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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
CBS/Fox Video was renamed "'''Fox Video'''" the same year, alternating with the CBS/Fox name until 1998, when Fox Entertainment Group acquired CBS's interest in CBS/Fox and renamed it to "'''20th Century Fox Home Entertainment'''" on March | CBS/Fox Video was renamed "'''Fox Video'''" the same year, alternating with the CBS/Fox name until 1998, when Fox Entertainment Group acquired CBS's interest in CBS/Fox and renamed it to "'''20th Century Fox Home Entertainment'''" on 16 March 1995, alternating with the Fox Video name until 1998. The studio was the last major holdout to release its product on DVD, releasing its first seven discs in November of that year, one month after [[Paramount Home Entertainment]] released its first DVDs. | ||
After [[The Walt Disney Company]]'s purchase of Fox in 2019, the name would be retired on-screen in 2020 with the rename to 20th Century Studios, and future home media releases would use a shortened version of the movie logo starting with the video release of ''The Call of the Wild'', while the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment name is still used for copyright holding purposes. | After [[The Walt Disney Company]]'s purchase of Fox in 2019, the name would be retired on-screen in 2020 with the rename to 20th Century Studios, and future home media releases would use a shortened version of the movie logo starting with the video release of ''The Call of the Wild'', while the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment name is still used for copyright holding purposes. | ||
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|20th Century Fox HE 1995 V1 4x3.png|1st Logo (August | |20th Century Fox HE 1995 V1 4x3.png|1st Logo (29 August 1995-20 October 2009) | ||
|GW280H1520th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006, Blu-ray Disc Variant)7.jpg|2nd Logo (November | |GW280H1520th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006, Blu-ray Disc Variant)7.jpg|2nd Logo (14 November 2006-November 2010) | ||
|Tcfhe 2010 logo.png|3rd Logo (September 2010-April | |Tcfhe 2010 logo.png|3rd Logo (September 2010-14 April 2020) | ||
}} | }} | ||
|20th Century Fox International Home Entertainment| | |20th Century Fox International Home Entertainment| | ||
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==20th Century Fox Home Entertainment == | ==20th Century Fox Home Entertainment == | ||
===1st Logo (August | ===1st Logo (29 August 1995-20 October 2009)=== <!-- October 20 date tentative --> | ||
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1995-2008= | 1995-2008= | ||
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*On some releases, the 1995 logo faded in from black rather than cutting in from black. | *On some releases, the 1995 logo faded in from black rather than cutting in from black. | ||
*The first releases with the 1995 version had the logo cut to black at the end of the animation. | *The first releases with the 1995 version had the logo cut to black at the end of the animation. | ||
*There exists a black and white variant of the 1995 version. This can be found on the 2001 Fox War Classics VHS release of ''The Desert Rats | *There exists a black and white variant of the 1995 version. This can be found on the 2001 Fox War Classics VHS release of ''The Desert Rats''. | ||
*A 16:9 version of the 1995 logo was spotted on the widescreen DVD release of ''Thumbelina''. | *A 16:9 version of the 1995 logo was spotted on the widescreen DVD release of ''Thumbelina''. | ||
* On 1996 VHS tapes that have the Widescreen Series video promo, the logo fades in and then fades out later right after the animation freezes at the final frame. The variant that fades out after the logo pauses was spotted on the 1995 LaserDisc of ''Nell''. | * On 1996 VHS tapes that have the Widescreen Series video promo, the logo fades in and then fades out later right after the animation freezes at the final frame. The variant that fades out after the logo pauses was spotted on the 1995 LaserDisc of ''Nell''. | ||
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** Although this logo ended its regular use in 2008, it made surprise appearances on the fifth and sixth seasons of ''Reba'', ''American Dad! Volume 4'', volume seven of ''Family Guy'', ''Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy'', and the twelfth season of ''The Simpsons'', all released in 2009 (this can be chalked up to the fact that season five has a 2008 copyright on the case and discs). | ** Although this logo ended its regular use in 2008, it made surprise appearances on the fifth and sixth seasons of ''Reba'', ''American Dad! Volume 4'', volume seven of ''Family Guy'', ''Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy'', and the twelfth season of ''The Simpsons'', all released in 2009 (this can be chalked up to the fact that season five has a 2008 copyright on the case and discs). | ||
**Weirdly, this can be seen at the start of FXM's print of ''Tales of Manhattan'' (with the 1995 Fox Video logo following) and HDNet Movies' print of ''Bartok the Magnificent''. | **Weirdly, this can be seen at the start of FXM's print of ''Tales of Manhattan'' (with the 1995 Fox Video logo following) and HDNet Movies' print of ''Bartok the Magnificent''. | ||
**It also makes a surprise appearance at the start of ''Thumbelina'' on its Australian DVD release (and later early | **It also makes a surprise appearance at the start of ''Thumbelina'' on its Australian DVD release (and later early 2010s reprint), possibly due to plastering the [[Warner Bros. Family Entertainment]] logo (Warner Bros. Family Entertainment originally distributed ''Thumbelina'' from 1994 to sometime in the early 2000s). | ||
*Enhanced version (2003-2009): | *Enhanced version (2003-2009): | ||
