'''Variants:'''
* A <u>black-and-white variant</u> exists.
* A slightly longer variant exists, which <u>starts with <u>a still shot of the blue Paramount print logo</u>. After a little over a second, the music starts and the logo animates as normal.
* <u>At the end of an April 1998 Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) airing of ''The Devonsville Terror''</u>, the animation is slowed down but plays as normal until all that's left is "Paramount" and the mountain, when the logo freezes in place and the rest of the music is heard. It's unknown if this was used on any home media releases of the film, or any others. It's also possible that Sci-Fi Channel intentionally did this to hide any home video references.
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'''Visuals:''' It's theThe 1986 [[Paramount Pictures]] logo plays, with no video indicator whatsoever. The difference here from the theatrical version is that the logo is videotaped; the picture quality is somewhat sharper and the color scheme is brighter than normal. On occasion, the logo begins much earlier than the theatrical variant.
'''Bylines:'''
* April 1987-August 25, 1989: "A Gulf + Western Company". 1987 releases used the 75th Anniversary variant, while 1988-89 releases used the standard version.
* September 7, 1989-May 9, 1995: "A Paramount Communications Company" with a line above the byline fades in. 1989-90 releases had the byline and line above it in {{color|gold}}, while 1990-95 releases had them in white.
*June 13, 1995-April 24, 2007: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in the 1990 \/|/\CO/\/\ "Wigga Wigga" font) with a line above the byline fades in, again, in white.
'''Trivia:''' Even though Paramount debuted an updated version of their movie logo in 1999, they still used the 1995 variant for home video releases and television films.
'''Variants:'''
* <u>Like its parent logo, at the end of tapes</u>, only the finished product is seen, with the clouds moving in the background. This is also used as part of a series of bumpers placed before trailers on <u>several Paramount tapes from 1999 to 2002</u> (more on that [[Paramount Home Entertainment/Home Video Bumpers|here]]).
* An <u>early Viacom byline</u> uses the Gulf + Western/Paramount Communications variant, but when "A VIACOM COMPANY" fades in, the entire logo freezes.
* Starting in <u>the mid-1990s</u>, the cloud background is slightly changed, like with its parent logo.
* There is also a short version of this logo on <u>screener tapes from Paramount</u>.
* A <u>telecined version</u> existedexists, as evidenced by the video-generated fade-ins and fade-outs. It starts with an almost fully static logo (only the clouds move),; butafter a few seconds later, the animation starts normally. The color scheme also has a bit of a {{color|saddlebrown|brownish/earthy}} tone to it. This variant can be seen on 1990-2001 VHS releases primarily from Nickelodeon (but not always), such as <u>''Peanuts'' tapes</u>, <u>''Eureeka's Castle: Wide Awake at Eureeka's Castle''</u> (1997 release, at the beginning), <u>''The Adventures of Corduroy: The Dinosaur Egg''</u>, <u>''Gullah Gullah Island: Dance Along with the Daise Family''</u>, <u>the Paramount Family Favorites release of ''Charlotte's Web'' (1973)</u>, <u>''Rugrats: A Rugrats Vacation''</u> (at the end), <u>''Rugrats: Dr. Tommy Pickles''</u>, <u>''Gullah Gullah Island: Christmas''</u> (at the beginning of the promotional copy), <u>''Blue's Clues'',: ''Blue's Big Treasure Hunt''</u>, <u>''Rugrats: Make Room for Dil''</u>, <u>''Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Pajama Party''</u> (later printings), <u>''Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Musical Movie''</u> (at the beginning), <u>''Better Off Dead''</u> (the 2000 release) and <u>''The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye''</u>.
* <u>Some tapes with the Viacom variant</u> have the clouds become still once the Viacom byline appears.
* A still version is seen at <u>the end of some tapes</u>. This version also appears on <u>the 2002 DVD of ''Rugrats: Decade in Diapers'',</u> and <u>the 1992 U.S. VHS release of ''Demonic Toys''</u> (before the [[Full Moon Features|Full Moon]] logo) and before trailers on certain Paramount releases from 2000 to 2002.
* The Viacom variant is slightly shifted up on <u>some PAL DVD releases</u>.
* This logo was spotted at the end of some trailers on <u>screener VHS tapes from the company</u>. Here, the logo is already formed, but we see copyright info under the mountain. The copyright info then fades out after a few seconds to make room for the byline to fade in.
'''Technique:''' Same as its movie counterpart.
'''Audio Variants:'''
* On <u>the U.S. VHS releases of ''Fatal Attraction''</u> (plastering the 75th Anniversary logo) and <u>''The Blue Iguana''</u>, the 1987 [[Paramount Pictures]] fanfare is heard.
* <u>At the end of the ''It's Christmas Time Again, Charlie Brown'' 1997 U.S. VHS release</u>, <u>the promotional copies of ''Dora the Explorer: Dora's Backpack Adventure''</u> and <u>''Boohbah: Comfy Armchair''</u>, and <u>one promo on the 1995 screener VHS of ''Drop Zone'' 1995 screener VHS release</u>, the 1989 "distorted" version of the 1987 [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]] theme is heard.
