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| 3 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 4 | * "Dumb Ways To Die" sounds like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". |
| 5 | ** And Royal Caribbean's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48etEql31D4 Wash Your Hands]]" public-service announcement (played on ships in the line) itself sounds and ''looks'' suspiciously similar to ''Dumb Ways To Die''. (Yes, different ad agencies did each.) |
| 6 | * The music for Victoria Bitter's ads is so much like the theme from ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven'' that it's often mistakenly thought to be the same music. |
| 7 | [[/folder]] |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 10 | * ''Animation/FlowerAngel'': The five-note jingle used in the {{Eyecatch}} from Season 5 onwards sounds note-for-note like the classic Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} jingle. |
| 11 | * ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': At the beginning of every ''The Season Towns'' episode is a song that's ''very'' similar to the Treasure Town theme from ''[[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky]]'', to the point that the music collaborator for that season changed it when they were informed of the similarity. |
| 12 | * ''Animation/PleasantGoatFunClass: Idiom World'' episode 4 includes a song that melodically sounds very similar to "Feliz Navidad", but has different lyrics. |
| 13 | [[/folder]] |
| 14 | |
| 15 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 16 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' story, ''[[Fanfic/LegacyTotalDrama Legacy]]'', Trent tweaks an obscure Creator/GilbertAndSullivan song [[note]]"[[http://gsarchive.net/utopia/webop/ul021.html A Wonderful Joy Our Eyes To Bless]]" from ''Theatre/UtopiaLimited''[[/note]] for his tribute song, albeit not to get around copyright because the song was already in the public domain. He writes his own verses but makes only minor changes to the refrain and the tune. |
| 17 | * The ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' FilkSong "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zm91n76dfA Starlight Waltz]]" takes inspiration from "Once Upon A December" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Anastasia}}'', as well as the waltz from ''Anime/TheCatReturns''. |
| 18 | [[/folder]] |
| 19 | |
| 20 | [[folder:Logos]] |
| 21 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRFqPjzIy7I The music]] in the 1998 Creator/KlaskyCsupo logo sounds like a faster, off-key version of the first few notes to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAVbnn7Ae80 Sir Topham Hatt's theme]] from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''. |
| 22 | * The music in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=322p_PGUl3A Strujini Kreditinstitut]] logo sounds similar to, of all things, the theme song to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. |
| 23 | * Similarities have been noted between the [[Creator/JamesLBrooks Gracie Films]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_slAJmZBeQ music]] and "King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West; the Gracie logo came first, which weighs in favor of coincedence. |
| 24 | * At the beginning and end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a_PMgix2NQ a pre-launch promo]] for Creator/{{Teletoon}}, when the channel's logo is shown, a soundalike of the ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' theme is used. |
| 25 | [[/folder]] |
| 26 | |
| 27 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 28 | * ''Pinball/{{Ghostbusters}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tahWfZ8ZJM The Spook Central theme]] heavily resembles the Alessi Brothers' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGAuPfho1og Savin' the Day]]" (from the soundtrack of [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 the original film]]). |
| 29 | [[/folder]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 32 | * ''Series/DeadRingers'' managed to avoid this trope a surprising amount of the time despite being completely based on impressions and parodies, as most of its regular targets were also [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] productions. They did use Suspiciously Similar theme music for some of their one-off sketches, though, such as when they put one of the BBC's most well-known political interviewers into a superhero story to form [[http://www.clickteam.info/davidn/music/paxman!.mp3 The Continuing Adventures of Paxman]]. |
