ABC Kids: Difference between revisions

* On earlier New Zealand tapes, a theme montage promo was used. While starting off with the ending card, the clips appear in varying order. They are ''Postman Pat'', ''Spot'' (taken straight from this logo), ''Play School'' (Walking In The City, taken from ''Hats''), ''Babar'', ''The World Of David The Gnome'' and ''Fireman Sam''.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The sounds from the clips and the narrator and when the cards show up at the end, the ''Play School'' theme is heard.

'''Variant:''' At the end of ''ABC For Kids Video Hits Vol 2'' (1992), the logo continues with the Bee flying into the screen and ending up below the B, an apple falling down below the A and a carrot emerging from the ground below the C, "For Kids" fades in below. While this happens, a child's voice talks about ABC For Kids books and merchandise being available at ABC Shops and Centres. This variant was also seen as the intro to ''ABC for Kids: Live in Concert'', albeit with the opening theme.

'''Music/Sounds:''' The bee buzzing. Plus the sounds of the environment (such as birds chirping), and a sound effect when the banner snaps into place. The long version has narration and additional sound effects.

'''Variant:''' The original variant (used from 1993- Late 1994) is basically the same as above, but instead, there are 2 ''Fireman Sam'' clips (taken from the show's opening) in place of the ''Johnson and Friends'' clip and an additional clip from ''Ferry Boat Fred'' (taken from the episode "Fred Joins a Band") in place of the ''Blinky Bill'' clip.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A calm tune and the narration, plus sound from the clips at certain times, when the bee buzzes past, we hear a bee buzzing noise.

* ''The Wiggles'' (taken from "''The Wiggles: Wiggledance!''")

'''Music/Sounds:''' A calm, happy jingle and the Kids voices for the animation, sound from the clips and the voiceover briefly at the end.

'''Logo:''' In the logo, we see kids doing activities such as skateboarding, swimming, among others, while the text "cool", "kids", and "cool kids" show up. After we see a girl swimming, the cool kids text zooms into an underwater environment as three stingray-like things fly and become straight. We last see a fish swimming to the logo, as a blue abc kids text shows up and the fish swims away from it.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A wild fanfare done by an organ, with an ending done on a marimba.

* In the short IDs, we see a CG animation either forming the logo or happening around it. Notably, some of these idents featured a group of purple balloon puppies which interacted with the logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Various.

'''Logo:''' The same concept as the "There's More to..." IDs used by ABC TV at the time, except the metallic Lissajous curve is replaced by the green abckids logo and the IDs feature various kids and characters from abckids shows.

'''Music/Sounds:''' See the previous ID.

* A special Goodnight ident was made for closing the ABC For Kids on 2 block on ABC2. Starting with the logo fully formed, this variant is focused on the CG characters going to bed.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A bouncy happy tune, with a bunch of kids saying "A!", "B!", "C!" and "ABC!" as they appear on screen similar to the 4th logo.

* The long ones featured kids interacting with CGI environments, a-la the previous logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' Depends on the idents, the short ones typically featured variations on a happy, bouncy tune.

'''Logo:''' We start with the 2015 ABC Kids Logo, which is ABC in small print at the bottom with a Lissajous curve next to it as per the previous logo with the word "KIDS" in big letters above with new, round, versions of the objects previously used in the "Boxes" logos. the new logo squeezes up and flies off like a firework, turning into a red rocket, leaving the "objects" behind, as the background cuts to a cartoony version of space, we see that the rocket has a live action kid in it, we cut to a pink rocket with another kid in it, waving as a third kid uses some kind of slide, we then see a kid throwing a frisbee to a cartoony dog in a space helmet and some other kids playing, one using a hopper ball at the base of a blue rocket. We then cut back to the ABC Kids logo, now on a blue background and on an angle, and the original red rocket flies round and then behind the logo as it shuts like a door.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A cheery tune and various sound effects.

'''Logo:''' On a blue background, we see the ABC Kids logo slowly inflating. When it comes to its correct size, the apple, bee and carrot circles fly around, and then arrive back into the logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A rendition of the ABC Kids riff with three slow notes followed by a up tempo four-note riff, along with matching sound effects.

'''Variant:''' A Closing variant exists. We see the three characters having fun on a slide. Shortly after, they all get off as the apple rolls on its side to the crocodile. The crocodile helps the apple up as the logo forms in teal. The characters stand in a stilted pose like in the above logo.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A rendition of the ABC Kids jingle from the 10th logo with some "children" sound effects mixed in. The closing variant has different sound effects.