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*Garden: With the aide of time-lapse photography, a flower bed blossoms white flowers which form together to create a '2'. | *Garden: With the aide of time-lapse photography, a flower bed blossoms white flowers which form together to create a '2'. | ||
*Powder: A "2" zooms out past the red and blue lights and falls onto a white sheet of powder. The impact causes viridian powder underneath to rise and be sent flying. | *Powder: A "2" zooms out past the red and blue lights and falls onto a white sheet of powder. The impact causes viridian powder underneath to rise and be sent flying. | ||
*Optics: | *Optics: There is several optic fibres highlighted in viridian, pink and red, swaying side-to-side, quickly at first, but slowing down to form a "2". | ||
*Car: A remote-controlled teal '2' car drives around in random directions across a yellow background. | *Car: A remote-controlled teal '2' car drives around in random directions across a yellow background. | ||
*Dog: Also known as "Fluffy Dog". It features a fluffy green '2' whirring, yapping, and doing back flips in the manner of a toy mechanical dog. | *Dog: Also known as "Fluffy Dog". It features a fluffy green '2' whirring, yapping, and doing back flips in the manner of a toy mechanical dog. | ||
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*Crystal Ball: A crystal ball rolls over the "2", severely distorting the image as it passes. Only used for a couple of weeks from November to December 1993. | *Crystal Ball: A crystal ball rolls over the "2", severely distorting the image as it passes. Only used for a couple of weeks from November to December 1993. | ||
*Firecracker: The firecrackers explode in sequence, causing the base "2" to be thrown about in different directions. A hidden cable stops the "2" from being blown away completely, and there is one firecracker remaining that does not explode. | *Firecracker: The firecrackers explode in sequence, causing the base "2" to be thrown about in different directions. A hidden cable stops the "2" from being blown away completely, and there is one firecracker remaining that does not explode. | ||
*Diary: | *Diary: There is a white "2", with several paper layers peeling off and drifting away in different directions through blue and orange lighting. | ||
*Steam: | *Steam: There is a viridian, metallic "2" at a hot temperature. Several drops of water splash on the "2", evaporating in steam. | ||
*Aerial: | *Aerial: There is a dark green "2" with aerials attached to it in a red studio, appearing in random places between flashes of static, before finally appearing in the centre of the screen. | ||
*Duck: This ident depicted a soapy setting, from which a yellow '2' resembling a rubber duck emerged, giving a little squeak. Beginning in June 2000, later versions of Duck has the 'BBC TWO' DOG's colour changed to black in order to be visible on the lighter background. | *Duck: This ident depicted a soapy setting, from which a yellow '2' resembling a rubber duck emerged, giving a little squeak. Beginning in June 2000, later versions of Duck has the 'BBC TWO' DOG's colour changed to black in order to be visible on the lighter background. | ||
*Paint Pot: A follow-up of Paint, except it has a silver paint pot being bombarded by lots of small viridian "2"s, falling sideways. | *Paint Pot: A follow-up of Paint, except it has a silver paint pot being bombarded by lots of small viridian "2"s, falling sideways. | ||
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*Screen Clean: There is a black speck on the screen. The 2 comes toward the speck and sprouts its arms. A breath comes out of the 2 and on the speck, it tries to fix the issue but the breath quickly clears away. | *Screen Clean: There is a black speck on the screen. The 2 comes toward the speck and sprouts its arms. A breath comes out of the 2 and on the speck, it tries to fix the issue but the breath quickly clears away. | ||
*Drip: The 2 slides around, trying to avoid the drips coming from above. | *Drip: The 2 slides around, trying to avoid the drips coming from above. | ||
*Invisible Walls: | *Invisible Walls: There is '2's going into walls that are invisible. | ||
*Formation: Also known as "Acrobats". A 2 gets on what looks like a home-made see-saw. Another 2 lands on the other end of the see-saw, sending the 2 flying! It lands on top of several other 2s on a ball. | *Formation: Also known as "Acrobats". A 2 gets on what looks like a home-made see-saw. Another 2 lands on the other end of the see-saw, sending the 2 flying! It lands on top of several other 2s on a ball. | ||
*Remote: The 2 comes to a remote and sprouts its arms. It takes the remote and wonders what to do with it. The 2 uncontrollably controls itself...even crashing into the screen at one point! Make sure to keep an eye on the BBC2 logo at moment of impact. The 2 finally controllably controls itself for a bit before sending itself off-screen. | *Remote: The 2 comes to a remote and sprouts its arms. It takes the remote and wonders what to do with it. The 2 uncontrollably controls itself...even crashing into the screen at one point! Make sure to keep an eye on the BBC2 logo at moment of impact. The 2 finally controllably controls itself for a bit before sending itself off-screen. | ||
