MTV Animation

1st Logo (March 3, 1997-February 11, 2001)
Nicknames: "It's an MTV frog, but no hands!"

Logo: On a black background, we see a stylized version of the MTV logo, in red and with feet, with "ANIMATION" on it, with the gap serving as the "M" in "ANIMATION". The toes on the feet in the logo wiggle.

FX/SFX: The toes wiggling.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Very rare. The logo previously appeared on seasons 1 to 4 of Daria, but the logo has been removed from further repeats. The logo is also missing on the DVD set Daria: The Complete Animated Series, but appears at the end of the episode "Daria!" and the TV movie Is It Fall Yet?. Also seen on the short-lived Downtown.

2nd Logo (February 19, 2001-April 13, 2003)
Nickname: The Square Brackets

Logo: On a black background, we see two white brackets, inside them we see some characters or a title card from the show, with the MTV logo and "ANIMATION" next to it.

FX/SFX: Probably none.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on MTV Animation shows from the era such as season 5 of Daria, Undergrads and 3-South. However, the logo was not included on the DVD set Daria: The Complete Animated Series with the exception of the TV finale movie Is It College Yet?.

3rd Logo (June 10, 2006-July 8, 2007)


Logo: It's the same as the current logo for MTV Production Development, only the human shadows are replaced by those of an alien, a buff man, a Transformers-esque robot and a bunny (from left to right). The alien bumps the man and the latter strikes the former down. He then turns to the robot, catching it off guard.

FX/SFX: The shadow animations.

Music/Sounds: A noof, followed by a punch sound effect.

Availability: Was only seen on MTV2 cartoons, them being Where My Dogs At? and Friday: The Animated Series.