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6	->''Give me some rope, tie me to dream\
7	Give me the hope to run out of steam\
8	Somebody said it could be here\
9	We could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year\
10	I can’t count the reasons I should stay\
11	One by one they all just fade away''
12	-->-- "At Least It Was Here" by Music/The88, ''Series/{{Community}}'' theme song
13
14	A ThemeTune which consists of random, surreal lyrics and/or visuals (sometimes with little direct relevance to the show).
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16	Increasingly common for the SitCom, possibly an outgrowth of the ThematicThemeTune, intended to convey the "theme" that "[[SurrealHumor This show is wacky]]" or will make you go "[[MindScrew WTF]]."
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18	If it's the visuals that are surreal, then it can also appear to have DerangedAnimation (especially in animated works - take a look at Creator/StudioShaft). See also DisneyAcidSequence which also covers bizarre visuals but in a musical number.
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21	!!Examples:
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25	[[folder:Anime]]
26	* Creator/StudioShaft is the absolute king of this trope. Often coupled with DerangedAnimation.
27	** ''Anime/TsukuyomiMoonPhase'' has the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNWr_Jlx6p0 "Nekomimi Mode" opening]], which goes roughly like this: "Nekomimi! Nekomimi mode! Nekomimi mode ne! Furuu furuu furuu muuuun! Nyaaa nyaa~~! Kissu...".
28	** ''Manga/MariaHolic's'' opening is called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOHwVZc6QYY Hanaji (Nosebleed)]], and it explains the plot of the show as Kanako sings about how a [[WholesomeCrossDresser crossdressing boy]] is tormenting her. Seems relevant enough, but the incredibly strange imagery accompanying the song is more than enough to justify the label.
29	*** The second season of the show switches to a SuperRobot / {{Tokusatsu}} style [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CLh1LYVDfs battle hymn]].
30	** ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'''s [[https://openings.moe/?video=Opening1-SayonaraZetsubouSensei intros]] [[https://openings.moe/?video=Opening1-ZokuSayonaraZetsubouSensei plunge]] [[https://openings.moe/?video=Opening2-ZokuSayonaraZetsubouSensei into]] [[https://openings.moe/?video=Opening2-GokuSayonaraZetsubouSensei the]] [[https://youtu.be/pbGtNZdU3u0 increasingly]] [[https://youtu.be/rhx-qWDMGyo surreal]] from the moment they start. The oddly artistic shots of the mentally unbalanced class only serve to make things weirder.
31	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4K6A3MLZY8 Really,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty_KCz8fxdo almost everything]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C1DIwZgsDo&fmt=18 Studio SHAFT makes]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8oc5tRCVKY has a]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WVBHU9Tm8c&fmt=18 weird opening theme.]]
32	** The opening of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' isn't really surreal, just [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnQpwnmecFY absolutely misleading]].
33	*** It's only misleading up to episode 10... After that, the lyrics, at the very least, start making absolute sense. [[spoiler:It's from Homura's view, hence it being played as Episode 10's ending. Read the lyrics, and everything makes perfect sense if you keep that in mind.]]
34	*** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Kl8Hmtx0I0 ending]] more than makes up for it.
35	* ''Anime/MagicalWitchPuniechan'': as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VMsw0PisEE here]]. That being said, you do get a basic idea of what Punie is like by hearing it- she looks cute, but she really like breaking limbs with submission holds.
36	* ''Anime/Berserk1997'': Ladies and gentlemen, we present the opening theme song, "[[https://youtu.be/I2rV8oKWSdM Tell Me Why]]" by the Penpals. It's an upbeat-sounding rock song, extremely catchy, and the lyrics are mispronounced and seemingly nonsensical GratuitousEnglish. We'd be hard-pressed to tell you what it means:
37	--> ''Feel no shame about shape\
38	Weather changes their phrase\
39	Even mother will show you another way\
40	So put your glasses on\
41	Nothing will be wrong\
42	There's no blame, there's no fame\
43	It's up to you\
44	The first words should be finded\
45	Whatever hold you back\
46	I can, I can get it off''
47	* The opening theme to ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' is "Soramimi Cake", which is a play on the Japanese word for mondegreens, ''soramimi kaishi''. The lyrics include GratuitousEnglish and are rather nonsensical, having little to do with the show itself.
