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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. Scared, she runs away, leaving her torch behind. In the end credits, this footage is reversed.



Bye Bye Birdie (1963): The Columbia torch lady's red flame leaps from the torch to form the title of the film.



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.



A Man Called Flintstone (1966): The torch lady is replaced with Wilma Flintstone, dressed as the Torch Lady! Unfortunately, Great American edited out this variation when they owned Hanna-Barbera. Shame.
Thank God It's Friday (1978): We see the Torch Lady posed as in the start of "The Sunburst/Abstract Torch" logo. Suddenly disco music starts playing and the Lady turns animated and gets into a few seconds of dancing. Then she resumes in Torch pose and the rest of the logo plays as normal.
Wham! Behind the story (1984): After the logo is done, the torch lady turns around and zooms out to Bushey.
National Security (2003): The logo morphs into a map.


Big Fish (2003):The logo plays backwards.
Hollow Man (2000): The logo turns icy.


The Holiday (2006): The Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures logos are shortened and cut to the last few seconds.
Superbad (2007):A rather neat variation of the 1976-1982 "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.)

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.

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.
Hawaiian Style (1995, TriStar): There is no eyes on the Pegasus.
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FOX

The Robe (1953): That was 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.
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.
Edward Scissorhands (1990): Snow is falling on the (80s) logo.
White Men Can't Jump (1992): Normal Fox (80s) logo, but the fanfare is a "funk/rap" version.
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.

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 CGI tower does it normal animation, but at the end it turns dark and the CGI tower turns into some obscure buildings.



The Day After Tomorrow (2004): The 20th Century Fox logo has a storm in background.



Down With Love (2003): Alternate version of the 1960s logo.



Dodgeball (2004): A ball knocks down ''20th''.



The Simpsons Movie (2007): Ralph Wiggum sings along on the 2nd half of the Fox Fanfare. There was also a variation that had a bitten pink donut in place of the "0" in 20th. The latter has only appeared on Trailers.
Horton Hears a Who! (2008): A bee flies over the 20th Century Fox logo. This latter has appeared on the new trailer.
Nim's Island (2008): The 20th Century Fox logo has a transition to the Walden Media logo via a "wiped" effect. This latter has appeared on a trailer.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/UA

An unknown Marx Brothers Short: We don't know the title at this point, but it starts with the 30s MGM logo-the lion roars once and fades into Groucho who roars into the camera. The last one is Harpo who also tries to roar but no sound is heard. He then grabs a horn and does some honking sounds with it.


Petunia National Park (1939): The MGM logo contains an ANIMATED Leo the Lion!


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.

North by Northwest (1959): The MGM logo is seen in monochrome over a light cyan background.



Tom and Jerry theatrical features during the Chuck Jones era (1960s): The MGM lion transforms into Tom who meows and hisses.
A Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry short (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!"
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.
Strange Brew (1983):Standard MGM opening, but the lion, instead of roaring, belches and appears disinterested. The camera then pulls back from the logo and pans towards the Great White North set. A few minutes later, the lion roars in the background, and Bob or Doug comments, "Oh, NOW he roars..."



The Lionhearts (1998): A lame animated sitcom featuring the MGM lion and his family. No, we're not making this up! Anyway, the animated version of the lion seen in this show has a turn in the ribboning.



Josie and the Pussycats (2001): The MGM lion morphs into a screaming fan.
The Crocodile Hunter (2002): The TV promos had a croc in place of the lion, while the teaser trailer has Steve Irwin doing his infamous hunting style around the MGM lion.
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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 real mountain in South America (Raiders),



a mountain drawing on a gong (Temple of Doom)



and a mountain in the southwest United States (Last Crusade).



Coming To America (1988): The CGI Paramountain forms as usual (with a Gulf + Western byline). It then turns into a real mountain (with stars and text intact), and we zoom in over the top, and past the letters. This is done as Eddie Murphy's character lived in the Kingdom beyond the Paramountain.
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.
Navy Lake (1995): We zoom into the lake, where men go hunting.
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.
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (1999): We see the usual 1988-2001 Paramount Majestic mountains with the usual stars animation. Once the Paramount logo gets done, it fades as a regular green mountain with a snowcap that can be seen on pretty much every South Park epsiode. Sadly, this was only seen on US prints of the movie, while international prints of the film plasters it with the 1999 Warner Bros. Pictures logo, but it still recovers the music from the logo.



Vertigo (????): The Normal VistaVision logo, but the logo is darker and in B&W and the clouds are static.



Tomb Raider (2003): It is in the water.



Rear Window (19??): The background turns into London City.



Coach Carter (2005): The logo turns into a drawing (for a spit-second) before turning back to normal.
Four Brothers (2005): It's snowing on the Paramount logo.

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Universal

The Birds (1963): A rare variation of the Universal globe superimposed into the picture itself. Was also used at Hitchcock's "Marnie".



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.

Xanadu (1980): A recreation of the 1929 Universal globe with biplane flying around opens the film. As the opening credits appear, the globe remains on screen and a succession of increasingly modern flying machines (four-engine airliner, Concorde, flying saucer) emerge from behind the Earth. The music changes in different styles of music as the objects appears.



E.T.: The Extra-Terrestial (1982): The Universal logo animation is played backward, so we go from the world out to outer space.

The Burbs (1989): We see the normal Universal Globe (looks computerized tho) but then the text fades out leaving only the globe and then we zoom into the globe- closer and closer until we fly over the town as the start credits roll.



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 Flintstones (1994): Variation on the 1990 Universal logo, the logo reads "UniverSHELL" and script is carved in stone. The music is a re-orchestrated version of the Revue theme.


