History SuspiciouslySimilarSong / WesternAnimation

*** And "The President Wore Pearls," an WholePlotReference of ''Music/{{Evita}}''. Also {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in the closing subtitles, which insist the producers (as advised by their lawyers) "have never heard of a musical based on the life of Eva Peron."

** The theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtSOLU8-9s4 Astronaut's March]] has several clear parallels to the Music/ElmerBernstein theme for ''Film/TheGreatEscape''.

** The opening of "Percy Takes the Plunge" and Elmer Bernstein's theme to ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''.

** The theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtSOLU8-9s4 Astronaut's March]] has several clear parallels to the Creator/ElmerBernstein theme for Film/TheGreatEscape.

* The main theme of ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYAJopwEYv8 Flight of the Bumblebee]] mixed with the original Sonic game's title song.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' used to do this in its early seasons -- ''e.g.'' "Give it Up" from the toad-licking one, which was a pastiche of "You're the One That I Want" from ''Grease''. Lately, however, they've been going with straight lyrical parodies.
** 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.
*** The original MC Hammer song also uses the same bass line as "Superfreak".

** An in-universe version in the show itself: the Itchy and Scratchy ending theme (as heard in "The Front") sounds similar to the theme to the Main/LighterAndSofter version of the show in "Marge vs. Itchy and Scratchy".

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "Chuckie's Complaint" when Chuckie gives the guy in the Reptar costume flowers, the background music sounds incredibly similar to "It's A Beautiful Day In This Neighborhood" from ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood''.

** ''Doug'' also used suspiciously similar versions of the Raiders March from ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', for Race Canyon, ''Film/{{Superman}}'''s ThemeTune for Quailman, the ''Film/JamesBond'' theme for Smash Adams, the Mission Impossible theme (in ''Doug's Secret Song'' when Porkchop is sneaking into Bebe's house) and a knockoff of "[[Music/MCHammer U Can't Touch This]]" in "Doug Can't Dance" (starts after Mr. Dink stubs his toe), among others.

* The first few notes of the theme song to ''WesternAnimation/ProducingParker'' sound similar to "The Office" from ''Film/}}Brazil}}'' Especially noticable when the instrumental version of the song plays over the show's end credits.

** In "Lulu On The Loose" when Sparky gets choked up after hearing Beatrixo's backstory, the background music sounds incredibly similar to the first few notes of "Good Day" by Paul Westerberg from ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason''.

** There is a recurring theme that often plays when a character is sneaking around, that sounds like the ''WesternAnimation/PinkPanther'' theme. It reuses the first same ten notes.

** Occasionally, a piece of background music (usually used when Betty is about to do something heroic) is used that sounds similar to John Wiliams' Superman theme.

** The original theme song used for the first 2 seasons shares similarities with "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne.

* The theme song to the third season of ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'', Atomic Betty: Mission Earth, sounds incredibly similar to the theme song for ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'', which is, coincidentally, another Teletoon show about Main/ActionGirls.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "Chuckie's Complaint" when Chuckie gives the guy in the Reptar costume flowers, the background music sounds incredibly similar to "It's A Beautiful Day In This Neighborhood" from ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood''.

* "When You're Coming Down That Slide" from ''WesternAnimation/DangerRangers'' sounds similar to "Variety Speak" from ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs''. Randy Rogel was a songwriter on both shows.

** In "Cubix Dudes" the song that plays during the Cubix Dudes show sounds similar to "Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{ReBoot}}'', the two computer-generated delivery men from Music/DireStraits' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTP2RUD_cL0 Money for Nothing]]" music video make a {{Cameo}} appearance. Cue [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEycLWrxsnw a guitar riff that sounds suspiciously like "Money for Nothing"]].

* The original ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0EoqLkE_rQ theme song]] definitely sounds like Billy Ocean's [[https://youtu.be/m1DxjjUrZhw "When The Going Gets Tough"]].

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

** In "The Wild, Wild, Mess" durng the flashback that shows why Bitter Bertha became so mean because her previous owner abandonded her for a motorbike, a song that sounds similar to an instrumental version of "When She Loved Me" from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' plays.

** In "Beta'd and Hooked" when Hailey's dad is telling the story of how he caught One-Eyed Jack, he plays a tune on his ukulele that sounds like an instrumental version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.

* In the first episode of ''WesternAnimation/HaileysOnIt'' when Hailey and Scott are in the tunnel of love, a suspiciously similar version of "I Swear" by John Michael Montgomery plays.

* "The Amazin' River" from ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' shares similarities with "Barbecue" from ''Literature/EmmetOttersJugBandChristmas''.

* "When You're Coming Down That Slide" from ''WesternAnimation/DangerRangers'' sounds similar to "Variety Speak" from ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs''. Randy Rogel was a songwriter on both shows.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': The opening theme sounds similar to the weapons select screen music from ''VideoGame/EarthDefenseForce''.

* The song "Go Back To City Hall" from ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' episode "Citizen McGee" sounds similar to "Family" from ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach''.

* The song "Go Back To City Hall" from ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' episode "Citizen McGee" sounds similar to "Family" from ''Literature/JamesAndTheGiantPeach''.