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* This surprisingly appears on a late 1983 pressing of ''The Odd Couple'' (usually, releases printed around that time started with the "Acid Trip" warning screen, followed by the Paramount Pictures Logo).
* This surprisingly appears on a late 1983 pressing of ''The Odd Couple'' (usually, releases printed around that time started with the "Acid Trip" warning screen, followed by the Paramount Pictures Logo).


'''Editor's Note:'''
'''Editor's Note:''' One of the 1st home video company Logos ever made, it shows that it's pretty simple.


One of the 1st home video company Logos ever made, it shows that it's pretty simple.




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<center>[[File:Paramount Home Video second logo.jpg|none|]]</center>
<center>[[File:Paramount Home Video second logo.jpg|none|]]</center>




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'''Music/Sounds:''' A pounding backbeat as the mountain zooms out, then a synth chord mixed with a brief explosion sound and synthesized sizzling.
'''Music/Sounds:''' A pounding backbeat as the mountain zooms out, then a synth chord mixed with a brief explosion sound and synthesized sizzling.


'''Availability:'''
'''Availability:''' Like the first Logo, this is also extremely rare, but more because of the fact that this was only used on two batches of releases and re-releases.
Like the first Logo, this is also extremely rare, but more because of the fact that this was only used on two batches of releases and re-releases.
* Seen on VHS/Beta releases of the time, which are not that easy to find, especially since the Logo was usually taken off of post-1981 prints. However, since this was on a decent variety of movies, it may help a little.
* Seen on VHS/Beta releases of the time, which are not that easy to find, especially since the Logo was usually taken off of post-1981 prints. However, since this was on a decent variety of movies, it may help a little.
*Among the releases are ''Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)'', ''Death Wish'', ''Escape from Alcatraz'', ''Breaking Glass'', ''Friday the 13th'', ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'', ''Airplane!'', ''Charlotte's Web'', ''Little Darlings'', ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!'', ''Barbarella'', ''Starting Over'', ''American Gigolo'', ''Urban Cowboy'' and ''Shogun''.
*Among the releases are ''Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)'', ''Death Wish'', ''Escape from Alcatraz'', ''Breaking Glass'', ''Friday the 13th'', ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'', ''Airplane!'', ''Charlotte's Web'', ''Little Darlings'', ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!'', ''Barbarella'', ''Starting Over'', ''American Gigolo'', ''Urban Cowboy'' and ''Shogun''.
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<center>[[File:Paramount Home Video Blue Mountain.jpg|frameless]][[File:Paramount Video.jpg|frameless|259x259px]]</center>
<center>[[File:Paramount Home Video Blue Mountain.jpg|frameless]][[File:Paramount Video.jpg|frameless|259x259px]]</center>




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'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
'''Music/Sounds:''' None.


