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* The Warner Communications byline version can be found on the 1997 DVD and the 2022 4K UHD Blu-ray releases of ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'' (1989) (the 2003 DVD release has the 1998 logo with the AOL Time Warner byline), current DVD and Blu-ray prints of ''The Dead Pool'', TCM prints of ''The Goodbye Girl'', and the Blu-ray release of ''Full Metal Jacket'' (1987). | * The Warner Communications byline version can be found on the 1997 DVD and the 2022 4K UHD Blu-ray releases of ''National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'' (1989) (the 2003 DVD release has the 1998 logo with the AOL Time Warner byline), current DVD and Blu-ray prints of ''The Dead Pool'', TCM prints of ''The Goodbye Girl'', and the Blu-ray release of ''Full Metal Jacket'' (1987). | ||
** However, it's not as easy to spot as the 1992 variant, as many DVD releases and Encore/Starz prints replace it with the Time Warner Entertainment byline variant, such as on the DVD release of ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' or even with the next logo below (occurs on the ''Police Academy'' films and ''Moving''). | ** However, it's not as easy to spot as the 1992 variant, as many DVD releases and Encore/Starz prints replace it with the Time Warner Entertainment byline variant, such as on the DVD release of ''Pee-wee's Big Adventure'' or even with the next logo below (occurs on the ''Police Academy'' films and ''Moving''). | ||
* Even the 1990 Time Warner byline variant has been plastered with the next logo on most of Encore's prints of films released from 1990 to 1992, but it is intact on the Blu-ray of ''Goodfellas'', the 1999 DVD and 2017 Warner Archive Blu-ray releases of ''My Blue Heaven'', and the 2000 Director's Cut DVD release of ''Lethal Weapon 3''. | * Even the 1990 Time Warner byline variant has been plastered with the next logo on most of Encore's prints of films released from 1990 to 1992, but it is intact on the Blu-ray release of ''Goodfellas'', the 1999 DVD and 2017 Warner Archive Blu-ray releases of ''My Blue Heaven'', and the 2000 Director's Cut DVD release of ''Lethal Weapon 3''. | ||
** One instance where this logo does some plastering of its own was on ''The Ballad of Cable Hogue'', where it plastered the Kinney Shield. | ** One instance where this logo does some plastering of its own was on ''The Ballad of Cable Hogue'', where it plastered the Kinney Shield. | ||
* The 1984 Warner Communications "Distributed by" variant can also be found at the end of the 1999 DVD release of ''The American President'' (1995) of all places, likely due to a printing error when editing out the [[Columbia Pictures]] in-credit closing logo. | * The 1984 Warner Communications "Distributed by" variant can also be found at the end of the 1999 DVD release of ''The American President'' (1995) of all places, likely due to a printing error when editing out the [[Columbia Pictures]] in-credit closing logo. | ||
* The 1984 Warner Communications opening variant also strangely plasters the [[New Line Cinema]] logo on the 2018 Criterion Collection DVD releases of ''Female Trouble'' (1974) and ''Polyester'' (1981). | * The 1984 Warner Communications opening variant also strangely plasters the [[New Line Cinema]] logo on the 2018 Criterion Collection DVD releases of ''Female Trouble'' (1974) and ''Polyester'' (1981). | ||
** It also makes an even stranger appearance on the ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' version of ''Catalina Caper'', a [[Crown International Pictures|Crown International]] film (it appears to have been sourced from a television print from around 1987); it appears as Joel and the Bots are entering the theater. | ** It also makes an even stranger appearance on the ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' version of ''Catalina Caper'', a [[Crown International Pictures|Crown International]] film (it appears to have been sourced from a television print from around 1987); it appears as Joel and the Bots are entering the theater. | ||
** It also appears at the start of ''Blazing Saddles'' (1974) on the 1996 UK VHS re-release | ** It also appears at the start of ''Blazing Saddles'' (1974) on the 1996 UK VHS re-release thereof from Warner Home Video. | ||
** It also appears at the start of newer prints of ''Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales'' (1979), which appears on the 2007 DVD release of ''Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5''. | |||
'''Legacy:''' This is considered by many to be a throwback to the 1948 shield. However, the 1992 variant is disliked by many people for its large-scale plastering, giving it the nickname "Shield of Staleness" or "The Shield of Annoyance". | '''Legacy:''' This is considered by many to be a throwback to the 1948 shield. However, the 1992 variant is disliked by many people for its large-scale plastering, giving it the nickname "Shield of Staleness" or "The Shield of Annoyance". | ||