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<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><i><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Jason Jones, Jeffrey Gray, James Fabiano</font><font face="Arial">, JackLovesCLGLogos and TrickyMar<font face="Arial">io7654</font></font></i><font face="Arial"><br/></font><i><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> Logoboy95, Eric S., V of Doom, Shadeed A. Kelly, Bob Fish, and TrickyMario7654<br/><font color="#ffa500">Editions by</font> Shadeed A. Kelly, Logoboy95, The Twenty Thousand Tonne Bomb (aka, 20000), Supermarty-o, Nathan B. and GoAnimateFan199Pro<br/><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font> Rick OnTheDrums, Jordan Rios, ente75, LogicSmash, ScumbagYuNarukami j.2B, DudeThatLogo, phasicblu, Originalsboy11, and JohnnyL80</font></i><font face="Arial"><br/><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: Rankin-Bass was formed in September 1960 by Arthur <b>Rankin</b>, Jr. and Jules <b>Bass </b>as Videocraft International; it was renamed to Rankin-Bass in 1968. In 1971, the company was acquired by Tomorrow Entertainment, and distributed by [[Viacom (CBS)|Viacom Enterprises]] (now "[[CBS Television Distribution]]"), while [[Broadway Video]] acquired the rights to the pre-1974 library in 1988. It was later acquired by [[Telepictures Productions|Telepictures]] on January 24, 1983 and then became a subsidiary of [[Lorimar-Telepictures]]. Nowadays, the pre-1974 library is currently owned by NBCUniversal on behalf of [[DreamWorks Animation]]through their DreamWorks Classics label, the post-1973 library is owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., <i>The Jackson 5ive</i> is distributed by CBS Television Distribution, and Rankin-Bass's theatrical film library is currently split amongst different companies,[[StudioCanal (France)|StudioCanal]]owns <i>The Wacky World of Mother Goose </i>and <i>Mad Monster Party</i>? since both movies were released by Embassy Pictures, <i>The Last Unicorn</i>is currently owned by ITV Studios and Universal Pictures owns <i>Willy McBean and his Magic Machine </i>via DreamWorks Animation and <i>King Kong Returns</i>.<br/><br/><br/></font></font><font color="#333333" size="4"><font face="Arial"><b>Videocraft International, Limited</b></font></font><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><br/>1st Logo</font><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">(September 1, 1961-November 24, 1966)</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font></div><div></div><div><font size="3"> </font></div><div align="center"><div align="center"> [[File:YeLrcuRkhzNp8DSnfu2fOw18410.jpeg|198px|Videocraft International (1964, B&W)]][[File:XkqFAHZcduqRDxc2JpaWHQ73626.jpeg|204px|Videocraft International (Rudolph)]][[File:O1SIGi-Gb5ZESz0qinGPNQ22012.jpeg|227px|Videocraft Productions logo The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1961)]][[File:EGUGliUp7Up2P3VKAIsLJw15486.jpeg|200px|Videocraft Productions logo The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1961)]][[File:WFPblNtVoHx6TViTnqQkJg18506.jpeg|196px|Videocraft Productions logo The New Adventures of Pinocchio (1961)]][[File:Pv9t-F1Dc1zxdIPtokuIfA13549.jpeg|223px|Videocraft Productions logo Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961)]]</div></div> <div align="center"> </div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> <br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: This superimposed logo features three TV tube-like shapes. One is at the bottom, and the other two are stacked on the left and right corners of the bottom</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> tube, which, when together, resemble Mickey Mouse's head or a water molecule (though its probably supposed to be like a V shape). The company byline appears as "A VIDEOCRAFT INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION" or "A VIDEOCRAFT PRODUCTION".</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:</font></font><div><ul><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333">On some productions such as the 1965-present version of<i>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</i>and <i>The Ballad of Smokey the Bear</i>, the logo is colored white and and the tubes are now equal size.</font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333">On the original 1964 version of <i>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</i>, the logo is written on one of the packages being delivered by an elf. On 1965-present airings, the logo occurs over a shot of Santa in his sleigh.</font></font></li></ul><div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The scrolling of the credits or the fade-in of the logo.</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Usually the outro of a TV show or special.</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Availability</u>: Uncommon. Can be found on TV shows or specials from the time that used it, such as <i>The New Adventures of Pinocchio</i>, <i>The Tales of the Wizard of Oz</i>, The Ballad of Smokey the Bear, and the 1964 TV Christmas special <i>Rudolph<font face="Arial"> t</font>he Red-Nosed Reindeer</i>.</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">2nd Logo</font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">(June 1966-November 23, 1968)</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font><div align="center">[[File:TxCPndLZT qh3WvHFTp5eg15701.jpeg|263px|Videocraft International, Ltd.]]<iframe frameborder="0" height="200" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/96dec06f8f2aae5b9942ec1d55118771fa60bae4" width="232"></iframe></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Nicknames</u>: "Tri-Colored V", "Tri-Colored TV Monitors"</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: Over a white background, we see three colorized TV tubes aside each other, as in the infamous "V" design from the</font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">previous logo.