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== 1997-2003 ==
Nickname: "Flashbang"
Bumper: We see a white flash, after which one of the below clip-ons zoom out in a blue color and in all caps. When it settles, another flash occurs and the background is now blue as well as the clip-on being white. Everything is in all caps. After a few seconds, we fade out.
Clip-ons:
* Coming Soon To Theaters
* Now In Theaters
* Now Available On Videocassette
* Now Available To Own On Videocassette
* Coming Soon To Videocassette
* Coming Soon To Own On Videocassette
* Now Available On CD & Cassette
* Look for This Soundtrack (This can be found on the 1995 VHS releases of Clerks, Quiz Show, and A Low Down Dirty Shame)
* Coming Soon from Disney Interactive (Only seen on the original 1999 VHS release of Sing a Song with Pooh Bear)
* Now Available from Disney Interactive (This can be found on the 1996 VHS release of James and the Giant Peach and 1997-98 reprints of Winnie the Pooh and Spot tapes)
* Coming Soon on Video and DVD
* Coming Soon to Own on Video & DVD
* Now Available to Own on Video & DVD
* Now Available on Video and DVD
* Now Available to Own on DVD
* Coming Soon to Rent on Video
* Now Available to Rent on Video
* Now Appearing (Only seen on the original pressing of the 1998 VHS release of Life is Beautiful)
* Stay Tuned After The Feature
* After The Feature, Last On-Camera Interview With Brandon Lee (This can be found on both the 1994 and 1997 widescreen VHS releases of The Crow)
* After The Feature, A Special Brandon Lee Tribute (This can be found on the 1996 VHS release of The Crow: City of Angels)
* Feature Presentation
* Feature Program
* Previews (Only seen on the 2000 demo tapes of Reindeer Games and Hellraiser: Inferno)
Variants:
* On the 1995 VHS release of Street Sharks: The Gene Slamming Begins, the "Now Available To Own On Videocassette" clip-on variant abruptly starts just before the second flash occurs. This is more than likely due to a splicing error.
* On both of the Disney Interactive clip-ons, the font is slightly different.
* On the Video & DVD, "Feature Program," and rental clip-ons, the text zooms in and the font is different.
* On the "Now Appearing" clip-on, it is a still image.
* The "Stay Tuned After The Feature" clip-on, after a few seconds, fades to the "Feature Presentation" clip-on, with the blue background still in place.
* On the Crow clip-ons, the Crow symbol zooms out, and after the second flash, the text appears.
* "Feature Presentation" clip-on variants:
** Earlier releases had the text already white when it zooms out.
** On the 1995 VHS release of Gargoyles: The Movie, the yellow-orange gradient words are on a black background.
** On the 1997 VHS releases of Schoolhouse Rock, the yellow and red words are on a white background.
** On the 1998 Walt Disney's Film Classics VHS release of Old Yeller, the text is already in place on the blue background and the ID is still.
* "Feature Program" clip-on variants
** On Disney's Love Tales tapes, the text is in a pink Disney's Love Tales font.
** On Sailor Moon tapes, the text is in a black-rose gradient font, and it was set on a bright, bubbly background mirroring the episode title card to a Sailor Moon episode.
** On Disney's Sweetheart Stories, the text is in a pink Disney's Sweetheart Stories font on a lavender fabric background.
** On Timon and Pumbaa tapes, it takes place on a green background, and the text is in a orange jungle-like font.
** On Quack Pack, Bone Chillers and Disney's Doug tapes, the text is orange, and in lowercase.
*** On Disney's Doug, we see Doug holding a giant pencil in a white background.
*** On Bone Chillers, we see Edgar Allan Poe High School surrounded by bats at night.
*** On Quack Pack, we see Donald Duck sitting on a green chair, staring at the viewer.
FX/SFX: The zooming out, and the white flashes.
Music/Sounds: A whooshing sound when the first flash occurs, followed by a 'crash' when the second flash occurs which then morphs into a quiet note. The announcer, Brian Cummings, announces the following clip-ons:
* Coming Soon to Theaters: "Coming soon to theatres."
