History LogoJoke / DreamWorksAnimation

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[[caption-width-right:350:A well-deserved rest for Po after [[AbsurdlyLongStairway one too many stairs.]]]]
Creator/DreamWorksAnimation became a major animation studio that not only branched out independently from [[Creator/DreamWorksSKG its own parent company]], but developed its own animated media, with their own logo jokes.

A popular way to open a Creator/DreamWorksAnimation movie is to pan down from the scene with the boy in the moon, so even logos that are otherwise normal will have the sky altered to match the opening scene.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': The boy casts his line and the action switches to the worm at the end, which segues into the movie proper as the worm falls into the water screaming.
* ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'': Barry B. Benson scares away the boy and takes his place on the moon.
* ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarEscape2Africa'': The penguins knock out the boy and take his place, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KB0oLUfgJ0 here]].
** ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'': After a "20 Years" version of the regular [=DreamWorks=] logo, the logo appears on an ice cliff face with the boy in the moon. Part of the cliff then breaks off to reveal the silhouettes of the four penguins on top of each other, [[CallBack taking the boy's place with the penguin on top holding the fishing rod]]. Seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDmPqvDMIqw here]].
* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'': A UFO abducts the boy with a tractor beam. Furthermore, the logo appears in grainy black-and-white and in the 3D version appears flat.
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'': A leopard in a coolie hat in a NinjaRun, skips across a body of water, fishing pole in hand, leaping up onto the crescent moon to take the boy's place, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTzOolTfcTY here]].
** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' has Master Oogway [[spoiler:who died in the first film]] go to the moon and take the boy's place, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HvCYkX4BLY here]].
*** The inbetweenquel feature "Secrets of the Scroll" has Oogway watching from heaven, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oW4bfH9PlM here]].
** In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'', Po [[RunningGag wears himself out climbing a long flight of stairs]] to get to the moon, and ends up flopping across it, exhausted. [[spoiler:It also ties in with him achieving transcendence in the third film and visiting the spirit realm, like Oogway did.]]
* Some Chinese releases use an [[SpecialEditionTitle Oriental DreamWorks logo]], where the moon is formed from a paint stroke and a panda (inspired by Po) sits on the moon, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeUorEKVp_M here]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': The "S"s in the [=DreamWorks=] logo turn green and grow ogre ears [[spoiler: reflecting Fiona's nightly transformation]]. [[note]]While an animated feature, this was a [=DreamWorks=] SKG release, as [=DreamWorks=] Animation would not be formed until 2004[[/note]]. The series' {{leitmotif}}, "Fairytale", also replaces the normal logo fanfare; said score track would later become the normal [=DreamWorks=] Animation theme.
** [[HalloweenSpecial Scared Shrekless]]: The boy is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaHexCsB5hQ scared by a wolf howl]] and hides behind the crescent moon.
* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'': a Night Fury flies around in the background. This otherwise introduces the new vanity plate for Creator/DreamWorksAnimation (which exploits the 3D with a more elaborate fishline-swinging). The usual pan down opening shot is inverted as the scene transitions by the night fury flying in front of the logo, revealing it to be a reflection in the water, which then follows a pan ''up'' to the opening scene.
** The third film, ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'', introduces another [=DreamWorks=] Animation logo: the logo starts off in a 2D animation style and cleverly transitions into 3D CGI.
* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots'': The animation is accompanied by lively Spanish music, including the sound of a whip-crack which coincides with the boy casting out his fishing line.
* ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'': Jack Frost takes the boy's place in the crescent moon, his staff in the place of the fishing rod. He lazily knocks the snowflake off towards the screen, causing the camera to zoom out, and the '[=DreamWorks=]' title then freezes up with frost and explodes into snowflakes.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheCroods'': The logo is a cave painting.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheCroodsANewAge'': Belt is sitting on the moon, and strikes a light to illuminate it out of darkness.
* ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'': Sherman sits on the crescent moon, casting the fishing line.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'': The boy is sucked up into a Boov transport and is then replaced by a Boov who then casts the fishing line.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'': The logo turns into a scrapbook page with the fishing boy getting a Troll hairdo, as Poppy and the Trolls sing an a capella version of the "Fairytale" theme.
** ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'': The logo is another scrapbook page, with the fishing boy turning into a Rock Troll and playing a riff on his guitar. There is also a [[MilestoneCelebration 25 Years Commemoration]] logo with this feature.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'': The entire logo is structured into a baby mobile, and the "Fairytale" track sounds like a tinkly lullaby. The sky also resembles the regular logo not used by [=DreamWorks=] Animation.
* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie'': George and Harold can be heard humming along to the "Fairytale" music.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}'' spinoffs:
** For the prequel series ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'', Julien sits in a straw moon hanging above the jungle and uses Mort to catch a shark, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt9EZKzHkD0 here]].
** Another prequel series, ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarALittleWild'' has a snapshot of a young Marty, Alex, Gloria and Melman posing in front of the original [=DreamWorks=] blue/purple sky logo.
* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' spinoffs:
** ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'': Hiccup and Toothless are sitting in the moon together, Hiccup is reading a book while Toothless has a fishing line tied to his tail. Toothless then fires on the camera, which {{Match Cut}}s with the opening, depicting Hiccup and Toothless flying out of the moon.
** The spinoff series ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRescueRiders'' features Dak falling off the [=DreamWorks=] moon and the dragon Winger catching him on his back.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'': Puss sits in the moon instead of the boy. He catches a fish which he tosses directly into his mouth, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25-GysKVH1w here]].
* The prequel series ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheCroods'' has the entire family piled onto the moon as it rocks them to sleep, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvAy9UIP0KE here]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheNewMrPeabodyAndShermanShow'': The WABAC drops Sherman off on the moon, who then fishes up "[=DreamWorks=] Television Animation", on which Peabody is sitting on, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXUd4ibMQrY here]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinotrux}}'': Revvit carves a Creator/DreamWorks logo into the ground that features Ty Rux and him fishing on the moon, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_9Yn7IaUsQ here]].
* ''WesternAnimation/HomeAdventuresWithTipAndOh'': Oh is in the moon in place of the boy, he fishes up the controller for his saucer, and activates it, flying off into the opening proper.
* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': Voltron cuts a chunk out of the moon leaving only the crescent shape remaining, standing behind it where the boy would normally go.
* The ''Franchise/TalesOfArcadia'' series:
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'': The Amulet of Merlin opens into the crescent moon, Jim steps out of the crescent where the fishing boy would go and holds his sword high, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGbj5yU_7yY here]].
** ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'': The [=DreamWorks=] logo is formed from an Akiridion interface, and Luug the dog appears in it and barks.
** ''WesternAnimation/Wizards2020'': The Heart of Avalon device forms the crescent moon, and Archie flies into it and perches on it.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': the logo appears from Light Hope's hologram and features She-Ra in her classic "sword aloft" pose, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKTmKKa4mr0 here]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiritRidingFree'': A horse steps on a twig lying in the dirt, its hoof-print making a vaguely moon-shaped impression with the silhouette of Lucky sitting in the place of the fishing boy; the twig serving as her fishing rod.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'' spinoffs:
** ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'': Poppy stands on a cloud (Cloud Guy), forms her hair into a crescent, and uses a stick attached to a piece of string to cast Guy Diamond and the logo up. Then, he puts glitter onto the logo.
** ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTrollstopia'': The Trollstopia ambassadors put together the logo via scrapbook, with Poppy putting the finishing touch by giving the fishing boy a troll hairdo.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyBackInBusiness'': The Creator/DreamWorks Animation logo is shoved aside and replaced by Ted Templeton Jr. on a swivel chair shaped like the moon. He tells his secretary to hold all his calls, and goes to sleep on the chair. Seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlV_0ss9dz4 here]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants'': Harold and George are coloring a Captain Underpants page that has the titular superhero standing on the moon, taking the place of the boy, and the camera zooms in on the page that comes to life by Captain Underpants attempting to fly only for his underpants to get caught by the tip of the moon while flutes play a heroic jingle. Seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL88gWZpV3w&t=0s&list=LLmXTu_msqzlFw5U_eSfmJmg&index=2 here]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle'': Bullwinkle does his magic trick and pulls Rocky out of a hat, who flies up to the Creator/DreamWorks Animation logo, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBqC8PMEYJk here]].
* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': Mandu munches on a bag of cheese snacks at the end of the fishing line, which draws him to the logo, where Wolf is sitting in place of the fishing boy. Seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxPhnRRoKgg here]].
* ''ComicBook/CleopatraInSpace'' has Cleopatra and her cat Khensu on the moon, who take off on an anti-gravity bike. The writing also appears in hieroglyphics briefly.
* ''WesternAnimation/HarveyStreetKids'': The three main girls sit on the crescent. Dot fishes up a flag and hands it to Audrey, who gets thrown to the top of the crescent by Lotta, plants the flag on the top of the crescent, and hangs off of it.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'': The entire logo is structured into a baby mobile. The sky also resembles the regular logo not used by [=DreamWorks=] Animation.
* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie'': George and Harold can be heard humming along to the music.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'': The logo turns into a scrapbook page with the fishing boy getting a Troll hairdo, as Poppy and the Trolls sing an a capella version of the music.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'': The boy casts his line and the action switches to the worm at the end, which segues into the movie proper.

