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United Plankton Pictures, Inc. is a former vanity card of Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob SquarePants. Its name comes from Sheldon J. Plankton, one of the characters from said series. In 1998, Hillenburg formed United Plankton Pictures Inc., a television and film production company, but never used an actual logo until the first SpongeBob episode, "Help Wanted". Hillenburg died on November 26, 2018, at the age of 57, due to a case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); however, the company remains active.

1st Logo (1997)

Visuals: On a sand coloured background with blue swirls in rows covering it, is a picture of SpongeBob drawn in the same style as the Plankton creatures in the next logo (and similar to that of the SpongeBob drawing seen on the show's title card). On top of him are the hand-drawn words "CREATED BY" in black and underneath is "STEPHEN HILLENBURG" in the same color and font.

Trivia: The words in the logo were used as a copyright disclaimer for the company itself.

Technique: A hand-drawn illustration.

Audio: The end theme of the pilot, which is entitled "SpongeBob Closing Theme", composed by Steve Belfer.

Availability: Only found on the original cut of the SpongeBob SquarePants pilot, produced in 1997. This version never aired, and was only released to Nickelodeon employees on a VHS entitled "The Best of Nicktoons 1998". Copies of this original edit circulate online.

2nd Logo (May 1, 1999-)

1999–2012
2012–2015
2015–2022
2021–present

Visuals: On a moving ocean background with a reflection of light are some crudely drawn sea creatures, one of them being a less detailed drawing of Plankton from said series, holding hands. The words "United Plankton" are above, with "Pictures inc." below, both written in the font that would become "Some Time Later".

Trivia:

In the SpongeBob episode "Plankton's Army", Plankton's relatives visit the Chum Bucket and he enlists their help into taking over the Krusty Krab to steal the Krabby Patty formula. They return in the episode "Something Narwhal This Way Comes", helping Plankton get rid of the narwhals. They are based on the characters in this logo.
The water background used in this logo is also seen as part of the original SpongeBob SquarePants opening sequence, specifically during the line, "Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!".

Variants:

Starting in 2012 with the special "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!", and later with the episode "Extreme Spots/Squirrel Record", the logo is slightly redone for HD-produced episodes. The ocean background now has a greenish tint and there are two more creatures, in addition to them being drawn more smoothly, and starting in 2015 with the episode "Lost in Bikini Bottom/Tutor Sauce", the logo is more zoomed out and the creatures are smaller and further away from the camera.
From Nickelodeon's rebrand from 2009 until sometime in 2010, sometimes it will have a copyright notice (as recycled from the 2008-2009 Nickelodeon Productions "Lightbulb" logo cheaply added in).
Starting in 2021 with the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Under the Small Top/Squidward's Sick Daze" along with Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years and The Patrick Star Show, a comma is placed inbetween "Pictures" and "inc.".

Technique: The creatures are hand-drawn, the text is a 2D graphic, and the background is live action.

Audio: The closing theme.

Audio Variants:

On split-screen credits airings of SpongeBob on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons from 2001-2014 along with MTV prints of the show, it's the sound of crashing waves and seagulls (the same sounds from the very beginning and end of the SpongeBob theme) that continues into the Nickelodeon logo until 2009.
On non-split-screen airings of the SpongeBob SquarePants episodes "Texas"/"Walking Small", cows (presumably from the episode's closing theme, which is Junior Brown performing the show's theme) are heard in the background.
On early SpongeBob video releases and The Patrick Star Show, it's silent.
On the November 2012 CBS airing of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!", CBS' generic theme is heard.
On some seasons 8 and 9 episodes of SpongeBob, part of the 2009 Nickelodeon theme plays near the end before continuing into said logo.

Availability: Seen on SpongeBob SquarePants, and its two spin-offs, The Patrick Star Show and Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (both of which were made after Hillenburg's death in 2018).

