STO Home Entertainment

Background: Prior to 1985, STO Studios released it's product through Warner Home Video.

1st Logo

(1985-1995, 1997-2000)

Nicknames: "STO Stars", "HBHV Rip-Off"

Logo: On a purple-green gradientbackground wallpapered with the company name, a picture of Snivy, Tepig and Oshawottall standing together with big, goofy grins, “flips” up and moves towards the screen. When it is in position, there is a large,cheesy-looking flash, then the company namein red and treated pretty badly, is “wiped” in from both sides with a cheesy-looking “sparkly trail” effect.A long, elongated rounded rectangle with the words “HOME VIDEO” and one of three bylines (below), both in a Memphis font,flips up below the company name.

Bylines:

"A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY" (1984-1990)

"A TIME WARNER COMPANY" (1990-1992)

"A TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" (1992-1995, 1997-2000)

FX/SFX: A cool logo design, actually, the flipping motions and the spark trail.

Cheesy Factor: This screams “shoestring budget”. The flipping is badly done, the wallpaper background looks horrible, and the way the company nameis animated onto the logo is quite simply a disgrace.

Music/Sounds: A synth-piano tune. Actually quite addictive and memorable.

Availability: Common. It turned up strangely on a Christmas Day 2011 airing of Snivy's All-Star Christmas Capers on South Africantelevision.

Scare Factor: None, but you’ll be laughing and giggling at how bad it is. You'll also notice it looks too similar to the similarly-bad Hanna-Barbera Home Video logo!!!

2nd Logo

(1995-1997)

Logo: On a black background, sparks write the company's name in blue. The words fade, the background turns yellow andSnivy, Tepig and Oshawott appear.

FX/SFX: Animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare.

Scare Factor: Low.

3rd Logo

(2000-)

Logo: Same as the 1999 logo, but the text reads "STOHOME VIDEO" or "STO HOME ENTERTAINMENT".

Bylines:

"A TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" (2000-2001)

"An AOL Time Warner Company" (2001-2003)

"A TimeWarner Company" (2003-)

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Current.

Scare Factor: None.