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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment began its life in 1978 through [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment#MCA_DiscoVision|MCA DiscoVision]] as "Walt Disney Home Entertainment". In 1980, [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] content was made available on videocassette under its own division known as "Walt Disney Home Video". Prior to 1981, their first releases were only live action films such as ''Pete's Dragon'' and ''The Love Bug''. Starting in 1981 with ''Dumbo'', they began releasing their animated films and cartoons on video. The Walt Disney Home Video name was kept until 2001, when it was once again named "Walt Disney Home Entertainment". Starting in the late 1990s, the company began producing DVDs, and in 2006, they started to release Blu-ray discs. Since 2007, it is known as "Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment". |
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment began its life in 1978 through [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment#MCA_DiscoVision|MCA DiscoVision]] as "Walt Disney Home Entertainment". In 1980, [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] content was made available on videocassette under its own division known as "Walt Disney Home Video". Prior to 1981, their first releases were only live action films such as ''Pete's Dragon'' and ''The Love Bug''. Starting in 1981 with ''Dumbo'', they began releasing their animated films and cartoons on video. The Walt Disney Home Video name was kept until 2001, when it was once again named "Walt Disney Home Entertainment". Starting in the late 1990s, the company began producing DVDs, and in 2006, they started to release Blu-ray discs. Since 2007, it is known as "Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment". |
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File:Walt Disney Home Entertainment (1978).jpg|The 1978 Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo. |
File:Walt Disney Home Entertainment (1978).jpg|The 1978 Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (Walt Disney and You).png|The Walt Disney and You promo variant. |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (Walt Disney and You).png|The Walt Disney and You promo variant. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (Also Available, 1983).jpg|The "Also available from WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" variant. |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (Also Available, 1983).jpg|The "Also available from WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" variant. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (Italy, 1980).jpg|A rare |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (Italy, 1980).jpg|A rare 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 variant. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (Sweden, 1980).jpg|A rare |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (Sweden, 1980).jpg|A rare 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 variant. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (Disney Channel).png|The Disney Channel variant. |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (Disney Channel).png|The Disney Channel variant. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Entertainment (1978, Theatrical).png|The theatrical variant. |
File:Walt Disney Home Entertainment (1978, Theatrical).png|The theatrical variant. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (50th Birthday Italian).png|The |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (50th Birthday Italian).png|The 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 version of the theatrical variant. |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Neon Mickey (of Doom)", “Evil Mickey Mouse”, “Mickey the Terrible”, “The Many Outlines of Mickey”, “Synchronized Mickey”, “Mickey of Doom” |
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'''Nickname:''' "Neon Mickey" |
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'''Logo:''' Here are the two standard variants of this logo: |
'''Logo:''' Here are the two standard variants of this logo: |
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* The original 1983 series of Disney’s Cartoon Classics videos featured a different variant of this logo. The animation plays as normal (the standard 1981 Walt Disney Home Video variant), but without any text animation, plus the music is sped up somewhat and plays in a slightly higher pitch as a result. Once the Mickey outlines become {{Font color|#FFD900|golden yellow}}, the screen "flips" over to another logo, which is a still shot of "{{Font color|gold|WALT DiSNEY}} {{Font color|lightskyblue|HOME VIDEO}}", with "{{Font color|lightskyblue|The magic lives on…}}” over it. The Disney text is in its corporate font in {{Font color|gold|golden yellow}}, while the other text is {{Font color|lightskyblue|light blue}}. The only animation in this part is the "{{Font color|gold|WALT DiSNEY}}" text, which has glitter effects all over it, and then the text flashes when the Cartoon Classics theme begins playing. The logo then fades into the intro for the video series. |
* The original 1983 series of Disney’s Cartoon Classics videos featured a different variant of this logo. The animation plays as normal (the standard 1981 Walt Disney Home Video variant), but without any text animation, plus the music is sped up somewhat and plays in a slightly higher pitch as a result. Once the Mickey outlines become {{Font color|#FFD900|golden yellow}}, the screen "flips" over to another logo, which is a still shot of "{{Font color|gold|WALT DiSNEY}} {{Font color|lightskyblue|HOME VIDEO}}", with "{{Font color|lightskyblue|The magic lives on…}}” over it. The Disney text is in its corporate font in {{Font color|gold|golden yellow}}, while the other text is {{Font color|lightskyblue|light blue}}. The only animation in this part is the "{{Font color|gold|WALT DiSNEY}}" text, which has glitter effects all over it, and then the text flashes when the Cartoon Classics theme begins playing. The logo then fades into the intro for the video series. |
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* On the Walt Disney and You promo, a video freeze occurs towards the end of the logo (all the outlines are dark blue, except for the outline facing us which is light blue), and the text "{{Font color|gold|The magic lives on... WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO}}" zooms in, along with a cartoon version of Sorcerer Mickey (as seen on the box). The promo’s announcer says "Now available from Walt Disney Home Video". |
* On the Walt Disney and You promo, a video freeze occurs towards the end of the logo (all the outlines are dark blue, except for the outline facing us which is light blue), and the text "{{Font color|gold|The magic lives on... WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO}}" zooms in, along with a cartoon version of Sorcerer Mickey (as seen on the box). The promo’s announcer says "Now available from Walt Disney Home Video". |
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* On some |
* On some 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 tapes, we see a {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}} VHS cover on a wooden table with the "W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small> HOME VIDEO" print logo and the cartoon version of Sorcerer Mickey on it (quite possibly the way the videos were packaged there). Then it opens to reveal the logo's animation, and the whole thing plays as normal. This is very rare. |
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* On some |
* On some 🇬🇧British🇬🇧 tapes, such as the 1982 release of ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'' and the 1983 release of ''Song of the South'', the text does not have a drop shadow. |
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* Releases of Disney Channel original programming & films from the time, such as ''Lots of Luck'' and ''Welcome to Pooh Corner: Too Smart for Strangers'', use a special version. It is detailed on the [[Disney Channel Originals]] page. |
* Releases of Disney Channel original programming & films from the time, such as ''Lots of Luck'' and ''Welcome to Pooh Corner: Too Smart for Strangers'', use a special version. It is detailed on the [[Disney Channel Originals]] page. |
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* A rare |
* A rare 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 variant has the 1981 logo with the text in {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} and "{{Font color|#FFD900|PRESENTERAR}}" (in a narrow serif font) inserted below. |
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* On some of Disney's 1978 theatrical releases, this logo appeared as a solid {{Font color|red|red}} Mickey with {{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} dashed outlines surrounding it, rotating a bit faster than the home video variant. The text "Congratulating Mickey Mouse on his 50th Birthday!", in white and in a fancy font, zooms in. After a few seconds, it zooms in towards the screen until vanishing from sight, and the top and bottom halves of the 1978 "Stripes" variant of the Buena Vista logo wipe in over the logo to lead into the film. This was seen on 1978 theatrical releases such as ''The Cat from Outer Space'' and ''Return from Witch Mountain'' (it is intact on current releases of the former, including the Disney+ print, but is deleted from Anchor Bay releases). There was also an |
* On some of Disney's 1978 theatrical releases, this logo appeared as a solid {{Font color|red|red}} Mickey with {{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} dashed outlines surrounding it, rotating a bit faster than the home video variant. The text "Congratulating Mickey Mouse on his 50th Birthday!", in white and in a fancy font, zooms in. After a few seconds, it zooms in towards the screen until vanishing from sight, and the top and bottom halves of the 1978 "Stripes" variant of the Buena Vista logo wipe in over the logo to lead into the film. This was seen on 1978 theatrical releases such as ''The Cat from Outer Space'' and ''Return from Witch Mountain'' (it is intact on current releases of the former, including the Disney+ print, but is deleted from Anchor Bay releases). There was also an 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 version, reading "Congratulazioni Topolino per il tuo Giubileo d'Oro". |
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* A variant seen before previews reads "{{Font color|blue|Also available from}}" and "{{Font color|blue|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small> HOME VIDEO}}" in {{Font color|blue|blue}}, with the edges in white, and a {{Font color|blue|blue}} Sorcerer Mickey, on a black background. |
* A variant seen before previews reads "{{Font color|blue|Also available from}}" and "{{Font color|blue|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small> HOME VIDEO}}" in {{Font color|blue|blue}}, with the edges in white, and a {{Font color|blue|blue}} Sorcerer Mickey, on a black background. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' The Mickey outline spinning, and the text appearing. |
'''FX/SFX:''' The Mickey outline spinning, and the text appearing. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A loud orchestral fanfare, composed by longtime Disney composer Buddy Baker. Some international releases, such as the 1982 UK release of ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'' and the 1983 |
'''Music/Sounds:''' A loud orchestral fanfare, composed by longtime Disney composer Buddy Baker. Some international releases, such as the 1982 UK release of ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'' and the 1983 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 release of ''Song of the South'', have it at a lower pitch. The "Walt Disney and You" promo had the end theme playing over the regular animation before the video freeze. On the DVD of ''The Cat from Outer Space'', the Mickey's 50th Birthday variant is silent due to the fact they were unable to restore the audio. The 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 version of said variant does have the audio, but it is distorted, possibly due to film deterioration. |
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'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' The score for this logo is intact on the first track of the Intrada release of ''Return from Witch Mountain'' titled ''Main Title – Pt. 1 “1978 Mickey Mouse Birthday Logo” (Buddy Baker)''. Oddly, it lacks the string section and the last timpani beat at the end, likely meaning it’s an alternate take. |
'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' The score for this logo is intact on the first track of the Intrada release of ''Return from Witch Mountain'' titled ''Main Title – Pt. 1 “1978 Mickey Mouse Birthday Logo” (Buddy Baker)''. Oddly, it lacks the string section and the last timpani beat at the end, likely meaning it’s an alternate take. |
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'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Seen on Disney videos from the period, almost exclusively used in the |
'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Seen on Disney videos from the period, almost exclusively used in the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦Canada.🇨🇦 |
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* The best way to find it is to look for a Disney video (usually VHS, but some on Betamax, and also LaserDisc and CED Videodisc) with white clamshell packaging (designed so that the inner sheets are impossible to remove without cutting the packaging) and the Sorcerer Mickey print logo on the cover. The early "Home Entertainment" variant from 1978 can be found on several early 80s tapes where the Sorcerer Mickey takes up nearly half the box (with red/orange lines in the center), but there are several tapes with this artwork style that use the 1981 "HOME VIDEO" variant as well. Later copies from November 1985-1986 using the "HOME VIDEO" variant have a smaller Sorcerer Mickey on top of the border (surrounding the cover art). As Neon Mickey tapes were in print as late as 1991 in some cases, some tapes with Neon Mickey packaging may have the Sorcerer Mickey logo. |
* The best way to find it is to look for a Disney video (usually VHS, but some on Betamax, and also LaserDisc and CED Videodisc) with white clamshell packaging (designed so that the inner sheets are impossible to remove without cutting the packaging) and the Sorcerer Mickey print logo on the cover. The early "Home Entertainment" variant from 1978 can be found on several early 80s tapes where the Sorcerer Mickey takes up nearly half the box (with red/orange lines in the center), but there are several tapes with this artwork style that use the 1981 "HOME VIDEO" variant as well. Later copies from November 1985-1986 using the "HOME VIDEO" variant have a smaller Sorcerer Mickey on top of the border (surrounding the cover art). As Neon Mickey tapes were in print as late as 1991 in some cases, some tapes with Neon Mickey packaging may have the Sorcerer Mickey logo. |
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* The versions on the Cartoon Classics series as well as the "Walt Disney and You" promo are extremely rare, since that promo was only seen between 1982 and 1986. The original releases with this logo from 1978-1979 were exclusively MCA DiscoVision laserdisc releases (appearing right after the DiscoVision logo), with a print logo featuring Mickey Mouse switching on an old laserdisc player with "Walt Disney Presents" underneath, but these are even harder to find than the VHS tapes! |
* The versions on the Cartoon Classics series as well as the "Walt Disney and You" promo are extremely rare, since that promo was only seen between 1982 and 1986. The original releases with this logo from 1978-1979 were exclusively MCA DiscoVision laserdisc releases (appearing right after the DiscoVision logo), with a print logo featuring Mickey Mouse switching on an old laserdisc player with "Walt Disney Presents" underneath, but these are even harder to find than the VHS tapes! |
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* This logo was also present on the Disney Cartoon Parade CED Videodiscs released and manufactured by RCA in 1981, following the [[RCA Selectavision]] logo on side 1, and by itself on the second side. It has also showed up following the RCA SelectaVision logo on various Disney feature films released by RCA from 1981-82 (from 1982 to 1986, Disney released CEDs under their own label). It also showed up on the earliest prints of the Classics releases of ''Dumbo'', ''Alice in Wonderland'', and ''The Sword in the Stone'', but some later prints prior to October 1986 replace it with the first Walt Disney Classics logo from 1984. |
* This logo was also present on the Disney Cartoon Parade CED Videodiscs released and manufactured by RCA in 1981, following the [[RCA Selectavision]] logo on side 1, and by itself on the second side. It has also showed up following the RCA SelectaVision logo on various Disney feature films released by RCA from 1981-82 (from 1982 to 1986, Disney released CEDs under their own label). It also showed up on the earliest prints of the Classics releases of ''Dumbo'', ''Alice in Wonderland'', and ''The Sword in the Stone'', but some later prints prior to October 1986 replace it with the first Walt Disney Classics logo from 1984. |
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* The original variant made its last appearance on ''The Castaway Cowboy'' and ''Son of Flubber'' (though it later made a surprise appearance on the 1985 release of ''Gus''), with the later variant, previously exclusive to international releases, making its American debut on ''The Incredible Journey''. |
* The original variant made its last appearance on ''The Castaway Cowboy'' and ''Son of Flubber'' (though it later made a surprise appearance on the 1985 release of ''Gus''), with the later variant, previously exclusive to international releases, making its American debut on ''The Incredible Journey''. |
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* The 1981 variant (with the music at a slightly lower pitch) appears on early |
* The 1981 variant (with the music at a slightly lower pitch) appears on early 🇦🇺Australian🇦🇺 releases from Syme Home Video (usually preceding a promo reel), including the 1982 🇦🇺Australian🇦🇺 VHS of ''Night Crossing'', along with the next logo. |
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* The 1981 variant also appears on the earliest |
* The 1981 variant also appears on the earliest 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 releases from late 1981, such as ''Cartoon Festival III'', and appeared until at least April 1983. |
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* This doesn't appear on the VHS release of ''Trenchcoat'' (in fact, the only mention of Disney in any shape or form is on the tape label). It is also not featured on the VHS releases of ''Never Cry Wolf'' and ''Something Wicked This Way Comes'' (likely due to the mature content of said films). |
* This doesn't appear on the VHS release of ''Trenchcoat'' (in fact, the only mention of Disney in any shape or form is on the tape label). It is also not featured on the VHS releases of ''Never Cry Wolf'' and ''Something Wicked This Way Comes'' (likely due to the mature content of said films). |
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* This also appears on the very first batch of |
* This also appears on the very first batch of 🇪🇸Spanish-🇪🇸language tapes released in the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 by Disney in 1985, including ''Dumbo'', ''Mary Poppins'', ''Mi amigo el dragón'' (''Pete's Dragon''), and ''Los Tres Caballeros'' (''The Three Caballeros''); however, 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸-dubbed tapes released after March of the next year used the next logo--the only context in which Disney used that one in the 🇺🇸United States.🇺🇸 |
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* The last tapes to use this were ''Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.'', ''One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing'', ''Unidentified Flying Oddball'', and ''Moon Pilot''. |
* The last tapes to use this were ''Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.'', ''One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing'', ''Unidentified Flying Oddball'', and ''Moon Pilot''. |
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* This makes a surprise appearance on the 1987 "Absolutely Irresistible" promotion re-release of ''Pete's Dragon'', as well as the 1989 |
* This makes a surprise appearance on the 1987 "Absolutely Irresistible" promotion re-release of ''Pete's Dragon'', as well as the 1989 🇮🇱Israeli🇮🇱 VHS of ''Popeye''. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' This is a favorite of many, particularly those who grew up in the early 1980s with Disney and amongst collectors of rare Disney tapes. Others may have not-so-fond memories of it, thanks to the loud and dramatic music. |
'''Editor's Note:''' This is a favorite of many, particularly those who grew up in the early 1980s with Disney and amongst collectors of rare Disney tapes. Others may have not-so-fond memories of it, thanks to the loud and dramatic music. |
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===2nd Logo (International Variant) (1983-March 1987)=== |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (International, 1981).png|The original Walt Disney Home Video international logo. |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (International, 1981).png|The original Walt Disney Home Video international logo. |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Walt Disco Home Video", "The Wonderful World of Disney Home Video" |
'''Nicknames:''' “SHINY BLUE THING!”, "Walt Disco Home Video", "The Wonderful World of Disney Home Video", “Magical Imaginations” |
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'''Logo:''' A flash occurs. The face of Mickey Mouse in his then current drawing style zooms in, which quickly turns neon, then we see brief snippets from Disney films and shorts such as ''Steamboat Willie'', ''Snow White'', ''Pinocchio'', ''Fantasia'', ''Bambi'', ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''Zorro'', ''Old Yeller'', ''Treasure Island'', ''The Country Bear Jamboree'', and ''The Absent Minded Professor''. Donald Duck's neon head zooms in, then a wall of light appears, Mary Poppins floats down with her parasol, then Tinkerbell flies up with sparkles forming. We see a picture of a neon castle with fireworks in the background. We zoom into it, then we zoom in to a vector-like rendition of Epcot. Afterward, we go to a black/{{Font color|maroon|dark red}} gradient background. The "{{Font color|deepskyblue|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>}}" text in {{Font color|deepskyblue|blue}}, zooms into the screen out from the top, then "{{Font color|deepskyblue|HOME VIDEO}}" appears below, cheaply inserted. The whole thing sparkles and glows a little bit. |
'''Logo:''' A flash occurs. The face of Mickey Mouse in his then current drawing style zooms in, which quickly turns neon, then we see brief snippets from Disney films and shorts such as ''Steamboat Willie'', ''Snow White'', ''Pinocchio'', ''Fantasia'', ''Bambi'', ''Alice in Wonderland'', ''Zorro'', ''Old Yeller'', ''Treasure Island'', ''The Country Bear Jamboree'', and ''The Absent Minded Professor''. Donald Duck's neon head zooms in, then a wall of light appears, Mary Poppins floats down with her parasol, then Tinkerbell flies up with sparkles forming. We see a picture of a neon castle with fireworks in the background. We zoom into it, then we zoom in to a vector-like rendition of Epcot. Afterward, we go to a black/{{Font color|maroon|dark red}} gradient background. The "{{Font color|deepskyblue|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>}}" text in {{Font color|deepskyblue|blue}}, zooms into the screen out from the top, then "{{Font color|deepskyblue|HOME VIDEO}}" appears below, cheaply inserted. The whole thing sparkles and glows a little bit. |
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'''Trivia:''' This is a shortened version of the |
'''Trivia:''' This is a shortened version of the 🇺🇸US🇺🇸 intro of the 1981-83 version of ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' back when it was called, quite simply, ''Walt Disney''. |
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'''Variants:''' |
'''Variants:''' |
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* Sometimes, at the end, the screen flips to the left like if you were turning a page in a book. It would either flip to reveal the intro to the program (like on the 1985 UK VHS of ''The Adventures of Chip 'N' Dale''), or it just flips to a black screen (like on the 1986 |
* Sometimes, at the end, the screen flips to the left like if you were turning a page in a book. It would either flip to reveal the intro to the program (like on the 1985 UK VHS of ''The Adventures of Chip 'N' Dale''), or it just flips to a black screen (like on the 1986 🇺🇸US🇺🇸 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸-language VHS of ''Winnie Pu y Tigger'' and on certain 🇻🇪Venezuelan🇻🇪 tapes, the latter as a clip-on). |
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* On the 1986 |
* On the 1986 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵 VHS of ''Make Mine Music'', a version was found with a copyright notice saying "© Walt Disney Productions" in the Walt Disney font. |
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* Sometimes, "presents", in lowercase or uppercase, will fade in below, written in the language of the country in which it was released. The font of the text will also depend on the country. |
* Sometimes, "presents", in lowercase or uppercase, will fade in below, written in the language of the country in which it was released. The font of the text will also depend on the country. 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 tapes used "{{Font color|deepskyblue|PRESENTA}}" in a bold, narrow font. 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 tapes also used "{{Font color|deepskyblue|PRESENTA}}", but in a cheaper narrow font. 🇫🇮Finnish🇫🇮 tapes used "{{Font color|deepskyblue|ESITTÄÄ}}" in the same font as the 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 version. There is another font that is bold, friendlier, and more Disney-like. It is used on 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes ("{{Font color|deepskyblue|presenterar}}"), 🇳🇴Norwegian🇳🇴 tapes ("{{Font color|deepskyblue|presenterer}}"), 🇩🇰Danish🇩🇰 tapes ("{{Font color|deepskyblue|præsenterer}}"), 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 tapes ("{{Font color|deepskyblue|présente}}"), and 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 tapes ("{{Font color|deepskyblue|präsentiert}}"). The font for the latter is smaller. A version with "{{Font color|deepskyblue|presents}}" in 🏴English🏴 was announced to have appeared on tapes from 🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺 and the 🇬🇧United Kingdom🇬🇧 (and most likely 🇳🇿New Zealand🇳🇿 and 🇿🇦South Africa🇿🇦 as well). |
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* On some tapes, "{{Font color|deepskyblue|HOME VIDEO}}" is omitted. This variation has some clips at the end replaced by other clips. It was used on the airings of the TV series from 1981 to 1983. |
* On some tapes, "{{Font color|deepskyblue|HOME VIDEO}}" is omitted. This variation has some clips at the end replaced by other clips. It was used on the airings of the TV series from 1981 to 1983. |
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* Another version has more clips and a neon Pluto head added, extending it to |
* Another version has more clips and a neon Pluto head added, extending it to be about a minute long. This one appeared on two tapes, and was the opening for the first showings of the ''Walt Disney'' TV series (1981-83). "HOME VIDEO" doesn't appear here either. |
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* A variant of the TV series opening version (that is to say, the version without the words "HOME VIDEO") is made up of clips from the extended version. At the end, after "{{Font color|deepskyblue|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>}}" slides in, the word "PRESENTS", in a glowing white Disney font, zooms into the screen from the bottom. |
* A variant of the TV series opening version (that is to say, the version without the words "HOME VIDEO") is made up of clips from the extended version. At the end, after "{{Font color|deepskyblue|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>}}" slides in, the word "PRESENTS", in a glowing white Disney font, zooms into the screen from the bottom. |
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* For the 1980s syndicated series "Disney Magic" (with the title logo replacing the tail end of this logo after the zoom into the castle), the logo featured a few different clips and a neon flying Dumbo added, along with a short preview of the following movie. |