Strangely, when the episode "Wet Painters"/"Krusty Krab Training Video" aired in 2002, due to an editing error on Nick's part, the Klasky Csupo "Splaat" logo was shown in place of this on airings with split-screen credits.
On November 30, 2011, during an airing of the episode "Pest of the West", this was replaced with the Rainbow S.r.l logo. This was fixed in later airings.
The final episode to use the original version of the logo was "Hello Bikini Bottom!". The enhanced version was first seen at the end of the episode "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!", as well as all episodes beginning with "Extreme Spots"/"Squirrel Record".
The audio variant was last seen when MTV aired the show in February 2016; instead of using the show's original credits, it used split-screen credits that Nickelodeon used from September 2009 until June 2012. It made surprise re-appearances on a June 2018 Nickelodeon airing of the episode "The Hot Shot", a November 2018 airing of the episode "Truth or Square" and December 2022 airings of the episodes "Truth or Square" and "Atlantis SquarePantis" respectively, as Nickelodeon messed up the three episodes' credits and the split-screen credits template was used.
This logo doesn't appear on any of the SpongeBob SquarePants films, as they use an in-credit notice instead.

Legacy: With its reputation as one of the most memorable vanity cards, even outside the logo community, this card is a favorite for many SpongeBob fans worldwide.

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-=== Background ===
+===Background===
+'''United Plankton Pictures, Inc.''' is a former vanity card of Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. Its name comes from Sheldon J. '''Plankton''', one of the characters from said series. In 1998, Hillenburg formed United Plankton Pictures Inc., a television and film production company, but never used an actual logo until the first ''SpongeBob'' episode, "Help Wanted". Hillenburg died on November 26, 2018, at the age of 57, due to a case of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); however, the company remains active.
-This is the vanity card of Stephen Hillenburg, creator of SpongeBob SquarePants.
+===1st Logo (1997)===
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+United Plankton Pictures 1997.png
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=bWE0_ZkfIZ8}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a sand coloured background with blue swirls in rows covering it, is a picture of SpongeBob drawn in the same style as the Plankton creatures in the next logo (and similar to that of the SpongeBob drawing seen on the show's title card). On top of him are the hand-drawn words "CREATED BY" in black and underneath is "STEPHEN HILLENBURG" in the same color and font.
-=== 1st Logo <br>(May 1, 1999- ) ===
-United Plankton Pictures Inc. (Superimposed Variant)United Plankton Pictures Inc. (1999/2010)United Plankton Pictures, Inc. (2008, Cheap Copyright Noice Variant)Various Kids' Companies - CLG WikiUnited Plankton Pictures, Inc. (2012)
+'''Trivia:''' The words in the logo were used as a copyright disclaimer for the company itself.
-Nicknames: "Friends of the Sea", "Holding Hands", "The Underwater Logo", "The Plankton Logo" "Plankton's Friends"
+'''Technique:''' A hand-drawn illustration.
-Logo: On a moving ocean background with a reflection of light (which is also seen on one part in the SpongeBob intro), we see some crudely drawn sea creatures, one of them being a less detailed drawing of Plankton (a character on SpongeBob), holding hands. The words:
+'''Audio:''' The end theme of the pilot, which is entitled "SpongeBob Closing Theme", composed by Steve Belfer.
-United Plankton
+'''Availability:'''  Only found on the original cut of the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' pilot, produced in 1997. This version never aired, and was only released to Nickelodeon employees on a VHS entitled "''The Best of Nicktoons 1998''". Copies of this original edit circulate online.
-are above, and the words:
+===2nd Logo (May 1, 1999-)===
-Pictures inc.
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
+United Plankton Pictures.jpg|1999–2012
+United Plankton Pictures (2012).jpg|2012–2015
+United plankton pictures current logo.jpg|2015–2022
+United Plankton Pictures, Inc. (Kamp Koral variant).png|2021–present
+</gallery>
+{{YouTube|id=x4r_ttYX3j0|id2=KPxPSNyCp5w|id3=2htMY25abjE|id4=RWXjoE71M8M}}
+'''Visuals:''' On a moving ocean background with a reflection of light are some crudely drawn sea creatures, one of them being a less detailed drawing of Plankton from said series, holding hands. The words "'''United Plankton'''" are above, with "'''Pictures inc.'''" below, both written in the font that would become "Some Time Later".
