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alt title(s): Anime Ear Worms Another proof of Japan's excellence in weird and catchy things. You'd think not being able to understand Japanese would help, but nooooo...
(Tiny hint: don't just leave some Japanese lyrics and a youtube link. Name the series. Youtube videos have a tendency to disappear, and then nobody will get to have your song stuck in their head—and you wouldn't want that, would you? Also, try using Rutube, use an online translator if you need help navigating the site: quality will suffer, but because copyright in Russia is rarely enforced, a video uploaded to Rutube will not go down)
90% of anime theme songs. Specific examples are below:
- All of which can be traced back to the english version of the original Astro Boy. Any and all complaints about modern anime OP causing ear worms can be directed to Fred Ladd, who decided to add lyrics to the then instrumental Japanese OP
 since it wasn't catchy enough. This caused Osamu Tezuka to add lyrics to later seasons of Astro Boy since he liked the effect, which caused everyone to add catchy lyrics to their anime OP since they also liked it. Everyone, sing along!
There you go, Astro Boy, on your flight into space
Rocket hi~gh, through the sk~y, for adventures soon you will face!
Astro Boy bombs away, on your mission today
Here's the countdown, and the blastoff, everything is go Astro Boy!
Crowds will cheer you, you're a hero, as you go, go, go Astro Boy!
- The whole soundtrack of the Baccano! anime. Especially the OP, Gun's & Roses by Paradise Lunch. Jazzy goodness by Yoshimori Makoto.
- Martian Successor Nadesico's opening - YOU GET BURNING!. This Troper had it controlling his brain for weeks.
- An American example: Doo do-doodoo, do DOODOO! (Ironically this one is far, far more famous than the Japanese opening.)
- Another example from the same company: SABEEEER RIDEEEEEEER And The Star Sherrifs! Again, nobody remembers the Japanese version; say "Saber Rider" to any child of the 80s in America and they'll start ramming their heads against the wall.
- From Kinnikuman we have this. Heil Brocken!
- YANMANI YANMANI YANMANI YAI-YA~
- "Welcome to the tale of a land conquered by evil..."
- Afuro Gunsou/Afuro Gunsou wa A Fu Ro (mow!)
- Hare Hare Yukai.
- Pitan, tan-tan-mojipittan!
- JIBUUUUN WO! COLORS from Code Geass. By God what a rush. [1]
- The second intro, Kaidoku Funou, has a chorus which will glue to your head for at least a month.
- The chorus of the second ED theme, Mosaic Kakera, is also really bad about this. Mo-sa-i-ku, ka-ke-ra, doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo...
- The show's final opening, "WORLD END" (by the group that did COLORS).
- The song that plays during Lelouch's death. Cute, powerful, and almost guarenteed to make you cry. "Continued Story" by Hitomi.
- Siegfried, the song that played while Lelouch was revealing his plan to Geass "God".
- Innocent Days - the song that played during Euphemia's death scene. Know what 'hauntingly beautiful' sounds like.
- The fourth opening, O2. I CONTINUE TO FIGHT! I CONTINUE TO FIIIIIGHT!
- No love for the third OP, Hitomi no Tsubasa? For a song that only played in one or two episodes, this troper couldn't stop listening to it fo—ISSHUUUUUUUUUUUUUN WO OSHIEEEEEETEEEEEEEEEEEE
- This adorable character song. After listening to it for 15 minutes straight, this troper became convinced that the world does indeed need a third season of Code Geass. Starring Tianzi.
- GECCHU riaru shibatte picchi naitatata...ah... aw dammit, not again. BUUBBUUBBUU!!
- Motteke! Sailor Fuku
- And they created their own official NicoNico Douga in the second remix album. Terrific way to get most of their Image Songs in your head in one song.
- Thsi Troper gurantees you that whether you like Hiyori or hate her, you WILL have Default Joshikousei Nyan stuck in your head for days.
- Pegasus Fantasy
- This is pretty much the point of any Dancing Theme.
- "Lum's Love Song", the first opening for Urusei Yatsura (Suki de.. Suki de)
- The later one that goes "You are watching me, I am watching you" is also tres catchy.
- "Cosmic Cycler! Cosmic Cycler. Lun Lun Lun away home!!" Oh god. It sticks in my head.
- Komm, susser tod. Oh jesus christ on a cracker. What makes it even worse is, you're likely to get sent to a mental institution if you sing the actual lyrics in public.
- The second ending theme of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, "Minna no Piisu" (Everbody's Peace), especially the Gratuitous English filled refrain (Love & Rock, notte OK!).
- And, no matter what anyone says about Narm — Do the impossible, see the invisible, ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH!
- Touch the untouchable, break the unbreakable, ROW ROW FIGHT THA POWAH!
- On discovering that song was in the karaoke catalog a few months ago, this troper and two friends attempted to perform it. Seeing the ridiculous lyrics in writing was simply too much, and we succumbed to hysterical laughter punctuated by an occasional gasp of FIGHT DA POWAH! for the duration.
- The opening, Sorairo Days!
- "You are my S.t.a.r.S.!"
- Dai Guard. Seriously.
