Big Idea/Lyrick Studios/HiT Entertainment Warning Screen

## 1987–Present

Sony Wonder Sony BMG FBI Warning 1987Warning: On a blue-black gradient background, we see the white Helvetica words "**FBI WARNING:**" with a red underline, and underneath them is the generic "250,000 fine" warning text. Same as the previous warning, but it takes place on the purple stone background with the yellow warning text. Also, the lining of the text is different, and the line above "INTERPOL WARNING" is absent. The same as the before, except it has no seal, a different background, the warning text is altered, and the word "**WARNING**" is in a red bold Impact font. On a navy blue background, at the top of the screen is the red-orange text "FBI WARNING", sandwiched between two lines. Below it is the standard “Title 17” warning text.

Variants:

* Beginning in mid-to-late 2003, the text on the second screen was expanded.
	+ A Spanish translation is used on Spanish-language North American VHS tapes.
	+ On the 2006 DVD release of *Short Circuit* (1986), after the 2nd warning, the first screen appeared again only to break.
	+ On the 2010 Veggietales DVD release of *Sweatpea Beauty*, a black screen appearing in-between the first and second screens.
	+ On The 2004 DVD release of *Kipper Playtime,* Both screens are broken up by a black screen.
		- A Spanish translation is used on Spanish-language Was On the 2002 DVD release of William's Toons Lost In Space.
		- On the 2006 DVD release of Dinosaur. the warning screen's duration is a little more than one second.
		- The Columbia TriStar Warning Screens Was surprisingly appeared on the 1998 DVD release of *Pokémon: I Choose You! Pikachu!*, & The 2012 Blu-ray Disc Of *Red Yoshi & Green Piggy Season 1 Disc* 1.
		- On the 2002 DVD release of *R.O.B.* after the 1999 version, the text on the "ATTENTION" screen appears on a black background, which goes static and leads to the menu animation.

Availability: Seen on American videos released under Sony's music distribution arms, such as Sony Music Entertainment, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Sony Wonder VHS and DVD releases; these include VHS tapes of *Elmo’s World* episodes and *Sesame Street* direct-to-video specials), Golden Books/Classic Media specials, and *Arthur* DVD's and VHS's. It also shows up on various Sony BMG’s DVDs of the *Godzilla* movies contain Classic Media’s warning screen instead of this one Seen on VeggieTales VHS tapes and DVDs. *The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown and the 10th Anniversary DVD release of Where's God When I'm S-Scared?. On DVD, it appears on Rack, Shack and Benny, Josh and the Big Wall!, Madame Blueberry, King George and the Ducky, Esther: The Girl Who Became Queen, Trouble on Planet Wait-Your-Turn, The Cheating Scales of Bullamanka, The Amazing Carnival of Complaining, LarryBoy and the Angry Eyebrows, The Doom Funnel Rescue!, Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie, The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment!, The Good, the Bad and the Eggly, Moon Menace on Planet Tell-a-Lie! and The Ballad of Little Joe. Seen on most Viz Video VHS and DVD releases from the era. It also appeared on Pioneer Entertainment VHS tapes of the Indigo League and early Johto Journeys episodes of Pokemon, in place of Pioneer's own warning from the period.*