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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 | 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 camel's 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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* 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 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/ | * 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/channel/UCdZ001zSMD4rJ57m2cOkcSw here]. 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. | ||
*On a February 12, 2016 airing of the ''Rocko's Modern Life'' episode "Fish-N-Chumps/Camera Shy" on The Splat, this logo appeared instead of the [[Games Animation]] logo for, again, the same reasons stated above. | *On a February 12, 2016 airing of the ''Rocko's Modern Life'' episode "Fish-N-Chumps/Camera Shy" on The Splat, this logo appeared instead of the [[Games Animation]] logo for, again, the same reasons stated above. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* Video games from the company have a still, slightly bigger logo which completely skips Splaat. All of the boxes and letters in "'''K'''L'''''a'''''S'''K'''Y" (except for the "Y", which is smaller) are medium gray, the letters in "'''CSUPO'''" are white, and "'''INC.'''" (like in the first logo) is on the right of "CSUPO". The background can be either black or white. | * Video games from the company have a still, slightly bigger logo which completely skips Splaat. All of the boxes and letters in "'''K'''L'''''a'''''S'''K'''Y" (except for the "Y", which is smaller) are medium gray, the letters in "'''CSUPO'''" are white, and "'''INC.'''" (like in the first logo) is on the right of "CSUPO". The background can be either black or white. | ||
* There is an alternate variant where the animation was cheaper (e.g. the liquid just waves like a flag, there's no static purple background [which explains very few holes emerging from the center once the liquid background has splattered onto the screen], the eyes of Splaat are flipped vertically instead of being animated to look down/up). There is a black background instead of a static purple background (since the logo transitions from black at the end of the credits); the logo blurs and cross-fades to the KC logo rather than disappearing like the TV turning off (along with the the purple "'''Y'''" in "'''K'''L'''''a'''''S'''K'''Y" zooming in over the regular "Y") and, to top it all off, Splaat constantly looks at the viewer (in the normal logo, Splaat stares at the blocks, but the blocks are placed directly in the center of the screen, so it appears that Splaat is looking at the viewer) throughout his screen time and smiles as if he accomplished something before the logo wipes to black. On the studio's reopening video, the variant is in 16:9 full screen at 1080p high definition, it is cut to where the hand drops the magazine clippings, the background of the clippings is in a more lighter shade of yellow, and after the we hear the duck quacking twice, the logo flies off to the right of the screen. The "boing" sound effect is not heard. | * There is an alternate variant where the animation was cheaper (e.g. the liquid just waves like a flag, there's no static purple background [which explains very few holes emerging from the center once the liquid background has splattered onto the screen], the eyes of Splaat are flipped vertically instead of being animated to look down/up). There is a black background instead of a static purple background (since the logo transitions from black at the end of the credits); the logo blurs and cross-fades to the KC logo rather than disappearing like the TV turning off (along with the the purple "'''Y'''" in "'''K'''L'''''a'''''S'''K'''Y" zooming in over the regular "Y") and, to top it all off, Splaat constantly looks at the viewer (in the normal logo, Splaat stares at the blocks, but the blocks are placed directly in the center of the screen, so it appears that Splaat is looking at the viewer) throughout his screen time and smiles as if he accomplished something before the logo wipes to black. On the studio's reopening video, the variant is in 16:9 full screen at 1080p high definition, it is cut to where the hand drops the magazine clippings, the background of the clippings is in a more lighter shade of yellow, and after the we hear the duck quacking twice, the logo flies off to the right of the screen. The "boing" sound effect is not heard. This variant would later be remastered for 2021, which uses the same animation, but with glitchy effects placed over it. The Klasky-Csupo logo now phases off the screen via a blue laser. | ||
