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Background

Adult Swim is a block of Cartoon Network started in 2001, beginning as a once-a-week block that would air adult animation, new and imported, for three hours each night. It got so popular, it expanded to be a daily block which covers all of 8 PM - 5 AM on CN, and is even considered a separate channel by Nielsen. It is overall most famous for giving cancelled shows like Family Guy, Futurama, Home Movies and Tuca and Bertie enough exposure to get picked up again (with new episodes of the latter two shows actually airing on AS itself).

Like Cartoon Network briefly did in the late 2000s, Adult Swim eventually started adding live-action, but this decision has been more warmly welcomed, due to the popularity of such resulting shows as Tim and Eric, its spinoff Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule and The Eric Andre Show, and unlike its present network, live-action still airs to this day. This in turn led to the opening of a YouTube branch, which occasionally airs on the channel itself, which has made such (in)famous videos as On Cinema at the Cinema, Too Many Cooks, Unedited Footage of a Bear and Bushworld Adventures (a mock episode of their fan favorite show Rick and Morty).

Adult Swim almost never uses an actual closing logo (Williams Street unofficially serving as such, although not every AS original is from them), but there have been exceptions.

1st Logo (April 18, 2018)

Logo: Merely the Adult Swim logo against a black background.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A techno tune which fades out.

Availability: Only seen on the 2018 SDCC print of the Samurai Jack series finale "CI" after the Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street and Cartoon Network logos.

Editor's Note: More effort could have been put into it, but as it was a one-off logo, it's understandable.

2nd Logo (2021-)

Logo: On a black background, the Adult Swim logo forms by the words appearing one-by-one inside the already placed brackets.

FX/SFX: The words appearing.

Music/Sounds: The Mark VII Limited "Hammer" sound from 1951-1952, synchronized with the animation.

Availability: Current. Seen before the start of programming on Adult Swim.

Editor's Note: None.

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 ===Background===
-Adult Swim is a block of Cartoon Network started in 2001, beginning as a once a week block that would air adult animation, new and imported, for three hours each night. It got so popular it expanded to be a daily block which covers all of 8 PM - 5 AM on CN, and is even considered a separate channel by Nielsen. It is overall most famous for giving the cancelled ''Family Guy'', ''Futurama'' and ''Home Movies'' enough exposure to get picked up again (with new episodes of ''Home Movies'' actually airing on AS itself). Like Cartoon Network briefly did in the late 2000s, they eventually started adding live-action, but this decision has been more warmly revived due to the popularity of such resulting shows as ''Tim and Eric'', its spinoff ''Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule'' and ''The Eric Andre Show'', and unlike its present network live action still airs to this day. This in turn led to the opening of a YouTube branch, which occasionally airs on the channel itself, which has made such (in)famous videos as ''On Cinema at the Cinema'', ''Too Many Cooks'', ''Unedited Footage of a Bear'' and ''Bushworld Adventures'' (a mock episode of their fan favorite ''Rick and Morty''). Adult Swim almost never uses an actual end show logo (Williams Street unofficially serving as such although not every AS original is from them), but there has been one exception.
+Adult Swim is a block of [[Cartoon Network IDs|Cartoon Network]] started in 2001, beginning as a once-a-week block that would air adult animation, new and imported, for three hours each night. It got so popular, it expanded to be a daily block which covers all of 8 PM - 5 AM on CN, and is even considered a separate channel by Nielsen. It is overall most famous for giving cancelled shows like ''Family Guy'', ''Futurama'', ''Home Movies'' and ''Tuca and Bertie'' enough exposure to get picked up again (with new episodes of the latter two shows actually airing on AS itself).
+Like Cartoon Network briefly did in the late 2000s, Adult Swim eventually started adding live-action, but this decision has been more warmly welcomed, due to the popularity of such resulting shows as ''Tim and Eric'', its spinoff ''Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule'' and ''The Eric Andre Show'', and unlike its present network, live-action still airs to this day. This in turn led to the opening of a YouTube branch, which occasionally airs on the channel itself, which has made such (in)famous videos as ''On Cinema at the Cinema'', ''Too Many Cooks'', ''Unedited Footage of a Bear'' and ''Bushworld Adventures'' (a mock episode of their fan favorite show ''Rick and Morty'').
+Adult Swim almost never uses an actual closing logo ([[Williams Street Productions|Williams Street]] unofficially serving as such, although not every AS original is from them), but there have been exceptions.
 ===1st Logo (April 18, 2018)===
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 '''Music/Sounds:''' A techno tune which fades out.
-'''Availability:''' Only seen on the 2018 SDCC print of the ''Samurai Jack'' series finale "CI" after the Cartoon Network Studios, Williams Street and Cartoon Network logos.
+'''Availability:''' Only seen on the 2018 SDCC print of the ''Samurai Jack'' series finale "CI" after the [[Cartoon Network Studios]], Williams Street and [[Cartoon Network Productions|Cartoon Network]] logos.
+'''Editor's Note:''' More effort could have been put into it, but as it was a one-off logo, it's understandable.
+===2nd Logo (2021-)===
-'''Editor's Note:''' More effort could have been put into it, but as it was a one time use logo it is understandable.
+'''Logo:''' On a black background, the Adult Swim logo forms by the words appearing one-by-one inside the already placed brackets.
-=== 2nd Logo (2021-) ===
-'''Logo:''' TBA
-'''FX/SFX:''' TBA
+'''FX/SFX:''' The words appearing.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The [[Mark VII Limited]] "Hammer" sound from 1951-1952.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' The [[Mark VII Limited]] "Hammer" sound from 1951-1952, synchronized with the animation.
 '''Availability:''' Current. Seen before the start of programming on Adult Swim.
 '''Editor's Note:''' None.
+[[Category:American television logos]]
+[[Category:American logos]]
 [[Category:Television logos]]
 [[Category:Warner Bros.]]