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'''Nicknames:''' "The Graffiti", "Avant-Garde Scribbles", "The Storyboard", "Weird Stuff" | '''Nicknames:''' "The Graffiti", "Avant-Garde Scribbles", "The Storyboard", "Weird Stuff" | ||
'''Logo:''' | '''Logo:''' Abruptly cutting from the closing credits, a row of box outlines pans on a white background with shapes that change frequently. Each box has a drawing of an object turning into a letter. Here they are: | ||
* 1st Box: Blue cubic shapes forming a green "K" in an Arial Bold Font, which is not centered. | * 1st Box: Blue cubic shapes forming a green "K" in an Arial Bold Font, which is not centered. | ||
* 2nd Box: A dark blue hat that is originally depicted as a top hat before it stretches into a peaked hat, then turns into a boot, which then turns into an "L" in a Baskerville-like font that is centered correctly. | * 2nd Box: A dark blue hat that is originally depicted as a top hat before it stretches into a peaked hat, then turns into a boot, which then turns into an "L" in a Baskerville-like font that is centered correctly. | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* A still version of the logo (with graffiti still dancing and the logo already black and white with "'''Y'''" purple) was spotted on ''Stressed Eric''. | * A still version of the logo (with graffiti still dancing and the logo already black and white with "'''Y'''" purple) was spotted on ''Stressed Eric''. | ||
* An abridged version | *An abridged version was used on ''Duckman''. | ||
* 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. | ||
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'''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. | 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. Like the second [[Cartoon Network Productions]] logo, there are also corresponding sound effects with the actions of the letters as they pan: | ||
* <u>First K</u>: No effect since the music hasn’t started yet. | * <u>First K</u>: No effect since the music hasn’t started yet. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
* 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". | ||
*For the abridged variant, the music is higher pitched, sped-up, and out-of-sync as it starts at where the second K should form. | |||
* 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. | ||
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* 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. | * 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 | * 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. | ||
* On the first two ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald'' tapes and airings of their Nicktoons with split screen credits, the logo cuts to black just as the "Boing" sound effect plays. | * On the first two ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald'' tapes 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. The logo also seems to glitch out, kind of like a TV screen. 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. The logo also seems to glitch out, kind of like a TV screen. It is also worth noting that the filmed version logo is used, considering the graininess at the end of the logo. | ||
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* 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 ''The Rugrats Movie'' and ''Rugrats in Paris'', the audio is out-of-sync. To accommodate this, the ending sound effects play earlier and the quacking sound is sped-up (this also occurs on the alternate variant). | ||
* 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. | ||
* On the first season ''Wild Thornberrys'' episode, "Nigel Knows Best" (the only season one episode from the show to have this logo), the boing sound gets cut-off before it fully finishes and in between the transition from this logo to the Nickelodeon Animation Studios "Haypile", you can hear the last note from the last logo play. | * On the first season ''Wild Thornberrys'' episode, "Nigel Knows Best" (the only season one episode from the show to have this logo), the boing sound gets cut-off before it fully finishes and in between the transition from this logo to the Nickelodeon Animation Studios "Haypile", you can hear the last note from the last logo play. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Fairly common. | '''Availability:''' Fairly common. | ||
* It can be found on episodes such as those of later ''Rugrats'' seasons (starting with the episode "Runaway Reptar"), ''Rocket Power'', ''The Wild Thornberrys'' (earlier episodes had the "Graffiti" logo), ''As Told By Ginger'', and on ''All Grown Up'', all of which are currently airing on TeenNick's NickRewind; it is also shown in place of the previous logo on airings with split-screen credits. | * It can be found on episodes such as those of later ''Rugrats'' seasons (starting with the episode "Runaway Reptar"), the obscure ''Rugrats Pre-School Daze'', ''Rocket Power'', ''The Wild Thornberrys'' (earlier episodes had the "Graffiti" logo), ''As Told By Ginger'', and on ''All Grown Up'', all of which are currently airing on TeenNick's NickRewind; it is also shown in place of the previous logo on airings with split-screen credits. | ||
* Debuted on the rather obscure cartoon ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald''. This logo was used on K-C films from ''The Rugrats Movie'' to ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'', though on the first two Rugrats movies' Netflix prints, it is plastered by the regular variant. It's also at the company's website too, and can be found on the main page when first being browsed. | * Debuted on the rather obscure cartoon ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald''. This logo was used on K-C films from ''The Rugrats Movie'' to ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'', though on the first two Rugrats movies' Netflix prints, it is plastered by the regular variant. It's also at the company's website too, and can be found on the main page when first being browsed. | ||
* The alternate variant was seen at the end of ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'' and the video for the studio's reopening. However, the remastered version of the variant debuted on Gábor Csupó's official YouTube account, and later the 2021 reboot of ''Rugrats'', which is available on Paramount+. | * The alternate variant is rare; it was seen at the end of ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'' and the video for the studio's reopening. However, the remastered version of the variant debuted on Gábor Csupó's official YouTube account, and later the 2021 reboot of ''Rugrats'', which is available on Paramount+. | ||
* The still variant appears on ''Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' for PS1, ''Rugrats: Royal Ransom'' for PS2 and GameCube (both with the white background) and ''Rocket Power: Beach Bandits'', also for PS2 and GameCube (with the black background), among others. Recently appeared on ''Psyko Ferret''. | * The still variant appears on ''Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'' for PS1, ''Rugrats: Royal Ransom'' for PS2 and GameCube (both with the white background) and ''Rocket Power: Beach Bandits'', also for PS2 and GameCube (with the black background), among others. Recently appeared on ''Psyko Ferret''. | ||
* This logo also appeared on the obscure ''Rugrats'' spin-off ''Rugrats Pre-School Daze''. This did not appear on Klasky-Csupo's first live-action series, ''What's Inside Heidi's Head?'', because it was a series of interstitials as opposed to a series. | * This logo also appeared on the obscure ''Rugrats'' spin-off ''Rugrats Pre-School Daze''. This did not appear on Klasky-Csupo's first live-action series, ''What's Inside Heidi's Head?'', because it was a series of interstitials as opposed to a series. | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Rooster", "Crazy Rooster" | '''Nicknames:''' "The Rooster", "Crazy Rooster" | ||
'''Logo:''' On a green city skyline, we see a rooster's silhouette on one of the buildings (depending on the aspect ratio used, the rooster will be either in the top-left corner of the screen, or the center). The sun rises, and the rooster wakes up and opens its eyes (from the previous logo, as evidenced by yellow edges around them). It crows loudly as the blocks in the K-C logo float around. When the rooster is finished screaming, the sun brightens, as the rooster mysteriously disappears, and the K-C logo appears in the center. It looks "grungier" than the one in the past two logos. | '''Logo:''' On a green city skyline, we see a rooster's silhouette on one of the buildings (depending on the aspect ratio used, the rooster will be either in the top-left corner of the screen, or the center). The sun rises, and the rooster wakes up and opens its eyes (from the previous logo, as evidenced by yellow edges around them). It crows loudly as its eyes bulge and the blocks in the K-C logo float around. When the rooster is finished screaming, the sun brightens, as the rooster mysteriously disappears, and the K-C logo appears in the center. It looks "grungier" than the one in the past two logos. | ||
'''Variant:''' The logo comes in two formats, A 4:3 fullscreen version and a 2.35:1 scope version. | '''Variant:''' The logo comes in two formats, A 4:3 fullscreen version and a 2.35:1 scope version. | ||