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Background
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment began its life in 1978 through MCA DiscoVision as Walt Disney Home Entertainment. In 1980, Disney content was made available on videocassette under its own division known as Walt Disney Home Video. Prior to 1981, their first releases were only live-action films such as Pete's Dragon and The Love Bug. Starting in 1981 with Dumbo, they began releasing their animated films and cartoons on video as well. The Walt Disney Home Video name was kept until 2001, when the division was once again renamed Walt Disney Home Entertainment. In 1997, the company began producing DVDs, and in 2006, they started to release Blu-ray discs. The division took on its current name in 2007. It was the last major studio that still released home video products on VHS, doing so until 2007.
Starting in the 2020s, Disney would begin to phase out operations of their home media distribution unit around the world; in July 2023, the company announced that it would no longer release physical media in Australia and New Zealand due to declining sales of releases and shifting to streaming. Then on October 1, 2023, Disney content began to be distributed via home video under exclusive license by Elevation Sales (a British home video joint venture between StudioCanal and Lionsgate) in the UK. Finally, on February 20, 2024, Disney announced that their DVD and Blu-ray output in North America will now be distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, ending Disney's 45-year run as a first-party home video distributor. The first Disney release to be distributed by Sony was The First Omen, a 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment title, released on July 30. Just over a month earlier, on June 24, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment started distributing Disney and Sony titles through their Studio Distribution Services joint venture, though Disney titles will still be available exclusively through Sony.
Visuals: On a black background, a large, light blue outline of Mickey Mouse's silhouette (which is identical to the one used in the Mickey Mouse's 50th Birthday logo) appears and pans forward, leaving a trail of multiple outlines while rotating counter clockwise on its pivot. The outlines then start to change one-by-one to dark blue. As the text "Walt Disney" (in the original signature script, as used on The Wonderful World of Disney) writes itself on-screen, the Mickey outlines one-by-one change to red. The outlines again change to golden yellow, then quickly change to light yellow as the words "Home Entertainment" zoom up and settle underneath off-center. Finally, the Mickey outlines one-by-one change to green before the logo fades out.
Variant: There exists a variant where the Mickey outlines turn blue at the end. This was only known to have been used on RCA SelectaVision releases.
Technique: Rotoscoped cel animation.
Audio: The orchestral fanfare from the Mickey Mouse's 50th Birthday logo, composed by Buddy Baker.
Availability: Seen on releases from the company from this time period until 1984. It would later be used in tandem with the next logo.
Its first appearance was on the initial lineup of six Disney LaserDiscs released through MCA DiscoVision from 1978-1979, where it appears right after the DiscoVision logo. The packaging of these releases feature Mickey Mouse switching on an old LaserDisc player with "Walt Disney Presents" underneath. These releases are very hard to come across nowadays.
Its VHS debut was on the initial run of thirteen Disney rental tapes from March 1980, starting with Pete's Dragon. Releases from this time feature the Sorcerer Mickey print logo where it takes up nearly half the packaging (with red/orange lines in the center).
On the earliest CED VideoDisc releases, it appears following the RCA SelectaVision logo. from 1982 to 1986, Disney released CEDs under their own label and so this would appear by itself.
On the Disney Cartoon Parade releases, the logo appears by itself on the second side.
As Neon Mickey tapes were in print as late as 1991 in some cases, some tapes with Neon Mickey packaging may have the Sorcerer Mickey logo instead.
It made its last appearance on The Castaway Cowboy and Son of Flubber (though it later appeared on the 1985 release of Gus).
It was also seen during a 1981 CBS broadcast of Mary Poppins (1964).
Legacy: It has become a favorite among VHS collectors for the animation and the music, although it's noted to have scared children during its usage. It had been unofficially nicknamed "Neon Mickey" among many.
Walt Disney Home Video
1st Logo (November 1981-July 16, 1986)
1981 International variant (with different "Home Video" font)
Italian variant
Disney's Cartoon Classics variant.
Disney Channel variant.
"Walt Disney and You" promo variant.
Swedish version. Notice the "Presents" text.
Visuals: Nearly the same as the Walt Disney Home Entertainment (1978-1981) logo, but with darker colors and the Mickey graphics shifted upward somewhat, the "WALT DiSNEY" text in the current corporate "Disney" font, and with "HOME VIDEO" in a thin, orange Handel Gothic font, all usually with a drop shadow. The entire logo is also much smaller.
Variants:
The original 1983 series of the Walt Disney Cartoon Classics videos featured a different variant of this logo. The animation plays as normal (the standard 1981 Walt Disney Home Video variant), but without any text animation, plus the music is sped up somewhat and plays in a slightly higher pitch as a result. Once the Mickey outlines become golden yellow, the screen "flips" over to another logo, which is a still shot of "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO", with "The magic lives on…" over it. The Disney text is in its corporate font in golden yellow, while the other text is light blue. The only animation in this part is the "WALT DiSNEY" text, which has glitter effects all over it, and then the text flashes when the Cartoon Classics theme begins playing. The logo then fades into the intro for the video series.
On the "Walt Disney and You" promo, a video freeze occurs towards the end of the logo (all the outlines are dark blue except for the outline facing the camera. which is light blue), and the gold text "The magic lives on... WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" zooms in, along with a cartoon version of Sorcerer Mickey (as seen on the box). The promo's announcer says "Now available from Walt Disney Home Video".
On some Italian tapes, a light blue VHS cover is seen on a wooden table, with the "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" print logo and the cartoon version of Sorcerer Mickey on it. Then it opens to reveal the logo's animation, which plays as normal.
On international tapes, the logo does not have a drop shadow and is shifted lower, so that the text is now centered. The fanfare is also in a low tone.
Releases of Disney Channel original programming & films from the time, such as Lots of Luck and Welcome to Pooh Corner: Too Smart for Strangers, use a special version. It is detailed on the Disney Channel Originals page.
A Swedish variant has the 1981 logo with the text in yellow and "PRESENTERAR" in a narrow serif font inserted below.
Technique: Rotoscoped cel animation.
Audio: Same as the Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo.
Audio Variants:
On international releases, such as tapes from the UK (eg, the 1982 UK release of Bedknobs and Broomsticks, the 1983 UK release of Song of the South), Australia, Japan, etc., the fanfare plays at a lower pitch.
The "Walt Disney and You" promo had the end theme playing over the regular animation before the video freeze.
Availability: Seen on Disney videos from the period, almost exclusively used in the United States and Canada.
The best way to find it is to look for a Disney video (usually VHS, but some on Betamax, and also LaserDisc and CED Videodisc) with white clamshell packaging with a small Sorcerer Mickey print logo above the film's artwork which is usually surrounded with a colored border. The color of the border varies depending on the film and the genre of the film. However, early releases with this logo use the home entertainment artwork.
The versions on the Cartoon Classics series as well as the "Walt Disney and You" promo are rare, since that promo was only seen between 1982 and 1986.
It also showed up on the earliest prints of the Classics releases of Dumbo, Alice in Wonderland, and The Sword in the Stone, but some later prints prior to October 1986 replace it with the first Walt Disney Classics logo from 1984.
This doesn't appear on the VHS releases of Trenchcoat, Something Wicked This Way Comes (in fact, the only mention of Disney in any shape or form on these two releases is on the tape label), and Never Cry Wolf (likely due to the somewhat mature content of said films).
The last tapes to use this were Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N., One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, Unidentified Flying Oddball, and Moon Pilot.
This logo also appears on select reprints of Disney VHS releases from this era that lacked updated tape masters, including a 1993 reprint of Treasure of Matacumbe.
This also appears on the first batch of Spanish-language tapes released in the United States by Disney in 1985, including Dumbo, Mary Poppins, Mi amigo el dragón (Pete's Dragon), and Los Tres Caballeros (The Three Caballeros); however, Spanish-dubbed tapes released after March of the next year used the next logo--the only context in which Disney used that one in the United States.
Outside North America, this logo appears on very early VHS, Betamax, V2000 and LaserDisc prints of Disney material, such as Australian releases from Syme Home Video (usually preceding a promo reel), including the 1982 Australian VHS of Night Crossing, the pre-cert UK releases of Cartoon Festival III, Fun and Fancy Free, Pete's Dragon and Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Swedish and Japanese releases, among others. It was used until at least July 1983 in the UK and in tandem with the next logo in Australia until 1985.
The Italian variant of the logo was identified by the Disney Tapes & More website as having been presented on VHS, Betamax and V2000 tapes of Pete's Dragon. However, a few pre-1983 Italian VHS releases, such as The World's Greatest Athlete, use the normal Neon Mickey logo instead.
Other British pre-cert releases that had or may have had this logo were Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, Fun and Fancy Free, Robert Altman's Popeye, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Cat from Outer Space, Condorman, Davy Crockett, The Black Hole, The Island at the Top of the World, The Gnome-Mobile, The Love Bug, Swiss Family Robinson, the original 1965 version of That Darn Cat!, the 1975 edit of the 1950 version of Treasure Island, Blackbeard's Ghost, Mickey's Golden Jubilee, The Million Dollar Duck, Herbie Goes Bananas, The Ugly Dachshund, Donald Duck Goes West, Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N., Never a Dull Moment, the first UK video release of Song of the South (a title that never received a video release in the US), The Boatniks, One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing, and The Small One. The website pre-cert.co.uk notes that all of these were released by Disney in the UK between roughly November 1981 and July 1983.
This makes an appearance on the 1987 "Absolutely Irresistible" promotion re-release of Pete's Dragon, as well as the 1989 Israeli VHS of Popeye.
2nd Logo (1983-March 1987)
Japanese "Walt Disney Productions" variant
"WALT DISNEY PRODS." copyright variant
Spanish "PRESENTA" variant
German "präsentiert" variant
French "présente" variant
Italian "PRESENTA" variant
Swedish "presenterar" variant
Norwegian "presenterer" variant
Danish "præsenterer" variant
Dutch "presenteert" variant
Finnish "ESITTÄÄ" variant
"Silly Symphonies" variant
Textless variant
"Donald Duck's 50 Crazy Years" variant
Visuals: On a black background, a light flashes in the middle of the screen with a pink glow and halo around it, with particles being released around it to form a stylized tunnel effect around it. From the center, Mickey Mouse's head, styled like the one used before his shorts, zooms in with a blue aura to it before quickly turning into a neon orange/flamingo pink sign and flashing brightly as it engulfs the screen. It then transitions to a neon blue square tunnel covered in gridlines, and a rectangular frame that plays the following animation:
On a cloudy sky photo that zooms in, a still of Mickey in Steamboat Willie zooms and tilts into place with a orange glow to its edges, and then a still of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs featuring the titular characters does the same thing. It then transitions via a X-shaped split to a still of the Evil Queen holding up the Heart Box, of which it zooms into it with a sparkle effect, and then zooms out to reveal a still of Pinocchio, with the sparkle acting as the Blue Fairy's magic. It then transitions via an ping of light and a rectangular wipe effect to stills of Fantasia, Bambi, and Alice in Wonderland, in that order. It then cuts to an a shot of Disney's Zorro zooming out, doing his signature pose on his horse with a blue glow while a evening cloudy sky zooms in behind him, and then shows stills of Old Yeller, Treasure Island, and The Country Bear Jamboree, also in that order, flying in from the top, then bottom, then top respectively. It then cuts to a recreation of a scene in The Absent Minded Professor, where Professor Brainard's flying car (also with a blue glow) flies above town, and then finally to another sky photo with various Disney characters slowly moving about.
After the final clip plays, Donald Duck's face zooms in a similar way to the Mickey head at the beginning, including turning into neon, and then cuts to a black background bordered by two walls of light, with Mary Poppins floating down on her umbrella and Tinker Bell flying upwards and flashing brightly as sparkles fly around her. It then fades to a dark blue background with a light blue horizon at the bottom, and a heavily saturated picture of Cinderella Castle from Walt Disney World is seen with neon fireworks going off around it. The camera slowly zooms in at first, but then quickly through the gate as it turns into a outlined neon sign and shoots out its trails before fading to a elaborate neon vector model of Spaceship Earth, colored in orange and flamingo pink, and the camera flies right above it. From here, it fades to a black/dark red gradient background, and the blue text "WALT DiSNEY" flips in from the top the top of the screen, with a gradient effect in the text, and then "HOME VIDEO" appears below, using the same Handel Gothic font from before. The whole thing sparkles and glows a little bit.
Trivia: This is the shortened version of the US/Canada opening of the 1981-83 version of The Wonderful World of Disney back when it was called, quite simply, Walt Disney. The main difference is that "HOME VIDEO" is obviously not there on the intro.
Variants:
Sometimes, "presents" text will fade in below, written in the language of the country in which it was released. The font of the text also seems to depend on the country. Below is a list of the countries who use this separated by their font usage:
Tall, narrow font in all uppercase: Italy, Spain, Finland
Bold, rounded font in all lowercase: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, The Netherlands, Germany.
Later on, during the zoom into the castle gates, the logo cuts to the 5th logo. This variant can be seen on some Scandinavian Disney tapes released in 1986 and 1987 (examples are the 1986 Finnish and Swedish VHS releases of The Sword in the Stone).
Another version of this variant, as seen on a European Spanish promotional VHS release for the Disney Channel, ends with simply the logo shining. Another version of the Spanish variant has the logo change into the 4th domestic logo, but this time it has "PRESENTA".
An Icelandic version exists, where the word "KYNNIR", in a large font, zooms out with "HOME VIDEO".
On at least a few Australian releases, the logo disappears, leaving the background for a few frames.
Sometimes at the end, the screen flips to the left as if the viewer were turning a page in a book. It would either flip to reveal the intro to the program (like on the 1985 UK VHS of The Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale), or it just flips to a black screen (like on the 1986 US Spanish-language VHS of Winnie Pu y Tigger (Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too) and on certain Venezuelan tapes, the latter as a bumper).
A version of the logo where the actual logo doesn't appear is seen on the UK pre-cert VHS releases of Night Crossing, Tron, The Last Flight of Noah's Ark, and Escape to Witch Mountain.
On the VHS release of Donald Duck's 50 Crazy Years, the text "DONALD DUCK'S 50 CRAZY YEARS" appears in place of the logo, in a jumbled up outlined font.
A variant with "SILLY SYMPHONIES" in a shinier text than usual appearing at the end of the logo has been spotted. This was seen on the UK VHS release simply titled Silly Symphonies.
On the Italian Cartoons Disney tapes, the logo cuts to a screen with the title of the tape and a copyright stamp.
Normally, this is sped up to 25 FPS to better fit the PAL format (why the 25 FPS framerate is retained for NTSC releases is unclear), but Cartoons Disney 1 showed this at its original 24 FPS framerate.
On the 1983 pre-cert UK VHS of Night Crossing, the "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" text is not present.
Technique: Slit scan and Oxberry animation, accompanied with animated clips. Spaceship Earth was a vector CGI model animated on a Hewlett Packard desktop computer at Northrop Corporation (now Northrop Grumman). This sequence was designed by Harry Marks.
Audio: A powerful disco version of "When You Wish Upon a Star", arranged by Frank Gari. A soft phaser noise plays when "WALT DiSNEY" flies in as well. While it plays at its full length in the television series, the logo has the theme fade out when "HOME VIDEO" fades in (possibly to remove the announcer from the intro).
Audio Variants:
On the 1984 UK VHS release of Goin' Quackers, when the WDHV logo itself appears at the end, Ludwig von Drake says "Walt Disney Home Video presents" and cuts to his introduction to the program.
The second Spanish variant with the 5th logo animation has the music looping, with it fading out.
On some tapes distributed by Abril Vídeo in Brazil, an announcer says "Abril Vídeo, apresenta!"
On the Italian VHS release of Cartoons Disney 1, the music is in the original NTSC pitch.
On the 1986 release of Saludos Amigos, the opening theme plays over the last few seconds.
Availability: It was (almost) exclusively used on releases outside North America.
This can be found on tapes released in the United Kingdom, European, Asian and Latin American territories, as well as Australian, Japanese, and even South African releases.
The first UK releases with this logo were The Apple Dumpling Gang, Candleshoe, Escape to Witch Mountain, The Incredible Journey, The Last Flight of Noah's Ark, Mary Poppins, Night Crossing, No Deposit, No Return, Return from Witch Mountain and Tron, all of which were released in the UK in October 1983 according to pre-cert.co.uk.
Japanese VHD releases are known to have this logo.
The only releases in the United States to use this logo was on mid-late 1986 Spanish-dubbed tapes, such as Saludos Amigos (which wouldn't see an English-language release in North America for 14 more years), Winnie Pu y el árbol de miel (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree), and Winnie Pu y Tigger (Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too).
The "flipping" variant appears on U.S. Spanish tapes and The Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale, and the tail end appears during a series of trailers at the end of a Spanish-subtitled Venezuelan tape of El abismo negro (The Black Hole) as a bumper.
It also appears on the 1985 UK pre-cert VHS releases of The Roots of Goofy and Sport Goofy, respectively, as well as the first Japanese videocassette releases of Touchstone's early features.
3rd Logo (October 30, 1984-July 24, 1985)
DTV variant
Black variant (Mousercize Laserdisc)
Black variant (Pinocchio promotional sales tape)
Alt. black variant
July 1985 (blue gradient variant)
July 1985 (space background variant)
Italian trailer tape variant
Blue variant
Demo tape variant
Visuals: On a black/blue gradient background, the text "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO" is seen in white, with "WALT DiSNEY" in the corporate "signature" font and "HOME VIDEO" in the Helvetica Rounded font. Underneath it is "P R E S E N T S", spaced out and in a serif font.
Trivia: The July 1985 variant is notable for being the first ever Disney-related logo or bumper to use the Bruton Music stock piece "Great Ovation", composed by Steve Gray. This would be used on the "NOW YOU CAN OWN THESE HIT TITLES" variant of the gold WDHV logo, but is most well known for playing over the lilac "Feature Presentation" bumper on many Disney releases.
Variants:
On the 1985 Pinocchio sales pitch promotional video and the 1985 VHS release of Mousercise, this logo is seen on a black background, with the text in white. After a few seconds, the text fades out and "PRESENTS" is shown for a few seconds; the font depends on the tape, and the text is not spaced out.
A light blue variant of this logo appears on the VHS trailer for Flight of the Navigator.
A promotional tape has the logo in a space background, and a light/dark blue gradient background.
Italian trailer tapes have the logo on a purple background and and "Presenta", along with the title of the tape written at the bottom in white.
Technique: A digital graphic.
Audio: None. The first time the logo fades in on the preview tape of The Sword and the Rose, an announcer says "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video in July!" accompanied by the first few notes of "Great Ovation". The logo is accompanied by music from the trailers it accompanies for the remainder of the tape.
Availability: The standard version is only seen on Disney's DTV series of music video collections released in the period. The alternative versions are seen mostly on early demo tapes.
4th Logo (1984-1986, 1999-2001)
1984-1985
1985-1986
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Vol. 2 variant
1986 "Coming Soon" variant
1999-2001
Visuals: Just the text "WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO" on a black background. After a few seconds, the text fades out, and the text "presents", in the same font, fades in.
Variants:
1984-1985: The text is in plain Helvetica. On the Walt Disney Limited Gold II: The World According to Goofy VHS, the font is bolder.
1985-1986: The text is in the same font as before, but in all caps. On The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue VHS, the letter "S" is slightly bigger that the rest of the text. On the Disney's Greatest Lullabies Vol. 2 VHS, the text is smaller and slightly spaced out.
1986 (Coming Soon): The logo uses a slightly different version of the gradient background from the 4th logo. The text uses different weights of Helvetica Neue and reads "Coming Soon from Walt Disney Home Video".
1999-2001: The text is set in Helvetica Rounded Bold. The logo transitions to the The Wonderful World of Disney logo.
Technique: Still digital graphics with simple fade effects.
Audio: None. For the The Wonderful World of Disney variant, the music accompanying the rest of the trailer plays in the background as an announcer says, "Walt Disney Home Video proudly presents."
Availability: The 1984 variant, like the fourth logo, was usually either a simple replacement for the 1st logo on releases that Disney felt that logo wouldn't fit on, or used before content that was exclusive to VHS at the time. It was seen on 1984-1985 VHS releases of The Mickey Mouse Club (appearing after the 1st logo) and on the 1985 VHS release of The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue. The 1999 variant appears on VHS releases of several live-action Disney films that aired on The Wonderful World of Disney; select demo releases like the 2000 Touchstone VHS of Play It to the Bone also featured this logo.
5th Logo (September 23, 1986-November 6, 2001)
"presents" variant
UK "PRESENTS" variant #1
UK "PRESENTS" variant #2
UK "PRESENTS" variant #3
"Coming Soon" variant #1
"Coming Soon" variant #2
"Coming Soon" variant #3
"Coming Soon" variant (Sing-Along Songs)
"Coming Soon" variant #5
"Now Available" variant
"Also Available" variant #1
"Also Available" variant #2
"Also From Walt Disney Home Video" variant
"LIMITED TIME OFFER" variant
"Look out for future releases" variant
"Coming to Home Video" variant
"Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" variant
"Coming This Fall to Home Video" variant
"Now on Home Video" variant
UK Closing Promo (1989)
French "présente" variant
Spanish "PRESENTA" variant
Spanish/Italian "presenta" variant
German "präsentiert" variant #1
German "präsentiert" variant #2
German "präsentiert" variant #3
German "präsentiert" variant #4
German "präsentiert" variant #5
German "präsentiert" variant #6
German "PRÄSENTIERT" variant #7
German "präsentiert" variant #8
Swedish "presenterar" variant #1
Swedish "présenterar" variant #2
Swedish "PRESENTERAR" variant #3
Swedish "Presenterar" variant #4
Swedish "PRESENTERAR" variant #5
Norwegian "PRESENTERER" variant #1
Norwegian "PRESENTERER" variant #2
Dutch "presenteert" variant
Finnish "esittää" variant
Icelandic "KYNNIR" variant
Greek "ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΖΕΙ" variant
Greek "ΠΡΟΣΕΧΩΣ" variant #1
Greek "ΠΡΟΣΕΧΩΣ" variant #2
Greek "ΚΥΚΛΟΦΟΡΕΙ" variant
French "A venir de Walt Disney Home Video cet Automne" variant
French "Bientôt disponible sur Vidéocassette de Walt Disney Home Video" variant
German "Demnächst auf Video" variant
German "Demnächst von Walt Disney Home Video" variant
Copyright text variant
Print logo style variant
Alternative print logo style variant
Purple variant
Blue variant
Mexican variant ("Walt Disney" border)
Spanish superimposed variant
Italian Disney Edicola variant (open)
Italian Disney Edicola variant (close)
Visuals: On a black background, a drawing of Mickey Mouse, dressed in his Sorcerer's Apprentice outfit from Fantasia, fades in standing on a blue spotlight, his hand held out high with pride. The camera slowly begins zooming up to his hand as the stars and crescent moon on his hat flash one-by-one, and then a white starburst flashes and a magic spark flies out from it, appearing above Mickey's hand. After the camera zooms past Mickey, the spark begins swirling around and writes out the red "WALT DiSNEY" script. As the screen zooms out, the red text "HOME VIDEO" (in Helvetica Rounded) zooms out from the bottom of the screen and settles underneath "WALT DiSNEY". The logo shines along its edges and pings appear across the text before it fades out. The entire logo has a polished 3D look to it.
Trivia:
Hal Miles' résumé lists the logo as being used from 1985 to 1994.
The opening portion of this logo was also used for the Walt Disney Classics logo from 1988 to 1994.
Variants:
The text may vary from a magenta color (which seems more common) to a regular red color (as in picture #1) or a vermilion color (as in the "ALSO FROM" variant picture).
On some tapes, the Mickey part is blacked out leaving the spark to swirl around in slow-mo until the regular animation plays. This was seen on the 1987 Classics LaserDiscs of Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty, the 1991 VHS release of Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree, and early volumes of Dinosaurs.
Sometimes, "presents" in white, or an all-caps "PRESENTS" fades in below. The "presents" version has it fading in with spark effects, while the "PRESENTS" variant has it simply fading in without sparks. On some occasions, this is seen blacked out or covered with a gray box on some tapes. The former variant appears on early tapes with this logo, as well as on Wonderworks releases such as Anne of Avonlea and several tapes of The Adventures of Spot. The "PRESENTS" variant appears with a different font on the UK rental VHS of The Hunted. On the UK VHS of The Ghost of Cypress Swamp, "PRESENTS" appears in a rounded font.
Wonderworks releases also had the tail end of this logo (with "presents") segue into the Wonderworks logo.
On the 1990 VHS release of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, this logo is shown without Mickey, leaving a blank space until the spark writes out the words.
Sometimes, the Mickey-less variant begins by simply fading in to the spark animation. This was seen on the 1991 VHS releases of Lantern Hill and The Jungle Book, and on the 1992 demo VHS release of Frankenweenie.
On the 1991 VHS of Three Men and a Little Lady, a bumper plays where the logo and the words "ALSO FROM" on top connect together at a fast speed.
On 1992 VHS releases from the Walt Disney Classics line, the logo is repurposed as a bumper, where the "HOME VIDEO" text is replaced with text reading "Coming to Home Video", "Coming on Video Cassette This Summer", "Coming This Fall to Home Video" or "Now on Home Video" in the Laser LET font. The "Coming to Home Video/Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" variation from 101 Dalmatians has Mark Elliot saying "Stay tuned for a preview of two new Disney classics coming to home video. Coming on videocassette this summer...", with a remix of the 1986 WDHV jingle. The Rescuers has a shortened version of the FP jingle with Mark Elliot saying "Coming soon from Walt Disney Home Video", while Beauty and the Beast has Brian Cummings saying "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video", and the "Now on Home Video" variation, with Brian Cummings saying "Now on Walt Disney Home Video."
The 1992 VHS releases of The Rescuers and So Dear to My Heart simply display the very end of the logo where it “shines” before certain trailers.
On Disney's Sing-Along-Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites, the opening theme plays over the logo, which is sped up to accommodate it.
On tapes released in Spanish-speaking and Italian-speaking countries, "presenta" fades in below, cheaply inserted. No spark effects are seen. The same thing happens on Swedish tapes with "présenterar" (sometimes without the acute accent), Norwegian tapes with "presenterer", Dutch tapes with "presenteert", Finnish tapes with "esittää" and French tapes with "présente" (the same font is used in the Swedish, Norwegian, French and German versions of the 2nd logo, albeit not narrow).
At least one German tape has the word "PRÄSENTIERT" in a "handwriting" font appear below.
At least one Spanish tape has the word "PRESENTA" below in all-caps, and in the same font used in the Spanish and Finnish versions of the 2nd logo.
At least one Greek tape has the word "ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΖΕΙ" below in all-caps, and in a more vermilion shade than the rest of the logo, zoom out and settle below the logo as it shines.
On Chinese tapes, "太陽系製作" appears below the logo.
On 1987 Japanese VHS releases under Bandai Video Network, the logo begins with the spark writing out the logo. When the logo is formed, however, it zooms out and flips around to another copy, revealing that it's on a 3D gray rectangle on a blue gradient background. When it flips back over, it starts to shine and chroma-keyed blue wipes over the logo, which flashes white for a second. The logo then flips back onto the rectangle, but diagonally, and a white square emerges with the Bandai Video Network logo on it, taking up the entire screen. The music used is the opening title fanfare to Robin Hood.
On some UK releases, the second half of the logo is shifted down in order to make room for "COMING SOON" or "ALSO AVAILABLE FROM".
Often, this variant starts when the text is being written.
The text appears in a different font on the rental release of The Hunted.
Another version of this logo appears on a blue background at the beginning of a VHS promo for Disney's Sing-Along Songs, as seen on the 1992 UK VHS release of Cinderella.
At the end of some early '90s Disney VHS tapes from the UK such as A Walt Disney Christmas and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, there is red text above the logo which reads "LOOK OUT FOR FUTURE RELEASES FROM". This is accompanied by John Sachs saying, "Look out for future releases from Walt Disney Home Video."
A variant with the logo in blue can be spotted at the beginning of a French VHS promo for Homeward Bound 2: Lost in San Francisco (L'Incroyable Voyage 2 : À San Francisco) and an Argentinian Spanish promo for Oliver Twist.
There is a variant at the end of some Disney international promos where the logo shines twice.
On the Canadian French VHS of Aladdin and the European French SECAM VHS of Hocus Pocus (Hocus Pocus: Les trois sorcières), the logo has white text at the top reading "Bientôt disponible sur Vidéocassette de".
There is a variant where the shining plays backwards after playing normally.
Sometimes, the logo fades out earlier than usual.
Sometimes, the logo incorporates a computer-generated fade out.
On early Mexican releases, the logo has a "Walt Disney" border surrounding it. The border features photos of well-known Disney characters.
On the 1989 UK VHS of Sleeping Beauty and all other 1989 UK VHS releases from Walt Disney Home Video, the Walt Disney Home Video logo and Sorcerer Mickey are at the top. Above the "Walt Disney" text are the white words "Also Available From". Titles of movies (in white text) slide from right to left, with the "from £7.99 to £12.99" in red below the scrolling movie titles.
On the Spanish VHS release of The Disney Channel Vol.12, the logo begins with Mickey placed way below his usual position. Once the logo starts forming, the logo animation gets superimposed to footage from This is your life, Donald Duck and 101 Dalmatians. After forming, the logo resizes and goes down the screen.
Technique: 2D animation with camera-controlled animation used in the end, produced by Hal Miles Imagimation Studios.
Audio: First there is a low, held-out, synthesized B-flat tuba note, followed by a chime when the spark appears, segueing into a gradually rising synth theme played on the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer, believed to be inspired by "Life Is for Living" by Barclay James Harvest. The last seven notes of the theme are accompanied by tom-tom fills played on a Simmons SDS-V electronic drum kit.
Audio Variants:
In its early years, the music was more synthesized.
There is a version with a series of droning synth notes, incorporating "dings" that are perfectly synchronized with the logo "sparkling". This can be seen on early pressings of the 1990 reissues of Blackbeard's Ghost, Something Wicked This Way Comes, and The Watcher in the Woods. It also made an appearance on the LaserDisc release of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids in place of the normal logo.
A few releases that use this logo before the previews have Brian Cummings saying, "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video." This would be used for the short version on the 1991 video release of The Jungle Book, and for the long version on DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp and early prints of Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken.
On the 1991 VHS releases of Lantern Hill and Looking for Miracles, the short version of the above variant is used, but Brian Cummings says "New, from Walt Disney Home Video!" over the logo.
The "Also From Walt Disney Home Video" bumper uses the stock music piece "Pageantry 6" from the Bruton Music library, and uses the "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video." voiceover from the above 1991 variation.
On the 1992 VHS release of 101 Dalmatians, the "Coming to Home Video/Coming on Video Cassette This Summer" bumpers at the end of the tape are accompanied by an alternate extended version of the music. Mark Elliot says, "Stay tuned, for a preview of two new Disney classics coming to home video. Coming on videocassette this summer," over these bumpers.
The "Coming This Fall to Home Video" bumper is silent, except for Mark Elliot saying "And, coming this fall to home video…"
On The Rescuers, So Dear to My Heart and Beauty and the Beast, the bumpers are accompanied by the first few notes of the stock music piece "Great Ovation" from the Bruton Music library (which was also used as the 1989 Feature Presentation jingle), with either Mark Elliot saying, "Coming soon from Walt Disney Home Video," "Now available on videocassette," or "And available now on videocassette..." or Brian Cummings saying either "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video!", or "Now on Walt Disney Home Video!", depending on the bumper.
On the 1993 US VHS releases Boo Busters, Monster Bash, and Witcheroo!, the music is out of sync with the logo, as it plays about a second later than usual.
Some UK tapes overlay whooshing and sparkling sounds over the music. This can be found at the beginning and end of a Disney trailer reel on the UK VHS release of The Disney Bunch, and is accompanied by John Sachs' voiceover.
On some UK releases, an announcer says, "A world of magic which can be yours to treasure for a lifetime, from Walt Disney Home Video." Various international Disney tapes also used an announcer; the variants found so far are:
Latin American Spanish:
Argentina: "¡Usted no quiera perder estos entretenimientos familiares! ¡Estos filmes, y otros más, llegarán a usted de Walt Disney Vídeo!"
Mexico/Chile: "¡De Walt Disney Vídeo, un mundo mágico que puede ser suyo para siempre!"
European Spanish:
"¡Walt Disney Home Video le ofrece un mundo de magia que puede ser suyo para siempre!"
"¡Llévese a su casa un tesoro para siempre!"
European French:
"Walt Disney Home Video vous présente le monde merveilleux de Walt Disney des vidéos a voir et avoir chez vous pour toujours!"
"Walt Disney Home Video présente le monde magique de Walt Disney, que vous pouvez offrir chez vous et pour toujours!"
"Maintenant, avec tout votre famille, vous allez pouvoir collectionner la magie de Walt Disney en vidéo chez vous pour toujours!"
"Avec tout votre famille, collectionne la magie de Walt Disney en vidéo chez vous pour toujours!"
European Portuguese: "Um mundo de magia que pode ser seu para sempre, da Walt Disney Home Video!"
German: "Walt Disney Home Video präsentiert eine Welt voller Wunder!"
Italian: "Da Walt Disney Home Video, un mondo magico che sara tuo, da custodire per sempre!"
Japanese:
"夢いっぱいの物語はきっと一生の宝物, ウォルトディズニーホームビデオ!"
"夢と魔法のディズニービデオ!"