48	* The closing theme of ''Manga/DragonHalf'', "My Omelette", is a song about the main character making an omelette for the man she loves which is sung to the tune of Beethoven's 7th symphony.
49	* The closing theme to ''Literature/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!
50	* The opening themes to ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'' are often exercises in punnery, combining the lyrics in Japanese, English, and with what's shown in the animation, ''plus'' they don't really make much sense.
51	* The opening theme of ''Manga/LuckyStar'', "Motteke! Sailor Fuku", is a catchy but bizarre song that combines predominately Japanese GratuitousEnglish-style lyrics with opening and closing verses discussing the SailorFuku, with the rest of its lyrics being very random and having little to do with the show itself. 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.]] The song is a prime example of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denpa_song denpa song]], which is fitting for a series that focuses on {{Otaku}} culture (since denpa songs are greatly associated with otaku fandom).
52	* It doesn't get more surreal than the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8HChqhHVuU&fmt=18 opening]] of ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'', which features the cast laughing at nothing in particular amid random and often apocalyptic scenes, and its accompanying theme song, "Yume no Shima Shinen Kouen" (aka "Dream Island Obsessional Park") by Susumu Hirasawa. The lyrics of the song are on par, with such lyrics as "Ah! Such a beautiful mushroom cloud in the sky".
53	* ''Anime/DivergenceEve'' is an anime series with a very strange first episode, but which establishes that it's in space and there's a battle against some sort of monsters. The episode ends on a gloomy note with an "I am... dead?" with a fade to black. Cut to the bouncy ending theme called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2joUfb98TII Pump up!]], which has absolutely nothing in common with the preceding content. It's like replacing the ending credits of ''Film/SchindlersList'' with an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''.
54	* ''Anime/DotHackSign'''s theme tune "Obsession" has [[http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/hacksign/obsession.htm a strange set of lyrics]] that don't seem to have much of a connection with the show. (It's also a very fast dance number, which belies the series' leisurely pacing.)
55	** It's also entirely sung in English, which is odd itself for an anime. Not a single lyric is in Japanese. This is true for much of .hack//Sign's sound track actully
56	* The anime series ''Anime/AnimalAlley'' has a nonsensical, WordSalad-like theme song. (Translated) Lyrics include: "Oh, that's just a banana / Mint's not bad either."
57	* ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest's'' theme song, Courage At 100MPH, whose lyrics have nothing to do with police work, and have only cursory references to Courage or 100MPH. Instead, it speaks repeatedly of "The most wonderful dream in the world." Lyrics include "Since sadness is the road that leads to smiles, dull, dingy shoes will start to shine too," and "If we make our heels pound they'll soon become the sound of bells..."
58	* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' Season 2 has quite possibly one of the few non intentional surreal themes. Tough Boy is full of GratuitousEnglish and basically has no relevance to the series at all. It doesn't stop it from being made of awesome.
59	* ''Literature/MagiciansAcademy'' is a good example, as the show's theme song, while sort of relevant to the show, has lyrics that appear to lack any sense...or sentence structure at times.
60	* ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'''s ending song, ''Ride on shooting star'', is at once very catchy and chock full of this and [[GratuitousEnglish extremely gratuitous English]]. [[spoiler:Orange slides and revengeful lobsters abound.]] A lot of the songs by ''Music/ThePillows'', who made most of the music used, have really strange lyrics.
61	* The opening for ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', "Logos Naki World" ("world without logos"). It doesn't even HAVE lyrics. The man is speaking jibberish.
62	* While not exactly theme tunes, ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'''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~
63	** Similarly, the ending themes are strange not only in the lyrics, but they're strange in that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e6ue9ysqjo&feature=related they]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jysjHWRrFP0 constantly]][[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giDkDri0JXw&feature=related change.]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKMupMfCdxU&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_702598 Here's a video with all of the Maru Kaite Chikyuu songs,]] plus some extra ones from other characters.)
64	* The EndingTheme of ''Anime/TransformersVictory'' muses about a young Star Saber getting up to childish fun and enjoying sweets, then exhorting the baddies to 'buzz off'.
65	* ''Manga/HaruhiChan'''s OP "Ima Made no Arasuji". Somehow is crazier than the actual anime, which is an exaggerated version of the already unique [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya main series]].
