Nelvana Limited (Real Company)

(2004-present)
Logo: On a black background, the "NELVANA" text is seen with a byline underneath it. A white polar bear then flies onto the screen and then stops onto the text. It bumps a star onto the screen, which twinkles, and a white haze of light forms and dissipates behind the logo. The logo looks similar to the pre-1985 in-credit logo. The logo is outlined in dark blue except for both haze and the byline.

Bylines:


 * Original Variant, 2004-: Because of parent company Corus Entertainment's growth in its company (hence the "Inc." for incorporated), the byline reads "A Corus™ Entertainment Inc. Company" (exactly like that).
 * 2006?-: The byline reads "A CORUS™ ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY", all in capital letters, and in the same font used in the alternate 2003 logo.

Variants:

Dream Variants:
 * For the "CORUS ENTERTAINMENT" byline variant, the haze looks more like a little bigger. The original variant has a little haze.
 * A more common variant begins with the polar bear already on the screen and bumping the star, either with or without the haze.
 * On this logo's first appearances, no haze is shown for the "Inc." byline variant. The "CORUS ENTERTAINMENT" byline logo also has a haze-less variant, seen on shows such as Scaredy Squirrel.
 * There is a variant that appears on Grossology where the logo gets suddenly covered with slime when the polar bear bumps the star, which causes the polar bear and "NELVANA" text to become distorted, the "CORUS ENTERTAINMENT" byline to become obscured by the slime, and the star to spin around before dripping slime. No haze is shown.
 * There is a variant where "INTERNATIONAL", in a rounded rectangle, is squeezed in between the company name and the byline. A superimposed version of this variant can be found on the credits for Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure.
 * A still version of the logo exists, which was seen on the original US airings of Grossology on Discovery Kids (currently The Hub, then now Discovery Family).
 * A short version exists with the logo beginning with a polar bear already on the screen and bumping the star, with the 2004 byline appearing below the logo.
 * On current prints of the first episode of Committed, an extremely rare still variant without the star is seen. The 2004 byline is seen below.
 * Some reruns of Corduroy have the logo starting after the star is bumped.
 * There's a superimposed variant with the in-credit text "Distributed by Nelvana Enterprises Inc." above it. No haze is shown. Sometimes, it shares the screen with the Treehouse logo.
 * On Handy Manny, there is a variant of the logo either with or without the haze where it has the "A NELVANA PRODUCTION" outlined blue text over the logo. The 2004 byline is also seen under the logo.
 * On My Friend Rabbit, the logo stalls a bit, where the polar bear does not bump the star exactly when first seen; after that, the animation is seen as usual. The 2004 byline is also seen here.
 * Starting with season 5 of Cyberchase, the logo starts when the polar bear walks forward right after jumping onto the logo. No haze is shown.
 * On the Game Boy Advance game Beyblade G-Revolution, the polar bear is placed to the left of the logo, and there's an "INTERNATIONAL" plate below.
 * On the Game Boy Advance game Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance, it shows the 2004 bylined logo being outlined in white, shown on a black background.
 * Sometimes, the logo is bylineless.
 * There is a variant where the blue word "DIGITAL" is added below the text above with the byline appearing below it. No haze is shown.
 * Occasionally, the "CORUS ENTERTAINMENT" byline is in gray.
 * On Life with Boys, the logo has smoother animation, but no haze.
 * An in-credit version appears on some shows.
 * On season 1 of Horrid Henry, "IN ASSOCIATION WITH" is above the logo.
 * There is a strangely-filmed variant of the full logo that was spotted on a Polish 35mm "videotaped" print of Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure.
 * On Nickelodeon/Nicktoons Network airings of Wayside, the logo is shifted upwards.
 * On Wishfart, the text "Produced in Association with" is seen on the upper left side of the logo, and when the polar bear bumps the star, a rainbow comes out of it. It zooms across the screen, transitioning to the Bejuba Entertainment logo. No haze is shown.
 * On Lucky Duck, there is a bubble transition to the logo. No haze is shown.
 * At the end of a trailer for Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot, there is a very short version which starts when the haze disappears.
 * On the trailer of the failed series Formula RC (which can be found on Pipeline Studios's Vimeo account), the polar bear is wearing a cybernetic glasses. After it bumps the star, it settles down when the star turns red, yellow and green. The " N"s are acting like car tires, then the polar bear drives away as the star spins. No haze is shown. The byline in the logo is also, which sticks the "NELVANA" text. Also, the star doesn't twinkle because it acts like a traffic light.
 * On Channel 5 "Milkshake!" airings of the first two seasons of Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends, the Nelvana logo is seen at the top left, The Absolute Digital Pictures logo is seen at the top right, the Callaway Arts & Entertainment logo is seen at the bottom left and the Teletoon "Oval Smile" logo is seen at the bottom right. All logos takes place on a black background. Also, the logos are still. On Channel 5 "Milkshake!" airings of the third and final season of the said show, it's the same as the first two seasons, except the Teletoon "Oval Smile" logo at the bottom right is replaced with the 1999 Treehouse logo.
 * On the first season of Bowserville, the words "PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY" are above the polar bear. The logo also appears to be bylineless, and no haze is shown.
 * On the last two seasons of Bowserville, the same words are above the polar bear, but now with byline and haze.
 * On Tattletails, "DISTRIBUTED BY" is above the logo.
 * For the Ducks! All Around The Ducky-Buck variant, "A PRODUCTION OF" is seen above the polar bear. Also, the haze is above the logo here. No star twinkling is seen after the star appears to be bumped by a polar bear. This variant only appears at the end of the said show.
 * On the failed series The R's, the " N"s are replaced with the "R"'s. As a result, the text is spoofed which reads "RELVARA", and the word as the byline "A THE R'S RTAINMENT COMPANY-R" appears in place of the 2006 byline. No haze is shown, but the polar bear is replaced with the letter "R".
 * On Welcome to the Hoamy of The Driv ers, no "NELVANA" text and byline are shown, instead the words "A Nelvana Enterprises, Inc. Production" are added above the polar bear with a different byline reading "A CORUS™ ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY" in the same font used in the alternate 2003 logo appearing below it.
 * On The Lag Indicator, the screen ha s a glitchy effect like fr om the 1999-2011 Millar Gough Ink logo, but when the screen breaks, the text "NELVANA" is replaced with "LAG-YOU-VANA" and "A CORUS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY", the byline, is replaced with "A LAGGING INDICATORING COMPANY", with the text "I LAG NELVANA LIKE A LAGGY CAR" appearing below it.

