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Written and Compiled by Eric Hartman, Sean Beard, Matt Williams, Nicholas Aczel, Internet Movie Database and Others.
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Columbia/TriStar
The Mouse That Roared (1959): The torch lady looks down and sees a mouse at her feet on the pedestal. The torch lady leaves her pedestal, leaving her torch behind. At the end of the film, you can see her rushing up the stairs of the pedestal, grabbing her torch again.
Cowboy (19??): the logo has got no company name.
Cat Ballou (1965): The Columbia Torch Lady transforms into an animated version of Jane Fonda as a cowgirl who is holding two guns and firing them.
Charlie's Angels (2000): The logo pans to the right, as the movie starts off in the sky on a plane.
Ali (2001): The logo plays backwards.
Men In Black II (2001): Featuring The torch lady's torch flashes at the Torchend Ladyof holdingthe logo, much like a neutralizer.neuralizer.
Eight Crazy Nights (2002): The torch lady is replaced with Eleanore Duvall, who later melts into the torch lady.
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003): After the logo is done, it goes back to the start point where the movie begins.
National Security (2003): The logo morphs into a map. This was only on the trailer.
Big Fish (2003): The logo plays backwards.
Hollow Man (2000): The logo turns icy. This was only on the trailer.
The Holiday (2006): The Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures logos are shortened and cut to the last few seconds.
Stealth (2005): The logo zooms backward through the clouds.
The Grudge 2 (2006): The logo starts as usual, but the torch flickers, briefly causing the Torch Lady to turn into Kayako and the word Columbia to turn into "Grudge 2."
Open Season (2006): The torch lady's torch flashes to preceed into the Sony Pictures Animation logo.
Superbad (2007): A rather neat variation of the 1975-1981 "Sunburst" logo. The byline "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company" is seen at the bottom in the beginning. As the camera slowly zooms into the torch, it disappears. As the "sunburst" is forming, a clock-style transition occurs behind it, turning the background from black to yellow, and after the sunburst forms, several human silhouettes are seen. (The recognizable music wasn't present, however; it just used the movie's opening theme.)
Surf's Up (2007, Sony Pictures Animation): The Sony Pictures Animation logo fades in on a white background with snowflakes.
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007): The Columbia Torch Lady is wearing a Santa hat and it's snowing in the logo. This only occurs on TV spots for the film, not the actual feature.
Head (1968): After the end of the credits, we see a psychedelic, almost Art Nouveau looking Torch Lady; slowly the film disintegrates.
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989, TriStar): The Pegasus is pink.
Look Who's Talking Too (1990, TriStar): Normal logo, but the Pegasus has been given a voice from Bruce Willis! It's just like Mr. Ed's, and they even throw in a "Willlbur! I'm Flyyying!" response in there.
Silent Hill (2005, TriStar): The normal sky background is replaced with fog.
Casino Royale (2006): The logo is in black and white.
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FOX
The Robe (1953): That was (officially) the first CinemaScope movie. It had a new revamped 20th Century-Fox logo at the beginning. There was no fanfare and instead of the dark evening sky, there was a huge red curtain behind the logo.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975): The fanfare is played on a piano.
That's Hollywood (1976, TV): Normal Fox TV (1966) logo, but the fanfare is re-orchestrated.
The World's Greatest Lover (1977): Normal Fox (70s) logo, but the fanfare is a "comic" version.
The Beach House (1978): A lightning bolt hits the structure.
Baby,sBaby's dayDay outOut (1994):The logo is in a black background and the searchlights are blue. This was only in a trailer.
Cannonball Run (1981): Had cars driving all around the 20th Century Fox logo. Sadly, this logo is usually edited out of
television airings
The Art of Seduction (1984): The Fox logo, as normal, but surrounded by Chicago's skyline. It only appeared on trailers for the film.
White Men Can't Jump (1992): Normal Fox (80s) logo, but the fanfare is a "funk/rap" version.
Romeo + Juliet (1996): A bullet slices through the 20th Century Fox logo. It only appeared on the teaser trailer for the film.
Volcano (1997): The Fox logo moves up until the screen is black and the credits start. After the logo forms, it moves up from the screen and into the credits.
Moulin Rouge (2001): Footage of the Fox logo plays on screen in a concert hall behind draped red curtains, and the symphony playing the fanfare can be seen below the stage.
Ice Age (2002): The Fox logo, as normal, but blue and with ice and snow on and around it. Only appeared on trailers for the film.
Minority Report (2002): The 20th Century Fox logo takes place in an underwater scenery.
Futurama (1999-2003, TV): The 20th Century Fox logo at the end of each Futurama episode is altered to read "30th Century Fox", as Futurama is set in the 31st century.
