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# Disney's Logo Summary

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In Memory of Walt Disney (1901-1966)

## Background

Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. The studio is the flagship producer of live-action feature films and is based at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios are also released under the studio banner. Originally reorganized from Walt Disney Productions (now "The Walt Disney Company") as the live-action division of Disney, today it is one of Hollywood's major film studios.

When Walt Disney passed away in December 1966, his brother Roy O. Disney took over Walt Disney Productions and oversaw the release of films such as *The Jungle Book*, *The Happiest Millionaire* and *Bedknobs and Broomsticks*. Roy died from a stroke in 1971, shortly after the opening of Walt Disney World. Walt's son-in-law Ron Miller began running the studio with the help of Walt and Roy's associates Card Walker and Donn Tatum. This era of leadership at Disney is widely associated with a series of ambitious live action flops such as *The Black Hole* and *Tron*, though most of these films have since gained a cult following. Despite Disney's live action struggles, the animation unit continued to have success with films such as *Robin Hood*. During his tenure, Miller established Touchstone Pictures and rebranded the live-action film division as "Walt Disney Pictures", while Buena Vista was rebranded to "Buena Vista Pictures Distribution" with its opening card being dropped in favor of an in-credit text.

In 1984, a corporate takeover, lead by Walt's nephew Roy E. Disney lead to Michael Eisner and Frank Wells taking over the company. After the failure of *The Black Cauldron*, Eisner and Wells revived the struggling animation division, now helmed by Roy E. Disney with their new project, *The Little Mermaid*, which lead to the "Disney Renaissance" through the 1990s. In 1995, Disney began distributing films made by Pixar, buying the company outright by 2006. Disney retired the Buena Vista brand on films in 2007, with "Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures" taking its place. In 2011, the film division's name was abbreviated, now referred to simply as "Disney".

## 1st Logo (October 7, 1983-December 25, 1998)

Nicknames: "Walt Dull-sney Pictures", "The Walt Disney Text of Boredom", "Boring Disney"

Logo: Just text reading "WALT DISNEY PICTURES", but applied differently depending on the movie.

Variants:

* Typically, the text (in blue, orange, or white) is against a black background.
* *Return to Oz* features the "WALT DiSNEY" script logo, and is the first to do so.
* *Never Cry Wolf* has the text in a blue rectangular box with a white outline around it.
* *Squanto: A Warrior's Tale* has the word "Presents" fades below the logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The beginning of the movie's theme. On *A Far Off Place* and *The Three Musketeers*, it's silent.

Availability: Rare. Seen on some Disney movies from the era. This logo was most often used on live-action films, often to denote more serious fare. Sometimes preceded or plastered by the 1985 logo. The logo, however, came back in 1990 on trailers. Also seen on *The Rocketeer*, *A Far Off Place*, *The Three Musketeers*, *Squanto: A Warrior's Tale* (only at the beginning of the film; the next logo appears at the end of the film), *Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book*, and *Mighty Joe Young* (although the next logo appears on the trailers and TV spots for the said film). Also seen on trailers for *White Fang*, *Shipwrecked*, *Newsies*, *Hocus Pocus*, *Cool Runnings*, *Iron Will*, *Angels in the Outfield*, *Jungle 2 Jungle*, *Rocketman*, and *George of the Jungle* (though the actual films use the next logo instead).

Editor's Note: This tends to be regarded as overtly simple and plain for a Disney logo.

## 2nd Logo (June 21, 1985-December 12, 2006)

Nicknames: "The Disney Castle", "Magic Kingdom", "Sleeping Beauty/Cinderella Castle", "Classic Castle", "The Castle of Hollywood", "The Castle of Memories", "The Blue Castle", "Nostalgic Castle", "Walt Disney Castle", "Cel-animated Castle", "The Disney Renaissance Logo", "Disney Script", "White Disney Script", "2D Castle"

Logo: We see a shower of light descends from the top of the screen, forming a stylized, segmented Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty castle. The segments seem to be spaced farther apart by the time the light reaches the bottom. Through the main gate of the castle, a white ball of light forms, then extends out to form the words "WALT DiSNEY" in the familiar corporate "Disney" logo font. The word "PICTURES", in an ITC Lubalin Graph-Book font, fades in underneath. A ball of light then appears on the right side of the castle and draws a circular line over it. Three main variants are known:

* 1985-1990: The castle is a lavender/white gradient, and the background is indigo. However, some prints of *The Black Cauldron* show the castle in pure white. Some versions of the 1985-1990 variant show the castle in a light blue/white gradient, and the background is blue. In this variant, the semi-circular line is drawn all the way to the bottom left. Also, there is a pause after the initial glow before the shower of light descends, and the flash from the castle gate starts immediately after the castle has been formed.
* 1990-2000: The castle is sky blue, and the background is shady blue gradient. Some versions of the 1990-2006 variant show the background in fixed blue. In this variant, the semi-circular line ends just above the "W" from "WALT DiSNEY".
* 2000-2006: Similar to the 1990 variant, but the background is fixed blue, and the seventh flag is added to the right of the castle.

