Hameln Entertainment

Background
Hameln Entertainment (simply Hameln, stylized as HaMelN) was an American entertainment company founded in 1999 by Sam Colton to create the live action series Amanda and its cartoon spinoff Amanda the Adventurer. Around 2003, the company came underfire for the disappearance of Sam Colton as well as other children who watched Amanda the Adventurer. A few months later, the company seized operation.

Note: All Amanda the Adventurer tapes as well as Amanda tapes were lost until 2023, where a woman named Riley inherited the tapes from another woman named Kate.

(1999-2003)
Nicknames: "Mouse of Horror", "Stylized Mouse", "Maroon Stylized Mouse"

Logo: On a white background, a burgundy stylized mouse is seen at the middle of the screen. Then, the text "HaMelN" appears on the mouse letter-by-letter as each synth note plays. Then, at the bottom-right corner of the mouse, the slogan reading "FOLLOW US TO FUN!" in a sloppy, bended font appears and wipes to the right.

Trivia: The Hameln name and logo is inspired by the story Pied Piper of Hamelin. In which the Piper is ordered to take a swarm of rats (hence the Mouse) out of the German town of Hamelin (hence the name), which afterwards he takes a all of the town's children after the citizens refuse to pay him (hence the "Follow us to fun!" slogan).

Variants:


 * An original videotaped variant of the logo exists, which can be found at the end for certain tapes for Amanda the Adventurer such as "In Your Neighborhood" and "Special Treat".
 * Notice that (see above), after the logo ends, the static screen appears.
 * A no filter variant of the logo (except for the VHS filter) exists where the audio is slightly enhanced but still sounds weird a bit. It can be capped from the real fictional horror show Amanda the Adventurer, only for certain tapes.
 * An updated variant of the logo exists where the logo has more animation and the mouse jumps. It recently appeared on Jakeneutron's Don't Listen music video (based on Amanda the Adventurer). You can see it at 0:20 here.

Technique: Possibly 2D Animation or Scanimation by Sam Colton.

Music/Sounds: A 7-note synth tune, which is known as the Hameln jingle that was used on toys such as the Blabbot and Piano.


 * However, a tape filmed version shows where the music sounds a bit weird.


 * The updated version uses a re-arranged version of the jingle, but it still sounds a bit weird.

Availability: Very rare. This was only seen on Amanda The Adventurer. It can be founded on certain tapes for Amanda the Adventurer such as In Your Neighborhood and Special Treat. It's unknown if the Sharing Secrets tape contains the logo, as the TV is destroyed at the end. The live action show Amanda possibly only used an in-credit notice. The updated version can be seen on the music video described above.