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'''Technique:''' For ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' and ''The Porky Pig Show'', it's hand-drawn animation, the former provided by Warner Bros. Cartoons and the latter done by Hal Seeger Productions. For ''The Road Runner Show'', it's a still image. |
'''Technique:''' For ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' and ''The Porky Pig Show'', it's hand-drawn animation, the former provided by Warner Bros. Cartoons and the latter done by Hal Seeger Productions. For ''The Road Runner Show'', it's a still image. |
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'''Audio:''' The closing theme of the show. On ''The Road Runner Show'', Road Runner's distinctive "Beep beep!" and tongue-popping-out sound effects are heard. |
'''Audio:''' The closing theme of the show. On ''The Road Runner Show'', Road Runner's distinctive "Beep beep!" and tongue-popping-out sound effects (provided by Paul Julian and Treg Brown) are heard. |
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'''Availability:''' It's seen on TV broadcasts of ''The Porky Pig Show'' and ''The Road Runner Show''. |
'''Availability:''' It's seen on TV broadcasts of ''The Porky Pig Show'' and ''The Road Runner Show''. |
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* ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour'' has the shield on a {{color|red}} background. The color of the shield is {{color|#FFD900|yellow}}, and the company name is absent. Suddenly, Bugs Bunny (once again voiced by Mel Blanc) pops out of the shield, and says the following: "This has been a Warner Bros. Seven Arts-". Road Runner then appears on screen and says: "Beep, beep!". Bugs then continues: "Like the bird says, this has been a Warner Bros.-Seven Arts television presentation". The shield then closes. |
* ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour'' has the shield on a {{color|red}} background. The color of the shield is {{color|#FFD900|yellow}}, and the company name is absent. Suddenly, Bugs Bunny (once again voiced by Mel Blanc) pops out of the shield, and says the following: "This has been a Warner Bros. Seven Arts-". Road Runner then appears on screen and says: "Beep, beep!". Bugs then continues: "Like the bird says, this has been a Warner Bros.-Seven Arts television presentation". The shield then closes. |
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* The 1971-1973 run of ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' on ABC (which was produced in 1969) uses the first few seconds of ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour'' variant, before cutting to the previous logo's animation. Once Bugs finishes his line (though with "Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
* The 1971-1973 run of ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' on ABC (which was produced in 1969) uses the first few seconds of ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour'' variant, before cutting to the previous logo's animation. Once Bugs finishes his line (though with "Warner Bros.-Seven Arts television presentation" from the aforementioned variant dubbed in), the aforementioned beginning is shown again, in reverse. This version is cut from the 1973-1975 CBS broadcasts, though the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts logo was retained in the credits.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KpIjGLOKag</ref> |
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** The French dub, ''Le Bugs Bunny Show'', uses this variant with Bugs saying his line in French. |
** The French dub, ''Le Bugs Bunny Show'', uses this variant with Bugs saying his line in French. |
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** ''Mein Name ist Hase'' (the second German version of ''The Bugs Bunny Show'') replaces the "W7" mark with "BB" (Bugs Bunny's initials) in a fancy font, and the music is different. The name "Mein Name ist Hase" in a curved Ad Lib typeface appears below the shield, zooming away when Bugs appears. Bugs (voiced by Gerd Vespermann) says "Jubel, Trubel, Heiterkeit, seid zur Heiterkeit bereit. Mein Name ist Hase, ich weiß Bescheid! Wer eine schöne Stunde verschenkt, weil er an Ärger von gestern denkt oder an Sorgen von morgen, der tut mir leid. Mein Name ist Hase, ich weiß Bescheid". The animation of Bugs speaking is looped twice, with a third instance of Bugs chewing his carrot, before the shield closes. |
** ''Mein Name ist Hase'' (the second German version of ''The Bugs Bunny Show'') replaces the "W7" mark with "BB" (Bugs Bunny's initials) in a fancy font, and the music is different. The name "Mein Name ist Hase" in a curved Ad Lib typeface appears below the shield, zooming away when Bugs appears. Bugs (voiced by Gerd Vespermann) says "Jubel, Trubel, Heiterkeit, seid zur Heiterkeit bereit. Mein Name ist Hase, ich weiß Bescheid! Wer eine schöne Stunde verschenkt, weil er an Ärger von gestern denkt oder an Sorgen von morgen, der tut mir leid. Mein Name ist Hase, ich weiß Bescheid". The animation of Bugs speaking is looped twice, with a third instance of Bugs chewing his carrot, before the shield closes. |
Warner Bros. Animation (known from 1995-2003 as Warner Bros. Television Animation) is the successor to the original Warner Bros. Cartoons established in 1944, which was known before as Leon Schlesinger Productions. The studio was established in 1980.
