20th Century Studios Home Entertainment

Fox Video

20th Century Fox (1st Logo (1991-1993) Variant) (Opening Logos, 2009-47-Present-,) Variant (60fps) (Open Matte Version).

Fox Video

Nicknames: "The CGI Shining Searchlights", "Gold Tower", "Fox Video Structure I", "Golden Fox Video Structure"

Logo: Against a simple blue background, we see a still shot of the famous 20th Century Fox structure, from a slightly different angle. The wording on the structure now says "FOX VIDEO", with an extra gap where "FOX" would be in the movie logo. The logo shimmers and shines as bars of light move through, like the 1985 Touchstone Pictures logo. After this, the logo fades out

Variants:

1. There's a letterboxed "Scope" version on widescreen, open matte, full screen The logo was the same, but was matted (or cropped) to widescreen.
2. A black and white variant of the Fox Video logo exists. This yes be seen on some black and white films open matte, & full screen on home video, such as the 1991 VHS open matte, of the original Miracle on 34th Street and Sink the Bismarck! The B&W version in widescreen letterbox can also be seen on the Laserdisc version of the latter film.
3. On some Media Home Entertainment open matte, & full screen, such as Scanners II: The New Order, the words "DISTRIBUTED BY" in yellow appear above the logo. In this case, no announcer spiel was used.
4. For the 1993 UK rental VHS of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, the animation of the 20th Century Fox (Fox Video logo Variant) (Opening was slowed down, to fit the full extended TCF fanfare mentioned below.
5. A special version was seen on UK Widescreen VHS releases. The logo plays as normal, then it zooms out towards the middle of the screen, turns 3-D, and expands with movie scenes appears behind the background (all resembling the letterbox format). The word "WIDESCREEN" (arched upwards and downwards with blue shadow effects underneath) pans past the screen vertically, then turns horizontal and rests in front of the Fox Video logo.
6. On the Fox Video Sentimental promo, which can be found on the 1992 Demo VHS of My Cousin Vinny, the logo is still and zoomed out on a black background with the text "Available from FoxVideo." shown on the bottom.

Technique: The "shimmer".

Cheesy Factor: In most Fox logos, the gaping holes between the letters are usually filled up with a different color to give a clear indication of what the letter is. However, the way these are made make it look like that they are floating. Also, the shining on the 20th Century Fox fanfare variant is clearly looped poorly.

Music/Sounds:

1. None usually, but the 1979 20th Century Fox fanfare can be heard on PAL and French SÉCAM releases, as well as a few NTSC releases, such as the widescreen Laserdisc of Die Hard and a rental copy of Point Break.
2. The UK rental VHS of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York uses the extended 1982 20th Century Fox fanfare.

Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants:

1. On some tapes, only the drums from the opening of the 20th Century Fox fanfare are heard.
2. On Media Home Entertainment releases, the announcer for the Media and Fox Video logos says "Distributed by Fox Video".
3. There's a closing variant seen on some Australian Normal tapes (Mainly rental tapes) which had the same voice-over from the CBS/Fox normal closing variant, sometimes as 20th Century Fox: Studios Logo (2009-37-Present, Variant-,) preceding it.

Availability: Rare. It's seen on all Fox videos from that period. The best way to find this is to look for a Fox Video print logo that is a simple 2D drawing with no color. Again, this will be easy to find in second-hand video shops, charity shops and on eBay. This logo first appeared on the 1991 original print of Robin Hood (1991 20th Century Fox film) and can be seen on movies such as Sleeping with the Enemy, Scanners II: The New Order, Home Alone, Class Action, Only the Lonely, Point Break, Hot Shots!, For the Boys, White Men Can't Jump, FernGully: The Last Rainforest, My Cousin Vinny, Alien 3, The Last of the Mohicans, The Simpsons Christmas Special and the 1992 Star Wars trilogy box set (pan and scan), as well as the UK VHS of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. A letterboxed version in a scope aspect ratio appears on the special letterbox collector's edition of the Star Wars trilogy. It can also be found on BBC Video tapes from 1991-1993, but those aren't as easy to find. It also appeared, surprisingly enough indeed, on the 1998 UK VHS of Edward Scissorhands (which is probably a reprint from 1991, according to the previews on it). In Australia, this logo was used until 1995, such an example of this being used on a post-1993 tape is the 1994 Australian VHS of Mrs. Doubtfire. It also appeared on a 2001 VHS of Demetrius and the Gladiators (most likely a reprint itself). Also seen on tapes from Media Home Entertainment open matte from mid-to-late 1991 until 1993, such as Paris Trout, Nails, and Prospero's Books. Among the last tapes to use this logo were Love Potion #9 and the 1993 Studio Classics VHS of A Letter to Three Wives.

