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<div class="WPC-editableContent"><div><i><font size="3"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by </font>Wellmart3, Unnepad</font></i></div><font size="3"><u><div><u><br/></u></div>Background</u>: Rede Tupi was the first TV network in South America, that launched on September 18, 1950, and ended transmissions on July 18, 1980. It has been called to be the predecessor of [[Rede Manchete (Brazil)|Rede Manchete]].</font><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3">1st Logo</font></div><div><font size="3">(1950-1972)</font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3">[[File:Ba939d89a11f415941012d98e62392ae.jpeg|295px|Rede Tupi (1950 logo)]]<iframe frameborder="0" height="223" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/320ffef56701b6ec87f9284659e6f15d07c1d3e6" width="395"></iframe></font></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: We see a test screen, with an Indian head on top of it. We then see a character with a hat with TV antennae atop it. The face rotates, and winks. There is a circling transition to a female face with the same antenna hat as the previously mentioned character, but is interrupted by the channel's logo appearing.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Trivia</u>: The first character seen was actually the mascot of the channel. The second character was the mascot for TV Cultura.</font></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The faces on the test cards. Cartoon-esque animation.</font></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: An overly dramatic fanfare.</font></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Extinct.</font></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">2nd Logo</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">(March 31, 1972-May 2, 1977, August 1, 1977-May 21, 1979)</font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3">[[File:328f04d1d78f6f779772b4c74b8131c5.jpeg|295px|Rede Tupi (1972 logo)]]<iframe frameborder="0" height="213" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/3579c4eadd8db3849cad756a686582ba551f5493" width="377"></iframe></font></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><font><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">:</font></font>On a black background various spherical spinning patterns zoom out, as<font color="#808080">white </font>squiggly lines zoom in as the text "<b>REDE TUPI DE TELEVISAO</b>" scrolls in. The spherical patterns zoom out to take place of the balls of the logo. These later turn into the corresponding ball's colors (<font color="#00ff00">green</font>, <font color="#ff0000">red </font>and <font color="#0000ff">blue</font>), and the background turns white with the logo completely formed.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Variant</u>: Sometimes, the transition to the white background is omitted, leaving the logo animation of the spheres playing as a loop.</font></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: <font>The spherical patterns spinning zooming out, the logo zooming in, the text scrolling in.</font>The whole animation screams 70's, and it makes little sense.</font></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font><u>Music/Sounds</u><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: Usually an announcer that says "Este programa da Rede Tupi de televisão foi aprovado e liberado pelo serviço de censura federal para ser exibido neste horário" (This Rede Tupi television program has been approved and released by the Federal Television Service to be displayed at this time).</font></font></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Extinct.</font></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">3rd Logo</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">(1972-1973?)</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" height="234" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/904500619caf4c7163a885b2f02a936d646bee21" width="311"></iframe></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Logo:</u><font color="#333333"> On a black background we see two </font><font color="#808080">white </font><font color="#333333">lines with the three colored balls from before in between. The lines then twist into the squiggly forms of the logo, to form the result.</font></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX:</u> Limited animation.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds:</u> A weird theme.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Availability:</u> Extinct.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note:</u> The combination of the dark limited animation and weird music may not be well for some.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">4th Logo</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">(1977)</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" height="232" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/94652249945c619c3be103e7a058324f49053d7c" width="307"></iframe></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: The same channel logo from before appear in a black screen, but eventually is covered by several </font><font color="#00ff00">green </font><font color="#333333">parallel lines, these lines shrink to appear at the same size as the logo, and separates (but inside the logo ovals the lines are retained). The lines reappear in the same position and separates again, as the lines that appear inside the ovals get bigger, and are colored in the same color as the balls that appeared before in the ovals (</font><font color="#00ff00">green</font><font color="#333333">, </font><font color="#ff0000">red </font><font color="#333333">and </font><font color="#0000ff">blue</font><font color="#333333">). The ovals collides and forms a explosion, will reveals an hexagon with some </font><font color="#00ff00">green </font><font color="#333333">lines in it. The hexagon moves away and a returns, and several lines appear from every side of the hexagon (forming a pinwheel-like shape) and some lines are shoot from. Finally, the words "<b>REDE TUPI</b>" appear zooming below.</font></font></div><div align="left"><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Trivia</u>: Originally, the channel, along with their change of programming, it was also going to change logo as seen in it. However, due problems at the attempt of rebrand, the new logo was abandoned, and instead the older logo seen before would still be used.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: 2D animation.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: TBA</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Extinct. Only lasted some months before being replaced by the old channel logo.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">5th Logo</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">(1977-1979)</font></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" height="201" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/dd6b6591681fc9fc82c911f65818eab72c18dd60" width="354"></iframe></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: We see a </font><font color="#ffff00">yellow </font><font color="#333333">light on a </font><font color="#ff0000">red </font><font color="#333333">background that switches to a lit up sign that says "</font><b>REDE</b><font color="#333333">" in a wide bold font. The camera switches to "</font><b>TUPI</b><font color="#333333">" in the same font as before, with another light. Finally, we see a sign that says "REDE TUPI" with lights around it. This cycle continues.</font></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The camera switching.</font></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A five-note motif from Close Encounters of the Third Kind which is also heard in the 1983 Rede Manchete logo. It replays in a louder, lower pitch when the animation cycles.</font></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Availability</u>: See above.</font></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3"><br/></font></u></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: The very jarring cut to the logo with the weird music and fast animation might scare a handful of viewers.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">6th Logo</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">(1978-1979?)