| 33 | * ''Radio/AmericanTop40'': A Suspiciously Similar version of "Afternoon Delight" (by the Starland Vocal Band) was used as a cue from 1977-1978. |
| 34 | * The radio countdown show ''Radio/BobKingsleysCountryTop40'' uses bumpers that are Suspiciously Similar versions of country songs. This carried over from when Kingsley hosted ''Radio/AmericanCountryCountdown'', which uses original-tune bumpers now that [[Music/BrooksAndDunn Kix Brooks]] hosts it. |
| 35 | * Music/MitchBenn's songs on ''Radio/TheNowShow'' are generally to tunes that ''sound like'' the songs he's parodying, since the UK doesn't have a "fair use" exception for parodies. He also commented on the trope (specifically the accusations that Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Viva La Vida" was ripping off other songs) with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2pdv6faw8M Now Coldplay Sound Like Everything Else]]", a song about how a song can sound "familiar" not because it's a rip-off, but just because it isn't doing anything interesting, to (of course) a Suspiciously Similar version of "Viva La Vida". (In the intro he commented that he once had a song that many people accused of being a rip-off, but they all claimed he'd ripped it off from different things ... and none of them had picked the right one.) |
| 36 | * For a while during commercial breaks on Radio Disney the hosts talked over a song suspiciously similar to Music/RageAgainstTheMachine's "Killing In the Name" (of all songs!). |
| 37 | * Many radio station jingle packages will contain cuts that are very closely based on actual songs. For example, cut #20 from JAM Creative Productions' "[[http://jingles.com/jam/radioids/demodl-MusicJam.php Music Jam]]" package is an obvious tribute to The Jacksons' "Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)". The similarity was lampshaded when this jingle was resung for New York's "Jammin' Oldies" station in the late 90's, as their version used a Music/MichaelJackson soundalike vocalist. |
| 38 | * There was a BBC Radio 4 documentary on the subject, ''The Barlow-Morgenstern Method'' presented by Tony Hawks (the title referring to the authors of ''The Dictionary of Musical Themes''), and discussing how you distinguish plagiarism from parody from "there are only so many combinations of notes". Neil Innes was interviewed, having been on both sides of the argument (sued by ATV Music over the Rutles[[note]]Despite the fact the Beatles themselves were fine with it[[/note]], sued Oasis over "Whatever"). |
| 39 | * Philadelphia Spanish-language AM station [=WEMG=] at one point, at least while their short-lived FM counterpart (now Atlantic City market Top 40 station [=WSJO=]) was transitioning into Nassau Broadcasting ownership, used a light instrumental track suspiciously similar to Music/VanessaCarlton's "A Thousand Miles". [[https://formatchangearchive.com/1049-wemg-fm-begins-stunting/ Here's a example]]. |
| 40 | * In the ''Radio/AdventuresInOdyssey'' episode "Family Values", Bart and Doris Rathbone sing a lullaby to their son, Rodney, while trying to strengthen their family values in time for a contest. When they're done singing, Rodney asks, "You guys know '[[Music/DeepPurple Smoke on the Water]]'?" A tune that sounds similar to said song then plays as transition music to the next scene. |
| 41 | [[/folder]] |
| 42 | |
| 43 | [[folder:Stand Up Comedy]] |
| 44 | * Creator/BillHicks often started his shows with a Suspiciously Similar version of "Purple Haze" by Music/JimiHendrix. |
| 45 | [[/folder]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 48 | * In the musical ''Dames At Sea'', "That Mister Man Of Mine" has a melody mostly copied from "The Man I Love". |
| 49 | * The "Nightingale Lullaby" from the musical ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress'' includes an obvious pastiche of the Lullaby from Stravinsky's ballet music for ''Theatre/TheFirebird''. It's even written in the same key (and since that key is E flat minor, this is actually significant). |
| 50 | * "Sunday" from ''tick...tick...BOOM!'' is a parody of the song of the same name from ''Theatre/SundayInTheParkWithGeorge'', with the melody turned upside down. |
| 51 | * Creator/CirqueDuSoleil: |
| 52 | ** Since its surprise appearance is in service of a gag, it probably needs spoiler tags: in ''Theatre/{{Mystere}}'', an instrumental sound-alike of [[spoiler:"Stayin' Alive"]] turns up. |
| 53 | ** The bungee music ("Il sogno di volare") in ''Theatre/{{Saltimbanco}}'' sounds similar to the intro of Mozart's ''Requiem''. |