66	* ''Manga/FutureDiary'': the song used for the first dozen episodes has OminousLatinChanting, GratuitousEnglish and GratuitousGerman. The second is entirely GratuitousEnglish 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.
67	* ''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!
68	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC6REhy5L38 opening song]] for ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' contains copious amounts of GratuitousEnglish to the point that you can't even tell what the song is even about.
69	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWCEa3bZlyA The World of Midnight]] is especially surreal after [[spoiler: the death of the Twins.]]
70	* ''Manga/TonoToIssho'': The second ending theme just consists of Masamune's voice actor saying all the characters' names in succession ''really'' fast.
71	* The ''Manga/TensaiBakabon'' ThemeTune "Kore de ii no da"[[note]]Bakabon's father's catchphrase.[[/note]] has verses consisting of random Japanese jokes and puns.
72	* Some of the endings of ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' have this:
73	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymQ3wEIq84Y Ending 5]] features a lot of surreal and repetitive imagery which perfectly describes [[TimeLoopTrap the situation]] that the characters were in during their battle with the Eternity Devil.
74	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRiPEnzCXlI Ending 7]] has a 90s style opening and initially starts to be not too surreal. Then it gets to the chorus where we see Himeno and Denji puking rainbows at each other. Yeah.
75	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy-_5Cnehns Ending 10]] has Denji and other artistically drawn in a shaky real life footage where everything is black and white.
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78	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
79	* "Skeet Surfin'" from ''Film/TopSecret''
80	* ''Film/JamesBond'':
81	** Most ''Bond'' themes are straightforward descriptions of Bond himself ("{{Film/Thunderball}}", "[[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Nobody Does it Better]]", "{{Film/GoldenEye}}") or else [[VillainSong Villain Songs]] ("{{Film/Goldfinger}}", "[[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun The Man with the Golden Gun]]", "[[Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough The World is Not Enough]]"), but this trope comes firmly into play with the themes for ''Film/AViewToAKill'' (Music/DuranDuran) and ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' ([[Music/AHa a-ha]]). Oh, those wacky Eighties.
82	* How about ''Film/ApocalypseNow'''s use of "The End" by Music/TheDoors? Jim Morrison's stream of consciousness lyrics certainly make it a surreal song (although the film doesn't use the Oedipal midsection), although Coppola has stated that he just did it because he thought it was funny to start the movie at "The End".
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85	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
86	* The theme tune to ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' is... weird. I don't believe we human beings have a genre for it yet.
87	** It makes much more sense when you listen to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLruEPzF1qc full version]], which was written for the show. The lyrics pretty much describe all the major themes of the show, complete with ArcWords.
88	%%* ''Series/TheNormShow''
89	%%* ''Series/JustShootMe''
90	* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete''. The show is a surrealistic version of suburban childhood, and yet the most common interpretation of the theme lyrics is that it's about the Kent State shootings, the song's title "Hey Sandy" is named after Sandy Schuer, who was one of the "four dead in Ohio" who lost their lives during the tragedy. Not to mention that, no matter how many times someone tells you the missing line is "Can you settle to shoot me," the reality is that [[ShrugOfGod both the creators of the show and the writers of the song have absolutely refused to confirm that or even hint at the correct wording.]] What does it really mean? Decide for yourself:
91	-->Hey smilin' strange, you're lookin' happily deranged
92	-->[unknown line]
93	--> And have you picked your target yet, Hey Sandy ai yai yai yai...
94	--> Don't you talk back, Hey Sandy
95	-->Four feet away, end of speech it's the end of the day
96	-->We was only funnin', but guiltily I thought you had it comin',
97	-->Hey Sandy, Don't ya talk back, Hey Sandy.
98	** And no, the chorus is ''not'' "Does your dog bite?" no matter how much it sounds like it.
99	** Danny "Little Pete" Tamberelli [[WordOfDante has gone on record]] saying he thinks the line is "Can you settle a sure bet?" and tends to sing it as such when he and The Blowholes preform the song at the ''Pete & Pete'' reunions.
100	* The theme tune for ''Series/RedDwarf'' is a woman (''not'' one of the characters) singing about how she would rather be marooned on a tropical island than flying through space... or maybe it's just nonsense.
