Dream Tropes Wiki/Vanity Plate

A short sequence played at the very end of a program's Closing Credits to identify the production/distribution company that created/distributed the series. Sometimes also called "vanity cards," "taglines", "sign-offs", "closing/production logos", "endtag", or an "endboard", these brief sequences display the production and distribution company's trademark/logo. They can occur at the beginning, which is usually done in movies to the opening beats of the theme music or to its own theme. Rising production costs have increased the number of collaborative efforts between studios in recent years, which has the unfortunate side-effect of multiplying the number of vanity plates that open a film.

Some companies put a great deal of effort into creating a memorable vanity plate, as this is really the only advertising the production company receives. This has led to famous examples such as the MTM Kitten and the Mutant Enemy Zombie, or infamous examples, such as the Screen Gems "Filmstrip S," also known as "The S from Hell."

CGI in recent years has made these considerably snazzier. A combination of the increase in quality and number of film vanity plates has increasingly led to viewer confusion over when they end and the movie proper begins. Peter Griffin elaborates here.

The Closing Logo Group Wiki has information on these and practically every vanity plate EVER. Logopedia includes vanity plates in its database.

If a Vanity Plate becomes known the world over, then it's also an Iconic Logo. See also Logo Joke for vanity plate variants made for specific movies. Compare Station Ident.

If you were wanting to read about literal vanity plates, see Vanity License Plate.
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## Examples

* **Amorim Nazario**:
	+ Believe it or not, this company has **3** vanity plates. The first one contains a logo similar to Klasky Csupo's, wiggling. Then they explode, fall and then turn into the normal logo (although a small bit corrupted) to reveal a Nightmare Face that says "It's Amorim Nazario" in a robot voice. The logo then turns off like a CRT TV. It was later retired only months later for a new logo. There was another logo only used in "Matsquirrels vs. EUREEEKA!" and "Fun is Actually No Fun". It shows a sleeping dog and the day starting. The dog then wakes up and barks. It then gets chased by a messy ink A who the dog gladly escapes from. The A then hides itself on a incomplete sign saying "morim Nazario". A variant of the "Amorim Nazario!" effect plays, but instead of children, it is a newer recording, although being voiced by the same children from the late 1982 logo. It then shuts off to a green background same to that from the dough animation, which could startle people scared of the dough animation.
	+ The new logo was children shouting "Amorim Nazario!" on a black background with the logo appearing as the children say the company name. It then cuts to a green background, with a dough ball turning to reveal a Nightmare Retardant face, with the company logo's letters shooting out slowly from parts of the background. The dough ball makes some faces and the logo ends. Although scaring and annoying some children and teenagers, the logo has been used for about **30** years and is unlikely to retire from the Dough animation anytime soon.

* The Vlokfilm logo, ever since 1971.
* The logo for Harvey Kimozkoi Productions shows its signature of the name.