</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> These names pop up on both tubes:</font><font color="#333333"> <br/></font><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font></font><div align="center"><font size="3"><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><font color="#333333">ARTHUR RANKIN, Jr. (in the </font><font color="#0000ff">blue</font><font color="#333333"> tube on the left)</font></font><br/><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><font color="#333333">JULES BASS (in the </font><font color="#00ff00">green<font color="#333333"> </font></font><font color="#333333">tube on the right)</font></font><br/></font></div><font size="3"><br/><font face="Arial"><font color="#333333">The third tube (which is </font><font color="#ffa500">orange</font><font color="#333333">) on the bottom has "Production" appear in it and "AN" above the logo, revealing the phrase as "AN ARTHUR RANKIN, Jr.-JULES BASS Production." We pan out to reveal the words "VIDEOCrAFT International, </font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">Limited" appearing in black underneath the logo.</font><font color="#333333"> <br/><br/><u>Trivia</u>: This logo was recently restored by Rankin-Bass historian Rick Goldschmidt and is featured in his Rankin-Bass portfolio.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: Names appear in television tubes, the tubes zoom out, and the logotype appears.</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: <font face="Arial">A strum and two horn notes, f<font face="Arial">ollowed by a 6-note flute tune and a dramat<font face="Arial">ic finish. Bongos play throughout the whole thing. </font></font></font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">The music was composed by Maury Laws and Jules Bass.<br/><u><br/>Availability</u>: Ultra rare. Was last seen on <i>The King Kong Show</i>, and original airings of the 1967 <i>Cricket on <font face="Arial">t</font>he Hearth</i> special. Don't expect this on the current TV airings and DVD/Blu-ray releases of both, as they are plastered over with the first Rankin-Bass logo. </font><br/><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: <font face="Arial">The logo i<font face="Arial">s simple,</font></font> <font face="Arial">but it's known for <font face="Arial">its</font> <font face="Arial">music<font face="Arial">,</font></font></font> which would be mor<font face="Arial">e infamous</font> when the company became Rankin-Bass<font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">. It's strange that the "r" is in lowercase while the others are uppercase.</font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><b><br/><font size="4">Rankin-Bass Productions</font></b></font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><br/>1st Logo</font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">(December 19, 1968-December 10, 1974)</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/></font> </font><div align="center"> <font size="3"><font color="#333333">[[File:4y5OngEKj3dRlN13Qq8qUA9482.jpeg|231px|Videocraft International, Ltd./Rankin-Bass Productions - CLG Wiki]]</font>[[File:QQCSgupjRyfr5kLC G-lFA21364.jpeg|232px|Rankin/Bass (1970)]]</font><font size="3">[[File:2edd5e0912857eb18f6de52ab09d3bd7.png|229px|Rankin/Bass]]</font></div> <div align="center"><iframe frameborder="0" height="154" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/8ea4031602039d401cf3edea04faa0cf880f3cf2" width="208"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="154" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/c60e28f3b13e9c0645948bd9090035d38d1a67a3" width="202"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="154" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/d2cb506adbaea45f854c7b78630cd8ccd9c06dc1" width="202"></iframe><br/><div align="left"><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><u><br/>Nicknames</u>: "RB-TV Monitor"</font>, "Rankin-Bass on TV", </font><font size="3"><font size="3"><font face="Arial">"The Christmas Special Logo"</font></font></font></div><div align="left"><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div></div><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: On a </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333">background, a large </font><font color="#808080">white </font><font color="#333333">tube sits flat, resembling a TV screen. A </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333">rectangle then appears like a door shutting and 2 circles appear separately on top of each other, one </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333">and the other </font><font color="#00aaff">light blue</font><font color="#333333">. The </font><font color="#00aaff">light blue </font><font color="#333333">and </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333">text "</font><font color="#333333">A ranKin bass PRODUCTION", each word stacked, appears next to the shapes. The logo itself is suppose to represent an abstract "<b>RB</b>", with the "<b>R</b>" formed up with the darker colored parts and the "<b>B</b>" made up of all the shapes.</font></font><div><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><br/></font></font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><u>Bylines</u>:</font></font></div><ul><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">"A Division of [[Tomorrow Entertainment]]" (c.1971-1974)<br/></font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Videocraft copyright notice, e.g. "Videocraft International Limited MCMLXX"<br/></font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3">Bylineless</font></li></ul><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Variant</u>: Some early appearances of this logo had the animation occurring without the<font face="Arial, sans-serif"> tube</font> outline and with the ending of the show's theme playing over it. This can usually be seen on <i>The Little Drummer Boy</i> and <i>Frosty the Snowman</i>.</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: Shapes form an abstract "R", and the text appearing.</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: Same as the 1966 Videocraft International logo. Sometimes, it is silent, recent prints of <i>Frosty the Snowman </i>have it either with the film's closing theme or none, original prints and [[Family Home Entertainment|FHE]] releases have the music.</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds Variant</u>: There is a variant in which the bongos come in early.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Availability</u>: Common, especially around the Christmas season. It appears on most of Rankin-Bass's Christmas output when aired by CB<font face="Arial">S, ABC Family (now Freeform), AMC and<font face="Arial"> other channels<font face="Arial">, as well as on <font face="Arial">DVD and <font face="Arial">most VHS releases. </font></font></font></font></font></font></font>Strangely enough, on one airing of <i>The Little Drummer Boy</i>, this logo was replaced with the "Blues" logo! It was plastered by the 1984 WBTV shield on the 2000 DVD of <i>The Year Without a Santa Claus</i>, but on the 2007 "Deluxe Edition" DVD, the logo is intact, while older FOX/ABC Family (now Freeform) airings plastered this logo with the 1990 WBTD and 1994 WBTV Domestic Pay TV logos due to split screen credits.<font color="#333333"> <br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: Simple, but decent for 1968. It's also<font face="Arial"> a</font> beloved and nostalgic logo by many, particularly<font face="Arial"> during the Christmas season.</font></font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><br/><font color="#333333"><br/><br/>2nd Logo<br/>(September 11, 1971-September 1, 1973)</font><font color="#333333"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center">[[File:4545a709ddbcb06410a12849cae5e369.jpeg|245px|Rankin-Bass Productions (1971)]]<iframe frameborder="0" height="190" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/4cef1250671b4ab32337a5e193575bad35f70dd4" width="334"></iframe></div><div><font size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Logo</u><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: Superimposed over the Motown logo are the words "</font><b><font face="Garamond"><i>R</i><i>ankin</i><i>/</i><i>Bass</i></font></b><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">" in a script font superimposed onto it with the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH"</font></font><font color="#333333" size="3">.</font><font size="3"><br/></font><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u></font><font color="#333333">: The fade in.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333">: Same as the 1971 [[Motown Productions]] logo.<br/></font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Availability</u>: Uncommon. It was only seen on <i>The Jackson 5ive</i>.</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.<br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><br/><br/>3rd Logo</font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">(December 19, 1975-July 5, 1987)</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br/></font></font> </font><div align="center"> <font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">[[File:VKISb6pKz8JZiwYclW-inA34399.jpeg|223px|Rankin/Bass Productions]][[File:ZgiDTQyjpLa3jLabPXwUbQ12201.jpeg|226px|Rankin-Bass logo The Hobbit (1977)]]</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">[[File:OscIvYrq yFRcLo YwOoA15797.jpeg|226px|Rankin-Bass logo Nestor the Christmas Donkey (1977)]]</font></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><iframe frameborder="0" height="161" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/d96d8ef4835223366bff10b027fc743a93166c87" width="282"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="162" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/88ca07a109cecbc9e1ff5da43a339a1edb3e9b34" width="291"></iframe></font><iframe frameborder="0" height="161" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/0aba339907775780fe21631b40b36e42f015f05e" width="283"></iframe></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Nickname</u>: "The Blues"</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: The screen flashes three different shades of blue, with the effect that they're getting sucked inwards, into a rectangle at the left of the screen. Every time they go through a shade, that's the color the rectangle is until all three have been done and</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> the screen</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> is white. Then the circles appear to complete the stylized "R-B," except instead of just appearing, layers of the circles zoom in until they fill the outline</font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">–they sort of "grow" in their places. To the right of the logo appear the words "A ranKin bass PR<font face="Arial">ODUCTION</font>" as usual. It looks like the first logo without the TV monitor.</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:</font><br/></font><ul> <li> <font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">On earlier prints of <i>The Hobbit</i>, it's silent and the background is </font><font color="#ffa500" face="Arial">carrot orange</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">, while on <i>Nestor the Christmas Donkey</i>, the music is sped-up and the background is </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">orange-yellow</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> (though both of these could be from film deterioration).