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Removed the 5th and 10th logos (the Feature Presentation ones) and moved the info to their own page as they're not really logos, but bumpers.
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'''Legacy:''' Same as the 1986 Paramount Pictures logo.
'''Legacy:''' Same as the 1986 Paramount Pictures logo.


===5th Logo (May 17, 1989-December 27, 2008)===
===5th Logo (December 1993)===
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File:Paramount Home Video (1989) 20200901 183720.png|Gulf+Western byline
File:Paramount Home Video 1992 B.png|Paramount Communications byline
File:Paramount Home Video (1995) 20200901 184230.png|Paramount Communications byline (alternate font)
File:Paramount Home Video 1995 D.png|Viacom byline
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'''Nicknames:''' "Feature Presentation", "Abstract Mountain", "The Bumper-esque Logo"
 
'''Logo:''' On a background filled with {{Font color|blue|blue}}/{{Font color|indigo|indigo}} squares, we see a {{Font color|blue|blue}} square with the Paramount print logo on it, with an embossed mountain and the stars and script in {{Font color|gold|gold}}. The stars shine from left to right, then the square moves and zooms away as the squares behind it move off, revealing the stacked words "{{Font color|gold|FEATURE PRESENTATION}}" in {{Font color|gold|gold}} zooming in on a heliotrope gradient background. The words shine, and after that, it zooms towards us at breakneck speed. Just when the text engulfs the screen, it cuts to a warning screen, which has a pattern of Paramount mountains in the background.
 
'''Bylines:'''
This used whatever byline Paramount was using at the time:
* May 17-October 16, 1989: "A Gulf + Western Company" (used for only six months that year)
* November 9, 1989-May 16, 1995: "A Paramount Communications Company" (the "Feature Presentation" versions have a different font for the Paramount Communications byline: sans serif)
* June 13, 1995-December 27, 2008: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in the same font as the 1990 Viacom logo)
 
'''Variants:'''
*There was a special bumper used for trailers from 1989 to 1998 or 1999, with the words "COMING ATTRACTIONS" over the heliotrope gradient background, which cuts off after the zoom in.
*On the 1989 re-releases of ''Sunset Boulevard'' on VHS (reissued from the 1988 printing) and ''The Courageous Dr. Christain'' on Laserdisc (reissued from the 1987 printing), the logo and warning screen is in black and white.
*On the 1989 releases of ''Coming to America'' (the first release to use this bumper) and ''Distant Thunder'', the logo cuts to black after "FEATURE PRESENTATION" zooms in, then the warning screen fades in.
*A 2000 printing of ''This is America, Charlie Brown: The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk'' retains the Paramount Communications variant of the Coming Attractions version from the original tape, while the Feature Presentation logo appears in its Viacom version.
 
'''FX/SFX:''' The CGI squares moving away and the animation on the Paramount square, which held up pretty well throughout the logo's lifespan, and was pretty advanced for 1989.
 
'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over:''' The 1987 fanfare (originally composed by Jerry Goldsmith), with a male voiceover (Brian Cummings) saying "And now, we're pleased to bring you, our feature presentation."
 
'''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 all Laserdisc releases, as well as any 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 2005 remake of ''Yours, Mine, and Ours'', the 2001 release ''Nick Jr.'s Imagine That!'', any promotional copies of movies released by Paramount (except for several of them such as ''Harriet the Spy'', ''The Ghost and the Darkness'', ''The General's Daughter'', ''Coach Carter'', ''The Longest Yard'', ''Aeon Flux'', ''A Night at the Roxbury'', ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'', ''Teletubbies: Naughty Noo Noo!'', ''Boohbah: Hot Dog'', ''Ghost Town'', ''Rugrats: Phil and Lil Double Trouble'', ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'', ''Rugrats: Grandpa's Favorite Stories'', ''Midnight Man'', ''The Phantom'', ''The Score'', ''A Very Brady Sequel'', ''Beavis and Butthead Do America'', ''The Ghost and the Darkness'' and ''[[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, some demo and screener tapes, 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 1991 screener VHS of ''Subspecies'', the logo is silent. This is probably an error on Paramount's part.
 
