AVID:Fictional Company Logos

Fictional Company Logos

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This page documents on-screen logos for companies that only exist within popular media.

The media that features the fictitious logo must be notable, non-notable references shall be removed.

Buy N Large (from WALL-E)

Background

Buy N Large is a megacorporation formed from Buy Yogurt's acquisition of Large Industries.

Logo (June 27, 2008)

Visuals: On a black background, white outlines of the words "BNL" (with the word "N" being significantly smaller), along with a red oval and a smaller blue circle form. The words are then filled in and zoom out, with the filled in red oval and blue circle following suit. The formed logo is the words "BL" on a red sideways oval, with an "N" in a blue circle in between the words.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: A choir singing "BNL!"

Availability: Seen at the very end of WALL-E, following the Pixar Animation Studios logo.

Chalmskinn Productions (from The Simpsons)

Background

Chalmskinn Productions is a film production company founded by Principal Seymour Skinner and Superintendent Gary Chalmers.

1st Logo (May 4, 2008)

Visuals: On top of a mountain, similar to the 1986 Paramount Pictures logo, a white sphere with the heads of Principal Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers spins. Below it is the word "chalmskinn", with the word "productions" below it.

Technique: Digital ink and paint.

Audio: Two brass notes, followed by a seven-note guitar tune (similar to the DreamWorks Pictures theme) and a voice whispering "Chalmskinn."

Availability: Seen on the Season 19 The Simpsons episode, "Any Given Sundance".

2nd Logo (November 16, 2014-May 17, 2015)

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Visuals: On a black background is a blue-colored constellation of a taurus with the heads of Principal Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers as its head. Underneath it is "A C H A L M S K I N N P R O D U C T I O N" inside a blue box with a thin gold outline and a dodgerblue outline inside.

Technique: None.

Audio: A voice whispering "Chalmskinn."

Availability: Appeared on the Season 26 The Simpsons episodes, "Blazed and Confused" and "Mathlete's Feat".

Christian Broadcasting Channel (from South Park)

Logo (November 17, 1999)

Visuals: On a white background and on top of a pair of cyan angel wings with a golden halo above them, the golden letters "C", "B", and "C" zoom into place from the center of the wings symbol. The channel name "CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING CHANNEL", stacked and in black, fades in underneath the letters.

Technique: 2D digital animation.

Audio: A harp tune accompanied by a three-note bell jingle.

Availability: Seen on the Season 3 South Park episode, "Starvin' Marvin in Space".

Garalina (from Petscop)

Logo (March 12, 2017-April 21, 2019)

Visuals: On a black background, a dark blue "G" rotated 90 degrees to the left and with a white center piece zooms in until the white piece covers the screen. The company's logo, which is "GARALINA", in dark blue, reading vertically and sideways and with the "G" having a parabolic-shaped extension on its left side, pops into existence and remains on-screen until the screen fades to white.

Variant: Sometimes, the logo is at a different angle.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Starts with a quiet drone that slightly increases in volume before a high-pitched hit plays and the drone becomes dual-toned.

Availability: Seen throughout Petscop, was last seen on Petscop 20.

Smashing Melon Productions (from Dog With a Blog)

Logo (April 7, 2013)

Visuals: Avery Jennings is seen in a kitchen smashing a watermelon with a hammer in a box on a black background. Ellen Jennings (Avery's mother) is seen to the left. Over the video is the following words in red:

Smashing Melon
Productions

Trivia: The video is actually part of a scene from the episode proper.

Technique: Live-action.

Audio: A tune not unlike that of the Gracie Films theme, with sound effects corresponding to the actions on-screen.

Availability: Seen at the end of Freaky Fido, a film-within-a-episode that appears on the Dog With a Blog episode of the same title.

Hameln Entertainment (from Amanda the Adventurer)

Background

Hameln Entertainment is a "kids' entertainment company" who created the interactive tape series Amanda the Adventurer. They, in actuality, appear to be a satanic cult, sacrificing the souls of children to demons.

Logo (2001 [in-universe], April 25, 2023 [real life])

Visuals: A white background fades into the shot, followed by a burgundy shape that looks like a mouse. In time with the music, the company name appears inside the mouse-like shape letter-by-letter (stylized H-a-M-e-l-N) before the slogan, 'Follow us to fun!' is revealed below on the final chord.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: A seven-note melody played using a mix of a flute and xylophone overlays a two-chord progression played by a small chamber group of strings.