Trivia:

* The Disney script font is basically based on Walt Disney's signature.
* The castle seen in this logo was actually first used by Disneyland in 1985 to promote the theme park's 30th anniversary.
* Although in 1989 and 1990, Disney switched its newer animated movies from traditional cel animation to digital ink-and-paint via its CAPS (Computer Animation Production System) software, systems, servers, work servers and desks, this logo was still animated on hand-painted cels until at least the middle of 2005, even though two digitally-animated versions of this logo debuted in 1994 and 2000.

Variants:

* The size of the logo may vary.
* From 1985 until 2005, the logo is filmed and made with traditional ink-and-paint cel animation (which means that the logo was painted on several layers of production cels and animated frame by frame), while from 1995 until 2006, the logo is videotaped and made with digital ink-and-paint.
* There is a variation used from 1994 until 2006 in which the light forming the castle and the curved line's reflection are a little transparent, the flash forming the words "WALT DiSNEY" is a little brighter, and the word "PICTURES" fades in more quickly.
* There is a variation of this logo where the animation is slow and choppy, and the "shower of light" is not as apparent (it looks more like somebody sliding a sheet of blue paper down to form the castle logo). A smoother version of this variant debuted in 1991.
* When classic Disney shorts were re-released in the 1990s, the text "A FULLY RESTORED ORIGINAL/ANIMATED CLASSIC", in the font used for "PICTURES", is shown before the logo. On *The Old Mill*, the text reads "A FULLY RESTORED ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ANIMATED CLASSIC" with a drawing of an Oscar statue to the left and copyright for the A.M.P.A.S. on the bottom.
* There is a variant in which the flash that forms the "Walt Disney" text is a little slower and is shaped like an oval. This can be found on *101 Dalmatians* (1996 film), the widescreen version of *Lady and the Tramp* (1998 WDMC release), and the 2004 release of *Mary Poppins*, plastering the Buena Vista logo.
* There is a short version that can be seen on *Return to Oz*, the Roger Rabbit short *Tummy Trouble*, *DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp*, the 1995 Mickey Mouse short *Runaway Brain*, *Treasure Planet*, and the 1980s re-issue of 1939 Goofy short *Goofy and Wilbur*. It also appeared along with the Touchstone Home Video logo on very early Touchstone Home Video releases, mainly *Splash*, *My Science Project*, and *Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend*.
* On *Oliver & Company*, the original film release had the 1985 version of the castle, while post-1996 releases use the 1990 variant.
* There is an even shorter variant that starts after the "WALT DiSNEY" text is formed. This can be seen in the mid-2000s releases of some classic films (such as *Bambi* and *Cinderella*, among others), plastering over the RKO and Buena Vista logos. This strangely (albeit, silently) appears on post-2006 prints of *Lady and the Tramp* and the 2007 print of *The Jungle Book* before the Buena Vista logo.
* There is a variant in which the "WALT DiSNEY" text is in what appears to be "shadow" mode. It is unclear whether this is a result of film deterioration, distortion, or if this was indeed an actual variant.
* There is a variant in which the logo is a still picture. This can be found at the end of *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* and on the 1990s re-releases of some 1940s-1950s Disney cartoons (such as *Pluto's Fledgling*), plastering over the 1953 Buena Vista logo.
* On a few 2003-2006 animated films such as *Piglet's Big Movie* and *Leroy & Stitch*, "PICTURES" appears with "WALT DiSNEY" instead of fading in after.
* Depending on the movie, there could be a variant which includes characters or a style from the movie (or an alternate variant of the original version). Click here for a list of these variants.

Closing Variant: Either the full animation or it will start wherein "WALT DiSNEY" is formed by a flash of light.

FX/SFX: The "glowing castle", the "flash", and the drawing of the line. This was done by the animation department of Walt Disney Productions, which is now known as Walt Disney Animation Studios.

