Paramount Pictures

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### Background

**Paramount Pictures** traces its history back to May 8, 1912, when it was originally founded as Famous Players Film Company by Hungarian-born Adolph Zukor at Westinghouse. He had been an early investor in nickelodeons (film theaters that cost 5 cents admission), and saw that movies appealed mainly to working-class immigrants. With partners Daniel Frohman and Charles Frohman, he planned to offer motion pictures that would appeal to the middle class by featuring leading theatrical players of the time (leading to the slogan "famous players in famous plays"). By 1913, Famous Players had completed five films and Zukor was on his way to success. That same year, fellow aspiring producer Jesse L. Lasky opened the Lasky Feature Play Company with money borrowed from his brother-in-law Samuel Goldfish (later known as Samuel Goldwyn). The Lasky company hired Cecil B. DeMille, a stage director with virtually no film experience, as their first employee; DeMille would find a suitable location site in Hollywood for his first film *The Squaw Man*.

In 1914, the former company was renamed **Paramount Pictures Corporation**, as the second oldest-running movie studio in Hollywood, with Universal Pictures being founded only eight days earlier. Lasky left Paramount in 1932 with Zukor blaming him for the studio's financial issues at the time. In 1948, Paramount was taken to the United States Supreme Court. This case, Template:W, resulted in studios being forced to divest themselves of their theater holdings and, in addition to the concurrent rise of television, would mark the beginning of the end for the old "studio system". In 1959, Adolf Zukor stepped down from running the studio and assumed the role of chairman, which he held until 1964. On March 24, 1966, Westinghouse was merged with Gulf+Western Industries, which later became Paramount Communications on June 5, 1989. As part of the acquisition by Gulf+Western, Lucille Ball's Desilu Productions was brought under Paramount's control and, in 1968, renamed Paramount Television On March 11, 1994, Paramount Communications was merged with Viacom. On December 31, 2005, Viacom split into two companies: one retaining its original name (inheriting Paramount, MTV Networks and BET Networks) and the other being named CBS Corporation (inheriting Paramount's television production and distribution arms, currently known as CBS Studios, CBS Media Ventures and the ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group, respectively), with both companies owned by National Amusements, when the television rights to Paramount's library are now handled by Trifecta Entertainment and Media. Paramount relaunched its Paramount Television division on March 4, 2013. On August 13, 2019, it was announced that Viacom and CBS would reunite and merge to form ViacomCBS, and the merger was completed on December 4, 2019.

## Famous Players Film Company

### (July 12, 1912-December 25, 1916)

**Nicknames:** "Pre-Paramount Mountain", "The Masks"

**Logo:** On a black background, we see two masks alongside a mirror or a simple oval, which reads:

PRODUCED
BY THE
**FAMOUS PLAYERS**
**FILM CO.**
ADOLPH ZUKOR
PRES.
The text "Distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation" appears below.

**Variants:**

* On films before Paramount Pictures was founded, the "Distributed by Paramount" notice doesn't appear.
* On *Poor Little Peppina* (and possibly other films), the masks and the mirror are different and a different font is used.

**FX/SFX:** None.

**Music/Sounds:** None or the music added to a silent film.

**Availability:** Ultra rare. Can be found on *Snow White* and *Poor Little Peppina*, among some other films of the time. Some of them were destroyed and some are in the public domain. Despite the company's first rebrand in 1914, this logo continued to be in use until two years later.

## Paramount Pictures Corporation

### 1st Logo (July 12, 1912, September 14, 1914-1917)

**Nicknames:** "The Original Paramountain", "Paramount Mountain"

**Logo:** On a black background, we see a mountain above a few clouds surrounded by stars. There is text over the mountain reading:

*Paramount*
*Pictures*
**Variant:** Depending on the film, the colors are different.

**FX/SFX:** None.

**Music/Sounds:** None or the film's opening music.

**Availability:** Ultra rare.

**Editor's Note:** This marks the first use of the studio's famous mountain, though it may look strange to those familiar with the later designs.

### 2nd Logo (1917-June 11, 1927)

**Nicknames:** "The Three Mountains in the Credits", "Three Paramountains", "Paramount Mountain II"

**Logo:** We see one of the following bylines at the top of the screen:

* "**ADOLPH ZUKOR PRESENTS**" (films produced on the East Coast).
* "**JESSE L. LASKY PRESENTS**" (films produced on the West Coast).
* "**ADOLPH ZUKOR AND JESSE L. LASKY PRESENT**" (films produced on both coasts).

Below, we see the title of the film and more info. Somewhere on the screen, we see a snow-capped mountain poking out of a cloud at the bottom, surrounded by a ring of stars. There is text overlapping the mountain reading:

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At the bottom of the screen is a box with two Paramount pseudo-logos on either side. Each has a ring of stars inside a ring; the one the right reads "Paramount Pictures, and the other has some more text. At the top of the box, we see "COPYRIGHT [YEAR]". Inside the box, we see the words "FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY CORPORATION" in a large font. Below this, we see the words "ADOLPH ZUKOR, PRESIDENT" in a slightly smaller font. Below Zukor's name, we see the words "NEW YORK CITY". Below the box, we see, in a large font, "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED".

**Variant:** On some of Paramount's earlier movies, the pseudo-logo "A Paramount Picture" is nowhere to be seen in the movie's title, keeping only the two small pseudo-logos below the title. Instead, the full "A Paramount Picture" logo is seen after it. After a few seconds, the film's opening credits overlap with the logo. It can be seen on films such as *Love 'Em or Leave 'Em* and *Running Wild*.

**Closing Title:** We see the words "THE END" on the screen. At the top of the screen is the title of the movie. Below "THE END", we see the opening logo.

**Closing Variants:** On all films until 1922, the "A Paramount Picture" logo appears after the movie ends instead. After a few seconds, the "THE END" overlaps the logo and fades out. Another variant, from *Stage Struck* (1925), shows the "THE END" in white script with the "T" and E" in fancy lettering. After a few seconds, the "A Paramount Picture" pseudo-logo is seen on a Template:Font color background.

**FX/SFX/Trivia:** None. It was actually a painting that was filmed by a cameraman.

**Music/Sounds:** None.

**Availability:** Extremely rare. Most of Paramount's silent output featured its print logo over the opening and ending titles, while later films featured the onscreen logo fading into the film's title card. Like most silent films before 1924, the rest are in public domain or have passed on to other companies that released versions with copyrighted music scores. Most of these versions use new opening titles due to lost material for the original credits (the current version of *Metropolis* is an example of this); however, some films such as such as the restored version of *J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan* have survived with the original Paramount tags intact. A picture showing the filming of this logo can be found on page 71 of the book *A Pictorial History of the Western Film*. The variants are ultra rare, although it was kept intact on the DVD of *Love 'Em or Leave 'Em*.

**Editor's Note:** Despite being similar, the 1917 logo is actually different from the 1912 version, due in part to the different cloud design.

### 3rd Logo (January 22, 1927-November 28, 1953)

**Nicknames:** "Dark Mountain", "Paramount Mountain III", "Ben Lomond Mountain"

**Logo:** We see a snow-capped mountain against a dark sky, with clouds that look like smoke. Encircling the mountain are 24 stars, accompanied by the following text in a majestic script font overlapping the mountain:

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At the end of the movie, we see "The End", in script, overlapping the company name. On many movies, "The End" fades out, leaving only the logo and "A Paramount Picture".

**Variants:**

* From 1941 to 1945, the clouds around the mountain look foggier.
* Though the same general design of this logo remained the same, there were subtle changes from 1929 to 1931, including brighter stars on some films released from 1927 to 1930, or a slightly different design on films from 1935 to 1939. From 1939 to 1942, the words "A" and "Picture" fade out a little and the word "PRESENTS" fades in below "Paramount".
* In earlier color films released from 1929 to 1945, the logo is colored in blue. Starting in 1944, the logo is more colorized.
* Sometimes, the word "Release" replaces "Picture", though *The House That Shadows Built* used the word "Program" instead.

**Trivia:**

* The mountain was doodled by William W. Hodkinson during a meeting with Adolph Zukor. It is based off of Ben Lomond Mountain in Utah, which is near where Hodkinson spent his childhood.
* 24 stars surround the mountain: one for each movie star that had a contract with the studio at the time.

**FX/SFX:** The gliding clouds.

**Music/Sounds:** The beginning or end of a movie's theme. Starting with the 1930 film *Paramount on Parade*, almost all films from Paramount use the fanfare of the same name (written by Elsie Janis and Jack King).

**Availability:** Uncommon, but it's still retained on films of the era. On old prints of Paramount films distributed by MCA TV, they are usually preceded with the Universal logo. On current prints that Universal owns from the MCA package,

**Editor's Note:** The darker and more detailed mountain seen here is known to unnerve a few.

### 4th Logo (1934-1939)

**Nickname:** "The Popular Science Mountain", "Paramount Mountain IV"

**Logos:**

* 1934-1936 Variant: We see a mountain shooting above a cloud deck, with a ring of 19 stars (similar to the 5th logo). In an unusual font, we see the words "Template:Font".
* 1936-1939 Variant: We see a Template:Font color mountain with a brownish sky. This is similar to the Paramount movie logo, except the word "Template:Font" is slightly below the top of the mountain, which has 24 or 30 stars.

**Openings:**

* *Popular Science*: We see a cartoon airplane zooming toward us. After the plane passes, we see either "ADOLPH ZUKOR PRESENTS" or "PARAMOUNT PRESENTS" while we're looking down at the airplane. The words "POPULAR SCIENCE" are seen on the airplane's wings. At the bottom is a copyright notice and a Paramount pseudo-logo. Also present may be another copyright notice for Shields Pictures.
* *Unusual Occupations*: On a shining Template:Font color background, we see the above words, except the words "UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS" are seen.

**FX/SFX:** None.

**Music/Sounds:**

* *Popular Science*: A variation of the *Paramount on Parade* fanfare accompanies the sound of the airplane passing.
* *Unusual Occupations*: A patriotic theme is heard, which leads into a medley of "I've Been Working on the Railroad", "Pop Goes the Weasel" and "Old MacDonald Had a Farm".

