Warner Bros. Animation: Difference between revisions

*On ''The Bugs Bunny Show'', the WB shield is seen on a red background. After a short fanfare, Bugs Bunny (voiced by Mel Blanc) appears, and says, "This folks, is a Warner Bros. Television production." The shield closes. At the end of the show, the Warner Bros. Television logo appears.

** A Spanish version of the line was used in the [[Warner Bros. Cartoons]] logo for Latin Spanish releases, Bugs says "Esto amigos, es una producción de la Warner Brothers para la televisión".

'''Technique:''' For ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' and ''The Porky Pig Show'', it's hand drawn animation. None for ''The Road Runner Show''.

'''Audio:''' The closing theme of the show. On ''The Road Runner Show'', we hear the Road Runner's distinctive "Beep beep!" and tongue-popping-out sound effect.

'''Availability:''' It's seen on TV broadcasts of ''The Porky Pig Show'' and ''The Road Runner Show''.

* ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour'' has the shield on a red background. The color of the shield is yellow, and the company name is absent. Suddenly, Bugs Bunny (once again voiced by Mel Blanc) pops out of the shield, and says the following: "This has been a Warner Bros. Seven Arts-". Road Runner then appears on screen and says: "Beep, beep!". Bugs then continues: "Like the bird says, this has been a Warner Bros.-Seven Arts television presentation". The shield then closes.

'''Visuals:''' There is the concentric circles, with "WARNER BROS. INC.", "WARNER BROS. CARTOONS INC.", "WARNER BROS. PICTURES", "WARNER BROS. CLASSIC ANIMATION" and "WARNER BROS ANIMATION INC." on the top, and "Present" or "Presents" on the bottom from 1987 on. Then the WB shield (in either red and white or blue and gold) zooms in. A few seconds later, it may either fade to a character's head or none.

*At the end of ''Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century'', the center in the closing logo was colored pink (the final scene of that cartoon) and Marvin the Martian saying the closing words, "Don't worry folks! After all, it's only a cartoon.". Right after saying that, his helmet visor drops down over his eyes.

*On ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie,'' a custom opening was used. Here, the closing logo plays shortly after the [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] logo, but Bugs Bunny pops in from the left side of the screen and looks at the viewer, unimpressed as he twitches his nose twice. He then goes back offscreen and pushes the concentric circles off screen revealing a blue backstage behind them. He examines the script as he twitches his nose twice again before splitting "That's" and "all Folks!" and using his ears to insert "NOT" in between them (the phrase now reads "That's <u>NOT</u> all Folks!"). Bugs Bunny then raises his eyebrows twice before exiting left. The concentric circles come back the studio logo plays as normal. Afterwards, Bugs Bunny pulls up the concentric rings while resting on the phrase "Bugs Bunny" as he bites on his carrot as usual.

* In ''Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers'' and (''Blooper) Bunny'', Bugs Bunny would sit on the print WB shield (in red and white) and much some carrots. Then he would pull the ''Looney Tunes'' title down like a window-shade (a la the 1942-1948 opening). Plus, the circles are orange and the background is black.

* In ''From Hare to Eternity'', ''Superior Duck'', ''Pullet Surprise'' and ''Father of the Bird'', the circles are blue and the background is red.

* In ''Box-Office Bunny'', the circles are purple/green and the background is orange.

* In ''Little Go Beep'', the shield fades to the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote's heads. For the closing, on the concentric circles with Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner's heads (in their ''Baby Looney Tunes'' versions) and "That's all Folks!" in a childish font writes itself in on the top. The ''Baby Looney Tunes'' logo and "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON" are on the bottom. Baby Wile's tooth shines.

'''Technique:''' Hand drawn animation.

* The 1990-2000 versions were seen on ''Looney Tunes'' from the era, notably ''Carrotblanca, Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers,'' ''(Blooper) Bunny,'' and ''Little Go Beep,'' among others.

'''Visuals:''' Over a royal blue wallpaper of little WB print shields, we see Bugs Bunny in the spotlight, prompted on top of the company name "{{color|#00ff00|'''WARNER BROS. ANIMATION INC.'''}}" in yellow-green.

'''Technique:''' Hand drawn animation.

