PBS Kids (2002-2013)

Background
PBS Kids is a children's programming block on PBS and 24-hour digital channel. This page shows the section as part of the PBS Kids page. Here is the section shown below. ⬇️

(2000-2001; January 21, 2002-October 7, 2013; 20??)
Logo: Two system cues are shown below. ⬇️

Variants:
 * Snow Globe: Inside the snow globe, we see Dash, the boy, who is seen wearing a scarf wrapped around his head and ice-skating boots to cover the feet. He is seen skating on a blue pond, then suddenly feels the ground shaking and stops. Then, the camera pans out to reveal that he is in a snow globe (with the bottom part of the snow globe in yellow), which is held by Dot, the girl (the one with powder blue skin like the background instead of lime green except for the shirt which is pink with white stripes), who giggles, on a powder blue background with snowflakes. Snowflakes cover up the whole screen to transition to the circular PBS Kids logo on the same background with snowflakes.
 * Fish Bowl: On a lime-green background, we see Dash, the boy, who is seen looking at the goldfish in his fish bowl on a desk. The screen then cuts to the fish bowl's close-up view when Dash comes close to it a goldfish is in. A goldfish in his fish bowl then gets astonished when he comes close, and its eyes look at Dash. Bubbles then cover up the whole screen when Dash's eyes blink, to transition to an underwater scene, with Dash imagining as an orange fish and swimming underwater. After a second, he gets swallowed by Dot as a green fish. Bubbles then cover up the whole screen to transition to the circular PBS Kids logo on a light blue background with bubbles.
 * Also, like the previous logo at the lower left hand of the screen, the URL address for PBS Kids will appear like before. In both variants, the PBS Kids logo is with Dot's face on it afterwards.
 * Sometimes, the URL address for PBS Kids does not appear.
 * On CBBC British airings of 2008 Martha Speaks episodes, the fish bowl bumper is still while it has the different background like at the underwater scene.
 * Starting in 2003 with Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks until 2007, with the appearance in late 2008 with Lomax the Hound of Music, a version of these two idents exists, which are shown below ⬇️:
 * A version of the snow globe bumper exists which is presented in true widescreen, with the word "KIDS" below the circular PBS Kids logo; with differences occurred: inside the snow globe for the logo's first half, it is tinted like the background and the camera is zoomed out slightly, the color of the background is in lavender, the pond has a slightly different shape and slightly brightened, some parts of the logo's animation are different and less smooth, the background where Dot is shown holding the snow globe is to have no snowflakes, Dot's eyes are looking close to the viewer and seems to bring the snow globe, getting more close to her, while the bottom part of the snow globe is dark blueish grey, the snowflakes are brighter and bigger, and the black word "KIDS" is below the circular PBS Kids logo.
 * A version of the fish bumper that is also presented in true widescreen also exists, which has the word "KIDS" below the circular PBS Kids logo, like the previous ident; however, there are no other changes. On the first half of the logo, the screen for the scene where Dash looks in his fish bowl is zoomed in a little bit, the fish bowl's close-up view is zoomed out slightly, for the usual underwater scene, the camera is off the screen, the bubbles and its animation are different, and the black word "KIDS" is below the circular PBS Kids logo.
 * According to Primal Screen, the fish bowl bumper is originally made, with the version of the same bumper occurred, but with a couple differences:
 * The background at the end of the logo, with the circular PBS Kids logo on it, is zoomed in.
 * When the logo ends, the screen does not fade to black.
 * On the PBS Kids 2000s montage, the fish bowl bumper will appear after the Doodle Bugs ID, and fading to the Space ID, and the snow globe bumper will appear after the ID for PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch will transition to the said ident, before cutting to the Reading ID after Dash inside the snow globe feels the ground shaking.
 * Like the usual standard variants of these bumpers, the URL address for PBS Kids will appear like before.
 * Cropped 16:9 versions exist.
 * A version shows where the logo would oftentimes fade in at the beginning of the logo. Another version shows where the logo would oftentimes fade in at the beginning and out at the ending.

Technique: 2D animation by Primal Screen.

Music/Sounds: It varies.
 * Snow Globe: A whimsical 10-note vibraphone tune (the last 4 notes on the theme are the PBS Kids jingle which plays in a different key, possibly spoofing C. E. Levy's "Skater's Waltz" but in F major), accompanied by jingle bells.
 * Fish Bowl: Some bubbling sounds are heard in the background, followed by a boy scatting the 1999 jingle circle-lipped, as if to imitate a fish.

Both idents end with the "Doink!" sound (presumably voiced by Tara Strong) and the girls singing 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, sound and voice design created by Primal Screen.

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * For the version of the fish bowl bumper, the fish bowl bumper's audio is alternated.
 * Some PBS Kids airings of some episodes of WordWorld uses the fish bowl bumper with the snow globe bumper's audio. This is most likely because of an audio error.
 * As seen on old PBS Kids prints of early Martha Speaks episodes for the Audio Description track, the fish bumper has an announcer saying: "A cartoon girl fish eats a boy fish".
 * On some international prints of 2008 Martha Speaks episodes, as well as Greek, Romanian or Finnish dubs, the logo plays in high pitch.
 * For the PBS Kids 2000s montage, the music that is like the theme for the Weather ID is heard, replacing the logos' audios.

Availability: Extinct on TV, but uncommon elsewhere. Check your old tapes to find these. Legacy: Also a well-known and memorable logo from PBS.
 * Appeared on 2002-2013 prints of PBS Kids programming at the time, most likely at the end of the credits or the funding. 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. The day where Cyberchase presumably aired was on January 21, 2002.
 * When the "PBS Kids GO!" block was launched, one of the shows at the time replace these idents with the "PBS Kids GO!" system cues.
 * Like before, the 2nd ident appears on a few Arthur DVDs by Sony Wonder (such as Arthur's Tooth).
 * A version of the snow globe bumper is extinct.
 * The snow globe bumper appears on some airings of It's a Big Big World. DVD releases of the said show feature this Snow Globe bumper, after the show's website promo.
 * Some old PBS Kids airings of a few episodes of Clifford's Puppy Days and Clifford The Big Red Dog will use these idents as well.
 * Several NCircle DVD releases of WordWorld uses the fish bumper, but not the snow globe bumper, but don't expect to see this on DVD releases of other PBS Kids shows, though.
 * This logo was only seen at the beginning of NETFLIX prints of a few season 1 episodes of Super WHY!.
 * A native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper is also rare.
 * The fish bowl bumper surprisingly appears at the end of some international prints (such as Greek dubs, MiniMax Romanian airings or Finnish airings) of 2008 Martha Speaks episodes.
 * Whatever remaining appearances of this logo were likely ended when the programming block rebranded its logo in July 2022.