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Background

King Rollo Films is the vanity card of David McKee, creator of Mr. Benn as well as the Adventures of Spot cartoons.

(February 11, 1999-)

Logo: In the end credits on a blue square, we see a picture of King Rollo and Hamlet dancing from the King Rollo cartoon, and above it are the words "KING ROLLO FILMS LTD".

Variant: A version exists without the blue square.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme or none.

Availability:

It was seen on Maisy when it aired on Qubo.
It was also seen on Paz on Discovery Kids, Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies on PBS Kids Sprout, Humf on Nick Jr., and the Spot's Musical Adventures shorts, respectively.
The variant only appears on Poppy Cat.
The company has also been dormant since 2016.

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+===Background===
-'''Background:''' King Rollo Films is the vanity card of David McKee, creator of Mr. Benn as well as the ''Adventures of Spot'' cartoons.
+King Rollo Films is the vanity card of David McKee, creator of Mr. Benn as well as the ''Adventures of Spot'' cartoons.
+=== (February 11, 1999-) ===
-=== 1st Logo (October 1, 1980-2001) ===
-{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/i-iI2PrrWgI}}
-'''Logo:''' Just the words "KING ROLLO FILMS LTD." in any typeface, superimposed in the credits.
-'''Technique:''' None.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme of the episode''.''
-'''Music/Sound Variant:''' On early ''Spot'' shorts, the original music is followed by a 5-note twinkling sound, and then Paul Nicholas (the original UK narrator for the show) saying "...and that's Spot" followed by Spot woofing.
-'''Availability:''' It appears on ''King Rollo'' itself, some ''Spot'' cartoon videos from [[Walt Disney Home Video]] and [[Tempo Video]] in the USA and UK, respectively, ''Victor and Maria'' and ''Towser''.
-=== 2nd Logo (February 11, 1999-) ===
 [[File:King Rollo Films (2000) (From - Spot's Musical Adventures).png|center|frameless]]
 {{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/pAmrkeWGRvw}}