Treehouse Originals

Background
Treehouse is a Canadian TV channel oriented towards younger children. It was launched on November 1, 1997 as a subsidiary of YTV. Its name comes from YTV's former programming block, The Treehouse. It is currently owned by YTV Canada, itself owned by Corus Entertainment.

1st Logo (November 1, 1997-1999, 2003)


Nickname: "Proto-House"

Logo: On a black background, we see the white text, Produced in Association with, above the alternate Treehouse logo used during the time.

Variants: None so far.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Closing theme or silence.

Availability: Rare. Only seen on a double feature block with The Berenstain Bears and Seven Little Monsters.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1999-2013)
Nickname: "YTV's Sister"

Logo: On a black background, the word "Treehouse" is seen in a green decorative font with a yellow trim. Underneath is the byline, whose animation varies depending on which byline.

Bylines:
 * 1999: "A SHAW) Company" with "SHAW)" being the 1997-2012 Shaw logo and the rest being in Garamond font.
 * 1999-2002: The 1999 Corus logo, and next to it is "A CORUS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" in two lines. The byline moves up from the bottom.
 * 2000-2009: "A.COrUs,Entertainment Company" with "COrUs" in its corporate font. The byline blurs in.
 * 2004-2013: "A.COrUs.ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" with "COrUs" in its corporate font. The byline blurs in a different way.
 * On some shows, the logo is bylineless. If this was used during the Corus era, then the Corus Entertainment logo will follow.

Variants:
 * On Quebec French dubs of some of their shows, "Produit en Association avec" ("Produced in Association with") in Hobo typeface fades in below.
 * There is an in-credit version, which appears to the left of the 2004-2018 Nelvana logo on Max & Ruby.
 * There are three versions: a clean version (Shaw and first Corus byline), a pseudo-filmed version that looks like it was taken off an old television (second Corus byline and bylineless versions), or a darker version of the clean version (third Corus byline).
 * On 2003-2006 episodes of 4 Square, a copyright year blurs in with the byline, or is already there on earlier episodes.

FX/SFX: The byline or none.

Music/Sounds: None, or the closing theme of the show.

Availability: Common. Seen on many different Treehouse shows from 1999 to 2013, including Treetown, Toopy & Binoo, Max & Ruby, 4 Square, Franklin, Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, among others.

Editor's Note: This logo is slightly memorable for those who grew up with it.

3rd Logo (2007-2013, 2016)
Nicknames: "Outside", "Treetown", "YTV's Sister II"

Logo: On a CGI background of a lawn, with background elements (such as a house, flowers, flying bees, a rainbow, etc.), the Treehouse logo is seen, which is in the same font as before, only more slanted upright a bit, and we zoom out a little bit to see all the background elements. The Corus byline appears (except that the byline is all white, still with "Corus" in its corporate font, but the rest of the text is set in an italicized Arial font), and a bird lands on the top of the logo's 2nd "e", and looks at it.

Trivia: This is basically the Treehouse "Rainbow" ID (which aired between September 2004 and April 2013) with the Corus byline.

Variant: For the logo's first year, the word "Entertainment" in the Corus byline is misspelled as "Entertaiment".

FX/SFX: The zooming, bouncing, the rainbow forming, and the bird. Great animation.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show, or a shortened version of the "You're watching Treehouse!" jingle. On Toot & Puddle, a kid laughing is heard.

Availability: Common. Appears on 2007-2013 episodes of Treehouse shows. This also plasters the previous logo whenever Nickelodeon USA airs older episodes of Max & Ruby. Weirdly, this appears on Nickelodeon airings of season 6 of Max and Ruby in place of the next logo. The rare misspelled byline variant can be found on a handful of My Friend Rabbit episodes, so check the Treehouse Direct channel.

Editor's Note: Nice CGI animation combined with beautiful music makes this logo a winner.

4th Logo (2013-April 9, 2020)
Nicknames: "Outside II", "Treetown II", "YTV's Sister III", "Bouncing Letters", "The Banner"

Logo: On a grassy field, with a butterfly and some flowers, the letters of a cleaner version of the Treehouse logo bounce up and stop in midair. A yellow banner reading "ORIGINAL" spaced out squeezes out from below. The Corus byline fades in below.

Trivia: This logo was made to fit the new rebranding.

Bylines:


 * 2013-2016: "A Corus ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" with "Corus" being the old, 1999-2016 Corus logo and "ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" a bit spaced out.
 * 2016-April 9, 2020: "A corus. COMPANY" with "corus." being the new and current 2016 Corus logo.

Variant: An in-credit version exists.

FX/SFX: The letters bouncing, "ORIGINAL" squeezing out from below, the butterfly flying. Very nice CGI!

Music/Sounds: Popping sounds as the letters bounce and an extra one as "ORIGINAL" appears and birds chirping in the background. Otherwise, the ending theme of the show is used.

Availability: No longer used, but can be seen on new episodes of old Treehouse shows and even new shows from Treehouse, such as the Splash N' Boots shorts, Rusty Rivets (In the US, Nick airings don't have that logo), This is Scarlett and Isaiah, etc. The one with the new byline can be seen on season 6 of Max & Ruby. This was later replaced by the Corus logo, along side the removal of the YTV, Teletoon, Global, ABC Spark and CMT logos.

Editor's Note: Same as the previous logo.

Final Note: In April 2020, this was replaced by the Corus logo, alongside the removal of the YTV, Teletoon, Global, ABC Spark and CMT logos.