* For the 1980s syndicated series "Disney Magic" (with the title logo replacing the tail end of this logo after the zoom into the castle), the logo featured a few different clips and a neon flying Dumbo added, along with a short preview of the following movie. |
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* Sometimes, during the zoom into the castle, the logo changes to the 6th logo (see below). This variant can be seen on some Scandinavian Disney tapes released in 1986 and 1987 (examples are the 1986 |
* Sometimes, during the zoom into the castle, the logo changes to the 6th logo (see below). This variant can be seen on some Scandinavian Disney tapes released in 1986 and 1987 (examples are the 1986 🇫🇮Finnish🇫🇮 and 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 VHS releases of ''The Sword in the Stone''). Another version of this variant, as seen on a 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 promotional VHS release for the Disney Channel, ends with simply the logo shining. |
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* A textless version of the logo is seen on the |
* A textless version of the logo is seen on the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 VHS releases of ''Night Crossing'', ''The Last Flight of Noah's Ark'', and ''Escape to Witch Mountain''. |
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* In the |
* In the 🇳🇴Norwegian🇳🇴 VHS of Donald Duck's 50 Crazy Years, titled in 🇳🇴Norwegian🇳🇴 as Donald Duck 50 År, the text "DONALD DUCK'S 50 CRAZY YEARS" and "DONALD DUCK 50 ÅR" appear. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' The whole Slit scan and Oxberry animation accompanied with the clips! The Epcot scene was a vector CGI done on an HP desktop computer at Northrop Aviation. Very good design by Harry Marks. |
'''FX/SFX:''' The whole Slit scan and Oxberry animation accompanied with the clips! The Epcot scene was a vector CGI done on an HP desktop computer at Northrop Aviation. Very good design by Harry Marks. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A powerful disco version of "When You Wish Upon a Star", arranged by Frank Gari. On the first airings of the ''Walt Disney'' TV series, this track was extended. The ending to the music in the "HOME VIDEO"-less variant is slightly different. On the 1984 |
'''Music/Sounds:''' A powerful disco version of "When You Wish Upon a Star", arranged by Frank Gari. On the first airings of the ''Walt Disney'' TV series, this track was extended. The ending to the music in the "HOME VIDEO"-less variant is slightly different. On the 1984 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 VHS of ''Goin' Quackers'', when the WDHV logo itself appears at the end, Ludwig von Drake says "Walt Disney Home Video presents" and cuts to his introduction to the program. |
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'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Was mainly seen on tapes released outside the |
'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Was mainly seen on tapes released outside the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦Canada🇨🇦, usually from the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧, 🇪🇺Europe🇪🇺, and Latin America, but also from Asia, 🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺, and even 🇿🇦South Africa.🇿🇦 |
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* The |
* The 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 used this logo briefly on mid-late 1986 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸-dubbed tapes, such as ''Winnie Pu y el árbol de miel'' (''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'') and ''Winnie Pu y Tigger'' (''Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too''). |
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* The "flipping" variant appears on the aforementioned tapes of ''Winnie Pu y el árbol de miel'', ''Winnie Pu y Tigger'', and ''The Adventures of Chip 'N' Dale'', and the tail end appears during a series of trailers at the end of a |
* The "flipping" variant appears on the aforementioned tapes of ''Winnie Pu y el árbol de miel'', ''Winnie Pu y Tigger'', and ''The Adventures of Chip 'N' Dale'', and the tail end appears during a series of trailers at the end of a 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸-subtitled 🇻🇪Venezuelan🇻🇪 tape of ''El abismo negro'' (''The Black Hole'') as a clip-on. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' Like the previous logo, this is a favorite of many, though mostly outside of the |
'''Editor's Note:''' Like the previous logo, this is a favorite of many, though mostly outside of the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦Canada.🇨🇦 |
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===3rd Logo ( |
=== 3rd Logo (🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺 and 🇳🇿New Zealand🇳🇿 Variant) (1984-1989) === 📼 |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (Australia, 1984).jpeg |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (Australia, 1984).jpeg |
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'''Nickname:''' "Walt Dullsney Home Video" |
'''Nickname:''' "Walt Dullsney Home Video", “Boring Home Video” |
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'''Logo:''' Against a white background, we see the usual Walt Disney Home Video text from before in {{Font color|blue|blue}}, with "{{Font color|blue|HOME VIDEO}}" in ITC Avant Garde Gothic. "{{Font color|blue|distributed by}}" appears below in a very small font. It then cuts to one of the two [[Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)|Roadshow Home Video]] logos used during the '80s. For tapes that were released from 1984-1986, the " |
'''Logo:''' Against a white background, we see the usual Walt Disney Home Video text from before in {{Font color|blue|blue}}, with "{{Font color|blue|HOME VIDEO}}" in ITC Avant Garde Gothic. "{{Font color|blue|distributed by}}" appears below in a very small font. It then cuts to one of the two [[Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)|Roadshow Home Video]] logos used during the '80s. For tapes that were released from 1984-1986, the "🇦🇺Aussie🇦🇺 Light Trails" logo is used; tapes from 1986-1989 used "The Other V of Doom". |
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'''FX/SFX:''' None. |
'''FX/SFX:''' None. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' None. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' None. |
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'''Availability:''' Rare. Seen on |
'''Availability:''' Rare. Seen on 🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺 and 🇳🇿New Zealand🇳🇿 PAL tapes of Disney material that was distributed through Roadshow Home Video after they took over the distribution rights to Disney videos from [[Syme Home Video (Australia)|Syme Home Video]], examples including the 1986 🇦🇺Aussie🇦🇺 VHS release of ''Dumbo'' and the 1987 🇦🇺Aussie🇦🇺 VHS of ''Robin Hood'', usually appearing at the end of the tape. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
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===4th Logo (October 30, 1984-July 24, 1985)=== |
=== 4th Logo (October 30, 1984-July 24, 1985) === 📼 |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1984).jpg|The 1984 DTV logo. |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1984).jpg|The 1984 DTV logo. |
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'''Nickname:''' "Walt Dullsney Home Video II" |
'''Nickname:''' "Walt Dullsney Home Video II", “Boring Home Video II” |
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'''Logo:''' Against a black/{{Font color|blue|blue}} background is the "W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small> HOME VIDEO" text with "W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>" in the corporate "signature" font and "</small> HOME VIDEO" in the Helvetica Rounded font, and underneath it is "P R E S E N T S", spaced out and in a serif font. |
'''Logo:''' Against a black/{{Font color|blue|blue}} background is the "W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small> HOME VIDEO" text with "W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>" in the corporate "signature" font and "</small> HOME VIDEO" in the Helvetica Rounded font, and underneath it is "P R E S E N T S", spaced out and in a serif font. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video 1985.jpg| 1985 version |
File:Walt Disney Home Video 1985.jpg| 1985 version |
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Wdhvrare1985.jpg|Alternate 1985 version |
Wdhvrare1985.jpg|Alternate 1985 version |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (Plain, 2001).jpeg|2001 version |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (Plain, 2001).jpeg|2001 version |
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'''Logo:''' Against a black background is the text "WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO" in Helvetica. After a few seconds, the text fades out, and the text "presents", in the same font, fades in. |
'''Logo:''' Against a black background is the text "WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO" in Helvetica. After a few seconds, the text fades out, and the text "presents", in the same font, fades in. |
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'''Availability:''' Ultra rare. The original variant was seen on 1984 - 1985 VHS releases of ''The Mickey Mouse Club'', appearing after the 1st logo, and on the 1985 VHS release of ''The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue'' by itself. The 2000 variant appears on VHS releases of several live-action Disney films that aired on ''The Wonderful World of Disney''; select demo releases like the 2000 Touchstone VHS of ''Play It to the Bone'' also featured this trailer. |
'''Availability:''' Ultra rare. The original variant was seen on 1984 - 1985 VHS releases of ''The Mickey Mouse Club'', appearing after the 1st logo, and on the 1985 VHS release of ''The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue'' by itself. The 2000 variant appears on VHS releases of several live-action Disney films that aired on ''The Wonderful World of Disney''; select demo releases like the 2000 Touchstone VHS of ''Play It to the Bone'' also featured this trailer. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' This is one of the most boring logos of all time. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' The original variant, like the fourth logo, was usually either a simple replacement for the 1st logo on releases that Disney felt that logo wouldn’t fit on, or used before content that was exclusive to VHS at the time. |
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===6th Logo (September 23, 1986-November 6, 2001)=== |
=== 6th Logo (September 23, 1986-November 6, 2001) === |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Mickey).jpg|Sorcerer Mickey, as seen at the beginning of this logo. |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Mickey).jpg|Sorcerer Mickey, as seen at the beginning of this logo. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Presents).jpg|Rare version of this logo, with "presents" fading in. |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Presents).jpg|Rare version of this logo, with "presents" fading in. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Red Presents).png|A rarer "PRESENTS" version. |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Red Presents).png|A rarer "PRESENTS" version. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Small Red Presents).png|A |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Small Red Presents).png|A 🇬🇧British🇬🇧 "PRESENTS" version in a different font. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Blue Presents).jpg|A variant with the text "PRESENTS" in a blue font. |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Blue Presents).jpg|A variant with the text "PRESENTS" in a blue font. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Spanish).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video PRESENTA, from |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Spanish).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video PRESENTA, from 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 tapes. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Spanish-Italian).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video presenta, from |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Spanish-Italian).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video presenta, from 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 and 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 tapes. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, German).png|Walt Disney Home Video PRÄSENTIERT, from |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, German).png|Walt Disney Home Video PRÄSENTIERT, from 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 tapes. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, French).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video presénte, from |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, French).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video presénte, from 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 tapes. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Swedish).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video presenterar, from |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Swedish).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video presenterar, from 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Swedish Acute).png|Walt Disney Home Video présenterar, from |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Swedish Acute).png|Walt Disney Home Video présenterar, from 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Swedish Caps).png|Walt Disney Home Video PRESENTERAR, from |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Swedish Caps).png|Walt Disney Home Video PRESENTERAR, from 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Swedish Serif).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video PRESENTERAR, from |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Swedish Serif).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video PRESENTERAR, from 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Swedish Serif 2).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video Presenterar, from |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Swedish Serif 2).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video Presenterar, from 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Finnish).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video esittää, from |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Finnish).jpg|Walt Disney Home Video esittää, from 🇫🇮Finnish🇫🇮 tapes. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Greek).png|Walt Disney Home Video ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΖΕΙ, from |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Greek).png|Walt Disney Home Video ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΖΕΙ, from 🇬🇷Greek🇬🇷 tapes. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Coming to Home Video).jpg|Walt Disney - Coming to Home Video |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Coming to Home Video).jpg|Walt Disney - Coming to Home Video |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Coming on Video Cassette This Summer).jpg|Walt Disney - Coming on Video Cassette This Summer |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Coming on Video Cassette This Summer).jpg|Walt Disney - Coming on Video Cassette This Summer |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Also From).png|A rare "Also from Walt Disney Home Video" variant. |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Also From).png|A rare "Also from Walt Disney Home Video" variant. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Blue).png|A rare, strange variant with the text in blue. |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Blue).png|A rare, strange variant with the text in blue. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Italian Comic).png|First image of the rainbow version shown on an |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Italian Comic).png|First image of the rainbow version shown on an 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 comic promo. |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Italian Comic 2).png|Second image of the rainbow version shown on an |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Italian Comic 2).png|Second image of the rainbow version shown on an 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 comic promo. |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Sorcerer Mickey" |
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see Mickey Mouse dressed in his Sorcerer’s Apprentice outfit from ''Fantasia'', standing on a {{Font color|blue|blue}} spotlight. The camera slowly begins zooming up to his hand as the stars and crescent moon on his hat flash one-by-one, and then a white starburst flashes and a magic spark flies out from it, appearing above Mickey’s hand. We zoom past Mickey as the spark begins swirling around and begins to write "{{Font color|red|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>}}" in the corporate Disney font in {{Font color|red|red}}. As we zoom out, the words "{{Font color|red|HOME VIDEO}}", also in {{Font color|red|red}} and in the same font as before, zoom out from the bottom of the screen and settle underneath "{{Font color|red|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>}}". The logo "shines". |
'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see Mickey Mouse dressed in his Sorcerer’s Apprentice outfit from ''Fantasia'', standing on a {{Font color|blue|blue}} spotlight. The camera slowly begins zooming up to his hand as the stars and crescent moon on his hat flash one-by-one, and then a white starburst flashes and a magic spark flies out from it, appearing above Mickey’s hand. We zoom past Mickey as the spark begins swirling around and begins to write "{{Font color|red|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>}}" in the corporate Disney font in {{Font color|red|red}}. As we zoom out, the words "{{Font color|red|HOME VIDEO}}", also in {{Font color|red|red}} and in the same font as before, zoom out from the bottom of the screen and settle underneath "{{Font color|red|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>}}". The logo "shines". |
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* Sometimes, "presents" in white, or in all-caps "{{Font color|red|PRESENTS}}" in red, fades in below. The "presents" version has it fading in with spark effects, while the "{{Font color|red|PRESENTS}}" variant has it simply fading in without sparks. On some rare occasions, this is seen blacked out or covered with a gray box on some tapes. The former variant appears on early tapes with this logo, as well as on ''Wonderworks'' releases such as ''Anne of Avonlea'' and several tapes of ''The Adventures of Spot''. The "{{Font color|red|PRESENTS}}" variant appears with a different font on the UK rental VHS of ''The Hunted''. On the UK VHS of ''The Ghost of Cypress Swamp'', "'''{{Font color|blue|PRESENTS}}'''" appears in a light blue, bold and round font. |
* Sometimes, "presents" in white, or in all-caps "{{Font color|red|PRESENTS}}" in red, fades in below. The "presents" version has it fading in with spark effects, while the "{{Font color|red|PRESENTS}}" variant has it simply fading in without sparks. On some rare occasions, this is seen blacked out or covered with a gray box on some tapes. The former variant appears on early tapes with this logo, as well as on ''Wonderworks'' releases such as ''Anne of Avonlea'' and several tapes of ''The Adventures of Spot''. The "{{Font color|red|PRESENTS}}" variant appears with a different font on the UK rental VHS of ''The Hunted''. On the UK VHS of ''The Ghost of Cypress Swamp'', "'''{{Font color|blue|PRESENTS}}'''" appears in a light blue, bold and round font. |
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* ''Wonderworks'' releases also had the tail end of this logo (with "presents") segue into the ''Wonderworks'' logo. |
* ''Wonderworks'' releases also had the tail end of this logo (with "presents") segue into the ''Wonderworks'' logo. |
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* On the 1990 VHS release of ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'', this logo is shown without Mickey, leaving a blank space until the spark writes out the words. |
* On the 1990 VHS release of ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'', this logo is unexpectedly shown without Mickey, leaving a blank space until the spark writes out the words. |
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* Sometimes, the Mickey-less variant begins by simply fading in to the spark animation. This was seen on the 1991 VHS |
* Sometimes, the Mickey-less variant begins by simply fading in to the spark animation. This was seen on the 1991 VHS release of ''The Jungle Book'' and the 1992 demo VHS release of ''Frankenweenie''. |
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* On the 1991 VHS of ''Three Men and a Little Lady'', we see the logo with the {{Font color|red|red}} words "{{Font color|red|ALSO FROM}}" on top, connecting at a fast speed. |
* On the 1991 VHS of ''Three Men and a Little Lady'', we see the logo with the {{Font color|red|red}} words "{{Font color|red|ALSO FROM}}" on top, connecting at a fast speed. |
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* On 1992 VHS releases from the Walt Disney Classics line, the logo is repurposed as a bumper before several trailers, where the "{{Font color|red|HOME VIDEO}}" text is blacked out. In its place is either "Coming to Home Video" (on ''101 Dalmatians'', ''The Rescuers'' and early pressings of ''Beauty and the Beast''), "Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" (''101 Dalmatians'' only), "Coming This Fall to Home Video" (seen on ''101 Dalmatians'' and ''The Great Mouse Detective'') or "Now on Home Video" (''Beauty and the Beast'' only) in the Laser LET font. The "Coming to Home Video/Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" variation, from ''101 Dalmatians'' has Mark Elliot saying "Stay tuned for a preview of two new Disney classics coming to home video. Coming on videocassette this summer...", with a remix of the 1986 WDHV jingle. This plays over the Buena Vista logo from the film. The "Coming to Home Video" variation later reappears on the 1992 prints of ''The Rescuers'' and ''Beauty and the Beast'', with the 1989 Feature Presentation jingle. ''The Rescuers'' has a shortened version of the FP jingle with Mark Elliot saying "Coming soon from Walt Disney Home Video", while ''Beauty and the Beast'' has both the "Coming to Home Video" variation with the full 1989 FP jingle and Brian Cummings saying "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video", and the "Now on Home Video" variation, with Brian Cummings saying "Now on Walt Disney Home Video." |
* On 1992 VHS releases from the Walt Disney Classics line, the logo is repurposed as a bumper before several trailers, where the "{{Font color|red|HOME VIDEO}}" text is blacked out. In its place is either "Coming to Home Video" (on ''101 Dalmatians'', ''The Rescuers'' and early pressings of ''Beauty and the Beast''), "Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" (''101 Dalmatians'' only), "Coming This Fall to Home Video" (seen on ''101 Dalmatians'' and ''The Great Mouse Detective'') or "Now on Home Video" (''Beauty and the Beast'' only) in the Laser LET font. The "Coming to Home Video/Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" variation, from ''101 Dalmatians'' has Mark Elliot saying "Stay tuned for a preview of two new Disney classics coming to home video. Coming on videocassette this summer...", with a remix of the 1986 WDHV jingle. This plays over the Buena Vista logo from the film. The "Coming to Home Video" variation later reappears on the 1992 prints of ''The Rescuers'' and ''Beauty and the Beast'', with the 1989 Feature Presentation jingle. ''The Rescuers'' has a shortened version of the FP jingle with Mark Elliot saying "Coming soon from Walt Disney Home Video", while ''Beauty and the Beast'' has both the "Coming to Home Video" variation with the full 1989 FP jingle and Brian Cummings saying "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video", and the "Now on Home Video" variation, with Brian Cummings saying "Now on Walt Disney Home Video." |
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* The 1992 VHS releases of ''The Rescuers'' and ''So Dear to My Heart'' simply display the very end of the logo where it “shines” before certain trailers. |
* The 1992 VHS releases of ''The Rescuers'' and ''So Dear to My Heart'' simply display the very end of the logo where it “shines” before certain trailers. |
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* On ''Disney's Sing-Along-Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites'', the opening theme plays over the logo, which is sped up to accommodate it. |
* On ''Disney's Sing-Along-Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites'', the opening theme plays over the logo, which is sped up to accommodate it. |
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* On tapes released in 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸-speaking and 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹-speaking countries, "'''{{Font color|red|presenta}}'''", in red, fades in below, cheaply inserted. No spark effects are seen. The same thing happens on 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes with "'''{{Font color|red|présenterar}}'''" (sometimes without the acute accent), 🇫🇮Finnish🇫🇮 tapes with "'''{{Font color|red|esittää}}'''" and 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 tapes with "'''{{Font color|red|présente}}'''" (Note: The same font is used in the 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪, 🇩🇰Danish🇩🇰, 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 versions of the 2nd logo, albeit not narrow). |
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* At least one 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 tape has the word "{{Font color|red|PRÄSENTIERT}}" in a "handwriting" font appear below. |
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* At least one |
* At least one 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 tape has the word "{{Font color|red|PRESENTA}}" below, in all-caps, and in the same font used in the Spanish and Finnish versions of the 2nd logo. |
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* At least one 🇬🇷Greek🇬🇷 tape has the word "{{Font color|red|ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΖΕΙ}}" below, in all-caps, and in a more vermilion shade than the rest of the logo, zoom out and settle below the logo as it shines. |
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* On 1987 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵 VHS releases under Bandai Video Network, the logo begins with the spark writing out the logo. When the logo is formed, however, it zooms out and flips around to another copy, revealing that its on a 3D grey rectangle on a {{Font color|#dodgerblue|blue}} gradient background. When it flips back over, it starts to shine and chroma-keyed {{Font color|#dodgerblue|blue}} wipes over the logo, which flashes white for a second. The logo then flips back onto the rectangle, but diagonally, and a white square emerges with the Bandai Video Network logo on it, taking up the entire screen. The music used is the opening title fanfare to ''Robin Hood''. |
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* On some 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 releases, the short version was used and shifted down in order to make room for "{{Font color|red|COMING SOON}}/{{Font color|red|ALSO AVAILABLE FROM}}". This has also been seen on the long version a couple of times as well. The long versions are accompanied with John Sachs saying "Coming soon from Walt Disney Home Video" or "Also available from Walt Disney Home Video". The text appears in a different font on the rental release of ''The Hunted''. Another rare version of this logo appears on a {{Font color|#dodgerblue|blue}} background at the beginning of a VHS promo for ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs'', as seen on the 1992 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 VHS release of ''Cinderella''. |
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* At the end of some early '90s Disney VHS tapes from the UK such as ''A Walt Disney Christmas'' and ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', there is {{Font color|red|red}} text above the logo which reads "{{Font color|red|LOOK OUT FOR FUTURE RELEASES FROM}}". This is accompanied by John Sachs saying "Look out for future releases from Walt Disney Home Video." |
* At the end of some early '90s Disney VHS tapes from the UK such as ''A Walt Disney Christmas'' and ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', there is {{Font color|red|red}} text above the logo which reads "{{Font color|red|LOOK OUT FOR FUTURE RELEASES FROM}}". This is accompanied by John Sachs saying "Look out for future releases from Walt Disney Home Video." |