101	-->''I want to lie, shipwrecked and comatose\
102	Drinking fresh mango juice\
103	Goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes\
104	Fun, fun, fun\
105	In the sun, sun, sun''
106	** In the ''Series/RedDwarf Smegazine'', [[WordOfGod the composer said]] that it was indeed meant as a reference to Lister's dream of going to Fiji, although since that was never mentioned after the first series, it is now a SurrealThemeTune, which he's quite pleased with.
107	*** In an interview with the composer on the Series VI DVD, "Settling the Score", after confirming the above he proceeds to read out the 'lost' verses that had to be cut for time. Hint: [[spoiler:the lyrics get even nuttier.]]
108	* ''Series/RoundTheTwist'' has a theme tune that mashes up the words to several nursery rhymes for its verses, including "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly", "Rain Rain Go Away" and "Humpty Dumpty", in keeping with the surreal nature of the show.
109	* ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus.'' They wanted a theme song that meant nothing about the show, so they picked a Sousa march (specifically "The Liberty Bell"), and now everyone knows that opening bell when they hear it. These days, no one plays that march in real military-type occasions anymore. Nothing takes the gravitas out of a ceremony like music [[ParodyDisplacement that brings to mind]] two grown men hitting each other with fish.
110	** Not quite true - the US Marine Band still occasionally plays it. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7FD9PNpfpo Here's a link.]] Of course, much of the comments section was devoted to argument clinics, coconuts, HE SAID JEHOVAH, and (of course) giant feet coming down from the sky squashing everything.
111	* The ending theme of ''Series/{{WKRP In Cincinnati}}'' is a peppy tune with gibberish for lyrics; the band in question recorded it as a quick test-run before doing the "real" theme, and the producer liked it so much he used it instead.
112	* The short lived 1980s game show ''Series/AllStarBlitz'' originally had a mostly conventional theme that had the title sung at a few points (which was even worked into the intro). For a week, some downright... ''weird'' scat singing (available [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSq5359Jhog here]]) was added.
113	* Similarly, listen to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDNa7Gz9opA theme]] to ''Series/TheBetterSex'' with all its strange scatting. Even weirder in the context of the intro sequence, which had hosts Music/BillAnderson and Sarah Purcell "arguing" in time to the gibberish.
114	* The theme for the British version of ''Series/BlanketyBlank'' consisted of the show's title repeated over and again; the show's Supermatch Game used the same tune, but with "Supermatch Game! Supermatch Game!" awkwardly sung to the same rhythm.
115	* While the theme to ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'' could be considered thematic, the fact that it's talking about falling in love makes it surreal since the show centers around [[EverybodyHasLotsOfSex lots and lots of sex with random people]], not love.
116	* The closing theme for ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' was Creator/KelseyGrammer singing "Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs." WordOfGod [[http://laughingsquid.com/the-story-behind-frasiers-tossed-salad-and-scrambled-eggs/ says it was written to represent]] the disturbed minds of Frasier's patients. They're callin' again . . . .
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119	[[folder:Video Games]]
120	* The video game ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' frequently plays music that fits this criteria, Mass Destruction is not an appropriate theme for fighting the countless GoddamnedBats the game features.
121	** Though ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}''[='s=] "Reach Out To The Truth" and ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}''[='s=] "Last Surprise" are a good reflection of the attitude of your BadassCrew TrueCompanions teamwork in battle, it does seem like a bit of MoodWhiplash given you're in a MentalWorld fighting TheHeartless and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s.
122	* The original ''VideoGame/{{Kingdom Hearts\|I}}'' features a surreal opening sequence that is vaguely plot appropriate, accompanied by a J-Pop song that is also vaguely plot appropriate. It doesn't stop the opening from being really trippy though.
123	** The sequels opening is a recap of the previous two games, but just comes off as really trippy with out prior knowledge of the plot.
124	** If you reverse the lyrics of ''Sanctuary'', the theme song of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', the entire song contains hidden lyrics that are quite relevant to the story of the other games.
125	* ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' survives on this trope. For example, helping babysit three delinquent children... while ''Walkie-Talkie Man'' is playing. Will Chris Silverscreen's next picture be a hit or a bomb? Well, it ''Makes no Difference'' to me! Colonel Bob has struck oil? Well, ''Let's Dance''!
126	** Its [[VideoGame/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''.
127	* "[[https://youtu.be/v2giCw8JrRY And Then To CODA]]", the main theme of ''VideoGame/SolatoroboRedTheHunter'', has nothing to do with the game's plot or setting, aside from a few token mentions of the sky and winds.
