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**However, ever since the merger between Turner and Time Warner in 1996, many of the shows have since passed on to [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution]] (now under WarnerMedia) and thus newer prints of these shows and movies will use WB logos. | **However, ever since the merger between Turner and Time Warner in 1996, many of the shows have since passed on to [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution]] (now under WarnerMedia) and thus newer prints of these shows and movies will use WB logos. | ||
**However, the logo has still managed to end up here and there on some post-1996 releases. | **However, the logo has still managed to end up here and there on some post-1996 releases. | ||
*The long version | *The long version was seen before several short films on TCM (usually preceded by a TCM Extras bumper), but is usually replaced with the current TCM logo on feature films. | ||
*The print logo itself continued to be used until 2015, when they introduced a new print logo. | *The print logo itself continued to be used until 2015, when they introduced a new print logo. | ||
*The logo is also still kept on much of the [[Hanna-Barbera]] library. | *The logo is also still kept on much of the [[Hanna-Barbera]] library. | ||
**The short version can also still be seen on Tooncast broadcasts in Latin America of ''The Flintstones'', ''The Jetsons'' (both remastered and 1980s pre-Turner masters also retain it), ''Top Cat'' and all three shows on the Boomerang U.S. channel whenever they decide to rerun them again. | **The short version can also still be seen on Tooncast broadcasts in Latin America of ''The Flintstones'', ''The Jetsons'' (both remastered and 1980s pre-Turner masters also retain it), ''Top Cat'' and all three shows on the Boomerang U.S. channel whenever they decide to rerun them again. | ||
**It was also kept on Boomerang reruns of ''The Atom Ant Show'', two ''Jonny Quest'' episodes ("Arctic Splashdown" and "Curse of Anubis"), two episodes of ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'', ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' (even modern home video releases kept it), and some Hanna-Barbera specials like ''The Town That Santa Forgot'', ''A Flintstones Family Christmas'', ''A Flintstones Christmas'' and ''Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights'', respectively. | **It was also kept on Boomerang reruns of ''The Atom Ant Show'', two ''Jonny Quest'' episodes ("Arctic Splashdown" and "Curse of Anubis"), two episodes of ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'', ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' (even modern home video releases kept it), and some Hanna-Barbera specials like ''The Town That Santa Forgot'', ''A Flintstones Family Christmas'', ''A Flintstones Christmas'' and ''Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights'', respectively. | ||
**The short version also | **The short version is also intact at the end of the DVD print of the ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers'' episode "Mind Pollution" included on the 2017 Australian DVD boxset release of ''Captain Planet and the Planeteers Complete Collection'', following the 1983 [[Turner Program Services]] logo. | ||
**Canada's Teletoon Retro also kept the short logo on their prints of ''The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo'', ''The Scooby-Doo Show'' and ''The New Yogi Bear Show'' (1988 series), respectively. | **Canada's Teletoon Retro also kept the short logo on their prints of ''The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo'', ''The Scooby-Doo Show'', and ''The New Yogi Bear Show'' (1988 series), respectively. | ||
**European broadcasts, however, always erase out both versions of the logo on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, TCM or TNT; if it appears, it's usually unintentional. | **European broadcasts, however, always erase out both versions of the logo on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, TCM or TNT; if it appears, it's usually unintentional. | ||
*The short version of this logo also | *The short version of this logo is also preserved on the 1996 UK VHS release ''Wacky Races: Bumper Edition'', and the 1997 UK VHS release of ''The Perils of Penelope Pitstop: Bumper Edition'' (the former following the 1968 H-B "Zooming H-B" logo and the latter following the silent variant of the 1969 H-B "Multiplying Rectangles" logo, respectively), the ''Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'' (1980-81 series) episode "Alaskan King Coward" on both the ''Scooby-Doo! Holiday Collection'' and ''Scooby-Doo! Winter Wonderdog'' DVD releases (following the 1994 H-B "Comedy All-Stars" logo), and at the end of the 2002 UK VHS release of ''The Banana Splits'' from Warner Home Video. | ||