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* A rare variant with the logo in {{Font color|#dodgerblue|blue}} can be spotted at the beginning of a French VHS promo for ''Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco'' and an Argentinian Spanish promo for ''Oliver Twist''. |
* A rare variant with the logo in {{Font color|#dodgerblue|blue}} can be spotted at the beginning of a French VHS promo for ''Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco'' and an Argentinian Spanish promo for ''Oliver Twist''. |
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* On the 1991 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 VHS release of ''The Rescuers'', a superimposed variant of the short version plays at the beginning of a promo for 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 Disney comic books. The text is set against a moving rainbow background and "{{Font color|red|HOME VIDEO}}" is omitted. The music is set to an instrumental arrangement of the "Mickey Mouse Club March". The tail end of this variant (with the logo shining) is shown again at the end of the same promo with "© Disney" below. |
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* There is a variant at the end of some Disney international promos where the logo shines twice. |
* There is a variant at the end of some Disney international promos where the logo shines twice. |
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* * On the |
* * On the 🇨🇦Canadian🇨🇦 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 VHS of ''Aladdin'' and the 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 SECAM VHS of ''Hocus Pocus'', the logo has white text at the top reading "Bientôt disponible sur Vidéocassette de". |
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* There is a variant where the shining plays backwards after playing normally. |
* There is a variant where the shining plays backwards after playing normally. |
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* Sometimes, the logo fades out earlier than usual. |
* Sometimes, the logo fades out earlier than usual. |
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* Sometimes, the logo incorporates a computer-generated fade out. |
* Sometimes, the logo incorporates a computer-generated fade out. |
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'''Trivia:''' This logo was used in foreign countries from April 1987 to early 1995. Some of the last titles to have this logo overseas were the |
'''Trivia:''' This logo was used in foreign countries from April 1987 to early 1995. Some of the last titles to have this logo overseas were the 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸-language version of ''Disney's Sing Along Songs: Friend Like Me'', a rental tape of ''Man of the House'' from the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧, and the Latin American VHS prints of ''The Lion King''. Also, in North America, while this logo was primarily used from 1986-1992, this became an alternate logo beginning in 1991; from then on, this logo was usually reserved for tapes of ''Disney's Sing Along Songs'' or releases of some television series. This is also an animated version of the WDHV print logo from 1984 until 1995. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' The spark flying and writing, and the logo shining. The animation was produced by Hal Miles. |
'''FX/SFX:''' The spark flying and writing, and the logo shining. The animation was produced by Hal Miles. |
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' |
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' |
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* There is an extremely rare short version with a series of droning synth notes, incorporating "dings" that are perfectly synchronized with the logo "sparkling". This can be seen on a handful of early '90s re-releases; notably the 1990 |
* There is an extremely rare short version with a series of droning synth notes, incorporating "dings" that are perfectly synchronized with the logo "sparkling". This can be seen on a handful of early '90s re-releases; notably the 1990 VHS release of ''Blackbeard's Ghost''. It was also on the Laserdisc release of ''Honey I Shrunk the Kids'' and a 🇨🇦Canadian🇨🇦 VHS of ''Something Wicked This Way Comes''. An even rarer long version without the "dings" can be found on a few international releases. |
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* Some 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 tapes overlay whooshing and sparkling sounds over the music. This can be found at the beginning and end of a Disney trailer reel in the UK VHS release of ''The Disney Bunch'', and is accompanied by John Sachs voicing over. |
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* A few releases that use this logo before the previews have Brian Cummings saying "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video." This would be used for the short version on the 1991 video release of ''The Jungle Book'', and for the long version on ''DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'' and early prints of ''Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken''. |
* A few releases that use this logo before the previews have Brian Cummings saying "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video." This would be used for the short version on the 1991 video release of ''The Jungle Book'', and for the long version on ''DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'' and early prints of ''Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken''. |
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* On the 1991 VHS release of ''Lantern Hill'', the short version of the above variant is used, but Brian Cummings says "New, from Walt Disney Home Video!" over the logo. The logo crossfades into a home video trailer for ''Looking for Miracles''. |
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* The "Also From Walt Disney Home Video" bumper uses the stock music piece "Pageantry 6" from the Bruton Music library, and uses the same voiceover as the above variation. |
* The "Also From Walt Disney Home Video" bumper uses the stock music piece "Pageantry 6" from the Bruton Music library, and uses the same voiceover as the above variation. |
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* On the 1992 VHS release of ''101 Dalmatians'', the "Coming to Home Video / Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" bumpers at the end of the tape are accompanied by an alternate take of the music. Brian Cummings says "Stay tuned, for a preview of two new Disney classics coming to home video. Coming on videocassette this summer." over these bumpers. |
* On the 1992 VHS release of ''101 Dalmatians'', the "Coming to Home Video / Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" bumpers at the end of the tape are accompanied by an alternate take of the music. Brian Cummings says "Stay tuned, for a preview of two new Disney classics coming to home video. Coming on videocassette this summer." over these bumpers. |
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* On ''The Rescuers'', ''So Dear to My Heart'' and ''Beauty and the Beast'', the bumpers are accompanied by the first few notes of the stock music piece "Great Ovation" from the Bruton Music library (the 1989 Feature Presentation jingle). Brian Cummings says either "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video!", "Now on Walt Disney Home Video!", or "And available now on videocassette!" depending on the bumper. |
* On ''The Rescuers'', ''So Dear to My Heart'' and ''Beauty and the Beast'', the bumpers are accompanied by the first few notes of the stock music piece "Great Ovation" from the Bruton Music library (the 1989 Feature Presentation jingle). Brian Cummings says either "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video!", "Now on Walt Disney Home Video!", or "And available now on videocassette!" depending on the bumper. |
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* On some UK releases, an announcer says "A world of magic which can be yours to treasure for a lifetime, from Walt Disney Home Video." Various international Disney tapes also used an announcer, and the variants found so far are: |
* On some UK releases, an announcer says "A world of magic which can be yours to treasure for a lifetime, from Walt Disney Home Video." Various international Disney tapes also used an announcer, and the variants found so far are: |
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** Latin American |
** Latin American 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸: |
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*** 🇦🇷Argentina🇦🇷: "¡Usted no quiera perder estos entretenimientos familiares! ¡Estos filmes, y otros más, que garana usted de Walt Disney Vídeo!" ("You don't want to miss out on these family entertainments! These films, and others, that you earn from Walt Disney Video!") |
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*** 🇲🇽Mexico🇲🇽/🇨🇱Chile🇨🇱: "¡De Walt Disney Vídeo, un mundo mágico que puede ser suyo para siempre!" ("From Walt Disney Video, a magical world that can be yours forever!") |
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** 🇧🇷Brazilian🇧🇷 🇵🇹Portuguese🇵🇹: |
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** Brazilian Portuguese: |
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*** "Uma distribuição [[Abril Video ( |
*** "Uma distribuição [[Abril Video (🇧🇷Brazil🇧🇷)|Abril Video]]!" ("A distribution of Abril Video!") |
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*** "Ves agora outros grandes sucessos Disney!" ("Now you see other great Disney hits!") |
*** "Ves agora outros grandes sucessos Disney!" ("Now you see other great Disney hits!") |
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** 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵: |
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** Japanese: |
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*** "夢いっぱいの物語はきっと一生の宝物, ウォルトディズニーホームビデオ!" ("A dream-filled story is surely a treasure of a lifetime, Walt Disney Home Video!") |
*** "夢いっぱいの物語はきっと一生の宝物, ウォルトディズニーホームビデオ!" ("A dream-filled story is surely a treasure of a lifetime, Walt Disney Home Video!") |
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*** "夢と魔法のディズニービデオ!" ("Dream and magic in Disney Video!") |
*** "夢と魔法のディズニービデオ!" ("Dream and magic in Disney Video!") |
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** 🇩🇪German🇩🇪: "Walt Disney Home Video präsentiert eine Welt voller Wunder!" ("Walt Disney Home Video presents a world full of wonders!") |
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** 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸: "¡Walt Disney Home Video le ofrece un mundo de magia que puede ser suyo para siempre!" ("Walt Disney Home Video offers you a world of magic that can be yours forever!") |
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** 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 🇫🇷French🇫🇷: |
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** European French: |
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*** "Walt Disney Home Video vous présente le monde merveilleux de Walt Disney des vidéos a voir et avoir chez vous pour toujours!" ("Walt Disney Home Video presents to you the wonderful world of Walt Disney videos to see and have at home forever!") |
*** "Walt Disney Home Video vous présente le monde merveilleux de Walt Disney des vidéos a voir et avoir chez vous pour toujours!" ("Walt Disney Home Video presents to you the wonderful world of Walt Disney videos to see and have at home forever!") |
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*** "Walt Disney Home Video présente le monde magique de Walt Disney, que vous pouvez offrir chez vous et pour toujours!" ("Walt Disney Home Video presents the magical world of Walt Disney, that you can offer at home and forever!") |
*** "Walt Disney Home Video présente le monde magique de Walt Disney, que vous pouvez offrir chez vous et pour toujours!" ("Walt Disney Home Video presents the magical world of Walt Disney, that you can offer at home and forever!") |
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*** "Maintenant, avec tout votre famille, vous allez pouvoir collectionner la magie de Walt Disney en vidéo chez vous pour toujours!" ("Now, with all your family, you can collect the magic of Walt Disney on video at home forever!") |
*** "Maintenant, avec tout votre famille, vous allez pouvoir collectionner la magie de Walt Disney en vidéo chez vous pour toujours!" ("Now, with all your family, you can collect the magic of Walt Disney on video at home forever!") |
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*** "Avec tout votre famille, collectionne la magie de Walt Disney en vidéo chez vous pour toujours!" ("With all your family, collect the magic of Walt Disney on video at home forever!") |
*** "Avec tout votre famille, collectionne la magie de Walt Disney en vidéo chez vous pour toujours!" ("With all your family, collect the magic of Walt Disney on video at home forever!") |
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** 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹: "Da Walt Disney Home Video, un mondo magico che sara tuo, da custodire per sempre!" ("From Walt Disney Home Video, a magical world that will be yours to be kept forever!") |
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** 🇳🇱Dutch🇳🇱: "Van Walt Disney Home Video, een wereld vol magie om je leven lang van te genieten!" ("From Walt Disney Home Video, a world full of magic to enjoy for a lifetime!") |
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** 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 🇵🇹Portuguese🇵🇹: "Um mundo de magia que pode ser seu para sempre, da Walt Disney Home Video!" ("A world of magic that can be yours forever, from Walt Disney Home Video!") |
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** 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪: |
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** Swedish: |
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*** "Från Walt Disney Home Video, en sagolik värld som kan bli din egen!" ("From Walt Disney Home Video, a fabulous world that can be your own!") |
*** "Från Walt Disney Home Video, en sagolik värld som kan bli din egen!" ("From Walt Disney Home Video, a fabulous world that can be your own!") |
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*** "Från Walt Disney Home Video, får vi en fantastisk värld att komma tillbaka till, om och om igen!" ("From Walt Disney Home Video, we get a fantastic world to come back to, over and over again!") |
*** "Från Walt Disney Home Video, får vi en fantastisk värld att komma tillbaka till, om och om igen!" ("From Walt Disney Home Video, we get a fantastic world to come back to, over and over again!") |
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*** "Nu kan de bli dina, att glädjas åt om och om igen!" ("Now they can be yours, to be rejoiced over and over again!") |
*** "Nu kan de bli dina, att glädjas åt om och om igen!" ("Now they can be yours, to be rejoiced over and over again!") |
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** 🇳🇴Norwegian🇳🇴: "Fra Walt Disney Home Video, en magisk verden som nå kan bli din for evig og alltid!" ("From Walt Disney Home Video, a magical world that can now be yours forever and ever!") |
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** 🇩🇰Danish🇩🇰: "Walt Disney Videofilm giver dig nu mulighed for at eje endnu en række perler fra Walt Disneys eventyrlige verden!" ("Walt Disney Videofilms now allow you to own yet another set of gems from Walt Disney's adventurous world!") |
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*** "Walt Disneyn kotivideoiden taikamaailman voit nyt saada ikiomaksi!" ("Walt Disney Home Videos' magical world that you can get for yourselves!") |
*** "Walt Disneyn kotivideoiden taikamaailman voit nyt saada ikiomaksi!" ("Walt Disney Home Videos' magical world that you can get for yourselves!") |
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*** "Walt Disneyn kotivideot, taikamaailma jonka voi nyt saada ikiomaksi!" ("Walt Disney Home Videos, a magical world that you can now get for yourselves!") |
*** "Walt Disneyn kotivideot, taikamaailma jonka voi nyt saada ikiomaksi!" ("Walt Disney Home Videos, a magical world that you can now get for yourselves!") |
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*** "Voit hankkia ne nyt ikiomaksi!" ("You can now get them for yourselves!") |
*** "Voit hankkia ne nyt ikiomaksi!" ("You can now get them for yourselves!") |
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** 🇮🇱Hebrew🇮🇱: |
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*** "!חדש מאולפני וולט דיסני" ("New from Walt Disney Studios!") |
*** "!חדש מאולפני וולט דיסני" ("New from Walt Disney Studios!") |
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*** "!וולט דיסני בקלטות וידאו ביתיות, תוצר של עולמות קסומים, יהיה שךכם לתמיד" ("Walt Disney home video tapes, a product of magical worlds that will be yours forever!") |
*** "!וולט דיסני בקלטות וידאו ביתיות, תוצר של עולמות קסומים, יהיה שךכם לתמיד" ("Walt Disney home video tapes, a product of magical worlds that will be yours forever!") |
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*** "!קלטת עולמית דוברת עברית שלכם מתנה לתמיד" ("Your Hebrew-speaking world tape is a gift forever!") |
*** "!קלטת עולמית דוברת עברית שלכם מתנה לתמיד" ("Your Hebrew-speaking world tape is a gift forever!") |
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** 🇬🇷Greek🇬🇷: "Ένας μαγικός κόσμος για πάντα δικός σας, από τη Walt Disney Home Video!" ("A magical world forever yours, from Walt Disney Home Video!") |
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* On some PAL tapes, there's a high pitched version that also exists. Some |
* On some PAL tapes, there's a high pitched version that also exists. Some 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 tapes use this version in tandem with the standard version, even on the same tape. |
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* On an 🇦🇺Australian🇦🇺 PAL release of ''Pete's Dragon'' and the demo VHS of ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'', the logo is silent. |
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* On the DVS VHS printing of ''Old Yeller'', a woman is heard saying "Now, Mickey Mouse appears standing in the pool of blue light, dressed in a pointed sorcerer's hat and red robe. A white starburst spins from his hand and spells Walt Disney Home Video". |
* On the DVS VHS printing of ''Old Yeller'', a woman is heard saying "Now, Mickey Mouse appears standing in the pool of blue light, dressed in a pointed sorcerer's hat and red robe. A white starburst spins from his hand and spells Walt Disney Home Video". |
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* It was first seen on ''No Deposit, No Return'', ''The World's Greatest Athlete'', ''Ten Who Dared'', ''Third Man on the Mountain'', and ''The Fighting Prince of Donegal'', and was subsequently used on most tapes in the "Bring Disney Home for Good" promotion the next month, including ''Disney Sing-Along Songs: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah'', ''Jiminy Cricket's Christmas'', ''Canine Commando'', ''The Unsinkable Donald Duck with Huey, Dewey, and Louie'', and ''A Tale of Two Chipmunks''. |
* It was first seen on ''No Deposit, No Return'', ''The World's Greatest Athlete'', ''Ten Who Dared'', ''Third Man on the Mountain'', and ''The Fighting Prince of Donegal'', and was subsequently used on most tapes in the "Bring Disney Home for Good" promotion the next month, including ''Disney Sing-Along Songs: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah'', ''Jiminy Cricket's Christmas'', ''Canine Commando'', ''The Unsinkable Donald Duck with Huey, Dewey, and Louie'', and ''A Tale of Two Chipmunks''. |
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* It was also seen on home video releases of Disney shows such as ''DuckTales'', ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'', ''TaleSpin'', ''Darkwing Duck'', ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs'', ''Dinosaurs'', ''Bonkers!'', ''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'', ''Goof Troop'', classic Disney cartoon compilations, and ''Walt Disney Mini Classics''. Also seen on a few Classics (including ''Robin Hood'' and ''The Rescuers Down Under'') and Masterpiece Collection (including ''Melody Time'') videos before the previews as well as the 1991 and late 1994 prints of ''The Brave Little Toaster''. |
* It was also seen on home video releases of Disney shows such as ''DuckTales'', ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'', ''TaleSpin'', ''Darkwing Duck'', ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs'', ''Dinosaurs'', ''Bonkers!'', ''The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'', ''Goof Troop'', classic Disney cartoon compilations, and ''Walt Disney Mini Classics''. Also seen on a few Classics (including ''Robin Hood'' and ''The Rescuers Down Under'') and Masterpiece Collection (including ''Melody Time'') videos before the previews as well as the 1991 and late 1994 prints of ''The Brave Little Toaster''. |
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* Strangely, it was found on the 2006 DVD release of ''My Dog the Thief'', which is most likely due to the DVD using a circa-1990s VHS tape master of the film, along with the 2006 DVD release of ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: You Can Fly'' at the beginning of the program (the 8th logo appears before the DVD previews). |
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* The variant with "presents" can be found on various tapes, including the 1991 and early 1994 VHS of ''The Brave Little Toaster'', the 1986 release of ''A Tiger Walks'', ''Canine Commando'', ''The Unsinkable Donald Duck with Huey, Dewey, and Louie'', and the mid '90s ''Schoolhouse Rock!'' tapes, as well as on a 2001 re-print of the 1994 re-release of ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah'' (surprisingly following a late 1990 promo for the series); this was also seen on the original 1986 release of said title. Said variant also made a surprise appearance at the beginning of a TV One airing of ''Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella'' (the 1997 version that starred Brandy Norwood), and also plasters the first logo on pressings of ''Mickey Knows Best'', ''The Importance of Being Donald'', and ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' which were duplicated at Bell & Howell/[[Columbia Pictures]]/Paramount Video Services. |
* The variant with "presents" can be found on various tapes, including the 1991 and early 1994 VHS of ''The Brave Little Toaster'', the 1986 release of ''A Tiger Walks'', ''Canine Commando'', ''The Unsinkable Donald Duck with Huey, Dewey, and Louie'', and the mid '90s ''Schoolhouse Rock!'' tapes, as well as on a 2001 re-print of the 1994 re-release of ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah'' (surprisingly following a late 1990 promo for the series); this was also seen on the original 1986 release of said title. Said variant also made a surprise appearance at the beginning of a TV One airing of ''Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella'' (the 1997 version that starred Brandy Norwood), and also plasters the first logo on pressings of ''Mickey Knows Best'', ''The Importance of Being Donald'', and ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'' which were duplicated at Bell & Howell/[[Columbia Pictures]]/Paramount Video Services. |
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* The Mickey-less variant (without the blank space) can be seen on various early-mid '90s releases, including ''Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree'' and ''Frankenweenie'', and also on early Laserdiscs of the Classics lineup. |
* The Mickey-less variant (without the blank space) can be seen on various early-mid '90s releases, including ''Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree'' and ''Frankenweenie'' (early-mid 1990s re-release), and also on early Laserdiscs of the Classics lineup. |
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* This logo was last seen on a late 2001 re-print of ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas''. |
* This logo was last seen on a late 2001 re-print of ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas''. Some tapes that have a smaller version of the Sorcerer Mickey packaging use this logo instead of the 1st logo, like ''A Tiger Walks''. |
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* Some tapes that have a smaller version of the Sorcerer Mickey packaging use this logo instead of the 1st logo, like ''A Tiger Walks''. |
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* Earlier prints of the first 10 Masterpiece Collection titles like ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''Mary Poppins'' and ''Robin Hood'' use this logo instead of the Masterpiece Collection logo (however, prints from early September 1994-onwards use the Masterpiece Collection logo). Also seen on prints of ''Disney's Favorite Stories''. |
* Earlier prints of the first 10 Masterpiece Collection titles like ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', ''Mary Poppins'' and ''Robin Hood'' use this logo instead of the Masterpiece Collection logo (however, prints from early September 1994-onwards use the Masterpiece Collection logo). Also seen on prints of ''Disney's Favorite Stories''. |
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* The high-pitched variant can be seen on the |
* The high-pitched variant can be seen on the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 rental release of ''Hocus Pocus''. It was seen on pre-1995 Australian VHS releases as well, such as the 1993 VHS release of ''The Jungle Book'', among others. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' This is the longest running logo on this page and one of the most popular logos of all time, especially to those who grew up with it. |
'''Editor's Note:''' This is the longest running logo on this page and one of the most popular logos of all time, especially to those who grew up with it. |
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===7th Logo (International Variant) (April 1987-Early 90s)=== |
=== 7th Logo (International Variant) (April 1987-Early 90s)=== |
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'''Nickname:''' "Walt Disco Home Video II" |
'''Nickname:''' "Walt Disco Home Video II", “Space Home Video” |
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'''Logo:''' We see clips from the 1983 opening of the Disney Channel (first as a premium channel), Walt Disney anthology series and Disney films, including ''Fantasia'', ''Peter Pan'', ''Mary Poppins'', ''The Black Cauldron'', ''Sleeping Beauty'', ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'', ''The Black Hole'', ''Dumbo'', ''Condorman'', ''The Journey of Natty Gann'', ''Fuzzbucket'', ''Return to Oz'', and ''Tron''. After a brief clip of Sorcerer Mickey from ''Fantasia'', we fade into the WDHV logo on a space background, with the logo in a {{Font color|blue|blue}}/{{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} gradient. The logo shines and zooms out after. |
'''Logo:''' We see clips from the 1983 opening of the Disney Channel (first as a premium channel), Walt Disney anthology series and Disney films, including ''Fantasia'', ''Peter Pan'', ''Mary Poppins'', ''The Black Cauldron'', ''Sleeping Beauty'', ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'', ''The Black Hole'', ''Dumbo'', ''Condorman'', ''The Journey of Natty Gann'', ''Fuzzbucket'', ''Return to Oz'', and ''Tron''. After a brief clip of Sorcerer Mickey from ''Fantasia'', we fade into the WDHV logo on a space background, with the logo in a {{Font color|blue|blue}}/{{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} gradient. The logo shines and zooms out after. |
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* The gradient background variant has a repeating synth sound. |
* The gradient background variant has a repeating synth sound. |
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* A Latin American version has an announcer say "¡Ahora, la magia de Disney puede ser sus en vídeo! ¡La clásica animación, además de excelente filmes par la familia de hoy, de Walt Disney Home Video!" ("Now, the magic of Disney can be on video! The classic animation, in addition to excellent films for today's family, from Walt Disney Home Video!"). |
* A Latin American version has an announcer say "¡Ahora, la magia de Disney puede ser sus en vídeo! ¡La clásica animación, además de excelente filmes par la familia de hoy, de Walt Disney Home Video!" ("Now, the magic of Disney can be on video! The classic animation, in addition to excellent films for today's family, from Walt Disney Home Video!"). |
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* On |
* On 🇳🇿New Zealand🇳🇿 tapes, an announcer is heard at the end of the logo saying "Bring Disney home today for the finest in family film entertainment. Walt Disney Home Video." Another variant exists where the announcer says "Walt Disney Home Video presents outstanding feature programming for today's family." |
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'''Availability:''' Rare. Like with the second logo, this was only used outside of the |