Technique: Appears to be a combination of Flash animation and 2D computer graphics.

Music/Sounds: A nice 3-note guitar theme composed by Neil Parfitt, with a ding accompanying the star twinkling and Sarah Gadon or Tara Strong's laughter towards the end.

Music/Sounds Variants:

Music/Sounds Dream Variants:
 * Shows plastering the 1985 logo may use the dramatic synth theme or the mystical twinkling theme instead of the normal music. This appears on newer prints of T and T and My Pet Monster.
 * For the Grossology variant, the two notes of the guitar theme are heard, but it is interrupted by the sound of slime splashing and dripping.
 * In some cases, the logo is silent.
 * A short version exists where the two notes of the guitar theme is heard that starts with a ding sound and a child laughing towards the end.
 * For the Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot trailer variant, we hear the audio variant of the 3rd logo.
 * Sometimes, the laughter is not heard.
 * On The Adventures of Chuck and Friends, the music is sped up without the laughter. No ding sound is heard after the guitar theme plays.
 * On The Stanley Dynamic and Bubble Guppies, the last part of the music plays without the laughter. On the latter show's episode "The Arctic Life!", we hear this music along with the ending of the song "This is the Arctic Life".
 * On Spliced, it's the stock sound "Sound Ideas, BIRD, ROOSTER - MORNING CALL, ANIMAL 01", used in the show's theme song. This often have more sounds (a duck quacking, a person sneezing, etc.) in every episode of the show.
 * On the trailer of Formula RC, the driving sounds were heard.
 * On the 2006 Max & Ruby DVD "Max's Chocolate Chicken" (released by Treehouse and Kaboom! Entertainment), the music sounds slightly different, and there's a different, more-cheerful sounding laugh at the end. (said by some to sound like actually the laugh of Caillou or a different child (looks actually like a toddler) laughing).
 * On a Sidekick teaser promo, a male voice says "Sidekick!".
 * On some episodes of Mike the Knight, the child's laughter is not heard as the music consists of a somber, "evaporating" deep synth note instead, set in the same chord as the normal fanfare.
 * Usually, the end theme of a show or the generic network theme plays over.
 * On Tattletails, the music only plays without both ding and laughter sounds.
 * For the Welcome to the Hoamy of The Drivers variant, we only can hear the star twinkling.
 * For The Lag Indicator variant, the guitar theme winds down, except for the ding and the child laughing, but the glitching sounds were heard like it's heard from the 1999-2011 Millar Gough Ink logo.

