Qubo IDs

Background
Qubo was launched in 2006 as a multi platform children's entertainment joint venture between NBCUniversal, Ion Media Networks, Classic Media, Corus Entertainment and Scholastic. NBCUniversal dropped out from the partnership in March 2012 and Ion acquired NBCUniversal's interest in the venture. A year later, Ion wholly acquired all of Qubo from Classic Media (now known as DreamWorks Classics), Corus, and Scholastic.

On February 28, 2021, Qubo went off the air permanently after Ion was acquired by the E.W. Scripps Company, resulting in Qubo, Ion Plus, and Ion Shop to cease operations.

1st ID (September 9, 2006-February 28, 2021)
ID: These IDs contain a cartoonish 3D style. The IDs contain Qubo's "Qube" logo as the main icon, with the logo appearing at the end of each ID. See Variants for the list of IDs.


 * Note: The defunct NBC and Telemundo block, Qubo on NBC, has the words "on NBC" with NBC's peacock logo slide in on the end of a variant. It should not be treated as a separate ID or a separate logo.

Variants: This ID had a large amount of variants, listed below:
 * Skateboard: On a skate-park setting, we see 2 cubes, one green and one white. The green cube then turns into a green helmet on top of the white cube's head. The cube then dives down with a skateboard, skates under a loop, and then jumps off a ramp. The cube then turns into the Qubo logo.
 * Boombox: On a city setting, we see a person made out of cubes wearing a cap, glasses, and a Qubo chain. The person, whilst holding a boom-box, break-dances in front of 7 small cubes. The Qubo logo from the chain is seen at the end.
 * Arts & Crafts: On an orange background, we see a pair of white gloves cut a red paper with scissors. The paper is cut into 7 red cubes. Another pair of gloves is gluing blue cubes in a string, which they then show off. The last pair of gloves crumbles multiple colored-papers into the Qubo logo, which the gloves then stretches and prints in a table.
 * Machinery: On a factory setting, we see a truck, a soccer ball and a rubber chicken in a rail, which leads to what seems to be a transformer. A green ray is then blasted to the rubber chicken, which is sent inside the transformer. On a screen printed in the machine, a model of the rubber chicken is seen. The turkey model is then wiped and replaced with the Qubo logo. The cube is then punted off a tube. The cube rolls, and then jumps into a sky-blue background, which is when the Qubo logo is seen.
 * Playground: On a typical playground setting, we see two Qubo logos jumping over two ropes. As the camera starts to pan around, we see more equipment in the background, like a swing set and something that appears to be monkey bars. The two Qubo logos previously skipping rope connect with each other with an orange spring, and bounce around for a bit. The spring turns into a basketball, and the two Qubo logos dribble the ball for a bit. The Qubo logo in the right (in red) transforms into the standard Qubo logo on a sky blue background.
 * Vacuum: TBA.
 * Tornado: In a messy bedroom with two Qubo logos, another Qubo logo opens a door and talks gibberish; possibly telling the two logos to clean their room. The door closes, and the two logos on the bed start to bounce around (one even rides a skateboard for a few seconds) and transform into a tornado. Ironically, the tornado cleans the room instead of making it worse. After a while, the tornado becomes one Qubo logo, which sits on the bed. We then zoom towards the logo, finishing in the same fashion as the other ones, but the background is the same color as the bed.
 * Giant: TBA.
 * Race: On a street/highway/road setting with a giant sun, we see a starting line banner with the text "QUBO 500" and two checkered flags (possibly a parody of the Indianapolis 500) on it. Suddenly, four race cars in different colors zoom through the starting line. We then cut to another part of the road with a crossing sign containing two Qubo logos on it. (if you look closely to the right, you can still see the starting line) The cars then zoom past again, and we cut to a crosswalk with three Qubo logos crossing the road. (one is bigger than the others) As the camera zooms out and the racecars approach the crosswalk, a fourth Qubo logo, which is the smallest of all of them, runs across the sidewalk as the racecars come to a stop. We then zoom into the smallest Qubo logo and the text appears as usual on a green background.
 * Magic: A hand holding a magic wand opens a magic book where a giant sea monster appears, growling, then closes and opens the book to reveal a pink rabbit where a snippet of the DNA Productions "Hi I'm Paul" logo can be heard, then does not close the book, but a Qubo logo appears, quickly jumping to reveal it on a yellow background.

Technique: Fast-paced CGI animation, done at The Ebeling Group.

Music/Sounds: Depends on the variant. At the end of every variant, a "pop" noise is heard.

Availability: Was very common during its usage, but is now extinct. All of these IDs are no longer on TV due to the channel closing down in February 28, 2021. If you have any old recordings of Qubo programs, this logo might be seen.

Legacy: This is a well-known logo for many people that have watched Qubo, and is a favorite for many.

2nd ID (2012-February 28, 2021)
ID: On a background with moving shapes, a blue Qubo logo in the center transforms into an object, with the Qubo text appearing after the transformation. The object varies depending on the variant. They all finish with the object transforming back into the Qubo logo, with the URL "qubo.com" fading in.

Variants: The objects and background are different for each variant.


 * Balloon: On a yellow-orange background, the Qubo logo transforms into a blue balloon with a black string. It moves and does a flip, causing the Qubo text to rise a bit. It finishes with the balloon transforming back to the Qubo logo.
 * Bucket: On a yellow background, the Qubo logo transforms into a blue bucket. It hops around for a bit, causing the text below to separate for a bit. The logo then finishes the same as the Balloon ident.
 * Map: TBA
 * Book: TBA
 * Microscope: TBA
 * Airplane: TBA
 * Ball: TBA

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A guitar solo accompanied by various sound effects. It ends in a 3-note strum.

Music/Sounds Trivia: This music can be also heard in the "Qubo Cares Sweepstakes" promo from January 1-June 30, 2011 and the K12 Learning Block bumper from 2013-2017.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * Each variant has a different sound effect.
 * Between January 8, 2019 (which replaced the channel's "Night Owl" block) and February 28, 2021, there are the sign-on and sign-off variants where the male announcer would say "You're watching Qubo!" or "Thanks for watching Qubo!", in which Qubo would start air infomercials at 1am until 6am.

Availability: Extinct, due to the channel shutting down on February 28th, 2021.