Naughty Dog

Background
Naughty Dog (known as JAM Software until 1989) is an American developer based in Santa Monica, California and was founded in 1984 by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin as an independent developer. In 2001, it was acquired by Sony Computer Entertainment and is also the home to the ICE Team, one of Sony's World Wide Studios central technology groups. In 2004, Jason Rubin, one of the company founders, announced he left the studio to work on a new project called Iron and the Maiden. Naughty Dog was known for the Crash Bandicoot series for PlayStation starting with Crash Bandicoot and ending with Crash Team Racing (before the series would end up in the hands of then-license owner Universal Interactive) in addition to the Jak and Daxter series, the Uncharted series, and The Last of Us series.

1st Logo (October 1989)
Nicknames: "A Dog and his Sign", "The Naughty Dog", "The Grinning Dog"

Logo: On a black background, we see a gold frame with brown lines behind it in an upside-down triangle. We see "NAUGHTY" in blue and in a scrawly font, and "DOG" in a font that's made out of bitten gold discs. A grinning dog, wearing goggles, holds a wooden sign with "SOFTWARE" in yellow. On the bottom right of the sign, a small "INC." is seen. Below all that are the owners' names Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Probably the opening theme of the game.

Availability: Rare. Only appears on Keef the Thief: A Boy and His Lockpick.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1991)
Nicknames: "The Naughty Dog II", "The Grinning Dog II", "The Naughty Dog at the Beach"

Logo: Against a letterboxed background of a sunset, palm trees and a sea, we see a blonde-haired woman wearing a white top shirt and blue trousers with a yellow ring on her right arm. The background moves and she slides away. A few seconds later, the brown grinning dog from the 1st logo (now wearing sunglasses that reflect the palm trees, along with a white shirt with a blue smiling face wearing glasses on it and a collar on his neck) slides in with "TM" under him. Shortly after, the dog reaches all the way to the right, the words, "NAUGHTY DOG SOFTWARE" appears with "NAUGHTY" in the similar style as before, but in rainbow colors this time, "DOG" in an odd font, under "NAUGHTY" with the left and right parts of it stretching through and "SOFTWARE" is very small and in the computerized font on the right of "DOG". The background animation slows down and then eventually turns white at the end.

Variant: A variant exists where the dog and the woman switch places, but she would be nude (albeit from the waist up). This can be accessed via a cheat code: pressing A, B, C, START and both down and right on the directional pad on a controller connected to the console's second port, then turning on the Genesis. This sparked some controversy, including some retailers pulling Rings Of Power from sale due to the nudity not being advertised anywhere else.

FX/SFX: The woman and dog sliding through, the background animation.

Music/Sounds: The sounds of dog barking when the text appears.

Availability: Only appears on Rings of Power for Sega Genesis.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (August 30, 1994)
Nicknames: "The Naughty Dog III", "The Grinning Dog III", "The Naughty Dog Flag"

Logo: On a background with palm trees, we see the grinning dog from before, but now he's wearing a red shirt and wears different sunglasses. Next to him is a waving white flag with the Naughty Dog logo on it (with "DOG" under "NAUGHTY" in a graffiti-type font with an angel halo on the "N" and a devil tail on the "Y"). A few seconds later, we slowly zoom into the flag and after a few seconds, the flag stops waving and only the shadow of the palm trees is seen over the logo.

FX/SFX: The flag waving and the zooming.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the game.

Availability: Rare. Only appears on Way of the Warrior for 3DO.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (September 9, 1996-)
Nicknames: "The Naughty Dog Paw", "The Naughty Dog IV (Crash Bandicoot Variant only)", "The Grinning Dog IV (Crash Bandicoot Variant only)",

Logo: We see a long half-white and half-black rectangle with "NAUGHTY DOG" surrounded by a black outline. The word "NAUGHTY" is black on the white half and the word "DOG" is white on the black half of the rectangle. Between the words is a shape of a red dog paw.