**Availability:** Ultra rare.

### 5th Logo (December 23, 1950-October 22, 1953)

**Nicknames:** "Ugly Mountain", "Early Blue Mountain", "Paramount Mountain V"

**Logo:** Same as the 3rd logo, only this variation looks more marble and uneven in appearance. The sky background is a bit lighter as well.

**Variant:** Sometimes, the logo appears closer up.

**FX/SFX:** Same as the 3rd logo.

**Music/Sounds:** Usually the opening music/audio of any given film. Sometimes it is silent, and on rare occasions, it uses the *Paramount on Parade* theme.

**Availability:** Uncommon. It's still seen on Paramount color releases of the period, including *Branded*, *When Worlds Collide*, *The Greatest Show on Earth*, *Shane*, *Arrowhead*, and *The War of the Worlds*, among others.

**Editor's Note:** The lopsided mountain makes this one an eyesore, especially with the stars now being disconnected.

### 6th Logo (May 10, 1953-1977)

**Nicknames:** "VistaVision Mountain", "Perumount", "Paramount Mountain VI", "Gulf+Western Mountain"

**Logo:** We see a more realistic mountain than before with canyon scenery and trees around it. The sky is more distant in depth and is very contrast. Everything else is pretty much the same as before here.

* 1953-1968: The text on the mountain reads "Template:Font" or "Template:Font" (written in the Paramount corporate font).
* 1968-1977: "Template:Font" (in the same font) is seen on the mountain's peak with the stars encircling the mountain. The byline "**A Gulf+Western Company**" appears on the bottom.
* 1970-1975: Sometimes, the font for "Template:Font" is different.

**Trivia:**

* This was originally created for Paramount's 3D process "Paravision" and later modified especially for widescreen.
* The mountain seen here is known as "Artesonraju", located in Peru.
* The painting of the mountain was created by matte artist Jan Domela.

**Variants:**

* On Paramount's first 3D film *Sangaree* (the first film to use this logo), the text and stars are bigger and the mountain is seen from afar. The words "Template:Font" fade a few seconds later to the words "Template:Font". At the end of the movie, the "The End" text appears by itself in front of the mountain, then fades to the company name a few moments later.
* On films shot in VistaVision, the stars and text fade out, followed by the text "in", which itself fades out and is followed by a big "V" zooming in (a la Viacom's "V of Doom" logo). The words "Template:Font" and "Template:Font" then appear on either side in a wiping effect. Then the words "Template:Font" appear under "Template:Font", followed by "Template:Font" under "Template:Font".
* On *White Christmas*, "Template:FontTemplate:Font (with the "Template:Font" written in their corporate font) Template:Font" first appears over the mountain, followed by the VistaVision logo without any other text. The rest of the logo then plays as usual.
* The logo has appeared in Spanish ("Paramount Films Presenta"), French ("C'est un film Paramount", or "Distribué par Paramount"), and German ("Ein Paramount Film", or ''Im Verlieh der Paramount'').
* On movie trailers, another version is used where we see the 24 stars, followed by "COMING FROM Template:Font" (or "COMING FROM Template:Font" since 1968) appearing one by one in the center, with the Gulf+Western byline appearing below in the latter variation. This was used until around 1977; however, the trailers for *Harold and Maude* use the normal version of this logo instead.
* There is a variation used in 1974 that has two of the stars clipped away. The mountain looks the same as it does in the second version, but the stars are bigger. Also, "**A Gulf+**" slides in from the left and "**+Western Company**" from the right. The script name also had a few variations of its own. At least three movies from 1974 (*The Great Gatsby*, *Brother Sun, Sister Moon* and *Death Wish*) featured the TV version of this logo; the standard 1974 logo features the print variation, which remains from this day forward.
* On *War and Peace*, the mountain is simply a drawing in orange and brown.
* Some films such as *Lady Sings the Blues* and the original 1969 version of *The Italian Job* have a still version of this logo.
* Sometimes the text and stars have a more noticeable drop shadow. This version can be found on the original 1969 version of *True Grit* and the 2002 DVD release of *Big Jake* (a Cinema Center Films production).
* On some films, such as the original 1966 version of *Alfie*, the clouds move a bit faster than in the normal version.
* *Is Paris Burning?* (1966) has a different drawing of the mountain in the ending. Also, the stars are kept intact and instead of "A Paramount Picture", we see "Template:Font" in white overlapping the mountain.
* On *Barbarella*, the Gulf+Western byline is slightly off-center.
* Sometimes the 1968-1974 logo appears zoomed in. This variant appears on the 2001 widescreen DVD release of *Charlotte's Web*, and possibly on other films from the period.

**FX/SFX:** Same as the last logo. The stars appearing on the "COMING FROM" variant, followed by each word one by one and then the G+W byline (or "Pictures" in the corporate Paramount font on trailers prior to 1968).

**Music/Sounds:** Usually silent or the opening/ending music from the film. On films shown in VistaVision, the logo has a majestic fanfare composed by Nathan Van Cleave (which wasn't used on VistaVision films such as *Gunfight at the O.K. Corral*, *Strategic Air Command* and *Vertigo*, which used their respective opening themes).

**Music/Sounds Variants:**

* The VistaVision fanfare was sometimes specially rearranged for films such as *The Desperate Hours* (Gail Kubik and Daniele Amfitheatrof), *The Tin Star* (Elmer Bernstein) and *Artists and Models* (Walter Scharf, also in a lower pitch).
* On *White Christmas*, the final notes of the *Paramount on Parade* fanfare are heard, followed by the sound of a bell.
* For the "COMING FROM" variant, a rhythmic timpani sound is heard for each word that appears, followed by a drum beat.
* On *Money from Home*, a different brass fanfare is heard, composed by Leigh Harline.
* Some TV movies such as *Seven in Darkness* have an extended version of the 1969 Paramount Television "Closet Killer" theme from the era.
* On *Charlotte's Web*, a 13-note orchestra fanfare featuring part of the opening song "Deep in the Dark" is heard (the music starts before the logo fades in and finishes when the logo fades out).

**Availability:** Common. Again, preserved on most Paramount releases of the period.

* The version without the VistaVision logo was first seen on Paramount's first 3D film *Sangaree*.
* The VistaVision version is often seen on Western films (such as *Last Train from Gun Hill*, the Magnetic Video release of which preserves the logo in its entirety; also on the film's Starmaker Video VHS release) and is also seen on *White Christmas* (the first film to use the VistaVision variation) and *Vertigo*.
* It was plastered by the 1963 Universal logo at the beginning of four Alfred Hitchcock films that Paramount merely released: *The Trouble with Harry*, *The Man Who Knew Too Much*, *Vertigo*, and *Rear Window*. Recent remastered prints of those films restore the Paramount logo on their current DVD and Blu-Ray releases. Also, *Psycho*, another Hitchcock production released by Paramount, preserved this logo on its initial MCA Videocassette release, as well as all releases from 1989 onward. It is unknown whether this logo and/or the Universal logo appears on the DiscoVision release.
* This logo surprisingly appeared at the beginning of the *Indiana Jones* films (with the Gulf+Western byline from the 6th logo added in) and *Big Top Pee-wee*.
* Among the titles released with the 1968-74 variation were *The Godfather* (at least on the 1990 VHS; most prints have either newer Paramount logos or none at all), *Catch-22*, *On a Clear Day You Can See Forever*, *Charlotte's Web*, *Paint Your Wagon*, *Harold and Maude*, *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory* (now owned by Warner Bros., but preserved on hard-to-find original prints), and *Rosemary's Baby*. Also seen at the end of the 2001 DVD release of *The Godfather Part II* and *Chinatown*, which had the 2nd logo at the beginning. It also appeared at the beginning of *Escape from Zahrain* (1962) when it was streamed on the Paramount Vault YouTube channel in 2016; it is unknown if it plastered the 1953-69 version.
* The 1974-75 variation can be found on the original 1974 version of *The Longest Yard*, *The Godfather Part II*, *The Day of the Locust*, *Bug*, *Nashville*, *Framed*, and *Three Days of the Condor*, and also plasters the 1968-74 variation on many current prints of *Goodbye, Columbus*.
* Newer prints of *Danger: Diabolik* and *Such Good Friends*, the 1995 VHS release of *Charlotte's Web*, and earlier DVD releases of *The Godfather* and *The Godfather Part II* have this logo plastered with the 1986 logo, while many current prints of *Once Upon a Time in the West*, *Barbarella*, *Ace High*, *Downhill Racer*, *Fear is the Key*, *Three Days of the Condor*, and *Murphy's War* have it plastered with the 6th logo (although this logo is kept at the end of *Barbarella*).
* The last film to use this logo was *Three Days of the Condor*.

**Editor's Note:** This is one of the more famous logos of Paramount, and is a favorite among fans of their older catalogue. Also, the mountain seen here would later serve as a template on the 1986, 2002 and 2011 logos.

### 7th Logo (October 8, 1975-November 10, 2021)

**Nicknames:** "Blue Mountain", "Abstract Mountain II", "Fading Mountain", "Perumount II" "Print Mountain II", "Paramount Mountain VII", "Gulf+Western Mountain III", "Pre-Viacom Mountain"

**Logo:** We see the same mountain from the 6th logo, only slightly less detailed. 22 white stars encircling the mountain fade in all at once, followed by the word "Template:Font" on the mountain's peak (in a redone script font). The Gulf+Western byline (this time with each word stacked) and a registered trademark symbol ("®") also appear at the same time below it. The scene then crossfades to a Template:Font color version of Paramount's print logo (with the stars still in white) on a Template:Font color background.

**Trivia:**

* The final product is similar to the Paramount Television logo of the period, only with slightly darker colors.
* The design of this logo allowed it to be used as a full closing logo rather than a simple still variant.

