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=== 1st Logo (1983-November 17, 1994) ===

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'''Logo:''' On a dark blue space background that zooms away slowly, we see "MADE FOR VIDEO!", tilted, colored orange, and against some stripes. It "rolls" backward, and the title logo for the special rotates into place, colored lime green. "Produced for" appears below, then it fades out as the title rotates away, making room for a flying Disney Channel logo (in blue) on top and a flying Walt Disney Home Video logo in red on the bottom, with the word "and" fading in.

 

=== 2nd Logo (1995-1997) ===

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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the words "'''The DiSNEY Channel'''" with "'''DiSNEY'''" in Walt Disney's signature font and the rest in the Times New Roman font.

'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. It was seen on some episodes of ''Groundling Marsh'', which is pretty hard to find. It might be seen on the [[Lyrick Studios]] VHS releases of the series, but it's unlikely.

=== 3rd Logo (1997-2002) ===

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'''Nicknames:''' "Dancing Mickey", "Mickey Television Tube"

* In later years, the website URL "www.disney.com" is seen below.

'''FX/SFX:''' The animating background and Mickey Mouse dancing. Very good CGI.

'''Availability:''' Very rare. It appeared on ''Out of the Box'', ''PB&J Otter'', ''Amazing Animals'', ''Bug Juice'', ''Rolie Polie Olie'' and ''Mad Libs''. None of these shows (except ''PB&J Otter'' and ''Rolie Polie Olie'', which are currently airing reruns on Disney Junior, but plastered by the 2011 Disney Junior logo) are currently rerun (especially ''Mad Libs'', which has long since faded into obscurity), and any shows that had this logo were plastered over with either the 2002 Disney Channel logo or the Playhouse Disney logo. However, the DVD release of ''Rolie Polie Olie: Olie's Winter Wonderland'', as well as other Playhouse Disney and DCOM releases from the time, have this logo intact. The ''So Weird'' variant is rare and short-lived because it was plastered over with the 4th logo. It can currently be seen on ''Halloweentown'' on the ''Halloweentown Double Feature'' DVD. The "Vault Disney" variant can be found on a ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'' documentary special called ''Music Magic: The Sherman Brothers'', which can be found on the Blu-Ray release of ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks''.

 

=== 4th Logo (June 17, 2000-February 14, 2004) ===

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'''Nicknames:''' "The Hip-Hop Logo", "Mickey Television Tube II", "Grungy Color-Changing Mickey Television Tube"

* On French dubs of their shows, the "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" text is in French, which says, "EN ASSOCIATION AVEC".

* On Disney+ prints of the DCOM ''Zenon: The Sequel'', a low pitched version of the 2007 theme is heard. The French audio track has the correct 2000 theme.  

'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. It very, very occasionally appears on sporadic airings of ''Lizzie McGuire'' and ''Even Stevens'' on Disney Channel, as part of the Disney Replay block. The episode "Night of the Day of the Dead" from the former show, ''Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge'' on the ''Halloweentown Double Feature'' DVD, and Disney Channel airings of ''Stepsister from Planet Weird'' keep this logo intact, but good luck trying to find this logo on other episodes, as it's plastered over by the 6th and 7th logos. However, it is still found on those said shows when aired on Disney XD Canada and Family Channel respectively. It also appears on ''The Book of Pooh: Fun with Words'' and ''Fun with Friends'' on VHS, and oddly not a Playhouse Disney logo. This logo was used in tandem with the 6th logo, as it was seen on the ''Even Stevens'' episode "Leavin' Stevens" which aired in June 2003 and ''The Proud Family'' episode "Surf and Turf" which aired that same year. It was intact on June-October 2002 Disney Channel USA airings of ''Kim Possible'', which it was intact on the episode "Crush" as a bonus feature on the ''Kim Possible: The Secret Files'' DVD. Surprisingly, this appeared on a recent Disney Channel Denmark airing of the ''That's so Raven'' episode "Escape Claus".

 

=== 5th Logo (January 7-November 11, 2002) ===

'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. It's only seen on the localized French version of ''Art Attack''. It only lasted for one season, so it's pretty hard to find.

 

=== 6th Logo (October 7, 2002-2011) ===

* On ''Disney Channel Live: El concierto'', the logo jarringly zooms out to reveal itself animating like usual, and when the logo fades out, it starts to animate in reverse.

* On Disney Channel UK, there is a version with a copyright notice saying "(C) 2007 Disney Channel UK".

* On international prints of ''High School Musical'', the logo may be in widescreen and cut very short.

* On seasons 2-3 of ''That's So Raven'', we hear the 4th logo's music, except the "Yeah!" is extended. On ''Hannah Montana'', ''Cory in the House'' and season 4 of ''That's So Raven'', the short version of the 4th logo's music is used.

