Dakota Pictures

Background
Dakota Pictures (formerly Dakota North Entertainment) is an American film/television production and development company founded by producer Troy Miller, in 1985.

1st Logo (April 28, 1991-November 24, 1995)
Visuals: On a background, we see a circle with a diamond with a line across as triangles with half-shaded and half non-shaded with a shape of ahead inside the circle. On the shape is "DAKOTA NORTH" and "ENTERTAINMENT, INC."

Technique: None.

Audio: The closing theme.

Availability: Seen on season 1 of Mr. Show with Bob and David.

2nd Logo (November 15, 1996-October 12, 2003)
Visuals: On a black background, we see a image of a sign with a buffalo with the word "DAKOTA" in a dark-brown sky. The words "D A K O T A" and "NORTH ENTERTAINMENT, INC." are above and below the picture, respectively.

Variants:
 * A early version shows a sunset sky and the words in white.
 * A animated version shows us a sky first, then the sign zooms out as well as the box, then the company's name appears, then the logo fades out.
 * A short version exists.

Technique: None. CGI for the animated and short variants.

Audio: None or the closing theme. There is a whistle and a guitar (taken from the Tenacious D episode "Road Gig") on the short and the animated versions.

Availability: Seen on Mr. Show with Bob and David (seasons 2 and 3), Tenacious D, the unsold pilot of Super Nerds, the TV movie Windy City Heat, etc.

1st Logo (October 26, 2003-April 20, 2016)
Visuals: The logo varies in the vein of the 11th Hanna-Barbera logo, but all the variants involve a "DP" connected together with "DAKOTA PICTURES" below it.

Variants:
 * Flight of the Conchords : The logo, contained in a rectangle, zooms out on a black background. A shining star appears on the top-left.
 * Viva La Bam : We see a black metal sign of the logo surrounded by a blue outlined rectangle with two blue bars that contain four 5-pointed stars each on a off-white background with a star.
 * Bored to Death : On a black background with a white highlight, we see the logo covered with black lines on a rectangle with gray lines.
 * Eagleheart : We see the letters in gold, and the company's name in white on a black background. Then, a blood stain appears on the letters.
 * Deadbeat : We zoom past through some buildings, and we stop at a building with the logo in white over it.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: None or the closing theme.

Availability: Each variant appears on its respective show.

2nd Logo (March 30, 2016-)
Visuals: We see a shining light that reveals the same logo from before, but metallic and contained in a outlined rectangle. The logo zooms out a bit and shines.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: A twinkling noise with a whoosh sound.

Audio Variant: On Lopez, we hear the closing theme with the whoosh sound.

Availability: Seen on Lopez, Hidden America with Jonah Ray, and 12 Deadly Days.