| 54 | *** The title song of ''Saltimbanco'' resembles the ''Series/GetSmart'' theme. |
| 55 | ** The main melody of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EoLGFSvXBE "All Come Together"]] from ''Amaluna'' is suspiciously similar to Secret Garden's [[https://youtu.be/fd3a189vcVc "Nocturne"]], and to a lesser extent [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxCFZ0ZZGb0 the main theme]] of ''Film/WithnailAndI''. |
| 56 | *** The main riff of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcD1q_fU9tk "Tempest"]] is suspiciously similar to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbJbYFyklTg Hyrule Castle]] theme from the ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' series. |
| 57 | *** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT59_TkasU8 "Whisper"]] is similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t97u9qmgwN0 "A Walk in the Woods"]] from ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved''. |
| 58 | ** A section of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWq84G3tJcE "Elevation"]] (0:43-1:19) from ''Theatre/{{Volta}}'' resembles the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWH5jw8JJ0 "Prologue"]] music (particularly 2:35-3:35) from ''Film/BladeRunner''. |
| 59 | *** From the same show, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DYHzHLczU "Modern Jungle"]] sounds like a slower version of the second half of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrWI99niJW0 "Overdrive"]] by Lazerhawk. The [[EtherealChoir choral section]] also resembles the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KpNzalFKPo theme]] from ''Series/HarrysGame'', and by extension Chicane's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET1-6Bef9xU "Saltwater"]]. |
| 60 | *** The LonelyPianoPiece section at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ib4ROHkfmA "The Bee and the Wind"]] sounds like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGHA9oO1Ybg "Leaving Earth"]] from ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', minus the Reaper horns. |
| 61 | *** The unreleased song for the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmz9RAw2O0M Globetrotters]] act is suspiciously similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpDmZVYC8KU "Polynomial C"]] by Music/AphexTwin. |
| 62 | *** The first vocal hook in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQlmwoPsokA "Dancing Ants"]] sounds suspiciously like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Vw9RGm1tM "I Want Candy"]] by The Strangeloves, while the second echoes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm-ISatLDG0 "I Feel Love"]] by Music/DonnaSummer. |
| 63 | *** The strings section in the chorus of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qQEax7msNw "To the Stars"]] sounds like a more upbeat version of Clint Mansell's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbS-Zhz31CA "Lux Aeterna"]] from ''Film/RequiemForADream''. |
| 64 | * The [[DastardlyWhiplash Victorian-melodrama villain's]] theme in the ShowWithinAShow in ''Theatre/ShowBoat'' sounds like the Russell Bennett version of [[StandardSnippet Mysterioso Pizzicato]]. |
| 65 | * Used to dark comic effect in "My Psychopharmacologist and I" from ''Theatre/NextToNormal'', where a litany of antidepressant medications (and their [[SideEffectsInclude side effects]]) is sung to the Suspiciously Similar Version of "My Favorite Things" from ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic''. |
| 66 | * KitAndTheWidow show us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBXsYNf1l5Y here]] how to do this and make great deals of money in the West End, all while taking unsubtle shots at Creator/AndrewLloydWebber. |
| 67 | ** Speaking of Lloyd Webber, the theme to ''Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera'' is suspiciously similar to Music/PinkFloyd's "Echoes." Roger Waters considered suing but later said "life's too long to bother with suing fucking Lloyd Webber." |
| 68 | ** Also, as [[http://www.cracked.com/article_18500_the-5-most-famous-musicians-who-are-thieving-bastards_p2.html Cracked points out]], "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar was a reworked version of Mendelssohn's "Violin Concerto," and Puccini's "La Fanciulla del West" became Webber's "Music of the Night." |
| 69 | * ''Vanities: The Musical'': |
| 70 | ** The verse and pre-chorus of the {{cut song}} "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPqYpwHRDkg Hey There, Beautiful]]" sound like "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJEE78PUNsQ&feature=fvst Mr. Blue Sky]]" by Electric Light Orchestra, although the latter has a longer verse melody. |