Casper (1995): The globe turns into the moon.



Waterworld (1995): The Universal 90-97 globe stays visible after the text fades out, and we zoom into the globe as the globe is covered with water.

The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000): Similar to the above, only the variation is on the 1997 Universal logo instead; the music is a slightly different version of the 1997 fanfare.

Gladiator (2000): A color-change job, this time the Dreamworks and Universal logos are sephia-toned.

Jurassic Park III (2001) During the studio introduction, each logo (Amblin as well) is accompanied by the 'ripple-in-the-water' effect and the sound of a heavy footstep.

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Warner Bros.

Lumberjack Rabbit (1954, Looney Tunes): The shield shoots up towards us like normal... but overshoots its mark so that it looks like it's crashing into the screen! It then moves back to its normal position though.
Rebel Without a Cause (195?): The Warner Bros logo is above a city at night.




Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner Hour (1970s): Instead of the normal \\' logo used at the time, we get treated to Bugs and the Roadrunner standing beside a bannerless WB shield! "WARNER BROS. TELEVISION" and "A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY" are above and below it in the fonts used on the \\' logo.



The Omega Man (1972): The WB Shield is superimposed over Charlton Heston driving a car.



One Crazy Summer (1985): The logo appears as normal. Then, suddenly, it turns into a crudely drawn version of the shield, with wiggling clouds. The Warner Communications byline and clouds dissipate as a REALLY-EVIL looking animated bunny in a beanie cap (like the one seen in the movie) opens the WB shield from inside. He laughs, and then we zoom into his mouth, seeing the "ONE CRAZY SUMMER" title zoom up on us. Scary!

Who’s That Girl? (1987): The Warner Bros. logo with byline appears as animated on a granite background. We zoom up to the logo, the shield opens like a door, and out comes a cartoon Madonna, who closes the shield and poses sexy for the camera. The logo goes up and she moves down to make way for the opening credits.

Batman (1989): The WB shield is almost a light bronze, and the sky is dark blue.

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990): Instead of the normal shield logo, a replica of the classic 1936-1963 WB "circles" cartoon logo comes up, with its text and minus shield ("PICTURES, INC." is removed in favor of "A TIME WARNER COMPANY"). The shield then zooms up with Bugs Bunny riding it, and the text fades out. Daffy Duck then comes onscreen, angrily, pushes him off the shield ("50 years of you hogging the spotlight is ENOUGH!"), and tries to ride it... well, it doesn't work as good for him :) They also have another Looney Tunes-style ending, with Porky doing the usual "That's All Folks!" ending before Daffy, like before, complains of Porky hogging (no pun intended) the spotlight, saying something to the effect of "60 Years of you doing the end title is enough". Daffy trys to say the end line, but like before, is stopped by Porky, who finishes the line.

Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1991):

OPEN: A recreation of "The Bullseye" logo with orange circles, black center and "Bugs Riding The Shield." Animation and music is similar to the 1940s Looney Tunes bumper, but the title of the logo reads "WARNER BROS. ANIMATION INC.," and the "LOONEY TUNES" title card reads below "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON MADE IN N.Y.C. AND BURBANK."
CLOSE: We see a recreation of the 1944 Porky In The Drum logo, in which a badly animated "stereotype" version of Porky (whom is also wearing pants) 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.
Batman Forever (1995): The WB shield transforms into the Batman logo.



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.
Batman and Robin (1997): The WB shield transforms into a frozen Batman logo.


Conspiracy Theory (1997): The initial Warner Bros. logo with the clouds behind is shown - the camera then pulls back to show the logo as a billboard on the side of a bus.
Contact (1997): The Shield is in a dark crystal blue.
Mars Attacks (1997): A little flying saucer flys around the WB shield logo.
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998): The WB shield blows up!

The Matrix (1999): Current logos for both (also includes Village Roadshow), but the colors have been changed to a green tint and a filter has been applied so they look "computerish".




True Crime (1999): The 1984 logo appears, as with all post-1999 Eastwood movies.
Wakko's Wish (1999, WB Family Entertainment): The standard "Bugs walks out from behind the shield, does a Vanna pose, and chews his carrot" logo... until Wakko from Animaniacs walks out, does a Vanna pose... and takes a huge bite of the shield! Bugs is not amused.


Space Cowboys (2000): The Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow logos aren't animated. Also, they are 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 opening studio logos for Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Productions flicker as if they were on a problematic computer screen.
Thir13en Ghosts (2001): The opening Warner Brothers logo is in black and white.
Blood Work (2002): The Warner Bros. logo is the 1984 logo with "An AOL Time Warner Company" on the bottom.
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.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003): The teaser trailer, which played on prints of Men in Black II, had the shield turning into the liquid metal and melting.
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 tittle 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.
Polar Express (2004): The shield is icy on a black background. Also isn't animated.
V for Vendetta (2005): Exactly like Like the Thir13en Ghosts Variation
Charlie and the chocolate factory (2005): The backround is fog and the inside is foggy and it zooms slowly to us.
Flags of Our Fathers (2006): The Warner Bros is a rendition of the 1997 shield used in "Contact" but in Black and
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.
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Walt Disney Pictures

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.
Lilo & Stitch (2002): The logo gets stolen by a UFO beam.
Teachers Pet (2004): The logo is animated in the same style of the movie.
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.
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Dreamworks Pictures/Animation

The Road to El Dorado (2000): The logo pans up into the clouds.
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.



Bee Movie (2007, DreamWorks Animation): A bee comes by and pops all the boy's ballons, 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.
s logo rises up to reveal a farm at night.