'''Availability:''' Rare. Like with the second logo, this was only used outside of the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦Canada🇨🇦, though this logo is harder to find due to its shorter lifespan. This mainly appeared on 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 tapes (including 🇮🇹Italy🇮🇹 and 🇩🇪Germany🇩🇪), as well as Latin American tapes and tapes distributed in 🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺 by Roadshow Home Video - an example being the 1987 VHS of ''Pinocchio''. The alternate archive footage variant can be seen on a foreign VHS of ''Davy Crockett: King Of The Border''. The variant with a different background can be spotted on the Latin Spanish VHS of ''Peter Pan''. This logo was also seen on releases in New Zealand well into the early 90s, including the 1993 VHS of ''Honey, I Blew Up The Kid''. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
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===8th Logo (Late 1991-October 8, 2002 [2006 in |
=== 8th Logo (Late 1991-October 8, 2002 [2006 in 🇦🇷Argentina🇦🇷]) === |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (1991, DVD).jpg|The normal logo. |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (1991, DVD).jpg|The normal logo. |
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'''Nicknames:''' |
'''Nicknames:''' “Gold”, “Shiny Thing!”, "Shining Disney", “Watch Out For That Truck!” |
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the {{Font color|gold|golden}} words "{{Font color|gold|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small> HOME VIDEO}}" with "W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>" in the corporate "signature" font. The words shine. |
'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the {{Font color|gold|golden}} words "{{Font color|gold|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small> HOME VIDEO}}" with "W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>" in the corporate "signature" font. The words shine. |
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* On ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'', the logo was shown at the beginning and end of the movie. |
* On ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'', the logo was shown at the beginning and end of the movie. |
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* On TV spots for the VHS release of ''Tarzan'', the logo is superimposed over a scene from the movie. |
* On TV spots for the VHS release of ''Tarzan'', the logo is superimposed over a scene from the movie. |
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* On Gativideo-distributed |
* On Gativideo-distributed 🇦🇷Argentina🇦🇷 tapes, the logo animates as usual, but it splits at the end. This usually happens before a bumper or a commercial. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' The "shining". |
'''FX/SFX:''' The "shining". |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A lilting, dreamy synthesized horn/string tune |
'''Music/Sounds:''' A lilting, dreamy synthesized horn/string tune. This sounds somewhat like a truck horn honking, hence the last nickname. None for the Gativideo variant. |
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' |
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' |
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* On the 1998 DVD release of ''Air Bud'', the logo is silent. |
* On the 1998 DVD release of ''Air Bud'', the logo is silent. |
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* A slowed-down version of this logo's music (the same as the [[Jim Henson Home Entertainment|Jim Henson Video]] theme) was used around 1993-1998, on tapes like ''The Mighty Ducks'', ''Tiny Toy Stories'', ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Honor to Us All'', ''Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World,'' and the 1997 widescreen VHS of ''Sleeping Beauty''. It was also on the 2000 |
* A slowed-down version of this logo's music (the same as the [[Jim Henson Home Entertainment|Jim Henson Video]] theme) was used around 1993-1998, on tapes like ''The Mighty Ducks'', ''Tiny Toy Stories'', ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Honor to Us All'', ''Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World,'' and the 1997 widescreen VHS of ''Sleeping Beauty''. It was also on the 2000 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 VHS of ''Toy Story 2'', as well as the 🇲🇽Mexican🇲🇽 VHS of ''101 Dalmatians'' (1996 live-action remake). |
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*On the aforementioned still "presents" variant, when the "Own This BIG HIT" text fades in, Brian Cummings says "Now you can own this big hit." The "Now Available on Videocassette" version has Brian Cummings calmly saying "Now on videocassette." as the text fades in. |
*On the aforementioned still "presents" variant, when the "Own This BIG HIT" text fades in, Brian Cummings says "Now you can own this big hit." The "Now Available on Videocassette" version has Brian Cummings calmly saying "Now on videocassette." as the text fades in. |
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* On the |
* On the 🇦🇺Australian🇦🇺 VHS releases of ''Hocus Pocus'' and ''Aladdin'', and some Region 4 VHS releases, the music is high pitched (possibly due to being in PAL format). This was also spotted on the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 VHS of ''Dinosaur'', as well as some 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 VHS tapes. |
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'''Availability:''' Fairly common, but became more common as years went by. |
'''Availability:''' Fairly common, but it became more common during its usage as the years went by. |
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* The logo's first general appearance was on TV spots for the 1991 Classics release of ''The Rescuers Down Under''. The logo with music debuted on the September 1992 demo VHS of ''Newsies''. |
* The logo's first general appearance was on TV spots for the 1991 Classics release of ''The Rescuers Down Under''. The logo with music debuted on the September 1992 demo VHS of ''Newsies''. |
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* It was seen on most (non-Classics/Masterpiece) Disney video/DVD releases of the era, including most (if not all) Gold Classic Collection DVDs. Some of these DVDs are still in print. Most 1998 and 1999 prints of Masterpiece titles have this logo instead of the Masterpiece Collection logo, or with the Masterpiece logo, including ''The Black Cauldron'' (some later printings use the Masterpiece logo with this, while earlier ones, surprisingly enough, use the "Feature Program" version of the 1992 Black-Blue FP Bumper). |
* It was seen on most (non-Classics/Masterpiece) Disney video/DVD releases of the era, including most (if not all) Gold Classic Collection DVDs. Some of these DVDs are still in print. Most 1998 and 1999 prints of Masterpiece titles have this logo instead of the Masterpiece Collection logo, or with the Masterpiece logo, including ''The Black Cauldron'' (some later printings use the Masterpiece logo with this, while earlier ones, surprisingly enough, use the "Feature Program" version of the 1992 Black-Blue FP Bumper). |
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* This logo can also be found on the 1998 printings of ''The Brave Little Toaster'' and its sequel ''The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars''. |
* This logo can also be found on the 1998 printings of ''The Brave Little Toaster'' and its sequel ''The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars''. |
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* This logo is intact at the beginning and end of ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' on further home video, television and streaming prints (except the Disney+ print, which has a 4:3 variant of the 2013 Walt Disney Pictures logo instead). This logo also appeared on the 2009 DVD release of ''Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In at the House of Mouse'' (itself a reprint of the original 2001 DVD release). |
* This logo is intact at the beginning and end of ''Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves'' on further home video, television and streaming prints (except the Disney+ print, which has a 4:3 variant of the 2013 Walt Disney Pictures logo instead). This logo also appeared on the 2009 DVD release of ''Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In at the House of Mouse'' (itself a reprint of the original 2001 DVD release). |
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* It was also seen on some |
* It was also seen on some 🇦🇺Australian🇦🇺 VHS releases (mostly of live-action material and on some promos). The blue version appeared on ''Gordy'' (U.S. releases only) and ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'' tapes, as well as the trailer for ''Walt Disney Film Classics: The Fantastic Adventures Series''. It also appeared on the 1996 Deluxe Edition laserdisc set of ''Toy Story'' at the beginning of the bonus Pixar shorts included. |
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* Don't expect to see this on international DVD releases of the period, as they will most likely use the 1995 Disney Videos logo. |
* Don't expect to see this on international DVD releases of the period, as they will most likely use the 1995 Disney Videos logo. |
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* Strangely, VHS releases in |
* Strangely, VHS releases in 🇦🇷Argentina🇦🇷 still used this logo until 2006. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' It's a fine logo and a nostalgic favorite of many, but compared to the other logos on this page, it's very simple. |
'''Editor's Note:''' It's a fine logo and a nostalgic favorite of many, but compared to the other logos on this page, it's very simple. |
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===9th Logo ( |
=== 9th Logo (🇰🇷Korean Variant🇰🇷) (1992-2000s) === |
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File:Walt Disney Home Video (South Korea, 1992).jpg |
File:Walt Disney Home Video (South Korea, 1992).jpg |
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</gallery>'''Nicknames:''' "Magic Kingdom", "Disney Logo of 🇰🇷Korea🇰🇷" “🇰🇷Korea🇰🇷 Castle” |
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Korean Castle", "Magic Kingdom", "Disney Logo of Korea" |
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'''FX/SFX:''' The second half of the then-current movie logo, minus the ball of light drawing the line. |
'''FX/SFX:''' The second half of the then-current movie logo, minus the ball of light drawing the line. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' None. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' None. |
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'''Availability:''' Rare. Exclusively seen on |
'''Availability:''' Rare. Exclusively seen on 🇰🇷South Korean🇰🇷 releases. It appeared at the end of 🇰🇷Korean🇰🇷 Disney VHS releases since 1992, then also began appearing at the beginning of Disney tapes since 1994. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
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===10th Logo (International Variant) (Fall 1994-June 14, 2005, 2015)=== |
=== 10th Logo (International Variant) (Fall 1994-June 14, 2005, 2015) === |
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File:Disney Videos (1995).jpg|The regular version of the Disney Videos logo. |
File:Disney Videos (1995).jpg|The regular version of the Disney Videos logo. |
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File:Disney Videos (1995, UK).jpg|A completely different variant of the Disney Videos logo appearing on |
File:Disney Videos (1995, UK).jpg|A completely different variant of the Disney Videos logo appearing on 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 tapes until June 2005. |
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disneyvideosukrare.jpg|A rare "Which one is missing from your collection?" still variant. |
disneyvideosukrare.jpg|A rare "Which one is missing from your collection?" still variant. |
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File:Disney Videos (1995, Australia).png|A version of the Disney Videos logo seen at the start of some |
File:Disney Videos (1995, Australia).png|A version of the Disney Videos logo seen at the start of some 🇦🇺Australian🇦🇺 promos. |
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File:Disney Videos (1995, Italy).png|A "VIDEO" version of the Disney Videos logo that appears on |
File:Disney Videos (1995, Italy).png|A "VIDEO" version of the Disney Videos logo that appears on 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 tapes. |
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File:Disney Videos (1995, Germany).png|"Disney Videos begeistern ein leben lang", appears on |
File:Disney Videos (1995, Germany).png|"Disney Videos begeistern ein leben lang", appears on 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 tapes. |
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Dhvhebrew1.jpg|A rare |
Dhvhebrew1.jpg|A rare 🇮🇱Hebrew🇮🇱 version |
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dhvhebrew2.jpg|Alternative |
dhvhebrew2.jpg|Alternative 🇮🇱Hebrew🇮🇱 version |
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Disneyaudiorare.jpg|The rare |
Disneyaudiorare.jpg|The rare 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 "DISNEY AUDIO" version |
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File:Disney Videos (1995, White).png|A rare white background variant seen on |
File:Disney Videos (1995, White).png|A rare white background variant seen on 🇦🇷Argentinan🇦🇷 tapes. |
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File:Disney Videos (1995, Japan).png|A variant using a purple/white gradient background seen on |
File:Disney Videos (1995, Japan).png|A variant using a purple/white gradient background seen on 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵 tapes. |
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File:Disney Videos (1995, Mexico).jpg|A cheap |
File:Disney Videos (1995, Mexico).jpg|A cheap 🇲🇽Mexican🇲🇽 variant. |
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File:Disney Videos (1995, Brazil).jpg|Another cheap |
File:Disney Videos (1995, Brazil).jpg|Another cheap 🇧🇷Brazilian🇧🇷 variant. |
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File:Disney Videos (1995, USA).jpg|The rare |
File:Disney Videos (1995, USA).jpg|The rare 🇺🇸American🇺🇸 variant. |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Disney Videos", "The Purple Cubes" |
'''Nicknames:''' "Disney Videos", "The Purple Cubes", “Videos Mickey Head” |
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'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|#dodgerblue|blue}}/{{Font color|#00DF000|green}} gradient background, three black balls fall from the top of the screen and bounce off the bottom. Two of the balls form the ears of Mickey Mouse and one ball forms the head. Many {{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} cubes fall from above to form a rectangle. A right-slanted {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} rectangle and a {{Font color|#00DF000|green}} square also fall from above. The {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} rectangle slants left and settles on the left, while the {{Font color|#00DF000|green}} square slants right and settles on the right. The balls in the Mickey Mouse logo bounce onto the {{Font color|#00DF000|green}} square. The {{Font color|red|red}} text "{{Font color|red|Di<small>SNEY</small>}}", in the corporate font, zooms out and settles on the {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} rectangle. Below, a rectangular {{Font color|#00DF000|green}} banner with the white word "VIDEOS" unfolds to the right. |
'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|#dodgerblue|blue}}/{{Font color|#00DF000|green}} gradient background, three black balls fall from the top of the screen and bounce off the bottom. Two of the balls form the ears of Mickey Mouse and one ball forms the head. Many {{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} cubes fall from above to form a rectangle. A right-slanted {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} rectangle and a {{Font color|#00DF000|green}} square also fall from above. The {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} rectangle slants left and settles on the left, while the {{Font color|#00DF000|green}} square slants right and settles on the right. The balls in the Mickey Mouse logo bounce onto the {{Font color|#00DF000|green}} square. The {{Font color|red|red}} text "{{Font color|red|Di<small>SNEY</small>}}", in the corporate font, zooms out and settles on the {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} rectangle. Below, a rectangular {{Font color|#00DF000|green}} banner with the white word "VIDEOS" unfolds to the right. |
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'''Trivia:''' This was used in international countries from the beginning of 1995 to mid-2005; for example, on 1995 releases of ''Pocahontas'', ''101 Dalmatians'' and ''One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing'', on 1998 releases of ''Flubber'', and on some ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs'' tapes. On early releases in some countries, this logo was used concurrently with the 3rd logo, then again with the "Ring" logo on early 2000's releases. It was last seen on a |
'''Trivia:''' This was used in international countries from the beginning of 1995 to mid-2005; for example, on 1995 releases of ''Pocahontas'', ''101 Dalmatians'' and ''One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing'', on 1998 releases of ''Flubber'', and on some ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs'' tapes. On early releases in some countries, this logo was used concurrently with the 3rd logo, then again with the "Ring" logo on early 2000's releases. It was last seen on a 🇲🇽Mexican🇲🇽 ''Tarzan'' VHS tape from 2005, which did NOT have "The Ring" logo. |
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'''Variants:''' |
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* On most |
* On most 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 tapes, the logo was remade with some changes. The background is solid {{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} (so the {{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} cubes don't appear) and the {{Font color|#00DF000|green}} square is white. The font for "VIDEOS" is also different. An announcer is often heard. This was first seen on the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 VHS release of ''The Return of Jafar'', and appears on many other tapes from 1995 right through to 2001 (one exception being ''Tiny Toy Stories'', which used the standard version instead). |
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* There was also a |
* There was also a 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵 version of this logo where the gradient background is {{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}}/lavender (this also appears on some UK VHS releases, e.g. ''My Favorite Martian''). |
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* The above variant also has a variant on ''Sing-Along Songs from Hercules'', in which similar to the one on the 6th logo, the opening theme plays and the logo is sped up to fit it. |
* The above variant also has a variant on ''Sing-Along Songs from Hercules'', in which similar to the one on the 6th logo, the opening theme plays and the logo is sped up to fit it. |
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* A variant was seen with the gradient background being {{Font color|#lightgrey|light gray}}/white. It appears on |
* A variant was seen with the gradient background being {{Font color|#lightgrey|light gray}}/white. It appears on 🇦🇷Argentine🇦🇷 tapes of the period, as well as before the anti-piracy video at the start of the 1994 Mexican VHS of ''Los tres caballeros''. |
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* On some |
* On some 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 tapes, the logo is extended, with the screen flowing through the copyright notice, with differently colored rectangles being put on each other with a phrase on each separate rectangle leaving behind the following message: "Liebe Videofreunde! ({{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} rectangle, white text) Willkommen in der wunderbaren welt von Walt Disney! ({{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} rectangle, {{Font color|red|red}} text) Unsere Videofilme zeichnen sich dadurch aus, daß sind für die ganze Familie gedacht sind, Spaß machen, die Fantasie anregen, und wichtige moralische Werte vermitteln! ({{Font color|#00DF000|green}} rectangle, white text) Wir empfehlen, daß sich Ihre Kinder nur Programme anschauen, die für ihr Alter geeignet sind.({{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} rectangle, white text) Deshalb möchten wir Sie bitten, auf die Einstufung der Freiwilligen Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft (FSK) zu achten, die die Freigabe eines Films ab einer bestimmten Altersgruppe beurteilt! ({{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} rectangle, {{Font color|red|red}} text, FSK label saying "Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung gemäß § 7 JÖSchG FSK" ("Released without age restriction according to Par. 7 of FSK's Youth Protection Act") appears) Ideal wäre es, wenn Sie den Film gemeinsam mit Ihren Kinder erleben! ({{Font color|#00DF000|green}} rectangle, white text) Disney wünscht Ihnen dabei viel Vergnügen! ({{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} rectangle, white text)" ("Dear video friends! Welcome to the wonderful world of Walt Disney! Our video films are characterized by the fact that they are intended for the whole family, are fun, stimulate the imagination and convey important moral values! We recommend that your children only watch programs that are suitable for their age. Therefore, we would like to ask you to pay attention to the classification of the Voluntary Self-Regulation of the Movie Industry (FSK), which judges the release of a film from a certain age group! It would be ideal if you experience the film together with your children! Disney wishes you a lot of fun!"). At the end of the warning, the {{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} cubes cover the last rectangle and the animation continues normally, except that the slogan "BEGEISTERN EIN LEBEN LANG" (loosely translated, "Entertainment for a Lifetime") appears below. |
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* An extremely rare 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 soundtrack promo has "AUDIO" instead of "Videos". |
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* Three |
* Three 🇮🇱Hebrew🇮🇱 commercials for Disney Hebrew VHS releases ("Cindarella", "Pinocchio" and "Aladdin") replace the "Videos" with "Soon on Video" in Hebrew. |
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* There is also a different variant on promos from |
* There is also a different variant on promos from 🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺 and some trailers from the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 where the "VIDEOS" banner is glowing in white, there is a sparkle on the Mickey Mouse logo and on "{{Font color|red|Di<small>SNEY</small>}}", and it has darker shadows and brighter colors. |
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* A singular variant found on |
* A singular variant found on 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 tapes has the "S" part of the "VIDEOS" banner cut off, leaving only "VIDEO". |
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* A still 2-D version of this logo appears at the beginning of Disney promos on |
* A still 2-D version of this logo appears at the beginning of Disney promos on 🇧🇷Brazilian🇧🇷 tapes. |
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* A different variant was spotted on |
* A different variant was spotted on 🇲🇽Mexican🇲🇽 tapes: the background is {{Font color|darkmagenta|purple}} with a "Di<small>SNEY</small>" wallpaper. We see the Mickey Mouse balls (which now have a {{Font color|#darkgreen|greenish}} tint) floating around, then many {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} pieces fall from the top of the screen and form an oval. The words "{{Font color|red|Di<small>SNEY</small>}}" and "{{Font color|#darkgreen|VIDEOS}}" zoom out and place themselves on the oval while the Mickey Mouse logo moves to the top of the oval. |
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* There is a quite rare still variant on some 1997 tapes from the U.S. where "VIDEOS" is cut off, the {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} rectangle is an oval and the Mickey Mouse logo is teal. This was seen at the end of the Timeless Classics promo during the opening previews. |
* There is a quite rare still variant on some 1997 tapes from the U.S. where "VIDEOS" is cut off, the {{Font color|#FFD900|yellow}} rectangle is an oval and the Mickey Mouse logo is teal. This was seen at the end of the Timeless Classics promo during the opening previews. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' All the CGI animation in this logo. |
'''FX/SFX:''' All the CGI animation in this logo. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A very short orchestral rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" (different from the versions used on the [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logos |
'''Music/Sounds:''' A very short orchestral rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" (different from the versions used on the [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logos) ending with an orchestral hit. Sometimes, the logo is seen silent. |
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' |
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' |
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* On some |
* On some 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 and 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 Disney tapes, an announcer says the same announcement as the respective variants of the 6th logo, but with the following changes: |
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** The |
** The 🇸🇪Swedish 🇸🇪 version has the announcer say "Från Walt Disney Videos" instead of "Från Walt Disney Home Video". |
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** The second |
** The second 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 version has the "Walt Disney Home Video" name abridged to "Disney Video". |
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* On |
* On 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 tapes, the logo was often used as a bumper with one of the following said by a voice-over (John Sachs): |
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**Available now on Disney Videos. |
**Available now on Disney Videos. |
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**Coming soon from Disney Videos. |
**Coming soon from Disney Videos. |
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** Watch out for future releases. Coming soon, from Disney Videos. (1995 only) |
** Watch out for future releases. Coming soon, from Disney Videos. (1995 only) |
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* The American variant has Mark Elliot saying, "Three/four more great reasons to visit the Disney section of your store, only from Walt Disney Home Video!" |
* The American variant has Mark Elliot saying, "Three/four more great reasons to visit the Disney section of your store, only from Walt Disney Home Video!" |
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* On the |
* On the 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 extended variant, a different track is heard and an announcer reads the message phrase-by-phrase. There are also other variants of the logo, more in-line with the US variant, where the same German announcer is heard for announcements. |
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'''Availability''': As with the previous few logos, this is seen on releases outside the |
'''Availability''': As with the previous few logos, this is seen on releases outside the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦Canada🇨🇦, so internationally, this logo is common, but in the US and Canada, it is rare. Strangely, it was seen on the 2015 Region 4 DVD reprints of ''Tarzan'' and ''Oliver & Company'' (due to them being reprints of the 2000 and 2001 releases, respectively; this is due to an exclusive promotion at Big W, as they are re-releasing most Walt Disney Pictures films on DVD with limited edition packaging as with the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧). As mentioned above, the 🇺🇸American🇺🇸 variant is quite rare, but can be seen at the end of the Timeless Classics promo on 1997 VHS tapes such as ''Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin'' and ''Sleeping Beauty''. Other than that, this logo is not known to have appeared at all in the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦Canada🇨🇦 (the 1983 logo, at least, is confirmed to have appeared on a few Spanish-language tapes in the United States in 1986). This logo is also found on the UK DVDs of ''A Goofy Movie'' and ''The Tigger Movie''. It also surprisingly appears in place of the "The Ring" logo on the Region 4 DVDs of ''101 Dalmatians'' (1996 live-action remake), ''102 Dalmatians'' and ''The Parent Trap'' possibly due to being reprints of earlier releases. It also makes a surprise appearance on a Region 4 Single Disc DVD reprint of ''Dinosaur''. Disney's final 🇬🇧British🇬🇧 VHS releases have "The Ring". |
