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* This logo was parodied at the end of ''Queer Duck: The Movie''. The audience is different here (consisting of the main characters of ''Queer Duck'') | * This logo was parodied at the end of ''Queer Duck: The Movie'' (created by veteran ''The Simpsons'' writer/producer Mike Reiss). The audience is different here (consisting of the main characters of ''Queer Duck''), and the text in the projector screen reads "DISGRACE FILMS". We hear the sound of a woman shushing, to which Queer Duck (voiced by Jim J. Bullock) saying "Oh, hush yourself, b****!", followed by a sound-alike of the Gracie Films jingle played on a keyboard. | ||
*On both Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of ''The Simpsons Game'', if your console's video setting is set to 480i and the aspect ratio is set to 4:3, the original version of the logo plays. Otherwise, setting it to 16:9 and/or have the video set to 720p or 1080i/p will play the enhanced version instead. | *On both Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of ''The Simpsons Game'', if your console's video setting is set to 480i and the aspect ratio is set to 4:3, the original version of the logo plays. Otherwise, setting it to 16:9 and/or have the video set to 720p or 1080i/p will play the enhanced version instead. | ||
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*On the webisodes of ''The Critic'', the logo is in the center of the screen, is brighter and blue, and is still. This variant uses the end theme of the show. | *On the webisodes of ''The Critic'', the logo is in the center of the screen, is brighter and blue, and is still. This variant uses the end theme of the show. | ||
*On the first season of ''The Tracey Ullman Show'', the "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" text is in a different font and stays there a bit longer. | *On the first season of ''The Tracey Ullman Show'', the "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" text is in a different font and stays there a bit longer. | ||
* The PS2/GameCube/Xbox/PC game ''The Simpsons: Hit & Run'' uses this logo, but with the print logo's texture, smoother animation and with flickering effects as the screen lights up. | * The PS2/GameCube/Xbox/PC game ''The Simpsons: Hit & Run'' uses this logo, but with the print logo's texture, smoother Flash-esque animation and with flickering effects as the screen lights up. | ||
*An extended website version exists. The animation starts with a blue screen with empty seats. Then the guests fill up the seats. Later, the projector turns on, showing a old scratchy screen. It fades out and the animation proceeds as normal, but it skips the "shush" gesture. Then four of the people start doing things if you click on them (laughing, whispering in someone else's ear, and sneezing, respectively) while the woman shushes them. Currently, a similar version exists where the scratchy screen is still. Then the whispering gesture is played first, followed by the sneezing gesture, and then the laughing gesture, and finally the shush. This can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7_fxTmeJbk here] and [https://graciefilms.com/ here]. Since the original Flash animation has since been replaced with a GIF of the same animation, it now has no sounds. | *An extended website version exists. The animation starts with a blue screen with empty seats. Then the guests fill up the seats. Later, the projector turns on, showing a old scratchy screen. It fades out and the animation proceeds as normal, but it skips the "shush" gesture. Then four of the people start doing things if you click on them (laughing, whispering in someone else's ear, and sneezing, respectively) while the woman shushes them. Currently, a similar version exists where the scratchy screen is still. Then the whispering gesture is played first, followed by the sneezing gesture, and then the laughing gesture, and finally the shush. This can be found [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7_fxTmeJbk here] and [https://graciefilms.com/ here]. Since the original Flash animation has since been replaced with a GIF of the same animation, it now has no sounds. | ||
*''The Simpsons Movie'' has this logo appear at the very end of it, but it looks like a slightly rushed attempt at recreating the original logo, as the background of the lit up screen room (apart from the "shushing woman") appears to be a photo still of the original logo, which fades into a Flash-esque animation with a darker blue light and a smoother font. | *''The Simpsons Movie'' has this logo appear at the very end of it, but it looks like a slightly rushed attempt at recreating the original logo, as the background of the lit up screen room (apart from the "shushing woman") appears to be a photo still of the original logo, which fades into a Flash-esque animation with a darker blue light and a smoother font. | ||
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'''Technique:''' Seems to be done with traditional animation. Flash animation for the enhanced version. | '''Technique:''' Seems to be done with traditional animation. Flash animation for ''The Simpsons: Hit & Run'' version and the enhanced version. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' The sound of an audience muttering and murmuring is heard (voiced by former Fox CEO Garth Ancier and composer Jeffrey Townsend, double tracked to sound like more than two people), sometimes extended during the logo's early years, followed by a shushing sound effect (provided by Tracey Ullman), then a 9-note piano theme with drums composed by Jeffrey Townsend on a tiny Korg 05R/W rack with a custom preset. The tune is similar to the refrain of "The King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West, but since this logo predates that song, this is just a coincidence. | '''Music/Sounds:''' The sound of an audience muttering and murmuring is heard (voiced by former Fox CEO Garth Ancier and composer Jeffrey Townsend, double tracked to sound like more than two people), sometimes extended during the logo's early years, followed by a shushing sound effect (provided by Tracey Ullman), then a 9-note piano theme with drums composed by Jeffrey Townsend on a tiny Korg 05R/W rack with a custom preset. The tune is similar to the refrain of "The King of Wishful Thinking" by Go West, but since this logo predates that song, this is just a coincidence. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
*From September 16-November 21, 2003 and again on July 27, 2007 and since February 15, 2009, there are more people muttering. | *From September 16-November 21, 2003 and again on July 27, 2007 and since February 15, 2009, there are more people muttering. | ||
*On Halloween episodes of ''The Simpsons'', starting with "Treehouse of Horror IV", a woman screaming cowardly replaces the shush, and the logo theme is played on | *On Halloween episodes of ''The Simpsons'', starting with "Treehouse of Horror IV", a woman screaming cowardly replaces the shush, and the logo theme is played on a synthesized pipe organ. Numerous other alternate versions of the theme have been used over the years (see "Variants" above). Earlier Halloween shows lack some parts of the audio (the very first one uses the standard theme). On "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (2010), the woman's scream is replaced with a low-quality 8-bit sound file of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream Wilhelm scream]. | ||
*Some episodes might use a soundbite from the episode, or use a voiceover from a character in that episode that plays alongside the jingle. Others have sound effects and/or voiceovers completely replacing the jingle. | *Some episodes might use a soundbite from the episode, or use a voiceover from a character in that episode that plays alongside the jingle. Others have sound effects and/or voiceovers completely replacing the jingle. | ||
*On some ''Simpsons'' episodes that feature songs during the closing credits, such as "Dancin' Homer" and "Monty Can't Buy Me Love", the closing song continues playing over the Gracie Films logo. This includes some syndication prints that shift the closing music so it starts after the last commercial break, causing the music to end over the logo. | *On some ''Simpsons'' episodes that feature songs during the closing credits, such as "Dancin' Homer" and "Monty Can't Buy Me Love", the closing song continues playing over the Gracie Films logo. This includes some syndication prints that shift the closing music so it starts after the last commercial break, causing the music to end over the logo. | ||