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|founded = 1978 ({{age|1978|1|1}} years ago)
|formerly = Walt Disney Home Entertainment<br>(1978-1980)<br>Walt Disney Home Video<br>(1980-2001)<br>Disney Videos (1995-2005)<br>Walt Disney Home Entertainment<br>(2001-2007)
|country = [[:Category:United States|United States]]
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===Background===
'''Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment''' began its life in 1978 through [[MCA DiscoVision]] as
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|wdhv1978videodisc.jpg|Logo (December 1978-July 15, 1984)
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|WDHV1983.jpg|1st Logo (November 1981-July 16, 1986)
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|wdhvtext1984.jpg|4th Logo (1984-1986, 1999-2001)
|wdhv6thlogo.jpg|5th Logo (September 23, 1986-November 6, 2001)
|wdhvnewzealand.jpg|6th Logo (April 1987-1993) (international)
|Walt Disney Home Video (1991, DVD).jpg|7th Logo (Late 1991-October 8, 2002
|disneyvideos.jpg|8th Logo (as Disney Videos) (Fall 1994-June 14, 2005) (international)
|wdhv1998.jpg|9th Logo (February 1998-May 8, 2001)}}
|Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2001-2007)|
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|Wdshe-2007.png|1st Logo (November 6, 2007-August 25, 2009)
|Disney (2007).jpg|2nd Logo (March 4, 2008-)
==Walt Disney Home Entertainment (1978-1981)==
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a large,
'''Variant:''' There exists a variant where the Mickey outlines turn
'''Technique:''' Rotoscoped cel animation.
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* 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 instead.
* It made its last appearance on ''The Castaway Cowboy'' and ''Son of Flubber'' (though it later appeared on the 1985 release of ''Gus'').
* This logo was also present on the Disney Cartoon Parade CED Videodiscs released and manufactured by RCA in 1981, following the
* 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).
* 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.
* It was also seen during a 1981 CBS broadcast of ''Mary Poppins'' (1964).
'''Legacy:''' It has become a favorite among VHS collectors for the animation and the music, although it's noted to have scared children during its usage. It had been unofficially nicknamed "Neon Mickey" among many.
==Walt Disney Home Video==
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'''Visuals:''' Nearly the same as the Walt Disney Home Entertainment (1978-1981) logo, but with darker colors and the Mickey graphics shifted upward somewhat, the "
'''Variants:'''
*The original 1983 series of the [[Walt Disney 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
*On the "Walt Disney and You" promo, a video freeze occurs towards the end of the logo (all the outlines are
*On some Italian tapes, a
*On international tapes, the logo does not have a drop shadow and is shifted lower, so that the text is now centered. The fanfare is also in a low tone.
*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 Swedish variant has the 1981 logo with the text in
'''Technique:''' Rotoscoped cel animation.
'''Audio:''' Same as the Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo.
'''Audio Variants:'''
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*The versions on the Cartoon Classics series as well as the "Walt Disney and You" promo are rare, since that promo was only seen between 1982 and 1986.
*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 doesn't appear on the VHS releases of ''Trenchcoat'', ''Something Wicked This Way Comes'' (in fact, the only mention of Disney in any shape or form on these two releases is on the tape label), and ''Never Cry Wolf''
*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 logo also appears on select reprints of Disney VHS releases from this era that lacked updated tape masters, including a 1993 reprint of ''Treasure of Matacumbe''.
* This also appears on the
* Outside North America, this logo appears on very early VHS, Betamax, V2000 and Laserdisc prints of Disney material, such as Australian releases from [[Syme Home Video]] (usually preceding a promo reel), including the 1982 Australian VHS of ''Night Crossing'', the pre-cert UK releases of ''Cartoon Festival III'', ''Fun and Fancy Free'', ''Pete's Dragon'' and ''Bedknobs and Broomsticks'', Swedish and Japanese releases, among others. It was used until at least July 1983 in the UK and in tandem with the next logo in Australia until 1985.
** The Italian variant of the logo was identified by the Disney Tapes & More website as having been presented on VHS, Betamax and V2000 tapes of ''[https://disneytapesandmore.altervista.org/elliott-il-drago-invisibile-vhs-neon-mickey-1982/?doing_wp_cron=1690329368.8257141113281250000000 Pete's Dragon]''. However, a few pre-1983 Italian VHS releases, such as ''The World's Greatest Athlete'', use the normal Neon Mickey logo instead.
** Other British pre-cert releases that had or may have had this logo were ''Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree'', ''Fun and Fancy Free'', Robert Altman's ''Popeye'', ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'', ''The Cat from Outer Space'', ''Condorman'', ''Davy Crockett'', ''The Black Hole'', ''The Island at the Top of the World'', ''The Gnome-Mobile'', ''The Love Bug'', ''Swiss Family Robinson'', the original 1965 version of ''That Darn Cat!'', the 1975 edit of the 1950 version of ''Treasure Island'', ''Blackbeard's Ghost'', ''Mickey's Golden Jubilee'', ''The Million Dollar Duck'', ''Herbie Goes Bananas'', ''The Ugly Dachshund'', ''Donald Duck Goes West'', ''Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.'', ''Never a Dull Moment'', the first UK video release of ''Song of the South'' (a title that never received a video release in the US), ''The Boatniks'', ''One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing'', and ''The Small One''. The website pre-cert.co.uk notes that all of these were released by Disney in the UK between roughly November 1981 and July 1983.
** This makes
===2nd Logo (1983-March 1987)===
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a light flashes in the middle of the screen with a
On a cloudy sky photo that zooms in, a still of Mickey in ''Steamboat Willie'' zooms and tilts into place with a
After the final clip plays, Donald Duck's face zooms in a similar way to the Mickey head at the beginning, including turning into neon, and then cuts to a black background bordered by
'''Trivia:''' This is actually the shortened version of the US/Canada opening of the 1981-83 version of ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' back when it was called, quite simply, ''Walt Disney''. The main difference is that "
'''Variants:'''
*'''Intro Variants:'''
**
**A variant has the extended version play for 15 seconds before it cuts to Cinderella's Castle. At the end, after "
**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.
*'''Home Video Logo Variants:'''
**Sometimes, "presents" text will fade in below, written in the language of the country in which it was released. The font of the text also seems to depend on the country. Below is a list of the countries who use this
***'''Tall, narrow font in all uppercase:''' Italy, Spain, Finland
***'''Bold, rounded font in all lowercase:''' Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, The Netherlands, Germany.