Even before the studio's establishment in 1980, WB was already using special logos (most of them a variant of the Warner Bros. Television logo) for animated productions.
On October 11, 2022, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that as part of a cost-cutting restructuring, Warner Bros. Animation would merge with Cartoon Network Studios, with their respective name-only and output continuing to be in use in the future productions.
Visuals: A generic variant of the 1955-1967 Warner Bros. Television logo with Looney Tunes characters.
Variants:
Technique: For The Bugs Bunny Show and The Porky Pig Show, it's hand-drawn animation, the former provided by Warner Bros. Cartoons and the latter done by Hal Seeger Productions. For The Road Runner Show, it's a still image.
Audio: The closing theme of the show. On The Road Runner Show, Road Runner's distinctive "Beep beep!" and tongue-popping-out sound effects (provided by Paul Julian and Treg Brown) are heard.
Availability: It's seen on TV broadcasts of The Porky Pig Show and The Road Runner Show.
Visuals: Another generic variant of the TV logo of the era, this time for the 1967 Warner Bros.-Seven Arts TV logo.
Variants:
Technique: Usually a still image, but The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour variant uses traditional animation directed by Robert McKimson and animated at Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Cartoons.
Audio: The closing theme of the show.
Availability:
Visuals: Same as before, except the LT characters stand beside the 1972 WBTV logo (the Big "W" logo) or the Warner Bros. shield with the company name on top (in the Warner Communications custom typeface) and the byline "A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY" below.
Bylines:
Variants:
Technique: Early still animation.
Audio: The closing theme of the show.
Availability: It's seen on episodes of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show, The Sylvester and Tweety, Daffy, and Speedy Show, The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour, and The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show, as well as other Looney Tunes specials during the era, though most specials plaster it with the 5th logo.
Visuals: There is the concentric circles, with "WARNER BROS. INC.", "WARNER BROS. CARTOONS INC.", "WARNER BROS. PICTURES", "WARNER BROS. CLASSIC ANIMATION" and "WARNER BROS ANIMATION INC." on the top, and "Present" or "Presents" on the bottom from 1987 on. Then the WB shield (in either red and white or blue and gold) zooms in. A few seconds later, it may either fade to a character's head or none.
Closing Visuals: On the concentric circles "That's all Folks!" writes itself on the screen. From 1991 to 1997, either "A WARNER BROS. CARTOON" or the copyright stamp and the IATSE logo appears below.
Variants:
Technique: Hand-drawn animation.
Audio: "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" (1946-1955 "goofy" version) or "Merrily We Roll Along" (1945-1955 or 1955-1964 versions) in the 1979 and 1987 versions. From 1990 onward, "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" was used until 1993. Starting in 1994 with Chariots of Fur, the theme "Merrily We Roll Along" is used, orchestrated depending on the composers of Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries and more (such as Richard Stone, George Daughtery or Cameron Patrick). In the 1991 short (Blooper) Bunny, the theme "What's Up Doc?" is used.
Audio Variants: On The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, "Merrily We Roll Along" is arranged by Dean Elliott.
Availability:
Visuals: Over a royal blue wallpaper of little WB print shields, Bugs Bunny is seen in the spotlight, prompted on top of the company name "WARNER BROS. ANIMATION INC." in yellow-green.
Technique: Hand-drawn animation.
Audio: The sound of Bugs munching his carrot, usually played over the closing theme of the show.
Audio Variants:
Availability: Appeared on syndicated episodes of Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends, as well as various Looney Tunes TV specials (often plastering over older logos from the 1970s and 1980s, in many cases the 5th logo but sometimes even the 6th Warner Bros. Television logo on any specials originally using the aforementioned logos). Its first known sighting was the special Bugs & Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars.
