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===1st Logo (1980 (in-credit version)-December 4, 1982, September 1983-January 1988)===

* There are filmed and videotaped variants.  

** The filmed variant has a brighter blue vortex (sometimes it might be brighter) and the "DiC" is more of a green-yellow color.

* On the restored demo reel of the pilot episode used to pitch ''The Real Ghostbusters'', the letters are in black and white on a dark background and the logo is silent. The restored pilot can be found online and on the ''Ghostbusters 1'' & ''2'' 35th Anniversary UHD Blu-Ray Steelbook.

* Originally, the logo had no music when it was first used, as seen on early first-season episodes of ''Inspector Gadget'' (1983), and its pilot in 1982. This is also preserved on some VHS tapes of the show.

* On the original theatrical and VHS release of ''Here Come the Littles'', a new variant of this logo's music was introduced at the beginning of the film (using the later variant of the filmed version), utilizing a very different 5-note keyboard tune. It may or may not have been heard on other theatrical DiC movies of the time. This music was also used on a few shows like the 2nd season of ''Inspector Gadget'' (1985-86), though also appearing on some later prints of episode from the first season. On this show, it was used with the videotaped variant (sometimes sped-up).

* On a Spanish DVD print of ''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'' episode "Ghostship", the logo has music from the Cookie Jar Entertainment logo due to a reverse plaster.

* The animated version first appeared on the pilot of ''Inspector Gadget'' in late 1982, and also appeared on multiple first-season episodes of the show in September 1983, though the logo wouldn’t begin its official run until September 1984 on multiple shows. Most of the shows that had this logo (''Inspector Gadget'', ''Zoobilee Zoo'', ''Dennis the Menace'', and ''Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats'' to name a few) are not currently airing on American, Canadian, Australian, or European TV, so it’s pretty much gone on TV, outside of VHS tapes and DVDs. However, it is intact on a decent amount of VHS tapes (and some DVDs). If the shows are rerun, expect the Cookie Jar logo to replace it; when they were rerun on a channel like pre-2015 Boomerang, the logo might have been intact. The DVD set of ''Heathcliff'' surprisingly retains this logo. Also seen when Boomerang and Atlanta's WATC 18 reran ''Dennis The Menace''.

* The variant with the closing theme appeared on some shows, such as ''The Real Ghostbusters'' (1st season and syndicated episodes), ''Kissyfur'', ''The Get-Along Gang'', and the ''Liberty and the Littles'' movie, among others. (The ''Liberty and the Littles'' variant can also be found in the "Visual History of the DiC Logo" special feature on ''The Littles: The Complete Series'' DVD set as the second logo in the montage (appearing after the ''Littles'' custom variant of the next logo and preceding the 1990 variant of the 3rd logo).

* This logo last appeared on the second season of ''Popples''.