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'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
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===11th Logo (1998-May 8, 2001)=== |
=== 11th Logo (1998-May 8, 2001) === |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Walt Dullsney Home Video IV", "They Seriously Used This?! II", "The Logo of No Animation", "The Walt Disney Text of Boredom II" |
'''Nicknames:''' "Walt Dullsney Home Video IV", "They Seriously Used This?! II", "The Logo of No Animation", "The Walt Disney Text of Boredom II", “Crappy Home Video” |
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the {{Font color|#royalblue|Persian blue words}} "{{Font color|#royalblue|WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO}}", which stay on-screen a few seconds, then fade out. |
'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the {{Font color|#royalblue|Persian blue words}} "{{Font color|#royalblue|WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO}}", which stay on-screen a few seconds, then fade out. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' This logo has been criticized for looking more like a placeholder for the other logos than anything else, but at the very least it's better than the 5th logo. <!--Are you sure there were 1995-1997 tapes that used the logo? I think this logo debuted in 1998 because of ''Rocketman'' and ''The Parent Trap''. --> |
'''Editor's Note:''' This logo has been criticized for looking more like a placeholder for the other logos than anything else, but at the very least it's better than the 5th logo. <!--Are you sure there were 1995-1997 tapes that used the logo? I think this logo debuted in 1998 because of ''Rocketman'' and ''The Parent Trap''. --> |
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===12th Logo (July 17, 2001-February 5, 2008)=== |
=== 12th Logo (July 17, 2001-February 5, 2008) === |
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File:Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2001, 4-3).jpg|The logo with a blue background, appearing in animated movies. |
File:Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2001, 4-3).jpg|The logo with a blue background, appearing in animated movies. |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Disney in Space", "Starry Sky", "The Ring", "Ring in Space", "That Nostalgic Ring", "Walt Disney's Ring", "Michael Eisner's Ring", "Bob Iger's Ring", "The Most Magical Ring of the 21st Century" |
'''Nicknames:''' "Disney in Space", "Starry Sky", "The Ring", "Ring in Space", "That Nostalgic Ring", "Walt Disney's Ring", "Michael Eisner's Ring", "Bob Iger's Ring", "The Most Magical Ring of the 21st Century", “Golden Arc” |
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'''Logo:''' We see a bright flash with the "{{Font color|gold|D}}" of the {{Font color|gold|gold}} text "{{Font color|gold|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>}}" (in the familiar signature font), both of which are zooming out on a {{Font color|#dodgerblue|blue}} (or black) space background. When everything is at a comfortable distance at the top of the screen, the flash forms an abstract shining star below "{{Font color|gold|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>}}", and the light spreads out to form a glowing arc. When this is finished, "{{Font color|gold|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" fades in underneath the arc in {{Font color|gold|gold}}. |
'''Logo:''' We see a bright flash with the "{{Font color|gold|D}}" of the {{Font color|gold|gold}} text "{{Font color|gold|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>}}" (in the familiar signature font), both of which are zooming out on a {{Font color|#dodgerblue|blue}} (or black) space background. When everything is at a comfortable distance at the top of the screen, the flash forms an abstract shining star below "{{Font color|gold|W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>}}", and the light spreads out to form a glowing arc. When this is finished, "{{Font color|gold|HOME ENTERTAINMENT}}" fades in underneath the arc in {{Font color|gold|gold}}. |
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'''Variants:''' |
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* There is a short version of the logo which was used on several trailers and ads from August 2001-October 2007. This was also used on VHS and DVD piracy promos from 2001-2005. |
* There is a short version of the logo which was used on several trailers and ads from August 2001-October 2007. This was also used on VHS and DVD piracy promos from 2001-2005. |
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* 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 VHS tapes have the same message from the German extended version of the 10th logo scrolling upwards into the arc, this time all without rectangles and in {{Font color|gold|gold}}, and with the FSK label replacing part of the text. After the message is done, Tinker Bell appears and touches the star, letting the rest of the logo continue before she flies offscreen. She then returns to fly into the background. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' All modern computer CGI graphics. The logo has a classic Disney feel to it, however. |
'''FX/SFX:''' All modern computer CGI graphics. The logo has a classic Disney feel to it, however. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' |
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*July 17, 2001-December 18, 2007: A whoosh, then an orchestral/choir note with some bells. |
*July 17, 2001-December 18, 2007: A whoosh, then an orchestral/choir note with some bells. |
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*November 28, 2006-February 5, 2008: A different orchestral theme with a woodwind section. This was first used on the 2006 DVD of ''The Cheetah Girls 2'', and it replaced the 2001 theme entirely with ''Invincible'' (however, Disney's |
*November 28, 2006-February 5, 2008: A different orchestral theme with a woodwind section. This was first used on the 2006 DVD of ''The Cheetah Girls 2'', and it replaced the 2001 theme entirely with ''Invincible'' (however, Disney's final VHS tapes, the 2007 Blu-ray of ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'', and the 2007 DVD of ''Cinderella II: Dreams Come True'' all used the 2001 music). |
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' |
'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' |
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* There is a shorter version of the 2001 tune occasionally used on the short variant. A few NTSC DVD releases from December 2001-August 2002 have this audio plastered on the real logo. |
* There is a shorter version of the 2001 tune occasionally used on the short variant. A few NTSC DVD releases from December 2001-August 2002 have this audio plastered on the real logo. |
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* The |
* The 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 version has the same tune that was used in the German extended variant of the 10th logo. |
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* Trailers and TV spots use the opening theme of the trailer. |
* Trailers and TV spots use the opening theme of the trailer. |
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'''Availability:''' Very common. Can be found on DVD, UMD, VCD, VHS and Blu-ray Disc releases from the era, some of which are still in print. This was first seen on the VHS release of ''The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart'' (although the regular WDHV logo is on the label and packaging, as well as the DVD release), and was last seen on the 2008 DVD of ''The Aristocats''. |
'''Availability:''' Very common. Can be found on DVD, UMD, VCD, VHS and Blu-ray Disc releases from the era, some of which are still in print. This was first seen on the VHS release of ''The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart'' (although the regular WDHV logo is on the label and packaging, as well as the DVD release), and was last seen on the 2008 DVD of ''The Aristocats''. |
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* The blue background one is typically used on animated movies (although it appeared on Kermit's 50th Anniversary DVD re-releases of four Muppet movies including ''Muppet Treasure Island'' and the Region 4 DVD release of ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'', despite these being live-action movies) and it also appears on the Bear in the Big Blue House VHS and DVD releases from 2004 and 2005, while the black background is reserved for live action movies (however, the black background was seen on a ''House of Mouse'' single episode DVD, a trailer for the ''Aladdin: Platinum Edition'' VHS and DVD, a trailer for ''Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street'', as well as the 2006 Disney Movie Club VHS releases of ''Brother Bear 2'' and ''The Wild'', which are animated releases), though the logo for some reason is skipped to the movie on ''Muppet Treasure Island'''s audio commentary feature after its introduction. This was seen on 2002 French VHS releases of ''The Great Mouse Detective'' and ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire''. |
* The blue background one is typically used on animated movies (although it appeared on Kermit's 50th Anniversary DVD re-releases of four Muppet movies including ''Muppet Treasure Island'' and the Region 4 DVD release of ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'', despite these being live-action movies) and it also appears on the Bear in the Big Blue House VHS and DVD releases from 2004 and 2005, while the black background is reserved for live action movies (however, the black background was seen on a ''House of Mouse'' single episode DVD, a trailer for the ''Aladdin: Platinum Edition'' VHS and DVD, a trailer for ''Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street'', as well as the 2006 Disney Movie Club VHS releases of ''Brother Bear 2'' and ''The Wild'', which are animated releases), though the logo for some reason is skipped to the movie on ''Muppet Treasure Island'''s audio commentary feature after its introduction. This was seen on 2002 French VHS releases of ''The Great Mouse Detective'' and ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire''. |
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* As for VHS, this logo appeared late in the format's life and can be seen on the first Platinum Editions, as well as on ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'', and ''Baby Einstein'' videos |
* As for VHS, this logo appeared late in the format's life and can be seen on the first Platinum Editions, as well as on ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'', and ''Baby Einstein'' videos (after Disney brought the series). |
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* The last VHS releases to use this logo were the 2007 VHS |
* The last VHS releases to use this logo were the 2007 VHS of ''Cars'' (but not on the 2006 DVD, which cuts right to the previews) and the 2006/2007 demo VHS of ''Cinderella III: A Twist in Time'', both of which were exclusively for the Disney Movie Club and thus are hard to find. |
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* This logo does not appear anywhere on most [[Pixar Animation Studios|Pixar]] releases (save for titles mentioned below); instead, the box art uses the print [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment]] logo, while the discs/tapes themselves cut straight to the previews or, in the case of the 2003 DVDs of ''Finding Nemo'' (disc 1) and ''A Bug's Life'', the DVD menu. ''Ratatouille'' and ''The Pixar Short Films Collection: Vol. 1'' also have this on their respective covers, but the former has the next logo while the latter has no Disney logo at all. |
* This logo does not appear anywhere on most [[Pixar Animation Studios|Pixar]] releases (save for titles mentioned below); instead, the box art uses the print [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment]] logo, while the discs/tapes themselves cut straight to the opening previews or, in the case of the 2003 DVDs of ''Finding Nemo'' (disc 1) and ''A Bug's Life'', the DVD menu. ''Ratatouille'' and ''The Pixar Short Films Collection: Vol. 1'' also have this on their respective covers, but the former has the next logo while the latter has no Disney logo at all. |
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* The only Pixar |
* The only Pixar films that DO have this logo are the VHS releases of ''The Incredibles'' (due to not having the [[THX]] logo unlike the DVD) and ''Cars'', as well as the latter's original Blu-ray prints from 2007, and the latter's VHS cuts to the start of the movie due to having no previews before the film. |
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* It also appears on the 2012 Special Edition DVD print of ''The Aristocats'', itself a reprint of the 2008 release, and the 2013 DVD releases of the TV shows: ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'', ''TaleSpin'', ''DuckTales'', ''Darkwing Duck'', and ''Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'', which are all reprints from the original 2005-2007 releases. This also appears on 2003-2006 releases of Studio Ghibli titles which include ''My Neighbors the Yamadas'' and ''Porco Rosso'', among others (the logo is removed on the 2010 reprints of ''Castle in the Sky'', ''My Neighbor Totoro'' and ''Kiki's Delivery Service'', alongside the Disney Blu-Ray versions of all Ghibli movies they released, all of which use the next logo). |
* It also appears on the 2012 Special Edition DVD print of ''The Aristocats'', itself a reprint of the 2008 release, and the 2013 DVD releases of the TV shows: ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'', ''TaleSpin'', ''DuckTales'', ''Darkwing Duck'', and ''Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'', which are all reprints from the original 2005-2007 releases. This also appears on 2003-2006 releases of Studio Ghibli titles which include ''My Neighbors the Yamadas'' and ''Porco Rosso'', among others (the logo is removed on the 2010 reprints of ''Castle in the Sky'', ''My Neighbor Totoro'' and ''Kiki's Delivery Service'', alongside the Disney Blu-Ray versions of all Ghibli movies they released, all of which use the next logo). |
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* The 2002 Region 4 DVD releases of ''The Aristocats'' and ''Oliver & Company'' do not have this logo, despite it being on the cover; they just use the 1995 Disney Videos logo. This logo also makes a surprise appearance on the 2015 DVD release of ''DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'' (itself a reprint of the original 2006 Disney Movie Club exclusive DVD release). |
* The 2002 Region 4 DVD releases of ''The Aristocats'' and ''Oliver & Company'' do not have this logo, despite it being on the cover; they just use the 1995 Disney Videos logo. This logo also makes a surprise appearance on the 2015 DVD release of ''DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp'' (itself a reprint of the original 2006 Disney Movie Club exclusive DVD release). |
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'''Editor's Note:''' Much like the 1st and 6th logos, this is also a popular logo among collectors. |
'''Editor's Note:''' Much like the 1st and 6th logos, this is also a popular logo among collectors. |
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===13th Logo (November 6, 2007-2009)=== |
=== 13th Logo (November 6, 2007-2009) === |
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'''Nicknames:''' "There is Only One Disney", "Movies. Magic. More.", "The Beautiful Disney Castle", "Taking the Walt Out of Disney", "Disney Castle", "The Happiest Place on Earth" |
'''Nicknames:''' "There is Only One Disney", "Movies. Magic. More.", "The Beautiful Disney Castle", "Taking the Walt Out of Disney", "Disney Castle", "The Happiest Place on Earth", “Castle Home Video” |
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'''Logo:''' We start out with clips from Disney movies and TV shows. It differs depending on the country or era the DVD was released in, but the first 3 always remain the same: ''Pirates of the Caribbean'', ''Peter Pan'', and ''The Princess Diaries''. The camera then zooms out, revealing a wall of hundreds of clips from Disney movies and TV shows, both animated and live-action, old and new. More and more clips fly out, replacing some others. One by one, the words "MOVIES.", "MAGIC.", and "MORE." zoom out and fade out. Then, all the clips come together to form the 2006 Disney castle. The ring gets drawn around the castle as usual, then "Di<small>SNEY</small>", in the famous script, fades in below. |
'''Logo:''' We start out with clips from Disney movies and TV shows. It differs depending on the country or era the DVD was released in, but the first 3 always remain the same: ''Pirates of the Caribbean'', ''Peter Pan'', and ''The Princess Diaries''. The camera then zooms out, revealing a wall of hundreds of clips from Disney movies and TV shows, both animated and live-action, old and new. More and more clips fly out, replacing some others. One by one, the words "MOVIES.", "MAGIC.", and "MORE." zoom out and fade out. Then, all the clips come together to form the 2006 Disney castle. The ring gets drawn around the castle as usual, then "Di<small>SNEY</small>", in the famous script, fades in below. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
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===14th |
=== 14th logo (March 4, 2008-) === |
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Beautiful Disney Castle II", "Taking the Walt Out of Disney II", "Disney Castle II", "The Happiest Place on Earth II" |
'''Nicknames:''' "The Beautiful Disney Castle II", "Taking the Walt Out of Disney II", "Disney Castle II", "The Happiest Place on Earth II" |
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'''Logo''': Just the tail end of the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo, except with the text replaced by “Disney” in the famous script, in an identical manner to the |
'''Logo''': Just the tail end of the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo, except with the text replaced by “Disney” in the famous script, in an identical manner to the later variant. |
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'''Variants''': |
'''Variants''': |
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* November 16, 2010- : The 2006 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo is used instead. This first appeared, in its original version, on the 2010 Blu-ray 3D release of ''A Christmas Carol'', and was used as a home video logo sporadically for a time afterwards; the 2011 variant became the official home video logo, starting with the DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''Brave'' and |
* November 16, 2010-August 2014: The 2006 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo is used instead. This first appeared, in its original version, on the 2010 Blu-ray 3D release of ''A Christmas Carol'', and was used as a home video logo sporadically for a time afterwards; the 2011 variant became the official home video logo, starting with the DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''Brave'' and ended in August 2014. The Pixar DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''Brave'' and ''Monsters University'', as well as reprints of ''Finding Nemo'', ''Monsters, Inc.'', and ''Cars'', use this variant. This is also used for all Disney DVD and Blu-ray releases, starting with the 2013 DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'' and ''Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year''. On the ''World of Wonder'' demo disc, "'''STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT'''" replaces “'''PICTURES'''”. |
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* 2011-2012: The logo is still and the text is changed to "W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>" (in the famous script) and "STUDIOS" underneath. This can also appear as a loading screen with the river flowing (with or without the company name) when the Blu-ray starts. |
* 2011-2012: The logo is still and the text is changed to "W<small>ALT</small> Di<small>SNEY</small>" (in the famous script) and "STUDIOS" underneath. This can also appear as a loading screen with the river flowing (with or without the company name) when the Blu-ray starts. |
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* On 3D Blu-ray releases, the text "Di<small>SNEY</small>" zooms while fading in. This applies to this logo and the 2011 Walt Disney Pictures logo. |
* On 3D Blu-ray releases, the text "Di<small>SNEY</small>" zooms while fading in. This applies to this logo and the 2011 Walt Disney Pictures logo. |
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* There is a Christmas variant with Christmas lights decorating the castle, a darker sky and the "Di<small>SNEY</small>" text glowing. |
* There is a Christmas variant with Christmas lights decorating the castle, a darker sky and the "Di<small>SNEY</small>" text glowing. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' Same as before. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' |
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* 2008-2013: The end of the |
* 2008-2013: The end of the previous logo’s music, sometimes in low-pitch or high-pitch. |
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* November 16, 2010-: The full 2006 theme. |
* November 16, 2010-August 2014: The full 2006 theme. |
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* 2011-2012: The logo is silent. |
* 2011-2012: The logo is silent. |
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* 2014-: Just the end of the 2006 theme. |
* September 2014-present: Just the end of the 2006 theme. |
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'''Availability:''' Currently in use. |
'''Availability:''' Currently in use. |
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* Despite debuting on DVDs in 2008, this can be seen on the main feature on both Disney-branded DVDs and Blu-rays as of 2014. |
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* It also appears on Volumes 1-2 of ''Goof Troop'' and Volume 3 of ''TaleSpin'' on DVD. |
* It also appears on Volumes 1-2 of ''Goof Troop'' and Volume 3 of ''TaleSpin'' on DVD. |
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* It is not used on other labels like [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment]], [[Buena Vista International]], [[Marvel Studios]], [[Lucasfilm Ltd.]], [[ABC Signature]], [[20th Century Studios]]/[[20th Television]]/[[Searchlight Pictures]] and Japanese [[Studio Ghibli (Japan)|Studio Ghibli]] ([[Ghibli ga Ippai Collection (Japan)|Ghibli ga Ippai Collection]]) releases, as they all just use their own logos, and in the case of Marvel's ''The Avengers'' and ''Iron Man 3'', also use [[Paramount Home |
* It is not used on other labels like [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment]], [[Buena Vista International]], [[Marvel Studios]], [[Lucasfilm Ltd.]], [[ABC Signature]], [[20th Century Studios]]/[[20th Television]]/[[Searchlight Pictures]]/[[Blue Sky Studios]] and Japanese [[Studio Ghibli 🇯🇵(Japan)🇯🇵|Studio Ghibli]] ([[Ghibli ga Ippai Collection 🇯🇵(Japan)🇯🇵|Ghibli ga Ippai Collection]]) releases, as they all just use their own logos, and in the case of Marvel's ''The Avengers'' and ''Iron Man 3'', also use [[Paramount Home Entertainment]]'s Paramount DVD (DVD releases) and Paramount High Definition (Blu-ray) logos. Some releases like the 2009 🇮🇪Irish🇮🇪 DVD of ''The Secret of Kells'' and the 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵 DVD and Blu-Ray releases of ''Mary and the Witch's Flower'' and ''Modest Heroes'' have no logos at all. |
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* This surprisingly appears at the start of the 2010 |
* This surprisingly appears at the start of the 2010 🇹🇭Thai🇹🇭 VCD release of ''When in Rome'' (a [[Touchstone Pictures]] film), before the previews (the 1987 [[Touchstone Home Entertainment]] is seen before the film). |
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'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
'''Editor's Note:''' None. |
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Background
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment began its life in 1978 through MCA DiscoVision as "Walt Disney Home Entertainment". In 1980, Disney content was made available on videocassette under its own division known as "Walt Disney Home Video". Prior to 1981, their first releases were only live action films such as Pete's Dragon and The Love Bug. Starting in 1981 with Dumbo, they began releasing their animated films and cartoons on video. The Walt Disney Home Video name was kept until 2001, when it was once again named "Walt Disney Home Entertainment". Starting in the late 1990s, the company began producing DVDs, and in 2006, they started to release Blu-ray discs. Since 2007, it is known as "Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment".
📼 = VHS 💽 = LaserDisc 💿 = BluRay 📀 = DVD
=== 1st Logo (December 1978-July 16, 1986; October 6, 1987, 1989) === 📼
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The 1978 Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo.
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The 1981 Walt Disney Home Video logo.
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The Disney’s Cartoon Classics variant.
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The Walt Disney and You promo variant.
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The "Also available from WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" variant.
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A rare 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 variant.
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A rare 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 variant.
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The Disney Channel variant.
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The theatrical variant.
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The 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 version of the theatrical variant.
Nicknames: "Neon Mickey (of Doom)", “Evil Mickey Mouse”, “Mickey the Terrible”, “The Many Outlines of Mickey”, “Synchronized Mickey”, “Mickey of Doom”
Logo: Here are the two standard variants of this logo:
- December 1978-July 15, 1984: On a black background, we see a large light blue outline of Mickey Mouse's silhouette appearing and then panning forward, leaving a trail of multiple outlines while rotating counter clockwise on its pivot. The outlines then start to change one-by-one to dark blue. As the text "Walt Disney" (in the original Disney signature script, as used on The Wonderful World of Disney) sketches on the screen in yellow, the Mickey outlines one-by-one change to red. The outlines again one-by-one change to golden yellow (which quickly changes to light yellow) as the words "Home Entertainment", in yellow, zoom up and settle underneath off center. Finally, the Mickey outlines one-by-one change to green before the logo fades out.
- November 1981-July 16, 1986: Nearly the same as the 1978 version, but with darker colors and the Mickey graphics shifted upward somewhat, the "WALT DiSNEY" text in the current corporate "Disney" font, and with "HOME VIDEO" in a Handel Gothic-like font in orange, all usually with a drop shadow. The entire logo is also much smaller.
Trivia: The rotating "Neon Mickey" is a silhouetted image of the animatronic Mickey conductor that was used in the former Walt Disney World attraction "The Mickey Mouse Revue".
Variants:
- The original 1983 series of Disney’s Cartoon Classics videos featured a different variant of this logo. The animation plays as normal (the standard 1981 Walt Disney Home Video variant), but without any text animation, plus the music is sped up somewhat and plays in a slightly higher pitch as a result. Once the Mickey outlines become golden yellow, the screen "flips" over to another logo, which is a still shot of "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO", with "The magic lives on…” over it. The Disney text is in its corporate font in golden yellow, while the other text is light blue. The only animation in this part is the "WALT DiSNEY" text, which has glitter effects all over it, and then the text flashes when the Cartoon Classics theme begins playing. The logo then fades into the intro for the video series.
- On the Walt Disney and You promo, a video freeze occurs towards the end of the logo (all the outlines are dark blue, except for the outline facing us which is light blue), and the text "The magic lives on... WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" zooms in, along with a cartoon version of Sorcerer Mickey (as seen on the box). The promo’s announcer says "Now available from Walt Disney Home Video".
