PBS Kids (2000-2013)

 Nicknames : "Dot and Dash III", "PBS Kids Girl III", "PBS Kids Boy III", "Doink! PBS Kids III", "Fish Bumper", "Snow Globe Bumper", "Fish Bowl", "Snow Globe", "Winter", "Bubbles", "Snow", "Fish", "Fishbowl", "Dash As a Fish", "Dot As a Fish", "Dash Is Ice-Skating"

'' Logo : The 1st ident of the set starts off in winter. It is snowing outside. There is Dash, the boy, who is seen ice-skating on an ice rink. 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 looks at us, then she giggles. Snowflakes transition to the circular PBS Kids logo with Dot in it afterwards on a powder blue background with snow flakes. The 2nd one of the set starts off on a lime-green background with Dash, the boy, who is seen looking at the fish bowl on a desk to find a goldfish (the goldfish is in a fish bowl, but then becomes startled when Dash sees him). The camera cuts to the close up of the fish bowl a goldfish is at, and Dash comes behind the middle of the fish bowl. Bubbles transition to Dash, who is a goldfish, which comes down from the upper-left of the screen, floating under the sea and his fin for the fish wags. After a second, he gets swallowed by Dot, the girl, who is a big green fish, who appears to the middle of the screen, then looks at us. Bubbles transition to the circular PBS Kids logo with Dot in it afterwards on a light blue background with bubbles.''

 Variants :


 * On BBC's CBBC British airing of early Martha Speaks episodes, the fish bumper is still.
 * A URL version of this logo exists. This variation has the URL address for PBS Kids at the bottom-left of the screen.
 * Starting in 2003, a native 16:9 variant of the two system cues exist:
 * The 1st ident of the set is where the color of the background is a bit darker, the ice rink has a slightly different shape, the animation is different and less smoother, the snowflakes are brighter and bigger, the background when Dot holds a snow globe to have no snowflakes, she has fingers, Dot's eyes are looking at the snow globe instead of at us. and "KIDS" is below the circular logo. This logo is only seen on season 1 of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks. The 2nd ident of the set is where it is zoomed in slightly at the beginning clip of the ident when Dash looks at a fish bowl. It is where the close-up of the fish bowl is zoomed out slightly, the camera moves differently, there are different transitioning bubbles, and "KIDS" is below the circular logo. However, in this variant, there are no other changes. This logo is only seen on season 2 of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, rare early 2008 prints of a few season 1 episodes of Sid The Science Kid and the DVD of Lomax the Hound of Music: The Best of Lomax (this also occurs on a Primal Screen version). That also appeared on a 2006 promotional VHS of "Piggley gets Into Trouble" from Paramount Pictures. That also appeared on some video prints of the Sid The Science Kid season 1 episode "Enough with the Seashells".
 * A Primal Screen version of a native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper exists, but it is zoomed in at the ending of the logo without the URL address for PBS Kids. This variation is also in high quality and we don't fade out.
 * Cropped 16:9 versions exist.

 Trivia : Both logos were animated by Primal Screen.

'' FX/SFX : Dash ice-skating on an ice rink, the snowflakes snowing, the ground-shake, the zoom out and the snowflakes on the snow globe bumper. Dash looking at a fish bowl, the salt water in the fish bowl, the bubbles, the fish and the transitioning bubbles on the fish bumper. Motion Blur is also included.''

'' Music/Sounds : A whimsical 10-note vibraphone tune (the last four notes are PBS Kids' jingle, possibly spoofing C-E. Levy's "Skater's Waltz") 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, but it sounds like less singing and more like a simple yell before a girl's laughter is heard.''

 Music/Sounds Variants :


 * Some PBS Kids reruns of WordWorld had the fish bumper using the theme from the 1st ident (as seen on the PBS station WGVU).
 * For the native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper, it has slightly different bubbling sounds, and extra kids are heard chanting the company name (this also occurs on a Primal Screen version).

 Availability : Scarce, or extinct on TV, but either rare or uncommon elsewhere.


 * It appeared on 2002-2013 prints of PBS Kids programming. However, many of the shows it appeared have either been replaced with newer logos or do not air on PBS anymore.
 * However, this logo never appears until either January or September 2002.
 * It first appeared on a Primal Screen sizzle reel, which features other PBS Kids bumpers, most of which were produced and premiered between 2000 and 2001. On TV, it first appeared on either Cyberchase or Arthur: It's Only Rock 'N Roll.
 * Like before, the second ident appears on a few Arthur DVDs by Sony Wonder (such as Arthur's Tooth).
 * The still variant of the fish bumper is rare and have surprisingly appeared on a CBBC British print of Martha Speaks.
 * That appeared on DVD releases of WordWorld by NCircle Entertainment, only the fish bumper has appeared without the URL address in it.
 * The prototype version of the 1st ident appeared on season 1 and some episodes of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, and the prototype version of the 2nd ident have appeared on the 2nd season and some episodes of the former show, early 2008 prints of a few season 1 episodes of Sid the Science Kid and the DVD release of Lomax the Hound of Music.
 * The native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper also appeared on a PBS Kids 2001 gallery from Primal Screen.
 * A native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper is also rare, also seen on HD feeds of PBS stations if they were available.
 * A cropped 16:9 version of this logo is rare.
 * The cropped 16:9 variant of the snow globe bumper is rare, which was seen on some airings of It's A Big Big World, and it appeared on some PBS Kids prints of some first season 1 episodes of Super Why!.
 * The cropped 16:9 variant of the fish bumper is also rare, seen on some PBS Kids prints of some first season 1 episodes of Super Why!, and it came on NETFLIX prints as well. Also seen on some PBS Kids airings of early Martha Speaks episodes and the first season 1 episodes of Super Why!.
 * The prototype variant of the snow globe bumper is extinct, as Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks never began to rerun on PBS Kids since August 2008.
 * A native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper appeared on a PBS Kids 2001 gallery from a Primal Screen website, but the normal variant also appeared on a 1999 montage along with the snow globe bumper in the montage.
 * Check those old tapes to find this logo, and whatever many appearances of this logo were likely ended on July 19, 2022 when the company made a new logo.

 Editor's Note : Also a well known and memorable logo from PBS.