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<div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=Kids+Like+Us+%28Australia%29&amp;version=158&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FKids%2BLike%2BUs%2B%2528Australia%2529&amp;saveType=page"><font face="Arial" size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Hb1290, heart1994, and ScottonCLG</i></font><div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> <font color="#333333">ScottonCLG</font></i></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font> <font color="#333333">heart1994, The_Username_15, Hb1290, and edunk5</font><br/><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font> <font color="#333333">Jose Atienza and ABC The Lissajous Curve Thingy</font></i></font></div><div><i><font size="3"><br/></font></i></div><div><font size="3"><u>Background:</u> Kids Like Us is an Australian children's independent television brand and production company founded in 1998 by Helena Harris and Posie-Graeme Evans, who are best known for producing <i>Hi-5 </i>and <i>Cushion Kids </i>for the Nine Network.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/>1st Logo<br/><font color="#333333">(April 12, 1999-October 6, 2006)</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><div align="center"><iframe frameborder="0" height="211" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/7ec96454b3b35e4ba023fe9a8fb1c18ba8d8107e" width="314"></iframe></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div><u>Nicknames</u>: "Water Drops"</div><div><u><br/></u></div><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: On a </font><font color="#ffff00">yellow </font><font color="#333333">background, two objects </font><font color="#333333">(one </font><font color="#ffa500">orange </font><font color="#333333">with </font><font color="#8000ff">purple </font><font color="#333333">eyes and a mouth while the other vice versa) leap into each other, spin around fast briefly, eventually resulting in two teardrop shaped faces with "<b>Kids Like Us</b>" shown below in a black Hobo font.</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Trivia</u>: The music for this logo can be heard on a promo for <i>Hi-5 </i>as seen as an example <a href="https://youtu.be/IKbISpno3TY?t=11" target="_self" title="here">here</a>.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Variant</u>: Starting in 2005 with season 7 and the <i>Hi-5 </i>DVDs, the faces are updated and the purple Australian Hi-5 URL appears below in a purple Comic Sans font.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u><font color="#333333">: 2-D animation, provided by Fudge Puppy Productions, who did all of the animation for <i>Snout</i> and seasons 1-6 of <i>Hi-5.</i></font><br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u><font color="#333333">: A rising synth chord with laughing sounds. The music was composed by Chris Harriott, Harris and Graeme Evans' collaborator.</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds Variants</u>:</font></div><div><ul><li><font size="3">On the US version of <i>Hi-5</i>, laughing sounds played once over the closing theme.</font></li><li><font size="3">On day 4 of Machines week on the Spanish version of <i>Hi-5</i>, laughing sounds are slightly different as played once over the closing theme.</font></li><li><font size="3">On Wonderful week on <i>Hi-5</i>, the closing theme plays over the logo.</font></li></ul><font size="3"><u>Availability</u><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: </font><font face="Arial">Common; Only seen on season 1-7 episodes of <i>Hi-5, </i>along with <i>Cushion Kids </i>before the </font><font face="Arial">[[Nine Network Productions (Australia)|Nine Network Productions]] logo throughout the era. The 2006 <i>Hi-5</i></font> <font face="Arial">DVD </font><font face="Arial"><i>Mix It Up </i></font><font face="Arial">plastered it with the next logo. It also appears on a</font> few </font>foreign airings of <i>Hi-5</i> as well.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u><font color="#333333">: None.</font></font></div></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><font size="3"><br/></font><div><font size="3">2nd Logo</font></div><div><font size="3">(June 12, 2006-June 19, 2008)</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><img align="bottom" alt="Kids Like Us (2006-2008)" height="185" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/afffb8bf9cad1600b99a01f066240d08/GW327H185" title="Kids Like Us (2006-2008)" width="327"/></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><iframe frameborder="0" height="189" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/bee5c6280de9ad8b188ec04716ac0a850b92a832" width="329"></iframe></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "Water Drops II"</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Logo</u><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: </font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#333333">On a </font><font color="#00aaff">light blue</font><font color="#333333"> background made of different shapes (like flowers), we see the the brighter and glossier teardrop faces from the previous logo bounce up and down and ripple on a trampoline-like </font></font><font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">object before forming the logo. We then see the final logo with the company name </font></font><font color="#333333">and the Australian <i>Hi-5</i> URL below all in </font><font>purple</font><font color="#333333">.</font></font></font></font></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div><u><font size="3">Variants:</font></u></div><div><ul><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">On US prints of the show throughout American markets, the Australian <i>Hi-5</i> URL was replaced with "<b>www.hi5usa.com</b>".</font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The logo is shifted up to make room as the text "</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#ae00ff">Visit Website for Info on the <i>Hi-5 Circus Stageshow</i></font><font color="#333333">" zooms in below the Australian Hi-5 URL. Then the logo freezes for 8 seconds and slowly fades out. This was seen on the </font><i>Hi-5</i><font color="#333333"> promotional DVD given away with an issue from either The Sun-Herald or The Age on November 18, 2007 to promote the </font><i>Hi-5 Circus Stageshow</i><font color="#333333">.</font></font></font></li></ul></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u><font color="#333333">FX/SFX:</font><font color="#ffffff">.</font></u><font color="#333333">2-D animation and ripple effects which are much smoother and sleeker than the previous logo. The animation was provided by ZSpace, who also did all of the animation for seasons 8-10 of <i>Hi-5</i>.</font></font></div><div><font color="#ffffff" size="3">.</font></div><div></div><div><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u><font color="#333333">: We hear laughing and bouncing sounds followed by a sped-up and redone version of the synth chord from the last logo as laughing sounds play over twice.</font></font></div><font size="3"><br/></font><div><font size="3"><font><u>Availability</u><font color="#333333">: It was used at the end of seasons 8 and 9 of <i>Hi-5</i>. The logo surprisingly plastered the previous logo on the 2006 <i>Hi-5 </i>DVD <i>Mix It Up</i>. The last <i>Hi-5 </i>DVD to use this logo was the 2008 <i>Hi-5 </i>DVD <i>Go Wild!</i></font></font>, which was the last DVD to feature original member Tim Harding, as he departed from the group earlier due to a motorcycle accident.</font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u><font color="#333333">: None.</font></font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Final Note</u>: Starting in 2008, the last four seasons of <i>Hi-5 </i>had <i>Superdudes </i>creator Stevie Nicholson and the [[Southern Star Entertainment (Australia)|Southern Star Entertainment]] logo replacing Harding and this logo respectively before the brand and production company were sold to Asiasons in 2012, marking the beginning of <i>Hi-5 House</i>, which also featured Nicholson and used the Hi-5 Operations Pte Ltd logo, which was first seen on the 2012 <i>Hi-5 </i>DVD <i>Hi-5 Holiday Live!</i>, which marked the debut of Dayen Zheng, who co-starred with Nicholson in <i>Hi-5 House</i>, and was last seen on the reboot of the <i>Hi-5 </i>series.</font></div><br/></div>