'''Availability:''' Depending on the version, but as a whole, common since it was used for 19 years. It appears on the majority of Paramount's home video releases.
*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 Paramount Communications variation (which is easier to find) debuted on the November 1989 VHS release of ''Scrooged'', and is also on the 1990 VHS release of ''Grease'', the 1991 VHS and Laserdisc releases of ''Ghost'', both ''Wayne's World'' films, the 1993 release of ''Charlotte's Web'', and the 1998 widescreen VHS release of ''Forrest Gump''.
*The Viacom variant is extremely common and appears on nearly every Paramount VHS release from 1995 onwards, starting with the June 1995 VHS release of ''Drop Zone''.
*The final Paramount film released on VHS and to use this logo was the 2006 VHS of ''Yours, Mine & Ours'' (2005 remake), and the last retail tape to use it overall was the 2006 VHS of ''Go Diego Go!: Diego Saves Christmas'', which is also the final retail Paramount VHS ever released. This bumper continued to be used on screener tapes until December 27, 2008, and was spotted on screener copies of ''An Inconvenient Truth'', ''The Wonder Pets: Save The Wonder Pets!'', and ''Ghost Town'', none of which have retail VHS counterparts.
*On the 1991 LaserDisc release of ''Apocalypse Now'', the demo VHS releases of ''Scrooged'' and ''Hawks'', the 1991 VHS of ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', the 1998 VHS release of ''Titanic'', most French Canadian Paramount tapes after [[Malofilm Video|Malofilm Video]] ceased distribution of Paramount titles, and CHC prints of ''Payback'', this logo is not shown at all, it just goes straight to the warning screen, while on the 1997 releases of ''The Godfather'' trilogy, the logo cuts to black before the 1995 [[THX]] logo, as the warnings are placed at the beginning, separate from the logo.
*The normal version strangely appears on the original 1989 VHS release of ''Major League,'' a Columbia House print of the VHS of ''The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'', the 1991 ''Star Trek: The Movies'' VHS box set (pan and scan version only; the widescreen edition of the box set uses the other voiceover), a 1995 reprint of ''Black Rain'', the 2005 reissues of ''Mean Girls'' and ''School of Rock'', certain prints of ''Paycheck,'' and the promotional copy of ''Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'', despite all of those releases having no previews before the film.
*The "COMING ATTRACTIONS" and alternate voiceover versions very rarely appear on the same tape. One tape where this ''does'' happen is the 1993 release of ''Delicatessen''.
*This and the preceding "Stay Tuned After the Movie" bumper make surprise appearances on British VHS releases that have special features at the end of the tape, such as ''The Italian Job'' and ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life''. All other UK VHS releases from 2003-06 just use a variant based on the UK coming attractions bumpers.
*This appears on demo and screener VHS tapes of PBS Kids shows from 2004 to 2006, namely ''Boohbah'', ''Caillou'', ''Teletubbies'', ''Cyberchase'', and ''Postcards From Buster''. The normal releases just start with the warning screen used on Paramount DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
*Used in tandem with the 10th logo on 2002/January 2003 releases, as seen on ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween'', ''Babalu Music! I Love Lucy’s Greatest Hits'', ''Clockstoppers'', ''Maryland's March: The Official 2002 NCAA Championship Video'', ''We Were Soldiers'', ''Blue's Clues: Meet Joe'', ''9/11: The Filmmakers' Commemorative Edition'', ''Rugrats: Halloween'', the original releases of ''Crossroads'', ''Vanilla Sky'', and ''Orange County'', the Special Edition VHS release of ''Rat Race'', the retail versions of ''Hey Arnold!: The Movie'' and ''Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat'', the demo VHS releases of ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories'', ''Rugrats: Mysteries'' and ''The Sum of All Fears'', and later prints and the demo VHS of ''Changing Lanes''.
 
'''Legacy:''' Perhaps one of the most famous logos in home video history, and has become a favorite of many.
 
===6th Logo (December 1993)===
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'''Availability:''' Very rare. This logo was seen on VHS releases by the company from the era around the Christmas season of 1993 that were available in McDonald's restaurants. The releases included ''Charlotte's Web'', ''Ghost'', ''The Addams Family'', and ''Wayne's World''.
'''Availability:''' Very rare. This logo was seen on VHS releases by the company from the era around the Christmas season of 1993 that were available in McDonald's restaurants. The releases included ''Charlotte's Web'', ''Ghost'', ''The Addams Family'', and ''Wayne's World''.


