History Main / SurrealThemeTune

* The ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' CD ''Music/StrongBadSingsAndOtherTypeHits'' has a FakeBand version of this in the form of the "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song", ''Sweet Cuppin' Cakes'' itself being Strong Bad's made-up-on-the-spot example of a "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE72CrazyCartoon crazy cartoon]]". It's also a ThematicThemeTune, convincing the audience to try it out while admitting that not even the characters know what's going on.
--> ''Have you ever seen this show?\\

* The ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' CD ''Music/StrongBadSingsAndOtherTypeHits'' has a FakeBand version of this in the form of the "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song", ''Sweet Cuppin' Cakes'' itself being Strong Bad's made up on the spot example of a "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE72CrazyCartoon crazy cartoon]]". It's also a ThematicThemeTune, convincing the audience to try it out while admitting that not even the characters know what's going on.

* The ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' CD ''Music/StrongBadSingsAndOtherTypeHits'' has a FakeBand version of this in the form of the "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song", ''Sweet Cuppin' Cakes'' itself being Strong Bad's made up on the spot example of a "crazy cartoon". It's also a ThematicThemeTune, convincing the audience to try it out while admitting that not even the characters know what's going on.

* The ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' CD ''Music/StrongBadSingsAndOtherTypeHits'' has a FakeBand version of this in the form of the "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song", Sweet Cuppin' Cakes itself being Strong Bad's made up on the spot example of a "crazy cartoon".

** The opening of Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica isn't really surreal, just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnQpwnmecFY absolutely misleading]].

* The closing theme to ''Anime/WelcomeToTheNHK'' starts off on a somewhat classical note which fits the depression theme that is a long runner in this show, and BAM! in a cut and less than a few seconds, is a dancing alien singing about how he wants to pretend to be a baby human (Or "kidult", as some people have translated it), while screaming incoherent things like "Nyaaaaaah". A fine closing to a series where most of the main characters are a little less than sane. (Note: This is actually related to the show--given that the show is about hikikkomori-ism and otaku-ism).No really,this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikFGCQJbHoM song]] will have you question the rationality of society!

* While not exactly theme tunes, ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M87JgXdBAJc English dub]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6-NFhsFkM trailer songs]] are definitely [[MindScrew hard to comprehend]]. Lalalalalala~

* ''Manga/DeathNote'''s second opening theme [[https://youtu.be/Cnc319FOsNE really has to be seen to be believed.]] What the hell is even going on?! Seriously, what the hell is going on and going through people's ears ? Apparently, it's a lot less hurtful to watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YhO0Bj-DJg this]] than try interpreting the lyrics on your own.You'll most probably get them wrong at first anyway!

* The theme tune to ''{{Series/Dollhouse}}'' is... weird. I don't believe we human beings have a genre for it yet.

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* ''Podcast/FatFrenchAndFabulous'' has a rocking dubstep opener with various absurd quotes from CanadianMedia and UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics mixed in: a quote from the French-language television show ''Téléfrançais'', former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, and former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.
--> "I do not smoke crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine."

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* The ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' CD ''Music/StrongBadSingsAndOtherTypeHits'' has a FakeBand version of this in the form of the "Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Theme Song", Sweet Cuppin' Cakes itself being Strong Bad's made up on the spot example of a "crazy cartoon".

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* ''Anime/DaiMahouTouge'': as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VMsw0PisEE here]].

* The opening song to ''Anime/LuckyStar'', "Motteke Serafuku" is a bizarre piece that combines predominately Japanese GratuitousEnglish-style lyrics with opening and closing verses discussing the Sailor Suit girl's uniform. There are varying translations of it, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCyu9PJwiXw this is actually one of the translations that renders it more normally and sensically, to give you an idea of what it's like.]]

* ''Manga/DeathNote'''s second opening theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bvk3V_yPh4 really has to be seen to be believed.]] What the hell is even going on?! Seriously, what the hell is going on and going through people's ears ? Apparently, it's a lot less hurtful to watch [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YhO0Bj-DJg this]] than try interpreting the lyrics on your own.You'll most probably get them wrong at first anyway!

* Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger has an incredibly weird theme song that switches between English and Japanese with little warning. [[TropesAreNotGood Not only was it cited as one of the reason’s for the show’s failure]], [[CreatorKiller but the artist hasn’t done much else for the franchise since then]].

