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* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has the [[http://girlgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Transylvania_Polygnostic_University Transylvania Polygnostic University Fight Song]], semi-officially filked by Music/TomSmith.

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* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has the [[http://girlgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Transylvania_Polygnostic_University Transylvania Polygnostic University Fight Song]], semi-officially filked by Music/TomSmith.
Music/TomSmith. It can be listened to [[https://tomsmith.bandcamp.com/track/trans-poly-u-fight-song here]].

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* Eric Idle and Neil Innes' "Football" (from 'mRutland Weekend Television'') celebrates the sport's inherent violence. Verse three:
-->I hack limbs off for Newcastle\\
-->I rape for Luton town
-->For the Rangers I kill strangers
-->And kick Leeds horses down\
-->I set fire to referees who let opponents score
-->Yes, football is the game that we adore!

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* Eric Idle and Neil Innes' "Football" (from 'mRutland Weekend Television'') celebrates the sport's inherent violence. Verse three:
-->I hack limbs off for Newcastle\\
-->I rape for Luton town
-->For the Rangers I kill strangers
-->And kick Leeds horses down\
-->I set fire to referees who let opponents score
-->Yes, football is the game that we adore!
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I rape for Luton town\\
For the Rangers I kill strangers\\
And kick Leeds horses down\\
I set fire to referees who let opponents score\\
Yes, football is the game that we adore!

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I -->I rape for Luton town\\
For
town
-->For
the Rangers I kill strangers\\
And
strangers
-->And
kick Leeds horses down\\
I
down\
-->I
set fire to referees who let opponents score\\
Yes,
score
-->Yes,
football is the game that we adore!

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* Eric Idle and Neil Innes' "Football" (from 'mRutland Weekend Television'') celebrates the sport's inherent violence. Verse three:
-->I hack limbs off for Newcastle\\
I rape for Luton town\\
For the Rangers I kill strangers\\
And kick Leeds horses down\\
I set fire to referees who let opponents score\\
Yes, football is the game that we adore!
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Every great [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball football]] team needs a hard-hitting fight song. Every high school has one, every college has one, and some NFL teams have 'em. It's a great and easy way to support the team and remind the crowd which team just got the touchdown. This isn't just limited to football; most competitive sports (usually ball games) will have this played with each point scored.

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Every great [[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball football]] team needs a hard-hitting fight song. Every high school has one, every college has one, and some NFL UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague teams have 'em. It's a great and easy way to support the team and remind the crowd which team just got the touchdown. This isn't just limited to football; most competitive sports (usually ball games) will have this played with each point scored.
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* Another famous one from the Midwest is the UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan's "(Hail to) The Victors"--which even in-state rivals Michigan State admit is catchy (infuriating, but catchy). UsefulNotes/GeraldFord, who had been a star center at Michigan, preferred when possible to be played in with "The Victors" rather than the usual Presidential {{leitmotif}}, "Hail to the Chief."

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* Another famous one from the Midwest is the UsefulNotes/UniversityOfMichigan's University of Michigan's "(Hail to) The Victors"--which even in-state rivals Michigan State admit is catchy (infuriating, but catchy). UsefulNotes/GeraldFord, who had been a star center at Michigan, preferred when possible to be played in with "The Victors" rather than the usual Presidential {{leitmotif}}, "Hail to the Chief."
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It's Wossamotta U. Also, that fight song is set to the tune of a real-life one.


* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'', we get the Wassamatta U Fight Song:
-->Wassamatta, hats off to you!

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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'', we get the Wassamatta Wossamotta U Fight Song:
-->Wassamatta,
Song (to the tune of the "Minnesota Rouser", the real-life fight song of the University of Minnesota):
-->Wossamotta,
hats off to you!



-->Hail, Wassamatta, hail!

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-->Hail, Wassamatta, Wossamotta, hail!



-->Hey, Wassamatta U!