Music/Sounds: A rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star"; it opens with a chorus singing with a quiet brass rendition of the song's first bar, alongside sparkles evoking pixie dust, followed by an uprising flute and what sounds like a reversed cymbal crash, and then a full orchestral finish of the song's first bar ending with a flute/recorder at the very end. This was arranged by John Debney. Sometimes, it is silent or the opening theme to the movie.

Music/Sounds Variants:

* There is a slightly re-orchestrated variant on the 1998 VHS release of *The Black Cauldron*.
* There is a slightly re-orchestrated theme with a choir mixed in for the short variant. Some mid-1980s theatrical trailers have a voice-over saying "From the name that means magic in entertainment".
* On some 1980s theatrical trailers, a different majestic fanfare, which is not a rendition of the logo's usual theme in any form, is heard.
* The theme is re-orchestrated in a dramatically different key on 1994's *White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf*. This version was also arranged by John Debney.
* Some films, such as *Recess: School's Out*, *Jungle 2 Jungle* and *The Princess Diaries* use a more dramatic re-orchestration.
* In the 1995 short *Runaway Brain*, the logo's theme is re-orchestrated and sounds more like the 1988 Walt Disney Television logo.
* At the end of *D3: The Mighty Ducks*, it uses a flash sound and then a laser sound.
* At the end of movies, this logo is usually silent or has the ending theme of the movie playing over it.
* Some films, such as *Flight of the Navigator*, *The Rescuers Down Under* and the 1998 VHS of *The Little Mermaid* have the music off-sync with the logo's animation.
* On re-releases of Disney animated shorts in the 1990s, the logo is silent until the end, when the 1950s Buena Vista music pops up before the cartoon starts.
* In some films, the film's opening score incorporates the first few bars of "When You Wish Upon a Star" when the logo appears.
* On one print of *Old Yeller*, due to a plastering mistake, we hear the film's custom Buena Vista fanfare playing over the end of the logo.
* In some films, such as *The Emperor's New Groove*, *Mulan*, *Pocahontas* and *The Hunchback of Notre Dame*, the opening theme of the movie is heard.
* On *The Santa Clause 2*, the rendition is heard without the flute/recorder.
* On the 2003 DVD of *The Rescuers*, a thunderclap is heard at the end of the logo (this is because the movie originally had the Buena Vista logo at the start, with the thunderclap playing over it). On the 1999 VHS of the film, however, the logo is silent.
* The logo's music was heard in a scene of *102 Dalmatians*, which was taken from the 1998 VHS version of *Lady and the Tramp*.
* On *The Lion King*, ambient noises of the African savanna are heard.
* At the end of *Hercules*, we hear Hades (voiced by James Woods) talking over the logo ("What am I, an echo or something? Hello? Hello?! Am I talking to, what, hyperspace? Hello, it's me. Nobody listens."). This was removed in some foreign prints of the movie.
* Similarly, at the end of *Aladdin* (1992), specifically on the 2004 home video releases, we hear Genie (voiced by the late Robin Williams) talking over the logo ("You have been a fabulous audience! Tell you what, you're the best audience in the whole world! Take care of yourself! Goodnight, Alice! Goodnight, Agrabah! ¡Adios, amigos!"), over the end of the film's closing theme. The original 1993 video releases don't carry this comment.
* On the Brazilian 2002 VHS of *Sleeping Beauty*, the first part of the logo is silent. The second half of the logo, along with the film's variation of the Buena Vista logo, had the Walt Disney music play.

Availability: Uncommon. Back in the day, it was a lot more common, as it was used for 21 years. Since the logo retired, it has become rarer as many recent prints (both TV and home media) have plastered this with the 2006 logo, though it is still intact on older home media, with multiple films on Disney+ having the logo also intact.