'''Audio Variants:'''  

 

* On ''Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends'', an announcer says "''Merrie Melodies'' is a production of Warner Bros. Animation, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television" (the last part is heard over the 1990 [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television Distribution]] logo).  

* On some Looney Tunes videos of the early 90s, no background music is used, just the sound of Bugs munching his carrot.

'''Availability:''' Appeared on syndicated episodes of ''Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends'', as well as various ''Looney Tunes'' TV specials (often plastering over older logos from the 1970s and 1980s, in many cases the 5th logo but sometimes even the 6th [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] logo on any specials originally using the aforementioned logos). It's first known sighting was the special ''Bugs & Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars.''

'''Visuals:''' On a cloud background, we see the standard WB shield in a small, different looking design. The banner reads "<span style="font-family:times-new-roman;">'''WARNER BROS. ANIMATION'''</span>".

* 1990-1992: "<span style="font-family:times-new-roman;">'''A TIME WARNER COMPANY'''</span>"

* 1992-1995: "<span style="font-family:times-new-roman;">'''A TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY'''</span>"

* On the intro of ''Batman: The Animated Series'', it's bylineless. It also fades into the two spotlights on the police blimp.

* On the intro of ''Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation'', the logo is on a different cloud background and then it zooms out, like the actual intro of the show.

* It's seen at the beginning of every episode of ''Batman: The Animated Series''.

* The byline variants were seen at the beginning of ''Taz-Mania'' and the end of ''Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation''.

* This was also seen at the beginning of some reruns of ''Beetlejuice'', when it was on [[Nickelodeon]] and [[Cartoon Network]].

* It also appeared at the end of ''The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show's'' seventh season (1992) and at the beginning of ''Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation''.

* It does not appear on ''Animaniacs'' or the main ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' series.

* On some ''Animaniacs'' episodes (such as "The Presidents Song/Don't Tread on Us/The Flame Returns" and "Birds on a Wire/Scoring Session/The Animaniacs Suite" (the final episode)), the logo is bylineless.

=== 9th Logo (Late 1990s-Early 2000s?) ===

'''Visuals:''' The Warner Bros. logo inside the concentric circles cuts onto the screen. Then, the WB logo zooms in towards the camera. It then goes down off-screen to show Bugs Bunny's face. The circles then zoom out a bit to reveal the sky background from the [[Warner Bros. Family Entertainment]] logo, and the letters "Looney Tunes" slide in. A print WB logo is also seen at the bottom of the circles.

* 2001-2003: Same as the [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] logo of the time, but the banner reads "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''TELEVISION ANIMATION'''}}". Underneath is the byline, "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''An AOL Time Warner Company'''}}" and the "www.warnerbros.com" URL.

* 2003-2009: The banner was changed to read "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''WARNER BROS. ANIMATION'''}}" across with the "www.warnerbros.com" URL underneath. This was most likely due to the closure of Warner Bros.' [[Warner Bros. Feature Animation|Feature Animation]] division in 2004, and the former television/direct-to-video unit became Warner Bros.' main animation department, akin to the Termite Terrace/Warner Bros. Cartoons days.

* Every show and DTV movie produced by Warner Bros. Animation from this period would feature an in-credit variant of the 2001 and 2003 shields, sometimes the latter would plaster over the 2001 in-credit shield also.

* On ''Chill Out, Scooby-Doo!'', a variant of the 2003 logo was seen with the Warner Bros. URL missing, just the shield on the clouds. This variant was also seen on ''The Batman'' episode "Night and the City", the ''Tom and Jerry Tales'' episodes "Fire Breathing Tom Cat / Medieval Menace / The Itch" and [[CBBC|CBBC]] UK airings of ''What's New Scooby Doo?'', early second season episodes of ''Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!'', ''Krypto the Superdog'', ''The Batman'', ''¡Mucha Lucha!'' and ''Baby Looney Tunes'', respectively.

* In September 2007, a variation was introduced with the byline "'''A {{Font|Times New Roman|TimeWarner}} Company'''" on the bottom. Last seen on ''Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword''.

* On ''Tom and Jerry: The Karate Guard'', a version is seen where the shield is much smaller, and underneath it is the byline "'''A {{Font|Times New Roman|TimeWarner}} Company'''" and the "www.warnerbros.com" URL. It is also a bit off-center.

