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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, an arc slowly appears and brightens. A series of lights begin appearing below the arc, revealing that this is another globe, looking over Europe. The camera moves down as the lights appear all over Europe, and then Africa (the Earth's continents now have a {{color|green}}, {{color|gold|yellow}}, and {{color|red}} color scheme). As the camera begins to zoom out, the word "UNIVERSAL", in a modified version of the font from the previous logo named Universal Serif (this time the text is still {{color|gold}}, but has the inner white part of the text rising out of a {{color|gold}} outline), rotates to the front of the globe as the lights emanating from the continents dim out.

'''Trivia:''' The logo, designed by Identica Partnership; was introduced to coincide with the rebranding of MCA, Inc. as Universal Studios, Inc. on December 9, 1996; in fact, the logo technically debuted in print form on the same day.<!--However this is NOT enough to change the date of various pages since we don't cover print logos - for all intents and purposes this still debuted in 1997!-->

* Sometimes, on scope films, either the URL or the NBC Universal byline is pushed up to the light on the globe.

* An early version of the 1998 URL variant exists, which has the URL and copyright stamp in the Univers typeface.

* Sometimes, the logo appears closer at first, but then as the animation progresses, it zooms back.

* The biggest variation came on November 21, 2001, when the studio celebrated the 20th anniversary of ''E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial''. The logo animates as normal until the very end, when the "UNIVERSAL" text fades out and the silhouette of E.T. and Elliott, on their bike, fly across the shining globe. Text appears on the bottom, "UNIVERSAL STUDIOS CELEBRATES E.T. THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY" with "E.T." in its original logo font. This was used in November 21, 2001 on ''Spy Game'', February 19, 2002 on the VHS release of ''Balto II: Wolf Quest'', February 22, 2002 on ''Dragonfly'', and March 22, 2002 on the 20th Anniversary edition of ''E.T.'' The Singaporean HVN VCD releases of ''The Bourne Identity'', ''D-Tox'', ''About a Boy'', and ''The Scorpion King'' also have this variant of the logo (in the case of the first title, it plasters the normal logo and its opening audio to the movie).

** A different version where it just says "E.T. THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY" also exists. In this version, "THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY" is in a different font and a small copyright notice appears at the bottom-right, which reads "©2001 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS". This version was seen on ''40 Days and 40 Nights'' and on the premiere of the 20th anniversary ''E.T.'' re-release at the Shrine Auditorium on March 16, 2002. It is also seen on the VHS release of ''K-PAX'', as well as the Canadian VHS releases of ''A Beautiful Mind'' and ''Big Fat Liar''. Shortly afterward, beginning with ''The Scorpion King'', the normal logo was reinstated.

* In 2002, the globe was graphically enhanced with a darker color, and in 2005, it would appear rotating below the arc at the beginning of the logo. Also, the light rays are darker and the shadow appears at the same time as the website URL, which is now set in the Geneva typeface, and fades in differently. Universal would also use this as the main variant starting with ''The Wedding Date'' in 2005.

* Another variant which has a darker mood exists. The presentation is the same as usual, except the initial darkness of the globe is darker than usual (pay close attention to that). Then, after the word "UNIVERSAL" is rotated from behind, either a darker, thicker shadow suddenly pops out, then gets brighter than normal towards the end after it locks in position. The entire globe zooms out farther than its intended mark, and instead of slowing to a stop, it stops hard in its far-back position. The globe appears much further back in letterbox format. This variant can be found on ''8 Mile'', ''American Wedding'', ''Seabiscuit'', ''Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'', ''The Bourne Supremacy'', and ''White Noise''. The variant with the NBC Universal byline (and no shadow) can be seen on stereoscopic 3D prints of ''Despicable Me'' (the 2D prints use the normal variant with the NBC Universal byline).

* On 4:3 prints of films from 2003 until 2012, starting with ''Peter Pan'' and ending with ''Wanderlust'', the logo zooms out to a much farther distance than usual. This is because the films are shot in a 1.66:1 ratio, and framed for 2.39:1 scope.

* Starting with ''Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant'' on October 23, 2009, the URL was removed in favor of the byline "A DIVISION OF NBC UNIVERSAL", also in an {{color|orange|orangish}} color and in the Copperplate Gothic typeface, which fades in toward the end. The byline was also added to the logo of NBCUniversal's television division at the time, [[Universal Media Studios]].

* On German movies such as ''One Way'' (2006) and ''The Coming Days'' (2010), the 1999 variant is used, but "UNIVERSAL PICTURES" in an {{color|orange|orangish}} color and the Univers typeface fades in.

* Since 2004, this logo was used on licensed games (due to the closure of Universal Interactive). It's either the still print logo on a black or white background (mainly for GBA, NDS, and mobile games), or just the last part with the shining (with or without the copyright stamp); however, a very few amount of titles like ''Despicable Me: The Game'' use the entire animation. Sometimes, it replaced the Universal Interactive logo on earlier games like ''The Grinch''.

'''Closing Variant:''' On the pre-2006 international home entertainment prints of ''Barbie in the Nutcracker'' and ''Barbie as Rapunzel'', the first version of the logo appears in the last few seconds.  

'''Technique:''' CGI by Picturemill, who also did the 2008-09 [[Nickelodeon Movies]] logo and the current [[20th Century Studios]] logo. They would also return for the 2002 and 2005 enhanced variants as well.