Audio Trivia: The tune plays throughout the game when puzzles are solved as well. On the xylophone version, the tune is extended.

Availability: Seen after the credits on the In The Kitchen and In Your Neighborhood tapes.

Foxhole Productions (from Kiff)

Background

Foxhole Productions is a fictional production company owned by Roy Fox (who is also the father of Candle Fox). It is not to be confused with Jamie Foxx's real-life production company Foxx Hole Productions.

Logo (March 11, 2023-)

Visuals: On a dark blue background is the behind of an orange fox diving into a hole, both of which are in a white outline. Underneath it is the company name in a hand-drawn, capitalized font, followed by "Proudly Presents" popping in below.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: Just an announcer saying "Foxhole Productions proudly presents...".

Availability: Appears on the Kiff episode "The Five Pigeons of the Acapellapocalypse".

Treehouse Comix Inc (from Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie)

Background

Treehouse Comix Inc is a fictional comic production company founded by George Beard and Harold Hutchins.

Logo (May 21, 2017)

Visuals: Transitioning from a black background, the hand of George Beard places down a yellow piece of paper with the misspelled written text "in assosiashun with" on it. A second later, Harold Hutchins places down a white piece of paper with the Treehouse Comix Inc emblem drawn on it (which consists of a treehouse inside of a tree with apples on it in a grass field, with the text "treehouse comix INC." drawn around a yellow circle enclosing it). George's hand slightly moves around at the end of the logo in an attempt to immerse the viewer before lifting the paper up, transitioning to the beginning of the movie.

Technique: What in-universe would be considered live action camerawork.

Audio: A chiptune-like fanfare plays in the background that briefly has two drum hits in them. George and Harold also do voiceover.

• Harold (voiced by Thomas Middleditch): DreamWorks Animation presents..
• George (voiced by Kevin Hart): In association with...
• Both of the two: TREEHOUSE COMIX INC!!
• George: Inc..inc..inc..iiinnnccc....whoosh.

Availability: Can be seen at the start of the film following the DreamWorks Animation logo variant. This is based on the logo from the book series.

Year 2000 Electronics (from Gravity Falls)

Logo (September 22, 2014)

Visuals: Over a mirrored gradient background, (going from navy blue to purple to cyan, featuring a retro-looking perspective grid background filling the navy blue) the silver text "YEAR 2000 ELECTRONICS" in front of a spinning compact disc is seen, zooming into the screen. The text and disc, the former of which features a trailing effect, both briefly sway towards the bottom of the screen before going back up. Once they reach the center of the screen, the disc stops spinning, and a lens flare appears in its corner. It briefly stays like this before the lens flare takes up the whole screen, transitioning into the game's title screen.

Technique: What appears to be a combination of 2D animation and CGI.

Audio: A synthesized rising whooshing sound is heard, preceding a synth chord, accompanied by a faint high pitched descending tone.

Availability: It can be seen on the Season 2 Gravity Falls episode "Soos and the Real Girl". During the episode, this logo appears during the scene when Soos initially boots the game (Romance Academy 7) up.

Great Scott Films International (from The Office (US))

Background

Great Scott Films International is a fictional production company founded by Michael Scott.

Logo (February 9, 2006)

Visuals: On a black background, there is a photo of Steve Martin on the left and a photo of Robin Williams on the right, both smiling. Below them is a box with a gray radial background with a yellow thunderbolt in the center. To the upper left is the words "Great Scott" in a stacked black font, and to the bottom right the words "Films International" in the same manner.

Variant: Writer Mindy Kaling shared an alternate version of the logo with different photos of Steve and Robin, the text is now in Comic Sans, the thunderbolt is altered, and "Films" is centered above "International".

Trivia:

• The logo is most likely a reference to Back To The Future.
• The photos of the men in the logo are real-life pre-existing ones, with the Robin Williams one being shot by Eric Robert on September 8th, 1999.
• In the season 4 episode "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", an in-universe variant exists on a jar of salad dressing on Michael's desk.

Technique: 2D Computer graphic.

Audio: Michael Scott saying, "Great Scott!".

Availability: Seen on the Season 2 The Office (US) episode "Valentine's Day". During the episode, this logo appears at the end of a video titled The Faces of Scranton that Michael shows to Corporate.