Line #90 Main/ThemeTuneExtended


1	Ever hear a really good theme song and just wish it was longer? The show creators have heard your cries. Oftentimes, if a show becomes popular enough, the creators will be able to produce a full length version of their theme tune. This is different from a RealSongThemeTune in that this is a song that was originally created for the series, rather than a preexisting one. As such, this trope refers to songs that were written with the series in mind since the beginning, meaning that a longer version may not have even existed until further down the line, as opposed to a real song that was trimmed down for the purposes of the show.
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3	Since opening sequences need to be relatively short to leave time for advertisements and the show itself, being restricted to anywhere from fifteen seconds to a minute, you can expect to only hear this extended song online or on a official soundtrack. However, it may be heard as part of the {{pilot}} or other special episodes.
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5	When it comes to extended versions of television series' theme songs on soundtracks, this trope occurs a lot in Japan.
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7	Contrast TruncatedThemeTune, where the opening theme as usually seen gets cut down into a shorter song for syndication.
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9	!!Examples:
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11	[[AC: {{Advertising}}]]
12	* Tide hired Savoir Adore to cover the Men Without Hats song ''Pop Goes the World'' for one of their commercials. However, they had him rerecord [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXzUHUbioOs the whole song]] rather than simply the short portion they used on TV.
13	* Advertising/TommyMcAnairey: A two-minute song adapted from the ads called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inqYVuA_MBc "Carbon Monoxide is Lethal as Hell"]] was released for Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week in 2015.
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15	[[AC:{{Anime}} and {{Manga}}]]
16	* In the final episode of ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'', Watashi No Tsubasa was extended to two minutes, although the actual song lasted three minutes. This version was also sung by Mahou Dou!
17	* The extended version of the ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' ThemeTune (complete with TalkieBits: "''Is tying each other up love?''") gets played in one of the clip show episodes.
18	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZdzY9TGu1c Additional verses]] of the ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'''s first-season English dub theme are available. Creator/FourKidsEntertainment actually made full versions of many of their songs for the Pokemon English dub and even released [=OSTs=], which is surprising considering this is more rarely seen with dubs than with Japanese originals. Covers of the extended themes also often appear in the English dubs of the movies.
19	* The ''GO-GO Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}!'' version of the song of the same name was extended to almost ''four minutes''. Listen to it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1uBOMQyNz0 here]].
20	* ''Anime/Ulysses31'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBFL_AiGW7g an extended opening]], but it was only included on a French vinyl release despite being entirely in English.
21	* This actually happens a lot in anime. Over the decades, many anime theme songs (even {{Title Theme Tune}}s) have had full versions released as promotional singles.
22	** A major exception would be anime produced and animated by the {{Creator/NHK}}, with the exception of ''Manga/NintamaRantarou''.
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24	[[AC:{{Film}}]]
25	* "Navras" by Juno Reactor and Don Davis, the credits theme to ''Film/TheMatrix: Revolutions'', is an extended techno remix of "Neodammerung", the Neo vs. Smith battle theme. [[LongSongShortScene The credits end before the song does]].
26	* The ''Film/{{Moonwalker}}'' version of Music/MichaelJackson's "Smooth Criminal" is 9 minutes long and has an extra pair of lines in the second verse.
27	* When Michael Feinstein recorded a CoverAlbum of children's songs in TheNineties, he chose "Pure Imagination", which is effectively the theme song from ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'', to serve as the title track. Because the song is rather short as is (one verse and a chorus that gets two go-rounds), original lyricist Leslie Bricusse wrote a second verse and chorus to extend it. Interestingly, while there have been quite a few cover versions of this song since then, the vast majority of them ''do not'' use this extended version.
28	* PlayedForLaughs via BreakingTheFourthWall in ''Film/KimmyVsTheReverend'', the interactive finale to ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt''. It will start with the theme song used on the show, but if you try to skip it on the Netflix interface, an offended Walter Bankston will stop you right there, aghast that you'd try and skip his masterpiece, and make you watch the extended version.
