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* The ''[[
* ''[[
** The arrival of Tuxedo Mask was usually accompanied by his own tinkly romantic theme complete with castanets. The English dub changed this to a distinct Spanish-sounding guitar riff that also had a "mournful" version.
*** Moonlight Knight got an Arabian-esque version whenever he appeared in the alien arc of R. He had a different theme in the English dub that was also Arabian-esque.
*** Mamoru's early civilian appearances in the first series in which he would antagonize Usagi also had their own intense tango that would play until he left.
** Sailor Moon herself had the most individual theme music of any character. Each attack, transformation, and even her disguise pen had unique music themes. The transformations even had her name sung as part of the music. It was also common to hear one of these themes played as battle music when the Senshi had the upper hand in battle. The English dub gave her one transformation song and one attack song that were used regardless of what season it was, which led to some problems by the time they adapted Sailor Moon R because the songs clearly did not fit the length of the stock footage anymore.
*** Furthermore, Sailor Moon's [[In the Name of
** The other four Guardian Senshi, starting with Sailor Moon R and beyond, each had their own individual transformation themes. The dub, regardless of the season, gave them all one piece of music to share, but also added a second theme that played to indicate that a Sailor Senshi was attacking in general.
** ChibiUsa had a few themes exclusively for her in the Japanese version - one for whenever she used her Luna P, and one in Sailor Moon R that played whenever she was particularly upset and lonely, actually named "Chibi Usa no omoi" (ChibiUsa's feelings). In the ''[[Sailor Moon]] SuperS'' movie, she also had a full individual transformation sequence that included a song just for Chibi Moon.
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*** Of note however is that by the end of the run each of the Sailor Sailor Senshi had their own...except Uranus and Neptune who shared theirs each time. This was pointed out and lampshaded by their actresses in a Fan Kan event.
** Even ''[[Sailor Moon Abridged]]'' gives each character a leitmotif during their transformation sequence. One example is Sailor Moon's theme, which is Aqua's 'Barbie Girl'.
* Like Tuxedo Mask, ''[[
* ''[[Excel Saga (
** Il Palazzo also has his own suitably pompous and grandiose theme that plays during his big speeches. And Nabeshin has his own theme for his appearances as well.
** Excel's was really quick and had whistles and banging.
* Quite a few characters in ''[[
* The intro song to the ''[[
* Many wrestlers from ''[[
* In the dub of ''[[Kirby:
** He has a similar one in the original, but it's not quite as foreign-sounding.
* Vegeta's theme music from ''[[
** Leitmotifs were very common in the dub of DBZ. Piccolo had his own theme, usually played whenever he did something heroic (although it was occasionally used at other points). The various story arcs introduced new leitmotifs. Then there's the leitmotif that was first introduced when Goku shows off Super Saiyan 3. It's ostensibly the Super Saiyan 3 theme, but it tends to get played any time the heroes gain an edge during the Buu Saga. Buu himself, of course, has his own, devillishly jovial theme, befitting of a nightmarish trickster.
** Piccolo had a whistling theme in the Japanese original, mostly seen in the movies when he swoops in to save Gohan.
** The strangest part about the dub is that every single situation had its own leitmotif. To the point where I can't remember a single scene where some sort of background music ''wasn't'' playing.
*** In fact argually leitmotifs weren't as strictly applied in DBZ as most other usages. Captain Ginyu, a minor character from the Frieza Saga, has his own epic theme for when he uses his body-switching technique, that is named after him. However, it was SO epic that it was used throughout the series for moments of awesome, whilst still being called 'Captain Ginyu's Transformation.' Also the Hyperbolic Time Chamber theme became Gohan's Super Saiyan theme near the end of the Cell Games Saga.
* [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=NatwbuRCZ_w Ryoga's Theme] is one of the most noticable in the ''[[Ranma ½
* In ''[[
** Note how Asuka's leitmotif sounds quite American-ish.
** Rei has three different ones, not counting reduxes thereof in the [[Alternate Continuity]] movies. {{spoiler|[[Cloning Blues|Guess why.]]}}
*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLbDNFbw10A Some of which are quite creepy]. For good reason.