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-->Hey, Wassamatta Wossamotta U!
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** Since 2012, UT and A&M have been in different conferences, leaving A&M with a song deriding a football rival that no longer exists. UT has the same problem, as the second line of "Texas Fight" is 'and it's goodbye to A&M'. However, that problem will be averted before too long, since UT will join A&M in the Southeastern Conference some time between 2022 and 2025.

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** Since 2012, UT and A&M have been in different conferences, leaving A&M with a song deriding a football rival that no longer exists. UT has the same problem, as the second line of "Texas Fight" is 'and it's goodbye to A&M'. However, that problem will be averted before too long, since UT will join A&M in the Southeastern Conference some time between 2022 and 2025.in July 2024.
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** Canadian university football also has them. Queen's University in Ontario has the most famous one, with the unlikely title of "Oil Thigh", set to the melody of "Battle Hymn of the Republic", with verses mentioning other Canadian universities by name, and a chorus in very loosely-rendered Scots Gaelic.

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** Canadian university football also has them. Queen's University in Ontario has the most famous one, with the unlikely title of "Oil Thigh", set to the melody of "Battle Hymn of the Republic", with verses mentioning other Canadian universities by name, and a chorus in very [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign loosely-rendered Scots Gaelic.Gaelic]].
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''Cha ghèill! Cha ghèill! Cha ghèill!'' (No surrender, no surrender, no surrender!)

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''Cha ghèill! Cha ghèill! Cha ghèill!'' (No surrender, no surrender, no surrender! No surrender! No surrender!)
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See also AlmaMaterSong and MusicAtSportingEvents for more general information.

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See also AlmaMaterSong and MusicAtSportingEvents for more general information. Often intersects with BraggingThemeTune.

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* They also exist in Canadian football. Every UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague team has an official song, with the Toronto Argonauts' song being a typical example.
--->The Argos will win for you!\\
Full of fight and courage you can’t stop\\
They pile up the points until they reach the top\\
Pull together till the Grey Cup’s won
** Canadian university football also has them. Queen's University in Ontario has the most famous one, with the unlikely title of "Oil Thigh", set to the melody of "Battle Hymn of the Republic", with verses mentioning other Canadian universities by name, and a chorus in very loosely-rendered Scots Gaelic.
--->''Oilthigh na Banrighinn a' Bhanrighinn gu bràth!'' (Queen's University forever!)[[note]]Literally "University of the wife of the king, until the end of time!"[[/note]]\\
''Cha ghèill! Cha ghèill! Cha ghèill!'' (No surrender, no surrender, no surrender!)
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* Not really in the same tradition as most other examples, but Music/{{Queen}}'s "Football Fight" from ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' where Flash fights against Ming the Merciless' goons in the style of a football game.

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* Not really in the same tradition as most other examples, but Music/{{Queen}}'s Music/{{Queen|Band}}'s "Football Fight" from ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' where Flash fights against Ming the Merciless' goons in the style of a football game.

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* The fight song of Cornell University, "Give My Regards to Davy," has nothing to do with sports. Its lyrics are a parody of "Give My Regards to Broadway" and detail a student's expulsion for binge drinking. He promises to return and drink again, but sends his regards to school administrators in the meantime.



** And if that one isn't, "Hail to the Redskins", used by the Washington Football Team before it ditched its flame-bait nickname, almost certainly is.

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** And if that one isn't, "Hail to the Redskins", used by the Washington Football Team Commanders before it ditched its flame-bait nickname, almost certainly is.
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* There's a very British one in ''Series/RutlandWeekendTelevision'' that takes it UpToEleven.... it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dzH0z1_-hY panders to the stereotypes]]

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* There's a very British one in ''Series/RutlandWeekendTelevision'' that takes it UpToEleven.... it ''Series/RutlandWeekendTelevision''. It [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dzH0z1_-hY panders to the stereotypes]]
stereotypes]] .
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* A medley of "On, Wisconsin" (the University of Wisconsin's fight song) and "Fight On" (the University of Southern California's fight song) can be heard in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' during a scene in which Lady Kluck is plowing through Prince John's guards on her way to the forest in a method very reminiscent of a linebacker charging for the goal.

