DreamWorks Animation/Logo Variations

Main Logo Variations Trailer Variations

These are the logo variations seen throughout the years by DreamWorks Animation, with more to be added overtime.

Shark Tale (2004):

• After the logo is finished, we fade into a closer shot of the fishing boy, who throws his fishing rod (and an earthworm that's on its hook) into the water.

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Over the Hedge (2006):

• Only "DREAMWORKS" and the line are shown.

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Flushed Away (2006):

• The word "ANIMATION" is removed.

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Shrek the Third (2007):

• The camera pans down from the logo into the clouds, which then turn into storm clouds.

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Bee Movie (2007):

• Barry B. Benson (voiced by Jerry Seinfeld) flies by, and the boy repeatedly shoos him. Barry stings the boy, and he accidentally lets go of his balloons and tumbles off the moon. Barry then takes the boy's spot on the moon. The boy's voice is also revealed in this variant.

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• At the end of the film, bees from the closing credits fly past to wipe from the 2002 Paramount Pictures logo to the normal DreamWorks Animation logo.

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Kung Fu Panda (2008) and Secrets of the Furious Five (2008 short):

• The logo starts out with an animal wearing a hat climbing up houses and clouds and working its way up until he reaches the moon. It sits on the moon and takes out a fishing rod, which he uses to pull up the rest of the DreamWorks Animation logo. The logo is done in the animation style used in the beginning of the movie. On the latter, the logo fades in a little later.

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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008):

• The logo plays normally, until Skipper (voiced by Tom McGrath) hits the boy and drags him through the moon. A fight can be heard and soon the penguins appear together. Skipper then uses the rod to catch a fish, saying, "Well done, boys. Looks like ice cold sushi for breakfast." They all do their high-fives as the camera pans down to start the movie. Additionally, there are more clouds surrounding the boy, and the music is slightly re-orchestrated.

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Monsters vs. Aliens (2009):

• The logo is in black and white, and while the logo is almost over, the music winds down to a close while a UFO abducts the boy. After this, the logo shakes and burns (a la 16mm film) to begin the opening sequence. (Fun fact: Considering that this film is made in stereoscopic 3D due to its craze at the time, this variant would be shown in 2D but transitions to 3D as the logo burns)

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How to Train Your Dragon (2010):

• Toothless is flying in the sky of the logo. When the logo finishes, it becomes a reflection in the water and gradually fades into the opening of the movie.

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Megamind (2010):

• The logo plays as usual, although there are no clouds after the boy throws them out with the hook. When it finishes, a sun casts over it as the logo turns black, which is shown on the opening scene of the film.

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Scared Shrekless (2010):

• The boy gets scared and jumps behind the moon. A few seconds later, he peeks out from behind the moon. Also the "DREAMWORKS" text appears weirdly, with the text smaller and a notable change with the "A".

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Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011):

• The logo starts out over a row of houses. Several flower petals from a couple of peach trees are blown up to the sky, where the moon is residing. The flower petals then form the spirit of Master Oogway, who brings up the rest of the logo from below with a fishing rod (similar to the logo variant from the first film). The logo is also in the animation style used in the beginning of the movie, just like in the first film.

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Secrets of the Masters (2011 short):

• The logo is set at night with clouds moving fast with the name and moon in blue, and is done in the style of the short. It then pans down as the short begins.

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Book of Dragons (2011 short):

• The 2010 logo plays normally, but towards the middle, it turns into a somewhat-sepia tone. After it's formed, a dragon comes in and breathes fire, segueing to the beginning.

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Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012):

• The space background is replaced with a blue sky, the text and moon are in a glowing blue color, and the camera pans down to start the movie when the logo is complete.

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Rise of the Guardians (2012):

• It's snowing, the boy is replaced by Jack Frost, the logo animates differently, and when it's complete, the text freezes and dissolves into snow.

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The Croods (2013):

• A 3D ember is seen floating around and revealing the logo, which is done in the style of a prehistoric cave painting. On FXM prints, the film starts at the logo already formed.

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Turbo (2013):

• The logo is in a shade of white on a light blue background. As the animation is complete, the camera pans quickly down to start the movie. There is a very noticeable animation error with this variant.