- Blue Gender has an OP that borders on Soundtrack Dissonance considering where the show falls. See for yourself.
- The openings to Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.
- This troper has started watching Azumanga Daioh, and now he can't get "Soramimi Cake" out of his skull for neither love nor money.
- Everything featured in Initial D, such as:
- Ichiman nen to nisen nen mae kara aishiteruuuuuuuuuu. Made worse by the English version.
- The show may have been generic crap, but this troper can't hep but listen to that song every day.
- Through The Night from Outlaw Star. I couldn't pronounce half the words to save my life, but that apparently doesn't prevent them from flying circles around my brain...
- This troper concurs. I've spent YEARS going "AI DAKE, YUME DAKE, KIMI DAKE" while sitting idly, and in high school I could segue into it from pretty much any rock song you can name. Needless to say, this annoyed the CRAP out of my friends.
- I've also got both the music bits that play during the episode title and the second part of the Eye Catch.
- I wanna be the very best like no one ever was...
- On a similar note, "Pokémon getto da ze!"
- Hope this troper isn't the only one that got High Touch into her head. I-s-sho na-ra-ba, akirameru no wa hayaize! GO GO GO!
- The entire first season/second season soundtrack did it for this troper, but especially 'Viridian City' and 'What Kind of Pokemon Are You?'
- The brazilian first opening must be heard It's so catchy that this troper is simply to hear it without starting singing together...
- The Japanese Pokérap. ? La la la, ieru ka na... ?
- This troper still remembers about 95% percent of the Pokerap, ten years after she stopped watching the anime. Send help.
- Not technically a song, but..."Prepare for Trouble! Make it Double!"...
- Though actually it did have that neat evil background music backing it up, and that helped it reach earworm status.
- Though it seems a musical version exists. "We can cause a riot in Sunday school(Ooh, a riot!) and we'll have you believin', truth can be decievin' - do unto others is our golden ruuule!"
- Oh, Psyduck!
- This troper as a child could not only sing every opening and random song by heart from the soundtrack/tv show, but also knew them in Japanese. All the opening and endings. And the rapid pace of the first Japanese opening, that was the most fun to learn. I still break out in song at random when I pick up my old games...
- The Japanese opening for the Advanced Gen
- Poke - Poke - Poke - Poke - Pokemon Ondo!
- Though it's probably tainted by the pointlessness of the entire season, the Pokemon Johto Theme is incredibly catchy. Do do DOOT doot DOO DOOO!
- Born To Be a Winner! (JOHTO!) Born to be a champion!
- I Wanna Be A Hero! (Hero!) Pokémon Advanced!
- We Will Be Heroes! We can change the world if we try!
- And something from the Italian version... [2] Win a, Win a Poké, Win a Pokémon...]]
- Takeshi no Paradise. Lalalalala nante suteki na~.
- Maemuki Rocket-dan. Maybe it's just because this troper likes Team Rocket, but still.
- Oooh, come on try to catch me...
- How did you guys even make the page without mentioning such opening chants as This the dance of the Pokémon advanced / you've got a chance with the Pokémon advanced (battle daaaaance~) and don't stop - can't stop the future~ ?!?
- Don't forget the Gotta Dance song. It STILL gets stuck in this troper's head, even though she saw the short-film years ago.
- Team Rockets rocking, talking trouble
- The newest Japanese opening, The Greatest - Everyday, definately.
- I can't beleive I forgot to add this with some of the other openings, but... OOOHH OH OH OH, OH-OH, I'm Unbeatable!
- And the Galatic Battles opening, Battle Cry ~Stand Up!~ The full version from Arceus and the Jewel of Life is one that will be stuck in your head for a while.
- Recently (for This troper, DRAGON (New Getter Robo opening) By JAM Project. He has no idea why.
- Try GONG. "I GET THE POWER OF LOVE!" (Actually, that's a lie. Try SKILL. That's an earworm.)
- Bugger that, VICTORY! "V I C T O R Y~! Three-two-one-zero never give up, oh yeeeeah~!"
- Let's just say they have a wormy discography. To this list this troper nominates Destination, Break Out, Fire Wars, and ROCKS. We can keep going, if you like.
- And their latest single, Hello Darwin! ~Curiosity on Demand~, the 9th OP to Keroro Gunsou, is one of the highest order. Naturally, it was composed by Kageyama Hironobu himself.
- As is their theme for The Movie, Space Roller Coaster.
- The lack of acknowledgment for the addictive qualities of Mazin Kenzan is stunning. A-I YO-RI A-KA-KUUUUUUUUUU!
- Waka Laka is probably like this. I've only seen the version with Osaka once, and it surfaces every once in a while.
- It's the sped up DDR version, which also is responsible for the version of "Witch Doctor"
- The OP from the first season of Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni combines this trope with Nightmare Fuel Unleaded. See for yourself. If that isn't bad enough, the 'unintelligible' chant is actually intentional backmasking saying "nigerarenai" (meaning You Can't Run Away). Naraku no Hana, the 2nd season OP, features this part un-backmasked. On a scene that looks like a happy walk to school with the protagonists. Not quite as much Nightmare Fuel as the first OP, but unsettling and Ear Worm-ish all the same.