***A version with "
**Later on, during the zoom into the castle gates, the logo cuts to the 5th logo. 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. Another version of the Spanish variant has the logo change into the 4th domestic logo, but this time it has "PRESENTA".
***An Icelandic version exists, where the word "
**On at least a few Australian releases, the logo disappears, leaving the background for a few frames.
**Sometimes at the end, the screen flips to the left
**On Japanese VHS, LaserDisc and VHD releases, a version appears with a copyright notice saying "© Walt Disney Productions" in the Walt Disney font.
**A version of the logo where the actual logo doesn't appear is seen on the UK pre-cert VHS releases of ''Night Crossing'', ''Tron'', ''The Last Flight of Noah's Ark'', and ''Escape to Witch Mountain''.
**On the VHS release of ''Donald Duck's 50 Crazy Years'', the text "
**A variant with "'''SILLY SYMPHONIES'''" in a shinier text than usual appearing at the end of the logo has been spotted. This was seen on the UK VHS release simply titled ''Silly Symphonies''.
**On the Italian ''Cartoons Disney'' tapes, the logo cuts to a screen with the title of the tape and a copyright stamp.
**Normally, this is sped up to 25 FPS to better fit the PAL format (why the 25 FPS framerate is retained for NTSC releases is unclear), but ''Cartoons Disney 1'' showed this at its original 24 FPS framerate.
**On some early Japanese tapes, a still variant appears with a "©[YEAR] WALT DISNEY PRODS." copyright stamp.
*On the 1983 pre-cert UK VHS of ''Night Crossing'', the "W{{Small|ALT}} Di{{Small|SNEY}} HOME VIDEO" text is not present.
'''Technique:''' Slit scan and Oxberry animation, accompanied with animated clips. Spaceship Earth was a vector CGI model animated on a Hewlett Packard desktop computer at Northrop Corporation (now Northrop Grumman). Designed by Harry Marks.
'''Audio:''' A powerful disco version of "When You Wish Upon a Star", arranged by Frank Gari. A soft phaser noise plays when "
'''Audio Variants:'''
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'''Visuals:''' On a black/
'''Trivia:''' The July 1985 variant is notable for being the first ever Disney-related logo or bumper to use the Bruton Music stock piece "Great Ovation", composed by Steve Gray. This would be used on the "NOW YOU CAN OWN THESE HIT TITLES" variant of the gold WDHV logo, but is most well known for playing over the lilac "Feature Presentation" bumper on many Disney releases.
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'''Variants:'''
*On the 1985 ''Pinocchio'' sales pitch promotional video and the 1985 VHS release of ''Mousercise'', this logo is seen on a black background, with the text in white. After a few seconds, the text fades out and "PRESENTS" is shown for a few seconds; the font depends on the tape, and the text is not spaced out.
*A
*A promotional tape has the logo in a space background, and a
*Italian trailer tapes have the logo on a
'''Technique:''' A digital graphic.
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Images=
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wdhvtext1984.jpg|1984-1985
themickeymouseclub.jpg|1985-1986
wdhvtext2.jpg|''Disney's Greatest Lullabies Vol. 2'' variant
Walt Disney Home Video ("Coming Soon" variant, 1986).jpg|1986 "Coming Soon" variant
Walt Disney Home Video (Plain, 2001).jpeg|1999-2001
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'''Visuals:'''
'''Variants:'''
*1984-1985: The text is in
*1985-1986: The text is in
*1986 (Coming Soon): The logo uses a slightly different
*1999-2001: The text
'''Technique:'''
'''Audio:''' 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:''' The
===5th Logo (September 23, 1986-November 6, 2001)===
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wdhv6thlogo.jpg
wdhvpresents.jpg|"presents" variant
wdhvpresents2.jpg|UK "PRESENTS"
wdhvpresents3.jpg|UK "PRESENTS"
wdhvpresents4.jpg|UK "PRESENTS"
comingsoon1.jpg|"Coming Soon"
comingsoon2.jpg|"Coming Soon"
comingsoon3.jpg|"Coming Soon"
comingsoon3.5.jpg|"Coming Soon" variant (Sing-Along Songs)
comingsoon4.jpg|"Coming Soon"
nowavailable1.jpg|"Now Available" variant
alsoavailable2.jpg|"Also Available"
alsoavailable3.jpg|"Also Available"
alsofromwdhv.jpg|"Also From Walt Disney Home Video" variant
limitedtimeoffer.jpg|"LIMITED TIME OFFER" variant
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Walt Disney Home Video (Spanish variant, 1986).jpg|Spanish "PRESENTA" variant
wdhvpresenta2.jpg|Spanish/Italian "presenta" variant
Walt Disney Home Video (german, 1986).jpg|German "präsentiert"
wdhvpräsentiert1989.jpg|German "präsentiert"
Walt Disney Home Video (german, 1989).jpg|German "präsentiert"
Walt Disney Home Video (german, 1987).jpg|German "präsentiert"
wdhvpräsentiert.jpg|German "präsentiert"
wdhvpräsentiert5.jpg|German "präsentiert"
wdhvpräsentiert2.jpg|German "PRÄSENTIERT"
Walt Disney Home Video (1986, variant).png|German "präsentiert"
wdhvpresenterar.jpg|Swedish "presenterar"
wdhvpresenterar2.jpg|Swedish "présenterar"
Walt Disney Home Video (1987-1988).jpg|Swedish "PRESENTERAR"
Walt Disney Home Video (1986, Swedish Serif 2).jpg|Swedish "Presenterar"
Walt Disney Home Video (1987-1991).jpg|Swedish "PRESENTERAR"
wdhvpresenterer.jpg|Norwegian "PRESENTERER"
wdhvpresenterer2.jpg|Norwegian "PRESENTERER"
Walt Disney Home Video (dutch variant, 1986).png|Dutch "presenteert" variant
wdhvesittää.jpg|Finnish "esittää" variant
Walt Disney Home Video (1986?).png|Icelandic "KYNNIR" variant
wdhvΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΖΕΙ.jpg|Greek "ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΖΕΙ" variant
Walt Disney Home Video ("Coming Soon", greek, 1988).jpg|Greek "ΠΡΟΣΕΧΩΣ"
Walt Disney Home Video (Greek "Coming to" Version, 1988).png|Greek "ΠΡΟΣΕΧΩΣ"
Walt Disney Home Video (1989).jpg|Greek "ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΕΙ" variant
wdhv5.jpg|French "A venir de Walt Disney Home Video cet Automne" variant
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a drawing of Mickey Mouse, dressed in his Sorcerer's Apprentice outfit from ''Fantasia'', fades in
'''Trivia:'''
*
*The opening portion of this logo was also used for the [[Walt Disney Classics]] logo from 1988 to 1994.
