Hanna-Barbera

Background[]

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. (simply known as Hanna-Barbera and also referred to as H-B Enterprises, H-B Production Company and Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.) was an American animation studio that dominated American television animation for over three decades in the mid 20th century.

It was founded in 1957 by former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (creators of Tom and Jerry) and live-action director George Sidney in partnership with Screen Gems, a TV unit of Columbia Pictures. In late 1966, it was sold to Taft Broadcasting and spent two decades as its subsidiary. It is officially considered the very first major animation studio to successfully produce cartoons exclusively for television.

Hanna-Barbera is known for creating a wide variety of popular animated characters and for 30 years, the studio produced a succession of cartoon shows, including The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, Wacky Races, Scooby-Doo and The Smurfs. For their achievements, Hanna and Barbera together won seven Academy Awards, eight Emmy Awards, a Governors Award, a Golden Globe Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The pair was also inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1993.

After Hanna died in 2001, Hanna-Barbera as a standalone company was folded into Warner Bros. Animation. Since then, the Hanna-Barbera name has been used primarily for marketing and copyright purposes.

Logos[]

1st logo (1957-1960)[]

Over a yellow background sit two boxes, one red and one blue, joined together unevenly. There's an "H" in the red box and a "B" in the blue box. The text appears as "an HB PRODUCTION".

Variants[]

On later shows, the background is dark green, the "H" box is lavender, and the "B" box is red. The text appears as "AN HB ENTERPRISES CARTOON". Sometimes the letters appear smaller.
An extremely rare variant of the early variant has the H-B Boxes, but the text is extended out to read "Hanna-Barbera".

2nd logo (1959-1991)[]

It's only an in-credit text saying “A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION”, either at the beginning of a short or at the end of a show. This practice continued well into 1987, years after H-B introduced an in-credit logo for its shows.

Variants[]

While the style of the wording varied from show to show, here are the variants below:

“HANNA-BARBERA” is in a “scrawly” font used for crediting the two producers on latter-day MGM shorts and many of the original H-B Productions series. Used mainly on early shorts, in a pale turquoise (or electric blue) “splotch” on a yellow (or pink) background. The font would vary on some H-B shorts of the era.
“Hanna-Barbera” is in a '60s-esque “cursive” font commonly known as “Tabitha”. Used within a similar “splotch” device, but is also seen at the end of several 1960s series such as The Jetsons and Top Cat.
The entire wording is in a bold, all-caps font, usually Franklin Gothic Condensed. Seen at the end of many 1960s series, most notably Johnny Quest, The Flintstones, Atom Ant, and Secret Squirrel.
“HANNA-BARBERA” is in a bold, “tubular” font most similar to the latter-day Filmways logo. Usually seen on 1977-1986 series. The last new shows to use this variation of "HANNA-BARBERA" were season 1 of Pound Puppies, the 1986 version of Jonny Quest, and season 1 of The Flintstone Kids, among shows.
On some 1960s cartoons such as Birdman and Space Ghost, the text said "A HANNA-BARBERA CARTOON" at the end of some episodes, but seen at the end of every end-title credits.
On the first season of the short-lived series Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures, there's an in-credit text that reads as "Produced by Hanna Barbera Productions, Inc. in association with Orion Television Entertainment and Nelson Entertainment" with a copyright stamp to Orion Television Entertainment and Nelson Films, Inc. below.
There is also a small rectangle or square with a caricature sketch of the characters inside that accompanies the copyright with the in-credit logo on most shows. This practice began in the late 1960s and would last until 1987 on most shows.
On Lucky Luke, the text is chyroned onto the background with a Taft byline as well as in-credit listings for Gaumont and FR3.
During the credits roll of the 1982 ABC Saturday Morning Pac Preview Party, there's a in-credit notice for "HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTIONS" with the 1981 Taft byline under it.

3rd logo (1967-1969)[]

On a black background, three small orange rectangles appear, the outer two stretching down, the one in the center extending up, then they stretch, break up and multiply to become an orange box containing a large, black stylized “H-B” cutout. Then the box grows to become an orange background, the black H-B zooms out, disappears, and then it cuts to light blue words reading “a hanna-barbera production” with the “a” in a black box. Finally, a yellow stylized “H-B” (using the same style as the black one) slowly fades in.

Later Variant[]

There’s another version from 1968 featuring nearly the same starting animation, with the rectangles moving the directions they’re supposed to extend instead of stretching before they actually do, but when the black zooming “H-B” disappears, it cuts to a red “H-B” with the text already on it in blue, with the small “a” box being dark blue and the letter in yellow. It features a byline reading “a division of Taft Broadcasting Company” next to a small Taft logo in dark blue text on the bottom.

4th logo (1968-1974; 2002-2009)[]

On a black background, a large, stylized orange “H-B” begins to zoom right up at the viewer. When it nearly engulfs the screen, the background suddenly becomes yellow-orange. On top of the “H-B”, the words “a”, “hanna-barbera”, and “production” all appear.

