anderson's "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Syncopated_Clock The Syncopated Clock]]" (which, coincidentally, predates ''[=Jeopardy=]!'' by roughly twenty years). In the United Kingdom, the iconic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfa3MHLLSWI#t=0m38s theme]] from ''Series/{{Countdown}}'' will usually be substituted. In Japan, the music from ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6V5whgQF-Y Time Shock]]'' is a common choice for timing 60 seconds.

Older shows, or those who can't afford to license "Think!", may substitute Leroy Anderson's "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Syncopated_Clock The Syncopated Clock]]". In the United Kingdom, the iconic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfa3MHLLSWI#t=0m38s theme]] from ''Series/{{Countdown}}'' will usually be substituted. In Japan, the music from ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6V5whgQF-Y Time Shock]]'' is a common choice for timing 60 seconds.

"Think!" is the title of the ThinkMusic played on the game show ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' while contestants write their questions in its final round, "Final Jeopardy!", and was at one point universally recognizable. For readers who've never heard it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXGhvoekY44 here's the original (and most famous) version, used on all incarnations of the show until 1997]]. Note the TruckDriversGearChange at the halfway mark.

"Think!" is the title of the ThinkMusic played on the game show ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' while contestants write their questions in its final round, "Final Jeopardy!", and was at one point universally recognizable. For readers who've never heard it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXGhvoekY44 here's the original (and most famous) version, used on all incarnations of the show until 1997]].

* The Chinese ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' [[CaptainErsatz clone]] ''Duludubi Star'' somehow [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJxuyxqWg-w#t=4m13s managed to plagiarise it]] for usage on a '''non-thinking''' context.

* Honestly, is there one among us who hasn't been subjected to someone "singing" this just to be obnoxious?

* The shorts featuring the mascot of [[GermanTVStations German children's station Kika]], ''Bernd, the Bread'', often feature "Think!" whenever Bernd is trying get something accross to his TooDumbToLive "friends" or the producers, or whenever he is [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarking]] about them not getting something which should be obvious.

* Used at one point in [[TheFilmOfTheSeries the feature film adaptation]] of ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies''', when Elly May mentions that Beverly Hills has smog. Granny asks, "What's a smog?", and as the Clampetts ponder the matter, a truncated version of the original "Think!" cue plays, after which Jethro deduces: "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint I reckon it's a small hog.]]"

* ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' itself capitalized on this by changing its own theme tune to an upbeat remix of "Think!" in 1984. Various other themes had been used during the Art Fleming-hosted versions of the show (the original 1964-75 theme was called "Take Ten" and was written by Merv Griffin's wife at the time, Julann).
** One year's college tournament was hosted at Yale University, and had Final Jeopardy for the tournament's finale accompanied by an ''a cappella'' performance of the song by Yale's ''a cappella'' ensemble, the Whiffenpoofs.
* A teacher in Webcomic/{{Avalon}} once played this during a test.

--> '''Raj:''' *Plays ''Jeopardy!'' music*

Using the Jeopardy Thinking Music, or a MusicalPastiche of it, is common when stupid characters are stumped by a simple question. Briefly replaced by the ''WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' {{sting}}s.