*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.▼
'''Variants:'''
*The text may vary from a
*On some tapes, the Mickey part is
*Sometimes, "presents" in white, or an all-caps "
*''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 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 releases of ''Lantern Hill'' and ''The Jungle Book'', and on the 1992 demo VHS release of ''Frankenweenie''.
*On the 1991 VHS of ''Three Men and a Little Lady'', a bumper plays where the logo and the words "
*On 1992 VHS releases from the Walt Disney Classics line, the logo is repurposed as a bumper, where the "
*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, "'''
*At least one German tape has the word "
*At least one Spanish tape has the word "
*At least one Greek tape has the word "
*On Chinese tapes, "
*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 it's on a 3D
*On some UK releases, the second half of the logo is shifted down in order to make room for "
**Often, this variant starts when the text is being written.
**The text appears in a different font on the rental release of ''The Hunted''.
**Another version of this logo appears on a
*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
*A variant with the logo in
*On the 1991 Italian VHS release of ''The Rescuers'' (''Le avventure di Bianca e Bernie''), 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 "
*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'' (''Hocus Pocus: Les trois
*There is a variant where the shining plays backwards after playing normally.
*Sometimes, the logo fades out earlier than usual.
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*On the Spanish VHS release of ''The Disney Channel Vol.12'', the logo begins with Mickey placed way below his usual position. Once the logo starts forming, the logo animation gets superimposed to footage from ''This is your life, Donald Duck'' and ''101 Dalmatians''. After forming, the logo resizes and goes down the screen.
'''Technique:''' 2D
'''Audio:'''
*The phrase "קלטת עולמית דוברת עברית" in the third Hebrew variant was put on the covers of Walt Disney VHS releases in Israel to signify that the program in the tapes in question was in the Hebrew language; English-language tapes used the phrase "קלטת עולמית דוברת אנגלית" instead.▼
'''Audio Variants:'''
*In its early years, the music was more synthesized.
*There is a version with a series of droning synth notes, incorporating "dings" that are perfectly synchronized with the logo "sparkling". This can be seen on early pressings of the 1990 reissues of ''Blackbeard's Ghost'', ''Something Wicked This Way Comes'', and ''The Watcher in the Woods''. It also made an appearance on the LaserDisc release of ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' in place of the normal logo.
*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''.
*On the 1991 VHS releases of ''Lantern Hill'' and ''Looking for Miracles'', the short version of the above variant is used, but Brian Cummings says "New, from Walt Disney Home Video!" over the logo.
*The "Also From Walt Disney Home Video" bumper uses the stock music piece "Pageantry 6" from the Bruton Music library, and uses the "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video." voiceover from the above 1991 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
*The "Coming This Fall to Home Video" bumper is silent, except for Mark Elliot 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 (which was also used as the 1989 Feature Presentation jingle)
*On the 1993 US VHS releases ''Boo Busters'', ''Monster Bash'', and ''Witcheroo!'', the music is out of sync with the logo, as it plays about a second later than usual.
*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 on the UK VHS release of ''The Disney Bunch'', and is accompanied by John Sachs' voiceover.
*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
**Latin American Spanish:
***Argentina: "{{
***Mexico/Chile: "{{
**European Spanish:
***"{{
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**European French:
***"{{
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**Brazilian Portuguese:
***"{{
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**European Portuguese: "{{
**German: "{{
**Italian: "{{
**Japanese:
***"{{
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**Dutch: "{{
**Swedish:
***"{{
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**Norwegian: "{{
**Danish: "{{
**Finnish:
***"{{
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**Hebrew:
***"{{
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**Greek: "{{
*On some PAL tapes, there is a high pitched version that also exists. Some UK tapes use this version in tandem with the standard version, even on the same tape.
**This occurs on the long versions of the UK "Coming Soon" and "Also Available" variants, where they are accompanied with John Sachs saying "Coming soon from Walt Disney Home Video" or "Also available from Walt Disney Home Video".
*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".
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'''Availability:''' Seen on just about any Disney release from this time period all over the world.
*It was first seen on Disney VHS releases from September 1986, including ''No Deposit, No Return'', ''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''.
▲*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
*It was also seen on home video releases of Disney TV shows, classic Disney cartoon compilations, and
*This logo typically wasn't seen on Walt Disney Classics releases, though it appears as a bumper on the 1991 VHS release of ''The Jungle Book'', and the version of the logo without Mickey at the start can be seen on the earliest Walt Disney Classics LaserDisc releases.
*Following the 1992 VHS release of ''So Dear to My Heart'', US Disney VHS releases would typically use the 7th logo.
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'''Legacy:''' A favorite amongst fans of Disney tapes.
===6th Logo (April 1987-1993) (international)===
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'''Visuals:''' A montage of clips play out, starting with the 1983 opening of [[Disney Channel|The Disney Channel]] (first as a premium channel), followed by the Cinderella Castle from the 2nd logo. After this, many clips from Disney's library play out, 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'', it fades to the WDHV logo on a space background, with the logo in a
'''Variants:'''
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*The tail end of the 5th 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.
*On a few tapes, the archive footage may be very different and could contain parts of the
*Sometimes, the logo is on a
*A Japanese variant uses different clips, has the music cut off, and starts with the Bandai Video Network logo, then fading to the end of the 5th WDHV logo, with these clips afterwards.
*On the Swedish VHS of ''Rob Roy'', the logo starts halfway in.
'''Technique:''' Traditional animation, CGI and live-action for the archive footage, and
'''Audio:''' A synthesized instrumental version of "Casey Jr." from ''Dumbo''.
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'''Audio Variants:'''
*The gradient background variant has a repeating synth sound.
*A Latin American version has an announcer say "{{
*There are three announcer variants, that can be spotted on New Zealand tapes:
**"Walt Disney Home Video presents outstanding feature programming for today's family."
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*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'' (1992).