* The first film to this logo (albeit the short version) was *Return to Oz*, and this logo has been put in front of almost every subsequent Disney animation until the logo's retirement on current releases in late 2006. The first animated film to use this logo (as well as the first film to use the full version of the logo) is *The Black Cauldron*.
* The 1990 "filmed" version of this logo was first seen on a trailer for *The Little Mermaid* and made its final appearance on a trailer for *Chicken Little*.
* Starting in the late 1980s, it was also used on newer prints of classic films, such as *Cinderella* (starting in 1988), *Fantasia* (starting in 1991), *101 Dalmatians* (starting in 1992), *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (starting in 1993), *The Fox and the Hound*, *Pinocchio*, *Sleeping Beauty* (all starting in 1995; in *Pinocchio'*s case, only outside the USA and Canada), *The Aristocats* (starting in 1996), *Bambi*, *Mary Poppins*, *Fun and Fancy Free*, *Old Yeller*, *The Jungle Book* (all starting in 1997), *Lady and the Tramp* (starting in 1998), *The Rescuers* (starting in 1999), *Alice in Wonderland* (starting in 2000) and *Bedknobs and Broomsticks* (starting in 2001), among others.
* The 1994 "videotaped" version was first appeared (full version) on *The Lion King*, released on June 15, 1994, and made its final theatrical appearance at the end of *The Wild*, released on April 14, 2006.
* The short version of the 1994 "videotaped" version was first seen on the Mickey Mouse short *Runaway Brain*, released on August 11, 1995.
* The 2000 version was first seen on *Atlantis: The Lost Empire*, released on June 15, 2001 (though using a variant at both the beginning and end of the movie). The normal variant debuted at the end of *Peter Pan: Return to Never Land*, released on February 26, 2002, and made its final appearance on *The Fox and the Hound 2* (which as a whole was the last film to use this logo), released on December 12, 2006.
* The last theatrically-released films to use this logo were *The Shaggy Dog* (the 2006 remake starring Tim Allen), released on March 10, 2006, and at the end of *The Wild* (the 5th logo is seen at the beginning), released on April 14, 2006.
* The last direct-to-video releases to use this were *Bambi II*, *Brother Bear 2*, and *The Fox and the Hound 2*.
* It was also seen on trailers for *Toy Story* as well, but the film itself uses the 4th logo.
* The current Blu-ray/DVD release of *The Great Mouse Detective* uses the 1994 variant of this logo, replacing the 1985 and 1990 logos.
* It also appeared on pre-2002 prints of *The Lion King*, as the 2002 IMAX version uses the 5th logo (the original 1995 VHS preserves this logo, however).
* Also, even though most recent prints of classic films use the 6th logo, it is strangely seen on the 2008 release of *The Aristocats*, the Diamond Edition DVD of *Lady and the Tramp* and the *Bambi: The Story Behind the Story* feature on the Diamond Edition DVD of *Bambi* (with the RKO Pictures custom logo theme playing underneath). However, some airings (an example of it being the ones on HBO Asia) of some pre-2006 movies still use this logo up to now.
* It's also preserved on TV airings, DVD/Blu-ray/digital releases, and theatrical reissues of *Hocus Pocus*. VHS and earlier DVD releases also keep this logo intact.
* This does not appear on movies from Studio Ghibli, as it only has the aforementioned company's logo and during this logo's usage Disney used the Buena Vista name on home video releases of Ghibli movies.
* The logo also appears on some foreign Blu-ray releases of *Flight of the Navigator*, including a German release from Splendid Entertainment and the 2012 and 2019 releases from Second Sigt Films, which presumably use American prints as Disney doesn't hold the video rights overseas.
* The restored version of this logo was seen on the 2014 re-issue of the (since removed) Netflix print of *Hercules*, while the other prints use the 6th logo
* Used in tandem with the 6th logo in its final five months.

Editor's Note: Easily one of the most beloved logos out there, due to its longevity and appearing at the front of a myriad of classic films. On a side note, *The Little Mermaid 2* actually used the newer castle on post-2008 prints. The original 2000 release used the 1994 castle.

## 3rd Logo (April 15, 1988-December 12, 2006)

Nicknames: "Disney Script II", "Animated Script"

Logo: On a black/cadet blue gradient background, the regular "WALT DiSNEY" script, in a textured baby blue hue, writes itself onscreen (a la the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo). The word "**P I C T U R E S**" fades in below the script in a Times font, with each of the letters spaced-out. A dot of light appears below the script and extends to form a line between the script and text.

FX/SFX: Typical animation for the time period, although smooth.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: It appears at the end of all Disney movies and promotional material at the time (except for Pixar movies, which uses the Pixar ending variant).

Editor's Note: Quite an oddity in general, given its usage and obscurity.

## 4th Logo (Pixar Variant) (November 19, 1995-November 7, 2014)

Nicknames: "The Pixar Castle", "Pixar Kingdom", "Sleeping Beauty/Cinderella Castle II", "Sleeping Beauty Castle 3D", "CGI Disney Castle", "The Disney Castle II", "Walt Disney Castle II", "The Castle of Hollywood II", "Majestic Castle", "The Zooming Castle", "Pre-Ultra Majestic Castle", "Disney Script III", "White Disney Script II", "CGI Disney Script", "The Bicolored Castle"

Logo: On a blue background, the camera flies out underneath a CGI castle (in silver and light blue), with flags flapping on the top. When the logo zooms out, the logo proceeds as normal, but the "WALT DiSNEY" text is more three-dimensional, and the ball of light drawing the line over the castle drops what seems to be pixie dust, which is much slower than the 2nd logo.