Variants[]

For a short period, Taft’s corporate logo, alongside a byline reading “a division of Taft Broadcasting Company”, appear. This appears to coincide with the logo being used “standalone”, with its own music. Box logos that are appended to the ends of shows and have the show’s music playing usually do not have the byline. However, there are some exceptions, such as The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't, which featured the logo attached to the end of the credits with the end of the show's theme playing under it, but features a Taft logo and byline; and Yogi's Ark Lark, which features the "standalone" variant of the logo (with its own music), but no Taft logo or byline.
Starting in 2002 with the release of Scooby-Doo and the Legend of the Vampire, the "Scooby All-Stars" logo was phased out and replaced with a recreation of this logo. The H-B now zooms-in much more smoothly before cutting to the finished logo. This was seen on all 2002-2009 made-for-video Scooby-Doo movies, though beginning with Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra Doo, it now simply ends with the Warner Bros. Animation logo, which seems appropriate as all the made-for-video Scooby-Doo movies were produced at Warner Bros. Animation.
On reruns of the 1972 special A Christmas Story on Boomerang, the logo fades out before the text appeared. Whether or not this was a programming error is currently unknown.

5th logo (1969-1971; 1976)[]

A rare variant of the 3rd logo. It starts off with the formation of the H-B box from the 3rd logo (1st variant), but instead of the box zooming out, it becomes a capri while the background becomes red, then “a hanna-barbera production” in denim blue and the Taft byline/logo fade in. The “a" in the H-B box is on top of a denim blue box with a orange outline.

Variants[]

There is a rare variant in which the box does zoom out instead of fading to the already formed logo, a la the initial 1966 version. There is no Taft byline/logo as well.
On Boomerang reruns of the Scooby-Doo episode "Go Away Ghost Ship" the logo is sped up.

6th logo[]

We start on a pattern of five columns, each filled with the words “HANNA-BARBERA”. The words are colored so that they form a rainbow pattern. Suddenly, the words start disappearing, from the top starting on the 1st column, and from the bottom starting with the last column. The words disappear until one last “HANNA-BARBERA” is left. That enlarges and “morphs” into a skewed, stylized H-B, filled with a rolling rainbow pattern with numerous “HANNA-BARBERA”s in it. Below, the words “HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTIONS, INC.” appear.

Byline[]

In 1978, the logo does not enlarge. In this version, a Taft Broadcasting byline, sans logo this time, appears. Some post-1988 prints of H-B shows from this particular period have the Taft byline blacked out.

Variants[]

A rare variant has been seen on only a couple of TV movies of the era, such as the live-action telefilm The Gathering.It was a still shot with more solid colors (yellow, orange, red, pink, violet, blue) and segmented lines running inside the design. Plus, it's horizontal. Also, the byline is still intact. It is mainly nicknamed as "Solid Rainbow H-B".
An extremely rare variant features the "H-B", in a more straightforward stencil font, more towards the top of the screen and a large lime green/olive-brown "77" in the same style underneath. There are no "HANNA-BARBERA"s in either figure. The variant begins with this design cascading and forming on-screen, followed by several "starbursts" appearing, and the whole scene then gives way to four small circles that join together and zoom in to become a giant rotating circle, surrounded by a string of flashing live-action lights. Within the circle appear several (fairly obscure) Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters: Precious Pupp, Mumbly, Atom Ant, Winsome Witch, Squiddly Diddly and Chief Winchley, Pa Rugg from The Hillbilly Bears, and Secret Squirrel. The circle and lights then disappear, and (to the beat of the sound effects in the music) a starburst "explodes" several times before the "HB77" logo forms again onscreen. At the bottom for much of the animation is a byline for "Dolphin Productions/New York", with Dolphin Productions, a New York-based company that incorporated the first computer-generated effects in TV logos and advertisements, being the production company behind this variant. This logo was only used in 1977 and was created as an interstitial for the Hanna-Barbera programming block "HB '77" that aired on Rede Globo in Brazil that year. Another variant is rumored to exist with an "HB 78" logo.
When the Family Channel reran The All-New Popeye Hour, the logo was sped-up for time.

7th logo (1979-1986; 1989; 1990)[]

On a black background, a white star swirls down from the top, leaving behind a rainbow trail. It then settles into the center of the screen as it twirls, occasionally shrinking and twisting, forming a circular trail. It then twists into the middle of the circle and comes to a stop. The words “Hanna-Barbera Productions” in Belwe Medium font appear below.

Bylines[]

September 8, 1979-January 31, 1981: “A TAFT BROADCASTING COMPANY” (in a white font)
September 12, 1981-May 20, 1986: “A DIVISION OF THE TAFT ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY”
1. In 1982, the 1981 byline was altered/amended with "A DIVISION OF" over "THE TAFT ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY".
2. In 1983, the 1981 byline appears in a large yellow font, and the logo appears smaller in this version.
June 7, 1990: "A GREAT AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY"
Post-1988 prints of H-B shows from this era often have the Taft byline blacked out.

