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'''Variants:'''

* A variant has been seen on only a couple of TV movies of the era, such as the live-action telefilm ''The Gathering''. Mainly nicknamed "Solid Rainbow H-B", it was a still shot with more solid colors ({{color|gold|yellow}}, {{color|orange}}, {{color|red}}, {{color|hotpink|pink}}, {{color|indigo}}, {{color|blue}}) and segmented lines running inside the design. It's also horizontal and the byline is still intact.

* A variant features the "H-B" in a more straightforward stencil font, more towards the top of the screen and a large {{color|limegreen|lime green}}/{{color|olive|olive-brown}} "77" in the same style underneath, made out of several vertical lines. There are no "HANNA-BARBERA"s in either figure. The variant begins with this design cascading and forming on-screen, followed by four "starbursts" appearing,. The whole scene then gives way to four small circles that join together and zoom in to become a giant rotating circle, surrounded by a string of flashing live-action lights. Within the circle appear several (fairly obscure) Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters: Precious Pupp, Mumbly, Atom Ant, Winsome Witch, Squiddly Diddly and Chief Winchley, Pa Rugg from ''The Hillbilly Bears'', and Secret Squirrel. The circle and lights then disappear, and (to the beat of the sound effects in the music) a starburst "explodes" three times before the "HB77" logo forms again onscreen. At the bottom for part of the animation is the text "Dolphin Productions/New York", referring to [[Dolphin Productions]], a New York-based company that incorporated the first computer-generated effects in TV logos and advertisements, being the production company behind this variant. This logo was only used in 1977 and was created as an interstitial for the Hanna-Barbera programming block "HB '77" that aired on [[Rede Globo]] in Brazil that year. Another variant is rumoured to exist with an "HB 78" logo.

* Starting in 1977, the logo does not enlarge, and is also smaller as a result.

'''Availability:''' It's usually preserved on ''Hong Kong Phooey'', ''The Super Friends Hour'', ''Clue Club'', ''Jabberjaw'', ''Challenge of the Super Friends'', ''Dynomutt: Dog Wonder'', ''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels'', seasons 1-3 of ''The Scooby-Doo Show'', and some episodes of ''Yogi's Space Race'' whenever someone decides to show them.

** However, on some prints of the latter, the credits are either cut off early or plastered with the 1988 version of the 1986 "CGI Swirling Star"; the same case was also on Boomerang airings of ''Galaxy Goof Ups'' (but intact on both on Boomerang streaming service's prints.)

* This logo is also available on DVD releases of ''Hong Kong Phooey'', seasons 1 and 3 of ''The Scooby-Doo Show'' (also available on Blu-ray and HBO Max with the 2003 WB TV Distribution logo appearing after it), ''Dynomutt: Dog Wonder'', and the Warner Archive release of ''Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels'' (also intact on the Boomerang streaming service).

* The 1977 version of this logo was also seen on the 1st season of ''The All-New Popeye Hour''.

* The original version of this logo also seen on ''The Tom & Jerry Show'' (1975) before the 1973 MGM Television logo (however, it is blacked out on both the Boomerang streaming service and Tubi prints of the series).

* The original version of this logo also appears on ''The Scooby-Doo Show'' seasons 1-3 on HBO Max, followed by the 2003 WB TV Distribution logo at the end.

* The original version of this logo was also seen on the 2023 Boomerang U.S. airings of ''Jabberjaw'', which is then followed by the 1988 Worldvision Enterprises logo.