**It first appeared on mid-to-late D-Theater D-VHS releases of TCF films. | **It first appeared on mid-to-late D-Theater D-VHS releases of TCF films. | ||
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**It also appears at the end of the last [[HIT Entertainment]] DVDs released by Fox, such as the ''Pingu'' DVD release ''On Thin Ice''. | **It also appears at the end of the last [[HIT Entertainment]] DVDs released by Fox, such as the ''Pingu'' DVD release ''On Thin Ice''. | ||
===2nd Logo (November | ===2nd Logo (14 November 2006-November 2010)=== | ||
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**It also appears on 2009-2010 [[MGM Home Entertainment]] DVD releases, and 2010 repackaged DVD copies of ''FernGully: The Last Rainforest'', ''Thumbelina'', and ''Once Upon a Forest''. | **It also appears on 2009-2010 [[MGM Home Entertainment]] DVD releases, and 2010 repackaged DVD copies of ''FernGully: The Last Rainforest'', ''Thumbelina'', and ''Once Upon a Forest''. | ||
*This was used in tandem with the previous logo until October | *This was used in tandem with the previous logo until 20 October 2009 and next logo during its first two months. | ||
===3rd Logo (September 2010-April | ===3rd Logo (September 2010-14 April 2020)=== | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*Starting with the original release of ''The Croods'' on October | *Starting with the original release of ''The Croods'' on 1 October 2013, the logo is cut-short to the middle. This also appears on a few pre-2013 Blu-ray releases starting from late 2012. | ||
*A 4:3 variant exists, but is used only for full-screen DVDs and Blu-rays. It is also cropped to 2.35:1 as a widescreen letterbox logo. There is a widescreen version of the open matte logo expanded to 16:9 with the Hor+ screen scaling method. | *A 4:3 variant exists, but is used only for full-screen DVDs and Blu-rays. It is also cropped to 2.35:1 as a widescreen letterbox logo. There is a widescreen version of the open matte logo expanded to 16:9 with the Hor+ screen scaling method. | ||
*Starting with the original DVD and Blu-ray release of ''Turbo'' on November | *Starting with the original DVD and Blu-ray release of ''Turbo'' on 12 November 2013, the News Corporation byline is excluded and the logo is bylineless for the first time since the 1995 logo, due to the aforementioned split on 28 June 2013. | ||
*On 4K UHD Blu-ray releases, just like the 2016 variant of the 2009 20th Century Fox logo, this logo was enhanced with what that logo had. | *On 4K UHD Blu-ray releases, just like the 2016 variant of the 2009 20th Century Fox logo, this logo was enhanced with what that logo had. | ||
*Sometimes, the registered trademark sign is absent on the aforementioned variant. | *Sometimes, the registered trademark sign is absent on the aforementioned variant. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Very common, given its longevity. This was used in tandem with the previous logo in its first two months. | '''Availability:''' Very common, given its longevity. This was used in tandem with the previous logo in its first two months. | ||
*Seen on all 20th Century Fox and most [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] releases from September 2010 up until April | *Seen on all 20th Century Fox and most [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] releases from September 2010 up until 14 April 2020. | ||
*Other than TCF and MGM releases, this was also seen on [[Relativity Media]] releases starting with ''The Warrior's Way'' and ending with ''Masterminds'', all [[DreamWorks Animation]] films TCF distributed from ''The Croods'' to ''Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie'' (plastered by the 2013 [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|UPHE]] logo on post-2018 prints, although some prints post-2018 may retain it), and [[Annapurna Pictures]] releases starting with ''Detroit'' and ending with ''Where'd You Go, Bernadette''. | *Other than TCF and MGM releases, this was also seen on [[Relativity Media]] releases starting with ''The Warrior's Way'' and ending with ''Masterminds'', all [[DreamWorks Animation]] films TCF distributed from ''The Croods'' to ''Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie'' (plastered by the 2013 [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|UPHE]] logo on post-2018 prints, although some prints post-2018 may retain it), and [[Annapurna Pictures]] releases starting with ''Detroit'' and ending with ''Where'd You Go, Bernadette''. | ||
*The last release to use the full version of this logo is currently unknown, but this make a strange appearance on seasons 16-18 of ''The Simpsons'' (albeit using the fullscreen bylineless version). | *The last release to use the full version of this logo is currently unknown, but this make a strange appearance on seasons 16-18 of ''The Simpsons'' (albeit using the fullscreen bylineless version). | ||
*The last releases to use this logo with the News Corporation byline were ''The Internship'' and ''The Way Way Back'', both released on DVD and Blu-ray on October | *The last releases to use this logo with the News Corporation byline were ''The Internship'' and ''The Way Way Back'', both released on DVD and Blu-ray on 22 October 2013. | ||