- GA-GA-GA, GA-GA-GA GAOGAIGAR! GA-GA-GA, GA-GA-GA GAOGAIGAR!
- Desire, asayaka ni! Desire, toki wo koe! Desire, maiagare! Desire! Mabushiku all the WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
- Is it wrong that This Troper can recite THE WHOLE DAMN OP? Also, the "Two Powers Into One" chant (Gimu Geru Gan Go Gufou Vitas), whilst not music, is still damn catchy. Spoiler is related to FINAL Episode 2.
- Chichi chichi oppai, BOING BOIIINNNGG!
- Eureka Seven's 4th opening, Sakura. If that song doesn't have you bouncing, you have no soul.
- Ichigo 100%'s ending, Ike Ike. Especially when you see the para para/dance for the song...
- This troper had to take all the Hinoi Team she had OFF her iPod because their entire discography is so catchy she'd stopped listening to them.
- "Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight..."
- The Spanish version is a lot worse. Perdona si no puedo ser sincera, si en mis sueńos te lo confieso...
- You say that because you didn't try the Italian versions: there are five and each one is gonna get stuck into your head.
- Actually, the Dutch eurobeat one is much worse.
- And that's just a re-recording of the German one. Let's just say that Sailor Moon's openings have traditionally always been this, whatever the quality of the show itself in the language in question.
- If you've watched the fifth season, Nagareboshi He is inescapable. Search for your love...
- The worst earworm was "My only love." This troper searched everywhere to find the complete song and listened to it endlessly.
- For me, it HAS to be Power of Love, which plays in the confrontation between Neo Queen Serenity and the Wiseman. A slightly shortened version is in this clip from the episode
- Moon Revenge, from the Sailor Moon R movie, does it for this troper.
- "Ohhhh, Gatchaman, Gatchamaaaaaan!"
- "MAZIN GO! MAZIN GO! MAZZZINNGGAAAA Z!!!!"
- "GAN! GAN! GAN! GAN!!! WAKAI INOCHI GA MAKKA NI OETEEEEEEE!! *buh bu-buh! buh bu-buhhh!*GETTA SUPAAKU SORA TAKAKUUUU!"
- Digimon's (original) dub theme. The lyrics aren't much, but dang if that "dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun dun DUN-DUN" rhythm doesn't lodge in your head and stay there. (And the same goes for the rock remix used for the localization of Digimon Tamers)
- CHANGE INTO DIGITAL CHAMPIONS TO SAVE THE DIGITAL WORLD.
- "Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh oh, Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh...HERE WE GO!" Just when you get it out, they all go home and it plays again.
- You run around, I run around, we're all gonna run, run, around...
- "Big and bigger, biggest dreamer, yume miru koto ga subete hajimari sore ga kotae daro[...]" (At least, that's the main portion that will not get out of my head)
- Het digimon, hey digimon, monster friends from the digital world.
- Mugendai na yume no...
- We look to our past, as we head for the future, to reclaim the Digital Wooorld~!
- For whatever reason, Kari blowing the theme on her whistle in the Digimon movie never left this Troper's head. She now wishes she could whistle well to pester people with it.
- Digimon Savers has the main battle/evolution theme, Believer. The use of this as the battle music basically every time, at the climax of every episode, helps. That and a fairly good use of Gratuitous English.
- ''Oboeteimasuka, me to me ga atta toki wo? Oboeteimasuka, te to te ga furiatta toki? Sore wa hajimete no ai no tabidachi dashita? I love you so...''
- The Cutey Honey theme, so good, they just keep using it. Damn them..
- Pick a song from Nerima Daikon Brothers. ANY song.
- Who-oa Who-ao... Egao de cash!
- This troper oftentimes gets the Hellsing anime opening stuck in her head for days on end. Seriously.
- doo doo doo...dododo doodoo...doo doo doo...dododo doodoo...(insert Mondegreen'd lyrics here)*
- This troper has wenn wir fahren gegen engeland (from the OVA IV) forever in her head (and she knows the lyrics), which is always a problem seeing as it's a Nazi marching song.
- Thanks to Rip Van Winkle, this troper has "mein Sohn, nur Mut" stuck in her head ALL THE TIME.
- Broken English has the same effect.
- AKUMA STOCKING DU DU BI DUUU
- "Purupuru Pururin, Purupuru Pururin, Puru Pururin..."
- "DRAGON! DRAGON! ROCK THE DRAGON! DRAGONBALL Z!
- The Japanese versions even better, CHA-LA-HEAD-CHA-LA! and WE GOT POWA DRAGONBALL Z!
- Dokkan Dokkan tsuiteru/Dokkan Dokkan Paradise
- Err, [[Your Mileage will vary]], i have nothing against Japanese theme songs, but the American Dragonball versions are better.
- Busou Renkin Whoaaohh whoa-oh whoaaohh whoa-oh da-danana da-daaaaa!
- He's made of rubber! How did that happen? YO-HO-HO, HE TOOK A BITE OF GUM-GUM!
- Sogeking.