</font><font color="#333333"> On the Xenon VHS release and 2014 Remastered WB DVD of the former, the music is intact and the background is brighter with a slight pink tinge. </font></font></li><li> <font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">On <i>Leprechaun's Christmas Gold</i>, the logo is in a shade of green.</font></li><li><font size="3">On <i>The First Easter Rabbit</i>, the logo is far more deteriorated than the one on <i>The Hobbit</i>. This variant has a dark <font color="#333333">brown background, and the text and shapes are hardly legible.</font></font></li><li><font color="#333333" size="3">On certain airings of Rankin-Bass specials, the logo fades out after the animation is finished to make way for either the \\' "Distributed By" logo, or the WBTV "75 Years" logo.<br/></font></li></ul><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u><br/></u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: The blues are "sucked" in, the circles zoom into place, and the text appearing.</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>:</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> Same as the previous logo, but in a slightly lower tone</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">. In later years, the theme was re-arranged to a majestic orchestral version.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sound Variants</u>: </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font><ul><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3">On the 1983 TV special <i>The Coneheads</i>, the jingle was mixed with the drum roll and end chime of the Telepictures logo that followed.</font></li><li><font color="#333333" size="3">On the WB DVD release of <i>The First Easter Rabbit</i>, the film deteriorated  variant uses the fanfare from the 1986 Lorimar-Telepictures logo! This is likely another case of the sloppy reverse plaster syndrome.<br/></font></li></ul><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u><br/></u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Common. Retained on most Rankin-Bass holiday specials from this period on DVD releases and reruns on Freeform and AMC. The <font face="Arial">Warner Bros. variant <font face="Arial">appeared<font face="Arial"> preserv<font face="Arial">ed in credits pushback on <font face="Arial">Freeform airings of <i>Rud</i><font face="Arial"><i>olph's Shiny New Year</i> and </font></font></font></font></font></font></font><font size="3"><i>Nestor the Christmas Donkey </i>during the 24 Days <font face="Arial">o</font>f Christmas Marathon. <font color="#333333" face="Arial">The last special with this logo was <i>The Wind in the Willows</i> in 1987.</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: <font face="Arial">While still fairly simple, i<font face="Arial">t<font face="Arial">'s a bit more adva<font face="Arial">nced </font></font></font></font></font></font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">than before. </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">A<font face="Arial">nother</font> memorable logo<font face="Arial"> during the Christmas season<font face="Arial">, </font></font></font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">though <font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">it isn't </font>as</font> n<font face="Arial">otable</font> as the 1st logo<font face="Arial">.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br/></font></font></div><div><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><br/></font></font></div><div><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial, sans-serif">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</font></font><font color="#333333"><br/><font size="4"><b>Rankin-Bass Animated Entertainment</b><br/></font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><br/></font><font size="3">1st Logo<br/>(January 23, 1985)</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3">[[File:48f63a86d9cc0ce7bafbfe8629f88e81.png|258px|Rankin Bass Animated Enterainment (1985)]]<iframe frameborder="0" height="205" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/589190f5b9c8c2db243565083b6f156193a36fb2" width="272"></iframe><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Nickname</u>: "The Jazz Blues"</font></div><div><font size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: On a black background, the 1975 logo plays, without the "A" and "PRODUCTION" above and below the now-white "ranKin bass" word, respectively. The word "</font><i><font face="Times">animated</font></i><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">" in a script like font flashes and appears. The words "Entertainment from" then appears. We then cut to a sped-up version of the Telepictures "Linecoaster" logo.</font></font><br/><br/><u>FX/SFX</u><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: Same as the 1975 logo, sans the flashing of the text.</font><br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: A jazzy drum break is heard, followed by an abridged version of Cheetara's leitmotif (a triumphant horn fanfare, with a funk flare to it). When the Telepictures logo appears, we hear an abridged version of the drum roll and a ding from the said logo.</font><br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds Variant</u><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: On one print of S4EP5 of </font><i>ThunderCats,</i><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> this had the music from the next logo with the Lorimar-Telepictures "Crashing Comets" logo in a high pitch (likely due to NTSC to PAL conversion).