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Background

Mill Creek Entertainment is an American home video company founded in 2002 by Ian Warfield, Robert Zakheim and Scott Moss in Minnetonka, Minnesota. They distribute budget DVD/Blu-rays from companies such as BabyFirstTV, The Carsey-Werner Company, DHX Media (now WildBrain), Genesis International, Mulberry Square Productions, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sonar Entertainment (Now Halcyon Studios), and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, among others.

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1st Logo (2002-2011)	2nd Logo (2011-2017)	3rd Logo (2017-)

1st Logo (2002-2011)

2002 logo

Visuals: On a stylized background with hills, grass, and a barn nearby there is an orange-brown waterwheel that makes filmstrips. A water wave appears below, with "MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT" on it, rising up.

Variant: A rare extended version exists.

Technique: Flash animation.

Audio: Some outdoor sounds, including the chirps of house sparrows. A few seconds later, a rooster crows.

Availability: Seen on Mill Creek DVDs from 2002 to 2011.^[Examples?]

2nd Logo (2011-2017)

2011 logo

Visuals: A sky blue square flashes and zooms in quickly, simulating a TV being turned on. A series of static particles appear and fly in and then turn blue and white as they roll around and combine together. They then form a newer Mill Creek Entertainment logo, with a redesigned wheel, looking more like a gear, and the company name below in a different font. The logo slowly zooms in before it disappears in a TV switch-off effect.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A switch-on sound, an ascending droning noise, then a synth note and a switch-off sound.

Availability: Seen on all Mill Creek releases from 2011-17 such as re-releases of That '70s Show and 3rd Rock from the Sun. On some DVDs, the packaging may have this logo, but the previous logo appears instead.

3rd Logo (2017-)

Visuals: It starts with a flash. Then the screen zooms into some block-like objects and turn clockwise. It cuts to another shot where the objects reveal that it's the Mill Creek Entertainment logo. Here, the wheel is gone, and the "ENTERTAINMENT" text is slightly shorter. Another flash covers the screen, then there is the Mill Creek logo on a blue rough-like floor, which fades out, turning to a black background. After that, the logo turns gray, then blue, and blurs, waving like a flag as it fades out all at once.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A five-note synth-violin tune with the first three notes sustained and the fourth and fifth note's sustainment slightly extended.

Availability: Seen on all Mill Creek releases since 2017 starting with Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis (2003).