-are below, both written in the "Krabby Patty" font.
+'''Trivia:'''
-Trivia: In the SpongeBob episode "Plankton's Army", Plankton's family visits the Chum Bucket and Plankton enlists their help into taking over the Krusty Krab to steal the Krabby Patty formula. They are based off the characters in the logo.
+* In the ''SpongeBob'' episode "Plankton's Army", Plankton's relatives visit the Chum Bucket and he enlists their help into taking over the Krusty Krab to steal the Krabby Patty formula. They return in the episode "Something Narwhal This Way Comes", helping Plankton get rid of the narwhals. They are based on the characters in this logo.
+* The water background used in this logo is also seen as part of the original ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' opening sequence, specifically during the line, "Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!".
-Variants:
+'''Variants:'''
+*Starting in 2012 with the special "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!", and later with the episode "Extreme Spots/Squirrel Record", the logo is slightly redone for HD-produced episodes. The ocean background now has a greenish tint and there are two more creatures, in addition to them being drawn more smoothly, and starting in 2015 with the episode "Lost in Bikini Bottom/Tutor Sauce", the logo is more zoomed out and the creatures are smaller and further away from the camera.
-A superimposed version can be seen over the final scenes of SpongeBob episodes. This began in June 2012 when Nickelodeon (and recently Nicktoons as of May 5, 2014) started playing the credits over the parting scenes of most of their shows.
+*From [[Nickelodeon]]'s rebrand from 2009 until sometime in 2010, sometimes it will have a copyright notice (as recycled from the 2008-2009 [[Nickelodeon Productions]] "Lightbulb" logo cheaply added in).
-Starting in 2012, the logo is slightly redone for HD-produced episodes. The ocean background is now greenish-tint, the Plankton creatures are drawn more smoothly, and the logo is in 16:9 widescreen.
+*Starting in 2021 with the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' episode "Under the Small Top/Squidward's Sick Daze" along with ''Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years'' and ''The Patrick Star Show'', a comma is placed inbetween "'''Pictures'''" and "'''inc.'''".
-From Nickelodeon USA's rebrand from 2009 until sometime in 2010, sometimes it will have a copyright notice (as recycled from the 2008-2009 Nickelodeon "Lightbulb" logo cheaply added in).
-There is an early version of the logo that only appeared on the Help Wanted pilot episode from 1997,where on a white background, there is a picture of SpongeBob drawn in the same style as the plankton creatures (and also similar to the SpongeBob drawing on the logo at the end of the title sequence), over a sand coloured background with blue swirls in rows covering it. Overtop the picture of SpongeBob, it says Created By in black, and underneath SpongeBob, it says Stephen Hillenburg in the same color and font.
-FX/SFX: The ocean background moving.
+'''Technique:''' The creatures are hand-drawn, the text is a 2D graphic, and the background is live action.
-Music/Sounds: Usually, the SpongeBob SquarePants end theme or whatever theme was used on the credits finishes over it. On Nick and Nicktoons (and the January-February 2016 MTV airings) airings with split-screen credits, there is the sound of crashing waves and seagulls, which from September 2000 until Nickelodeon USA's rebrand in 2009 would extend onto the Nickelodeon logo that was used during the era.
+'''Audio:''' The closing theme.
-Music/Sounds Variants:
-On non-split-screen airings of the SpongeBob SquarePants episodes "Texas"/"Walking Small", cows (presumably from the episode's closing theme, which is Junior Brown performing the SpongeBob theme) are heard in the background.
-On early SpongeBob video releases, it's silent.
-Early split screen versions had a foghorn sound.
-Availability: Very, very common. It's currently seen on SpongeBob SquarePants on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons. When the episode ''Wet Painters/Krusty Krab Training Video'' aired in 2002, due to an editing mistake on Nick's part, the Klasky-Csupo ''Robot'' logo was shown in place of this on airings with split-screen credits. On November 30, 2011, during an airing of the episode "Pest of the West", this was replaced with the Rainbow S.r.l logo. The cow variant can be seen on Amazon Video. The enhanced version was first seen at the end of the episode "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!", as well as newer SpongeBob SquarePants episodes. The audio variant is extinct, as it was last seen when MTV aired the show in February 2016 because instead of using the show's original credits, it used split-screen credits