* This logo comes in 3 versions: a standard 4:3 version (for TV shows and full frame versions of their film output, though some films have slight letterboxing), a 1.55:1 widescreen version (matted to 1.85:1 for theatrical features released in the US (1.66:1 in Europe) and to 1.78:1 for both home video releases of those films and the final season of ''All Grown Up''), a 16:9 HD version (for the studio's reopening video) and a 2.35:1 scope version (seen at the end of ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie''). | * This logo comes in 3 versions: a standard 4:3 version (for TV shows and full frame versions of their film output, though some films have slight letterboxing), a 1.55:1 widescreen version (matted to 1.85:1 for theatrical features released in the US (1.66:1 in Europe) and to 1.78:1 for both home video releases of those films and the final season of ''All Grown Up''), a 16:9 HD version (for the studio's reopening video and the remastered version) and a 2.35:1 scope version (seen at the end of ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie''). | ||
* A filmed variant exists on ''The Rugrats Movie'' and ''Rugrats in Paris: The Movie''. The animation is choppier and in a more washed-out color scheme, and moves at a much faster pace, resulting in the audio being out-of-sync. To accommodate this, the ending sound effects are sped up (this also occurs on the alternate variant). | * A filmed variant exists on ''The Rugrats Movie'' and ''Rugrats in Paris: The Movie''. The animation is choppier and in a more washed-out color scheme, and moves at a much faster pace, resulting in the audio being out-of-sync. To accommodate this, the ending sound effects are sped up (this also occurs on the alternate variant). | ||
* On ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald'' tapes (save for episodes 3-6) and airings of their Nicktoons with split screen credits, the logo cuts to black just as the "Boing" sound effect plays. | * On ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald'' tapes (save for episodes 3-6) and airings of their Nicktoons with split screen credits, the logo cuts to black just as the "Boing" sound effect plays. | ||
* On NickSplat's airings of their shows, the logo starts when Splaat is on-screen, silent due to the credits being superimposed, and it's in warp speed. It is also worth noting that the filmed version logo is used, considering the graininess at the end of the logo. | * On NickSplat's airings of their shows, the logo starts when Splaat is on-screen, silent due to the credits being superimposed, and it's in warp speed. It is also worth noting that the filmed version logo is used, considering the graininess at the end of the logo. | ||
* On a Region 4 DVD release of ''Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'', the logo is cut off after the lip-flapping sound (presumably due to a manufacturing error)''. | * On a Region 4 DVD release of ''Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'', the logo is cut off after the lip-flapping sound (presumably due to a manufacturing error)''.'' | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The "animated" paper-clippings that form the face, the static background, the ink, and the print logo. All CGI animation, done on a Silicon Graphics computer with Softimage software, plus what appears to be cut-out animation for the moving hand and the moving of the face's lips. | '''FX/SFX:''' The "animated" paper-clippings that form the face, the static background, the ink, and the print logo. All CGI animation, done on a Silicon Graphics computer with Softimage software, plus what appears to be cut-out animation for the moving hand and the moving of the face's lips. | ||
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* There is a bizarre audio variant found on Russian airings of ''As Told by Ginger'' which has a grouchy-sounding male voiceover speaking over the logo's music: "Klasky-Csupo (pronounced like "zupa"). Blblbllblblblbllblbl." The timing varies depending on the episode, as does the tone, as different voiceovers were seemingly recorded for every episode this version appeared on. On later episodes, the voiceover has a weird echo/reverb effect. | * There is a bizarre audio variant found on Russian airings of ''As Told by Ginger'' which has a grouchy-sounding male voiceover speaking over the logo's music: "Klasky-Csupo (pronounced like "zupa"). Blblbllblblblbllblbl." The timing varies depending on the episode, as does the tone, as different voiceovers were seemingly recorded for every episode this version appeared on. On later episodes, the voiceover has a weird echo/reverb effect. | ||
* Another audio variant found on a Russian airing of ''The Wild Thornberrys'' features a male voiceover (different from the one above) saying, "Film Klasky-Csupo Incorporated" after Splaat speaks. | * Another audio variant found on a Russian airing of ''The Wild Thornberrys'' features a male voiceover (different from the one above) saying, "Film Klasky-Csupo Incorporated" after Splaat speaks. | ||
* On the 2021 remastered version, the logo's audio is | * On the 2021 remastered version, the logo's audio is sped up. However, the final boing is replaced with a laser sound, which goes in sync with the logo disappearing. | ||
'''Availability:''' Fairly common. | '''Availability:''' Fairly common. | ||