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Family Home Entertainment was a home video distribution company established by Noel C. Bloom in June 1981 to distribute family/kids releases. A year later, FHE launched a non-kids sub-division known as [[U.S.A. Home Video]], which would eventually evolve into [[Artisan Entertainment]]. Early releases were distributed by [[MGM/UA Home Video]] and in the late 80s, FHE's releases were distributed by [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment|MCA]] (mostly in Canada). In 2003, Lions Gate Films acquired and folded Artisan Entertainment and FHE became a sub-label before being rebranded as Lions Gate Family Entertainment in 2005.

'''Logo:''' The screen fades to a space background as a large pink/purple "sun" slowly moves towards us. After a few seconds of sizzling, it then transforms into the words "{{font color|purple|'''FAMILY HOME'''}}", set in "Baby Teeth" (whose digital incarnation goes by "Surfside"), a font very reminiscent of ''Pac-Man''. Then, "{{font color|green|'''ENTERTAINMENT'''}}" in the same font flies from behind the text on top of the screen and settles underneath the "{{font color|purple|'''FAMILY HOME'''}}" text. The logos then flash and become white. After a few seconds, the logo flies up with computer effects and we are left with only a shot of the stars before we fade out.

*At the end of some tapes such as ''Beauty and the Beast'' (the 1983 Ruby-Spears version), the "Prevues of Coming Attractions" ID (which was also used on [[Warner Home Video]] releases, albeit with a different soundtrack) fades to this logo when the "sun" appears. This also appeared on pre-1985 tapes from Monterey Home Video and [[U.S.A. Home Video]].

'''Logo:''' We start on a black screen. A school bus yellow screen "flips" in, with a design consisting of two solid lines and a segmented line in the middle (similar to what is used to practice writing alphabet letters in school). One at a time, the letters "{{Font color|red|f}}.{{Font color|blue|h}}.{{Font color|gold|e}}." are drawn on the lines in a crayon-like font. They are colored, in order, {{Font color|red|red}}, {{Font color|blue|blue}}, and {{Font color|gold|yellow}}, respectively. Black dots appear in between the letters. Under that the words "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">'''Family Home Entertainment'''</span>" appear, and then the picture zooms away downward toward the camera.

'''FX/SFX:''' The "flipping" screen and the drawn letters.

'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Can be seen on early releases of home video releases of shows such as ''Thundercats'', ''Transformers'', ''G.I. Joe'', ''Inspector Gadget'', ''Amigo and Friends'', ''The Adventures of the Little Koala'', and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', among others. Also spotted on some [[Rankin-Bass]] video releases of the time, the Chuck Jones releases of ''Rikki-Tikki-Tavi'', ''Mowgli's Brothers'', and ''The White Seal''. You may also spot this on a few Japanese anime tapes like ''Robotech'' or some tapes of British cartoons like ''Wil Cwac Cwac'' and ''Roobarb'', and the Australian ''Dot'' cartoons should have this logo, too. The variant without the "WHOOSH!" at the end can be spotted on several ''Robotech'' releases from 1987, as well as ''The Teddy Bears' Picnic'' and ''Babar: The Movie'' from 1989. Also seen on later ''Gumby'' and ''Care Bears'' VHS releases.

'''Availability:''' Common. Can be seen on most FHE releases from the '90s, including later ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' tapes (surprisingly, it appeared on 2006 and 2007 DVDs of TMNT, specifically at the end of the episodes "Plan 6 from Outer Space", "Farewell Lotus Blossom", "Michelangelo Meets Bugman" and "What's Michelangelo Good For?", probably due to VHS masters being used), the original release of ''Tom and Jerry: The Movie'' and many Rankin-Bass and Lacewood Christmas specials by FHE. One of the last tapes to use this logo was the [[Hallmark Home Entertainment]] release of ''Merlin''. The still version can be seen on ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'' (earlier prints use the former logo, not still) and ''Bruno the Kid: The Last Christmas''. Surprisingly appears in full on the screener cassettes of ''Queens Logic'' and ''Bloodmoon'' before a preview for a ''Babar'' tape, as well as on the screener cassettes of ''Bad Lieutenant'' and ''Almost Blue'' before a preview for the first ten volumes of ''Robotech''.

'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Appears on most FHE releases up until 2001, such as ''Clifford The Big Red Dog: Here Comes Clifford'', post-1997 prints of ''The Littlest Angel'', and ''It's a Wonderful Life''. The URL variant can be seen on a few 1999 ''Kipper'' VHS releases.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A jingle used with many musical instruments (two of which are an oboe and tuba) and sound effects (the really processed Warner Bros. airplane dive to start, and some boinging sounds, likely Disney-esque). Sometimes, it's silent.

*On the variant with the FHE website, the voice-over says "Family Home Entertainment. From our family to yours, there's always something special for everyone, at www.familyhomeent.com".