* The opening theme to ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' is "Soramimi Cake", which in Japanese is a play on the Japanese word for {{mondegreen}}s, ''soramimi kaishi''. The lyrics include GratuitousEnglish.

* While not exactly theme tunes, ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M87JgXdBAJc English dub]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq6-NFhsFkM trailer songs]] are definitely [[MindScrew hard to comprehend]]. [[EarWorm Lalalalalala~]]

* ''Film/TheLifeOfBrian'' spoofed the Bond Films even getting Shirley Bassy to sing the song.

* ''WesternAnimation/TakAndThePowerOfJuju'' had theme where a bunch of guys sing "Tak and The Power of Juju" over and over again.

* The imagery accompanying the opening theme for ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' is this, while the lyrics are fairly relevant (a song about a prison riot in the pilot, a song about an ex-con yearning to go back to jail in all subsequent episodes) the environments through which Jailbot carries Jackknife before reaching Superjail are all bizarre.

* ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' shows random clips from the show and have a chorus repeat "Rudy's Got The Chalk" over and over again.

* Those complaints about the opening to ''WesternAnimation/TheNutshack'' sums up that they repeat the same phase over and over again. Despite that, there is a little rap verse in the middle of it, though [[IndecipherableLyrics there's a reason people forget about this part]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FatDogMendoza'' has a theme song whose lyrics consist of literally nothing but "Fat Dog... Mendoza!" on repeat. The intro also shows clips of a ton of random things happening. For example, at the beginning of the intro, it depicts a giant Fat Dog in space biting into planet Earth, which gushes out water containing Fat Dog's house, which then falls into place in Neighborhood X.

* ''Anime/YuGiOh''. Dear god, Yu-Gi-Oh. One of the few animes where you're more likely to get a seizure from the ''dub''.

* The ''Manga/TensaiBakabon'' ThemeTune "Kore de ii no da" has verses consisting of random Japanese jokes and puns.

* ''Film/JamesBond''

* ''The Life of Brian'' spoofed the Bond Films even getting Shirley Bassy to sing the song.

* ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfQuest'' fetures the characters in multicolors backgrounds and just go though a mild beat.

* ''Manga/MiraiNikki'': the song used for the first dozen episodes has OminousLatinChanting, GratuitousEnglish and GratuitousGerman. The second is entirely {{Engrish}} that may seem nonsensical , but actually every line makes a reference to something in the show itself. Similarly, the visuals to both openings contain a lot of symbolism that only makes sense once you know the full story. All in all, it wouldn't look out of place next to an opening from Creator/StudioShaft.

''Podcast/FatFrenchAndFabulous'' has a rocking dubstep opener with various absurd quotes from CanadianMedia and UsefulNotes/CanadianPolitics mixed in: a quote from the French-language television show ''Téléfrançais'', former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, and former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.

''Podcast/FatFrenchAndFabulous'' has a rocking dubstep opener with various absurd quotes from CanadianMedia and CanadianPolitics mixed in: a quote from the French-language television show ''Téléfrançais'', former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, and former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.

''Podcast/FatFrenchAndFabulous'' has a rocking dubstep opener with various absurd quotes from CanadianMedia and CanadianPolitics mixed in: a quote from the French-language television show ''Téléfrançais'', former Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, and former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.

** Maybe not, as [[FridgeBrilliance it could be also be]] a way of GettingCrapPastTheRadar. The song is a different arrangement of ColePorter's song "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)", and if you listen to the whole song (particularly an older version of it) actually seems to be more about [[IntercourseWithYou "Doing it"]] than it is about love.

** Its [[OsuTatakaeOuendan Japanese counterpart]] isn't immune either. Help a ronin pass high school exams using ''Loop and Loop''! Meteor heading towards earth? Let's get started, ''Ready Steady Go!'' But the most baffling example is probably when an anthropomorphic text message has to deliver its note during Christmas... ''to a song about soccer''.

* Those complaints about the opening to ''WesternAnimation/TheNutshack'' sums up that they repeat the same phase over and over again. Despite that, there is a little rap verse in the middle of it, though [[TheUnintelligible there's a reason people forget about this part]].

* The EndingTheme of ''TransformersVictory'' muses about a young Star Saber getting up to childish fun and enjoying sweets, then exhorting the baddies to 'buzz off'.