Scare Factor: None.

20th Century Fox (2nd Logo (1993-1995) Variant) (Opening Logos, 2009-69-Present, Variant-,)

Nicknames: "Rotating Tower", "The Ugly Tower", "CGI Searchlights II", "Fox Video Structure II"

Logo: On a purple background, we see a Fox Video structure, from an extreme upper-left angle. We move down and pan around the structure (and a light shines through it as we do that), saying "FOX VIDEO" like in the 1st logo, before settling into the familiar angle we usually see Fox logos from. After this, the Fox Video logo then fades to a black screen and then cuts to a theatrical preview bumper of a trailer.

Variants:

1. There's a black and white variant of the Fox Video logo. This can be found on the 1993 VHS of Young Frankenstein.
2. A shortened version of the Fox Video logo exists where the Fox Video logo fades in as the lights shine and the Fox Video logo moves to its final angle. This was seen on the 1995 20th Century Fox Selections open matte of Young Guns II and Dutch.

Technique: The computer animation, which is a variation of the 20th Century Fox logo animation.

Music/Sounds:

1. None usually, but occasionally the 1979 20th Century Fox fanfare was used, mainly on Normal including the UK rental VHS releases of Used People, Jack the Bear, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, and The Vanishing.
2. On the 1995 Hong Kong laserdisc of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, a deep synth score is heard.
3. On DVS VHS releases, a male or female narrator describes "Now an animated logo appears in three dimensional gold letters, Fox Video, spotlights on either side of the logo point skyward and wave back and forth".

Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants: On Media Home Entertainment releases, the male announcer for the Media and Fox Video logos said "Distributed by Fox Video".

Availability: First appeared on Used People, Toys, and Hoffa, with the same 2D print logo. This can be seen on all 20th Century Fox (1993-1995 Fox Video Variant) (Opening Logos, 2009-69-Present, Variant-,) (60fps) (Open Matte Version). such as My Neighbor Totoro, Doctor Dolittle, Frozen Assets, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Once Upon a Forest, The Sandlot, Mrs. Doubtfire, True Lies, Speed, Baby's Day Out, The Pagemaster, Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog, The Scout, Nell, all 1995 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment: 100th Anniversary Centennial Selections VHS open matte version such as Big, Pacific Heights, Class Action, Shining Through and Only the Lonely, and some BBC Video releases from that era, including Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers and Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out. It was also seen on tapes released by Media Home Entertainment from 1993, including Scam, shortly before Media Home Entertainment went out of business. This also appears on the Star Wars Trilogy: The Definitive Collection Laserdisc box set from 1993. The last tapes to use this logo were the John Hughes remake of Miracle on 34th Street and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. Strangely, this logo doesn't appear on the 1995 Star Wars trilogy VHS box set, despite showing the 1994 full color print logo on the cover. However, the 1995 Laserdisc of Star Wars: A New Hope actually uses this, while the 1995 Laserdiscs of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi use the 1984 CBS/Fox Video logo instead.

Scare Factor: Low. The ugliness of the logo combined with the close-up and fanfare may put some off, but it's a harmless logo. It is also considered one of the ugliest logos ever.

3rd Logo (1995-1998)

Nicknames: "CGI Searchlights III", "Fox Video Structure III", "Zooming Structure"

Logo: Against the Los Angeles skyline at around sunset, we see a spotlight and then pan across the "FOX VIDEO" structure, now redone so that it looks a lot better and all of it is set in Futura Extra Bold (so it still doesn't quite match the 20th Century Fox logo). We then zoom out until we reach the comfortable Fox Video logo distance.

Variants:

1. The logo fades in just as the "F" in "FOX" is being passed on a trailer for a release of The Sound of Music. This can be found on the original 1996 VHS release of Dunston Checks In.
2. A slightly longer version of the Fox Video logo appears on the original 1995 VHS release of Die Hard with a Vengeance.

