I don't know whether it is the nostalgia thing or producers need a catchy rocking theme song to attract children to their show but they always seem to have the best ones. Whether its the catchy swing of The Flintstones or busting guitar cords like Pokemon, people remember them best. So here is the first part of the Best Children Show Theme songs and proof that I, at 22, still watch them.
Phineas and Ferb
If you haven't watched Phineas and Ferb, I suggest you stop what you are doing, get over to the telly, try to find it or go and watch some online. P+F is that perfect combination of weird silly humor that children love over complete dry wit and one liners that adults love. It's only 15 minutes long but that's enough to inject you we complete awesomeness. So what theme song could express all that cool and greatness. Why, obviously a kick high powered pop punk one by band Bowling For Soup! It perfectly expresses the randomness of the show.
Student Bodies
Mainly for your older children, Student Bodies was like Saved By The Bell but with cartoons because our main protagonist, Cody, is the cartoonist for the student paper "Student Bodies." While others tackle hard real life problems (with humorousness, of course) Cody drew all over them and created creatures of his imagination. The theme song, and I mean the first season theme song because Student Bodies producer went and totally ballsed it up with a more "conventional theme song" grabbed that essence. Not only does everyone totally agree with what the narrator says but its followed with r'n'b rap brilliance. Altogether now... *weird voice* "Student Bodies...."
Cardcaptors
Possible the theme song I sing the most, Cardcaptors was a mystical adventure and a quest for all time. See Sakura, a shows hero, opens a book that sets all the Clow cards racing across her city. Sakura now must find them as each card (such as Wind, Rain, Shadow, Wood, Sword, Thunder, Power, Sleep etc) start affecting their world around them. Along with her best friend and the guardian Beast Of The Seal Cerberus (the cutest beast every,) Sakura must bring them back home. The theme song, the English theme song that is, captures the energy of the show and the lead singer of the theme song is 100% enjoying himself here as you can tell he was probably rejected by some boyband.
Pat Sharps Fun House
The greatest punishment my mother every gave to me was grounding me in my room and banning me from watching Pat Sharps Fun House. I remember hear the theme song and crying my eyes out. Incidentally, I heard this in a shop the other day and went mental. Pat Sharps Fun House was the greatest game show for children ever as Pat Sharp, along with The Twins and his incredible hair guided contestants along a crazy assault course of competitions including gunge, water, go karts and that wonderful house. Every child I knew dreamed of going on the show. The theme song is just as silly and highlights just why we were begging our parents to fill out a form.
Top Cat
I can hear everyone clicking there fingers around to this one. Top Cat was 1960's cartoon about a gang of cats who went around and terrorized the streets of their town and one brave Officer Dibble, is on a mission to stop them. Ok, so thats not how everyone remembers it but its pretty much what happens as Dibble tries to get Top Cat and his mischievous cohorts out of the alley with little to no success. The theme song had one of those swinging 60's esque tune most family shows had at that era.
Spongebob Squarepants
Perhaps the show on this list that makes no sense at all but we still watch it for its wackiness and quirkiness. Spongebob is a sponge who lifes under the sea with his best friends, Patrick Star (a starfish) and Sandy (a squirrel yes a squirrel.) And they have all sorts of mayhem including sea-bears, coloured patties, driving boats (underwater,) a crab boss with a whale daughter and a full feature length musical film with David Hasslehoff. It's pure maddness. The theme song is just as nautical and silly as a pirate sings to children explaining about Spongebob and its sheer manic genius.
Cow and Chicken
On a list of totally messed up cartoons that made it to Cartoon Network, this would have to be on top of them. Cow And Chicken follows a complete alien birth where two humans end up having a cow and a chicken. The show basically follows those adventures as they grow up (and more and more absurd) and have to thwart "The Red Guy" (basically the devil) as he tries to mislead them. The show is crazy but the title sequence is pretty simply though it is tuneful and catchy.
Hey Arnold!
This cool and collected theme song is certainly just as collected Arnold is along with his best friend Gerald and bully Helga. Arnold is the guy everyone wants around who not only solves his own predicaments but everyone elses at school. The show often solves mysteries told by Gerald and include some pretty weird stuff but nevertheless, Hey Arnold! kept its realism. The highlight would be that Helga, who taunts "football head," throughout the series is secretly in love with him. Its pretty epic.
Pokemon
Another Japanese show and where the first series and the English series pretty much had the best title sequence. If you don't know what Pokemon is you have really been under a rock for a decade, haven't you? Pokemon cartoon is based on the video games where you have to capture monsters and train them. This all leads up to quite seedy underground animal fights otherwise known as Pokebattles between other trainers. Ash is our main character and although we are probably on season 30470374, he hasn't aged and is still a big hit with children (and geeky adults.) The theme song is totally a rip off of 80's action movies like Top Gun (and I suspect the same guy who does CardCaptors) but it is still full of fist pumping beats!.
Arthur
Arthur is an aardvark. Yes an aardvark and he lives in Elwood city with his anthropomorphic friends (otherwise known as animal freaks) learning the lessons of life, friendship and family. Its classic children's TV where a character in the show learns an important part of growing up and therefore there is an underlining moral message. Of course, there are laughs and annoying sister D.W certainly gets boys related to Arthur but it is a heart-warming cartoon and one of my favourites. The theme song is ace because it captures that community message in a reggae pop beat that I know everyone who watched this can sing word for word. Because everyday when your walking down the street......
TTFN
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Part 2 will be ringing its way to you soon with such classics as Inspector Gadget, Animaniacs and more. If you havent seen your favourite yet, hold on people I have much more to get through.
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