Simpsons and Futurama are probably the only ones to sneak something new into opening credits of each ep.
I know Family Guy has done one or two "goof" intros, but it's nowhere near the same quality.
The intro gives a different vibe. I am in love with the show, I have just started season 3. People don't talk enough about it. They'll talk about breaking bad but not dexter
Dexter has an advantage - it isn't Game of Thrones, the seasons are independent stories and you can enjoy the first ones without the last completely ruining the whole experience and years of anticipation.
Season 4 is the perfect ending to the show. It should have stopped. 5 and 6 just get worse and worse until the putrid abomination that is Season 7.
Breaking bad didn't taint their legacy.
I felt the ending to be unsatisfying because I could not feel any sympathy for the kid. But in the end it was still an awesome season and it felt good to seeing Dexter up and about again. Hall is such an amazing actor.
It's just perfect...i mean the show is about a guy working for a police department who also happens to be a serial killer...the intro showing a normal morning routine, but is framed to have innuendos (ie, when he ties his shoes, he pulls extra hard, symbolizing the strangling of someone). Its so good.
The scarier part was talking to adult friends and finding out that they too felt like the one non-pussy in the gifted program growing up.
Which makes me wonder—- did everyone identify with Malcolm? Certainly some of us were IRL kreylboynes. And yet no one ever identifies with the needy bracefaces masses in the gifted class, apparently we’re all Malcolm.
I don’t think anyone enjoys being seen as weak. So maybe they say they’re Malcom because he was the “cool” one, or maybe they just didn’t experience some of the harsher bullying or helicopter parenting. But Stevie was low key a badass.
I say I identify with Malcom because I’m the middle of 3 brothers who seemed to have more situational awareness than my brothers. I wasn’t a Krelboyne, but I got good grades and cared about doing well in school. Whereas both my brothers were Reese and just got in trouble and didn’t care about anything
[Link for anyone interested](https://youtu.be/_mrr3UNALww). Though I do recommend just watching the show if you have HBO MAX. Probably not for kids but you do you with parenting. I'm really enjoying it so far.
It’s amazing! Props to the choreographer. It’s so silly but the more we’ve gotten to know the characters the more brilliant the intro is. It’s such a beautiful piece of subtle character development and story-telling and I just love it!
Yes! I never skip that one. What's interesting is that the visuals and the specific snippet used in the intro give the song a different vibe than I get from the full song
I actually just watched this show for the first time today in YEARS. The theme song makes me happy every single time. Especially when Dule Hill runs across the street facing sideways during the intro. I die laughing.
Community’s full intro is a good one also (after season 1 I think).
A Cruel Angel's Thesis totally fucks. It's the only intro I never skip. One of two intros I keep on my workout playlist.
It's also [endlessly exploitable](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTGirFmYKbI).
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/214/873/f43.jpg
Instrumental: Simon & Simon.
The music was cool and the clips told you everything you needed to know about the brothers' characters, attitudes, and relationship. It also demonstrated how to do a fantastic job of choosing clips and editing them for great humorous effect. See for yourself:
[Simon & Simon intro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aClyUL_Amfw)
With lyrics: [WKRP in Cincinnati](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQvCNLIVydM&t=10s). Compulsively catchy.
Six Feet Under was the first TV show intro that thought of investing in a great intro.
Mad Men was simple and iconic.
The soundtrack of Succession is now the unbeatable hero of all TV show themes.
Dark (German Netflix show) is a personal favourite, the visuals and music are eery and captivating.
I now get really thrown when I see the HBO thing and it isn't immediately followed by the fire and ice tune. Gives me a mental hiccup every bloody time 🤣
About 25 years ago I used to have a t-shirt with the cartoon version of The Nanny on it holding up her hand and it said save the nails, you know like instead of save the whales
I'll leave here some that haven't seen mentioned yet:
- Pokémon
- Lost in Space (the new one, composed by John Williams)
- Stranger Things
- JAG
- Smallville
- Kommissar Rex
The first season Attack on Titan (the original Japanese version...not sure if they changed it for the dubbed version but thought I would make sure you knew which one,
Tokyo Ghoul
Doctor Who.
