Millar Gough Ink (1999-2011)

Nickname: " Red Ink", " Red Ink Splashing"

Logo: In an office setting, at the forefront we see a bottle filled with red ink labelled " MILLAR GOUGH INK " (also in yellow, with the half of "INK" in white). After a while, a heavy, unidentifiable object falls on top of it and breaks it that causes the red ink to splash.

FX/SFX: It's all live-action.

Music/Sounds: Just the sound of the bottle breaking, but on September 24th, 2002, as the 2nd season of Smallville, it started using a Sternin and Fraser Ink-esque/reverberating cartoon ditty.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * Starting in 1999 (in The Strip), the ending theme is played before the splattering sound.
 * Starting in early 2002, it added an odd piano tune, accompanied by an eerie, distorted chorus.
 * On the Smallville season 1 episodes "X-Ray" and "Hug", the bottle breaking sound is absent.

Availability: Intact on all episodes of Smallville. Can be seen on that show's newer episodes on The CW. First seen on the short-lived show The Strip. Also seen on Smallville, the 2006 pilot of Aquaman (also named Mercy Reef) and the 2011 version of Charlie's Angels. Look for the rare print logo on the back of the Smallville DVD/Blu-ray cover. The 4:3 version was also seen, but the 2006 pilot of Aquaman was included as a bonus on the Blu-ray release of Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. This can also be seen on Smallville on The C&W. This can also be seen on the 2011 version of Charlie's Angels on the CTV Throwback. This may also be seen on the 2003 DVD releases, Channel 4, The WB, or E4 airings of season 1 of Smallville. This can also be seen on The WB airings of sometimes season 2 of Smallville, which uses the 4:3 cropped version of this logo.

Legacy: While the sound of the bottle breaking can be startling for some people (especially the version without music where an hammer breaks a bottle with no warning, which could be probably jarring to many people), some people may find this logo pretty funny, and it may be favored for fans of Smallville. For the sound of the bottle breaking, the bottle breaking with no warning can be jarring to many people. For the music version, it may slightly be less scary with the music playing. For another music version, the piano tune can be creepy.

Scare Factor:
 * 2001-2002: Medium to high; the bottle breaking with no warning can be jarring to many people, especially after the long silence during both this logo and the one before such as the Tollin/Robbins Productions logo.
 * Early 2002: Medium; due to the eerie music, but tame compared to the previous variant.
 * 2002-2011: Low to medium; it is slightly less scary with the music playing.