Technique: The computer animation, which is now a variation of the Fox Searchlight Pictures logo animation. Very good animation, and a LARGE improvement over its predecessors. This logo bears a resemblance to the Fox Searchlight Pictures logo.

20th Century Fox: Studios Logo (2009-37-Present, Variant-,): Usually none.

20th Century Fox: Studios Logo (2009-37-Present, Variant): On the original 1996 VHS release of Dunston Checks In, there's a home video trailer for The Sound of Music, which has this logo appear at the beginning with a lead-in to "My Favorite Things" being heard.

Availability: Fairly common. This logo always came after the logo below. Seen on releases of the era such as Die Hard with a Vengeance (VHS only; the Laserdisc used the 2nd logo), The Brothers McMullen, Broken Arrow, Independence Day, Jingle All the Way, Smilla's Sense of Snow, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, Goosebumps videos, the 1996 VHS of The Sound of Music, and the 1997 Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition box set (the VHS versions only; the Laserdisc version only used the 1995 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo). Seen on all 20th Century Fox Selections titles released between 1995 and 1997 such as Raising Arizona, The Super, The War of the Roses, Big Trouble in Little China, The Abyss, Hoffa, Short Circuit, The Omen (1976 version), The Good Son, Young Frankenstein, Bill Cosby Himself, Enemy Mine, Alien: Resurrection, History of the World: Part I, Porky's, Commando, The Fly (1986 remake) and Better Off Dead. This was also used on most Premiere Series releases from 1996 and 1997 such as Mrs. Doubtfire, My Cousin Vinny, That Thing You Do!, Sleeping with the Enemy and Predator. Strangely, this doesn't appear on The Best of The Simpsons VHS box set from 1997 (despite the logo appearing on the packaging of the individual tapes and the box itself) or the 1996 Premiere Series releases of A Walk in the Clouds, Nine Months, and The Truth About Cats and Dogs (though all three use the 1991 full color print logo on their spines). The Laserdisc of Volcano (which didn't show the Fox Video print logo on the cover) featured both this logo and the 1995-2008 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo. Look for a screencap of this logo used on the packaging of most 1997 releases (all 1995-1996 releases use the 1991 full color print logo). One of the last releases to use this were very early prints of Anastasia.

Scare Factor: None to minimal. It's a harmless logo, not ugly at all that time.

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

1st Logo (1995-2008)

Nicknames: "Box Structure"

Logo: We see the end of the 1994-2010 20th Century Fox logo, with neither the News Corporation byline nor the registered trademark symbol. We then zoom out, to reveal that it is in a box on a black background. The box is in a larger box colored cadet blue, and next to the Fox logo box are the yellow words "20th Century Fox Home Entertainment" in Latin 725 font, spanning across three yellow lines.

Variaints:

1. On some releases, the logo faded in from black rather than cutting in from black.
2. On the original/unaltered version of the logo, the logo cutted to black at the end of the animation after the search lights in the 1994-2010 Fox logo face up towards the sky. This was the first version to be in use on the logo's debut.
3. On 1996 VHS tapes that have the Widescreen Series video promos, the logo fades in and then fades out later right after the animation freezes at the final frame.
4. A shorter version of the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo exists. So far, this has been spotted on the 2005 DVD of Pet Alien: Atomic Tommy.
5. There's a 16:9 "matted" widescreen version, seen on the DVDs of Quest for Fire, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, Airheads, Thunder and Lightning, and the Anchor Bay DVD of Kenny & Co. (before the 20th Century Fox logo).
6. On the 1995 retail VHS of Bushwhacked, the logo cuts to the green MPAA rating screen for the Down Periscope trailer.

Trailer Variant: On some tapes with the Premiere Series promo containing this, the logo is still shortened and the text on the right from the logo is still replaced with "PREMIERE SERIES".

Technique: A simple, smooth zoom-out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Music/Sounds Variant:

1. On the tapes with Widescreen Series video promos, the announcer, Don LaFontaine, says "Presenting the Widescreen Series from Fox Video" halfway through the animation.

Audio-description variant: Now, a logo appears: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. A message: "The following film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit this screen".

