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** <u>Dark variants</u> of the Film-O-Vision version in color and B&W, due to film deterioration, exist.

** The first second is lopped off on the <u>1979 version of Magnetic Video's VHS release of ''Blue Hawaii''</u>.

* '''Videotaped Variants:'''

'''Audio Variants:'''

* The <u>turquoise variant</u> of the logo has two extra pounds of the timpani at the end.

* Sometimes on the <u>filmed variant</u>, the first note or two can be cut off. Often, the final bit of the show's closing theme will play over the logo briefly. This is caused by a bad splice on the film between the credits and the logo. An example of this would be the Season 11 finale to ''My Three Sons''.

* On <u>''The Beverly Hillbillies'' episode "Christmas with the Clampetts"</u>, and perhaps other episodes from the first two seasons, it has a generic theme (the show's theme couldn't be used due to it being copyrighted while episodes from the first two seasons have fallen into the public domain) playing over the filmed version of this logo.

* On the ''<u>Hot City</u>'' variant, the music starts playing over the last bit of the closing song.

* On a <u>1985 WTBS airing of ''Girls! Girls! Girls!''</u>'','' a split second of the "Pinball" music can be heard before the normal music starts, due to sloppy plastering.  

'''Availability:''' Most shows that had this logo have been updated with either the "V of Steel" or "Wigga Wigga" logos, or those of Paramount Domestic Television, CBS Paramount Domestic/Network Television, or CBS Television Distribution. However, newer variants might be seen on local stations that show older Viacom shows, such as ''The Honeymooners'', ''I Love Lucy'', ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Rawhide'', ''Hogan's Heroes'', ''The Twilight Zone'', and ''Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C.'' All variants of the "V of Doom" (with the exception of the "V of Pinball" until evidence is found) can be seen on VHS tapes of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' released by various video outlets such as Premier Promotions and sometimes (though mostly the videotaped variant) by [[UAV Corporation]].

* '''''V of Pinball'':'''

** This variant was also resurfaced on a 16mm print of ''The Phil Silvers Show''.  

** Its color counterpart has been seen on the 1975 TV movie ''Eric'', and is also intact on the film's VHS release, the Magnetic Video release of ''Girls! Girls! Girls!'' (also on the 1985 Key Video re-release), the Australian Magnetic Video VHS release of ''All in a Night's Work'', and on one mid-1970s print of an early color episode of ''Gunsmoke'', which aired on Superstation WTBS back in 1986.

* '''''Filmed Variant'':'''  

** The faster music variant is preserved on the 1985 [[Family Home Entertainment]] release of ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' and its 1988 SLP reissue.

** The filmed variant can be seen on Cozi TV airings of episodes from the first two seasons of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'', due to said network using public domain prints of that show.  

** The B&W filmed variant was once spotted on an episode of ''Perry Mason'' on Me-TV before it was replaced with a later print sometime in 2015.

** It can also be spotted on almost every episode of ''The Millionaire'', which could occasionally be seen on Decades, prior to the network turning into Catchy Comedy in 2023.

** The color variant of the filmed variant was seen on some prints of ''The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse'' and currently on three episodes of ''Gunsmoke'' on Me-TV ("The Witness", "Eleven Dollars", and "Kitty's Love Affair") and one episode ("Like Old Times") on CBS Drama in the UK.

** The B&W filmed variant variant can also be spotted on DVD releases of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' released by the [[Platinum Disc Corporation]], [[Madacy Lifestyle Marketing|Madacy Entertainment]], [[Mill Creek Entertainment]], and [[GoodTimes Entertainment]], among other companies.

** The low-tone variant was used from 1976 to 1978 on syndicated prints of shows such as ''The Millionare'' and ''Hawaii Five-O''. It decreased in usage through 1979 and the early '80s, but it was still used on ''Hawaii Five-O'' as late as 1981.

* '''''Videotaped Variant'':'''  

** It was also seen on episodes of ''The (New) Price is Right'' from 1976-1980.  

** The 1978 and 1983 variants were formerly seen on two episodes of ''The Twilight Zone'' on Syfy ("You Drive" and "One for the Angels"), until the channel acquired updated prints sometime in 2015.

** It was also seen on a 2012 airing of ''The Missiles of October'' on Me-TV, before the 1990 "Wigga Wigga" logo; however, newer prints, such as a Decades airing, used the 2007 CTD logo instead.  

** It can also be seen on two season 3 episodes of ''Have Gun, Will Travel'' on Me-TV and H&I ("Fragile" and "The Black Handkerchief").  

** It was also seen on some episodes of ''All in the Family'' before [[Columbia Pictures Television|Columbia Pictures Television Distribution]] (now [[Sony Pictures Television]]) acquired the syndication rights to that show.  

** The videotaped variant was also resurfaced on two ''Gomer Pyle: U.S.M.C.'' VHS releases released by [[Forum Home Video]] in 1989, as well as ''The Devil and Daniel Mouse'', which is included as an extra on the Blu-ray release of Nelvana's ''Rock & Rule''.  

** It also makes an appearance at the start of the original VHS release of the 1980 film ''The Unseen'' (also intact on an '80s USA Network airing), while the filmed variant appears at the end.  

** This variant had also resurfaced on GSN and Buzzr airings of a 1980 episode of ''To Tell the Truth''.  

** This also made appearances on Sky Go New Zealand prints of some episodes of ''All in the Family'' (such as season 1 episode 2).

* '''''Silent Variant'':'''   

** It is also retained on the 1985 Key Video re-issue of ''Fun in Acapulco''.  

** It was also spotted on an '80s USA Network airing of the 1968 movie ''Mission Mars'' (it is unknown if it's intact on any VHS releases of the movie).