- On some 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 tapes, we see a light blue VHS cover on a wooden table with the "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" print logo and the cartoon version of Sorcerer Mickey on it (quite possibly the way the videos were packaged there). Then it opens to reveal the logo's animation, and the whole thing plays as normal. This is very rare.
- On some 🇬🇧British🇬🇧 tapes, such as the 1982 release of Bedknobs and Broomsticks and the 1983 release of Song of the South, the text does not have a drop shadow.
- Releases of Disney Channel original programming & films from the time, such as Lots of Luck and Welcome to Pooh Corner: Too Smart for Strangers, use a special version. It is detailed on the Disney Channel Originals page.
- A rare 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 variant has the 1981 logo with the text in yellow and "PRESENTERAR" (in a narrow serif font) inserted below.
- On some of Disney's 1978 theatrical releases, this logo appeared as a solid red Mickey with purple dashed outlines surrounding it, rotating a bit faster than the home video variant. The text "Congratulating Mickey Mouse on his 50th Birthday!", in white and in a fancy font, zooms in. After a few seconds, it zooms in towards the screen until vanishing from sight, and the top and bottom halves of the 1978 "Stripes" variant of the Buena Vista logo wipe in over the logo to lead into the film. This was seen on 1978 theatrical releases such as The Cat from Outer Space and Return from Witch Mountain (it is intact on current releases of the former, including the Disney+ print, but is deleted from Anchor Bay releases). There was also an 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 version, reading "Congratulazioni Topolino per il tuo Giubileo d'Oro".
- A variant seen before previews reads "Also available from" and "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" in blue, with the edges in white, and a blue Sorcerer Mickey, on a black background.
FX/SFX: The Mickey outline spinning, and the text appearing.
Music/Sounds: A loud orchestral fanfare, composed by longtime Disney composer Buddy Baker. Some international releases, such as the 1982 UK release of Bedknobs and Broomsticks and the 1983 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 release of Song of the South, have it at a lower pitch. The "Walt Disney and You" promo had the end theme playing over the regular animation before the video freeze. On the DVD of The Cat from Outer Space, the Mickey's 50th Birthday variant is silent due to the fact they were unable to restore the audio. The 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 version of said variant does have the audio, but it is distorted, possibly due to film deterioration.
Music/Sounds Trivia: The score for this logo is intact on the first track of the Intrada release of Return from Witch Mountain titled Main Title – Pt. 1 “1978 Mickey Mouse Birthday Logo” (Buddy Baker). Oddly, it lacks the string section and the last timpani beat at the end, likely meaning it’s an alternate take.
Availability: Uncommon. Seen on Disney videos from the period, almost exclusively used in the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦Canada.🇨🇦
- The best way to find it is to look for a Disney video (usually VHS, but some on Betamax, and also LaserDisc and CED Videodisc) with white clamshell packaging (designed so that the inner sheets are impossible to remove without cutting the packaging) and the Sorcerer Mickey print logo on the cover. The early "Home Entertainment" variant from 1978 can be found on several early 80s tapes where the Sorcerer Mickey takes up nearly half the box (with red/orange lines in the center), but there are several tapes with this artwork style that use the 1981 "HOME VIDEO" variant as well. Later copies from November 1985-1986 using the "HOME VIDEO" variant have a smaller Sorcerer Mickey on top of the border (surrounding the cover art). As Neon Mickey tapes were in print as late as 1991 in some cases, some tapes with Neon Mickey packaging may have the Sorcerer Mickey logo.
- The versions on the Cartoon Classics series as well as the "Walt Disney and You" promo are extremely rare, since that promo was only seen between 1982 and 1986. The original releases with this logo from 1978-1979 were exclusively MCA DiscoVision laserdisc releases (appearing right after the DiscoVision logo), with a print logo featuring Mickey Mouse switching on an old laserdisc player with "Walt Disney Presents" underneath, but these are even harder to find than the VHS tapes!
- This logo was also present on the Disney Cartoon Parade CED Videodiscs released and manufactured by RCA in 1981, following the RCA Selectavision logo on side 1, and by itself on the second side. It has also showed up following the RCA SelectaVision logo on various Disney feature films released by RCA from 1981-82 (from 1982 to 1986, Disney released CEDs under their own label). It also showed up on the earliest prints of the Classics releases of Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, and The Sword in the Stone, but some later prints prior to October 1986 replace it with the first Walt Disney Classics logo from 1984.
- The original variant made its last appearance on The Castaway Cowboy and Son of Flubber (though it later made a surprise appearance on the 1985 release of Gus), with the later variant, previously exclusive to international releases, making its American debut on The Incredible Journey.
- The 1981 variant (with the music at a slightly lower pitch) appears on early 🇦🇺Australian🇦🇺 releases from Syme Home Video (usually preceding a promo reel), including the 1982 🇦🇺Australian🇦🇺 VHS of Night Crossing, along with the next logo.
- The 1981 variant also appears on the earliest 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 releases from late 1981, such as Cartoon Festival III, and appeared until at least April 1983.
- This doesn't appear on the VHS release of Trenchcoat (in fact, the only mention of Disney in any shape or form is on the tape label). It is also not featured on the VHS releases of Never Cry Wolf and Something Wicked This Way Comes (likely due to the mature content of said films).
- This also appears on the very first batch of 🇪🇸Spanish-🇪🇸language tapes released in the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 by Disney in 1985, including Dumbo, Mary Poppins, Mi amigo el dragón (Pete's Dragon), and Los Tres Caballeros (The Three Caballeros); however, 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸-dubbed tapes released after March of the next year used the next logo--the only context in which Disney used that one in the 🇺🇸United States.🇺🇸
- The last tapes to use this were Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N., One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, Unidentified Flying Oddball, and Moon Pilot.
- This makes a surprise appearance on the 1987 "Absolutely Irresistible" promotion re-release of Pete's Dragon, as well as the 1989 🇮🇱Israeli🇮🇱 VHS of Popeye.
Editor's Note: This is a favorite of many, particularly those who grew up in the early 1980s with Disney and amongst collectors of rare Disney tapes. Others may have not-so-fond memories of it, thanks to the loud and dramatic music.
=== 2nd Logo (International Variant) (1983-March 1987) === 📼
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The original Walt Disney Home Video international logo.
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The logo without "HOME VIDEO", from the "Walt Disney" TV series.
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A version with a copyright notice which appeared on a Japanese tape.
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A rare variant with "PRESENTS" in the Disney font.
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Walt Disney Home Video PRESENTA, from a Spanish tape.
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Walt Disney Home Video präsentiert, from a German tape.
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Walt Disney Home Video présente, from a French tape.
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Walt Disney Home Video PRESENTA, from an Italian tape.
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Walt Disney Home Video presenterar, from a Swedish tape.
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Walt Disney Home Video presenterer, from a Norwegian tape.
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Walt Disney Home Video præsenterer, from a Danish tape.
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Walt Disney Home Video ESITTÄÄ, from a Finnish tape.
Nicknames: “SHINY BLUE THING!”, "Walt Disco Home Video", "The Wonderful World of Disney Home Video", “Magical Imaginations”
Logo: A flash occurs. The face of Mickey Mouse in his then current drawing style zooms in, which quickly turns neon, then we see brief snippets from Disney films and shorts such as Steamboat Willie, Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Bambi, Alice in Wonderland, Zorro, Old Yeller, Treasure Island, The Country Bear Jamboree, and The Absent Minded Professor. Donald Duck's neon head zooms in, then a wall of light appears, Mary Poppins floats down with her parasol, then Tinkerbell flies up with sparkles forming. We see a picture of a neon castle with fireworks in the background. We zoom into it, then we zoom in to a vector-like rendition of Epcot. Afterward, we go to a black/dark red gradient background. The "WALT DiSNEY" text in blue, zooms into the screen out from the top, then "HOME VIDEO" appears below, cheaply inserted. The whole thing sparkles and glows a little bit.
Trivia: This is a shortened version of the 🇺🇸US🇺🇸 intro of the 1981-83 version of The Wonderful World of Disney back when it was called, quite simply, Walt Disney.
Variants:
- Sometimes, at the end, the screen flips to the left like if you were turning a page in a book. It would either flip to reveal the intro to the program (like on the 1985 UK VHS of The Adventures of Chip 'N' Dale), or it just flips to a black screen (like on the 1986 🇺🇸US🇺🇸 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸-language VHS of Winnie Pu y Tigger and on certain 🇻🇪Venezuelan🇻🇪 tapes, the latter as a clip-on).
- On the 1986 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵 VHS of Make Mine Music, a version was found with a copyright notice saying "© Walt Disney Productions" in the Walt Disney font.
- Sometimes, "presents", in lowercase or uppercase, will fade in below, written in the language of the country in which it was released. The font of the text will also depend on the country. 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 tapes used "PRESENTA" in a bold, narrow font. 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 tapes also used "PRESENTA", but in a cheaper narrow font. 🇫🇮Finnish🇫🇮 tapes used "ESITTÄÄ" in the same font as the 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 version. There is another font that is bold, friendlier, and more Disney-like. It is used on 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes ("presenterar"), 🇳🇴Norwegian🇳🇴 tapes ("presenterer"), 🇩🇰Danish🇩🇰 tapes ("præsenterer"), 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 tapes ("présente"), and 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 tapes ("präsentiert"). The font for the latter is smaller. A version with "presents" in 🏴English🏴 was announced to have appeared on tapes from 🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺 and the 🇬🇧United Kingdom🇬🇧 (and most likely 🇳🇿New Zealand🇳🇿 and 🇿🇦South Africa🇿🇦 as well).
- On some tapes, "HOME VIDEO" is omitted. This variation has some clips at the end replaced by other clips. It was used on the airings of the TV series from 1981 to 1983.
- Another version has more clips and a neon Pluto head added, extending it to be about a minute long. This one appeared on two tapes, and was the opening for the first showings of the Walt Disney TV series (1981-83). "HOME VIDEO" doesn't appear here either.
- A variant of the TV series opening version (that is to say, the version without the words "HOME VIDEO") is made up of clips from the extended version. At the end, after "WALT DiSNEY" slides in, the word "PRESENTS", in a glowing white Disney font, zooms into the screen from the bottom.
- For the 1980s syndicated series "Disney Magic" (with the title logo replacing the tail end of this logo after the zoom into the castle), the logo featured a few different clips and a neon flying Dumbo added, along with a short preview of the following movie.
- Sometimes, during the zoom into the castle, the logo changes to the 6th logo (see below). This variant can be seen on some Scandinavian Disney tapes released in 1986 and 1987 (examples are the 1986 🇫🇮Finnish🇫🇮 and 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 VHS releases of The Sword in the Stone). Another version of this variant, as seen on a 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 promotional VHS release for the Disney Channel, ends with simply the logo shining.
- A textless version of the logo is seen on the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 VHS releases of Night Crossing, The Last Flight of Noah's Ark, and Escape to Witch Mountain.
- In the 🇳🇴Norwegian🇳🇴 VHS of Donald Duck's 50 Crazy Years, titled in 🇳🇴Norwegian🇳🇴 as Donald Duck 50 År, the text "DONALD DUCK'S 50 CRAZY YEARS" and "DONALD DUCK 50 ÅR" appear.
FX/SFX: The whole Slit scan and Oxberry animation accompanied with the clips! The Epcot scene was a vector CGI done on an HP desktop computer at Northrop Aviation. Very good design by Harry Marks.
Music/Sounds: A powerful disco version of "When You Wish Upon a Star", arranged by Frank Gari. On the first airings of the Walt Disney TV series, this track was extended. The ending to the music in the "HOME VIDEO"-less variant is slightly different. On the 1984 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 VHS of Goin' Quackers, when the WDHV logo itself appears at the end, Ludwig von Drake says "Walt Disney Home Video presents" and cuts to his introduction to the program.
Availability: Uncommon. Was mainly seen on tapes released outside the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦Canada🇨🇦, usually from the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧, 🇪🇺Europe🇪🇺, and Latin America, but also from Asia, 🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺, and even 🇿🇦South Africa.🇿🇦
- The 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 used this logo briefly on mid-late 1986 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸-dubbed tapes, such as Winnie Pu y el árbol de miel (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree) and Winnie Pu y Tigger (Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too).
- The "flipping" variant appears on the aforementioned tapes of Winnie Pu y el árbol de miel, Winnie Pu y Tigger, and The Adventures of Chip 'N' Dale, and the tail end appears during a series of trailers at the end of a 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸-subtitled 🇻🇪Venezuelan🇻🇪 tape of El abismo negro (The Black Hole) as a clip-on.
Editor's Note: Like the previous logo, this is a favorite of many, though mostly outside of the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦Canada.🇨🇦
=== 3rd Logo (🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺 and 🇳🇿New Zealand🇳🇿 Variant) (1984-1989) === 📼
Nickname: "Walt Dullsney Home Video", “Boring Home Video”
Logo: Against a white background, we see the usual Walt Disney Home Video text from before in blue, with "HOME VIDEO" in ITC Avant Garde Gothic. "distributed by" appears below in a very small font. It then cuts to one of the two Roadshow Home Video logos used during the '80s. For tapes that were released from 1984-1986, the "🇦🇺Aussie🇦🇺 Light Trails" logo is used; tapes from 1986-1989 used "The Other V of Doom".
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Rare. Seen on 🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺 and 🇳🇿New Zealand🇳🇿 PAL tapes of Disney material that was distributed through Roadshow Home Video after they took over the distribution rights to Disney videos from Syme Home Video, examples including the 1986 🇦🇺Aussie🇦🇺 VHS release of Dumbo and the 1987 🇦🇺Aussie🇦🇺 VHS of Robin Hood, usually appearing at the end of the tape.
Editor's Note: None.
=== 4th Logo (October 30, 1984-July 24, 1985) === 📼
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The 1984 DTV logo.
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The black variant found on Pinocchio & Mousercise.
Nickname: "Walt Dullsney Home Video II", “Boring Home Video II”
Logo: Against a black/blue background is the "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" text with "WALT DiSNEY" in the corporate "signature" font and " HOME VIDEO" in the Helvetica Rounded font, and underneath it is "P R E S E N T S", spaced out and in a serif font.
Variant: On a black background, the above WDHV text in white is seen for a few seconds, and then it fades out and "PRESENTS" is shown for a few seconds; the font depends on the tape, and the text is not spaced out.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Very rare. Seen on Disney's DTV series of music video collections released in the period. The variant can be seen on the 1985 Pinocchio sales pitch promotional video and the 1985 video release of Disney's Mousercise.
Editor's Note: None.
=== 5th Logo (1984-1985, 2000-2001) ===📼📀
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1985 version
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Alternate 1985 version
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2001 version
Logo: Against a black background is the text "WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO" in Helvetica. After a few seconds, the text fades out, and the text "presents", in the same font, fades in.
Variants:
- Select printings of the 1984 VHS of Never Cry Wolf include a variant of these text screens, using a different, bold font. "WALT DISNEY" and "HOME VIDEO" appear on separate screens in this variant.
- A rare variant with a generic font and proper capitalization was found on a VHS of "The World According to Goofy".
- On VHS releases between 2000 and 2001 with the trailer for The Wonderful World of Disney, the logo is seen in the more rounded font used by the print logo of the time, and crossfades to the logo for The Wonderful World Of Disney.
FX/SFX: The text fading.
Music/Sounds: None. For the The Wonderful World of Disney variant, the music accompanying the rest of the trailer plays in the background as an announcer says ''Walt Disney Home Video proudly presents''.
Availability: Ultra rare. The original variant was seen on 1984 - 1985 VHS releases of The Mickey Mouse Club, appearing after the 1st logo, and on the 1985 VHS release of The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue by itself. The 2000 variant appears on VHS releases of several live-action Disney films that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney; select demo releases like the 2000 Touchstone VHS of Play It to the Bone also featured this trailer.
Editor's Note: This is one of the most boring logos of all time.
6th Logo (September 23, 1986-November 6, 2001)
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Sorcerer Mickey, as seen at the beginning of this logo.
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Regular version of this logo.
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Rare version of this logo, with "presents" fading in.
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A rarer "PRESENTS" version.
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A 🇬🇧British🇬🇧 "PRESENTS" version in a different font.
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A variant with the text "PRESENTS" in a blue font.
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Walt Disney Home Video PRESENTA, from 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 tapes.
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Walt Disney Home Video presenta, from 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 and 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 tapes.
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Walt Disney Home Video PRÄSENTIERT, from 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 tapes.
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Walt Disney Home Video presénte, from 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 tapes.
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Walt Disney Home Video presenterar, from 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes.
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Walt Disney Home Video présenterar, from 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes.
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Walt Disney Home Video PRESENTERAR, from 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes.
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Walt Disney Home Video PRESENTERAR, from 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes.
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Walt Disney Home Video Presenterar, from 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes.
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Walt Disney Home Video esittää, from 🇫🇮Finnish🇫🇮 tapes.
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Walt Disney Home Video ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΖΕΙ, from 🇬🇷Greek🇬🇷 tapes.
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Walt Disney - Coming to Home Video
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Walt Disney - Coming on Video Cassette This Summer
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Walt Disney - Coming This Fall to Home Video
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Walt Disney - Now on Home Video
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Walt Disney - A venir de Walt Disney Home Video cet Automne
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"Bientôt disponible sur Vidéocassette de Walt Disney Home Video"
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Early "Coming Soon from Walt Disney Home Video" variant.
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The "Coming Soon from Walt Disney Home Video" variant.
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The blue background "Coming Soon from Walt Disney Home Video" variant.
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The "Also Available from Walt Disney Home Video" variant.
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The "Look Out for Future Releases from Walt Disney Home Video" variant.
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A rare "Also from Walt Disney Home Video" variant.
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A rare, strange variant with the text in blue.
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First image of the rainbow version shown on an 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 comic promo.
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Second image of the rainbow version shown on an 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 comic promo.
Nicknames: "Sorcerer Mickey"
Logo: On a black background, we see Mickey Mouse dressed in his Sorcerer’s Apprentice outfit from Fantasia, standing on a blue spotlight. The camera slowly begins zooming up to his hand as the stars and crescent moon on his hat flash one-by-one, and then a white starburst flashes and a magic spark flies out from it, appearing above Mickey’s hand. We zoom past Mickey as the spark begins swirling around and begins to write "WALT DiSNEY" in the corporate Disney font in red. As we zoom out, the words "HOME VIDEO", also in red and in the same font as before, zoom out from the bottom of the screen and settle underneath "WALT DiSNEY". The logo "shines".
Variants:
- The text may vary from a magenta color (which seems more common) to a regular red color (as in picture #1) or a vermilion color (as in the "ALSO FROM" variant picture).
- On some tapes, the Mickey part is replaced with the spark swirling around in slow-mo until the regular animation plays. This was seen on the 1987 Classics Laserdiscs of Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty, and the VHS release of Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree.
- Sometimes, "presents" in white, or in all-caps "PRESENTS" in red, fades in below. The "presents" version has it fading in with spark effects, while the "PRESENTS" variant has it simply fading in without sparks. On some rare occasions, this is seen blacked out or covered with a gray box on some tapes. The former variant appears on early tapes with this logo, as well as on Wonderworks releases such as Anne of Avonlea and several tapes of The Adventures of Spot. The "PRESENTS" variant appears with a different font on the UK rental VHS of The Hunted. On the UK VHS of The Ghost of Cypress Swamp, "PRESENTS" appears in a light blue, bold and round font.
- Wonderworks releases also had the tail end of this logo (with "presents") segue into the Wonderworks logo.
- On the 1990 VHS release of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, this logo is unexpectedly shown without Mickey, leaving a blank space until the spark writes out the words.
- Sometimes, the Mickey-less variant begins by simply fading in to the spark animation. This was seen on the 1991 VHS release of The Jungle Book and the 1992 demo VHS release of Frankenweenie.
- On the 1991 VHS of Three Men and a Little Lady, we see the logo with the red words "ALSO FROM" on top, connecting at a fast speed.
- On 1992 VHS releases from the Walt Disney Classics line, the logo is repurposed as a bumper before several trailers, where the "HOME VIDEO" text is blacked out. In its place is either "Coming to Home Video" (on 101 Dalmatians, The Rescuers and early pressings of Beauty and the Beast), "Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" (101 Dalmatians only), "Coming This Fall to Home Video" (seen on 101 Dalmatians and The Great Mouse Detective) or "Now on Home Video" (Beauty and the Beast only) in the Laser LET font. The "Coming to Home Video/Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" variation, from 101 Dalmatians has Mark Elliot saying "Stay tuned for a preview of two new Disney classics coming to home video. Coming on videocassette this summer...", with a remix of the 1986 WDHV jingle. This plays over the Buena Vista logo from the film. The "Coming to Home Video" variation later reappears on the 1992 prints of The Rescuers and Beauty and the Beast, with the 1989 Feature Presentation jingle. The Rescuers has a shortened version of the FP jingle with Mark Elliot saying "Coming soon from Walt Disney Home Video", while Beauty and the Beast has both the "Coming to Home Video" variation with the full 1989 FP jingle and Brian Cummings saying "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video", and the "Now on Home Video" variation, with Brian Cummings saying "Now on Walt Disney Home Video."
- The 1992 VHS releases of The Rescuers and So Dear to My Heart simply display the very end of the logo where it “shines” before certain trailers.
- On Disney's Sing-Along-Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites, the opening theme plays over the logo, which is sped up to accommodate it.
- On tapes released in 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸-speaking and 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹-speaking countries, "presenta", in red, fades in below, cheaply inserted. No spark effects are seen. The same thing happens on 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 tapes with "présenterar" (sometimes without the acute accent), 🇫🇮Finnish🇫🇮 tapes with "esittää" and 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 tapes with "présente" (Note: The same font is used in the 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪, 🇩🇰Danish🇩🇰, 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 and 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 versions of the 2nd logo, albeit not narrow).
- At least one 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 tape has the word "PRÄSENTIERT" in a "handwriting" font appear below.
- At least one 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 tape has the word "PRESENTA" below, in all-caps, and in the same font used in the Spanish and Finnish versions of the 2nd logo.
- At least one 🇬🇷Greek🇬🇷 tape has the word "ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΖΕΙ" below, in all-caps, and in a more vermilion shade than the rest of the logo, zoom out and settle below the logo as it shines.
- On 1987 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵 VHS releases under Bandai Video Network, the logo begins with the spark writing out the logo. When the logo is formed, however, it zooms out and flips around to another copy, revealing that its on a 3D grey rectangle on a blue gradient background. When it flips back over, it starts to shine and chroma-keyed blue wipes over the logo, which flashes white for a second. The logo then flips back onto the rectangle, but diagonally, and a white square emerges with the Bandai Video Network logo on it, taking up the entire screen. The music used is the opening title fanfare to Robin Hood.