29	* ''Film/{{Flashdance}}'''s TitleThemeTune by Creator/IreneCara has a [[EpicRocking 7-minute]] version with additional lyrics, released as a 12" single.
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31	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
32	* The Barenaked Ladies made an extended version of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhTSfOZUNLo theme]]
33	* ''Series/{{Friends}}'', "I'll be There For You" by The Rembrandts. They were told in plain terms "You're not releasing your album until you turn that thing into a full-length song." Rob Paravonian of the Pachelbel Rant pointed out "I'll be there for you" was obviously extended long after it was written without due care or attention. Everyone knows "Nobody told you life was gonna be this way..." but in the extension there's the line "your mother warned you there'd be days like these".
34	* ''Series/AllInTheFamily's'' iconic theme had extended lyrics with a few more verses, but it was never played in the show itself - it was, however, covered by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erJMaEEsS8Q Sammy Davis Jr.]]
35	* Quincy Jones' ''Series/SanfordAndSon'' theme, "The Streetbeater", was extended to three minutes and included on Jones' 1973 album ''You've Got It Bad, Girl''.
36	* ''Series/{{Psych}}'' eventually tacked on some verses to its ThemeTune and used them in the ending credits and sometimes in the opening credits. Not sure if it's long enough to be considered a "real" song though, as it's still one verse and one chorus.
37	** There is officially a longer version but it's only performed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ8YtFSjlNM live]].
38	* ''[[Series/TheLateLateShow The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson]]'' has its [[DoItYourselfThemeTune theme song]] extended to a nearly three minute long [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q22ut6HchNg full version]].
39	* ''Series/{{Angel}}'' has this. The extended version of the theme tune is amply called "The Sanctuary, Extended Remix" and is featured on the original soundtrack, "Live Fast, Die Never".
40	* ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. The TropeCodifier. "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" has several verses. It was finally played in its full length in the 200th episode celebration.
41	* The Cheers spin-off ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' continues this trope. Most people are familiar with the "tossed salad and scrambled eggs" theme, but few know that it was made into a song over [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD0S4Nv-DUI four minutes long.]]
42	* ''Going for Gold''. A quiz show example.
43	* Bob James recorded a full-length version of his instrumental ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' theme, "Angela", for his 1979 album ''Touchdown''.
44	* ''Series/DoctorWho'' has a number of full versions of its theme song, mainly the versions used in the 60s, 70s and 80s which tend to be around 2 and a half minutes. However, since the 2005 revival, there has only been one 'full' version on the Series 1 and 2 soundtrack which is a 2 minute mix between the 2005 and 2006 ending versions of the theme. Series 4, 5-7 Part 1, and 8-10 haven't even got a version longer than 1 minute, and Series 7 Part 2 only has the opening theme.
45	** Both the full themes and much of the {{Ending Theme}}s include a bridge section in a major chord, known to fans as the "Middle Eight".
46	** The full version had been used on any number of occasions. The first episode continued its theme song into the first scene, after the TitleSequence ended, and faded out. The opening in the Creator/SylvesterMcCoy years was longer than usual, necessitating use of the "Middle Eight", as did the 1996 TV movie. The remixes of the theme song over the years tend to do a good job keeping this bit consistent.
47	** The 1996 TV movie opening credits had the Middle 8 section come before the main theme.
48	** The first version used in Creator/MattSmith's tenure got an extended version featuring the "Middle Eight" on the Series 5 soundtrack album. So did the one for Creator/PeterCapaldi's on the Series 8 soundtrack. The series 5 theme was only ever played in full at the end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E2TheBeastBelow "The Beast Below"]] as the next time trailer at the end was the only one in the entire Creator/StevenMoffat era to use the main theme.
49	** Although never intended for use on TV, Creator/JonPertwee recorded "I Am the Doctor", an extended version of the theme with newly written spoken lyrics, as a single in the early 1970s.
50	* ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' debuted the extended version of its theme song in season 2 after Creator/SimonCowell (yes, ''[[Series/AmericanIdol that]]'' [[Series/TheXFactor one]]) commissioned it for the UK.
51	** And the extended version of that theme made its debut in season 3.
