Discovery Family Originals

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Background

Discovery Kids was launched in 1996. It was rebranded into The Hub (later known as Hub Network) in 2010. The Hub was rebranded again into Discovery Family in 2014.

Discovery Kids Originals

United States

1st Logo (1997)

Logo: On a black background, we see a CGI circle, the planet earth and the orange globe. The words "Discovery" in a Aurora Bold Condensed font and "KIDS" in orange is zoomed out, and the copyright notice is shown at the bottom.

FX/SFX: The logo revealing, the planet orbiting and the rotation of the logo.

Music/Sounds: The same music as the Discovery Channel Productions logo from 1997.

Availability: It was only seen on Mega Movie Magic.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1999)

Logo: On a sky background, we see the Discovery Kids logo. An orange earth orbiting in front of the logo. The url "discoverykids.com" appears below.

FX/SFX: The planet orbiting and the rotation of the logo.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: It was only seen on Real Kids, Real Adventures.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (2001)

Logo: On a black background, we see the CGI circle, it quickly turns around to reveal itself as the Discovery Kids logo which consist of a CGI half of a planet and inside of has the planet earth. In front of it has the words "Discovery" in a Aurora Bold Condensed font and "KIDS" in orange. There's an orange earth orbiting in front of the logo. The logo rotates to the left as a copyright notice appears below.

FX/SFX: The logo revealing, the planet orbiting and the rotation of the logo.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Seen on Truth or Scare episodes from the era when it was last seen on The Hub (now Discovery Family).

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (2002-October 10, 2010)

Logo: On a fuchsia background we see a wordless Discovery Kids logo from before. Then, the white words "Discovery" starts appearing one by one and then followed by the word "KIDS" doing the same thing. While this is happening there is orange rings emitting from the logo, and there's a CG rocket flying around the logo with a trail following it. The rocket disappears but the trail then becomes a ring and dropping an orange earth planet with the continents being green. The ring bumps into the logo causing it to zoom forward and then back.

Variants:

  • On Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks, the text "Produced by Meteor the Monster Truck Company, LLC for" is seen above the logo.
  • A still version exists.
  • A variant exists where the background is seen in 16:9, however the animation (excluding one of the rings seen at the beginning) is still presented in 4:3.

FX/SFX: The logo, the rings, and the formation of the logo.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show or silence. On Hip Hop Harry, various children exclaim "I LOVE TO LEARN!!!".

Availability: Uncommon; it was seen after shows that aired on the channel like ToddWorld, Time Warp Trio, and Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks, both of which preserved this logo when reran on Qubo (though it isn't preserved on the Christian edition of the latter). However, most other shows that used it don't air on TV anymore. It was preserved on on-demand prints of pre-Hub shows on-demand when the network became The Hub (as did airings of Grossology on said network), but these were rendered extinct after the network changed its name to Discovery Family. Despite this, it can still be seen on Kabillion prints of shows such as Growing Up Creepie and ToddWorld. Also intact on DVDs of their shows. The 16:9 variant can be seen on The Future is Wild on Tubi TV. This is also retained on Discovery Family airings (but not on the on-demand prints) of Kenny the Shark, said show usually airing every year during Discovery's Shark Week event. Logo was preserved on Peep and the Big Wide World airings on PBS Kids up until 2018, when the logo was removed for most episodes, and the show was eventually removed from PBS Kids in 2022, but the logo can be seen on some DVD releases of said show.

Editor's Note: A fondly remembered logo for those who watched Discovery Kids in the 2000's.

Latin America & Brazil

1st Logo (2005?-2009)

Logo: We see the 2000s Discovery Kids Latin America logo in-credit with the text "Produced in Association with Discovery Kids Latin America" to the right. The other in-credit logos are seen at the bottom.

Variant: On earlier episodes of Pinky Dinky Doo, it's only the text, and "Produced in Association with" is in a different font. And this time, it's below the other credits/logos instead of on top.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: It was seen on Pinky Dinky Doo. However, some prints edit it out (such as on HBO and HBO Max). It is unknown if it appeared on any other shows.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2013)

Logo: On a black background, we can see a blue planet with yellow continents and a "K" with a ring. The "K" jumps and the planet transforms into a yellow "D". The words "discovery kids" are formed and the "i" is turned upside down, making a exclamation mark.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: It was only seen on episode 1 of season 1 of Doki.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (2013)

Logo: Same as above, but the logo is given a three-dimensional effect.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: It was only seen on episodes 2-7 of season 1 of Doki.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (2013-2016)

Logo: We see the same logo on a sky background.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The show's ending theme.

Availability: It was seen on episode 8 and onwards of season 1 of Doki.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Logo (2017-2021)

Logo: We see a "D" zooming out forming the "DK" logo on a blue background.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The show's ending theme.

Availability: The logo debuted on the Netflix original series Ponysitters Club and can be seen on season 1 of Agent Binky: Pets Of The Universe and The Dog And Pony Show. The in-credit logo can be seen on Mini Beat Power Rockers, and Big Top Academy. The logo made its last appearance on Mundo Curioso with the launch of Discovery+ in Brazil.

Editor's Note: None.

6th Logo (2021- )

Logo: On a white background, we see the "D" roll over to the "K" forming the "DK" logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The show's ending theme.

Availability: Current. It was debuted on Ba Da Bean with the launch of Discovery+ in Brazil. The in-credit version debuted on Underdogs United and it also appeared on season 2 of Agent Binky: Pets of The Universe, and would continue to be used on upcoming shows.

Editor's Note: None.

Hub Network Originals

1st Logo (October 10, 2010-January 13, 2014)

Logo: On a purple gradient background, we see a silver orb with the word "hub" in purple on it. The logo shines.

Variant: Starting in September 2013, a silver orb now quickly zooms out and the word "NETWORK" pops up appears below the logo. A long version of this logo also exists.

FX/SFX: The shining.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: The version without the word "NETWORK" can be seen on 2010-2013 episodes of Family Game Night, while the version with the word "NETWORK" is seen on the last 3 episodes of The Aquabats! Super Show!.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (January 13-October 13, 2014)

Logo: Against a dark red background, we see the yellow Hub Network logo without the word "neTwOrK" the right from the bottom moves up to the center when the dark red background is changes to purple background moves up, then changes to dark blue background, then changes back to purple background when the blue Hub Network logo appears in the center, then the yellow Hub Network logo disappears, and the blue Hub Network logo changes to original Hub Network logo, with the purple and blue Hub Network logos appear on the top and bottom, then the purple and blue Hub Network logos disappearing when the original Hub Network logo zooms in, then the Hub Network logo zooms out 2 times, with the word "neTwOrK" zooms out 2 times below.

FX/SFX: The Hub Network logo moves up.

Music/Sounds: A 4-note guitar theme.

Availability: Seen on the Hub Network shows like season 5 of Family Game Night.

Editor's Note: None.

Discovery Family Originals

TBA.

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