Trivia: This is pretty much a CGI remake of the second logo, although the way the castle appears is very different.

Variants:

* On *Toy Story*, the logo zooms out to reveal Andy's room once the ball of light finishes drawing the line over the castle.
* On trailers and on *Monsters, Inc.*, the logo is shortened to when the arc is formed over the castle. Don't expect to find this as a closing variant, though.
* Starting in 2011 with Cars 2, like with the 2006 logo, "Walt" and "Pictures" are removed, leaving "Disney".

Closing Variant: The full animation as described above, except onscreen for a few more seconds.

FX/SFX: The camera zooming out and the animation from the 2nd logo. Very nice CGI from Pixar themselves.

Music/Sounds: A bombastic/majestic fanfare composed by Randy Newman.

Music/Sound Variants:

* On the *Toy Story* variant, a more bombastic version of the fanfare is used, and once the line finishes being drawn over the castle by the ball of light, only the rest of the notes to the third to last note of the fanfare play, with the last two notes played on a trumpet.
* The opening theme of the movie was used on *Monsters, Inc.* as well as the films directed by Brad Bird (*The Incredibles* and *Ratatouille*).
* From *Cars* to *Big Hero 6*, the fanfare was re-orchestrated to put a little more of the logo in at the same duration of the logo's closing re-appearance.
* At the end of the movie, we hear flapping flags and the sound of pixie dust as the ball of light draws the line over the castle. On *A Bug's Life*, *Monsters, Inc.* and the original (pre-outtakes) release of *Toy Story 2*, the closing theme was used instead.

Availability: Fairly common, but it was more common during its usage.

* It was used on all Pixar movies beginning with *Toy Story* (which was also the first ever feature-length CGI film) and made its final appearance on *Big Hero 6*.
* The logo was last used in the teaser trailer for *WALL-E*, since the film itself uses the 6th logo.
* It can also be seen on various shorts based off Pixar films such as *Mike's New Car*, *Jack-Jack Attack*, *Mater and the Ghostlight* and *Your Friend the Rat*.
* This logo made a surprise appearance on an Amazon Video print of *Monsters, Inc.*, likely because it was using the 2009 Blu-ray master.
* Used in tandem with the 6th logo from 2006-2014.

Editor's Note: A nice CGI update of the 2nd logo, which is fondly regarded by fans of older Pixar movies.

## 5th Logo (May 19, 2000-April 14, 2006)

Nicknames: "Hidden Disney Castle", "The Flare", "Sleeping Beauty/Cinderella Castle III", "The Castle of Hollywood III", "The Flashlight", "Golden Disney Castle", "Walt Disney Castle III", "2D Castle II", "Disney Script IV", "Golden Disney Script", "Golden Castle"

Logo: On a black background, we see the orange text "WALT DiSNEY PICTURES" wiping in from left to right. Then we see an orange light/flare shining on the logo, illuminating it with a trail effect that rises from the top of the letters "E" and "Y" in "DiSNEY", making its way around to reveal the castle in metallic orange. The entire logo wipes away as soon as the light trail effect illuminates away.

Variant: On trailers, the logo appears to be in a bronze-like color.

Closing Variant: The closing variation of this logo is still. Also, the castle is in a gradient scheme, albeit different from the trailer version. On some movies such as *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl*, *Brother Bear*, and the 2002/2003 releases of *The Lion King* (1994), the full animation is being used as a closing variant.

FX/SFX: The text wiping in, the light effect, and the logo wiping out. The effects used are rather unique for their time.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme of the movie. On *Holes*, a sound of a fire being lit is heard when the arc draws.

Availability: Fairly common. Seen on most live-action Disney films from the era, such as *102 Dalmatians*, *Sky High*, *National Treasure*, *Holes*, *Glory Road*, *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe*, Disney's *The Kid*, *The Rookie*, *The Pacifier*, *Tuck Everlasting*, and *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl* (only at the end; don't expect this logo to appear at the beginning). Also seen on some animated films from Disney, such as *Dinosaur* (which was the first film to use this logo), *Brother Bear* (the 6th logo is used at the end on current prints though), and the 2002 IMAX re-release and 2003 2-Disc DVD release of *The Lion King* (1994). However, most recent prints plaster it with the next logo; as before, however, the logo is intact on VHS and DVD releases of these films. This logo made its final appearance on the animated film *The Wild* (only at the beginning, the ending of the film uses the 3rd logo).