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003): The logo does its normal animation, but at the end it turns dark and the structure turns into some obscure buildings.

The Day After Tomorrow (2004): The 20th Century Fox logo has a storm in the background.
Garfield, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2004, 2006): The structure reads "20th Century Cat". It's also orange with Garfield's stripes. This was only on trailers.
Deck the Halls (2006): The structure is decorated with Christmas lights. This was only on the trailer.
The Simpsons Movie (2007): Ralph Wiggum sings along on the 2nd half of the Fox Fanfare. The logo then turns black & white and we zoom up to the moon.
The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (2007): The logo plays as normal until the end, when the logo turns orange and a pair of swirls, representing the first sign, appear in the sky.
Horton Hears a Who! (2008): A bee flies over the 20th Century Fox logo. It only appeared on the trailer.
Kingdom of Heaven (2005): The logo is sepia-toned.
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Blitz Wolf (1942): We see the red/yellow sunburst MGM Cartoon logo, with Leo the Lion roaring in delayed motion as synced to jazzy opening music.
Tom and Jerry theatrical features during the Chuck Jones era (1960s): The MGM lion transforms into Tom who meows and hisses.
Switchin' Kitten (1960): The ending of this cartoon has Jerry climbing into a mouse hole decked out with an MGM ribbon. His face gets a bit more vicious as he roars with the MGM lion roar sound!
MGM's The Big Parade of Comedy (1964, B/W): We see the MGM logo with the sign "Out to Lunch" over the circle, hiding Leo's head as he roars. Suddenly the sign flips up to reveal an animated man trapped in Leo's mouth kicking, beating, and yelling "Ow! Ow! Get me outta here!"The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967): The MGM lion transforms into a vampire.
Night of Dark Shadows (1971): When the MGM lion roars at the beginning of this film, no sound comes out. The 90s home video release has the normal version instead.
The Crocodile Hunter (2002): The TV promos and the film had a crocodile in place of the lion, while the teaser trailer has Steve Irwin doing his infamous hunting style
around the MGM lion.
Casino Royale (2006): The logo is in black and white.
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United Artists / U\
Lions For Lambs (2007): We see the current U\ logo, then the U\ turns red.
On aA funnyFunny thingThing happenedHappened on the wayWay to the froumForum (1966): theThe logo is written in a messy roman font and is spelled "VINTED ARTISTS".
The Pink Panther (2006): Same old logo,but before Leo can finish his 2nd roar,the inside opens like a door! One of the characters is animated. He leaves. The door closes. And Leo forgets for a second.
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Paramount
Alpine For You (Popeye Short, 1951): An end gag that may have started it all. Bluto's on this mountain top and then Popeye grabs the mountain top with Bluto on it with a lasso. He then punches Bluto and lets go of the mountain top and stars emerge from Bluto's head and form the Paramount logo, as the words "A Paramount Picture" appear below Bluto.
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (1980): Cameo appearance by the 1975 Paramount logo during the film on an airplane in-flight movie, consisting contained the Peanuts gang sitting on chairs on the plane and on a screen we see a movie countdown leader parody followed by a shot of the finished Paramount mountain logo. This appeared before a film-within-a-film entitled "Laughing Bunnies," which Snoopy and Woodstock laughed out loud at. :P
Indiana Jones Series(1982, 1984, 1989): These logos were replicas of the classic "A Paramount Picture" logo but with Gulf + Western info added at the bottom. The mountain fades from the logo, and are:
a mountain in South America (Raiders),
a mountain drawing on a gong (Temple of Doom)
and a mountain in the southwest United States (Last Crusade).
Psycho (1960): The logo plays, but the words "A Paramount Release" are outlined in black.
Scrooged (1988): The word "Paramount" and "A Gulf+Western Company" are a blue-silver color, and the camera zooms over the Paramountain into the "Yule Love It!" promo. The theatrical trailer on the DVD has snow coming down from the sky and the camera zooms into the Paramountain.
Black Rain (1989): Normal logo (with fanfare), but fades onto the red sun in Japan.
Event Horizon (1997): Standard Paramount logo animation with fanfare; after the logo fully forms, the camera pans upward into space.
Hard Rain (1998): The Paramount mountain is seen in much worse weather than normal; the camera pans down from the logo to scenes of flooding.
Vertigo (1958): The Normal VistaVision logo, but the logo is darker and in B&W and the clouds are static.
The Core (2003): After the logo is done, we zoom into the logo which reveals a god awful lava scene.
Team America: World Police (2004):The logo plays backwards.
Iron Man (2008): The logo is seen tilted,then plays backwards.This was only on the TV spot.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008): The 1968-1975 "A Paramount Picture" logo is used, just like in the other Indy movies, except the byline says "A Viacom Company" in the same Arial font.