** We don't hear Shinji's much, but it's a very good study of the character; it's not a fast-paced epic full of dashing contrasts. It's quiet, reserved and moved to passion on a few recurring points. There are two themes, the first of which (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[[Cpt T Ck AT 2 GM]]) clues us in just what he's all about when we hear it in the first episode. The second (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vcxJmOnVlw) expands upon this.
** There's also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5xfIcR4-tA&feature=related Angel Attack], which plays nearly every time an [[Department of Redundancy Department|angel]] [[Exactly What It Says
** There's also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N2MYUn6YK8&feature=related Tokyo-3], the theme music for the city. It's big, impressive, and perhaps most importantly, never quite seems to get to where it's going, making it feel unfinished.
* Some characters in ''[[Panty
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (
** Obviously, ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
*** In one of the 'Deleted Scenes' videos, [[Little Kuriboh]] makes fun of this as well, with Tristan having found the remote for Duke's Theme Music. He then proceeds to browse through the several options and eventually chooses the least fitting...that is, after criticizing all the other options. Among those 'criticized' options are the second opening for ''[[
** "You just brought sexy back for the last time."
*** On the subject of Duke Devlin, when he's "dying" due to the lack of pretty girls around, you can hear the music skipping in the background.
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** Kaiba has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClpQUdH-g7A "I'm Back,"] a song unique to the [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids]] dub and a rare leitmotif with lyrics. It's mainly limited to the first season.
** There's also a theme that plays in the English dub whenever Kaiba is hacking computers or doing something similar. It's typically referred to as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaxrnUE2WzE "Kaiba Hacking Theme"].
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Do not [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RcVNuHkGZ8 fuck with] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGitJZE3q0Q&feature=related Rock ], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67t6_y7U1GA&feature=related Lee], he has three theme songs in the first season which are used (almost) exclusively for him! They seemingly call him ROCK Lee for more than one reason! His awesomeness was apparently toned down in ''Naruto Shippuuden'', though, and these awesome themes have been used on other occasions too, especially in the filler episodes.
* The anime ''[[
** In the first season, the music accompanies the climactic final battle between Rockman and Blues during the [[Inevitable Tournament]]. Rockman ''loses'', and his hard fight is congratulated by Netto and Blues over a quiet piano version: "Kaze wo Tsukinukete ~Ballad Version~".
** This was not retained in the dub, to great detriment. They won without their magic theme music.
* ''[[
** The soundtrack is made entirely of reused leitmotifs that appear constantly. In particular ''Painful Dream'', which had three different versions, and ''Apologize'' which had some four or five different versions.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* In the ''[[Pokémon (
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Don't forget Ten wo Tsuke, which whenever a scene that is filled with hope happens like where Simon, Kamina, and Yoko break the surface. And of course what happens, well, you know who dies. "Sniff"
*** Also, we have one of the most badass english song in the entire show, which plays in episode 3, when Viral activates Enki for the first time and proceeds to kick Gurren's shiny, metallic ass: Gattai Nante Kusokurae! (To hell with Gattai!)
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** During the final battle, as it begins, the Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann and Granzeboma walk towards eachother on top of a galaxy, while "Is it okay to just get fired up?" plays in the background, matching very well with the pace of the battle.
*** When the ASK uses his "INFINITY BIG BANG STORM!!!", the theme "All you bastards, get fired up!" starts playing for a short while, after which it changes into "Sora-iro Days" AKA the opening, which plays while the TTGL and Granzeboma ends the battle, by gradually decreasing in size, both being impaled, and TTGL launching the Chouginga Gurren-Lagann, which is also impaled, after which it launches Ark-Gurren-Lagann, which (surprise, surprise) is also impaled, and launches Gurren-Lagann, which loses both legs and an arm, before Viral rips the Lagann off and throws it at the Anti-Spiral King, who is then defeated by the same attack as the first Gunmen Simon ever fought...Timing it perfectly, so that with every new line, they launch the smaller versions of the Gurren-Lagann and the song ending exactly as the Lagann finishes drilling through the ASK.
* The ''[[
** There's also at least one theme for L, Light and Misa. The rest of the songs aren't that much of leitmotifs, they just have titles related to their appearance in the anime For example, such songs are Ikari (anger), Himitsu (secret), etc...
** Near and Mello have their own themes together. When Near's Theme and L's Theme are played together, they actually have an almost call and response thing going on...YMMV, though.
* ''[[
** And the fantastically amazing ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc3lXjBfe6o Number One]'' for when that someone is Ichigo.
