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* ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' [[Lampshade Hanging|hangs a lampshade]] on the trope when, at the opening ceremonies of a nationwide [[Spelling Bee]], celebrity moderator George Plimpton announces, "And now, our unlicensed knockoff of the Olympic anthem."
** It also played this one straight, in quite a lot of episodes. Who can forget "Springfield, Springfield," or the whole of the episode "Simpsoncalifragalisticexpiali(annoyed grunt)tious"? The latter was a parody of ''[[Mary Poppins]]'', and had some of the best of these you're likely to see anywhere - particularly Barney's version of "Feed the Birds" ("Buy Me a Beer") and the family's version of "Spoonful of Sugar' ('Cut Every Corner").
*** And "The President Wore Pearls," an [[Whole
** The end of "Life on the Fast Lane" parodies the end of ''[[An Officer and A Gentleman]]''; you have to listen ''very'' carefully to the BGM to notice it isn't really "Up Where We Belong".
** The rambling song Homer sang in hopes of becoming a food critic was based around ''[[West Side Story]]'''s "I Feel Pretty".
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** "When there's trouble you know who to call! Secret... Agent Man! Secret... Agent Man!"
* In ''[[Drawn Together]]'' the [[Leitmotif|ukulele riff]] that sometimes accompanies Wooldoor is an obvious pastiche of a similar one from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]''.
* Whenever another DCAU hero shows up on ''[[Static Shock]]'' they are accompanied by a [[Suspiciously Similar Song]] version of their theme... it's even more jarring than the [[Off
* ''[[Superjail (Animation)|Superjail]]''--as explicitly pointed out by the bumps on [[Adult Swim]]--could not get the rights to "Love Shack", so the Warden sings the royalty-free, lawyer-friendly, not-gonna-get-sued-for-it "Love House" during the episode where they build a bar in the jail.
* For ''[[The Little Rascals]]' Christmas Special'', a 1979 animated holiday special featuring Our Gang, the producers didn't get the rights to use Leroy Shield's classic theme music, so the special's music composer wrote a Jimmy Hart Version of it.
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* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rio_sLMhRk end theme] for ''[[Captain Planet and The Planeteers (Animation)|Captain Planet and The Planeteers]]'' is a Jimmy Hart version of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSsPEgZZi5Y "Step By Step"] by [[New Kids On the Block (Music)|New Kids On the Block]].
* The long-awaited ''[[Daria (Animation)|Daria]]'' DVD set occasionally opts for Jimmy Hart versions in place of the more generic cues that comprise the majority of the music. One of the odder cases was Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" - MTV had apparently tried to license the original due to how important it was to the episode it appeared in, but Lauper no longer allows the song to be licensed and they were forced to do this instead.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' of all things has a not-quite version of [[Benny Hill|Yakety Sax]]. You can see it for yourself [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8iWgoOxaYU here]. There have been many others, both with and without lyrics, ranging from Aaron Copeland's ''Rodeo'' to Sondheim showtunes to... "The Hokey-Pokey."
** The crowning jewel of this is Art of the Dress, which is a Jimmy Hart version of Putting It Together.
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u7XysaEVBs At the Gala]" is even more obviously "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUzk2BC2Ssg Ever After]" from ''[[Into the Woods]]''.
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* The theme song of ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' is based on Grieg's ''In the Hall of the Mountain King''.
* ''[[Star Trek the Animated Series (Animation)|Star Trek the Animated Series]]'' featured a lot of pieces and cues that are suspiciously similar to ones from ''[[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' (most noticeable in the theme tune: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhQFGH527PE TAS], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdjL8WXjlGI TOS]).
* [[Superman:
* The opening theme for [[Sabrina the Animated Series|''Sabrina's Secret Life'']] sounds a lot like the [[Pink (Music)|Pink]] song "Get the Party Started."
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