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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
In 1982, Klasky-Csupo (pronounced "CLASS-key CHEW-po") was formed in a bedroom apartment in Los Angeles, California. The name of the company derives from the last names of the two producers, Omaha native Arlene '''Klasky''' and Hungarian-born animator Gábor '''Csupó'''. During ''The Tracey Ullman Show''<nowiki/>'s days, Klasky-Csupo produced the animated ''Simpsons'' shorts, consisting of 48, before ''The Simpsons'' became a full-time network series in 1989. After those initial skits, Klasky-Csupo worked with [[20th Century Fox Television]] and Matt Groening to produce the first 3 seasons of the animated sitcom until 1992, when [[Film Roman]] took over production. In 1990, the duo cut a production deal with [[Nickelodeon]], and there they made ''Rugrats'', one of the first three Nicktoons, and one of the network's successful animated series. After that, Klasky-Csupo made other successful animated shows such as ''The Wild Thornberrys'', ''AAAHH!!! Real Monsters'', ''As Told By Ginger'', ''Duckman'' (for USA Network and [[Paramount Television (pre-2006)|Paramount Network Television]], distribution currently held by CBS), and ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald'' (a promoted cartoon available exclusively at McDonald's restaurants from 1998 to early 2001), among others. The company also produced ''Spy vs. Spy'' cartoons for Cartoon Network's ''MAD''. However shortly after ''The Rugrats Movie'' came out in 1998, Nickelodeon and Klasky-Csupo started to get into contract disagreements combined the rising popularity of the then new ''SpongeBob Squarepants''. But the straw that broke the camels back was with the 2003 release of ''Rugrats Go Wild!'', which was a financial disappointment''.'' As a result many shows from the company were cancelled in the following year and ''All Grown Up'' was put on hiatus in 2006 before officially being cancelled in 2008. The company went dormant for a while, but Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó officially revived the company in 2012 and announced that they are currently working on some "top secret projects". On July 16, 2018, then [[Paramount Players]] and current Nickelodeon CEO [[Tollin/Robbins Productions|Brian Robbins]] revealed that the pair, along with co-creator Paul Germain have officially confirmed that a revival of ''Rugrats'' is in the works, which will include 26 new episodes, and a new live-action movie, both featuring the babies re-imagined in CGI form, until the latter was pulled from the release plan. The revival is planned to debut on the Paramount+ service. | In 1982, Klasky-Csupo (pronounced "CLASS-key CHEW-po") was formed in a bedroom apartment in Los Angeles, California. The name of the company derives from the last names of the two producers, Omaha native Arlene '''Klasky''' and Hungarian-born animator Gábor '''Csupó'''. During ''The Tracey Ullman Show''<nowiki/>'s days, Klasky-Csupo produced the animated ''Simpsons'' shorts, consisting of 48, before ''The Simpsons'' became a full-time network series in 1989. After those initial skits, Klasky-Csupo worked with [[20th Century Fox Television]] and Matt Groening to produce the first 3 seasons of the animated sitcom until 1992, when [[Film Roman]] took over production. In 1990, the duo cut a production deal with [[Nickelodeon]], and there they made ''Rugrats'', one of the first three Nicktoons, and one of the network's successful animated series. After that, Klasky-Csupo made other successful animated shows such as ''The Wild Thornberrys'', ''AAAHH!!! Real Monsters'', ''As Told By Ginger'', ''Duckman'' (for USA Network and [[Paramount Television (pre-2006)|Paramount Network Television]], distribution currently held by CBS), and ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald'' (a promoted cartoon available exclusively at McDonald's restaurants from 1998 to early 2001), among others. The company also produced ''Spy vs. Spy'' cartoons for Cartoon Network's ''MAD''. However shortly after ''The Rugrats Movie'' came out in 1998, Nickelodeon and Klasky-Csupo started to get into contract disagreements combined the rising popularity of the then new ''SpongeBob Squarepants''. But the straw that broke the camels back was with the 2003 release of ''Rugrats Go Wild!'', which was a financial disappointment''.'' As a result, many shows from the company were cancelled in the following year, and ''All Grown Up'' was put on hiatus in 2006 before officially being cancelled in 2008. The company went dormant for a while, but Arlene Klasky and Gábor Csupó officially revived the company in 2012 and announced that they are currently working on some "top secret projects". On July 16, 2018, then [[Paramount Players]] and current Nickelodeon CEO [[Tollin/Robbins Productions|Brian Robbins]] revealed that the pair, along with co-creator Paul Germain have officially confirmed that a revival of ''Rugrats'' is in the works, which will include 26 new episodes, and a new live-action movie, both featuring the babies re-imagined in CGI form, until the latter was pulled from the release plan. The revival is planned to debut on the Paramount+ service. | ||
===1st Logo (October 30, 1989-August 7, 1999, May 4, 2001-2002)=== | ===1st Logo (October 30, 1989-August 7, 1999, May 4, 2001-2002)=== | ||
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* An in-credit variation was on ''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'' on ''HBO Storybook Musicals'' and on the credits for the music video of "Shadrach" by Beastie Boys. | * An in-credit variation was on ''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'' on ''HBO Storybook Musicals'' and on the credits for the music video of "Shadrach" by Beastie Boys. | ||
