ShadowMachine
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Background
ShadowMachine Films, doing business as simply ShadowMachine, is a animation/production company founded by Alexander Bulkley and Corey Campodonico.
1st Logo (February 20, 2005-July 16, 2007)
Nickname: "The ShadowMachine Car"
Logo: On a black background, we see the yellow highlight "SMF" with the word "SHADOWMACHINE FILMS" below it. We can see what appears to be a road in the letters, then everything fades to white.
FX/SFX: The moving 'road' in the logo.
Music/Sounds: The sound of the car revving, or a screeching sound.
Availability: Seen on seasons 1 and 2 episodes of Robot Chicken and Moral Orel.
2nd Logo (August 12, 2007-March 25, 2012, October 2, 2015)
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Slightly darker variant
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Hell and Back variant
Nicknames: "The ShadowMachine Disk", "The S Disk"
Logo: On a black background, we see a turning letter "S" on the disk with the rectangular outline around it. Under the disk is the word "SHADOWMACHINE".
Variants:
- On Titan Maximum, season 1 of Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, and season 5 of Robot Chicken, the logo is slightly darker.
- On Hell and Back, the parts of the disk and the letter "S" are spinning around for making it shine, segueing into the opening sequence of the movie.
FX/SFX: The turning.
Music/Sounds: A distorted electric guitar noise.
Music/Sounds Variant: On Hell and Back, the machine sounds are heard.
Availability: Seen on seasons 3-5 of Robot Chicken, Titan Maximum, Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, and later episodes of Moral Orel. This logo was brought back on Hell and Back.
3rd Logo (April 2, 2014-)
Logo: On a black background, we see the letters of "SHADOW MACHINE" flipping in and trembling, while the outline of it briefly appears and trembles as well.
Variant: A still variant exists.
FX/SFX: The logo forming.
Music/Sounds: A whoosh combined with a jet-like sound, a deep humming noise or the closing theme.
Availability: This logo appeared on their shows like Greatest Party Story Ever on MTV, as well as BoJack Horseman, season 1 of Tuca & Bertie on Netflix and Human Discoveries on Facebook Watch.
4th Logo (May 30, 2018)
Logo: On a black background, we see the words "SHADOWMACHINE" in a different font with some spotlights being seen.
FX/SFX: The spotlights moving.
Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.
Availability: It was only seen on Dallas and Robo.
Editor's Note: This logo is wasted for only one show.
5th Logo (March 20, 2021-)
Logo: On a black background, we see the 3D cubes with some exceptions. Then, the cubes transitions into the words "SHADOWMACHINE".
Variant: On Little Demon, the logo shares the screen with the Atomic Cartoons logo.
FX/SFX: CGI animation.
Music/Sounds: The sound of the cubes and a slashing sound, or the closing theme of the show.
Availability: Seen on the final season of Final Space and Little Demon.
6th Logo (June 13, 2021-)
Logo: On a black background, we see the word "SHADOWMACHINE" from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th logos appearing with a slash effect, then it goes away.
Variant: A still version exists where the logo is in silver.
FX/SFX: The word forming.
Music/Sounds: A slash sound.
Availability: Seen on the second season of Tuca and Bertie on Adult Swim, Ten Year Old Tom on HBO Max and the NBC special 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas.