Dakota Pictures

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

1st Logo (April 28, 1991-November 24, 1995)
Visuals: On a background, there is 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, there is the yellow-gradient text "DAKOTA NORTH" in a stacked format with "ENTERTAINMENT, INC." below it, in black.

Technique: A still, digital graphic.

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, there is an image of a weather vane with a buffalo standing on the word "DAKOTA" against a dark brown sky. The words "D A K O T A" and "NORTH ENTERTAINMENT, INC." are above and below the picture, respectively.

Variants:
 * An early version exists where the vane is against a sunset background and the words are in white.
 * An animated version exists where the camera zooms out from the sky as the vane takes its position. The name then fades in.
 * A short version exists.

Technique: A still image. CGI for the animated variant.

Audio: None or the closing theme.

Audio Variant: On the animated variant, a whistle and guitar tune (taken from the Tenacious D episode "Road Gig") is heard.

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

1st Logo (October 26, 2003-April 20, 2016)
Visuals: The logo varies, 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 : There is 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, there is the logo covered with black lines on a rectangle with gray lines.
 * Eagleheart : The letters are in gold, and the company name is in white on a black background. Then, a blood stain appears on the letters.
 * Deadbeat : The camera zooms past through some buildings, then stops 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: There is 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, there is the closing theme with the whoosh sound.

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