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* 1981-1990: We see the standard Columbia Torch Lady (a somewhat less detailed version of the '70s Torch Lady; she also appears to be resembling Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa) standing on a pedestal with her torch against the backdrop of clouds (which are now slightly less detailed and have a {{color|blue|blueish}} tone to them). The torch then shines into a bright abstract shape, as if in a sunburst, then dims back in place. The words "{{color|#FFA500|'''Columbia Pictures'''}}" (appearing in the same font from the last logo) fade to the left and right of the Torch Lady. Her torch "shines".

* 1989-1993: The logo fades in just like the 1981 version, however the sunburst animation has been abolished, although one can still see a glimpse of the {{color|red}} light from the sunburst if one looks closely. Instead, after a second, the "{{color|#FFA500|'''Columbia Pictures'''}}" text fades in (a la the 1936-1976 logo).

* When viewed in full screen, there are varying versions where we see her pedestal, including close, medium and far views.

* This logo was also used for the first half of the [[Triumph Films]] logo in 1982.

* On a 1986 HBO airing and the 1985 VHS of ''Starman'' and the original UK VHS release of ''Flatliners'', the logo's original 2.35:1 aspect ratio was squeezed into 4:3 full screen.

* Oddly, the original 1993 video releases of ''A League of Their Own'' and ''A Few Good Men'' have a shortened version of the sunburst logo. The first film fades in as the sunburst retracts, while the second film fades in when the sunburst flares in. Current prints of said films, however, have the standard 1989 logo.

* From 1989-April 30, 1993, Columbia's print logo was featured scrolling at the end of the movies' closing credits. This features the Torch Lady with the "sunburst" from the 1981 variation of the opening logo. The phrase, appearing in the same font as the opening logo, reads "{{font|Times New Roman|'''A Columbia Pictures Release'''}}" underneath. An earlier version of this didn't include the print logo, but rather the text instead. A few movies such as ''Ghostbusters II'', ''Welcome Home'' and ''Year of the Comet'' have the words in a different font (the latter two films didn't even feature the print logo, as did ''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'', ''When Harry Met Sally...'' and ''Misery''). This would stop regular use on August 28, 1992 with the release of ''Honeymoon in Vegas'', but this made a surprise appearance on ''The Pickle''.

* September 23, 1992-May 14, 1993: The same closing logo, but with "COLUMBIA PICTURES" in the Bank Gothic font with the SPE byline below. On ''A River Runs Through It'' and ''El Mariachi'', as well as [[Castle Rock Entertainment|Castle Rock]] films, the words "RELEASED BY" appear on top. A variant of this appeared at the end of ''Josh and S.A.M.'', released on November 24, 1993. In this one, it has "A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE" above the "RELEASED BY" variant, while the movie itself would use the 1993 logo at the beginning. The possible reason for this is that the film was delayed; a teaser for said film, which was found on the 1993 VHS releases of ''Single White Female'' and ''Mr. Saturday Night'', had it originally intended for a spring 1993 release, but when it finally came to theaters, Columbia might have replaced the 1989 logo with their new logo, but didn't touch the credit logo. Another example of Sony's poor editing habits.

* On ''Sibling Rivalry'', the closing logo is based on the 1981-1989 print logo: it has the Torch Lady with a sunburst inside a dome with "{{font|Times New Roman|'''Columbia Pictures'''}}" below. Below that is "A COLUMBIA PICTURES RELEASE". ''Eat a Bowl of Tea'' and ''The Big Picture'' have the "Torch Lady in a Dome" print logo with "{{font|Times New Roman|'''A Columbia Pictures Release'''}}" below it.

* There are two versions of the Torch Lady print logo. One had a short lady and the big sunburst, which was the one seen inside the dome, but would occasionally appear without the dome. A later version was introduced in 1989, with a smaller sunburst and the Torch Lady appears taller and slimmer and more cleaned up in design. No dome was used for this version.

* Sometimes, on TV airings, the closing logo may be kept with the [[Sony Pictures Television]] (formerly the [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar Television Distribution]] logo) following afterwards or may be skipped ahead with the SPT/CTTD logo.

* On the DVD release of ''Big Trouble'' (1986), the 1984 Australian VHS of ''Christine'', the 1985 Australian VHS of ''Educating Rita'', a mid '80s Australian VHS of ''Tough Guys'' (1974; plastering the 3rd logo), a 1988 [[GoodTimes Entertainment|Goodtimes Home Video]] VHS of ''The Amsterdam Kill'' (plastering the previous logo), and the 1999 Australian VHS of ''The Karate Kid'', it has the Sunburst music from the previous logo.

* On post-2005 prints of ''Stripes'' (with the exception of the 2021 UHD release), as well as some foreign dub tracks of ''Tootsie'', the fanfare from the next below is strangely heard. It is unknown whether these instances were attempts at plastering or placement choices when making the audio remixes/dubbing.

* On a Portuguese print of ''Stone Cold'', this has the 1995 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] lion roar, due to a reverse plastering error.