Availability: Ultra common. This logo is mainly used to plaster older Nelvana logos. It's currently used in tandem with the 8th logo.

Dream Availability:
 * It debuted on Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends, and last appeared on the second season of Ranger Rob.
 * Nelvana shows from the time, such as The Backyardigans, Grossology when last seen on Hub Network (now Discovery Family), Babar and the Adventures of Badou, Handy Manny on Disney Junior (formerly Playhouse Disney), Wayside and many others will feature this logo.
 * The in-credit variant appears on some shows.
 * It was also used as a de-facto home video logo.
 * The bylineless logo appears to show up on Studio B co-productions, including Being Ian and Class of the Titans.
 * The “IN ASSOCIATION WITH” variant appears on some early season 1 episodes of Horrid Henry internationally (CITV airings used an in-credit version). It's also used on Nicktoons prints of those episodes.
 * The superimposed variant appeared on season 3 of Max and Ruby, since the company was never involved as much producing the series along with seasons 4-5, but by the sixth season, the regular version of this logo was used, considering that the company increased their involvement in actual production following Silver Lining Entertainment and Chorion closing their doors in 2012, with Atomic Cartoons co-producing in addition.
 * This is more commonly used to plaster older Nelvana logos, mainly on DVD or digital streaming.
 * It is also tacked onto post-2005 prints of Nelvana material, such as Babar on Qubo, Bob and Margaret on Showtime Women, the KaBoom Entertainment DVD release of My Pet Monster, DVD releases of Tales from the Cryptkeeper, the now-discontinued Funimation DVD of WildC.A.T.S., and the Shout! Factory DVD releases of The Adventures of Tintin.
 * It plasters the 3rd logo on The Magic School Bus: The Complete Series DVD box set, released in 2012; all the episodes in the box set have the logo plastered, except for "Ups and Downs", which retains the 3rd logo. It also appears at the end of recent prints of A Cosmic Christmas, after the Viacom "V of Doom" logo.
 * It can be also seen on 2014-issued printed episodes of the 1986 Care Bears series on YouTube.
 * Uploads of Nelvana shows on the "YTV Direct" (which originally began as "Nelvana Retro") and "Treehouse Direct" YouTube channels tend to have this logo plastered over the previous ones, sometimes with odd results (the first episode of T and T has the short version ending before the music of the 1985 logo does; all other episodes have the long version to sync with the music).
 * It also appears on many DVD releases of Nelvana shows in international territories, such as The Fairly OddParents (one example is the "Superhero Spectacle" DVD).
 * When Nicktoons Network aired My Dad the Rock Star from late 2005 to early 2008, this plastered the 3rd logo, as does Tubi and DVD releases of the show.
 * After the new and current logo debuted, this logo was used on the first season of Ranger Rob, season 6 of Max & Ruby and The ZhuZhus (formerly known as Polly and the Zhu Zhu Pets).
 * The Grossology variant surprisingly appeared on a Captain Flamingo promo.
 * The standard variant has been seen on Canadian DVDs of The Octonauts.
 * As of now, this logo is still used in tandem with the 7th logo in conjunction.
 * Appeared on the 2015 TV series Tattletails.
 * The variant of the logo appears on Bowserville. (note that this is a fictionalized variant of the logo because the fictionalized variant isn't real.)
 * The variant of this logo appeared at the end of a trailer for a failed series Formula RC.
 * Also appeared on Welcome to the Hoamy of The Drivers.
 * The variant appears on The Lag Indicator, the computer-like CGI animated series.