Variants[]

In 1990, a special version of this was used at the end of Jetsons: The Movie. This features the same animation, but “Hanna-Barbera” is written in the familiar cursive “script” font, first introduced in 1987. This variant also features a Great American byline, and is the only H-B logo to do so.
In 1981, the colors on the trail were given a more vivid appearance.
Beginning in 1984, Hanna-Barbera created an opening logo to use at the beginning of some of their shows. It’s the same as the closing logo but it fades in during the middle of the animation. The text is changed, “Hanna-Barbera” is larger, and a small yellow “PRESENTS” is shown below. This opening variant (the version with the regular music) can still be found at the beginning of every episode of The Smurfs on Boomerang.
There is a rare variant of this logo seen on some cartoons, in which the trail is dark red and the byline is nearly invisible. This is likely due to film deterioration, which is quite unusual at this time (compared to the Rankin-Bass logo from 1977). This was used only in the early 1980's and is nicknamed "The Red Swirling Star".
The 1981 variant appears against a primitive-CG starry background in the video A Very Special 25 Years of Hanna-Barbera.
There is also an extremely rare still opening variant seen on the 1986 feature film GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, in which there is a large "A Hanna-Barbera Production" byline and the logo is tiny in size. This same variant also appeared at the end of the 1982 Hanna-Barbera feature film Heidi's Song.
On an older print of one episode of The Scooby-Doo Show, the logo is moved up a bit so that the Taft byline cannot be seen.
A rare variant where the Swirling Star plays as usual, but it ends with the letters "HB" in black on top of the star itself and the star itself zooms in to make way for the words "HANNA BARBERA," which zooms out from the center screen to flash in multiple colors before ending in a red color. The music accompanying it is score music from A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. This is seen on the 1989 VHS tape Top Cat - T.C.'s Back in Town.
On the 1991 promo reel for Cartoon Network's launch, and the TV special A Yabba-Dabba-Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera, an I.A.T.S.E. bug appears below the logo.
On a earthquake preparation video made for the Los Angeles Earthquake Preparation Program, the text on the bottom says "Hanna-Barbera PRESENTS" with the text below in a Helvetica font. The white star then suddenly zooms in and engulfs the screen, and flashes to the video's introduction. At the end, the Swirling Star is smaller and the text says "A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION FOR CITY OF LOS ANGELES EARTHQUAKE PREPARATION PROGRAM".
Another dark/deteriorated variant was seen on a recent Boomerang airing the 1983 Smurfs episode "The Smurfs' Time Capsule", where the trail was almost entirely invisible. Only the star and the text could be seen.
On some releases of Jetsons: The Movie, this logo appears for only a split second before the Universal logo appears.

8th logo (1986-1992; 1997; 1998-2002)[]

An updated version of the previous logo, but now done in CGI. The trail is now metallic, and the star now realistically twists and turns and has a nice shine effect. The text and the respective company byline are in a different font and are slightly smaller.

Bylines[]

September 6, 1986-July 16, 1988: "A DIVISION OF THE TAFT ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY"
September 10, 1988-1992; December 15, 1997: (Bylineless; Great American Broadcasting era)
November 18, 1998-February 9, 2001, April 3, 2001, April 20, 2001: "A Time Warner Company"
April 27, 2001-July 12, 2002: "An AOL Time Warner Company"

Variants[]

The 1988-1992 version often has the logo slightly enlarged.
On some shows, the bylineless version has the logo shifted up.
A still variant was seen on The Pirates of Dark Water and on 1992 episodes of The Greatest Adventure: Stories From the Bible, with all names and bylines completely blacked out and replaced with "HANNA-BARBERA, INC." in a generic font. This also sometimes plastered the custom H-B logo at the end of Fish Police.
When The Powerpuff Girls premiered on November 18, 1998, the trend for most H-B/Cartoon Network shows was to get a custom “Character Portrait II” logo. Bucking the trend, PPG used an updated version of this logo. All names and bylines are completely blacked out, and instead the text “HANNA-BARBERA CARTOONS” in Haettenschweiler, which is the font for the show's end credits, and the Time Warner byline (changed to AOL Time Warner in 2001) are used. Plus, the logo becomes static after the logo forms. This lasted until 2002; post-movie episodes of PPG featured a custom version of the 2001 Cartoon Network Studios logo. This variant also appeared at the end of the Dexter's Laboratory 1999 special, "Ego Trip" (that version featured the Cartoon Network logo zooming out of the star's top point, with a result much like how the logo appeared after the "Character Portrait II" logo).
Sometimes the regular 1986 version of this logo also carries a blacked out byline where the Taft byline is usually at.
Copyright dates may be substituted for the "Hanna-Barbera Productions" text.
An out-of-sync version exists; the music comes in slightly too early on this variant, so the logo freezes and the text appears about halfway through the final note of the theme. This variant was spotted on a rerun of The Jetsons, on the third-season episode "Crime Games".

9th logo (1988-1992)[]

Basically, an in-credit variant of the 7th logo next to the cursive “Hanna-Barbera” logo. This is superimposed over the credits, like the earliest H-B logos.