- Yohohoho yohohoho! Yohohoho yohohoho! Bink's Sake, ladies and gentlemen.
- While it doesn't really sound all that One Piece-y, the song for the 10th opening, Share the World will not leave this troper's ear.
- Pocketo no Coin, soreto YOU WANNA BE MY FRIEND?
- I think back to the time when my quest first began, I left behind those shores of sand, to the endless everlasting world out there! Damn you, Vic Mignogna...as if that extremely catchy Soldier A song wasn't enough.
- This song is pretty catchy in German too, well at least if you know German
- And then to top it off, as if the theme for DN Angel wasn't catchy enough, Vic Mignogna decided to go and write English lyrics for it. Not for the American release or anything, oh no, he just did it for kicks, and thus made it THAT MUCH EASIER to get stuck in your head because you can now easily sing along. (And his lyrics are actually pretty close to the original, too!) I think we've gathered enough evidence to label Vic Mignogna an Ear Worm repeat offender.
- That's not the only music trope he's a repeat offender of..."True Light" is actually more Crowning Music Of Awesome material.
- Kimi ni Mune Kyun~ (KYUN~!!!)
- On a tangential note, I'm waiting for that video game to hit shelves. Losing health points from getting a Nose Bleed? That's just awesome. Far cooler than anything actually in the show.
- IT'S TIME TO D-D-D-D D-D-D-D-D-DUEL!
- Pipiru piru piru pipiru pii~!
- S-O-N-I-C, GO! Go, go, go, go! Let's go!!
- Lyrical Tokarev, kill them all!
- Run away, run away, leave your lemon drop, soak it up, soak it up, won't you crush on me...
- The Hayate The Combat Butler third ending, Chasse. Lun, lun, lun...
- .hack//roots's main theme, Silly-Go-Round, has been stuck in This Troper's head for MONTHS.
- Dango, dango, dango, dango, dango daikazoku.... This troper has heard it a grand total of twice at the time of this writing, but the hypnotic melody will stay.
- "Sukitooru, yume wo miteita yawarakai eien"...
- Not to mention "Kimi dake ga sugisatta saka no tochuu wa Atataka na hidamari ga ikutsu mo dekiteta"...
- This Troper still cries at the "good" ending song. "tooku de tooku de yureteru inaho no umi ho wo age ho wo age mezashita omoide he to"... Not to mention it not getting out of his head for THREE WEEKS.
- I WANT TO CHAAANGE THE WORLD!
- kaze wo kakenukete/ nanimo osorezu ni
- Ima yuuki to/egao no KAKERA daite~!!
- CHAAAAANGE MY MIND!!!
- Jounetsu tayasazu ni!
- takanaru mirai e/ te wo nobaseba kagayakeru hazu sa
- It's wonderland~!
- Pick an ending song any ending song
- HAAATEHATEHATEHATEHAAATENAAAAAA NOOOBINOBINOBINOBINONBIRITOOO
- Everything, everything from Cowboy Bebop. Actually, scratch that. Everything by Yoko Kanno. Right now this troper has the "Where's your messiah" bit (or whatever) from "Blue" rattling around...
- Yes, everything, but especially the opening theme. You so will "sing" along with that brass at the very end every time.
- YOU WA SHOCK! (OK, it's actually called "Ai wo Torimodose". But what's the line everyone actually remembers?)
- Tatatatatata-TAIHEN! Renoyatsu ga haji ma~tta~
- PURIPPURIN GYMNASTIC EX-CER-CISE! Bonkkyubon mukin-muukin!
- BOOM BOOM BOOM! Even though the show is ecchi, the song is really CATCHY~! *horrible pun*
- "Uchuuuu Sen-kan YAAAAAAAAAAMMAAAAAATOOOOOOOO!!!"
- "Uninstall", the opening for Bokurano.The Masaaki Endoh version is so over the top so epic that he made a haunting song in one truly and epicaly CHEERFUL song,if you hear it one time you won't stop ever again,so here it is: "Uninstall Masaaki Endoh version"
- Yume, Hitohira!
- GI-GAN-TOR! GI-GAN-TOR! GI-GAAAAAAAN-TOR!
- RIDE ON SHOOTING STAR!
- Also, "Little Busters", the second battle theme.
- For me, the catchiest music from the series, by a wide margin, was the guitar riff from "Last Dinosaur", which they used for the episode previews.
- "Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer! He's a demon on wheels..."
- HIROGARU YAMI NO NAKA, KAWASHIATTE, KAKUMEI NO CHIGIRI (...) SEKAI WOOOOOO
- Ooh ooh, ooh ooh (yeah) ooh ooh, ooh ooh (yeah) ooh ooh Let me be with you.
- Menchi Aishou no Borero Gyakuna is slow, but addicting. Probably because it's so sorrowful and yet hilarious. The main theme of Excel Saga is also pretty addictive.
- Kore wa Ai Ja Nai~! (COUGH!!! COUGH!!! WHEEZE~!!!)
- Mi-Ra-Kurumi!
- A friend said it best: "So I heard that song. And it was so idiotic... that I heard it again. And again. And...
