History SuspiciouslySimilarSong / WesternAnimation

* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/PoundPuppies2010'' is incredibly similar to the theme song for ''WesternAnimation/Recess''. An interesting case where both shows have the same creators!
* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/Sixteen'' sounds similar to the theme for the English dub of ''Franchise/Beyblade''. Like the Seven Little Monsters/Ned's Newt example, both of these were produced by Nelvana.

* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/Detention'' sounds incredibly similar to "Trouble" by Shampoo.
* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/Disenchantment'' sounds like a slowed down version of "Hotel Room Service" by Pitbull.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode "One False Movie", in which Mac's (the main character) imaginary friend Bloo directs a movie, the movie contains a song which is an obvious pastiche of "All-Star" by ''Music/SmashMouth''. (Although it does makes sense in context, the song also mentions ogres, possibly making it partially a reference to ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1''.)

* The ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' episode One False Movie, in which Mac's (the main character) imaginary friend Bloo directs a movie, the movie contains a song which is an obvious pastiche of "All-Star" by ''Music/SmashMouth''. (Although it does makes sense in context, the song also mentions ogres, possibly making it partially a reference to ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}''.)

''[[SuspiciouslySimilarSong.MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]'' has its own page.

* The theme song to ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeShrinks'' shares similarities with "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard.

** ''WesternAnimation/BarbieSpySquad'': The end credits song, "Strength In Numbers", sounds very similar to "Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DocMcStuffins'' theme song bears a resemblance to Michael Bublè's "Haven't Met You Yet".

* Largely averted by ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', where the creators typically manage to secure song clearances. In one such notable exception, a soundalike of "Subdivisions" by Music/{{Rush}} plays while Mordecai, Rigby and Skips are on a car trip; additionally the guitar riff that plays when Mordecai & Rigby are heading into the karaoke place is very close to "Working Man".

** In "Timmy 2000", the Lords of the Underworld song uses a riff very similar to that of {{Music/Rush}}'s "The Spirit of Radio".

* Very fittingly, the theme song of ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' sounds very similar to "Friend Like Me" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'', especially the first few bars.
** Then of course, "Fairy Idol" featured a song by Norm the Genie, also sounds similar, right down to the motif and jazzy style.

->''"Oh, brother, I hated the ''real'' version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_0-FwA1f60 this song]]."''

** The apotheosis: Peter singing about his Diplomatic Immunity with "Can't Touch Me!", which includes the line "so Hammer you can't sue!" while talking to an animated Music/MCHammer.
*** "Can't Touch Me" used a Suspiciously Similar Version of the music. However, the show has more recently been able to get the rights to almost any music they want; one aversion occurred when they couldn't get the rights to the 1967 ''Spider-Man'' cartoon theme, so they had Peter sing the ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' TV show theme (owned by Fox), replacing "Batman" with "Spider-Man". It was actually much funnier that way.

** In the episode "Love Blactually", Brian dresses up as Snoopy for a costume party. When Peter demands that he "do the dance", Brian complies, accompanied by a Suspiciously Similar Version of Music/VinceGuaraldi's "Linus and Lucy", the famous ''Peanuts'' BootstrappedTheme.

* An early sketch in ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' features Anime/{{Voltron}} in a dance-off against a Robeast to "Work It Out On The Floor", an obvious parody of DMX's "Get It On The Floor". On the DVD version and all future airing, the song is replaced with a horribly generic, lawyer-friendly take on the song.
** During their "Greatest American Hero" parody, the theme song is "Believe it or don't I'm flying around."
** Used ''in-series'' when a sketch about the Libertarian Party have them needing to use the suspiciously similar version of various songs because they can't afford the real ones. Such as "Airborn mini-dirt" (Dust in the Wind) and "We are the Victors" (We are the Champions). They ''still'' got sued for "Friend choo-choo" (Love Train).
** A sketch about the Kraken from ''Film/{{Clash of the Titans|2010}}'' featured a suspiciously similar version of ''[[{{Theatre/Cats}} "Memory"]]''.
*** A large amount of the music used for ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' are suspiciously similar versions of many popular tunes from movies, television shows, and even video games. This makes sense as parodies are a big part of Robot Chicken.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies" theme song bears a strong resemblance to Theatre/{{Grease}}'s "We Go Together"

** The main theme and Brad Breeck's ''Made Me Realize'', to such an extent people often [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK2XHepSadI stick them together]]. However, Brad Breeck made ''Made Me Realize'' for MTV, and says they have nothing to do with eachother.
** The song "Taking Over Midnight" from "Scary-Oke!" has a structure that resembles Music/BonJovi’s "Livin’ On A Prayer". Although the lyrics and melody are pure bubblegum pop.
** The show gets a lot of mileage out of using intentionally obvious sound-alikes for jokes, including "Disco Girl" (for Music/{{ABBA}}'s "Dancing Queen") and "Don't Start Unbelieving" (for Music/{{Journey|Band}}'s "Don't Stop Believing."

** The main theme played during the openings resembles John Barry's "007 Theme" used in early James Bond films.

* In the animated adaptation of ComicBook/BoogieElAceitoso there are two songs very similar to these:

* WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}} Examples:
** WesternAnimation/BarbieInRockNRoyals: "Find Yourself In A Song" sounds very similar to "Girl Next Door" by Saving Jane, while "Brand New Sound" bears an uncanny resemblance to "Happy" by Pharrell Williams.
** WesternAnimation/BarbieSpySquad: The end credits song, Strength In Numbers, sounds very similar to "Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande,and Nicki Minaj.
** WesternAnimation/BarbieStarLightAdventure: "Firefly" sounds very similar to "When Can I See You Again" by Owl City.
* ''WesternAnimation/FudencioESeusAmigos'' usually averted this trope in the early seasons, using licensed songs occasionally. When the DVD for Season 1 was made, all those songs were replaced; the third episode featured a TrainingMontage set to "She's A Maniac", which, in the DVD, was changed to a soundalike with Portuguese lyrics. The episode "Tutti-Fruta" was just [[MissingEpisode excluded from the DVD altogether]], because it prominently featured two real-life songs which were impossible to replace.

* The opening theme to ''WesternAnimation/TeamUmizoomi'' bears a slight resemblance to Music/GoodCharlotte's "The Anthem"
* The opening theme for ''WesternAnimation/EloiseTheAnimatedSeries'' bears a strong resemblance to "Hit The Road Jack" by Music/RayCharles.

** "Lisa's Pony" has a dream sequence where Homer dozes off while driving - as originally aired, the score was basically an instrumental cover of Music/TheBeatles' "Golden Slumbers" with the vocal melody played on acoustic guitar; a clip show version re-scored the action to an entirely different composition, and reruns of the episode used the same piece as the original airing, but removed the recognizable guitar melody.

* The ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies" theme song bears a strong resemblance to Theatre/[[Grease]]'s "We Go Together"

** In "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS2E8NoSuchLuckFrogWild No Such Luck"]], the music that plays during the baseball game takes cues of “Now That We’re Men” from ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''.

** In “ [[Recap/TheLoudHouseS2E8NoSuchLuckFrogWild No Such Luck”]], the music that plays during the baseball game takes cues of “Now That We’re Men” from ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''.