Visuals: The same as the sixth Warner Bros. Television logo, except that the text above reads "WARNER BROS. ANIMATION INC.", and the fonts are also different.
Technique: A painting filmed by a cameraman.
Audio: The ending theme of the show.
Availability: Only seen on Happy Birthday, Bugs: 50 Looney Years, Bugs Bunny's Creature Features, Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes and Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster (even on the 1998 UK VHS release thereof from Warner Home Video).
Visuals: On a cloud background, the standard WB shield is displayed in a small, different looking design. The banner reads "WARNER BROS. ANIMATION".
Bylines:
Technique: A painting filmed by a cameraman.
Audio: The opening/closing theme of the show/movie. On Taz-Mania, it has the last four notes of the Taz-Mania ending theme.
Availability:
Visuals: Over a set of clouds, there is a very metallic rendition of the 1984 WB shield, with the banner reading "TELEVISION ANIMATION", and the byline at the bottom. Underneath is the byline, "A TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY".
Variants:
Technique: A digital graphic.
Audio: The ending of the show's theme or none.
Availability:
Visuals: The Warner Bros. logo inside the concentric circles cuts onto the screen. Then, the shield zooms in towards the camera and moves down off-screen to show Bugs Bunny's face. The circles then zoom out a bit to reveal the sky background from the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo, and the letters "Looney Tunes" slide in. A print WB logo is also seen at the bottom of the circles.
Technique: CGI animation.
Audio: None.
Availability: Appears on Re-TV Video Library's tapes of Looney Tunes material, though the tapes aren't easy to find as they were only sold on Columbia House's website, back when the internet was still primitive.
Visuals: There were two main variants of the logo:
Trivia: On one episode of Duck Dodgers, the end credits cut to black in the place where the logo should be. The reason for this is unknown, though it may be due to bad editing. The almost exact subject also happened on What's New, Scooby-Doo?, but the last credit is somehow frozen and the logo doesn't appear at all.
Variants:
Technique: A digital graphic.
Audio: It's usually the outro of the show's theme music, but is also seen silent on some direct-to-video movies (typically if it follows a DC Entertainment logo, a Hanna-Barbera credit, or a dedication in the credits).
Audio Variant: On CBBC UK airings of What's New Scooby Doo?, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Krypto the Superdog and Baby Looney Tunes, the last note of the show's theme music is heard.
Availability:
Visuals: On a black background, a green center zooms up as some red rings zoom out one-by-one and arrange themselves into the famous "bullseye" backdrop. Then a large, metallic red-and-gold WB shield comes from the center of the screen, zooms up to a huge size, overshooting its mark and then backs up to its usual spot on the bullseye (this was borrowed from the 1953 3D LT short Lumberjack Rabbit). Then over it, "WARNER BROS. PICTURES" "wipes" onscreen over the shield in an ugly font, and underneath is "PRESENTS" in the same font.
Closing Visuals: The same concentric circles background as before, but with "LOONEY TUNES" above the center of the rings and "That's all Folks!" tracing itself on the bottom of the bullseye. Porky Pig (voiced by Billy West) appears in the center and stutters, "T-th-th-that's all, folks!".
Technique: Hand-drawn animation.
Audio: A remixed version of "Merrily We Roll Along", arranged by Walter Murphy and recorded at the Newman Scoring Stage at the Fox Studio Lot.
Audio Variants:
Availability:
Visuals: The logo is very similar to the 1953 MGM Cartoons logo, but instead of using Tanner the lion with baby blue ribboning, it is replaced by a Warner Bros. shield, and instead of "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer", it's replaced with "A Warner Bros. Animation". The word "CARTOON" is still used, and it still takes place in a blue background.
Technique: A digital graphic.
Audio: The opening music.
Availability: It was first seen in The Karate Guard and was last seen in Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale.
NOTE: On the 4th video (originally uploaded by the YouTube user Baby Lamb Creations, and later reuploaded by Los juguetes de mili y lola), there is a hidden fake logo, with Freakazoid (from the animated series of the same name).