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Universal
The Sting (1973): The Universal 1930s "Art Deco Globe" is seen tinted in brown.
Smokey & The Bandit II (1980): An animated car chase around the Universal Globe is seen.
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982): The Universal logo animation is played backward, so we go from the world out to outer space.
Mo' Better Blues (1990): Flavor Flav of the rap group Public Enemy spells out the letters in "Universal" (then says "You've been rollin' for 75 years!" and yells "Yo, Spike! Start the movie, man!") as the 75th Anniversary logo appears on the screen.
The Mummy (1999): The text "UNIVERSAL" disappears and the logo turns into the sun.
Gladiator (2000): A color-change job; this time the DreamWorks and Universal logos are sepia-toned.
The Mummy Returns (2001): Like previously, the "UNIVERSAL" text disappears and the logo this times fades into a scorpion, that is on top of a long stick.
Revenge in Olympia (2002): A plane passes by the Universal logo.
2 Fast, 2 Furious (2002): The Universal logo gets pimped!
Miami Vice (2006): The logo is in a bluish-white color.
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Warner Bros.
Rope (1948) The WB logo is superimposed on a view of a street. Also looks pinkish.
Rebel Without a Cause (1955): The Warner Bros logo is above a city at night.
The Goonies (1985): The logo fades to a skull with crossbones.
Batman (1989): The WB shield is almost a light bronze, and the sky is dark blue. The Warner Communications byline is in a different font.
Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1991):
CLOSE: We see a recreation of the 1944 Porky In The Drum logo, in which a badly animated "stereotype" version of Porky (whom, aside from also wearing pants, resembles a Terry Gilliam drawing) bursts out of the drum and tries to say his famous line in a pale voice imitation as outer-spacey sound-effects play in the background. A frowning Bugs enters from the left and kicks the fake Porky out, which crashes off screen, then grabs the real Porky and puts him in the drum where he belongs. Porky is surprised for a moment "Oh, oops" then proceeds with his famous line and pose as Bugs exhaustedly exits right.
Batman Returns (1992): Same as the original Batman, only with snow in the sky as well.
From Hare To Eternity (1996): The 1992 Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo is seen as normal, but we do not hear "Merrily We Roll Along" as often plays over the logo, INSTEAD we hear a re-orchestration of the 1936 Max Steiner WB fanfare. Other variations are done on "The Bullseye" opening/closing credits: the open on this cartoon has a Chuck Jones byline, and the close has "That's All Folks!" written over the bullseye in a SMALLER script than usual.
Twister (1996): The shield appears from the clouds.
Contact (1997): The shield is in a dark crystal blue.
Mars Attacks (1997): A little flying saucer flies around the WB shield logo.
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998): The WB shield blows up!
You've Got Mail (1998): The BG changes into a computer screen and the WB logo moves to up-left corner.
Jack Frost (1998): The logo plays in snow.
Deep Blue Sea (1999): Before the logo is even faded completely, the BG turns black while the shield turns into 1984 shield and water starts to appear on the shield.
Swordfish (2001): The opening studio logos for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures flicker as if they were on a problematic computer screen.
Ocean's Eleven (2001): The opening logos for Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow are light-blue coloured.
Scooby-Doo (2002): Proceeds like normal until the music ends, when a chunk of the WB shield disappears with a chomping sounds as if it were bit out, and we hear Scooby-Doo do his famous laugh, and then a zoom out has the WB shield turn into a Scooby-Doo dog collar with the initials "SD" on it. Underneath is a "A Mystery Inc. Company" byline.
Dreamcatcher (2003): The Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow logos are covered in snow, while the Castle Rock Entertainment lighthouse beams it's light through snow.
Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003): Just the 1998-present WB logo with the prototype "TIME WARNER" byline but everything but the shield fades out and we see the shield zooming out on the red rings make immediately makes you think "Looney Tunes". The title appears on the rings. Over this variation is the classic instrumental composition of "What's Up, Doc".
Matchstick Man (2003): The sky background is replaced with water.
The Last Samurai (2003): Just the 1998-present Warner Bros. logo with the prototype "TIME WARNER" byline but in a blue and black color scheme.
The Polar Express (2004): The shield is icy on a black background. Also isn't animated.
Ocean's Twelve (2004): The Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow logos aren't animated and the background is multicoloured.
Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico (2004): Bugs walks out eating his carrot as usual then it fades to the Flea eating a doughnut. the background is changed from clouds to a starry sky as well. Then a comet goes across it diagonally and starts the movie.
House of Wax (2005): The logos for WB, Village Roadshow and Dark Castle are sepia-toned and the the colour in the WB shield is green instead of blue.
