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'''Availability:''' Extremely common; seen on all MGM releases of this era. In fact, the 2001 website variant is more common than any other variant because it plasters both previous logos and numerous logos from other companies.

* The standard version's earliest known appearance was on TV spots for ''Running Scared'' in the spring of 1986, but it's currently unknown if theatrical prints used this logo. The original US VHS had the 9th logo and the UK VHS had no logo at all, while 1990s VHS reissues feature the bylineless gold-ribboned logo (in letterbox), as did a 1994 broadcast on BBC1 (cropped to 4:3).

* The Diamond Jubilee variant is only seen on MGM releases from 1984 and 1985, such as ''Red Dawn'', ''2010: The Year We Make Contact'', ''The Pope of Greenwich Village'', US prints of ''Oxford Blues'', ''Garbo Talks'', ''Mrs. Soffel'', ''Just the Way You Are'', US prints of ''Electric Dreams'', and ''That's Dancing!''. Current prints of most of these films may have this logo intact or plastered with newer versions.

* The MGM/UA Communications byline version was seen on the original VHS and Laserdisc releases of ''Spaceballs'' (as well as international theatrical prints), ''Overboard'', ''Poltergeist III'' (also seen on the Scream Factory Blu-ray), ''A Fish Called Wanda'' (also on the Arrow Video Blu-ray), ''Fatal Beauty'', ''Captive Hearts'', ''P.I. Private Investigations'', and ''Leviathan'' (VHS only; the Laserdisc, which is letterboxed, had the bylineless logo).

* The bylineless 1986 logo is seen on the original home video prints of titles such as ''Where the River Runs Black'' (plastering the 9th logo), ''Mindgames'', ''Blue Steel'', ''Quigley Down Under'', and ''Thelma and Louise''.

* It is also seen on the MGM DVD, Olive Films Blu-ray, and Vudu print of ''Fatal Instinct'', as well as the Scream Factory Blu-ray of ''The Vagrant'', the Criterion Blu-ray of ''A Dry White Season,'' and Vudu prints of ''Thelma and Louise'' and ''CrissCross''.

* It also appears on direct-to-video titles such as ''An All Dogs Christmas Carol'', ''The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue'', and strangely takes the place of the MGM Home Entertainment logo on VHS releases like the 1999 VHS of ''Black Caesar'', the 1998 VHS of ''Napoleon'', and ''Great Balls of Fire!''

* The Japanese-subtitled Laserdisc release of ''Diamonds Are Forever'' from [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] has the Diamond Jubilee variant preceding the 1982 United Artists logo, with a text notice reading "United Artists Presents" appearing in between.

* The 1994 version is seen on ''Clean Slate'', ''Blown Away'' (restored on digital prints and possibly the Kino Lorber Blu-ray), ''That's Entertainment III'', and (surprisingly) the Live Entertainment VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD releases of ''Stargate'' (the Artisan and Lionsgate Ultimate Edition DVDs use the Artisan logo).

* The bylineless logo with the 1994 roar appeared on original prints of ''The Pebble and the Penguin'' (US prints), ''Fluke'', ''Species'', and ''Get Shorty'', as well as on ''Red Corner''. It can also be found on the Vudu print of ''Snow White'' (1987).

* The 1999 75th Anniversary version is seen on ''The Thomas Crown Affair'' and pre-2006 prints of ''The World is Not Enough''; however, the earlier and mid versions are usually replaced by the 2001 logo, such as on the Ultimate Edition DVD and Blu-ray release of the latter. Again, see the MGM/UA Home Video and MGM Home Entertainment tapes, along with some early DVDs from them.

* It doesn't appear on ''Red Dragon'' or ''Nanny McPhee'' (despite being credited); the Universal Pictures logo puts in a solo appearance on each instead.

* Interestingly, the 1988 RCA/Columbia video release of ''Willow'', as well as the 1996 Columbia/TriStar Family Collection video release, retains the bylineless version of this logo with the 1982 roar, as do older cable prints, preceded by the Universal Pay Television logo. However, DVD releases by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment from 2001 onward removed any evidence of MGM having released the film, and go directly to the Lucasfilm logo. It would, however, be restored on the 2013 Fox and 2019 Disney Blu-ray releases, as well as the streaming version on Disney+.

* The 2001 variant appears at the start of some early Sony Blu-rays, in addition to some early Fox Blu-rays of catalog titles, including ''The Man with No Name Trilogy'' box set, and the 2013 German Tobis Home Entertainment Blu-ray of ''For a Few Dollars More''. It also makes a surprise appearance on the 2003 VHS release of ''Stargate'' (proceeded by the Artisan Entertainment logo and Studio Canal logo).

* The bylineless version made a surprise appearance on an NBC airing of ''Inherit the Wind'' (1999) from May 28, 2000.

* It was also seen on the theatrical releases and TV airings of ''Arthur and the Invisibles'', ''The Nanny Diaries'', ''School for Scoundrels'', ''Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker'', ''The Mist'', ''Superhero Movie'', and ''Clerks II'' (the DVD releases only have [[The Weinstein Company]] or [[Dimension Films]] logos). Current prints of ''Who's Your Caddy'' retain this logo.

* It was seen on current international prints (including a recent PRO Cinema broadcast in Romania) of ''Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time'', which was released by Vision International overseas (in the US, it was released by [[Republic Pictures]] through [[New Line Cinema]]).

* The 2001 version is even present on [[The Criterion Collection]] releases, such as the 2012 Criterion Blu-rays of ''Koyaanisqatsi'' and ''Powaqqatsi'', which presumably come from updated masters of the 2002 DVD releases, which either plastered or added their logo onto the beginning of those films.