52	* ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'' had a pop song version that included both variations of the title theme as the first two verses, and a third verse that was not used in the show.
53	* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', since the theme is essentially a short version of the one from ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''.
54	* ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'''s theme is basically a truncated version of Diane Warren's ''[[Film/PatchAdams Faith of the Heart]]/Where My Heart Will Take Me.''
55	* ''Series/RedDwarf''. Everyone knows the 'cold outside, no kind of atmosphere' verse, and the 'shipwrecked and comatose' verse. There are at least two others.
56	* The seasons 2-5 arrangement of ''Series/ThreeTwoOneContact'''s opening theme had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7S537b7saE a rare extended edit]] with a short guitar solo before the lyrics start. The EndingTheme ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1Vif-SNuJQ short version here]]) also had an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maEipkDVhsM extended version]]. The first season's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnTVfkc8hX4 alternate ending theme]] was an extended version of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmQWtGn889E teaser trailer]] theme.
57	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYeoN21nvtU extended version]] of ''Series/SquareOneTV'''s credits theme was used for the full-credits run at the end of each Friday episode, and included a guitar solo and an {{industrial}}-style drum break.
58	* The full version of ''Series/{{Victorious}}''' theme song, [[http://youtu.be/xzcJ2A5C1Cc "Make It Shine"]], is over three minutes long.
59	** This appears to be a fairly common trope for late 2000s {{KidCom}}s with Series/HannahMontana's [[http://youtu.be/uVjRe8QXFHY Best Of Both Worlds]], Series/BigTimeRush's [[http://youtu.be/blHL_8BmI74 self-titled theme song]], Series/ICarly's [[http://youtu.be/HPM05dQgdig Leave It All To Me]], Series/SonnyWithAChance's [[http://youtu.be/C7qgQ7hwQ3E So Far So Great]], Series/{{Jonas}}' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWiAfNj7Ciw Live To Party]], Series/GoodLuckCharlie's [[http://youtu.be/gB4q0aLzkSU Hang In There, Baby]] and Series/ShakeItUp's [[http://youtu.be/1D03uWN0_oA also self-titled theme song]] all having extended versions as well.
60	* ''Series/WhereInTheWorldIsCarmenSandiego'' was an extended theme consisting of both verses used in the show (the first one being swapped out after Czechoslovakia became "Czech and Slovakia", which is how it's sung in the extended version) as well as some beatboxing from Rockapella and an extra verse not heard in the show.
61	* Nearly every {{Tokusatsu}} has an extended theme tune. Generally, what you hear at the opening is only one verse, though they may use othre verses during an episode as a ThemeMusicPowerUp. There ''are'' rare exceptions however.
62	* Music/TheyMightBeGiants' theme tune to ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', "Boss of Me". It was originally written as it appears in the opening credits (with one verse and a chorus), but they expanded it into a full three minute song for a soundtrack album.
63	* The theme song to the short-lived NBC soap opera ''The Yellow Rose'' (1983-84) was a shortened version of "The Yellow Rose" by Johnny Lee and Lane Brody.
64	* ''Series/{{The Office\|US}}'''s InstrumentalThemeTune actually has a full version extended to a little over two minutes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dBhlayFwFE long]]
65	* ''Series/RoundTheTwist'''s opening theme "Have You Ever Felt Like This" has a full version with extra verses. This airs at the end of each episode, and is consequently easily missed by anyone who switches off early, but also pretty easily found.
66	* ''BBC News 24''[='=]s iconic countdown theme usually lasts 60 seconds (or 90 if you're lucky), but they went out of their way to create [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/4992088.stm a three-minute version]].
67	* The theme to ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'', "Good Ol' Boy" by Waylon Jennings, has a two-minute version with a solo section. The last stanza to this version also has different lyrics.
68	* The extended radio version of "Believe It or Not," the theme to ''Series/TheGreatestAmericanHero'', is only a bit longer--the TV version has ''two verses'' and attendant choruses already, but the radio version adds a bridge and a reprise of the chorus. It [[BreakawayPopHit went to #2 on the Billboard charts]] during the summer after the show's half-length first season and helped boost ratings for the show's second season.