* The 1981 variation is much easier to come by, due to it being used for a longer time period and being on more popular titles such as ''Stripes'', ''Heavy Metal,'' ''Ghandi'', ''The Big Chill'', ''Christine,'' ''Ghostbusters'', ''The Karate Kid'', ''Fright Night,'' ''Stand by Me'', ''Hope and Glory'' and many others.

* Notable films that have the short 1989 version are ''Ghostbusters II'' (where it made its first appearance), ''The Adventures of Milo and Otis'', ''Casualties of War'', ''Awakenings'', ''Flatliners,'' ''Mortal Thoughts'', ''Boyz n the Hood,'' ''Mo' Money'', ''A League of Their Own'', ''Bram Stoker's Dracula'' and ''Groundhog Day''.

* The first film to use this logo was Cheech & Chong's ''Nice Dreams'', while it was last seen on ''Lost in Yonkers''.  

* [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]] (and later, [[MGM Home Entertainment]]) releases of Castle Rock films such as ''Misery'', ''City Slickers'', and ''Mr. Saturday Night'' edit this logo out, though it is retained on the New Line VHS of ''Amos and Andrew''.

* The MGM DVD release of ''Amos and Andrew'' has it plastered with the 1987 [[New Line Cinema]] logo, while the YouTube print on the Warner VOD channel had the New Line logo before Columbia's, but was taken off and is now on MGM's channel, with it only featuring the MGM and Castle Rock logos. But the combo (minus New Line) was seen on the Vudu print of the aforementioned film, as well as an airing of the movie on Laff TV.

* The Columbia-Castle Rock combo is also preserved on a 1998 MGM Movie Time VHS release of ''Amos and Andrew'', the German and Australian DVD releases of ''Misery'', as well as a 2013 reprint of the latter, (where it's preceded by the 1986 MGM logo) a 1997 MGM Movie Time VHS of ''City Slickers'' and the widescreen Laserdisc release of the aforementioned film retains this logo as well. This was also preserved on cable TV airings of ''When Harry Met Sally...'' and also appeared on the widescreen Laserdisc release of said film. Can also be seen on the Amazon Instant Video print of ''Late for Dinner'' (after MGM), the Olive Films Blu-ray release of ''Sibling Rivalry'' (also after MGM), and Roku Channel's print of ''Honeymoon in Vegas''. It is unknown if any prints of ''Lord of the Flies'' preserve this logo.

* It also appears on the [[Trimark Home Video|Vidmark]] and [[Starmaker Entertainment|Starmaker]] VHS releases of ''The Shadow Riders'' (they used the overseas theatrical version, which is why this logo is seen at the start), along with the Trimark DVD (don't expect this on the 2006 [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] DVD release, as it uses the original TV version).

* Oddly, in lieu of RCA/Columbia's logo appearing, this logo plasters that of Cinema 5 on the English-dubbed cassette of ''One Sings, the Other Doesn't''.

* The logo is seen on the 1986 VHS of ''Casino Royale'' (1967), plastering the 3rd logo, and it also plasters older Columbia logos on several other post-1981 videocassettes as well, including ''The Black Bird'', ''Gidget'' (1959) and ''Funny Girl''.

* While removed from the MGM DVD and oddly, the British Columbia TriStar Home Video DVD, it was preserved on the U.S. RCA/Columbia VHS and Laserdisc of ''Double Impact''. It is unknown if the recent MVD Rewind Blu-Ray of the film retains this logo.

* This may be seen on international prints of ''Piranha II: The Spawning'' (AKA: ''Piranha II: Flying Killers'').

* It also appears on the Australian DVD of ''Stephen King's Graveyard Shift'' (released domestically by [[Paramount Pictures]]) and may have been seen on the UK and other international prints of the film.

* Don't expect this to appear on [[Weintraub Entertainment Group]] films that they distributed theatrically, with the exception of ''The Gods Must Be Crazy II'', where a still Weintraub logo is seen at the end.

* Australian Home Media Releases of ''The Adventures of Milo and Otis'' (e.g. the 2005 [[Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)|Roadshow]] DVD release, and the 1992 Video Selection Australia VHS, on the latter, the OFLC rating screen plasters over it, as a result the opening theme can be heard playing over it) have this logo removed for unknown reasons.

* It was also seen on newer prints and the Blu-ray of the English dubbed theatrical cut of ''Das Boot'' (aka ''The Boot'') in place of the first Triumph Films logo and proceeding the [[Constantin Film (Germany)|Neue Constantin Film]] logo.

* This strangely made an appearance at the end of ctv.ca's print of ''Cancel My Reservation'' (1972) before the [[Sony Pictures Television International]] logo.

* It is unknown if it appeared on theatrical prints of ''Winter People, The Last Emperor, Texasville'', or ''The Taking of Beverly Hills'', among possible others.

* It was found on some trailers for ''Last Action Hero, In The Line of Fire, Calendar Girl,'' and ''Josh and S.A.M.'' (with the movies themselves using the next logo).