Availability: Common on VHS, DVD, and Laserdisc releases from the period. Also appears on Big Idea Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment (US) releases from that period. It appears on releases such as the John Hughes remake of Miracle on 34th Street, True Lies, The Brothers McMullen, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Independence Day, Romeo and Juliet, Volcano, Alien Resurrection, Home Alone 3, Anastasia, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, The Crucible, King Kong Lives, Tai-Pan, Pelle the Conqueror, Maximum Overdrive, Crimes of the Heart, Titan A.E., X-Men, Enemy Mine, Predator, Predator 2, Silent Trigger, Raw Deal, Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter & The Chamber Of Secrets. Harry Potter & The Prisoner Of Azkaban, Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire, Jingle All the Way and Goosebumps videos. Only available in the USA and Canada and still very easy to find in those areas, but outside the USA this logo can be seen on video releases of Casper TV movies of the era and seen on The Simpsons and Futurama DVDs from the era. The last titles to have this logo were American Dad! Volume 3 and the 2008 DVD release of Babes in Toyland (1934). It can only be spotted on one Artistan Entertainment film, with this being the 2000/2003 DVD release of Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Was also spotted on a print of Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave. Also seen on the Best of the Simpsons VHS tapes, which are now out of print. The version where the logo cuts out to black appears on VHS and Laserdiscs of the 1995 Star Wars Trilogy. This variant can also be seen on some home video releases by the company such as The Towering Inferno (without previews), the 1995 VHS of Snoopy Come Home, Bye Bye Love, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, The Last Winter, Nutcracker on Ice, the 1995 Laserdisc releases of Die Hard, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Aliens, the 1995 Canadian VHS print of Bachelor Party, the John Hughes remake of Miracle on 34th Street, and the 1995 VHS of A Christmas Carol. The version that fades in at the beginning and cuts out at the end of the logo is on the original 1996 VHS of Nine Months. It is unknown for DVDs to have this version as the more common version where the logo fades out to black at the end is used on DVDs. The version where the logo faded in from black can be seen on the VHS releases of 1998's Dr. Dolittle, Rusty: The Great Rescue (a.k.a. Rusty: A Dog's Tale), and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Appears at the end of Casper Meets Wendy on Disney Channel. While it does appear at the end of the last few Thomas and Friends DVDs that they released, it doesn't appear at the beginning of any of them. This was also on the 2002 DVD release of My Neighbor Totoro and all the Strawberry Shortcake 2003 series releases.

Scare Factor: None..

2nd Logo (2004-2009)

Nicknames: "Box Structure II", "Majestic Tower II", "Futuristic Structure II", "Great Structure II"

Logo: Same as the previous logo, except the box is now grey with a gold border, the company name set in ITC Garamond, and the Fox logo is the filmed version, and has the News Corporation byline and registered trademark symbol. Basically, an enhanced version of the first logo.

Variants:

• At first, there is a 16:9 widescreen version, seen on widescreen edition DVDs. Later on (possibly in June 2007), a full-screen version was made and can be seen on DVD releases of TV shows and full-screen films.
• On the Blu-ray Discs of Ice Age: The Meltdown, Chain Reaction and Alien vs. Predator, the logo is still except for the Fox logo, which is now the corporate version with the rear searchlights re-animated to match the standard version of the 1994 logo, but also reverses at a certain point, a la the 1981 Fox logo's long version. Also, the entire sky (including the clouds and the stars) pan to the right.

Technique: The zoom-out and the fade-in of the News Corporation byline. None for the Ice Age: The Meltdown variant except for the searchlights and the clouds.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Common. This was mostly seen on widescreen DVD releases.

• It first appeared on D-Theater D-VHS releases of TCF films, including Alien.
• The only known VHS release to have this logo is the 2004 VHS of Garden State. It has also appeared on PSP UMD TCF releases.
• It can also be seen on many TCF releases on DVD from late 2006 to 2009, such as Ice Age: The Meltdown (widescreen edition), Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, X-Men: The Last Stand, Borat, Flushed Away, The Devil Wears Prada, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Harry Potter & The Order Of The Phoenix, The Simpsons Movie, 'Dr. Seuss' 'Horton Hears a Who!, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Madagascar Escape 2 Africa and What Happens in Vegas.
• It is also known for appearing in some Big Idea Home video releases from 2006-2009 such as, Veggietales: Rack, Shack & Benny, and Veggietales: Josh & The Big Wall, among other releases.
• It also appeared on 2006-2009 MGM Home Entertainment releases such as Valkyrie, Quantum of Solace, and Igor, among other releases.
• It also appeared on the DVD release of FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue, the extended cut DVD of Commando, and the "Family Fun Edition" DVDs of Home Alone, The Pebble and The Penguin, and Jingle All the Way. Some of the last releases to have this logo were The Rocker and Marley & Me.
• Strangely, this logo appears on the French R2 DVD of Thumbelina, plastering the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo.
• This also appears on the Blu-Ray of Speed.