</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" height="234" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/7cc111e4fffa67ecd4ac9999d619fbb513841321" width="311"></iframe></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: Light beams start appearing in a space background, one is colored </font><font color="#0000ff">blue</font><font color="#333333">, another is colored </font><font color="#ff0000">red</font><font color="#333333">, and another colored </font><font color="#00ff00">green</font><font color="#333333">. These beams start moving, and eventually shrinking, making it look like searchlights. Then these start placing in middle of the screen, forming the same colored balls from before, and finally the lines and the text "</font><b>REDE TUPI DE TELEVISAO</b><font color="#333333">" flashes below.</font></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The searchlights, the text appearing.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A bouncy synth theme.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Availability</u>: See above.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">7th Logo</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">(1978?)</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><b>Note</b>: Can be seen <a href="https://youtu.be/5SFY6v0q9IE?t=21" target="_self">here</a>.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: A </font><font color="#ff0000">red </font><font color="#333333">line appear swirling through the screen, then another colored </font><font color="#00ff00">green </font><font color="#333333">appear moving in the same form but more closer the the left, then another colored </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333">appear with same movement but even more closer to the left and smaller. The text "<b>REDE TUPI</b>" and the same squiggly lines appear over the lines. Finally, the lines start appearing quickly forming the circles one by one.</font></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The lines, cheap animation.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: TBA</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Availability</u>: See above</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">8th Logo</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3">(1979-1980)</font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center"><font size="3"><iframe frameborder="0" height="203" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/d3cb2485b0c4623e7d491a360bbdd3fe0cc530d6" width="270"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="201" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/1e9d12dd1f7ea3768ed9c75c4afb97a7e639b9c5" width="356"></iframe></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Logo:</u><font color="#333333">We see three rounded quadrilaterals in the form of an abstract "</font><font color="#333333"><b>T</b></font><font color="#333333">". One shape has a </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333">outline,one has a</font><font color="#ff0000">red </font><font color="#333333">outline and the other has a</font><font color="#00ff00">green</font><font color="#333333">outline. This "<b>T</b>" zooms out with a trail. The green shape zooms in from the right after a transition. There is another transition, which has the red and blue shapes zooming up from the bottom. The logo is now complete, and faces the viewer with a generic flash.</font></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>Variant:</u> The earliest version of the logo had the logo spinning out with a trail, and then flashing.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX:</u> The trailing. Somehow choppy Scanimation with many splices and hairs in the film.</font></div><div align="left"><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><u><font size="3">Music/Sounds:</font></u></div><div align="left"><ul><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">The early version used gloomy vibraphone arpeggios.</font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">The first months of the full logo's lifetime used part of the first 20 seconds from George Benson's "Breezin", consisting of a repeating flute flourish.</font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Later, it used a dramatic synth theme with a drumbeat, with the first synth note being more longer. This became the main theme.</font></li><li><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">It also used a somber synth theme.</font></li></ul><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><u>Availability:</u> Extinct.</font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><div><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font></div><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">9th Logo</font></div><div><font size="3">(1980)</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" height="229" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/81f5756dc222d8d8d4e74692a8af61f09a4922eb" width="303"></iframe></div><div><font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: We move through three outlined arrows, which are folded in the middle, until we reach the Rede Tupi logo from the time, then we move away and an explosion appear, leaving some particles.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: 2D animation.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A catchy synth fanfare.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Extinct.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</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">10th Logo</font></div><div><font size="3">(1980)</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" height="233" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/ec72cbdf4689262618b8bf607cd1b53ff6c24e5d" width="307"></iframe></div><div><font size="3"><u>Logo</u><font color="#333333">: We see a </font><font color="#808080">white </font><font color="#333333">circle with a </font><font color="#ffff00">yellow </font><font color="#333333">dot inside, which appear blurring, then we skip to the parts of the same logo from before (but colored </font><font color="#ffff00">yellow</font><font color="#333333">, </font><font color="#0000ff">blue </font><font color="#333333">and </font><font color="#808080">white</font><font color="#333333">) rotating to rearrange his original look, on a starry background. The logo shines.</font></font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The circle, the logo itself.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A synth theme.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Availability</u>. See above.</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</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">11th Logo</font></div><div><font size="3">(July 18, 1980)</font></div><div><font size="3"><br/></font></div><div><iframe align="right" frameborder="0" height="204" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/genericvideo/5329d3eb86fe2a621c49dc9d35c0dcb65aaf1a30" width="361"></iframe></div><div><font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: Just the Rede Tupi logo from before, but outlined. No animation. We see a message over the logo (which is not a part of the actual logo, but this is the only time in which anyone has seen any instance of it on the television station):</font></div><div><font face="Courier" size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center"><font face="Courier" size="3">ATE BREVE</font></div><div align="center"><font face="Courier" size="3">TELESPECTADORESAMIGOS</font></div><div align="center"><font face="Courier" size="3">DA REDE TUPI</font></div><div align="center"><font face="Courier" size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="3">(See you soon,</font></div><div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="3">viewers. Friends</font></div><div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="3">at Rede Tupi)</font></div><div align="center"><font face="Arial" size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3">This message displays the abrupt closing of the network.</font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: None.</font></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Silence, of which abruptly ends a piece of gloomy-sounding music and a troubled announcer.</font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><br/></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: See above.</font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif" size="3"><u><br/></u></font></div><div align="left"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None</font>.</font></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div></div></div><br/></div>