* A version exists on the first two seasons of ''AAAHH!!! Real Monsters'' where the logo fades out early and the music trails off into the Nickelodeon "Scribble" logo. | * A version exists on the first two seasons of ''AAAHH!!! Real Monsters'' where the logo fades out early and the music trails off into the Nickelodeon "Scribble" logo. | ||
* On prints of ''The Wild Thornberrys'' season one episodes "Matadi or Bust", "Valley Girls", "Lost and Foundation", and "Born to be Wild", | * On prints of ''The Wild Thornberrys'' season one episodes "Matadi or Bust", "Valley Girls", "Lost and Foundation", and "Born to be Wild", the first-season ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'' episode "Cold Hard Toenails/Attack of the Blobs", and on the Shout! Factory DVD releases of the two series, the logo itself is slowed down while the music plays at its normal speed, accompanied by a quote from each episode that would've played on the [[Nickelodeon Animation Studios]] "Haypile" logo (on ''Real Monsters'', it was slowed down to accompany the trail-off into the NAS logo). This is due to the fact that said logo is, strangely, omitted from these prints of the episodes. | ||
* On a December 2001 CBS airing of "A Rugrats Chanukah", the logo has been shortened so that it starts with the 6th box in"'''K'''L'''a'''S'''KY'''"and cuts to the Nickelodeon logo before the said "Y" becomes purple. | * On a December 2001 CBS airing of "A Rugrats Chanukah", the logo has been shortened so that it starts with the 6th box in"'''K'''L'''a'''S'''KY'''"and cuts to the Nickelodeon logo before the said "Y" becomes purple. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' Dazzling animation of the objects forming the letters in the logo. | '''FX/SFX:''' Dazzling animation of the objects forming the letters in the logo. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A bit complicated, but here it goes: | '''Music/Sounds:''' A bit complicated, but here it goes: | ||
Throughout the entire logo, a 24-note synth-cello line (sounding much like an old portable Casio keyboard) plays that adds vibrato to its last two notes. A catchy drum-machine loop (time signature possibly 5/4) and a strange film projector-like sound (sounding much like a bingo machine) play as well; the former stops once the logo zooms out, while the latter stops when the transition to B&W starts. As the letters pan, there are also corresponding sound effects with the actions of said letters: | Throughout the entire logo, a 24-note synth-cello line (sounding much like an old portable Casio keyboard) plays that adds vibrato to its last two notes. A catchy drum-machine loop (time signature possibly 5/4) and a strange film projector-like sound (sounding much like a bingo machine) play as well; the former stops once the logo zooms out, while the latter stops when the transition to B&W starts. As the letters pan, there are also corresponding sound effects with the actions of said letters: | ||
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* In exceptional cases, it uses the closing theme, like ''Stressed Eric'' and the ''Rugrats'' episode "I Remember Melville/No More Cookies". | * In exceptional cases, it uses the closing theme, like ''Stressed Eric'' and the ''Rugrats'' episode "I Remember Melville/No More Cookies". | ||
* On ''Bird in the Window'', the logo is silent. | * On ''Bird in the Window'', the logo is silent. | ||
* A version exists on the 1998 pilot of ''The Wild Thornberrys'' where the logo plays as usual, but with the 1998 "Robot" logo audio instead. The pilot aired on September 1, 1998, and the "Robot" logo was introduced on October 8, 1998, so the "Robot" logo might had been intended to debut on this pilot, but for unknown reasons, was changed back to the "Graffiti" logo, but keeping the "Robot" audio intact. Interesting, but still very strange, not to mention that all other episodes with this logo use the normal music/sound variant. | * A version exists on the 1998 pilot of ''The Wild Thornberrys'' where the logo plays as usual, but with the 1998 "Robot" logo audio instead. The pilot aired on September 1, 1998, and the "Robot" logo was introduced on October 8, 1998, so the "Robot" logo might had been intended to debut on this pilot, but for unknown reasons, was changed back to the "Graffiti" logo, but keeping the "Robot" audio intact. Interesting, but still very strange, not to mention that all other episodes with this logo use the normal music/sound variant. | ||
* On ''Santo Bugito'', a slightly rearranged version of the music is heard. | * On ''Santo Bugito'', a slightly rearranged version of the music is heard. | ||
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'''Trivia:''' | '''Trivia:''' | ||