* Now in Theaters: "Now in theatres."
* Coming Soon to Own on Videocassette: "Coming soon to own on videocassette."
* Now Available to Own on Videocassette: "Now available to own on videocassette."
* Coming Soon to Videocassette: "Coming soon to videocassette."
* Now Available on Videocassette: "Now available on videocassette."
* Now Available on CD & Cassette: "Now available on CD & Cassette."
* Look for this Soundtrack: "Look for this great soundtrack."
* Coming Soon from Disney Interactive: "Coming soon from Disney Interactive."
* Now Available from Disney Interactive: "Now available from Disney Interactive."
* Now Available on Video and DVD: "Now available on video and DVD."
* Coming Soon on Video and DVD: "Coming soon on video and DVD."
* Now Available to Own on Video and DVD: "Now available to own on video and DVD."
* Coming Soon to Own on Video and DVD: "Coming soon to own on video and DVD."
* Now Available to Own on DVD: "Now available to own on DVD."
* Now Available to Rent on Video: "Now available to rent on video."
* Coming Soon to Rent on Video: "Coming soon to rent on video."
* Stay Tuned After the Feature: "Stay tuned after the feature for more great previews. And now, our feature presentation."
* Feature Presentation: "And now, our feature presentation!"
* Feature Program: "And now, our feature program."
* Previews: "Join us, for the following previews!"
Music/Sounds Variants:
* On the Disney Interactive clip-ons, the orchestral hit is held for longer and what sounds like a choir note replaces the regular quiet note.
* On the 1998 VHS release of G.I. Jane, during the Now Available on CD & Cassette clip-on, the announcer says, "Now available on CD and cassette from Hollywood Records."
* On the Video and DVD and rental clip-ons as well as the "Previews" variant, the intro to "Great Ovation" is heard.
* On the Feature Program clip-on, the 1991 Walt Disney Home Video jingle is used.
* The Now Appearing clip-on is silent.
* Stay Tuned:
** On the Crow variant, Brian Cummings says, "Stay tuned after the feature for the last on-camera interview with Brandon Lee, which includes never-before-seen footage. And now, our feature presentation."
** On the Crow: City of Angels variant, Brian Cummings says, "Stay tuned after the feature for a special Brandon Lee tribute, which includes never-before-seen footage. And now, see what's available on CD and cassette."
** On the 1996 VHS release of The Rock and the 1997 Widescreen VHS release of From Dusk Till Dawn, Brian Cummings says, "Stay tuned after the feature for a very special message. And now, our feature presentation."
*** This variant also appears on the 1997 VHS releases of Scream and Trainspotting, but without "very".
** On the 1995 VHS releases of Tall Tale and Camilla, Brian Cummings says, "Stay tuned after the feature for another great preview. And now, our feature presentation."
Availability: Common. It can be seen on almost all Disney, Buena Vista, Miramax, Dimension, Touchstone, and Hollywood VHS tapes issued during the mid-late-Nineties, premiering on the 1994 VHS release of Holy Matrimony. The "Feature Program" variant was seen on the direct-to-video Beauty and the Beast sequels and the 1998 reprints of Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh and Spookable Pooh. This continued to be used until 2003 on Dimension Home Video VHS releases such as the first two Scary Movie films, Scream 3, Confessions of Sorority Girls, The Accidental Spy, The Crow: Salvation, Dracula 2000, Halloween: Resurrection, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (the sole exceptions being the first two Spy Kids films and The Others, which used the filmreel bumpers). On DVD, the "NOW AVAILABLE TO OWN ON VIDEO AND DVD" variant can be seen on the original 1999 DVD release of Enemy of the State (three times, appearing in-between trailers).
Editor's Note: Unlike some of the other bumpers by Disney, this one is not received particularly well. Adding to that, why was the "Now Appearing" clip-on followed by a promo for CBS' The King of Queens (owned by Sony Pictures), when it would have made more sense to promote a Buena Vista property?
