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* On the original version of ''Knick Knack'', the Pixar square logo zooms appears by a light and the text zooms up to the screen. |
* On the original version of ''Knick Knack'', the Pixar square logo zooms appears by a light and the text zooms up to the screen. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' The light, the circle in the square zooming in, the circles at the bottom zooming out and the fade in of the text. |
'''FX/SFX:''' The light, the circle in the square zooming in, the circles at the bottom zooming out and the fade in of the text. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' On original prints of ''Luxo Jr.'', and ''Beach Chair'', it used a big band style tune (which is taken from the ending of "Take a Bow 1", composed by David Lindup). The variants use the short's opening theme. On newer prints of ''Luxo Jr.'', the standard logo is silent for some reason. |
'''Music/Sounds:''' On original prints of ''Luxo Jr.'', and ''Beach Chair'', it used a big band style tune (which is taken from the ending of "Take a Bow 1", composed by David Lindup). The variants use the short's opening theme. On newer prints of ''Luxo Jr.'', the standard logo is silent for some reason. |
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'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Seen on Pixar's animated shorts from 1986 until 1989. It is usually plastered over on re-releases of these shorts, but it is intact on certain shorts released on Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 1. It has turned up on an original Australian VHS copy of ''Toy Story 2'' which had the short ''Luxo Jr.'' before the film. Was also seen on the early short ''Beach Chair'' which can be found on the aforementioned Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 1 DVD (without the logo) as a bonus feature, as well as the rare Pixar employee DVD ''Made In Point Richmond'' (with the logo). |
'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Seen on Pixar's animated shorts from 1986 until 1989. It is usually plastered over on re-releases of these shorts, but it is intact on certain shorts released on Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 1. It has turned up on an original Australian VHS copy of ''Toy Story 2'' which had the short ''Luxo Jr.'' before the film. Was also seen on the early short ''Beach Chair'' which can be found on the aforementioned Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 1 DVD (without the logo) as a bonus feature, as well as the rare Pixar employee DVD ''Made In Point Richmond'' (with the logo). |
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* On ''The Incredible''s, ''Ratatouille'', ''Monsters, Inc.'' and ''Inside Out'', the opening theme of the movie plays over the logo. |
* On ''The Incredible''s, ''Ratatouille'', ''Monsters, Inc.'' and ''Inside Out'', the opening theme of the movie plays over the logo. |
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* The music varies at the tail end of ''Monsters Inc.'' DVD (widescreen version), Blu-ray and TV airings of said movie have the closing music ("Walk to Work"), but on the 2002 VHS release, the 2002 Australian DVD and the fullscreen version on DVD, the music is one of the songs ("If I Didn't Have You" sung by Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski and John Goodman as Sulley) from earlier in the credits reel due to bloopers and a conclusion short being shown earlier on. |
* The music varies at the tail end of ''Monsters Inc.'' DVD (widescreen version), Blu-ray and TV airings of said movie have the closing music ("Walk to Work"), but on the 2002 VHS release, the 2002 Australian DVD and the fullscreen version on DVD, the music is one of the songs ("If I Didn't Have You" sung by Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski and John Goodman as Sulley) from earlier in the credits reel due to bloopers and a conclusion short being shown earlier on. |
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'''Availability:''' Current and very common. Seen on all Pixar movies and shorts from 1995 onward, with the exception of 3-D prints of most newer movies, which use the next logo below. It first appeared at the end of ''Toy Story'' (and appears at the beginning of said film on most current prints, following the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo, and plastering the Pixar variant of the WDP logo) and has appeared at the beginning and end of all Pixar features starting with ''A Bug's Life''. The reanimated variant first appeared on the teaser trailer for ''Onward'', and made its official debut on ''Toy Story 4'', where it even appears on 3-D prints. The white background variant is fairly rare and was only seen on ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command''. It plasters the previous logo on newer prints of ''Luxo Jr.'' and ''Knick Knack''. |
'''Availability:''' Current and very common. Seen on all Pixar movies and shorts from 1995 onward, with the exception of 3-D prints of most newer movies, which use the next logo below. It first appeared at the end of ''Toy Story'' (and appears at the beginning of said film on most current prints, following the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo, and plastering the Pixar variant of the WDP logo) and has appeared at the beginning and end of all Pixar features starting with ''A Bug's Life''. The reanimated variant first appeared on the teaser trailer for ''Onward'', and made its official debut on ''Toy Story 4'', where it even appears on 3-D prints. The white background variant is fairly rare and was only seen on ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command''. It plasters the previous logo on newer prints of ''Luxo Jr.'' and ''Knick Knack''. |
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Background
Pixar Animation Studios (pronounced "pics-ar") was formed in 1986 by Edwin Catmull, Steve Jobs, and John Lasseter. It originally produced CGI animated shorts, most notably The Adventures of André and Wally B., Luxo Jr., and Tin Toy. They later began working on feature films starting with 1995's Toy Story, a joint production with Walt Disney Feature Animation that is the first ever full-length film to be computer-animated. In 2006, Pixar was acquired by The Walt Disney Company.
