Disney Television Animation

Background

Disney Television Animation (formerly Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group and Walt Disney Television Animation) was formed in 1984 originally as the animated production arm of Walt Disney Television. Originally at the beginning of the end credits of any series, it currently uses both an in-credit text and on some series, an in-credit logo at the end of the credits, it used either the Walt Disney Television and/or Buena Vista Television/Buena Vista International logos. It was not until 2003 that it unveiled its own animated logo at the end of every show. Currently, it's the animation division of Disney Channel since 2005, who also produces programs for Disney XD (formerly Toon Disney and Jetix) and Disney Junior (formerly Playhouse Disney). In 2009, the name "Walt" was stripped from its television division, renaming it to its current name.

Contents

1st Logo (1994-1997)	2nd Logo (November 28, 2003-November 6, 2016)	3rd Logo (January 3, 2014-)

1st Logo (1994-1997)

Logo: On a black background, we see the words "Produced by" in red zoom in. As it gets bigger it cross fades into the Walt Disney castle logo, in which the bottom half is obscured by the dark colors of the background. The text "WALT DISNEY" in its familiar signature font in white is seen, and the text "Television Animation" in red and in the same font as the words "Produced by".

Technique: Simple animation.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Long extinct. Seen before the credits of 1994-1997 episodes of The Disney Afternoon.

2nd Logo (November 28, 2003-November 6, 2016)

Tron: Uprising

Logo: Same as the then-current Walt Disney Television logo (in the scheme of the 2002 "seventh flag" variant of the 1985-2006 movie logo), but with "TELEVISION ANIMATION" instead of "PICTURES".

Variants:

Pre-2006 international prints would have the logo fade to the Buena Vista International Television logo.
Beginning in 2011, the "Walt" is dropped and the word "Disney" is seen off-center.
On Tron: Uprising (excluding the pilot), the logo from Tron: Legacy is used, except that "WALT" is dropped, and "TELEVISION ANIMATION" replaces "PICTURES". It also transitions to the Disney XD Originals logo. This was done by Prologue.
From the logo's debut until around 2008 (for most shows) to 2011, the "TELEVISION ANIMATION" text fades in before going on to the normal animation.
An extended variant exists with the 2011 logo starting at the flash of light from the movie logo.
On Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars, the logo is seen over the credits for some bizarre reason.
On Disney+ prints of Quack Pack, the 2003 variant is zoomed further back.

Technique: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: Usually the closing theme or silence. In some cases, the long 1987 Walt Disney Television fanfare is heard.

Music/Sounds Variants:

In 2008, there is a redone version of the 1987 fanfare.
On the Gravity Falls episode "Fight Fighters", a Game Boy-like chime plays over the logo.
On the Gravity Falls episode "Carpet Diem", we hear a soundclip of Soos (who, in the episode proper, was showing Dipper a "break room" that was just an electrical panel with only a smidgen of space) going "Ow! Wait, wait..."
On the Phineas and Ferb episode "Tip of the Day", after the episode's song "A-G-L-E-T", Candace says "It doesn't matter!"
On the Phineas and Ferb episode "Act Your Age", while Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (the co-creator of the show) continues to sob in the background, Dan Povenmire (the creator of the show) says "Oh, get a grip, Swampy!"
On the Wander Over Yonder episode "The Little Guy", Lord Hater (voiced by Keith Ferguson)'s crying throughout the credits continues over the logo.

Availability: No longer current, but is still common. Notably, it remained in use long after Disney updated its logo in 2006.

It made its first appearance on Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time. It was also seen on Disney cartoons airing on Disney XD and Disney Channel and cartoons formerly aired on ABC Kids (now "Litton's Weekend Adventure").
Despite being replaced with the next logo in 2014, this logo was still used on Phineas and Ferb episodes until February 20, 2015, and post-2014 episodes of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse until its series finale on November 6, 2016 (which is also the logo's final appearance).
This also made a surprise appearance seen at the end of "The OWCA Files", which aired on November 9, 2015. This also plastered the WDT logo when Disney XD aired The Legend of Tarzan from 2009 until 2012.
The original version is hard to find as it was only seen on Standard Definition prints of their shows and starting around early 2010, Disney replaced those prints with updated HD prints which uses the shorter version, but it can be seen on some episodes of Lilo and Stitch: The Series on Disney XD USA because of the fact the episodes was displayed in SD.
Some shows on Disney+ plaster this with the next logo, while others keep the logo intact.
The redone theme variant can be found on current VOD prints of Kim Possible and recent domestic prints of Lilo & Stitch: The Series.
This logo does not show up on Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, despite the company producing it.

3rd Logo (January 3, 2014-)

Logo: On a white background, the Paul Rudish design for Mickey Mouse (as seen on the new shorts of the same name) is seen in a walking pose, next to the text that reads "DISNEY Television Animation", with the latter in the Mostra Nuova Regular font.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None or the closing theme of the show.

Availability: Current and common.

This was used in tandem with the previous logo until November 6, 2016.
Seen on newer episodes of Disney Television Animation shows, such as later episodes of Gravity Falls, and the series finale of Phineas and Ferb called "Last Day of Summer", as well as some newer shows like The 7D, Pickle and Peanut, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Milo Murphy's Law, Future-Worm!, Big City Greens, Amphibia, The Owl House, and The Ghost and Molly McGee, among others.
It made its first appearance on the Season 3 premiere of Jake and the Never Land Pirates.
This logo does not appear on 101 Dalmatian Street or Legend of the Three Caballeros, as the company wasn't involved with the production of those shows, nor does it appear on later episodes of Mickey Mouse (2013) or the Pixar collaboration Monsters at Work, as they use the in-credit logo instead.
However, for the former, it does appear on its reboot The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse on Disney+.