Editor's Note: A stylish and well-done adaption of the original Disney castle logo for older-skewing films.

## 6th Logo (June 24, 2006-)

Nicknames: "CGI Magic Kingdom", "The Disney Castle IV", "Sleeping Beauty/Cinderella Castle IV", "Majestic Castle II", "Ultra Majestic Castle", "The Castle and the Fireworks", "CGI Disney Castle II", "Sleeping Beauty Castle 3D II", "Walt Disney Castle IV", "Plastering Castle", "Disney Script VI", "Glossy Disney Script"

Logo: We fade into a view of a night sky, with a star somewhere on the screen and the clouds on the bottom. We then start flying down through the clouds with the camera. We then pan with the camera down to a very clear view of a river, with a train running down a railroad track and some buildings nearby. We then fly with the camera past a flag with the Disney coat of arms, and pan down as we see some fireworks going off, only to find the castle completely redone in CGI. When the fireworks finish, a very small dot (you will have to look closely if you want to see it) appears way closer to the castle and then moves to the right side. The dot then draws a line over the castle as we are slightly panning, and it is almost finished when we are in a comfortable position in front of the castle. When the dot is finished drawing the line, "WALT DiSNEy", in its well-known script (although it is slightly different to the 1985 font), fades in front of the main gate of the castle. When it does, "P I C T U R E S" fades in below the script.

Later Variant: Only the word "DiSNEy" is shown. Even though this was actually first used for the Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment logo back in 2007, it would later replace the previous variant with the full company name on the studio's films, starting with *The Muppets*. The change was also made to fit into mobile phones and other devices, like the iPod.

Trivia: This logo was produced using the RenderMan and Nuke softwares and took nearly a year to fully complete. The main staff responsible for the rendering were Cyrese Parrish and Cameron Smith.

Variants:

* On 3-D releases, the "WALT DiSNEY" (or, in later years, "DiSNEY") text zooms in more to create a 3D illusion. This variant was also used on 2D films, despite them not being released in 3D. You can find this variant on the following films: *Mars Needs Moms*, *Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides*, *Planes*, *Planes: Fire and Rescue*, *Cinderella* (2015), *Aladdin* (2019), *Maleficent: Mistress of Evil*, and the Disney+ original film *Noelle*.
* For Walt Disney Animation Studios films released between 2007 to early 2012, the logo is much brighter and tinted purple.
* Another variant has the "WALT DiSNEY" (or in later years, "DiSNEY") text already formed while the curved line is drawn. This is mostly seen on trailers.
* On Disney Blu-ray releases, the word "DiSNEY" is absent from the logo. This is only seen as a loading screen when the Blu-ray starts.
* An open matte version exists. A 4:3 variant was seen on the 2008 DVD of *101 Dalmatians* (current home media prints since the Diamond Edition release and the Disney+ print omit it), and a full 16:9 open matte version was seen on Weta Digital's video and of the *Enchanted* opening titles. Also, the variant from *Beauty and the Beast* (2017) also used a 16:9 open matte version on its in-flight version and IMAX Aspect Ratio version.
* On TV-syndicated airings of *Cars* and *Toy Story 3*, the logo starts with the flag being revealed.
* On live-action remakes starting in 2016, the entire logo is recreated in traditional animation (the castle resembles the one found at Disneyland, Anaheim, California) and the music is rearranged by John Debney. "Disney" is in yellow as well.
* Starting with *Jungle Cruise*, the logo (normal and regional variants) is enhanced, including the Disney logo standing (instead of fading in) and the lights of the castle and the Disney logo can be seen in the reflection of the river. The clouds in the sky are removed.
* In 2021, the Disney logo expanded on regional variants, which are mentioned in this under:
	+ China: The castle is replaced by the Shanghai Disneyland's Enchanted Storybook Castle and the text is recolored gold. A special variant of this logo variant was created for Shanghai Disneyland's 5th anniversary. The flag's coat of arms is replaced by the Shanghai Disneyland Resort's 5th anniversary logo and while the arc is drawing, the Chinese text for "Year of Magical Surprise" (奇妙连连 惊喜一整年) in orange, appears on top of the castle.
	+ Korea: As with the Shanghai 5th anniversary variant, there's text on the top of the castle, but this time it's a black colored arced Korean text reading "Magical Fun Movies". Plus, the castle has been redesigned. TBA.
	+ Spanish: The redesigned castle from the Korean variant is used and the text is recolored purple.
	+ French: As with the Chinese variant, the castle is replaced by the one at Disneyland Paris. The flag's coat of arms is replaced by the logo for the Paris theme park at the time, and the text is recolored green. The scenery also changed starting with Encanto. The grass is cleaner and more green, the logo's in full daytime, the river is replaced by a field of flowers in the same path, and the town is replaced by many flowers with statues of Disney characters.
	+ India: TBA
	+ Japan: TBA
	+ Arabic: TBA
	+ Greek: TBA