1st Logo (1984)
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2nd Logo (August 17, 1986-1989)
Nicknames: "The Square", "The Pixar Square"
Logo: On a black background, we see a grey square with four circles in red, green, blue, and white respectively below. Suddenly, a white light hovers over them, making them 3-D. The circles then turn into spheres. A circle zooms in on the square and the four spheres zoom out. The word "P · I · X · A · R" fades in with each sphere and the end of the letter.
Trivia:
- The square in this logo was based on the Pixar Image Computer, which is also where the company got its name.
- On Tin Toy, the square can be seen on a bag.
- The square can also be seen on the game box on Geri's Game.
- This logo also makes a cameo in Toy Story 2 on a television channel seen by Andy's toys during the channel-changing scene.
- For the company's 30th anniversary, the square in this logo was used in place of the "0" in the 30th anniversary print logo.
Variants:
- On Luxo Jr., an in-credit text is used with the square to the left of the text.
- On a demo reel from 1988, the standard logo is still and grey diamonds replace the spheres. The end of the reel has the logo pushed up with the company's address below. The text style used in this variant is also used on all variants listed below.
- On Red's Dream, the Pixar square logo is seen, which fades into the text "PIXAR".
- On Tin Toy, we see only the "PIXAR" text and it scrolls from right to left.
- On the original version of Knick Knack, the Pixar square logo zooms appears by a light and the text zooms up to the screen.
FX/SFX: The light, the circle in the square zooming in, the circles at the bottom zooming out and the fade in of the text.
Music/Sounds: On original prints of Luxo Jr., and Beach Chair, it used a big band style tune (which is taken from the ending of "Take a Bow 1", composed by David Lindup). The variants use the short's opening theme. On newer prints of Luxo Jr., the standard logo is silent for some reason.
Availability: Uncommon. Seen on Pixar's animated shorts from 1986 until 1989. It is usually plastered over on re-releases of these shorts, but it is intact on certain shorts released on Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 1. It has turned up on an original Australian VHS copy of Toy Story 2 which had the short Luxo Jr. before the film. Was also seen on the early short Beach Chair which can be found on the aforementioned Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 1 DVD (without the logo) as a bonus feature, as well as the rare Pixar employee DVD Made In Point Richmond (with the logo).
Editor's Note: While this logo may look simple, it is still well-animated, and it was very advanced for its time.
3rd Logo (November 19, 1995-)
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Nicknames: "Luxo Jr.", "Pixar Lamp"
Logo: On a light blue background, we see the text:
P I X A R
Then a lamp hops by. He stops once he notices the "I". He shakes his body and bounces on the "I" four times before squishing it. He looks around as the text "ANIMATION STUDIOS" fades in underneath the letters "A" and "R". He then faces the camera. The light slowly dims until it's completely dark. Luxo Jr.'s light is still on though, but he then turns off.
Trivia: The lamp is the titular character from Pixar's very first animated short, Luxo Jr., made in 1986. The sounds that the lamp makes are also taken from said short.
Variants:
- At the beginning of Pixar films, starting with A Bug's Life, the logo simply fades out when the logo is complete.