*** [[Took a Level
** Bleach is incredibly fond of these. You also have the haunting "Nothing can be Explained" when the heroes seem to be on the precipice of total defeat.
*** Clearly, there needs to be a song called "Big Comeback" for when nothing can be explained.
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*** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3kiCvUcOgY Treachery] now seems to be the theme music for villains' [[One-Winged Angel]] transformations and powering up in general.
** On the third soundtrack, Yasutora "Chad" Sado and Uryu Ishida both received individual theme songs, Uryu's being [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mhMN0t9NAM Quincy's Craft] and Chad's being [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UKXlbwrn2M Dominio del Chad] (roughly "Chad's Domain" in Spanish, although if you translate it exactly, it becomes the much more hilarious "Domain of the Chad").
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Every crew member DOES have their own Leitmotif, though, little snippets of which play during their [[Eyecatch]]. They don't show up all that often in the anime, though, except during their battles (usually at their moment of triumph.) Also notable in that they seem to each get their own primary instrument (Robin has the saxaphone, Chopper the flute, and so on) and musical style (Franky gets orchestral swing, Sanji has smooth jazz, etc.) Brook is the only one whose theme tune seems to have actual lyrics, since it's so important to his character arc.
** In the 4Kids dub, Shanks had a very noticeable Leitmotif of an Irish tune. Anytime he spoke. Wouldn't be as annoying if it wasn't also during awesome moments.
** Though perhaps not a proper Leitmotif, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TezDF1ybD-k Overtaken]" functions as a Leitmotif for anyone who goes into [[Determinator]] mode and is about to do something awesome.
** I would think that One Piece is full of obvious Leitmotifs. Throughout the series they recycle tunes such as designated tear-jerker, awesome, and ''[[Big Bad]]''-introduction music.
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Beautiful Emperor plays when Lelouch {{spoiler|creates the UFN, and becomes Britannian Emperor.}} You know, Emperor-y stuff. The "beautiful" part is [[Bishonen|self-evident]].
* The "Julia" music box theme from ''[[
** Also, Andy would usually whistle his own generic Western theme whenever he showed up.
* One from a ''manga'', carried over into the OVA: Rip Van Winkle of ''[[
** This opera is actually called ''[[Der
* In the Japanese ''[[
** There's no way the ''[[
** ''[[
* In ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (
** Special mention goes to the name of Subaru's personal [[Theme Music Power-Up|I'm-Going-To-Kick-Ass-Now]] Leitmotif for managing to throw in yet another ''[[GaoGaiGar
* ''[[
** Actually, each character has an epic theme song. The editors/writers just don't want to overuse them.
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou
* ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
** ''[[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
*** The AEUG's theme also features triumphant horns, and features heavily even in battle scenes, while the Titans and Axis had unique themes as well. Many of these themes were carried over into ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
** ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
** Both ''[[
** ''[[
*** ''[[Gundam 00:
* ''[[
* In the anime of ''[[Baccano
* ''[[
** Although "The Clan of the Fire Dragon King", a somewhat playful but sinister song was used in Season 3 for...well...the clan of the Fire Dragon King. But in Seasons 4 and 5, it plays quite often when Xellos is around. It fits perfectly for him.
* ''[[
* Alois Trancy from ''[[
* ''[[Ghost in
* ''[[
** "Never Lose Myself" for Black★Star (and by extension, we assume, his teammate Tsubaki--although he ''would'' [[Attention Whore|make it all about him]]). The second OST gives him another theme, with the ironic title "Lost Myself".
*** Black Star also has "harmoNIZE" as his battle theme.
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** There's also "M.Albarn" for Maka, "C.Mosquito" and "D.Mosquito" for Mosquito, "Mifune" and "Masamune" for the characters bearing those names, "Camellia" for Tsubaki, and "Lycaon" for Free.
** Let's not forget "STEP UP" for Justin Law.
* ''[[GaoGaiGar
* ''[[
** Literature Girl has a lonely piano piece, which resonates well with her seemingly solitary nature, but is also non-indicative of the [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity that ensues]] from her interactions with Hidenori. It was even used as the [[Placeholder Titles|ED for the first episode]].
** [[Bully Hunter|Rubber Shooter]] has [[
* ''[[
* The ''[[Kenichi:
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