* On Season 2 of ''Johnny Test'', the logo is cropped on both the 4:3 and 16:9 prints. This version has the URL slightly edited upwards. Oddly enough, Warner Bros. never was involved in the show during this season. A narrowed version of the variant also exists, and it is seen on French 4:3 prints of early season 2 episodes of said show.

* On Kids' WB! broadcasts of all WB animated shows until 2008, the logo appears in a split screen due to the block's own split-screen credits.

* The 2001 version can be found on early episodes of ''Justice League'' and first season episodes of ''Teen Titans'', among other shows. However newer HD prints of shows that used this logo have plastered it with the 2003 variant thus making it a bit harder to find. SD prints however often keep this variant. (both on-screen and in-credit)

* This appears on various shows on Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Kids' WB, including ''Teen Titans'', ''Justice League/Justice League Unlimited'', ''Loonatics Unleashed'', ''Tom and Jerry Tales'', ''Xiaolin Showdown'', ''Ozzy and Drix'', ''Krypto the Superdog'', ''The Batman'', ''Legion of Super Heroes'', ''Duck Dodgers'', ''Baby Looney Tunes'', ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'',  ''Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!'', the first two seasons of ''Johnny Test'', and on various direct-to-video productions from the studio, such as ''Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas''.

* This logo can also be seen on the ''Looney Tunes'' cartoons produced by Larry Doyle in the 2003-2005 time frame.

'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a green center zooms up as some red rings zoom out one-by-one and arrange themselves into the famous "bullseye" backdrop. Then a large, metallic red-and-gold WB shield comes from the center of the screen, zooms up to a huge size, overshooting its mark and then backs up to its usual spot on the bullseye (this was borrowed from the 1953 3D LT short ''Lumberjack Rabbit''). Then over it, "WARNER BROS. PICTURES" "wipes" onscreen over the shield in an ugly font, and underneath is "PRESENTS" in the same font.

'''Closing Visuals:''' The same concentric circles background as before, but with "LOONEY TUNES" above the center of the rings and "That's all Folks!" tracing itself on the bottom of the bullseye. Porky Pig (voiced by Billy West) appears in the center and stutters, "Th-Th-Th-That's all, folks!".

'''Technique:''' Hand drawn animation.

'''Visuals:''' On a red spotlight background, we see the standard WB shield much like before, with Bugs Bunny (drawn in his 1940s style) on the left, munching his carrot. The shield is more computer-generated. Below the shield is "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Presents'''''}}" in white script.

* The CG shield animation for ''The Looney Tunes Show'' variant is done by Wut It Is with Autodesk 3D Studios Max 9.

* The standard variant with Bugs Bunny leaning on the logo is a homage to the 90s Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo.

* The alternative variant is done by Mark Marek.

* On the alternative variant (this time without Bugs Bunny), a small light flickers out of darkness on a partially gray background. The bottom part of a B&W WB shield becomes visible as the light slowly edges out some the dark sides, while the rest of the uncolored WB shield slowly zooms in on the background, with "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Presents'''''}}" fading in and becoming visible. The background then becomes a tad red as the logo slowly zooms in even more, becoming clearly seen before fading out.

** There are two prototype versions of the alternative variant:  

*** First one has the shining shield with rain and fog pouring.

*** Second one is only got a fog on it while the B&W WB shield becomes visible like the normal one.

* As a closing logo, Bugs does not appear and the Time Warner byline appears below.

* On ''The Looney Tunes Show'', the closing variant is modified in 3D, but then the WB shield opens up (ala the opening to ''The Bugs Bunny Show'') to reveal Porky Pig inside, who says his trademark "T-th-th-that's all, folks!" line, and then fades out. Other variants feature different characters, such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Taz, Lola Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn, Granny, Dr. Weisberg and Mac & Tosh - The Goofy Gophers who would either say something OR say Porky Pig's line and then chatter amongst each other as the logo fades out.

** On DVD trailers for ''The Looney Tunes Show'', the end of the Porky variant is shown, with the byline blurred out. Also, the screen cuts to black directly on the last note of the variant's music.