== 1999-present ==
Bumper: We see one of the following clip-on texts - some of which slides down while the other section of text slides to the right, respectively, before settling. There is a pink rectangle line on the top, golden lines moving in from every side and a gold rectangle line. Film reels are slowly spinning in the blue-tinted background.
Clip-ons:
Legend: [s] - silent, [n] - no announcer
* Coming Soon To Theaters
* Coming Soon To Theaters From Disney & Pixar
* Coming Soon To Own On Video & DVD
* Coming Soon To Own On Video & Disney DVD [n] (Australia only)
* Coming Soon To Own On DVD & Video
* Coming Soon To Own On Video
* Coming Soon To Own On DVD
* Coming Soon On Video & DVD ([n] in Australia only)
* Coming Soon On DVD & Video
* Coming Soon On Video
* Coming Soon On DVD
* Coming Soon To Rent On Video
* Coming Soon To Rent On Video & DVD [n]
* Coming Soon Collector's Edition DVD
* Now Available To Own On Video & DVD
* Now Available To Own On Video & Disney DVD [n] (Australia only)
* Now Available To Own On DVD & Video
* Now Available To Own On Video
* Now Available On Video
* Now Available On DVD
* Now Available To Own On DVD
* Now Available On Video & DVD
* Now Available On DVD & Video
* Now Available To Rent On Video
* Now Available On CD & Cassette
* Now Available On CD
* Now Available Collector's Edition DVD
* Now Available for PSP™ (Found on UMD movies for the PSP) [n]
* Now Available [n]
* Now in Theaters
* Now Showing in Cinemas [n] (Australia only)
* New from Disney Interactive [n]
* New from the Secret Lab (Found on the 2002 DVD of Tron)
* On Video & DVD [s] [n] (Appears on UK and Greek DVDs)
* Now Showing in Cinemas [n]
* From Playhouse Disney (Found on the 2002 DVD of Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun) [n]
* Sneak Peek
* Exclusive Sneak Peek (Found on the 2003 Platinum Edition VHS of The Lion King (1994))
* Join Us After the Program
* Join Us After the Movie
* More Excitement from Disney
* Stay Tuned After This Feature FOR SPECIAL BONUS MATERIAL [n]
* After the Feature (Found on the 2004 VHS of Kill Bill: Volume 1)
* Feature Program
* Feature Presentation
* Previews
Trivia:
* Early DVD releases by Disney and its subsidiaries did not allow viewers to skip the previews. Because of subsequent backlash, the ability to jump directly to the main menu at any time was added. In the fall of 2000, text regarding such an option was added to the first clip-on on the disc (more on that below), although the 2001-04 DVD releases of Just Visiting and My Baby's Daddy, which use only one clip-on, feature no additional text. This ability was also provided by Disney's Fast Play, which was introduced in 2004, except on discs with it, there were no bumpers in-between trailers until 2010.
* Some 2000 DVDs, such as The Sixth Sense, Mumford, and Mission to Mars, featured the same previews as on the disc's opening accessible from the main menu, except the option is entitled "Preview Trailer(s)" and the previews, complete with the original IDs, run automatically (a practice that, except for a "More Sneak Peeks" option in the "Sneak Peeks" menu on the original release of Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, was later abandoned, only for it to be revived in 2010). Starting with Keeping the Faith, it was changed to "Sneak Peeks."
* Some DVDs, such as Shanghai Noon and Knights, High Fidelity, Newsies, Bringing Down the House, and The Recruit, feature previews before the main menu, but don't offer a "Sneak Peeks" option.
* Following the Sneak Peeks menu variant's retirement, the menu was reverted back to its 2000-2004 design. Discs with this include Everybody's Fine, When in Rome, and the 2010 reissues of the first two Toy Story films. Starting with the 2010 reissue of The Black Cauldron, the previews play automatically for the first time since 2000 whenever "Sneak Peeks" is pressed.