- On some 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 releases, the short version was used and shifted down in order to make room for "COMING SOON/ALSO AVAILABLE FROM". This has also been seen on the long version a couple of times as well. The long versions are accompanied with John Sachs saying "Coming soon from Walt Disney Home Video" or "Also available from Walt Disney Home Video". The text appears in a different font on the rental release of The Hunted. Another rare version of this logo appears on a blue background at the beginning of a VHS promo for Disney's Sing-Along Songs, as seen on the 1992 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 VHS release of Cinderella.
- At the end of some early '90s Disney VHS tapes from the UK such as A Walt Disney Christmas and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, there is red text above the logo which reads "LOOK OUT FOR FUTURE RELEASES FROM". This is accompanied by John Sachs saying "Look out for future releases from Walt Disney Home Video."
- A rare variant with the logo in blue can be spotted at the beginning of a French VHS promo for Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco and an Argentinian Spanish promo for Oliver Twist.
- On the 1991 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 VHS release of The Rescuers, a superimposed variant of the short version plays at the beginning of a promo for 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 Disney comic books. The text is set against a moving rainbow background and "HOME VIDEO" is omitted. The music is set to an instrumental arrangement of the "Mickey Mouse Club March". The tail end of this variant (with the logo shining) is shown again at the end of the same promo with "© Disney" below.
- There is a variant at the end of some Disney international promos where the logo shines twice.
- * On the 🇨🇦Canadian🇨🇦 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 VHS of Aladdin and the 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 SECAM VHS of Hocus Pocus, the logo has white text at the top reading "Bientôt disponible sur Vidéocassette de".
- There is a variant where the shining plays backwards after playing normally.
- Sometimes, the logo fades out earlier than usual.
- Sometimes, the logo incorporates a computer-generated fade out.
Trivia: This logo was used in foreign countries from April 1987 to early 1995. Some of the last titles to have this logo overseas were the 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸-language version of Disney's Sing Along Songs: Friend Like Me, a rental tape of Man of the House from the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧, and the Latin American VHS prints of The Lion King. Also, in North America, while this logo was primarily used from 1986-1992, this became an alternate logo beginning in 1991; from then on, this logo was usually reserved for tapes of Disney's Sing Along Songs or releases of some television series. This is also an animated version of the WDHV print logo from 1984 until 1995.
FX/SFX: The spark flying and writing, and the logo shining. The animation was produced by Hal Miles.
Music/Sounds: A low-key, gradually rising synth theme with a held-out synthesized B-flat tuba note at the beginning, believed to be inspired by "Life Is for Living" by Barclay James Harvest. In its early years, the music was more synthesized.
Music/Sounds Variants:
- There is an extremely rare short version with a series of droning synth notes, incorporating "dings" that are perfectly synchronized with the logo "sparkling". This can be seen on a handful of early '90s re-releases; notably the 1990 VHS release of Blackbeard's Ghost. It was also on the Laserdisc release of Honey I Shrunk the Kids and a 🇨🇦Canadian🇨🇦 VHS of Something Wicked This Way Comes. An even rarer long version without the "dings" can be found on a few international releases.
- Some 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 tapes overlay whooshing and sparkling sounds over the music. This can be found at the beginning and end of a Disney trailer reel in the UK VHS release of The Disney Bunch, and is accompanied by John Sachs voicing over.
- A few releases that use this logo before the previews have Brian Cummings saying "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video." This would be used for the short version on the 1991 video release of The Jungle Book, and for the long version on DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp and early prints of Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken.
- The "Also From Walt Disney Home Video" bumper uses the stock music piece "Pageantry 6" from the Bruton Music library, and uses the same voiceover as the above variation.
- On the 1992 VHS release of 101 Dalmatians, the "Coming to Home Video / Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" bumpers at the end of the tape are accompanied by an alternate take of the music. Brian Cummings says "Stay tuned, for a preview of two new Disney classics coming to home video. Coming on videocassette this summer." over these bumpers.
- The "Coming This Fall to Home Video" bumper is silent, except for Brian Cummings saying "And, coming this fall to home video…"
- On The Rescuers, So Dear to My Heart and Beauty and the Beast, the bumpers are accompanied by the first few notes of the stock music piece "Great Ovation" from the Bruton Music library (the 1989 Feature Presentation jingle). Brian Cummings says either "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video!", "Now on Walt Disney Home Video!", or "And available now on videocassette!" depending on the bumper.
- On some UK releases, an announcer says "A world of magic which can be yours to treasure for a lifetime, from Walt Disney Home Video." Various international Disney tapes also used an announcer, and the variants found so far are:
- Latin American 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸:
- 🇦🇷Argentina🇦🇷: "¡Usted no quiera perder estos entretenimientos familiares! ¡Estos filmes, y otros más, que garana usted de Walt Disney Vídeo!" ("You don't want to miss out on these family entertainments! These films, and others, that you earn from Walt Disney Video!")
- 🇲🇽Mexico🇲🇽/🇨🇱Chile🇨🇱: "¡De Walt Disney Vídeo, un mundo mágico que puede ser suyo para siempre!" ("From Walt Disney Video, a magical world that can be yours forever!")
- 🇧🇷Brazilian🇧🇷 🇵🇹Portuguese🇵🇹:
- "Uma distribuição Abril Video!" ("A distribution of Abril Video!")
- "Ves agora outros grandes sucessos Disney!" ("Now you see other great Disney hits!")
- 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵:
- "夢いっぱいの物語はきっと一生の宝物, ウォルトディズニーホームビデオ!" ("A dream-filled story is surely a treasure of a lifetime, Walt Disney Home Video!")
- "夢と魔法のディズニービデオ!" ("Dream and magic in Disney Video!")
- 🇩🇪German🇩🇪: "Walt Disney Home Video präsentiert eine Welt voller Wunder!" ("Walt Disney Home Video presents a world full of wonders!")
- 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸: "¡Walt Disney Home Video le ofrece un mundo de magia que puede ser suyo para siempre!" ("Walt Disney Home Video offers you a world of magic that can be yours forever!")
- 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 🇫🇷French🇫🇷:
- "Walt Disney Home Video vous présente le monde merveilleux de Walt Disney des vidéos a voir et avoir chez vous pour toujours!" ("Walt Disney Home Video presents to you the wonderful world of Walt Disney videos to see and have at home forever!")
- "Walt Disney Home Video présente le monde magique de Walt Disney, que vous pouvez offrir chez vous et pour toujours!" ("Walt Disney Home Video presents the magical world of Walt Disney, that you can offer at home and forever!")
- "Maintenant, avec tout votre famille, vous allez pouvoir collectionner la magie de Walt Disney en vidéo chez vous pour toujours!" ("Now, with all your family, you can collect the magic of Walt Disney on video at home forever!")
- "Avec tout votre famille, collectionne la magie de Walt Disney en vidéo chez vous pour toujours!" ("With all your family, collect the magic of Walt Disney on video at home forever!")
- 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹: "Da Walt Disney Home Video, un mondo magico che sara tuo, da custodire per sempre!" ("From Walt Disney Home Video, a magical world that will be yours to be kept forever!")
- 🇳🇱Dutch🇳🇱: "Van Walt Disney Home Video, een wereld vol magie om je leven lang van te genieten!" ("From Walt Disney Home Video, a world full of magic to enjoy for a lifetime!")
- 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 🇵🇹Portuguese🇵🇹: "Um mundo de magia que pode ser seu para sempre, da Walt Disney Home Video!" ("A world of magic that can be yours forever, from Walt Disney Home Video!")
- 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪:
- "Från Walt Disney Home Video, en sagolik värld som kan bli din egen!" ("From Walt Disney Home Video, a fabulous world that can be your own!")
- "Från Walt Disney Home Video, får vi en fantastisk värld att komma tillbaka till, om och om igen!" ("From Walt Disney Home Video, we get a fantastic world to come back to, over and over again!")
- "Nu kan de bli dina, att glädjas åt om och om igen!" ("Now they can be yours, to be rejoiced over and over again!")
- 🇳🇴Norwegian🇳🇴: "Fra Walt Disney Home Video, en magisk verden som nå kan bli din for evig og alltid!" ("From Walt Disney Home Video, a magical world that can now be yours forever and ever!")
- 🇩🇰Danish🇩🇰: "Walt Disney Videofilm giver dig nu mulighed for at eje endnu en række perler fra Walt Disneys eventyrlige verden!" ("Walt Disney Videofilms now allow you to own yet another set of gems from Walt Disney's adventurous world!")
- 🇫🇮Finnish🇫🇮:
- "Walt Disneyn kotivideoiden taikamaailman voit nyt saada ikiomaksi!" ("Walt Disney Home Videos' magical world that you can get for yourselves!")
- "Walt Disneyn kotivideot, taikamaailma jonka voi nyt saada ikiomaksi!" ("Walt Disney Home Videos, a magical world that you can now get for yourselves!")
- "Voit hankkia ne nyt ikiomaksi!" ("You can now get them for yourselves!")
- 🇮🇱Hebrew🇮🇱:
- "!חדש מאולפני וולט דיסני" ("New from Walt Disney Studios!")
- "!וולט דיסני בקלטות וידאו ביתיות, תוצר של עולמות קסומים, יהיה שךכם לתמיד" ("Walt Disney home video tapes, a product of magical worlds that will be yours forever!")
- "!קלטת עולמית דוברת עברית שלכם מתנה לתמיד" ("Your Hebrew-speaking world tape is a gift forever!")
- 🇬🇷Greek🇬🇷: "Ένας μαγικός κόσμος για πάντα δικός σας, από τη Walt Disney Home Video!" ("A magical world forever yours, from Walt Disney Home Video!")
- Latin American 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸:
- On some PAL tapes, there's a high pitched version that also exists. Some 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 tapes use this version in tandem with the standard version, even on the same tape.
- On an 🇦🇺Australian🇦🇺 PAL release of Pete's Dragon and the demo VHS of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, the logo is silent.
- On the DVS VHS printing of Old Yeller, a woman is heard saying "Now, Mickey Mouse appears standing in the pool of blue light, dressed in a pointed sorcerer's hat and red robe. A white starburst spins from his hand and spells Walt Disney Home Video".
Music/Sounds Trivia: Coincidentally, similar rising synth sounds from this logo are heard as noises at the view of Eggman's base after the title card on the Sonic Mania Adventures episode "Metal Mayhem".
Availability: Very common, seen on just about any Disney release from this time period all over the world.
- It was first seen on No Deposit, No Return, The World's Greatest Athlete, Ten Who Dared, Third Man on the Mountain, and The Fighting Prince of Donegal, and was subsequently used on most tapes in the "Bring Disney Home for Good" promotion the next month, including Disney Sing-Along Songs: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Jiminy Cricket's Christmas, Canine Commando, The Unsinkable Donald Duck with Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and A Tale of Two Chipmunks.
- It was also seen on home video releases of Disney shows such as DuckTales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, Disney's Sing-Along Songs, Dinosaurs, Bonkers!, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Goof Troop, classic Disney cartoon compilations, and Walt Disney Mini Classics. Also seen on a few Classics (including Robin Hood and The Rescuers Down Under) and Masterpiece Collection (including Melody Time) videos before the previews as well as the 1991 and late 1994 prints of The Brave Little Toaster.
- Strangely, it was found on the 2006 DVD release of My Dog the Thief, which is most likely due to the DVD using a circa-1990s VHS tape master of the film, along with the 2006 DVD release of Disney's Sing-Along Songs: You Can Fly at the beginning of the program (the 8th logo appears before the DVD previews).
- The variant with "presents" can be found on various tapes, including the 1991 and early 1994 VHS of The Brave Little Toaster, the 1986 release of A Tiger Walks, Canine Commando, The Unsinkable Donald Duck with Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and the mid '90s Schoolhouse Rock! tapes, as well as on a 2001 re-print of the 1994 re-release of Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (surprisingly following a late 1990 promo for the series); this was also seen on the original 1986 release of said title. Said variant also made a surprise appearance at the beginning of a TV One airing of Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (the 1997 version that starred Brandy Norwood), and also plasters the first logo on pressings of Mickey Knows Best, The Importance of Being Donald, and Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree which were duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services.
- The Mickey-less variant (without the blank space) can be seen on various early-mid '90s releases, including Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree and Frankenweenie (early-mid 1990s re-release), and also on early Laserdiscs of the Classics lineup.
- This logo was last seen on a late 2001 re-print of Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas. Some tapes that have a smaller version of the Sorcerer Mickey packaging use this logo instead of the 1st logo, like A Tiger Walks.
- Earlier prints of the first 10 Masterpiece Collection titles like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Mary Poppins and Robin Hood use this logo instead of the Masterpiece Collection logo (however, prints from early September 1994-onwards use the Masterpiece Collection logo). Also seen on prints of Disney's Favorite Stories.
- The high-pitched variant can be seen on the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 rental release of Hocus Pocus. It was seen on pre-1995 Australian VHS releases as well, such as the 1993 VHS release of The Jungle Book, among others.
Editor's Note: This is the longest running logo on this page and one of the most popular logos of all time, especially to those who grew up with it.
7th Logo (International Variant) (April 1987-Early 90s)
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Regular version of this logo.
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An alternate version that uses the 6th logo at the last end of the logo.
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Gradient background version of this logo.
Nickname: "Walt Disco Home Video II", “Space Home Video”
Logo: We see clips from the 1983 opening of the Disney Channel (first as a premium channel), Walt Disney anthology series and Disney films, including Fantasia, Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, The Black Cauldron, Sleeping Beauty, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Black Hole, Dumbo, Condorman, The Journey of Natty Gann, Fuzzbucket, Return to Oz, and Tron. After a brief clip of Sorcerer Mickey from Fantasia, we fade into the WDHV logo on a space background, with the logo in a blue/purple gradient. The logo shines and zooms out after.
Variants:
- Most tapes would have this logo ending with the 6th logo, starting with the spark animation.
- The tail end of the 6th logo variant can be seen at the end of a late 1980s Japanese VHS promo.
- The archive footage may be slightly different in some tapes.
- Rarely, the archive footage may be very different and could contain parts of the 2nd logo.
- Sometimes, the logo is on a blue/black gradient background and doesn't zoom out.
FX/SFX: The archivial footage, the logo shining and zooming out.
Music/Sounds: A synthesized instrumental version of "Casey Jr." from Dumbo.
Music/Sounds Variants:
- The gradient background variant has a repeating synth sound.
- A Latin American version has an announcer say "¡Ahora, la magia de Disney puede ser sus en vídeo! ¡La clásica animación, además de excelente filmes par la familia de hoy, de Walt Disney Home Video!" ("Now, the magic of Disney can be on video! The classic animation, in addition to excellent films for today's family, from Walt Disney Home Video!").
- On 🇳🇿New Zealand🇳🇿 tapes, an announcer is heard at the end of the logo saying "Bring Disney home today for the finest in family film entertainment. Walt Disney Home Video." Another variant exists where the announcer says "Walt Disney Home Video presents outstanding feature programming for today's family."
Availability: Rare. Like with the second logo, this was only used outside of the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦Canada🇨🇦, though this logo is harder to find due to its shorter lifespan. This mainly appeared on 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 tapes (including 🇮🇹Italy🇮🇹 and 🇩🇪Germany🇩🇪), as well as Latin American tapes and tapes distributed in 🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺 by Roadshow Home Video - an example being the 1987 VHS of Pinocchio. The alternate archive footage variant can be seen on a foreign VHS of Davy Crockett: King Of The Border. The variant with a different background can be spotted on the Latin Spanish VHS of Peter Pan. This logo was also seen on releases in New Zealand well into the early 90s, including the 1993 VHS of Honey, I Blew Up The Kid.
Editor's Note: None.
8th Logo (Late 1991-October 8, 2002 [2006 in 🇦🇷Argentina🇦🇷])
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The normal logo.
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Now you can own these hit titles
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One of two ''Presents'' variants.
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The 2nd "presents" variant.
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A variant with the logo over a gradient blue background.
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Another variant with the logo over a gradient green background.
Nicknames: “Gold”, “Shiny Thing!”, "Shining Disney", “Watch Out For That Truck!”
Logo: On a black background, we see the golden words "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" with "WALT DiSNEY" in the corporate "signature" font. The words shine.
Trivia: Like the previous logos, this is an animated version of the 1984-2002 Walt Disney Home Video print logo. Also, prior to 1995, the logo was only in use on 1990s live-action Disney films and on advertisements of all Disney videos. A Goofy Movie was the first animated film to have this logo.
Variants:
- Sometimes, a gradient blue background would be used instead. It has been seen on the VHS releases of Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, The Mighty Ducks, Hocus Pocus, Cool Runnings, The Three Musketeers, Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, A Goofy Movie, The Santa Clause, James and the Giant Peach, Air Bud, The Spirit of Mickey, the 1994 and 1995 versions of the Disney Family Video Sampler, and the 1994 print of Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
- At the beginning of The Spirit of Mickey, the text fades out, leaving the blue background before an iris transition to the main theme.
- Occasionally, the logo is seen in a light blue color, and "presents" is seen below. This can be seen on the 1995 VHS release of Gordy, Bill Nye the Science Guy tapes from 1994 & 1995, and preceding the trailer for Walt Disney Film Classics: The Fantastic Adventures Series.
- An extremely rare variant of the light blue "presents" variant features a completely still version of the logo, which fades out halfway through the music. Afterwards, text reading "Own This BIG HIT" (preceding a trailer for Homeward Bound) or "Now Available on Videocassette" in the blue font used for clip-ons from the time fades in as the music ends. This appeared on 1993 VHS releases of lower-priority live-action Disney films like Not Quite Human and Back Home, originally released as rental exclusives.
- On the VHS promo for The Big Green, the background is a gradient green color.
- On a 1994 promo for Disney's Bright Beginnings VHS collection (which consisted of releases of preschool-targeted shows from Jim Henson and DiC and assorted videos from Spot and Eric Carle), the background is a sliding rainbow gradient and "PRESENTS" is chyroned in below.
- There is a variation with "NOW YOU CAN OWN THESE HIT TITLES..." above in a Times New Roman font with the 1989 FP jingle seen on 1992 re-prints such as Return to Snowy River, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken and The Rocketeer.
- There is a silent, still variant seen at the beginning of the Jungle 2 Jungle VHS trailer.
- At the beginning of the home video trailer for Doug's 1st Movie, the first note of the background music is perfectly synchronized with the first "shine" of the logo.
- On the DVD release of Recess: School's Out, the music is played at a lower volume. The VHS, however, uses the 12th logo.
- On Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, the logo was shown at the beginning and end of the movie.
- On TV spots for the VHS release of Tarzan, the logo is superimposed over a scene from the movie.
- On Gativideo-distributed 🇦🇷Argentina🇦🇷 tapes, the logo animates as usual, but it splits at the end. This usually happens before a bumper or a commercial.
FX/SFX: The "shining".
Music/Sounds: A lilting, dreamy synthesized horn/string tune. This sounds somewhat like a truck horn honking, hence the last nickname. None for the Gativideo variant.
Music/Sounds Variants:
- On the 1998 DVD release of Air Bud, the logo is silent.
- A slowed-down version of this logo's music (the same as the Jim Henson Video theme) was used around 1993-1998, on tapes like The Mighty Ducks, Tiny Toy Stories, Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Honor to Us All, Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World, and the 1997 widescreen VHS of Sleeping Beauty. It was also on the 2000 🇪🇺European🇪🇺 🇫🇷French🇫🇷 VHS of Toy Story 2, as well as the 🇲🇽Mexican🇲🇽 VHS of 101 Dalmatians (1996 live-action remake).
- On the aforementioned still "presents" variant, when the "Own This BIG HIT" text fades in, Brian Cummings says "Now you can own this big hit." The "Now Available on Videocassette" version has Brian Cummings calmly saying "Now on videocassette." as the text fades in.
- On the 🇦🇺Australian🇦🇺 VHS releases of Hocus Pocus and Aladdin, and some Region 4 VHS releases, the music is high pitched (possibly due to being in PAL format). This was also spotted on the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 VHS of Dinosaur, as well as some 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 VHS tapes.
Availability: Fairly common, but it became more common during its usage as the years went by.
- The logo's first general appearance was on TV spots for the 1991 Classics release of The Rescuers Down Under. The logo with music debuted on the September 1992 demo VHS of Newsies.
- It was seen on most (non-Classics/Masterpiece) Disney video/DVD releases of the era, including most (if not all) Gold Classic Collection DVDs. Some of these DVDs are still in print. Most 1998 and 1999 prints of Masterpiece titles have this logo instead of the Masterpiece Collection logo, or with the Masterpiece logo, including The Black Cauldron (some later printings use the Masterpiece logo with this, while earlier ones, surprisingly enough, use the "Feature Program" version of the 1992 Black-Blue FP Bumper).
- Among the last releases to use this logo were the DVD of Recess: School's Out (the VHS used the 11th logo), the first wave of Walt Disney Treasures DVD sets, and the 2002 DVD of Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves.
- This logo can also be found on the 1998 printings of The Brave Little Toaster and its sequel The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.
- This logo is intact at the beginning and end of Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves on further home video, television and streaming prints (except the Disney+ print, which has a 4:3 variant of the 2013 Walt Disney Pictures logo instead). This logo also appeared on the 2009 DVD release of Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In at the House of Mouse (itself a reprint of the original 2001 DVD release).
- It was also seen on some 🇦🇺Australian🇦🇺 VHS releases (mostly of live-action material and on some promos). The blue version appeared on Gordy (U.S. releases only) and Bill Nye the Science Guy tapes, as well as the trailer for Walt Disney Film Classics: The Fantastic Adventures Series. It also appeared on the 1996 Deluxe Edition laserdisc set of Toy Story at the beginning of the bonus Pixar shorts included.
- Don't expect to see this on international DVD releases of the period, as they will most likely use the 1995 Disney Videos logo.
- Strangely, VHS releases in 🇦🇷Argentina🇦🇷 still used this logo until 2006.
Editor's Note: It's a fine logo and a nostalgic favorite of many, but compared to the other logos on this page, it's very simple.
9th Logo (🇰🇷Korean Variant🇰🇷) (1992-2000s)
Logo: Just the second half of the then-current movie logo, but with a few differences. Instead of "PICTURES", we see the words "월트 디즈니 홈 비디오" ("Walt Disney Home Video" in 🇰🇷Korean🇰🇷) fading in below the company name. The circular line does not even form.
