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===3rd Logo (August 9, 1985-October 17, 2003)===

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'''Nicknames:''' "The Snake", "Thunderball III", "Touchstone Thunderball III", "Snake Thunderball"

'''Logo:''' On a black background, a {{Font color|blue|blue}} oblong moves from the right side of the screen to the left. As it shrinks to the left of the screen, the stacked text "TOUCHSTONE PICTURES" slides next to it. After the oblong morphs into a {{Font color|blue|blue}} ball, the text shines from right to left before hitting the ball. After the text hits the ball, the ball flashes and glows orange, gaining the thunderbolt from the last 2 logos on it.

'''Variants:'''

* At the end of a French television broadcast of ''Six Days, Seven Nights'' on the Chérie 25 network, a shortened version was used (most likely as a result of time compression), which starts with the text shining and also cuts to the 2006 [[Buena Vista International Television]] logo before it fades out.  

'''FX/SFX:''' The stretching ball, the "flash" and the "electricity", pretty good 2D animation (sometimes 3D during the logo's later years) from [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Productions]] (now known as [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]]).

'''Music/Sounds:''' A series of synthesized bells, ending in a "twang" when the circle and thunder meet, composed by John Debney. In other cases, it used the opening/closing theme of the movie or its silent. On some films, such as ''The Color of Money'', ''3 Ninjas'' and ''The Waterboy'', the film's opening score deliberately syncs up with the logo's animation. In later years, the theme was rarely used, at a point that starting in the early 2000s, it was mainly mostly used on [[Spyglass Media Group|Spyglass Entertainment]] productions.  

'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''

'''Availability:''' Common, due to its longevity of nearly 20 years. It's found on many movies produced by the company during this time. It was first seen on ''My Science Project'' and was last seen on ''Shanghai Knights'', released on February 7, 2003, but made one last surprise appearance on ''Veronica Guerin''. This logo wasn't seen at all on ''Gangs of New York'', ''Jerky Boys: The Movie'', and overseas theatrical prints of ''Face/Off'', ''Air Force One'', ''Starship Troopers'', and ''Die Hard With a Vengeance'' (for the latter, co-producer [[Cinergi Pictures Entertainment|Cinergi]] sold most international theatrical rights to Disney/Buena Vista). However, all overseas TV, video, and streaming releases of the former 3 films start with the [[Buena Vista International]] logo, while ''Die Hard With a Vengeance'' (save the European [[Touchstone Home Entertainment]] Blu-ray which contains Buena Vista International) only opens with Cinergi. It is unclear if either this logo or Buena Vista International appears on international prints of either ''End of Days'' or ''The Hurricane'' (both [[Beacon Pictures]] productions), though some European DVDs contain the home video variant of this logo on the latter film. This logo was seen on pre-2006 prints of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', though newer remastered prints have it plastered with the 2006 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo starting with the 3D re-release (though Touchstone is still listed at the end of the closing credits). It can still be found on pre-2006 DVD and VHS releases of said film. Surprisingly, this can be seen at the start of the original UK VHS release of ''Pulp Fiction'', before the [[Miramax Films]] logo.  

'''Editor's Note:''' One of the most iconic logos of the 1980s and 1990s, thanks to its mystical music and memorable animation.