**Bylines:**

* October 8, 1975-August 30, 1989: "**A Gulf + Western Company**" (which fades in with the Paramount script and looks the same as it did in the previous logo).
* September 22, 1989-January 13, 1995: "A Paramount Communications Company" (with a line above it) fades in. For its first year, the byline faded in with the Paramount script like the Gulf+Western version and was colored gold. On video releases from the era, the color scheme of the logo is more washed out than normal.
* February 17, 1995-March 5, 2019: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in white, with a line above it in the 1990 \/I/\CO/\/\ "Wigga-Wigga" font), with a line above the byline fades in, again, in white.
* May 7, 2010-November 8, 2019: "A VIaCOM COMPANY"
* January 10, 2020-August 20, 2021: "**A ViacomCBS Company**" set in the Gotham typeface.
* July 23, 2021: "*A ViacomCBS Company*" set in ViacomCBS Raisonné.

**Variants:**

* The distance between the words and the mountain tip sometimes varies.
* The size and the color tint of the logo may vary.
* One variation from 1976 has the navy blue portion of the final logo appear further away than usual, with the "Paramount" script slightly smaller than usual and the stars and Gulf+Western byline drastically larger. This rather strange (if not ugly) variation was seen on *Hustle*, *Leadbelly*, *The Last Tycoon*, *Lifeguard*, and *Looking for Mr. Goodbar*, among others. A less uglier version with resized text (but still keeping the smaller mountain) appears on films such as *The Bad News Bears*, *Lipstick*, *Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood*, and *Thieves*. This version also lacks a registered trademark symbol.
* A variation of this logo was used as a bumper for trailers for upcoming films with the words "**Coming From**" above. However, trailers for *Popeye*, *D.A.R.Y.L.* and other films use the normal version instead.
* On a promotional film for the studio, a circle of stars is seen and the logo is revealed, but is completely white.
* On some French releases, the finished product looks more like the previous logo. The Gulf+Western byline is larger, in a different font, and moved up the mountain.

**FX/SFX:** The clouds moving, the stars, company name, and byline fading in.

**Music/Sounds:** None or the film's opening/closing theme.

**Music/Sounds Variants:**

* In some cases, a new orchestral fanfare by Jerry Goldsmith was used for the "Coming From" variant on trailers for films like *Islands in the Stream*, *Saturday Night Fever*, *Foul Play*, and *Airplane!*. A few films such as *Starting Over* and *Thieves* had this fanfare at the beginning.
* On *Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood*, another orchestral fanfare by Neal Hefti was used, which sounds similar to the *Paramount on Parade* theme.
* Pre-1998 prints of *Grease* had a theme which seems to be a horn re-orchestration of the intro to "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" or the 1976 Paramount Television fanfare. The *Grease* 40th Anniversary DVD/Blu-Ray restores the horn theme.
* On the promotional film variant, a male announcer says, "In 1985, Paramount has a whole new attitude."

**Availability:** Common. Can be found on most release versions of Paramount's mid-'70s-mid-'80s output. Most films released on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray, as well as TV prints, have this logo intact or restored as well. Some well-known movies that used this include *The Bad News Bears*, *Saturday Night Fever*, *Grease*, *Heaven Can Wait*, *The Warriors*, *Escape from Alcatraz*, the first four *Star Trek* films, the first six *Friday the 13th* films, *Airplane!*, *An Officer and a Gentleman*, *48 Hrs.*, *Flashdance*, *Trading Places*, *Terms of Endearment*, *Footloose*, *Beverly Hills Cop*, *Pretty in Pink*, *Top Gun*, *Ferris Bueller's Day Off*, and *Crocodile Dundee*.

* The first film to use this logo was *Mahogany*, and the last to use it was *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*.
* This logo has been restored on the recent Sony DVD release and TV airings of *Meatballs*, which previously plastered it with the 9th logo.
* It also appears at the end of the first two *Indiana Jones* films (and the DVD release of the third film) and the 1980 film *Popeye*, which all had the 5th logo at the beginning.
* The 1976 variation can be found on *Lipstick*, *The Bad News Bears*, *Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood*, the 1996 VHS release of *Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown*, *Gallipoli* (although the recent 2015 Region 4 DVD release and a Nine Network broadcast of the film had it replaced by a remastered per frame screen), US prints of *Bugsy Malone*, and current prints of *Looking for Mr. Goodbar*.
* Some films have this plastered with the next logo in any of its three byline variations, such as *Grease* starting with its 1998 video releases, the 1976 version of *King Kong*, and the 2002 DVD release of *Mahogany* (all with the Viacom byline version). Early video releases and some post-2005 prints of *Top Gun* retain this logo, though all other copies plaster it with the 7th logo (although the 1987 VHS retained this logo at the very end, as it was plastered by the "75th Anniversary" variant of the 7th logo at the beginning). Late 1990s American TV broadcasts of *Dragonslayer* briefly plastered this logo with the Viacom byline version, but recent broadcasts retain the original logo. The 2001 Director's Cut DVD of *Star Trek: The Motion Picture* also replaced this logo with the 1986 version, although it's retained on copies of the theatrical cut.
* If Paramount never removed the anniversary disclaimer from their 75th, 90th and 100th anniversary logos, this logo would make it's last appearance on *PAW Patrol: The Movie*.
* Of the films released during Paramount's distribution pact with Lorimar, *An Officer and a Gentleman* still has this logo (albeit with Lorimar's logo removed), but the 1981 version of *The Postman Always Rings Twice*, *Escape to Victory*, *S.O.B.*, and *The Sea Wolves* all have it replaced by the 1999 Warner Bros. Pictures logo on most current prints (since the studio only had North American distribution rights). *Night School*, however, had this and the Lorimar logo intact on a recent Movie Channel airing, and on the widescreen laserdisc, with Warner's "Shield of Staleness" preceding it.
* The "Coming From" variant is usually preserved on trailers for films such as *Flashdance*, *Saturday Night Fever*, and *Islands in the Stream* on their DVD and Blu-ray releases. While the 8th logo plasters this (but retains the original fanfare) on the iTunes and Blu-ray trailer for *Airplane!*, the DVD release retains the original variation.
* This logo is seen on the 1982(?) Paramount Home Video Gateway Video VHS release of the *Star Trek* episode "Space Seed", following the 1979 Acid Trip warning and preceding the episode (the Betamax version precedes the episode with a trailer for *Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan* after the warning, instead of the logo).

**Editor's Note:** This is also another famous Paramount logo, and the only one that is fully abstract, though the earlier variants look really awkward and ugly with their odd differences in size.

### 8th Logo (December 12, 1986-March 5, 2019)

Unofficial 75th anniversary variantOfficial 75th anniversary variant

**Nicknames:** "CGI Mountain", "'80s/'90s Mountain", "Perumount III", "Paramount Mountain VIII", "75 Years of Paramount", "Gulf+Western Mountain IV", "Viacom Mountain"

**Logo:** We see a model of a mountain with a CGI lake in front of it and a Template:Font color/Template:Font color gradient sky with a Template:Font color sunset behind it. As the sky darkens, the camera zooms towards the mountain as 22 Template:Font color CGI stars fly from the bottom left and encircle the mountain. The "Template:Font color" script, redone in a shiny Template:Font color color, then fades in on the peak of the mountain, along with a registered trademark "®" symbol. One of the three bylines (as seen below) fades in below.

**Trivia:**

* The logo was designed and composited by Jay Jacoby of Studio Productions (now Flip Your Lid Animation), who went on to produce the logos for Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox in 1990 and 1994, respectively. The CGI stars were created by David Sieg at Omnibus/Abel on a III Foonly F1 computer and the mountain scenery was a physical model created and filmed by Apogee, Inc. The 1999 enhanced version is alleged to have been animated at Pixar Animation Studios, though this remains unconfirmed. The CGI variant (see below) was created by Pittard Sullivan.
* Paramount used a painting commissioned for its 75th Anniversary from artist Dario Campanile as a basis for this logo, which can be seen here.

**Bylines:**

* December 12, 1986-August 30, 1989: "**A Gulf + Western Company**" (which fades in with the Paramount script and looks the same as it did in the previous logo).
* September 22, 1989-January 13, 1995: "A Paramount Communications Company" (with a line above it) fades in. For its first year, the byline faded in with the Paramount script like the Gulf+Western version and was colored gold. On video releases from the era, the color scheme of the logo is more washed out than normal.
* February 17, 1995-October 7, 2003: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in white, with a line above it in the 1990 \/I/\CO/\/\ "Wigga-Wigga" font), with a line above the byline fades in, again, in white.
* One variant, used on the trailer for *Mission: Impossible II* and international releases, has no byline whatsoever (see below).

**Variants:** While there have been some variations of the logo depending on the movie, and of course the three byline variants, there are two main variants of this logo:

