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'''DIC Entertainment Corporation''' (formerly "DIC Audiovisual", "DIC Enterprises, Inc.", "DIC Animation City, Inc.", "DIC Productions, L.P.", "DIC Entertainment, L.P." and during its last few years "The Incredible World of DiC", stylised as "DiC" and pronounced as "deek", as in "'''dec'''affeinated") was founded by Jean Chalopin as "'''OGAP'''"  ('''O'''ffice de '''G'''estion et d''''A'''ction '''P'''ublicitaire), an advertising company. In 1971, with an investment from the tabloid newspaper ''La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest'', it was incorporated as "'''D'''iffusion '''I'''nformation '''C'''ommercial". It developed into a full production company during the following decade, soon being renamed "'''D'''iffusion '''I'''nformation '''C'''ommunication", and becoming specialized in animation. In 1982, the US arm was founded and Chalopin, Andy Heyward, and Bruno Bianchi were in charge of the company.

'''Logo:''' Over a screen filled with {{color|blue}} concentric boxes, three of them light up {{color|darkviolet|purple}} while moving inward. As that happens, a stylized "DiC" (with a strong resemblance to the next logo) zooms up with its bottom visible, while slowly turning to face the camera. Once in position, {{color|hotpink|pink}} sparkles appear as a white outline wipes in.

**The filmed variant has a brighter blue vortex (sometimes it might be brighter) and the "DiC" is more of yellow-orange (amber) color. This variant was used on ''Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors'', ''M.A.S.K.'' and ''Dennis the Menace.''

**The videotaped variant has a dark purplish-blue vortex and "DiC" is in green.

** The green variant was shown on ''Inspector Gadget,'' ''The Get-Along Gang'', ''Kidd Video'', ''Pole Position'', ''Rainbow Brite'', ''Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats'', ''Care Bears'', ''Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling'', ''Kissyfur'', ''Popples'', ''The Real Ghostbusters'', ''The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin'', ''Lady Lovely Locks'' and ''Beverly Hills Teens.''

*One of the later filmed variants features a bigger version of the DIC logo, along with a wider vortex and a darker overall image.

*On some episodes of ''Pole Position'', a still shot of the beginning of the logo zoomed in, and then the regular animation played.

*Early episodes of ''The Real Ghostbusters'' had the byline "Produced In Association With".

*An in-credit version exists, consisting of the print version of the logo in white and superimposed in the credits. This is how the logo originally started out; the animated variant debuted in 1982.

*A 1987 PSA produced for the ''Kideo TV'' block had a superimposed version with the logo looking like the in-credit version.

*On the pilot episode of ''Kidd Video'', the logo is seen in a box in the center top-left part of the screen, and the Saban logo in the center bottom-right. The corner of the DIC logo overlaps the Saban logo, and this is up against a black background with a white streak in the middle. Vice-versa on later episodes, but against an orange background, again with a white streak in the middle (with the logos switching places).

*On the restored demo reel of the pilot episode used to pitch ''The Real Ghostbusters'', the letters are in black and white on a dark background and the logo is silent. The restored pilot can be found online and on the ''Ghostbusters 1'' & ''2'' 35th Anniversary UHD Blu-ray Steelbook.

*This logo was only used on television productions, so it's absent from the 1985 film ''Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer'', as well as the 1986 film ''Heathcliff: The Movie'' (though, as mentioned, it did appear on at least VHS prints of ''Here Come the Littles'').

*''The Littles'' (September 10, 1983-November 2, 1985): Over an {{color|orange}} background, Dinky runs past the logo, throwing a {{color|lime|green}} button onto the space above the "I" to form the dot.

*''Inspector Gadget'' (October 3-December 9, 1983): Over a {{color|blue}} background, Inspector Gadget passes over the logo riding skates. Suddenly, his Gadget mallet pops out of his cap, causing Gadget to lose balance and wobble off-screen. As that happens, the mallet slams into a space above the "I", dotting it.

* On ''Ring Raiders'', the 1987 variant fades in and out.

* On ''Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters'', "In association with" is below the logo. Sometimes, it fades in midway or stays throughout the entire duration, and the phrase is completely capitalized.