69	* "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian from ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter'' is arguably the most successful example, since it became a #1 pop hit in the US in 1976. Really, it wasn't extended all that much though: Sebastian added a second verse and a harmonica solo.
70	* Eric Idle recorded an extended version of the title theme to ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'', which consisted of three verses and an electric guitar sequence of all things. A slightly truncated version of the extended theme is used in the ''One Foot In The Algrave'' special.
71	* ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' theme had an opening fanfare that was only heard when the guest star roll was extra long.
72	* ''Series/SesameStreet'' used an extended instrumental version of the classic theme for its Friday credits run. The bridge section [[ForgottenThemeTuneLyrics originally had lyrics]], but they were never actually used on the show. Unless you count Gladys Knight's version from [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street,_Special this 1988 pledge drive special]], but that was never an official episode.
73	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUn-eN8mkDw "Mal's Song"]] by Escape Key is a fan-made extended version of the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' theme.
74	* ''Series/TheATeam'' has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyz_2DEah4o 3-minute version]] of its Season 1-4 theme.
75	* An extended version of Mike Post's theme to ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'' was issued as a single and hit the ''Billboard'' Top 10 in 1975.
76	* Thanks to the [[MemeticMutation memetic YouTube clip]] of the 1988 Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship, a [[https://youtu.be/L7kFlkW-qN8 full-length version]] of the theme tune by Ty Parr was released on iTunes.
77	* ''Series/{{ER}}'' had an extended version of its theme found only on the soundtrack album (and a BlooperReel montage of Anthony Edwards attempting to surf on the Season 8 DVD). From this version it is evident that the part heard on the show is really just the countermelody of the full theme - the actual lead melody (never used on TV) gives it an 80s feel that would have sounded quite out of place even by the time the show launched in 1994.
78	* ''Series/GrowingPains'' had two extended versions of its theme song, "As Long As We Got Each Other". The first was 3 1/2 minutes and sung by BJ Thomas solo, on his 1985 album ''Throwing Rocks at the Moon''. The second was a 4 1/2 minute duet between Thomas and Music/DustySpringfield, released on the former's 1989 album ''Midnight Minute'' and as a 45 RPM single under the name Steve Dorff and Friends.
79	* ''Return of The Saint'' has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-bo3H5S7RU extended version of it's signature theme tune]], as well as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn6GgN7Ek7g a extended version of it's alternative European theme song "Taking It Easy"]] by Oliver Onions.
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81	[[AC:VideoGames]]
82	* 3D ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' games generally have this for their final battles. While the title screen and intro will play a short version, the boss fight and credits will play the whole thing.
83	* The original soundtrack to ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'' features arrangements of the stage themes with extra segments not heard in-game.
84	** Several [=OSTs=] have been released for titles in the series, a lot of which have extensions of themes and even level or character BGM.
85	* Stage F-B in ''VideoGame/RType Final'' uses an extended version of the game's title theme.
86	* Some Music/{{Bemani}} songs have full-length versions that were released on original soundtracks. ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution: 5th Mix'''s "long version" songs included extended mixes of "Dynamite Rave" and "[=B4U=]".
87	* In the [[AdaptationDisplacement forgotten arcade version]] of ''VideoGame/BionicCommando1987'', the iconic "[[BootstrappedTheme Bionic March]]" has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTzSwptgyMo second movement]] not heard in the NES version.
88	* In ''VideoGame/PN03'', Vanessa's theme, initially appearing as a 10-second clip during the AttractMode and opening cutscene, is used [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOvUD-U8e18 in full 2-minute form]] [[ThemeMusicPowerUp during the final mission]].
89	* When the NES version of VideoGame/{{Athena}} was released in Japan, it included a promotional cassette that included, among other things, a version of the theme from VideoGame/PsychoSoldier (an arcade game from the 1980s in which the song was sung [with vocals] in-game) with additional verses.
90	* As with the anime example, games that have vocal things often get promotional singles with additional lyrics.
