MTV IDs/1996

Clayfoot (1996-1998)


ID: TBA

Technique: Live-action footage.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Edible Butterfly (1996-1999)


ID: TBA

Technique: Live-action footage.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Hell (1996-1998; June 26, 2020)


ID: TBA

Technique: 2D animation by John Robertson.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Kiss (1996-1998)


ID: In a forest setting, in a typical Disney animation art style, Cinderella can be seen giving smooches to animals. Once Cinderella gave a kiss to the frog, she was grotesquely transformed into the MTV logo off screen. The frog was shocked, while the squirrels were shocked and crying, while she coughed up some weird slime to form the wordmark.

Technique: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Trivia: It is most likely parodying Disney princess stories, while also parodying an old folk tale The Frog Prince.

New DNA Pattern (1996-1998)


ID: TBA

Technique: Live-action footage by Takeo Hatai.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Skydiver (1996-1999)
ID: TBA

Technique: Claymation by Josh Reed.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Stop Racism (1996-1999)


ID: The ident consists of actual people in different cultures, viewed using the x-ray camera. The ident ended by displaying the words "Stop racism", "we are all the same", before ending the ident with a hand-drawn MTV logo.

Technique: Live-action footage.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

World (1996-1998)
ID: TBA

Trivia: Excerpts from the music videos for "One Love" by The Prodigy, "Gotta Get Away" by The Offspring, and "Bedtime Stories" by Madonna are featured in the first one.

Technique: Live-action and CG animation.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.