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=== Background ===
=== Background ===
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=== 1st Logo (October 15, 2001) ===
=== 1st Logo (October 15, 2001) ===
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'''Logo:''' On a space background, the chrome text "MERCURY" slides in from the right before zooming back, as light reflects on it. The text "ENTERTAINMENT" fades in below in a brighter shade.
'''Logo:''' On a space background, the chrome text "MERCURY" slides in from the right before zooming back, as light reflects on it. The text "ENTERTAINMENT" fades in below in a brighter shade.


'''Technique:''' CGI animation.
'''Technique:''' CGI.


'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the program.
'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the program.
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=== 2nd Logo (2004-2006) ===
=== 2nd Logo (2004-2006) ===
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'''Logo:''' We see some {{color|blue}}-tinted mountains. The word "{{Font|Times New Roman|'''<u>MERCURY</u>'''}}", with "ENTERTAINMENT" below in a small font and a line separating the words, zooms out through some light bars. It then stops in the center.
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'''Variant:''' A shortened version exists.
'''Variant:''' A shortened version exists.
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'''Availability:''' Extinct. Was seen on syndicated reruns of ''South Park''.
'''Availability:''' Extinct. Was seen on syndicated reruns of ''South Park''.


{{Chronology||[[Debmar-Mercury]]}}
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Revision as of 14:25, 13 July 2023

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Background

Mercury Entertainment was a television syndication company, founded by Ira Bernstein. In 2006, this company merged with Debmar Studios to form "Debmar-Mercury".

1st Logo (October 15, 2001)

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Logo: On a space background, the chrome text "MERCURY" slides in from the right before zooming back, as light reflects on it. The text "ENTERTAINMENT" fades in below in a brighter shade.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the program.

Availability: Seen on Tracker. The pilot and two episodes of the series were packaged together into the direct-to-video film Alien Tracker, and this along with the logos for Modern Entertainment, Future Films and Lionsgate Television were left intact.

2nd Logo (2004-2006)

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Logo: We see some {{Expansion depth limit exceeded|blue}}-tinted mountains. The word "{{Expansion depth limit exceeded|Times New Roman|MERCURY}}", with "ENTERTAINMENT" below in a small font and a line separating the words, zooms out through some light bars. It then stops in the center.

Variant: A shortened version exists.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A "whoosh" then a "clunk" when the letters stop.

Availability: Extinct. Was seen on syndicated reruns of South Park.

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