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** For the prequel series ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'', Julien sits in a straw moon hanging above the jungle and uses Mort to catch a shark, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt9EZKzHkD0 here]].
** Another prequel series, ''WesternAnimation/MadagascarALittleWild'' has a snapshot of a young Marty, Alex, Gloria and Melman posing in front of the original [=DreamWorks=] blue/purple sky logo.

** [[HalloweenSpecial Scared Shrekless]]: The boy is scared by a wolf howl and hides behind the crescent moon.

** ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'': Hiccup and Toothless are sitting in the moon together, Hiccup is reading a book while Toothless has a fishing line tied to his tail. Toothless then fires on the camera, which {{Match Cut}}s with the opening, depicting Hiccup and Toothless flying out of the moon.
** The spinoff series ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRescueRiders'' features Dak falling off the [=DreamWorks=] moon and the dragon Winger catching him on his back.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfPussInBoots'': Puss sits in the moon instead of the boy. He catches a fish which he tosses directly into his mouth, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25-GysKVH1w here]].

** The prequel series ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheCroods'' has the entire family piled onto the moon as it rocks them to sleep, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvAy9UIP0KE here]].

** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewMrPeabodyAndShermanShow'': The WABAC drops Sherman off on the moon, who then fishes up "[=DreamWorks=] Television Animation", on which Peabody is sitting on, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXUd4ibMQrY here]].
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinotrux}}'': Revvit carves a Creator/DreamWorks logo into the ground that features Ty Rux and him fishing on the moon, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_9Yn7IaUsQ here]].

** ''WesternAnimation/HomeAdventuresWithTipAndOh'': Oh is in the moon in place of the boy, he fishes up the controller for his saucer, and activates it, flying off into the opening proper.
* ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'': Voltron cuts a chunk out of the moon leaving only the crescent shape remaining, standing behind it where the boy would normally go.
* The ''Franchise/TalesOfArcadia'' series:
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'': The Amulet of Merlin opens into the crescent moon, Jim steps out of the crescent where the fishing boy would go and holds his sword high, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGbj5yU_7yY here]].
** ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'': The [=DreamWorks=] logo is formed from an Akiridion interface, and Luug the dog appears in it and barks.
** ''WesternAnimation/Wizards2020'': The Heart of Avalon device forms the crescent moon, and Archie flies into it and perches on it.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': the logo appears from Light Hope's hologram and features She-Ra in her classic "sword aloft" pose, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKTmKKa4mr0 here]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiritRidingFree'': A horse steps on a twig lying in the dirt, its hoof-print making a vaguely moon-shaped impression with the silhouette of Lucky sitting in the place of the fishing boy; the twig serving as her fishing rod.

** ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTheBeatGoesOn'': Poppy stands on a cloud (Cloud Guy), forms her hair into a crescent, and uses a stick attached to a piece of string to cast Guy Diamond and the logo up. Then, he puts glitter onto the logo.
** ''WesternAnimation/TrollsTrollstopia'': The Trollstopia ambassadors put together the logo via scrapbook, with Poppy putting the finishing touch by giving the fishing boy a troll hairdo.

** ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBabyBackInBusiness'': The Creator/DreamWorks Animation logo is shoved aside and replaced by Ted Templeton Jr. on a swivel chair shaped like the moon. He tells his secretary to hold all his calls, and goes to sleep on the chair. Seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlV_0ss9dz4 here]].