| 71 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOKnqq6oXpk The Act 3 reprise of "An Organized Life"]] is reminiscent of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJLslzazfIc "Part of Your World (Reprise)"]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''. |
| 72 | ** The intro riff of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eoMAgYmNh0 "Friendship Isn't What it Used to Be"]] is similar to that of Music/{{Coldplay}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIHZBKl7KPw "Clocks"]], while the second half of the verse is similar to the refrain of Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart". |
| 73 | ** Parts of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=317uQH1YoC0 "Looking Good"]] are eerily similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQJaZO2nfGg "For Good"]] from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}''. |
| 74 | * ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'': |
| 75 | ** The "Unlimited" interlude uses the first seven notes of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'', but with a completely different rhythm. |
| 76 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQJaZO2nfGg "For Good"]]'s refrain ("Like a comet pulled from orbit...") is blatantly similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bhZ7MR7n0g "Who Will Love Me As I Am?"]] from ''Theatre/SideShow''. |
| 77 | * The theme to ''Theatre/AvenueQ'', despite being a ''Series/SesameStreet'' parody, sounds more like the one to ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', a sitcom parody. It also sounds similar to the theme song to fellow PBS show ''Series/TheNoddyShop''. |
| 78 | * ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'''s "Find Your Grail" copies its tune nearly verbatim from JohnDenver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads", which itself resembles the folk tune "Auld Lang Syne". |
| 79 | * In a 2010 version of ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'', set in the 1980s and featuring Actor/DavidTennant and Actress/CatherineTate as Benedict and Beatrice respectively, the melody written for "Sigh No More, Ladies" sounds vaguely like "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by [[Music/GeorgeMichael Wham.]] |
| 80 | * In ''Theatre/{{Fiorello}}'', "Till Tomorrow," the slow waltz number sung at Fiorello's UsefulNotes/WorldWarI send-off, sounds a lot like "Till We Meet Again," a RealLife hit song of the time. |
| 81 | * In ''Theatre/TheFirebird'', the theme of the "Infernal Dance" is very close to [[Myth/SlavicMythology Chernobog]]'s motif from the "Ronde infernale" of Music/NikolaiRimskyKorsakov's ballet-opera ''Mlada''. |
| 82 | * ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'': |
| 83 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrGJ5aMq-fI "The Chokey Chant"]] sounds like the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3i63MVDEZ8 "Mob Song"]] from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''. |
| 84 | ** The bridge of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8B9yfdR8po "The Smell of Rebellion"]] is rather similar to Music/BillyJoel's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEPV4kolz0 "Piano Man"]]. |
| 85 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDVaa3z8jHw "Quiet"]] is similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXKlJuO07eM "Part of Your World"]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''. |
| 86 | ** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Ng6YP0gaE "My House"]] resembles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWvk_WxYO3o "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina"]] from ''Theatre/{{Evita}}''. |
| 87 | * In ''Theatre/PeterGrimes'', the motif in A minor to which Grimes sings "We sailed into the wind" is note-for-note identical to the theme of the second movement of Music/GustavMahler's fifth symphony. A major-key version of this motif appears both before and during the storm interlude; the tempo heading for the Mahler symphony movement is "stürmisch bewegt." |
| 88 | * In the Broadway version of ''Theatre/TheLittleMermaid'': |
| 89 | ** The later-{{cut song}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcnWEJAa2rk "Human Stuff"]] resembles [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkwUq8VHWJo "Consider Yourself"]] from ''Theatre/{{Oliver}}'', with a touch of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o "Spam" song]] from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' |
