Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment/Home Video Bumpers/Oceania

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Australia

1st Bumper (1985-1987)

Visuals: The bumper starts with various footage from the Disney Channel running in the background, and then the clip freezes after a few seconds.

• Coming Attractions: There is a clip of the dogs from 101 Dalmatians watching a clip of Sorcerer Mickey dancing in Fantasia.
• Stay Tuned: A clip from the Mickey Mouse short The Nifty Nineties with Mickey and Minnie entering a theatre and taking their seats as the curtain opens.

Technique: Traditional animation.

Audio: The audio from the cartoon/bumper plays out as an Australian voiceover says:

• Coming Attractions: "Let's take a peek at the magic headed your way."
• Stay Tuned: "Hurry up everybody! Find a seat! The show is about to begin! But keep watching after the movie, because there's more to come."

Availability: Seen on earlier Australian VHS of Disney movies, distributed by Roadshow. All three bumpers appear on Goin' Quackers, Herbie Goes Bananas and Once Upon a Mouse, while the former bumper additionally appeared on Dumbo (1941) and Robin Hood (1973).

2nd Bumper (1987-1992)

Visuals: The bumper starts with clips from various Disney movies appearing, mostly from The Disney Sunday Movie, popping up as slides appear.

Technique: Traditional animation for the film clips and analog computer animation for the transitions.

Audio: An Australian voiceover says "Feast your eyes on these films from the Disney Studios!" over a honky-tonk piano tune ("High Roller" from the Network Music Ensemble library, album NM013 - Pop Rhythms.)

Availability: Seen on a few Australian Disney videos from the era, like Casebusters & My Town, Chip, the War Dog, Justin Case, The London Connection (aka The Omega Connection), The Sword in the Stone and Shipwrecked.

3rd Bumper (1992-1993)

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Visuals: On a dark blue background, there is text in an Arial white font:

• COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU
• COMING SOON
• FEATURE PRESENTATION

Technique: Digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on earlier Buena Vista/Disney VHS tapes after the split from Roadshow in Australia from the era, such as The Rescuers Down Under and Paradise.

4th Bumper (1993-2006)

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Visuals: On a black-blue gradient background, there is text in an ITC Cheltenham font, which shines:

• Coming To A Cinema Near You.
• Coming To The Big Screen in 1994 (This can be found on the 1993 VHS of The Jungle Book (1967))
• Playing At Cinemas From September 1996 (This can be found on the 1996 VHS of Pocahontas)
• Out Now from [Disney Interactive logo] (on a white background) (see the 1st Disney Interactive logo)
• Now Showing At A Cinema Near You.
• Coming Soon To Video
• Coming In November 1993.
• Coming to Video March 3, 1994
• Coming Soon
• Coming to Video
• Coming to Video August 4, 1994
• Coming Soon To Video (here, the background and font are different)
• Coming Soon from Buena Vista Home Entertainment
• Now Available On Video
• Now Available
• Yours To Own On Video
• News from Walt Disney World Resort, Florida (This bumper is found on the VHS tapes of Pocahontas and Toy Story, both released in 1996, respectively. It was commonly used to promote Walt Disney World's 25th Anniversary)
• Stay Tuned After The Feature For More Exciting Previews
• More Exciting Previews
• Stay Tuned After The Feature For A Special Preview
• Stay tuned after the feature for more exciting news from Walt Disney World Resort in Florida
• Stay Tuned After The Feature For A Special Snow White Featurette
• Stay tuned after the movie for a special featurette on the making of CINDERELLA (here, the gradient runs in a different direction)
• Feature Presentation

Variant: On the "Coming Soon" and "Feature Presentation" bumpers, the words fly and connect while they shine.

Technique: Digital graphic with basic computer animation for the zoom in and shining.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on Aussie Disney VHS tapes from the era.

5th Bumper (2000-2001)

Visuals: On a dark blue background, we see bumpers that vary by tape:

• In Cinemas April 2001 (with the words "Rated G" on the bottom right) (This can be found on the 2001 VHS of Dinosaur)
• Now Available To Own On Video
• Special Bonus Animated Short (This can be found on the 2000 VHS of Toy Story 2)
• Stay tuned after the feature for a special featurette (This can be found on the 2000 VHS of Toy Story and the 2001 VHS of Pinocchio)
• Stay tuned after the feature for a bonus music video (This can be found on the 2000 VHS of Toy Story 2)
• Stay tuned after the feature for exciting bonus footage and Sing-Along Songs (This can be found on the 2001 VHS of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

Technique: Digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Appears on some Australian VHS releases of the time, such as the first two Toy Story films and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. These bumpers are commonly associated with the previous bumper.

New Zealand

1st Bumper (1990)

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Visuals: On a black background, there is florescent bumper text.

• COMING TO THEATRES THIS WINTER

Technique: Digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Only seen on a 1990 print of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids