Media Home Entertainment (Warning Screens)
1st Warning (1981-1987)
Visuals: On a blue background, there is a white FBI square (with a rounded left side) with a standard blue FBI logo. On the right we see the white word "WARNING" (in a larger font) and the white warning text below. It then cuts to a blue background with the word "WARNING" in a larger white font and the white INTERPOL text below, between the two white bars seen at the top and bottom at the screen.
Variant: A bright maroon background version of this also exists.
Technique: None. [possible misuse]
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on Media Home Entertainment, Music Media, Nostalgia Merchant, and Hi-Tops Video releases of the era. [Examples?]
- Also seen on tapes from Imperial Entertainment, BridgeStone Media, and Trans World Entertainment. [Examples?]
- The bright maroon background variant was only seen on New Star Video releases. [Examples?]
- Also appears on Monarch Home Video releases (1st screen only). [Examples?]
- This appeared at the end of tapes until 1985.
- For some reason, this appears on the UK pre-cert VHS of I Drink Your Blood.
2nd Warning (1981-1987)
Visuals: Same as the 1st VCI warning at the time.
Variant: Some releases use a different font.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen at the start of Media Home Entertainment, Music Media, The Nostalgia Merchant and Hi-Tops Video releases of the era. [Examples?]
- May also be on Alliance Entertainment Group releases such as Choices (1985).
- It may also make appearances on Active Home Video releases, such as How to Beat a Speeding Ticket.
3rd Warning (1987-1996)
Visuals: On a sky blue background, there is a large transparent white FBI logo in the center. The black text superimposed over it reads:
Moments later, the first screen fades out and the next screen fades in, featuring the following text:
After a few seconds, the text fades to the following:
Variant: Lyrick Studios also uses this warning (and some releases of VeggieTales from Word Entertainment), except it uses yellow text, a purple stone background, and the line above "INTERPOL" is absent.
Technique: Fading effects.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on Media Home Entertainment, Nostalgia Merchant, Hi-Tops Video, and Fox Hills Video releases of the era. [Examples?]
- Also seen on Southgate Entertainment, later Trans World Entertainment, and Schlessinger Video Productions releases. [Examples?]
- Also seen on Lyons Group and early Lyrick Studios releases (which at first used the original version, but started using the purple stone version in 1996). The Lyrick/Lyons Group version can also be seen on VeggieTales tapes from Word and Everland Entertainment, likely due to VeggieTales also being released by Lyrick Studios in the late '90s.
- On Canadian tapes of Hi-Tops Video released by Astral Video, the Astral warning is used instead.
- Also appears on Ardustry Home Entertainment releases (first screen only). [Examples?]