===7th Logo (Late 1991-October 8, 2002
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Images=
<gallery mode="packed" heights="180">
Walt Disney Home Video (1991, DVD).jpg
nowyoucanownthesehittitles.jpg|"Now you can own these hit titles..." variant
specialannouncement.jpg|"Special Announcement" variant
Walt Disney Home Video (1991, Blue).jpg|Blue
Walt Disney Home Video (1992).jpg|
wdhvgreen.jpg|Green
Walt Disney Home Video (1991, variant).jpg|"Available Now on LaserDisc" variant
brightbeginings.jpg|"Bright Beginnings" variant
disneypresents.jpg|"Disney
Walt Disney Home Video (1991, Presents).jpg|Silver "
Walt Disney Home Video (1999, superimposed) 1.png|Superimposed variant #1
Walt Disney Home Video (1999, superimposed) 2.png|Superimposed variant #2
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'''Visuals:''' The words "
* 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 live-action Disney releases and on advertisements of all Disney videos. ''A Goofy Movie'' was the first animated film to have this logo.▼
* Instead of appearing before a tape's trailers like the previous logos, the silver variant appeared immediately before the start of the film or TV show featured on the tape.▼
'''Variants:'''
*Sometimes, a
*A variant with a solid blue background appears on a Holiday 1992 in-store loop tape.
*
**A completely still version of the silver variant was used on 1993 VHS releases of Disney TV movies, which fades out halfway through the music. Afterwards, blue text reading "
*At the beginning of ''The Spirit of Mickey'', the text fades out, leaving the
*On the VHS promo for ''The Big Green'', the background is a
*A version with "
*On a 1994 promo for ''Disney's Bright Beginnings'' VHS collection (which consisted of releases of preschool-targeted shows from [[Jim Henson Productions]] and [[DIC Entertainment|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 still variation with the text "{{font|Times New Roman|NOW YOU CAN OWN THESE HIT TITLES...}}" fading
*There is a still variant seen at the beginning of the ''Jungle 2 Jungle'' VHS trailer.
*On TV spots for the VHS release of ''Tarzan'', the logo is superimposed over a scene from the movie.
*A
*On [[Gativideo]]-distributed Argentine tapes, the logo animates as usual, but it splits at the end. This usually happens before a bumper or a commercial.
*On a commercial for ''Fantasia'', "Available now on LaserDisc" fades
*A VHS promo has the logo zoom towards the viewer.
'''Technique:'''
'''Audio:''' A
'''Audio Variants:'''
*On the 1998 US DVD release of ''Air Bud'', the logo is silent.
*A version of this logo's music that
*On the Australian VHS releases of ''Hocus Pocus'' (''Abracadabra'') 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 release of ''Dinosaur'', as well as some Italian VHS tapes.
*The "Special Announcement" variant has an announcer saying "A special announcement from Walt Disney Home Video".
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*On the 1998 VHS release of ''The Black Cauldron'', the normal music plays over the longer version, which ends earlier.
'''Availability:''' Seen on releases from the company from this time period
*The logo's first general appearance was on TV spots for the 1991 Classics release of ''The Rescuers Down Under''. The first VHS sighting was on the "NOW YOU CAN OWN THESE HIT TITLES..." bumper
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*It was seen on most (non-Classics/Masterpiece) Disney video/DVD releases of the era, including most (if not all) [[Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection|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, as seen on later printings of ''The Black Cauldron''.
*Among the last releases to use this logo were the DVD of ''Recess: School's Out'' (the VHS used the 2001 WDHE 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
*It was also seen on some Australian VHS releases (mostly of live-action material and on some promos).
*While the "NOW YOU CAN OWN THESE HIT TITLES..." screen appears on reprints of ''The Rocketeer'', rental pressings of the tape have no logo whatsoever.
*VHS releases in Argentina from Gativideo still used this logo until 2006, while the 2001 WDHE logo is on their corresponding DVD counterparts.
*This logo makes
*The still variant of the silver version was the first version of the logo to be used, and can be seen on 1993 VHS releases of films such as ''Not Quite Human'', ''Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss'', and ''The Ernest Green Story''. It then appeared following the trailers on the 5 ''Bill Nye the Science Guy'' tapes released between 1994 and 1995, and also appeared following the trailers on the 1995 US VHS of ''Gordy''.
*The silver variant
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=== 8th Logo (as Disney Videos) (Fall 1994-June 14, 2005) (international) ===
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Disney Videos (1995) (From - the 1996 Disney Piracy Warning, from the 2001 UK VHS release of Coyote Ugly (2000)).png|UK variant with the logo already formed before the 1996 Disney piracy warning.
disneyvideosukrare.jpg|"Which one is missing from your collection?" variant
disneyvideosaus.jpg|Promotional variant
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'''Visuals:''' On a
'''Trivia:'''
*This was used in international territories 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 2001 WDHE logo on early 2000's releases. It was last seen on a Mexican ''Tarzan'' VHS tape from 2005, which did ''not'' have the 2001 logo.
*Despite being seen on a disproportionate number of PAL tapes, this logo was originated at 30p.
*In some countries, this was the ''de facto'' Feature Presentation bumper, or was used to signal that the next trailers were for video releases.
'''Variants:'''
*On most UK VHS releases, the logo was remade with some changes. The background is solid
**There is also a version in a promo where the logo is already formed, but the text "
*There was also a Japanese version of this logo introduced in 1997 and appearing as late as 1999; where the gradient background is
*The above variant also has a variant on ''Sing-Along Songs from Hercules'', in which similar to the one on the 5th logo, the opening theme plays and the logo is sped up to fit it. For unknown reasons, the UK VHS release of ''Collection of All Time Favourites'' merely uses the regular UK version of the logo before going straight to the opening.
*A variant with the gradient background being
*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: "{{
*A Spanish soundtrack promo has "AUDIO" instead of "VIDEOS".
*Commercials for Disney Hebrew VHS releases replace the word "VIDEOS" with "{{
*There is also a different variant on promos from Australia, Japan and some trailers from the UK where the "VIDEOS" banner is glowing in white, there is a sparkle on the Mickey Mouse icon and on "
*A filmed variant of the promotional version appears on an Australian cinema trailer for the VHS release of ''The Lion King''.
*A singular variant found on Italian tapes has the "S" part of the "VIDEOS" banner cut off, leaving only "VIDEO". A version of this has the logo slowed down and with a copyright notice on the bottom right.
