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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*<u>1981-1982</u>: The logo, itself appearing in a more lighter gold color than the later variations, fades-out to make room for the company text reading "A DIVISION OF THE TAFT ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY". | *<u>1981-1982</u>: The logo, itself appearing in a more lighter gold color than the later variations, fades-out to make room for the company text reading "A DIVISION OF THE TAFT ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY". | ||
*<u>1982-1988</u>: The latter text is seen below the logo, after the logo flashes. Also, the logo itself has less of a shining effect than of that in the 1981 version. | *<u>1982-1988</u>: The latter text is seen below the logo "flashing" into place, after the logo flashes. Also, the logo itself has less of a shining effect than of that in the 1981 version. An earlier variant has the byline merely fading in, in a smaller font. Yet another early variant has the Taft byline fade in at the same time as the company name. | ||
*<u>1988</u>: | *<u>1988</u>: After Taft restructured into Great American Broadcasting and Taft bylines began to be removed, the "shining" part of the 1981 variation would sometimes be played in slow motion over the regular-speed music to keep the second screen from appearing. This was seen on reprints of ''Thundarr the Barbarian''. On some prints of ''Goldie Gold and Action Jack'', the logo simply fades out during the shining before the logo fades out to the Taft byline. | ||
* <u>1988-1992</u>: The 1982 version is now bylineless. | * <u>1988-1992</u>: The 1982 version is now bylineless. | ||
*On ''<u>Police Academy: The Animated Series</u>'', | *On ''<u>Police Academy: The Animated Series</u>'', the bylineless 1982 variant is used, but "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" appears under the name. This would be followed by the 1984 WBTV logo. | ||
*There is also a still variation used on <u>season 1 of ''It's Punky Brewster''</u> and ''<u>Piggsburg Pigs</u>''. | *There is also a still variation used on <u>season 1 of ''It's Punky Brewster''</u> and ''<u>Piggsburg Pigs</u>''. | ||
*On some | *On some programs like ''<u>Miss Switch to the Rescue</u>'', and ''<u>Bad Cat</u>'', there is an in-credit notice that generally reads "Produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises, Inc., a division of the Taft Entertainment Company." | ||
* A <u>short variant</u> exists that starts in the middle of the logo shining and the name below it simply reads "RUBY-SPEARS". This was seen on the CBS Schoolbreak Special "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book". | * A <u>short variant</u> exists that starts in the middle of the logo shining and the name below it simply reads "RUBY-SPEARS". This was seen on the ''CBS Schoolbreak Special'' "The Day They Came to Arrest the Book". | ||
'''Technique:''' Camera-controlled animation, possibly combined with Oxberry. | '''Technique:''' Camera-controlled animation, possibly combined with Oxberry. | ||
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*It also appeared on the 1980s ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' when it was last seen on Cartoon Network around 2002 (it also appeared on the 1988 episodes produced by [[Murakami-Wolf-Swenson]] for Ruby-Spears). | *It also appeared on the 1980s ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' when it was last seen on Cartoon Network around 2002 (it also appeared on the 1988 episodes produced by [[Murakami-Wolf-Swenson]] for Ruby-Spears). | ||
*The ''Thundarr The Barbarian'' episode "Last Train to Doomsday", and the Ruby-Spears' ''Superman'' series both use the 1988 variant. | *The ''Thundarr The Barbarian'' episode "Last Train to Doomsday", and the Ruby-Spears' ''Superman'' series both use the 1988 variant. | ||
*It does not appear on DVD prints of ''Q*bert'' and syndication prints of ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' from ''Saturday Supercade'', which plaster this logo with the 1980 [[MCA TV]] logo. | *It does not appear on DVD prints of ''Q*bert'' and syndication prints of ''Donkey Kong'' and ''Donkey Kong Jr.'' from ''Saturday Supercade'', which plaster this logo with the 1980 [[MCA Television Enterprises|MCA TV]] logo. | ||
===3rd Logo (September 11, 1994-December 10, 1996)=== | ===3rd Logo (September 11, 1994-December 10, 1996)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. | ||
*It only appeared on ''Skysurfer Strike Force'' and ''Mega Man'', both of which are long gone. | *It only appeared on ''Skysurfer Strike Force'' and ''Mega Man'', both of which are long gone. | ||
*Those two shows aired on the now-defunct Bohbot Kids Network syndicated block. | *Those two shows aired on the now-defunct Bohbot Kids Network syndicated block. It's currently unclear if the logo was retained on Fox Family (now Freeform)'s reruns of ''Mega Man''. | ||
*This logo is also retained on ''Mega Man''<nowiki/>'s DVD releases by ADV Films in 2003 and by Discotek Media in 2014. | *This logo is also retained on ''Mega Man''<nowiki/>'s DVD releases by ADV Films in 2003 and by Discotek Media in 2014. | ||
{{Chronology||[[Hanna-Barbera]]}} | {{Chronology||[[Hanna-Barbera]]}} | ||