| 90 | ** [[https://youtu.be/9I8fpGo0xIM "Her Voice"]], the male lead's IWantSong, resembles [[https://youtu.be/Jy2VGRDxSvU "Maria"]] from ''Theatre/WestSideStory''. |
| 91 | ** [[https://youtu.be/8eNnHxFqXqs "I Want the Good Times Back"]] sounds rather similar to [[https://youtu.be/96P47MYipmY "Wonderful"]] from ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'', and to some extent [[https://youtu.be/ArcuRm8GCrw "Bring On the Men"]] from ''Theatre/JekyllAndHyde''. |
| 92 | ** The main melody of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cn08-zDoEo "If Only"]] sounds similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjJDekSculo "Where is Love?"]], also from ''Oliver!''. |
| 93 | * ''Theatre/CityOfAngels'': |
| 94 | ** The refrain of "All You Have To Do Is Wait" rather strongly resembles that of "Blame It On The Bossa Nova." |
| 95 | ** "You Can Always Count On Me" is suspiciously reminiscent, in both music and lyrics, of "Nobody Does It Like Me," a song also composed by Cy Coleman for the musical ''Seesaw'' (1973). |
| 96 | * In the ScreenToStageAdaptation of ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'', the chorus of "The Shape of Things To Come" is suspiciously similar to Music/TaylorSwift's "Shake It Off", and "Let Go" sounds like Music/{{Adele}}'s "Someone Like You". |
| 97 | * ''Super Sea Star Savior'' from Theatre/SpongebobSquarepants sounds like "Run and Tell That" from ''Theatre/{{Hairspray}}'' mixed with "Zero To Hero" from WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}. |
| 98 | * Creator/AndrewLloydWebber's new version of Cinderella (2021) has a song called "Bad Cinderella" with a chorus almost identical to "In my Own Little Corner" from Theatre/CinderellaRodgersAndHammerstein. He claims it's an homage, but... |
| 99 | * Fittingly for another musical premised on AdaptationalSympathy, ''Theatre/{{Twisted}}'' borrows a bit from ''Theater/{{Wicked}}'', and the part in "Happy Ending" where Ja'far sings about when he meets the genie is nearly identical to Elphaba's imagined conversation with the Wizard in "The Wizard and I" |
| 100 | * ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'': The chorus of "The Worst Pies in London" resembles "Tomorrow" from ''Theatre/{{Annie}}''. |
| 101 | |
| 102 | [[/folder]] |
| 103 | |
| 104 | [[folder:Theme Parks]] |
| 105 | * The musical song loop on ''Ride/TheCatInTheHat'' ride at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's Islands of Adventure]] sounds very much like a more manic and distorted version of the ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' theme song, of all things. |
| 106 | [[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 109 | * ''Music/{{Homestuck}}'' has the song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-4SihyV1yU Ohgodcat]] which middle part sounds a lot like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqDjMZKf-wg Centerfold]]. However, Gec says this was completely unintentional and even edited [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8nWdyOMQoM a version without it]]. |
| 110 | ** The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_JgqKNiH7g Mutiny]] has a bassline similar to the main melody of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PjIhs72l0A Rainbow Factory]]. |
| 111 | [[/folder]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 114 | * When a WebAnimation series reaches a certain level of success (typically when it starts selling [=DVDs=]), the creator often goes back and removes any copyright infringement that was safe when the series was unknown. ''WebAnimation/BonusStage'' is a good example: Matt eventually removed a multitude of unauthorized cameos from his earlier episodes (such as one by the ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' cast) and replaced the ska song in the credits with an instrumental facsimile called "Total Soundalike." |
| 115 | * One of the earliest ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' toons ("Marshmallow's Last Stand") featured a snipet of the theme fom ''The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly''. When the toon was released on DVD, the audio was changed for legal reasons. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Matt Chapman (as Homestar) in the commentary when he tells Mike Chapman "don't listen to this part, we're gonna change it." when the original audio can be head in the backound. |
| 116 | ** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] somewhat in the cartoon "On Break", in which Mike and Matt perform an a-capella rendition of "Yakety Sax" that ends somewhat differently from the original song. Afterwards, one of them asks, "Does it end different?" |