</font><br/><br/><u>Availability</u><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: This was a prototype/placeholder logo, and only appeared on the broadcast pilot for </font><i>ThunderCats</i><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (<i>Exodus</i> and <i>The Unholy Alliance</i>). It was then plastered by the next logo when repeated on the show's fall premiere on that same year. Strangely, this logo survived on the PAL DVD prints of the show</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">, plastering the next logo on all the episodes.</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: A cool and lively, but wasted logo that takes advantage of the "Blues" animation to good effect.<font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/><br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo<br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">(September 9, 1985-December 5, 1989)</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font><div align="center"><font size="3">[[File:GnJVK7oDzgSMqkidz36DRA14682.jpeg|232px|Rankin-Bass 1984]]</font></div><div align="center"><iframe frameborder="0" height="171" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/d52db29f6e59b989f10ee9cedcf22e48c8c0d536" width="225"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="171" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/72becbe61427870975eb53af6dd75e19c024c89d" width="225"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="171" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/72ca71a271a6712644a4cb724299ee7ba30bea56" width="225"></iframe></div><div align="left"><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><font size="3"><u>Nicknames</u>: "'80s RB", "3D-RB"<font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u><br/></u></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: We see the classic Rankin-Bass logo, except made completely three-dimensional, with the text in royal blue, in the corporate font of then-current parent company Telepictures. A white line forms under the logo, and that line</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> "springs" into a cursive "Animated Entertainment". Then, the "R-B" zooms up, and the shapes slide apart as they come closer to the screen, revealing a white "from". As the "O" overtakes the screen, we see the animation of either Telepictures (1985-<font face="Arial">86) </font>or Lorimar-Telepictures (1986-89), which eventually fills the entire screen.</font></font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Variants</u>:</font></div><div><ul><li><font size="3">A shortened version exists that ends after the company name forming. <font><font color="#333333">This was due to the 1984 WBTD logo plastering the Telepictures logo. This was spotted on a later Russian print of <i>ThunderCats</i> S1 episode "Return to Thundera".</font></font></font></li><li><font size="3">Another shortened version exists in which the logo fades out just as the "R-B" begins to zoom up. This was due to the 2003 WBTVD logo plastering the Telepictures logo. This was spotted on AMC's prints of the special <i>The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.</i></font></li></ul></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: The text appears like a spring.<br/></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: A bouncy, synthesized oboe theme (composed by Bernard Hoffer). On the first season of <i>ThunderCats</i>, the music segues into a custom fanfare for the Telepictures logo (also by Hoffer) and from 1986 onward, it segues into the end of the Lorimar-Telepictures theme when the</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> logo appears.</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/><font color="#333333"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds Variants</u></font>: <br/></font></font></div><div><ul><li><font color="#333333" size="3">A low tone variant exists.</font></li><li><font color="#333333"><font color="#333333"><font color="#333333" size="3">On a post-1989 Russian print of <i>ThunderCats</i> S1 episode "Return to Thundera", the logo is silent.<br/></font></font></font></li></ul></div><div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Appears on 1980s Rankin-Bass productions, including <i>ThunderCats</i> and <i>SilverHawks</i>. It also appeared on some '80s prints of older R-B specials, typically plastering the older logos. </font><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: <font face="Arial">A departure from the '60s-era animation of the previous logos</font><font face="Arial">. It is a definite improvement, and likely</font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"> <font face="Arial">a</font></font></font></font></font><font size="3"> favorite <font face="Arial">of those who remember </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">watching <i>ThunderCats</i> and <i>SilverHawks</i>.</font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3">3rd Logo<br/>(December 17, 2001)</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div>[[File:4b8aaed7464ccc4b48576dd536e777b1.png|308px|Rankin Bass Animated Entertainment (2001)]]</div><div align="left"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Nickname</u>: "The Flipping 3-D RB"</font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: Same as the last logo, except the logo is thinner, and flips horizontally in the start.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: The logo flips, and the text appears like a spring like the previous logo.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: Just the end title theme playing over the logo.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Seen on the animated cartoon <i>Santa Baby</i>, the last film from Rankin<font face="Arial">-</font>Bass before their closure.</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: It's a nice final logo for a company like Rankin-Bass.</font></font></div><font size="3"><div></div></font></div></div></div><br/></div>