Columbia/TriStar Variations
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=== Columbia Pictures===
The Mouse That Roared (1959): The torch lady looks down and sees a mouse at her feet on the pedestal. The torch lady leaves her pedestial, leaving her torch behind. In the end credits, you can see her rushing up the stairs of the pedestial, grabbing her torch again.
Bye Bye Birdie (1963): The Columbia torch lady's red flame leaps from the torch to form the title of the film.
Cat Ballou (1965): The Columbia Torch Lady transforms into an animated version of Jane Fonda as a cowgirl who is holding two guns and firing them.
A Man Called Flintstone (1966): The torch lady is replaced with Wilma Flintstone, dressed as the Torch Lady! Unfortunately, Great American edited out this variation when they owned Hanna-Barbera. Shame.
Thank God It's Friday (1978): We see the Torch Lady posed as in the start of "The Sunburst/Abstract Torch" logo. Suddenly disco music starts playing and the Lady turns animated and gets into a few seconds of dancing. Then she resumes in Torch pose and the rest of the logo plays as normal.
Journey Through the Black Sun (1984): After the logo is done, the torch lady turns around and zooms out to Earth's orbit, then Helen Little's comment "It is as though a strange presence is among us, taking control" was heard before the credits.
National Security (2003): The logo morphs into a map.
Big Fish (2003): The logo plays backwards.
Hollow Man (2000): The logo turns icy.
The Holiday (2006): The Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures logos are shortened and cut to the last few seconds.
Open Season (2006): The torch lady's torch flashes to preceed into the Sony Pictures Animation logo.
Superbad (2007): A rather neat variation of the 1975-1981 "Sunburst" logo. The byline "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company" is seen at the bottom in the beginning. As the camera slowly zooms into the torch, it disappears. As the "sunburst" is forming, a clock-style transition occurs behind it, turning the background from black to yellow, and after the sunburst forms, several human silhouettes are seen. (The recognizable music wasn't present, however; it just used the movie's opening theme.)
Surf's Up (2007, Sony Pictures Animation): The Sony Pictures Animation logo fades in on a white background with snowflakes.
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007): The Columbia Torch Lady is wearing a Santa hat and it's snowing in the logo. This only occurs on TV spots for the film, not the actual feature.
Head (1968): After the end of the credits, we see a psychedelic, almost Art Nouveau looking Torch Lady, slowly the film disintegrates.
=== TriStar Pictures ===
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989): The Pegasus is pink.
Look Who's Talking Too (1990): Normal logo, but the Pegasus has been given a voice from Bruce Willis! It's just like Mr. Ed's, and they even throw in a "Willlbur! I'm Flyyying!" response in there.
Hawaiian Style (1995): There is no eyes on the Pegasus.
Silent Hill (2005): The normal sky background is replaced with fog.
The Mouse That Roared (1959): The torch lady looks down and sees a mouse at her feet on the pedestal. The torch lady leaves her pedestial, leaving her torch behind. In the end credits, you can see her rushing up the stairs of the pedestial, grabbing her torch again.
Bye Bye Birdie (1963): The Columbia torch lady's red flame leaps from the torch to form the title of the film.
Cat Ballou (1965): The Columbia Torch Lady transforms into an animated version of Jane Fonda as a cowgirl who is holding two guns and firing them.
A Man Called Flintstone (1966): The torch lady is replaced with Wilma Flintstone, dressed as the Torch Lady! Unfortunately, Great American edited out this variation when they owned Hanna-Barbera. Shame.
Thank God It's Friday (1978): We see the Torch Lady posed as in the start of "The Sunburst/Abstract Torch" logo. Suddenly disco music starts playing and the Lady turns animated and gets into a few seconds of dancing. Then she resumes in Torch pose and the rest of the logo plays as normal.
Journey Through the Black Sun (1984): After the logo is done, the torch lady turns around and zooms out to Earth's orbit, then Helen Little's comment "It is as though a strange presence is among us, taking control" was heard before the credits.
National Security (2003): The logo morphs into a map.
Big Fish (2003): The logo plays backwards.
Hollow Man (2000): The logo turns icy.
The Holiday (2006): The Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures logos are shortened and cut to the last few seconds.
Open Season (2006): The torch lady's torch flashes to preceed into the Sony Pictures Animation logo.
Superbad (2007): A rather neat variation of the 1975-1981 "Sunburst" logo. The byline "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company" is seen at the bottom in the beginning. As the camera slowly zooms into the torch, it disappears. As the "sunburst" is forming, a clock-style transition occurs behind it, turning the background from black to yellow, and after the sunburst forms, several human silhouettes are seen. (The recognizable music wasn't present, however; it just used the movie's opening theme.)
Surf's Up (2007, Sony Pictures Animation): The Sony Pictures Animation logo fades in on a white background with snowflakes.
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007): The Columbia Torch Lady is wearing a Santa hat and it's snowing in the logo. This only occurs on TV spots for the film, not the actual feature.
Head (1968): After the end of the credits, we see a psychedelic, almost Art Nouveau looking Torch Lady, slowly the film disintegrates.
=== TriStar Pictures ===
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989): The Pegasus is pink.
Look Who's Talking Too (1990): Normal logo, but the Pegasus has been given a voice from Bruce Willis! It's just like Mr. Ed's, and they even throw in a "Willlbur! I'm Flyyying!" response in there.
Hawaiian Style (1995): There is no eyes on the Pegasus.
Silent Hill (2005): The normal sky background is replaced with fog.