Disney Channel International

ID Descriptions by Exclaim Entertainment and ifyoudarethenpizzait

Europe

1st ID (October 1995-1997)

Nickname: "Circles"

ID: There are many other versions. All of them end with the Disney Channel logo in the center with the text fading in at the bottom.

Variants:

Morning/Night: The US Disney Channel logo flashes to a morning or night setting and glows. These idents were used as sign-on and sign-off idents.
Bubbles: A huge bubble zooms out, which bursts into various smaller bubbles with three forming the logo. Smaller bubbles float from the top to bottom.
Fireworks: A firework explodes and red fireworks form the logo's outline and shine.
Paint Splats: Various paint splats appear, and ends with two small red splats on the top, and a large blue one, which forms the logo.
Snowflake: Two snowflakes ice skate around and form the logo on ice.
Sparklers: Red, purple and blue sparklers move around and then form the logo as they continue to spin.
Trumpet: Various trumpets of all sorts of sizes play and end up with three forming the logo which shines, and after this the top trumpets let go of pixie dust.

FX/SFX: CGI Animation from Lambie-Nairn.

Music/Sounds: It depends on the variant.

Availability: Extinct. These were used in the United Kingdom.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd ID (March 22, 1997-1999)

Nickname: "Red and Blue", Splats

ID: Like the last logo, there were many variants.

Variants:

Ice Cream Conga: Three ice cream cones are doing the conga to conga music, and when they are centered on the screen, they splat themselves against the wall where the logo is formed. An additional Pink ice cream cone congas and scrolls past.
Bouncing Dough Balls: dough balls of red and blue colors are seen bouncing in all directions with sentinent ecstatic whoops, until a rolling pin squishes them flat, forming the logo. Two more bouncing balls bounce normally across the screen
Outer Space: We zoom from a big blue planet in space. Later, two smaller red planets come out of it, forming the logo.
Choir: Two animated people sing, slowly coming together. As they sing the last note, their mouths turn red. Another person comes up from the bottom, their mouth is blue, forming the logo.
Fox: A blue animated fox is sleeping. He is dreaming about red jumping birds. The birds and the fox form the logo.
Apples: A blue and red apple are seen spinning in the grass. They both stop, and the red one splits in half to form the logo.
Beach Umbrellas: We start with an extreme close-up view of the blue umbrella. We zoom out to see two red umbrellas above it. This forms the logo.
Kitchen: On a stove, a blue pot with a lid is seen. Behind it, two pans are cooking red food, forming the logo.
Island: the camera moves through the sea until we see two red seashells and a blue one, forming the logo.

FX/SFX: The various objects in the idents.

Music/Sounds: Depends on the variant, usually ending with the signature three-note jingle.

Availability: Extinct. First used by Disney Channel France, then adapted by the British channel.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd ID (1999-2003)

Nickname: "Circles II"

ID: There are many other versions.

Variants:

Disco: Seven disco lights move to the rhythm of the music, which then transitions to a disco ball with two disco lights at the top, and the words "Disney Channel". Produced by GEDEON.
Rainy Day: The logo is formed from three raindrops in a glass window and the words "Disney Channel". Produced by GEDEON.
Halloween Rollercoaster: Two pumpkins ride a roller coaster, then they bounce to another pumpkin in the end, with the words "Disney Channel" . Produced by GEDEON.
Chrome Blobs: A few blobs move along a metal surface, until two silver blobs and a blue blob drop on the surface, forming the Disney Channel logo.
Computer: A computer uses many programs then two yellow mini-discs and a blue optical disc display on the disc drive and the words "Disney Channel". A snippet of the 'Video Game' ident also appears here.
Video Game: Two red spheres race in a video-game style, then when the spheres finish the race, the Disney Channel logo appears, which is formed by the spheres and a gold medal.

FX/SFX: It depends on the variant.

Music/Sounds: It depends on the variant, almost always having the Disney Channel jingle at the end.

Availability: Extinct. It's seen outside the United States.

