Squirrel/Mole Home Entertainment Feature Presentation IDs

1st ID

(1987-1989)

ID: On the same starfield used in DiC's "Kid in Bed" logo, we see the words "FEATURE PRESENTATION" in white and in the "Kentucky Fried Chicken" font.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Often had no music, just the announcer saying "And now, our feature presentation from DiC Video."

Availability: Seen on DiC Video tapes of the time. Squirrel/Mole Studios Video tapes at the time instead went straight to the logo.

Scare Factor: Low to medium.

2nd ID

(1989-1992)

Nickname: "The Merging Letters"

ID: On a black background, we many "FEATURE PRESENTATION"s in white. Then they all merge into one "FEATURE PRESENTATION" in gold. Then "FEATURE PRESENTATION" shines.

Variant: In France, the background is gray.

FX/SFX: The letters merging, done by CGI.

Music/Sounds: A horn/strings fanfare (similar to the 1989-1992 WDHV FP ID), with an announcer saying "And now for our feature presentation" cheerfully.

Availability: Very rare. Seen on DiC Video and Squirrel/Mole Studios Video tapes of the time. They include 1989-1992 VHS prints of Inspector Gadget, The Littles, Daniel Duck, Secret Squirrel, Space Christmas and the first VHS prints of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Super Mario Bros. 3 and The Legend of Zelda.

3rd ID

(1991, 1992-1999)

Nickname: "Britt Allcroft Rip-Off FP"

ID: Same as the Britt Allcroft logo, except "Feature Presentation" replaces "Britt" and "BRITT ALLCROFT PRESENTS" is missing.

Variant: 1992 tapes of Super Mario World used a solid blue background and the "Feature Presentation" script was white. This is then followed by the "DiC Egg" logo.

FX/SFX: Same as the Britt Allcroft logo.

Music/Sounds: The same 1989 FP fanfare with an announcer saying "And now, our feature presentation".

Availability: Common. It was first seen on the first VHS print of episodes of Super Mario World (which had the variant described above). It also appears on DiC Toon-Time Video and Squirrel/Mole Studios Video tapes in this era, including reissues of the releases mentioned in the "Availability" section of the above ID plus 1990's prints of Super Mario World, 2 Stupid Dogs, The Yoshi Show and Mario and Yoshi in the Morning among others.

Scare Factor: Low to medium. Though the same can't be said for the next ID...

4th ID

(December 1994-2000)

Nicknames: "The Evil Laser", "The Laser of Doom", "Evil Feature Presentation", "The Worst Feature Presentation Ever", "The reason I won't ever buy DiC or Squirrel/Mole tapes between 1994 and 2000", "This Reminds Me of the V of Doom"

ID: On a blue background, a laser writes the words "FEATURE PRESENTATION" in white. Then a black square appears behind the words and zooms in until it occupies the entire screen. The background turns black and "FEATURE PRESENTATION" turns white.

FX/SFX: The laser, the zooming-in of the black square.

Music/Sounds: The V of Doom logo music, probably.

Availability: Seen on 1994-2000 DiC Toon-Time Video and Squirrel/Mole Studios Video tapes such as a 1996 Super Mario World reissue. This was used in tandem with the ID above.

Scare Factor: High to nightmare, because the laser combined with the somewhat scary music can catch you off-guard. Plus the way the black background zooms in have brought back bad memories of the "V of Doom" to most.

5th ID (The Invasion of the German Mice Custom Variant)

(August 10, 1998)

ID: A pedestrian crossing is seen. Mice are seen running on this crossing, then Yoshi (in his Super Mario World appearance) trips over the mice and falls into a manhole. Yoshi then falls onto a subway train filled with mice, where we also see Morocco Mole. Yoshi and Morocco stare at each other awkwardly. The words "Feature Presentation" fall down into the train.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Sounds that go with what is described in "ID" above plus an announcer saying "And now, Squirrel/Mole Studios Video presents The Invasion of the German Mice."

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen only on VHS prints of the direct-to-video release The Invasion of the German Mice.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; tamer than the previous ID but will catch some off-guard because of Yoshi falling and the "Feature Presentation" text.

6th ID

(2000-2006)

Nicknames: "Boring Feature Presentation"

ID: On a blue background, a gold projector appears, then "Feature PRESENTATION" appears in the same font used on the N64 game Yoshi's Story.

Music/Sounds: Gentle flat music plays while an announcer says  And now, our feature presentation .

Availability: Seen on only some later DiC Toon-Time Video and Squirrel/Mole Studios Video tapes and 2001-2006 Squirrel/Mole Home Entertainment tapes (in 2001, DiC Toon-Time Video rebranded as "The Incredible World of DiC Home Entertainment" and stopped using Squirrel/Mole's IDs while Squirrel/Mole Studios Video changed it's name to Squirrel/Mole Home Entertainment and changed logos) (in 2006, Squirrel/Mole stopped making VHS tapes, the last being a Super Mario Sunshine reissue). Here's some to start with: episodes of Super Mario Sunshine, Wild West Yoshi, Morocco's Grand Movie and later episodes of Mario and Yoshi in the Morning.

Scare Factor: None.