PBS Kids (2002-2013)

''This article is about the real PBS Kids logo from 2002 to 2013 or 2009. 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?-2008-2009-October 7, 2013-)
Logo: Variants:
 * Snow Globe: Outside in winter, we see Dash, the boy, ice skating on an ice rink. Suddenly, he feels the ground-shake and he stops. Then, the camera pans out to reveal that he is in a snow globe, which is held by Dot, the girl, who is seen holding a snow globe, looking at us. She giggles with her mouth closed. Snowflakes then cover up the whole screen from the upper-right-corner, transitioning to the circular PBS Kids logo with Dot in it afterwards on a powder blue background with snowflakes on it.
 * Fish Bowl: On a lime green background, we see Dash, the boy, who is seen looking at the fishbowl at the right corner of the desk with goldfish in it. Then, we cut to the close-up of the fishbowl as Dash looks at the fishbowl a goldfish is at. A goldfish then gets astonished and looks at Dash whoever he is looking at. Bubbles then cover up the screen from the bottom-corner, transitioning to Dash as a goldfish, which appears from above, floating under the water from the sea. After a second, we see Dot, the girl, as a large fish, who appears from the right corner and swallows Dash. She then looks at us. Bubbles cover up the screen, transitioning to the circular PBS Kids logo with Dot in it afterwards on an light blue background with bubbles.
 * On BBC's CBBC British airings of Martha Speaks, the fish bumper is still.
 * Sometimes, the URL address is added at the bottom left of the screen.
 * Starting in 2003, it features the word "KIDS" at the bottom of the circular PBS Kids logo.
 * Snow Globe: The logo has been newly enhanced and it is presented in accurate widescreen, where the background is a bit darker, there is a slightly different ice rink, the animation is different and less smooth, the background when Dot is shown to have no snowflakes, the snowflakes are brighter and bigger, Dot's eyes are looking at the snow globe and it is dark blue. Strangely, Dot has fingers.
 * Fish Bowl: The logo is presented in true widescreen. It is zoomed in at the beginning of the logo when Dash looks at the fishbowl on a desk, the close-up of the fishbowl is zoomed out slightly, the camera slightly is panned however when it moves, and there are extra transitioning bubbles.
 * A cropped widescreen version of the logo exists.

Technique: 2D animation by Primal Screen.

Music/Sounds: Both idents end with the "Doink!" sound and the kids singing the "PBS Kids" chant. 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. Music and sound design 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 but in high tone circle-lipped as if to imitate a fish.

Music/Sounds Variants:


 * A native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper shows differences: a few of the bubbling sounds in the background from the logo are slightly different, the "Doink" sound is a quiet a little, and some extra kids chanting the company name are heard in the background.
 * There was a rare variant including that the fish bumper uses a theme from the 1st ident, shown on some PBS Kids airings of other episodes of WordWorld (as seen on the station WGVU).
 * On the DVD of Lomax the Hound of Music: The Best of Lomax, the native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper uses a theme from the normal variant of the 2nd ident of the same name.

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.
 * This logo was first seen on a Primal Screen 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 snow globe ident can be found on season 1 of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, and it may also have appeared on some airings of It's a Big Big World as well.
 * The fish bumper, appears on the PBS Kids 2001 gallery from the Primal Screen website seen here. 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, but it may include the logo when pressing "Play All" in the main menu or the show's episode on the "Play One" menu.
 * Early Martha Speaks episodes shows the Fishbowl bumper, and Super WHY! (as shown on old PBS Kids airings) features both the logos themselves. NETFLIX prints of the latter show will also feature both the logos themselves.
 * When a native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper have ended while it is active on early 2008 prints of season 1 of Sid the Science Kid, the regular fish bumper was seen on the last season of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks.
 * A native 16:9 variant of the fish bumper is also rare.
 * It is seen on HD feeds of PBS stations if they were available.
 * It is also founded on some season 2 episodes Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, rare early 2008 prints of a few season 1 episodes of Sid The Science Kid and the DVD of "Lomax The Hound of Music: The Best of Lomax".
 * It is also spotted on some prints of the Sid the Science Kid season 1 episode "Enough With the Seashells", which is extremely rare along from the 2009 promotional DVD of the said show (only it appears on "The Rolie Polie").
 * The prototype variant of the snow globe bumper is also extinct, as 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.