'''Availability:'''
'''Availability:''' Extremely common.
Extremely common.
*This was used as a de-facto home video Logo, and can be seen on every VHS and Laserdisc release from that period -- this also includes television series (such as the original ''Star Trek''), comedy specials, and third-party acquisitions like ''Teen Wolf Too'' and ''The Garbage Pail Kids Movie''. Combine this with its 16-year span, and this may be the most common home video Logo period--maybe even more so than any of Disney's Logos, or even the next Logo!
*This was used as a de-facto home video Logo, and can be seen on every VHS and Laserdisc release from that period -- this also includes television series (such as the original ''Star Trek''), comedy specials, and third-party acquisitions like ''Teen Wolf Too'' and ''The Garbage Pail Kids Movie''. Combine this with its 16-year span, and this may be the most common home video Logo period--maybe even more so than any of Disney's Logos, or even the next Logo!
*Look for either the 75th Anniversary print Logo, or the standard Gulf+Western print logo (with no mention of "HOME VIDEO") on the packaging and labels.
*Look for either the 75th Anniversary print Logo, or the standard Gulf+Western print logo (with no mention of "HOME VIDEO") on the packaging and labels.
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'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants:'''
'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants:'''
*A variation exists where the announcer says "Paramount is pleased to bring you our feature presentation". This was used with all three byline '''Variants:''', and can be found on Laserdisc releases, as well as VHS releases which have no previews before the film (such as the 1989 releases of the first four ''Star Trek'' films, the 1998 release of ''A Separate Peace'', the 2000 release of ''South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', the 2001 release ''Nick Jr.'s Imagine That!'', any promotional copies of movies released by Paramount (with the exception of ''Harriet the Spy'', ''The Ghost and the Darkness'', ''The General's Daughter'', ''Coach Carter: A Night at the Roxbury'', ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'', ''Teletubbies: Naughty Noo Noo!'', ''Boohbah: Hot Dog'', ''Nickelodeon Super Toons'', and the 1998 widescreen VHS release of ''Forrest Gump'', while the full screen version has the standard voice-over). This variant also appears on tapes made and sold exclusively through Columbia House (usually identifiable by the presence of an orange sticker on the cover). On rare occasions, this variation did appear right after previews, such as the 1996 VHS of ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' and its 2000 reprint, the 2005 demo VHS releases of ''Mad Hot Ballroom'', & ''Winter Solstice'', and a series of four videocassettes sold as part of a 1993 McDonald's promotion, including ''The Addams Family'' and ''Ghost'' (these releases have the Rank Home Video print Logo on one of the spines on the slipcovers for those films and a face label on the tapes with a special red, yellow, black and white color scheme).
*A variation exists where the announcer says "Paramount is pleased to bring you our feature presentation". This was used with all three byline variants:, and can be found on Laserdisc releases, as well as VHS releases which have no previews before the film (such as the 1989 releases of the first four ''Star Trek'' films, the 1998 release of ''A Separate Peace'', the 2000 release of ''South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', the 2001 release ''Nick Jr.'s Imagine That!'', any promotional copies of movies released by Paramount (with the exception of ''Harriet the Spy'', ''The Ghost and the Darkness'', ''The General's Daughter'', ''Coach Carter: A Night at the Roxbury'', ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'', ''Teletubbies: Naughty Noo Noo!'', ''Boohbah: Hot Dog'', ''Nickelodeon Super Toons'', and the 1998 widescreen VHS release of ''Forrest Gump'', while the full screen version has the standard voice-over). This variant also appears on tapes made and sold exclusively through Columbia House (usually identifiable by the presence of an orange sticker on the cover). On rare occasions, this variation did appear right after previews, such as the 1996 VHS of ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' and its 2000 reprint, the 2005 demo VHS releases of ''Mad Hot Ballroom'', & ''Winter Solstice'', and a series of four videocassettes sold as part of a 1993 McDonald's promotion, including ''The Addams Family'' and ''Ghost'' (these releases have the Rank Home Video print Logo on one of the spines on the slipcovers for those films and a face label on the tapes with a special red, yellow, black and white color scheme).
* On the "COMING ATTRACTIONS" variant, the announcer says "Here are some exciting coming attractions from Paramount."
* On the "COMING ATTRACTIONS" variant, the announcer says "Here are some exciting coming attractions from Paramount."


'''Availability:'''
'''Availability:''' Very common. It appears on most Paramount video releases  
Very common. It appears on most Paramount video releases  
*The "COMING ATTRACTIONS" version was only used until the late 1990's.
*The "COMING ATTRACTIONS" version was only used until the late 1990's.
*The original Gulf+Western variation (which is the least common) made its debut on the May 1989 home video release of ''Coming to America'', and can be found on releases such as the first four ''Star Trek'' films, ''Distant Thunder'', ''The Experts'', ''The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live'', ''Cousins'', ''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'', ''Major League'', ''Pet Sematary'', and ''Puppet Master'', among others.
*The original Gulf+Western variation (which is the least common) made its debut on the May 1989 home video release of ''Coming to America'', and can be found on releases such as the first four ''Star Trek'' films, ''Distant Thunder'', ''The Experts'', ''The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live'', ''Cousins'', ''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'', ''Major League'', ''Pet Sematary'', and ''Puppet Master'', among others.
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On the post-menu-selection variation, a soft "bong" is heard as the Logo fades out, followed by a whirling sound when the selections disappear.
On the post-menu-selection variation, a soft "bong" is heard as the Logo fades out, followed by a whirling sound when the selections disappear.