*The long version can also be still seen whenever ''Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School'' (1988) airs on Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Tooncast, and also | *The long version can also be still seen whenever ''Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School'' (1988) airs on Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Tooncast, and is also intact at the start of the 2002 UK VHS release thereof from [[Warner Home Video]], as well as at the end of the 1966 ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'' special on Cartoon Network. | ||
*The slowed-down variant of the short version | *The slowed-down variant of the short version cane be found on the 1989 UK VHS release of ''Porky Pig and Friends'', the 1990 UK VHS release of ''Tom and Jerry's 50th Birthday Classics: Vol. 2'', and the 1995 UK VHS release of ''Tom and Jerry: Vol. 7: Mouse Line & Sinker'', all from [[MGM/UA Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]], respectively. | ||
*The enhanced version was also found on films like ''Nine 1/2 Weeks'' (surprisingly, the [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] PAL DVD release of said film also retains it as well) and ''Oxford Blues'' on the Encore networks, and also | *The enhanced version was also found on films like ''Nine 1/2 Weeks'' (surprisingly, the [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]] PAL DVD release of said film also retains it as well) and ''Oxford Blues'' on the Encore networks, and is also intact on the original DVD releases of ''Poltergeist'', ''The Wizard of Oz'', ''A Christmas Story'' (it was also spotted on a 2001 TNT airing), ''Logan's Run'', ''How The West Was Won'', the 1998 U.S. VHS release of ''Gone with the Wind'', and the 2000 U.S. VHS release of ''Shaft'' (1971), among other pre-1986 MGM films from MGM/UA Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video. | ||
*It was also seen on Movies! airings of ''Crossfire'' (1947). | *It was also seen on Movies! airings of ''Crossfire'' (1947). | ||
*The short version was also sighted at the end of a ''Huckleberry Hound'' cartoon on Boomerang in 2001 (which was "Bars and Stripes"), and the short also even ended up like that on at least one rerun on the Latin American Boomerang. | *The short version was also sighted at the end of a ''Huckleberry Hound'' cartoon on Boomerang in 2001 (which was "Bars and Stripes"), and the short also even ended up like that on at least one rerun on the Latin American Boomerang. | ||
**The same also happened with a ''Pixie and Dixie'' cartoon ("Goldfish Fever"). This was odd, as these cartoons aired in a three-hour block. | **The same also happened with a ''Pixie and Dixie'' cartoon ("Goldfish Fever"). This was odd, as these cartoons aired in a three-hour block. | ||
*The original version also | *The original version is also preserved on international ''Tom & Jerry Kids'' VHS releases. | ||
*The long version | *The long version was also seen on a mid-2010s airing of ''Hey There, It's Yogi Bear'' (1964) on the Australian TV channel "[[9Go!|GO!]]" (now known as 9Go!), as well as a 2017 airing of ''Teahouse of the August Moon'' followed by the 1956 MGM "George the Lion" logo. | ||
*The long version also | *The long version is also preserved at the start of the 1993 UK VHS releases of ''Tom and Jerry's Festival of Fun'' and ''Tom and Jerry on Parade'' from MGM/UA Home Video, the 1995 UK VHS release of ''The Pagemaster'' (1994) from [[Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment|Columbia TriStar Home Video]], the 1996 UK VHS release of ''Daffy Duck & Company'' from MGM/UA Home Video, and the 2001 UK VHS release of ''Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers'' (1987) from Warner Home Video, respectively, among many others. | ||
*The version with the planet on the right side and the green and white marquee | *The version with the planet on the right side and the green and white marquee cane be found on the Taiwanese Video CD release of ''The Sea Wolf''. | ||