* December 12, 1986-December 18, 1987: For this logo's first official year (1987, even though the logo actually debuted in 1986), the words "Template:Font" appear over the mountain, between the Paramount script logo and the Gulf + Western byline. "Template:Font" was in silver with "Template:Font" bigger and "Template:Font" smaller and "Template:Font" in gold. Also, a trademark ("™") symbol was used instead of a registered trademark ("®") symbol. On *The Golden Child* (which was the first film to use this logo), a different 75th Anniversary disclaimer appears, and the Gulf+Western byline is in a bolder font.
* February 5, 1988-August 30, 1989: The "Template:Font" disclaimer is removed, and the Gulf+Western byline is shifted up slightly.
* March 2, 1990-October 7, 2003: The logo has been slightly enhanced, and the stars have a lighter color.
* May 21, 1993-January 13, 1995: The clouds and stars are slightly darker, and the Paramount Communications byline now has a shadow.
* February 17, 1995-February 4, 2003: The logo was enhanced again. If you watch very closely, the animated clouds (and consequently, the logo) become still once the Viacom byline appears. This usually occurs on VHS releases of TV shows and specials, and sometimes may plaster older logos on VHS and DVD. Examples of this are the 1999 and 2004 DVD releases of *Star Trek: Generations*.
* June 30, 1999-June 28, 2002: The same basic concept is here, but the logo was enhanced once more to look nicer. The stars are thicker (with golden sides), shinier, and have a motion blur effect. Their reflection can now be seen in the lake in front of the mountain, and the Paramount script logo and the Viacom byline now shine. The mountain now also turns dark, and the cloud background is slightly enhanced. Also, the "®" symbol now fades in at the same time as the byline. These additions are subtle, but add a lot to the logo nevertheless. This version debuted on *South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut*, and made its final appearance on *Crossroads*.
	+ On some films with the 1999 variant, such as *Bringing Out the Dead*, *Mission: Impossible II*, *Shaft*, and *Rat Race*, the logo starts with a still picture of the mountain before animating normally, much like its home video counterpart. It also has a bit of a brownish or bluish color scheme.
	+ Some films released from 1999 to 2002 that were shot in 2.39:1 have the stars, text and byline somewhat smaller than in the normal 16:9 variant in order to match the aspect ratio.
	+ An extremely rare videotaped version of the 1999 variant exists. In this variant, the mountain doesn't turn dark. This can be seen on Courage the Cowardly Dog VHS releases, and on Paramount's "Now in Theaters" bumper from 2000 to 2002.
	+ On *Double Jeopardy*, the "®" symbol fades in with the Paramount script.
	+ On *Runaway Bride* and *Wonder Boys*, the "®" symbol and Viacom byline fade in with the Paramount script.
* On CIC Video's *The Paramount Movie Show* segments, VHS trailers for *Chinatown* and *A Place in the Sun*, theatrical trailers for *I.Q.*, *The Brady Bunch Movie*, *Star Trek: Generations*, and *Braveheart*, a TV spot for *Milk Money*, the teaser trailer for *The Indian in the Cupboard*, and the second trailer for *Forrest Gump*, the logo is bylineless.
* A black-and-white version of the 75th Anniversary logo appears on the 1987 VHS release of *The Docks of New York*.

**Closing Variants:**

* At the end of movies, the logo appears still. This version also appears on syndicated airings of *Death Wish 4: The Crackdown* before the Cannon logo.
* Despite replacing the 1995 variant as an opening logo, the 1999 variant is seldom used as a closing logo, with most films released from 1999 to 2002 instead using the 1995 variant at the end.
* On *Mission: Impossible II*, the logo fades in without the Viacom byline, which fades in after about a second.

**FX/SFX:** The stars circling the mountain, the zoom in, and the text fading in, all in a beautiful mixture of CGI and practical effects that have held up remarkably for over 30 years.

**Music/Sounds:** Usually silent or the opening theme of the movie, although a few films such as *Fatal Attraction*, *Crocodile Dundee II*, *The Blue Iguana*, *Hot Pursuit*, *Pet Sematary*, *Black Rain*, *Wayne's World*, *Tropical Snow*, *Bobbie's Girl* (a 2002 made-for-TV movie from Showtime), the demo VHS release of *Hawks*, and post-1998 prints of *Grease* have synthesized chimes segueing into the 1976 fanfare.

**Music/Sounds Variants:**

* On *Event Horizon*, a rearranged, slower and more "powerful" version of the 1976 fanfare, composed by Michael Kamen, is heard, with the final note held out as everything but the background disappears and the camera zooms into space to segue into the opening credits.
* On *Campus Man*, a different fanfare composed by James Newton Howard plays.
* On *Stepping Out*, a different fanfare composed by Peter Matz plays.
* On *The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult*, a different fanfare composed by Ira Newborn plays.
* On *Harriet the Spy*, we can hear (if you listen hard enough) some soft-sounded chimes sampled from Mrs. W's garden.
* On *Snow Day*, wind from a snowstorm is heard throughout the logo.
* On a Spanish TV airing of *Titanic*, the 1994 20th Century Fox fanfare is heard due to the airing using an international Spanish audio track.
* On the 1998 reissue of *Grease*, the audio is re-orchestrated to sound more "powerful".
* On a French print of *The Next Best Thing*, the Lakeshore Entertainment theme is heard over the logo due to a sloppy editing job where the order of the logos are reversed but the audio isn't.
* On the UK Second Sight Blu-ray of *Creepshow* (1982), the 1994 Warner Bros. Television fanfare plays over the end version of this logo.
* On European TV airings of *Braddock: Missing in Action II*, the 1995 MGM lion roar is heard over the Viacom byline version of the logo in one of the sloppiest plastering jobs ever. This is likely due to those airings using a Paramount-owned TV print with audio from an MGM-owned master.

**Availability:** Very common, even though the logo has been officially retired for almost 20 years. While it has been plastered on some TV airings and video releases of Paramount films as well as some remastered or restored prints, most of these still retain their original logos. The Paramount Communications byline variant can be found on films such as *Ghost*, *The Hunt for Red October*, *Wayne's World*, and *Forrest Gump*. The 1995 Viacom byline variant can be seen on films such as *Clueless*, *Star Trek: First Contact*, American prints of *Titanic*, *Saving Private Ryan*, and *The Truman Show*. The 1999 enhanced version can be found on films including *Mission: Impossible II*, *Save the Last Dance*, *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider*, and *Zoolander*.

* It can be seen at the end of *Big Top Pee-Wee* and *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade*, which both have the 5th logo at the beginning (though strangely enough, the DVD of *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* has the "Blue Mountain" at the end instead).
* The first film to use this logo was *The Golden Child*, released on December 12, 1986, and the last was *Crossroads*, released on February 15, 2002. The last release overall to use it was the VHS release of *The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius: Sea of Trouble*, released on October 7, 2003.
* Paramount has used the 1995 Viacom variation in all logo plasters and TV movies, such as those made for Showtime.
* The 75th Anniversary logo appeared on 1987 video releases of *Top Gun*, *Ferris Bueller's Day Off*, *The Whoopee Boys*, *Crocodile Dundee*, *Children of a Lesser God*, and *Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home*, and was plastered with its later variations for many years. However, Paramount nicely preserved this variant later on, as it appears on the DVD releases of *Planes, Trains and Automobiles* and *The Untouchables*.
* The prototype 75th Anniversary variation can be seen on *The Golden Child*, *Hot Pursuit*, and the trailer for *Beverly Hills Cop II* (which is preserved on iTunes).
* The Viacom variation of this logo plasters the Paramount Communications variant on post-1995 VHS releases and some DVD and Blu-ray releases of films released in late 1994. For example, on the 1999 DVD and 2004 Special Edition release of *Star Trek: Generations*, the Viacom variant appears at both ends instead. On the 2009 Blu-ray and DVD re-release, the Paramount Communications variation is preserved.
* The Paramount Communications variant of this logo plasters the 1982 Orion Pictures logo on Spike TV airings of *First Blood*. It was also found on video releases from 1989 to 1995, and also makes a surprise appearance at the end of American prints of *Sleepy Hollow*, with the standard 1999 logo at the beginning of said film. The Paramount Communications variant makes surprise appearances on the Mexican DVD release of *Demonic Toys* (*Juguetes Demoniacos*) and the Echo Bridge Home Entertainment DVD releases of *Puppet Master 5*, likely due to being sourced from older VHS masters. The tail end of it also makes a surprise appearance on the rough cut of the final *Mystery Science Theater 3000* episode "Diabolik", while the actual episode itself cuts it out.
* The standard Gulf+Western variant of this logo can be found on video releases from 1988 to 1989, and makes a surprise appearance on the Razor Digital DVD release of the original *Puppet Master*.
* The Viacom variant of this logo was seen on video releases from 1995 to 2003, and at the end of AMC airings of *Rambo: First Blood Part II* and *Prancer*.
* Strangely, the 1995-2002 version with the Viacom byline was spotted after the split-screen credits of Nickelodeon airings of *Barnyard*. This was the result of a credits error that resulted in Nickelodeon instead using the ones for *Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius*, which was also an O/Paramount movie.
* Speaking of *Jimmy Neutron*, this logo appears on DVD and digital prints of the movie, as well as TV airings, but is plastered with the 90th Anniversary version of the next logo on its original VHS release.
* A silent version of the Viacom variant appears on Hulu prints of *The Lorax* (1972) and *The Cat in the Hat*.

**Editor's Note:** Much like some of its predecessors, this logo is a favorite within the logo community thanks to its seamless use of models and CGI, as well as its fanfare.

### 9th Logo (March 12, 1993-January 15, 1999)

**Nickname:** "Montage"

**Logo:** First, the barbershop singers from the "Easy Groove" ID singing the familiar Nickelodeon theme on the bottom-left of the screen, behind the parrot from the "Dog and Parrot" ID, who caws out the Nickelodeon logo in the form of a speech bubble. Then, the monster from the "Flying TV Monster" ID flies into the screen, and the television on it switches to a background with a white floor and the Nickelodeon logo as its wall. Several characters from Nickelodeon IDs walk across it, including the "Blobman", the "Doo-Wop Dinosaurs", the "Frog" and several others. The DJ from the 1987 "Top of the Hour" bumper appears, holding three tube sticks on them, and hits them onto the screen, transitioning us to another scene where the barbershop singers perform against an orange-tinted clip of the "Take 50" bumper as more Nickelodeon ID characters move around in the background and foreground. The fish from "Top of the Hour" bumper appear. Several transitions bring us to several edited versions of Nickelodeon IDs, such as the "Anteater" and "Brew" bumpers against a "Top of the Hour" background (should've been shot in black-and-white), and the "T-Rex" roaring against the "Better Off by Far" bumper, a dish lid opens a viking singing and two dogs are riding bumper cars. Finally, the barbershop singers appear again as the Nickelodeon logo (in its form seen on, for example, *Wild and Crazy Kids*), in CGI, but the "Take 50" bumper is also shot in black-and-white and rotating from left to right as its design moves, appears above them. Finally, the logo ends with a television switch-off effect.

**Variant:** A shortened version of the ID, beginning when the barbershop singers appear near the end, was used on Sony Wonder releases to close out the tape.

**FX/SFX:** A mixture of various animation styles of the various IDs used, including hand-drawn animation, claymation, and CGI.

**Music/Sounds:** A funky Madchester-esque remix of the 1985 "Top of the Hour" theme, mixed with various sounds of the IDs.

