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?-2009-October 7, 2013-2021)
Logo: Variants:
 * Snowglobe: On an winter-seasoning field, we see Dash, the boy, who is seen ice skating on a pond. 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. Snowflakes cover the screen to transition to the circular logo with Dot afterwards on a light blue background with snowflakes.
 * Fishbowl: On a lime green background, we see Dash, the boy, who is seen looking at a fishbowl with the sand-made castle at the left corner of it and a goldfish to the middle inside. Then, we cut to a close-up of the fishbowl as Dash looks at the fishbowl a goldfish is in. A goldfish then gets startled what seems to be thinking that Dash is about to imagine as a fish. Bubbles then cover up the screen,  transitioning to him being an  fish which comes down, 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 Fishbowl ident is still, which contains a different background with bubbles, and it's where the circular logo is slightly zoomed out.
 * Sometimes, the URL address is added at the bottom-left corner.
 * Starting in 2003 until 2009, it has the word "KIDS" below the circular logo. Here are the variants that can be prototype:
 * A prototype variant of the snow globe bumper exists, where the background is indigo, the pond has a bit different shape, the animation is different and even sharper, the snowflakes are brighter and bigger, Dot's eyes are looking down instead of the viewer and the snow globe is dark blue. Motion Blur is also included when the camera pans out.
 * A widescreen variant of the fish bumper exists, where it is zoomed in at the beginning of the logo, the close-up of the fishbowl is zoomed out slightly, the fish are a bit off the screen, and there is a slightly different bubble transition. This variant also appears on the Primal Screen website with the URL address omitted.
 * A cropped widescreen version of the logo exists.

Technique: 2D animation 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 and a boy singing the 1999 jingle circle-lipped as if to imitate a fish, singing "Blub, blub, blub, blub".

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * For the prototype variant of the fish bumper, couple of bubbling sounds are slightly different, and the "doink" sound is a bit quieter.
 * The fish bumper uses a snow globe bumper theme, appeared on some PBS Kids airings of other episodes of WordWorld.

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.
 * 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 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, as well as season 2 of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks and early 2008 prints of the first season 1 episodes of Sid The Science Kid. Unfortunately, it also appeared on an promotional Sid The Science Kid master DVD.
 * 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.