Closing Variants:

* Just the last few seconds of the logo, where the line draws over the castle and the text fades in. This was also used as the opening logo on current prints of *Monsters, Inc.* to plaster the 1995 logo.
* On animated movies starting with *Finding Dory* (with the exceptions being *Ralph Breaks the Internet* and *Onward*), as well as *The Lion King* (2019), the entire logo is used as a closing logo. This is due to dubbing information (director, translator, sound mixer, studio, additional voices, etc.) and the original main voice cast being displayed there in place on international localized prints. After that, the regular closing logo plays out.
* On current prints of *Aladdin* (1992), *Hercules* and *Brother Bear* (despite the previous logo being intact at the beginning), the tail end animation of the logo plays.

FX/SFX: The camera flying and panning down to reveal the castle. Beautiful, mind-blowing CGI animation done by Weta Digital (with a collaboration from yU+co).

Music/Sounds: A piano/string piece that builds into an orchestral and choir rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" composed by Mark Mancina, which sounds completely different from the 2nd logo. Firecracker sound effects are heard when the fireworks go off.

Music/Sounds Variants:

* In some cases, the logo is silent or has the opening theme of the movie playing over it, with some of the normal sound effects retained.
	+ However, there are cases when the logo uses different or similar sound effects with the opening theme, such as *The Sorcerer's Apprentice*, *Planes*, *Tomorrowland,* and *Dumbo* (2019)*.*
	+ There are also cases where the logo uses the normal theme, but with different sound effects, most notably for the fireworks. This is shown in films like *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), *Mary Poppins Returns*, *Aladdin* (2019), and *Noelle*.
* In most cases (such as *The Lone Ranger*, *Frozen*, *Maleficient*, *Inside Out*, *The Finest Hours*, *Moana*, *Frozen II*, *Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made*, *Onward* and *Luca*), the opening theme of the movie is used without any sound effects whatsoever.
* An alternate version is subtly different, having louder and clearer sound effects. This version can be seen in certain films, such as *National Treasure: Book of Secrets,* *G-Force,* and *Secretariat*. Most of these sound effects were also used in the logo in *The Muppets* and *Muppets Most Wanted*.
* On *Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides*, as the opening theme plays, only the sounds of the fireworks and water flowing are heard.
* The closing variant is mostly silent, but sometimes, the closing theme of the movie will be heard over the logo, or, very rarely, the same fanfare used to open up films. On some films (such as *The Princess and the Frog*, *Frozen* and some Pixar films), we hear the sound of fairy dust over the logo.
* At the end of current prints of *Aladdin* (1992) and *Hercules*, Genie gives an extra goodbye for the former, and Hades gives an extra talk about his achievement for the latter, both over the logos.
* At the end of *Up*, it has the sound of a record popping.
* On the 2016 variant, there is a rearranged version of the fanfare, composed by John Debney.

Availability: Current and ultra common. This was used in tandem with the 2nd and 4th logos in its first five months on the 2nd logo, and first one year (on the 4th logo).

