Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment: Difference between revisions

*The logo appears to have varying speeds when it comes to the circles appearing, as well as slight differences in the lettering's shape.

*When it debuted in 1968, the logo was slightly different. The most notable difference is that the TV monitor isn't present, but there are also a number of smaller differences. The rectangle's animation is slightly different, the circles appear slower and with part of "{{color|blue|ranKin bass}}" as well alongside them, and the text appears to be a bit cleaner. The copyright date also uses Arabic numerals rather than Roman numerals. This has first appeared on the rare 1968 special ''The Mouse on the Mayflower'', but can usually be seen on ''The Little Drummer Boy'' and ''Frosty the Snowman''.

*On ''The Smokey Bear Show'', an amalgamation of the early and later variants is used, having the animation of the later variant, but lacks the TV tube shape and uses Arabic numerals like the early variant. It's also in a shade of {{color|blue}}.

*On later reprints of ''Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town'', the logo has a slight {{color|orange}} tint to it.

*On ''The Year Without a Santa Claus'', the screen starts off white before fading to the logo, in which it appears to hang around until the flute starts to play.

*Starting in the 2010s, the logo has been stretched to 16:9 and it can be seen only in later airings of ''Santa Claus is Comin' to Town''.

*There is a variant in which the bongos come in early.

*''The Mouse on the Mayflower'' had some of the tune come in earlier than beforehand.

*Starting in 1998, ABC airings of ''Santa Claus is Comin' to Town'' had a generic theme and/or voiceover.

*On ''The Flight of Dragons'', it appears in a widescreen format, appearing to be zoomed-in.

*On earlier prints of ''The Hobbit'', it's silent and the background is {{color|orange|carrot orange}}, while on ''Nestor the Christmas Donkey'', the music is sped-up and the background is {{color|orange}}-{{color|gold}} (though both of these could be from film deterioration).

**On both the [[Xenon Entertainment Group|Xenon]] VHS release and 2014 remastered [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|WB DVD]] of the former, the music is intact and the background is brighter with a slight {{color|pink}} tint (possibly from film deterioration as well).

*On certain airings of Rankin/Bass specials, the logo fades out earlier after the animation is finished to make way for either the 1972 WBTV "Distributed By" logo, or the 1998 WBTV "75 Years" logo, with the music continuing on said logos.

*On the 1983 TV special ''The Coneheads'', the jingle was mixed with the drum roll and end chime of the [[Telepictures Corporation|Telepictures]] logo that followed.

*On the WB DVD release of ''The First Easter Rabbit'' (1976), the film deteriorated variant uses the fanfare from the 1986 [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] "Crashing Comets" logo. This is likely another case of sloppy reverse plastering.

*ABC airings of ''Rudolph's Shiny New Year'' in early to mid 2000s had the generic theme playing over that logo.

*On an old broadcast of ''The Little Drummer Boy'', the NBC chimes were heard due to sloppy plastering.

'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On the PAL DVD print of S4EP5 of ''ThunderCats'' titled "Return to Thundera: Part 5", this had the music from the next logo with the 1986 [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] "Crashing Comets" logo in a high pitch (likely due to NTSC to PAL conversion) and also due to a sloppy reverse plastering error as well.

* A shortened version exists that ends after the company name forming. This was due to the 1984 WBTD logo plastering the Telepictures logo. This was spotted on a later Russian print of the ''ThunderCats'' S1 episode "Return to Thundera".

* Another shortened version exists in which the logo fades out just as the "RB" begins to zoom up. This was due to the 2003 WBTVD logo plastering the Telepictures logo. This was spotted on AMC's prints of the special ''The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus''.

* On their last production before they closed, ''Santa, Baby!'', the logo is much smaller and flatter, flipped around vertically at the beginning of the logo, and has the line animation play out much slower. It also doesn't follow up with the transition animation.

* A low tone variant exists.

* On a post-1989 Russian print of ''ThunderCats'' S1 episode "Return to Thundera", the logo is silent.

* On ''Santa, Baby!'', it's the closing theme of the special.