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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"I'm sure viewership would triple if I had one of those crappy cartoon theme songs that bludgeons you over the head with the blunt end of the show's premise."''
|'''Strong Bad''', ''[[Homestar Runner]]'', [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail155.html sbemail #155]}}
A [[Theme Tune]] which explains, fairly specifically, the premise of the show. An [[Opening Narration]] in verse. It might also throw in an [[Intro Dump]] for the central characters during the middle 10 seconds.
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* Despite appearing in a non-audio medium, the [[Blackhawk]]s gained their own theme tune, complete with sheet music, in a 1942 comic. A modern recording of "The Song of the Blackhawks" can be heard [https://web.archive.org/web/20120512011041/http://www.comictreadmill.com/CTMBlogarchives/2005/2005_Individual/2005_05/000789.php here].
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''Had a normal childhood, did OK in school
''Graduated from Columbus High in 1962... }}
* The theme song of Colombian [[Soap Opera]] ''Las Juanas'' mixes this with [[Theme Tune Roll Call]], beginning with a brief explanation of the plot, before doing a role call with the names and personalities of the titular characters.
== Music ==
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{{quote|''Around the world in eighty days (Passepartout)
''So Fogg can marry Belinda Maze (Passepartout)!''}}
* ''[[Evil Con Carne]]'':
{{quote|'''Hector:''' Once upon a time, there was a jillionaire playboy who was blown up in a ''tremendous'' explosion! His brain survived...
'''Hector's stomach:''' Stomach too!
'''Hector:''' ...and was attached to the body of a ''stupid'' circus bear. ''I'' am that brain, my name is Hector Con Carne, and I will one day, ''rule the world!''}}
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[[Category:Theme Tune]]
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