91	* In the NES version of ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'', the EscapeSequence music has a third section that didn't exist in the original Famicom Disk System version and sounds somewhat [[SoundtrackDissonance out-of-place compared to the rest of the song]]. The rearrangements of the piece in ''VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes'', however, were based on the FDS version.
92	* In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'', the character select and overworld themes were extended slightly from the original ''VideoGame/DokiDokiPanic'' versions.
93	* ''VideoGame/RigidForceAlpha'' has an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Extended Soundtrack]] on Bandcamp that includes full-length versions of the main theme and other Dreamtime-composed pieces, though not any of Michael Chait's compositions.
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95	[[AC:WebOriginal]]
96	* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'', ''WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd'', ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', and a few others all have extended versions of their theme tunes for anniversary specials.
97	* To celebrate hitting 3 million subscribers on [=YouTube=], Music/TheGregoryBrothers released "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH7eX8c_bC8 The Full Schmoyoho Song]]", which expands on their outro song.
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99	[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
100	* ''WesternAnimation/AtomicBetty'' had a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OFVAkpED48 whole music video]] for its extended song.
101	* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' has two examples:
102	** The secondary theme that plays over the {{Episode Title Card}}s has a longer version that also includes lyrics, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiokCOOL1CU left over from when it was intended as the main theme tune]], but these were never used in the show itself.
103	** "Remember" by [[MusicalAssassin Ember]] [=McLain=] has an [[https://web.archive.org/web/20090218153831/http://butchhartman.com/html/audio.htm extended version]] that they cut from the show because it was, quite honestly, a little dark for a kids' show.
104	* The ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' theme, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwCRcTfFzkI Today is Gonna Be a Great Day]]''. Only the first set of verses is used for the actual theme while [[RealSongThemeTune the full song]] was released on Radio Disney. The second set of verses appeared in a season 2 episode of the show.
105	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTrapDoor'' used an extended theme in its MusicalEpisode.
106	* The ''WesternAnimation/CatDog'' theme had an extended version that was shown as a music video on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, but for some reason, this version was not featured on either of the Nicktoon albums. Somebody finally tracked it down and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTG6lbkEP_k uploaded it on YouTube]].
107	* The soundtrack album to ''WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon'' contained extended versions of songs from the four shows on the block at the time (''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'', ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales\|1987}}'', ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'', and ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'') and even the Disney Afternoon theme itself. The extended ''[=DuckTales=]'' theme was also played during the credits of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp'', and [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 the 2017 reboot]] also got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=greRWnaQWc4 an extended theme]].
108	* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast'' uses an extended theme for the episode "Sharrock" (it's a tribute episode for Sonny Sharrock, who composed the theme).
109	* Even ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoECS_A_Lf0 gets one]].
110	* "Run with Us", the ending theme to ''WesternAnimation/TheRaccoons'', was originally a SingleStanzaSong, then two verses, before Lisa Lougheed's full-length version was released as a single and on her ''Evergreen Nights'' album in 1987.
111	* The hair-metal rearrangement by Lion of the theme of ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersTheMovie'' had a short version for the opening, and a full-length version for the credits.
112	* The original ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' theme was longer than the 30-second snippets that actually aired, and other short incidental pieces were actually derived from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5SMxYT8FHo the original full version]]. The full version of the modern theme is used for the "Engine Roll Call" at the end of every episode since it's introduction.
113	** Some of the engine {{Leitmotif}}s were also given extensions, either as background music for special appearances (eg. Henry's theme in "The Flying Kipper") or as remixes with lyrics for music videos (eg. "Toby" and "James the Really Splendid Engine").
114	* "Arabian Nights" from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' had several [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiC8RHQRkNk deleted verses]] and reprises that were reinstated in the sequels and the ScreenToStageAdaptation.
115	* "Linus and Lucy", better known as the ''WesternAnimation/{{Peanuts}}'' theme, has two other parts that sound nothing like the familiar lick we all know and love. They are occasionally used in the specials separate from the main theme, but there's nothing that points out they're part of "Linus and Lucy" unless you know they are. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgoPl35n_AY Listen to the full theme here.]]
