Compiled by Argus Sventon, James Fabiano, Matt Williams, Dan DeCosta, Nicholas Aczel, Kris Starring, and Cameron McCaffrey
Images and Editions by Eric S., AsdfTheRevival, Guillermo A. Martinez, Mr. Logo Lord and V of Doom


Best Film & Video Corp.

(1983-1998)

Nickname: "Flashing Star"

Logo: A blue star flies up to the middle of the screen and the words "BEST FILM & VIDEO CORP.", in gold, appears across it. In the background are sped-up "action" scenes such as fireworks, a sunrise, and a highway.

FX/Cheesy Factor: The star utilizes '80s "shadow"-like effects. Also, the sped up footage for the background.

Music: None.

Availability: Can be found on many earlier releases of Marvel Comics-based cartoon videos.

Scare Factor: Low.
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BIllionfold, Inc.

Background: This is the vanity card of The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom's creator Butch Hartman.

(2004-)

Nicknames: "Butch the Superhero," "The Extending Cape", "SuperButch"

Logo: On a plain white background, we see a drawing of Butch Hartman as a superhero, looking somewhat similar to Superman, but with a few differences:

• The drawing isn't as detailed.
• Butch is smaller in size than Superman.
• The cape is yellow instead of red.
• His tights are purple with black briefs.
• His boots are tellow.

Instead of an "S" embedded in a backwards triangle, it is a cursive red "B" in front of a yellow circle. Butch's cape extends out to reveal the words:


written on it. The logo remains on-screen for a few more seconds and then cuts to a black screen with the Nicktoons logo and a copyright disclaimer (Or Nelvana International).

FX: The cape waving, the cape extending out to reveal "BILLIONFOLD INC." Very excellent animation.

Cheesy Factor: None; very well animated.

Music: A loud "heroic" fanfare accompanied by a voice shouting "BILLIONFOLD!" At the end, there is a squeaky "inc!" sound.

Availability: Can currently be seen on Danny Phantom on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Network.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; the booming voice shouting the company name can catch you off guard.
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BRB Productions

(1986-1990)

Nickname: "Multicolored BRB"

Logo: On a gray background, a logo materializes from the top down, as if being "drawn" in. It is a series of segmented lines in the form of two "B's" with an "R" as a kind of "hole" between them. The lines are (from top to bottom) shades of red, purple, blue and green. Diagonal white lines appear above and below the logo, and below the lower line is the word "PRODUCTIONS."

FX: The logo being "drawn".

Music: A synthesized, six-note, kiddie-like jingle. Some episodes of "Zoobilee Zoo" had a windchime music.

Availability: At the end of "Zoobilee Zoo" and some "Pee Wee's Playhouse" repeats.

Scare Factor: Low.
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Educational Pictures/Film Exchanges

Background: Educational Pictures was an early film company that produced and distributed short subject materials in the 1920's. Some of the Felix the Cat silent cartoons were distributed by Educational Pictures. Around the start of the sound era, Educational Pictures began handling all of the short subjects for Fox Film Corporation, including the early Paul Terry "Terrytoons". This continued until at least 1938.

(1929-1938)

Nicknames: "The Spice of the Program", "Aladdin's Lamp"

Logo: We see the words "Educational Film Exchanges presents", "Educational Pictures presents", or "E.W. Hammons presents" at the top of the screen followed by the name of the short. At the bottom of the screen, is a drawing of a genie's lamp with smoke coming out of it, and written above it in cursive are the words "Educational Pictures", connected to the smoke. At the bottom of the lamp, the words "The Spice of the Program" are below the lamp. Then the logo appears full screen with a real photo of a lamp and above the lamp, "Educational Pictures" is written out, and below it are the words, "The Spice of the Program".

FX: The logo quickly fading in from top to bottom after the first opening credits.

Music: Whatever short or cartoon was playing.

Availability: Probably rare, considering the age of the company, and the possibility that TV or home movie distributors may have retitled the shorts and cartoons. Can be seen occasionally on PBS's "Matinee At the Bijou".

Scare Factor: Low to medium; the live action lamp appearing in the middle of the opening credits may startle some people.
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Gunther-Wahl Productions, Inc.

Background: This is the vanity card for "The Angry Beavers".

(1997-2001)

Nickname: "GW"

Logo: Over a brown stone background with cracks in it, we see an emblem with a conjoined "GW" in it, surrounded by "GUNTHER-WAHL" on top, and "PRODUCTIONS, INC.". The whole emblem is slightly slanted.

SFX: None, it's a still logo.

Cheesy Factor: The "GW" is somewhat ugly.

Music: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Rare; was last seen on Nicktoons TV/Network's reruns of "The Angry Beavers".

Scare Factor: Minimal; the design might not sit well with some.