* On the 2004 DVD release of Home on the Range, the "Coming Soon to Own on DVD & Video" clip-on appears twice, once before a trailer for Aladdin (1992): Platinum Edition, and once again before trailers for Mulan (1998): Special Edition and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (the latter of which, unusually for a 2004-06 DVD, appears on the second page of the Sneak Peeks menu on the disc instead of the first).
* Normally, on any DVD with the Sneak Peeks menu variant, if you press "up" on "PLAY ALL," the cursor will move to "MAIN MENU." However, on the 2005 DVD release of The Pacifier, if you go to page 2, then press "up" on "PLAY ALL," the cursor will move to "BACK."
* Likewise, when pressing down from "PLAY ALL" on the Sneak Peeks menu, it goes to the preview closest to it. However, on the 2007 DVD release of Home Improvement: The Complete Seventh Season, the preview underneath it on each respective page is for Blu-ray Disc and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, but pressing "down" instead highlights Wild Hogs or Underdog (2007).
* The upper text in each clip-on is in lowercase with capitalized letters, while the lower text is in all caps.
Variants:
* While the upper text in each clip-on remains in a Helvetica Light font, the bottom text may appear in a different font, and each clip-on may animate differently, as explained below.
** The clip-ons with the bottom text that appears in a widened Helvetica Light font animate in a smooth way, with both the upper and lower texts sliding slowly while inside the screen.
** On a few early cases, the lower text appears in a widened Verdana font and slides into the golden strip slightly slower than usual. This version occurs only on the early version of the "Now Available ON VIDEO" clip-on, and the "Now Available ON CD" and "Join Us AFTER THE PROGRAM" clip-ons. A similar version appears on the "Join Us AFTER THE MOVIE" clip-on, except the text "AFTER THE MOVIE" is in a standard Verdana font.
** In other cases, the lower text is in a standard Verdana font, emerges from the last side of the screen and swiftly slides into the golden strip. The upper text also emerges from the top of the screen before it falls to its usual position. This version occurs on the early version of the "Now Available TO OWN ON DVD" clip-on as well as the "New From DISNEY INTERACTIVE" and "New From THE SECRET LAB" clip-ons. This also applies to the later versions of the "Coming Soon to Theaters FROM DISNEY & PIXAR", "Now Available ON VIDEO", "Previews" and "Feature PROGRAM" clip-ons.
** On both "COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD" clip-ons, each text appears in Helvetica Light.
* On the 2006 widescreen DVD release of Cars (which is one of the last releases to feature this bumper), there is a more detailed version where the 3D text "Coming Soon" turns downward to face the viewer. "TO THEATERS" or "TO OWN ON DVD" (depending on when the bumper is used on the DVD) swipes in from the left side of the screen and rotates to face the viewer, settling above the golden strip. The background from the original variant of the Sneak Peeks menu/bumper is used.
* From 2000-05, text would appear on the bottom left corner that reads "Press [MENU] to play movie or to select other options.").
** On the 2004 DVD release of That's So Raven: Supernaturally Stylish, the text appears on the second clip-on instead of the first.
* As a side note, the 2000 UK DVD releases of The Tigger Movie and Tarzan (possibly the first ever DVDs to be released by Disney in the UK to contain previews) features the "Coming Soon to Own on Video & DVD" variant, complete with the voiceover and music, only the bumper fades to black, then to a still card for the first preview.
* In December 2003, due to the increasing popularity of the DVD format, the bottom text in the Coming Soon/Now Available clip-ons was switched to "DVD & VIDEO." This version was first used on the VHS of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (its DVD counterpart used the "VIDEO & DVD" versions), and made its first DVD appearances on Recess: All Growed Down and Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade.
* Certain VHS releases, as described above and below this section, use different versions of this bumper that are tailor-made specifically for the release. However, the clip-ons and voiceovers remain the same.