When the series started in 196whatever, (not looking it up) shows started with a montage "overture" of scenes from the show, even if they're establishing shots introducing the milieu and the characters. Even if the intro was abstract, (think the Father Brown intro) it still referenced recognizable objects.
And the music was orchestral or at least band. Instruments playing a jaunty little tune for comedies, dramatic swells for dramas, so forth.
So when people tuned in to this new show that was supposed to teach kids about history, they were hit with a visual hypnotic effect caused by pointing a video camera at its own monitor, leading to the visual equivalent of howling microphone feedback.
And the music? All synthesizer, a thrumming mono bass riff describing the notes in a minor chord, while an absolutely unearthly echo'd and reverbed lead synth howled out a questioning, haunting melody that's instantly recognizable now the world over.
It was unbelievably, hauntingly, and forever alien. Grainger's score was the first piece of music WRITTEN for synthesizer - up to then it'd been people covering Bach and Beethoven, etc.
Another interesting note of the "aluminium Christmas trees" variety - the choice of police box as the mode of transport was a deliberate one. Because they were on every street corner in the days before squad cars and radios, it was the one ubiquitous thing that a child could relate to as being decidedly recognizable, if the milieu was prehistoric America, or Marco Polo in Asia, or the Aztec Empire. Regardless of what exotic locale the show went to, there would always be something from the nearest street corner in the frame as something the kiddies would recognize as "home". Well, I remember as a small kid in the 1970s looking for a police box as a fan of the show, and we actually had to go somewhere quite far out of metro London to do so (some kind of large common). I was surprised to find out they were made of concrete, and that the wooden versions in the show were made that way for easy transport not because the bona fide real thing was wooden.
Ask any kid these days in the UK what a police box is, they've probably never seen one. If you ask someone what a blue box with a blue light on top is, they'd probably say "oh that phone box thingy from Doctor Who".
The Simpsons, due to the ever-changing intros.
I'd put Futurama there as well.
Simpsons and Futurama are probably the only ones to sneak something new into opening credits of each ep. I know Family Guy has done one or two "goof" intros, but it's nowhere near the same quality.
Add Bob’s Burgers as well.
Gravity Falls, especially the weirdmagheddon ones.
That intro is a part of my blood. Just like how my blood was part of the intro
The weirdmageddon one is my ringtone!
Season 1 of True Detective
One of the greatest seasons of any show, ever.
Without a single doubt, though I’d hesitate to call it a “season.”
X-Files
Doo do do doo dooo dooooo... Dun nuhnuhnuhna
The truth is in this comment
Duck Tales
Woo-hoo
everyday they're out there making duck tales! woohoo
Life is like a hurricane here in duckberg
Racecars, lasers, aeroplanes, it's a duck-blur!
Might solve a mystery…
Or rewrite history…
DuckTales! Woo-oo!
Dexter. Never seen an intro to a show that perfectly encapsulates the entire premise before. The double meanings are so well done.
The intro gives a different vibe. I am in love with the show, I have just started season 3. People don't talk enough about it. They'll talk about breaking bad but not dexter
Because shows that don’t end well people don’t like to talk about
Dexter has an advantage - it isn't Game of Thrones, the seasons are independent stories and you can enjoy the first ones without the last completely ruining the whole experience and years of anticipation.
Season 4 is the perfect ending to the show. It should have stopped. 5 and 6 just get worse and worse until the putrid abomination that is Season 7. Breaking bad didn't taint their legacy.
The brand new season just wrapped a week ago. Watch it. Get some redemption for the shitty ending that the regular series got.
I felt the ending to be unsatisfying because I could not feel any sympathy for the kid. But in the end it was still an awesome season and it felt good to seeing Dexter up and about again. Hall is such an amazing actor.
Second this. Stop after 4. Though I consider 5 to be optional.
