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'''Illumination''' (also known as '''Illumination Entertainment''') is an American film and animation studio founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007 and co-owned by [[Universal Pictures]], a division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.
The company was formed after Meledandri left as president of [[20th Century Fox Animation]] and [[Blue Sky Studios]] in early 2007. While at those companies, he supervised or executive-produced movies including the first two ''Ice Age'' films, ''Robots'', and ''Horton Hears a Who!''. After
The studio is responsible for the ''Despicable Me'', ''The Secret Life of Pets'' and ''Sing'' franchises, and the movies ''Hop'', ''The Lorax'', and ''The Grinch''. The Minions from the first title are the studio's mascots.
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* ''Despicable Me'' and ''Despicable Me 2'' ([[ABC National IDs|ABC]] airing): Stuart the minion peeks out from the right side of the screen, anxiously greeting the audience. Then, all of a sudden, the text appears behind him. Stuart is clearly frightened by the loud music that plays as it appears, and as the music ends, he stands stunned, and then falls over. He then crawls off the screen.
*On the former film's Blu-Ray, if you select the "Gru Control" option, the preceding Universal logo and the ''Despicable Me'' variant are seen on a screen that Gru turns on, with a bunch of Minions underneath cheering. Throughout the logo, the scene cuts to the antagonist Vector on a couch switching the logo to "Vector Channel" which annoys Gru and the group of Minions. As the Illumination Entertainment logo is shown, at the point where the text shines and startles the Minion, Gru and Vector repeatedly switch in between the Illumination logo and the Vector Channel, and Vector's head is then frozen by the Freeze Ray from the film off-screen. The Minions cheer one last time as the camera pans into the screen, and the titles appear.
* ''Hop'': Stuart stands in the centre, staring at the camera. He then looks depressingly at Dave, wearing bunny ears and a cotton bunny tail and prancing to the right while carrying an Easter basket and tossing candy. Dave stops in front of Stuart and shows off his costume, but Stuart is not amused. Dave tosses some candy at Stuart's goggle, chuckles nervously and takes off the ears, and Stuart looks back at the camera.
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* ''Minions'': The preceding [[Universal Pictures]] logo has a five-Minion chorus singing along with the logo theme, and one minion voice continues to sing the closing note as the logo fades in, revealing the five-minion choir, and Stuart, the minion in the centre, is still singing the note as the others watch (except for one who stares at the camera depressingly). Stuart finally runs out of breath and falls flat on his face, then weakly holds out a hand for the others to lift him up, but quickly puts it back down as the other minions exchange glances.
** On the theatrical trailer for ''Sing'', it onky shows the minion falling.
* ''The Secret Life of Pets'' (prototype): Stuart is seen teasing a puppy by squeaking and pretending to throw a ball. He continues until a group of dogs from the film comes in, and one starts to bark. Stuart then throws the ball, chuckling nervously, and the puppy goes after it, but the dogs instead start chasing him offscreen. Then, a chihuahua runs after the group of dogs, barking until it goes offscreen. This variant did not make it into the final movie for unknown reasons. This is also the first and so far only variant in which a minion does not look at the camera.
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** There is also another version without the "ENTERTAINMENT" text. This can be seen on a trailer for ''The Secret Life of Pets 2''.
** Another one exists without Bob, which was seen at the start of four short films (''Mower Minions'', ''Norman Television'', ''Weenie'', and ''Yellow is the New Black'') and the end of ''Minions Holiday Special''. This version is still.
** On ''How to Draw a Minion'' and ''Saturday Morning Minions'', the logo is inverted (black text on a white background) and remade in 2D. Like ''The Secret Life of Kyle'' and ''Minion Scouts'', it is cut.
** On the first trailer for ''Minions: The Rise of Gru'', it starts where Bob squees.
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* ''The Secret Life of Pets 2'': A {{color|red}} ball bounces under the text. Six dogs pull Stuart, who is yelling "Stop-ah! Stop-ah!" at them. The dogs crowd at the ball and Stuart smiles. As the ball bounces off-screen, the dogs face the direction, chase it down and Stuart screams the company name as he gets pulled away, the dogs barking as they do.
* ''Sing 2'': The animation is completely different compared to the other ones, and so does the text design. A light clunks on, and we see Bob leading Stuart, Kevin, Otto, Mel and countless other minions in a song involving the company name. The minions clap along as they sing. The camera slowly zooms out until we see the text above. Right after the minions finish their song, the text turns off, and "MIN" and "ION" (a mirrored reference to the previous film's variant) are visible for a split-second before the screen turns black.