Dutch: "Van Walt Disney Home Video, een wereld vol magie om je leven lang van te genieten!"
Swedish:
"Från Walt Disney Home Video, en sagolik värld som kan bli din egen!"
"Från Walt Disney Home Video, får vi en fantastisk värld att komma tillbaka till, om och om igen!"
"Nu kan de bli dina, att glädjas åt om och om igen!"
Norwegian: "Fra Walt Disney Home Video, en magisk verden som nå kan bli din for evig og alltid!"
Danish: "Walt Disney Videofilm giver dig nu mulighed for at eje endnu en række perler fra Walt Disneys eventyrlige verden!"
Finnish:
"Walt Disneyn kotivideoiden taikamaailman voit nyt saada ikiomaksi!"
"Walt Disneyn kotivideot, taikamaailma jonka voi nyt saada ikiomaksi!"
"Voit hankkia ne nyt ikiomaksi!"
Hebrew:
"!חדש מאולפני וולט דיסני"
"!וולט דיסני בקלטות וידאו ביתיות, תוצר של עולמות קסומים, יהיה שךכם לתמיד"
"!קלטת עולמית דוברת עברית שלכם מתנה לתמיד"
Greek: "Ένας μαγικός κόσμος για πάντα δικός σας, από τη Walt Disney Home Video!"
On some PAL tapes, there is a high pitched version that also exists. Some UK tapes use this version in tandem with the standard version, even on the same tape.
This occurs on the long versions of the UK "Coming Soon" and "Also Available" variants, where they are accompanied with John Sachs saying "Coming soon from Walt Disney Home Video" or "Also available from Walt Disney Home Video".
On an Australian PAL release of Pete's Dragon and the demo VHS of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, the logo is silent.
On the DVS VHS printing of Old Yeller, a woman is heard saying "Now, Mickey Mouse appears standing in the pool of blue light, dressed in a pointed sorcerer's hat and red robe. A white starburst spins from his hand and spells Walt Disney Home Video".
Audio Trivia: The phrase "קלטת עולמית דוברת עברית" in the third Hebrew variant was put on the covers of Walt Disney VHS releases in Israel to signify that the program on the tapes in question was in the Hebrew language; English-language tapes used the phrase "קלטת עולמית דוברת אנגלית" instead.
Availability: Seen on just about any Disney release from this time period all over the world.
It was first seen on Disney VHS releases from September 1986, including No Deposit, No Return, Ten Who Dared, Third Man on the Mountain, and The Fighting Prince of Donegal; and was subsequently used on most tapes in the "Bring Disney Home for Good" promotion the next month, including Disney Sing-Along Songs: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Jiminy Cricket's Christmas, Canine Commando, The Unsinkable Donald Duck with Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and A Tale of Two Chipmunks.
This logo was used in foreign countries from April 1987 to early 1995. Some of the last titles to have this logo overseas were the Spanish-language version of Disney's Sing Along Songs: Friend Like Me, a rental tape of Man of the House from the UK, and the Latin American VHS prints of The Lion King. Also, in North America, while this logo was primarily used from 1986-1992, this became an alternate logo beginning in 1991; from then on, this logo was usually reserved for tapes of Disney's Sing Along Songs or releases of some television series.
It was also seen on home video releases of Disney TV shows, classic Disney cartoon compilations, and Walt Disney Mini Classics releases.
This logo typically wasn't seen on Walt Disney Classics releases, though it appears as a bumper on the 1991 VHS release of The Jungle Book, and the version of the logo without Mickey at the start can be seen on the earliest Walt Disney Classics LaserDisc releases.
Following the 1992 VHS release of So Dear to My Heart, US Disney VHS releases would typically use the 7th logo.
However, this logo would continue to be used on lower-profile releases such as home video releases of Disney TV shows and the Disney Sing-Along Songs series.
It also made appearances on early printings of the first 10 Masterpiece Collection titles from before September 1994, and also appears in place of the 7th logo on the 1998 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of Melody Time.
It also appears on the 2006 DVD release of My Dog the Thief, due to the DVD using the 1994 LP VHS tape master of the film, along with the 2006 DVD release of Disney's Sing-Along Songs: You Can Fly at the beginning of the program (the 2001 WDHE logo appears before the DVD previews).
The variant with "presents" can be found on various tapes, including the original releases with this logo from 1986 to 1987 like A Tale of Two Chipmunks and The Unsinkable Donald Duck With Huey, Dewey, and Louie, the 1991 and early 1994 VHS releases of The Brave Little Toaster, the Spot the Dog tapes, and the mid '90s Schoolhouse Rock! tapes.
Said variant also appeared at the beginning of both a TV One airing and the DVD release of Rogers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (the 1997 version that starred Brandy Norwood), and also plasters the first logo on pressings of Mickey Knows Best, The Importance of Being Donald, Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, and Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day which were duplicated at Bell & Howell/Columbia Pictures/Paramount Video Services.
This logo was last seen on a late 2001 re-print of Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas.
The high-pitched variant can be seen on the UK rental release of Hocus Pocus and also on some other UK VHS releases as well.
The high-pitched variant was also seen on pre-1995 Australian VHS releases as well, such as the 1993 VHS release of The Jungle Book, among others.
Legacy: A favorite amongst fans of Disney tapes.
6th Logo (April 1987-1993) (international)
5th logo variant
Gradient background variant
Visuals: A montage of clips play out, starting with the 1983 opening of The Disney Channel (first as a premium channel), followed by the Cinderella Castle from the 2nd logo. After this, many clips from Disney's library play out, including Fantasia, Peter Pan, Mary Poppins, The Black Cauldron, Sleeping Beauty, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Black Hole, Dumbo, Condorman, The Journey of Natty Gann, Fuzzbucket, Return to Oz, and Tron. After a brief clip of Sorcerer Mickey from Fantasia, it fades to the WDHV logo on a space background, with the logo in a blue/purple gradient. The logo shines and zooms out after.
Variants:
Most tapes would have this logo ending with the 5th logo, starting with the spark animation.
The tail end of the 5th logo variant can be seen at the end of a late 1980s Japanese VHS promo.
The archive footage may be slightly different in some tapes.
On a few tapes, the archive footage may be very different and could contain parts of the 2nd logo.
Sometimes, the logo is on a blue/black gradient background and doesn't zoom out.
A Japanese variant uses different clips, has the music cut off, and starts with the Bandai Video Network logo, then fading to the end of the 5th WDHV logo, with these clips afterwards.
On the Swedish VHS of Rob Roy, the logo starts halfway in.
Technique: Traditional animation, CGI and live-action for the archive footage, and CGI animation for the logo itself.
Audio: A synthesized instrumental version of "Casey Jr." from Dumbo.
Audio Variants:
The gradient background variant has a repeating synth sound.
A Latin American version has an announcer say "¡Ahora, la magia de Disney puede ser sus en vídeo! ¡La clásica animación, además de excelente filmes par la familia de hoy, de Walt Disney Home Video!".
There are three announcer variants, that can be spotted on New Zealand tapes:
"Walt Disney Home Video presents outstanding feature programming for today's family."
"Bring Disney home today for the finest in family film entertainment, Walt Disney Home Video!"
"It's the best in entertainment, from Walt Disney Home Video!".
Availability: Like with the 2nd logo, this was only used outside of the United States and Canada, though this logo is harder to find due to its shorter lifespan.
This mainly appeared on European tapes (including Italy and Germany), as well as Latin American tapes and tapes distributed in Australia by Roadshow Home Video - an example being the 1987 VHS of Pinocchio.
The alternate archive footage variant can be seen on a foreign VHS of Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier.
The variant with a different background can be spotted on the Latin Spanish VHS of Peter Pan.
This logo was also seen on releases in New Zealand well into the early 90s, including the 1993 VHS of Honey, I Blew Up The Kid (1992).
7th Logo (Late 1991-October 8, 2002)
"Now you can own these hit titles..." variant
"Special Announcement" variant
Blue gradient variant
Blue variant
Green variant
"Available Now on LaserDisc" variant
"Bright Beginnings" variant
"Disney presents" variant
Silver "presents" variant
Superimposed variant #1
Superimposed variant #2
Superimposed variant #3
Visuals: The words "WALT DiSNEY HOME VIDEO", in a metallic gold color, appear on a black background and shine.
Variants:
Sometimes, a blue gradient background would be used instead. It has been seen on the VHS releases of Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, The Mighty Ducks, Hocus Pocus, Cool Runnings, The Three Musketeers, Squanto: A Warrior's Tale, A Goofy Movie, The Santa Clause, James and the Giant Peach, Air Bud, The Spirit of Mickey, the 1994 and 1995 versions of the Disney Family Video Sampler, and the 1994 print of Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
A variant with a solid blue background appears on a Holiday 1992 in-store loop tape.
One variant has the logo in silver. The lowercase text "presents" is seen below it, in the same font as the "presents" text in the 5th logo, and shines along with the logo.
A completely still version of the silver variant was used on 1993 VHS releases of Disney TV movies, which fades out halfway through the music. Afterwards, blue text reading "Own This BIG HIT" (preceding a trailer for Homeward Bound) or "Now Available on Videocassette" in the font used for bumpers from the time fades in as the music ends.
At the beginning of The Spirit of Mickey, the text fades out, leaving the blue background before an iris transition to the main theme.
On the VHS promo for The Big Green, the background is a green gradient.
A version with "A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM" above the logo exists.
On a 1994 promo for Disney's Bright Beginnings VHS collection (which consisted of releases of preschool-targeted shows from Jim Henson Productions and DiC and assorted videos from Spot and Eric Carle), the background is a sliding rainbow gradient, and "PRESENTS" is chyroned in below.
There is a still variation with the text "NOW YOU CAN OWN THESE HIT TITLES..." fading in above the logo. This can be seen on 1992 re-prints such as Return to Snowy River, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken and The Rocketeer, and uses the 1989 FP theme ("Great Ovation" from the Bruton Music library).
There is a still variant seen at the beginning of the Jungle 2 Jungle VHS trailer.
On TV spots for the VHS release of Tarzan, the logo is superimposed over a scene from the movie.
A "Disney PRESENTS" variant appears in the VHS trailer for Doug's 1st Movie.
On Gativideo-distributed Argentine tapes, the logo animates as usual, but it splits at the end. This usually happens before a bumper or a commercial.
On a commercial for Fantasia, "Available now on LaserDisc" fades in below the logo.
A VHS promo has the logo zoom towards the viewer.
Technique: 2D animation.
Audio: A synthesized four-note horn/string tune, which sounds somewhat like the "Great Ovation" Feature Presentation theme; also used on various bumpers from the time. None for the Gativideo variant. Was used in many bumpers domestically and internationally.
Audio Variants:
On the 1998 US DVD release of Air Bud, the logo is silent.
A version of this logo's music that is slowed to roughly two-thirds its usual speed was used sporadically around 1993 to 1998, on tapes like The Mighty Ducks (rental pressings only), Tiny Toy Stories, Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Honor to Us All, Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World, and the 1997 widescreen VHS of Sleeping Beauty.
On the Australian VHS releases of Hocus Pocus (Abracadabra) and Aladdin, and some Region 4 VHS releases, the music is high pitched (possibly due to being in PAL format). This was also spotted on the UK VHS release of Dinosaur, as well as some Italian VHS tapes.
The "Special Announcement" variant has an announcer saying "A special announcement from Walt Disney Home Video".
On the DVD release of Recess: School's Out, the music is played at a lower volume.
At the beginning of the home video trailer for Doug's 1st Movie, the first note of the background music is perfectly synchronized with the first "shine" of the logo.
At the beginning of the trailer for Walt Disney Film Classics: The Fantastic Adventures Series, the trailer's music plays over the silver variant.
On the still silver variant, the slower version of the theme is used. When the "Own This BIG HIT" text fades in, Brian Cummings says "Now you can own this big hit." The "Now Available on Videocassette" version has Brian Cummings calmly saying "Now on videocassette." as the text fades in.
On the 1998 VHS release of The Black Cauldron, the normal music plays over the longer version, which ends earlier.
An variant exists where the 1992 UK Feature Presentation Theme plays instead of the standard theme.
Availability: Seen on releases from the company from this time period until 2002, with it still in use in Argentina until 2006. Internationally (except in Argentina), this was mostly seen on trailers, most prominently during the 8th logo's lifespan.
The logo's first general appearance was on TV spots for the 1991 Classics release of The Rescuers Down Under. The first VHS sighting was on the "NOW YOU CAN OWN THESE HIT TITLES..." bumper on May 27, 1992. The logo with music debuted on the September 1992 demo VHS of Newsies.
Prior to 1995, this logo was only in use on live-action Disney releases and on advertisements of all Disney videos. A Goofy Movie was the first animated film to have this logo.
It was seen on most (non-Classics/Masterpiece) Disney video/DVD releases of the era, including most (if not all) Gold Classic Collection DVDs. Some of these DVDs are still in print. Most 1998 and 1999 prints of Masterpiece titles have this logo instead of the Masterpiece Collection logo, or with the Masterpiece logo, as seen on later printings of The Black Cauldron.
Among the last releases to use this logo were the DVD of Recess: School's Out (the VHS used the 2001 WDHE logo), the first wave of Walt Disney Treasures DVD sets, and the 2002 DVD of Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves.
This logo can also be found on the 1998 printings of The Brave Little Toaster and its sequel The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.
This logo is intact at the beginning and end of Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves on further home video, television and streaming prints (except the Disney+ print, which has a 4:3 variant of the 2011 Walt Disney Pictures logo instead). This logo also appeared on the 2009 DVD release of Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In at the House of Mouse (itself a reprint of the original 2001 DVD release).
It was also seen on some Australian VHS releases (mostly of live-action material and on some promos).
While the "NOW YOU CAN OWN THESE HIT TITLES..." screen appears on reprints of The Rocketeer, rental pressings of the tape have no logo whatsoever.
VHS releases in Argentina from Gativideo still used this logo until 2006, while the 2001 WDHE logo is on their corresponding DVD counterparts.
This logo makes an appearance at the end of the 2005 DVD of Jasmine's Enchanted Tales: Journey of a Princess with the show's closing theme (specifically "Arabian Nights") concluding over it. It's most likely this is a reprint of an earlier VHS which left the logo intact.
The still variant of the silver version was the first version of the logo to be used, and can be seen on 1993 VHS releases of films such as Not Quite Human, Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss, and The Ernest Green Story. It then appeared following the trailers on the 5 Bill Nye the Science Guy tapes released between 1994 and 1995, and also appeared following the trailers on the 1995 US VHS of Gordy.
The silver variant appears instead of the standard 8th logo during the trailer for Walt Disney Film Classics: The Fantastic Adventures Series, seen on all four tapes in that collection. It also appeared on side 4 of the 1996 Deluxe CAV LaserDisc of Toy Story, at the beginning of the bonus feature featuring the first five Pixar shorts (titled "Early Pixar Computer Animation"), including the unedited version of Knick Knack.
Instead of appearing before a tape's trailers like the previous logos, the silver variant appeared immediately before the start of the program on the given tape.
8th Logo (as Disney Videos) (Fall 1994-June 14, 2005) (international)
UK variant
UK variant (Different model)
UK variant with the logo already formed before the 1996 Disney piracy warning.
"Which one is missing from your collection?" variant
Promotional variant
Promotional variant (filmed)
Japanese promotional variant (with oversized "VIDEOS" banner)
Italian "VIDEO" variant
Italian "VIDEO" variant (Black background, different model)
German "Disney Videos begeistern ein leben lang" variant
Hebrew promo variant
Alternative Hebrew promo variant
Hebrew promo variant (bold text)
"Disney AUDIO" variant
Christmas variant
White background variant (Argentina)
Purple background variant (Japan, 1997)
Superimposed variant
Mexican variant
Brazilian variant
American variant
German Disney Videos/Disney DVD variant
Italian print logo variant
Italian print logo variant (zoomed in, blue background)
Visuals: On a blue/green gradient background, three black balls fall from the top of the screen and bounce off the bottom. Two of the balls form the ears of Mickey Mouse and one ball forms the head. Many purple cubes fall from above to form a rectangle. A right-slanted yellow rectangle and a green square also fall from above. The yellow rectangle slants left and settles on the left, while the green square slants right and settles on the right. The balls in the Mickey Mouse icon bounce onto the green square. The text "DiSNEY" in the corporate font zooms out and settles on the yellow rectangle. Below, a green rectangular banner with the white word "VIDEOS" unfolds to the right.
Trivia:
This was used in international territories from the beginning of 1995 to mid-2005; for example, on 1995 releases of Pocahontas, 101 Dalmatians and One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing, on 1998 releases of Flubber, and on some Disney's Sing-Along Songs tapes. On early releases in some countries, this logo was used concurrently with the 3rd logo, then again with the 2001 WDHE logo on early 2000's releases. It was last seen on a Mexican Tarzan VHS tape from 2005, which did not have the 2001 logo.
Despite being seen on a disproportionate number of PAL tapes, this logo was originated at 30p.
In some countries, this was the de facto Feature Presentation bumper, or was used to signal that the next trailers were for video releases.
Variants:
On most UK VHS releases, the logo was remade with some changes. The background is solid purple (so the purple cubes don't appear) and the green square is white. The font for "VIDEOS" is also different. An announcer is often heard. This was first seen on the 1995 UK VHS release of The Return of Jafar, and appears on many other tapes from 1995 right through to 2001 (one exception being Tiny Toy Stories, which used the standard version instead). Despite the UK being a PAL country, this was animated at 24p and was not sped up to accommodate the format.
There is also a version in a promo where the logo is already formed, but the text "Which one is missing from your collection?" fades in from left to right.
There was also a Japanese version of this logo introduced in 1997 and appearing as late as 1999; where the gradient background is purple/lavender (this also appears on some UK VHS releases, e.g. My Favorite Martian).
The above variant also has a variant on Sing-Along Songs from Hercules, in which similar to the one on the 5th logo, the opening theme plays and the logo is sped up to fit it. For unknown reasons, the UK VHS release of Collection of All Time Favourites merely uses the regular UK version of the logo before going straight to the opening.
A variant with the gradient background being light gray/white, with the logo elements casting a shadow on the floor, appears before the anti-piracy video on Argentinian tapes of the period, as well as certain 1994 Mexican tapes.
On some German tapes, the logo is extended, with the screen flowing through the copyright notice, with differently colored rectangles being put on each other with a phrase on each separate rectangle leaving behind the following message: "Liebe Videofreunde! (purple rectangle, white text) Willkommen in der wunderbaren welt von Walt Disney! (yellow rectangle, red text) Unsere Videofilme zeichnen sich dadurch aus, daß sind für die ganze Familie gedacht sind, Spaß machen, die Fantasie anregen, und wichtige moralische Werte vermitteln! (green rectangle, white text) Wir empfehlen, daß sich Ihre Kinder nur Programme anschauen, die für ihr Alter geeignet sind. (purple rectangle, white text) Deshalb möchten wir Sie bitten, auf die Einstufung der Freiwilligen Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft (FSK) zu achten, die die Freigabe eines Films ab einer bestimmten Altersgruppe beurteilt! (yellow rectangle, red text, FSK label saying "Freigegeben ohne Altersbeschränkung gemäß § 7 JÖSchG FSK") Ideal wäre es, wenn Sie den Film gemeinsam mit Ihren Kinder erleben! (green rectangle, white text) Disney wünscht Ihnen dabei viel Vergnügen! (purple rectangle, white text)". At the end of the warning, the purple cubes cover the last rectangle and the animation continues normally, except that the slogan "BEGEISTERN EIN LEBEN LANG" appears below.
A Spanish soundtrack promo has "AUDIO" instead of "VIDEOS".
Commercials for Disney Hebrew VHS releases replace the word "VIDEOS" with "למכירה בווידאו". One variant uses a different font than the other.
There is also a different variant on promos from Australia, Japan and some trailers from the UK where the "VIDEOS" banner is glowing in white, there is a sparkle on the Mickey Mouse icon and on "DiSNEY", and it has darker shadows and brighter colors. A Japanese version has a bigger green banner.
A filmed variant of the promotional version appears on an Australian cinema trailer for the VHS release of The Lion King.
A singular variant found on Italian tapes has the "S" part of the "VIDEOS" banner cut off, leaving only "VIDEO". A version of this has the logo slowed down and with a copyright notice on the bottom right.
A 2-D version of this logo appears at the beginning of Disney promos on Brazilian tapes. This can be seen in animated and still forms. The animated version has the rectangles flying in to form the logo.
A different variant was spotted on Mexican tapes: the background is purple with a "DiSNEY" wallpaper. The Mickey Mouse balls (which now have a greenish tint) are seen floating around, then many yellow pieces fall from the top of the screen and form an oval. The words "DiSNEY" and "VIDEOS" zoom out and place themselves on the oval while the Mickey Mouse icon moves to the top of the oval.
There is a still variant on some 1997 tapes from the U.S. where "VIDEOS" is cut off, the yellow rectangle is an oval and the Mickey Mouse icon is teal. This was seen at the end of the Timeless Classics promo during the opening previews.
A variant found on a German DVD/VHS promo of Dinosaur (Dinosaurier) has the logo next to the Disney DVD logo in a black background.
A Japanese TV commercial has the logo placed on a Christmas tree.
A still variant appears on the 1997 Italian VHS release (and its 2001 reissue) of Dumbo, due to plastering the RKO Radio Pictures, Universal Films (which appeared on the film's 1971 Italian theatrical reissue) and the Buena Vista logos respectively.
Some Italian promos feature the Italian print logo variant. On the promo for A Goofy Movie, the logo is on a white background and is zoomed out, while on a promo from a Jungle Cubs VHS has the logo on a blue gradient background and the logo is zoomed in.
On the Mainland Chinese VCD release of Mulan, the logo immediately begins when the left small ball bounces up, possibly due to a mastering error.
Technique: CGI animation.
Audio: A very short orchestral rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" (different from the versions used on the Walt Disney Pictures logos) ending with an orchestral hit. Sometimes, the logo is seen silent.
Audio Variants:
On some Swedish, Italian, Norwegian, Danish, and Finnish Disney tapes, an announcer says the same announcement as the respective variants of the 5th logo, but with the following changes:
Swedish: The same announcement as the second Swedish variant of the 5th logo, but with "Från Walt Disney Videos" instead of "Från Walt Disney Home Video".
Italian: The same announcement as the Italian variant of the 5th logo. There are two variants, with one keeping the name "Walt Disney Home Video" and the other abridging it to "Disney Video".
Norwegian: The same announcement as the Norwegian variant of the 5th logo, but with "Walt Disney Videos" instead of "Walt Disney Home Video".
Danish: "Walt Disney Videos præsenterer en verden fuld med magi, som kan bli din for evigt!"
Finnish: The same announcement as the second Finnish variant of the 5th logo, but with "Walt Disney videot" instead of "Walt Disney kotivideot".
On UK VHS releases, the logo was often used as a bumper with one of the following said by a voice-over (John Sachs):
Available now on Disney Videos.
Coming soon from Disney Videos.
Also available from Disney Videos. (until 1997)
Watch out for future releases from Disney Videos. (1995 only)
Watch out for future releases. Coming soon, from Disney Videos. (1995 only)
The American variant has Mark Elliot saying, "Three/four more great reasons to visit the Disney section of your store, only from Walt Disney Home Video!"
On the German extended variant, a different track is heard and an announcer reads the message phrase-by-phrase. There are also other variants of the logo, more in-line with the US variant, where the same German announcer is heard for announcements.
On the 1996 Mexican release of Walt Disney Mini Clásicos: Bongo, the first part of the Disney is Magic song (as heard during the anti-piracy notices on some other tapes) is heard, before fading out.
On the 1998 UK VHS re-release of Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Under The Sea, the theme from the 5th logo is used. This likely due to an attempt to plaster the 5th logo with the UK variant of this logo, and as such, stays on-screen for a bit longer.
An early 2010's Disney Channel Russia airing of Angels in the Infield has an announcer saying "Disney Videos" at the end of the logo.
Availability: This is seen on releases outside the United States and Canada.
It was seen on the 2015 Region 4 DVD reprints of Tarzan and Oliver & Company (due to them being reprints of the 2000 and 2001 releases, respectively; this is due to an exclusive promotion at Big W, as they are re-releasing most Walt Disney Pictures films on DVD with limited edition packaging as with the UK).
As mentioned above, the American variant is quite rare, but can be seen at the end of the Timeless Classics promo on 1997 VHS tapes such as Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin and Sleeping Beauty. Other than that, this logo is not known to have appeared at all in the United States and Canada (the 1983 logo, at least, is confirmed to have appeared on a few Spanish-language tapes in the United States in 1986).
This logo is also found on the UK DVD releases of A Goofy Movie, A Bug's Life, The Tigger Movie as well as the first two Toy Story films either separately or on The Ultimate Toy Box set (despite the USA discs being completely different than the separate releases).
It also appears in place of the "The Ring" logo on the Region 4 DVD releases of 102 Dalmatians and The Parent Trap (possibly due to being a reprint of an earlier release in the case of the latter).
It also makes an appearance on a Region 4 Single Disc DVD reprint of Dinosaur (possibly due to being a reprint of the original 2001 single disc DVD release).
The Region 4 DVD release (and later Walt Disney Collection reprint) of Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search For Christopher Robin does not have this logo, it has the Disney Video Premiere logo instead.
It also shows up on the 2003 Australian Special Edition DVD release of 101 Dalmatians (1996 live-action remake), even though Australian VHS/DVD releases were using the Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo at the time (it could mean that the DVD was going to be released at some stage in 2001, but it was delayed).
It also appears on the 1st Australian Single Disc DVD release (and later Buena Vista Single Disc DVD reissue) of A Bug's Life.
It also appears on the Australian Walt Disney Classics Collection DVD releases of The AristoCats, Oliver & Company and Pocahontas (and their later Walt Disney Collection DVD reprints), however, the Australian Walt Disney Classics Collection VHS releases of The AristoCats and Oliver & Company use the Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo instead.
On the 1st Australian VHS release of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, the logo is seen in place of the Walt Disney Pictures logo that was used for the film.
It also appears on the 1st Australian Single Disc DVD releases (and the later Buena Vista reprints of said single disc DVD's) of Toy Story and Toy Story 2.
Disney's final UK VHS releases have the Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo.
It was also spotted on many international LaserDisc releases such as the French release of Toy Story and on many Japanese releases such as Tiny Toy Stories, A Bug's Life and The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (the last LaserDisc released by Disney there), either using the purple background or original variants.
This does not appear on UK LaserDisc releases distributed by Encore Entertainment such as Toy Story (the first Disney films released by the company) as it cuts straight to the film as soon as either the disc starts playing or after the warning screen.
It also plasters over the RKO, Universal Films and Buena Vista logos respectively on the 1997 Italian VHS release of Dumbo (along with its 2001 reissue).
The UK variant also appears on the 1995 UK VHS release of A Disney Christmas Gift, the 1997 UK VHS release of The Animal Shelf: Stripey To The Rescue, the 2000 UK VHS releases of Hilltop Hospital: Heart Trouble At Hilltop, Spot's Show And Other Musical Adventures and Dog And Duck: The Best Of Friends, and the 2001 UK VHS release of Fetch The Vet: Fetch To The Rescue, respectively, among many others.
9th Logo (February 1998-May 8, 2001)
Gold text variant
Superimposed variant
Visuals: Essentially just the Persian blue words "WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO" in a fancy serif font on a black background.
Variants:
Sometimes, the text is smaller. A version of this is shorter.
There is a variant, also with smaller text, where the text is in a slightly different font and is two-dimensional; this one especially looks similar to the 1983 movie logo.
A prototype of this logo with gold text appears on the demo VHS of RocketMan, where the text is in a slightly different font and "HOME VIDEO" is smaller than "WALT DISNEY".
A superimposed version with a planet in a starfield background can be seen on the trailer of RocketMan on the VHS of Mr. Magoo.
Technique: A digital graphic.
Audio: Same as the 7th logo or none.
Availability: This logo appears on a lot of low-priority live action titles as well as movies co-produced by Caravan Pictures, such as Rocketman and Inspector Gadget. Titles that include this logo are Summer of the Monkeys (U.S. releases only), The Parent Trap (1998 remake), Remember the Titans, and various TV movies made for The Wonderful World of Disney.
The two-dimensional text variant can be seen on Winnie the Pooh: A Birthday Party in the Hundred Acre Wood.
The last tape to use this logo was The Miracle Worker. It is also seen on some trailers, including the home video trailers for Summer of the Monkeys and Inspector Gadget.
Walt Disney Home Entertainment (2001-2007)
Logo (July 17, 2001-February 5, 2008)
Blue background, 4:3
Blue background, 16:9
Blue background, 4:3 (alternate)
Blue background, 16:9 (alternate)
Blue background, 16:9 (Blu-ray)
Blue background (16:9 stretched to 4:3)
Black background, 4:3
Black background, 16:9
Black background, 16:9 (Blu-Ray)
German warning screen variant
Alternate German warning screen variant
"Walt Disney" variant
Japanese promotional variant (Purple background; with clock time shown on top left)
Spanish promotional variant (Blue background)
Christmas tree variant
Visuals: A bright flash appears with the "D" of the text "WALT DiSNEY" (in the familiar signature font) inside of it, both of which are zooming out on a blue (or black) space background. When everything is at a comfortable distance at the top of the screen, the flash forms an abstract shining star below "WALT DiSNEY", and the light spreads out to form a glowing arc. When this is finished, "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" fades in underneath the arc.
Variants:
Sometimes, the logo would be stretched vertically, with the "WALT DiSNEY" text preserved in its original size, and the stars would be smaller.
There is a short version of the logo which was used on several trailers and ads from August 2001-October 2007. This was also used on VHS and DVD piracy promos from 2001-2005.
German VHS tapes have the same message from the German extended version of the Disney Videos logo scrolling upwards into the arc, this time all without rectangles and in gold, and with the FSK label replacing part of the text. After the message is done, Tinker Bell appears and touches the star, letting the rest of the logo continue before she flies offscreen. She then returns to fly into the background.
Japanese and Spanish commercials for home video releases use a flat model of the logo on a purple or blue background.
On a Spanish home video and DVD commercial for Beauty and the Beast (La Bella y la Bestia), the "Home Entertainment" text is omitted.
Commercials for the home video release of Winter Wonderland have a Christmas tree behind the logo.
On Blu-ray releases, the first variant listed above is used, the frame rate is decreased from 60fps to 23.76fps, and a motion blur effect is added to the "WALT DiSNEY" text.
On South African VHS releases, a stretched 4:3 version of the 16:9 variant is used.
Technique: CGI.
Audio:
July 17, 2001-December 18, 2007: A whoosh, then an orchestral/choir note with some bells.
October 17, 2006-February 5, 2008: A different orchestral theme with a woodwind section. This was first used on the 2006 Blu-ray of Glory Road, and it replaced the 2001 theme entirely with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey Saves Santa (however, Disney's last VHS tapes, the 2007 Blu-ray of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the 2007 DVD of Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, all 2006-Early 2010s Thai VCDs, the Singapore VCD of Cars, the Indian VCD of Ratatouille and the 2008 South Korean VHS and Indian VCD of WALL-E all used the 2001 music).
Audio Variants:
There is a shorter version of the 2001 tune occasionally used on the short variant. A few NTSC DVD releases from December 2001-August 2002 have this audio plastered on the full-length logo.
The German version has the same tune that was used in the German extended variant of the Disney Videos logo.
Trailers and TV spots use the opening theme of the trailer.
Availability: It can be found on DVD, UMD, VCD, VHS and Blu-ray Disc releases from the era, some of which are still in print.
This was first seen on the VHS release of The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart (although the regular WDHV logo is on the label and packaging, as well as the DVD release), and was last seen on the 2008 DVD of The Aristocats.
The blue background version is used for animated releases while the black background version is used for live-action releases.
However, this isn't always the case. Live-action releases that used the blue background variant include the 2005 Kermit's 50th Anniversary DVD re-releases of four Muppet movies (including Muppet Treasure Island), the Region 2/4 DVD release of Bedknobs and Broomsticks, and the 2006 Disney Movie Club VHS release of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as well as Bear in the Big Blue House VHS and DVD releases from 2004 and 2005. The animated products that used the black background variant were a House of Mouse single episode DVD, a trailer for the Aladdin: Platinum Edition VHS and DVD, a trailer for Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street, as well as the 2006 Disney Movie Club VHS releases of Brother Bear 2 and The Wild.
This was seen on 2002 French VHS releases of The Great Mouse Detective (Basil, détective privé) and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Atlantide, l'empire perdu).
As for VHS, this logo appeared late in the format's life and can be seen on the first Platinum Editions, as well as on Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and Baby Einstein videos released between 2002-2005; among others.
The last VHS releases to use this logo were the 2007 VHS releases of Cars, the Platinum Edition of The Little Mermaid, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Invincible, and the 2006/2007 demo VHS of Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, all of which were exclusively for the Disney Movie Club and thus are very hard to find.
This logo does not appear anywhere on most Pixar releases; instead, the box art uses the print Buena Vista Home Entertainment logo, while the discs/tapes themselves cut straight to the opening previews or, in the case of the 2003 DVDs of Finding Nemo (disc 1) and A Bug's Life, the DVD menu. Ratatouille and The Pixar Short Films Collection: Vol. 1 also have this on their respective covers, but the former has the next logo while the latter has no Disney logo at all. However, the VHS releases of The Incredibles and Cars do have this, as well as the latter's original Blu-ray prints from 2007 and the 2003 UK DVD of A Bug's Life. It was also seen on the 2008 South Korean VHS of WALL-E along with the KD Media logo, despite the fact the South Korean DVD uses the next logo and no KD Media logo. The 2003 Australian 2-Disc Special Edition DVD of A Bug's Life has this logo as well.
