Compiled by Jason Jones, James Fabiano, Cameron McCaffrey, Dan DeCosta and Matt Williams
Logo captures by Bob Fish, Eric S., Logofan95 and JHProd
Editions by V of Doom, WileE2005


1st Logo
(1972-1990)

Nicknames:

• 1972-1984: "The Big (\\')"
• 1984-1990: "WB Shield"

Logo: Over a specialty backdrop, we see two Looney Tunes characters (i.e. Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner) standing beside the (\\') [1972-1984] or WB Shield (without the banner reading "Warner Bros. Pictures") [1984-1990], with the company name on top, the owner on bottom.

Bylines:

• 1972-1990: "A Warner Communications Company"
• There were rumors that a variant existed with a Time Warner byline, but so far, no video evidence has been found since the ending of Tiny Toon Adventures features the regular 1990 Warner Bros. Television Distribution logo.
  

FX: None; it's a still logo.

Music/Sounds: Usually shown with music from the TV show fading out.

Availability: Rare, not seen as much as it used to due to replacement of other logos.

Scare Factor: None.



2nd Logo
(1990-1992)

Nickname: "WB Shield Wallpaper"

Logo: Over a wallpaper of little WB shields, we see Bugs Bunny in the spotlight, prompted on top of the company name "Warner Bros. Animation".

FX: Bugs eating his carrot.

Music/Sounds: Usually shown with music from the TV show fading out.

Availability: Appears on various WB TV cartoon specials, often plastering over older logos used on specials from the 1970s and 1980s.

Scare Factor: None.



3rd Logo
(1991-1995)

Nickname: "WB Shield"

Logo: On a cloud background, we see the standard WB shield in a small,
different looking design. The banner reads "Warner Bros. Animation" and there is no byline.

Variants: On some Batman: The Animated Series episodes the Warner Bros Shield would look metallic, and the background would be navy blue, without clouds.

On Taz-Mania, it has bylines.

Bylines:

• 1991-1992: "A Time Warner Company"
• 1992: "A Time Warner Entertainment Company"

FX: None this is a still logo.

Music/Sounds: Opening theme of the show.
On Taz-Mania, it has the last 4 notes of the Taz-Mania ending theme.

Availability: Can be found on Batman: The Animated Series repeats on Jetix. The byline variants can be seen on Taz-Mania on AOL's In2TV.

Scare Factor: None.



4th Logo
(1995-2001)

Nickname: "WB Shield" "Metallic Shield"

Logo: Over a set of clouds, the WB shield appears, with the banner reading "Television Animation", and at the bottom of the logo.

Bylines/Variants:

• 1995-2001: "A Time Warner Entertainment Company"
• 2001: "An AOL Time Warner Company" (with http://www.warnerbros.com/ below the company byline)

Classic Variant: On the Looney Tunes anthology series That's Warner Bros.! (1995), the banner read "Classic Animation".

FX: None, it's a still logo.

Music/Sounds: Usually shown with music from the TV show fading out.

Availability: Survives on Pinky and The Brain on Jetix and on DVD as well. It also is seen on Histeria! on in2TV (AOL Video Online).

Scare Factor: None. If you've been reading the previous scare factors, you'd know by now.



5th Logo
(2001-)

Nickname: "CGI Shield"

Logo: Same as standard logo #3, the new logo has yet another different cloud background. It has a much better defined Warner Bros. shield logo with an updated banner inscription, like that of the current motion picture version, now reading "Warner Bros. Animation" across. Below the shield is a www.warnerbros.com byline.

Variants:

• An early variation from the AOL era had the banner reading "TELEVISION ANIMATION" across, and underneath was a"An AOL Time Warner Company" byline, in a new lowercase typeface, with the www.warnerbros.com byline underneath.This variation can be found on early episodes of Justice League and first season episodes of Teen Titans, among other shows.
• Starting in August 2007, the www.warnerbros.com byline is absent from he logo.
• Debuting around November-December 2007 was a variation with a new "A TimeWarner Company" byline on the bottom.

FX: None, again, it's a still logo.

Music/Sounds: Usually the outro of the show's theme music.

Availability: Currently seen on various Termite Terrace-produced shows on Cartoon Network and Boomerang, including Teen Titans, Justice League Unlimited, Loonatics: Unleashed, Tom and Jerry Tales, Xiaolin Showdown, What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get A Clue, Ozzy and Drix, Krypto the Superdog, The Batman, Legion of Super Heroes, Duck Dodgers, Baby Looney Tunes and on various direct-to-video productions from the studio, such as Bah, Humduck: A Looney Tunes Christmas. This logo can also be seen on the current but short-lived Looney Tunes cartoons produced in the 2003-2005 timeframe.

Scare Factor: None, unless you have become scared of some of their really bad current shows by this time.