* Seen on all Disney films since *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest* (the previous logo is shown on trailers, however).
* It also appears on all Pixar films since 2008, first of them being *WALL-E*. It was seen on some TV spots for *Ratatouille*, but the normal film itself used the 4th logo, and is the logo's final appearance.
* The version with the full company name last appeared theatrically on *Winnie the Pooh* (2011), and direct-to-video on *Treasure Buddies* (2012), but it later made a surprise appearance at the end of *The Lone Ranger* (2013), albeit only on the theatrical release.
* It also started to appear on current prints of classic Disney films, shorts and most pre-2008 Pixar films in the late 2000s, such as *Sleeping Beauty*, *101 Dalmatians* (both starting in 2008; the latter shows the logo at the start of the film, but current prints and the Disney+ print omit it), the first two *Toy Story* films, *Pinocchio*, *Dumbo* (1941), *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs* (all starting in 2009), *Beauty and the Beast* (1991; starting in 2010), *Bambi*, *Alice in Wonderland* (1951), *The Lion King* (1994; all starting in 2011; also on the first title, it plastered over the original RKO logo at the start until 2017), *Finding Nemo*, *Cinderella* (1950; starting in 2012, but some post-2012 prints of the latter, like the Disney+ print, use the 2nd logo instead), *Monsters, Inc.*, *Aladdin* (1992), *Peter Pan*, *The Little Mermaid* (1989), and *Cars* (2006; all starting in 2013, on the fifth tile, the Blu-ray uses this logo, although the DVD uses the 4th logo), *Hercules* (the Netflix print used the 2nd logo), *The Jungle Book* (1967; both starting in 2014), though many others like *Hocus Pocus*, *A Bug's Life*, *Mulan* (1998), *Tarzan*, both *Lilo and Stitch* films (albeit using the variants),*The Incredibles*, *Chicken Little* (albeit using a variant) and *Ratatouille* still use their old logos. It even plasters the Touchstone Pictures logo on post-2006 prints of *The Nightmare Before Christmas*, (although the Touchstone is still listed in the closing credits)
* Seen also on some Indian films produced by this company like *Khoobsurat*.
* It also appears preceding the Studio Ghibli logo on the 2010 DVD releases of their output, such as *Ponyo*, and is even surprisingly retained at the end of the UK DVD release of said film, even though Optimum Releasing distributed the film there.
* It also appeared once on the demo VHS release of *Cinderella III: A Twist in Time*.
* The live action variant first debuted on the live action remake of The Jungle Book (as a variant), and the normal version debuted on the live action remake of Dumbo.
* The first movie with the 2021 variant is Jungle Cruise (as a variant), while the first movie with the normal 2021 variant is Encanto.
* The logo usually appeared on ABC shows and specials, such as *Dancing with the Stars* and *American Idol* during Disney Night, which occured once each season.
* The first movie to ever use a regional variant was Luca (normal version). The Chinese and Korean variants debuted on Luca, while the Spanish and French variant debuted on Jungle Cruise, and the Indian variant debuted on Encanto. The Japanese and Arabian variants debuted on Turning Red (as a variant), and the Greek variant debuted on Who Framed Gummi Bears.
* In this AU, this logo wasn't used on Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Cheaper by the Dozen and Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild because the 20th Century Studios logo was used on all films and the 20th Century Animation logo was used on the former and latter.

Editor's Note: This logo is easily one of the best ever made, with its lush music, dream-like animation, nice sound effects, and CGI that still looks fantastic over 15 years later. However, it has gained some infamy among some for its continual plastering of Disney's previous logos. Nonetheless, this is still a favorite of many.

## Copyright Stamps

Here is some information about the copyright stamps on the Disney films:

* 1930-1931: Copyright © by Walter E. Disney
* 1931-1940: Copyright © by Walt Disney Productions, Ltd.
* 1940-September 17, 1985: Copyright © by Walt Disney Productions
* July 2, 1986-March 8, 1996: Copyright © by The Walt Disney Company
* April 12, 1996-present: Copyright © by Disney Enterprises, Inc.
* November 20, 1998-present: Copyright © by Disney Enterprises, Inc./Pixar Animation Studios (on Pixar films).

# Super Mario Maker 2 keeps updating?

Hi! I am the What-ifer! On the updates of SMM2, I will make it to where it will keep updating (also note: it will be based on other articles). It's also interconnected to all of the What ifs I done.

## The First Giant Update

The first giant update is the first update of Super Mario Maker 2, and was released in December 5, 2019.

* Spikes were added in all styles.
* Pokeys were added in all styles.
* Frozen Coins were added in the classic styles.
* P Blocks were added in all styles.
* Dash Blocks was added in the 3D World style.
* Master Sword was added in the Super Mario Bros. style.
* Frog Suit was added in the Super Mario Bros. 3 style.
* P Balloon was added in the Super Mario World style.
* Super Acorn was added in the New Super Mario Bros. U style.
* Boomerang Flower was added in the Super Mario 3D World style.
* 5 wearables were added in the Super Mario 3D World style.
* The 8 Koopalings was added in the classic styles.
* World Maker and Super Worlds were added.
* Adds 2 new opening animations.
* New tags were added.
* Added more search options in the detailed search section.
* Changed the way enemies spawn in slopes.
* Improved the course corruption system.
* Players wearing a Dry Bones Shell stuck inside blocks can no longer jump out of the shell.

## The Super Mario Bros. 2 Update

The Super Mario Bros. 2 Update released on April 22, 2020 and finally fills in the blank spot next to the 3D World style.

* A style, Super Mario Bros. 2, is added.
* World Maker now has the 5 styles from V1 of the game. Also, Checkpoints were added as well.