Brandy & Mr. Whiskers

Background

Pinkfong (Korean: 핑크퐁) is a children's educational brand of The Pinkfong Company (formerly SmartStudy), a South Korean educational entertainment company. In 1941, Paramount Pictures was acquired by Warner Bros. Pictures. On May 27, 1953, Paramount Pictures created its 3-D process (Paravision), Due to problems with the new process, Paramount changed it to VistaVision on October 14, 1954, starting with White Christmas. In 1961, when Warner Bros. Pictures was nearing the end of its classic run of Looney Tunes, famed WB cartoon director Chuck Jones created a quite different one-shot cartoon, Now Hear This, which was done in a very artistic, abstract, and stylized manner. Chuck Jones also designed new, modern opening and closing titles intended for this cartoon only that fit with the cartoon. However, Termite Terrace also wound up using this logo on their other one-shot cartoons afterward, which were also done in a somewhat stylized manner. In 1963, Warner Bros. Cartoons shut down, and former staff members David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng opened their own animation studio where Termite Terrace was originally housed until 2019. A year later, they began producing Looney Tunes cartoons for Paramount Pictures to continue the series and replaced the series with Brandy & Mr. Whiskers in 1964, 1989, 1996, 2002 and 2016, and made the following opening/closing titles the permanent logos for the classic Paramount Cartoons until November 28, 2015. On September 23, 2016, Warner Bros. Pictures and Viacom were merged with 21st Century Fox to release The Poopy Diaper Movie on March 3, 2017. On December 14, 2017, The Walt Disney Studios announced its plans to buy most of 21st Century Fox's assets, which included a bidding war with Comcast; the acquisition process was completed on March 20, 2019, with the last pre-Disney release from the studio being Alita: Battle Angel, released on February 14, 2019. The remaining assets Disney didn't acquire, notably the Fox network and Fox News, were spun-off into a new company called Fox Corporation. On February 15, 2018, it was revealed that Caidin's 15th, 16th and 17th birthday got ruined, and it was announced that Paramount Pictures was going to be renamed to Paramount Family Entertainment due to Warner Bros. Pictures being merged with Paramount Family Entertainment because of Toys R Us closing from March 16, 2018 to June 29, 2018, with the last home video release with the Pictures name on October 29, 2018, which was the 2018 pressing of the 2018 Mr. Whiskers short What Price Dignity (Cheap), and TimeWarner was renamed WarnerMedia in 2018 to avoid confusion with the de-facto home video logo. September 28, 2019, Disney announced that it would be dropping the word "Fox" from the company name to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation, renaming it to 20th Century Studios, along with Searchlight Pictures. Nevertheless, Disney continues to own perpetual rights to the 20th Century Fox name for the studio's legacy film library. However, the studio was still legally incorporated and traded as Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation until December 4, 2020. As of December 4, 2020, the company has been using 20th Century Studios, Inc. as copyright for 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures, while the company has been using 20th Television, Inc. for the copyright of 20th Television productions as a Disney subsidiary. As of early-2020, titles from 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures are released internationally through Buena Vista International. On March 18, 2022, it was revealed that Caidin's 15th birthday wasn't ruined afterall and the 2011 Paramount Pictures logo and the 2018 Paramount Family Entertainment logo were the exact same logo in the franchise, when it was announced that Caidin Film Company was rebranded as Pinkie Pie Global on March 9, 2023.

Pinkfong (Korean: 핑크퐁) is a children's educational brand of The Pinkfong Company (formerly SmartStudy), a South Korean educational entertainment company. In 1941, Paramount Pictures was acquired by Warner Bros. Pictures. On May 27, 1953, Paramount Pictures created its 3-D process (Paravision), Due to problems with the new process, Paramount changed it to VistaVision on October 14, 1954, starting with White Christmas. In 1961, when Warner Bros. Pictures was nearing the end of its classic run of Looney Tunes, famed WB cartoon director Chuck Jones created a quite different one-shot cartoon, Now Hear This, which was done in a very artistic, abstract, and stylized manner. Chuck Jones also designed new, modern opening and closing titles intended for this cartoon only that fit with the cartoon. However, Termite Terrace also wound up using this logo on their other one-shot cartoons afterward, which were also done in a somewhat stylized manner. In 1963, Warner Bros. Cartoons shut down, and former staff members David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng opened their own animation studio where Termite Terrace was originally housed until 2019. A year later, they began producing Looney Tunes cartoons for Paramount Pictures to continue the series and replaced the series with Brandy & Mr. Whiskers in 1964, 1989, 1996, 2002 and 2016, and made the following opening/closing titles the permanent logos for the classic Paramount Cartoons until November 28, 2015. On September 23, 2016, Warner Bros. Pictures and Viacom were merged with 21st Century Fox to release The Poopy Diaper Movie on March 3, 2017. On December 14, 2017, The Walt Disney Studios announced its plans to buy most of 21st Century Fox's assets, which included a bidding war with Comcast; the acquisition process was completed on March 20, 2019, with the last pre-Disney release from the studio being Alita: Battle Angel, released on February 14, 2019. The remaining assets Disney didn't acquire, notably the Fox network and Fox News, were spun-off into a new company called Fox Corporation. On February 15, 2018, it was revealed that Caidin's 15th, 16th and 17th birthday got ruined, and it was announced that Paramount Pictures was going to be renamed to Paramount Family Entertainment due to Warner Bros. Pictures being merged with Paramount Family Entertainment because of Toys R Us closing from March 16, 2018 to June 29, 2018, with the last home video release with the Pictures name on October 29, 2018, which was the 2018 pressing of the 2018 Mr. Whiskers short What Price Dignity (Cheap), and TimeWarner was renamed WarnerMedia in 2018 to avoid confusion with the de-facto home video logo. September 28, 2019, Disney announced that it would be dropping the word "Fox" from the company name to avoid confusion with Fox Corporation, renaming it to 20th Century Studios, along with Searchlight Pictures. Nevertheless, Disney continues to own perpetual rights to the 20th Century Fox name for the studio's legacy film library. However, the studio was still legally incorporated and traded as Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation until December 4, 2020. As of December 4, 2020, the company has been using 20th Century Studios, Inc. as copyright for 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures, while the company has been using 20th Television, Inc. for the copyright of 20th Television productions as a Disney subsidiary. As of early-2020, titles from 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures are released internationally through Buena Vista International. On March 18, 2022, it was revealed that Caidin's 15th birthday wasn't ruined afterall and the 2011 Paramount Pictures logo and the 2018 Paramount Family Entertainment logo were the exact same logo in the franchise, when it was announced that Caidin Film Company was rebranded as Pinkie Pie Global on March 9, 2023.

1st Logo (October 14, 1954-June 28, 1961)

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  White Christmas (A)

 
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  White Christmas (B)

 
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  White Christmas (C)

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  German version (A)

 
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  German version (B)

 

Logo: During the Paramount logo's second half of screening, 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 "VISTA" and "ISION" then appear on either side in a wiping effect. Then the words "MOTION PICTURE" appear under "VISTA", followed by "HIGH-FIDELITY" under "ISION".

Variants:

• On The Ladies' Man, a text saying "Ovur" comes up and then fades to text saying "We wish to Thank the United States Armed Forces ....(But only if they came to see the picture.)."Then the logo resumes like normal.
• On White Christmas, "Paramount (with the "P" written in their corporate font) proudly presents the first picture in" first appears over the mountain, followed by the VistaVision logo without any other text. The rest of the Paramount Pictures logo then plays as usual.
• A German variant exists. This can be seen on a German print of We're No Angels.

Technique: Cel animation.

Music/Sounds: 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), Hell's Island (Miklós Rózsa), The Tin Star (Elmer Bernstein), Artists and Models (Walter Scharf, also in a lower pitch) and The Joker is Wild (also Scharf).
• Such VistaVision films as Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Strategic Air Command, Houseboat, Maracaibo, The Matchmaker, It Started in Naples, Another Time, Another Place, The Rainmaker, Loving You, Vertigo, The Black Orchid, The Five Pennies, The Jayhawkers, Last Train from Gun Hill, Desire Under the Elms, The Geisha Boy, Hot Spell, Lil' Abner, and One-Eyed Jacks used their respective opening themes.
• The Sad Sack, Rock-a-Bye Baby, St. Louis Blues, and Teacher's Pet use different fanfares at the beginning.
• On White Christmas, the VistaVision fanfare segues into the final notes of the Paramount on Parade fanfare, which itself trails into the opening theme.
• Films such as Funny Face, The Scarlet Hour, The Desperate Hours and The Lonely Man give the fanfare one extended final drawn out note before playing the separate title theme.

