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* The [[MS Paint Adventures]] series ''[[Homestuck]]'' regularly uses music for important events, and most of the main characters have their own themes.
** John's is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922074957/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/showtime-piano-refrain-2 "Showtime"]
** Rose's is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922080042/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/aggrieve-violin-refrain-2 "Aggrieve"]
** Dave's is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922083130/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/beatdown-strider-style-2 "Beatdown"]
** Jade's is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922024033/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-beginning-of-something-really-excellent "The Beginning of Something Really Excellent"]
** The different areas of the Incipisphere now each have themes ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130922074122/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/doctor-2 "Doctor"], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922082934/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/endless-climb-2 "Endless Climb"], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922075857/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/atomyk-ebonpyre-2 "Atomyk Ebonpyre"], and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922050814/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/frost Frost] for LOWAS, LOLAR, LOHAC, and LOFAF, respectively). Jack Noir's theme is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922083227/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-2 "Black"]. Most of the Trolls were given their own character themes in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104182954/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alternia "Alternia"] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104183018/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/alterniabound AlterniaBound] albums, but not all of them have been used in the comic itself.
*** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922111527/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/phaze-and-blood "Phaze and Blood"] was made to represent LOPAH.
*** "Doctor" has since become something of a [[Bootstrapped Theme]] for the God Tiers, by way of its remixes "Savior of the Waking World" (used when {{spoiler|John}} ascends in Act 5 Act 2) and "Savior of the Dreaming Dead" (used when {{spoiler|Jade}} ascends in [[Season Finale|[S] Cascade]]).
** Terezi Pyrope's theme, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922120237/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-lemonsnout-turnabout "The Lemonsnout Turnabout"] is a dual example: not only it's her theme, but it uses its instruments - according to the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYwTmFl3C1Q composer's commentary] - to tell a story where the oboe is the accused Senator Lemonsnout and the harpsichord is the prosecutor Terezi. Therefore, it also uses a leitmotif in its more traditional sense.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922081430/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/sburban-jungle-2 "Sburban Jungle"] acts as a leitmotif for Sburb (and is apparently the music that plays on Sburb's loading screen). Other tracks associated with the game as a whole include [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922015354/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck-anthem Homestuck Anthem] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922032138/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/homestuck Homestuck] for the Kids, with "Theme" <ref>
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105222914/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/rex-duodecim-angelus Rex Duodecim Angelus] is the music for the Trolls' [[Boss Battle]] against the Black King. In addition to the Black King's theme, the themes for the Trolls are played as they join the battle. The commentary in the PDF expands upon this idea further, laying out the scene as the music progresses.
*** Then Descend combines them all together into one big ball.
** More subtly, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922140042/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/the-carnival The Carnival] is associated with clowns and harlequins. It makes its first (8-bit) appearance with [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002086 John's kernelsprite], though the full version isn't unveiled until {{spoiler|the showdown with [[Monster Clown|Gamzee]]}}.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922150122/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/black-rose-green-sun Black Rose/Green Sun] seems to be the Leitmotif for the Green Sun Plan.
** Many of the characters have associated ''instruments'' as well. The kids all have one, as do Terezi (harpsichord), and Vriska (electric guitar). The most extreme is probably Gamzee and his horns- in fact, his section of "Rex Duodecim Angelus" is not actually his [[Leitmotif]], it's ''the Black King's theme played on horns'', mocking him.
* According to [[The Rant]] for one ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' comic, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5S0dkLZoTg Zimmy's theme] is "Stress" by Justice.
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