1st Logo
(1991-1998)

Logo: On a sunny sky blue background, we see the top of a clay planet with a river running through it, trees, etc. The planet turns right and a red/yellow polkadot butterfly places itself on a patch of blue and white, which appears to be a suit. As this is happening, the letters

in various shapes, arrange themselves to the right so they are in separate wooden boxes. A smiling clay face drops from behind the suit to where we can't see the eyes. Then two clouds drop into place in the sky, as

Aardman Animations

presents

(in white)

fades in below. All of this takes place inside a small white box against a black background.

FX: The river, butterfly flying, face dropping down, clouds dropping, and whole scene turning.

Music/Sounds: Two ominous violin notes, followed by a bird cry, and two more short bass violin notes.

Availability: Seen on many Aardman shorts, most notably the Wallace & Gromit shorts The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave. This logo is intact on the CBS-Fox VHS prints of those shorts, so check eBay, Amazon, or a local thrift store for those tapes.

Scare Factor: Low, mostly due to the music.



2nd Logo
(1998- )
Logo: TBA

FX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Seen on Rex the Runt, Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions, Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and Flushed Away. It also appeared on the Chicken Run video game for Playstation, Dreamcast, and PC.

Scare Factor: TBA

3rd Logo
(2003?- )
Logo: On a black BG, we see the words "Aardman" in a grungy font with a star on the top right.

Variant: On programs broadcast on Children's BBC (CBBC), the Aardman logo is shown at the top, with the CBBC logo (a green egg shape with a big red C on it and the BBC logo below in white) in the center. Copyright info is shown below.

FX: It's still.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Current; seen on Aardman-produced TV shows.

Scare Factor: None.