*The short version can also be seen at the end of all five episodes of ''Scooby-Doo, Where are You!'' on the DVD release "Original Mysteries", preceded by the "Action" variant of the 1994 Hanna-Barbera logo. | *The short version can also be seen at the end of all five episodes of ''Scooby-Doo, Where are You!'' on the DVD release "Original Mysteries", preceded by the "Action" variant of the 1994 Hanna-Barbera logo. | ||
**Also, it | **Also, it is preserved at the end of every episode on both the VHS and DVD releases of the "Cartoon Crack-Ups" set. | ||
*It is known that the logo was present from the start on every 1995 "new modern remaster" of the series and feature films done by Turner before the broadcasters and home video staff made any edits to the prints. | *It is known that the logo was present from the start on every 1995 "new modern remaster" of the series and feature films done by Turner before the broadcasters and home video staff made any edits to the prints. | ||
**While the WarnerMedia-owned channels often plaster out the logo (especially on international airings), local channels not affiliated with Warner always keep the prints of the shows and films they air unaltered (besides needed censorship), so all the beginning and end logos are kept as is, including this one, which is why the logo was seen on 2000s overseas airings of shows including ''Droopy Master Detective'', ''Tom and Jerry Kids'', ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'', ''The Scooby-Doo Show'', ''The Tom and Jerry Show'' (1975), ''The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show'' and ''Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'' (both 1979 and 1980 versions) on CTC in Russia, ''The Addams Family'' (1992 animated series) on Nova TV in Bulgaria, ''The Richie Rich Show'' (1980) on Planet Çocuk in Turkey, some episodes of ''The Mask: The Animated Series'' on THT in Russia, ''The Flintstones'', ''Top Cat'' and ''The Scooby-Doo Show'' on TV Prima in Czechia, ''Yogi's Treasure Hunt'', ''The Scooby-Doo Show'', ''The Flintstones'' and ''Paddington Bear'' (1989 series) on TV Puls 2, plus some syndicated airings of the pre-1986 MGM and pre-1948 WB libraries (like ''Kelly's Heroes'' on AMC, ''A Time to Sing'' on Circle and the TV series ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' on GoodLife TV Network / YTA TV). | **While the WarnerMedia-owned channels often plaster out the logo (especially on international airings), local channels not affiliated with Warner always keep the prints of the shows and films they air unaltered (besides needed censorship), so all the beginning and end logos are kept as is, including this one, which is why the logo was seen on 2000s overseas airings of shows including ''Droopy Master Detective'', ''Tom and Jerry Kids'', ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'', ''The Scooby-Doo Show'', ''The Tom and Jerry Show'' (1975), ''The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show'', and ''Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo'' (both 1979 and 1980 versions) on CTC in Russia, ''The Addams Family'' (1992 animated series) on Nova TV in Bulgaria, ''The Richie Rich Show'' (1980) on Planet Çocuk in Turkey, some episodes of ''The Mask: The Animated Series'' on THT in Russia, ''The Flintstones'', ''Top Cat'', and ''The Scooby-Doo Show'' on TV Prima in Czechia, ''Yogi's Treasure Hunt'', ''The Scooby-Doo Show'', ''The Flintstones'', and ''Paddington Bear'' (1989 series) on TV Puls 2, plus some syndicated airings of the pre-1986 MGM and pre-1948 WB libraries (like ''Kelly's Heroes'' on AMC, ''A Time to Sing'' on Circle, and the TV series ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'' on GoodLife TV Network / YTA TV). | ||
*While live-action television series from the Turner library would always have the long extended version of the logo, be it before the intro or after the end credits, there is one exception: the 1977-1983 MGM series ''CHiPs'' actually ends with the shortened variant of the logo. | *While live-action television series from the Turner library would always have the long extended version of the logo, be it before the intro or after the end credits, there is one exception: the 1977-1983 MGM series ''CHiPs'' actually ends with the shortened variant of the logo. | ||
*The short version is also kept on the "Dexter's Laboratory: Season One" DVD release. | *The short version is also kept on the "Dexter's Laboratory: Season One" DVD release. | ||
