Shadow Projects

Background

Shadow Projects was the television production company of Mitchell Kriegman founded on July 26, 1986, but they did not have a logo until October 20, 1997. It became dormant on April 28, 2006.

(October 20, 1997-April 28, 2006)

Nicknames: "The Barking Dog," "WOOF WOOF!", "The Shadow Dog"

Logo: On a white background, we see a black silhouette of a dog's head (similar to a Labrador Retriever) in a circle with "SHADOW PROJECTS" in the text-wrap effect around the bottom of the circle. The dog silhouette barks twice.

Variants:

Sometimes, the company's website URL text "www.shadowprojects.com" is seen below the logo.
A shorter version exists after both a still screenshot of the house from Bear in the Big Blue House and the Disney Channel logo, it starts with the dog silhouette barks twice. This can be seen on UK prints of the said show.

FX/SFX: The dog barking. Still photo animation.

Music/Sounds: The ending of the show's theme, with a dog barking sound effect heard during the animation of the dog barking. On Bear in the Big Blue House, the barking is deep and low-pitched like a large dog, and on The Book of Pooh, the barking is higher-pitched and sounding more like a puppy with no additional accompaniments. Very rarely, It can even be heard without a noise to represent the animation. This can be seen on Disney+'s Spanish audio track for The Book of Pooh (specifically, S1E1).

Music/Sounds Trivia: The normal bark sound effect used in the Bear in the Big Blue House variant is identical to Pongo's bark during the "twilight bark" scene in 101 Dalmatians. This sound is called "Sound Ideas, DOG - LARGE DOG: SHARP BARKS, ANIMAL", which can be found in the Hanna-Barbera Sound Effects Library.

Music/Sounds Variants: There have been many different variants of the logo on episodes of Bear in the Big Blue House where the usual sounds are replaced with that of a different one.

In "Shape of a Bear" and "Read My Book", the dog barks like a different dog.
In "Share Bear", the dog quacks like a duck, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "Dirt, I Love You So", the dog oinks like a pig, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "Summer Cooler", the dog makes a "beep beep" sound like the sound of a car's horn, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "Spring Fever", the dog croaks like a frog, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "Lost Thing", the dog quacks like a duck again, only a different quack is heard, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "Listen Up!", the dog hoots like an owl, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "Raiders of the Lost Cheese", the dog squalls like a pelican, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "The Big Blue Housecall", the dog laughs like Doc Hogg, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "Look What I Made", the dog says "grabby grabby" in Treelo's voice, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "Love is All You Need', the dog makes kissing sounds, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "It's a Mystery to Me", the dog chirps like a bird, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "As Different as Day and Night", the dog says "Go Daddy!" in Treelo's voice, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "The Way I Feel Today", the dog says "yep yep" in a voice that sounds like a child's voice, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "Scientific Bear", the dog makes a "boing boing" sound, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "Call it a Day", the dog says 'woop woop", which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "Lost and Found", the dog quacks like Harry, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "Morning Glory", the dog meows like a cat, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In "The Tutter Family Reunion", the dog says "Thank You" in a male voice.
In "Bats are People Too", the dog says "Later!" in Tutter's voice, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs.
In the TV version of "A Berry Bear Christmas", the dog says "Happy Holidays!" in Treelo's voice, which was omitted in the Spanish and Portuguese dubs as well as the non-TV version.
In Season 4 episodes from 2002-2006, a different bark sound is heard.

Availability: Appears on Bear in the Big Blue House and The Book of Pooh. Both shows no longer re-air on Disney Junior, but they can be found on DVD and VHS (The latter is also available on Disney+). This did not appear on It's a Big Big World as it was produced under the name Big Big Productions.

Editor’s Note: A mostly harmless logo for children.