V for Vendetta (2005): Exactly like Like the Thir13en Ghosts Variation
Batman Begins (2005): Logos for Warner Bros. and DC Comics are in black and white, but a little "brighter" than normal.
White. Also isn't animated.
Unaccompanied Minors (2006): A (HUGE) pile of snow falls on the shield, causing it to break in half.
Fred Claus (2007): There are Christmas lights surrounding the WB shield. Also, it's snowing in the background.
Ocean's Thirteen (2007): A combination from previous Ocean-films: The logos are light-blue coloured and also animated, the background is multicoloured, vertical and horizontal bars, in different colour, start to appear over the logos and very nice piece of music is heard during all this.
300 (2007): The WB logo is in stone and a mock version of the WB's theme "As Time Goes By" is heard during the first six seconds.
Speed Racer (2008): Each logo is on a kaleidoscopic background created from the logo shown. (Trailer and TV spots only.)
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Walt Disney Pictures
The Big Green (1995)(V): The Walt Disney Home Video logo plays, but it has a green BG and is long. This is only for the trailer.
Tarzan (1999): After the flash of light revealing the Walt Disney text, the background turns into a jungle.
Inspector Gadget 1 & 2 (1999, 2003): The logo is mechanized and the white curve line is replaced by a gear.
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001): The logo is in steel.
Lilo & Stitch (2002): The logo gets stolen by a UFO beam.
Piglet's Big Movie (2003): The line drawing over the castle is pink instead of white.
Stitch! The Movie (2003): The logo gets stolen by a TV static screen.
Teacher's Pet (2004): The logo is animated in the same style of the movie.
101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003) : Dogs bark to the melody of the logo.
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005): The logo turns into a cloud which resembles a castle.
Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) : The logo is formed by fireworks and the "Walt Disney" text writes itself.
Bambi II (2006): The castle is surrounded by mist.
The Shaggy Dog (2006): The castle turns into a doghouse.
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006): When the logo fully forms, the camera zooms out to reveal a snowglobe surrounding it that Santa holds. He then shakes the snowglobe, which causes snow to surround the castle. Enchanted (2007): After the logo fully forms, the camera pans up from the castle into a room in the top middle of it.
Stitch's Trail (2002): A deleted sence from Lilo and Stitch DVD.The logo is on a gray BG,the logo is all white,and switching letters form the text with sound effects when each thing forms.
Chicken Little (2005): The logo is on a sky BG, and in the same style of the movie.
DreamWorks Pictures/Animation
The Road to El Dorado (2000): The logo pans up into the clouds.
Gladiator (2000): The logo is sepia-toned.
Shrek (2001): The two S's in the logo turn green and grow ogre ears.
Minority Report (2002): The DreamWorks logo (and the 20th Century Fox logo) take place in an underwater scenery.
Collateral (2004): The DreamWorks logo (and the Paramount logo) are in Black and White.
Flags of Our Fathers (2006): The DreamWorks logo is in Black and White.
Shrek the Third (2007, DreamWorks Animation): The camera pans down from the logo into the clouds (which turn into storm clouds).
The Kite Runner (2007): The logo isn't animated.
Bee Movie (2007, DreamWorks Animation): A bee comes by and pops all the boy's balloons, sending him plummeting to the ground.
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New Line Cinema
Detroit Rock City (1999): The music is a rock version of the normal fanfare.
Blade (1998): The logo is tinted in red.
Elf (2003): Just the 1995 New Line logo with the Time Warner byline but there's snowflakes in the foreground and jingle bell sounds at the end of the logo.
Shoot 'Em Up (2007): No Holes are seen on the ladders at the beginning of the logo,then at the end,the ladders are shot at to form the holes.
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Pixar
Toy Story (1995): The logo is on a black background, the text is white, and no lamp is seen. This was only on the trailer.
Cars (2006): "Celebrating 20 years" can be seen when the screen turns black.
WALL-E (2008): Normal logo,but the lamp's light breaks, and WALL-E comes in and changes the bulb. He then tries to leave but the "R" falls. He turns into an "R". This is on the trailer.
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Marvel
The Punisher (2005): The BG turns Black and the logo is shot at.
Hulk (2003): The BG is green.
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Village Roadshow Pictures
The Matrix (1999): The color has been changed to green and the graphics altered so it looks "computerish".
Deep Blue Sea (1999): The logo is covered up by water.
Space Cowboys (2000): The logo isn't animated and is also put on a black background and in the same black-and-white color scheme as the first five minutes of the movie.
Swordfish (2001): The logo flickers as if it was on a problematic computer screen.
Ocean's Eleven (2001): The logo is light blue coloured.
The Valentine (2001): The logo is in bright red colour.
