PBS Kids (2002-2013)

''This article is about the real PBS Kids logo from 2002 to 2013 or 2009. For a fictionalized programming block, see PBS Kids.''

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

(2000-2001; January 21 or September 2, 2002?-October 7, 2013-)
Logo: Variants:
 * Snowglobe: On an winter-seasoning field, we see Dash, the boy, ice skating on an ice rink. Suddenly, the camera shakes as the ground gets an earthquake. Then, the camera zooms out to reveal Dash inside a snow globe, held by Dot of course. She giggles. Snowflakes then cover up the whole screen from the upper-right-corner, transitioning to the circular PBS Kids logo with Dot in it afterwards on a powder blue background with snowflakes on it.
 * Fishbowl: It starts off on a lime green background with Dash, the boy, looking at a fishbowl at the right corner of the desk with goldfish in it, then we cut to the close-up of it. A goldfish then gets startled and looks at Dash. Bubbles then cover up the screen from the bottom-corner, transitioning to Dash as a goldfish, which appears from above, swimming under the sea. After a second, we see Dot, the girl, as a fish, eating him. A half second later, the bubbles cover up the screen, transitioning to the circular logo with Dot afterwards on an  background with bubbles.
 * On the CBBC British print of Martha Speaks, the fish bumper is still, but the background with bubbles are slightly different than the animated logo.
 * Sometimes, the URL address is added at the bottom-left corner.
 * Starting in 2003, the logo features the word "KIDS" at the bottom of the circular PBS Kids logo but it is shifted down a little. There are logos include:
 * Snowglobe: The logo has been newly enhanced and it is presented in accurate widescreen, where the background is a bit darker, there is a slightly different ice rink, the animation is different and less smooth, the background when Dot is shown to have no snowflakes, the snowflakes are brighter and bigger, Dot's eyes are looking at the snow globe and it is dark blue. Strangely, Dot has fingers.
 * Fishbowl: The logo is presented in accurate widescreen, where it is zoomed in at the beginning of the logo when Dash looks at the fishbowl on a desk, the close-up of the fishbowl is zoomed out slightly, the camera slightly moves differently, and there are slightly different transitioning bubbles.
 * A cropped widescreen version of the logo exists.

Technique: 2D animation by Primal Screen.

Technique Variant: Both of the native 16:9 variants of the logos were edited by Primal Screen.

Music/Sounds: 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, followed by the sound of a girl giggling. 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.
 * Snow Globe: A whimsical 10-note vibraphone tune (the last 4 notes are the company's jingle, possibly spoofing C. E. Levy's "Skater's Waltz" but in F major), accompanied by jingle bells.
 * Fish Bowl: Bubbling sounds, followed by a boy singing "Blub, blub, blub, blub..."

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * A native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper, a few of the bubbling sounds in the background from the logo are slightly different, and the "Doink!" sound is a quiet a little bit, with some extra kids chanting the company name in the background.
 * Sometimes, the fish bumper uses a snow globe bumper theme, appeared on some PBS Kids airings of other episodes of WordWorld.
 * On the DVD of Lomax the Hound of Music: The Best of Lomax, the native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper uses a regular theme.

Availability: Rare. Legacy: Also a well-known and memorable logo from PBS.
 * 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 sizzle 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 either 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 ident can be found on season 1 of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, and it may also have appeared on some airings of It's a Big Big World as well.
 * One logo, the fish bumper, may have appeared on the PBS Kids 2001 gallery from the Primal Screen website seen here (doesn't mostly work). You can see the video of the fish bumper as a Vimeo video seen here.
 * It sometimes appeared on a few episodes of Clifford's Puppy Days and Clifford The Big Red Dog.
 * The fish bumper may have appeared on WordWorld through NCircle DVD releases, but some releases of the series don't have this logo after the WordWorld logo, but it may include the logo when pressing "Play All" in the main menu or the show's episode on the "Play One" menu.
 * Early Martha Speaks episodes and Super WHY! will have this logo.
 * The logo may have appeared on NETFLIX prints of Super WHY!.
 * The normal fishbowl variant was seen on the final season of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks.
 * A native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper is also rare, only seen on HD feeds of PBS stations if they were available. It is also seen on some season 2 episodes Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, some early 2008 prints of the first season 1 episodes of Sid The Science Kid and the DVD of Lomax The Hound of Music: The Best of Lomax.
 * A native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper is also spotted on some prints of the Sid the Science Kid season 1 episode "Enough With the Seashells", which is extremely rare along from the fake 2009 promotional DVD release (only on "The Rolie Polie").
 * The prototype variant of the snow globe bumper is also extinct. Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks never began to rerun on PBS Kids since August 2008.
 * Check the old tapes to find this logo, and whatever remaining appearances of this logo were likely ended when the company rebranded its logo in July 2022.