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*Morris Dancers: The 2 plays an accordion. 6 other 2s come in and start dancing Morris. | *Morris Dancers: The 2 plays an accordion. 6 other 2s come in and start dancing Morris. | ||
*Northern Ireland exclusive idents: | *Northern Ireland exclusive idents: | ||
** Giants Causeway: | ** Giants Causeway: There is the 2 on a plain floor, but then it snaps its finger, causing the screen to shake, while the floor collapses, splits and separates into various hexagons. | ||
**Camera: The 2's "face" transforms into a camera and takes a photo, and then proceeds to show the photo. There are two variants: One shows a painting of a fish. The other shows a landscape called "Slemish". This last one was never aired. | **Camera: The 2's "face" transforms into a camera and takes a photo, and then proceeds to show the photo. There are two variants: One shows a painting of a fish. The other shows a landscape called "Slemish". This last one was never aired. | ||
**Ulster Fry: The 2 moves to a table full of food; however, it instead eats the jar of pepper and leaves! | **Ulster Fry: The 2 moves to a table full of food; however, it instead eats the jar of pepper and leaves! | ||
*'''Christmas idents:''' | *'''Christmas idents:''' | ||
**Christmas 2001: | **Christmas 2001: There is the '2' sprout its robotic arms, and a glowing fairy bursts into view, with sparks flying. The fairy flies out of the '2's hands and draws a tall Christmas tree - at warp speed - out of fairy dust. She then flies around a bit before settling down onto the top of the tree, and then flies off again. | ||
**Christmas 2002: The 2 builds a snow-2. The 2 runs off to get something, and comes back with two sticks. The 2 puts the sticks on the snow-2, so the snow-2 looks like a self-portrait. | **Christmas 2002: The 2 builds a snow-2. The 2 runs off to get something, and comes back with two sticks. The 2 puts the sticks on the snow-2, so the snow-2 looks like a self-portrait. | ||
**Christmas 2003: | **Christmas 2003: There is the robotic '2' frozen on ice. Also seen in the summer when the weather is hot. | ||
**Christmas 2005: Several yellow sparks fly around on black, forming the 2. Reused in 2006. | **Christmas 2005: Several yellow sparks fly around on black, forming the 2. Reused in 2006. | ||
*Some idents like Venus Fly Trap or Christmas 2000 were also re-used, but with the changed BBC Two box logo. | *Some idents like Venus Fly Trap or Christmas 2000 were also re-used, but with the changed BBC Two box logo. | ||
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*Tent: A zip on yellow fabric is followed as it unzips a large 2 shaped door to a tent, revealing a scene outside. There are four versions of this ident, all having different scenery: Polar (a mountainous landscape), Festival (a place covered by many other tents), Beach (a beach in evening, with some people near a campfire), and Space (a space background). | *Tent: A zip on yellow fabric is followed as it unzips a large 2 shaped door to a tent, revealing a scene outside. There are four versions of this ident, all having different scenery: Polar (a mountainous landscape), Festival (a place covered by many other tents), Beach (a beach in evening, with some people near a campfire), and Space (a space background). | ||
*Tagging: A first person perspective of a man, who is using a stencil with the 2 and a spray paint can to paint the 2 in different places. There are four versions of the ident. | *Tagging: A first person perspective of a man, who is using a stencil with the 2 and a spray paint can to paint the 2 in different places. There are four versions of the ident. | ||
*''Heroes'': | *''Heroes'': There is the intro to the show of the same name, but instead of the show's title, we see the 2 logo in place. | ||
*''The Restaurant'': | *''The Restaurant'': There is a large 2 made out of plastic, which then gets completely thrown with food of all sorts and types. Was produced to promote the reality series of the same name. | ||
*Thursdays are Funny: Unknown | *Thursdays are Funny: Unknown | ||
*Electric Proms 2007: Unknown | *Electric Proms 2007: Unknown | ||
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'''Visuals:''' | '''Visuals:''' There is an interactive environment, centring around a simple curve that represents the curve (looks like a curved wave) seen in the middle of a "2". Below appear the boxless version of 2007 BBC Two logo. The logo is now placed at the bottom of the screen instead of the bottom-right corner of the screen, similar to that of the 1991-2001 idents. | ||
'''Later Variant:''' Beginning on 20 October 2021, with the introduction of the BBC's new logo, the idents were altered. The new BBC logo appears above, and the BBC Two box is replaced with "'''TWO'''" in the BBC Reith font, like with the new BBC logo. The "Subtitles" graphic is also now placed in a full widescreen picture, rather than being in its original place of a 4:3 picture. | '''Later Variant:''' Beginning on 20 October 2021, with the introduction of the BBC's new logo, the idents were altered. The new BBC logo appears above, and the BBC Two box is replaced with "'''TWO'''" in the BBC Reith font, like with the new BBC logo. The "Subtitles" graphic is also now placed in a full widescreen picture, rather than being in its original place of a 4:3 picture. | ||