Variant[]

On the final two seasons of The Smurfs, as well as the opening credits of Jetsons: The Movie, there is no swirling star. For the opening to Jetsons: The Movie, we see a CGI musical note, which turns around to reveal the cursive "Hanna-Barbera" logo and the words "A" and "PRODUCTION" fade in. Then the camera zooms past the logo.

10th logo (1990-1991)[]

Against a sky-blue background, Fred Flintstone, in a blue "caveman tuxedo", is tap-dancing in front of a purple baseball diamond-like shape and next to a box with the words “THE FIRST 30 YEARS” inside it. Above that in an arc is a sign reading “THE FLINTSTONES”, with "THE" in a small black triangle above the arc. Below is the Hanna-Barbera script logo in blue.

Variants[]

One version (possibly only a print logo) used a background of animated TV static. It has Fred in a black caveman tuxedo, the Hanna-Barbera script logo in yellow and a red baseball diamond shape.
Home Video releases have the Hanna-Barbera Home Video logo in place of the normal logo.
There is a longer version, which has Fred waving a 'magic cane' to make the box (with the 30 years notice) appear next to him. He puts away the cane, and the usual animation continues.

11th logo (1991-1993)[]

In-credit like the 9th logo. We see the words “H-B Production Co.” This could be in any font; in many examples it appears in the H-B script font or in a different script font.

Variants[]

In addition to the fonts, there are many variants of this:

On The Pirates of Dark Water, there is only an opening variant that simply has the words "Hanna-Barbera" in a Maya blue medieval type font.
On season 3 of Tom and Jerry Kids, there is a dual credit with Turner Entertainment Co., the copyright owner of Tom and Jerry.
On the first season of the 1992 animated revival of The Addams Family, "H-B Production Co." is below the "Hanna-Barbera" script logo, and the entire thing is surrounded by cobwebs on a black background.
On Fish Police, "Hanna-Barbera, Inc." is below the normal script logo on an underwater background.
On Capitol Critters, "Produced in Association with" is above.
On Monster in My Pocket: The Big Scream, we see a clip, then Hanna-Barbera script appears after the monster raises its hat with its antenna, the script moving closer with "H-B PRODUCTION CO." with electric trails on Hanna-Barbera script.

12th logo (1993-1994)[]

On a colored background, we see a partial picture of a Hanna-Barbera star inside a geometric shape. Somewhere inside that picture is the “Hanna-Barbera” script logo.

Custom Variants[]

This was customized for each show produced by H-B during this era, and is available on only that specified show or TV movie:

2 Stupid Dogs: There are two variants for this show: the opening had Little Dog in front of Big Dog laughing in a red vertical rectangle, with the "Hanna-Barbera" text yellow and angled vertically on the right side (at 90-degrees clockwise), and "PRESENTS" is below the logo (all of this zooms in). This logo later zooms in to the show's opening. The closing however, has the rectangle tilted so that it puts the "Hanna-Barbera" text at an angle, "PRESENTS" is removed, and the rectangle is raspberry-colored. Both variants use a white background. On at least one episode of this show, the end logo was completely vertical and applause was heard.
SWAT Kats: A grinning picture of one of the Kats inside a light blue oval (T-Bone, opening variant; for the first season, it cross-fades into the intro; in the second season it flashes with energy, then fades into a shot of T-Bone, in his civilian identity, working on a car using a blow torch) or vertical rectangle (Razor, closing variant). A yellow-green “Hanna-Barbera” is seen, slanted and near the top. The background is either a dark blue-black gradient on the opening variant, or a dark blue-light blue gradient on the closing variant.
Jonny Quest: A headshot of Jonny Quest in a vertical magenta rectangle. A green “Hanna-Barbera”, on an angle, is somewhere near the top. The background is dark turquoise.
The Addams Family: A headshot of Uncle Fester in a vertical pistachio-colored rectangle. A blue-purple "Hanna-Barbera", turned 90-degrees clockwise, is on the right. This is on a fuchsia background.
The Halloween Tree: A headshot of Mr. Moundshroud in a tomato-colored oval. A yellow "Hanna-Barbera" is near the bottom of the oval. The background is a gradient midnight blue (which seems vaguely similar to the one in the SWAT Kats opening variant).
Fred: A headshot of Fred Flintstone inside a purple rectangle. A blue "HANNA-BARBERA" on angle facing the top. The background is black.
Santa Fred: A headshot of Fred, in Santa hat and outfit, inside a blue rectangle. The background inside the shape is blue, with snow against it. A yellow “Hanna-Barbera”, slanted down, is near the top. The background is green, red or blue.
Droopy, Master Detective: A headshot of Droopy inside a solid blue rectangle. A yellow "Hanna-Barbera" is on the side. This is on a black-blue gradient background.
Dino: A headshot of Dino the Dinosaur in a light blue rectangle. A yellow "Hanna-Barbera" is on the side. The background is dark blue.
Yogi Bear: A headshot of a grinning Yogi Bear inside a rose bonbon rectangle. A tangerine-yellow "Hanna-Barbera" is on the side. This is on a solid blue background.
The Jetsons: A headshot of George Jetson with a huge smile inside of a pistachio-colored rectangle with a pink "Hanna-Barbera" on its side. The background is hot pink.

