Family Channel (Closed Captioning Bumpers)

1st Bumper (1994-1997)

Bumper: On a blue/black gradient background, we see the words "The Following Program Has Been Closed Captioned For The Hearing Impaired." typing in letter-by-letter in a yellow Impress font. A small Family Channel logo is seen on the corner in the bottom left, while the Closed Captioned logo in purple, but in a "childish" fashion, slides in on the bottom right.

FX/SFX: The words typing in, and the logo sliding.

Music/Sounds/Voice-over: An announcer saying "The following program has been Closed Captioned for the hearing impaired".

Availability: Seen on Family Channel airings from 1994 to 1997.

2nd Bumper (1997-1999)

Bumper: On a white background, consisting of the famous trademark sun (as seen in the original 1988-1999 Family Channel logo) blurred on the bottom-right side, the familiar round-cornered TV chat symbol, in a chromed, brassy and metallic fashion, appears on the corner in the bottom left via a "water rippling" effect (a la the 1996 Imagine Entertainment logo). The dark blue words:

The Following Program
Has Been
Closed Captioned
For The
Hearing Impaired

type in above them letter-by-letter in the same style as the 1994 bumper.

Trivia: The font used in this bumper is Skia.

Variant: In 2020, the bumper was slightly enhanced and redone in High Definition for 16:9 widescreen. Shown after Family Channel's current 2017 ID (including the Miraculous variant of the ID), the 2020 remaster of the bumper itself was presented on the following shows:

• Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir: The sequence plays, and the Miraculous logo rotates in below with the "family.ca" logo, containing "family" in its font with a small "Circle F" logo in its 2017 design dotting the I, fading in while "Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir" (in a Lobster font) appears in black under the Miraculous logo. Meanwhile, an image of Ladybug and Cat Noir wipes in on front of the sun. His cat-like ears (intended to be his costume) overlap both rays of the sun.
• LoliRock: Same as the Miraculous variant, but the LoliRock logo rotates in below with an image of Iris, Talia and Auriana wiping in right in front of the sun. Talia's hair overlaps the bottom-left ray of the sun, while Auriana's ponytail overlaps the right ray of it.

FX/SFX: The TV chat symbol rippling in, and the words typing in just like before.

Music/Sounds/Voice-over: Same as above, but with a sound of the rippling (probably a plop/fizz audio) as the symbol appears below.

Music/Sounds Variant: On the remastered version, the audio for the "ripple" effect is different, and the voiceover was also remixed for 5.1 surround sound.

Availability: Extremely rare. It was found on Family Channel airings from 1997 to 1999. It was also surprisingly revived on Family Channel's airings of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, in the form of its remastered version, shown before the start, as well as its Canadian reruns of LoliRock.

Legacy: This is a cute bumper, and a favorite of many. The bumper itself is well-remembered by those who grew up in the years watching one of Family Channel's recent programming before WildBrain (formerly DHX Media) made an acquisition of the Canadian network itself.

3rd Bumper (1999-2001)

Bumper: On a black background, we see the 1999-2011 then-new Family logo on the bottom-left corner and the same brassy "TV chat" symbol from before (now in blue) on the bottom-right, both being shown below. The text:

The following
program has been
closed captioned for
the hearing impaired

in a Gill Sans font types in above them letter-by-letter (prior to the 1st and 2nd bumpers).

Trivia: The 1999-2011 Family Channel logo, shown on the bottom-left corner, was designed by Pittard Sullivan (now Troika Design Group), just after the original 1988-1999 logo was discontinued on October 1, 1999 at 6:00 a.m. Eastern time before its rebranding as well.

Variants:

• On April 5, 2021, the bumper was updated, more realistic and redone for the first time in true High Definition and in 16:9 widescreen. The Family logo is different (in its current 2017 design), along with alternative version #1 of the TV chat symbol (containing a round-cornered screen, now in 2D, but plain white).

Shown after Family Channel's current 2017 ID, the newly 2021 remaster of the bumper itself was presented on the following shows:

• Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir: The sequence plays, and the show’s logo is shown between both the Family and Closed Captioning logos with an image of Ladybug on the left, and Cat Noir on the right. His tail touches the bottom point of the protruded tail of the chat symbol.
  • Starting on June 5, 2022, there is also an extremely rare variant where Ladybug is in a different pose with her yo-yo next to the current Family logo, and a 2020 modified version of the Miraculous logo (as used in the Shanghai special and S4) between both logos in place of the regular one. It will be used on season 4 episodes of the show itself.
• Spirit Riding Free: Same variant as above, but the Spirit Riding Free logo (with a corporate DreamWorks wordmark above) is shown between them as the sequence begins. An image of the characters Spirit and Lucky is seen on the right-hand corner.
• Trolls: The Beat Goes On!: Same sequence as usual, but an image of Poppy is shown next to the Family logo, and the show's logo (in plain white) between them as well.

FX/SFX: The same word-typing effect as it was used in the first two bumpers.

Music/Sounds/Voiceover: Same as the first two bumpers.

Music/Sounds/Voiceover Variant: On the 2021 remastered version, the voiceover is once again remixed and EQ’ed in Dolby Audio for 5.1 surround sound.

Availability: Seen before programs on Family Channel from 1999 to 2001. It was also surprisingly revived on Family Channel’s airings of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, in the form of its newly remastered version, shown before the start. On June 5, 2022, the regular, upgraded high-definition variant will be expected to appear on airings of several DreamWorks Animation Television shows (including Trolls: The Beat Goes On!, The Boss Baby: Back in Business, Spirit: Riding Free, etc.) as well as movies (edited for content) after Family Channel's OFRB rating bumper. It will even be expected to have an extremely rare variant on Miraculous S4 episodes during the era. Also used in tandem with the 2020 remaster of the 2nd bumper and the Described Video ID.

Legacy: Like before, this is a favorite of many, and has been revived.

4th Bumper (2001-2002)

Bumper: We zoom back from the blue gyroscope with a Closed Captioned logo (aka the "TV Chat Balloon") outlined in it as it spins, while being shown on the right on a cloudy sky background with transmitters spreading. A small 1999 Family logo is displayed on the bottom left corner and the words "Closed Captioning is brought to you by", in the same font as the "family" text, blurs in on the left side as the camera stops.

Variant: There is an extremely rare variant of Family's webpage ident. The sequence is played and the Family logo is omitted. An address bar that says "CLOSED captioning" drops it down that says "is brought to you by" inscribed on it. Also, a blue circle with a right arrow brings forth the blue vertical lines, making the letters rotate, revealing "family.ca".

FX/SFX: The gyroscope with the logo spinning, and the words blurring in.

Music/Sounds/Voice-over: A guitar tune played with a xylophone, and a "whoosh" at the end as the words appear, and a male voiceover says "Closed Captioning of the following program is brought to you by Family."

Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants:

• Sometimes, a female VO reads the text in a rare version of the bumper.
• On Family's webpage variant, a male VO says "Closed Captioning of the following program is brought to you by family.ca. Log on to join Click Club!". He also says "Click on games, votes and chats!" at the end.

Availability: Extinct.

5th Bumper (2002-2008)

TBA