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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Universal Animation Studios''' is the animation production arm of [[Universal Studios]] established on May 27, 1991 as | '''Universal Animation Studios''' is the animation production arm of [[Universal Studios]] established on May 27, 1991 as '''Universal Cartoon Studios''' and as a division of Universal Family Entertainment. In 2006, it was renamed to its current moniker. | ||
==Universal Cartoon Studios== | ==Universal Cartoon Studios== | ||
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* On ''The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration'', ''The Land Before Time XI: The Invasion of the Tinysauruses'', and ''The Adventures of Brer Rabbit'', the first variant of the logo looks a bit darker. Also, it's a bit enhanced. | * On ''The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration'', ''The Land Before Time XI: The Invasion of the Tinysauruses'', and ''The Adventures of Brer Rabbit'', the first variant of the logo looks a bit darker. Also, it's a bit enhanced. | ||
* On ''Back to the Future - The Animated Series'', the prototype variant of the logo is shown in the top left corner along with the 1991 [[Amblin Television]] logo on the top right, the [[Zaloom/Mayfield Productions]] logo on the bottom left, and the [[BIG Pictures]] logo on the bottom right, and it begins with the part where the plane flies around the globe on the bottom and ends at the part where the plane giggles. | * On ''Back to the Future - The Animated Series'', the prototype variant of the logo is shown in the top left corner along with the 1991 [[Amblin Television]] logo on the top right, the [[Zaloom/Mayfield Productions]] logo on the bottom left, and the [[BIG Pictures]] logo on the bottom right, and it begins with the part where the plane flies around the globe on the bottom and ends at the part where the plane giggles. | ||
* On ''Fievel's American Tails'', the prototype variant of the logo is shown in the bottom middle corner along with the 1991 Amblin Television logo on the top left and the 1985 long version of the [[Nelvana | * On ''Fievel's American Tails'', the prototype variant of the logo is shown in the bottom middle corner along with the 1991 Amblin Television logo on the top left and the 1985 long version of the [[Nelvana]] logo on the top right, and it starts and ends at the same points as the ''BTTF'' variant. On later episodes starting with "The Legend of Mouse Hollow", the logo animation stops when the plane takes a few steps back as he's about to look at the "R", leaving the animations for the Amblin Television and Nelvana logos to finish. | ||
* On ''Shelly Duvall's Bedtime Stories'' and the first four episodes of ''Monster Force'', the standard logo is still. | * On ''Shelly Duvall's Bedtime Stories'' and the first four episodes of ''Monster Force'', the standard logo is still. | ||
* On the ''Monster Force'' episode, "Prisoner of Kaliaga", the logo freezes one second later after the plane flips the "R". | * On the ''Monster Force'' episode, "Prisoner of Kaliaga", the logo freezes one second later after the plane flips the "R". | ||
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===2nd Logo (January 6, 1998-December 9, 1999, June 4, 2003-August 6, 2004)=== | ===2nd Logo (January 6, 1998-December 9, 1999, June 4, 2003-August 6, 2004)=== | ||
[[File:Ucs 1998.png|center|frameless|300x300px]] | [[File:Ucs 1998.png|center|frameless|300x300px]] | ||
'''Logo:''' Same as the 1997 [[Universal Television]] logo, but the name reads as "UNIVERSAL CARTOON STUDIOS" as it fades in under the logo. | '''Logo:''' Same as the 1997 [[Universal Television (1963-1998)|Universal Television]] logo, but the name reads as "UNIVERSAL CARTOON STUDIOS" as it fades in under the logo. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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* On the ''Fractured Fairy Tales'' short "The Phox, The Box, and the Lox" and ''Boo!'', it's the last few seconds of the theatrical logo. | * On the ''Fractured Fairy Tales'' short "The Phox, The Box, and the Lox" and ''Boo!'', it's the last few seconds of the theatrical logo. | ||
'''Technique:''' CGI. | '''Technique:''' CGI animation by Identica Partnership. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the 1997 Universal Television logo, based on the [[Universal Pictures]] fanfare by Jerry Goldsmith. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the 1997 Universal Television logo, based on the [[Universal Pictures]] fanfare by Jerry Goldsmith. | ||
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* Appears on ''The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock'', ''An American Tail - Treasure of Manhattan Island'', and ''Hercules and Xena - The Battle For Mount Olympus'' (although the print version of the previous logo was on the cover art except for the DVD of ''An American Tail - Treasure of Manhattan Island''). | * Appears on ''The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock'', ''An American Tail - Treasure of Manhattan Island'', and ''Hercules and Xena - The Battle For Mount Olympus'' (although the print version of the previous logo was on the cover art except for the DVD of ''An American Tail - Treasure of Manhattan Island''). | ||
* The version without the text appears on ''An American Tail - Mystery of the Night Monster''. | * The version without the text appears on ''An American Tail - Mystery of the Night Monster''. | ||
* The theatrical logo version appeared on the ''Fractured Fairy Tales'' short, "The Phox, The Box, and the Lox", which preceded ''Dudley Do-Right'', the first 52 ''Boo!'' shorts on Qubo and ''The Mummy: The Animated Series'' after the [[USA | * The theatrical logo version appeared on the ''Fractured Fairy Tales'' short, "The Phox, The Box, and the Lox", which preceded ''Dudley Do-Right'', the first 52 ''Boo!'' shorts on Qubo and ''The Mummy: The Animated Series'' after the [[Studios USA Television|Studios USA]] logo. | ||
==Universal Animation Studios== | ==Universal Animation Studios== | ||