PBS Kids (2002-2013)

''This article is about the real PBS Kids logo from 2002 to 2013. 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)
Nicknames: "Dot and Dash III", "The PBS Kids Bubble IV"

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 the goldfish in the fishbowl with the sand-made castle at the left corner of the fishbowl. We cut to a close-up of the fishbowl when Dash looks at the fishbowl the goldfish is in. The goldfish gets surprised. The bubbles then cover up the screen before transitioning to Dash imagining as an fish appearing then swimming under the water. A second later, Dot, the girl, as a  fish, eats Dash. 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.

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. The music and sound design was created 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 scatting the 1999 jingle circle lipped as if to imitate a fish.

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. Unfortunately, this prototype variant of the fish bumper also appeared on the Sid The Science Kid master DVD.

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 1st ident can be found on season 1 of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks.
 * The snow globe bumper may also have appeared on some airings of It's a Big Big World as well.
 * As always, a version of the fish bumper can be found on season 2 of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, early 2008 episodes of Sid the Science Kid and the Lomax DVD Lomax the Hound of Music: The Best of Lomax, and it may have sometimes appeared on some prints of the standalone episode "Enough with the Seashells" from season 1 of Sid The Science Kid.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * The prototype version of the fish bumper is extinct.
 * 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.