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* Averted with ''Anime/TokyoMewMew''.

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* Averted with ''Anime/TokyoMewMew''.''Anime/TokyoMewMew'' despite its length, but ''Anime/TokyoMewMewNew'' changed its OP for the second season.
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* ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' started with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmM8k1XzyM this]] for its first series and Christmas special. Most repeats and DVD releases of the first series nowadays replace it with the more familiar opening theme introduced in series two, though the 1981 Christmas special still opens with the original tune when repeated on GOLD.

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* ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' started with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmM8k1XzyM this]] for its first series and Christmas special. Most repeats and DVD releases of the first series nowadays replace it with the more familiar opening theme introduced in series two, though the 1981 Christmas special still opens with the original tune when repeated on GOLD.[[Creator/{{UKTV}} GOLD]].
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* The ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' series changed its opening theme every installment after the first two games, with the original theme occasionally returning as Roger's {{leitmotif}}. Said theme made a comeback in full for the ending of ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers'', and in rearranged form for ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest6RogerWilcoInTheSpinalFrontier''.

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* The ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' series changed its opening theme every installment after the first two games, with the original theme occasionally returning as Roger's {{leitmotif}}. Said theme made a comeback in full for the ending of ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers'', and in rearranged form for ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest6RogerWilcoInTheSpinalFrontier''.''VideoGame/SpaceQuestVIRogerWilcoInTheSpinalFrontier''.
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* The ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' series changed its opening theme after the first two games, with the original theme occasionally returning as Roger's {{leitmotif}}.

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* The ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' series changed its opening theme every installment after the first two games, with the original theme occasionally returning as Roger's {{leitmotif}}.{{leitmotif}}. Said theme made a comeback in full for the ending of ''VideoGame/SpaceQuestIVRogerWilcoAndTheTimeRippers'', and in rearranged form for ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest6RogerWilcoInTheSpinalFrontier''.
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* The ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' series changed its opening theme after the first two games, with the original theme occasionally returning as Roger's {{leitmotif}}.
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* ''Series/TheRebel'' originally had an ExpositoryThemeTune by Music/JohnnyCash. The syndicated reruns replaced this with a generic Western instrumental, presumably to avoid paying Cash royalties.

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* ''Series/TheRebel'' ''Series/TheRebel1959'' originally had an ExpositoryThemeTune by Music/JohnnyCash. The syndicated reruns replaced this with a generic Western instrumental, presumably to avoid paying Cash royalties.
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* ''Series/EatBulaga'' released a new theme song on July 29, 2023, almost two months after TVJ left the show.
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* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': The later seasons did away with its iconic "Where Are You?" theme song in its entirety. Many fans assert that this change coincided with an overall drop in the show's quality as it preceeded the introduction of [[TheScrappy The Original Scrappy]] by one season. The first few episodes of the original cartoon featured an instrumental piece before the "Where Are You?" theme took over for the rest of its run.

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* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'': The later seasons did away with its iconic "Where Are You?" theme song in its entirety. Many fans assert that this change coincided with an overall drop in the show's quality as it preceeded the introduction of [[TheScrappy The Original Scrappy]] by one season. The first few episodes of [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou the original cartoon cartoon]] featured an instrumental piece before the "Where Are You?" theme took over for the rest of its run.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' changes its theme every season for both the English and Japanese dubs. Both regions have reused their respective original theme at least once however.

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' changes its theme every season for both the English and Japanese dubs. Both regions have reused their respective original theme at least once however.
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* ''That's My Mama'' went from a bombastic sax-and-bass-based funk instrumental in its first season to a softer, smoother piano-and-synth based soul TitleThemeTune with lyrics (alongside a change in production team and an overhauled title sequence to match) in its half-in-length second season.

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* ''That's My Mama'' went from a bombastic sax-and-bass-based funk instrumental in composed by the producers of its first season to a softer, smoother piano-and-synth based gospel and soul TitleThemeTune with music and lyrics by Lamont Dozier (alongside a change in production team and an overhauled title sequence to match) in for its half-in-length second season.
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* ''That's My Mama'' went from a bombastic sax-and-bass-based funk instrumental in its first season to a softer, smoother piano-and-synth based soul TitleThemeTune with lyrics (alongside a change in production team and an overhauled title sequence to match) in its half-in-length second season.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Lucky Luke|1983}}'' had two different opening soundtracks, a [[https://youtu.be/Q7T5ycOX6ZE sung one]] in 1983-1984 and an [[https://youtu.be/dWxZPbSMb2I instrumental only one]] for the 1991-1992 {{revival}}.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', The show's theme song is titled "I Wanna Be Famous". In the fifth and sixth seasons, the theme song became abridged, due to [[ExecutiveMeddling Cartoon Network's decision to truncate the theme songs]]. Come ''The Ridonculous Race'', the seventh and final season, the opening theme is replaced with a different and more majestic theme song.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', The show's theme song is titled "I Wanna Be Famous". In the fifth and sixth seasons, the theme song became abridged, due to [[ExecutiveMeddling Cartoon Network's decision to truncate the theme songs]]. Come ''The Ridonculous Race'', In the seventh and final season, revival, the opening theme song is replaced by a new song with a similar beat, but mostly different and more majestic theme song.lyrics.

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