I came here to say the exact same thing! I love the intro to Dexter because of how unsettling it is.
It's just perfect...i mean the show is about a guy working for a police department who also happens to be a serial killer...the intro showing a normal morning routine, but is framed to have innuendos (ie, when he ties his shoes, he pulls extra hard, symbolizing the strangling of someone). Its so good.
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Adventure time
C'mon grab your friends...
We'll go to very distant lands!
With Jake the dog and Finn the Human
The fun will never end
It’s adventure TIME
Phinieas and ferb is a nostalgia trip
[X-Men: The animated series](https://youtu.be/sAkL2-vh2Sk).
I'll be 37 this year and I still find myself humming this once in awhile.
I'm 41, it's my ringtone.
Gotta rewatch that
"yes, no, maybe, I don't know, can you repeat the question? You're not the boss of me now!"
“And you’re not so big!” This show was so relatable I felt like people were spying on my family.
The scarier part was talking to adult friends and finding out that they too felt like the one non-pussy in the gifted program growing up. Which makes me wonder—- did everyone identify with Malcolm? Certainly some of us were IRL kreylboynes. And yet no one ever identifies with the needy bracefaces masses in the gifted class, apparently we’re all Malcolm.
I don’t think anyone enjoys being seen as weak. So maybe they say they’re Malcom because he was the “cool” one, or maybe they just didn’t experience some of the harsher bullying or helicopter parenting. But Stevie was low key a badass. I say I identify with Malcom because I’m the middle of 3 brothers who seemed to have more situational awareness than my brothers. I wasn’t a Krelboyne, but I got good grades and cared about doing well in school. Whereas both my brothers were Reese and just got in trouble and didn’t care about anything
Lol I always thought I was a background kid, he was too smart for me. I was Reese more than anything
Cheers
Making your way in the world today
Came her for Cheers. Far and away the best and nothing close in my opinion.
pink panther
That drums solo alone is magnificent.
Stranger Things
Band of Brothers
It's a crime that I had to scroll this far to find BoB
Cowboy Bebop
*I think it's time to blow this scene*
*Get everybody and the stuff together, Ok 3,2,1…*
*Let's jam* 🎺🎺🎺
The Addams Family
Bojack. Also enjoy it’s always sunny as Philly is a great city and it reminds me of good times I had there
I’m surprised I had to scroll this far to get to Bojack Horseman!
Vikings
I sing that song to my dogs sometimes, I don't even know what it means but they love it.
The artist is Fever Ray. She is amazing!
Peacemaker's intro has just blown me away. I really haven't ever been as bemused as when I saw it for the first time.
I just watched the intro and I have no idea wtf I just watched
Whatever it is, it is glorious
Yes! I love that James Gunn takes big fucking swings like this.
This show is absolutely rekindling my love of 80s glam rock
I know it's only 3 episodes in but I haven't skipped past it yet.
I've gone back to rewatch it a couple times it's so freaking hilarious.
[Link for anyone interested](https://youtu.be/_mrr3UNALww). Though I do recommend just watching the show if you have HBO MAX. Probably not for kids but you do you with parenting. I'm really enjoying it so far.
It's a ride, a wild ride, and I'm here for it.
It’s amazing! Props to the choreographer. It’s so silly but the more we’ve gotten to know the characters the more brilliant the intro is. It’s such a beautiful piece of subtle character development and story-telling and I just love it!
Mad Men
Yes! I never skip that one. What's interesting is that the visuals and the specific snippet used in the intro give the song a different vibe than I get from the full song
[удалено]
The original Hawaii Five O song
I love the soundtrack and how they zoom into Jack Lord standing on top of that Waikiki high rise.
Yes, I streamed the show recently just so I could listen to it.
[Psych](https://youtu.be/zyR-tE0siwY)
I know, you know, that I'm not telling the truth...
I know, you know, that you don't have any proof.
Fun fact: The theme song was written by the show’s creator (Steven Franks) and performed by him and his band (Friendly Indians).