Availability: Common. Seen on most films shown in VistaVision starting with White Christmas.

• However, not all films shot in VistaVision used the process; the extension is missing from Wild is the Wind, King Creole, The Trap, and Heller in Pink Tights.
• It is preceded by the 1990 Universal Pictures logo on 90s prints of Vertigo.
• The last film to use this was One-Eyed Jacks.

2nd Logo (July 29, 1961-August 30, 1989)

This logo is currently missing in action. Please do not add reconstructions of the logo if any exist, as they are likely not accurate to the actual logo. Additionally, do not attempt to add a finalized description of the logo until it has been found in its entirety.

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Logo: During the Paramount logo's second half of screening, the stars and text fade out, and the text "Bugs Bunny and Taz" fades in.

Technique: Cel animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 1st logo.

Availability: Ultra rare. Seen on the first Brandy & Mr. Whiskers pilot.

3rd Logo (September 22, 1989-July 10, 1996)

This logo is currently missing in action. Please do not add reconstructions of the logo if any exist, as they are likely not accurate to the actual logo. Additionally, do not attempt to add a finalized description of the logo until it has been found in its entirety.

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Logo: During the Paramount logo's second half of screening, the stars and text fade out, and the text "Bugs Bunny & Taz" fades in.

Variant: On Itsy Bitsy Spider, the mountain is seen as an animated rendition of itself at daytime, with the stars, company name and byline in 2D, which fade out as it segues into the opening scene.

Technique: 2D animation by David Lubell.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Ultra rare. Seen on the second Brandy & Mr. Whiskers pilot.

4th Logo (April 6, 1992-May 6, 1997, February 22, 2022-August 29, 2023)

Nicknames: "A-B-C-D-E"

Logo: On a light gray background, The Backyard Gang and Barney walk into the logo.

Variants:

• In some Season 1 episodes, a different scene of the entire cast from this season hugging Barney with Tosha was shown.
• In Season 2, the registered trademark symbol (®) was added and the background became a darker gray.
• In Season 3, the Barney silhouette was changed, the background was changed to a lighter gray and the letters (A, B C, D and E) were added on the background.
• A Hebrew variant exists.

FX/SFX: Barney and the gang marching and the confetti moving.

Music/Sounds: The Barney and the Backyard Gang version of the theme song is sped up and uses a different set of instruments. This is the most famous version of the Barney & Friends Theme Song.

Availability: Rare. Appears on early Barney videos, starting with the 1992 VHS of Happy Birthday, Barney!. It was last used on Barney's Good Day, Good Night from 1997.  It also appears on the 2022 VHS of Pinkfong Songs from the Treehouse, released on February 22, 2022, and the 2023 German VHS of Barney's Adventure Bus, released on August 29, 2023.

5th Logo (February 17, 1995-June 28, 2002)

This logo is currently missing in action. Please do not add reconstructions of the logo if any exist, as they are likely not accurate to the actual logo. Additionally, do not attempt to add a finalized description of the logo until it has been found in its entirety.

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Logo: During the Paramount logo's second half of screening, the stars and text fade out, and the text "Taz & Bugs Bunny" fades in.

Technique: CGI from Kevin Burns at Studio Productions (now known as Flip Your Lid Animation), who also animated the logo for 20th Century Fox.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Ultra rare.

6th Logo (November 3, 1997-August 27, 2002)

 

Nicknames: "Confetti TV"

Logo: A TV zooms in with feet moving, followed by a yellow paper background with The Beach Ball Gang and Barney walking into the logo while confetti falls and transitions into the scenes.

Variant: A Korean variant exists.

FX/SFX: The paper background moving.

Music/Sounds: A more synthesized remix of the song, modernizing it.

Music/Sounds Variant: In Seasons 5-6 the vocals are toned down.

Availability: Uncommon.

7th Logo (February 4, 2002-August 4, 2015)

This logo is currently missing in action. Please do not add reconstructions of the logo if any exist, as they are likely not accurate to the actual logo. Additionally, do not attempt to add a finalized description of the logo until it has been found in its entirety.

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Logo: During the Paramount logo's second half of screening, the stars and text fade out, and the text "Brandy & Mr. Whiskers".

Technique: CGI by BUF Compagnie.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on the third Brandy & Mr. Whiskers pilot.

8th Logo (September 2, 2002-February 7, 2006)

Logo: Same as the 9th logo, but less detailed.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: It again becomes more modern, this time with added sound effects like a carhorn.