* There are two variants for the “Now Available On Video” clip-on:
* There are two variants for the “Now Available To Own On DVD” clip-on:
** On most DVDs, both of the texts are presented in their usual font and slide-in smoothly.
* There are two variants for the “Previews” clip-on:
** 2000-01 demo tapes, such as The Kid, crazy/beautiful, High Fidelity, and Chocolat, feature a still of the bumper forming, and "Previews" sliding in from the left.
** 2001-04 demo tapes, such as Unbreakable, Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Moonlight Mile, and Cold Creek Manor, feature the menu animating as usual, except this time, "Previews" comes down from the top.
* There are two variants for the "New From Disney Interactive" clip-on:
** "New From" is arranged above the gold rectangle in a white Helvetica font and "DISNEY INTERACTIVE" (in the Vendana font used for the Now Available To Own On DVD ID of the time) is in said rectangle.
** A still version of this bumper appears only on the 2000 VHS release of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins.
* On Australian VHS tapes, there are also ratings bumpers that remove all the lines and rectangles from the background. The clip-ons for this are:
** The following preview is classified [rating]
** The following previews are classified [rating]
** This following feature is classified [rating]
** The following previews & feature are classified [rating]
* There are two variants for the “Feature Presentation” clip-on:
** On the standard "Feature Presentation" clip-on, the bumper moves differently. On a gold background, we see the text "Feature PRESENTATION" zooming to the left. Then, "Feature" zooms to the left and the "PRESENTATION" zooms to the right, changing the background to a blue background with a blurry filmreel on it, and they connect together in the middle. Gold arrows and multicolored rectangles move around the bumper in different ways.
** On some animated family fantasy movies, a custom "Feature Presentation" bumper is shown like this: We see a CGI version of the Disneyland castle on a cloud, with 4th of July fireworks exploding on a dusk background. We zoom in and through the entrance at the same time as some stars. A large firework goes off in the center of the screen, while circles of what are supposed to like filmstrips spin around, with a still image of a Disney/Pixar film on each frame. A circle of stars spins at the top of it, then the filmstrips and circle of stars go down as the text "FEATURE PRESENTATION", in gold (and in the same font as the 1st CGI FP bumper from the 1998 WDMC VHS release of The Little Mermaid), comes up from the bottom of the screen. After the "FEATURE PRESENTATION" text moves up to the center of the screen, several 4th of July fireworks fly up and explode behind the text.
* There are two variants for the “Feature Program” clip-on:
** An earlier version used a still image that has the words scrunched together. In this case, the "Feature PROGRAM" text is very large. While "Feature" is slightly narrower, "PROGRAM" is wider and positioned above the golden strip.
** A later version contains the same animation as the second variant of the "Coming Soon to Theaters FROM DISNEY & PIXAR" clip-on, except with "Feature" on top and "PROGRAM" on the golden strip.
* On the "After the Feature" variant, the animation of the logo seems to be slowed down as well.
* After the movie/program, the text "Special Bonus Material" is pasted over a textless version of the background from the usual filmreel ID. This variant appears only on Australian VHS tapes.
* Very rare variants exist on Australian VHS tapes which feature very generic text and concern specific "after the feature" events. Instead of matching up with the other bumpers, some bumpers don't match at all, instead being in a plain white Arial font, with a black shadow drop effect applied:
** "Stay tuned after the feature for a special music video"
** "Stay tuned after the feature for a bonus short"
** "Stay tuned after the feature for Disney's JAAM celebrate friendship festival"
** "Special Bonus Animated Short"
* There is an extremely rare variant that is seen on the 2000 VHS release of Diamonds. The colored squares and golden arrows are removed from the filmreel background, and instead of the usual text, we see "Join Us After the Feature for a Special Message," in gold, displayed on the screen.
* A few of the clip-ons were translated into Spanish and French for U.S. Spanish and French Canadian VHS and DVD releases, respectively.
FX/SFX: The coming down of the clip-on, the rectangles and lines moving in, and the spinning film reels. Some of the clip-ons, however, have the text animate differently or only show a still image with no animation at all.
Music/Sounds: A flat, if somber-sounding, synth theme and Brian Cummings or Beau Weaver announcing the clip-on.