13th logo (1993-1996)[]

Up against a black background, a famous Hanna-Barbera star appears in a colored oval with the byline "H-B PRODUCTION CO." below in white. This was an opening logo used before a program.

Variants[]

Muttley from Wacky Races and Dastardly & Muttley, comes up in an orange oval and does his trademark snicker as the "Hanna-Barbera" script logo "writes" itself onscreen in copper letters.
Johnny Quest (utilizing some sort of arm device) is seen in a blue oval with the "Hanna-Barbera" script logo shining in copper letters.

14th logo (1994-1997)[]

On a blurry white background with several colorful abstract shapes flying about, we see a clear square/oval that provides a “clear” view of the flying shapes; the square/oval has the Hanna-Barbera Script logo embossed in it at the top. Suddenly, we see some of Hanna-Barbera’s most famous stars running through the logo, as the square/oval begins to rotate. At the end, one of the stars ends up coming towards the logo, ending in a very extreme close-up of the star. A very small Turner byline (with Turner's own logo) appears in the lower right. Depending on the show genre, one of these two similar but very distinct variants of this logo is used; one for Hanna-Barbera comedy shows, and the other for Hanna-Barbera action shows. The stars, “music”, and logo shape differed depending on the logo. Here are the stars for each version of the logo, in the order that they appear:

Comedy: The "Hanna-Barbera" script logo is yellow and in a blue rectangle:

Fred Flintstone (as if either running or sliding or something else)
Yogi Bear (grinning)
Huckleberry Hound (diving for falling)
Dino
George Jetson (with a very classic “What?” expression)
Elroy Jetson (flying in a pod; the same animation seen in the famous Jetsons opening theme song)
Barney Rubble (very hidden, you would have to look very closely to find him)
El Kabong (Quick Draw McGraw’s Zorro-esque alter-ego)
Scooby-Doo (with a weird “craning neck” animation)
Fred (zooms towards the logo; extreme close-up of his face)

Action: The "Hanna-Barbera" script logo is sky blue and in a dark gray oval:

Bandit (Johnny Quest’s dog)
Atom Ant
Johnny Quest (in his traditional trademark black shirt)
Dr. Benton Quest (Johnny’s dad)
The Thing (yes, of the Fantastic Four, and H-B did a series of the Fantastic Four in 1967 in conjunction with Marvel Comics, even though H-B doesn’t even own the characters!)
Zandor (firing an arrow)
Space Ghost
Birdman
Zok, the Laser Dragon creature from The Herculoids
Johnny Quest with a kung-fu like outfit (another zoom; like he’s either kicking or punching into the camera)

Variants[]

A still variant of the "Comedy" logo was also shown on the 1995 cartoon incarnation of Dumb and Dumber, with a small "In association with" text below; the New Line Television logo would follow.
Later episodes of The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest had this logo bylineless.
A version of the Comedy All-Stars logo has a variant with the Turner byline strangely blacked out.

15th logo (1995-2002)[]

Like the 12th logo, a still of an H-B star in a shape, usually an oval. The star is always the one that has been featured in the show that has just ended, so there are quite a number of variations (some variations have 2 or more stars). The background is almost always white. Below the logo, there is a Time Warner byline.

Bylines[]

1997-2001: "A Time Warner Company"
2001-2002: "An AOL Time Warner Company"

Variants[]

As noted above, each Hanna-Barbera produced original series for Cartoon Network from 1997 onward starting with Cave Kids (used in February 1997) had this logo, always with the cartoon’s star(s), the only exception was The Powerpuff Girls, which used an altered version of the 8th logo. This not only included the regular half-hour series but one-off shorts, previously called What a Cartoon!, that now fell under the Cartoon Cartoons banner (which are now no longer rerun on TV). Thus, there are a large number of variations.
Some of the very early logos had a different style byline. Appearing in an arc-like fashion below the logo are the words “Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. A Time Warner Company”. This was soon dropped. It was mostly used on Cow and Chicken (sometimes with the other byline), but also appeared on a few Dexter's Laboratory episodes.
Some H-B cartoons from this period had some animation to include Cartoon Network’s logo; the H-B logo would iris-out (1997-1998) or zoom out (1998-2001), and then a "shiny" version of Cartoon Network’s 1992-2004 logo would zoom in. Additional sound effects were used for this. Again, quickly dropped, as CN was putting a specially-created network logo after Cartoon Cartoons. In some cases, there would be a quick fade out before the CN logo would appear! This was only used during mid 1998-early 1999; it was retained on Boomerang airings of Cow and Chicken, usually with the byline variant (also appears on a few Dexter's Laboratory episodes (including the TV movie Ego Trip, where it appeared by zooming out of the top point in the "CGI Swirling Star") and at least one Johnny Bravo episode).
On all episodes of The What-a-Cartoon Show, a headshot of Fred Flintstone looking upwards in a pale purple oval with rose-pink script is plastered onto the lower right corner of the opening sequence.