* ''Minions: The Rise of Gru'': Stuart swings past the text on a disco ball, calling out the company name as {{color|purple}} and {{color|blue}} lights follow. As the ball swings around, it knocks out some of the letters and Stuart tumbles off. When he gets back up, he notices the remaining letters spell "MINION". He turns to the camera excitedly and stutters "Min-min-min-", before the disco ball swings back into the frame and hits "ION", pushing it into "MIN" and crushing Stuart between them, thus creating "MINION". Stuart then says "Minion...", muffled.
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* Starting with ''Sing'', the name is three-dimensional.
* Starting with the second trailer of ''Despicable Me 3'' and the film itself, "ENTERTAINMENT" is removed.
* Starting with ''The Grinch'', the logo cuts in and out instead of fading in and out.
'''FX/SFX:''' The minions and the text, animated by Illumination themselves.
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Just the minions (voiced by Pierre Coffin) making noises or saying/singing the company name. On the ''Despicable Me'' variant, a loud, bombastic three-note fanfare is heard as the logo appears, kinda sounding like the [[Viacom (1952-2006)|Viacom]] "Wigga-Wigga" logo. None or the opening theme of the trailer for the still versions. On ''How to Draw a Minion'', it's the same as ''The Secret Life of Kyle'' and ''Minion Scouts'', however, only Bob's voice is present.
'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
*On ''Minions: The Rise of Gru'', the opening theme plays over the logo, while Stuart says his lines.
'''Availability:''' Current and common.
*Seen on all of the company's films.
*Formerly seen on Illumination's website.
*The prototype variant for ''The Secret Life of Pets'' is unused, and can be found on Facebook.
*Also seen on trailers, the game ''Despicable Me: Minion Rush'', and the web short film ''How to Draw a Minion'' (2020).
'''Editor's Note:''' This logo has gained notoriety for its constant use of Illumination's mascots, the Minions, and opinions will vary wildly based on whether you find the Minions charming or annoying. The ''Sing 2'' variant is generally considered the best even by those who dislike the other logos, however, and some think it should become the main logo on future films. Some have also proposed that the Minions could be absent, and have some other Illumination characters (doing what the Minions did in the prior films) substituting them for a few releases.
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Illumination (also known as Illumination Entertainment) is an American film and animation studio founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007 and co-owned by Universal Pictures, a division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.
The company was formed after Meledandri left as president of 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios in early 2007. While at those companies, he supervised or executive-produced movies including the first two Ice Age films, Robots, and Horton Hears a Who!. After he left, a deal was announced positioning Illumination as Universal's family entertainment arm that would produce one to two films a year starting in 2010. During the summer the following year, Illumination acquired the animation department of the French animation and visual effects studio Mac Guff, and formed Illumination Mac Guff (now Illumination Studios Paris).
The studio is responsible for the Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets and Sing franchises, and the movies Hop, The Lorax, and The Grinch. The Minions from the first title are the studio's mascots.
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Nicknames: "Minions", "Scared Minion", "Bunny Minion", "Crushed Minion", "Triumphant Minions", "Singing Minions", "Scared Minion II", "Excited Minion", "Singing Minions II", "Triumphant Minions II", "Minion + Snowball", "Scared Minion III", "Singing Minions III", "Crazy Minion"
Logo: On a dark background with a reflective floor, a large stacked text reading "ILLUMINATION ENTERTAINMENT" appears (written in Futura Condensed). Minions appear below the text (usually Bob or Stuart) and get up to different things, which vary by film:
Variants:
FX/SFX: The minions and the text, animated by Illumination themselves.
Music/Sounds: Just the minions (voiced by Pierre Coffin) making noises or saying/singing the company name. On the Despicable Me variant, a loud, bombastic three-note fanfare is heard as the logo appears, kinda sounding like the Viacom "Wigga-Wigga" logo. None or the opening theme of the trailer for the still versions. On How to Draw a Minion, it's the same as The Secret Life of Kyle and Minion Scouts, however, only Bob's voice is present.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: Current and common.
Editor's Note: This logo has gained notoriety for its constant use of Illumination's mascots, the Minions, and opinions will vary wildly based on whether you find the Minions charming or annoying. The Sing 2 variant is generally considered the best even by those who dislike the other logos, however, and some think it should become the main logo on future films. Some have also proposed that the Minions could be absent, and have some other Illumination characters (doing what the Minions did in the prior films) substituting them for a few releases.
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