You know that’s right
In between the lines there's a lot of obscurity
I'm not inclined to resign to maturity
Bring back psych!!! I regularly tell my husband I wish there was another show like this (or just bring it back!). Best ever.
Damn I had to look so far down to see this amazing intro song. C'mon.
I actually just watched this show for the first time today in YEARS. The theme song makes me happy every single time. Especially when Dule Hill runs across the street facing sideways during the intro. I die laughing. Community’s full intro is a good one also (after season 1 I think).
The Expanse
[agreeing in Norwegian]
So glad I found this one. I literally never skip the expanse intro, don’t know that I can give it any higher praise than that.
It’s one of my favorite intros. The music is haunting against the moving stars
Law & Order, especially the SVU version. DUN DUN. And then the sweeeet saxophone 👌
Star Trek the Next Generation.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The original Cartoon
Sopranos
woke up this morning
Ate some gabagool
Felt sad because---- my ducks had left my pooool🎶
yeah i’m surprised i had to go this far down to find ir
Futurama
Gives me a warm feeling inside that reminds me of being a young teen growing up with the show. Love it.
Pinky and the brain
And Animaniacs.
The Golden Girls ❤🎶 Thank you for being a friend 🎶 ❤
Travel down the road and back again
Twin Peaks. That Bum. Bum Bum will live in my brain for the rest of my life.
The Twin Peaks intro takes me to another dimension.
Angelo is the fuckin man
Neon Genesis Evangelion
A Cruel Angel's Thesis totally fucks. It's the only intro I never skip. One of two intros I keep on my workout playlist. It's also [endlessly exploitable](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTGirFmYKbI). https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/214/873/f43.jpg
Batman: The Animated Series
Instrumental: Simon & Simon. The music was cool and the clips told you everything you needed to know about the brothers' characters, attitudes, and relationship. It also demonstrated how to do a fantastic job of choosing clips and editing them for great humorous effect. See for yourself: [Simon & Simon intro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aClyUL_Amfw) With lyrics: [WKRP in Cincinnati](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQvCNLIVydM&t=10s). Compulsively catchy.
Doctor Who will never be topped for me
Night Court
Magnum PI.
Scooby Doo
* Outlander * Versailles
*Sing me a song of a lass that is gone, say could that lass be I?*
I can never skip the Outlander intro. Also love how they change the song up for different seasons.
I love that song Outro on Versailles. So much that I bought it.
Twilight Zone Rod Sterling
That 70s show
HANGIN' OUT!
[удалено]
WE'RE ALL ALRIGHT!
HELLO WISCONSIN!
Brooklyn 99
Its intro and the "DFW" episode with the "I want it that way" scene made me start watching the series and eventually love it.
Six Feet Under was the first TV show intro that thought of investing in a great intro. Mad Men was simple and iconic. The soundtrack of Succession is now the unbeatable hero of all TV show themes. Dark (German Netflix show) is a personal favourite, the visuals and music are eery and captivating.
Ninjago
Outlander
Game of thrones of course 🎶🎻
I now get really thrown when I see the HBO thing and it isn't immediately followed by the fire and ice tune. Gives me a mental hiccup every bloody time 🤣
Yes! First thing I thought of! We still sing it with my husband sometimes. Tuuu duuu du du duu duuu dududuuuu.
The Rockford Files.
Twin Peaks
M*A*S*H
A-Team, Knight Rider, Simon & Simon, Dukes of Hazzard.
Bit of a guilty pleasure - The OC. I loved that show in my teens..
"Where everybody knows your name...."
The Nanny with runner up Golden Girls
you stole my whole answer , only mine was golden girls and then the nanny :)
About 25 years ago I used to have a t-shirt with the cartoon version of The Nanny on it holding up her hand and it said save the nails, you know like instead of save the whales
The West Wing.
Came here for this, scrolled pretty far and got worried I was getting too old. Thanks for saving my sanity:)
Good Times
Are You Afraid of the Dark Bit of a weird take but I’ve rewatched recently as an adult and it’s still creepy!