List of series or shorts with characters[]

Courage the Cowardly Dog (Pilot): The end of the What-a-Cartoon episode "The Chicken from Outer Space" has a head shot of Fred Flintstone inside of a purple oval on a black background, with the H-B script in bright turquoise. This was later replaced by the 1994 "Comedy All-Stars" logo.
Cow and Chicken (Pilot): On a sky blue background, has a head shot of Dino from The Flintstones inside an orange oval with the H-B script in blue. Under the logo is a copyright. The logo itself was replaced by the 1994 "Comedy All-Stars" logo.
Dexter's Laboratory (Season 2): A side profile of Dexter in a navy blue oval. The H-B script is medium red-violet.
Cow and Chicken: Two variants: seasons 1 and 3 has Chicken at the left and Cow at the right in an aqua oval with yellow H-B script (common on Boomerang); season 2 has Cow holding Chicken by his neck with apricot-colored script. The oval is also aqua.
Johnny Bravo (Seasons 1-3): Again, two variants: season one has Johnny in a purple oval with yellow H-B script; another features a close-up of Johnny in a sky blueoval w/ lime green H-B script. The first one debuted at the end of the third episode of the first season on July 21, 1997. The later one only appeared on two episodes of the second season.
I Am Weasel: I.M. Weasel on the left giving a shy look and I.R. Baboon giving an annoyed/suspicious look on the right inside a jungle green oval. The H-B script is shocking pink.
Kenny & the Chimp: Kenny on the left and Chimp on the right inside a pale turquoise oval. The H-B script is pumpkin orange.
Foe Paws: Mamma Mia smiling in between Rolo with a surprised look, and Vivian glaring, inside a grasshopper green rectangle. The H-B script is leyden blue.
King Crab: King Crab with his frustrated face is on the top contained in a white rectangle. The H-B script is federal blue.
Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? (Pilot): Robot Jones is tilted a bit inside a lime green rectangle. The H-B script is red. This was seen only on the pilot episode in 2000.
Thrillseeker: (from left to right) Joe, Otto and Ashley have excited looks on their faces in a pale blue oval. The H-B script is dark turquoise.
Uncle Gus: Uncle Gus stands in a ready-to-run pose inside a yellow vertical rectangle. The H-B script is white. The background is black instead of white.
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (Pilot): Grim appears in a black vertical rectangle. The H-B script is in dark green. Like the Robot Jones variant, it was only seen on the pilot episode.
Cave Kids: A head shot of Baby Pebbles Flintstone inside a sky blue oval. The H-B script is yellow. Although the series aired in 1996, the show originally used the 1994 "Comedy All-Stars" logo before it was replaced with this logo in 1997.
Tom & Jerry ("The Mansion Cat" short): Head shots of Tom & Jerry inside a malachite box on a periwinkle background. The H-B script is flamingo pink. This one has a more 3-D look to it.
Scooby-Doo: Scooby-Doo appears in a pink oval. The H-B script is turquoise. Like Uncle Gus, the background is black. This was used for at least some of the made-for-video movies produced by Warner Bros. Animation. There were no sound effects used. This was used from September 22, 1998 to October 9, 2001. Also, notably, this was one of the two versions to feature the AOL Time Warner byline from 2001, as seen at the end of Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, the other one seen on the Dexter's Laboratory "Greatest Adventures" VHS tape.

16th logo (2017-)[]

Same concept as the 6th logo, except the colors are more vivid, the animation is smoother, and the last "HANNA-BARBERA" zooms at us a bit before morphing into an "HB" (in a similar style as the Taft-HB print logo). "HANNA-BARBERA CARTOONS" wipes in below.

Variant[]

A shortened version exists that just shows the finished "HB" logo and text, with the "HANNA-BARBERA" text still scrolling inside.

Music/Sounds[]

1st logo[]

The opening theme of the cartoon.

2nd logo[]

The opening or closing theme of the cartoon.

3rd logo[]

It features four glockenspiel notes and then three brass-band/accordion notes mixed with three glockenspiel chimes.

4th logo[]

A whimsical flute/xylophone jingle, ending with a held-out muted trumpet stinger. It was written by then Hanna-Barbera musical director Ted Nichols, used only when the logo wasn’t attached to the end of the show and had the show’s end credits music playing over it. You can hear this at the end of the Dastardly & Muttley, Penelope Pitstop, and Josie and the Pussycats closing title tracks on the European H-B music CD “Tunes from the Toons: The Best of Hanna-Barbera".

5th logo[]

Same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds Variants[]

On an airing of The Scooby-Doo Show episode "Hang in There Scooby-Doo" on the Australian version of Cartoon Network used the "Swirling Star" music due to an editing error.
On Romanian dubbing prints of Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines, the logo is silent.