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Kromocolor Productions (Modern Film Sales Corporation)

(1913-1921)

Nickname: "Multicolored Sunburst"

Logo: Several sunbursts are seen stacked on a dark blue background, which has the words "the end" on it in white lettering. The sunbursts are pinkish in nature, with the smaller sunburst dark pink, while the biggest is nearly white. This is stacked atop a pinkish background with the word "KROMOCOLOR (Title below) PRODUCTION" in black Art-Deco type The rest of the logo has been cut off. Possibly this may not actually be a logo, but something else. Kromocolor could have been the film process used. Modern Film Sales bought some of the old Mutt and Jeff cartoons, and added soundtracks, and re-drew them in color.

FX: TBA.

Music: The ending music of a Mutt and Jeff cartoon.

Availability: The only known cartoon that this logo has been seen on is Mutt and Jeff in "Westward Whoa!".

Scare Factor: Minimal.
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Lightkeeper Productions

1st Logo
(1984-1988)

Nickname: "The Lighthouse"

Logo: A still, cheaply drawn picture of a sea scene, with the blue water making a wave against a brown piece of land on which a white lighthouse is standing. To the left a starlight shines in the black sky, and from it come, in fat red letters, the words:


(the NBC Productions logo would follow)

The starlight continues to spin in the sky.

FX/Cheesy Factor: The quality of the drawing, the star/word animations.

Music: Just the sound of a foghorn.

Availability: Seen on Punky Brewster

Scare Factor: Low.



2nd Logo
(1988-1996)

Nickname: "The Lighthouse II"

Logo: A video of a lighthouse on a reef is twirling its light, with the sunset behind it. On the bottom left hand corner of the screen, the text wipes in:


and then would cut to whatever logo was at the end.

FX: The video, the text wipe.

Music: Closing theme to any respective TV show.

Availability: Seen on the last 22 episodes of Punky Brewster when anyone ever shows it. Also seen on the TV sitcom "On Our Own" from 1994-1996.

Scare Factor: None; this logo is much blander than the first one.
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National Telefilm Associates

Background: Used in the 50's and 60's on Paramount cartoons, and in some films replacing the Universal logo, like "Naked City"

(1956-1968)

Nickname: "The Reel Of Film"

Logo: Three frames of film are in a row, with the letters "NTA" individually placed inside the frames. Behind the frames is a reel of film, with a portion of the film out of the reel and curling down the screen. Also there are wavy lines as a background. The words "National Telefilm Associates, Inc" are in all capital letters, with the N, T, and A, in larger letters. This logo appeared at the start and end of Paramount cartoons distributed to television in the 1950's. At the end, the same logo described above would appear, except this time, there was a COPYRIGHT followed by the year that the cartoon was made, and the words "BY U.M.&M. TV CORP.", For Betty Boop cartoons there is a black and white version with the title "Release" in italics.

FX: None; this is a still logo.

Music: The same as the U.M.&M. logo.

Availability: Most of the Paramount non-Popeye cartoons have this logo present. A bit more common than U.M.&M., this logo is on numerous public domain cartoon videos. However, if Paramount, which owns these cartoons, starts restoring the titles, look for these two logos to disappear.

Scare Factor: Low; the scratchy prints may bother some people.
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Peter Hannan Productions

Background: This is the vanity card of CatDog's creator Peter Hannan.

(1998-2001)

Nickname: "Cowboy Pig"

Logo: Over a white background, we see an anthropomorphic pig standing on the right of the screen, with a straw in his mouth, wearing cowboy attire. The crudely-written text "PETER HANNAN PRODUCTIONS", in black, is next to the pig.

SFX: None, it's a still logo.

Music: Usually, the end theme of "CatDog" finishes over it, but when Nickelodeon started split-screening credits in 2000, it gained "music": the sound of flies buzzing.

Availability: Appeared on "CatDog". Last seen on Nicktoons Network (aka Nicktoons TV) on December 28, 2007.

Scare Factor: None to low; the crudely-drawn pig might spook a few.
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Pee Wee Productions

(1986-1990)

Nickname: "The Wonder"

Logo: On a blue BG, we see various animals making

And they wiggle too

SFX: The animals moving

Cheesy Factor: Simple stop motion.

Music: We hear 5 notes, then 2 boing like notes

Availability: Seen only on all episodes of Pee Wee's Playhouse.

Scare Factor: Low; the music may starle some.

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SFM Entertainment

(1977- )

Nickname: "SFM Rainbow", "Rainbow Fill"

Logo: On a black background are white outlines to the letters "sfm" (though the "M" is a capital one despite being shorter than the "f") Each letter is then filled with a rainbow pattern of colors. All but the "M" are filled from the top. The "M" is filled starting at its left.

FX: The letters being filled.

Music: A series of morse code beeps typing out "SFM" in morse code over and over. Sometimes, a voice, that of SFM co-founder Stanley K. Moger, was heard saying various phrases; these are seen below.

Music/SFX Variants:

• The original logo was completely silent, and after the letters were colored in, the words "An SFM Media Service Corporation Presentation" appeared beneath them. This was seen on 1977-1978 prints of "The New Mickey Mouse Club."
• From 1978 until 1985, the announcer's spiel was "An SFM Media Service Corporation Television Presentation."
• From 1985 until 1998, the announcer's spiel was "Distributed by the SFM Entertainment Division of SFM Media Corporation." This is the most well-known variant.
• Since 1998, there has been no announcer. The word "Entertainment" appears under the SFM logo, and the morse code beeps are higher-pitched.