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**Not only that, but post-2014 reruns of the ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' episode "What a Night for a Knight" on the channel featured only a small nano-second frame of this logo after the 1994 H-B All-Stars "Action" logo before cutting to the promos and commercial break. | **Not only that, but post-2014 reruns of the ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' episode "What a Night for a Knight" on the channel featured only a small nano-second frame of this logo after the 1994 H-B All-Stars "Action" logo before cutting to the promos and commercial break. | ||
*The logo is also kept on the Warner Archive Collection DVD release of the 1995 ''Dumb and Dumber'' animated series, as well as on Amazon and iTunes prints thereof. | *The logo is also kept on the Warner Archive Collection DVD release of the 1995 ''Dumb and Dumber'' animated series, as well as on Amazon and iTunes prints thereof. | ||
**The same can also be said for a few episodes of ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'', | **The same can also be said for a few episodes of ''A Pup Named Scooby-Doo'', although most of them have the 1988 [[Worldvision Enterprises]] logo instead, following the 1988 version of the 1986 CGI "Swirling Star" Hanna-Barbera logo. | ||
**It is also kept on the Warner Archive Collection DVD release of ''Josie & The Pussycats in Outer Space'', and also on the DVD release of the 1993 special ''The Halloween Tree''. | **It is also kept on the Warner Archive Collection DVD release of ''Josie & The Pussycats in Outer Space'', and also on the DVD release of the 1993 special ''The Halloween Tree''. | ||
*The short version of this logo still | *The short version of this logo is still intact on the Boomerang streaming service prints of ''The Flintstones'', most episodes of ''The Jetsons'', ''Top Cat'', ''Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics'', ''Yogi's Galaxy Goof-Ups'', ''Yogi's First Christmas'' (1980), some episodes of ''Johnny Quest'' and a few episodes of ''Tom and Jerry Kids'' among others. | ||
**Tubi prints of ''The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries'' also kept it, as they use older prints (conversely, the HBO Max prints are restored and therefore lack the logo), as does ''The Halloween Tree'' (1993) on the same service. | **Tubi prints of ''The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries'' also kept it, as they use older prints (conversely, the HBO Max prints are restored and therefore lack the logo), as does ''The Halloween Tree'' (1993) on the same service. | ||
*The short version of this logo was also spotted at the end of the ''Yogi Bear'' episode "Bear on a Picnic" on HBO Max, as part of a combo with the 2003 Warner Bros. Television logo. | *The short version of this logo was also spotted at the end of the ''Yogi Bear'' episode "Bear on a Picnic" on HBO Max, as part of a combo with the 2003 Warner Bros. Television logo. | ||
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*The matted widescreen/green marquee version is only known to appear on the 1993 25th Anniversary VHS release of ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968). | *The matted widescreen/green marquee version is only known to appear on the 1993 25th Anniversary VHS release of ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968). | ||
*It was also spotted on Grit airings of ''The Treasure of Pancho Villa'' and ''Devil's Canyon'', respectively. | *It was also spotted on Grit airings of ''The Treasure of Pancho Villa'' and ''Devil's Canyon'', respectively. | ||
*The B&W version was also sighted on Amazon Prime Video's print of ''Step by Step'' (1946), and some prints of ''Idiot's Delight'', ''Honeymoon for Three'', ''Laughing Sinners'' and ''Strange Interlude'' as well. | *The B&W version was also sighted on Amazon Prime Video's print of ''Step by Step'' (1946), and some prints of ''Idiot's Delight'', ''Honeymoon for Three'', ''Laughing Sinners'', and ''Strange Interlude'' as well. | ||
===2nd Logo (January 1, 1988)=== | ===2nd Logo (January 1, 1988)=== | ||
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'''Audio:''' A snippet of the ''Droopy'' cartoon "Drag-A-Long Droopy", which is an echoed gunshot after Droopy says the line "Exciting, isn't it?". | '''Audio:''' A snippet of the ''Droopy'' cartoon "Drag-A-Long Droopy", which is an echoed gunshot after Droopy says the line "Exciting, isn't it?". | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Seen only on the documentary ''Tex Avery: King of Cartoons''. | ||