*A 2-D version of this logo appears at the beginning of Disney promos on Brazilian tapes. This can be seen in animated and still forms. The animated version has the rectangles flying in to form the logo.
*A different variant was spotted on Mexican tapes: the background is
*There is a still variant on some 1997 tapes from the U.S. where "VIDEOS" is cut off, the
*A variant found on a German DVD/VHS promo of ''Dinosaur'' (''Dinosaurier'') has the logo next to the [[Disney DVD]] logo in a black background.
*A Japanese TV commercial has the logo placed on a Christmas tree.
*A still variant appears on the 1997 Italian VHS release (and its 2001 reissue) of ''Dumbo'', due to plastering the [[RKO Radio Pictures]],
*Some Italian promos feature the Italian print logo variant. On the promo for ''A Goofy Movie'', the logo is on a white background and is zoomed out, while on a promo from a ''Jungle Cubs'' VHS has the logo on a blue gradient background and the logo is zoomed in.
'''Technique:''' CGI animation.
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**Italian: The same announcement as the Italian variant of the 5th logo. There are two variants, with one keeping the name "Walt Disney Home Video" and the other abridging it to "Disney Video".
**Norwegian: The same announcement as the Norwegian variant of the 5th logo, but with "Walt Disney Videos" instead of "Walt Disney Home Video".
**Danish: "{{
**Finnish: The same announcement as the second Finnish variant of the 5th logo, but with "Walt Disney videot" instead of "Walt Disney kotivideot".
*On UK VHS releases, the logo was often used as a bumper with one of the following said by a voice-over (John Sachs):
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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!"
*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.
*On the 1996 Mexican release of ''Walt Disney Mini
*On the 1998 UK VHS re-release of ''Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under The Sea'', the theme from the 5th logo is used. This likely due to an attempt to plaster the 5th logo with the UK variant of this logo, and as such, stays on-screen for a bit longer.
*An early 2010's Disney Channel Russia airing of ''Angels in the Infield'' has an announcer saying "Disney Videos" at the end of the logo.
'''Availability:''' This is seen on releases outside the United States and Canada.
*
*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 DVD releases of ''A Goofy Movie'', ''A Bug's Life'', ''The Tigger Movie'' as well as the first two ''Toy Story'' films either separately or on ''The Ultimate Toy Box'' set (despite the USA discs being completely different than the separate releases).
*It also appears in place of the "The Ring" logo on the Region 4 DVD releases of ''102 Dalmatians'' and ''The Parent Trap'' (possibly due to being a reprint of an earlier release in the case of the latter).
*It also makes
*
*It also shows up on the 2003 Australian Special Edition DVD release of ''101 Dalmatians'' (1996 live-action remake), even though Australian VHS/DVD releases were using the Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo at the time (it could mean that the DVD was going to be released at some stage in 2001, but it was delayed).
*It also appears on the 1st Australian Single Disc DVD release (and later Buena Vista Single Disc DVD reissue) of ''A Bug's Life''.
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'''Visuals:''' Essentially just the
'''Variants:'''
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'''Availability:''' This logo appears on a lot of low-priority 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 two-dimensional text variant can be seen on ''Winnie the Pooh: A Birthday Party in the Hundred Acre Wood.''
*The last tape to use this logo was ''The Miracle Worker''. It is also seen on some trailers, including the home video trailers for ''Summer of the Monkeys'' and ''Inspector Gadget''.
==Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2001-2007)==
===Logo (July 17, 2001-February 5, 2008
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'''Visuals:'''
'''Variants:'''
*Sometimes, the logo would be stretched vertically,
*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 Disney Videos logo scrolling upwards into the arc, this time all without rectangles and in
*Japanese and Spanish commercials for home video releases use a flat model of the logo on a
*On a Spanish home video and DVD commercial for ''Beauty and the Beast'' (''La Bella y la Bestia''), the "Home Entertainment" text is omitted.
*Commercials for the home video release of ''Winter Wonderland'' have a Christmas tree behind the logo.
*On Blu-ray releases, the first variant listed above
'''Technique:'''
'''Audio:'''
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'''Audio 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
*The German version has the same tune that was used in the German extended variant of the Disney Videos logo.
*Trailers and TV spots use the opening theme of the trailer.
'''Availability:'''
*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 version is used for animated releases while the black background version is used for live-action releases.
*
* This was seen on 2002 French VHS releases of ''The Great Mouse Detective'' (''Basil, détective privé'') and ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' (''Atlantide, l'empire perdu'').
*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 released between 2002-2005; among others.
** The last VHS releases to use this logo were the 2007 VHS releases of ''Cars'', the Platinum Edition of ''The Little Mermaid'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'', ''Invincible'', and the 2006/2007 demo VHS of ''Cinderella III: A Twist in Time'', all of which were exclusively for the Disney Movie Club and thus are very hard to find.
*This logo does not appear anywhere on most Pixar releases; 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. However, the VHS releases of ''The Incredibles'' and ''Cars'' do have this, as well as the latter's original Blu-ray prints from 2007 and the 2003 UK DVD of ''A Bug's Life''. It was also seen on the 2008 South Korean VHS of ''WALL-E'' along with the KD Media logo, despite the fact the South Korean DVD uses the next logo and no KD Media logo. The 2003 Australian 2-Disc Special Edition DVD of ''A Bug's Life'' has this logo as well.
*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 in the US which include ''My Neighbors the Yamadas'' and ''Porco Rosso'', among others (the logo is removed on the 2010 US reprints of ''Castle in the Sky'', ''My Neighbor Totoro'' and ''Kiki's Delivery Service'', alongside the US [[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'' also do not have this logo, despite it being on the cover; they just use the 1995 Disney Videos logo (but their VHS counterparts have this 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 appeared on some Chinese Studio Ghibli VCD releases from the time, such as ''Porco Rosso'' and ''Castle in the Sky'', appearing after the China Audio & Video Publishing House logo and Disney warning screen. Some Ghibli films would have BVHE logos, or no Disney logos at all.▼
▲*The 2002 Region 4 DVD releases of ''The Aristocats'' and ''Oliver & Company'' also do not have this logo, despite it being on the cover; they just use the 1995 Disney Videos logo (but their VHS counterparts have this logo). This logo also makes
*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 appeared at the start of the Mexican VHS release of ''Daredevil VS. Spider-Man'' instead of the Buena Vista Home Entertainment logo.▼
*This appeared on the French UMD for PSP release of ''The Sixth Sense'' (''Sixième Sens'', a [[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).▼
*Despite its domestic retirement in 2008, VCDs released in Asian region continued to use this logo until late-2011. In case of Indonesian VCDs, this logo was used in tandem with the Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment logo from 2009 to 2011.
