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Background

This is the production arm of American fast food chain, McDonald's. McDonald's Productions has been involved in a very few amount of productions, not including the Double Features commercials even though they debuted in them.

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1st Logo (1986-19??)	2nd Logo (1986-19??)	3rd Logo (1986-19??)	4th Logo (2006)	5th Logo (2021)

1st Logo (1986-19??)

Logo: A parody of the 1st 20th Century Fox logo, with "20th" replaced by the golden arches and "CENTURY" replaced by "McDonald's" and "FOX" is removed. "DOUBLE FEATURES" is below "McDonald's".

Variant: Sometimes, "DOUBLE FEATURES" is removed.

Technique: Cel animation.

Music/Sounds: An alternate version of the 20th Century Studios fanfare, with a male announcer saying "McDonald's presents, Double Features!" Earlier Double Features commercials had a different male announcer.

Availability: Seen on Double Features commercials at the time, along with the 2nd and 3rd logos.

2nd Logo (1986-19??)

Logo: A parody of the 3rd Columbia Pictures logo. The torch lady now holds a McDonald's sandwich and the text "COLUMBIA" is replaced with "MCDONALD'S". The stacked text "DOUBLE FEATURES" fade in under the "MCDONALD'S" text.

Technique: Cel animation.

Music/Sounds: A dramatic theme with an announcer saying "McDonald's presents, Double Features!"

Availability: Seen on Double Features commercials at the time, along with the 1st and 3rd logos.

3rd Logo (1986-19??)

Logo: A parody of the 2nd RKO Radio Pictures logo, with the skyscraper having a McDonald's restaurant on it. "An RKO Radio Picture" is replaced with "McDonald's Presents". "Double Features" is below it.

Variant: Rarely, the logo is shortened.

Technique: Cel animation.

Music/Sounds: A different Morse code strip and a strange theme with an announcer saying "For a limited time, McDonald's presents, Double Features!" or simply "McDonald's presents, Double Features!

Availability: Seen on Double Features commercials at the time, along with the 1st and 2nd logos

4th Logo (2006)

Logo: Just the McDonald's logo on a white rectangle with the slogan "i'm lovin' it" below it. "PRESENTED BY" is above the rectangle and a copyright notice for McDonald's Corporation is below. The logo fades in and out.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: A piano version of McDonald's famous 5-note "i'm lovin' it" jingle.

Availability: Rare. Only seen on the DVD of McKids Adventures: Get Up and Go With Ronald.

5th Logo (2021)

Logo: TBA

Technique: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A girl and a man humming the aforementioned "i'm lovin' it" jingle together.

Availability: Rare. Only seen on the Tsukimi movie "Father and Daughter".

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-'''Logo:''' A parody of the 3rd [[Columbia Pictures]] logo. The torch lady now holds a McDonald's sandwich and the text "COLUMBIA" was replaced with "MCDONALD'S". The stacked text "DOUBLE FEATURES" fade in under the "MCDONALD'S" text.
+'''Logo:''' A parody of the 3rd [[Columbia Pictures]] logo. The torch lady now holds a McDonald's sandwich and the text "COLUMBIA" is replaced with "MCDONALD'S". The stacked text "DOUBLE FEATURES" fade in under the "MCDONALD'S" text.
-'''Technique:''' Same as the previous logo.
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 '''Music/Sounds:''' A dramatic theme with an announcer saying "McDonald's presents, Double Features!"
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-'''Logo:''' A parody of the 2nd [[RKO Radio Pictures]] logo, with the skyscraper having a McDonald's restaurant on it. "An RKO Radio Picture" was replaced with "McDonald's Presents". "Double Features" is below it.
+'''Logo:''' A parody of the 2nd [[RKO Radio Pictures]] logo, with the skyscraper having a McDonald's restaurant on it. "An RKO Radio Picture" is replaced with "McDonald's Presents". "Double Features" is below it.
 '''Variant:''' Rarely, the logo is shortened.
-'''Technique:''' Same as the last two logos.
+'''Technique:''' Cel animation.
 '''Music/Sounds:''' A different Morse code strip and a strange theme with an announcer saying "For a limited time, McDonald's presents, Double Features!" or simply "McDonald's presents, Double Features!