116	* A 2-minute version of the opening theme for ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is included as a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By8YHOnILo sing-along]] on ''The Friendship Express'' DVD and as a bonus track for the show's second CD. Parts of it have also been used for the game ''[[http://www.hubworld.com/my-little-pony/shows/friendship-is-magic/games/game-mylittlepony-discover Discover the Difference]]'', the ''[[http://www.target.com/p/My-Little-Pony-Animated-Story-Teller/-/A-13579989 Twilight Sparkle Animated Storyteller]]'' toy, and ''The Friendship Express'''s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILojHzy__Tk trailer]].
117	** The soundtrack versions of some songs, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezSfjJ9sA54 "Love is In Bloom"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh5n-cDReX8 "I've Got to Find A Way"]], have additional lyrics not heard in the show.
118	** An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF2AiVBjIz8 extended version]] of the G3 opening also exists.
119	** "Let The Rainbow Remind You", the ending theme from the Season 4 finale, now has a full-length version, as heard in Hasbro's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHOr3miCubs Season 4 highlights]] clip.
120	** "The Heart Carol" from ''Hearth's Warming Eve'' was initially a ChorusOnlySong, but was [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li648XAf2mk extended into a full song]] for the Christmas album ''It's a Pony Kind of Christmas'', nearly four years after the episode premiered.
121	* There's a 2 minute long version of the EndingTheme for ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''.
122	* Mike Batt's theme for ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'' "Better Than A Dream" is three minutes long (a full verse and two choruses are heard in a scene in the pilot episode). Though snippets of "The War Song For The Urpneys" are used extensively in the show itself, the official soundtrack is the only way to hear all the vocals for the original five minute version.
123	* Mike Batt's theme tune to ''The Wombles'' was written as a single 4-line verse, then expanded to a full song for subsequent single and album releases. Batt set this up deliberately when he was approached by production company [=FilmFair=], accepting the music production rights to the show and characters in place of his usual £200 writing fee.
124	* Though not the franchise theme, "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" from ''[[WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh Winnie the Pooh]]'' was given a second verse and a bridge in audio books. This was used in some later media like ''WesternAnimation/TheTiggerMovie''.
125	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' had an extended version of its theme that was featured in the game Daria's Inferno.
126	* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' album ''Live In Vegas'' opens with an extended version of the theme song.
127	* There's an extended version of [[Music/TheStooges Iggy Pop]]'s theme song for ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGoofs'' that runs just under ''four minutes''. The song is called "Monster Men", by the way.
128	* Subverted by ''WesternAnimation/{{Cybersix}}''. There is supposedly a full version of the song, but the production consortium (of companies spread across various continents) refuse to release it because of licensing issues.
129	* The original ''WesternAnimation/FiremanSam'' theme has a rare [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfXkM-IchnI&=desktop three minute long extended version]] complete with an electric guitar solo.
130	* ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'' made an extended pop remix of the theme tune, it made it to no 1 in the UK charts.
131	* ''WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep'' also released an extended version of Vic Reeve's "Life's A Treat".
132	* A slightly extended version of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' theme exists; it's usually used as a piece for school bands to play. A different arrangement of the extended theme plays in the BigDamnMovie, ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut''.
133	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has a longer version of its opening song, but it never got released, maybe not even recorded. Lyrics for the deleted second verse have become available to read online, though.
134	* Extended versions of both the intro theme ("Dog Pound Hop") and the credits theme ("Big House Blues") to ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' were released on the ''You Eediot!'' studio album.
135	* Extended versions of both the opening theme to ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' ("A World Without Danger") and the season 2-onward credits theme ("Breakaway") exist in both French and English.
136	* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks'' has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2SI-DoVJNY longer version of the theme song.]]
137	* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' has one for its Season 2 intro complete with extra scenes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jCgVfDhH3A See it here.]]
138	* The extended version of the ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' theme song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9-_9eBRaZo "We Are the Crystal Gems"]], was created by a young Steven in-[[{{Pun}} universe]], and was presented as music video short during one San Diego Comic Con.