Editor's Note: This is a downgrade from the previous logo; because the logo is set in the same frame rate as the filmed Fox logo, it's significantly choppier as a result, and overall it looks cheaper too.

3rd Logo (2009-2010)

Nicknames: "CGI Searchlights", "Fox Structure III"

Logo: Basically the same as the Day After Tomorrow version of the 20th Century Fox Blu-ray Disc logo.

Variant: A fullscreen variant exists. This can only be seen on The Simpsons: The Thirteenth Season and Family Guy: Partial Terms of Endearment.

FX/SFX: Same as the 20th Century Fox Blu-ray Disc logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 20th Century Fox Blu-ray Disc logo, without the streak noise.

Availability: Short-lived, but still common. It can be seen on every TCF release on DVD from around the turn of the decade until November 2010.

• Notable releases that have this are X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Whip It, Aliens in the Attic, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Crazy Heart, Avatar, Tooth Fairy, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side, How I Met Your Mother: The Legendary Fourth Season, seasons 13 and 20 of The Simpsons, the first season of The Cleveland Show, and volume five of American Dad!.
• It also appears on 2009-10 MGM Home Entertainment releases, among others.
• It can also be spotted on Big Idea Entertainment releases such as Silly Little Thing Called Love!
• It also appears on the 2010 repackagings of FernGully: The Last Rainforest and Thumbelina.
• Along with the Blu-ray variant of this logo, it made a surprise re-appearance on the 2015 re-release of The Sound of Music.
• Used in tandem with the next logo in its final two months.

Editor's Note: This is a significant improvement over the previous logo.

4th Logo (2010-2020)

• The byliness variant from 2013 onwards.

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Nicknames: Rotating 20th Century Fox Tower

Logo: Same as the current 2009 20th Century Fox logo except this, at the end, the structure pans back farther than usual to reveal the stacked words "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" on the right of the Fox structure with "HOME" set in Neutraface No. 2. Once the logo is fully revealed, the News Corporation byline fades in at the bottom of the screen (on pre-2013 releases). The registered trademark sign fades in as well. The logo cuts to a black background.

Trivia: This logo is a throwback to That's Hollywood! logo; a series from 20th Century Fox Television.

Variants:

1. Newer releases, starting with The Croods, have this logo cut-short to the middle.
2. A 4:3 variant exists, but is used only for full screen DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, such as the DVD and Blu-ray releases of seasons 16 and 17 of The Simpsons and the 2012 DVD of Mr. Scoutmaster. It is also cropped to 2.35.1 as a letterbox widescreen logo. There's a widescreen version of the open matte logo expanded to 16:9 with the Hor+ screen scaling method.
3. Starting with the releases of Turbo and Enough Said on November 12, 2013 and January 28, 2014, the News Corporation byline is excluded and the logo is bylineless for the first time since the 1995 logo, due to the aforementioned split on June 28, 2013.

Technique: Same as the current 2009 20th Century Fox logo.

Music/Sounds: The 1997 20th Century Fox fanfare arrangement. A short version of the 1997 20th Century Fox fanfare is used on newer releases. DVD releases of The Simpsons seasons 16 and 17 use the audio of Ralph Wiggum 'singing along' to the second half of the fanfare from The Simpsons Movie, whilst season 18 uses the standard 1997 fanfare, with Fat Tony saying 'Fuggedaboutit...' on the last note.