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Madly Madagascar (2013):

• The logo has a pinkish tint on a blue morning sky background, and it quickly drops down to start the feature. Like Scared Shrekless, the "DREAMWORKS" text appears weirdly.

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Mr. Peabody and Sherman (2014):

• Sherman replaces the place of the boy on the moon, and the logo appears in space, with the moon in white with white clouds surrounding it, and the name is in a shade of dark violet. It then pans down to start the movie.

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Almost Home (2014):

• As soon as the logo finishes forming, it fades into the moon to begin the short.

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How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014):

• After it finishes, it fades onto a water ripple as the movie starts.

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Penguins of Madagascar (2014):

• A glacier calves, revealing the logo. The crescent part of the moon also calves to reveal the Penguins, standing on each other's shoulders and holding a fishing rod.

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Rocky and Bullwinkle (2014):

• The logo is tinted in various hues of purple and pink, and is animated in the style of the original show. Rocky replaces the boy in the moon, and as he moves his fishing rod, we see that he fished Bullwinkle. The text is in a different, more cartoony font.

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Home (2015):

• The logo is initially seen in its finished form. After a few seconds, a blue tube drops down at the top and sucks the boy, causing the fishing rod to spin in mid-air. One of the Boov drops down as the place of the boy, the blue tube rises up quickly, and a Boov catches the fishing rod, causing the logo to animate in reverse, but the clouds are kept clear. First, the line, "ANIMATION SKG" and the "TM" symbol fade out. As the camera zooms forward to the fishing Boov, the letters of "DREAMWORKS" fly away. The fishing Boov fades out and the ship flies slowly around the moon as the camera goes inside through one of the lights to the opening.

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Secrets of the Scroll (2015 short):

• The logo is done in an origami-like style, with the moon and text in white. Oogway can be seen on the moon, wielding something in his arm. Then it pans down to start the short.

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Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016):

• The logo starts with Po (voiced by Jack Black) running up a mountain with stairs, and getting increasingly tired while doing so. When he reaches the top, he says "Okay, guys, just start without me", but then flops onto the moon next to the mountain's summit, gets comfortable and pulls out a fishing rod to bring up the rest of the logo (like the variants for the first two films above). This is all done in the same animation style as the variants from the previous films.

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Trolls (2016):

• The logo is playing faster, and at the tail end of the logo, a purple background page turns with a drawing of the boy on the moon. Stars appear one by one, and the letters drop down all together, in the Cooper font. They arrange themselves, and troll hair from the film appears on the boy. Also, the theme is sung in acapella by a group of Trolls.

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The Boss Baby (2017) and The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021):

• The logo is in the form of a mobile on the same sky background as the DreamWorks Pictures logo, with the text at the top and the print version of the boy on the moon (4 of them, for that matter) can be seen hanging from it, along with other various objects usually seen on a mobile. It then pans down to start the movie. A music box rendition of the theme is used.

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• For The Boss Baby: Family Business, the "SKG" text is removed, it starts earlier than usual and it brightens up into a white light to start the movie.

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Trolls: World Tour (2020):

• It looks and animates like the original film, but the background is different, the 'DREAMWORKS' text is in its normal font and the Comcast byline, in orange, is below the text. A troll then drops into the crescent (which actually looks like Barb). To represent that rock music is the music-genre antagonist, a three-pointed red hair drops in on top of it, followed by an electric guitar. The troll plays the guitar while scatting to it. The page flips to the film's prologue. This variation is shown after the Dreamworks Animation 25 Years logo.

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The Croods: A New Age (2020):

• In the darkness, Belt can be seen holding a torch whilst igniting it. Successfully doing so, he moves the torch down to reveal the 'DREAMWORKS' and Comcast byline in orange. He then says his catchphrase "Dun Dun DUUUNNN!!" before resting on the moon. He then looks at us before the screen fades out.

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Spirit Untamed (2021):

• The logo fades into the opening shot after it completes.

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The Bad Guys (2022):

• We start at the already formed logo, but the boy and text are absent. Then a grappling hook flies up to the moon, and Mr. Wolf (from the film, voiced by Sam Rockwell) climbs up the hook's rope and onto the moon before kicking off the hook and relaxing, as the text and byline fade in. The clouds slowly zoom in during all of this. Also, the opening score by Daniel Pemberton used in the Universal logo carries over into this logo, ending when it fades out.

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