'''Availability:''' The long version is extinct, but the short version is uncommon. It appears on reruns of some of Disney Channel's shows from the era. This logo has plastered over the 1999 Disney Channel logo on the first two seasons of ''So Weird'' (which is long gone from TV and home video). It still appears on Disney Channel's original movies from 1998-late 2007 when aired on Disney Channel and Disney XD; it plasters the 3rd and 4th logos. The long variant used to appear before shows on TV until 2006, and iTunes prior to 2010, but can still be seen on Putlocker prints of ''Wizards of Waverly Place''. The version with the copyright notice was seen on ''Hannah Montana: Live in London'' and the UK version of ''As the Bell Rings'' both on Disney Channel UK. This logo surprisingly plasters the previous logo on later, post-2002 reruns of ''Even Stevens'' on Disney Channel. It has recently been spotted on June 2018 airings of ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' on Disney XD USA (likely due to using 4:3 masters instead of the 16:9 ones). It was also spotted on a French printing of ''Twitches Too''. The DisneyChannel.com variant was seen on a November 2004 airing of ''Mulan'' as an accidental intermission bumper and also some Disney Channel promos at the time.

* A widescreen version exists, with blue lines sandwiched on the left and right respectively for 4:3 shows. On the 2008 ''Disney Channel Games'', it disappears, causing the Disney copyright notice to appear.

* A breakbeat with a short techno redoing of the Disney Channel jingle. (Also used as promo music at the time)

* The 2000 "Yeah! All right!" theme.

*Preserved on most prints of Disney Channel shows and Original Movies from the era, and even plasters over previous logos on newer prints of older shows and DCOMs. Seen on Disney Channel shows made from 2007 to early 2012, starting with Season 2 of ''Phineas & Ferb'' and ''Fish Hooks'', as well as early episodes of ''Good Luck Charlie'', ''A.N.T. Farm'' and ''Shake It Up!'', among others.

*It was quietly retired in 2012, with the DCOM ''Radio Rebel'', and shows such as ''Gravity Falls'', ''Austin & Ally'', ''Dog with a Blog'', and newer episodes of shows that previously used this logo are no longer using it.

*The "Yeah! All right!" variant can be found on current prints of the DCOMs ''Quints'' and ''The Ultimate Christmas Present''. The short version can be heard on early episodes of ''Hannah Montana Forever''.

*The 2002 theme variant can be found on season 3 and early season 4 episodes of ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' and current prints of ''Zenon The Zequel''. The short version can be heard on the earliest episodes of ''Jonas''.

*Strangely, this can be seen on Disney Channel Spain prints of ''Stuck in the Middle'', ''K.C Undercover'', ''Best Friends Whenever'', ''Dog With a Blog'', ''Jessie'', ''Liv and Maddie'', ''Elena of Avalor'' and ''Girl Meets World'', but US prints of these shows don't have any Disney Channel logo at all.

 

=== 8th Logo (October 17, 2014- ) ===

'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On ''Tangled: The Series'' (also known as ''Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure''), a few whooshes are heard.

'''Availability:''' Seen on ''Un, Dos, ¡Chef!''. It was also seen on Disney Channel Spain airings of ''Bunk'd'' and ''Tangled: The Series''. This is so far only used in Spain, and is currently unknown if it would be in use in other countries.

 

=== 9th Logo (April 30, 2017, June 23, 2018) ===

'''Music/Sounds:''' A techno remix of the Disney Channel theme which somewhat sounds like a slight remix of the synthesized tune of the 7th logo.

'''Availability:''' Extinct. It was only seen on the ''2017 Radio Disney Music Awards''and the ''2018 Radio Disney Music Awards''.

 

=== 10th Logo (December 14, 2018-) ===  

 

'''Logo:''' In the center of a mostly blue background, with some light purple on the left side of the screen and some weird shapes all around, there's a yellow circle with a stylized Mickey Mouse hand giving a "thumbs up" sign. Suddenly, the circle and the hand zooms out to reveal the 2014 Disney Channel logo in blue, with the words having a blue-white gradient color. The word, "ORIGINAL" in a white crude font with pencil shading appears one-by-one with the letters zooming in and out rapidly. While that is happening, the background becomes purple with a stylized Mickey Mouse head (in the same style as the 'i" in "Disney" in Disney Channel's logo) showing the blue background. All around the screen, we see various items like a lightning bolt and a Mickey Mouse ear hat.

'''Availability:''' Brand new. It has recently appeared on the ''2019 Radio Disney Music Awards'', and it's currently unknown if it will be used on other Disney Channel shows on this era, such as ''Sydney to the Max'', ''Raven's Home'', ''Coop and Cami'', and others.