Disney Channel Europe

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1st ID (October 1995-1997)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2G_BTaNzKg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6evJdgc9OUk

Nickname: "Circles"

ID: There are many different versions.

Variants:
 * Morning/Night: The american Disney Channel logo flashes to a morning or nighttime setting and glows. These idents were used as sign-on and sign-off idents.
 * Bubbles: A huge bubble zooms out, which bursts into various smaller bubbles with 3 forming the logo. More smaller bubbles float from the top to bottom.
 * Fireworks: A firework explodes and red fireworks form the logo's outline and shines.
 * Sparklers: Red, purple and blue sparklers move around and then form the logo as they continue to spin.
 * Paint Splats: Various paint splats appear, and ends with 2 small red splats on the top, and a large blue one, which forms the logo.
 * Trumpet: Various trumpets of all sorts of sizes play and end up with 3 forming the logo which shine, and after this the top trumpets release pixie dust.
 * Snowflake: 2 Snowflakes ice skate around and form the logo on ice.

FX/SFX: CGI Animation from LambieNairn.

Music/Sounds: It depends on the variant.

Availability: Extinct. These were seen in the UK

Editor's Note: None.

2nd ID (1999-2003)

Nickname: "Circles II"

ID: There are many different versions.

Variants:
 * Disco Balls: Seven disco lights move to the rhythm of the music, which then transitions to a disco ball with two disco lights at the top, and the words "Disney Channel". Produced by GEDEON.
 * Rainy Day: The logo is formed from three raindrops in a glass window and the words "Disney Channel". Produced by GEDEON.
 * Rollercoaster for Pumpkins:Two pumpkins ride a roller coaster, then they bounce to another pumpkin in the end, with the words "Disney Channel" .Produced by GEDEON.
 * Chrome Blobs:A few blobs move along a metal surface, until two silver blobs and a blue blob drop on the surface, forming the Disney Channel logo.
 * Computer: A computer uses many programs then two yellow mini-discs and a blue optical disc appear on the disc drive and the words "Disney Channel". A snippet of the 'Video Game' ident also appears here.
 * Video Game:Two red spheres race in a video-game style, then when the spheres finish the race, the Disney Channel logo appears, which is formed by the spheres and a gold medal.

FX/SFX: It depends on the variant.

Music/Sounds: It depends on the variant, almost always having the Disney Channel jingle at the end.

Availability: Extinct. It's seen outside the USA.

Editor's Note: None.

7th ID (1999-2003)

Nickname: "Circles III", "2D Circles", "Simple Circles", "Playhouse Circles"

ID: There are many different versions.

Variants:
 * Amoeba: We see two small green circles. Then, the slimy orange-yellow amoeba grabs the two circles, while they play around in the amoeba, turning it into an orange circle. Eventually, they jump out and the circles all form the logo. This is set within a chalk-ish white background.
 * Balloon: The logo is already seen formed, with a large blue circle and orange smaller circles. One of them is stretched, while the other falls off and is shown to be attached to some string, bouncing back and forth. The other circle does the same and eventually remove the string, forming back the logo once again. This is set within a dark aqua-blue background.
 * Birds: An orange circle is seen shaking. Then two yellow circles come out, bouncing and chirping. The large circle then makes an angry sound, causing the two smaller circles to hide inside the orange circle, which they rotate to form the logo. This is set within a green background covered in dark-green leaves.
 * Bumper Cars: Two multicolored circles bump into each other, changing the color of the background. Then, a larger multicolor circle appears, and the smaller ones then follow it. Once the logo is formed, the background turns and stays in a light violet color.
 * Car: The logo (represented by two yellow circles and a purple circle) is scribbled onto the screen upside down, and starts moving around like a car. Eventually, it goes much faster and then flips upside down. This is set within an orange background.
 * Dance: Two blue circles and a red circle dance around on the screen and when the music stops, the blue circles attach to the red one. After two times, the blue circles start moving until they form the logo. This is set within an orange "scribble-like" background.
 * Frogs: Three green circles are seen. Then, eyes appear on all of them. The top ones start eating unseen flies with their tongue, angering the bottom one. Then, the bottom one hears a plane, and eats that, turning large and purple, forming the logo in the process as the eyes disappear. This is set within a bright yellow background.
 * Figure Skating: Two blue circles move around while white scribbly lines draw over them. Then a purple circle comes from the bottom, which is also scribbled on. After this, they disappear, and the scribbles form the logo. This is set within a dark-blue sky background.
 * Jumping: A small purple scribble circles jump closer to the viewer. The left circle then jumps to the right, and then the right circle jumps closer, and so fourth. Then, a large dark blue circle slams down, causing the screen to shake and the purple circles to form the logo. This is set on a light-blue background.
 * Marching Band: We start off on a purple background as a green circle with a large black outline zooms into the beat of the music. Then, inside the green background are red, orange, and yellow circles with the same black outline, once again zooming into the camera, timed to the beat of the music. Then, we head into the red background, as a blue circle once again with the black outline beats itself to the tune. Two smaller yellow circles then appear, forming the logo.
 * Paint: A big red circle is painted on. Then, a yellow and a blue circle move around a big red circle, and when the yellow and blue circles pass each other, they turn green and form the logo. This is set on a white background.
 * Space: Two blue scribble circles float around like planets, one of them having a bit of white on it, which then sneezes. Then, a yellow scribble circle representing a sun slowly floats from the right, and rings start to come out of it. With this, the blue circles go onto the top to form the logo. This is set within a dark-blue background.
 * Spiral:
 * Squeeze: Two blue circles play with each other until one of them gets squished by a large purple circle, giving it the appearance of a snail. The other blue circle attempts to push the purple circle and starts to pant, and instead hits the other blue circle, sending them all flying and forming the logo on a yellowish-green background.
 * String Ensemble: We see a large orange circle in-between two yellow circles. The one on the left plays a flute sound, while the right plays a drum sound. The orange circle then disforms, and the yellow circles attempt to get it back to normal whey they do. Then, all the circles stretch largely and back to form the logo. This is set within a purple background.

FX/SFX: 2D animation produced by Estructura7.

Music/Sounds: It depends on the variant, almost always having the Disney Channel jingle at the end.

Availability: Used on Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney internationally throughout the time period. A flash remake of the "Birds" ident was also used as an intro on the Playhouse Disney UK website for a time between 2002-2003.

Editor's Note: None.