Editor's Note: None.

4th ID (1999-2003)

Nickname: "Circles III", "2D Circles", "Simple Circles", "Playhouse Disney Circles"

ID: There are many other versions.

Variants:

Amoeba: We see two small green circles. Then, the slimy orange-yellow amoeba grabs the two circles, while they play around in the amoeba, turning it into an orange circle. Finally, they jump out and the circles all form the logo. This is set within a chalk-ish white background.
Balloon: The logo is already seen formed, with a large blue circle and orange smaller circles. One of them is stretched, while the other falls off and is shown to be attached to some string, bouncing back and forth. The other circle does the same and finally remove the string, forming back the logo once again. This is set within a dark aqua-blue background.
Birds: An orange circle is seen shaking. Then two yellow circles come out, bouncing and chirping. The large circle then makes an angry sound, causing the two smaller circles to hide inside the orange circle, which they rotate to form the logo. This is set within a green background covered in earthy green leaves.
Bumper Cars: Two multicoloured circles bump into each other, changing the colour of the background. Then, a larger multicolour circle appears, and the smaller ones then follow it. Once the logo is formed, the background turns and stays in a lavender colour.
Car: The logo (represented by two yellow circles and a purple circle) is scribbled onto the screen upside down, and starts moving around like a car. Finally, it goes much faster and then flips upside down. This is set within an orange background.
Dance: Two blue circles and a red circle dance around on the screen and when the music stops, the blue circles attach to the red one. After two times, the blue circles start moving until they form the logo. This is set within an orange "scribble-like" background.
Frogs: Three green circles are seen. Then, eyes appear on all of them. The top ones start eating unseen flies with their tongue, angering the bottom one. Then, the bottom one hears an unseen airplane, and manages to eat that instead, turning large and purple, forming the logo in the process as the eyes disappear. This is set within a bright yellow background.
Figure Skating: Two blue circles move around while white scribbly lines draw over them. Then a purple circle comes from the bottom, which is also scribbled on. After this, they disappear, and the scribbles form the logo. This is set within a dark-blue sky background.
Jumping: A small purple scribble jumps close to the screen. The left circle then jumps to the right, and then the right circle jumps closer, and so forth. Then, a large dark blue circle slams down, causing the screen to shake and the purple circles to form the logo. This is set on a light-blue background.
Marching Band: We start off on a purple background as a green circle with a large black outline zooms into the beat of the music. Then, inside the green background are red, orange, and yellow circles with the same black outline, once again zooming into the camera, timed to the beat of the music. Then, we head into the red background, as a blue circle once again with the black outline beats itself to the tune. Two smaller yellow circles then appear, forming the logo.
Music Ensemble: We see a large orange circle in-between two yellow circles. The one on the left plays a flute sound, while the right plays a drum sound. The orange circle then disforms, and the yellow circles attempt to shape it back to normal. Then, all the circles stretch largely and back to form the logo. This is set within a purple background.
Paint: A big red circle is painted on. Then, a yellow and a blue circle move around a big red circle, and when the yellow and blue circles pass each other, they turn green and form the logo. This is set on a white background.
Outer Space #2: Two blue scribble circles float around like planets, one of them having a bit of white on it, which then sneezes. Then, a yellow scribble circle representing a sun slowly floats from the right, and rings start to come out of it. With this, the blue circles go onto the top to form the logo. This is set within a dark-blue background.
Spiral:
Squeeze: Two blue circles play with each other until one of them gets squished by a large purple circle, giving it the appearance of a snail. The other blue circle attempts to push the purple circle and starts to pant, and instead hits the other blue circle, sending them all flying and forming the logo on a yellowish-green background.

FX/SFX: 2D animation produced by Estructura7.

Music/Sounds: It depends on the variant, almost always having the Disney Channel jingle at the end.

Availability: Used on Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney internationally throughout the time period. A flash remake of the "Birds" ident was also used as an intro on the Playhouse Disney UK website for a time between 2002-2003.