128	* The visuals during the opening credits of ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'' almost make sense, but the lyrics to the accompanying music are absolute nonsense like "I need more candy canes." [[SubvertedTrope Actually, it's all relevant to the plot, and gives away several spoilers. It's just so metaphorical that you can only tell this in hindsight.]] Still, much of it is based on what the original Japanese song sounds like. For example, "show me your best set" makes sense if you think about pins, but it also sounds like "shoumikigen" and "tokubetsu sei", lines from the first and third verse.
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131	[[folder:Web Animation]]
132	* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'':
133	** The third intro to the site consists of Homestar running in front of an LED sign while a chorus of children sings "Everybody! Everybody!" Homestar joins them at the end.
134	** The 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.
135	---> ''Have you ever seen this show?\
136	Just this once, I did not know.\
137	How you think this show will go?\
138	Take a step, my friend!\
139	I can't see where I am goin'\
140	Fighting this is my last name\
141	Cartoon friends are Just Say No-in'\
142	My friends are back here all the same!''
143	** "Theme from Stinkoman" (later used as the theme for ''VideoGame/Stinkoman20X6'') ''would'' have been an ExpositoryThemeTune, were it not loaded with IntentionalEngrishForFunny.
144	---> ''Challenging the fighter super fighting of the challenge\
145	Twenty Exty Six!\
146	All among the universe the victory is flavor\
147	Number one of Double Deuce!''
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149
150	[[folder:Web Original]]
151	* ''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.
152	--> "I do not smoke crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine."
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154
155	[[folder:Western Animation]]
156	* The theme tune to ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'' seems to be an ExpositoryThemeTune trying to hang onto its sanity with ever-increasing difficulty. The absurdities in the song tell the viewer much more about the show than straight exposition would. Nonsense thus makes sense while sense would make no sense, creating a paradox and causing the universe to collapse in on itself.
157	-->''His home base is the Freakalair\
158	Freakazoid! Fricassee!\
159	Floyd the barber cuts his hair\
160	Freakazoid! Chimpanzee!\
161	Drives around in the Freakmobile\
162	Freakazoid! Freakazoo!\
163	Wants to make a movie deal\
164	Freak-a-me! Freak-a-you!''
165	* The theme song for Creator/CartoonNetwork's ''WesternAnimation/{{Mad}}'' is a bunch of random gibberish ("Hey yabba boy yamma / Mad!") and kazoo. Fitting, since the show is nothing but quick animated shorts and parodies.
166	* The theme to ''Series/LittleHowardsBigQuestion'', an EdutainmentShow about an [[RogerRabbitEffect animated boy]] who asks his roommate questions about the world, has a theme tune in which Little Howard performs a huge musical number about monkeys. ("''With their tails, and their bananas/ I think that if we all were monkeys we'd have happier [[GratuitousSpanish mañanas]]/ Give me monkeys/ Lots of monkeys/ for you know that it's the monkeys I adore/ if I loved her and she did not love those monkeys/ I would not love her any more - ANY MORE!''")
167	* ''WesternAnimation/SquirrelBoy'' starts out with a "Hey Rodney" and it gets even more surreal after that.
168	* ''WesternAnimation/WorldOfQuest'' features the characters in multicolors backgrounds and just go though a mild beat.
169	-->'''Quest''': I hate theme songs!
170	* Each episode of ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever'' has a different one, all parodying this.
171	* Though the lyrics for the ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}'' opening 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.
172	* The theme tune to ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersFlub'' is a deep voice singing "flub flub flub" and a bunch of off-key "na na na"s.
173	* ''WesternAnimation/ScaredySquirrel'' features the title character scat singing to how the instruments sound on the theme and goes though random places all at once.
174	* Some of us can't explain how theme tune to ''WesternAnimation/MegaBabies'' is without saying "it's just noise". Theme opens with a narration of how they became "Mega" and it's just a remix of "Rock-a-Bye Baby" with vocals that just sound how the instruments go.
175	* The first 5 seconds of ''Literature/LittlePrincess''' theme tune looks tame enough. Then things go completely trip-balls. All this to a theme song that only announces that the main character's "a little princess" and nothing else.
176	* ''WesternAnimation/FatDogMendoza'' has an intro that 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.
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