* Coming Soon to Theaters: "Coming soon to theaters."
* Coming to Theaters: "Coming to theaters."
* Now in Theaters: "Now in theaters."
* Coming Soon to Own on Video and DVD: "Coming soon to own on video and DVD."
* Coming Soon to Own on Video: "Coming soon to own on video."
* Coming Soon to Own on DVD: "Coming soon to own on DVD."
* Coming Soon to Video and DVD: "Coming soon on video and DVD."
* Coming Soon to DVD: "Coming soon on DVD."
* Coming Soon to Rent on Video: "Coming soon to rent on video."
* Coming Soon Collector's Edition DVD: "Coming soon, the collector's edition DVD!"
* Coming Soon to Own on DVD and Video: "Coming soon to own on DVD and video."
* Coming Soon on DVD and Video: "Coming soon on DVD and video."
* Now Available to Own on Video and DVD: "Now available to own on video and DVD."
* Now Available to Own on Video: "Now available to own on video."
* Now Available to Own on DVD: "Now available to own on DVD."
* Now Available on Video and DVD: "Now available on video and DVD."
* Now Available on Video: "Now available on video."
* Now Available on DVD: "Now available on DVD."
* Now Available to Rent on Video: "Now available to rent on video."
* Now Available Collector's Edition DVD: "Now available, the collector's edition DVD."
* Now Available to Own on DVD and Video: "Now available to own on DVD and video."
* Now Available on DVD and Video: "Now available on DVD and video."
* Now Available on CD and Cassette: "Now available on CD and cassette."
* Now Available on CD: "Now available on CD."
* New from The Secret Lab: "Here's what's new from The Secret Lab."
* Sneak Peek: "Here's a sneak peek at WALL-E motion picture event!"
* Join Us After the Program: "Join us after the program for a special message from Disney."
* Join Us After the Movie: "Be sure to join us after the movie for a special program."
* Feature Presentation: "And now, our feature presentation."
* Feature Program: "And now, our feature program."
* More Excitement from Disney: "And there's more excitement coming your way from Disney!"
* Previews: "Join us, for the following previews!"
Music/Sounds Variants:
* The "Disney Interactive," "From Playhouse Disney," "Now Available for PSP," and Australian variations don't have the announcer.
* The international "ON VIDEO & DVD" bumper is completely silent.
* The "Feature Presentation" and "Feature Program" clip-ons used a flat, somber 4-note synth theme culminating in a distant rumble.
* A version of the "Feature Presentation" bumper with Beau Weaver announcing Cummings' line “And now, our feature presentation.” at a slightly faster rate exists..
* On Speedbird The Movie variant of the “Join Us...” clip-on, the ID is silent except for Tom Kane saying, "Join us after the feature for a special message from Kirk Douglas."
* On the 2004 DVD of Pokémon: I Choose You! Pikachu!, the exact voiceover by Ash. See this page for more info.
* On the "After the Feature" variant, Tom Kane says, "Watch the trailers from writer/director Quentin Tarantino, coming up right after the feature." Instead of the standard flat music, a song from the film's soundtrack, "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" by Tomoyasu Hotei, is used in its place.
* On the custom "FEATURE PRESENTATION" variant, there's no announcer, and a majestic fanfare with a change in pitch at the very end is heard.
* On post-2001 DVDs and titles with the “...DVD AND VIDEO”, “Now Available ON VIDEO” and “...TO OWN ON DVD” clip-ons, Cummings' voiceover is heard in the middle of the bumper instead of the beginning.
* On most DVDs with the “Coming Soon ON DVD”, “Now Available TO OWN ON VIDEO & DVD”, and “Now Available ON DVD” clip-ons, Cummings’ voiceover is more enthusiastic.
* On DVDs with the “Now Available TO OWN ON DVD” clip-on, Cummings’ voiceover is more relaxed.
** On the 2005 DVD release of Odyssey into the Minds Eye, The Columbia Tri-Star Narrator Says Now Available on DVD with CTHE Music.
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