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* For the abridged variant, the music is higher pitched, sped-up, and out-of-sync as it begins at where the second K should form. | * For the abridged variant, the music is higher pitched, sped-up, and out-of-sync as it begins 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 Splaat logo audio instead. The pilot first aired on October 17, 1998, nine days after Splaat was introduced on ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald''. It's possible that logo may have been set to be introduced in this pilot, but for unknown reasons was changed back to the 1991 logo, while keeping the new logo's audio intact. 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 Splaat logo audio instead. The pilot first aired on October 17, 1998, nine days after Splaat was introduced on ''The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald''. It's possible that logo may have been set to be introduced in this pilot (produced in 1997 and slated to air either that year or early-to-mid 1998, only for it to be pushed back), but for unknown reasons was changed back to the 1991 logo, while keeping the new logo's audio intact. All other episodes with this logo use the normal music/sound variant. | ||
* On ''Santo Bugito'', a slightly shortened version of the music is heard. | * On ''Santo Bugito'', a slightly shortened version of the music is heard. | ||
* On a December 2001 CBS airing of the ''Rugrats'' episodes "Rugrats: The Santa Experience" and "A Rugrats Chanukah", a generic theme is playing. | * On a December 2001 CBS airing of the ''Rugrats'' episodes "Rugrats: The Santa Experience" and "A Rugrats Chanukah", a generic theme is playing. | ||
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'''Trivia:''' | '''Trivia:''' | ||
* As episodes of Nickelodeon shows and their pilots (including ''Rugrats'' and ''The Wild Thornberrys'') take up to a year in advance to produce, this logo might have been produced in mid-1997. | |||
* The face's official name is "Splaat". | * The face's official name is "Splaat". | ||
* According to a reply on a post on Splaat's Facebook page, the logo was designed by Gabor Csupo, Laslo Nosek, and Sergei Shramkovsky, the latter of which is implied to have designed Splaat himself. | * According to a reply on a post on Splaat's Facebook page, the logo was designed by Gabor Csupo, Laslo Nosek, and Sergei Shramkovsky, the latter of which is implied to have designed Splaat himself. | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
* Video games from the company have a still, slightly bigger logo that 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 that 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 that was made in 2:35:1, where the animation is cheaper (the liquid just waves like a flag, there is a black background instead of a static purple background, since the logo transitions from black at the end of the credits (which explains very few holes emerging from the center once the liquid background has splattered onto the screen), and the eyes of Splaat are flipped vertically instead of being animated to look down/up; as a consequence of this, Splaat's eyes are noticeably farther away from his mouth than usual when he speaks). The logo (not the blocks) then blurs and cross-fades to the K-C logo rather than disappearing like a CRT turning off (alongside the 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 | * There is an alternate variant that was made in 2:35:1, where the animation is cheaper (the liquid just waves like a flag, there is a black background instead of a static purple background, since the logo transitions from black at the end of the credits (which explains very few holes emerging from the center once the liquid background has splattered onto the screen), and the eyes of Splaat are flipped vertically instead of being animated to look down/up; as a consequence of this, Splaat's eyes are noticeably farther away from his mouth than usual when he speaks). The logo (not the blocks) then blurs and cross-fades to the K-C logo rather than disappearing like a CRT turning off (alongside the 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 before looking back up before the logo fades to black. | ||
** On the studio's re-opening video, (which can be seen [https://youtu.be/oJI5s7CNq20 here]), the variant is in 16:9 open-matte 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. | ** On the studio's re-opening video, (which can be seen [https://youtu.be/oJI5s7CNq20 here]), the variant is in 16:9 open-matte 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 before cutting to the right-facing, blue "energy blaster"-type muzzle flash. | *** 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 before cutting to the right-facing, blue "energy blaster"-type muzzle flash. | ||
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'''Audio Variants:''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||
* The "boing" sound effect sometimes has a reverb effect applied to it. | * The "boing" sound effect sometimes has a reverb effect applied to it. | ||
* The Splaat-only variant cuts off after Splaat says the company name. | * The Splaat-only variant cuts off the audio after Splaat says the company name. | ||
* On the still video game variants, it's silent. | * On the still video game variants, it's silent. | ||
* On ''The Rugrats Movie'' and ''Rugrats in Paris'', the audio is out-of-sync. To accommodate this, the ending sound effects are closer together and the quacking sound is sped-up, but not affecting the pitch (this also occurs on the cheaply animated alternate variant). | * On ''The Rugrats Movie'' and ''Rugrats in Paris'', the audio is out-of-sync. To accommodate this, the ending sound effects are closer together and the quacking sound is sped-up, but not affecting the pitch (this also occurs on the cheaply animated alternate variant). | ||
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* The logo comes in three formats: a 4:3 fullscreen version, a 16:9 version, and a 2.35:1 scope version. | * The logo comes in three formats: a 4:3 fullscreen version, a 16:9 version, and a 2.35:1 scope version. | ||
* Depending on the aspect ratio used, the rooster will be either in the top-left corner of the screen, or the center. | * Depending on the aspect ratio used, the rooster will be either in the top-left corner of the screen, or the center. | ||
* On later 4:3 prints of ''Rugrats Go Wild'' (both opening and closing), along with the film itself and the closing credits | * On later 4:3 prints of ''Rugrats Go Wild'' (both opening and closing), the logo (along with the film itself and the closing credits) is in open matte and zooms out to a much farther distance than usual. This only occurs on NickSplat and Nick rewind airings of the movie in 4:3 standard definition. | ||
'''Technique:''' Mostly CGI, but the rooster appears to be 2D-animated. | '''Technique:''' Mostly CGI, but the rooster appears to be 2D-animated. | ||