* On some shows from 1991-1994, the byline “COPRODUCED BY RETEITALIA, s.p.a. IN ASSOCIATION WITH TELECINCO” appeared below at the end. Another version has it rephrased to "IN ASSOCIATION WITH RETEITALIA s.p.a & TELECINCO".

* On the original NBC broadcasts of ''Captain N & The New Super Mario World'', the logo was higher-pitched, and lacked the Reteitalia/Telecinco references.

* On ''The Chipmunks Go to the Movies'', the 1990 sped-up logo appears, but this logo had the end credits music and the byline:

 

<div style="text-align:center;">'''Produced By DIC Enterprises Inc.'''</div>

<div style="text-align:center;">'''For [[Bagdasarian Productions]]'''</div>

 

 

<div style="text-align:center;">'''Produced for Bagdasarian Productions'''</div>

<div style="text-align:center;">'''by DIC Animation City'''</div>

 

 

<div style="text-align:center;">'''Produced by DIC for'''</div>

<div style="text-align:center;">'''Bagdasarian Productions'''</div>

 

 

<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">'''English Language Adaptation'''</span></div>

<div style="text-align:center;">'''Copyright [YEAR] DIC Productions, L.P.'''</div>

 

 

<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">'''English Adaptation'''</span></div>

<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">'''Copyright [YEAR] DIC Productions, L.P.'''</span></div>

 

* A rare filmed variant exists of the 1990 warp-speed version with the 1987 voiceover. This was seen on the 1990 TV movie ''Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again''.

* On ''Old MacDonald's Sing-a-Long Farm'', it features the standard 1990 variant, but it includes a copyright stamp that fades in below the DIC logo, right after the logo's sequence. There's also a shortened version of this variant on VHS releases of ''Rimba's Island - You Are Special'' (similar to the ''ALF: The Animated Series'' variant, where it cuts straight to the rotation of the DIC logo, voiding the "Kid in Bed" part), minus the sped-up star animation and the end theme playing over it.

* In 2003, this logo made a comeback. This time, instead of the regular DIC logo, it has the "The Incredible World Of DIC" globe from the 4th logo zoom up outside the window, with light rays shining behind it. When the globe stops, the light rays flash. The logo also has a different starfield that appears to be a cheap rotating 2D image (and is noticeably superimposed over the 1990 starfield, as the bedroom is of a different image quality; further, the zoom-in footage plays at a different framerate). This variant is nicknamed “Globe in Space”.

* January 12, 1999-July 21, 2001, 2003-2005: A dreamy cartoonish theme (sounds similar to the [[Video Collection International|Video Collection]]/[[Strand Home Video]] music) with a female choir singing "Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!". Composed by Mike Piccirillo. Sometimes, this theme might be extended or shortened.

* On the 1999 video of ''Madeline: Lost in Paris'' (original Disney VHS release; the Shout! Factory release on DVD also keeps it intact, and even a YouTube print from WildBrain Spark does as well), an extended version of the 1999 jingle exists: the last five notes of the original jingle are replayed at a higher (and more playful) pitch and is extended (the original five notes are preceded by two additional notes), and then the "DIC" voiceover comes about a second after the music stops.

* ''Our Friend Martin'' had the original 1999 jingle, but the "DIC" voiceover has a weird echo effect.

* The print version looks a little different than the later on-screen logo. On ''Inspector Gadget: Advance Mission'', it appeared on a black background, while in ''Gadget Racing'', the background was white with the logo outlined. It also appeared on various ''Madeline'' PC games.

** The instant-pop-up version is where the logo starts off with the globe popping up. It was the most commonly used version but was less commonly used in the later years of the logo.

** The extremely condensed variant starts where the "DIC" caption zooms out to the completed logo.

* A similar logo appears on the DIC Entertainment website from 2005; On a plain orange background, the globe jumps out of a white hole from the ground and bounces to its usual position with transparent stars zooming in from the background. Afterwards, the words and "DIC" caption zoom out and land on the globe, with the "DIC" caption bouncing slightly.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A light dance-pop tune with bells and other cartoonish sounds. Sometimes the theme is extended, with a few extra bells heard at the end. In other cases, it's edited/warp speed. The variants end with a child saying "Deek" (the third kid voice-over from the previous logo). The music for this logo was done by Andy Heyward's daughter, Bianca. The website version had a slightly sped up version of the "instant popup globe" audio.