Variants: There are different variations of the logo.
 * Crash Bandicoot: On a letterboxed dark-blue yellow-green gradient background with clouds, a doghouse slides in from the left and "brakes" in a manner like a car, wobbling like gelatin as it comes to a halt. Then, the white and black parts of the rectangle shape wipe in as "NAUGHTY DOG" flips in letter-by-letter. Then, the red paw flies in from the right flapping like a butterfly and makes a stop in between "NAUGHTY" and "DOG". Shortly afterwards, the face of the grinning dog from before (this time his hair is black) in a red circle with a black outline around it, zooms out and places on the bottom-right of the logo. Then, the sound of a dog barking is heard.
 * Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back: On a space background of the opening intro, the words "NAUGHTY DOG" and the rectangle wipe in with a light ray effect. Each letter in the name shines. After that, copies of the red paw-print appear as if forming a trail left behind a dog, one of which appears in its usual place. When the dog barking sound is heard, all the paws except the one in the logo disappear. Shortly after that, Crash Bandicoot (in his jetpack outfit) flies in and tries to break through the logo. After a few tries, he succeeds causing the logo to break and the game's title to appear.
 * Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped/Crash Team Racing: On a space background, we see an open crate with a portal light through it spinning around. We zoom onto it and as we get closer, the crate closes and reveals the Naughty Dog logo on the crate with the wooden sign reading the website URL, "www.naughtydog.com" under the logo. Then, something inside the box gets beaten up causing it to bounce around for a few seconds and then it opens up causing the characters of the game (Crash, Coco and Aku Aku) to drop down through the box, leading up to the game's title. The latter variant has the characters riding their race karts.
 * Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (Demo Version): The logo is still and "DEVELOPED BY" is shown above.
 * Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy: We see Daxter with his back facing us. Then, he turns around and dances around a bit. Suddenly, Jak pushes in the Naughty Dog logo from the right, accidentally knocking Daxter with it. After that, Daxter gets up and jumps next to Jak while Jak leans against the logo while Daxter does his pose. Then, a red black-square with a dog paw and some kanji zooms through spinning and makes a stop on the bottom right of the logo.
 * Jak II/Jak 3: The logo is superimposed over the opening credits with "A GAME BY" above it.
 * Jak X: Combat Racing: Similar to the Jak II/Jak 3 variants, except the words now read, "Created and Developed By".
 * Uncharted: Drake's Fortune: The logo appears dimming in through a flashlight effect, appearing for a few seconds. Then it disappears.
 * Uncharted 2: Among Thieves: On a snowy background, three dog paw prints are seen in the snow. Suddenly, the snow gets blown away, revealing the Naughty Dog logo frozen on the ground with the red paw intact. Plus, the black and white colors of the rectangle and the text have switched places.
 * Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception: TBA

FX/SFX: Depending on the variant.

Music/Sounds: Mainly, the game's title music plays over the logo, mainly on Crash Bandicoot games.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * On Crash Bandicoot, in addition to the opening theme, the sounds of the doghouse braking and wobbling are heard. As the logo forms, dog panting is heard, a splat and scream is heard when the paw lands, and the panting and dog barking is heard when the grinning dog appears.
 * On Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped, in addition to the opening theme, as the logo zooms in, we hear Uka Uka (voiced by Clancy Brown) saying, "The game, created and developed, by Naughty Dog!".
 * On Crash Team Racing, in addition to the opening theme, we hear an announcer saying, "Fasten your seat belts, for another Naughty Dog Creation!"
 * On Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, bongo-like music is heard.
 * On Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, there is sound wind and ice cracking.
 * On the still variants, the logo is silent.

Availability: Common. It was first seen on Crash Bandicoot for PlayStation. The variants can be seen on many other titles such as Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped and Crash Team Racing for PlayStation, the Jak and Daxter series for PlayStation 2 including Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy and Jak II, and the Uncharted series for PlayStation 3.

Editor's Note: None.