* On <u>most Paramount VCD releases in Indonesia released by [[Movieline Entertainment]]</u>, quiet lawn grass sprinkler noises (which sounds like clock ticks or footsteps) are heard throughout the logo. This wasis becauseactually the logoopening wasaudio taken directly fromof the 1999 film ''Election'', suggesting the logo was taken directly from that film.
'''Availability:'''
* Many videos should have either the 75th Anniversary print logo, or the standard Gulf+Western print logo (with no mention of "HOME VIDEO") on the packaging and labels.
* The 75th Anniversary logo also plasters over the "Blue Mountain" logo on the 1987 home video releases of ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', ''Crocodile Dundee'', ''Children of a Lesser God'', ''Top Gun'', and ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'', respectively.
** Meanwhile, the standard Gulf+Western version plasters over the 75th Anniversary Logologo on the 1988 releases of ''Beverly Hills Cop II'', ''The Untouchables'', ''Back to the Beach'', ''Fatal Attraction'', and ''Planes, Trains, & Automobiles'', respectively.
** International VHS releases of these films (all released by [[Cinema International Corporation Video|CIC Video]], with the exception of ''Crocodile Dundee'') will likely have the film's original logo intact.
* This was also used on all 1994-2004 ''Peanuts'' U.S. VHS releases and all Nickelodeon U.S. VHS releases from 1996 to 2003.
'''Technique:''' CGI.
'''Audio:''' A male announcer (Gene McGarr) says "Paramount Pictures, bringing you the finest in holiday entertainment, and the best of the new year". All of this is said against a bombastic fanfare, an excerpt from the end theme of ''The Untouchables'' (the 1987 movie), composed by Ennio Morricone.
'''Availability:'''
* This logo was seen on three out of four VHS releases by the company from the era around the Christmas season of 1993 that were available in McDonald's restaurants. It is played following a preview reel for releases during the holiday season.
* The releases included ''Charlotte's Web'', ''Ghost'', and ''The Addams Family'', andrespectively. The fourth VHS, ''Wayne's World'', respectivelyused the previously-viewed rental cassette's master and therefore doesn't use this.
==Paramount Home Entertainment==
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'''Visuals:''' Over a {{color|gold}} background is, the text "Paramount" movemoves into its usual position onto the company's print logo, which is engraved onto the background, while the camera zooms out. Once the text settles, the Viacom "Wigga-Wigga" byline fades in underneath.
'''Technique:''' CGI.
'''Audio:''' A male announcer (Nick Tate) says "Paramount Pictures, the best show in town!" In the background, the same music from the previous5th Paramount Home Video logo (albeit abridged) is heard.
'''Audio Trivia:''' The tagline is a nod to Paramount's slogan in the 1920s: "If it's a Paramount picture, it's the best show in town."
'''Availability:''' Only seen on the original North American VHS release (both United States and Canadian prints) of ''Mission: Impossible''. As with the 5th Paramount Home Video logo, this follows a preview reel for releases during the 1996 holiday season
===2nd Logo (Early 1998-1999)===
'''Trivia:''' This logo appears to be the base for the [[Paramount Classics]] logo, which virtually has the same animation albeit in reverse.
'''Variant:''' Paramount adapted this logo for use inon <u>two trailers</u> (see [[Paramount Pictures/Trailer Variations|here]] for more details). This logo appears to be filmed, so it's possible it was intended to be a new theatrical logo but ended up being unused for that purpose (since Paramount re-did their 1986 logo in 1999).
'''Technique:''' CGI created by Pittard Sullivan.
'''Variants:'''
* <u>For the logo's first and official year, 2002,</u> the early 90th Anniversary version (which contains an error during the portion where the Paramount script zooms back, in which the stars seem to jump out of the text's reflection) is used. Starting in 2003, the standard one is used instead.
**The 90th Anniversary version with the finalized clouds was seen on <u>''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure''</u>, the only home video release to use this variation (all other releases with the 90th Anniversary variant used the early version, even after the movie's logo's later 90th Anniversary version debuted on ''The Sum of All Fears'').
* There is <u>a shorter, more common version</u> which starts with the stars zooming down through the clouds.
* In rare cases, the logo doesn't fade in or out. An example of this is <u>the 2005 VHS of ''Dora the Explorer: It's a Party!''</u>
* A widescreen version exists. This can be seen on <u>widescreen releases from Paramount</u>.
* Even though the clouds in the movie logo were updated on the movie ''The Sum of All Fears'', Paramount still used the prototype variant of the clouds for most home video releases until 2003. However, the 90th Anniversary version with the finalized clouds was seen on ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure'', the only home video release to use this variation.
* A <u>filmed version of the 2003 variant</u> exists.
* <u>At the end of tapes</u>, the finished product is seen, with the clouds moving westward in the background.
* On <u>the 2005 VHS of ''Dora the Explorer: It's a Party!'' 2005 VHS</u>, the logo is zoomed in, like the Paramount Network Television logo.
'''Technique:''' Same as its movie counterpart.
'''Audio Variants:'''
* <u>At the end of the 2005 VHS of ''Dora the Explorer: It's a Party!'' 2005 VHS</u>, the 1989 version of the 1987 [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]] theme is heard. It's not heard on the demo version of the VHS, however.
* <u>''Mean Girls''</u> uses the ''Paramount on Parade'' fanfare.
'''Availability:'''
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