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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 with 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 were 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, officially confirmed that a revival of ''Rugrats'' was in the works, which would 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 debuted on the Paramount+ streaming service in 2021. | 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 with 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 were 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, officially confirmed that a revival of ''Rugrats'' was in the works, which would 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 debuted on the Paramount+ streaming service in 2021. | ||
===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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* <u>a</u>: Two notes of a rock guitar. | * <u>a</u>: Two notes of a rock guitar. | ||
* <u>s</u>: A fast paced “twirling” sound. | * <u>s</u>: A fast paced “twirling” sound. | ||
* <u>Second K</u>: A rising, choppy cowbell sound. | * <u>Second K</u>: A beep, followed by a rising, choppy cowbell sound. | ||
* <u>Y</u>: A boing sound which fits with the acrobat jumping. | * <u>Y</u>: A boing sound which fits with the acrobat jumping. | ||
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* 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 | * On ''Santo Bugito'', a slightly shortened version of the music is heard. | ||
'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Can be seen ''Rugrats'' episodes from the era on DVD and VHS. However, some episodes of ''Rugrats'' had this logo even after 1999; "The Magic Baby/Dil We Meet Again" (aired May 4, 2001) is one example. This is most likely because the episode was intended to air with the first part of season 6 (the last batch of episodes to use this logo), but it got pushed back. Another strange case is that 2002 VHS releases of ''Rugrats'', ''Halloween'' for one example, also used this logo in place of the next one. It's also seen on home media releases of ''Duckman'', ''Santo Bugito'', and ''AAAHH!!!'' ''Real Monsters''. The in-credit variant appears on reruns of ''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'' on HBO Family, as part of ''HBO Storybook Musicals'', and the music video for the song "Shadrach" by the Beastie Boys, which was actually where this logo premiered. Also seen on early episodes of ''The Wild Thornberrys''. The ''Wild Thornberrys'' pilot variant is extinct, as the pilot hasn't been released or aired since its original airing in 1998. Don't expect to see this on the first three seasons of ''The Simpsons'' as the studio only did the animation for the show and didn't produce it. | '''Availability:''' Uncommon. Can be seen ''Rugrats'' episodes from the era on DVD and VHS. However, some episodes of ''Rugrats'' had this logo even after 1999; "The Magic Baby/Dil We Meet Again" (aired May 4, 2001) is one example. This is most likely because the episode was intended to air with the first part of season 6 (the last batch of episodes to use this logo), but it got pushed back. Another strange case is that 2002 VHS releases of ''Rugrats'', ''Halloween'' for one example, also used this logo in place of the next one. It's also seen on home media releases of ''Duckman'', ''Santo Bugito'', and ''AAAHH!!!'' ''Real Monsters''. The in-credit variant appears on reruns of ''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'' on HBO Family, as part of ''HBO Storybook Musicals'', and the music video for the song "Shadrach" by the Beastie Boys, which was actually where this logo premiered. Also seen on early episodes of ''The Wild Thornberrys''. The ''Wild Thornberrys'' pilot variant is extinct, as the pilot hasn't been released or aired since its original airing in 1998. Don't expect to see this on the first three seasons of ''The Simpsons'' as the studio only did the animation for the show and didn't produce it. | ||
'''Editor’s Note:''' This logo is well-known inside and outside the community for its constant airplay on Nickelodeon, as well as the off-the-wall music, animation, and design. | '''Editor’s Note:''' This logo is well-known inside and outside the community for its constant airplay on Nickelodeon, as well as the off-the-wall music, animation, and design. | ||
===2nd Logo (October 8, 1998-October 20, 2008, July 13, 2012, November 30, 2012, March 2, 2021-)=== | ===2nd Logo (October 8, 1998-October 20, 2008, July 13, 2012, November 30, 2012, March 2, 2021-)=== | ||
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'''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 | * 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 lighter shade of yellow, and after 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 computer screen effects placed over it. The Klasky-Csupo logo then zooms in at the last half-second and 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), 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''). | * 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), 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). | ||
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* The split-screen credits variant made a surprise reappearance in August 2020 on a NickRewind rerun of a ''Rugrats'' episode due to the fact the episode used Nick's split-screen credits template for the show. | * The split-screen credits variant made a surprise reappearance in August 2020 on a NickRewind rerun of a ''Rugrats'' episode due to the fact the episode used Nick's split-screen credits template for the show. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' This logo appears to be a metaphor for Klasky-Csupo's rather inspirational rise to fame from humble beginnings as an animation studio. Just like 'Graffiti', this logo is famous inside and outside the community thanks to its constant airplay on Nick, as well as the unique animation and SFX, and Splaat's unnerving design. It's not unusual to call this probably the most infamous "scary" logo of all time, thanks to Splaat's design as well as the "in-your-face" nature of the animation; there is a staggering amount of logo remix videos and other (usually, quite low in production quality) videos related to this logo. This logo even got a remaster recently, with the addition of glitches used throughout the logo, and will scare a new generation of children, since it was used on a children's program. Nevertheless, it is a favorite of those who grew up with ''Rugrats'' and other Klasky-Csupo productions. | '''Editor's Note:''' This logo appears to be a metaphor for Klasky-Csupo's rather inspirational rise to fame from humble beginnings as an animation studio. Just like 'Graffiti', this logo is famous inside and outside the community thanks to its constant airplay on Nick, as well as the unique animation and SFX, and Splaat's unnerving design. It's not unusual to call this probably the most infamous "scary" logo of all time, thanks to Splaat's design as well as the "in-your-face" nature of the animation; there is a staggering amount of logo remix videos and other (usually, quite low in production quality) videos related to this logo. Splaat smiling in the alternate variant can be even more unsettling. This logo even got a remaster recently, with the addition of glitches used throughout the logo, and will scare a new generation of children, since it was used on a children's program. Nevertheless, it is a favorite of those who grew up with ''Rugrats'' and other Klasky-Csupo productions. | ||
===3rd Logo (June 13, 2003; 2007; October 20, 2008; October 24, 2018)=== | ===3rd Logo (June 13, 2003; 2007; October 20, 2008; October 24, 2018)=== | ||
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'''FX/SFX:''' All CGI animation. | '''FX/SFX:''' All CGI animation. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A very loud techno theme, made using samples from Zero-G's ''Chemical Beats'' sample library. Before the rooster wakes up, a voice says "Wake up". Also, there's a, "POP!" sound when the rooster opens its eyes. A faint robotic whisper of the company name can be heard at the end. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A very loud techno theme, made using samples from Zero-G's ''Chemical Beats'' sample library. Before the rooster wakes up, a voice says "Wake up". Also, there's a, "POP!" sound when the rooster opens its eyes. Like the first logo, there's a projector-like sound heard as the blocks fly around. A faint robotic whisper of the company name can be heard at the end. | ||
'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On a special "sizzle reel" Klasky-Csupo made for their 25th anniversary, the 2.35:1 scope version is used at the beginning, | '''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On a special "sizzle reel" Klasky-Csupo made for their 25th anniversary, the 2.35:1 scope version is used at the beginning. However, we do not hear the faint robotic whisper. Instead, we hear techno-like music that starts the video. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. Seen on the 2003 film ''Rugrats Go Wild'' (both start and end) and the start of the 2008 film ''Immigrants''. Most recently appeared on Gabor Csupo's 2018 demo reel. | '''Availability:''' Rare. Seen on the 2003 film ''Rugrats Go Wild'' (both start and end) and the start of the 2008 film ''Immigrants''. Most recently appeared on Gabor Csupo's 2018 demo reel. | ||