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Background

King Rollo Films is the vanity card of David McKee, creator of Mr. Benn as well as the Adventures of Spot cartoons.

Logo (February 11, 1999-)

Visuals: In the end credits on a blue square, there is a picture of King Rollo and Hamlet from the King Rollo cartoon, dancing. Above it are the words "KING ROLLO FILMS LTD".

Variant: A version exists without the blue square.

Technique: A still graphic.

Audio: The ending theme or none.

Availability:

It was seen on Maisy when it aired on Qubo.
It was also seen on Paz on Discovery Kids, Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies on PBS Kids Sprout, Humf on Nick Jr., and the Spot's Musical Adventures shorts, respectively.
The variant only appears on Poppy Cat.
The company has also been dormant since 2016.

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-{{Credits|descriptions=Logoboy95 and LogosSuper142}}
+{{PageCredits|description=Logoboy95 and LogosSuper142|edits=Michael Kenchington}}
-'''Background:''' King Rollo Films is a vanity card of David McKee, creator of Mr. Benn as well as the ''Adventures of Spot'' cartoons.
+===Background===
-=== 1st Logo (October 1, 1980-2001) ===
+King Rollo Films is the vanity card of David McKee, creator of Mr. Benn as well as the ''Adventures of Spot'' cartoons.
-'''Logo:''' Just the words "KING ROLLO FILMS LTD." in any typeface, superimposed in the credits.
+===Logo (February 11, 1999-) ===
-'''Technique:''' None.
+[[File:King Rollo Films (2000) (From - Spot's Musical Adventures).png|center|frameless]]
+{{YouTube|id=https://youtu.be/pAmrkeWGRvw}}
+'''Visuals:''' In the end credits on a blue square, there is a picture of King Rollo and Hamlet from the ''King Rollo'' cartoon, dancing. Above it are the words "KING ROLLO FILMS LTD".
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme of the episode''.''
+'''Variant:''' A version exists without the blue square.
-'''Music/Sound Variant:''' On early ''Spot'' shorts, the music is followed by a 5-note twinkling sound, and then Paul Nicholas (the narrator for the show) saying "...and that's Spot" followed by Spot woofing.
+'''Technique:''' A still graphic.
-'''Availability:''' It appears on ''King Rollo'' itself, some ''Spot'' cartoon videos from Walt Disney Home Video, ''Victor and Maria'' and ''Towser''.
-=== 2nd Logo (February 11, 1999- ) ===
-'''Logo:''' In the end credits on a blue square, we see a picture of King Rollo and Hamlet dancing from the ''King Rollo'' cartoon, and above it are the words "KING ROLLO FILMS LTD".
-'''Variant:''' A version exists without the blue square.
-'''Technique:''' None.
+'''Audio:''' The ending theme or none.
+'''Availability:'''
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The ending theme or none.
+* It was seen on ''Maisy'' when it aired on Qubo.
+* It was also seen on ''Paz'' on Discovery Kids, ''Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies'' on PBS Kids Sprout, ''Humf'' on Nick Jr., and the ''Spot's Musical Adventures'' shorts, respectively.
+* The variant only appears on ''Poppy Cat''.
+* The company has also been dormant since 2016.
+[[Category:United Kingdom]]
-'''Availability:''' It was seen on ''Maisy'' when it aired on Qubo. Also seen on ''Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies'' on PBS Kids Sprout, ''Humf'' on Nick Jr., and the ''Spot's Musical Adventures'' shorts. The variant only appears on ''Poppy Cat''.
+[[Category:British animation logos]]
+[[Category:Animation logos]]
+[[Category:Vanity cards]]
+[[Category:Logos with popular characters]]
+[[Category:Television logos]]
+[[Category:British television logos]]