**Availability:** Common. Seen on most Nickelodeon releases from the era released by Sony Wonder and Paramount Home Video. However, some videotapes, like the Paramount reprints of the *Rugrats* Sony Wonder tapes used one of the Nickelodeon station IDs from the time. It was first seen on the original Sony Wonder releases and was last seen on *Rugrats: Make Room for Dil*. It also appears on the 1995 Sony Wonder LaserDisc *The Ren and Stimpy Show: The Essential Collection - Classics I & II*. The ID is rarely appeared on *KaBlam! 3-D*.

**Editor's Note:** Some have explained the logo scared them when they were younger due to the large amounts of animation going on, as well as the switch-off effect. However, only a few people who have mentioned the ID. For the most part, a very good choice of many as it seems to be emblematic of Nickelodeon's visual style during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

### 10th Logo (July 10, 1996)

**Nicknames:** "The Rhino", "Nick Rhino", "Not-TriStar"

**Logo:** A Template:Font color rhino is shown running on what appears to be clouds (a send-up of the TriStar Pictures logo). However, he repeatedly bumps, slips and crashes into the "clouds" in the logo, which turn out to be cardboard cutouts on a movie set. The rhino trips over the Nickelodeon logo, shaped like a cloud, and crashes into the screen. The rhino pulls himself off the screen and hangs onto the Nickelodeon cloud on a black background, causing the cloud to turn into the familiar splat design. The rhino swings a bit on it and then smiles at the screen.

**FX/SFX:** 2D animation and 3D visual effects in a style called "Blendo". This logo was produced by Colossal Pictures in San Francisco on a Silicon Graphics computer with Softimage software.

**Music/Sounds:** Dramatic orchestral music that starts getting messed up as the rhino trips, along with yelping from the rhino when he's about to crash into the screen. The music builds up to the rhino crashing into the screen, which segues into a rap-style vocal version of the Nickelodeon jingle.

**Availability:** Rare. Seen only on the company's first film, *Harriet the Spy*. This logo also appeared as an ident in Summer 1996 to promote the film.

**Editor's Note:** Appears to be a parody of TriStar Pictures. A clever and well animated logo.

### 11th Logo (July 25, 1997)

**Nicknames:** "Nick to Go", "Home of the Good Burger", "Who Loves Orange Soda?", "Kel's Favorite Logo"

**Logo:** On a black and Template:Font color gradient background, we see Template:Font color soda being dispensed into a large cup. When it's done pouring, a lid with a straw closes the top, and the cup drives around the screen like a racecar, until it brakes and falls down. The lid comes off and the soda spills out, with the Nickelodeon wordmark on it.

**Trivia:** This logo pays homage to a Nickelodeon Productions logo from 1995.

**Variants:**

* On full-screen prints of *Good Burger*, the logo is choppier.
* On the trailer for *Good Burger*, the Paramount logo stretches into a still, lightly-colored version of this logo.
* On *The Making of Good Burger*, the logo has "MOVIES" below in the same font as "NICKELODEON". This variant is also still.

**FX/SFX:** It's all CGI.

**Music/Sounds:** Soda pouring and car sounds. The brake sounds are accompanied with the jingle from the 1985 "Nick Nick Nick" bumper.

**Availability:** Rare. Only seen on *Good Burger* (1997). Also appeared as an ident on Nickelodeon in Summer 1997 to promote the film.

**Editor's Note:** Well-done concept, but the CGI has not aged well. The soda looks more like sludge, which may be intentional, given the fact that slime is one of Nickelodeon's most recognizable trademarks.

### 12th Logo (1997-1998)

**Nickname:** "Crane Operator"

**Logo:** On a white background, we see an Template:Font color movie camera with "NICKELODEON" (in its well known font). A Template:Font color filmstrip sticks out reading "MOVIES".

**FX/SFX:** None.

**Music/Sounds:** The opening theme/voiceover of the trailer.

**Availability:** Very rare. This logo was made specifically for the first trailer for *The Rugrats Movie*, although it was used as a print logo from the company's inception until the next logo.

### 13th Logo (January 23, 1998-August 7, 2007)

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**Logo:** In a sunset environment, we see the Paramount mountain with the stars and company name in place, but without a byline. Several other mountains can be seen in the background. The camera then zooms in, working its way to the back of the mountain. Afterwards, we see a lens-flare effect, then the logo fades out.

**FX/SFX:** The camera rotating, the lens flare effect. This was done by Pittard Sullivan.

**Music/Sounds:** The theme of the trailer/promo.

**Availability:** Rare. This was used on Paramount's Millennium Collection promos. It was also used on the trailers for *Mission: Impossible II*, *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* and *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life*.

**Editor's Note:** This showcases nice CGI for its time. It also appears to be the base for the Paramount Classics logo, which virtually has the same animation albeit in reverse.

### 14th Logo (November 20, 1998)

**Nicknames:** "Slap T. Pooch", "Slap's Fleck", "The Nick Footprint"

**Logo:** We see Slap T. Pooch from *Oh Yeah! Cartoons* walk in out of nowhere on a black background, as he spots a blob of Template:Font color goo. It then goes to a really close zoom on his face and hand as he starts fidgeting with it. It then gets stuck to his fingers and he struggles to throw it off. Once it does, it starts bouncing off the walls and then gets stuck to his foot. He then walks around to wipe it off, making more Template:Font color spots on the ground. A shadow then appears over Slap, then a giant Template:Font color monster foot stomps on Slap and the goo, turning into the Nickelodeon footprint as seen on the gates to the Nicktoons Studios in Burbank, CA. The camera pans to reveal it, then Slap falls off of it.

**Trivia:** The way the giant foot smashes Slap is a possible shout-out to *Monty Python's Flying Circus*, where sketches would often abruptly end by something like a giant foot or a weight coming down from the sky and crushing whatever was on the screen (for example, the giant foot is what ends the show's intro).

**Variant:** On publicity for *The Rugrats Movie* and *Rugrats In Paris: The Movie* (as well as the video game of the latter), a Template:Font color oval reading "MOVIES" in Arial Narrow font accompanies the footprint. Note that this is not seen on *Rugrats In Paris: The Movie*.

**FX/SFX:** Slap and the dot, Slap struggling, the foot stomping Slap, and the camera panning to show the Nickelodeon logo, produced by Colossal Pictures on a Silicon Graphics computer with Softimage software.

**Music/Sounds:** A cartoon soundtrack accompanied by cartoon sound effects and music cues, culminating in a hip-hop mix of the Nickelodeon theme accompanied with a tuba "wah-wah" sound effect that reverberates. The drum sample used is from "Think (About it)" by Lyn Collins, a James Brown-produced record.

**Availability:** Very common. It's only seen on *The Rugrats Movie*. Was also shown as an ID on Nickelodeon in Fall 1998 to promote the film. It can also be seen on *The Rugrats Movie* for the Game Boy.

**Editor's Note:** Back to 2D animation for this one. While a good concept as usual, one has to wonder why they used an obscure character from the little known anthology show *Oh Yeah!* (he only appeared in one segment).

### 15th Logo (February 11, 2000-March 29, 2002)

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**Nicknames:** "The Man and the House", "Nick Balls", "Three Circles"

**Logos:**

* *Snow Day*: A man shovels the snow off the walk to his house and his dog is watching him, sitting down on the snow. Then, a giant snowball falls onto his house and completely destroys it in a very graphic manner. The dog runs off barking in a panic and the man does a double take. The snow falls off the snowball revealing a large Template:Font color ball, and we see the text "NICKELODEON" on the ball. The background turns black and the ball then bounces to the middle-left of the screen, and then a small orange ball and a blue ball appear. The word "movies" is on the Template:Font color ball, and then it fades out.
* *Rugrats in Paris: The Movie*: There is a special Parisian variant in which it is nearly the same, except the regular man is replaced with a stereotypical French man that rakes leaves in front of his house in the autumn season, and the Eiffel Tower can be seen in the background not too far from his house. The ball smashing the house is now just the big Template:Font color ball with the "NICKELODEON" text on it. Then when the logo resumes like normal, and the live-action dog appears on the bottom-right of the screen, and barks once at the logo until it fades out.
* *Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius*: We start straight with the Template:Font color Nickelodeon ball bouncing to the middle-left of the screen alongside the smaller Template:Font color ball. Then Goddard runs into screen with his synthesized bark. He looks at the logo knowing it's incomplete, whimpering. He activates a laser beam on his back and creates the Template:Font color "movies" ball. He puts away the laser and looks at the audience.
* *Clockstoppers*: The already-formed logo sways like a clock pendulum before being blasted away in a burst of light, segueing into the opening credits of the movie.

**Variants:**

* TV spots for *Clockstoppers* had the "NICKELODEON" text shortened to the common abbreviation of the name "NICK". The "NICK" font for it is also much larger than "NICKELODEON".
* On the ID version of the *Snow Day* and *Rugrats in Paris* logos, the logo plays as normal, but the "movies" ball is removed.

**FX/SFX:** Depends on the variant.

**Music/Sounds:**

* The *Snow Day* version has a light whistling tune that abruptly stops when the house gets destroyed by the snowball, and then changes to either a tuba/whistling version of the Nickelodeon theme, or a short rock tune with a choir singing at one point.
* The *Rugrats in Paris* version has an accordion playing the light whistling tune, followed by an accordion/tuba version of the Nickelodeon theme and a "bark" from the dog.
* The *Jimmy Neutron* version has a funny sounding version of the Nickelodeon theme with a trombone, cartoon sound effects, and the noises that Goddard makes.
* The *Clockstoppers* version has the sound of a pendulum.

**Availability:** Rare. Seen on *Snow Day*, *Rugrats in Paris: The Movie*, *Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius*, and *Clockstoppers*, with each film having their respective variants of the logo. The *Snow Day* and *Rugrats in Paris* versions were also used as IDs for Nickelodeon to help promote the respective movies.

**Editor's Note:** First logo to utilize live action, a concept which many of the 2000s logos followed up on. It is also the first of their several logos to have a similar theme that changes each movie.

### 16th logo (February 11, 2000-January 21, 2003)

**Nicknames:** "Maze", "The Nostalgic Maze", "The Green Labyrinth"

**Logo:** On a white background, we see a young Caucasian boy and an older African-American girl appear in a static-like format (similar to when you turn on an old-school CRT television set). They spin around a bit, and then are "teleported" to a giant maze with grassy structures. A set of video controls (from left to right, pause, rewind, stop, play, fast forward) is shown at the bottom left corner of the screen as the kids run through the maze (as play is activated) until we go through a video game-like screen of a maze with orange squares (portals) and two small white squares (the kids), going into the center portal. The kids teleport into a different part of the maze while the camera pans at different angles. An orange butterfly then flutters near the kids (followed by several more) until they begin running through the maze again (as well as another video game-like screen of a maze with the kids going into the center portal, teleporting them once again). We then cut to the kids jumping on an orange flower at different perspectives, then cutting to the kids running through the maze once again being followed by and chasing an orange sphere until they reach a dead end, in which we then cut to them running and reaching the end of the case with the orange sphere following them. Finally, we cut to the kids facing the sphere on a white background. The camera zooms in while the Nickelodeon text appears and the same video controls from before appear and flicker until just the play button shows.

**FX/SFX:** A very good mixture of the live-action kids and the CGI effects.

**Music/Sounds:** A techno tune with a guitar section and some female vocalizing near the climax. There are also various sound effects heard throughout, including laughing near the opening, birds and cicadas chirping, and some boinging/beeping as the play button flickers at the end.

**Availability:** Common. Seen on Nickelodeon videotapes from the era, including later *Rugrats* tapes as well as the first four *SpongeBob SquarePants* VHS releases. It introduced on *Rugrats: I Think I Like You* and made its last appearance on *Rugrats: Mysteries*. It was also used as a station ID.

**Editor's Note:** The biggest-pick ID of many for its unique effects and impressive CGI. It's also a very good choice among design fans due to its embrace of the Y2K aesthetic of the time.

### 17th Logo (August 17, 2001-June 13, 2003)

**Nicknames:** "The Big Sneeze", "Nick Balls II", "2002: A Nick Odyssey", "Three Circles II"

**Logo:** On a black background, a faint black crescent sphere (representing the moon) moves to the bottom of the screen, causing a crescent Earth, the sun, and a moving starfield to appear; this part of the logo parodies the opening of *2001: A Space Odyssey*. As the moon moves off-screen at the bottom, the Earth starts to wiggle and "sneezes", causing it to crash into the camera. This causes the moon to bounce back onto the screen, which is revealed to be an Template:Font color ball with the Nickelodeon wordmark on it. The starfield suddenly transitions to a plain black background as the Earth becomes a spinning Template:Font color ball with "movies" on it, and the sun becomes a smaller Template:Font color ball. The small ball flies around the screen before stopping in between the bigger balls. The Template:Font color ball then "sneezes" again, causing the Template:Font color balls to briefly pop out. The Template:Font color ball then straightens itself out to finish the logo.

**Variants:**

* A shorter version of the logo starts with the balls zooming out from the middle of the screen. Theme 1 is used and it starts off a bit delayed and as a result, part of the logo at the beginning is silent.
* On *Rugrats Go Wild*, the logo is slightly darker and cuts to black instead of fading out.

**FX/SFX:** CGI animation.

**Music/Sounds:**

* Theme 1: A dramatic 4-note fanfare somewhat reminiscent of *Also Sprach Zarathustra*, the opening theme from *2001: A Space Odyssey*. During the last part of the fanfare, we hear a loud sneeze, followed by a hip-hop version of the Nickelodeon theme.
* Theme 2: Space ambience followed by a different-sounding sneeze and an electronic version of the Nickelodeon theme.

**Availability:** Rare. The long version is seen only on *Hey Arnold! The Movie* (with Theme 1) and *Rugrats Go Wild* (with Theme 2). The short version appeared during Nickelodeon's airings of *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie* between 2006 and 2013, despite the fact that the movie never used this logo at all originally.

**Editor's Note:** The logo has some pretty impressive animation for its time.

### 18th Logo (March 1, 2002-August 25, 2015)

**Nicknames:** "2000s Mountain", "CGI Mountain II", "Perumount IV", "Space Mountain", "Decade Mountain", "90 Years of Paramount", "Paramount Mountain IX", "Viacom Mountain II", "Mount Paramount"

**Logo:** We pan down from a starry sky to a set of clouds. As the camera slowly zooms backwards, a few comet-like objects fly down and reveal themselves as the trademark Paramount stars that zoom past the camera. The familiar "***Paramount***" script (with a gold border) zooms out to show we had been watching a reflection (which fades to white) all along as a total of 22 stars shoot past the script and encircle the mountain behind it. The script continues to zoom out before taking its place at the peak of the mountain. The Viacom byline (once again, with a line above) then fades in below the logo.

**Bylines:**

* March 1, 2002-August 25, 2015: "/\ \/|/\CO/\/\ CO/\/\PANY" in its 1990 "Wigga-Wigga" font. This version last appeared on *She's Out Of My League* and the 2015 movie *Capture the Flag* (for the full animation variant) and *How to Train Your Dragon* (for the closing and distribution variants).
* May 7, 2010-2013: "A VIaCOM COMPANY" in its 2005 font. This version first appeared on *Iron Man 2* and last appeared on *Hondo*.

**Variants:**

* March 1, 2002-March 28, 2003: For its first year of use, the words "Template:Font color" in gold with "Template:Font color" bigger and "Template:Font color" smaller and on the top right of "Template:Font color" and "Template:Font color" below, fade in with the Viacom byline, sandwiched between the peak of the mountain. Again, the trademark symbol ("™") is used in place of the registered trademark symbol ("®") in this variation.
* A prototype variant of the 90th Anniversary logo was spotted (and only appeared) on the video game *The Sum of All Fears*, where the "Template:Font color" text appears bigger and shinier.
* On earlier films released with the 90th Anniversary variant (such as *Hey Arnold!: The Movie*, *Serving Sara*, *Extreme Ops*, *The Hours* and *My Little Pony: A New Generation*), the stars in the sky at the beginning are blue, the clouds surrounding the mountain appear less realistic, and the camera settles at a lower angle at the end. The logo's general shade of color is also brighter and more cartoonish, and also fades in after the camera pans down from the starry sky. This version was reanimated to look more natural starting with *The Sum of All Fears*; the version used on that film would later become the regular version that was introduced the following year.
* On *We Were Soldiers* (the first movie to use this logo), the iPad settles at a higher angle at the end (which would later be used for the 2003 version).
* A still version of the logo was spotted on international prints of *Sleuth*.
* A variant is used at the end of every trailer for Paramount's films on online stores such as iTunes, the PlayStation Store, and the Xbox Store. A still version of the Paramount logo is seen with the words "Now Available from Paramount" above and a copyright stamp below it. Below it is a copyright stamp. Has also been seen zoomed in (so the copyright and the "now available" text is not seen) and on the trailer for *Airplane!*, where the logo plasters the 1975 trailer version of the logo (keeping the music). This is also seen on old DreamWorks movie trailers.
* A short version exists that starts when the stars fall from the sky. This is seen on Lucky Break, Extreme Ops and How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days.
* Late 2005-March 26, 2010: There are shadows seen in the logo.
* November 16, 2007: It's basically the same as the 2010 variant, but with the Viacom byline in the "Wigga-Wigga" font. This can be seen on U.S. prints of *Beowulf*.
* May 7, 2010-June 5, 2012: The logo has enhanced sleeker stars and shinier text, and the Viacom byline is switched to its 2006 font. There is also a noticeable error in this variant where you can see the stars coming out of the mirror.
* On fullscreen DVDs of Paramount movies shot in 2.39:1, the logo is incredibly zoomed in, since it is in the 4:3 ratio. On matted films, it is either zoomed in halfway or in open matte.

**Closing Variants:**

* Only the finished product of the logo, with the only animation being the clouds moving westward in the background. It's basically the same as its pre-2006 television counterpart, but slightly extended and silent. Plus, the logo always fades in and fades out.
* 2006-October 28, 2011: When distributing films from another company, the words "DISTRIBUTED BY", in white, are seen above the logo with the Viacom byline and the line. Usually seen at the end of DreamWorks and DreamWorks Animation films beginning in late 2006. Also oddly appeared at the end of *Iron Man*, before the Marvel Studios logo.
* The text "DISTRIBUTED BY" is updated starting in 2010.

**FX/SFX:** The stars, the camera, and the text. Incredibly breathtaking CGI by BUF Compagnie; very reminiscent of the more majestic and stylized 1940s and '50s mountains.

**Music/Sounds:** The opening theme of the film.

**Music/Sounds Variants:**

* On *Mean Girls*, Jerry Goldsmith's arrangement of the theme song is heard.
* On *Twisted*, wind is audible throughout the logo.
* On *Jackass Number Two*, a loud jet sound is heard along with wind when the stars fly down, then a whoosh sound when the Viacom byline fades in.

**Availability:** Very common. Seen on all Paramount films from 2002 to 2011, as well as video releases from 2002 to 2006.

* The 90th Anniversary variant was first seen on *We Were Soldiers* and last appeared on *The Core*. It sometimes plastered old logos on 2002 video releases, as well as the TriStar Pictures logo on Encore airings of *Rambo III*.
* The version without the "Template:Font color" disclaimer debuted on *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days*, and last appeared on *The Adventures of Tintin*; its final appearances overall were on the 2012 restorations of *Wings* and *Hondo*, and the 2015 movie *Capture the Flag*.
* It appears at the end of *Grease Sing-a-Long* (a re-release of 1978's *Grease*), which retains the 7th logo at the beginning.
* It also appears at the end of IMAX prints and all international prints of *Watchmen*; on North American IMAX prints, it is followed by the Warner Bros. Pictures closing logo.
* It plasters the Weintraub Entertainment Group logo on an Encore airing of *My Stepmother is an Alien*, retaining the film's opening music.
* It plasters the 1982 Orion Pictures logo on HBO, Comedy Central and IFC airings of *Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure* (also plasters the closing version of the logo at the end, with the following Nelson Entertainment logo kept at the beginning), and the 1995 MGM logo on older HBO airings of *House Arrest*.
* Surprisingly, the full version appears at the beginning of a few early episodes of *Hogan's Heroes* on MeTV, including the pilot episode and the HD remasters on Universal HD.
* Strangely, this logo does not appear at the beginning of *Strange Wilderness*, although the "Distributed by" variant apepears at the end. Some have speculated this might be due to that film's extremely negative reception.
* It is seen at the end of DreamWorks Animation films released from 2006 to 2011, but not at the beginning of them, unlike 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures. It did, however, appear on the VCD release of *Flushed Away* before the DreamWorks Animation logo. Some later prints of these movies like the 2018 Blu-ray of *Over the Hedge* have this plastered with the 2012 Universal logo.
* It plasters the 1972 Warner Bros. logo on a VCD release of *Cujo* due to Paramount gaining the rights to that filmwhen Taft Entertainment was merged into Republic, which became part of Viacom.