** On split-screen credit airings of ''The Looney Tunes Show'', the logo freezes just before the shield opens.

* On ''Batman: Assault on Arkham'', "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''''Presents'''''}}" is removed in the alternative logo.

'''Technique:''' Hand drawn animation and CGI. None for the closing variant.

* The alternative logo has no music (or often have the opening theme of the movie); however, they rarely have a music exclusively at Mark Marek's website, which sounds mysterious, dramatic and serious than the "Merrily We Roll Along" one, including the sound of a film projector at the beginning.

* The standard version with Bugs Bunny appears on ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', ''Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes'', and ''MAD'', and the ghouly version without Bugs appears on ''Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'' on Cartoon Network (though the standard logo did appear on the first episode as a sneak preview, and later episodes have no opening logo), but also seen on Boomerang, HBO Max and other streaming services and the entire series of said show was on DVD still had this variant intact.

* The alternative logo appears on ''Young Justice'' (though the standard logo appeared on the first two episodes), and DC Universe Original Animated Movies made after 2008, such as ''Wonder Woman'', ''Green Lantern: First Flight'', and other PG-13 movies.

* It also appears on ''Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur'', as well as all DC Showcase shorts.

* Although the opening with Bugs Bunny appears on ''Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword'', they strangely used the 3rd version from the 10th closing logo instead.

* The opening logo does not appear on ''The Looney Tunes Show'', which uses the 16th logo instead. However, the closing does feature this logo.

* The closing logo does not appear on the ''Robot Chicken DC Comics Special'' or the ''Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 2: Villains in Paradise''.

* The opening logo isn't seen on the newer WB Animation programs such as ''ThunderCats'' (2011 series), ''Green Lantern: The Animated Series'', and the first season of ''Teen Titans Go!''.

* The logo was last seen on ''Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie'', oddly not using the 18th or 19th logo.

=== 14th Logo (July 30, 2010-June 10, 2014) ===

'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a series of 3D orange circles come flying into the screen, arranging itself into the famous "bullseye" backdrop. Then a large, metallic WB shield zooms in at a fast pace, overshooting its mark and nearly crashing into the screen (again, a la ''Lumberjack Rabbit''), and then bounces back to its normal position, as "WARNER BROS. ANIMATION" appears above it, and "Presents" below it, in the classic fonts. The logo then comes apart and zooms away. No series logo or closing titles appear.

*On ''I Tawt I Taw a Putty Tat'' and ''Flash in the Pain'', the circles are green, they don't fly, and the background is red. Also, the shield zooms in and stops as normal (ala the 1930s-1960s Warner Bros. cartoons). The text fades in one-by-one and instead of coming apart and zooming away, the logo just fades to a black screen.

*On ''Daffy's Rhapsody'', it is the same as the ''I Tawt I Taw a Putty Tat'' variant, but the circles are red and the background is blue.

'''Visuals:''' On a crumpled yellow paper background, the WB shield (similar to the 1985 [[Warner Home Video]] shield) is at the center and a little bit to the top of the screen, made out of crumpled dark blue-gray paper and with the space in the lower bowl of the "B" being poorly-aligned, and on the bottom is the byline "'''A WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT CO.'''". Below the company byline is the "'''www.warnerbros.com'''" URL. The logo gets covered up with the ''MAD'' logo all over and wipes to the left for the after-credits skit.

'''Visuals:''' At the start of the show, the sequence starts on a black background with a dark blue light. Then, a large WB shield in the design of the 14th logo, accompanied with the words "WARNER BROS. ANIMATION" and "Presents", in the same fonts as the 14th logo, zoom in (with the shield once again zooming in closer than the letters and overshooting its mark, crashing into the screen, then quickly pulling back-again, a la ''Lumberjack Rabbit''). Around the same time the shield appears, a colorful, painted orange/yellow bullseye "zooms" behind it. Then a quick second later, the shield zooms out, and the camera follows the shield, segueing into the opening intro of the show.

* It can be seen on the series ''The Looney Tunes Show'', which currently airs reruns on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.

* It's also available on the Boomerang streaming service, Max, and other digital download/streaming platforms, and the first season is also on DVD as well.

