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** Then there's "See My Vest", Mr. Burns' PETA-unfriendly ripoff of ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'''s "Be Our Guest".
*** In turn, "Be Our Guest" resembles the titular song from ''Me and My Girl''.
** Lampshaded again during a ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]'' parody with a song called "Ho Hi" ("this song's not like any song you know...if Disney sues we'll claim Fair Use").
** Some earlier episodes repeatedly underscored action sequences with a pastiche of the "Axel F" theme from ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]''. In fact, they had at least two distinct versions of it.
** Sideshow Bob's [[Leitmotif|personal theme music]] is a reworked version of [[Bernard Herrmann]]'s ''[[Cape Fear]]'' theme.
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* A dance scene in the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Jellyfish Jam" uses a techno song called "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCIyguGtFqU Stadium Rave A]" that sounded a LOT like "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KUmAphvThQ Get Ready For This]" ([[Weird Al Effect|A.K.A. "NBA Jam"]]) by 2 Unlimited.
** The Krusty Krab Training Video uses a soundalike for Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" called "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XovtJrxPjNw Quest for the Best]".
*** Also a piece of music that imitates the ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' theme on "Bubble Buddy."
**** Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's official [[Leitmotif]] is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQDTKPbwxUw The Lineman], an all-too-obvious (and very fitting) JHV of the [[Adam West]] [[Batman]] theme.
***** Joked about it once: A Krusty Krab customer listened to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_0-FwA1f60 a song] and said (perhaps not exact quote) "I hated the REAL version of this song."
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** During the scene in the episode "It's About Time" where Twilight Sparkle meets a future version of herself, the background music is suspiciously similar to "I am the Doctor" from Series 5 and 6 of [[Doctor Who]].
* ''[[Sym-Bionic Titan]]'' has an interesting version of this trope in the episode "Roar of the White Dragon". When Mike Chan/White Dragon shows up at the school, we hear some music that sounds suspiciously like the song by the Teriyaki Boyz called "Tokyo Drift (Fast and the Furious)". Compare the two [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITLd2dtGTzY here] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBS7m-a8Myw here]. Fitting...still weird tho...
* In ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy
* ''[[Animaniacs]]'' did this frequently with their numerous song parodies. For example, "Yakko's Universe" is a JHV of [[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life|"The Galaxy Song."]]
* The song "If You Can Dream" by the [[Disney Princess|Disney Princesses]] is actually a suspiciously similar version of Mya's "Where the Dream Takes You." Guess [[Atlantis: The Lost Empire|which animated Disney movie]] that song is from!
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* The theme to [[The Critic]] was done in the style of [[George Gershwin|Rhapsody in Blue]].
* The theme song of ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' is based on Grieg's ''In the Hall of the Mountain King''.
* ''[[Star Trek: The
* [[Superman: The Animated Series|Superman the Animated Series]] - its [[Awesome Music (Sugar Wiki)|Awesome Music]] theme bears a striking resemblance to a sped-up version the [[Aaron Copland]] masterpiece "Fanfare for the Common Man" melded with bits the [[John Williams]] theme from [[Superman The Movie]]. Given that the series was heavily influenced by the [[John Byrne]] era Superman (Clark is the real person, Superman is his disguise, and Clark sees himself as a perfectly normal person who happens to have extraordinary powers), this probably wasn't unintentional.
* The opening theme for [[Sabrina the Animated Series|''Sabrina's Secret Life'']] sounds a lot like the [[
* The theme song for ''[[Waynehead]]'' sounds a lot like the Naughty by Nature song "Hip Hop Hooray."
* ''[[Zula Patrol|The Zula Patrol]]''
** The contains what sounds similar to The Flintstones.
** The "Clouds Song" sounds similar to "Lifetime" by "Maxwell."
* ''[[Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!]]''
** "Happy Hop" bears a resemblance to "New Haircut" by Justin Roberts
** The theme song is suspiciously similar to to "Hey Ya!" by [[OutKast]].
*The theme song for ''Space Racers'' sounds similar to the theme to ''Kids in Motion'' by The Temptations. Given the songs 80's style and the fact that season 1 was presented by Maryland Public Television, it may have been intentional.
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