6th logo[]

Usually just the end theme of the show. None for the TV movie variant. The "HB '77" variation has instrumental bits of the theme to the 1975 Tom & Jerry Show, complete with the sound effects heard in that show's intro sequence.

Music/Sounds Variants[]

Some repeats would have the 1968-1974 theme, which seems to be synchronized perfectly with the logo.
On the Warner Home Video DVD print of Scooby Goes Hollywood, it played the 1979 "Swirling Star" logo theme. This was most likely because since the special was from December 1979, it most likely was used to plaster the Swirling Star logo. The Swirling Star music has also been heard on a recent Australian rerun of The Scooby-Doo Show episode "Creepy Cruise".

7th logo[]

Best described as “futuristic synthesized music". We start out with ascending and descending chimes mixed with a "whoosh" sound with each revolution of the star. When the star stops, the entire thing culminates in a somewhat gentle, but abrupt, acoustic guitar and bass chord as the chimes finish in the background. This was written by Hoyt Curtin.

Music/Sounds Variants[]

The opening variant used a sweeping chime sound, though 1980s Jetsons episodes feature a rendition of the Jetsons' doorbell (the “Meet George Jetson” piece of the theme rendered in chimes).
The 1990 variant used a majestic version of the "Meet George Jetson" theme, in the style of The Simpsons theme song (or more precisely, Danny Elfman).
On VHS releases of 1985 episodes of The Greatest Stories: Tales from the Bible, the logo is silent.
Some shows have appeared with the first variant with a blacked-out byline, but with the music from the 4th logo. This was chiefly used to update the logo on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, but has spread to other shows as well, including post-1988 reruns of Casper's First Christmas and was also spotted on an episode of Josie and the Pussycats. This instance also happened on a 1982 episode of The Smurfs, entitled "The Adventures of Robin Smurf" and another instance on a 1986 U.S. syndicated rerun episode of The Smurfs. This variant was sort of common, but became rare when Turner updated the prints of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in 1998, and tacked on the 1994 "Action All-Stars" logo.
An a 1984 Canadian VHS tape of The Three Musketeers, the logo is silent, however when the logo freezes, a note from some other cartoon theme song plays then the ordinary synthesizer music begins.
On The All-New Popeye Hour on The Family Channel (now ABC Family), some reruns of the 1979-81 episodes would have this logo and the music on it played in sped-up mode due to time compressing.
On 1986 releases of The Greatest Adventure: Stories From the Bible, and Boomerang airings of CB Bears, the ending of the show's theme plays under the logo.
There is a high-toned variant that was seen at the end of one U.S. Boomerang rerun episode of The Super Globetrotters, due to the U.S. Boomerang's prints of The Super Globetrotters airing in PAL format, but on the Warner Archive DVD releases, this is played in the normal tone.
On the 1986 theatrical re-release of Hey There, It's Yogi Bear, the film's opening music cue plays over the "presents" variation of the logo. At the end, the standard version of the logo plays silent.

8th logo[]

Same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds Variants[]

The closing theme of the show was used on shows such as the recent reruns of Jana of the Jungle (due to plastering), short-lived 1988 series The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, the final season of The Smurfs, and Cartoon Network and Boomerang airings of The Smurfs 1987 Christmas special "Tis the Season to Be Smurfy."
On Boomerang's prints of The Flintstone Comedy Show, the logo used the end theme of the show (carried on from the 1968 logo which preceded this variant), and halfway through, it cuts to the regular music already in progress.
On The Powerpuff Girls episode "Dream Scheme/You Snooze, You Lose" and the 1999 Dexter's Laboratory special "Ego Trip", there is a copy of the theme and both of the logo's theme are playing simultaneously, making the music a little louder.

9th logo[]

The closing theme of the show. On Jetsons: The Movie, it's the intro theme of the film.

10th logo[]

The ending of the show’s theme, or a synth instrumental of the Flintstones theme with a "zap" and a drumbeat.

11th logo[]

The closing theme of the show or none.

12th logo[]

A montage of sound effects from the company’s classic extensive library of sound effects (which ironically, Hanna-Barbera was beginning to stop using around this time). It’s different for each logo. Sometimes the opening and closing themes of the show play over the logo instead. On SWAT Kats, for the intro variants, it has a heavy metal tune (the beginning of the intro), along with electrical noises during the 2nd season; the first season has a deep bass note. On 2 Stupid Dogs, a brief drumroll is heard, followed by alarm-like kazoos that begin the opening theme.

Music/Sounds Variants[]

The "Comedy" sound effect montage from the 14th logo is heard over this logo at the end of the infamous TV movie Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights.
On Romanian dubbing prints of Droopy Master Detective, the logo is silent.

13th logo[]

We hear Muttley's famous laugh, and as the Hanna-Barbera script logo is appearing, we hear a small clarinet piece (an archival music cue from H-B's music library, written by Hoyt Curtin.) On the Johnny Quest version, just either the end theme to the special or it's silent.