It also appears on the 2012 Special Edition DVD print of The Aristocats, itself a reprint of the 2008 release, and the 2013 DVD releases of the TV shows Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, DuckTales, Darkwing Duck, and Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, which are all reprints from the original 2005-2007 releases.
This also appears on 2003-2006 releases of Studio Ghibli titles in the US which include My Neighbors the Yamadas and Porco Rosso, among others (the logo is removed on the 2010 US reprints of Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service, alongside the US Disney Blu-ray versions of all Ghibli movies they released, all of which use the next logo).
It appeared on some Chinese Studio Ghibli VCD releases from the time, such as Porco Rosso and Castle in the Sky, appearing after the China Audio & Video Publishing House logo and Disney warning screen. Some Ghibli films would have BVHE logos, or no Disney logos at all.
The 2002 Region 4 DVD releases of The Aristocats and Oliver & Company also do not have this logo, despite it being on the cover; they just use the 1995 Disney Videos logo (but their VHS counterparts have this logo). This logo also makes an appearance on the 2015 DVD release of DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (itself a reprint of the original 2006 Disney Movie Club exclusive DVD release).
It also appeared on the 2015 Region 4 DVD reprints of The Rescuers Down Under, Chicken Little, Meet the Robinsons, The Emperor's New Groove, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Lilo & Stitch, Home on the Range, Brother Bear, Treasure Planet, Robin Hood, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Rescuers, The Sword in the Stone, Hercules, and The Great Mouse Detective (presumably reprints of their original releases dating from 2001-07; this is due to an exclusive promotion at Big W, who re-released most Walt Disney films on DVD with limited edition packaging), but cuts to the previews on Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Cars, the menu on A Bug's Life, and the next logo is on Ratatouille.
Despite its domestic retirement in 2008, VCDs released in Asian region continued to use this logo until late-2011. In case of Indonesian VCDs, this logo was used in tandem with the Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment logo from 2009 to 2011.
This and the 2001 Disney DVD logo also appear on the 2013 UK DVD release of Make Mine Music, possibly because the disc master was most likely prepared for a 2006 release, but was not released until 2013 for unknown reasons.
This logo was also spotted on the Indian VCD releases of Ratatouille and WALL-E despite the WDSHE logo used on DVD and Blu-ray releases.
On the 2001 Platinum Edition DVD of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, this logo does not show up; it instead goes straight from the Warning Screens to the DVD menu.
It occasionally makes appearances on other BVHE releases:
This appeared at the start of the Mexican VHS release of Daredevil VS. Spider-Man instead of the Buena Vista Home Entertainment logo.
This appeared on the French UMD for PSP release of The Sixth Sense (Sixième Sens, a Hollywood Pictures film!), and also on a Thai VCD release of Touchstone Pictures' Deja Vu (the Buena Vista Home Entertainment logo was however seen before the previews).
The RNIB audio described VHSes of Finding Nemo and The Incredibles doesn’t have this logo, as it goes straight to the film after the warning screen.
Legacy: Much like the 1st and 5th WDHV logos, this is a popular logo among collectors.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
1st Logo (November 6, 2007-August 25, 2009)
2007 logo
"Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment" variant
Visuals: The logo starts out with clips from Disney movies and TV shows. It differs depending on the country or era the DVD was released in, but the first 3 always remain the same: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Peter Pan, and The Princess Diaries. The camera then zooms out, revealing a wall of hundreds of clips from various Disney films. More and more clips fly out, replacing some others. One by one, the words "MOVIES.", "MAGIC.", and "MORE." zoom and fade out. Then, all the clips come together to form the 2006 Disney castle. The ring gets drawn around the castle as usual, then "DiSNEY", in the famous script, fades in below. Once the logo fades out, a screen that shows the text "AVAILABLE ON DVD (or DiSNEY DVD) and DiSNEY Blu-Ray Disc (or DiSNEY Blu-Ray HI-DEF)" (with the DVD (or Disney DVD) and Disney Blu-Ray Disc (or Disney Blu-Ray) logos being shown) and all of the films featured shown below the text.
Trivia: While this is considered as a promo instead of a usual logo, the appearance and positioning (albeit different from this and the next logo below) of the "DiSNEY" text would be used to replace the "WALT DiSNEY PICTURES" text on current films starting in 2011 with The Muppets, only it would appear out of the pixie dust coming out of the castle gate, instead of simply fading in.
Variants:
The clips may differ depending on the country or era the DVD or Blu-ray was released in.
On most releases with the 2007 variant of this logo, a black screen briefly advertising many of the films featured in the logo appears after it ends.
There is a still closing variant seen at the end of Snow Buddies, Space Buddies, Santa Buddies and Spooky Buddies where the logo reads "WALT DiSNEYSTUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT".
Technique: CGI effects.
Audio: The overture from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (also used as the theme of the 1991 Morgan Creek logo, albeit a short version), composed by Michael Kamen. On the Pirates of the Caribbean clip, Jack Sparrow (played by Johnny Depp) says "We have our heading.", and on the Peter Pan clip, the titular character (voiced by Bobby Driscoll) says "Here we GOOOOO!" After the Peter Pan clip, Tony Rodgers says "From the magic within our hearts... to the adventure beyond the horizon... there is only one Disney." After Rodgers finishes speaking, the fanfare rises to a beautiful, triumphant state and ends with a majestic climax with an added cymbal sound.
Audio Variant: Foreign language versions of this logo exist. In them, the sound of cymbals have been completely removed and the Pirates of the Caribbean clip would either be dubbed or subbed (like in the Dutch variant).
Availability: This is considered to be more of a promo than a regular logo.
First appeared on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Ratatouille and appeared on a majority of releases from the late 2000s afterward until the 10th Anniversary Edition release of The Tigger Movie. Some of the releases are still in print.
A few DVD and Blu-ray releases after Ratatouille like Cinderella II: Dreams Come True continued to use the 2001 Walt Disney Home Entertainment logo until February 5, 2008.
It also appears on a small number of non-Disney releases from Buena Vista, like the 2009 British/Irish DVD of The Secret of Kells.
This logo does not appear on the 2019 reissues of Ratatouille and WALL-E; they just go straight to the opening previews, despite being reprints of their original DVD and Blu-ray releases.
2nd Logo (March 4, 2008-)
Normal variant
Christmas Variant
4:3 variant (seen on VCD's)
4:3 letterbox variant
TV spot variant (Shifted up "Disney" text)
Only seen on the 2010 Blu-Ray 3D releases of A Christmas Carol and Bolt.
"Walt Disney Studios" Blu-Ray Screensaver
Blu-Ray Screensaver with no text
"Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment" version
Visuals: Essentially just the tail end of the 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo, except with the text replaced by “Disney” in the famous script, in an identical manner to both the previous logo and the 2011 variant (although in a different position than the 2011 and previous logos). It either cuts in (May 20, 2008-August 12, 2014) or fades in (March 4, 2008; August 12, 2014-).
Variants:
March 4, 2008: The logo is largely shortened, and the "Disney" text is in the same position as the previous logo. The logo also fades in. Only seen on the 2008 Platinum Edition release of 101 Dalmatians (Disc 2 only).
May 20, 2008-August 12, 2014 (2015 in the Philippines): The logo starts exactly at the arc drawing, and cuts in from black.
November 16-December 10, 2010: The full film logo is used as a de-facto home video logo. Only appears on the 2010 Blu-ray 3D releases of A Christmas Carol and Bolt.
2011-2012: The logo is still and the text is changed to "WALT DiSNEY" (in the famous script) and "STUDIOS" underneath. This can also appear as a loading screen with the river flowing when the Blu-ray starts. After 2012, the text is removed, leaving just the castle.
November 13, 2012-August 12, 2014: The logo sequence is extended much like the film counterpart's logo. It also lacks the fade in and fade out. This first appeared on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Brave, and lasted until August 2014, with the 2014 Special Edition release of Hercules being the last release to use this. This is also used for all Disney DVD and Blu-ray releases, starting with the DVD and Blu-ray release of Monsters University, the 2013 DVD and Blu-ray releases of Mickey's Christmas Carol and Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year.
August 12, 2014-: Same as the May 2008 variation, except it is slightly extended, starting where the camera settles to the final angle. This time, the logo fades in.
On 3D Blu-ray releases, the text "DiSNEY" zooms while fading in. This applies to this logo and the 2011 Walt Disney Pictures logo.
There is a Christmas variant with Christmas lights decorating the castle, a darker sky, and the "DiSNEY" text (in its 2007 form) glowing.
A still variant with the "Disney" text shifted up also exists, which appears on some TV spots, much like the variant from Jungle Cruise.
On the World of Wonder demo disc, the scope version of the 2006 film logo is used, except "STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT" replaces “PICTURES”.
On the UK DVD release of Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy, the logo is in 4:3 letterbox.
Technique: CGI animation by Wētā Digital and yU + co.
Audio:
March 4, 2008-August 12, 2014: The end of the previous logo's music (with the drumroll and a cymbal crash absent), taken from the overture of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (similar to the early fanfare of the second Morgan Creek logo), composed by Michael Kamen, sometimes in low-pitch or high-pitch.
November 16, 2010-August 12, 2014: The full 2006 theme, written and composed by Mark Mancina, and co-arranged and orchestrated by David Metzger.
2011-2012: The logo is silent.
August 12, 2014-: Just the end of the 2006 theme.
Availability: This can be seen on the main feature on both Disney-branded DVDs and Blu-rays since 2008, starting with Disc 2 of the 2008 Platinum Edition release of 101 Dalmatians.
It also appears on Volumes 1-2 of Goof Troop and Volume 3 of TaleSpin on DVD.
This logo does not appear on releases from other Disney labels as they all just use their own logos, and in the case of Marvel's The Avengers and Iron Man 3, also use Paramount Home Media Distribution's logos, while some releases like the Japanese DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Mary and the Witch's Flower and Modest Heroes, as well as all 4K Ultra HD releases, have no logos at all.
This however, does appear on most Indonesian VCDs of the aforementioned Disney labels from 2010 onwards, with a few notable exceptions such as I Am Number Four, Need For Speed (2014), and Ant-Man.
This also appears at the start of the 2010 Thai VCD release of When in Rome (a Touchstone Pictures film), before the previews (the 1987 Touchstone Home Entertainment logo is seen before the film), and an Indian re-issue VCD of Armageddon.
It can also be seen on the UK DVD release of Walt Disney Treasures: The Complete Goofy, due to it being released 7 years after its initial USA release.
The Christmas variant was shown on the trailer for The Search for Santa Paws.
It is also found on many international releases that lack previews while it was in tandem with the previous logo such as the Australian Blu-ray release of WALL-E.
This can be found on the 2023 Blu-ray of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, but it does not appear on the disc itself.
Visuals: On a blue background, the words "HERE ARE SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS FROM OTHER WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEOCASSETTES" are seen to the upper left corner of the screen in yellow text.
Technique: Chyron effects generated by a Character Generator unit.
Audio: None.
Availability: This was typically seen at the end of Disney films released on video at the time, either for sale or rental; though in general, it's not that easy to find given these releases were in home video's early days and it only lasted a year and a half. It depends on the tape label, the date it was printed in (a print date is usually seen on the spine of the videotape), and a few other factors. Some examples include the very first printing of the 1982 VHS of A Walt Disney Christmas, the 1981 VHS of Pollyanna, and the 1981 VHS of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
2nd Bumper (April-September 1982)
Visuals: On a black background, the Walt Disney Home Video logo (with Sorcerer Mickey) appears with the words "Also available from" above; everything is colored in teal-ish grey and outlined in white. The copyright date is below the logo.
Technique: Digital graphic.
Audio: None.
Availability: This was an alternate variant of the first bumper. It's possible to find it via the details listed on the first bumper's section. (i.e tape labels, print dates, the label design, or the VHS cover.)
3rd Bumper (July 16, 1985-February 28, 1989)
Visuals: On a black background, the following white bumper text is seen in a plain white font.
Bumpers:
Coming to a Theatre near you, in the summer of 1985 (in a bold Helvetica Font)
Coming Soon (in Helvetica Narrow font)
Coming Soon from Walt Disney Home Video (in a bold Helvetica Font)
Now on Walt Disney Home Video... (in an italic Times New Roman font)
Coming Soon from Touchstone Home Video ("Touchstone Home Video" is done using their logo; the text is colored turquoise)
Coming to Theatres in October 1986 from Touchstone Films (in a condensed Futura Bold font)
And now, a preview of another blockbuster hit, from Touchstone Home Video (Seen on the 1988 VHS reissue of Tin Men, and the original 1988 VHS releases of Hello Again, D.O.A., Shoot to Kill, and Good Morning, Vietnam)
Ask your dealer about this hit title, from Touchstone Home Video (Seen on the 1988 VHS release of The Rescue and the 1989 VHS release of Big Business)
And now, a preview of another blockbuster hit. (Only seen on the 1988 VHS release of The Rescue)
A special Public Service Announcement (Only seen on the original 1987 VHS release of Outrageous Fortune and the 1988 VHS releases of Adventures in Babysitting (1987) and Can’t Buy Me Love)
Feature Presentation
Notre Présentation de Long Métrage (Our Feature Film Presentation)
Variants: The font and size varies by tape.
The "Coming Soon from Walt Disney Home Video" bumper is displayed on a black-blue gradient background. This precedes a trailer for The Journey of Natty Gann.
On the 1986 VHS release of My Science Project, preceding a trailer for Down and Out in Beverly Hills, the "COMING SOON" text is dark blue and in quotation marks.
On several 1986 VHS releases that open with trailers for The Journey of Natty Gann and The Sword in the Stone, a bumper appears in between the trailers with reused footage from an early Disney Channel bumper featuring Sorcerer Mickey. A short musical sting from The Sorcerer's Apprentice (from Fantasia) is heard, with the 80s Disney Channel announcer, Jerry Bishop, saying "And here's what's coming soon!" over the bumper.
An early variant of the "Ask Your Video Dealer..." bumper exists, where the text is still and instead reads "Ask your video dealer now about this hit title also from Touchstone Home Video." Grant Goodeve reads the text as usual, only his tone is different. This version was first seen on the 1988 VHS of Stakeout, the first tape to include these bumpers, and later appeared on the 1988 VHS releases of Three Men and a Baby and Adventures in Babysitting (1987).
"And now, a preview" sub-variants:
On the 1988 VHS release of Hello Again, the text is seen in an all-caps Impact font.
On the 1988 VHS release of Shoot to Kill, a still version of the bumper is seen in between the two trailers on the tape.
Feature Presentation sub-variants:
On the 1988 VHS releases of Can't Buy Me Love and Hello Again, the letters are in a different font and italicized.
On the 1988 VHS release of Adventures in Babysitting (1987), a special animated variant is used. The text is the same as the 1st variant, but in gold. It then rotates around once, revealing it’s interlocked with the film's logo, and thus rests on that. The logo then shines and flies away into the top left corner of the screen.
On the 1988 Canadian French VHS release of Shoot to Kill, the text instead reads "Notre Presentation de long metrage".
One variant of the "A special public service announcement" bumper exists, where the background is orange red and the text is bolder. This version is only seen on the original 1987 VHS release of Outrageous Fortune.
Technique: Digital graphic.
Audio: Originally silent, until 1988, when it just had an announcer saying the following for two of the bumpers:
Ask Your Video Dealer: "Ask your video dealer now about this hit title, also from Touchstone Home Video." Voiced by Grant Goodeve, later credited as the voice of the Engineer in Team Fortress 2.
Feature Presentation: "And now, our feature presentation from Touchstone Home Video." Voiced by Brian Cummings, well-known Disney bumper/commercial/trailer announcer and later credited as the voices of Doofus Drake in DuckTales (1987), Ranger McRanger in ChalkZone, and Sokolov in Metal Gear Solid 3.
Audio Variants (FP only):
The 1988 VHS release of Good Morning, Vietnam had the announcer saying, "And now for our feature presentation, Good Morning, Vietnam."
On the 1988-89 VHS releases of Three Men and a Baby, Shoot to Kill, The Rescue, and Big Business, the announcer says, "And now, our feature presentation."
On the 1988 VHS reissue of Tough Guys, a rock-and-roll tune plays, and the announcer says, "And now, from Touchstone Home Video, our feature presentation, Tough Guys."
On the 1988 VHS releases of Hello Again and Can't Buy Me Love, the song "Real Wild Child" by Iggy Pop, notably featured in the preceding trailer for Adventures in Babysitting, is heard in the background.
Similar audio is used for the animated variation on the 1988 VHS release of Adventures in Babysitting (1987), except the excerpt from the previously mentioned song is slightly muffled and the announcer adds, "...Adventures in Babysitting."
The 1988 VHS re-release of Outrageous Fortune has the announcer adding, "...Outrageous Fortune."
On the 1988 Canadian French VHS release of Shoot to Kill, a French announcer reads the text.
Availability: It is slightly easier to spot than the first two bumpers. Initially used on Walt Disney Home Video releases, they were relegated to use on Touchstone Home Video tapes in 1986.
The "Summer of 1985" bumper is seen on early printings of the 1985 Classics video release of Pinocchio (1940), following the theatrical trailer for The Black Cauldron.
The original "Coming Soon" version is seen on the original video releases of Return to Oz, The Blue Yonder, and The Small One, all released in December 1985.
The "Coming Soon from Walt Disney Home Video" and Sorcerer Mickey bumpers appear on VHS releases from March 1986, including The Living Desert, Charley and the Angel, Lots of Luck, The Ugly Dachshund, and the first six volumes of Wonderful World of Disney Double Feature.
The "Now on Walt Disney Home Video..." bumper can be spotted on VHS releases from April 1986, including Return from Witch Mountain, The Horse Without a Head, The Flight of the Grey Wolf, Elfego Baca: Six Gun Law, and Almost Angels.
The "Coming Soon from Touchstone Home Video" variant can be seen on VHS releases of Wildside.
The "Coming to Theatres in October 1986 from Touchstone Films" variant appears on the 1986 VHS releases of Down and Out in Beverly Hills and Off Beat, preceding a trailer for Tough Guys.
The later versions of the bumpers, with the voiceover, debuted on the 1988 VHS reissues of Tin Men and Outrageous Fortune, making their first new release appearance on the 1988 VHS of Stakeout. The entire bumper in general, last appeared on the 1989 VHS of Big Business.
A custom 1988 French Feature Presentation bumper was spotted on Arachnophobia.
4th Bumper (April 18, 1989-May 27, 1992; September 18, 1992)
Visuals: On a black background, any one of the bumpers below swiftly appear in a Clarendon font depending on the bumper. It may either fly up and down, respectively, and then shine, fly up and then shine, fly in from the right and shine, or it may simply shine while otherwise being still.
Bumpers:
Also from Touchstone (First appeared on the original 1989 VHS release of Beaches; last appeared on the 1991 VHS releases of Mr. Destiny and Three Men and a Little Lady.)
Touchstone Présente Également (Touchstone Also Presents) (Appeared on Betsy's Wedding as of far.)
Coming to Theatres (Seen on the 1990 Classics VHS release of Peter Pan (1953), and the original 1991 VHS release of White Fang.)
Coming on Videocassette (First seen on the 1991 VHS release of Mr. Destiny as a still image; the fully animated version was first seen on the 1991 VHS release of Run and last seen on the 1992 VHS release of So Dear to My Heart.)
Now on Videocassette (Seen on the 1990 Classics VHS release of Peter Pan (1953) and the original 1991 VHS release of Shipwrecked as a still image.)
Also on Video (Seen on the 1991 Hollywood Pictures VHS releases of The Marrying Man, One Good Cop, and V.I. Warshawski.)
Also from Walt Disney Home Video (This was seen on the 1991 VHS release of Three Men and a Little Lady)
Coming this March to Videocassette (This was seen on the 1992 demo tapes of Paradise and The Doctor.)
Stay Tooned (This always preceded a trailer for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and was seen on the original 1989 VHS releases of Cocktail, Heartbreak Hotel, Beaches, Ernest Saves Christmas, and Three Fugitives.)
Behind the Scenes (Exclusively seen on the 1989 VHS of Cocktail before a music video preview for Heartbreak Hotel.)
Feature Presentation
Programme Principal (Main Program/Feature Presentation)
Trivia: Most of these bumpers were relegated exclusively to Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures VHS releases, however the Feature Presentation bumper was used on many Disney releases of the time.
Variants:
The color scheme varies for each bumper.
On the 1991 VHS release of Mr. Destiny, only the sparkling/shining animation on the "Coming on Videocassette" bumper is shown. This animation also occurs, but from right to left, on the "Now On Videocassette" bumper on the original 1991 VHS release of Shipwrecked.
On a 1991 promotional VHS release featuring clips from both Run and Shipwrecked, the bumper fades out much earlier and slower than usual.
On the original 1992 VHS releases of Deceived, Billy Bathgate, and Truly, Madly, Deeply, the "Coming on Videocassette" bumper cuts in a second later than usual.
On the "Also from Touchstone" bumper, the text is in Courier, the "Touchstone" text shines differently, and doesn't have any sparkle effects.
On the "Also on Video" bumper, the text is in a Lydian font. There are no sparkle effects on it.
On the "Also from Walt Disney Home Video" bumper, the titular logo is seen with the words "ALSO FROM" on top in Courier, connecting at a fast speed.
On the "Behind the Scenes" and "Feature Presentation" bumpers, the background is grey and the letters zoom in one by one from top to bottom instead of flying in. There are also no sparkle effects on them.
On the "Feature Presentation" bumper, the text is in gold.
Starting with the 1992 demo VHS releases of Deceived and Billy Bathgate and ending with the 1992 VHS of Truly, Madly, Deeply, Touchstone VHS tapes would have a variation of the "Feature Presentation" bumper using the normal black background and orange text.
On the "Stay Tooned" bumper, it is on a different grey background, the text is in a gold-red gradient Balloon font, and instead of shining, a flash forms behind them, and spawns a shadow.
On the "Coming this March to Videocassette" bumper, the text zooms in from the right top corner instead of connecting, and the text is more two dimensional. The text "shines" once centered on the screen.
The "Programme Principal" bumper uses the same animation as the "Feature Presentation" bumper, but it is a slightly different font and the background is black.
Technique: CGI animation.
Audio: The first eight notes of "Great Ovation" by Steve Gray from the Bruton Music library, a triumphant tune meant to invoke an award show atmosphere noteworthy for its prominence on most Walt Disney Home Video bumpers until 1999. An announcer (Brian Cummings, the same announcer as the previous two bumpers), is heard saying one of the following:
Coming to Theatres: "Coming to theaters from Walt Disney Pictures."
Coming on Videocassette: "Coming soon on videocassette!"
Now on Videocassette: "Don't miss this timeless Disney classic, now on videocassette."
Also from Touchstone: "Ask your video dealer about these hit titles, also from Touchstone Home Video."
Touchstone Présente Également:"Demandez a votre distributeur video au subject de ce grand succes aussi de Touchstone Home Video." (Ask your video distributor about this great success from Touchstone Home Video as well.)
Also on Video: "Ask your video dealer about these hit titles!"
Also from Walt Disney Home Video: "Coming, from Walt Disney Home Video."
Coming this March to Videocassette: "Coming from Touchstone Home Video."
Stay Tooned: "Stay tuned for the most fun ever on home video!"
Behind the Scenes: "Behind the scenes with Touchstone Home Video's Heartbreak Hotel."
Feature Presentation: "And now for our feature presentation."
Programme Principal:"Et maintenant, notre présentation de Long métrage." (And now, our feature film presentation.)
Audio Variants:
The version of the intro of "Great Ovation" used for the first two editions of the "Also from Touchstone" bumper along with the "Stay Tooned" and "Feature Presentation" bumpers sounds more intense and fades out earlier than normal. This is because the intro used for these bumpers was sampled directly from Great Ovation, while other bumpers used a special version specifically made to end in the time a bumper finishes.
The "Behind the Scenes" bumper has the ending of Great Ovation.
Coming to Theatres: On the 1991 VHS of White Fang, Brian Cummings says, "Coming to theaters soon."
Coming on Videocassette:
The variant on the 1991 VHS of Mr. Destiny that lacks the fly-in animation features Brian Cummings quickly saying "Coming on videocassette."
On the 1991 VHS release of White Fang, Brian Cummings quickly says, "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video."
On the 1991 VHS release of What About Bob?, Brian Cummings enthusiastically says, "Coming on videocassette!"
On an unknown demo tape from 1991, Brian Cummings says "Coming soon on videocassette." in a calmer tone of voice than usual. Along with its original energetic counterpart, this voiceover was reused for the 1992-94 bumpers.
On the demo VHS releases of Paradise and The Doctor, an edited version of the audio from the second version of the "Also from Touchstone" bumper is used where Brian Cummings only says "Also from Touchstone Home Video."
On the original VHS releases of Paradise and The Doctor, as well as the demo VHS releases of Deceived and Billy Bathgate, Brian Cummings says, "Coming from Touchstone Home Video."
The 1992 VHS release of So Dear to My Heart has the shortened version of "Great Ovation" heard on other bumpers from the time, with Mark Elliot saying, "Coming soon, from Walt Disney Home Video." This bumper crossfades into the start of the Beauty and the Beast (1991) video trailer.
Now on Videocassette: On the 1991 VHS release of Shipwrecked, Brian Cummings enthusiastically says, "Now on videocassette!"
Also from Touchstone:
On 1989 Touchstone Home Video tapes, a different announcer, Tom Kane, later credited as the voices of Monkey Fist in Kim Possible and Yoda in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, says, "Ask your video dealer about this hit title, also from Touchstone Home Video". As this version of the bumper only referred to one preview, this bumper appeared twice on the 1989 VHS releases of Three Fugitives and Turner & Hooch. The last tape to use this variation was the 1990 VHS of New York Stories, and the first tape to use the 1990 variation was the 1990 VHS of An Innocent Man.
On the 1991 VHS releases of Mr. Destiny and Three Men and a Little Lady, Brian Cummings says, "Ask your video dealer about this hit title...from Touchstone Home Video".
On the 1990 Laserdisc release of Dead Poets Society, no announcer is heard.
On the "Behind the Scenes" bumper, a more bombastic version of "Great Ovation" sourced from the last few seconds of the track is heard instead.
The "Also from Walt Disney Home Video" bumper used a sample of a different, majestic-sounding fanfare ("Pageantry (6)" as composed by Leslie Pearson, from the Bruton Music Library).
The "Touchstone Présente Également" and "Programme Principal" bumpers do not have Great Ovation playing, instead it's just an unknown French announcer.
Availability: It was only used for 3 years, but is mainly found on Disney subsidiaries (i.e Touchstone) of the time. The Feature Presentation bumper is an exception, though, and was used on many Disney VHS tapes.
It was first seen on the original 1989 VHS printing of Cocktail, and appeared on all subsequent titles from Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures Home Video until the 1992 VHS release of Truly, Madly, Deeply; however, the "Coming on Videocassette" bumper made one last appearance on the 1992 VHS release of So Dear to My Heart.
The "Feature Presentation" bumper is relatively more common, as it was used on Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, and Disney VHS releases, including the 1991 VHS releases of Lantern Hill, Looking for Miracles, Shipwrecked, White Fang, Robin Hood (1973), The Rescuers Down Under, DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, and The Brave Little Toaster, and the 1992 VHS releases of Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken and The Rocketeer (1991).
This was preserved on numerous Touchstone Home Video VHS reissues that used the below two bumpers described below well into the late 1990s, even with a later FBI warning screen replacing an earlier one.
Also found on VHS releases from Filipino VHS distributor Regal Home Video, such as Aswang.
The "Also from Touchstone" and "Feature Presentation" bumpers have also appeared on the 1990 Laserdisc release of Dead Poets Society.
Legacy: Many people in the logo community dub these bumpers the Fly In bumpers for how swiftly they fly in. Nowhere near as familiar as future bumpers.
5th Bumper (American Spanish and Canadian French tapes only) (Mid 90s-2001)
This logo may need to be investigated. Some information needs to be found, including photos, where to find it, and variants.
Details: Years need to be narrowed down to months, and maybe days. Additionally, years may be inaccurate. No evidence given for the SECAM VHS claim.
Visuals: On a black background, one of the following bumpers is seen in a gradient gray Helvetica font and with a shadow-effect applied to it:
American Spanish bumpers:
Ahora en video
Próximamente en Video
Atracción Principal
Canadian French bumpers:
Bientôt disponible sur vidéocassette
Maintenant disponsible sur vidéocassette
Notre programme principal
Variants:
On the Canadian French VHS release of Aladdin (1992) and the European French SECAM [citation needed] VHS release of Hocus Pocus, the text is in Cooper Black font with the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo underneath it which looks slightly similar to the "Now You Can Own These Hit Titles" bumper from 1992. An unknown announcer is heard saying, "Bientôt disponible sur vidéocassette de Walt Disney Home Video." while the first eight notes of "Great Ovation" play.
On the Canadian French VHS release of Pocahontas II: Journey to the New World, the text is in a different font.
Technique: Digital graphic.
Audio: Just the first eight notes of "Great Ovation" without a voiceover, an unknown announcer reading the text for the Aladdin variant.
Availability: These bumpers were inconsistent in terms of how easy to find they were, sometimes it would be random if a release had these or not. By the mid to late 90s, more releases used these bumpers. They were retired circa early 2001.
The American Spanish bumpers can be found on U.S. Spanish Disney-associated videocassettes of the period, including the U.S. Spanish VHS releases of Disney films like The Aristocats, Toy Story, and The Fox and the Hound as well as the Canta con Nosotros (Sing Along Songs) series.
The Canadian French bumpers appear on Canadian French Disney-associated videocassettes of the period such as Aladdin (1992) and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World.
6th Bumper (February 6, 1991-September 18, 1992)
Visuals: Just the 1986-2001 Walt Disney Home Video logo, appearing in full or short (starting from the spark writing the words "WALT DiSNEY" and forming the logo).
Variants:
On the 1991 VHS releases of Lantern Hill and Looking for Miracles, the variant of the 1986 logo where "presents" fades in below the logo is used, starting as the spark appears on screen. The bumper crossfades to the home video trailer for Looking for Miracles (Lantern Hill) or Lantern Hill (Looking for Miracles).
On the 1992 VHS releases of So Dear to My Heart and The Rescuers, the logo is seen already formed and shines a few times.
Technique: 2D computer animation with camera-controlled animation used in the end, produced by Orlando-based Hal Miles Imagimation Studios.
Audio: Same as the 1986-2001 Walt Disney Home Video logo, but with Brian Cummings slowly saying "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video".
Audio Variants:
The early 1991 variant from Lantern Hill and Looking for Miracles features Brian Cummings saying "New, from Walt Disney Home Video!" over the music as the "presents" text fades in.
On the 1992 variant, a shortened version of the introduction to "Great Ovation" is heard. Mark Elliott says "Now available on videocassette!" (So Dear to My Heart) or "And available now on videocassette..." (The Rescuers).
Availability: First seen on the 1991 VHS releases of Lantern Hill and Looking for Miracles, the short version is seen on the 1991 Classics VHS release of The Jungle Book (1967), and the full version is seen on the 1991-92 VHS releases of DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp and Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken. More investigation is needed to confirm dates.
7th Bumper (May 3, 1991) (Walt Disney Pictures)
Visuals: On a black background, the words:
COMING TO THEATERS FROM WALT DISNEY PICTURES
are seen in white. This was shown after a preview for Beauty and the Beast.
Technique: Digital graphic.
Audio: Mark Elliot announcing the on-screen text.
Availability: Can only be seen on the Walt Disney Classics 1991 print of The Jungle Book.
8th Bumper (September 11, 1991-July 17, 1992)
Visuals: On a blue-black gradient background, the text "NOW AVAILABLE ON HOME VIDEO" in a golden-white gradient, narrow western font (the same font used for the Guns N Roses logo) is shown in the center of the screen. This is the first screen seen in the trailer for Walt Disney's Studio Film Collection.
Trivia: Unlike other IDs, this one was displayed during the first scene of a home video collection trailer, instead of after.
Technique: Digital graphic.
Audio: The first eight bars of an electric guitar/synth/jazz jingle, composed exclusively for the trailer for Walt Disney’s Studio Film Collection.
Availability: Seen at the beginning of the 1991-92 Walt Disney’s Studio Film Collection VHS releases. These include 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Candleshoe, In Search of the Castaways, The Love Bug (1968), The Apple Dumpling Gang, Kidnapped, The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men, Old Yeller, The Parent Trap (1961), Freaky Friday (1976), The Three Lives of Thomasina, Treasure Island (1950), and Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
9th Bumper (April 10, 1992-August 17, 1999)
Visuals: On a lilac blue gradient background, one of the following bumpers below is seen in the Laser LET font. All the text have a drop shadow.