139	* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' has no opening theme, but the ending theme (that doubles as the ThemeTune regardless) got [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPZb_w2jn_o an extended version]] which played during the end credits of the television movie.
140	* The stage musical of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid\|1989}}'' has extended versions of "Fathoms Below" and the [[TriumphantReprise finale reprise]] of "Part of Your World".
141	* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' had its full theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYUdU-R-Ros "Let's Watch the Show"]], released by Cartoon Network shortly before the GrandFinale aired.
142	* ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYcOsC26lHs an acapella rendition]] of the full theme, "We'll Be There", performed in-universe by the show's main cast (plus singer Estelle) in the season four episode "More Everyone's Tube". The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKSxQ71mKvs actual full theme]] was later made available when the GrandFinale aired.
143	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Clarence}}'' has an extended 90-second version of its theme song, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yygCYganoeI King of the World]]."
144	* ''WesternAnimation/TheFamilyNess'': In the show itself, the theme song is just barely over 30 seconds long. An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFR0brxrxjI extended version]] exists which is almost two minutes and thirty seconds long.
145	* ''WesternAnimation/TheTrapDoor'' devoted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldlCD7GR2JI an entire episode]] to Burk finding a radio [[DiegeticSoundtrackUsage which plays]] a two and a half minute version of the theme, with three verses and a bridge. The one-verse version in the ending credits lasts thirty seconds.
146	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' was given an extended 3-minute long version of it's theme song... [[NoExportForYou solely]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqpFwQjRkK4 in France]].
147	* ''WesternAnimation/TennesseeTuxedoAndHisTales'' had additional lyrics that wasn't heard in the broadcast intro. The full version of the theme song was released on theme song compilation [=CDs=].
148	* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' has an extended theme song in three forms, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110429151502/http://he-man.de/downloads/sounds/he-man_theme_extended_version.mp3 the regular version with the "He-Man! He-Man!" chants]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaiRjnHPykI an instrumental version]] and [[https://web.archive.org/web/20110429152910/http://he-man.de/downloads/sounds/he-man_theme_esp.mp3 an extended version of the Spanish theme song]].
149	* ''WesternAnimation/TheWorldOfPeterRabbitAndFriends'' has an extended version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keBmxDPn3dk it's signature theme song by Miriam Stockley]] along with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeVV2KD1GqU an rare rearranged version]].
150	* [[https://twitter.com/TacomasterTwit/status/1552620328882429952?s=20&t=U0rQa5ZPo9DOJm9WQoOSqw A magazine]] printed additional lyrics to the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' theme. It is unknown if a recorded version of this exists.
151	* The TitleThemeTune of ''WesternAnimation/TheWindInTheWillows1983'', sung by Ralph [=McTell=], had [[https://youtu.be/riltxsHIRqk?si=icHZb6UQIEHd8Oze a 3-minute version]] released as a 7" single as well as on the series' soundtrack album.
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154	* If national anthems can be considered "theme songs" for countries, then many of them fall under this. Comes with the additional rub that most people are probably unaware that their nation's anthem does fall under this trope:
155	** America's "Star Spangled Banner" originated with four verses, with a fifth added during the Civil War. The full song is hardly ever performed; many Americans don't even know there ''are'' other verses.
156	*** [[UrbanLegend Supposedly]] this was used to help detect spies on the battlefield during WWII: Randomly ask the 'American' to sing the second verse, and anyone that even knew there was one, let alone could sing it, was most likely a spy that studied way too hard to blend in.
157	** There were multiple attempts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to add verses to the de-facto Swedish national anthem, ''Du gamla, du fria'', that actually ''mentions'' Sweden (ItMakesSenseInContext). Their lack of success makes it rather hard to find examples of someone singing the added verses.
158	** Whether sung in English or French, only two verses of "O Canada" are usually ever sung, but there are several other verses. In addition, at certain events you occasionally hear a special, federally sanctioned "mash-up" version of "O Canada" performed that combines the French and English lyrics.
159	** "God Save the King" has several more verses than the one usually performed.

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