*This and the 2001 Disney DVD logo also
▲** It appeared on some Chinese Studio Ghibli VCD releases from the time, such as ''Porco Rosso'' and ''Castle in the Sky'', appearing after the China Audio & Video Publishing House logo and Disney warning screen.
▲*This and the 2001 Disney DVD logo also appears on the 2013 UK DVD release of ''Make Mine Music'', possibly because the disc master was most likely prepared for a 2006 release, but was not released until 2013 for unknown reasons.
*This logo was also spotted on the Indian VCD releases of ''Ratatouille'' and ''WALL-E'' despite the WDSHE logo used on DVD and Blu-ray releases.
*On the 2001 Platinum Edition DVD of ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', this logo does not show up; it instead goes straight from the Warning Screens to the DVD menu.
* It occasionally makes appearances on other BVHE releases:
▲** This appeared at the start of the Mexican VHS release of ''Daredevil VS. Spider-Man'' instead of the Buena Vista Home Entertainment logo.
▲** This appeared on the French UMD for PSP release of ''The Sixth Sense'' (''Sixième Sens'', a [[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).
* The RNIB audio described VHSes of ''Finding Nemo'' and ''The Incredibles'' doesn’t have this logo, as it goes straight to the film after the warning screen.
'''Legacy:''' Much like the 1st and 5th WDHV logos, this is a popular logo among collectors.
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'''Visuals:''' The logo starts 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: The Curse of the Black Pearl'', ''Peter Pan'', and ''The Princess Diaries''. The camera then zooms out, revealing a wall of hundreds of clips from various Disney films. More and more clips fly out, replacing some others. One by one, the words "MOVIES.", "MAGIC.", and "MORE." zoom 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}}", in the famous script, fades in below. Once the logo fades out, a screen that shows the text "AVAILABLE ON DVD (or Di{{small|SNEY}} DVD) and Di{{small|SNEY}} Blu-Ray Disc (or Di{{small|SNEY}} Blu-Ray HI-DEF)" (with the DVD (or Disney DVD) and Disney Blu-Ray Disc (or Disney Blu-Ray) logos being shown) and all of the films featured shown below the text.
'''Trivia:'''
'''Variants:'''
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'''Technique:''' CGI effects.
'''Audio:''' The overture from ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (also used as the theme of the 1991 [[Morgan Creek Entertainment|Morgan Creek]] logo, albeit a short version), composed by Michael Kamen. On the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' clip,
'''Audio Variant:''' Foreign language versions of this logo exist. In them, the sound of cymbals have been completely removed and the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' clip would either be dubbed or subbed (like in the Dutch variant).
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*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.
*It also appears on a small number of non-Disney releases from Buena Vista, like the 2009 British/Irish DVD of ''The Secret of Kells''.
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*March 4, 2008: The logo is largely shortened, and the "Disney" text is in the same position as the previous logo. The logo also fades in. Only seen on the 2008 Platinum Edition release of ''101 Dalmatians'' (Disc 2 only).
*May 20, 2008-August 12, 2014 (2015 in the Philippines): The logo starts exactly at the arc drawing, and cuts in from black.
*November 16, 2010: The
*November 13, 2012-August 12, 2014: The logo sequence is extended much like the film counterpart's logo. It also lacks the fade in and fade out. This first appeared on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''Brave'', and lasted until August 2014, with the 2014 Special Edition release of ''Hercules'' being the last release to use this. This is also used for all Disney DVD and Blu-ray releases, starting with the DVD and Blu-ray release of ''Monsters University'', the 2013 DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'' and ''Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year''.▼
*2011-2012: The logo is still and the text is changed to "W{{Small|ALT}} Di{{Small|SNEY}}" (in the famous script) and "STUDIOS" underneath. This can also appear as a loading screen with the river flowing when the Blu-ray starts. After 2012, the text is removed, leaving just the castle.
▲*November 13, 2012-August 12, 2014: The logo sequence is extended much like the film counterpart's logo. It also lacks the fade in and fade out. This first appeared on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''Brave'', and lasted until August 2014, with the 2014 Special Edition release of ''Hercules'' being the last release to use this. This is also used for all Disney DVD and Blu-ray releases, starting with the DVD and Blu-ray release of ''Monsters University'', the 2013 DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'' and ''Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year''.
*August 12, 2014-: Same as the May 2008 variation, except it is slightly extended, starting where the camera settles to the final angle. This time, the logo fades in.
*On 3D Blu-ray releases, the text "Di{{Small|SNEY}}" zooms while fading in. This applies to this logo and the 2011 Walt Disney Pictures logo.
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'''Audio:'''
*March 4, 2008-August 12, 2014: The end of the previous logo's music (despite the drumroll and a cymbal crash are absent), taken from the overture of ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (similar to the early fanfare of the second Morgan Creek logo), composed by Michael Kamen, sometimes in low-pitch or high-pitch.
*November 16, 2010-August 12, 2014: The full 2006 theme, written and composed by Mark Mancina, and co-arranged and orchestrated by David Metzger.
*2011-2012: The logo is silent.
*August 12, 2014-: Just the end of the 2006 theme
'''Availability:''' This can be seen on the main feature on both Disney-branded DVDs and Blu-rays since 2008, starting with Disc 2 of the 2008 Platinum Edition release of ''101 Dalmatians''.
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*This logo does not appear on releases from other Disney labels 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|Paramount Home Media Distribution]]'s logos, while some releases like the Japanese DVD and Blu-Ray releases of ''Mary and the Witch's Flower'' and ''Modest Heroes'', as well as all 4K Ultra HD releases, have no logos at all.
*This however, does appear on most Indonesian VCDs of the aforementioned Disney labels from 2010 onwards, with a few notable exceptions such as ''I Am Number Four'', ''Need For Speed'' (2014), and ''Ant-Man''.
*This
*It can also be seen on the UK DVD release of ''Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy'', due to it being released 7 years after its initial USA release.
*The Christmas variant was shown on the trailer for ''The Search for Santa Paws''.