Bumpers:
Coming to Videocassette (Mainly found on early printings of The Lion King)
Coming Soon to Videocassette (This can be found on most copies of the 1995 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of The Lion King (1994); very early printings use the above bumper)
Coming to Home Video (This can be found on the 1992 Classics releases of The Rescuers and Beauty and the Beast (1991))
Coming to Home Video/Coming on Videocassette this Summer (This can be found on the 1992 Classics release of 101 Dalmatians (1961); very early printings don't have this or the below bumper)
Coming this Fall to Home Video (This can be found on the 1992 Classics releases of 101 Dalmatians (1961) and The Great Mouse Detective)
Coming Only to Theatres this 1992 Holiday Season (This can be found on the 1992 Classics releases of 101 Dalmatians (1961) and Beauty and the Beast (1991))
Now on Home Video (This can be found on the 1992 Classics release of Beauty and the Beast (1991))
Now on Videocassette (This can be found on 1995 printings of the 1994 Masterpiece Collection VHS tapes; earlier copies contain the black/blue "Now Available on Videocassette" bumper)
Special Previews after our feature from Walt Disney Home Video (This can be found on printings of the 1992 Classics VHS release of Beauty and the Beast (1991) from before July 1992)
Feature Presentation (This can be found on most animated films of the 90s produced by Disney, as well as some of its live-action products such as 101 Dalmatians (1996))
Trivia:
Potentially, the navy blue variant of the Feature Presentation bumper could be a prototype of the Handwriting bumpers. The cassettes with this bumper, The Rescuers, have earlier print dates than their advertised release date. The cause for this delay is unknown, however the prototype bumper remains on The Rescuers.
On VHS printings of Beauty and the Beast (1991) from May to Early July 1992, the "Special Previews" bumper is shown (Side Note: The early copies from Late May to Early-Mid June, contains two home video previews for the Classics release of Pinocchio (1940) and 101 Dalmatians (1961) after the movie is over. On the middle copies from late June to early July, it still has the same "Special Previews" bumper, but it led to the editing error of having one preview for the Classics release of 101 Dalmatians (1961) after the movie is done, as a result of the Classics release of Pinocchio (1940) being removed at the end of the movie). Subsequent VHS printings from mid-late July contain the "Special Preview" bumper with one preview at the end of the movie and include a preview for Pinocchio (1940) before the movie and going right after the re-release preview for the cancelled 1993 theatrical re-release of Sleeping Beauty (1959), which was never removed on any printings of the tape).
These bumpers were relegated exclusively to Disney VHS releases (mostly animated films but some live action films also), never appearing on Touchstone or other Buena Vista VHS tapes from the time period.
The audio from the "Feature Presentation" bumper is heard at the very end of Cannibals, a track from Neil Cicierega's 2020 album Mouth Dreams.
Variants:
On several 1992 Classics VHS releases, the bumper appears underneath the red Walt Disney script from the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo, in place of "HOME VIDEO".
On The Rescuers, a dark blue background was used instead of the standard lilac blue gradient background, and the text is shadowless.
The "Feature Presentation" bumper writes itself in on the screen from left to right.
Printings of the 1992 Classics VHS release of Beauty and the Beast (1991) from after July 1992 have only one preview following the film, so as such, the "s" in "Previews" is omitted.
The Feature Presentation bumper was sparsely used from 1997-1998, before being used more often in 1999.
Technique: For most bumpers, it's just a still digital graphic, but the Feature Presentation bumper has cel animation (likely digital). CAPS computer systems may have been used to create the bumper, as Disney was using the system to digitally animate at the time.
Audio: These bumpers usually use the beginning of "Great Ovation", which was edited for the bumpers; some bumpers use different music, described below. Brian Cummings or Mark Elliot announce one of the following:
Coming Only to Theatres this 1992 Holiday Season: "Coming only to movie theaters this 1992 holiday season: the newest Disney animated classic, from Walt Disney Pictures."
Coming to Videocassette: "Coming soon to videocassette."
Coming Soon to Videocassette: "And now, coming soon to videocassette."
Coming to Home Video: "Coming from Walt Disney Home Video."
Coming to Home Video/Coming on Videocassette this Summer: "Stay tuned, for a preview of two new Disney classics coming to home video. Coming on videocassette this summer."
Coming this Fall to Home Video: "And, coming this Fall to home video..."
Now on Home Video: "Now, on Walt Disney Home Video."
Now on Videocassette: "Now on videocassette!"
Special Previews after our feature from Walt Disney Home Video: "Be sure to stay tuned after our feature, for a look at more special previews, from Walt Disney Home Video."
On the "Coming to Home Video/Coming on Videocassette this Summer" bumper, an "extended" version of the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video theme is heard instead of the normal music.
On the "Coming this Fall to Home Video" bumper and the version of the "1992 Holiday Season" bumper from the 1992 Classics release of 101 Dalmatians (1961), only the announcer is heard.
On the "1992 Holiday Season" bumper and the "Special Preview(s)" bumper from the 1992 Classics release of Beauty and the Beast (1991), a triumphant horn fanfare beginning with a trumpet flourish is heard instead of the normal music ("Fanfare to the Modern Man 3" by Richard Hill, from the Bruton Music library, album BRG 09 - The Will to Win).
On the "Now on Videocassette" bumper, the 1991 Walt Disney Home Video theme is heard instead of the normal music.
Coming to Home Video: On the 1992 Classics VHS release of The Rescuers, the shortened version of the opening to "Great Ovation" is heard and Mark Elliot says, "Coming soon, from Walt Disney Home Video.".
Special Previews after our feature from Walt Disney Home Video: On the single-preview variant, Mark Elliot says, "Be sure to stay tuned after our feature, for a look at another special preview, from Walt Disney Home Video."
Feature Presentation:
A variant tailored for Disney tapes which open with the Walt Disney Company Intro (described in greater detail further down this page) had Beau Weaver announcing, "Thanks for joining us for this special preview. And now, our feature presentation!". The music's volume is lowered in this version. It was first used on the 1996 VHS release of Toy Story and was last used on the 1998 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of Hercules (1997).
On the 1992 Classics VHS release of Beauty and the Beast (1991), the first note of the music is cut.
From the 1997 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of Fun and Fancy Free through Hercules (1997), half of the first note of the 1996 variant is cut.
Availability: The iconic "Feature Presentation" bumper was the most prevalent of them all. From 1992 to 1995, all animated releases used this bumper, starting with most prints of 101 Dalmatians (the exception being very early printings). From 1996 to 1999, only Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection cassettes, the first two Pixar movies, and certain Disney Direct to Video sequels used the bumper, as well as a few live action releases.
The other bumpers were barely used compared to the Feature Presentation bumper. The "Coming to Theaters" bumper was only used to promote Aladdin, with 101 Dalmatians and Beauty and the Beast being the only two to have the bumper.
The bumpers with the WDHV logo were also short lived, with only the earliest cassettes having them. These were Beauty and the Beast, the Classics print of The Rescuers, The Great Mouse Detective, and 101 Dalmatians.
Only Beauty and the Beast uses the Special Preview(s) bumper.
The Coming to Videocassette bumper was only used on The Lion King.
The Now on Videocassette bumper was only used on the 1995 reprints of Masterpiece Collection VHS tapes.
Legacy: Fondly remembered among VHS collectors and Disney enthusiasts, these bumpers' eye-grabbing color schemes and fonts surprised some and captivated others. These were dubbed the "Handwriting" bumpers by most of the logo community, which was only helped by an upload of the bumpers with the nickname reaching 600K views.
Visuals: On a black background, one of the bumpers below is seen in a tall, blue Clearface font.
Bumpers:
Coming to Videocassette
Now Available on Videocassette
Own your favorite Hit Movies
Hit Movies you can own
Own this Big Hit
After our feature more great Previews
A Special Message after our feature
Special Previews after the Movie from Buena Vista Home Video (This can be found only on the original 1992 VHS release of Father of the Bride (1991))
Special Preview after the feature from Walt Disney Home Video (This can be found only on the 1992 VHS release of So Dear to My Heart)
Look for this Hit Movie (This can be found only on the 1992 VHS release of Sister Act)
A Special Message (This can be found only on the original 1992 VHS release of Newsies)
Look for these Action Hits (This can be found only on the 1993 VHS release of A Stranger Among Us)
Stay Tuned after our feature... (This can be found only on the original 1993 VHS release of Honey, I Blew Up the Kid)
Coming to Video this Fall (This can be found only on the original 1993 VHS release of The Mighty Ducks)
Rent This New Release (This can be found on the 1993 VHS releases of Disney Channel Premiere Films such as Not Quite Human, Chips the War Dog, and Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss)
Now Available to own on Videocassette (This can be found only on the 1994 Walt Disney’s Family Film Collection VHS releases)
Nationally Advertised Availability April 10th (This can be found only on the VHS screener of Frankenweenie (1984))
Stay Tuned for more great scenes from The Very Best Of The Ed Sullivan Show after our feature (This can be found only on the VHS screener of Frankenweenie (1984))
Coming to Home Video (This can be found on the VHS screeners of Truly, Madly, Deeply and Father of the Bride (1991))
Stay Tuned for other Exciting Previews (This can be found on the VHS screeners of Truly, Madly, Deeply and Father of the Bride (1991))
Also Coming from Touchstone Home Video & Hollywood Pictures Home Video (This can be found on the VHS screeners of Truly, Madly, Deeply and Father of the Bride (1991))
Also Coming on Videocassette (This can be found on the VHS screeners of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and True Identity)
Preview $45 Million Dollar Box Office Hit (This can be found on the VHS screeners of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, True Identity, Strangers in Good Company, and Ernest Scared Stupid, preceding a trailer for Medicine Man.)
Coming from Touchstone Home Video & Hollywood Pictures Home Video (This can be found only on the VHS screener of Strangers in Good Company)
Coming Soon on Videocassette (Exclusive to demo VHS releases - first seen on the VHS screener of Medicine Man)
Also Coming on Videocassette (This can be found on the VHS screener of Strangers in Good Company during the opening previews, and before the closing previews at the end of the VHS screener of Medicine Man)
Coming from Touchstone Home Video at $19.99 S.R.P. ("Touchstone Home Video" is done using a still version of their logo; this can be found exclusively on the VHS screener of Sister Act. On the Canadian screener VHS of the film, "$19.99" is replaced with "$22.99".)
Previews (This can be found on the VHS screeners of Super Mario Bros. (1993), Hocus Pocus and The Crow)
Feature Presentation
Feature Program
Trivia:
Due to an editing error, the "Also Coming on Videocassette" bumper at the end of the demo VHS of Medicine Man precedes two repeats of trailers that were already seen at the beginning of the tape.
The "A Special Message after our feature" bumper is unique among Disney bumpers for not using the term "preview" to refer to post-movie content. Oddly, this bumper was used on the original 1994 VHS of Strictly Ballroom, which had two previews at the end.
The trailers for titles that were available for rental but not supposed to be properly purchased were preceded by the "Coming to Videocassette", "Coming to Video this Fall", "Now Available on Videocassette", and "Rent this New Release" bumpers.
The trailers for titles that could be properly purchased were preceded by the "Own this Big Hit", "Look for this Hit Movie", "Hit Movies you can own", "Own your favorite Hit Movies", "Look for these Action Hits", and "Now Available to own on Videocassette" bumpers.
These bumpers were mostly relegated to Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures VHS releases, along with most live-action Disney VHS tapes from the time period.
Variants:
The color scheme varies slightly for each bumper.
On the "Feature Presentation" bumper, the text swiftly zooms in and connects.
On early VHS tapes, most of the outlining of "Feature Presentation" is blacked out and the text is tinted in white. This variant debuted on the 1992 VHS reissues from Walt Disney Home Video and made its final appearances on the 1992 VHS release of Sister Act and the 1993-94 VHS reissues of Paradise, Deceived, Billy Bathgate, The Doctor, and Anne of Green Gables. The standard version of the bumper debuted on the 1992 VHS release of Encino Man.
On the "Feature Program" bumper, the text simply zooms in, and is in a different, wider, lighter Clearface font.
On the "Now Available to own on Videocassette" bumper, the text is in a different, bolder Clarendon font.
A sub-variant of the "Now Available on Videocassette" and "Own this Big Hit" bumpers features a still version of the 1993 "WDHV Presents" logo, which fades to the ID.
On the 1993 VHS reissues of Paradise, Deceived, Billy Bathgate, and The Doctor, the "Hit Movies you can own" ID zooms in like the "Feature Program" ID, except at a slower pace, and the text looks thicker and includes a drop shadow.
Demo VHS tapes used a Korinna font for the bumpers instead. Strangely, the 1994 demo VHS of The Joy Luck Club used the normal "Coming to Videocassette" variant instead.
On the "Stay Tuned for more great scenes from The Very Best Of The Ed Sullivan Show after our feature" bumper, most of the text is light blue, and "The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show" is yellow.
On the "Nationally Advertised Availability April 10th" bumper, the text is light blue.
There are two versions of the "Preview $45 Million Dollar Box Office Hit" bumper:
On the demo VHS releases of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and True Identity, the text is a dark purple color.
On the demo VHS releases of Strangers in Good Company and Ernest Scared Stupid, the text is in a lighter shade of purple.
On the "Coming from Touchstone Home Video at $19.99/$22.99 S.R.P." bumper, the text is the same dark blue color as the text in the Touchstone Home Video logo. The text also resembles that of Touchstone's logo typeface.
The demo tapes of Super Mario Bros. (1993), Hocus Pocus and The Crow feature a special bumper with the movie's logo on top, and "Behind the Scenes" below it (in a different font depending on the tape), which cross-fades to the "Previews" bumper.
Many different countries have bumpers that look like these, including Turkey, the United Kingdom,Bulgaria and Croatia.
Select bumpers were used on Malaysian, Singaporean, and Filipino VHS releases up until 2001, with slight differences:
The "Now Available on Videocassette" bumper is silent, lacking the usual announcer and music. It also stays on screen for about three or four additional seconds before fading out.
The "After our feature more great Previews" bumper stays on screen for about three or four additional seconds before fading out.
"Feature Program" custom logos:
On some Jim Henson Video VHS tapes and the 1995 VHS release of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the text is seen in a white Dawncastle font, centered on a green background. This bumper is nicknamed "Comic Sans Prototype".
On the 1994 VHS release of Muppet Sing-Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green a dramatic trumpet theme plays, the words are replaced with "Stay Tuned..." and an announcer says "Stay tuned after the show to find out about more great Muppet entertainment". The words fade out and "Feature Program" fades in, then the announcer says "And now...Get ready to sing with all your favorite Muppets."
On 1993 Disney Halloween VHS tapes, a grey-colored image of a tree, full moon, and black clouds is seen. The text "Feature Program" in an orange "Matterofact" font with a dark green border suddenly appears after about a second, and the announcer says "And now, our feature program!" before sinisterly laughing.
In between cartoons on these tapes, "Stay Tuned..." is seen instead of "Feature Program", and the announcer says "Stay tuned for more Halloween fun!" instead.
On Disney's Happy Holidays with Darkwing Duck and Goofy, an image of a Christmas tree is seen with the white words "Feature Program" on a starry background, similar to that of the Walt Disney Mini-Classics logo.
On Spot VHS tapes, it takes place on a white background, and with Spot looking at the left side of the screen at the bottom-right corner of the screen, at the upper left-hand corner of the screen is the words "Feature Program" in black and in the Times New Roman font.
On Fraggle Rock VHS tapes, "Feature Program" is seen as multi-colored text on the bottom right of the screen with a stone background and the "Fraggle Rock with the Muppets" logo on the top left corner.
On most Alvin and the Chipmunks VHS tapes, the text is in a Revue font and it takes place in Dave's camera room.
On some Alvin and the Chipmunks VHS tapes and Parachute Express: Come Sing with Us, it takes place on the Jay Ward Buena Vista background, and the text is in a different gold font.
On Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad VHS tapes, it takes place on a background like that of the VHS opening title card, and the text "Feature Program" is in a font like that of the episode opening cards following the intro.
Technique: 2D computer animation for the FP bumper and a few other bumpers, and for most, digital graphics.
Audio: Unlike the previous bumpers, the edited version of the introduction of "Great Ovation" is only used on the "Coming to Videocassette", "Coming Soon on Videocassette", "Coming from Touchstone Home Video & Hollywood Pictures Home Video", "Feature Presentation", "Now Available to own on Videocassette" and "Also Coming on Videocassette" bumpers. The two "Special Preview(s)" bumpers used "Fanfare to the Modern Man 3" from the previous ID. Early Feature Presentation bumpers used the unaltered version of the Great Ovation intro. All other bumpers used either the 1991 WDHV logo theme or a slowed down version of the theme. Brian Cummings announces one of the following:
Coming to Videocassette: "Coming soon on videocassette."
Now Available on Videocassette: "Now on videocassette!"
Own Your Favorite Hit Movies: "Now you can own your favorite hit movies!"
Hit Movies You Can Own: "Look for these hit movies that you can own!"
Own This Big Hit: "Don't miss owning this big hit, from Touchstone Home Video."
After our feature more great Previews: "Stay tuned after our feature, for more great previews."
A Special Message after our feature: "Stay tuned after our feature, for a special message."
Special Previews: "Be sure to stay tuned after our feature, for a special look at something new and different from Buena Vista Home Video." (Announced by a deep-voiced announcer, Grant Goodeve, instead of Brian Cummings)
Special Preview: "Stay tuned after our feature." (Recycled from a UK/Irish "Stay Tuned" bumper)
Look for this Hit Movie: "Look for this ownable hit, from Touchstone Home Video."
Look for these Action Hits: "Look for these action hits, from Hollywood Pictures Home Video."
Stay Tuned after our feature...: "Stay tuned after our feature, for a special music video."
Coming to Video this Fall: "Coming to video this Fall."
Rent this New Release: "Now you can rent this new release, from Walt Disney Home Video!"
Now Available to own on Videocassette: "Now available to own on videocassette." (This voiceover was later used for the 1994 bumper version of this bumper.)
Nationally Advertised Availability April 10th: "Now on videocassette!"
Stay Tuned for more great scenes from The Very Best Of The Ed Sullivan Show After Our Feature: "Stay tuned after our feature."
Coming to Home Video: "Coming from Touchstone Home Video."
Stay Tuned for other exciting Previews: "Stay tuned for other exciting previews following our feature presentation."
Also Coming from Touchstone Home Video & Hollywood Pictures Home Video: "Coming soon on videocassette!"
Also coming on Videocassette: "Coming on videocassette."
Preview $45 Million Dollar Box Office Hit: "And now, here's a preview of the action-adventure hit that grossed $45 million at the box office, coming this August from Hollywood Pictures Home Video!"
Coming from Touchstone Home Video & Hollywood Pictures Home Video: "Coming soon on videocassette!"
Coming Soon on Videocassette: "Coming soon on videocassette!"
Also Coming on Videocassette: "Coming on videocassette."
Coming From Touchstone Home Video at $19.99/$22.99 S.R.P.: "Coming from Touchstone Home Video." (Said slightly more enthusiastically than the previous versions of this voiceover)
Behind the Scenes / Previews: "Before our feature begins, here's a look behind the scenes of [NAME OF MOVIE], plus some previews of soon-to-be released videos!"
On Malaysian, Pakistani, Indonesian, Filipino, and Singaporean VHS releases, the "Feature Presentation" bumper is higher pitched than usual. The "Now Available on Videocassette" bumper on these releases is silent.
On the "A Special Message" bumper, only the WDHV music is heard.
On the two bumpers from the demo release of Frankenweenie (1984) as well as the "Coming to Home Video", "Stay Tuned for other exciting Previews", "Also Coming from Touchstone Home Video & Hollywood Pictures Home Video", "Preview $45 Million Dollar Box Office Hit" and "Behind the Scenes / Previews" bumpers, only the announcer is heard.
After the behind the scenes segment on the demo tapes of Super Mario Bros. (1993), Hocus Pocus and The Crow, the "Previews" bumper reappears, but is silent.
Now Available on Videocassette:
On the 1992 VHS release of A Woman Under the Influence, the first tape to include this bumper, the announcer says, "Ask your video dealer about these hit titles from Touchstone Home Video.". This could be a direct rip from a Fly-In bumper.
On the 1993 Studio Film Collection releases of The Shaggy Dog (1959), That Darn Cat! (1965), Herbie Rides Again, and Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), only the music is heard.
On later printings of the 1994 VHS release of The Three Musketeers (1993), the "Great Ovation" audio from the 1990 "Now On Videocassette" bumper is heard instead of the 1991 WDHV theme.
On the 1993 VHS releases of The Ernest Green Story, Perfect Harmony, Back Home, A Friendship in Vienna, Not Quite Human 2, and Still Not Quite Human, Cummings’ voiceover is calmer.
Coming to Videocassette:
On rental releases of the 1992 VHS of Father of the Bride, the opening notes of "Great Ovation" are low-pitched and slower to accommodate the length of the voiceover. A different, deep-voiced announcer (believed to be Grant Goodeve) says, "Don't miss these exciting upcoming releases that you'll find at your favorite video rental store."
There are three different voiceover variants for this bumper:
On 1992-93 VHS tapes, Brian Cummings says "Coming soon on videocassette." in a calmer voice than usual. This version first appeared on the original 1992 VHS of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and last appeared on the 1993 VHS of Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.
Fall 1993 VHS releases have Brian Cummings saying "Coming soon on videocassette!" in a more energetic voice, reused from the 1989-92 bumpers. Although this voiceover was first heard on the 1993 VHS release of Aspen Extreme, it began regular use on the 1993 VHS releases of Swing Kids and Ethan Frome (which were released on the same day), and was last heard on the 1993 VHS releases of Guilty as Sin and Super Mario Bros.
The final version of the voiceover was used from late 1993 to August 1994 (and on the Disney Princess Collection releases from 1995), and had Brian Cummings saying "Coming soon to videocassette." in a similar tone to the previous bumper. First heard on the 1993 VHS release of A Far Off Place, the voiceover was last heard on the 1994 VHS releases of Like Water for Chocolate and Three Colors: Blue, which were also the last releases to use this bumper.
Coming Soon on Videocassette:
On 1994 demo tapes, Brian Cummings says, "Coming soon to videocassette."
Own this Big Hit:
Sometimes, Brian Cummings’ voiceover is slightly delayed and he says, "Don't miss owning this big hit." Shown on the 1993 VHS re-prints of Honey I Blew Up the Kid, Newsies, Consenting Adults, and Sarafina!.
On the 1993 VHS reissue of Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend, Cummings adds, "...from Touchstone Home Video."
On the 1993 VHS releases of Not Quite Human, Chips the War Dog, and Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss, Brian Cummings says, "Now you can own this big hit!"
Hit Movies you can own:
On the 1993 VHS reprints of Paradise, Deceived, Billy Bathgate, and The Doctor, Cummings adds, "...from Touchstone Home Video!"
On the 1993 VHS reissue of Adventures in Babysitting (1987), the introduction of "Great Ovation" is heard instead.
After our feature more great Previews:
On the 1993 VHS release of A Stranger Among Us (the first release to use this bumper), Cummings says, "After our feature, stay tuned for more great previews."
Feature Presentation:
This bumper has four different voice-overs:
On the original 1992 VHS release of Father of the Bride (the first new release to use this bumper), Grant Goodeve says, "And now our feature presentation." on the first version of the bumper.
On the 1992 VHS release of So Dear to My Heart, the original Great Ovation audio that accompanied the 1989 Feature Presentation bumper is heard on the first version of the bumper.
Brian Cummings says "And now, for our feature presentation!" on both versions of the bumper; first seen on 1992 VHS reissues from Walt Disney Home Video, and last seen on the 1993-94 VHS releases of Indian Summer and Anne of Green Gables. It also appeared on Malaysian, Singaporean, and Filipino VHS releases.
The second version of the bumper introduced a different voiceover where Brian Cummings says "And now, our feature presentation." Although this was first heard on reprints of the 1993 VHS releases of Consenting Adults, Sarafina!, Captain Ron, The Mighty Ducks, and The Distinguished Gentleman, it didn't begin regular use until A Far Off Place later that year. Its last appearances were on 1994 VHS releases from the Family Film Collection line.
Availability: Most sightings are delegated to Disney subsidiaries, with demo versions much harder to find. However, this was used in most live action Disney movies, as well as BVHV, Touchstone, and Hollywood Pictures releases. Additionally, most bumpers were used for few releases.
The demo versions of the bumpers first appeared on a February 1992 Buena Vista sampler demo tape, which was excerpted for the demo VHS release of Frankenweenie (1984). They were further polished a month later, on the 1992 demo VHS releases of Father of the Bride and Truly, Madly, Deeply. Starting with the 1992 demo VHS releases of Straight Talk and Newsies, all tapes with the demo bumpers (with the exception of Sister Act) would just use the "Coming Soon on Videocassette" and "Feature Presentation" bumpers.
The "Feature Presentation" bumper first appeared on the 1992 WDHV VHS reprints with the "Now you can own these Hit Titles..." bumper, such as The Rocketeer, White Fang, Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Return to Snowy River, and Shipwrecked. It made its first new-release appearance on rental prints of Father of the Bride, and was last seen on the 1994 Family Film Collection VHS releases.
In the U.K. and Ireland, this particular bumper variant continued to be used until 2004, as described below.
The "Now Available on Videocassette" bumper was slightly more sporadic, primarily appearing on reprints of VHS tapes like the 1994 reprint of The Three Musketeers. It was also used on 1994 Masterpiece Collection titles, preceding a Handwriting bumper.
The "Feature Program" bumper made its debut on the 1992 VHS release of A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show, and on sell-thru reprints of the 1991 VHS of Mr. Destiny (due to an editing error). It made a comeback in 1998, appearing on early printings of the 1998 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of The Black Cauldron as well as the 1998 VHS releases of The Brave Little Toaster, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (despite them being feature-length movies), The Spirit of Mickey, and both volumes of The Little Twins released by Buena Vista; these titles also used the Flashbang IDs.
Both the "Coming to Videocassette" and "Now Available on Videocassette" bumpers appeared on the 1995 Disney Princess Collection VHS releases, released almost a year after the Flashbang bumpers were introduced. These releases also included the "Feature Program" bumper described above.
In Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines, the "Now Available on Videocassette", "After our feature more great Previews", and "Feature Presentation" bumpers were still used on VHS releases until 2001, such as Sleeping Beauty, Toy Story, 101 Dalmatians: Dalmatian Christmas, Disney Sing-Along Songs: Honor to Us All, and The 13th Warrior.
Legacy: Although nowhere near as recognized as the Handwriting bumpers, this set surprised many, and many people shared that this was a source of nightmares as a child. These bumpers were dubbed the Black/Blue bumpers by some in the logo community.
Audio: The music of either logo, along with Grant Goodeve saying one of the following:
Hollywood Pictures Home Video variant: "Coming from Hollywood Pictures Home Video..." This voiceover variant uses the second half of the Hollywood Pictures logo fanfare by Danny Elfman.
Buena Vista Home Video variant: "Now, from Buena Vista Home Video..."
Availability:Both variants appear on Touchstone Home Video’s 1992 rental VHS release of Father of the Bride, while the latter can also be seen on Buena Vista Home Video’s 1992 VHS release of A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show and sell-thru reprints of the 1991 VHS of Mr. Destiny.
12th Bumper (May 27, 1992)
Visuals: On a black background, the white text "NOW YOU CAN OWN THESE HIT TITLES..." fades in. A few seconds later, the 1991 Walt Disney Home Video logo fades in below the text, and shines.
Technique: Digital graphic for the words, fade in effects, and 2D CGI for the WDHV logo.
Trivia: This was the debut for the gold Walt Disney Home Video logo on a VHS tape. Before this, the logo was only on TV spots and some trailers.
Audio: An edited version of the first eight notes of "Great Ovation" with Brian Cummings saying, "Now you can own these hit titles, from Walt Disney Home Video.".
Availability: Seen on 1992 VHS reprints of films like Shipwrecked, Anne of Green Gables, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, White Fang, The Rocketeer, Return to Snowy River, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, Back to Hannibal: Return of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn, and Mark Twain & Me. Some of these tapes were kept in print into the late 90s.
13th Bumper (July 17-October 30, 1992)
Visuals: Just the words "Coming To Theatres For The 1992 Holiday Season From Walt Disney Pictures". This was shown after a preview for Aladdin.
Variant: On The Great Mouse Detective, the text reads "Coming To Theatres For Thanksgiving 1992 From Walt Disney Pictures". Also, the lines are double-spaced.
Technique: Digital graphic.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on the 1992 prints of Beauty and the Beast and The Great Mouse Detective.
14th Bumper (1993)
Visuals: Just the words "COMING SOON TO VIDEO" or "NOW ON VIDEO" in a bold Dawncastle font on a ribbony background, which varies depending on the series.
Goof Troop variant: The text "COMING SOON TO VIDEO" is in a cyan-light blue gradient and displayed on a purple-blue ribbony background.
Ariel’s Undersea Adventures variant: "COMING SOON TO VIDEO" is in white-yellow gradient and the ribbony background is light blue-medium blue.
"Now on Video" variant: The text "NOW ON VIDEO" is in purple-magenta gradient and the ribbony background is blue-violet.
Technique: Fade in/fade out effects with digital graphics.
Audio:
On the Ariel’s Undersea Adventures variant, "Under the Sea" was heard with a female announcer saying, "Coming soon to video."
On the Goof Troop variant, just the end of the Goof Troop theme song with Brian Cummings saying, "Coming soon to video."
On the "Now on Video" variant from Darkwing Duck, music from the show is used with Brian Cummings saying, "Now on video" in a relaxed tone.
On the "Now on Video" bumper from Disney's Haunted Mansion and Happy Holidays, Brian Cummings just says, "Now on video" in an enthusiastic tone.
Availability: The "Coming Soon on Video" bumper is seen on Ariel’s Undersea Adventures and Goof Troop on VHS. The "Now on Video" bumper is seen on the 1993 VHS releases of Darkwing Duck: His Favorite Adventures, Disney's Haunted Mansion Collection, and Happy Holidays with Darkwing Duck and Goofy.
15th Bumper (1993)
Visuals: Just the words "NOW ON VIDEO" on a kaleidoscope/mandala background.
Technique: Panning effects on top of a digital graphic.
Audio: The Adventures in Wonderland theme song is heard with a female announcer saying the text, "Now on video".
Availability: Seen on the 1993 VHS releases of Adventures in Wonderland.
16th Bumper (January 28th, 1994-March 7, 2000)
Visuals: On a different colored background, usually with a spotlight shining down from the right top corner to the left bottom corner, the bumper text is seen in a jumbled-up cartoon-like redo of the Biondi font. The logo varies by variant.
Bumpers:
Now on Video (This can be found on the 1994, 1995 and 1997 VHS prints of Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too)
Coming Soon to Own on Video (Both this and the below bumper can be found on the 1998 VHS reissue of Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too)
Now Available to Own on Video
Feature Program
Stay Tuned... (Seen only on the 1995 Favorite Stories VHS release of Paul Bunyan)
Variants:
1994, 1996, 1999-2000: Blue background with white text.
1994-95 (Winnie the Pooh: Playtime videos, Storybook Classics, and Winnie the Pooh: Growing Up)/1998-1999 (101 Dalmatians: Christmas, The Bear, and Disney's Holiday Toons): Green background with white text.
1994-96 (Winnie the Pooh: Learning videos and Sing Me a Story with Belle): Light green background with yellow text.
1995 (Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day): Blue background with yellow text.
1995-98 (Winnie the Pooh: Boo to You Too, Spookable Pooh, Frankenpooh, the 1996-97 VHS reprint of Winnie the Pooh: Happy Pooh Day, Winnie the Pooh: Working Together and Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too, and all the 1997-98 VHS prints of all Winnie the Pooh videos): Same as the Learning Videos and Sing Me a Story with Belle variant, but the text is in orange.
1994-98 (Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too): Same as the 1994, 1996, 1999-2000 variant, but with a blue gradient background and snow falling.
1994-95 (Favorite Stories): Rose background with white text.
Technique: 2D computer animation on top of a digital graphic for effects, just the digital graphic for the still variants.
Audio: Depends on the music variants.
Audio Variants:
1994 (Storybook Classics): The main Winnie the Pooh theme from 1966-1977 with Brian Cummings saying, "And now, our feature program."
1994-98: An instrumental version of the chorus of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh theme song with Brian Cummings saying, "And now, our feature program."
1994-96 (Favorite Stories): A portion of the theme song of the Silly Symphonies short Music Land is heard, while Brian Cummings says, "And now, our feature program!"
1995 (Favorite Stories: Paul Bunyan): Same as the Feature Program variation at the time, but this time, Brian Cummings says, "Stay Tuned for another favorite Disney cartoon, Little Hiawatha!"
1996 (Sing Me a Story with Belle): A female announcer saying, "And now, our feature program."
1998-2000: Same as the 1992 Feature Program bumper.
1999 (Disney's Holiday Toons): An a capella group singing "Deck the Halls" with Brian Cummings saying, "And now, our feature program!" in a cheerful tone.
1995 (Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day): The alternate closing theme of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
1995, 1997 (Winnie the Pooh: Boo to You Too, Spookable Pooh and Frankenpooh): Same as the Disney's Haunted Mansion variant with Brian Cummings saying, "And now, our feature program."
1998 (Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too): A holiday remix of the Winnie the Pooh intro, without the announcer.
On the "...on Video" variants, Brian Cummings says the on-screen text.
Availability: Mainly seen on a lot of Walt Disney Home Video releases for younger children, such as many Winnie the Pooh VHS tapes, including the original 1999-2000 Seasons of Giving, Sing a Song with Pooh Bear and Sing a Song with Tigger VHS releases, as well as a couple of Sing-Along Songs videotapes, Sing Me a Story with Belle, and the Disney’s Favorite Stories series. It also appears on the 1998 Buena Vista Home Video VHS release of The Bear.