| 117 | ** "Circles", the song that plays in a ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail'' Easter egg, has lyrics and a structure similar to "Dizzy" by Tommy Roe. |
| 118 | * WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation originally featured segments of various "appropriate" songs during the opening and closing credits. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] at the start of the first episode with the new theme music. |
| 119 | * The intro music to [=CollegeHumor=]'s retrogaming series ''[[http://www.collegehumor.com/bleepbloop Bleep Bloop]]'' is Suspiciously Similar version of ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' theme. |
| 120 | ** An episode of CH's animated series BearShark featured a ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' parody, complete with a short bit of legally distinct ''GB'' music. |
| 121 | * Because Website/YouTube is so ridiculously litigious about the use of music in parodies, parodists like Venetian Princess now have to find someone like Steve Goldstein to write a Suspiciously Similar Version for them. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OG8faNTcwo Example here.]] |
| 122 | * Used regularly on ''WebAnimation/HowItShouldHaveEnded'' to imitate the themes of the movies they're parodying, featuring "The Stuff" ([[WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie "The Touch"]]), and the Terminator beat with an extra note. |
| 123 | * Creator/ImprovEverywhere's [[http://improveverywhere.com/2010/05/18/who-you-gonna-call/ video of]] their ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' operation uses a Suspiciously Similar version of the ''Ghostbusters'' theme. |
| 124 | ** Also, rather than use "Who Let The Dogs Out?" for their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9iq9gdeIE4 Invisible Dogs operation]], one of their number composed "The Dogs Were Let Out By Whom?" |
| 125 | * The song in ''WebAnimation/CharlieTheUnicorn 3'' is a knock-off of "Under The Sea" from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'', but with a middle-eight based on the "[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokérap]]". |
| 126 | * Since the WebVideo/Mega64 crew couldn't use "Walkie Talkie Man" by Steriogram for their ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' skit, Josh Jones, their composer made a similar sounding version with WordSaladLyrics. |
| 127 | * The intro of Nyan Cat bears some resemblance with the organ intro of ''Light my Fire'' by The Doors. The actual melody part sounds a lot like the theme song of ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981''. |
| 128 | * The video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ5p9WttVhE Wiley vs. Rhodes]] uses melodies very similar to the ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' theme "Merrily We Roll Along" in the intro and the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' theme "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" in the ending. Justified since the video was a homage to the WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner cartoons. |
| 129 | * A tune that often shows up in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hggufTHEgDA The Annoying Orange]] is really similar to one of the battle tunes from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35l0RASPnv8 Serious Sam: Second Encounter]]. |
| 130 | * ''WebVideo/TheGuild'' payed homage to ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' in Season 3, Episode 10 "The Return". The Knights of Good carry their computers, slow-motion style, from Vort's van to the LAN battle, all to a Suspiciously Similar Version of "Little Green Bag". It is awesome and hilarious at the same time. |
| 131 | * The song in the flash animation ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrRVb69kw70 Ducks Live on the Moon]]'' sounds like "Enclosure" from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. |
| 132 | * ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' frequently uses copyright-infringing song snippets, but the one time the series does use a substitute (a cheap, ''a cappella'' substitute, at that) the characters themselves comment on it. |
| 133 | -->'''Twilight:''' What, we couldn't get the ''real'' music?\ |
| 134 | '''Pinkie Pie:''' Oh, no way, bro! It's copyrighted!\ |
| 135 | '''Twilight:''' Never stopped us before.\ |
| 136 | '''Pinkie Pie:''' Oh, quiet, bro, or [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope they'll hear you]]! |