'''Visuals:''' The WB shield (from the 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th logos) fades in with a dim shine over the shield and zooms in as the black background turns into a dark blood red background of ''Looney Tunes'' bullseye rings. After the WB shield is there, the script "'''''Animation'''''" is written in cursive writing.

* On some shows like ''Unikitty!'', ''DC Super Hero Girls'' and ''Little Ellen'', the logo is still.

* At the end of some shows, the logo is sped-up.

* Starting with Netflix's adaptation of ''Green Eggs and Ham'' (2019), the logo is enhanced.

* The logo was first seen in the trailer of the direct-to-video movie, ''Looney Tunes: Rabbit's Run''.

* The full normal logo is currently seen on DC Original Animated Movies mid-2015, web shorts based on ''Batman Unlimited'', ''Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles'', ''New Looney Tunes'', ''Bunnicula'', ''Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!'', ''Justice League Action'', ''Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz'', ''Wacky Races'' (2017 series), ''DC Super Hero Girls'' shorts and specials (as well as the 2019 series), seasons 2-4 of ''The Tom and Jerry Show'' (2014), ''Teen Titans Go!'' beginning with the third season, ''Unikitty!'', ''ThunderCats Roar'', ''Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs'', ''Jellystone!'', at the end of ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'', ''Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?'', ''Tom and Jerry in New York'', ''Bugs Bunny Builders'', ''Batwheels'', ''Velma'' and ''Tiny Toons Looniversity''.

* The enhanced logo first appeared on Netflix's adaptation series of ''Green Eggs and Ham''.

** It was later seen on the 2020 revival of ''Animaniacs'' and future DC Animated Movies starting with ''Superman: Man of Tomorrow''.

* As of this writing, it is used in tandem with the normal logo.

* The logo with sound effects first appeared on ''Wonder Woman: Bloodlines'', alongside other future releases from the DC Universe Animated Original Movies.

* This logo does not appear on the ''Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship''.

'''Visuals:''' On a red background similar to that of the 2008 logo is the WB shield and the "'''''Animation'''''" script from the previous two logos. The shield opens up and Daffy Duck emerges from inside. He proceeds to bounce around the screen and interact with the logo, including taking "'''''Animation'''''" and flipping it like a flipbook, then using it to hit the shield like a gong. Daffy continues bouncing around until he runs smack into the camera and goes into a daze. The shield is opened again by an irritated Porky Pig, who grabs Daffy by the neck and pulls him back in before closing the shield, leaving one of Daffy's feathers to float down onto "'''''Animation'''''".

*Starting with season 3, a near shot-for-shot remake of the classic Warner Bros. Cartoons variant where Bugs sits on the shield and pulls down the title card has been used on some Bugs Bunny shorts. Both the "classic" shield design used normally in this logo and the "modern" design used in other Warner Bros. Animation logos have appeared in this variant.

* The logo is seen on the new cartoonist/creator-driven ''Looney Tunes Cartoons'' shorts on HBO Max, starting from May 27, 2020, plus on international TV airings on Cartoon Network or Boomerang.

* However, it does not appear whenever one of the shorts (like "Pest Coaster", "Wet Cement", or "Tunnel Vision") is uploaded to YouTube since they are usually cut out.

'''Visuals:''' A recreation of the 1960s ''Looney Tunes'' abstract opening sequences. On a black background, a series of lines zoom and swirl from the screen, three lavender and one orange. The lavender lines disappear one-by-one to form the 1963 "Abstract WB" graphic, rendered in lavender. As this happens, the orange line moves downward and back up before turning into an orange "PRESENTS", in a font very reminiscent of the actual 1960s logos. It then cuts to two lines swirling around and then sliding away to reveal the series logo, also including a small blue-and-yellow version of the WB shield from the 2014-present WB Animation logos, with "ANIMATION" underneath in the same strange font used for the rest of the lettering on the series logo.

'''Closing Visuals:''' A recreation of the 1967 Warner Bros.- Seven Arts Animation closing sequence. On a brownish-black background, a purple "W7" shield is seen. "A WARNER BROS. ANIMATION CARTOON" appears letter-by-letter in front of the shield, complete with the "OO" in "CARTOON" turning red and jumping up and down three times like a cartoon eye take.