17th Bumper (August 13, 1993)
Visuals: Just the words "COMING TO THEATRES THIS FALL FROM THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS" in a yellow font used for The Nightmare Before Christmas. This was shown after a preview of the aforementioned movie.
Technique: Digital graphic.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on the 1993 print of Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey.
18th Bumper (October 1, 1993)
Visuals: Just the words "COMING TO THEATRES FROM WALT DISNEY PICTURES" in white. "FROM WALT DISNEY PICTURES" is arranged below "COMING TO THEATRES". This was shown before a preview for The Lion King.
Technique: Digital graphic.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on first edition prints of Aladdin.
19th Bumper (October 1, 1993-March 4, 1994)
Visuals: Just the words "COMING FOR SUMMER 1994 FROM WALT DISNEY PICTURES" in red.
Technique: Digital graphic.
Variant: On the 1994 Classics VHS release of The Fox and the Hound, the color on the text is a little brighter and the text is changed with "TO THEATRES" added.
Audio: None (Aladdin and The Muppet Christmas Carol) or the end theme of the preview (The Fox and the Hound).
Availability: The former variant is seen on the 1993 VHS copies of Aladdin (1992) and The Muppet Christmas Carol, and the latter variant is seen on the 1994 Classics VHS release of The Fox and the Hound. On all three tapes, it follows a preview for The Lion King (1994).
Visuals: On a black background, a white flash occurs, after which one of the below bumpers zoom out in a light metallic blue color and in all caps. When it settles, another flash occurs and the background is now blue as well as the bumper being white. Everything is in all caps. After a few seconds, it fades out.
Bumpers:
Coming Soon to Theaters
Now in Theaters
Now Available on Videocassette
Now Available to Own on Videocassette
Coming Soon to Videocassette
Coming Soon to Own on Videocassette
Now Available on CD & Cassette
Look for this Soundtrack (This can be found on the 1995 VHS releases of Clerks, Quiz Show, and A Low Down Dirty Shame)
Coming Soon from Disney Interactive (Only seen on the original 1999 VHS release of Sing a Song with Pooh Bear and the 2003 VHS release of They)
Now Available from Disney Interactive (This can be found on the 1996 VHS release of James and the Giant Peach, the 1997 VHS releases of Doug: The Vampire Caper and Quack Pack: House of Haunts, 1997 Masterpiece Collection reprints of Robin Hood (1973) and Pete's Dragon (1977), and 1997-98 reprints of Winnie the Pooh and Spot tapes)
Coming Soon on Video and DVD
Coming Soon to Own on Video & DVD
Now Available to Own on Video & DVD
Now Available on Video and DVD
Now Available to Own on DVD
Coming Soon to Rent on Video
Now Available to Rent on Video
Now Appearing (Only seen on the 1999 rental VHS release of Life is Beautiful)
Stay Tuned after the Feature
After the Feature, Last On-Camera Interview with Brandon Lee (This can be found on the 1994, 1995, and 1997 widescreen VHS releases of The Crow)
After the Feature, A Special Brandon Lee Tribute (This can be found on the 1996 rental VHS release of The Crow: City of Angels)
Feature Presentation
Feature Program
Previews (Only seen on demo tapes released by Dimension and Warren Miller)
Trivia:
On the earliest VHS tapes to have these bumpers, the "Coming Soon to Theaters" bumper appears as the last bumper before the "Feature Presentation" bumper; later in 1994, this was redone so the Theaters bumper would be first. Tapes with this bumper order include the original 1994 VHS releases of When a Man Loves a Woman and I Love Trouble.
Rarely, these bumpers would precede a trailer for a non-Disney film or TV show. This occurs on the 1997 VHS of Supercop with a trailer for First Strike (released by New Line; likely included because Jackie Chan stars in both), and on the 1999 rental VHS of Life is Beautiful with a commercial for The King of Queens (which aired on CBS and is owned by Sony Pictures).
The "Coming Soon to Videocassette", "Coming Soon to Rent on Video", "Coming soon on Video and DVD", "Now Available on Videocassette", "Now Available to Rent on Video" and "Now Available on Video and DVD" bumpers are for rental releases. The "Coming Soon to Own on Videocassette", "Now Available to Own on Videocassette", "Now Available to Own on Video and DVD", and "Now Available to Own on DVD" bumpers are for retail releases.
Appears on most home video releases from Disney and its subsidiaries, but was mostly used on VHS, as most DVDs from 1997-99 have no previews.
These bumpers were mostly relegated to Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax Films, and Dimension Films VHS releases, along with most live-action and a small amount of animated Disney VHS tapes from the time period, such as the Masterpiece Collection reprints.
The Feature Presentation bumper appears on most tapes of the era except for some which use the Handwriting Feature Presentation bumper, most of which were animated films.
Variants:
On the 1995 VHS release of Street Sharks: The Gene Slamming Begins, the "Now Available to Own on Videocassette" bumper variant abruptly starts just before the second flash occurs. This is likely due to an editing error. The "Coming Soon to Own on Videocassette" bumper fades in silently at the end of the trailer for Sailor Moon on the same tape, which is simply the English intro to the show.
On the 1996 VHS release of A Kid in King Arthur's Court, the "Now Available to Own on Videocassette" bumper silently fades in. This appeared before a trailer for Gordy.
On both of the Disney Interactive bumpers, the font is slightly different.
On the Video & DVD, "Feature Program", and rental bumpers, the text zooms in and the font is Flange Light.
On the "Previews" bumper, no flash accompanies the text zooming out.
The "Now Appearing" bumper is in Flange Light and a still image.
The "Stay Tuned after the Feature" bumper, after a few seconds, fades to the "Feature Presentation" bumper, with the blue background still in place.
On the Crow bumpers, the Crow symbol zooms out, and after the second flash, the text appears.
"Feature Presentation" bumper variants:
Earlier releases had the text already white when it zooms out.
On the 1995 VHS release of Gargoyles: The Movie, the yellow-orange gradient text is on a black background, and Jim Cummings says "And now, for our Feature Presentation."
On the 1997 VHS release of Phenomenon, John Travolta says, "Now, sit back, relax, and enjoy Phenomenon."
On the 1997 VHS releases of Schoolhouse Rock!, the yellow and red text is on a white background.
On 1998 VHS releases from Vol. 8 of Walt Disney Film Classics (such as Big Red and The Legend of Lobo), the bumper as it appears following the aforementioned Stay Tuned after the Feature bumper is used. The result is the text already in place on the blue background and the ID being still; with the music and announcement retained.
On the 1999 VHS release of Doug's 1st Movie, Mark Elliot says, "And now, it's time for Doug's 1st Movie!".The logo for the said film then appears.
"Feature Program" bumper variants:
On Disney's Love Tales tapes, the text is in a pink Disney's Love Tales font.
On some Sailor Moon tapes, the text is in a black-rose gradient font, and set on a bright, bubbly background mirroring the episode title card to a Sailor Moon episode. Other tapes used the "Feature Presentation" bumper.
On Disney's Sweetheart Stories, the text is in a pink Disney's Sweetheart Stories font on a lavender fabric background.
On Timon and Pumbaa tapes, it takes place on a green background, and the text is in an orange jungle-like font.
On Quack Pack, Bone Chillers and Disney's Doug tapes, the text is orange, and in lowercase.
On Disney's Doug, it has Doug holding a giant pencil on a white background.
On Bone Chillers, it has Edgar Allan Poe High School surrounded by bats at night.
On Quack Pack, it has Donald Duck sitting on a green chair, staring at the viewer.
Technique: For the Flashbang bumpers, 2D CGI. For the Zoom In bumpers, a simple zoom in effect, which was either CGI or a camera controlled digital graphic. The Now Appearing bumper was just a digital graphic, as well as many of the Feature Program bumpers.
Audio: A whooshing sound when the first flash occurs, followed by an orchestral 'crash' when the second flash occurs which morphs into a quiet note. The announcer, Brian Cummings, announces the following bumpers:
Coming Soon to Theaters: "Coming soon to theatres."
Now in Theaters: "Now in theatres."
Coming Soon to Own on Videocassette: "Coming soon to own on videocassette."
Now Available to Own on Videocassette: "Now available to own on videocassette."
Coming Soon to Videocassette: "Coming soon to videocassette."
Now Available on Videocassette: "Now available on videocassette."
Now Available on CD & Cassette: "Now available on CD and cassette."
Look for This Soundtrack: "Look for this great soundtrack."
Coming Soon from Disney Interactive: "Coming soon from Disney Interactive."
Now Available from Disney Interactive: "Now available from Disney Interactive."
Now Available on Video and DVD: "Now available on video and DVD."
Coming Soon on Video and DVD: "Coming soon on video and DVD."
Now Available to Own on Video and DVD: "Now available to own on video and DVD."
Coming Soon to Own on Video and DVD: "Coming soon to own on video and DVD."
Now Available to Own on DVD: "Now available to own on DVD."
Now Available to Rent on Video: "Now available to rent on video."
Coming Soon to Rent on Video: "Coming soon to rent on video."
Stay Tuned after the Feature: "Stay tuned after the feature for more great previews. And now, our feature presentation."
The audio was re-orchestrated for the two Disney Interactive bumpers. The "whoosh" at the start is less muffled and fades out quicker, and a choral note replaces the orchestral crash / quiet note.
On the 1998 VHS release of G.I. Jane, during the "Now Available on CD & Cassette" bumper, the announcer says, "Now available on CD and cassette from Hollywood Records."
On the "Zoom In" bumpers as well as the "Previews" bumper, an edited version of the intro to "Great Ovation" is heard. Its usage here marks the last time the cue had ever appeared on any Buena Vista bumper.
On the "Feature Program" bumper, the 1991 Walt Disney Home Video jingle is used.
The "Now Appearing" bumper is silent.
Stay Tuned:
The music is extended from its normal length to match the longer announcements, featuring a longer quiet note and synthesizer notes echoing throughout the remaining duration of the bumper.
On the Crow variant, Brian Cummings says, "Stay tuned after the feature for the last on-camera interview with Brandon Lee, which includes never-before-seen footage. And now, our feature presentation."
On the Crow: City of Angels variant, Brian Cummings says, "Stay tuned after the feature for a special Brandon Lee tribute, which includes never-before-seen footage. And now, see what's available on CD and cassette."
On the 1996-97 VHS releases of The Rock, From Dusk Till Dawn (widescreen version only), and Il Postino (The Postman), Brian Cummings says, "Stay tuned after the feature for a very special message. And now, our feature presentation."
This variant also appears on the 1997 VHS releases of Scream and Trainspotting, but without "very".
On the 1995 VHS releases of Tall Tale and Camilla, Brian Cummings says, "Stay tuned after the feature for another great preview. And now, our feature presentation."
Availability: It can be seen on almost all Buena Vista VHS tapes issued during the mid-to-late-90s.
The bumpers premiered on the original 1994 VHS release of The Crow, and began widespread usage on four titles issued on the same day, October 12: Touchstone's The Inkwell and Golden Gate, Hollywood's Holy Matrimony, and Miramax's Mother's Boys.
The "Feature Program" variant was seen on the direct-to-video Beauty and the Beast sequels, the original VHS of Disney Sing-Along Songs: Happy Haunting Party at Disneyland, and the 1998 reprints of Winnie the Pooh: Frankenpooh and Spookable Pooh.
The "Now In Theaters" variant was seen on rental printings of The Crow, and later appeared on VHS releases like Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Supercop, Brassed Off, 54, and Sing a Song with Tigger.
The last proper appearance of the Flashbang bumpers on a high-profile release was on the 1999 VHS of Instinct, though they continued to be used until 2001 on Warren Miller Entertainment VHS releases such as Ride and Fifty, on the 2000 VHS release of Sing a Song with Tigger and reprints of Winnie the Pooh compilation videos from that year, and on Dimension Home Video releases into 2003 such as the first two Scary Movie films, Scream 3, Confessions of Sorority Girls, The Accidental Spy, The Crow: Salvation, Dracula 2000, Halloween: Resurrection, early printings of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and the final release with them in general, Mimic 3: Sentinel (higher profile Dimension releases - the first two Spy Kids films, The Others, and later prints of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - instead used the Filmreel bumpers).
On DVD, the "Now Available to Own on Video and DVD" bumper can be seen on the original 1999 DVD release of Enemy of the State (three times, appearing in-between trailers).
The "Previews" bumper was exclusively seen on demo VHS releases from Dimension and Warren Miller, taking the place of the corresponding Filmreel bumper.
The "Now Available on CD & Cassette" bumper also appears on all VHS and Laserdisc releases of Armageddon.
Legacy: This set of bumpers is known for its omnipresence on many releases from both Disney and their subsidiaries, as well as their startling nature and sporadic appearances on tapes that otherwise have different sets of bumpers. Many people in the logo community dub the zoom out bumpers the Flashbang bumpers, and the ones that zoom in the Zoom-In bumpers.
21st Bumper (March 3, 1995) (Walt Disney Pictures)
Visuals: Just the words "COMING THIS SUMMER FROM WALT DISNEY PICTURES}}", "COMING NEXT SUMMER FROM WALT DISNEY PICTURES" or "COMING JUNE 23, 1995 FROM WALT DISNEY PICTURES" in a turquoise or cerulean color. Both variants appear before and after a trailer for Pocahontas, respectively.
Technique: Digital graphic.
Audio: None on the opening variant; the end of the song "Colors of the Wind" from the Pocahontas trailer on the closing variant.
Availability: This can only be seen on the 1995 Masterpiece Collection VHS releases of The Lion King (1994).
22nd Bumper (April 24, 1996-February 1, 2000) (Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Home Video/Disney Interactive)
Visuals: Opening with a clip of the 1985 Walt Disney Pictures logo (the 1990 variant, specifically), beginning when the "WALT DiSNEY" text is revealed, it goes into a montage of the following clips is shown:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996): Clopin laughing and tossing down a ball of smoke.
Toy Story: Woody and Buzz "falling with style."
Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure attraction: Indy swings on a rope as a rolling boulder races toward the guests.
The exterior of the Palace Theatre in New York City, advertising the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast, followed by a moment from the show itself.
A little boy and his father watching television, the screen showing an ABC bumper in motion (which is described here).
Bambi: Bambi meeting Flower.
Hercules (1997): Herc awkwardly gesturing.
Scenes from the Hunchback of Notre Dame Festival of Fools stage show at Disneyland and the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction at the Magic Kingdom.
Afterwards, the introduction fades into one of the first three bumpers listed below:
Bumper B:
Coming to Theaters: The El Capitan Theatre with the curtains raising, revealing a screen with the 1990 updated version of the 1985 Walt Disney Pictures logo. Tinkerbell flies in and waves her wand in animation reused from other bumpers of the time to start the preview for the movie. The screen on the movie theater zooms in to take up the entire screen, and the trailer begins.
Coming to Videocassette: A TV in a living room shows a scene from Fantasia with Mickey Mouse putting the sorcerer's hat on, which cuts to a boy and a girl watching the TV happily. The TV is then shown once more, this time with the 1991 Walt Disney Home Video logo on the screen, which zooms in to start the trailer.
Walt Disney World: An overview shot of Epcot, side views of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Dumbo the Flying Elephant, and the Walt Disney World Monorail near Spaceship Earth. It ends with the aforementioned animation of Tinkerbell waving her wand to transition to the ad.
Disney Interactive: A clip of a kid playing a Disney Interactive Animated Storybook game. Tinkerbell flies over and changes the computer screen to the Disney Interactive logo, which flashes on a moving purple space background with black text. The logo is then seen as a still on a black background with white text before the ad starts.
Feature Presentation: Just the standard Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo without any modifications. (Side Note: The lilac blue Feature Presentation bumper does not appear on the 1996 VHS releases of The Aristocats or Oliver & Company, as both VHS releases have the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo with Beau Weaver saying, "And now, our feature presentation".)
Trivia:
This bumper appears on mostly popular VHS releases from WDHV at the time, such as the ones with the Handwriting and Flash-bang bumper sets.
The Coming to Theaters portion of Bumper B uses stock footage from the 1991 Disney Channel documentary Be Our Guest: The Making of Beauty and the Beast, hosted by David Ogden Stiers, the voice of Cogsworth.
Variants (Bumper A):
April 24, 1996: There is a prototype variant seen on the 1996 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of The Aristocats (the first Disney VHS to use these bumpers) with different clips. They are:
Pocahontas: Pocahontas and Meeko go down a waterfall on their canoe.
A shot of the entrance of the Magic Kingdom in Florida.
An alternate take of the same moment from the Broadway stage production of Beauty and the Beast.
A mother watching TV with her two children.
A rapid-fire montage of Cinderella Castle with fireworks in the sky, Buzz unloading his wings in Toy Story, the "Be Our Guest" sequence from Beauty and the Beast, guests going down the final drop on Splash Mountain, and a clip from the final scene of The Lion King (1994).
September 25, 1996: On the 1996 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of Oliver & Company, the Pocahontas clip was replaced by a clip from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) (of Quasimodo sliding down a rain gutter, which was also on the 1996 VHS of Toy Story), the alternate take of the same moment from the Broadway stage production of Beauty and the Beast was replaced by the exterior of the Palace Theatre in New York City that advertise the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast, and the clip of the mother watching TV with her two children was replaced by the clip of the little boy and his father watching TV together.
October 29, 1996: Another early variant is seen on the 1996 VHS release of Toy Story. Here, instead of the clips from Bambi (1942) and Hercules (1997), clips from Pocahontas (of Pocahontas and Meeko going downstream in their canoe, a different shot rather than the same shot that was shown on the 1996 VHS of The Aristocats (1970)) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) (of Quasimodo sliding down a rain gutter, as shown on the 1996 VHS of Oliver & Company) were used. The ABC logo on the TV screen is a still of the logo instead of the animated version seen in later versions of the intro.
January 5, 1999: On the first, recalled printing of the 1999 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of The Rescuers, Beau Weaver simply says, "You can always count on something new and exciting from Disney!" at the end of the bumper without adding anything over the following bumper.
Variants (Bumper B):
Coming to Theaters:
On the 1996 Masterpiece Collection VHS releases of The Aristocats and Oliver & Company, the announcer says, "Here's a special preview of Disney's next motion picture/animated masterpiece (coming to theaters)."
On the former release, a brief scene of a man's hand drawing character designs for Quasimodo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) is seen on the theater screen before the bumper, and the Masterpiece Collection theme is instead replaced with a dreamy string / woodwind tune common on other pre-preview bumpers on Disney tapes from this period, followed by the music for the trailer.
On the 1998 Masterpiece Collection VHS releases of Hercules (1997) and Peter Pan (1953), the announcer says, "Join us now for a special preview from Walt Disney Pictures!"
A German version exists.
Coming to Videocassette:
On the 1996 Masterpiece Collection VHS releases of The Aristocats (1970) and Oliver & Company (1988), Beau Weaver says, "And look for these great Disney movies to add to your home video collection!".
On the former title, the music is the beginning of the Oliver & Company song, "Why Should I Worry?". The announcer is still heard. This was most likely due to an editing error, as Oliver & Company was not being advertised.
On the 1997 VHS release of 101 Dalmatians (1996), Beau Weaver says, "Enjoy all the magic at home with this great Disney movie coming to video!".
A German version exists and was used during the early 2000s.
Three VHS releases don't have the WDHV logo on the TV screen during the "Coming to Videocassette" bumper:
On the 1997 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), instead of the WDHV logo, the 1985 Walt Disney Pictures logo is seen taking up the entire screen.
On the 1997 VHS release of 101 Dalmatians (1996), instead of the WDHV logo, Winnie the Pooh with the words "Once Upon a Time..." above him is seen.
On the 1998 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of Lady and the Tramp (1955), instead of the WDHV logo appearing on the screen, the first scene of the trailer for The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (a scene of Colonel Hathi shouting) is seen.
On the 2000 VHS releases of Tarzan (1999) and Toy Story (1995), the 1999 version of the bumper is seen as usual, then the 1991 WDHV logo fades in to the Disney DVD logo, which shines and zooms out of the TV screen. Beau Weaver says, "Enjoy all the magic at home with these great Disney movies coming to video and Disney DVD!"
Walt Disney World:
On the original 1996 VHS release of Toy Story and the 1997 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), the first two clips in the "Walt Disney World" bumper are of the Main Street Electrical Parade and the Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom. Beau Weaver says, "And now, Walt Disney World celebrates its 25th anniversary!".
Disney Interactive:
On the 1996 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of The Aristocats, Tinkerbell is mirrored from her usual position. Beau Weaver says, "And, here's what's new from Disney Interactive!".
Technique: Archival footage, which is a mix of live action and 2D animation. For the Toy Story "Falling with Style" scene, CGI produced at Pixar Animation Studios. For the Coming to Videocassette bumpers, live action footage and likely video editor software to place the WDHV logo on the TV.
Audio (Bumper A): The 1985 Walt Disney Pictures logo theme by John Debney, followed by the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection theme (which plays into whichever bumper follows the intro). While this plays, Beau Weaver says the following: "From magical movies, to unforgettable adventures, from the thrill of the theater, to the comfort of your home, you can always count on something new and exciting from Disney."
Audio (Bumper B):
Coming to Theaters: The last few notes of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo music, fading into the music for the trailer. Beau Weaver is heard saying, "Join us for a special preview from Walt Disney Pictures."
Coming to Videocassette: Either a dreamy string / woodwind tune if the bumper is seen on its own, or the end of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo music if it's connected to the Walt Disney Company Intro as the second bumper. Beau Weaver says, "Enjoy all the magic at home with these great Disney movies coming to video!"
Walt Disney World: The end of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo music, along with Beau Weaver saying, "Now, here's a special message from Walt Disney World.". This was shown on the 1996 VHS of The Aristocats.
Disney Interactive: A gentle calypso theme that would later be used on the ABC bumpers. Beau Weaver says either "Let's see what's in store for you, from Disney Interactive." from the 1996 VHS Oliver & Company or "There's always something exciting for everyone from Disney Interactive!" from the 1996 VHS of Toy Story to the early copies of the 1997 VHS of The Jungle Book (1967).
Feature Presentation: The full Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo theme and Beau Weaver saying, "And now, our feature presentation." during the last few seconds.
Audio Variants (Bumper A):
The prototype versions that was seen on both releases of The Aristocats and Oliver & Company used a slightly different announcement: "From movies, to magical vacations, from the theater, to your living room, there's always something new and exciting from Disney."
On the original 1996-97 VHS releases of Toy Story and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), the music is accompanied by extra sound effects, including a "poof" sound when Clopin throws his smoke ball, a rumbling sound for the boulder as it rolls, and the little boy giggling.
On the 1999-2000 VHS releases of A Bug's Life, The Great Mouse Detective, Toy Story, and Tarzan (1999) (the last Disney VHS release to use the Walt Disney Company intro), the 1992 bass-distorted version of the Walt Disney Classics theme is heard instead of the Masterpiece Collection theme during the second half of the bumper. Beau Weaver's announcement was also re-recorded. This was possibly due to the fact that the Masterpiece Collection was soon ending at the time.
Availability: It can be seen on WDHV tapes with the Walt Disney Company Intro. The "Feature Presentation" bumper is rare, as most tapes instead used the standard 1991, 1994, or 1999 IDs, but it appears exclusively on the 1996 Masterpiece Collection releases of The Aristocats and Oliver & Company. The "Coming to Theaters" clip on also appears on the 1999 60th Anniversary VHS release of Pinocchio (1940). These bumpers don't appear on their DVDs as they have no previews or use the Filmreel bumpers instead.
Legacy: A nostalgic favorite among many due to its appearances on many famous titles throughout the 1990s. The bumpers are often dubbed the Walt Disney Company Intro bumpers.
23rd Bumper (March 1997)
This logo may need to be investigated. Some information needs to be found, including photos, where to find it, and variants.
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Visuals: On a grey gradient background, 2 abstract marquee shapes fold inwards towards the top of the screen, with the one on the left in a cerulean color and the one on the right in a cream-orange gradient color. The 2 meet together, for the former over and off-set over the latter, and the text "HOLLYWOOD HITS" flashes in a custom bold font, stacked on top of itself with an curve, and a yellow filmstrip appears wrapping around the marquee, with a section marked with "97" on it. Below it, a filmstrip with yellow cells waves in from the right, with "Feature Presentation" on it.
Technique: No video footage as of far, however it is speculated to be CGI.
Audio: A funky beat plays as Brian Cummings says, "Now our feature presentation, part of the biggest rental program ever, Hollywood Hits 1997".
Availability: Seen on demo VHS releases of films intended for the Hollywood Hits '97 rental program, including those of Ransom, Swingers, and Adrenalin: Fear the Rush.
24th Bumper (November 11, 1997) (Walt Disney Records)
Visuals: Just the words "Now Available on CD & Cassette" on promotional art of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.
Technique: Digital graphic.
Audio: A male announcer, who also provided the voiceover for UAV/Sterling's own, saying, "Now available on CD and cassette".
Availability: This can only be seen on the original 1997 VHS release of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.
25th Bumper (March 31, 1998) (Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Home Video)
Bumper A: Clips from The Little Mermaid (1989) play out before going to a live action environment with a live action fishbowl showing CGI versions of Gil and Phil from the movie, and then a live action Jodi Benson (who plays Ariel) coming up introducing the movie The Little Mermaid, going to the next bumper.
Bumper B:
Coming Soon to Theaters: Following the introduction, Jodi Benson introduces a sneak peek of the studio's then-upcoming feature Mulan with CGI replicas of Gil and Phil, before cutting to the teaser for Mulan (1998).
Coming Soon to Theaters (B): After the trailer for Mulan (1998), Gil and Phil, along with Jodi Benson, introduce a sneak peek of A Bug's Life. A paper with the Mulan logo can be seen, along with "COMING TO THEATERS 1998" shown below it. It then cut to the teaser for A Bug's Life, with Benson continuing to narrate.
Coming Soon to Video: After the trailer for A Bug's Life, it cuts back to Gil and Phil, along with Jodi Benson, introducing their newest video release Melody Time, which was released on VHS as a Masterpiece Collection title.
Coming Soon to Video (B): After the trailer for Melody Time, it cuts back to Gil and Phil, along with Jodi Benson, introducing the new compilation video The Spirit of Mickey.
Coming Soon to Video (C): After the trailer for The Spirit of Mickey, it cuts back to Gil and Phil, along with Jodi Benson, introducing their direct-to-video sequel Pocahontas: Journey to a New World.
Coming Soon to Video (D): After the trailer for Pocahontas: Journey to a New World, it cuts back to Gil and Phil, along with Jodi Benson, introducing their newest Masterpiece Collection video release of Lady and the Tramp (1955).
Disney Cruise Line: After the trailers, it cuts back to Gil and Phil, along with Jodi Benson, introducing a promo for the Disney Cruise Line.
Disney's One Saturday Morning: After the Disney Cruise Line message, it cuts back to Gil and Phil, along with Jodi Benson telling them about Disney's One Saturday Morning on ABC.
Feature Presentation: It starts off with the camera zooming out of an extremely close, tilted shot of the words "FEATURE PRESENTATION", done in gold (a la 20th Century Fox structure logo). As the camera pans out to a confortable distance/angle, the letters are revealed to be sitting at the center of a dark-blue stadium on a gradient black to indigo background, with several spotlights standing still in the background. The logo is shown on a live-action television, viewed from a fishbowl underwater. As a result, the logo looks slightly distorted by the ripples in the water, and as the camera pans into the television set on which the logo is being shown, the aforementioned fish are initially seen at the left and right of the screen, and a castle in the fishbowl covers up part of the lower left hand corner of the screen.
Stay Tuned: Before fading away to the home video variant of the THX "Broadway" logo, Jodi Benson (as part of the filler at the start of the VHS where she converses with her CGI pet goldfish, Gil and Phil) reminds the audience to stay tuned for a music video.
Technique: A mix of live action and CGI.
Audio (Bumper A): An excerpt from the song "Under the Sea", along with some dialogue introducing the film.
Audio (Bumper B): The actual bumper is silent, but Gil and Phil (two computer-animated goldfish) are heard conversing with Jodi Benson and themselves about the upcoming film they are about to watch:
Gil: "Yeah, the shrimp!" (This is in response to Jodi listing off Flounder as one of the characters from the film they--and by extension, the audience--are about to watch.)
Phil: "Well, grab a seat, sit back, relax, and enjoy the show."
Availability: Seen on the 1998 Masterpiece Collection VHS issue of The Little Mermaid (1989).
Legacy: Disney's first attempt at a set of custom VHS bumpers. This practice would later be replicated on the 1999 VHS release of Mulan (1998), using shorter clips compared to this set of bumpers.
26th Bumper (October 27, 1998) (Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Home Video)
Bumper A: A light moves over from a black background, and a white flash appears. The flash reveals itself to be clips from The Rescuers. It cuts to a yellow box in the upper left corner, and a filmstrip appears, and then a blue box appears at the bottom half of the screen. The black word "get" and the white word "ready" slides up from the bottom, then it cuts to clips from 101 Dalmatians (1961) and A Bug's Life, then it cuts back to the screen, but the word "get" is replaced by "hold" and "ready" is replaced by "on". After that, it cuts to a clip from Mulan (1998), and it cuts back to the screen, only this time the black word on the yellow box reads "brace" and the white word on the blue box reads "yourself". This cuts to more clips from Mulan (1998) and The Rescuers, then it cuts to the film countdown with the yellow word "action", sliding up and a zoom in effect. It cuts to clips from Mighty Joe Young (1998), and it cuts back to the countdown, only this time it reads "fun" instead of "action". Finally, it cuts to a clip from Mulan (1998) and A Bug's Life, and it cuts back to the countdown, only this time it reads "adventure". Then it cuts to clips from 101 Dalmatians (1961), The Rescuers, Mulan (1998) and Mighty Joe Young (1998), before it fades to the Coming to Theaters bumper from Bumper B.
Bumper B:
Coming Soon to Theaters: A screen that has a yellow box in the upper-left corner and a cerulean box at the bottom half of the screen fades in. Just as it fades in, black text that reads "coming soon to theaters" (with "theaters" in a slightly larger font, placed below "coming soon to") fades onto the screen in the yellow box. The Walt Disney Pictures logo (with the "PICTURES" text more closely packed-into each other) fades in on the cerulean box at the bottom. As this all happens, blue-tinted pictures of film used for movie cameras can be seen cycling in the box in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Coming Soon to Video: A bright, lens-flare-styled flash occurs. After the flash disappears, it shows a screen that has a yellow box in the upper-left corner, a box of blue television static that has an oddly designed, "retro" styled television set with a transparent screen in the upper right corner, and a cerulean box at the bottom half of the screen. Then, blue text that reads "coming soon" fading in on the yellow box, followed by the Walt Disney Home Video logo (with the "Home Video" text packed closely together underneath the Walt Disney text) logo fading in on the cerulean box. At the same time, the television screen on the television set has the Gold 1991 Walt Disney Home Video logo fade in.
Bumper C: There is a white flash that becomes a yellow square, which moves to the upper right of the screen to reveal a blue background with a test pattern. Then the words "feature presentation" in white zoom in while a purple filmstrip appears and wipes the background away. The background becomes black and "feature" moves from right to left above "presentation".
Technique: Computer animation combined with archival footage, with the footage being 2D animation from Walt Disney Productions (for 101 Dalmatians) and 3D CGI from Pixar Animation Studios (for A Bug's Life).
Audio (Bumper A): A techno hip hop tune with whooshes and Brian Cummings saying, "And now... get ready... hold on... and brace yourself... for all the action... fun... and adventure... coming your way from Walt Disney Studios!"
Audio (Bumper B): Just Brian Cummings saying, "Coming soon to theaters from Walt Disney Pictures." or "And coming soon, from Walt Disney Home Video...".
Audio (Bumper C): A whooshing sound when the flash appears, followed by Brian Cummings saying "And now, Disney proudly presents: The Lion King II: Simba's Pride!"
Availability: Only appeared on the original 1998 VHS tape of The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.
27th Bumper (February 2, 1999) (Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Home Video)
Bumpers:
Please stay Tuned: On a red-black gradient background, the same dragon from the Mulan film logo is seen on the bottom, but in yellow. Above it is "Please Stay TUNED" in a script-esque font.
Introduction: Cutting away from the "Please Stay Tuned" bumper, in the forest is Cri-kee, Mushu, Mulan (in her male soldier disguise) and the black horse Khan introduce the previews.
Coming Soon to Video (A): Just the 1991 Walt Disney Home Video logo without any modifications. A bug cuts itself a path through it, revealing that of Mushu and his bug Cri-Kee surfing down the side of a avalanche. Then it cuts to the trailer for A Bug's Life.
Coming Soon to Video (B): After the trailer for A Bug's Life, it zooms in and cuts to Cri-Kee hitting a gong; this then cuts to a screen with Mushu and Cri-Kee, then a silhouette of a pot of honey comes in and pours out its contents, transitioning into the trailer for Winnie the Pooh: Sing a Song with Pooh Bear.
Coming Soon to Video (C): After the trailer for Winnie the Pooh: Sing a Song with Pooh Bear, Mushu tries to awaken the Great Stone Dragon, but to no avail. Then, pawprints appear across the screen and zoom in to reveal the trailer for the Masterpiece Collection release of 101 Dalmatians (1961).
After the Movie: On a paper sheet, Cri-Kee is seen typing away a letter. It then zooms in and cuts to a stone background, with "www.DisneyVideos.go.com" typing in slowly, along with the Go Network logo appearing in a glow. The text then zooms in and cuts to Mushu taking the letter, slipping Cri-Kee up into the air. This can be only seen on early printings.
