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{{PageCredits|description=Logoboy95|capture=VPJHuk|video=LogoLibraryinc, simblos, Lotsoflogos Productions and Jordan Rios|edits=Shadeed A. Kelly and Michael Kenchington}}
''Not to be confused with [[{{Distinguish|Universal Animation Studios]].''}}
 
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===1st Logo (1929-1931)===▼
|Universal Cartoons.png|1st Logo (September 2, 1929-1931)
||2nd Logo (1932-1936)
|Universal(11).jpg|3rd Logo (August 15, 1938-December 15, 1947)
|Universal(14).png|4th Logo (January 22, 1951-February 14, 1964)
|Universal Pictures (1963-1990) ("Presents" variant, 1963-1972 version) (Taken from Monster of Ceremonies).png|5th Logo (March 13, 1964-September 1, 1972)
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▲===1st Logo (September 2, 1929-1931)===
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'''LogoVisuals:''' It's almost the same as the movie logo of the 1920s, except it's a cartoon version and a still logo.
 
'''Technique:''' NoneA hand-drawn graphic.▼
'''Variant:''' Another variant of the logo was kept intact on Oswald's mid-30s Universal shorts. The "The End" is seen on the upper left corner, and the globe, with clouds, is seen on the lower right corner, as in some of the movies from the 1930s. The words "IT'S A UNIVERSAL CARTOON" in capital letters overlap the globe.▼
 
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' The closing theme of the cartoon.▼
▲'''Technique:''' None.
 
'''Availability:''' Commonly seenSeen at the end of the Walter Lantz-produced ''Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'' cartoons.▼
▲'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the cartoon.
 
▲'''Availability:''' Commonly seen at the end of the Walter Lantz-produced ''Oswald the Lucky Rabbit'' cartoons.
===2nd Logo (1932-1936)===
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▲'''VariantVisuals:''' Another variant of the logo was kept intact on Oswald's mid-30s Universal shorts. The "The End" is seen on the upper left corner, and thea globe, with clouds, is seen on the lower right corner, as in some of the movies from the 1930s. The words "IT'S A UNIVERSAL CARTOON" in capital letters overlap the globe.
 
'''LogoTechnique:''' TBAPrinted card.
 
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'''Availability:''' Seen on cartoons from that era.{{AvailabilityExamples}}▼
'''Music/Sounds:''' See 1st Logo.
 
===3rd Logo (August 15, 1938-December 15, 1947)===▼
▲'''Availability:''' Seen on cartoons from that era.
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'''Visuals:'''
*'''Opening:''' On a black background with spinning stars, a stylized glass globe is shown rotating, tilted at an angle. The words "A UNIVERSAL PICTURE", in a stylized Art Deco font, slowly orbit around the globe.
*'''Closing Titles:''' On a blue, red or customized background, "A WALTER LANTZ CARTUNE" is seen above the screen in very small letters. Below the text, the following variants:▼
* *The early ending involved some credits and "The End" on the bottom.▼
* *The second variant doesn't have the credits, the "The End" words are bigger and in a different script. Also, Walter Lantz is billed as "Walt Lantz" in some shorts.▼
'''Variant:''' ***On ''Air Raid Warden'' (1942), ''Ration Bored'' and ''Pass the Biscuits Mirandy!'' (both 1943), the second ending is shown with the phrase "BUY MORE WAR BONDS FOR VICTORY". The latter has a plate of grenade biscuits replace “The End”.▼
* *The third variant, more common than the other, the "The End" is smaller and the Screen Cartoonists Guild logo is seen on the bottom.▼
 
'''LogoVariant:''' Same as the movie logo. On later cartoons, thisthe isopening in color andlogo is blue-tinted.▼
▲===3rd Logo (1938-1947)===
 
'''Technique:''' Read above.▼
▲'''Logo:''' Same as the movie logo. On later cartoons this is in color and is blue-tinted.
*'''Opening:''' Live-action model work. This logo was created by set designer Alexander Golitzen and photographed by special effects artist John Fulton.
*'''Closing:''' A still, hand-drawn graphic.
 
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' The opening theme of the cartoon.▼
▲'''Variant:''' On Air Raid Warden (1942), Ration Bored and Pass the Biscuits Mirandy! (both 1943), the second ending is shown with the phrase "BUY MORE WAR BONDS FOR VICTORY". The latter has a plate of grenade biscuits replace “The End”.
 
'''Availability:''' Seen on some early Woody Woodpecker cartoons, as well as the infamous ''Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat''. It also has been spotted on some Andy Panda cartoons, namely ''Apple Andy'', on MeTV Toons.
▲'''Closing Titles:''' On a blue, red or customized background, "A WALTER LANTZ CARTUNE" is seen above the screen in very small letters. Below the text, the following variants:
 
▲* The early ending involved some credits and "The End" on the bottom.
===4th Logo (January 22, 1951-February 14, 1964)===
▲* The second variant doesn't have the credits, the "The End" words are bigger and in a different script. Also, Walter Lantz is billed as "Walt Lantz" in some shorts.
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▲* The third variant, more common than the other, the "The End" is smaller and the Screen Cartoonists Guild logo is seen on the bottom.
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'''Technique:''' Same as the movie logo.
 