** ''WesternAnimation/TheEpicTalesOfCaptainUnderpants'': Harold and George are coloring a Captain Underpants page that has the titular superhero standing on the moon, taking the place of the boy, and the camera zooms in on the page that comes to life by Captain Underpants attempting to fly only for his underpants to get caught by the tip of the moon while flutes play a heroic jingle. Seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL88gWZpV3w&t=0s&list=LLmXTu_msqzlFw5U_eSfmJmg&index=2 here]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'': A bee scares away the boy and takes his place on the moon.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': The Ss in the DreamWorks logo turn green and grow ogre ears [[spoiler: reflecting Fiona's nightly transformatin]]. [[note]]While an animated feature, this was a DreamWorks SKG release as DreamWorks Animation would not be formed until 2004[[/note]]. The series {{leitmotif}} "Fairlytale" also substitutes the normal logo fanfare; said score track would later become the normal [=DreamWorks=] Animation theme.

Creator/DreamWorksAnimation became a major animation studio that not only branched out independently from [[Creator/DreamWorksSKG its own parent]] but developed its own animated media, with their own logo jokes.

Creator/DreamWorksAnimation became a major animation studio that not only branched out independently from its own parent [[Creator/DreamWorksSKG]] but develops its own animated media, with their own logo jokes.

** ''WesternAnimation/DawnOfTheCroods'': The entire family piles onto the moon as it rocks them to sleep, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvAy9UIP0KE here]].

* ''WesternAnimation/FastAndFuriousSpyRacers'' has both the Universal and [=DreamWorks=] Animation logos as hood ornaments on a Dodge Charger car.

* ''VideoGame/TaiFuWrathOfTheTiger'': A dragon flies by the moon, and carries off the fisher boy. Tai'Fu then takes his place, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL_ZsTOKCp0 here]]

A popular way to open a Creator/DreamWorksAnimation movie is to pan down from the scene with the boy in the moon, so even logos that are otherwise normal will have the sky altered to match the opening scene.[softreturn]

Also see [[LogoJoke.DreamWorksSKG logo jokes from its sister company]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'': The S in both "Creator/DreamWorks" and "SKG" turn green and grow ogre ears. The series {{leitmotif}} "Fairlytale" also substitutes the normal logo fanfare; said score track would later become the normal [=DreamWorks=] Animation theme.

* ''WesternAnimation/HomeAdventuresWithTipAndOh'': Oh is in the moon in place of the boy, he fishes up the controller for his saucer, and activates it, flying off into the opening proper.

Also see LogoJoke.DreamWorksSKG.

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** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' has Master Oogway [[spoiler: who died in the first film]] go to the moon and take the boy's place, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HvCYkX4BLY here]].

** In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'', Po [[RunningGag wears himself out climbing a long flight of stairs]] to get to the moon, and ends up flopping across it, exhausted, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5djb3M_tXtw here]]. [[spoiler: It also ties in with him achieving transcendence in the third film and visiting the spirit realm, like Oogway did.]]
* Some Chinese releases use an [[SpecialEditionTitle Oriental DreamWorks logo]], where the moon is formed from a paintstroke and a panda (inspired by Po) sits on the moon, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeUorEKVp_M here]].

* ''VideoGame/TaiFuWrathOfTheTiger'': A dragon flies by the moon, and carries off the fisher boy. Tai'Fu then takes his place, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL_ZsTOKCp0 here]]

A popular way to open a Creator/DreamWorksAnimation movie is to pan down from the scene with the boy in the moon, so even logos that are otherwise normal will have the sky altered to match the opening scene.

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* ''VideoGame/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' for UsefulNotes/PlayStation and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn: The boy's line gets a tug, he exclaims "Caught something!", and the boy is violently yanked off the moon as a raptor snarl is heard, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyl77NjhqiM here]].
** This is [[BrickJoke referenced during the end-game cutscene]], where the camera pans over a pair of raptors before panning up to show the boy on the moon.
* ''Film/SmallSoldiers'' for [=PlayStation=]: The Commando Elite climb up the line and throw the kid off the moon, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W24A88rRHfg here]].

* ''VideoGame/TaiFuWrathOfTheTiger'': A dragon flies by the moon, and carries off the fisher boy. Tai'Fu then takes his place, seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL_ZsTOKCp0 here]]
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