Availability: Seen on 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Big Idea Entertainment and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment releases from November 2010 onward, such as Avatar (collector's edition), Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows (Parts 1 & 2), The A-Team, Predators, Machete, Vampires Suck, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, X-Men: First Class, Rio, Margaret, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Ice Age: Continental Drift, VeggieTales: League Of The Incredible Vegetables, Epic, Hitchcock, Prometheus, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days, Stoker, The Croods, Turbo, The Book of Life, X-Men: Days of the Future Past, Rio 2, The Counselor, Free Birds, VeggieTales: Noah's Ark, The East, and Don Jon, among others. The last releases to use this logo with the News Corporation byline were The Internship and The Way Way Back, both released on October 22, 2013.

1st Logo (1995-2012)

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Nicknames: "Box Structure II", Rotating 20th Century Fox Tower II

Logo: Here are the versions used on VHS/LD and DVD:

1. VHS/LD: We see the 1994 20th Century Fox logo animating as normal until, about 13 seconds in, it zooms out, revealing that the 1994 20th Century Fox logo was inside an inner box, itself contained inside an outer box on a blue-violet background with blurry searchlights, and "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" in yellow zooms out from the bottom of the screen, stopping at the bottom of the inside of the outer box underneath the inner box containing the Fox logo (without the News Corporation byline). The 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo then fades out.
2. DVDs cut to the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo being revealed inside the box.

Technique: The usual CGI used in the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo, coupled with the zoom out of the text below.

Music/Sounds: The 1994 20th Century Fox fanfare arrangement. (Only on VHS and LD,) silent only on the DVDs.

Availability: With the exception of the few Canadian releases such as the 2000 VHS of Thunder and Lightning, you won't find it anywhere in North America. However, it's easy to find if you are in another country such as the UK. Strangely, this logo doesn't appear on the 1998 UK rental VHS of Edward Scissorhands, which features the Fox Video logo. The DVD version can be seen on early UK DVD releases including the original Miracle on 34th Street. Also seen on the 1995 Hong Kong Laserdisc of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. It also made a surprise appearance on the 2012 release of The Simpsons Season 1 Region 4 DVD set (due to being a reprint of the 2001 release).

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Logo (1997-2010)

Nickname: "Rotating 20th Century Fox Tower III"

Logo: The standard 1994 20th Century Fox logo which animates in a faster rate, but there are many circular streaks of orange and blue placed over it, which animate on and off the screen. When the 1994 20th Century Fox logo is done, blue and purple gradient bars on top and bottom wipe in and the logo's sky background dissolves into a different cloud background, and "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" in yellow (in the same font as before) appears via folding effect below the logo, and then fades out via blur effect after a few seconds leaving just the logo, which then fades out.

Variant: On an international home video trailer for Ice Age, the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo is in blue on a sky background with snow around it and a crack on it.

Technique: The usual Fox tower animation coupled with the CGI "streaks".

Music/Sounds: Early releases and VHS tapes had the standard tone 1994 20th Century Fox fanfare arrangement (which is strange for PAL releases), while later releases had the high tone 1997 20th Century Fox fanfare arrangement (which is normal for PAL releases).

Availability: Again, only used outside North America, except on a few Canadian releases. Examples include the UK release of Ice Age and reprints of Simpsons tapes. However, it doesn't appear on any UK Pathe releases as they just use their own logo. Also appears on the Japanese Laserdisc of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (with the 1994 fanfare). This logo can be accessed on the R1 DVD of Marmaduke by going onto the disc's "Video-TS" folder and finding the VTS file that has the third logo (which appears before it on the video stream). The standard tone 1994 20th Century Fox fanfare arrangement music variant strangely appears on the 2004 Region 4 DVD release of Family Guy: Season Two.

Scare Factor: None. It's pretty much the same as the movie logo, unless you are scared of vibrant effects.

3rd Logo (2006-2010)

Nickname: ''Rotating 20th Century Fox Tower IV''

Logo: Same as the 2nd logo, but when the 1994 logo is formed, the words "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" in metallic gold zoom out below the logo (without the News Corporation byline), and the streaks of orange and blue all disappear at the end.

Technique: Same as the 2nd logo. Little effort is put into this logo aside from the 1994 Fox logo itself.

Music/Sounds: The 1997 fanfare arrangement.

Availability: Extremely rare, it is more difficult to find compared to the other logo as it is on less releases.

• The only known releases to use this was the 2006 European Blu-Ray of Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, and a few Canadian releases like Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Editor's Note: None.