Cranky Pants Games

Background
Cranky Pants Games was a division of THQ based in Kirkland, Washington, started in February 2002. It was renamed Sandblast Games around 2006.

1st Logo (February 4-June 6, 2003)
Visuals: On a black background is a strange-looking portrait of an old woman with an exaggerated head, a cane in one hand, and a shotgun in the other. Under it is the text "crankypants games" and a THQ byline. A hole then opens up to the left of her face, revealing a background. An animated duck emerges from it with a paintbrush and looks around for a second, before painting a messy portrait of its face on her. The duck then looks down and at us before falling off screen, causing the logo to shake and make "cranky" jumbled.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A 5-note doodling tune is heard, followed by the duck's noises then a "CRASH". The duck can be heard moaning in pain once the logo fades out.

Availability: It was seen on the GameCube ports of two Volition games: Red Faction 2 and Summoner 2.

2nd Logo (September 13, 2005)
Visuals: The same logo from before, but made of metal and attached to a rotten wood wall, fades in. Light can be seen from the other side and leaves can be seen in the corners. Ash Williams' (the protagonist of Evil Dead) possessed, severed hand then rushes straight into the wall, messing up most of the letters once more except for the "y". This leaves the hand disorientated and struggles to get to the hole, but rushes through in time. The camera then pans to the logo straight on, with the "y" finally dropping into place and then fading to the print logo on a black background.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A held-out synth note with sounds of the zombie head crashing into the wall and moaning. Then, a male announcer (voiced by Bruce Campbell, who plays Ash) says the company name (this is absent from the PC version of the game), and someone else (Sam from the game, voiced by Ted Raimi) in the background asks "Who's the freakin' genius who came up with that name?!"

Availability: Appeared on Evil Dead: Regeneration.