Availability: Rare. Currently Seen on the Christmas special "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" on Cartoon Network during Christmas. Was seen on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" reruns on Trio, but the channel has been off the air for nearly two years now and before that in the 1990's after reruns of "Care Bears" on the Disney Channel and "The Flip Wilson Show" on TV Land.

Scare Factor: Medium; some people were creeped out by the "spooky" announcer. Some might also be spooked out by the dark nature and lack of "real" text. A nightmare for Seconteen (she was creeped out by the beeping and the voice).
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Snee-Oosh, Inc.

Background: This is the vanity card for "Hey Arnold!". It too was seen on "Hey Arnold!, The Movie".

(1996-2004)

Nicknames: "The Totem Pole", "Snee OOOOOOOSH"

Logo: On a brown background, we see a tall totem pole bird. Under it are the words "SNEE-OOSH, INC.", made out of brown logs.

Early Variant: In this logo's early days, the text "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" (in the "Hey Arnold!" font) was above the logo.

FX: None this is a still logo.

Cheesy Factor: None for the version with the outro of "Hey Arnold's" closing theme over it. The one with the vocal line is a different story.

Music: Usually had the end theme of Hey Arnold. However, Nickelodeon's split screen credits cut off the end theme, so on split-screen Nick airings, the logo used a creepy chorus singing "Snee-OOOOOOOSH" for music, followed by a weird flute/gong tune which played over the following Nickelodeon logo.

Availability: The original version survives when "Hey Arnold!" is reran on Nicktoons Network. The variation with the chorus is rarely seen nowadays and only appears on rare occasions when Nick reruns "Hey Arnold!".

Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:

• None for the variant with the outro of "Hey Arnold's" closing theme.
• Medium to high for the creepy, startling voices singing "Snee-OOOOOOOOSH!" and gong/flute sound on the split-screen variant.

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U.M.&M. TV Corporation

Background: Appeared in the 1950's on television prints distributed by U.M.&M.T.V. before their merger with National Telefilm Associates, see below. The letters U.M.&M. stood for United Film Service, Minot T.V., and MTA-TV.

(1955-1957)


Nickname: "The Blue U.M.&M. Shield"

Logo: A large blue shield is on a reddish-orange background. The words "U.M.&M. T.V. Corp. presents" are on separate lines arranged inside the blue shield in yellow block lettering. The phrase "U.M.&M." is the largest lettering on the logo. The logo only appears once at the start of the film. At the end of the film, the words "THE END, A U.M.&M. T.V. CORP. Presentation" appear, with the word "Presentation"written in cursive lettering. If in black and white, the shield was black on a white background with white lettering.

FX/Cheesy Factor: In the color versions, there was a whitish "glow" around the shield.

Music: Usually the first lines of the cartoon theme, but on some Little Lulu prints, the logo is silent, with a unusually scratchy sound, like a old record playing.

Availability: Seen on certain AMC "Short Cuts". Also on numerous public domain cartoon videos, especially Little Lulu. If you really want to see it, you can buy a $5.00 cartoon video with Paramount cartoons.

Scare Factor: Medium; some people might not like a large blue shield. Also, the scratchy prints and soundtrack may scare people as well.
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United Plankton Pictures, Inc.

Background: This is the vanity card of SpongeBob SquarePants' creator Stephen Hillenburg.

(1999- )

Nickname: "Friends of the Sea," "Holding Hands," "The Underwater Logo"

Logo: On a moving ocean background with a reflection of light in the background, we see some crudely drawn sea creatures, one of them being a less detailed drawing
of Plankton (a character on SpongeBob), holding hands. The words:


are above, and the words


are below, both written in the "SpongeBob" font.

FX: The ocean background moving.

Trivia: In the episode "Plankton's Army", Plankton's family visits the Chum Bucket and tries to take over the Krusty Krab. They are based off the characters in the United Plankton Pictures logo.

Cheesy Factor: The ocean background is low-budget, the sea creature drawings are very cheap, and the logo itself looks very unprofessional.

Music: Usually, the SpongeBob SquarePants end theme or whatever theme was used on the credits finishes over it. On episodes with split-screen credits, there is the sound of crashing waves and seagulls. On early SpongeBob video releases, there is no music at ALL.

Availability: Can currently be seen on episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants on Nickelodeon.

Scare Factor: None to low; a well-known and very cute logo, but the bad drawings, the low-budget ocean background, and the cheap look of the logo itself could put some people off.
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World Events Productions, Ltd.

(1984-1989)

Nickname: "The Voltron Logo"

Logo: Against a globe, and in a white "Arabian"/"I Dream of Jeannie" font, are the words "World Events Productions Ltd." with a copyright underneath.

FX: A still logo, so nothing.

Music: The end theme of "Voltron".

Availability: Currently seen on "Voltron" on Boomerang.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; could make some people nervous with the relatively dark and still logo, combined with the ominous background sounds.