Trivia: This logo is the 🇰🇷South Korean🇰🇷 equivalent of the 3rd logo used from 1991-2002.
FX/SFX: The second half of the then-current movie logo, minus the ball of light drawing the line.
Music/Sounds: None.
Availability: Rare. Exclusively seen on 🇰🇷South Korean🇰🇷 releases. It appeared at the end of 🇰🇷Korean🇰🇷 Disney VHS releases since 1992, then also began appearing at the beginning of Disney tapes since 1994.
Editor's Note: None.
10th Logo (International Variant) (Fall 1994-June 14, 2005, 2015)
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The regular version of the Disney Videos logo.
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A completely different variant of the Disney Videos logo appearing on 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 tapes until June 2005.
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A rare "Which one is missing from your collection?" still variant.
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A version of the Disney Videos logo seen at the start of some 🇦🇺Australian🇦🇺 promos.
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A "VIDEO" version of the Disney Videos logo that appears on 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 tapes.
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"Disney Videos begeistern ein leben lang", appears on 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 tapes.
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A rare 🇮🇱Hebrew🇮🇱 version
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Alternative 🇮🇱Hebrew🇮🇱 version
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The rare 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 "DISNEY AUDIO" version
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A rare white background variant seen on 🇦🇷Argentinan🇦🇷 tapes.
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A variant using a purple/white gradient background seen on 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵 tapes.
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A cheap 🇲🇽Mexican🇲🇽 variant.
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Another cheap 🇧🇷Brazilian🇧🇷 variant.
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The rare 🇺🇸American🇺🇸 variant.
Nicknames: "Disney Videos", "The Purple Cubes", “Videos Mickey Head”
Logo: On a blue/green gradient background, three black balls fall from the top of the screen and bounce off the bottom. Two of the balls form the ears of Mickey Mouse and one ball forms the head. Many purple cubes fall from above to form a rectangle. A right-slanted yellow rectangle and a green square also fall from above. The yellow rectangle slants left and settles on the left, while the green square slants right and settles on the right. The balls in the Mickey Mouse logo bounce onto the green square. The red text "DiSNEY", in the corporate font, zooms out and settles on the yellow rectangle. Below, a rectangular green banner with the white word "VIDEOS" unfolds to the right.
Trivia: This was used in international countries from the beginning of 1995 to mid-2005; for example, on 1995 releases of Pocahontas, 101 Dalmatians and One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing, on 1998 releases of Flubber, and on some Disney's Sing-Along Songs tapes. On early releases in some countries, this logo was used concurrently with the 3rd logo, then again with the "Ring" logo on early 2000's releases. It was last seen on a 🇲🇽Mexican🇲🇽 Tarzan VHS tape from 2005, which did NOT have "The Ring" logo.
Variants:
- On most 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 tapes, the logo was remade with some changes. The background is solid purple (so the purple cubes don't appear) and the green square is white. The font for "VIDEOS" is also different. An announcer is often heard. This was first seen on the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 VHS release of The Return of Jafar, and appears on many other tapes from 1995 right through to 2001 (one exception being Tiny Toy Stories, which used the standard version instead).
- There was also a 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵 version of this logo where the gradient background is purple/lavender (this also appears on some UK VHS releases, e.g. My Favorite Martian).
- The above variant also has a variant on Sing-Along Songs from Hercules, in which similar to the one on the 6th logo, the opening theme plays and the logo is sped up to fit it.
- A variant was seen with the gradient background being light gray/white. It appears on 🇦🇷Argentine🇦🇷 tapes of the period, as well as before the anti-piracy video at the start of the 1994 Mexican VHS of Los tres caballeros.
- On some 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 tapes, the logo is extended, with the screen flowing through the copyright notice, with differently colored rectangles being put on each other with a phrase on each separate rectangle leaving behind the following message: "Liebe Videofreunde! (purple rectangle, white text) Willkommen in der wunderbaren welt von Walt Disney! (yellow rectangle, red text) Unsere Videofilme zeichnen sich dadurch aus, daß sind für die ganze Familie gedacht sind, Spaß machen, die Fantasie anregen, und wichtige moralische Werte vermitteln! (green rectangle, white text) Wir empfehlen, daß sich Ihre Kinder nur Programme anschauen, die für ihr Alter geeignet sind.(purple rectangle, white text) Deshalb möchten wir Sie bitten, auf die Einstufung der Freiwilligen Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft (FSK) zu achten, die die Freigabe eines Films ab einer bestimmten Altersgruppe beurteilt! (yellow rectangle, red text, FSK label saying "Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung gemäß § 7 JÖSchG FSK" ("Released without age restriction according to Par. 7 of FSK's Youth Protection Act") appears) Ideal wäre es, wenn Sie den Film gemeinsam mit Ihren Kinder erleben! (green rectangle, white text) Disney wünscht Ihnen dabei viel Vergnügen! (purple rectangle, white text)" ("Dear video friends! Welcome to the wonderful world of Walt Disney! Our video films are characterized by the fact that they are intended for the whole family, are fun, stimulate the imagination and convey important moral values! We recommend that your children only watch programs that are suitable for their age. Therefore, we would like to ask you to pay attention to the classification of the Voluntary Self-Regulation of the Movie Industry (FSK), which judges the release of a film from a certain age group! It would be ideal if you experience the film together with your children! Disney wishes you a lot of fun!"). At the end of the warning, the purple cubes cover the last rectangle and the animation continues normally, except that the slogan "BEGEISTERN EIN LEBEN LANG" (loosely translated, "Entertainment for a Lifetime") appears below.
- An extremely rare 🇪🇸Spanish🇪🇸 soundtrack promo has "AUDIO" instead of "Videos".
- Three 🇮🇱Hebrew🇮🇱 commercials for Disney Hebrew VHS releases ("Cindarella", "Pinocchio" and "Aladdin") replace the "Videos" with "Soon on Video" in Hebrew.
- There is also a different variant on promos from 🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺 and some trailers from the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 where the "VIDEOS" banner is glowing in white, there is a sparkle on the Mickey Mouse logo and on "DiSNEY", and it has darker shadows and brighter colors.
- A singular variant found on 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 tapes has the "S" part of the "VIDEOS" banner cut off, leaving only "VIDEO".
- A still 2-D version of this logo appears at the beginning of Disney promos on 🇧🇷Brazilian🇧🇷 tapes.
- A different variant was spotted on 🇲🇽Mexican🇲🇽 tapes: the background is purple with a "DiSNEY" wallpaper. We see the Mickey Mouse balls (which now have a greenish tint) floating around, then many yellow pieces fall from the top of the screen and form an oval. The words "DiSNEY" and "VIDEOS" zoom out and place themselves on the oval while the Mickey Mouse logo moves to the top of the oval.
- There is a quite rare still variant on some 1997 tapes from the U.S. where "VIDEOS" is cut off, the yellow rectangle is an oval and the Mickey Mouse logo is teal. This was seen at the end of the Timeless Classics promo during the opening previews.
FX/SFX: All the CGI animation in this logo.
Music/Sounds: A very short orchestral rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" (different from the versions used on the Walt Disney Pictures logos) ending with an orchestral hit. Sometimes, the logo is seen silent.
Music/Sounds Variants:
- On some 🇸🇪Swedish🇸🇪 and 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 Disney tapes, an announcer says the same announcement as the respective variants of the 6th logo, but with the following changes:
- The 🇸🇪Swedish 🇸🇪 version has the announcer say "Från Walt Disney Videos" instead of "Från Walt Disney Home Video".
- The second 🇮🇹Italian🇮🇹 version has the "Walt Disney Home Video" name abridged to "Disney Video".
- On 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧 tapes, the logo was often used as a bumper with one of the following said by a voice-over (John Sachs):
- Available now on Disney Videos.
- Coming soon from Disney Videos.
- Also available from Disney Videos. (until 1997)
- Watch out for future releases from Disney Videos. (1995 only)
- Watch out for future releases. Coming soon, from Disney Videos. (1995 only)
- The American variant has Mark Elliot saying, "Three/four more great reasons to visit the Disney section of your store, only from Walt Disney Home Video!"
- On the 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 extended variant, a different track is heard and an announcer reads the message phrase-by-phrase. There are also other variants of the logo, more in-line with the US variant, where the same German announcer is heard for announcements.
Availability: As with the previous few logos, this is seen on releases outside the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦Canada🇨🇦, so internationally, this logo is common, but in the US and Canada, it is rare. Strangely, it was seen on the 2015 Region 4 DVD reprints of Tarzan and Oliver & Company (due to them being reprints of the 2000 and 2001 releases, respectively; this is due to an exclusive promotion at Big W, as they are re-releasing most Walt Disney Pictures films on DVD with limited edition packaging as with the 🇬🇧UK🇬🇧). As mentioned above, the 🇺🇸American🇺🇸 variant is quite rare, but can be seen at the end of the Timeless Classics promo on 1997 VHS tapes such as Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin and Sleeping Beauty. Other than that, this logo is not known to have appeared at all in the 🇺🇸United States🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦Canada🇨🇦 (the 1983 logo, at least, is confirmed to have appeared on a few Spanish-language tapes in the United States in 1986). This logo is also found on the UK DVDs of A Goofy Movie and The Tigger Movie. It also surprisingly appears in place of the "The Ring" logo on the Region 4 DVDs of 101 Dalmatians (1996 live-action remake), 102 Dalmatians and The Parent Trap possibly due to being reprints of earlier releases. It also makes a surprise appearance on a Region 4 Single Disc DVD reprint of Dinosaur. Disney's final 🇬🇧British🇬🇧 VHS releases have "The Ring".
Editor's Note: None.
11th Logo (1998-May 8, 2001)
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The normal variant of the logo.
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A slight variation of the logo.
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A variant of the logo in a different font.
Nicknames: "Walt Dullsney Home Video IV", "They Seriously Used This?! II", "The Logo of No Animation", "The Walt Disney Text of Boredom II", “Crappy Home Video”
Logo: On a black background, we see the Persian blue words "WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO", which stay on-screen a few seconds, then fade out.
Variants:
- Sometimes, the text is smaller.
- There is a variant, also with smaller text, where the text is in a slightly different font and is two-dimensional.
- Another variant has the text in a slightly different font, with "HOME VIDEO" smaller than "WALT DISNEY". This was available in both the standard Persian blue and metallic gold.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: Same as the 8th logo.
Availability: Scarce. This logo appears on a lot of "Low-key" live action titles as well as movies co-produced by Caravan Pictures, such as Rocketman and Inspector Gadget. Titles that include this logo are Summer of the Monkeys (U.S. Releases only), The Parent Trap (1998 remake), Remember the Titans, and various TV movies made for The Wonderful World of Disney. The different text variant can be seen on Rocketman and Winnie the Pooh: A Birthday Party in the Hundred Acre Wood (which is strange, because the latter is an animated title). The last tape to use this logo was The Miracle Worker, but it was retained on the 2002 reprint of The Parent Trap. It is also seen on some trailers, including the home video trailers for Summer of the Monkeys and Inspector Gadget.
Editor's Note: This logo has been criticized for looking more like a placeholder for the other logos than anything else, but at the very least it's better than the 5th logo.
12th Logo (July 17, 2001-February 5, 2008)
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The logo with a blue background, appearing in animated movies.
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The blue background version in 16:9 aspect ratio.
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The logo with a black background, appearing in live-action movies.
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The black background version in 16:9 aspect ratio.
Nicknames: "Disney in Space", "Starry Sky", "The Ring", "Ring in Space", "That Nostalgic Ring", "Walt Disney's Ring", "Michael Eisner's Ring", "Bob Iger's Ring", "The Most Magical Ring of the 21st Century", “Golden Arc”
Logo: We see a bright flash with the "D" of the gold text "WALT DiSNEY" (in the familiar signature font), both of which are zooming out on a blue (or black) space background. When everything is at a comfortable distance at the top of the screen, the flash forms an abstract shining star below "WALT DiSNEY", and the light spreads out to form a glowing arc. When this is finished, "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" fades in underneath the arc in gold.
Variants:
- There is a short version of the logo which was used on several trailers and ads from August 2001-October 2007. This was also used on VHS and DVD piracy promos from 2001-2005.
- 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 VHS tapes have the same message from the German extended version of the 10th logo scrolling upwards into the arc, this time all without rectangles and in gold, and with the FSK label replacing part of the text. After the message is done, Tinker Bell appears and touches the star, letting the rest of the logo continue before she flies offscreen. She then returns to fly into the background.
FX/SFX: All modern computer CGI graphics. The logo has a classic Disney feel to it, however.
Music/Sounds:
- July 17, 2001-December 18, 2007: A whoosh, then an orchestral/choir note with some bells.
- November 28, 2006-February 5, 2008: A different orchestral theme with a woodwind section. This was first used on the 2006 DVD of The Cheetah Girls 2, and it replaced the 2001 theme entirely with Invincible (however, Disney's final VHS tapes, the 2007 Blu-ray of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and the 2007 DVD of Cinderella II: Dreams Come True all used the 2001 music).
Music/Sounds Variants:
- There is a shorter version of the 2001 tune occasionally used on the short variant. A few NTSC DVD releases from December 2001-August 2002 have this audio plastered on the real logo.
- The 🇩🇪German🇩🇪 version has the same tune that was used in the German extended variant of the 10th logo.
- Trailers and TV spots use the opening theme of the trailer.
Availability: Very common. Can be found on DVD, UMD, VCD, VHS and Blu-ray Disc releases from the era, some of which are still in print. This was first seen on the VHS release of The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart (although the regular WDHV logo is on the label and packaging, as well as the DVD release), and was last seen on the 2008 DVD of The Aristocats.
- The blue background one is typically used on animated movies (although it appeared on Kermit's 50th Anniversary DVD re-releases of four Muppet movies including Muppet Treasure Island and the Region 4 DVD release of Bedknobs and Broomsticks, despite these being live-action movies) and it also appears on the Bear in the Big Blue House VHS and DVD releases from 2004 and 2005, while the black background is reserved for live action movies (however, the black background was seen on a House of Mouse single episode DVD, a trailer for the Aladdin: Platinum Edition VHS and DVD, a trailer for Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street, as well as the 2006 Disney Movie Club VHS releases of Brother Bear 2 and The Wild, which are animated releases), though the logo for some reason is skipped to the movie on Muppet Treasure Island's audio commentary feature after its introduction. This was seen on 2002 French VHS releases of The Great Mouse Detective and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
- As for VHS, this logo appeared late in the format's life and can be seen on the first Platinum Editions, as well as on Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and Baby Einstein videos (after Disney brought the series).
- The last VHS releases to use this logo were the 2007 VHS of Cars (but not on the 2006 DVD, which cuts right to the previews) and the 2006/2007 demo VHS of Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, both of which were exclusively for the Disney Movie Club and thus are hard to find.
- This logo does not appear anywhere on most Pixar releases (save for titles mentioned below); instead, the box art uses the print Buena Vista Home Entertainment logo, while the discs/tapes themselves cut straight to the opening previews or, in the case of the 2003 DVDs of Finding Nemo (disc 1) and A Bug's Life, the DVD menu. Ratatouille and The Pixar Short Films Collection: Vol. 1 also have this on their respective covers, but the former has the next logo while the latter has no Disney logo at all.
- The only Pixar films that DO have this logo are the VHS releases of The Incredibles (due to not having the THX logo unlike the DVD) and Cars, as well as the latter's original Blu-ray prints from 2007, and the latter's VHS cuts to the start of the movie due to having no previews before the film.
- It also appears on the 2012 Special Edition DVD print of The Aristocats, itself a reprint of the 2008 release, and the 2013 DVD releases of the TV shows: Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, DuckTales, Darkwing Duck, and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, which are all reprints from the original 2005-2007 releases. This also appears on 2003-2006 releases of Studio Ghibli titles which include My Neighbors the Yamadas and Porco Rosso, among others (the logo is removed on the 2010 reprints of Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service, alongside the Disney Blu-Ray versions of all Ghibli movies they released, all of which use the next logo).
- The 2002 Region 4 DVD releases of The Aristocats and Oliver & Company do not have this logo, despite it being on the cover; they just use the 1995 Disney Videos logo. This logo also makes a surprise appearance on the 2015 DVD release of DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (itself a reprint of the original 2006 Disney Movie Club exclusive DVD release).
- It also appeared on the 2015 Region 4 DVD reprints of The Rescuers Down Under, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons, The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Lilo & Stitch, Home on the Range, Brother Bear, Treasure Planet, Robin Hood, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Rescuers, The Sword in the Stone, Hercules, and The Great Mouse Detective (presumably reprints of their original releases dating from 2001-07; this is due to an exclusive promotion at Big W, who re-released most Walt Disney films on DVD with limited edition packaging), but cuts to the previews on Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Cars, the menu on A Bug's Life, and the next logo is on Ratatouille.
- This surprisingly appeared at the start of the Mexican VHS release of Daredevil VS. Spider-Man instead of the Buena Vista Home Entertainment logo.
- Strangely enough, this appeared on the French UMD for PSP release of The Sixth Sense (a R-rated Hollywood Pictures film!), and also on a Thai VCD release of Touchstone Pictures' Deja Vu (the Buena Vista Home Entertainment logo was however seen before the previews).
- On Thai VCD releases, this was used up until the early 2010s on releases like Bolt.
Editor's Note: Much like the 1st and 6th logos, this is also a popular logo among collectors.
13th Logo (November 6, 2007-2009)
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2007 logo
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''Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment'' variant
Nicknames: "There is Only One Disney", "Movies. Magic. More.", "The Beautiful Disney Castle", "Taking the Walt Out of Disney", "Disney Castle", "The Happiest Place on Earth", “Castle Home Video”
Logo: We start out with clips from Disney movies and TV shows. It differs depending on the country or era the DVD was released in, but the first 3 always remain the same: Pirates of the Caribbean, Peter Pan, and The Princess Diaries. The camera then zooms out, revealing a wall of hundreds of clips from Disney movies and TV shows, both animated and live-action, old and new. More and more clips fly out, replacing some others. One by one, the words "MOVIES.", "MAGIC.", and "MORE." zoom out and fade out. Then, all the clips come together to form the 2006 Disney castle. The ring gets drawn around the castle as usual, then "DiSNEY", in the famous script, fades in below.
Trivia: The appearance and positioning of the "DiSNEY" text would be used to replace the "WALT DiSNEY PICTURES" text on current films starting in 2011 with The Muppets, only it would appear out of the pixie dust coming out of the castle gate, instead of simply fading in.
Variants:
- The clips may differ depending on the country or era the DVD or Blu-ray was released in.
- On most releases with the 2007 variant of this logo, a black screen briefly advertising many of the films featured in the logo appears after it ends.
- There is an uncommon closing variant seen at the end of Snow Buddies, Space Buddies, Santa Buddies and Spooky Buddies where the logo reads "WALT DiSNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT".
FX/SFX: All modern and beautiful CGI effects.
Music/Sounds: The overture from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (also used as the theme of the 1991 Morgan Creek logo). On the Pirates of the Caribbean clip, we hear Jack Sparrow (played by Johnny Depp) say "We have our heading.", and on the Peter Pan clip, we hear the titular character (voiced by Bobby Driscoll) say "Here we GOOOOO!" After the Peter Pan clip, an announcer says "From the magic within our hearts... to the adventure beyond the horizon... there is only one Disney." After the announcer finishes speaking, the fanfare rises to a beautiful, triumphant state and ends with a majestic climax.
Availability: First appeared on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Ratatouille. A few DVD and Blu-ray releases after Ratatouille like Cinderella II: Dreams Come True continued to use the 2001 Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo until February 5, 2008.
Editor's Note: None.
14th logo (March 4, 2008-)
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2008 logo
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Christmas Variant
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"Walt Disney Studios" Blu-Ray Screensaver
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Blu-Ray Screensaver with no text
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"Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment" version
Nicknames: "The Beautiful Disney Castle II", "Taking the Walt Out of Disney II", "Disney Castle II", "The Happiest Place on Earth II"
Logo: Just the tail end of the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo, except with the text replaced by “Disney” in the famous script, in an identical manner to the later variant.
Variants:
- November 16, 2010-August 2014: The 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo is used instead. This first appeared, in its original version, on the 2010 Blu-ray 3D release of A Christmas Carol, and was used as a home video logo sporadically for a time afterwards; the 2011 variant became the official home video logo, starting with the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Brave and ended in August 2014. The Pixar DVD and Blu-ray releases of Brave and Monsters University, as well as reprints of Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., and Cars, use this variant. This is also used for all Disney DVD and Blu-ray releases, starting with the 2013 DVD and Blu-ray releases of Mickey's Christmas Carol and Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year. On the World of Wonder demo disc, "STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT" replaces “PICTURES”.
- 2011-2012: The logo is still and the text is changed to "WALT DiSNEY" (in the famous script) and "STUDIOS" underneath. This can also appear as a loading screen with the river flowing (with or without the company name) when the Blu-ray starts.
- On 3D Blu-ray releases, the text "DiSNEY" zooms while fading in. This applies to this logo and the 2011 Walt Disney Pictures logo.
- There is a Christmas variant with Christmas lights decorating the castle, a darker sky and the "DiSNEY" text glowing.
FX/SFX: Same as before.
Music/Sounds:
- 2008-2013: The end of the previous logo’s music, sometimes in low-pitch or high-pitch.
- November 16, 2010-August 2014: The full 2006 theme.
- 2011-2012: The logo is silent.
- September 2014-present: Just the end of the 2006 theme.
Availability: Currently in use.
- Despite debuting on DVDs in 2008, this can be seen on the main feature on both Disney-branded DVDs and Blu-rays as of 2014.
- It also appears on Volumes 1-2 of Goof Troop and Volume 3 of TaleSpin on DVD.
- It is not used on other labels like Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Buena Vista International, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm Ltd., ABC Signature, 20th Century Studios/20th Television/Searchlight Pictures/Blue Sky Studios and Japanese Studio Ghibli (Ghibli ga Ippai Collection) releases, as they all just use their own logos, and in the case of Marvel's The Avengers and Iron Man 3, also use Paramount Home Entertainment's Paramount DVD (DVD releases) and Paramount High Definition (Blu-ray) logos. Some releases like the 2009 🇮🇪Irish🇮🇪 DVD of The Secret of Kells and the 🇯🇵Japanese🇯🇵 DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Mary and the Witch's Flower and Modest Heroes have no logos at all.
- This surprisingly appears at the start of the 2010 🇹🇭Thai🇹🇭 VCD release of When in Rome (a Touchstone Pictures film), before the previews (the 1987 Touchstone Home Entertainment is seen before the film).
Editor's Note: None.