M.A.S.K.
1985–1986SyndicationAnimation
Vehicles that transform and masks that give powers, in the toy cartoon that put both gimmicks in one show.
One opening sequence is catalogued for M.A.S.K., covering season 1.
It arrived on Syndication in 1985, when Romper Room, Truth or Consequences and Soul Train were also on the network.
The opening titles
Season 1
No usable clip kept. The one upload is an extended cut of the theme rather than the sequence as broadcast.
More animation opening titles from the 1980s
2 sequences
The Simpsons
The only main title in television built to be different every week: the chalkboard, the saxophone solo and the couch gag all change, so the sequence is a format rather than a film.
- Seasons 1–20
- Season 21
1 sequencePingu
A Swiss claymation penguin speaking an invented language, so it needed no dubbing to sell anywhere.
- Season 1
1 sequenceDuckTales
One of the most durable theme songs ever written for television, over a minute of ducks solving problems with money.
- Season 1
1 sequencePostman Pat
A rural postman and his black and white cat, stop-motion, with a theme everyone in Britain can finish.
- Season 1
1 sequenceInspector Gadget
A Peter Sellers impression with helicopter arms, and a theme that is In the Hall of the Mountain King with the serial numbers filed off.
- Season 1
1 sequenceFireman Sam
A Welsh fire station in stop-motion, made in Welsh first and dubbed into English second.
- Season 1