- EXCALIBAAA! EXCALIBAAA! From United King, I'm looking for him, I'm going to Californiaaaa!
- And if we add in openings, Paper Moon kills brain cells.
- How about Naruto's Go! (Fighting Dreamers)? Seriously, this troper was stuck multiple times with complete strangers, and quite a few times, they would be singing that one refrain, "WE ARE F-F-F-FIGHTING DREAMERS!" It drove this troper insane.
- This troper goes to Anime conventions in her country very often, and can assure you all that playing "Go!" or "Haruka Kanata", be in the sound system or in the Karaoke contest, immediately causes all the present fanaticade spontaneouly singing them aloud, to the point that in some 'Con those songs became banned de facto and only played when the event spirit is decaying. Heck, the very first ever this troper heard "Haruka Kanata" was in a con, and she still joined the spontaneous chorus anyway!
- This troper gets Namikaze Satellite and Nani Wo Mitsumeteriu Darou stuck in her noggin a lot more often.
- YOU ARE MY FRIEND! Aa-ah, ano hi no yume. IMA DEMO, mada waseretanain deshou? YOU ARE MY DREAM! Aa-ah, haimete bakka, kimi wa LONG LOST FRIEND...
- SHA LA LA itsuka kitto, boku wa te ni surunda, hakanaki mune ni sotto, hikari moete yukeeee!!!
- BACCHIKOI BACCHIKOI BABAAAAAYYYY!!!!
- YOU KNOW THE CLOSER YOU GET TO SOMETHING, THE TOUGHER IT IS TO SEE IT!
- Sousa kanashimi wo yasashisa ni!
- King! King! King Gainer! King! King! King Gainer!
- Yappa paa — The first season opening theme for Ranma One Half, this theme is generally considered the most catchy of them all. It actually got several official releases (including one version sung by Shampoo), and was repeatedly used as the music for 'song playing in the background' situations in the anime. Including at least one episode where the bit-characters Yuka and Sayuri sung it as their entry in a talent display.
- Pappara funi funi pappara hoe hoe Pappara funi funi ta-mago!
- How can I help you, King Dedede? Ah need a monstah ta clobbah dat deh Kirbeh! That's what we do best at N.M.E.! (Ya'd betta get it with a money back guarantee!)
- TenjhoTenge's opening theme, Bomb a Head. This Troper has never watched that anime and she is still addicted.
- TIME TO PARTY TIME! PARTY TIME!
- Fly Gundam! Seigi no ikari o butsukero gandamu,Kido senshi GANDAMU! Gan-DA-MU!
- ANIME JA NAI! (anime ja nai) ANIME JA NAI! (anime ja nai) HONTOU NO KOTO SA!
- Potemayo's Katamichi Catch Ball. Possibly the sparkliest,cutest earworm in the world. Try the full version.
- Motto Sparking Now! Tsuyoku tafu na haato...
- Everybody say HOOOOOOOOOO!!! HIP! POSE! STEP! JUMP!
- LETS FIGHTING LOVE! Oops... Wrong genre.
- NOW YOU FEEL LIKE NUMBER ONE!
- Several of the character songs from the Bleach Beat Collection are offenders, too. La La La for Orihime, We for Yachiru/Ikkaku/Ayasegawa/Kenpachi, This Light I See for Toshirou, and that's not even getting into the couple dozen openings and endings. Good thing it's actually good music, or Bleach would've probably caused a lot of suicides by this point.
- Openings. This Troper would like to blame Bleach for getting Velonica, Shojo S, and Rolling Star for getting into his head, and never leaving. However, since they are good songs, he has decided to not jump off a bridge.
- DRAGON SCREAMER! DRAGON FEVER! NO QUESTIOOOOOOOOOONNNN!!!
- ZETTAI. UNMEI. MOKUSHIROKU.
- Damn you, xxxHolic. Damn you and your catchy-ass ending!
- Za za za za zam Za za za za zam
- Shugo Chara:
- Pretty much ANY Super Robot theme song will fall in this trope almost by definition. Also, for a Real Robot example... TURN A TURN, TURN A TURN, TUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~
- I WAS MADE TO HIT IN AMERICAAAAA I was made to hit in Americaaaaa I WAS MADE TO HIT IN... oh DAMMIT! NOT AGAIN!
- Uh... this. A commercial for vegetable juice by the Vocaloid crew... I think...
- It is, in fact, a commercial for vegetable juice in Japan. This troper wants to know why we can't have awesome ads like that here in America.
- Amaenaideyo! has both O Ps and the season 2 ED (which also serves as a pseudo-Image Song for Chitose): respectively, Afurete Yuku no wa Kono Kimochi, Amaenaideyo (warning: copious amounts of Ecchi in that link), and Lonesome Traveler (this video is in fact from Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni, but it's the same song). Lonesome Traveler in particular is quite possibly the only use of marimbas in any Image Song.
- Kurukururi~ kurukururin! No Japanese banjo music has the right to be so catchy.
- The opening to Paranoia Agent, especially the "Raaiiyaa ra ra" part of the refrain. Like "Komm, süßer Tod", the lyrics aren't nearly as cheerful as the beat just makes it worse.