 
===6th Logo (November 12, 1996)===
 
===7th Logo (November 12, 1996)===
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'''Availability:''' Rare. Only seen on the original North American VHS release (both United States and Canadian prints) of ''Mission: Impossible''.
'''Availability:''' Rare. Only seen on the original North American VHS release (both United States and Canadian prints) of ''Mission: Impossible''.


 
===7th Logo (Early 1998-1999)===
 
===8th Logo (Early 1998-1999)===
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'''Legacy:''' A fantastic CGI effort that sadly was never used on an actual movie (not counting its usage in trailers). It also appears to be the base for the [[Paramount Classics]] logo, which virtually has the same animation albeit in reverse.
'''Legacy:''' A fantastic CGI effort that sadly was never used on an actual movie (not counting its usage in trailers). It also appears to be the base for the [[Paramount Classics]] logo, which virtually has the same animation albeit in reverse.


===9th Logo (May 7, 2002-December 27, 2008)===
===8th Logo (May 7, 2002-December 27, 2008)===
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'''Legacy:''' Same as its movie counterpart.
'''Legacy:''' Same as its movie counterpart.
===10th Logo (May 21-December 17, 2002)===
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'''Nicknames:''' "Feature Presentation II", "CGI Mountain III", "Mount Paramount II", "Perumount IV"
'''Logo:''' An enhanced version of the previous "Feature Presentation" logo. A full color version of the 2002 Paramount logo appears in a square that overlaps a background of four purple squares. A line of light passes over it, and then the Logo flies off and the squares peel off, pretty much like before. They reveal "FEATURE PRESENTATION" in a gold-yellow font flying into place, each word from a different end. The words now float against a dark cloud background, eventually zooming out towards the screen in a trail of gold light. The warning post appears as always, but with a dark blue background in place of the usual logo wallpaper.
'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the 5th logo, albeit with a moving cloud background and added flashing effects.
'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over:''' Same as the 5th logo.
'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variant:''' There is a very rare variant which uses the "Paramount is..." voiceover. This can be seen on ''Damaged Care'', ''Bleacher Bums'', ''My Horrible Year!'', ''Bobbie's Girl'', all demo VHS tapes with this logo, ''The Day Reagan Was Shot'', and alternate prints of ''The Sum of All Fears''. Depending on the release, there is no previews or this appears right after them.
'''Availability:''' Rare, due to its short lifespan, and this logo was only used for 8 months.
*The first release to use this was the second VHS print of ''Vanilla Sky'', and was seen on certain other 2002 Paramount Home Video VHS releases from the time frame after that, such as ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories'', ''The Sum of All Fears'', ''Lucky Break'', ''MTV Yoga'', subsequent prints of ''Crossroads'' and ''Orange County'', ''Dora the Explorer: Move to the Music'', ''The Day Reagan Was Shot'', ''Damaged Care'', ''My Horrible Year!'', five demo VHS tapes from the era (the demo versions of ''Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies'', ''Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Band'' and ''Hey Arnold!: The Movie''), all 3 ''Jackass'' volumes, ''Rugrats: Christmas'', ''Dora the Explorer: Christmas'', ''Little Bill: Merry Christmas, Little Bill'' and ''K-19: The Widowmaker''. The final release to use this was ''Bleacher Bums''.
*Some 2002 releases, strangely, have this logo's print version on the label and packaging, but do not have this logo on the tape, as they use the 5th logo instead. See the list above for details.
*The original VHS of ''Changing Lanes'' also has this logo, but it cuts to the 1995 warning screen instead of the 2002 one, due to a tape manufacturing error, and is probably due to the fact that the later release and the demo VHS use the previous Feature Presentation screen instead of this one.
'''Legacy:''' A worthy successor to the 5th logo, even if it was short-lived, though this can startle viewers who were otherwise expecting the 5th bumper and got this.


==Paramount DVD==
==Paramount DVD==
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