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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 (1967-2006)|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.

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* 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 was used on ''Duckman''.

* 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", 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 PAL prints, the music is high-pitched.

'''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.

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'''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.

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'''Editor's Note:''' While not as famous as the previous two logos, it's still a quite creative and nice logo. Some, however, may be bothered by the rooster screaming and the close-ups of the K-C blocks.

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