===3rd Logo (October 1988-December 4, 1993, 2001)=== | ===3rd Logo (October 1988-December 4, 1993, 2001)=== | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*An alternate variation of the logo from ''The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind'' | *An alternate variation of the logo from ''The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind'' cane be found on some VHS re-releases. This time, the background is a shot of a night sky covered by dark clouds and the full moon scattered in the middle. The {{color|fuchsia}} star appears taking the most from the middle of the screen, while the filmstrips that surround it have a full solid color. After a few seconds, it skrinks while moving a bit below and upwards in its initial position from the original logo. The rest of the text in the same {{color|fuchsia}} color then fades in and is positioned like in the original logo. | ||
*An in-credit version appears on ''Tom and Jerry Kids'': | *An in-credit version appears on ''Tom and Jerry Kids'': | ||
**The filmstrip star along with the "{{font|Serif|TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.}}" text (in the same serif font from ''Gone with the Wind'') appear near each other in a white color. Above is a white "'''''Hanna-Barbera'''''" logo in its cursive trademark font at that time with a {{color|silver}}-looking Swirling Star (1979-1986 style) on the left. A tiny "A" and "and" appear above and below the Hanna-Barbera logo in Arial font, while "'''CARTOON'''" is below the Turner font on the same size but a bit bigger. All of this appears on a grass-like {{color|green}} background with a sunburst effect, while the text and the logos have a shadow effect. The whole text reads as "A '''''Hanna-Barbera''''' and {{font|Serif|TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.}} '''CARTOON'''". | **The filmstrip star along with the "{{font|Serif|TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.}}" text (in the same serif font from ''Gone with the Wind'') appear near each other in a white color. Above is a white "'''''Hanna-Barbera'''''" logo in its cursive trademark font at that time with a {{color|silver}}-looking Swirling Star (1979-1986 style) on the left. A tiny "A" and "and" appear above and below the Hanna-Barbera logo in Arial font, while "'''CARTOON'''" is below the Turner font on the same size but a bit bigger. All of this appears on a grass-like {{color|green}} background with a sunburst effect, while the text and the logos have a shadow effect. The whole text reads as "A '''''Hanna-Barbera''''' and {{font|Serif|TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO.}} '''CARTOON'''". | ||
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'''Availability:''' Turner used this logo mainly as a print logo during this era, and any onscreen appearance of this logo is quite rare. | '''Availability:''' Turner used this logo mainly as a print logo during this era, and any onscreen appearance of this logo is quite rare. | ||
*The Time Warner variant was seen on some modern home video releases of MGM features, like the 2001 special edition of the 1970 documentary film ''Elvis: That's the Way It Is''. | *The Time Warner variant was seen on some modern home video releases of MGM features, like the 2001 special edition of the 1970 documentary film ''Elvis: That's the Way It Is''. | ||
*The H-B/Turner combo can be seen on seasons 2-4 of ''Tom & Jerry Kids'' | *The H-B/Turner combo can be seen on seasons 2-4 of ''Tom & Jerry Kids'', and can also still be seen on the show's prints on the Boomerang streaming service. It was later revealed that this logo appeared in what is considered to be the original airing of the season 1 short "Flippin' Fido" (if it didn't even contain the actual intro and credits) on ''Tom and Jerry: The Deluxe Anniversary Collection'', where that variation was restored. | ||
*The variants from ''The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind'' are seen on said documentary, although it was not seen much anywhere after the VHS releases. | *The variants from ''The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind'' are seen on said documentary, although it was not seen much anywhere after the VHS releases. | ||