- Darker Than Black's opening and ending themes for this troper. "There isn't a day I don't think about it / mayou kokoro ga kimi ni todoku you ni"
- The opening to Chi's Sweet Home due to sheer adorablity!
- The second opening as well, and both are only 30 seconds long.
- Gundam00's famous insert song, Unlimited Sky
- Pretear's opening theme is a little generic, but DAMN is it catchy.
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters: "Hey! We just won a fight!" "VICTORY DANCE!" .
- Lilium, the opening theme of Elfen Lied.
- Last Exile's first opening, Cloud-Age Symphony, digs in and won't let go.
- The openings for the four Angelique TV series are pretty head-stuckable. If Angelique isn't enough, there's the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Hachiyoushou TV series, whose opening, catchy enough by itself, has a bonus of being sung by three members of the local Blue Bishonen Ghetto; and then you get to the Image Songs from the same series (particularly Tenma's "Hitomi to Hitomi no IGNITION")...
- The ending for the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Maihitoyo movie, "Harari, Hirari", might do this as well. And stuff from earlier OAVs (Ajisai Yumegatari, "Sakura Fubuki"). And... yep, the NeoRomance series love these. A lot.
- Nekomimi modo... nekomimi modo nee!
- I Talk To The Rain, by Yuki Kajiura. Actually anything that has Yuki Kajiura involved in it, much to the annoyance of everyone This Troper knows.
- "Cagayake!GIRLS", the opening theme for K-On!. Especially the "No, no, no" part.
- Guru guru mawaru, guru guru mawaru...
- Buono tomato, buono tomato, buono buono ooh!
- "Pasta pasta pasta pasta pasta yay!"
- EEEIIIINSAMKEEEEIIIIIT
- EINS. ZWEI. DREI, VIER, FUNF.
- ""NE, NE PAPA WAIN CHODAI?!""
- "Marukaite chikyuu! Marukaite chikyuu! Marukaite chikyuu! Boku Hetalia!" or "Ne, ne, papa? Wain no choudai! Ne, ne mama? Ne, ne, mama?", if you prefer.
- "Pubu, pubu, pubutte go! Fish and chips!"
- "AHAHAHAHA~!"
- "NO PAIN! NO GAIN! ORDERS ARE ORDERS!"
- "Paarappapara paaripappari paripapareedo~!"
- Sousa, Ore... Tres Bien!!!
- Hayatteru mono, motto motto suki...
- Hey you guys! Let's go to the HAMBURGER STREEEEET!!!
- WA-SHI-NG-TON DEEEEE SEEEEEE!! DEEEEEEE SEEEEEEE (*wait for it...*) OH! OH!
- Pe-pe-pe-pe-pe-pechka...Let's face it, the anime producers have a team researching how to make the character songs as Ear Worm-y as possible.
- Love Destiny, the OP to Sister Princess, is part of the reason why This Troper got hooked on the show in the first place. "Aitai ai ai ai ai no ni, aenai ai ai ai kon'ya wa..."
- Everyone, I'm really, really sorry for this, but MY SILKY LOVE
- The new FMA anime opening.
- And "Melissa" and "Kesenai Tsumi", the first Opening and Ending of the first series.
- Ready Steady can't hold me back, Ready Steady give me good luck, Ready Steady never look back, Let's get started! READY STEADY GO!
- The English version of the theme to Key the Metal Idol (or the original Japanese depending on your preference): It's haunting, beautiful, and it won't stop playing in my head.
- Any show animated by Gonzo, Black Cat and Spiral in particular.
- Love Hina's Sakura Saku is catchy.
- Ergo Proxy's opening is always managing to go on mental loop.
- Witch Hunter Robin has one of these for its opening. I'm not quite sure why.
- Black Lagoon ah...damn you Black Lagoon.
- This Troper has yet to get the OP for Persona Trinity Soul, 'Breaking Through', out of his head.
- Na, na, na, na-na, Na, na, na, na-na. One of 4kids' best songs...
- Katekyo Hitman Reborn SHOW ME, FLY THE SKY!
- BOYS AND GIRLS BE AMBITIOUS! BOYS AND GIRLS KEEP IT REAL!
- KICK OFF! RIDE ON! LET'S GO!
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- Let's not even get into the character songs. "Kufufu! kufufu! kufufu no fu!" or "ciaossu! ciaossu! ciao! ciao!"
- Say what you may about the dub (which is... lacking in quality) or the song — Rave Master's dub theme (by none other than Reel Big Fish) is ungodly catchy.
- TSURETETTE! BOKU WO TSURETETTE!
- I actually have a funny story based on this song. I bet my friend that she couldn't stand more than three seconds of the cuteness from the opening video (Pausing right before it gets ecchi.).
goodyfun: "There is no way you will be able to handle this."
Friend: "Sure I can. I've seen a lot."
goodyfun: (Plays video for three seconds.)
Friend: ... "...Damn you."
- While we're on the Pico series, one can't forget the opening theme to Pico To Chico. It sounds frighteningly similar to to the marching song from My Neighbor Totoro. And Thats Terrible.
- KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE! Good God, that's awful, especially because I can't pronounce the rest of the song.
- Mata Ashita was stuck in this troper's head for a week after hearing it.
- This troper was disappointed it wasn't dubbed, but the Gag Dub addition to the Hilarious Outtakes was a fair trade for the show's sendoff.
- Tamaki's Image Song. Both versions. Vic Mignogna strikes again.
- Tales Of Symphonia's OAV series opening song Almateria, even if the lyrics sound almost nonsensical.
- NE, KOTAE WA NAIYO, KYOU NO KESHIKI WO! WASURENAI YOUNI TO BOKU WA IKI WO TOMERUNDA! Damn you, Terra, that song has been stuck in my head for two weeks.
- Irresponsible Captain Tylor's opening. You'll see it and think 'It wasn't that catchy,' and then the next day you'll be humming "Ima sugu, sail away for future!" and wondering to yourself where you heard that . . .
- This Troper discovered this when he watched the entire series over a week or two in high school. By halfway through he knew all the words and is still pretty sure he can sing along reasonably well.
- The ending is even worse. 1 2 3 4 5, ikizugi wo one two . . .
- Hamtaro will know just what to do, this will be our song, come on and siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
- The opening theme of Sketchbook ~full color'S~, Kaze Sagashi, is a beautiful acoustic piece that haunted this troper's mind for weeks on end.
- Uchikudake! Hagane no ude de SOLDIER OF SOLDIER! Tokihanate! Fuuin sareshi POWER OF POWER!
- Co!ppe-li-a no hi!tsu!gi! Nagareru namida wa mou kaaaarehateee~...
- The opening theme of Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu even invites you to sing along
- BIG BAD BOYS FROM OUTER SPACE! (ULT-I-MATE MUSCLE!) HERE TO BODY SLAM THE HUMAN RACE! ULT-I-MATE MUSCLE!
- Seven apples on a witches tree, With seven seeds to plant inside of me...
- Every. single. Kirarin. Revolution. theme song. They're all catchy and ALL have really bad vocals. Here are just some of them:
- I am falling, I am failing I am drowning, Help me to breathe...
- Victory's Gundam Ending, Winners Forever is a pretty darned catchy theme. Be careful, or it might get stuck in your head FOREVER!
- Saki has its first ending theme "Netsuretsu Kangei Wonderland", better known as "WAI WAI".
- And the music to the second (technically third, but the second appeared twice as a special ending song) is even catchier.
- "[4]" "Clover" from Solty Rei. Nee ima made shiriakatta...
- "Discotheque" from Rosario+Vampire has the (always dangerous) mix of earworm and Dancing Theme to totally destroy your brain. Mizore somehow seems to have gained fans just from that video if the comments are any indication. Also a popular song live.
- You're always super special, that's why you are here with me!
- A lot of the songs connected to Sailor Moon. The theme song, "The 3 O'Clock Fairies", "Ai No Senshi", "I Want Us To Be Together" (Can't remember the Japanese title.) and others.
- The first ending for Kuroshitsuji, "I'm Alive." This troper was surprised to hear a completely English ending after reading subtitles. And the chibis are just icing on the seven-layer cake.
- The main title song for Robotech. Also used as a Theme Music Power Up for the entire freaking series. Even reappears in orchestral form in the Shadow Chronicles movie.
- Odoru Ponpokorin. Chibi Maruko Chan may have this one all locked up- and not only is it a huge earworm whether in the original Japanese or redone by Captain Jack, but the visuals are straight up What Do You Mean It Wasnt Made On Drugs. See for yourself!
- Just about any Slayers song. Even Otome no Inori.
- Especially Otome no Inori!
- Hayate no yoo ni! Zabunguru! Zabunguru!
- "...She's a little fish from the deep blue sea.."
- The Japanese version is a lot more catchy. Doesn't help that the girl (Oohashi Nozomi) is ADORABLE.
- Shaman King has an oddly catchy theme tune in the dub, and you know what oddly catchy tunes become...
- Cue the first English ending of Case Closed. IT DOES NOT LEAVE YOUR MIND.
- Sore wa ai ja nai~~ Ai wa sore ja nai~~ Ai shite 'ru kedo ai sarete wa inai
- Tonari no Totoro, Toto-ro...
- Maru kaite chikyuu, maru kaite chikyuu, maru kaite chikyuu boku Hetalia!
- Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok's ending theme: Bokutachi wa kitto tadoritsukeru kara inori-tsuzuketai Believe in Heaven!
- I brushed against the freckles that I hated so but life goes on and I heave a little sigh for you.
- Card Captor Sakura has many faaaaaaabulous Ear Worms. The half-assed Nelvada dub, however, had none of them.
- Catch You Catch Me
- Groovy!
- Tobira o Akete
- Platinum
- Ashita e no Melody
- I beg to differ! The dub sucked, but it had a few Ear Worms of its own. I give you Guardian of the Cards and Ordinary Girl. Admittedly not as good as the Japanese songs, but still just as catchy.
