Pixar

Logos[]

1st logo:

On a black background, there is a grey square with four circles in red, green, blue, and white respectively below. Suddenly, a white light hovers over them, making them 3-D. The circles then turn into spheres. A circle zooms in on the square and the four spheres zoom out. The word "P · I · X · A · R" fades in with each sphere and the end of the letter.

Variants[]

On Luxo Jr., an in-credit text is used with the square to the left of the text.
On a demo reel from 1988, the standard logo is still and grey diamonds replace the spheres. The end of the reel has the logo pushed up with the company's address below. The text style used in this variant is also used on all variants listed below.
On Red's Dream, the Pixar square logo is seen, which fades into the text "PIXAR".
On Tin Toy, we see only the "PIXAR" text and it scrolls from right to left.
On the original version of Knick Knack, the Pixar square logo zooms appears by a light and the text zooms up to the screen.

2nd logo: On a light blue background, there is the text:

P I X A R

Then a lamp hops by. He stops once he notices the "I". He shakes his body and bounces on the "I" until his jumps squish it. He looks around as the text "ANIMATION STUDIOS" fades in. He then faces the camera. The light slowly dims until it's completely dark. Luxo Jr.is still on though, but he turns off, making the screen completely dark.

Variants[]

On Cars and Cars: The Video Game, Pixar celebrated its 20th Anniversary, where it has "CELEBRATING 2 (0 of the lamp) YEARS" when it is dark.
On Cars 2, the logo plays but after the logo finishes the letters disappear leaving just the lamp. Then everything fades out and "CELEBRATING" fades in and slowly zooms in on a black background. Behind the text "25 YEARS" (with "25" above the "YEARS") fades in behind the "CELEBRATING" and is in a light blue font.
Another one is where the logo fades out after the lamp squishes the "I". This can be seen at the beginning of Pixar films, starting with A Bug's Life.
A still version without Luxo Jr. on a white background exists on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, the Game Boy Color version of the Monsters, Inc. video game, and Operation: Camouflage for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
A still version without Luxo Jr., with white text on a black background, can be seen on trailers and TV spots for Toy Story.
A still version with Luxo Jr. exists on Toy Story 3 for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
There is a short version which starts with the completed logo and only includes Luxo Jr. looking at us. It usually appears in front of shorts and trailers. This short version also appeared at the very beginning of Monsters, Inc.
Recently, starting with WALL-E, the logo was given a high definition look with the same animation intact.
On Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure, the animation starts from the point where the lamp is already in place.

3rd logo: They start with a black screen. The camera pans to the right as they see the previous Pixar logo animation as usual. Instead of "ANIMATION STUDIOS" fading in, it fades in, then zooms in until it stops under the Pixar logo. The rest of the logo plays as normal. This whole logo is in 3-D.

Music/Sounds[]

1st logo: On original prints of Luxo Jr., Flags and Waves and Beach Chair, it used a big band style tune (which is taken from the ending of "Take a Bow 1", composed by David Lindup). The variant use the short's opening theme. On newer prints of Luxo Jr., the standard logo is silent for some reason.

2nd logo: In order: the metallic sound of the lamp hopping, some whizzing sounds when the lamp shakes its body, squeaky rubber-like sounds when it jumps on the "I", and some other sounds as it looks around. On The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Monsters, Inc. and Inside Out, the opening theme of the movie plays over the logo. The music varies at the tail end of Monsters Inc. DVD, Blu-ray and TV airings of said movie have the closing music, but on the 2002 VHS release, the music is one of the songs from earlier in the credits reel due to bloopers and a conclusion short being shown earlier on.

3rd logo: Same as the previous logo.

Scare Factor[]

1st logo: Low. The musical variant may surprise some.

2nd logo: None, unless the I getting squashed gets to some; this is one of the most popular logos in existence, and is cherished by many. The variants are fun to watch as well.

3rd logo: None.

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Variants[]

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Music/Sounds[]

Scare Factor[]

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