*
*This can be found on the 2023 Blu-
▲==See Also==
▲*[[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Home Video Bumpers)]]
▲*[[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Availability Screens)]]
▲*[[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (Commentary Track Screen)]]
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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 as well. The Walt Disney Home Video name was kept until 2001, when the division was once again renamed Walt Disney Home Entertainment. In 1997, the company began producing DVDs, and in 2006, they started to release Blu-ray discs. The division took on its current name in 2007. It was the last major studio that still released home video products on VHS, doing so until 2007.
Starting in the 2020s, Disney would begin to phase out operations of their home media distribution unit around the world; in July 2023, the company announced that it would no longer release physical media in Australia and New Zealand due to declining sales of releases and shifting to streaming. Then on October 1, 2023, Disney content began to be distributed via home video under exclusive license by Elevation Sales (a British home video joint venture between StudioCanal and Lionsgate) in the UK. Finally, on February 20, 2024, Disney announced that their DVD and Blu-ray output in North America will now be distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ending Disney's 45-year run as a first-party home video distributor. The first Disney release to be distributed by Sony will be The First Omen, a 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment title, set for release on July 30. Just over a month earlier, on June 24, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment started distributing Disney and Sony titles through their Studio Distribution Services joint venture, though Disney titles will still be available exclusively through Sony.
Visuals: On a black background, a large, light blue outline of Mickey Mouse's silhouette (which is identical to the one used in the Mickey Mouse's 50th Birthday logo) appears and pans 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 signature script, as used on The Wonderful World of Disney) writes itself on-screen, the Mickey outlines one-by-one change to red. The outlines again change to golden yellow, then quickly change to light yellow as the words "Home Entertainment" zoom up and settle underneath off-center. Finally, the Mickey outlines one-by-one change to green before the logo fades out.
Variant: There exists a variant where the Mickey outlines turn blue at the end. This was only known to have been used on RCA SelectaVision releases.
Technique: Rotoscoped cel animation.
Audio: The orchestral fanfare from the Mickey Mouse's 50th Birthday logo, composed by Buddy Baker.
Availability: Seen on releases from the company from this time period until 1984. It would later be used in tandem with the next logo.
Legacy: It has become a favorite among VHS collectors for the animation and the music, although it's noted to have scared children during its usage. It had been unofficially nicknamed "Neon Mickey" among many.
Visuals: Nearly the same as the Walt Disney Home Entertainment (1978-1981) logo, 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 thin, orange Handel Gothic font, all usually with a drop shadow. The entire logo is also much smaller.
Variants:
Technique: Rotoscoped cel animation.
Audio: Same as the Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo.
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Availability: Seen on Disney videos from the period, almost exclusively used in the United States and Canada.
Visuals: On a black background, a light flashes in the middle of the screen with a pink glow and halo around it, with particles being released around it to form a stylized tunnel effect around it. From the center, Mickey Mouse's head, styled like the one used before his shorts, zooms in with a blue aura to it before quickly turning into a neon orange/flamingo pink sign and flashing brightly as it engulfs the screen. It then transitions to a neon blue square tunnel covered in gridlines, and a rectangular frame that plays the following animation:
On a cloudy sky photo that zooms in, a still of Mickey in Steamboat Willie zooms and tilts into place with a orange glow to its edges, and then a still of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves featuring the titular characters does the same thing. It then transitions via a X-shaped split to a still of the Evil Queen holding up the Heart Box, of which it zooms into it with a sparkle effect, and then zooms out to reveal a still of Pinocchio, with the sparkle acting as the Blue Fairy's magic. It then transitions via an ping of light and a rectangular wipe effect to stills of Fantasia, Bambi, and Alice in Wonderland, in that order. It then cuts to an a shot of Disney's Zorro zooming out, doing his signature pose on his horse with a blue glow while a evening cloudy sky zooms in behind him, and then shows stills of Old Yeller, Treasure Island, and The Country Bear Jamboree, also in that order, flying in from the top, then bottom, then top respectively. It then cuts to a recreation of a scene in The Absent Minded Professor, where Professor Brainard's flying car (also with a blue glow) flies above town, and then finally to another sky photo with various Disney characters slowly moving about.
After the final clip plays, Donald Duck's face zooms in a similar way to the Mickey head at the beginning, including turning into neon, and then cuts to a black background bordered by two walls of light, with Mary Poppins floating down on her umbrella and Tinker Bell flying upwards and flashing brightly as sparkles fly around her. It then fades to a dark blue background with a light blue horizon at the bottom, and a heavily saturated picture of Cinderella Castle from Walt Disney World is seen with neon fireworks going off around it. The camera slowly zooms in at first, but then quickly through the gate as it turns into a outlined neon sign and shoots out its trails before fading to a elaborate neon vector model of Spaceship Earth, colored in orange and flamingo pink, and the camera flies right above it. From here, it fades to a black/dark red gradient background, and the blue text "WALT DiSNEY" flips in from the top the top of the screen, with a gradient effect in the text, and then "HOME VIDEO" appears below, using the same Handel Gothic font from before. The whole thing sparkles and glows a little bit.
Trivia: This is actually the shortened version of the US/Canada opening of the 1981-83 version of The Wonderful World of Disney back when it was called, quite simply, Walt Disney. The main difference is that "HOME VIDEO" is obviously not there on the intro.
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Technique: Slit scan and Oxberry animation, accompanied with animated clips. Spaceship Earth was a vector CGI model animated on a Hewlett Packard desktop computer at Northrop Corporation (now Northrop Grumman). Designed by Harry Marks.
Audio: A powerful disco version of "When You Wish Upon a Star", arranged by Frank Gari. A soft phaser noise plays when "WALT DiSNEY" flies in as well. While in the intro it plays at its full length, the logo has it fade out when "HOME VIDEO" fades in (possibly to remove the announcer from the intro).
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Availability: It was (almost) exclusively used on releases outside North America.
Visuals: On a black/blue gradient background, the text "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" is seen in white, with "WALT DiSNEY" in the corporate "signature" font and "HOME VIDEO" in the Helvetica Rounded font. Underneath it is "P R E S E N T S", spaced out and in a serif font.
Trivia: The July 1985 variant is notable for being the first ever Disney-related logo or bumper to use the Bruton Music stock piece "Great Ovation", composed by Steve Gray. This would be used on the "NOW YOU CAN OWN THESE HIT TITLES" variant of the gold WDHV logo, but is most well known for playing over the lilac "Feature Presentation" bumper on many Disney releases.