- This Troper also has to say that I was fond of the Nelvana dub opening theme, as well as the second Canadian opening theme. Why the second? Because the episodes that aired here on CITV of season 2 replaced the English theme with the even catchier song Razzamatazz by Froggy Mix, and that song got stuck in my head after hearing it the very first time.
- ~ My broken wings Still strong enough to cross the ocean with My broken wings How far should I go drifting in the wind Across the sky just keep on fly ~ (from Trinity Blood)
- The theme to Martian Successor Nadesico never got stuck in my head... but the theme song to its Show Within A Show, Gekigangar III is a completely different story.
- FLYING IN THE SKY takaku habatake This has had this song stuck in his head on and off for months.
- Yu Yu Hakusho's The Homework Never Ends, with its pounding '90s J-pop intro, is probably the worst offender, but every other ending and opening qualifies.
- Waltz (which isn't an actual waltz), from Honey And Clover, performed by Suneohair. It's even more powerful to people who have seen the show, due to its tendency to start coming in before the end of each episode, and over the most poignant scenes. The highly recognizable yowling synthesizer tones in the intro add greatly to its impact—this troper starts to feel a bit melancholic whenever she hears it.
- Split by the same band, used als the ending theme in the second season, has pretty much the same effect, being more of the same—but slower.
- The opening from Lupin III. Even Adult Swim caught that one; they made a commercial for the show that was just the words "Da-da-daaaaa da-da-da" repeated over to fit the song.
- Here's what Himeko and Erika have to say on the subject
- "Coloring Palette", the ending of GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class, manages to cling to the brain in all its incarnations (this troper slightly prefers the slower versions though).
- The opening of Aoi Hana, performed by Kukikodan, is a rare mix of cheery, melancholic and romantic, which make for a haunting melody that is hard to shake off. It also forms a great combination with the visuals, causing this troper lumps in her throat whenever she sees it.
- Something tells this troper that the opening of Fairy Tail is going to end up as this.
- WHEN YOU'RE LOST HERE I AM FOREVER WITH YOUR SOUL!
- The Kodomo No Jikan ED. Just don't assume the show itself is like this. It can get really fucked up.
- Daiguard. Ba Bababa BaBaBa Ba Ba Rarararara
- Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah groooovin' magiiiic...
- Dokkyun Heart. Nuff Said.
- LOVE & ROLL, the ending theme to Cencoroll. Can you hear me nee ima dokoro hen...
- "Yami wo kirisaku OH DESIRE!" Dammit, why must every single song from that series be so made of win?
- B-A-K-A-S-U-R-V-I-V-O-R[5]
- Pani Poni Dash's first opening, Yellow Vacation. BUN BUN BU BU BUN KIIROI BAKANSU YO!
- C'mon, sing it with me, from Aeon Flux!
Ready for the action now, Dangerboy
Ready if I'm ready for you, Dangerboy
Ready if I want it now, Dangerboy?
How dare you, dare you, Dangerboy?
How dare you, Dangerboy?
I dare you, dare you, Dangerboy...
- Ghost in the Shell - "I am Calling Calling now, Spirits rise and falling" and "Save your tears for the day when our pain is far behind..."
- Virtually any Pretty Cure theme, but especially Ganbalance de Dance.
- School Rumble opening and closing themes.
- Ultra Relax Ya know after it stops being obnoxious
- Gravitation Glaring Dreams and Sleepless Beauty
- Shin Chan's dub ending — "Woke up late this morning, a storm was really rolling..."
- Miracle Happy Day, The Sacred Blacksmith, especially after seeing the actual ending (can't locate T_T)
- Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun - "Fure Fure Adorena-Escalashon!"
- Ojamajo Doremi — pick a witchling sing-a-long from the dub, opening, ending, or even Lullabye of Lupinus and try to get it out of your head.
- Toukyou no chuusuu wa Maru-no-uchi, Hibiya-kouen, Ryougiin...
- Atashi dake ni KAAAKETEEEEEEE
- PA-DO-DO PA-PA-DO-WA, PA-DO-DO PA-PA-DO-WA!
- HITOTSU! HITOTSU! HITOTSU! HITOTSU!
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers: Two worlds collide on the inside...
- Fushigi Yuugi gives us this immortal gem: "Maiagare, Suzaku... miracle la!"
- And from the same song: "Itooshi hito no tame ni/Ima nani ga, dekiru ka na?"
- The ending theme. Just... the ending theme.
- This anime's insert instrumentals can and will end up in your head.
- Saiunkoku Monogatari has this: "Hajimari no kaze yo..."
- The first opening of To Aru Kagaku No Railgun, complete with nonsense Gratuitous Engrish. Learn the full song and get it out of your head, dare you.
- This Troper has the same issue with PSI-Missing from To Aru Majutsu no Index.
- Yume no naka e...yume no naka e...ooh-ooh-ooh...ooh-ooh-ooh...ooh-ooh-ooh...saaa!
- FLCL is basically one long music video. It's hard to find a scene that isn't filled with awesome music.
- Konya wa Hurricane of Bubblegum Crisis.
- Dinosaur King's opening theme (the american dub that is). So..catchy.
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