AWE Games

Background
AWE Productions, Inc., also known as AWE Games, is an American video game developer founded in 1993 by James M. Wheeler (although their website retroactively states they were founded in 1992 based on his resume). The company has developed more than 70 games and owned the licenses for PC games based on Agatha Christie and SpongeBob SquarePants. They have not been active since 2010 and it is believed that the company is now defunct.

1st Logo (September 24, 2001)
Nicknames: "The Plankton Logo", "Plankton Reads A Magazine", "Plankton's Magazine", "Not What You Think"

Logo: On a black background, we see Plankton (voiced by Mr. Lawrence, from SpongeBob) reading a magazine. The magazine has a picture of Sandy (also from SpongeBob) on the back cover. Plankton turns two pages of the book. He then gets surprised, turns the magazine sideways, and an insert with the company logo (but in the typical Spongebob font, which is in orange and red.) and two sea creatures (similar to the ones from the episode "Rock Bottom") on it falls out of the magazine. The front cover of the book has the words "Bikini Bottom" on it. Plankton turns the insert sideways and it zooms in until it covers the whole screen.

Technique: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: First, we here Plankton say "Yes!". When he turns a page, a page turn sound is heard and Plankton says "This stinks". When he turns another page, another page turn sound is heard and Plankton says "What?!" A few page turn sounds are heard when the insert falls out. When the insert zooms in, Plankton laughs.

Availability: Only seen on SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty. The PC version, however, uses the next logo below.

2nd Logo (September 22, 2002-2003)
Logo: On a black background, the letters A and E slide in from the sides and a 4-pointed star glows in for a second. The letters stop, and a W wipes in vertically from both directions, and a reflection appears below the logos, causing them to move up. A few seconds after the reflection appears G and S appear from their sides causing "GAMES" to form. "AWE PRODUCTIONS INC.", in blue, also appears below the logo via the "blur" effect.

Variants:
 * On Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius for PC, the logo is still.
 * On The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron, after the THQ logo, the grey word "GAMES" and, below it, the white text "AWE PRODUCTIONS, INC." slowly flies out as the white word "AWE" comes from the top to form the logo all while Jimmy Neutron and Goddard fly by in a rocket.

Technique: Simple 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: An deep electronic tune.

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * On SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month, we hear a bouncy tropical tune.
 * The still version is silent.
 * On The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron, an electronic beat with rocket whooshing noises.

Availability: Can be found on SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month for PC and possibly other titles. Also seen on the PC version of SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty.

3rd Logo (2003-July 27, 2009)
Logo: On a black background with an oval blue background in the middle, the text "A W E GA M ES" wipes in from the left. Blue shining effects are shooting out of the letters. After it's done, the text "AWE Productions. Inc" fades in below. The logo then shuts off with a lightning effect.

Variant: On Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures, a car tire rolls through dirt ground, leaving a trail and the AWE Games logo in the center of the screen. The logo then transitions to its finished look in the main logo before vanishing.

Technique: The wiping, shining, the lightning

Music/Sounds: Whooshes are heard throughout the logo. A lightning sound is heard when the logo shuts off.

Music/Sounds Variant: On the Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures logo, the sound of tire screeching and whooshing.

Availability: Can be seen on PC games such as Bratz: Rock Angelz, Cabbage Patch Kids: Where's My Pony?, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Bratz: 4 Real, SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!.