| 137 | * The POP Stations reviewed by WebVideo/StuartAshen play awful beeping renditions of well-known music. These include "The Entertainer" and Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" to the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' main theme and many other songs. They rarely go unnoticed by Stuart. |
| 138 | ** Ashen's Bootleg Star Wars review videos, appropriately, use a suspiciously similar take on the ''Franchise/StarWars'' theme. |
| 139 | * Creator/MelissaHunter's ''WebVideo/AdultWednesdayAddams'' shorts naturally have a theme that's suspiciously similar to that of ''Series/TheAddamsFamily''. More specifically, it's a close soundalike of the original theme, but InTheStyleOf ElectronicMusic, which sort of fits the premise of placing an aged-up Wednesday in modern, everyday situations. |
| 140 | * One of the remixes done in ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' is "I Burn ([=PleaseDon'tSueUs=] Remix)", which mixes Yang Xiao Long's theme with an approximation of Music/{{Survivor|Band}}'s [[Film/RockyIII "Eye of the Tiger"]]. |
| 141 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' [[https://youtu.be/1w1cSIZLSWs?t=64 originally]] had the Warthog playing a Tejano song Burnie Burns recorded in a Mexican restaurant. Given Creator/RoosterTeeth never discovered the title of the original, when it was time to release the show on DVD it got replaced with [[https://youtu.be/Od7F3ZLtTRc?t=50 an original composition]]. |
| 142 | * ''[[https://soundcloud.com/israel-carter_15/israel-carter-rise-above-original-mix Rise Above]]'' and ''WebAnimation/MysterySkulls'' ''Ghost'' |
| 143 | * WebVideo/{{Phelous}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AwtA16x-cw 2014 ending theme]] sounds like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LB7LZZGpkw "Theme of Laura"]] from ''VideoGame/SilentHill2''. On the other hand, the 2018 version of "Oh Phelous" has a synth hook similar to Haddaway's "What is Love?". |
| 144 | * The intro to Creator/{{Cinemassacre}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_K7T1AHcPc review]] of ''Film/MortalKombatAnnihilation'' fittingly uses a soundalike of The Immortals' "Techno Syndrome". |
| 145 | * AOK's ''Childhood Ruined'' videos (save for ''[[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Thomas The Tank Engine: Origins]]'' and the Skeletor series) open up with theme songs that sound similar to one from the the show they're spoofing. For example, while ''[[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984 Muppet Elderlies]]'' sounds very similar to the ''Muppet Babies'' intro, the theme to ''[[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer Dora The Grownup]]'' sounds totally different from the ''Dora the Explorer'' theme, with the only similarity being the "Do do do do do Dora!" part at the start. |
| 146 | * Creator/CartoonNetwork online games: |
| 147 | ** In the ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' game "Operation S.T.A.R.T.U.P.", the music in Numbuh One's level sounds similar to the Spin Doctors song "Two Princes". |
| 148 | ** The music in the ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' game ''Dragon Ball Z: Tournament'' is clearly based on the instrumentals from Sisqo's "Thong Song". (Yes, really) |
| 149 | * Modern Vintage Gamer's [[https://modernvintagegamer.bandcamp.com/track/phenom "Phenom"]], used as incidental music in several of his Website/YouTube videos, is suspiciously similar to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcTPUoFUN3I "Hyperbased"]], the theme to the [[{{Demoscene}} Amiga demo]] ''Enigma'' (not to be confused with the music group Music/{{Enigma}}) by Phenomena. |
| 150 | * "[[https://youtu.be/tXQiDPgLH_c The White Tiger]]" by Skaven of the Future Crew, from said group's 1992 ''Unreal'' demo, resembles the [[https://youtu.be/P-3FySgabMA main theme]] of the Creator/{{Psygnosis}} Platform/{{Amiga}} game ''Awesome'', mixed with the intro riff of "[[https://youtu.be/vaGenJ5GXxE Gallantry]]" from ''VideoGame/{{Raiden}}''. |
| 151 | * Creator/DanielThrasher: The "When you accidentally write songs that already exist" series of videos is about Daniel trying to write an original song, only to accidentally plagiarize the instrumentals of various popular songs and showtunes. |
| 152 | * ''WebVideo/JetLagTheGame'': The jingle for unlocking a road in season five bears striking resemblance to the flagpole theme from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' |
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