Visuals: On a red spotlight background, the standard WB shield is seen much like before, with Bugs Bunny (drawn in his 1940s style) on the left, munching his carrot. The shield is more computer-generated. Below the shield is "Presents" in white script.
Trivia:
Variants:
Technique: A mix of traditional and CGI animation. A still image for the closing variant.
Audio: The opening variant plays a sped-up version of the very end of the 1945-1955 rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along" by Carl Stalling with Bugs munching his carrot, while the end variant uses the end theme of the show/movie or none.
Audio Variants:
Availability:
Visuals: On a black background, a series of 3D orange circles come flying into the screen, arranging itself into the famous "bullseye" backdrop. Then a large, metallic WB shield zooms in at a fast pace, overshooting its mark and nearly crashing into the screen (again, a la Lumberjack Rabbit), and then bounces back to its normal position, as "WARNER BROS. ANIMATION" appears above it, and "Presents" below it, in the classic fonts. The logo then comes apart and zooms away. No series logo or closing titles appear.
Variants:
Technique: CGI animated by Reel FX.
Audio: A remixed, short version of "Merrily We Roll Along", arranged by Christopher Lennertz. On the 3D shorts, when the shield zooms in, we hear the "twanging" sound from the 1945-1955 Merrie Melodies theme. Also, we hear some whooshing sounds when the circles fly by.
Audio Variants:
Availability:
Visuals: On a crumpled orange paper background, the WB shield (similar to the 1985 Warner Home Video shield) is at the center and a little bit to the top of the screen, made out of crumpled dark blue-gray paper and with the space in the lower bowl of the "B" being poorly-aligned, and on the bottom is the byline "A WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT CO.". Below the company byline is the "www.warnerbros.com" URL. The logo gets covered up with the MAD logo all over and wipes to the left for the after-credits skit.
Variant: On the episode "KoBee Movie/Law and Ogre", the logo is drawn on a flip book, like the credits were. The shield is drawn much more smoothly and the space in the lower bowl of the "B" is aligned correctly, while the text below it is written in a cruder, notebook writing-esque font.
Technique: A digital graphic.
Audio: The ending theme of MAD.
Availability: It's only seen after the end credits of MAD.
Visuals: At the start of the show, the sequence starts on a black background with a dark blue light. Then, a large WB shield in the design of the 14th logo, accompanied with the words "WARNER BROS. ANIMATION" and "Presents", in the same fonts as the 14th logo, zoom in (with the shield once again zooming in closer than the letters and overshooting its mark, crashing into the screen, then quickly pulling back-again, a la Lumberjack Rabbit). Around the same time the shield appears, a colorful, painted orange/yellow bullseye "zooms" behind it. Then a quick second later, the shield zooms out, and the camera follows the shield, segueing into the opening intro of the show.
Variant: A prototype version exists, which is seen on the scrapped pilot Laff Riot from 2009.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: The opening theme of the show (a fast-paced jazzy remix of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", arranged by Andy Sturmer).
Availability:
Visuals: The logo is very similar to the 1953 MGM Cartoons logo, but instead of using Tanner the lion with baby blue ribboning, it was replaced by a Warner Bros. shield from the 14th logo, and instead of "A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer", the text reads "A Warner Bros.". The word "CARTOON" is still used, and it still takes place on a blue background.
Variant: On Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon, the logo is sepia-tinted and placed in a border surrounded by dragons.
Technique: A digital graphic.
Audio: The opening music.
Availability: It was used only in Tom and Jerry direct-to-video movies, starting with Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse.
Visuals: On a black background, the WB shield used from the intro of the 2010 Looney Tunes shorts is displayed. Below the logo is a byline script that reads "Animation". Its lacking design and short life make could mean its just a placeholder logo for the next logo below.
Trivia: Despite the official logo not debuting until 2014, the print logo appeared in-credit on shows as early as November 11, 2011.
Technique: A digital graphic.
Audio: None or the closing theme of the show/movie.
Availability: This logo can be seen on the second season of Teen Titans Go!, the first season of Mike Tyson Mysteries, Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers, Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas, Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered!, and other WB Animation movies.
Visuals: The WB shield (from the 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th logos) fades in with a dim shine over the shield and zooms in as the black background turns into a dark blood red background of Looney Tunes bullseye rings. After the WB shield is there, the script "Animation" is written in cursive writing.