**Editor's Note:** Much like the previous logo, except made with even better CGI.

### 19th Logo (December 20, 2002)

**Nicknames:** "The Dog Spot", "The Dog's Nose", "Nick Dog", "Three Circles III"

**Logo:** We see a forest on a sunny day, as if it was seen in the grass. Then, the curious nose of a brown-striped white dog appears sniffing the screen, and then he sees the Nickelodeon Movie logo made by frisbees on the grass. We cut back to the dog, who licks the screen, turning it black.

**Variant:** This was also used as a network ID, but with a few differences; the "movies" ball and the small orange ball are removed and the Nickelodeon ball is moved to the middle.

**FX/SFX:** A mix of stop-motion and computer animation created by Charged Animation and 2/8/0-Design, both in New York City.

**Music/Sounds:** Before the dog appears, we hear the sounds of children playing, followed by sniffing and grunting sounds from the dog. When the company logo appears, we hear a "country" version of the famous Nickelodeon theme.

**Availability:** Rare. Only seen on *The Wild Thornberrys Movie*. It was also seen on a TV spot for *Yours, Mine and Ours* and was used as an ID in December 2002 and January 2003 to help promote *The Wild Thornberrys Movie*.

**Editor's Note:** Another nicely-animated logo.

### 20th Logo (November 19, 2004)

**Nicknames:** "The Bubbles", "Underwater Bubbles", "Nickelodeon Acid Trip", "Three Circles IV"

**Logo:** On a black background, an explosion occurs. A Template:Font color-colored ball emerges from the explosion as several Template:Font color streaks form in it. We zoom through the ball as the background fades to to a kaleidoscopic sky. An Template:Font color rose grows, and dissipates into pillow-like things, or sheets, etc, as an Template:Font color zeppelin flies through it. A ripple then occurs in the sky, where it fades into a kaleidoscopic view of several goldfish swimming. The logo then transforms into an Template:Font color bubble, which floats outward and spawns two more bubbles that form the Nickelodeon Movies logo. The finished product is in an Template:Font color underwater environment.

**Trivia:** The blue ball seen at the beginning of the logo is a possible callback to Nickelodeon's early silver ball logo, and the zeppelin that appears out of the rose later in the logo is quite similar to the Nickelodeon blimp, which the channel still uses as a model for their Kids Choice Awards trophies.

**Variant:** There is a shortened version on the video game version of *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie* on the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube and Xbox that starts when the Nickelodeon Movies logo forms.

**FX/SFX:** Extraordinary CGI created by Brand New School (which also created Cartoon Network's 2010 logo and bumpers).

**Music/Sounds:** A bouncy wind fanfare with drums, along with sounds including explosions, ripples, etc.

**Music/Sounds Variant:** On the video game versions of *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie* and *Barnyard*, some bubble noises are heard.

**Availability:** Very common. Only seen on *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie*, its game counterpart for PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Xbox, and the teaser trailer and video game counterpart for *Barnyard*.

**Editor's Note:** A fantastic logo that's a favorite of many. It's a shame that this was used for only one film, as this logo just oozes creativity, heart, and passion all around, but that arguably just makes it more special.

### 21st Logo (December 17, 2004-June 5, 2007)

**Nicknames:** "Nick Planets", "A Boring Nickelodeon Movie", "Not-Universal", "Three Circles V", "Old Nick"

**Logo:** On a space background, we see the shadow text on a Template:Font color tinted Saturn planet that reads "NICKELODEON". The camera moves away from the ringed planet as the 3D text "NICKELODEON" zooms out from the bottom of the screen as the camera pans to reveal an Template:Font color moon, which the text settles in front of. As this happening, a smaller Template:Font color moon appears from behind the Template:Font color moon and settles on the right, while an even smaller moon zooms out as the moons form the familiar logo. The word "movies" spins in around the Template:Font color moon to complete the logo, and the camera pans down to start the movie.

**Variants:**

* There is a shortened variant on *Yours, Mine and Ours* that starts when the "NICKELODEON" text settles in front of the orange moon, and the logo does not pan down.
* On the Game Boy Advance version of *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie*, it's a still logo in print form.

**FX/SFX:** Once again, well-rendered CGI animation.

**Music/Sounds:** The opening theme of the movie.

**Music/Sounds Variant:** On *Mad Hot Ballroom*, the logo is silent.

**Availability:** Very common. Can be seen on such films as *Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events*, *Mad Hot Ballroom*, *Barnyard*, *Charlotte's Web*, and *Yours, Mine & Ours*. Also seen on the *Hotel for Dogs* game on Wii as well as *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie* on Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Advance.

**Editor's Note:** This isn't a terrible logo, but many logo fans don't like it for not being as creative as the others (*especially* the last one) and its similarities to the Universal Studios logo

### 22nd Logo (May 24, 2005-October 24, 2006)

**Nicknames:** "Birds", "Three Circles VII"

**Logo:** We see a group of Template:Font color birds flying to the right against a blue daytime sky with clouds. As the Template:Font color birds start grouping together towards the right of the screen in the distance, a group of Template:Font color birds fly to the left as both groups of birds form the Nickelodeon Movies logo. The birds eventually scatter as the camera pans down, segueing into the opening credits of the movie.

**FX/SFX:** The birds flying, forming the logo, and deforming it.

**Music/Sounds:** The opening theme of the movie.

**Availability:** This was intended to appear on *Charlotte's Web*, but it was scrapped and the 9th logo was used instead. The only way you can see this logo now is online.

**Editor's Note:** None.

### 23rd Logo (June 16, 2006)

**Nicknames:** "Boxing Bell", "Three Circles VI"

**Logo:** We begin by zooming across a long brown oblong shape. Another fades in, followed by a background, revealing they are the ropes of a wrestling ring. The background shows an audience rapidly taking photographs. The camera zooms down to the bottom one once it reaches the end of the rope and zooms past it in a similar manner. After this, the camera takes a 180 degree turn to reveal the bottom of the ring, where we see the Nickelodeon Movies circle logo as a boxing bell. The NICKELODEON ball is the bell, the MOVIES ball is the clanger, and the dot is the screw keeping the clanger in place, all in their usual colors (contrasting the rest of the bell being grey). The bell rings twice and we fade out.

**FX/SFX:** The zooming, the flashes of the pictures taken in the background, the bell clanging.

**Music/Sounds:** The sounds of the cheering audience and pictures being taken (which actually start over the Paramount logo, it is not the opening "theme" of the movie as the real theme begins when the logo fades out), page turning-like sounds for the zooming of the ropes (quieter on the second rope), a swoosh for zooming to the lower rope and to the back of the ring, and the bell clanging.

**Availability:** Rare. This was a custom variant used for *Nacho Libre*, and only appeared on that movie.

**Editor's Note:** None.

### 24th Logo (July 3, 2007-August 7, 2009)

**Nicknames:** "The Splat", "Nick Paintball", "Medium Nick"

**Logo:** Against a black background, some Template:Font color fluid-like slime swirls out from the distance toward the viewer. The camera pans around and the slime forms the Nickelodeon logo with "movies" flying out letter-by-letter on its right.

**Trivia:** This was the last Nickelodeon Movies logo to utilize Nick's famous splat logo, and one of only three that did, period (logos 1 and 2 being the other two).

**FX/SFX:** CGI animation done by Picture Mill.

**Music/Sounds:** Slime sounds, and the opening theme of the movie.

**Music/Sounds Variant:** There is a variant that uses slime sounds and a quirky orchestral tune, ending with a majestic finish (which sounds similar to the first six notes of the Nickelodeon jingle), created by Musikvergnuegen. This version seems to have never appeared in any movies or video games, but it can be heard [here].

**Availability:** Uncommon. First seen on *The Spiderwick Chronicles*. Also appears on *Hotel for Dogs* (the Wii video game uses the 9th logo), *Imagine That*, and *Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging*.

**Editor's Note:** This is a pretty nice logo with some cool CGI, and is a fitting finale to Nickelodeon's splat era.

### 25th Logo (October 6, 2009-May 21, 2019)

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**Nickname:** "New Nick"

**Logo:** We zoom out under an Template:Font color drop facing the camera, which is falling down against a white background. As the camera pans out to position itself so that the Template:Font color drop is viewed from a side perspective, the Template:Font color drop falls off-screen, and shortly after splashes on top of something, which the camera reveals to the "i" in the current Nickelodeon logo. The Template:Font color drop upon impact with it dots the "i" in the logo, as the splash made by the Template:Font color drop quickly forms the dot. As the camera then zooms out to fully reveal the finished logo, "Template:Font color" in Template:Font color fades in, which is then followed by a small TM trademark bug fading in to the right of the logo.

**Variants:**

* An earlier version of the logo, used from 2009 to 2010, has the Nickelodeon logo zooming out on a black background, followed by "MOVIES" in a purple color appearing letter-by-letter via some purple rays shining left to right. This version was used on the Nick@Nite promo for *Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging*, trailers and promos for *The Last Airbender*, and the first trailer for *Rango*.
* Starting with *The Adventures of Tintin*, both the drop and the logo are in a more orange color, the drop looks sleeker, "MOVIES" is in a red color, and the logo's background is brighter. The camera also zooms out at a further distance to show the finished logo.
* A variant was used on Nickelodeon USA airings of *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie*. On a white background, the camera pans down to reveal the Nickelodeon logo and the word "MOVIES" in green. This was only used when Nickelodeon used their infamous last-scene-of-the-show credits from 2013 until sometime in 2016, as now most current airings have no logos at all. But it did come back one more time when Nick aired the movie on February 21, 2017, seven years after the logo debuted.
* A short version was used on *Monster Trucks*, which starts with the Nickelodeon logo already being in place.
* On two trailers for *Wonder Park*, the word "MOVIES" is in orange and is fully 3D (similar to the next logo). The film uses the normal variant instead.