'''Availability:'''
'''Availability:''' Very common.
Very common.
* It's seen on many post-2003 DVD releases released by the company, starting with the 2003 DVD release of ''Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown'' (even though the print Logo on the cover has "90th Anniversary" tacked on to it).
* It's seen on many post-2003 DVD releases released by the company, starting with the 2003 DVD release of ''Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown'' (even though the print Logo on the cover has "90th Anniversary" tacked on to it).
* This Logo was seen on DVD releases of Paramount Television-owned series from 2003 to 2006 (when the rights went to CBS Home Entertainment after Viacom and CBS Corporation became separate companies), such as the 2004 releases of season 1 of ''Happy Days'', and season 1 of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and the 2005 release of season 2 of the latter.
* This Logo was seen on DVD releases of Paramount Television-owned series from 2003 to 2006 (when the rights went to CBS Home Entertainment after Viacom and CBS Corporation became separate companies), such as the 2004 releases of season 1 of ''Happy Days'', and season 1 of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and the 2005 release of season 2 of the latter.
* After 2004 on Nickelodeon TV shows on DVD, this Logo doesn't show up.
* After 2004 on Nickelodeon TV shows on DVD, this Logo doesn't show up.
* Some DVD releases have "90th Anniversary" added on to this Logo's print version, but they just contain the normal Logo. Examples of this are the 2002 DVD releases of ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories'', ''Flashdance'', ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', ''Black Sheep'', ''Vanilla Sky'', and ''Trading Places''. This Logo continued to be used until 2019, as seen on such releases as ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown'', ''Project Almanac'', ''Boyhood'', ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'', ''The Gambler'' (the Mark Wahlberg version), and ''Interstellar'', even though Paramount Pictures debuted a new Logo in 2011.
* Some DVD releases have "90th Anniversary" added on to this Logo's print version, but they just contain the normal Logo. Examples of this are the 2002 DVD releases of ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories'', ''Flashdance'', ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', ''Black Sheep'', ''Vanilla Sky'', and ''Trading Places''. This Logo continued to be used until 2019, as seen on such releases as ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown'', ''Project Almanac'', ''Boyhood'', ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'', ''The Gambler'' (the Mark Wahlberg version), and ''Interstellar'', even though Paramount Pictures debuted a new Logo in 2011.
* The last release to use this Logo was Instant Family, released on March 5, 2019.
* The last release to use this Logo was ''Instant Family'', released on March 5, 2019.


'''Editor's Note:'''
'''Editor's Note:''' Even though Viacom changed their byline in 2010, and the Paramount Logo in 2011, this Logo continued to be used throughout the 2010s. However, it is not a favorite of some since you cannot bypass this Logo, either with the Menu, Fast Forward, or Skip buttons on the majority of the company's DVD output.
Even though Viacom changed their byline in 2010, and the Paramount Logo in 2011, this Logo continued to be used throughout the 2010s. However, it is not a favorite of some since you cannot bypass this Logo, either with the Menu, Fast Forward, or Skip buttons on the majority of the company's DVD output.


== Paramount High Definition (2006-March 5, 2019) ==
== Paramount High Definition (2006-March 5, 2019) ==
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'''Logo:''' We first see the effect of a television getting switched on, zooming out from one of the stars and transitioning to the middle of the 2002 Paramount Logo in a poor image quality. When the star reaches the mountain's peak, two white lines appear and move across the picture vertically from the center, sharpening the picture and forming the silver text:
'''Logo:''' We first see the effect of a television getting switched on, zooming out from one of the stars and transitioning to the middle of the 2002 Paramount Logo in a poor image quality. When the star reaches the mountain's peak, two white lines appear and move across the picture vertically from the center, sharpening the picture and forming the silver text:


''HIGH''<br>
''HIGH''<br>''DEFINITION''
''DEFINITION''


which zooms out into place. The Viacom byline (without the line) from the previous three Logos fades in below and the HD text shines.
which zooms out into place. The Viacom byline (without the line) from the previous three Logos fades in below and the HD text shines.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Some television static sound effects and a few loud whooshes and shining sounds.
'''Music/Sounds:''' Some television static sound effects and a few loud whooshes and shining sounds.


'''Availability:'''
'''Availability:''' Current and common. It's currently seen on Paramount's Blu-ray releases.
Current and common. It's currently seen on Paramount's Blu-ray releases.
* It was also seen on Paramount HD-DVD releases from 2006 to 2008, such as ''Four Brothers'' and The Italian Job (2003).
* It was also seen on Paramount HD-DVD releases from 2006 to 2008, such as ''Four Brothers'' and The Italian Job (2003).
* Starting sometime in 2007, Paramount's high definition releases were being exclusive to HD-DVD.
* Starting sometime in 2007, Paramount's high definition releases were being exclusive to HD-DVD.
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