TV Theme Songs
Shortly into its run, this sitcom replaced the words “and the rest” in its theme song with the actual names of the remaining characters: the Professor and Mary Ann.
What is Gilligan's Island?
Tolkien used this term to refer to the world of The Lord of the Rings. It’s the same term used in Beowulf.
What is Middle-Earth?
If it’s not a red flag and it’s not a green flag, it might be this color indicating a neutral value judgement.
What is a beige flag?
Hamilton: “If there’s a reason I’m still alive / when so many have died / I’m willing to…” 3 words.
What is "wait for it"?
Though green is the most famous variety, this fictional mineral comes in all colors of the rainbow and some not even on the rainbow.
What is Kryptonite?
The fountain seen during this show’s theme song is located in Burbank, California; decidedly not Manhattan.
What is Friends?
The opening credits of this show reminded viewers of the principal locations. Among them Dragonstone, King’s Landing, and Winterfell.
What is Game of Thrones?
Don’t panic if your teen says something was this; they probably mean it was a great time, not necessarily a drug-fueled one.
What is lit?
Waitress: “She is all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie / She is gone…” 6 words.
What is "but she used to be mine"?
One of the worst tactical blunders in the film X-Men was throwing this superhero at the one villain that can manipulate metal.
Who is Wolverine?
The scientists in this show spend their time asking the same question as the theme song: “Who are you?”
What is CSI?
The Discworld, from Terry Pratchett’s series of the same name, is a flat planet that rides on the backs of four elephants. The elephants, in turn, ride on top of this.
What is a turtle?
A euphemism for ending a person’s life; TikTok seems not to like the typical word.
What is unalive?
Les Miserables: “But there are dreams that cannot be / And there are…” 4 words.
What is "storms we cannot weather"?
In a novel which came out 95 years after the original story, this character was revealed to have faked her death entirely. What a world, what a world.
Who is the Wicked Witch of the West?
These two food items prominently feature in the theme song lyrics for Cheers spin-off Frasier.
What are tossed salad and scrambled eggs?
According to the author, this fantasy locale made do without indoor plumbing for some time, with residents expected to vanish away any, er, products.
What is Hogwarts?
An extremely rabid fan; from the title of an Eminem song.
What is a stan?
Phantom of the Opera: “Think of your muse / And of the…” 4 words.
What is "queues 'round the theater"?
The weakness in this story was bad ratings; the heroes won by threatening double suicide on live television.
What is The Hunger Games?
Old family videos and shots of the modern New York skyline visually mimic the orchestral strings and electronic percussion of the intro to this HBO series that began in 2018.
What is Succession?
The primary continent of this fantasy series is never named, though fans have taken to calling it either the Westerlands or, after a main character, the Randlands.
What is The Wheel of Time?
One poster suggested it was the first “fourth-person” pronoun; from video streamers’ addresses to their viewers.
What is chat?
The Book of Mormon: “I believe that God has a plan for all of us / And I believe that plan involves…” 5 words.
What is "me getting my own planet"?
Freddy Kreuger can be stopped with this simple method. If only real world problems worked that way!
What is not believing in him?