Nickelodeon used from September 2009 until June 2012. It made surprise re-appearances on both a June 2018 Nickelodeon USA airing of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode, "The Hot Shot" and a November 2018 airing of the episode, "Truth or Square" because of the fact Nickelodeon messed up the two episodes' credits and the split-screen credits template was used. The early variant can only be found on the pilot version of SpongeBob before it was titledHelp Wanted. This version of the episode has never been seen since it’s initial airing and has since been re-edited into a normal episode format. The only chance of seeing it is on VHS recordings of the pilot or on a rare Nickelodeon employee VHS titled “The Best of Nicktoons 1998”.
+'''Audio Variants:'''
-Editor's Note: This is a memorable logo for those kids (or children) who grew up watching ''SpongeBob'' episodes since the decade's final year was dedicatedly debuted.
+*On split-screen credits airings of ''SpongeBob'' on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons from 2001-2014 along with MTV prints of the show, it's the sound of crashing waves and seagulls (the same sounds from the very beginning and end of the ''SpongeBob'' theme) that continues into the Nickelodeon logo until 2009.
+*On non-split-screen airings of the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' episodes "Texas"/"Walking Small", cows (presumably from the episode's closing theme, which is Junior Brown performing the show's theme) are heard in the background.
+*On early ''SpongeBob'' video releases and ''The Patrick Star Show'', it's silent.
+*On the November 2012 [[CBS]] airing of the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' episode "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!", CBS' generic theme is heard.
+*On some seasons 8 and 9 episodes of ''SpongeBob'', part of the 2009 Nickelodeon theme plays near the end before continuing into said logo.
+'''Availability:''' Seen on ''SpongeBob SquarePants,'' and its two spin-offs, ''The Patrick Star Show'' and ''Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years'' (both of which were made after Hillenburg's death in 2018).
+*Strangely, when the episode "Wet Painters"/"Krusty Krab Training Video" aired in 2002, due to an editing error on Nick's part, the [[Klasky Csupo]] "Splaat" logo was shown in place of this on airings with split-screen credits.
+*On November 30, 2011, during an airing of the episode "Pest of the West", this was replaced with the [[Rainbow S.p.A.|Rainbow S.r.l]] logo. This was fixed in later airings.
+*The final episode to use the original version of the logo was "Hello Bikini Bottom!". The enhanced version was first seen at the end of the episode "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!", as well as all episodes beginning with "Extreme Spots"/"Squirrel Record".
+*The audio variant was last seen when MTV aired the show in February 2016; instead of using the show's original credits, it used split-screen credits that Nickelodeon used from September 2009 until June 2012. It made surprise re-appearances on a June 2018 Nickelodeon airing of the episode "The Hot Shot", a November 2018 airing of the episode "Truth or Square" and December 2022 airings of the episodes "Truth or Square" and "Atlantis SquarePantis" respectively, as Nickelodeon messed up the three episodes' credits and the split-screen credits template was used.
+*This logo doesn't appear on any of the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' films, as they use an in-credit notice instead.
+'''Legacy:''' With its reputation as one of the most memorable vanity cards, even outside the logo community, this card is a favorite for many ''SpongeBob'' fans worldwide.
-=== 2nd Logo <br>(November 19, 2004, February 6, 2015) ===
+{{American film logos}}
-Logo: On the background of the opening of the film, we see:
+[[Category:United States]]
-On The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: "in association with United Plankton Pictures" in a black pirate/treasure map font.
+[[Category:Television logos]]
-On The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water: "A UNITED PLANKTON PICTURES PRODUCTION" in gold.
+[[Category:Film logos]]
-FX/SFX: It is an in-credit logo, so the fade in/fade out.
+[[Category:Animation logos]]
+[[Category:American animation logos]]
-Music/Sounds: The opening theme/sounds/dialogue of the film.
+[[Category:American film logos]]
+[[Category:American television logos]]
-Availability: Can be seen at the beginning of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water.
+[[Category:Vanity cards]]
+[[Category:Logos with popular characters]]
-Editor's Note: None.
+[[Category:English-language logos]]
-[[Category:Family/Animation Logos]]

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