14th logo[]

Like the last logo, classic H-B sound effects, but there is more than one used during the logo, and they are arranged to create a neat “tune”. The music differs depending on the logo:

Comedy starts off with the very weird horn sound effect from The Flintstones and The Jetsons, as we hear the sound usually heard as an H-B character starts to run away playing underneath. Then, we hear a "boing" sound, several comical "fighting" sound effects, and finally the "kabong" sound of Quick Draw McGraw/El Kabong's guitar broken and dent over someone's head.
Action features a 60s bass riff playing throughout the whole logo. First, we hear a loud screeching sound like a cartoon pterodactyl might make, a jet flying, an elephant trumpeting, and finally a loud and low-pitched gong.

Music/Sounds Variants[]

On the Romanian dubbing print of the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "A Night of Fright is No Delight", the music from the "Zooming" logo is heard due to an editing mistake.
On the Polish dubbing print of The Addams Family episode "Little Big Thing/Little Bad Riding Hood/Metamorphosister", the music from the Turner Entertainment Co. "CGI Globe" logo (the short variant) is heard due to an editing error.
On recent Cartoon Network CEE airings of The Scooby-Doo Show, the music from the end credits plays for a few seconds, then it cuts to a high-pitched version of the "Swirling Star" music. This is due to a split-screen formatting error.
Most TV prints of the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "Never Ape an Ape Man" have the Action variant appearing with the audio from the "Comedy" version, most likely due to an editing mistake.
There is a low toned variant of the "Comedy" logo that appeared on the Top Cat episode "The $1,000,000 Derby" and The Flintstones episodes "Bamm-Bamm" and "The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes".
On a few shows, the closing theme was used, such as the Boomerang streaming service's prints of The Richie Rich Show.
On one episode of The Flintstones, called "The Big Move", the Swirling Star sound was used. This is most likely due to an editing mistake.
On some Romanian dubbing prints of The Perils of Penelope Pitstop, the music from the "Zooming" logo along with the 1994 horn theme from the 2003 Warner Bros. Television logo plays over the whole logo.

15th logo[]

There was one standard sound effect montage created for this logo, ending in H-B's weird “laughing” sound effect (performed by veteran H-B voice actor Daws Butler); the sound is first heard on the newer version of the 1997 Cartoon Network Studios logo, specifically the What-a-Cartoon! late 1996 produced shorts, such as Tales of Worm Paranoia, Zoonatiks, Snoots New Squat, Strange Things and newer prints of two Malcolm and Melvin shorts produced in 1995 (the latter two had the 1994 All Stars Comedy variant). The extended version has a synthesized whoosh sound as the H-B oval irises out, and the sound effect of the paper carrier on The Flintstones throwing the stone newspaper onto Fred's head. In 1999, the sound effect montage was switched to a different one that also incorporated classic Looney Tunes sound effects, possibly because of the Time Warner merger. For the Scooby-Doo variant, none. For the Tom & Jerry version, just the closing theme of the show.

Music/Sounds Variant[]

On one episode of Johnny Bravo, different sounds are heard. On Uncle Gus, the end theme plays over the logo.

16th logo[]

The opening or closing theme of the film.

Scare Factor[]

1st logo[]

None to minimal, though this can be a surprise for some who were expecting the later logos.

2nd logo[]

None to low.

3rd logo[]

Minimal to medium. The sudden, fast-paced animation, blocky abstract design, and fanfare could get to a few viewers. However, it’s a pretty cool logo.

4th logo[]

Low to medium for those who aren't used to seeing it. The animation and music that shows used (as well as the regular jingle) may scare some. It is a favorite of many viewers, though.

5th logo[]

Low to medium. The animation is still a little rough.

6th logo[]

Low to medium. The animation can get to some, but this is a good logo, although it’s not as good as the next one…

7th logo[]

Low to medium. The animation, combined with the music can startle some viewers, but this logo is still a favorite of many viewers and is also very popular.

8th logo[]

Same as the previous logo, but it is not as popular as the previous one. But still, it's a favorite of many. The Cartoon Network logo, zooming in right into your face, for the Cartoon Network variant may catch some viewers off-guard.

9th logo[]

None.

10th logo[]

None.

11th logo[]

None.

12th logo[]

None to medium, depending on the variant. It depends on what you think about the sound effects.

13th logo[]

Minimal to medium. The music, laughter, and black background may get to some.

14th logo[]

Depending on the variant:

Comedy: Minimal to low. The weird horn effect might annoy and get to a few viewers, but it’s pretty neat to see all the characters. Low for the Penelope Pitstop variant due the 1994 WBTV theme playing.
Action: Low to medium. The music combined with the creepy and disruptive sound effects can scare more than a few viewers.
None to minimal with the closing theme.

15th logo[]

Minimal to medium. The laugh and other sound effects could get to some people. The Cartoon Network logo zooming in (a la the Viacom "V of Doom" logo) for the Cartoon Network variant may also catch some off-guard. None for the silent variant.

16th logo[]

None. This is a nice, nostalgic logo, but it may annoy fans of older Hanna-Barbera logos.