Gecko Studios

Background
Gecko Studios was a production company that was formed by Elliot Strange in 1987, based in San Diego, California. Following creative issues at ABC centering on The Halloween Gang and them restructuring their programs under the guidance of the Q5 Corporation for that year's television season. Strange initially created Gecko to fulfill executive producer obligations due to him agreeing to helm the show's syndication package. After getting officially launched in 1989, the company would expand to creating new productions, though only one show ever got greenlit and assisted on producing cutscenes and character designs for video games. Gecko would also produce commercials, namely for clients like Subway, Robert’s American Gourmet Food (Smart Puffs, Original Tings), The Coca-Cola Company (Barq Root Beer), PepsiCo (7UP), Papa John's, Tabasco, Diners Club International and the Got Milk? campaign, but are perhaps best known for producing advertisements for Japanese and Korean clients like Sharp, JVC, KEC Corporation and Funai, the latter mainly for their Symphonic line of televisions. Steve Viksten and Eric Stefani would become briefly involved with the company in 2000. Gecko reoriented their focus to commercials and character designs in the mid-2000s, and beyond managing a YouTube channel to curate Strange's. In 2017, Strange announced a partnership with Twitter influencer Doug Lisbon (later transitioned to Diana Libson.) The partnership would end with prejudice after Strange infamously gaslighted Libson during a podcast in regard to the state of adult animation, leading to a physical altercation. Strange would delete his social media thereafter. In 2022, after Libson was convicted on embezzling fans under false pretenses; using donations to fund gender reassignment surgery, Strange would resurface as a character designer, operating to this day.

1st Logo (1987-2003)
Logo: In a suburban environment, we see a girl with a wide grin holding a spatula in her proper left hand. Beneath her is the text "GECKO STUDIOS"

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A mystery-esque synth tune. Sometimes it's silent or has the closing theme.

Availability: First appeared on The Halloween Gang and the primetime special Celtic Connection. It would later appear on the Streamline Pictures dub of The Fairies of Silver Platte, The Halloween Kids, Forget Tess, the Central Park Media dub of the Primal Rage OVA and the unsold pilots for Phat Stak and Rockett to Earth. Was recently discovered on Popeye in Plastic Plunder, an animated PSA.

2nd Logo (1997-2002)
Logo: Against a smeared starry black background we see a girl holding a shiv while giving a tired grin. To the top left is the text "This title uses artwork, assets and additional direction by" and beneath it is Strange's signature.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Used primarily on video games where Strange contributed artwork. It appeared on Green Jean 2: Enter the Nega-Jean for the PC, SEGA Saturn and PlayStation, along with the game's expansion pack for the SEGA Dreamcast, PC and Mac, as well as Green Jean (2002) for GameCube, XBOX, PlayStation 2, Windows and Mac.