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Background

Shondaland is the production company of Shonda Rhimes, the creator of Grey's Anatomy. The company was founded in 2005.

1st Logo (September 25, 2005-November 19, 2015)

Logo: On a pink surface, we see a blue rollercoaster with chasing lights on it built around a huge hanging heart, shining as it is made of glass. The name "ShondaLand", in a decorative pink font, hangs above the structure.

Variant: On the final episode of Private Practice, the heart deflates (and looks like a balloon), the lights bust out, the cart stops moving and people groan when the rollercoaster stopped working.

Technique: Flashing of the attraction lights. The "Land" also flickers once.

Music/Sounds: The sound of the rollercoaster's wheels moving on the track, then a zapping sound from when "Land" flickers as well as high-pitched voices screaming "Wheeeeeee!" and "Hooray!", with a 7-note calliope tune on background.

Music/Sounds Variant: On the final episode of Private Practice, the groaning's voices are heard.

Music/Sounds Trivia: This tune is called "Sound Ideas, MUSIC, CALLIOPE - CALLIOPE PLAYING MUSIC FOR LARGE CAROUSEL, AMUSEMENT PARK, FAIR", sourced from Sound Ideas' The 20th Century Fox Sound Effects Library.

Availability: Common. First seen on season 2 of Grey's Anatomy. Also seen on Private Practice, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder.

2nd Logo (February 11, 2016-July 29, 2017)

Logo: On a black background, we see a rectangle that has the a rollercoaster in the shape of a heart on a red foreground with golden floor. It zooms out as flames go around it, meaning the cart is going really fast. The structure leans outside the box, and the rollercoaster zooms out of the logo. It reveals the orange text "SHONDALAND" lighting up.

Variant: On CTV airings of The Catch, the logo starts from the rollercoaster zooming past us.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Same as before, but different. When the coaster zooms away from us, a whoosh is heard. In the logo's early days, the same voices from before were reused.

Availability: Common. Seen on later episodes of Grey's Anatomy, The Catch, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder.

3rd Logo (September 28, 2017- )

Logo: On a black background, a rollercoaster car collection rides on a glow-in-the-dark track shaped like a lowercase letter "e". As they leave, the words "shondaland" appear.

Variants:

On the series finales of Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder, the rollercoaster stops with groaning people after the text "shondaland" appears.
On Bridgerton, the rollercoaster car collection are replaced by the colorful lines (which represents the rollercoaster).

Technique: The rollercoaster.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2nd logo. The Bridgerton variant has a mysterious zapping-like sound with a soft whoosh.

Availability: Current. Seen on Grey's Anatomy, Station 19, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, and Bridgerton.

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 '''Logo:''' On a pink surface, we see a blue rollercoaster with chasing lights on it built around a huge hanging heart, shining as it is made of glass. The name "ShondaLand", in a decorative pink font, hangs above the structure.
-'''Variant:''' On the final episode of ''Private Practice'', the heart deflates, the lights bust out, and the cart stops moving. Note that in this one, the heart looks like a balloon. We then hear people in the cart all groan when the roller coaster stopped working.
+'''Variant:''' On the final episode of ''Private Practice'', the heart deflates (and looks like a balloon), the lights bust out, the cart stops moving and people groan when the rollercoaster stopped working.
 '''Technique:''' Flashing of the attraction lights. The "Land" also flickers once.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme. In some cases, you can hear the rollercoaster's wheels moving on the track, a zapping sound from when "Land" flickers as well as high-pitched voices screaming "Wheeeeeee!" and "Hooray!", and a 7-note calliope tune. On the variant where the heart deflates, the voices say "Awwww..".
+'''Music/Sounds:''' The sound of the rollercoaster's wheels moving on the track, then a zapping sound from when "Land" flickers as well as high-pitched voices screaming "Wheeeeeee!" and "Hooray!", with a 7-note calliope tune on background.
+'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On the final episode of ''Private Practice'', the groaning's voices are heard.
-'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' This tune is called "Sound Ideas, MUSIC, CALLIOPE - CALLIOPE PLAYING MUSIC FOR LARGE CAROUSEL, AMUSEMENT PARK, FAIR", which can be found from Sound Ideas' ''The 20th Century Fox Sound Effects Library''.
+'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' This tune is called "Sound Ideas, MUSIC, CALLIOPE - CALLIOPE PLAYING MUSIC FOR LARGE CAROUSEL, AMUSEMENT PARK, FAIR", sourced from Sound Ideas' ''The 20th Century Fox Sound Effects Library''.
 '''Availability:''' Common. First seen on season 2 of ''Grey's Anatomy''. Also seen on ''Private Practice'', ''Scandal'', and ''How to Get Away with Murder''.
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 '''Variant:''' On CTV airings of ''The Catch'', the logo starts from the rollercoaster zooming past us.
-'''Technique:''' The flame, the zoom, the lights. All CGI.
+'''Technique:''' CGI.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as before, but different. When the coaster zooms away from us, a whoosh is heard.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as before, but different. When the coaster zooms away from us, a whoosh is heard. In the logo's early days, the same voices from before were reused.
 '''Availability:''' Common. Seen on later episodes of ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''The Catch'', ''Scandal'', and ''How to Get Away with Murder''.