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'''Nicknames''': "Broadway", "The Blue Rectangle", "The Audience is Now Deaf", "The Note Of Hell"

*The theatrical version uses a louder version of the Deep Note which excludes the looped portion of the beginning.

*The DVD/VHS/LaserDisc version has a shorter and quicker version of the Deep Note that starts at the rapid pitch change. The VHS and most of the LaserDisc versions have a +2/higher-pitched (E note) Deep Note, which was stolen for Laser Video Russia's 3rd logo. The DVD version has a -1.5/lower-pitched (C♯ note) version that is often re-used in some of the future logos listed below.

*The HD version, or "Broadway Classic (Restored)," has the remastered Deep Note used in the "Science of Sensation" logo.

*The 2000 UK DVD of Aliens has the +1 PAL pitch version of the -1.5 DVD Deep Note.

*This THX trailer premiered on the second THX-certified feature, ''Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom''.

*The DVD variant was also seen on the Pioneer DVD releases of ''Akira'' and ''Tenchi Muyo In Love'' (The LaserDisc variant also appears on the LaserDisc release of the latter), among other anime titles. The latter title is the first ever DVD to feature this variant, released in December 1996 for Japan only. In the U.S., the DVD variant debuted with ''Twister'' on March 24, 1997.

*The remastered version can be seen before every showing of Aerosmith's ''Deuces are Wild'' concert residency.

*The PAL variant of the DVD variant is very uncommon: it was recently spotted on the 2000 UK DVD of Aliens.  

===6th Trailer (July 3, 1996- )=== <!-- Could have debuted earlier on November 19, 1995 with Toy Story? Unsure if this is true or not. -->

===8th Trailer (May 19, 1999-October 21, 2003)===

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'''Nicknames''': "Cavalcade", "T-1000-HX", "Sphere of Doom"

*On some releases, after the THX logo fades out, the text "Digitally Mastered for Optimal Audio and Video Performance" (from the Broadway trailer) appears in the blue line. From 2001 to 2005, "Lucasfilm" was seen above the THX logo, similar to the Lucasfilm Ltd. byline's appearance on the 1995 "Broadway" logo variant. This was removed in late 2005 due to reflecting the 2002 split from Lucasfilm as mentioned above.

*On the DVD release of ''Terminator 2'', the metallic rectangle with the T2 logo carved out appears, zooming toward us. Then, the rectangle gets blown by T-800 with the shotgun, as seen on the reflection. Pieces turn into T-1000 liquid metal and form the THX logo. After that, the THX logo fades out, and then it contains a message reading "The Best Sound, The Best Picture. You're Watching a THX Certified Feature" appears one by one as each text fades out before the other. Also, the Deep Note in this variant (the ''Terminator 2'' variant) is the same as the Broadway 2000 version. This is also on the Blu-ray releases with some differences: the THX logo fades into the standard logo, the "DIGITALLY" and "MASTERED" (a la Broadway '95) are replaced with "CERTIFIED," and the www.thx.com URL with a copyright notice appears; which served as the basis of Cavalcade. It appears on the Ultimate, eXtreme, initial Blu-ray, and Skynet editions of this film, but not the 2015 remastered or 4K Blu-ray releases.

'''FX/SFX''': The sphere, as well as it shattering, the thunder, the shards liquefying and merging, the blue box is drawn, and the text fading. Just top-notch CGI all around.

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'''Nickname''': "The Science of Sensation", "Science"

'''Music/Sounds''': A remastered Deep Note, some shining sounds, and whooshes. In this remastered Deep Note, some voices are reminiscent of the newer ones from the Broadway 2000 version, and some of the voices reach their final pitches before the others do.

'''Editor's Note''': On home media releases, it could catch people off-guard the first time if they were expecting the DVD Broadway trailer thanks to the unsettling nature of the trailer, but it does have some talent put into it, unlike the next one however....

===15th Trailer (November 21, 2007- )===

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'''Music/Sounds''': A variety of instruments playing in sync with each plant, performed by Lost in the Sky. This ends with a less noisy version of the Deep Note, accompanied by the swoosh. Unlike the previous THX trailers, the music starts at the ending note (blended into the background instrumentation at first) and comes to a quick end rather than fading out smoothly. Mixed by Gary A. Rizzo at Skywalker Sound.

'''Availability''': Seen in most THX theaters, where it debuted before ''Enchanted'', and THX DVDs/Blu-rays from 2008-2012 such as ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of The Crystal Skull''. On ''Avatar'', ''Red Tails'', and ''Star Wars The Prequel Trilogy'' (Blu-ray only), it appears at the end. Available online as well.

'''Music/Sounds Variant''': In the longer versions, after the synths switch back and forth between ascending and descending, the louder synths are stretched out until the final chord.

'''Editor's Note''': The logo gained notably for the much louder deep note, and thus is sometimes thought to be the scariest THX trailer of them all due to this (especially the Warren Cinemas variant).