* Strangely, this logo appeared on early airings of the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' episode "Wet Painters/Krusty Krab Training Video". This was an editing mistake made by Nickelodeon when they first started using split-screen credits; normally, Nick makes custom credits for each of its series and its producers. K-C was the only company at the time, besides Frederator, that produced multiple Nicktoons, and Nick created a generic one for these shows [which mentioned Klasky and Csupo as producers and included Splaat], but, on the said episode of ''SpongeBob'', Nick accidentally used the K-C split screen credits for that episode. This was fixed in 2006 and the United Plankton Pictures logo has been seen on the episode ever since, but it's still one of the oddest editing mistakes ever made. | * Strangely, this logo appeared on early airings of the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' episode "Wet Painters/Krusty Krab Training Video". This was an editing mistake made by Nickelodeon when they first started using split-screen credits; normally, Nick makes custom credits for each of its series and its producers. K-C was the only company at the time, besides Frederator, that produced multiple Nicktoons, and Nick created a generic one for these shows [which mentioned Klasky and Csupo as producers and included Splaat], but, on the said episode of ''SpongeBob'', Nick accidentally used the K-C split screen credits for that episode. This was fixed in 2006 and the United Plankton Pictures logo has been seen on the episode ever since, but it's still one of the oddest editing mistakes ever made. | ||
* On the VHS releases of ''Rugrats in Paris'', the "computer voice" uttering the Klasky-Csupo name is actually closed captioned. The same happens on ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'', but Splaat's voice is | * On the VHS releases of ''Rugrats in Paris'', the "computer voice" uttering the Klasky-Csupo name is actually closed captioned. The same happens on ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'', but Splaat's voice is referred to as a "computized voice". Additionally, the sound effects after Splaat's disappearance are also closed captioned (including the lip-flapping sound being referred as a "voice blubbering" and the duck quacking sound labelled as "novelty horn honks"). | ||
* On October 2015 to May 2017 airings of ''Hey Arnold!'' on The Splat, this logo appeared instead of the [[Snee-Oosh]] logo for the same reason stated above. This was fixed by the time the programming block was rebranded into "NickSplat". Strangely, only TeenNick SD was affected with this error, as TeenNick HD had the correct logos. | * On October 2015 to May 2017 airings of ''Hey Arnold!'' on The Splat, this logo appeared instead of the [[Snee-Oosh]] logo for the same reason stated above. This was fixed by the time the programming block was rebranded into "NickSplat". Strangely, only TeenNick SD was affected with this error, as TeenNick HD had the correct logos. | ||
* At the July 2012 Comic-Con venue in San Diego, California, the day before Klasky-Csupo was relaunched, Arlene Klasky mentioned that she found, as claimed, "a bunch of fan mashups" of their production logo, in which she also added that the mashups might have been created in part with how many people explained their experience with the logo as kids, and how it "scared" them, so she later decided to give the "robot" character a name: Splaat. Splaat was also given arms, legs and a more noticeable ability to speak; his voice is done by Greg Cipes. The character was originally intended to be in an animated PSA, with Splaat explaining his confusion onto why these mashups exist, and then adding that he is, in fact, ''not'' a robot, but rather an ink splat, which is how his name originated. He stars in his own web series, which you can see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drngHXKuauA here] (Video currently deleted). You can see Splaat's PSA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j90KFWrrHEQ here], or the full Comic-Con event [http://geeknation.com/videos/sdcc-2012-klasky-csupo/ here]. It is also worth mentioning that, according to Klasky, this logo was ''not'' intended to be scary. | * At the July 2012 Comic-Con venue in San Diego, California, the day before Klasky-Csupo was relaunched, Arlene Klasky mentioned that she found, as claimed, "a bunch of fan mashups" of their production logo, in which she also added that the mashups might have been created in part with how many people explained their experience with the logo as kids, and how it "scared" them, so she later decided to give the "robot" character a name: Splaat. Splaat was also given arms, legs and a more noticeable ability to speak; his voice is done by Greg Cipes. The character was originally intended to be in an animated PSA, with Splaat explaining his confusion onto why these mashups exist, and then adding that he is, in fact, ''not'' a robot, but rather an ink splat, which is how his name originated. He stars in his own web series, which you can see [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drngHXKuauA here] (Video currently deleted). You can see Splaat's PSA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j90KFWrrHEQ here], or the full Comic-Con event [http://geeknation.com/videos/sdcc-2012-klasky-csupo/ here]. It is also worth mentioning that, according to Klasky, this logo was ''not'' intended to be scary. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
* Sometimes the music is in warp speed (most likely on PAL television or media due to speedup). | * Sometimes the music is in warp speed (most likely on PAL television or media due to speedup). | ||
* On the still video game variants, it's silent. | * On the still video game variants, it's silent. | ||
* On early television airings of ''Rugrats'' episodes with this logo, the logo theme is low-pitched. | * On early television airings of ''Rugrats'' episodes with this logo, the logo theme is low-pitched. | ||
* 2010-2013 Nickelodeon USA airings of ''Rugrats'' with the split-screen credits omit the boing sound at the end. | * 2010-2013 Nickelodeon USA airings of ''Rugrats'' with the split-screen credits omit the boing sound at the end. | ||