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* A medley of "On, Wisconsin" (the University of Wisconsin's fight song) and "Fight On" (the University of Southern California's fight song) can be heard in Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood1973'' during a scene in which Lady Kluck is plowing through Prince John's guards on her way to the forest in a method very reminiscent of a linebacker charging for the goal.
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* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq4K1N9XttY Sports Song]]" is a highly generic fight song whose chorus boils down the point of all said songs quite succinctly:

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* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq4K1N9XttY Sports Song]]" is a highly generic fight song whose verses often border on PurpleProse ("We're gonna kick your collective posterior/Of course you realize we're speaking figuratively") but whose chorus boils down the point of all said songs quite succinctly:
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You see there's us, and then there's you (YOU SUCK!)\\

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You see there's us, us (WE'RE GREAT!), and then there's you (YOU SUCK!)\\
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UT and A&M will be back in the same conference in the near future.


** As of 2012, UT and A&M are no longer in the same conference, leaving A&M with a song deriding a football rival that no longer exists. UT has the same problem, as the second line of "Texas Fight" is 'and it's goodbye to A&M'.

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** As of Since 2012, UT and A&M are no longer have been in the same conference, different conferences, leaving A&M with a song deriding a football rival that no longer exists. UT has the same problem, as the second line of "Texas Fight" is 'and it's goodbye to A&M'. However, that problem will be averted before too long, since UT will join A&M in the Southeastern Conference some time between 2022 and 2025.
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Despite how [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic epic some of these songs are]], [[BandGeek the people who play these songs will still be bullied Monday morning]].

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Despite how [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic epic some of these songs are]], [[BandGeek the people who play these songs will still be bullied Monday morning]].
morning.
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* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'', we get the Wassamatta U Fight Song:
-->Wassamatta, hats off to you!
-->To our colors, ochre and Alice blue!
-->We will e'er be faithful and true!
-->Hail, Wassamatta, hail!
-->Better we should be in jail!
-->Hey, Wassamatta U!
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The Redskins are no more. As in the football team name. The team still exists.


* Perhaps the best known RealLife example from the NFL is the Philadelphia Eagles' fight song, "Fly, Eagles, Fly."
** And if that one isn't, the Washington Redskins' fight song, "Hail to the Redskins," almost certainly is.

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* Perhaps the best known RealLife example from the NFL is the Philadelphia Eagles' fight song, "Fly, Eagles, Fly."
Fly".
** And if that one isn't, the Washington Redskins' fight song, "Hail to the Redskins," Redskins", used by the Washington Football Team before it ditched its flame-bait nickname, almost certainly is.



* "For Boston," the fight song for Boston College, was covered by the Music/DropkickMurphys on one of their albums. They've been known to open a good portion of their shows with it.
** "Shippin' Up To Boston" is commonly used this way at other Boston sporting events.

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* "For Boston," Boston", the fight song for Boston College, was covered by the Music/DropkickMurphys on one of their albums. They've been known to open a good portion of their shows with it.
** "Shippin' Up To to Boston" is commonly used this way at other Boston sporting events.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/GeorgeOfTheJungle'', Super Chicken's alma mater, the UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} Institute of Watchmaking (a.k.a. Tick Tock Tech), has a fight song that includes the line "Shockproof, waterproof, seventeen jewels! Rah!!"
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* A medley of "On, Wisconsin" (the University of Wisconsin's fight song) and "Fight On" (the University of Southern California's fight song) can be heard in Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood'' during a scene in which Lady Kluck is plowing through Prince John's guards on her way to the forest in a method very reminiscent of a linebacker charging for the goal.

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* A medley of "On, Wisconsin" (the University of Wisconsin's fight song) and "Fight On" (the University of Southern California's fight song) can be heard in Disney's ''Disney/RobinHood'' ''WesternAnimation/RobinHood'' during a scene in which Lady Kluck is plowing through Prince John's guards on her way to the forest in a method very reminiscent of a linebacker charging for the goal.

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