PBS Kids (2002-2013)

Background
PBS Kids is a children's programming block on PBS and 24-hour digital channel.

Logos (2000; January 21 or September 2, 2002?-2008-October 7, 2013-2021)
Nicknames: "Dot and Dash III", "The PBS Kids Bubble IV"

Logo: The 1st ident of the set is Dash, the boy, who is seen ice skating on a pond on a winter-seasoning world with green trees. Suddenly, he feels the ground shake and stops. Then, the camera pans out to reveal that he is in a snow globe, which is held by Dot, who giggles on a background. Snowflakes are seen during the circular PBS Kids logo. The 2nd one shows Dash looking in his fishbowl to find himself as an fish on a  background. After a second, he gets swallowed by Dot as a fish and the circular PBS Kids logo is shown. There are bubbles in the background.

Variants:


 * A URL version exists where the pbskids.org URL is added at the bottom-left corner of the screen at the end of both logos.
 * There is a prototype variant of the snow globe bumper where the color of the background is a bit darker, the trees are in dark-blue color, the pond has a slightly different shape, the animation is different and less smooth, the snowflakes are brighter and bigger, and "KIDS" is below the circular logo. This logo is only seen on season 1 of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks.
 * There is a prototype version of the fish bumper that is presented in true widescreen also has "KIDS" below the circular logo; however, there are no other changes. The close up of the fishbowl is zoomed out slightly, and the and the  fish are slightly off the screen. This logo can only be seen on season 2 of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, early or premiering 2008 episodes of Sid the Science Kid and Lomax: The Hound of Music.
 * An open-matted variant of the widescreen version of the fish bumper exists.
 * A recolored version of the true widescreen version of the fish bumper is shown where the part of the goldfish and the  fish is saturated. But again, it's a regular-colored version of the 2nd logo.
 * A Primal Screen version of the fish bumper exists where the bubbles background and the PBS Kids logo was zoomed in slightly at the end of the 2nd logo, but without the URL. It's like the prototype version of the fish bumper. The 2D animation logo was made by Primal Screen.
 * Cropped 16:9 versions exist. These were seen on Martha Speaks, DragonflyTV and Super WHY!.
 * PAL-speedup variants exist.

FX/SFX: Dash ice-skating, the zoom out, the snowflakes on the snow globe bumper. Dash looking in his fishbowl, the bubbles, the fish on the fish bumper. Both logos were animated by Primal Screen.

Music/Sounds: A whimsical 10-note vibraphone tune (the last 4 notes are the PBS Kids jingle, possibly spoofing C. E. Levy's "Skater's Waltz" but in F major) for the snow variant and no music for the fish variant. The fish variant has some bubbling sounds followed by a boy scatting the 1999 jingle circle-lipped as if to imitate a fish. Both idents end with the doink sound and the kids saying the company name. The "PBS Kids!" chant sounds less like singing and more like a simple yell. If you listen closely, you can also hear the "PBS Kids" chant from the Dot variant of the 1999 logo. Music and sound design by Primal Screen.

Music/Sounds Variant: The prototype version of the fish bumper has some slightly different bubbling sounds. It ends with a slightly quiet doink sound and the kids saying the company name, but some kids chanting the company name are tiny loud. Sometimes, the prototype version of the fish bumper uses the normal variant of the fish bumper's theme, as seen on the 2008 DVD release of Lomax: The Hound Of Music.

Availability: Uncommon, bordering on rare.


 * Appeared on 2002-2013 prints of PBS Kids programming at the time. However, many of the shows it appeared on have either been replaced with newer logos or do not air on PBS anymore.
 * This logo was first seen on a Primal Screen reel featuring other PBS Kids bumpers, most of which were produced and premiered between 2000 and 2001; its first introduction on TV may have possibly been on Cyberchase or Arthur: It's Only Rock 'n' Roll.
 * Like before, the 2nd ident appears on a few Arthur DVDs by Sony Wonder (such as Arthur's Tooth).
 * The prototype variant of the snow globe bumper can be found on season 1 of Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks.
 * The prototype version, commonly called the widescreen version of the fish bumper can be found on season 2 of Jakers: The Adventures Of Piggley Winks, early 2008 episodes of Sid The Science Kid and the DVD release of Lomax: The Hound Of Music.
 * The widescreen version of the fish bumper can be sometimes seen on the 2008 DVD release of Lomax: The Hound Of Music.
 * The normal fishbowl variant was seen on the final season of Jakers: The Adventures of Piggley Winks, and was also seen on the 2002-2013 prints of PBS Kids programming.
 * The true 16:9 variant of the fish bumper is also rare.
 * Check those old tapes to find this logo, and whatever remaining appearances of this logo were likely ended when the channel rebranded its logo in July 19th, 2022.

Legacy: Also a well-known and memorable logo from PBS.