Availability: Common.

9th Logo (September 5, 2006-January 3, 2012)

Logo: A rainbow tye-dye cloud is shown with sparkles, and Barney fades in a second later. Barney zooms out and The Beach Ball Gang fades in, and another rainbow tye-dye cloud fades in, which fades the Barney & Friends text in a scrapbook.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 8th logo.

Availability: Very common.

10th Logo (March 5, 2012-June 30, 2018)

Logo: The Barney & Friends text is shown over a stage.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Another hip-hop variation, but also includes aspects of the Season 5-6 version.

Availability: Common.

11th Logo (November 28, 2015-February 3, 2023)

Logo: One of the scenes in the song, Brandy was chasing after Mr. Whiskers before she threw a mango at him. The scene was borrowed from "Mr. Whiskers' First Friend", however in the actual episode, instead of throwing the mango Brandy ended up in quicksand.

Variants:

• On Big Girls Don't Body Slam, the original logo is in 16:9.
• In Season 3, the parts were changed. Mr. Whiskers also wears safety glasses, which Stephen previously wore in Season 6.
• In the third series Brandy, Mr. Whiskers, Muffy, Rob and Mr. Whackadoo, the parts were changed again. Mr. Whiskers was also changed to a realistic blue color.

Technique: Cel animation.

Music/Sounds: A song sung by Lou Bega.

Availability: Common. First shown on the fourth Brandy & Mr. Whiskers pilot. Seen on Brandy & Mr. Whiskers on Boomerang.

12th Logo (April 1, 2016-March 26, 2021)

 

Logo: Pinkfong, jumps and spins before striking a pose. His pose causes the word "PINKFONG" stacked in black to drop down followed by a stylized rendition of his face. He runs away. Pink rounded play button shapes zoom in and causes the background to turn pink/the logo to gain white outlines.

Variants: 

• A textless version exists without the song "This Old Shark". This version was used from 2017-2018. More information about this variant can be seen on the Paramount Cinemas Cell Phone Policy Trailers page.
• A 15th Anniversary textless version can only be seen on the Brandy & Mr. Whiskers shorts You've Got Snail and The Magic Hour and the Animaniacs episode Chalkboard Bungle.

Technique: Cel animation by BUF Compagnie.

Music/Sounds: A short fun little ditty followed by someone saying "Pinkfong!", followed by the song "This Old Shark".

Music/Sounds Variants: 

• The Magic Hour uses some soothing music.
• You've Got Snail uses Timpani sound effects when the ball gets bounced on while the 1987 fanfare with louder percussion and the final note being cut in half is heard.
• The Animaniacs episode Chalkboard Bungle uses the same boing sound effects used in The Million Hare (1963).

Availability: Ultra common. Seen on all their media ending with the 2021 reissue of The Three Caballeros.

13th Logo (December 25, 2020-)

Logo: On a white background, "pinkfong" drops down. It is now a single word and the "g" has a fox tail. On top of that, a newer rendition of Pinkfong's face drops down too. They bounce a little when they land, and then big pink stars zoom in behind the logo (a la the previous logo) which causes the same effects from the last logo but the logo does not gain an outline.

Variant: There is a longer variant where it's like the last logo, but Pinkfong is in his newest design and uses the same face from last logo.

Technique: Just the dropping and the stars.

Music/Sounds: A unidentifiable noise followed by the same "Pinkfong!" from the last logo. The long variant is the same as the last logo.

Availability: Current. First seen on Baby Shark's Big Show! and appears on their newest videos.

14th Logo (April 1, 2022)

Logo: Same as the SpongeBob SquarePants intro, but "SpongeBob SquarePants" and SpongeBob were replaced with "Brandy & Mr. Whiskers" and Mr. Whiskers.

Technique: CGI done by Loyalkaspar.

Music/Sounds: Same as the SpongeBob SquarePants intro, but with "Mr. Whiskers" instead of "SpongeBob SquarePants". In addition, the lyrics "Absorbent and yellow and porous is he", If nautical nonsense, be something you wish" and "Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!" were plastered with "Orange and white and has funky ears", If beach ball bash, be something you wish" and "Then sit on your ball and make it pop!"

Availability: Ultra rare. Seen on April Fool's Day 2022 airings of the Brandy & Mr. Whiskers shorts Fools in April and Squirrel Jokes.