*The last release to use this logo cut-short to the middle was ''Underwater'', which was released on DVD and Blu-ray on April | *The last release to use this logo cut-short to the middle was ''Underwater'', which was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 14 April 2020, as TCFHE was folded into [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Studios/Buena Vista Home Entertainment]] shortly after. | ||
*Though this logo officially retired after ''Underwater'', it made an unexpected surprise appearance on ''Modern Family: The Eleventh and Final Season'', released on DVD on June | *Though this logo officially retired after ''Underwater'', it made an unexpected surprise appearance on ''Modern Family: The Eleventh and Final Season'', released on DVD on 9 June 2020. | ||
*This never appears on 2016-2019 UK DVDs/Blu-rays released by [[Entertainment One]] (some American eOne DVDs at the time have the TCFHE logo at the beginning) or 2010-2020 UK DVDs/Blu-rays from [[Pathé]], as they just use their respective logos and warnings instead. This also applies to any MGM releases from any other distributors, which use their respective logos instead of this due to having absolutely no TCFHE logo at all on the discs or labels. This also does not appear on reissues of older MGM DVD releases from around 2001-2006, as they use the MGM DVD logo on its own. | *This never appears on 2016-2019 UK DVDs/Blu-rays released by [[Entertainment One]] (some American eOne DVDs at the time have the TCFHE logo at the beginning) or 2010-2020 UK DVDs/Blu-rays from [[Pathé]], as they just use their respective logos and warnings instead. This also applies to any MGM releases from any other distributors, which use their respective logos instead of this due to having absolutely no TCFHE logo at all on the discs or labels. This also does not appear on reissues of older MGM DVD releases from around 2001-2006, as they use the MGM DVD logo on its own. | ||
==Fox DVD Video== | ==Fox DVD Video== | ||
===(2000-July | ===(2000-30 July 2002) === | ||
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Fox DVD (2000-2002 A).jpg|Opening variant | Fox DVD (2000-2002 A).jpg|Opening variant | ||
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'''Logo:''' The standard 1994-2010 [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] logo, except it animates in a faster rate, and there are many circular streaks of orange and blue placed over it, which animate on and off the screen. When the logo is done, blue and purple gradient bars on top and bottom wipe in and the logo's sky background dissolves into a different cloud background, and "'''{{color|gold|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}'''" (in the same fonts as before) appears via folding effect below the logo, and then fades out via blur effect after a few seconds leaving just the logo, which then fades out. | '''Logo:''' The standard 1994-2010 [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] logo, except it animates in a faster rate, and there are many circular streaks of orange and blue placed over it, which animate on and off the screen. When the logo is done, blue and purple gradient bars on top and bottom wipe in and the logo's sky background dissolves into a different cloud background, and "'''{{color|gold|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}'''" (in the same fonts as before) appears via folding effect below the logo, and then fades out via blur effect after a few seconds leaving just the logo, which then fades out. | ||
'''Variant:''' Sometimes, the below text is replaced with a clip-on that folds in. This version was used on 1999-2005 Australian TCF tapes, the first British TCF tapes with this logo, and 2000-2006 TCF tapes in Mexico, Spain, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Brazil, France, Italy | '''Variant:''' Sometimes, the below text is replaced with a clip-on that folds in. This version was used on 1999-2005 Australian TCF tapes, the first British TCF tapes with this logo, and 2000-2006 TCF tapes in Mexico, Spain, the Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Brazil, France, Italy and South Korea. Except in the UK and Japan, the logo is already formed. | ||
'''Technique:''' CGI animation. | '''Technique:''' CGI animation. | ||
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==Final Note == | ==Final Note == | ||
Shortly after the release of ''Underwater'' on April | Shortly after the release of ''Underwater'' on 14 April 2020, Disney folded the standalone operations of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment into [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] (under [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment]]). Beginning with the releases of ''The Call of the Wild'' on 12 May 2020, and ''Downhill'' on 19 May 2020, all DVDs and Blu-rays now use the shortened [[20th Century Studios]] logo (with the same short music used in the 2010 logo) or the full [[Searchlight Pictures]] logo (with the full 1997 fanfare) for their future home media releases of 20th Century material respectively, followed or (for the aforementioned movies) preceded by a language menu. | ||
{{Chronology|[[Fox Video]]}} | {{Chronology|[[Fox Video]]}} | ||
{{Home Entertainment-Navbox}}{{Navbox-WaltDisney}} | {{Home Entertainment-Navbox}}{{Navbox-WaltDisney}} | ||