Sneak Peek: Just the logo for Disney's Tarzan.
Feature Presentation: Same as the "Please Stay Tuned" ID, except the text says "Feature PRESENTATION".
Technique: Archival footage produced at Walt Disney Feature Animation and 2D computer effects.
Audio: A sound of a gong being struck, along with the audio for the clips and Brian Cummings cheerfully narrating:
Please stay Tuned: "Please stay tuned after the previews for a special behind-the-scenes look at an upcoming Disney animated entertainment event!"
Coming Soon to Video: "Coming soon to home video!"
After the Movie: "After the movie, play exciting games and go on new adventures with Mulan at www.DisneyVideos.go.com, part of the Go Network."
Sneak Peek: "And now, a sneak preview of Disney's all-new animated motion picture, Tarzan!"
Availability: Produced for and used on the 1999 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of Mulan (1998).
28th Bumper (October 26, 1999) (Walt Disney Home Video)
Visuals: Over a different clip of Pinocchio (1940), a bumper appears over the clip.
Bumpers:
Coming Soon to Own on Video. (The clip is Pinocchio as a human carried around by Geppetto, before it freezes and the text in a blue serif font rises up from the bottom of the screen.)
Available this Holiday Season (The clip is Jiminy Cricket with Pinocchio hopping onto his foot, and the text slides in from the left in red with a white outline.)
Join us After the Feature (The clip shows Pinocchio doing a trick with his head and the text slides in from the left, in the same font as the "Coming Soon to Own on Video" bumper).
Feature Presentation (The clip has it showing the wishing star twinkling, as the text fades and zooms in slowly, colored red with a white and black drop shadow.)
Technique: Computer effects overlaid onto archival footage produced at Walt Disney Productions.
Audio: The first three bumpers feature specially recorded instrumental cues, while the third has some of "When You Wish Upon a Star." All four have Brian Cummings doing the announcement.
Audio Variants:
On the "Available This Holiday Season" bumper, Brian Cummings announces, "Available to own this holiday season..." while an instrumental rendition of "Jingle Bells" plays.
For the "Join us After the Feature" bumper, Brian Cummings announces, "Be sure to join us after the feature for a special bonus feature, A Wish Come True: The Making of Pinocchio."
On the "Feature Presentation" bumper, Brian Cummings cheerfully exclaims, "And now, our feature presentation!"
Availability: This custom bumper set only appears on the 1999 60th Anniversary VHS release of Pinocchio (1940). No "Coming Soon to Theaters" bumper was made for this title since it used the 1996 bumpers.
Legacy: The "...to Own on Video" and "Feature Presentation" announcements were later used in the Filmreel IDs. The "Available this Holiday Season" later got its own bumper below. Along with the two sets of bumpers listed below, these were used as early templates for the 1999-2010 IDs. This is one of the earliest bumpers to use the voiceover variants for the 1999 Filmreel bumpers.
29th Bumper (November 9, 1999) (Walt Disney Home Video)
Visuals: A clip of Pluto's Christmas Tree, which shows the camera zooming into a house on a snowy night, plays as the words "AVAILABLE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON" in a Cooper Black font, with snow on top of the letters, zooms in from the house.
Audio: Brian Cummings announces, "Available to own this holiday season..." while an instrumental rendition of "Jingle Bells" plays.
Availability: This bumper appears only on the 1999 VHS release of I’ll Be Home for Christmas.
30th Bumper (November 9, 1999) (Walt Disney Home Video)
Visuals: Same as the 28th ID, except with Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas.
Bumpers:
Coming Soon to Own on Video (The clip shows Goofy slipping and somehow having his family dinner land perfectly into place, and the text in a blue font drops down with the turkey, with Goofy smiling blissfully.)
Now Available to Own on Video (The clip shows Donald opening his closet to reveal sleds for his 3 sons, and the text in white flies out of the closet to the top left.)
Feature Presentation (The clip shows Mickey and Minnie sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace, which zooms out as the bumper text in blue again zooming in.
Audio: Like the 28th, some associated music and Cummings' voiceover.
Audio Variant: On the "Feature Presentation" bumper, Brian Cummings cheerfully exclaims, "And now, our feature presentation!"
Availability: Like the 28th Bumper, this is a custom bumper set only appearing on the 1999 VHS release of Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas.
Legacy: Unlike the 28th Bumper, all three announcements were later used in the Filmreel IDs. The font for these bumpers was later used in the next ID.
31st Bumper (December 7, 1999) (Walt Disney Home Video)
Visuals: Same as the previous two IDs, except with Inspector Gadget (1999).
Bumpers:
Coming Soon to Own on Video and DVD (A giant jet engine comes out of the Gadgetmobile before it rockets off into the horizon, with the text in a metallic silver color flying up from under the car.)
Now Available to Own on Video and DVD (The same clip, but with this bumper's text instead)
Feature Presentation (The clip shown has Inspector Gadget forming a helicoptor rotor out of his hat as he prepares to take off, follow by him flying through town and into the camera. The bumper text materializes at the bottom of the screen.)
Technique: Computer effects overlaid onto live action archival footage.
Audio: Like the 28th and 30th IDs, some associated music and Cummings' voiceover.
Audio Variant: On the "Feature Presentation" bumper, Brian Cummings cheerfully exclaims, "And now, our feature presentation!"
Availability: This is a custom bumper set only appearing on the 1999 VHS public release of Inspector Gadget (1999). The demo version uses a custom version of the Zoom-In bumpers instead.
32nd Bumper (December 14, 1999-December 5, 2006 [Sneak Peeks through June 8, 2010]) (Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
With commercial bypass instructions.
Original variant, with Disney and Pixar in the incorrect area.
Disney and Pixar variant, corrected positions.
Cars variant.
With commercial bypass instructions.
Australian variant.
Purchase variant.
Purchase variant with commercial bypass instructions.
Australian variant.
Purchase variant.
Purchase variant with commercial bypass instructions.
With commercial bypass instructions.
Different font.
Rental variant.
Purchase variant.
With commercial bypass instructions.
Purchase variant.
Purchase variant with commercial bypass instructions.
Cars variant.
Collectors Edition DVD variant.
Purchase variant.
Purchase variant with commercial bypass instructions.
Australian version. Note the Disney DVD logo.
With instructions on commercial bypass.
Later purchase variant. (circa 2003-2006)
Later variant (circa 2003-2006)
Early version.
Later version.
Rent variant.
Purchase variant.
Original purchase variant.
Purchase variant with commercial bypass instructions.
Later purchase variant.
Later purchase variant with commercial bypass instructions.
Collector's Edition variant.
Collector's Edition variant with commercial bypass instructions.
Later variant, emulating later bumpers of the time.
Variant used for feature length films.
Variant used for programs.
Custom variant.
Kill Bill variant.
Custom variant.
Australian variant.
Custom variant for a few animated films.
Early still variant, emulating the Feature Presentation bumpers.
Later variant, emulating normal bumpers.
PSP variant.
"New from the Secret Lab"
"New from Disney Interactive"
European "On Video & DVD" bumper.
European "On Video & DVD" bumper with commercial bypass instructions.
"From Playhouse Disney"
Sneak Peeks menu template page 1
Sneak Peeks menu template page 2
Sneak Peeks menu template page 3
Sneak Peeks menu template page 4
Sneak Peeks menu template page 5
Sneak Peeks menu template page 6
Sneak Peeks menu template page 7
For a dedicated Sneak Peaks page documenting all variants, see this page.
Visuals:
As one of the one of the following bumper texts - some of which slides down while the other section of text slides to the right, respectively, before settling. There is a pink rectangular strip on the top (moving towards the bottom of the screen), a gold rectangular strip at the top moving to the right, a transparent strip moving to the left (forming into a backing for the top bumper text), golden lines moving in from every side and a gold rectangular strip that forms from the right going toward the left side of the screen (the bottom bumper text will usually end up in this strip). Film reels are slowly spinning in the blue-tinted background.
When hitting "Sneak Peeks" on the main menu on most 2004-10 DVDs, the phrase "Sneak Peeks" zooms slowly down the top of the screen and stays put. Four gold arrows slide in from all four directions of the screen, after which the words "PLAY ALL" (on the top right side of the screen), "MAIN MENU" (at the bottom right side) and "MORE" (at the bottom left side) fade in. Then, several logos for movies/TV shows/TV networks animate in several unique ways and appear in the middle of the screen in all sides. Then, a blue filmreel with gold holes appears next to either one of the logos or "PLAY ALL", and the viewer can use their remote control to move the filmreel to a movie logo, which by clicking on them takes them to the trailer they want to see, or to "PLAY ALL" (which plays all the trailers, either on the disc or on the page), "MAIN MENU" (which jumps right back to the main menu), "MORE" (which jumps to an additional page of trailers), and "BACK" (which can only be accessed from the second page, and jumps back to the first page). When the viewer selects a trailer they want, the small filmreel inverts and the menu cuts to black, then the start of the trailer. To see an expanding list of logo animations on this menu/bumper, click the link above.
Bumpers:
Legend: [s] - silent, [n] - no announcer [A] - Australia only
Coming Soon to Theaters
Coming Soon to Theaters from Disney & Pixar
Coming Soon to Own on Video & DVD
Coming Soon to Own on Video & Disney DVD [n][A]
Coming Soon to Own on DVD & Video
Coming Soon to Own on Video
Coming Soon to Own on DVD
Coming Soon on Video & DVD ([n] and [A] variant)
Coming Soon on DVD & Video
Coming Soon on DVD
Coming Soon to Rent on Video
Coming Soon to Rent on Video & DVD [n]
Coming Soon Collector's Edition DVD
Now in Theaters
Now Available to Own on Video & DVD ([n] for Australia only)
Now Available to Own on Video & Disney DVD [n][A]
Now Available to Own on DVD & Video
Now Available to Own on Video
Now Available on Video
Now Available on DVD
Now Available to Own on DVD
Now Available on Video & DVD
Now Available on DVD & Video
Now Available to Rent on Video
Now Available on CD & Cassette
Now Available on CD
Now Available Collector's Edition DVD
Now Available for PSP™ (Found on UMD movies for the PSP) [n]
Now Available [n][A]
Now Showing in Cinemas [s][A]
New from Disney Interactive [n]
New from the Secret Lab (Found on the 2002 DVD of Tron)
On Video & DVD [s] (Appears on UK and Greek DVDs)
From Playhouse Disney (Found on the 2002 DVD of Rolie Polie Olie: The Great Defender of Fun) [n]
Sneak Peek
Exclusive Sneak Peek (Found on the 2003 Platinum Edition VHS of The Lion King (1994))
Join Us After the Program
Join Us After the Movie
More Excitement from Disney
Stay Tuned after this Movie for special Bonus Material[n][A]
After the Feature (Found on the 2004 VHS of Kill Bill: Volume 1)
Feature Program
Feature Presentation
Previews (Demo tapes only)
Trivia:
Early DVD releases from Disney and its subsidiaries had no previews or when had previews did not allow viewers to skip the previews. Because of subsequent backlash, the ability to jump directly to the main menu at any time was added. In August 2000, text regarding such an option was added to the first bumper on the disc (more on that below), although the 2001-04 DVD releases of Just Visiting, The Love Bug, and My Baby's Daddy, which use only one bumper, feature no additional text. This ability was also provided by Disney's Fast Play, which was introduced in 2004, except on discs with it, there were no bumpers in-between trailers until 2010.
On the 2004 DVD release of Home on the Range, the "Coming Soon to Own on DVD & Video" bumper appears twice, once before a trailer for Aladdin: Platinum Edition, and once again before trailers for Mulan: Special Edition and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (the latter of which, unusually for a 2004-06 DVD, appears on the second page of the Sneak Peeks menu on the disc instead of the first).
Conversely, on the 2005 DVD release of The Parent Trap: 2-Movie Collection, a preview for Toy Story: 10th Anniversary Edition is shown, despite the "Now Available to Own on DVD" bumper being missing. This could be because of a later reissue of Toy Story 2 being advertised at the preview's very end.
In a similar case to the Flashbang bumpers, the trailers for titles that could be rented but not properly purchased were preceded by the "...on Video", "...on DVD", "...to Rent on Video", and "...on Video & DVD" bumpers. The trailers for titles that could be properly purchased were preceded by the "...to Own on Video", "...to Own on DVD", and "...to Own on DVD and Video" bumpers.
These bumpers were mostly relegated to most Buena Vista releases except some early-to-mid-2000s Dimension Home Video releases and Warren Miller ski films, which continued to use the Flashbang set.
These are the first bumpers not to involve the intro to "Great Ovation" since 1989, as the previous bumpers such as the Zoom In, Handwriting, and other sets used, and also the last to use a voiceover.
It's also the first bumper set not to use either version of the 1991 Walt Disney Home Video logo music that some previous bumpers and international bumpers also used.
DVDs released from 2000-05 with trailers include a still card for each trailer after each bumper. DVDs released after 2005 would jump into their sets of trailers after each bumper. it returned on some 2010 DVDs during previews.
The filmreel background is likely based on the design of the Frank G. Wells Building at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.
Variants:
While the upper text in each bumper remains in a Helvetica Light font (similar to the JCPenney logo), the bottom text may appear in a different font, and each bumper may animate differently, as explained below.
The bumpers with the bottom text that appears in a widened Helvetica Light font animate in a smooth way (the lower text having a "motion blur" effect applied), with both the upper and lower texts sliding slowly while inside the screen.
In a few cases, the lower text appears in a widened Verdana font and slides into the golden strip slightly slower than usual. This version occurs only on the early version of the "Now Available on Video" bumper, and the "Now Available on CD" and "Join Us after the Program" bumpers. A similar version appears on the "Join Us after the Movie" bumper, except the text "after the Movie" is in a standard Verdana font.
In other cases, the lower text is in a standard Verdana font, emerges from the left side of the screen and swiftly slides into the golden strip. The upper text also emerges from the top of the screen before it falls to its usual position. This version occurs on the early version of the "Now Available to Own on DVD" bumper as well as the "New From Disney Interactive" and "New from the Secret Lab" bumpers. This also applies to the later versions of the "Coming Soon to Theaters from Disney & Pixar", "Now Available on Video", "Previews" and "Feature Program" bumpers.
For both "Collector's Edition DVD" bumpers, the bottom text appears in Helvetica Light.
On the 2002 DVD of Mickey's House of Villains, both lines of text on the "Coming Soon on Video & DVD" have a shadow effect applied to them. On a side note, the bumper also cuts in and out instead of fading in and out.
On the 2006 widescreen DVD release of Cars (one of the last releases to feature this bumper), there is a more detailed version where the 3D text "Coming Soon" turns downward to face the screen. "to Theaters" or "to Own on DVD" (depending on the bumper used) swipes in from the left side of the screen and rotates to face the screen, settling above the golden strip. The background from the original variant of the Sneak Peeks menu/bumper is used. It would appear this was a prototype bumper that would eventually lead to the 2006 era bumpers, as the 3D text resembles the animation used in those bumpers.
From 2000-05, text would appear on the bottom left corner that reads "Press [Menu] to play movie or to select other options." This usually appears on the first bumper used during the previews, and was first seen on the 2000 DVD release of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (although strangely, it appears over both bumpers; this was also the case on the original release of Sin City, issued in 2005, as well as on two of the three bumpers on The Brave Little Toaster, released in 2003). This text was removed starting with the 2005 DVD release of Home Improvement: The Complete Third Season (the last to use the text were The Golden Girls: The Complete Third Season, released on the same day as the Home Improvement set, November 22, 2005, and Toy Story 2: Two-Disc Special Edition, released on December 26 of that year).
On the 2004 DVD release of That's So Raven: Supernaturally Stylish, the text appears on the second bumper instead of the first.
DVDs with the English language have "ON VIDEO AND DVD" slide in the yellow bar.
As a side note, the 2000 UK/Irish DVD releases of The Tigger Movie and Tarzan (possibly the first ever DVDs to be released by Disney in the UK/Ireland to contain previews) features the "Coming Soon to Own on Video & DVD" variant, complete with the voiceover and music, only the bumper fades to black, then to a still card for the first preview.
This variant is translated to "Auf Video und DVD" (not all in uppercase) on German and Turkish DVDs.
This variant is translated to "En Video et DVD" on some French DVDs.
On DVDs released in Spain, the bottom text is translated to "en video y DVD" and "Titulos que estan or estaran proximamente" is added above.
In December 2003, due to the DVD format overtaking VHS in sales, the bottom text in the Coming Soon/Now Available bumpers was switched to "DVD & Video." This version was first used on the VHS of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (its DVD counterpart used the "Video & DVD" versions), and made its first DVD appearances on Recess: All Growed Down and Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade.
Certain VHS releases, as described above and below this section, use different versions of this bumper that are tailor-made specifically for the release. However, the bumpers and voiceovers remain the same. Examples include:
The 1999 60th Anniversary VHS release of Pinocchio (1940)
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
Inspector Gadget (1999)
Playhouse Disney VHS tapes from 2000-05
Most teen-oriented Buena Vista, Marvel, and Miramax VHS tapes from 2002-05
There are two variants for the "Coming Soon to Theaters from Disney & Pixar" bumper:
The font is in a bolder and slightly narrower Helvetica font, "Coming Soon" is above the gold rectangle, "to Theaters" is in it, and "From Disney & Pixar" (with "From" smaller) is arranged below it. In addition, the text is already partially shown just as the bumper appears. This variant is seen only on the original 2000 VHS and DVD releases of Toy Story 2.
"Coming Soon to Theaters" (now in the normal Helvetica Light font) is arranged above the gold rectangle and "FROM DISNEY & PIXAR" (in the Verdana font used for the Now Available to Own on DVD ID of the time) is in said rectangle. This variant is seen only on the original 2002 VHS release of Monsters, Inc..
There are two variants for the "Now Available on Video" bumper:
On the 2000 VHS re-release of I'll Be Home for Christmas, "Now Available" is slightly narrower and "on Video" is in a widened Verdana font.
On the 2002 VHS release of Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin, "Now Available" is in Helvetica and "on Video" is in Verdana.
There are two variants for the "Now Available to Own On DVD" bumper:
On VHS tapes such as the 2002-05 VHS releases of the Vault Disney Collection series, Sweet Home Alabama, Moonlight Mile, Freaky Friday (2003), Scary Movie 3, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, the slide-in is rougher, and the bottom text is in Verdana. Although most DVDs use the second variant, this variant continued usage on Roger Corman, Miramax and Dimension titles such as the 2005-06 DVD releases of Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, The Great Raid, Hostage, Tsotsi, Asphalt Wars, Keeping Up with the Steins, Daltry Calhoun, An Unfinished Life, Bride & Prejudice, and Chicago: The Razzle-Dazzle Edition.
On most DVDs, both of the texts are presented in their usual font and slide-in smoothly.
There are two variants for the "Previews" bumper:
2000-01 demo tapes, such as The Kid, crazy/beautiful, High Fidelity, and Chocolat, feature a partly-formed still image of the bumper, and "Previews" sliding in from the left.
2001-04 demo tapes, such as Unbreakable, Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian, Moonlight Mile, and Cold Creek Manor feature the bumper animating as usual, except this time, "Previews" comes down from the top.
There are two variants for the "New from Disney Interactive" bumper:
"New From" is arranged above the gold rectangle in a white Helvetica font and "Disney Interactive" (in the Verdana font used for the Now Available to Own on DVD ID of the time) is in said rectangle.
A still version of this bumper appears only on the 2000 VHS release of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins.
On Australian VHS tapes, there are also ratings bumpers that remove all the lines and rectangles from the background. The bumpers for this are written in the Helvetica Light font and appear like this:
The following preview is classified [rating]
The following previews are classified [rating]
This following feature is classified [rating]
The following previews & feature are classified [rating]
There are two variants for the "Feature Presentation" bumper:
On the standard "Feature Presentation" bumper, the bumper moves differently. On a gold background, the text "Feature Presentation" is seen sliding to to the left in a golden tint. Then, "Feature" zooms to the left and the "Presentation" zooms to the right, changing the background to the typical bumper background, and they connect together in the middle. Gold arrows and multicolored rectangles move around the bumper in different ways.
On some tapes from 2001-05, an alternate "Feature Presentation" bumper is shown like this: On a dusk background, a CGI version of Sleeping Beauty Castle on a cloud, with fireworks exploding, is seen and the camera zooms through the entrance at the same time as some stars come through the gate. A large firework goes off in the center of the screen, while circles of filmstrips spin around, with a still image of a Disney/Pixar film on each frame. A circle of stars spins at the top of it. The filmstrips and circle of stars then go down as the text "FEATURE PRESENTATION", in the same font as the 1st CGI FP bumper from the 1998 Masterpiece Collection VHS release of The Little Mermaid, comes up from the bottom of the screen. After the Feature Presentation text rises up to the center of the screen, several fireworks fly up and explode behind the text.
There are two variants for the "Feature Program" bumper:
An earlier version used a still image that has the words scrunched together. In this case, the "Feature Program" text is very large. While "Feature" is slightly narrower, "Program" is wider and positioned above the golden strip.
A later version contains the same animation as the second variant of the "Coming Soon to Theaters from Disney & Pixar" bumper, except with "Feature" on top and "Program" on the golden strip.
On the "After the Feature" variant, the animation of the logo seems to be slowed down as well.
After the movie/program, the text "Special Bonus Material" is pasted over a textless version of the background from the usual Filmreel ID. This variant appears only on Australian VHS tapes.
Variants exist on Australian VHS tapes which feature very generic text and concern specific "after the feature" events. Instead of matching up with the other bumpers, some bumpers don't match at all, instead being in a plain white Arial font, with a black shadow drop effect applied:
"Stay tuned after the feature for a special music video"
"Stay tuned after the feature for a bonus short"
"Stay tuned after this feature for special bonus material"
There is a variant that is seen on the 2000 VHS release of Diamonds. The colored squares and golden arrows are removed from the Filmreel background, and instead of the usual text, it shows:
Join Us After the Feature for a Special Message
in gold and in a serif font, displayed on the screen.
A few of the bumpers were translated into Spanish and French for U.S. Spanish and French Canadian VHS and DVD releases, respectively.
Many different variants of the Sneak Peeks menu were created, so much so that a separate page was needed just for documenting them all.
Technique: 2D CGI animation.
Audio: A somber 2-note flat electronic synth theme, with electronic beeping in the background, and a slight whoosh/choir near the end, with Brian Cummings announcing the bumper.
Coming Soon to Theaters: "Coming soon to theaters."
Coming Soon to Theaters from Disney & Pixar: "Coming soon to theaters from Disney and Pixar."
Coming Soon to Own on Video and DVD: "Coming soon to own on video and DVD."
Coming Soon to Own on Video: "Coming soon to own on video."
Coming Soon to Own on DVD: "Coming soon to own on DVD."
Coming Soon to Video and DVD: "Coming soon on video and DVD."
Coming Soon to DVD: "Coming soon on DVD."
Coming Soon to Rent on Video: "Coming soon to rent on video."
Coming Soon to Own on DVD and Video: "Coming soon to own on DVD and video."
Coming Soon on DVD and Video: "Coming soon on DVD and video."
Now in Theaters: "Now in theaters."
Now Available to Own on Video and DVD: "Now available to own on video and DVD."
Now Available to Own on Video: "Now available to own on video."
Now Available to Own on DVD: "Now available to own on DVD."
Now Available on Video and DVD: "Now available on video and DVD."
Now Available on Video: "Now available on video."
Now Available on DVD: "Now available on DVD."
Now Available to Rent on Video: "Now available to rent on video."
Now Available Collector's Edition DVD: "Now available, the collector's edition DVD." (This was evidently edited together from a normal "Now Available" bumper VO and the "Coming soon, the collector's edition DVD" voiceover.)
Now Available to Own on DVD and Video: "Now available to own on DVD and video."
Now Available on DVD and Video: "Now available on DVD and video."
Now Available on CD and Cassette: "Now available on CD and cassette."
Now Available on CD: "Now available on CD."
New from The Secret Lab: "Here's what's new from The Secret Lab."
Sneak Peek/Exclusive Sneak Peek: "Here's a sneak peek at an all-new Lion King motion picture event!"
Join Us After the Program: "Join us after the program for a special message from Disney."
Join Us After the Movie: "Be sure to join us after the movie for a special program."
More Excitement from Disney: "And there's more excitement coming your way from Disney!"
Previews: "Join us, for the following previews!"
Audio Variants:
The "Disney Interactive", "From Playhouse Disney", "Now Available for PSP", and Australian variations do not have an announcer.
The international "On Video and DVD" bumper is completely silent. The "Coming Soon to Theaters" and "Coming Soon to Own on Video and DVD" bumpers are also silent on the 2000-05 DVD releases of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins and the original release of Sin City, as is the "Coming Soon to Own on DVD" bumper on the 2003 DVD release of Daredevil vs. Spider-Man (the VHS version of the former and the latter's other bumpers, however, use the normal audio).
The standard "Feature Presentation" bumper and the "Feature Program" bumpers used a flat, somber 4-note synth theme culminating in a distant drumroll.
A version of the "Feature Presentation" bumper with Beau Weaver announcing Cummings' line "And now, our feature presentation." at a slightly faster rate exists.
Another version of the "Feature Presentation" ID consists of Brian Cummings announcing his line in a cheerful tone of voice. This version appears on Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection VHS tapes and 2000-02 VHS releases of other family-friendly titles from WDHV and BVHE. It premiered on the Gold Classic Collection VHS release of Mulan (1998) and last appeared on The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina and Monsters, Inc. This voiceover variant was also used on some of its custom IDs listed above and below.
On the Diamonds variant of the "Join Us..." bumper, the ID is silent except for Tom Kane saying, "Join us after the feature for a special message from Kirk Douglas."
On the demo tape of Inspector Gadget 2, the exact same voiceover from Brian Cummings and music from the standard edition's animated version of the 1992-2006 Stay Tuned ID are heard instead.
On the "After the Feature" variant, Tom Kane says, "Watch the trailers from writer/director Quentin Tarantino, coming up right after the feature." Instead of the standard flat music, a song from the film's soundtrack, "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" by Tomoyasu Hotei, is used in its place.
On the custom "Feature Presentation" variant, the announcer is absent, and a loud, majestic fanfare with a change in pitch at the very end is used.
On post-2001 DVDs and titles with the "...DVD and Video", "Now Available on Video" and "...to Own on DVD" bumpers, Cummings' voiceover is heard in the middle of the bumper instead of the beginning.
On most DVDs with the "Coming Soon on DVD", "Now Available to Own on Video and DVD", and "Now Available on DVD" bumpers beginning in 2001, Cummings’ voiceover is more enthusiastic.
On DVDs with the "Now Available to Own on DVD" bumper, Cummings’ voiceover is more relaxed; more relaxed sounding voiceovers were also used for the "DVD & VIDEO" bumper variants that began usage in 2003. Strangely, the 2006 DVD release of Asphalt Wars instead uses the original voiceover.
On VHS up until 2003, as well as the 2002 DVD release of Max Keeble's Big Move, Cummings' voiceover is heard about half a second after the bumper begins. On most DVDs, there is a slight delay before the voiceover is heard on most bumpers.
On the 2004-05 DVD releases of Open Range, The Haunted Mansion, and Prozac Nation, the audio for their respective "Coming Soon TO OWN ON DVD & VIDEO," "Coming Soon to Theaters," and "Now Available to Own on DVD" bumpers is out of sync.
On the trailer for Alias: The Complete Fourth Season (on the DVD of Desperate Housewives: The Complete First Season), the "Coming Soon to Own on DVD" variant is silent.
Audio Trivia: The music score for this style of bumper is entirely custom, composed by Walter Werzowa at Musikvergnuegen, who also composed the Intel leitmotif & its variants used beginning in 1994, the music of the 1998-2006 Buena Vista Home Entertainment logo, DTS's Sonic Landscape logo, the second Legendary Pictures logo, and the EW Scripps news music package used from 2009-2012.
Availability: Though the availability of each bumper variant varies, Most, if not all, Buena Vista VHS and DVDs used this bumper set since it appeared on numerous VHS tapes and DVDs released under the Walt Disney family of labels (Buena Vista, Walt Disney, Touchstone, Miramax, Dimension, and Hollywood) during this time period. However, they do not appear on some early-to-mid-2000s Dimension Home Video VHS tapes and most Warren Miller tapes (as they used Flashbang bumpers), various preschool-oriented Disney releases (which used the "handprint" bumpers), some kids action titles from Buena Vista/Miramax (which used the "wavelength" bumpers), the 2003 Miramax DVD release of Mouth to Mouth, early Disney DVDs that contain Disney's FastPlay (they had no bumpers), or VHS tapes from February 2006-February 2007 (as they were only distributed by Disney Movie Club and had no previews). The DMC tapes are worth tons of money, and the key sign is no Filmreel bumpers.
The bumpers first appeared on the 1999 VHS releases of Disney's Annie and Miramax's The Very Thought of You, both released on the same day. The last VHS tapes with the primary "Feature Presentation" bumper were Bambi II and the demo VHS of Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, and the last releases with the bumper set overall were the original 2006 DVDs of Cars, High School Musical: Remix Edition, and Disney DVD Game World: Disney Dogs Edition - Blue Ribbon Challenge.
The bumper also appeared on VHS tapes of films released by Touchstone, Miramax, Dimension and Hollywood Pictures, including She's All That, High Fidelity, O' Brother, Where Art Thou, The Sixth Sense, Chocolat, Just Visiting, Bounce, Ella Enchanted, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, In the Bedroom, Spy Kids, The Hot Chick, and The Cider House Rules.
The "Coming Soon to Theaters from Disney & Pixar" variants only appear on the original VHS releases of Toy Story 2 and Monsters, Inc., as well as the former's original DVD.
The "Disney Interactive" variant is seen on the 2000-03 VHS releases of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Mickey's House of Villains, Sorority Boys, ESPN's Ultimate X: The Movie, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
The "Now in Theaters" variant was first seen on the 2000 VHS of Woman Wanted. Like with the Flashbang variant, it was only rarely used, but it can be found on the 2003 VHS and DVD releases of Bringing Down the House, the 2005 DVD release of Finding Neverland, and the 2005 VHS release of Darkness, among a few others. It was also apparently intended to be used on the 2000 Gold Classic Collection DVD of A Goofy Movie, preceding a trailer for Fantasia 2000, but both are hidden within the disc files and not used on the actual release (probably because of a release date delay or an authoring mistake).
The "On Video & DVD" variant is seen on UK/Irish and Greek DVDs.
The "Now Available Collector's Edition DVD" variant can be seen on the 2005 DVD release of The Great Raid.
The first DVD to use these bumpers is the original 2000 release of Tarzan, and the last to use them were the 2006 DVD releases of Cars, High School Musical: Remix Edition, and Disney DVD Game World: Disney Dogs Edition - Blue Ribbon Challenge.
Some demo tapes, such as Swing and Music of the Heart, use the standard bumpers instead of the "Previews" one. Conversely, the "Coming Soon to Theaters" bumper appears on a few demo tapes, such as Jerry Seinfeld: Comedian and Moonlight Mile, alongside the "Previews" one.
The "Video" variants were last seen in the summer of 2005, examples being A Lot Like Love and The Pacifier.
The earlier "Feature Program" version can be seen on some 2000 tapes, such as Out of the Box: Happy Holidays and the re-releases of the Winnie the Pooh: Storybook Classics and 101 Dalmatians: Christmas. This version reappeared on several tapes from 2005: Disney Princess - Princess Stories Volume 2, Cadet Kelly, MyScene Goes Hollywood: The Movie, Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie, Power Rangers S.P.D. VHS tapes, the demo tape of Bambi II, and The Even Stevens Movie. However, some of these are feature-length movies.
The later "Feature Program" version is seen only on the 2002-04 VHS releases of Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin, Schoolhouse Rock!: 30th Anniversary Edition, The Incredible Hulk (1996), Disney's Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: Planet of the Lost, and Disney’s Sing Along Songs: Home on the Range - A Little Patch of Heaven.
The Beau Weaver version of the "Feature Presentation" bumper is only seen on the 2000 VHS releases of Toy Story and Tarzan. The 2005 reprint of the latter has the standard Brian Cummings voiceover, while the former was only released on DVD that year.
The custom "Feature Presentation" bumper isn't as common as the standard one, but it appears on the 2001-05 VHS releases of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, all 2001-05 Platinum Edition releases, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas: Special Edition, 2002 prints of the Gold Classic Collection reissue of Mary Poppins, and The Incredibles, among others. The last tape with this bumper was the 2005 Platinum Edition VHS of Cinderella.
The "Sneak Peek" bumper always precedes the long trailer for The Lion King 1 1/2, and was seen on fall 2003 VHS releases like Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Music Man, George of the Jungle 2, and Finding Nemo, along with the 2004 VHS of Pokémon Heroes (their DVD versions all skip it).
The "Sneak Peeks" version is, arguably, the most common of all, as it can be seen on many DVD releases of Buena Vista-owned properties from the period. However, since it is more of a menu than a bumper, it can only be accessed by selecting "Sneek Peeks" from the main menu of the DVD. It first appeared on both Rolie Polie Olie: Springy-Time Fun (in still form) and Spot: Where's Spot/Spot Goes to the Farm (in animated form), and was last seen on StarStruck: Extended Edition. For a full list of variants and appearances, see the dedicated Sneak Peeks page.
Legacy: The bumpers are very widely known and renowned, getting the Filmreel name and appearing in many 2000s nostalgia compilation videos.