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===4th5th Logo (1951March 13, 1964-1963September 1, 1972)===
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▲'''Logo:''' Same as the movie logo.
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'''LogoVisuals:''' Same as the movie logo, but short.▼
 
'''Technique:''' Same as the movie logo.
 
'''Music/SoundsAudio:''' The opening theme of the cartoon.
 
'''Availability:''' Seen on Woody Woodpecker cartoons from the era. Usually it was seen on Chilly Willy cartoons on Boomerang.
 
===5th Logo (1963-1972)===
 
▲'''Logo:''' Same as the movie logo, but short.
 
▲'''Technique:''' Read above.
 
▲'''Music/Sounds:''' The opening theme of the cartoon.
 
'''Availability:''' Rare.
* Universal Cartoons managed to survive into the 1970s unlike other major film company cartoon divisions.
* Seen on some Chilly Willy cartoons syndicated on television.
* AlsoIt can also be seen on later Woody Woodpecker cartoons as well.
 
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Video captures courtesy of
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Not to be confused with Universal Animation Studios.


Contents

1st Logo (September 2, 1929-1931) 2nd Logo (1932-1936) 3rd Logo (August 15, 1938-December 15, 1947) 4th Logo (January 22, 1951-February 14, 1964) 5th Logo (March 13, 1964-September 1, 1972)
1st Logo (September 2, 1929-1931) 2nd Logo (1932-1936) 3rd Logo (August 15, 1938-December 15, 1947) 4th Logo (January 22, 1951-February 14, 1964) 5th Logo (March 13, 1964-September 1, 1972)



1st Logo (September 2, 1929-1931)


Visuals: It's almost the same as the movie logo of the 1920s, except it's a cartoon version and a still logo.

Technique: A hand-drawn graphic.

Audio: The closing theme of the cartoon.

Availability: Seen at the end of the Walter Lantz-produced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons.

2nd Logo (1932-1936)

Visuals: "The End" is seen on the upper left corner, and a globe, with clouds, is seen on the lower right corner, as in some of the movies from the 1930s. The words "IT'S A UNIVERSAL CARTOON" in capital letters overlap the globe.

Technique: Printed card.

Audio: See 1st logo.

Availability: Seen on cartoons from that era. [Examples?]

3rd Logo (August 15, 1938-December 15, 1947)

  • Blue Version
    Blue Version

Visuals:

  • Opening: On a black background with spinning stars, a stylized glass globe is shown rotating, tilted at an angle. The words "A UNIVERSAL PICTURE", in a stylized Art Deco font, slowly orbit around the globe.
  • Closing: On a blue, red or customized background, "A WALTER LANTZ CARTUNE" is seen above the screen in very small letters. Below the text, the following variants:
    • The early ending involved some credits and "The End" on the bottom.
    • The second variant doesn't have the credits, the "The End" words are bigger and in a different script. Also, Walter Lantz is billed as "Walt Lantz" in some shorts.
      • On Air Raid Warden (1942), Ration Bored and Pass the Biscuits Mirandy! (both 1943), the second ending is shown with the phrase "BUY MORE WAR BONDS FOR VICTORY". The latter has a plate of grenade biscuits replace “The End”.
    • The third variant, more common than the other, the "The End" is smaller and the Screen Cartoonists Guild logo is seen on the bottom.

Variant: On later cartoons, the opening logo is blue-tinted.

Technique:

  • Opening: Live-action model work. This logo was created by set designer Alexander Golitzen and photographed by special effects artist John Fulton.
  • Closing: A still, hand-drawn graphic.

Audio: The opening theme of the cartoon.

Availability: Seen on some early Woody Woodpecker cartoons, as well as the infamous Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat. It also has been spotted on some Andy Panda cartoons, namely Apple Andy, on MeTV Toons.

4th Logo (January 22, 1951-February 14, 1964)

Visuals: Same as the movie logo.

Technique: Same as the movie logo.

Audio: The opening theme of the cartoon.

Availability: Seen on Woody Woodpecker cartoons from the era. Usually it was seen on Chilly Willy cartoons on Boomerang. MeTV Toons preserved this on an airing of a Windy & Breezy cartoon titled Salmon Yeggs.

5th Logo (March 13, 1964-September 1, 1972)

Visuals: Same as the movie logo, but short.

Technique: Same as the movie logo.

Audio: The opening theme of the cartoon.

Availability:

  • Universal Cartoons managed to survive into the 1970s unlike other major film company cartoon divisions.
  • Seen on some Chilly Willy cartoons syndicated on television.
  • It can also be seen on later Woody Woodpecker cartoons as well.
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