PopCap Games

1st Logo (November 2000 - June 2003)
Nicknames: "The Cap", "PopCap Cap", "Primitive Cap"

Logo: On a black background the word pop comes from the right and cap from the right to form PopCap and the circle. Finally the word games emerges from the top.

FX/SFX: Decent but outdated 2d animation

Music/Sounds: None

Availability: Common. Made its first Appearance in Dimond Mine and its last appearance on typing shark. However it only appears on java versions of the games as other versions remove the logo.

Editor's Note: None

2nd Logo (February 25, 2003 - January 30th, 2013)
Nicknames: "The Cap II", "PopCap Cap II", "The Cap of Plastering"

Logo: We see a remastered version of the previous logo (later without the games) Fade in and out.

Variant:' Sometimes it appeares on the main menu of game instead.

FX/SFX: none

Music/Sounds: None or the opening/menu theme of the game.

Availability: Common
 * First appeared on Bookworm (except the java web version which used the previous logo).
 * The version that isn't part of the main menu debuted on Bookworm adventures.
 * It made its last appearance on the java version of Plants vs. Zombies Released on January 30th, 2013.

Editor's Note: None

3rd logo (2007? - February 21, 2012)
Nicknames: "The Cap III, "PopCap Cap III", "Console Cap"

Logo: Pop falls and Cap rises to form the PopCap logo that then shakes and some pixie dust appears.

FX/SFX: 2d animation that holds up better than the 1st logo

Music/Sounds: A one note acapela theme, then the sounds of metal clanking, and finally a magical sound.

Availability: Rare
 * Only appeared on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and some DS Ports of PopCap Games.
 * Made its last appearance on the PSVita Port of Plants vs. Zombies.

Editor's Note: None

4th logo (September 27, 2012-)
Nickname: "EA PopCap", "The Text of Boredom", "The Pop Goes Flat"

Logo: We zoom out to Reveal PopCap. The logo than explodes.

Variants:
 * On most games and trailers starting in 2014 it is still.
 * Like the 2nd logo on some games it is instead used on the main menu.

FX/SFX: Boring 2D Animation.

Music/Sounds: A 6 note xylophone fanfare

Availability: Current
 * First appeared on music video Stop Zombie Mouth.
 * The first game to use this was Bejeweled live+.
 * The still version debuted on Plants vs Zombies 2 Released on July 13, 2013.
 * It also plasters the 2nd logo on current mobile prints of Plants vs. Zombies.

Editor's Note: This logo is infamous for starting the 21st century trend of oversimplified logos