33rd Bumper (January 11, 2000) (Buena Vista Home Video)
Visuals: On a black background, the bumper text is seen in a yellow serif font with a red outline, and Inspector Gadget can be seen at the bottom of the screen in various poses.
Bumpers:
Coming Soon to Own on Video and DVD (Inspector Gadget is looking through a magnifying glass from his hat, looking to the left.)
Now Available to Own on Video and DVD (Same as before, but looking directly at the screen.)
Now Available to Own on Video (Inspector Gadget has his finger up as he looks at the screen with a stern expression on his face.)
Feature Program (Unlike the other ones, this is animated: Gadget leaps up using his springy legs as the bumper text drops down from above, followed by him as he ducks underneath it to look at the screen)
Technique: Digital graphic, and for the Feature Program bumper, 2D digital ink.
Audio: The 1983 Inspector Gadget intro music and Brian Cummings cheerfully saying the text.
Audio Variant: On the "Feature Program" bumper, Brian Cummings cheerfully exclaims, "And now, our feature program!"
Availability: Only on the 2000 VHS release of Gadget's Greatest Gadgets.
34th Bumper (August 28, 2001) (Halloween) (Walt Disney Home Entertainment)
Visuals: On an orange background, various Halloween creatures in silver are seen with (a witch, shrieking cat, jack-o-lantern or ghost) with one of the following bumpers in a Halloween-like font transitioning onto the screen.
Bumpers:
Coming Soon to Own on Video and DVD (A witch carries in the text from the left, and then pushes it off to the right.)
Coming Soon to Own on Video (The text rises up while squishing a cat, launching it off-screen. It then peeks in from the lower left.)
Now Available to Own on Video (A jack-o-lantern spins around, transforming into the text. It then drops back down to push the text off-screen.)
Feature Program (A ghost rises up and brings the text up from the bottom of the screen. It then pops back up in the lower left and then says "BOO!")
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: A spooky childish tune, with Brian Cummings announcing the bumper.
Audio Variant: On the "Feature Program" bumper, Brian Cummings cheerfully exclaims, "And now, our feature program!"
Availability: Seen on the 2001 VHS tapes of Winnie the Pooh: Boo to You Too and Frankenpooh as well as Rolie Polie Olie: A Spookie Ookie Halloween.
35th Bumper (October 30-November 6, 2001) (Walt Disney Home Entertainment)
Visuals:
Coming This Holiday Season: A picture suddenly bounces down from the top of the screen into view, which shows the tree lighting animation from the opening of Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas. The golden words "Coming This Holiday Season" fade in in the center on the bottom of the clip.
Now Available to Own: Starts off the same as the previous one, except it features a zoom-out from a giant cartoon television bordered with fancy pillars and a Christmas decoration featuring a yellow streamer and a red bow that turns and draws into a yellow Mickey head and then shines brightly and outward (from Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse). The TV screen flashes the yellow words "Merry Christmas" and then disappears and the red words "Now Available To Own" appear in a script font.
Feature Program: On a dark red background, a Mickey Mouse-shaped Christmas wreath is seen, where the text "FEATURE PROGRAM", in the same jumbled Biondi font from the 16th bumper, zooms in from. After the words zoom in, Tinker Bell (from Disney's Peter Pan), dressed up in Santa-like clothes, flies up, hovering a bit, waving her magic wand. Then a bright flash appears and clears the screen, and all that's left is a black screen.
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio:
Coming This Holiday Season/Now Available to Own: A whimsical rendition of "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy", with Brian Cummings saying, "There’s special holiday fun and excitement coming your way on Disney DVD and video!" or "There's more fun and excitement on video this holiday season."
Feature Program: A jazzy rendition of "Deck the Halls", with Cummings saying, "And now, our feature program!"
Availability: Seen on the 2001 VHS releases of Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street, Disney's Sing Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas and Rolie Polie Olie: A Jingle Jangle Holiday. The "Coming This Holiday Season" bumper also appears on the 2001 VHS releases of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and the demo version of Rolie Polie Olie: A Spookie Ookie Halloween, which otherwise have the below bumpers. The "Feature Program" bumper only appears on the 2001 VHS releases of Disney's Sing Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas and Rolie Polie Olie: A Jingle Jangle Holiday.
36th Bumper (2000-June 7, 2005) (Playhouse Disney) (Walt Disney Pictures/Walt Disney Home Entertainment)
Visuals: On a differently colored background, 6 handprints appear in the background one by one over time, colored in a darker or lighter shade of the background color, as the bumper text in a childish font appears differently for each bumper. After the handprints all appear, the bumper is wiped away with a different transition for each bumper.
Bumpers:
Coming Soon to Theaters (The background is orange, the text is purple and stretches in, and the bumper wipes away via a diamond-shaped iris in.)
Coming Soon to Own on Video and DVD (The background is yellow, the text is blue and slides in line by line, and the bumper wipes away via bars closing from the top and bottom.)
Now Available to Own on Video & DVD (The background is indigo, the text is green and swings in for the 1st and 3rd lines and zooms in for the 2nd line, and the bumper wipes away via an iris in.)
Coming Soon to Own on Video (The background is red, the text is green, and has the same animations as the "Coming Soon to Own on Video and DVD" bumper.)
Now Available to Own on Video (The background is green, the text is yellow, and has the same animations as the "Coming Soon to Own on Video and DVD" bumper.)
Here's What's New (The background is yellow, the text is red and flies in, and the bumper wipes away via a vertical wipe.)
Join Us After the Program (The background is pink, the text is blue and zooms in line by line, and the bumper wipes away via an iris in.)
Feature Program (The background is blue, the text is red and spins in, and the bumper wipes away via a square-shaped iris in.)
Feature Presentation (Same as the "Feature Program" bumper, but with the background in lavender and the iris in is rectangle-shaped.)
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: A whimsical woodwind jingle (An excerpt from "Spooks Come Out to Play," a piece by Adele Patricia Frodsham from the Sound Stage Music Library), with Brian Cummings announcing the bumper.
Audio Variants:
On the "Here's What's New" variant, Cummings says, "Rolie Polie Olie is coming right up, but first, take a look at what's new from Buena Vista Home Entertainment!" It still uses the same music as the other variants.
On the "Join Us After the Program" variant, Cummings says, "Join us after the program for more excitement from Disney!"
On the "Feature Presentation" variant, Cummings cheerfully exclaims, "And now, our feature presentation!"
On the "Feature Program" variant, Cummings cheerfully announces, "And now, our feature program!"
Sometimes, the "Coming Soon to Own on Video" and "Now Available to Own on Video" variants have Brian Cummings announce the bumper in a more cheerful tone.
Availability: Seen on children's/preschool VHS tapes from Disney, such as Playhouse Disney videos, Very Merry Christmas: Sing Along Songs, Disney's Sing Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas and the 2001 VHS reprint of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories. The last releases with this bumper were three Bear in the Big Blue House releases by Disney: Early To Bed, Early To Rise, Storytelling With Bear and Visiting the Doctor with Bear, all released on June 7, 2005.
The "Feature Presentation" variant appears on The Book of Pooh: A Valentine for Eeyore, the 2002 reissue of The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year, Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day, Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo, Rolie Polie Olie: The Baby Bot Chase and Very Merry Christmas: Sing Along Songs.
The "Join Us After the Program" variant appears on The Book of Pooh: Fun with Friends and Fun with Words and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
The "Here's What New" variant only appears on the 2000 VHS screener of Meet Rolie Polie Olie.
37th Bumper (April 15, 2002-February 15, 2005) (Buena Vista Home Entertainment/Miramax Home Entertainment)
Visuals: On a differently colored background, several white wavelength bars appear and move across the screen, as the bumper text appears all over the screen, including flipped over, in several parts. Its colored differently for each bumper, but all have a shiny silver backing to them. At the end, the bumper text zooms up, stays still for a few seconds, and then zooms out and back in with a heavy ripple effect.
Bumpers:
Coming Soon to Theaters (Purple background, red text)
Coming Soon to Own on Video & DVD (Yellow background, purple text)
Now Available to Own on Video & DVD (Red background, pink text)
Now Available to Own on Video (Orange background, turquoise text)
Now Available on CD (Red background, lime text)
New from Disney Interactive (Blue background, orange text)
Join Us After the Program (Gree background, gold text)
Feature Program (Magenta background, green text)
Variants:
The "New from Disney Interactive" and "Now Available on CD" variant have the rectangles just shake from side to side with distortions.
On the "New from Disney Interactive" variant, the text simply zooms out while focusing into view, and don't ripple out at the end.
Technique: Computer animation.
Audio: A funktronica/electro hip-hop jingle with Brian Cummings announcing the bumper. Much like the other customized bumpers released in the late 1990s-early 2000s, most of these voiceovers were mainly used in the 1999-2010 bumpers.
Audio Variants:
On the "Now Available on CD" variant, it uses a different theme with a piano tune at the beginning and then a hip-hop like jingle with 4 notes at the end. Cummings says, "Now available on CD from Buena Vista Records."
The "New from Disney Interactive" variant has a jingle that features a similar beginning to the regular theme, but is otherwise rearranged.
On the "Feature Program" variant, Cummings cheerfully says, "And now, our feature program!"
On the "Join Us After the Program" variant, Cummings says, "Be sure to join us after the feature for more fun and excitement!"
Availability: Seen on multiple Buena Vista Home Entertainment and Miramax Home Entertainment VHS releases mainly aimed at children and teenagers such as Pokémon movies from Pokémon 4Ever to Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys, most releases of Marvel cartoons such as the episode compilation videos of Spider-Man: The Animated Series (except The Return of the Green Goblin and Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock, which contains the standard filmreel bumpers instead) and X-Men: The Legend of Wolverine, Digimon; Revenge of the Digital World, Power Rangers: Red Alert, and Power Rangers episodes from the time period after Buena Vista Home Entertainment took over the distribution rights for Marvel Animation and Saban Entertainment programming from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
The "Now Available on CD" and "New from Disney Interactive" variants can be seen on the 2002 VHS release of Power Rangers Wild Force: Lion Heart, while the latter can also be seen on Digimon: Revenge of the Digital World.
The "Join Us After the Program" variant can be seen on the screener VHS release of Pokémon Heroes (oddly, that tape also uses the 2000-2006 FP bumper) and the 2004 VHS releases of Power Rangers Dino Thunder: Day of the Dino and Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker.
These bumpers do not appear on their DVD counterparts or the 2002-05 VHS releases of Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin, The Incredible Hulk (1996), Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock, and Power Rangers S.P.D. episodes since they contain the filmreel IDs instead.
38th Bumper (2004) (Walt Disney Home Entertainment)
Visuals:
Coming Soon to Own on DVD & Video: A still from Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers is seen with all 3 saluting, with the gold words "Coming Soon To Own On DVD & Video" zooming down from below.
Feature Program: On a background where Mickey Mouse plays golf (from the cartoon "Canine Caddy"), the words "Feature Program" spin onto the screen in the upper left-hand corner.
Technique: 2D CGI.
Audio:
Coming Soon to Own on DVD & Video: A medieval fanfare with Brian Cummings saying, "Coming soon to own on DVD & video".
Feature Program: Donald Duck's 1941-1946 theme tune with Brian Cummings cheerfully saying, "And now, our feature program!".
Availability: Only seen on the 2004 VHS release of Toon Pals: Mickey.
39th Bumper (September 6, 2005?-May 12, 2020) (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) (DVD)
"Coming Soon To THEATERS" (filmreel variant)
"Coming Soon To THEATERS" (original widescreen purple variant)
"Coming Soon To THEATERS" (original fullscreen purple variant)
"Coming Soon to THEATERS" (purple variant)
"Coming Soon To THEATERS" (widescreen orange variant)
"Coming Soon To THEATERS" (fullscreen orange variant)
"Coming Soon to THEATERS" (widescreen dark orange variant)
"Coming Soon To THEATERS" (pink variant)
"Coming Soon To THEATERS" (fullscreen green variant)
"Coming Soon To THEATERS" (blue variant)
"Coming Soon To Own On DVD" (red variant)
"Now Available To Own On DVD" (yellow variant)
Visuals: On a blurry multi-colored background, one of the following bumpers in shiny silver, zoom out from all across the screen and turn into place.
Bumpers:
Coming Soon To/to THEATERS
Now IN/in THEATERS
Coming Soon to DVD and Blu-ray
Coming Soon to Blu-ray and DVD
Coming Soon To Own On DVD
Coming Soon to DVD
Coming Soon to Disney Blu-ray (only known to be seen on X-Men (1992): Volumes 1 and 2)
Coming Soon (UMD Video for PSP logo)
Now Available To Own On DVD
Now on DVD and Blu-ray
Now on Blu-ray and DVD
Now on DVD
Now Available (UMD Video for PSP logo)
International bumpers:
In Cinemas
On DVD (also seen on the 2008 North American DVDs of Lost: The Complete Fourth Season and Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fourth Season)
On DVD and Blu-ray
On Blu-ray and DVD
On Blu-ray
Trivia:
In the earliest days of the ID, only three color schemes were used: purple, red, and green. Later in 2007, pink and black and white were introduced. In 2008, starting with No Country for Old Men, aquamarine and dandelion were introduced as well. In 2011, however, most of the color schemes were abandoned in favor of purple. The international and UMD variants only use an orange background.
Some DVD releases prior to 2011 only use one color for the bumpers on the disc. For example, The Invisible and Alice in Wonderland: Special Un-Anniversary Edition only feature a red background for the bumpers.
On the 2010 DVD release of Surrogates, the "Coming Soon to Blu-ray and DVD" bumper precedes a trailer for Everybody's Fine, which wasn't actually released on Blu-ray until 2012, as part of Lionsgate's deal with Miramax that allowed them home video rights to part of their catalog.
Until the mid-2010s, the "Blu-ray and DVD" IDs would appear alongside the "Theaters" ones.
In 2008, an animation style not unlike that seen in these bumpers was adopted for use on the Sneak Peeks menu.
These bumpers were mostly relegated to most Buena Vista DVD releases while Blu-rays use the next clip on.
These and the next set of bumpers have no announcers saying the on-screen text.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, releases featuring 2020 projects had snafus that affected their status. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil and Frozen II respectively have the "Coming to Theaters" bumper precede trailers for Mulan (2020) and Onward, the former of which was instead released on Disney+ (although it did have a theatrical run before the pandemic). On The Call of the Wild (2020), the trailer for Jungle Cruise still says "In Theaters 2020," despite it eventually being released the next year. Coincidentally, the titles mentioned were among the last releases to feature these bumpers.
The Now in Theaters bumper was lost, but was discovered in 2022.
On the "To Own On DVD" bumpers, before "On DVD" zooms out along with "To Own", there is a silver object wiping down the right side of the screen for a second before it disappears. The animation of the text zooming out also looks unstable. These could possibly be due to animation errors.
Variants:
The colors of the background, lens flares and sparks of light may differ on each DVD. Color variations include purple, red, green, flaming pink, aquamarine, dandelion, and black and white. This was only used from 2006-11; starting with the DVD reissue of Bambi, only purple was used, although other colors would be used twice more on Tangled and Gnomeo & Juilet.
The international bumpers only use an orange background.
For the home video bumpers, a blank DVD appears in the upper left corner of the screen.
For the "Theaters"/"Cinemas" bumpers, a filmreel appears in the upper left corner of the screen instead. The international "In Cinemas" bumper features an alternate design.
Many variations of the "Theaters" bumpers exist:
On 2006-10 DVDs, "To" is capitalized and in a bold Times New Roman font.
In 2010, "To" was changed to a thin Trebutchet MS "to."
An early version of the "Coming Soon ToTheaters" ID consists of a dark grey background with a pair of filmreels spinning (used as a background from the filmreel IDs and possibly uses ether the 2005 variant or 2008 variant of Sneak Peeks Menu background) as opposed to the standard blurry multi-colored background. In addition, the text is shifted further off to the left, "Theaters" is slightly wider, and "To" comes in from behind the filmreel. This variant appears on the 2006-09 DVD releases of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Dan in Real Life, Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive - Pink Emerald, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Power Rangers: Jungle Fury - Into the Jungle, Swing Vote, and Brideshead Revisited.
Two variants exist for the "Now in/in Theaters" bumper:
On the original variant, "Now" turns downward to face the viewer, while "IN" zooms out and slides all over the screen before settling below "Now." In addition, "IN" is in all caps and in a bold Times New Roman font.
On the later variant, "Now in" turns downward to face the viewer, while "Theaters" does its usual animation.
This series of IDs may appear in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen or 1.33:1 fullscreen, depending on the intended aspect ratio of each DVD. However, some 2006-07 DVD releases of widescreen films (such as Invincible, The Prestige, Venus, The Lookout, and Our Very Own) present the bumpers in 1.33:1 instead.
A "windowboxed" 1.85:1 version can be found on the 2008-09 DVD releases of Home Improvement: The Complete Eighth Season and seasons 7 and 8 of Scrubs.
French DVDs have the international bumpers translated into French.
On the UMD variants, after a while, a filmstrip fades in the center of the background. In addition, the text is in a different font and quickly zooms out one by one.
Just like the 1999-2010 bumpers, pressing "Sneak Peeks" on the main menu of DVDs from 2008-09 brings forth a specialized menu, this time tailored to match the look of these bumpers.
On the 2007 UK/Irish DVD release of The Wild (one of the first UK/Irish DVDs to use this bumper), the text "Press MENU to play movie or to select other options." is shown at the bottom of the screen during the "On DVD" bumper.
The French DVD release of Glory Road features this same variant, except it is translated into French.
On UK/Irish Blu-rays, the bumper text is sharper.
An early variant of the "On Blu-ray" bumper exists, where the text is in all-caps. This was found on the 2007 UK/Irish Blu-ray of Air Force One.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: There are gentle pieces of music, and/or intense scores, depending on the variation and appearance of each bumper. A couple of whooshing sound effects are also present. Below is a list of the following known music cues:
An upbeat whimsical fanfare, adapted from the track "Fantastic Adventure" by Ian Hughes. (This can mostly be heard on 2006-08 releases such as The Cheetah Girls 2 and Ratatouille)
An ominous string theme, leading up to two orchestral notes. (This, along with the cue listed above, was used frequently in the bumper's early days and can also be heard on the first two releases to include the bumpers, The Cheetah Girls 2 and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest)
A light orchestral theme, adapted from the track "Intergalactica" by Ian Hughes. (This can be heard on releases from 2006-2011, most prominently in 2007, such as Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and Toy Story 3)
An eerie synth tune, adapted from the intro to the stock music piece "Journey" by William Ashford. (This can be heard on 2006-11 releases such as Invincible, Step Up,Deja Vu, The Queen, The Prestige, Primeval, Venus, The Lookout, Ratatouille, Step Up, No Country for Old Men, FlashForward: The Complete Series, and Gnomeo & Juilet)
An orchestral tune with some light flute. (This can be heard on The Night Listener and Dan in Real Life)
A somber keyboard/string theme, adapted from the track "Caterpillar's Walking" by Alain Mouysset. (This can be heard on 2007-2010 releases such as The Prestige, Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 1, Scrubs: The Complete Seventh Season, The Princess and the Frog, Alice in Wonderland: Special UN-Anniversary Edition and Air Bud: World Pup: Special Edition)
A fanfare with a triumphant intro and a gentle ending, also adapted from the track "Intergalactica" by Ian Hughes. (This was used from 2007-09, and can be heard on Jump In! Freestyle Edition, Dinosaurs: The Complete Third and Fourth Seasons, Scrubs: The Complete Fifth Season, Wild Hogs, Return to Halloweentown, Johnny Kapahala: Back On Board and the first two volumes of X-Men (1992))
A light orchestral theme with a flute, adapted from the track "Panoramic Picture" by Ian Hughes. (This was used from 2007-08 and can be heard on Hannah Montana: Pop Star Profile, High School Musical: The Concert: Extreme Access Pass, October Road: The Complete First Season, Ratatouille, Eagle vs. Shark, Becoming Jane and Gone Baby Gone)
A six-note string quartet theme, adapted from the ending to "Journey." (This was used from 2007-10, and can be heard on The Lookout, The Hoax, Golden Door, and Greek: Chapter 2)
An orchestral theme with a French horn, adapted from the track "Chrysalis" by Alain Mouysset. (This was used from 2007-10 and can be heard on Pixar Short Films Vol. 1, WALL-E, Earth and Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition)
A dramatic orchestra and bell tune consisting of a loud orchestral hit, adapted from the tracks "Brand Excalibur" and "Doom Builder" by Ian McBride. (This was used from 2008-11, and can be heard on such releases as The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Season One, Kyle XY: The Complete Second Season, Swing Vote, Miracle at St. Anna, Blindness, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Happy-Go-Lucky, Starstruck: Extended Edition, When in Rome, The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Volume Four, Lost: The Complete Sixth and Final Season, Castle: The Complete Second Season and Phineas and Ferb: A Very Perry Christmas)
A calm string theme, adapted from the track "L'enfant Jouet" by Alain Mouysset. (This, along with the next cue, can be heard on National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, Home Improvement: The Complete Eighth Season and The Muppet Show: Season 3)
An ominous theme with a dramatic orchestral hit, adapted from the track "La Belle Aventure" by Alain Mouysset.
An ominous pounding drum theme, adapted from the track "Blackbeard's Revenge" by Ian McBride. (This can be heard on releases from 2008-11 such as Step Up 2: The Streets, 101 Dalmatians (1996), 102 Dalmatians, High School Musical 2: Dance Edition, Hannah Montana: The Complete First Season, October Road: The Complete Second Season, Raising the Bar: The Complete First Season, Morning Light, The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos, Toy Story 3, Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2,Tangled, Cars, Lemonade Mouth and I Am Number Four)
An intense string theme, adapted from the track "Land of the Free (Strings)" by Cameron McBride. (This was only used in 2008 and can be heard on Eli Stone: The Complete First Season, Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Fourth Season, Private Practice: The Complete First Season, Lost: The Complete Fourth Season and Scrubs: The Complete Seventh Season)
A vibraphone theme that slowly fades out towards the end, adapted from the track "Nomad on a Mission" by Alan Paul Ett. (This can be heard on 101 Dalmatians (1996), 102 Dalmatians, Dirty Sexy Money: The Complete Second and Final Season, Samantha Who?: The Complete Second and Final Season, Private Practice: The Complete Second Season, Ugly Betty: The Complete Third Season, Desperate Housewives: The Complete Sixth Season,The Sorcerer's Apprentice and Army Wives: The Complete Fourth Season)
A quiet keyboard theme with strings near the end, adapted from the track "La Foret Aux 3 Plaisirs" by Alain Mouysset. (This can be heard on 101 Dalmatians (1996), 102 Dalmatians and Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience)
A pizzicato theme with strings near the end, adapted from the track "Dogging Out" by Alain Mouysset. (This was used from 2008-10 and can be heard on High School Musical 2: Dance Edition, Hannah Montana DVD Game, High School Musical DVD Game, October Road: The Complete Second Season, Raising the Bar: The Complete First Season, Army Wives: The Complete Second Season, Samantha Who?: The Complete Second and Final Season, Private Practice: The Complete Second Season, Ugly Betty: The Complete Third and Fourth Season, Legend of the Seeker: The Complete Second and Final Season and Step Up 3)
An intense orchestral fanfare, which sounds like it could be used in an action movie scene, also adapted from the track "Blackbeard's Revenge". (This was used from 2008-11 and can be heard on Scrubs: The Complete Seventh Season, The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Season One, Greek: Chapter 2 and When in Rome)
A tune with a brass tuba and woodwinds, adapted from the track "The Giant" by Randy Lamont Jones. (This can be heard on releases from 2008-10, such as WALL-E, I Heart Jonas, Air Bud: Golden Receiver: Special Edition, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, The Great Mouse Detective, Ponyo, Kiki's Delivery Service, The Princess and the Frog and Have a Laugh!: Volumes 1 & 2)
An orchestra and glockenspiel tune, adapted from the track "Le Grand Moment" by Alain Mouysset. (This can be heard on Hannah Montana: The Complete First Season, High School Musical DVD Game, Hannah Montana DVD Game, Escape to Witch Mountain, The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Volume Three, Surrogates, Gary Unmarried: The Complete First Season and Private Practice: The Complete Third Season)
An intense orchestral theme with a faint choir, adapted from the track "Darkness of the Soul" by Cameron McBride. (This was used from 2008-10 and can be heard on Hannah Montana: The Complete First Season, Hannah Montana DVD Game, High School Musical DVD Game, Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue and Have a Laugh!: Volumes 1 & 2)
An intense orchestral tune, with some bells, adapted from the track "Brand Excalibur" by Cameron McBride. (This was used from 2008-10 and can be heard on The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Swing Vote, Brideshead Revisited and volumes 3 & 4 of X-Men (1992))
A calm piano tune, adapted from the track "L'ascension" by Alain Mouysset. (This was used from 2008-10 and can be heard on The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Seasons One and Two, Kyle XY: The Complete Second Season, Greek: Chapter 2, Brideshead Revisited, Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season,Castle: The Complete First Season and Legend of the Seeker: The Complete First Season)
A different calm piano tune, adapted from the track "Pleasantville" by Penka Kouneva. (This was used from 2008-10 and can be heard on Kyle XY: The Complete Second Season, Miracle at St. Anna, Blindness, Enchanted April, Dirty Sexy Money: The Complete Second and Final Season,Private Practice: The Complete Second Season, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Road Rally)
An orchestral tune, with an operatic wail, also adapted from the track "Darkness of the Soul" by Cameron McBride. (This was used from 2009-11 and can be heard on Swing Vote, the first two volumes of X-Men (1992) and You Again)
An intense orchestral theme with a hit at the end, adapted from the track "Action Reaction" by Cameron McBride. (This was used from 2009-10 and can be heard on Miracle at St. Anna, Little Einsteins: Animal Expedition and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie's Bow-Tique)
Another intense orchestral theme, adapted from the track "Land of the Free" by Cameron McBride. (This can be heard on Escape to Witch Mountain)
A fantasy-like glockenspiel-driven tune, adapted from the track "La Belle Anglaise" by Alain Mouysset. (This can be heard on 2009-11 releases such as Doubt, Power Rangers RPM: Race for Corinth, October Road: The Complete Second Season, Raising the Bar: The Complete First Season, Army Wives: The Complete Second Season, The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Season Two, Castle: The Complete Second Season, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Private Practice: The Complete Third Season, Grey's Anatomy: Complete Sixth Season and Castle: The Complete Second Season)
A bright acoustic guitar tune. (This was used from 2009-11, and can be heard on Confessions of a Shopaholic, Surrogates, The Boys Are Back, Army Wives: The Complete Third Season and FlashForward: The Complete Series)
A light five-note orchestral tune, adapted from the track "Great Outdoors" by Cameron McBride. (This can be heard on Confessions of a Shopaholic, My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths,Handy Manny: Big Race and Starstruck: Extended Edition)
An acoustic guitar tune with a backbeat, adapted from the track "Forever True" by James Lum. (This was used from 2009-11 and can be heard on Eli Stone: The Complete 2nd and Final Season, Grey's Anatomy: Complete Fifth Season, Alice in Wonderland: Special 60th Anniversary Edition,Gnomeo & Juliet, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Great Outdoors and Have a Laugh!: Volumes 3 & 4)
Another upbeat acoustic guitar tune. (This can be heard on Eli Stone: The Complete 2nd and Final Season)
An upbeat Samba tune with a guitar, adapted from the track "Samba Says" by Steve Glotzer. (This was used from 2009-11 and can be heard on American Son, Adventureland, Grey's Anatomy: Complete Fifth Season, Cheri, Lost: The Complete Fifth Season, 10 Things I Hate About You, Ugly Betty: The Complete Fourth and Final Season, Walt & El Grupo and Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2)
A bright electric guitar tune, adapted from the track "Wishing on a Star" by Steve Terrell Buckley. (This was used from 2009-11, and can be heard on American Son, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo-Choo Express, Handy Manny: Motorcycle Adventure, The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Volume Three, 10 Things I Hate About You, Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You, Make it or Break it: Extended Edition: Volume One, Surrogates, Little Einsteins: Animal Expedition, 10 Things I Hate About You: 10th Anniversary Special Edition, Gary Unmarried: The Complete First Season, Alice in Wonderland: Special 60th Anniversary Edition and Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure)
Another calm piano tune, adapted from the track "It's Your Call" by Alan Paul Ett. (This was used from 2009-10 and can be heard on Adventureland, The Boys Are Back, Everybody's Fine, Hannah Montana: Miley Says Goodbye?, Cougar Town: The Complete First Season and Oceans)
A rock tune, adapted from the track "Getting the Gist" by Steve Terrell Buckley. (This was mainly used from 2009-11, and whenever a clip-on appeared before the official trailer for Tangled, this was the cue used, starting with Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue in 2010 to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie's Masquerade in 2011. It can also be heard on Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season and The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Volume Three.)
Another rock tune with an acoustic guitar, adapted from the track "Maxella Ave" by Christopher W. Holden. (This was used from 2009-10 and can be heard on Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season, Brothers and Sisters: The Complete Third Season, Grey's Anatomy: Complete Fifth Season, Castle: The Complete First Season and Cheri)
Three glockenspiel notes, adapted from the track "Complicated" by John Mazzei. (This can be heard on Earth, Brothers and Sisters: The Complete 4th Season and Cougar Town: The Complete First Season)
A jazzy keyboard/saxophone theme, adapted from the track "From the Launching" by Bill Wandel. (This can be heard on Brothers and Sisters: The Complete Third Season)
A fast-paced drum theme, adapted from the track "Jungle Dance" by Scott Gilmore Liggett. (This was used from 2009-11 and can be heard on The Proposal, Extract, 10 Things I Hate About You, 10 Things I Hate About You: Volume 1, Make it or Break it: Extended Edition: Volume One, Grey's Anatomy: Complete Sixth Season, The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos, Oceans, The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Volume Five, Secretariat,Tangled and Cars)
Another intense orchestral theme, adapted from the track "Disinclined Vigor" by Steve Terrell Buckley. (This was used from 2009-11 and can be heard on Legend of the Seeker: The Complete First Season, Alice in Wonderland (2010), The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Volume Four, FlashForward: The Complete Series, Tron: The Original Classic and Tron Legacy)
An upbeat theme with drums and a guitar, adapted from the track "Cap Chase" by Tony Rich. (This was used from 2009-10 and can be heard on Up, 10 Things I Hate About You: Volume 1, Make it or Break it: Extended Edition: Volume One, Army Wives: The Complete Third Season and Lost: The Complete Sixth and Final Season)
A soothing piano theme with a choir, adapted from the track "Year of the Fantasy" by Bill Wandel. (This can be heard on Up and Handy Manny: Motorcycle Adventure)
A country rock theme with an electric guitar, adapted from the track "Joyride" by James Lum. (This can be heard on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse DVDs Choo-Choo Express and Minnie's Masquerade)
An ominous theme with [what instruments?] (This can be heard on Lost: The Complete Fifth Season, Extract and Kyle XY: The Complete Third and Final Season)
An intense string theme, adapted from the track "Course-Poursuite" by Alain Mouysset. (This can be heard on The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Volume Three,Kyle XY: The Complete Third and Final Season, 10 Things I Hate About You: Volume 1 and Gary Unmarried: The Complete First Season)
A synth-keyboard theme, adapted from the track "False Skies" by John Krogh. (This can be heard on The Boys Are Back and Desperate Housewives: The Complete Sixth Season)
A rock theme with drums and a guitar, adapted from the track "Rock Matinee" by Christopher W. Holden. (This can be heard on Everybody's Fine)
A gentle piano theme, adapted from the track "Free to Hug" by Alan Paul Ett. (This can be heard on My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths)
An upbeat string theme, ending with a small "ding", adapted from the track "La Belle Surprise" by Alain Mouysset. (This can be heard on Air Bud: World Pup: Special Edition)
Another calm piano tune, with eight quick notes leading into a sustained final note. (This can be heard on James and the Giant Peach: Special Edition and The Black Cauldron: 45th Anniversary Edition)
A rapidly ascending piano/keyboard tune, adapted from the track "Space Walk" by Sauveur Mallia. (This can be heard on The Last Song)
An acoustic guitar tune that starts with one sustained note, adapted from the track "Pharoah" by James Lum. (This can be heard on The Last Song and Army Wives: The Complete Fourth Season)
A four-note string tune with a couple of piano notes heard during the final note, adapted from the track "Fields of Wonder" by Penka Kouneva. (This can be heard on Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam)
An ominous string theme, ending with a small "ding", also adapted from the track "La Belle Surprise". (This can be heard on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Phineas and Ferb: A Very Perry Christmas, A Christmas Carol (2009), The Sorcerer's Apprentice,Army Wives: The Complete Fourth Season and Tron: The Original Classic)
An instrumental rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star." (This can be heard exclusively on Disney releases from 2008-11)
A steel drum-driven theme. (This was used on Disney releases from 2009-11)
A French horn and flute tune. (This was exclusively used on Disney releases from 2008-11)
Audio Variants:
In 2008, the original set of music cues was replaced with a different set of cues. Some of them are driven by acoustic guitars, while a couple feature prominent electric guitar. However, some of the original cues were still used.
The Sneak Peeks menu variant uses the same music as before.