Variants:
Trailer Variant: On the trailer for Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold, a still version of the logo gradually zooms in along with the DC logo.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: None, the opening/closing theme of the show/movie, or whoosh sound effects starting in 2019.
Availability:
Visuals: On a red background similar to that of the 2008 logo is the WB shield and the "Animation" script from the previous two logos. The shield opens up and Daffy Duck emerges from inside. He proceeds to bounce around the screen and interact with the logo, including taking "Animation" and flipping it like a flipbook, then using it to hit the shield like a gong. Daffy continues bouncing around until he runs smack into the camera and goes into a daze. The shield is opened again by an irritated Porky Pig, who grabs Daffy by the neck and pulls him back in before closing the shield, leaving one of Daffy's feathers to float down onto "Animation".
Trivia:
Technique: 2D computer animation directed and storyboarded by Pete Browngardt, and animated by veteran animator Eric Goldberg.
Audio: Various cartoon sound effects, including Daffy's trademark "Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo!" (voiced by Eric Bauza).
Audio Variant: On Taz: Quest for Burger, a fast-paced violin rendition of "Merrily We Roll Along" plays over the logo and trails off into the opening music of the film. The sound effects and Daffy's voice are still heard.
Availability: It is currently being used in tandem with the previous logo on movies. This was first seen on Teen Titans Go! To the Movies and later appeared on several direct-to-video releases from the company since.
Visuals: Another recreation of the classic "bullseye" logo, with varied colors (such as red rings and a dark blue center, or green rings and a dark red center). On top is "WARNER BROS. ANIMATION" in its classic font, and on the bottom is "Presents" in the script font and a production number. The WB shield (also in varied colors) zooms up normally this time. The size and colors of the text are different each time as well.
Closing Visuals: Just "That's all Folks!" writing itself out in its classic script font against the bullseye backdrop used in the short.
Trivia: If one looks closely at the bottom of the screen in the studio logo, one can see the production number of the short. This also applies to most of the classic Looney Tunes shorts though the 1930s and 1950s.
Variants:
Technique: 2D animation.
Audio: A short orchestral remix of either "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" or "Merrily We Roll Along" arranged by Carl Johnson. The closing logo features an even shorter arrangement than what was heard in the classic shorts.
Audio Variant: On the smaller shorts like "Tunnel Vision" or "Cactus If You Can", it either uses an even shorter remix of "Merrily We Roll Along" or a generic fanfare that matches the theme of the short (examples include a fairy-tale fanfare in "Fleece and Desist" or a brass fanfare in "TNT Trouble").
Availability:
Visuals: A recreation of the 1960s Looney Tunes abstract opening sequences. On a black background, a series of lines zoom and swirl from the screen, three lavender and one orange. The lavender lines disappear one-by-one to form the 1963 "Abstract WB" graphic, rendered in lavender. As this happens, the orange line moves downward and back up before turning into an orange "PRESENTS", in a font very reminiscent of the actual 1960s logos. It then cuts to two lines swirling around and then sliding away to reveal the series logo, also including a small blue-and-yellow version of the WB shield from the 2014-present WB Animation logos, with "ANIMATION" underneath in the same strange font used for the rest of the lettering on the series logo.
Closing Visuals: A recreation of the 1967 Warner Bros.- Seven Arts Animation closing sequence. On a brownish-black background, a purple "W7" shield is seen. "A WARNER BROS. ANIMATION CARTOON" appears letter-by-letter in front of the shield, complete with the "OO" in "CARTOON" turning red and jumping up and down three times like a cartoon eye take.
Technique: 2D animation.
Audio: An orchestral rearrangement of the 1960s Bill Lava version of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down", arranged by Joshua Moshier.
Availability: Seen on the Looney Tunes Cartoons short "Crumb and Get It", which is a parody of the 1960s era of the Warner Bros. cartoons, hence with this logo sequence appearing.
Visuals: On a black or a Looney Tunes circles background, the Warner Bros. Animation logo is seen with the banner, only reading "ANIMATION".
Technique: CGI animation by Phillip Crable at Devastudios.
Availability: Only seen on the Phillip Crable website and can be seen here.
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