Variants:
Technique: A digital graphic.
Audio: None. The first time the logo fades in on the preview tape of The Sword and the Rose, an announcer says "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video in July!" accompanied by the first few notes of "Great Ovation". The logo is accompanied by music from the trailers it accompanies for the remainder of the tape.
Availability: The standard version is only seen on Disney's DTV series of music video collections released in the period. The alternative versions are seen mostly on early demo tapes.
Visuals: Just the text "WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO" on a black background. After a few seconds, the text fades out, and the text "presents", in the same font, fades in.
Variants:
Technique: Still digital graphics with simple fade effects.
Audio: 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: The 1984 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. It 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. The 1999 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 logo.
Visuals: On a black background, a drawing of Mickey Mouse, dressed in his Sorcerer's Apprentice outfit from Fantasia, fades in standing on a blue spotlight, his hand held out high with pride. 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. After the camera zooms past Mickey, the spark begins swirling around and writes out the red "WALT DiSNEY" script. As the screen zooms out, the red text "HOME VIDEO" (in Helvetica Rounded) zooms out from the bottom of the screen and settles underneath "WALT DiSNEY". The logo shines along its edges and pings appear across the text before it fades out. The entire logo has a polished 3D look to it.
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Technique: 2D animation with camera-controlled animation used in the end, produced by Hal Miles Imagimation Studios.
Audio: First there is a low, held-out, synthesized B-flat tuba note, followed by a chime when the spark appears, segueing into a gradually rising synth theme played on the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, believed to be inspired by "Life Is for Living" by Barclay James Harvest. The last seven notes of the theme are accompanied by tom-tom fills played on a Simmons SDS-V electronic drum kit.
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Audio Trivia: The phrase "קלטת עולמית דוברת עברית" in the third Hebrew variant was put on the covers of Walt Disney VHS releases in Israel to signify that the program on the tapes in question was in the Hebrew language; English-language tapes used the phrase "קלטת עולמית דוברת אנגלית" instead.
Availability: Seen on just about any Disney release from this time period all over the world.
Legacy: A favorite amongst fans of Disney tapes.
Visuals: A montage of clips play out, starting with the 1983 opening of The Disney Channel (first as a premium channel), followed by the Cinderella Castle from the 2nd logo. After this, many clips from Disney's library play out, 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, it fades to the WDHV logo on a space background, with the logo in a blue/purple gradient. The logo shines and zooms out after.
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Technique: Traditional animation, CGI and live-action for the archive footage, and CGI animation for the logo itself.
Audio: A synthesized instrumental version of "Casey Jr." from Dumbo.
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Availability: Like with the 2nd logo, this was only used outside of the United States and Canada, though this logo is harder to find due to its shorter lifespan.
Visuals: The words "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO", in a metallic gold color, appear on a black background and shine.
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Technique: 2D animation.
Audio: A synthesized four-note horn/string tune, which sounds somewhat like the "Great Ovation" Feature Presentation theme; also used on various bumpers from the time. None for the Gativideo variant. Was used in many bumpers domestically and internationally.
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Availability: Seen on releases from the company from this time period until 2002, with it still in use in Argentina until 2006. Internationally (except in Argentina), this was mostly seen on trailers, most prominently during the 8th logo's lifespan.
Visuals: 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 icon bounce onto the green square. The text "DiSNEY" in the corporate font zooms out and settles on the yellow rectangle. Below, a green rectangular banner with the white word "VIDEOS" unfolds to the right.
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Variants:
Technique: CGI animation.
Audio: 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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Availability: This is seen on releases outside the United States and Canada.
Visuals: Essentially just the Persian blue words "WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO" in a fancy serif font on a black background.
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Technique: A digital graphic.
Audio: Same as the 7th logo or none.
Availability: This logo appears on a lot of low-priority 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.
Visuals: A bright flash appears with the "D" of the text "WALT DiSNEY" (in the familiar signature font) inside of it, 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.
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Technique: CGI.
Audio:
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Availability: It can be found on DVD, UMD, VCD, VHS and Blu-ray Disc releases from the era, some of which are still in print.
Legacy: Much like the 1st and 5th WDHV logos, this is a popular logo among collectors.
Visuals: The logo starts 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: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Peter Pan, and The Princess Diaries. The camera then zooms out, revealing a wall of hundreds of clips from various Disney films. More and more clips fly out, replacing some others. One by one, the words "MOVIES.", "MAGIC.", and "MORE." zoom 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. Once the logo fades out, a screen that shows the text "AVAILABLE ON DVD (or DiSNEY DVD) and DiSNEY Blu-Ray Disc (or DiSNEY Blu-Ray HI-DEF)" (with the DVD (or Disney DVD) and Disney Blu-Ray Disc (or Disney Blu-Ray) logos being shown) and all of the films featured shown below the text.
Trivia: While this is considered as a promo instead of a usual logo, the appearance and positioning (albeit different from this and the next logo below) 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:
Technique: CGI effects.
Audio: The overture from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (also used as the theme of the 1991 Morgan Creek logo, albeit a short version), composed by Michael Kamen. On the Pirates of the Caribbean clip, Jack Sparrow (played by Johnny Depp) says "We have our heading.", and on the Peter Pan clip, the titular character (voiced by Bobby Driscoll) says "Here we GOOOOO!" After the Peter Pan clip, Tony Rodgers says "From the magic within our hearts... to the adventure beyond the horizon... there is only one Disney." After Rodgers finishes speaking, the fanfare rises to a beautiful, triumphant state and ends with a majestic climax with an added cymbal sound.
Audio Variant: Foreign language versions of this logo exist. In them, the sound of cymbals have been completely removed and the Pirates of the Caribbean clip would either be dubbed or subbed (like in the Dutch variant).
Availability: This is considered to be more of a promo than a regular logo.
Visuals: Essentially 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 both the previous logo and the 2011 variant (although in a different position than the 2011 and previous logos). It either cuts in (May 20, 2008-August 12, 2014) or fades in (March 4, 2008; August 12, 2014-).
Variants:
Technique: CGI animation by Wētā Digital and yU + co.
Audio:
Availability: This can be seen on the main feature on both Disney-branded DVDs and Blu-rays since 2008, starting with Disc 2 of the 2008 Platinum Edition release of 101 Dalmatians.
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