Paws, Inc.

Background
Paws, Inc. is a comic production company and studio founded by Jim Davis, the creator of the Garfield comics and franchise, in 1981 in Muncie, Indiana. It is currently based in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York and, in 2019, was acquired by Viacom (now known as Paramount Global).

1st logo (September 17, 1988-December 10, 1994)
Logo: We just see the words "In Association With UNITED MEDIA and PAWS, INC." in the Arial font with a copyright underneath superimposed on a red-orange background.

Variants:
 * In Seasons 2 and 3 of Garfield and Friends, we see a blue background with an image of Wade, Orson, Lanolin, Sheldon, Jon, Garfield, Odie, Booker, Bo and Roy at the bottom and a white sunburst behind them, and the text is changed to "Produced in Association with UNITED MEDIA/MENDELSON AND PAWS, INC.".
 * In Seasons 4-7 of Garfield and Friends, we see a green background with an image of Jon, Garfield and Odie at the top, an image of the U.S. Acres characters (Booker, Bo, Wade, Orson, Roy, Lanolin and Sheldon) at the bottom, and the text "Produced in Association with UNITED MEDIA/MENDELSON PRODUCTIONS AND PAWS, INC." between them.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The Garfield and Friends closing theme.

Availability: Seen on Garfield and Friends.

Editor's Note: TBA.

2nd logo (2000, October 1, 2007-June 28, 2011)
Logo: There are two variants:


 * Opening: On a violet background with a wallpaper of the Paws emblem, we see a purple circle with an orange pawprint on it and the words "PAWS INCORPORATED" next to it. The circle flips around to reveal the other side, which has a violet outline and a light blue backdrop, and Garfield and his pal Odie come out from inside it. The word "presents" fades in below the logo.
 * Closing: Same as the opening variant, only "presents" is omitted, and after the fanfare stops, Garfield and Odie make funny faces. A prototype version of this variant exist where the background is black, the company name is orange, the inside of the circle is fully white and a different fanfare plays. Copyright information is sometimes seen below.

Variant: On The Garfield Show, the logo is in-credit. Also in the show's original test, the logo is on a clapper alongside the Dargaud Media logo.

FX/SFX: The footprint flipping to reveal Garfield and Odie and later making funny faces.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme from the movie. At the end of the film, a triumphant fanfare plays, along with Garfield and Odie going "Ha ha ha haaa! Woo!", a rimshot and a squeak/honk. On software (including Mad About Cats) and Dingleball.com, a different fanfare plays, but the sounds are retained.

Music/Sounds Trivia: One of the sound effects used, "Ha ha ha haaa!" in the closing variant was also used in the Garfield Adobe Flash game, Bean Me, just as Garfield (who got crazy for drinking lots of different kinds of coffee) is about to drink the 'Blaster Blend', the last coffee in the list.

Music/Sounds Variant: On Spanish theatrical prints and the Blu-ray 3D release of Garfield's Pet Force, the opening theme, closing variant as well as the whole film were in low pitch. Most likely due to the distributor intending to present the film in its original NTSC pitch on PAL releases. Not only it applies to the Spanish dub, but also on both Catalan and English dubs as well on the Blu-ray 3D release.

Availability: Debuted on software including the PC game Garfield's Mad About Cats and was later seen on Garfield Gets Real, Garfield's Fun Fest, Garfield's Pet Force and the first two seasons of The Garfield Show as well as the show's original test (along with the Dargaud Media logo.). It can be also seen when you enter www.dingleball.com (username and password required).

Editor's Note: None.

3rd logo (September 4, 2012-October 24, 2016)


Logo: On the end credits, we see Odie and Garfield folding their arms and looking at the viewer in front of an indigo rectangle. The black text "PAWS, INCORPORATED" is seen below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Just the end theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on The Garfield Show from seasons 3 and 4, as well as the series finale "Rodent Rebellion".

Editor's Note: None.