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-=== Background ===
-Mill Creek Entertainment is an American home video company founded in 2002 by Ian Warfield, Robert Zakheim and Scott Moss in Minnetonka, Minnesota. They distribute budget DVD/Blu-rays from companies such asBabyFirstTV, [[|The Carsey-Werner Company|Carsey-Werner Productions]], DHX Media (now [[WildBrain (Canada)|WildBrain]]), Genesis International, Mulberry Square Productions, [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment]], Sonar Entertainment, and [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]], among others.
+===Background===
+'''Mill Creek Entertainment''' is an American home video company founded in 2002 by Ian Warfield, Robert Zakheim and Scott Moss in Minnetonka, Minnesota. They distribute budget DVD/Blu-rays from companies such as BabyFirstTV, [[The Carsey-Werner Company]], [[DHX Media]] (now [[WildBrain|WildBrain]]), [[New World/Genesis Distribution|Genesis International]], [[Mulberry Square Productions]], [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal Studios Home Entertainment]], [[Sonar Entertainment]] (Now [[Halcyon Studios]]), and [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]], among others.
+{{ImageTOC
-=== 1st Logo (2002-2011) ===
-[[File:Mill Creek Entertainment Logo (2002).jpg|center|400px|2002 logo]]
+|Mill Creek Entertainment Logo (2002).jpg|1st Logo (2002-2011)
+|Mill_Creek_Entertainment_Logo_(2011).png|2nd Logo (2011-2017)
-'''Nicknames:''' "The Waterwheel", "Filmstrip Wheel", "Boring Waterwheel", Clipart Waterwheel"
+|Mill_Creek_Entertainment_(2017).png|3rd Logo (2017-)
+}}
+===1st Logo (2002-2011)===
-'''Logo:''' On a stylized background with hills, grass, and a barn nearby, we see an orange brown waterwheel that makes filmstrips. A water wave appears below, with "MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT" on it.
+[[File:Mill Creek Entertainment Logo (2002).jpg|center|2002 logo|frameless]]
+{{YouTube|id=Dxska_UPFeg|id2=https://youtu.be/PxyokWfcAKI}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a stylized background with hills, grass, and a barn nearby there is an {{color|darkorange|orange-brown}} waterwheel that makes filmstrips. A water wave appears below, with "MILL CREEK ENTERTAINMENT" on it, rising up.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The waterwheel moving.
+'''Variant:''' A rare extended version exists.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Some outdoor sounds. A few seconds later, a rooster crows.
+'''Technique:''' Flash animation.
-'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on Mill Creek DVDs from 2002 to 2011.
+'''Audio:''' Some outdoor sounds, including the chirps of house sparrows. A few seconds later, a rooster crows.
-'''Editor's Note:''' Some may see this as a boring logo.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on Mill Creek DVDs from 2002 to 2011.{{AvailabilityExamples}}
-=== 2nd Logo (2011-2017) ===
-[[File:Mill Creek Entertainment Logo (2011).png|center|400px|2011 logo]]
-'''Nickname:''' "Static Wheel"
+===2nd Logo (2011-2017)===
-'''Logo:''' A sky blue square flashes and zooms in quickly, simulating a TV being turned on. A series of static particles appear and then turn blue and white as they roll around and combine together. They then form a newer Mill Creek Entertainment logo, with a redesigned wheel, looking more like a gear, and the company name below in a different font. The logo slowly zooms in before it disappears in a TV switch-off effects.
+[[File:Mill Creek Entertainment Logo (2011).png|center|2011 logo|frameless]]
+{{YouTube|id=-Ua9hqosxQE}}
+'''Visuals:''' A sky blue square flashes and zooms in quickly, simulating a TV being turned on. A series of static particles appear and fly in and then turn blue and white as they roll around and combine together. They then form a newer Mill Creek Entertainment logo, with a redesigned wheel, looking more like a gear, and the company name below in a different font. The logo slowly zooms in before it disappears in a TV switch-off effect.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The particles moving around and forming the logo. Plenty of effort this time, with some pretty good animation to boot.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A switch-on sound, an ascending droning noise, then a synth note and a switch-off sound.
+'''Audio:''' A switch-on sound, an ascending droning noise, then a synth note and a switch-off sound.
-'''Availability:''' Common. Seen on all Mill Creek releases from 2011-17 such as re-releases of ''That's '70s Show'' and ''3rd Rock from the Sun.'' Strangely, on some DVDs, the packaging may have this logo, but the previous logo appears on the DVD!
+'''Availability:''' Seen on all Mill Creek releases from 2011-17 such as re-releases of ''That '70s Show'' and ''3rd Rock from the Sun.'' On some DVDs, the packaging may have this logo, but the previous logo appears instead.
-'''Editor's Note:''' This is a nice logo with neat animation.
-=== 3rd Logo (2017-) ===
+===3rd Logo (2017-)===
-[[File:Mill Creek Entertainment (2017).png|center]]
+[[File:Mill Creek Entertainment (2017).png|center|frameless]]
+{{YouTube|id=ALtfNj0S9sg}}
-<center><youtube width=280 height=187>ALtfNj0S9sg</youtube></center>
-'''Nickname:''' "Where's the Wheel?"
+'''Visuals:''' It starts with a flash. Then the screen zooms into some block-like objects and turn clockwise. It cuts to another shot where the objects reveal that it's the Mill Creek Entertainment logo. Here, the wheel is gone, and the "ENTERTAINMENT" text is slightly shorter. Another flash covers the screen, then there is the Mill Creek logo on a blue rough-like floor, which fades out, turning to a black background. After that, the logo turns gray, then blue, and blurs, waving like a flag as it fades out all at once.
-'''Logo:''' TBA
-'''FX/SFX:''' TBA
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' A 5-note synth-violin tune with the first 3 notes sustained and the 4th and 5th note's sustainment slightly extended.
+'''Audio:''' A five-note synth-violin tune with the first three notes sustained and the fourth and fifth note's sustainment slightly extended.
-'''Availability:''' Current. Seen on all Mill Creek releases since 2017 starting with ''Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis'' (2003).
+'''Availability:'''  Seen on all Mill Creek releases since 2017 starting with ''Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis'' (2003).
-'''Scare Factor:''' Minimal to low. It's a great logo, although the text zooming and posing into place may startle people. The music may also get to a few folks
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