**FX/SFX:** The orange drop, the Nickelodeon logo zooming out, and "MOVIES" fading in. All CGI animation by DevaStudios, who also animated the 2011 Paramount logo. It's not badly animated at all, and it's far better-looking than its television counterpart.

**Music/Sounds:** None or the opening theme of the movie.

**Availability:** Common. It's seen on recent films produced by the company, such as *The Last Airbender*, *Rango*, *The Adventures of Tintin*, *Fun Size*, and made its final appearance on *Wonder Park*. Was first seen on the Nick@Nite promo for *Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging*. It was also last seen on the trailers of *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run*.

**Editor's Note:** Like the 9th logo, it's not a huge favorite of many for its simplicity; that said, it's still a decent logo, and it's definitely better than the TV version.

### 26th Logo (December 16, 2011-November 10, 2021)

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**Nicknames:** "2010s Mountain", "CGI Mountain III", "Perumount V", "Centennial Mountain", "Decade Mountain II", "100 Years of Paramount", "Paramount Mountain X", "Century Mountain", "Sunset Mountain", "Viacom Mountain III", "ViacomCBS Mountain", "Mount Paramount II"

**Logo:** On a dark cloudy background, we see several stars flying towards the camera, a mirrored reference to the previous logo. As the third star flies towards us, we follow the star as the camera pans upward to reveal that we were looking at the reflection of a lake. We follow the stars as they skim the lake and create ripples. We continue to fly forward as a total of 22 stars line up and encircle the mountain ahead. Then the "***Paramount***" script zooms out to take its place on the mountain, which is situated on a cloudy sunset landscape. The Viacom or ViacomCBS byline then fades in below.

**Trivia:** This logo was designed by Devastudios and animated using the Terragen software from Planetside Software.

**Bylines:**

* December 16, 2011-November 8, 2019: "A VIaCOM COMPANY"
* January 10, 2020-November 10, 2021: "**A ViacomCBS Company**" set in the Gotham typeface.
* July 23, 2021: "*A ViacomCBS Company*" set in ViacomCBS Raisonné.

**Variants:**

* December 16, 2011-December 21, 2012: For the logo's debut and its first official year, a bright light shines to reveal the text"***100 Years***" with "***100***" bigger and "***Years***" smaller, before a smaller Viacom byline fades in underneath.
* On *Daddy's Home 2* and the 2019 remake of *Pet Sematary*, the byline fades in earlier than usual when the "Paramount" script zooms back. This can also be seen on trailers.
* A version of this logo exists where the camera angle is slightly different, the mountain has slightly less light reflection, the stars have a lighter color, the "Paramount script" is darker, the SM symbol was replaced with a TM symbol and some of the clouds above the mountain are not visible. This can be seen on movies like *The Wolf on Wall Street*, *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water*, *Looney Tunes: Rabbit's Run*, and *Mission: Impossible - Fallout*, and home video releases from the company starting in late 2020.
* A version of the aforementioned variant exists for the 100 Years version of this logo, where the Viacom byline is shifted upwards. This can be seen on *Cirque de Soleil: Worlds Away*, *Katy Perry: Part of Me*, and the 2012 reissues of *Titanic* and *Top Gun*. It also appears at the end of *Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted* and *Rise of the Guardians*, the last two DreamWorks Animation films to be distributed by Paramount.
* On *The Avengers*, *Iron Man 3* (studio credits only), *Without Remorse*, short films, and trailers or TV spots for many Paramount films, the logo is cut down to its last few seconds.
* Starting with *Transformers: Age of Extinction*, the logo was modified.
* On YouTube advertisements from the side of a video (done after a video ad), the logo appears without a byline and has a dark blue and black gradient on the sides.

**Closing Variant**: Same as the last logo; sometimes "DISTRIBUTED BY" appears above. Sometimes, the logo fades in and out; other times, it cuts in and out.

**FX/SFX:** Beautifully crafted CGI that combines elements from the last two logos, which still holds up well nearly 10 years later.

**Music/Sounds:** A light bell and string piece which rises in intensity and becomes more majestic and orchestral, scored by Michael Giacchino. Sometimes none, or the opening theme of the film instead (such as *The Avengers*, and *Iron Man 3*).

**Music/Sounds Variants:**

* On *Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol*, the first film to use this logo, there is an alternate version of the fanfare with some slight changes, in the note of the orchestration, making it sound more powerful. An unused alternate version is heard on the aforementioned film's OST that features a very different, more sweeping and even more powerful orchestration.
* On *Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa*, whooshes are added to the logo over either the fanfare or the opening theme of the film when the stars and the text fly by.
* None for the closing variant. Sometimes the closing theme of the movie would be used instead.

**Availability:** Common.

* Seen on all Paramount movies from *Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol* to *PAW Patrol: The Movie*.
* The 100 Years version debuted on the aforementioned film and made its last appearance on *Jack Reacher*, released on December 21, 2012. The version without the "100 Years" wording first appeared on *Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters*.
* Also seen as a de-facto home entertainment logo on Paramount's 4K UHD Blu-ray releases starting with *Star Trek* and *Star Trek Into Darkness*, and on regular Blu-rays and DVDs starting with *Bumblebee*.
* It also appears on the first four films from Paramount Animation (which are *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water*, *Monster Trucks*, *Sherlock Gnomes*, and *Wonder Park*) before they got their own logo in May 2021.
* The Viacom byline made its final appearance on *Playing with Fire*; the ViacomCBS byline first debuted on a Spanish TV spot for *Sonic The Hedgehog* and made its theatrical debut on *Like a Boss*.
* The completely enhanced version was only seen on the trailer for the upcoming *Clifford the Big Red Dog* movie with the SM symbol and the trailer for *The Tomorrow War* with the TM symbol.
* This logo made it's last appearance on *PAW Patrol: The Movie*, released on August 20, 2021 (the VHS release of the film has this logo plastered with the 27th logo).
* This also appears at the end of most (if not all) international prints of Brad Krevoy Television-produced TV movies on Hallmark Channel, such as the *Crossword Mysteries* series, the *Wedding March* movies, *Winter Love Story*, and *Christmas Encore*, among others.
* It's also seen at the end of some TV shows distributed by Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution (Paramount Television Studios's distribution unit), such as *Spin City* until 2021.
* This is also seen on post-2012 and 3D US prints of *Titanic*, plastering the 8th logo.
* Used in tandem with the next logo on *Snake Eyes* and *PAW Patrol: The Movie*.
* The "DISTRIBUTED BY" closing variant appeared at the end of the DreamWorks Animation films *Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted* and *Rise of the Guardians* (the latter of which was the last DreamWorks film to be distributed by Paramount). Plastered by the final 20th Century Fox or current Universal Pictures logo on recent prints.
* Even though *The Avengers* and *Iron Man 3* were both distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (which was credited at the end of both films), the latter film has the Paramount logo show up at the beginning and end, while the former had this logo appear only at the beginning.

**Editor's Note:** This is a true masterpiece of a logo, with its powerful, majestic theme, perfect CGI, and the sheer power it radiates. It's certainly a worthy successor to all the 100 years' worth of Paramountains before it.

### 27th Logo (August 9, 2019-)

**Nickname:** "Big Screen Nick"

**Logo:** On a white background (like the 13th logo), we see the current Nickelodeon logo from multiple rapidly-cutting angles appearing letter-by-letter in different ways, in a somewhat similar fashion to the 2017 Nickelodeon Productions logo. We cut to the finished logo, but then the Template:Font color word "Template:Font color" in Galano Grotesque (the font used for the current Nickelodeon branding), making the letters in the Nickelodeon logo bounce for a second before settling back in their positions. The entire logo slowly zooms out and then fades to black.

**Trivia:** This logo was made to fit with Nickelodeon's 2017 refresh by Superestudio. However, it looks similar to the 13th logo that was seen on two trailers for *Wonder Park*, but is probably a finalized version.

**Variant:** Starting with *Playing with Fire*, the logo is brighter.

**FX/SFX:** CGI animation.

**Music/Sounds:** The beginning of the 2009 Nickelodeon Productions theme with a bombastic orchestral redux of the final five notes, composed by John Debney and Germaine Franco.

**Music/Sounds Variant:** Some films will have it silent or use the film's opening theme.

**Availability:** Current. It's debuted on *Dora and the Lost City of Gold* (but some trailers for that used the previous logo instead) and so far also appeared on *Playing With Fire*, *The J Team* and *The Loud House Movie*.

**Editor's Note:** The rapid cutting of the letters (combined with the sudden shift to a more orchestral version of the music) is pretty jarring in a cinema logo format, but it's a pretty nice take on the 2009 Nickelodeon logo.

### 28th Logo (July 3, 2021-)

**Nicknames**: "2020s Mountain", "Ugly Mountain II", "Blue Mountain II", "CGI Mountain IV", "Paramount Mountain XI", "Sunset Mountain II", "ViacomCBS Mountain II", "Mount Paramount III", "Post-Viacom Mountain"

**Logo**: TBA

**Variant**: Before Jonathan and Dracula were falling off a mountain to go camping on Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania, the Paramount logo was seen on the aforementioned mountain.

**Bylines:**

* July 3, 2021 : "**A ViacomCBS Company**" set in the Gotham typeface.
* August 20, 2021-: "**A ViacomCBS Company**" set in ViacomCBS Raisonné typeface.

**FX/SFX**: TBA

**Music/Sounds**: The 1976 fanfare, but re-orchestrated.

**Availability**: Brand new.

**Editor's Note**: TBA