- On Cars and its video game adaptation, the text "20 YEARS" (with Luxo Jr.'s light replacing the 0 in "20"), with "CELEBRATING" above it in tiny letters, appears when the logo dims.
- On Cars 2, the logo plays but after the logo finishes the letters disappear leaving just the lamp. Then everything fades out and "CELEBRATING" fades in and slowly zooms in on a black background. Behind the text "25 YEARS" (with "25" above the "YEARS") fades in behind the "CELEBRATING" and is in a light blue font.
- A still version without Luxo Jr. on a white background exists on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, the Game Boy Color version of the Monsters, Inc. video game, and Operation: Camouflage for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
- A still version without Luxo Jr., with white text on a black background, can be seen on trailers and TV spots for Toy Story.
- A still version with Luxo Jr. exists on Toy Story 3 for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
- There is a short version which starts with the completed logo and only includes Luxo Jr. looking at us. It usually appears in front of shorts and trailers. This short version also appeared at the very beginning of Monsters, Inc.
- Starting in 2008, the logo was remastered in HD.
- At the end of some films such as Up, Brave, Cars 2, Finding Dory and Cars 3, the logo cuts in instead of fading in as it usually would.
- Starting in 2019, the logo was re-animated and re-rendered with Pixar's current software. Changes include some minor color correction and the lamp being remodeled with a new base and an LED bulb.
- On Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure, the animation starts from the point where the lamp is already in place.
- On Toy Story 4 and at the end of Onward, the words "ANIMATION STUDIOS" are already formed while the logo still plays as normal.
- On Pixar's 20th Anniversary Special, when the lamp has squished the I, we can see "CELEBRATING 20 YEARS" in gold.
FX/SFX: Very nice CGI that still holds up almost 25 years later.
Music/Sounds: In order: the metallic sound of the lamp hopping, some whizzing sounds when the lamp shakes his body, squeaky rubber-like sounds when he jumps on the "I", and then some more squeaking sounds and a clunk as he looks around.
Music/Sounds Variants:
- On The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Monsters, Inc. and Inside Out, the opening theme of the movie plays over the logo.
- The music varies at the tail end of Monsters Inc. DVD (widescreen version), Blu-ray and TV airings of said movie have the closing music ("Walk to Work"), but on the 2002 VHS release, the 2002 Australian DVD and the fullscreen version on DVD, the music is one of the songs ("If I Didn't Have You" sung by Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski and John Goodman as Sulley) from earlier in the credits reel due to bloopers and a conclusion short being shown earlier on.
Availability: Current and very common. Seen on all Pixar movies and shorts from 1995 onward, with the exception of 3-D prints of most newer movies, which use the next logo below. It first appeared at the end of Toy Story (and appears at the beginning of said film on most current prints, following the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo, and plastering the Pixar variant of the WDP logo) and has appeared at the beginning and end of all Pixar features starting with A Bug's Life. The reanimated variant first appeared on the teaser trailer for Onward, and made its official debut on Toy Story 4, where it even appears on 3-D prints. The white background variant is fairly rare and was only seen on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. It plasters the previous logo on newer prints of Luxo Jr. and Knick Knack.
Editor's Note: Unless you are scared of Luxo looking at the camera. This is one of the most popular logos in existence, and is cherished by many. The variants are fun to watch as well.
4th Logo (3-D Alternative)(May 29, 2009-)
Nicknames: "Luxo Jr. II", "Pixar Lamp II"
Logo: We start on a black screen. Then, the camera pans away from the "P" in "PIXAR", and we zoom out as Luxo Jr. appears and does his usual animation. Instead of "ANIMATION STUDIOS" fading in, it fades in, then zooms in until it stops under the Pixar logo. The rest of the logo plays as normal.
FX/SFX: Same as the last logo, with the addition of the moving camera.
Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.
Availability: Current and common. Seen on most Pixar 3-D releases starting with Up. Also seen when Toy Story and Toy Story 2 were re-released in Disney Digital 3-D. This and the 2011 variant of the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo plaster the previous logo on 3-D prints of For the Birds. It also appears on both 3-D and even 2-D prints of newer shorts.
Editor's Note: A fun twist on the Pixar logo, perfectly taking advantage of the 3D format.