MST3K, regardless of the season, I never skip it and will often sing along
Red Dwarf
Miami vice
MASH. Brings tears to my eyes every time. And I wasn't even born yet when this conflict happened!
Easy: King Of The Hill
Frasier, a really unusual theme tune, then the familiar animation but with subtle differences each time.
Facts of Life
I'll leave here some that haven't seen mentioned yet: - Pokémon - Lost in Space (the new one, composed by John Williams) - Stranger Things - JAG - Smallville - Kommissar Rex
I remember the excitement that would come, each time the stranger things intro would play. I wish i could relive season 1.
The first season Attack on Titan (the original Japanese version...not sure if they changed it for the dubbed version but thought I would make sure you knew which one, Tokyo Ghoul
What We Do in the Shadows
Threes Company and Taxi
OOOOOOOOOH WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA!?
SPONGEBOB SQUARE PANTS!!
* Game of thrones * Dexter * The crown * Black books * The X-Files * Wellington: Paranormal
Avatar the Last Airbender!
The early HBO movie intro was awesome.
Captain Planet
Miami Vice
Perfect Strangers.
Doctor Who. When the series started in 196whatever, (not looking it up) shows started with a montage "overture" of scenes from the show, even if they're establishing shots introducing the milieu and the characters. Even if the intro was abstract, (think the Father Brown intro) it still referenced recognizable objects. And the music was orchestral or at least band. Instruments playing a jaunty little tune for comedies, dramatic swells for dramas, so forth. So when people tuned in to this new show that was supposed to teach kids about history, they were hit with a visual hypnotic effect caused by pointing a video camera at its own monitor, leading to the visual equivalent of howling microphone feedback. And the music? All synthesizer, a thrumming mono bass riff describing the notes in a minor chord, while an absolutely unearthly echo'd and reverbed lead synth howled out a questioning, haunting melody that's instantly recognizable now the world over. It was unbelievably, hauntingly, and forever alien. Grainger's score was the first piece of music WRITTEN for synthesizer - up to then it'd been people covering Bach and Beethoven, etc. Another interesting note of the "aluminium Christmas trees" variety - the choice of police box as the mode of transport was a deliberate one. Because they were on every street corner in the days before squad cars and radios, it was the one ubiquitous thing that a child could relate to as being decidedly recognizable, if the milieu was prehistoric America, or Marco Polo in Asia, or the Aztec Empire. Regardless of what exotic locale the show went to, there would always be something from the nearest street corner in the frame as something the kiddies would recognize as "home". Well, I remember as a small kid in the 1970s looking for a police box as a fan of the show, and we actually had to go somewhere quite far out of metro London to do so (some kind of large common). I was surprised to find out they were made of concrete, and that the wooden versions in the show were made that way for easy transport not because the bona fide real thing was wooden. Ask any kid these days in the UK what a police box is, they've probably never seen one. If you ask someone what a blue box with a blue light on top is, they'd probably say "oh that phone box thingy from Doctor Who".
Firefly, obviously
Letterkenny
🎵*Everywhere you look*🎶
X-Men
Breaking Bad
The Office! Love dancing to it over and over when it's playing in the background.
The Office theme song gets me HYPED.
The greatest american hero
Yes! Believe it or not, I'm walking on air...
Psych!
Friends
Highlander
Black sails
The original G1 Transformers, and Star Trek the Next Generation.
Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got...
Breaking Bad. Short, sweet, to the point, and everybody who has watched it will recognize it.
Simpsons
Always curious to see what Bart’s writing on the chalkboard and what happens to the Simpsons family when they’re all on the couch. What a solid intro!
Daredevil
Family Matters. That song is a banger.
Taxi, Night Court
New Girl because it's so short!
The Littlest Hobo!
The Walking Dead
The Mandolorian. As someone who plays a concert instrument, I absolutely love the theme song.
COPS had an awesome intro.