Starting in 2011, the music that appeared on the Blu-ray equivalent of these bumpers is used as the standard theme (which varies depending on whether the cue used on those bumpers is the one from 2011 or the one from 2012). The original primary cue (adapted from yet another part of "Journey") was first used in 2006 on Invincible, with the "Coming Soon TO THEATERS" bumper, and wasn't used again until You Again, with the "Coming Soon to Blu-ray and DVD" bumper. The 2011 primary music cue was last used in 2012, but made appearances on Frozen and Sleeping Beauty: Diamond Edition, both released in 2014. The second primary cue was first used in 2012 on The Avengers, with the "Coming Soon to THEATERS" bumper.
Both of these cues were used on Frozen, with the 2012 cue playing over the "Coming Soon to Blu-ray and DVD" bumper and the 2006/11 cue playing over the "Coming Soon to Theaters" bumper.
The UMD and international variants only feature the whooshing, except in cases where the "On DVD" bumper is used in North America.
On the 2009 French DVD release of WALL-E, the 2007 primary music cue is in PAL Pitch.
Audio Trivia:
The cues listed above came from the Opus 1 Music Library, the JW Media Library, and the Audio Horizons Music Library from the Spirit Production Music website. (Some of the music can be found here in these links: Journey, The Giant Ver 1)
On the 2007 DVD release of DuckTales: Volume 3, the same cue is used on both bumpers.
Availability: Seen on most DVD copies of this period, dwindling in sightings as time goes on.
It was first seen in prototype form on late 2005 UMD releases for the PlayStation Portable (such as on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Toy Story), and appeared on every DVD from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and its subsidiaries (Buena Vista, Pixar, Touchstone, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax, ABC Studios, Marvel, and in 2020, 20th Century Studios) from the 2006 DVD release of The Cheetah Girls 2 up until the 2020 remake of The Call of the Wild.
Other DVDs with this ID include the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, Wild Hogs, Deja Vu, The Queen, The Guardian, The Invisible, The Prestige, seasons 6-8 of Home Improvement, Hannah Montana: Pop Star Profile, High School Musical: The Concert: Extreme Access Pass, High School Musical 2, Jump In!: Freestyle Edition, The Lookout, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: Sweet Suite Victory, Cory in the House: All Star Edition, Return to Halloweentown, Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board, Ratatouille, the 2007-13 DVD re-releases of National Treasure, the first two Toy Story films, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Monsters, Inc., and Cars, the 2008 reprint of Hannah Montana: Livin’ the Rock Star Life, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, WALL-E, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Up, Surrogates, The Princess and the Frog, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Everybody's Fine, Toy Story 3 and 4, Tangled, Gnomeo & Juilet, Cars 2 and 3, Winnie the Pooh (2011), both The Muppets films, John Carter, The Avengers, Wreck-It Ralph, Lincoln, Monsters University, both Planes films, the Frozen, Maleficent, and Ant-Man franchises, Inside Out, Zootopia, The Jungle Book (2016), Finding Dory, Moana, Beauty and the Beast (2017), Coco, Ralph Breaks the Internet, and The Lion King (2019).
On FastPlay releases, it debuted on the 2010 DVD release of Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You and was last seen on Frozen II.
Strangely, the 2014-19 DVD releases of Toy Story of Terror!,Big Hero 6, Phineas & Ferb: Star Wars, The Good Dinosaur, Incredibles 2, Missing Link, and Stuber did not contain any bumpers before the previews. For the latter two, they were some of the final releases under the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment name and operations.
By 2020, most of the bumpers were retired, since Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Frozen II, and The Call of the Wild (2020) only show the "Coming Soon to Theaters" bumper. Newer releases either have no previews at all, or just go straight to the opening previews without a bumper following.
Legacy: While these bumpers have faced some criticism for looking cheap, they have largely been praised for being an improvement over previous series of bumpers, thanks to its animation advances and wider selection of musical cues (although its post-2011 limitations to the purple color scheme and one of two musical cues may face some criticism). The variety of colors and metallic typefaces help make each bumper stand out smoothly as well. However, because most DVDs now have no bumpers, and Disney's large focus on Disney+, the days of this bumper may be numbered.
40th Bumper (April 3, 2007-) (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) (Blu-ray)
Visuals: On a blue magical background, sparks fly around revealing the metallic shimmering text of bumpers in a bold cyan-silver Goudy Old Style font.
Bumpers:
Coming to THEATERS
Now in THEATERS
Coming to (Blu-ray Disc logo)
Coming To (Disney Blu-ray logo)
Now on (Blu-ray Disc logo)
On (Blu-ray Disc logo) and DVD (only used on the 2010 UK Blu-ray of A Bug's Life)
Coming to (2002-10 Disney Channel logo)
Coming to (2009-15 Disney XD logo)
Bientot a laffice
Bientot sur Blu-ray et DVD
Trivia:
The ID's background can also be seen on a Disney Blu-ray promo and in the 2008 variant of the Sneak Peeks menu.
On the 2008 Blu-ray release of Enchanted, the "Coming to Blu-ray Disc" bumper appears twice, once before a trailer for Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition, and once again before trailers for National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets and Tinker Bell.
Some 2020 releases feature cases of pandemic-related production snafus. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Frozen II, and Onward all have the "Coming to Theaters" bumper precede trailers for Mulan (2020) and Soul, both of which were instead released on Disney+ (although Soul did have a limited internation theatrical run in countries where Disney+ was unavailable, as well as a worldwide home media release). On The Call of the Wild (2020) and Onward, the trailer for Jungle Cruise still says "In Theaters 2020," despite it eventually being released the next year. Coincidentally, the titles mentioned were the last releases to feature these bumpers.
Early Blu-rays from Disney and its subsidiaries only had a preview for the format, or any other additional previews for that matter.
These bumpers were mostly relegated to most Buena Vista Blu-ray releases while DVDs have the previous bumper.
After the trailers on DVD and Blu-ray releases from 2010-11, such as Alice in Wonderland (2010), Toy Story 3, the Diamond Edition of The Lion King (1994), and the 25th Anniversary Edition of The Black Cauldron, the same background is used, but the text reads "To view these trailers and more." It appears above logos for various Buena Vista-owned releases (a layout similar to the Sneak Peeks Menu). Below it is the text "Press Sneak Peeks on the main menu".
A still version is used where the text is replaced with "All films and promotions may not be available in all territories." This version debuted in October 6, 2009, and appears on DVD and Blu-rays from Disney and its subsidiaries as soon as all the previews are over. This is the only bumper still in use after Disney stopped using other bumpers on their newer titles by late 2020.
On some DVDs and Blu-rays from the early 2010s, the text reads "Stay tuned for exciting Previews including..." with the film's logo in the middle. Below it is "Press Top Menu to play movie or to select other options." It is also still.
A variant of this exists for Toy Story 3, which consists of the logo reveal from the teaser trailer. This can only be seen on the first two movies' 2010 Blu-rays & other Blu-rays released from 2009-10.
Another variant exists, which is set over a still frame from the 2006 Disney logo, and has the first line reading "Stay tuned for exciting Previews..." This is mainly used on Blu-rays from 2011 onward (beginning with the 2011 3D Blu-ray of Toy Story Trilogy), though some BDs, such as Black Panther, instead use the normal BG.
The above variant first appeared on the 2010 UK/Irish Blu-ray of A Bug's Life, but with different text.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A couple of sparks and a synth theme. A sample from Journey.
Audio Variants:
In some cases, a different theme is used.
Beginning in late 2012, a different orchestral fanfare is heard. This fanfare debuted on the Blu-ray release of The Avengers.
None for the still versions.
The "Sneak Peeks" version features a whimsical tune, which had previously been used on the previous ID from 2006-08.
On the Toy Story 3 version of "Stay tuned for exciting Previews including..." variant, a piece of the score is heard.
On the UK/Irish "On Blu-ray and DVD" bumper, one of the music cues from the U.S./Canada 2006 bumper series is used.
Audio Trivia: In 2011, the musical cues were adapted for use on the previous ID.
Availability: Seen on most Disney Blu-Ray discs, but as time goes on, less sightings of this bumper are reported.
Seen on numerous Disney Blu-rays and a few DVDs of the era, starting with the 2007 Blu-ray releases of King Arthur and G.I. Jane.
As with the previous bumper, by 2020 only the "Coming to THEATERS" bumper was shown, and Onward was the last release to use it altogether, though the "Stay tuned For Exciting Previews..." and "All films and promotions..." bumpers are still used. For the former bumper, with Disney debuting a new logo on September 9, 2022 for its upcoming centenary in 2023, its days may be numbered.
Some releases such as Big Hero 6, The Good Dinosaur, Space Buddies, Stuber, and Missing Link don't have any bumpers before previews.
The "Coming to Blu-ray Disc" bumper was also used as part of the opening logo on a bootleg DVD of The Wolfman (2010), a Universal film, complete with the fanfare from the shortened WDSHE logo.
41st Bumper (November 6, 2007-August 25, 2009) (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
Visuals: It starts out with clips from many Disney movies. It differs depending on the country, year or period of time that the DVD or Blu-ray was released in, but the first three always remain the same: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Peter Pan (1953), and The Princess Diaries. Eventually, the camera then zooms out, revealing a wall of hundreds of clips from Disney movies, both animated and live-action, old and new. More and more clips fly out, replacing some others. One by one, the words "MOVIES.", "MAGIC.", and "MORE." zoom out and fade out in various directions. Then all of the clips come together to form the 2006 Disney Castle. The ring gets drawn around the castle, as usual, then "DiSNEY", in the 2006 remake of its famous script, fades in below. After a few seconds, the bumper fades to black and a brief screen that advertises many of the films featured in the bumper appears. The text "AVAILABLE ON (DVD logo) AND (Disney Blu-ray Disc logo)" and the titles (which may also differ depending on the previously mentioned country, year or period of time that the DVD and Blu-ray was released in) are shown in a white narrow font.
Trivia:
The appearance and positioning of the "DiSNEY" text would be used to replace the "WALT DiSNEY PICTURES" text on current Disney films beginning with the November 2011 theatrical premiere of The Muppets, only it would appear out of the fairy dust coming out of the gate, instead of simply fading in. The "WALT DiSNEY PICTURES" variant made its final appearances at the beginning of the 2012 film Treasure Buddies and at the end of the theatrical release of The Lone Ranger (2013).
This ID is commonly referred to as "There is only one, Disney" by individuals across the globe.
Despite being mentioned in the third version of this ID, which debuted on the 2008 DVD and Blu-ray releases of WALL-E, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was not released on both formats until December 2nd of that year. Once again, this could be considered false advertising.
This was the Home Entertainment logo for Disney from 2007-2009.
A lot of the movies shown in the promo weren't released on Blu-ray until years later (mostly 2009-2015) when this promo ended.
In terms of release date, the appearances of each version of this ID are very inconsistent.
Even after the second version debuted on the 2008 DVD and Blu-ray releases of National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, various titles from mid-late 2008 continued to use the first version.
Even after the third version debuted on the 2008 DVD and Blu-ray releases of WALL-E, various titles from late 2008-mid 2009 continued usage of the second version.
Variant: As mentioned above, the remaining clips in the Disney Castle sequence and selection of titles in the "AVAILABLE ON (DVD logo) AND (Disney Blu-ray Disc logo)" screen may differ depending on the country, year or brief period of time that the DVD or Blu-ray was released in. Check out the lists of remaining clips and selection of titles below for more information.
Version #1 (November 6, 2007-October 14, 2008):
The clips seen in the Disney Castle sequence are as follows: Pocahontas, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Finding Nemo, Chicken Little (2005), The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Lion King (1994), The Santa Clause 2, National Treasure, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians (1996), Invincible, The Jungle Book (1967), Cars
The list of titles seen below the "AVAILABLE ON (DVD logo) AND (Disney Blu-ray Disc logo)" text is as follows:
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003 DVD and 2007 Blu-ray releases)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006 DVD and 2007 Blu-ray releases)
Peter Pan (1953) (2007 Platinum Edition DVD release)
The Princess Diaries (2004 Special Edition DVD release and the then-upcoming 2012 Blu-ray collection of both movies)
Pocahontas (2005 10th Anniversary Edition DVD release)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (2008 Collector’s Edition DVD and Blu-ray release)
Finding Nemo
Chicken Little (2005)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion King (1994) (2003 Platinum Edition DVD release)
The Santa Clause (2002 Special Edition DVD release)
The Santa Clause 2
National Treasure (2007 DVD and Blu-ray release)
Sleeping Beauty (2008 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD and Blu-ray release)
101 Dalmatians (referring to both the 2008 Platinum Edition DVD release of the 1961 film and the then-upcoming 2008 DVD reissue of the 1996 live-action remake)
Glory Road (2006 DVD and Blu-ray releases)
Cars (2006 DVD and 2007 Blu-ray releases)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (2007 Friendship Edition DVD release)
Pinocchio (1940) (then-upcoming 2009 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD and Blu-ray release)
Freaky Friday (2003) (2003 DVD release and the then-upcoming 2018 Disney Movie Club Exclusive Blu-ray release)
The Parent Trap (1998) (2005 Special Double Trouble Edition DVD release and the then-upcoming 2018 Disney Movie Club Exclusive Blu-ray release)
Monsters, Inc.
Cinderella (1950) (2005 Platinum Edition DVD release)
Meet the Robinsons
Toy Story 2 (2005 Collector's Edition DVD release and the then-upcoming 2010 Blu-ray release)
Dumbo (1941) (2006 Big Top Edition DVD release)
Invincible (2006 DVD and Blu-ray releases)
Aladdin (1992) (2004 Platinum Edition DVD release)
The Jungle Book (1967) (2007 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD release)
The Rookie (2002 DVD and 2008 Blu-ray releases)
Lilo & Stitch (the then-upcoming 2009 Big-Wave Edition DVD release)
The Shaggy Dog (2006) (2006 DVD release; still not available on Blu-ray)
Ratatouille (2007 DVD and Blu-ray releases)
The Little Mermaid (2006 Platinum Edition DVD release)
Version #2 (May 20, 2008-August 4, 2009):
The clips from Pocahontas, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Chicken Little (2005) and Invincible are replaced with clips from Toy Story, High School Musical 2, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Miracle.
The complete list of titles underneath the "AVAILABLE ON (DVD logo) and (Disney Blu-ray Disc logo)" text has been modified and aligned differently to include:
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003 DVD and 2007 Blu-ray releases)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006 DVD and 2007 Blu-ray releases)
Peter Pan (1953) (2007 Platinum Edition DVD release)
The Princess Diaries (2004 Special Edition DVD release and the then-upcoming 2012 Blu-ray collection of both movies)
Finding Nemo
High School Musical 2 (2007 Extended Edition DVD and Blu-ray releases)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Miracle (2004 DVD release and the then-upcoming 2009 Blu-ray release)
The Lion King (1994) (2003 Platinum Edition DVD release)
The Santa Clause (2002 Special Edition DVD release)
The Santa Clause 2
National Treasure (2007 DVD and Blu-ray release)
Sleeping Beauty (2008 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD and Blu-ray release)
101 Dalmatians (referring to both the 2008 Platinum Edition DVD release of the 1961 film and the then-upcoming 2008 DVD release of the 1996 live-action remake)
Cars (2006 DVD and 2007 Blu-ray releases)
Ratatouille
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (2007 Friendship Edition DVD release)
Pinocchio (1940) (then-upcoming 2009 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD and Blu-ray release)
Freaky Friday (2003) (2003 DVD release and the then-upcoming 2018 Disney Movie Club Exclusive Blu-ray release)
The Parent Trap (1998) (2005 Special Double Trouble Edition DVD release)
Monsters, Inc.
Cinderella (1950) (2005 Platinum Edition DVD release)
Meet the Robinsons
Toy Story (2005 Collector’s Edition DVD release)
Dumbo (1941) (2006 Big Top Edition DVD release)
Invincible (2006 DVD and Blu-ray releases)
Aladdin (1992) (2004 Platinum Edition DVD release)
The Jungle Book (1967) (2007 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD release)
The Rookie (2002 DVD and 2008 Blu-ray releases)
Lilo & Stitch (2002 and 2009 Big-Wave Edition DVD releases)
The Shaggy Dog (2006) (2006 DVD release; still not available on Blu-ray)
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
The Little Mermaid (2006 Platinum Edition DVD release)
Version #3 (November 18, 2008-August 25, 2009):
The clip from Finding Nemo in this version is slightly darker, stretched, zoomed out and off center.
The black screen is also off center and zoomed out.
The clips from High School Musical 2, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and The Santa Clause 2 are replaced with clips from WALL-E, Enchanted and Tinker Bell (2008).
On the "AVAILABLE ON..." screen, both the DVD and Disney Blu-ray Disc logos are replaced by the Disney DVD and Disney Blu-ray - Hi-Def logos, respectively.
The complete list of titles underneath the "AVAILABLE ON (Disney DVD logo) and (Disney Blu-ray - Hi-Def logo)" text has been modified and aligned in a similar fashion to the first version to include:
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003 DVD and 2007 Blu-ray releases)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006 DVD and 2007 Blu-ray releases)
Peter Pan (1953) (2007 Platinum Edition DVD release)
The Princess Diaries (2004 Special Edition DVD release and then-upcoming 2012 Blu-ray collection of both movies)
Finding Nemo
High School Musical 2 (2007 Extended Edition DVD release and 2008 Dance Edition DVD release)
WALL-E
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Santa Clause (2002 Special Edition DVD release)
The Santa Clause 2
National Treasure (2007 DVD and Blu-ray releases)
National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
The Lion King (1994) (2003 Platinum Edition DVD release)
Sleeping Beauty (2008 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD and Blu-ray release)
Miracle (2004 DVD release and the then-upcoming 2009 Blu-ray release)
Enchanted
101 Dalmatians (referring to both the 2008 Platinum Edition DVD release of the 1961 film and the 2008 DVD release of the 1996 live-action remake)
Cars (2006 DVD and 2007 Blu-ray releases)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (2007 Friendship Edition DVD release)
Pinocchio (1940) (then-upcoming 2009 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD and Blu-ray release)
Freaky Friday (2003)
The Parent Trap (1998) (2005 Special Double Trouble Edition DVD release)
Monsters, Inc.
Cinderella (1950) (2005 Platinum Edition DVD release)
Meet the Robinsons
Toy Story (2005 Collector’s Edition DVD release)
Dumbo (1941) (2006 Big Top Edition DVD release)
Invincible (2006 DVD and Blu-ray releases)
Aladdin (1992) (2004 Platinum Edition DVD release)
The Jungle Book (1967) (2007 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD release)
The Rookie (2002 DVD and 2008 Blu-ray releases)
Lilo & Stitch (then-upcoming 2009 Big-Wave Edition DVD release)
Tinker Bell (2008)
Ratatouille
The Little Mermaid (2006 Platinum Edition DVD release)
Technique: All modern and beautiful effects that stand out nicely to this day.
Audio: An edited version of the overture from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (also used as the theme of American Masters and the post-1991 Morgan Creek logos). On the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest clip, Jack Sparrow states "We have our heading.", and on the Peter Pan (1953) clip, the titular character bellows "Here we GOOOOO!" After the Peter Pan (1953) clip, an announcer (Tony Rodgers) says, "From the magic within our hearts...to the adventure beyond the horizon...there is only one, Disney." As soon as the announcer finishes speaking, the overture rises to a beautiful, triumphant state and ends with a majestic climax.
Audio Variant: If one selects "Español" at the start of Disney DVDs from 2008-09, the dialogue is translated into Spanish. In addition, subtitle translations for the English text appear at the bottom of the screen, and they are also read aloud.
Availability: Seen at the beginning of numerous DVDs and Blu-rays released by Disney during this time period, preceding either the post-2006 bumpers (for non-FastPlay DVDs), the post-2007 bumpers (for Blu-rays), or the FastPlay bumper (for FastPlay DVDs). In general, this bumper debuted on the 2007 DVD and Blu-ray releases of Ratatouille (which was released under the WDHE Name), and the final release to use it was The Suite Life on Deck: Anchors Away.
Some other early discs with this ID include Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the 2007 Collector’s Edition re-release of National Treasure, High School Musical 2: Extended Edition, Underdog (2007), The Game Plan, the 2008 reprint of Hannah Montana: Livin’ the Rock Star Life, Hannah Montana: One in a Million, Twitches Too: Double Charmed Edition, and Snow Buddies, which also contain the print logos for Walt Disney (Studios) Home Entertainment on the packaging, along with the first version of this ID.
The final titles with this ID include the 2009 DVD and Blu-ray releases of The Suite Life on Deck: Anchors Away, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, and The Tigger Movie: 10th Anniversary Edition, all of which contain the either the second or final versions of this ID. Both versions later reappeared on the 2013 DVD releases of The Sword in the Stone: 50th Anniversary Edition and Oliver & Company: 25th Anniversary Edition, and the 2019 Blu-Ray release of A Bug's Life, respectively, due to them recycling content from their previous 2008-09 DVDs and Blu-Ray.
Please note that this ID did not appear on the 2007-08 DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1, Cars (as well as 2006 DVD release, this bumper was not out at the time), The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Claus, My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie, Wish Gone Amiss, Return to Never Land: Pixie-Powered Edition, Cinderella II: Dreams Come True: Special Edition, and The Aristocats: Special Edition, possibly since these were released as the final titles under the Walt Disney Home Entertainment name. It also does not appear on the second disc of all 2-disc DVDs/Blu-rays that WDSHE released during this time period or any of the company’s releases since fall 2009, since they contain the abridged WDSHE logo instead. It also does not appear on the 2019 DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Ratatouille and WALL-E as they go straight to the other opening previews, and also due to them being reprints of their original 2007-08 Blu-Rays and DVDs.
In the wake of Buena Vista's renaming to Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment in November 2007 and the liquidation of their Walt Disney Home Entertainment label in February 2008, this ID appears on international editions of their DVDs and Blu-rays as well, starting with the 2007 international DVD of Air Buddies.
Examples of where to find each variant on American DVDs and Blu-rays from WDSHE:
Version #1 (November 6, 2007-October 14, 2008): Ratatouille, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, the 2007 DVD edition of National Treasure, High School Musical 2: Extended Edition, Underdog (2007), Handy Manny: Fixing it Right, The Game Plan, the 2008 reprint of Hannah Montana: Livin’ the Rock Star Life, Hannah Montana: One in a Million, Twitches Too: Double Charmed Edition, Snow Buddies, Little Einsteins: Race for Space, Little Einsteins: Flight of the Instrument Fairies, the Platinum Edition release of 101 Dalmatians (1961), Enchanted, the 2008 Classic Caballeros Collection DVD releases of Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros, Cory in the House: Newt and Improved Edition, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: Lip Syncing in the Rain, The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Storybook Surprises (international editions), and Little Einsteins: The Christmas Wish.
Version #2 (May 20, 2008-August 4, 2009): National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, The Sword in the Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition, Minutemen, College Road Trip, Phineas and Ferb: The Fast and the Phineas, Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School, Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, Camp Rock: Extended Rock Star Edition, The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning, The Nightmare Before Christmas: Collector's Edition, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey's Storybook Surprises (U.S. edition), Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, the 2008 DVD reissues of 101 Dalmatians (1996) and 102 Dalmatians, The Cheetah Girls: One World, the 2008 Special Edition DVD releases of The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea and 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, Tinker Bell (2008), Hannah Montana: The Complete First Season, High School Musical and Hannah Montana Disney DVD Games, Lilo & Stitch: Big Wave Edition, Bolt, and The Tigger Movie: 10th Anniversary Edition.
Version #3 (November 18, 2008-August 25, 2009): WALL-E, Phineas and Ferb: The Daze of Summer, Mary Poppins: 45th Anniversary Edition, Oliver & Company: 20th Anniversary Edition, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, the 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition release of Pinocchio (1940), Hannah Montana: Keeping It Real, Morning Light, Bedtime Stories, Dadnapped, Hatching Pete, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, and The Suite Life on Deck: Anchors Away.
Final Note:
After the DVD and Blu-ray releases of The Call of the Wild (2020) and Onward, respectively, Disney largely stopped using bumpers on their newer titles under the Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, 20th Century Studios, and Searchlight Pictures labels, in-between their accompanying trailers, so newer releases only include the previews (first three companies), or no previews at all (latter four companies). Rarely there can be some bumpers. Disney in Australia and New Zealand no longer sell physical copies of films, being the first region to do so. The UK and USA divisions transferred their home media divisions to other companies with them being transferred to Elevation Sales and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment respectively.
Mexico
1st Bumper (1995?-1997)
Visuals: On a white background, the Disney Videos logo is seen in the bottom right corner, and the bumper text is seen in the top left.
Bumpers:
"PRÓXIMAMENTE ESTRENO EN CINE"
"PROXIMAMENTE EN VIDEO"
"A LA VENTA EN VIDEO"
"PROXIMAMENTE EN VIDEO"
Variant: On the "PRÓXIMAMENTE ESTRENO EN CINE" bumper, the Disney Videos logo is omitted, and the text is in the center of the screen.
Technique: Still image created by computer.
Audio: None.
Availability: Found on VHS releases of the time, such as The Aristocats (Los Aristogatos) and Pocahontas.
2nd Bumper (1996?-1997)
Visuals: On a purple background, a crop of the Disney Videos logo is seen with the respective bumper below in gold.
Bumpers:
"PROXIMAMENTE EN VIDEO"
"LLEVATELA EN VIDEO"
"LLEVATELAS EN VIDEO ¡YA!"
"PREPARATE PARA LA PELICULA"
Technique: Digital graphic.
Audio: None.
Availability: Used in tandem with the first bumper. Some of the VHS releases with this bumper include Sleeping Beauty (La Bella Durmiente) and Hercules.
3rd Bumper (1997-2005)
Visuals: On a purple gradient background with a Disney wordmark pattern, the Mexican Disney Videos logo is seen in the bottom-right corner. Then, after a second or two, the bumper text in a white Hobo font (though the A's are in the Arial font strangely) materializes in a reverse disintegration effect.
Bumpers:
"PROXIMAMENTE EN CINE"
"¡AHORA EN VIDEO!"
"¡PREPARATE PARA LA PELICULA!"
"PROXIMAMENTE EN VIDEO"
Variant: Starting with 2001, the background is blue-purple with a Mickey Mouse head pattern, and the Disney Videos logo is moved to the bottom-left corner.
Technique: CGI.
Audio:
1997-1999: None.
1998-2001: The Disney Videos logo theme.
2001-2005: A shimmering sound.
Availability: Found on Mexican releases at the time, such as Tarzan, Toy Story 2, Dinosaur (Dinosaurio), Monsters Inc., and The Incredibles (Los Increíbles).
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Descriptions by DisneyInternationalFan
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Editions by DisneyInternationalFan, RSX-798, Scj323347, Blue2000, SuperMax124, Camenati, Compooper, Lighteningdoc and Buzzfan120
Screen (November 6, 2007-)
Visuals: On a black background, there is the following text in white and in Times New Roman Bold:
The commentaries and interviews on this disc are for entertainment purposes only. The views and opinions expressed therein are those of the individual speakers, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., The Walt Disney Company or any of their respective affiliates and employees.
Variant: A Blu-ray variant exists with an Arial Bold font.
Technique: A digital graphic.
Audio: None.
Availability:
Seen on all Disney DVD and Blu-ray releases that have special features, starting with the 2007 DVD and Blu-ray releases of Ratatouille.
Some DVD releases play this bumper despite no special features and/or previews present, like on Free Guy and Ron's Gone Wrong.
Earlier 20th Century Studios titles on DVD, such as Ad Astra, Spies in Disguise, and Underwater, don't have this bumper.
Starting with the 2020 remake of Mulan (save for Pixar releases), this screen now appears at the end.
Visuals: On a black background is the following text appearing:
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL It is hereby certified that the cinematograph films, portions of cinematograph films, pictures and advertisements that will be exhibited at this exhibition have been approved in terms of the Publications and Entertainments Act 1963, or Publications Act 1974.
The text then fades out to make room for the following text:
SERTIFIKAAT VAN GOEDKEURING Hierby word gesertifiseer dat die rolprente, dele van die rolprente, prente en advertensies wat by hierdie vertoning vertoon word, kragtens die wet op Publikasies en Vermaaklikhede, 1963, of die wet op Publikasies, 1974 goedgekeur is.
Variant: On the 1994 VHS of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and the 1995 VHS of The Aristocats, the text is blue, instead it cuts to the second screen with Afrikaans text.
Technique: Fading effects.
Audio: None.
Availability: Can be found on South African Disney videocassettes at the time, such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), The Aristocats (1970), Pinocchio (1940) and The Lion King (1994).
2nd Bumper (1994)
Visuals: On a black background is the blue box with the following text:
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL SERTIFIKAAT VAN GOEDKEURING
NAME OF FILM NAAM VAN ROLPRENT
:
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
It is hereby certified that the cinematograph film has been approved in terms of the Publication Act, 1974. Hierby word gesertifiseer dat die rolprent kragtens die Wet op Publikasies, 1974 goedgekeur is.
CERTIFICATE NO. SERTIFIKAAT NR.
:
6198
AGE RESTRICTION
:
ALL AGES
OUDERDOMSBEPERKING
:
GEEN
RUNNING TIME
:
80:07 MINUTES
LOOPTYD
:
80:07 MINUTE
Technique: A still computer graphic.
Audio: None.
Availability: Seen on the 1994 South African VHS of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
3rd Bumper (1995-1998?)
The Aristocats (1970) (English)
The Aristocats (1970) (Afrikaans)
Pinocchio (1940) (English)
Pinocchio (1940) (Afrikaans)
The Lion King (1994) (English)
The Lion King (1994) (Afrikaans)
Toy Story (1995) (English)
Toy Story (1995) (Afrikaans)
Dumbo (1940) (1997 re-issue) (English)
Dumbo (1940) (1997 re-issue) (Afrikaans)
Visuals: On a black background is the following text appearing:
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL NAME: [FILM NAME] CERTIFICATE NO: [CERT. NO.] AGE RESTRICTION: [AGE RESTRICTION] RUNNING TIME: [DURATION]
The text then fades out to make room for the following text:
SERTIFIKAAT VAN GOEDKEURING NAAM: [ROLPRENT NAAM IN ENGELS] SERTIFIKAAT NR: [SERT. NR.] OUDERDOMSBEPERKING: [OUDERDOMSBEPERKING] LOOPTYD: [DUUR]
Variant: On early tapes, instead it cuts to the second screen with Afrikaans text.
Technique: Fading effects.
Audio: None.
Availability: Can be found on South African Disney videocassettes at the time, such as The Aristocats (1970), Pinocchio (1940), The Lion King (1994), Pixar's Toy Story (1995) and the 1997 re-issue of Dumbo (1940).
4th Bumper (1998?-2000)
Belle's Magical World (1998) (English)
Belle's Magical World (1998) (Afrikaans)
A Bug's Life (1998) (English)
A Bug's Life (1998) (Afrikaans)
Visuals: On a black background is the following text appearing:
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL
It is hereby certified that the film : [FILM NAME] has been approved by classification in terms of the Films and Publications Act, 1996.
CERTIFICATE NO : [CERT. NO.] CLASSIFICATION : [AGE RESTRICTION]
The text then fades out to make room for the following text:
SERTFIKAAT VAN GOEDKEURING
Hierby word gesertifiseer dat die rolprent : [ROLPRENT NAAM IN ENGELS] kragtens die wet op Rolprente en Publikasies, 1996 goedgekeur is.
SERTIFIKAAT NR : [SERT. NR.] OUDERDOMSBEPERKING : [OUDERDOMSBEPERKING]
Technique: Same as the 3rd bumper.
Audio: None.
Availability: Can be found on South African Disney videocassettes at the time, such as Belle's Magical World (1998) and Pixar's A Bug's Life (1998).
5th Bumper (2000-2005?)
Toy Story 2 (2000) (English)
Toy Story 2 (2000) (Afrikaans)
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (English)
Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (2001) (Afrikaans)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) (English)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) (Afrikaans)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) (English)
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) (Afrikaans)
Beauty and the Beast (1991) (2002 Special Edition release) (English)
Beauty and the Beast (1991) (2002 Special Edition release) (Afrikaans)
Visuals: On a black background is the following text appearing:
CERTIFICATE OF CLASSIFICATION
It is hereby certified that the film : [FILM NAME] has been classified by the Film and Publication Board
CERTIFICATE OF CLASSIFICATION NO : [CERT. NO.] CLASSIFICATION : CONSUMER ADVICE: [AGE RESTRICTION]
The text then fades out to make room for the following text:
SERTIFIKAAT VAN KLASSIFIKASIE
Dit word hierby gesertifieseer dat die film : [FILM NAAM IN ENGELS] gesertifiseer is deur die Film en Publikasieraad
Sertifikaat van Klassifikasie No : [SERT. NR.] Klassifikasie : Verbriekersadvies: [OUDERDOMSBEPERKING]
Technique: Same as the previous two.
Audio: None.
Availability: Can be found on South African Disney videocassettes at the time, such as Pixar's Toy Story 2 (1999), The Emperor's New Groove (2000), Lady and the Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure (2001), Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) and the 2002 Special Edition release of Beauty and the Beast (1991).
6th Bumper (2005-2006)
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)
Chicken Little (2005)
Visuals: On a black background is the following text:
CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL
It is hereby certified that the film: [FILM NAME]
has been approved by classification in terms of Films and Publications Act, 1996.
Certificate of Approval No: [CERT. NO.] Classification: [AGE RESTRICTION]
Technique: Fading effects.
Audio: None.
Availability: Can be found on later South African Disney videocassettes at the time, such as Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) and Chicken Little (2005).
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