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List of PBS KIDS Channel Identifications
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PBS KIDS channel identifications are shown always at the end of each show. Each has a certain tune in the background that ends in children singing "PBS Kids!". There are 3 main sets:
Channel identifications
*The 1st set has a green background.
**The 1st ident of this set has a boy named "Dash",
**The 2nd ident of this set is of a girl named "Dot",
*The 2nd set has a background that changes colors. Within these 2 idents, a smaller version of the opposite ident is in the upper right hand corner.
**The 1st ident of the set is Dash, the boy, who is at first a caveman, then a scuba diver, and then a robot. He grabs the letters "PBS", and the circular PBS Kids logo is shown. There is no "doink" or similar sound in this ident. Blue bubbles are shaking in this background.
**The 2nd one is Dot, the girl, who is at first a cat, than an octopus, and finally an astronaut. Something that suspiciously sounds like "doy!" is heard instead of "doink!", and the circular PBS Kids logo is shown. There are stars in this background.
*The 3rd and final set, introduced in 2004, also has 2 idents.
**The 1st ident has Dash skating on ice. The screen shakes and zooms out, to discover that he is inside a snow globe. The snowglobe is held by Dot, who giggles. "Doink" is heard as the circular PBS Kids logo appears. There is another version of this ident which is slightly different. This background shows snowflakes.
**The 2nd ident has Dash peering into his fishbowl. The camera zooms in, and Dash is now a fish. Dot is also a fish, though a bigger one, who gobbles Dash up. Once again, "Doink" is heard and Dot is in the circular logo. This background contains bubbles.
In the Miss Lori and Hooper block, there are many different idents after each program. They do not include the PBS Kids boy or girl as of September 1999, except for the last few seconds when Dash is shown in the PBS Kids logo. Some include still pictures of real children, but do occasionally move a little bit. These idents usually have a general theme, such as model buildings, a girl taking pictures, a robot, scoops on an ice cream cone, a house, dinosaurs, outer space, a treehouse, penguins, boats, kids on a school bus, a beach, bees, a picnic, a computer, some trees, a mouse going to a mousepad or instruments playing music. In these idents, there is no voiceover of "PBS Kids!"
Station idents
Many stations use station idents. Most announce their channel number, call letters, and city. Some stations use these to list shows that are coming up next or checking the program schedules. Some stations also put their logo anywhere around the background. Here are some ids made at Primal Screen.
*One includes Dash and Dot walking together down the sidewalk. Almost every three seconds they change form. First, they are normal. Then, dog and cat, fly and ladybug, corn and tomato, and snowmen. After that, they become green and pink balloons, skeletons, tuba and violin, daisies, and astronauts. Then the pattern continues until they turn into vegetables again.
*Another shows different forms of transportation. First is a man flying a plane. Then, a man is steering a green ship. Then, a car goes by with a girl and a boy that looks very similar to Dash. A train with a conductor goes past, followed by Dot riding an energetic horse. Lastly, Dash and Dot are on a fire truck. This pattern continues over again.
*One is about Dot and her pet cat. It is a pink background. It starts with Dot thinking of her cat napping, then herself hugging it. Then Dash appears in a bubble. He has his thumbs on his cheeks with all other fingers sticking straight out. Then, he changes into a flower. After that, the cat gives Dot a flower bouquet in a bubble, and dance together. Then, Dot says, "Doink!" and so does the cat in her thought bubble. Finally, the cat stretches in a bubble. This continues until right before Dash comes out.
*In one, Dot is walking or jogging in different types of weather. Whatever she thinks about comes true. First, she is in a spring shower, then summer, then a winter snow storm, then she is in a nighttime setting, followed by autumn. It continues until winter begins.
*In another one, Dash is touching a square button in a wall in the center of the screen. Dot is on the other side touching it also. When they press the button they change into something different, similar to the first ident described here, though you can only see their shadows. They continue pushing the button going back and forth, faster and faster, until they end up pressing it at the same time. Then Dash transforms into a bouncing ball, and Dot becomes a bee going in a circular motion. Many PBS stations put their logo here.
*Another one features a road with many people crossing it. Thought bubbles pop up everywhere, then the screen is clear from people, only to be filled with bubbles. One man in a car stops and makes a new bubble. Many stations put their logo here.
;Other Station Idents:
Other idents include:
*An alien (Dot is haunted by one who turns out to be Dash.), Bugs (Dash and Dot look for some.), Purple dots (Dot paints them), Merry-go-round (Dash and Dot ride one.), Musical notes (Are in the air while dash conducts an orchestra.), Carnival (Dot wins a bear there.), Dash carrying newspapers (In a big city.), Dash and Dot playing leap frog (In a field.), Dash and Dot taking pictures (Of family.), Roller coaster (Dash and Dot ride one.), People walking around (Dash riding a trolly.), Train (Toy train for Dot), Pieces of candy (Dash buys them for Dot), Science lab (Dash doing an experiment there.), Lion (Dot trains it and Dash feeds it.) and lastly Dash and Dot's faces in circular bubbles which open their mouths.
Other PBS Kids idents
Some stations show idents in which each person says their favorite colors or they are thinking about in a thought bubble. The kids or a person shouts out "PBS Kids!" in the playground or the background. They are as follows:
*Announcer: Hey, (person), what's your favorite color?
*Kids' Answer: (color; objects that are in that color appear)
*Announcer: What do you think about?
*Kids' Answer: (TV show or activity)
Also, the zapping TV Screen can show various commercials, and then they zap to the PBS Kids logo.
Some stations put their logo anywhere around the background
Website idents
*From May to August 2006, the website layout used Flash. If the mouse is put over either Dash or Dot, the "Doink" sound is heard. If it's put on a show's title, the logo pops up with a main character on it. There are different backgrounds which include the beach, sea, airplanes, superheroes, snow, park, dogs, cats, fishtank, space and spring which both Dash and Dot do an every day activty for the background. There are 4 buttons which include stories, games, coloring, and music. If there are specials they add another button which include holidays, Halloween, Valentine's day, talent show and pets. There are also three bubbles, two Dash and Dot were thinking about while doing the activty and one somewhere in a place at the website.
*Starting in September 2006, the website layout features a wheel spinning. If the mouse is put on the main character, you'll hear the shows' title. If it's put on the left arrow, the wheel will spin in counterclockwise, and if it is put on the right arrow, the wheel will spin in clockwise. If something special happens like George to George, Friend Day, Halloweeen, Valentine's Day or Earth Day they add a bubble which is small. There are different backgrounds which include ghosts, holidays, hearts, stars, sea and outside. There are three buttons which include games, music and coloring but no stories, holidays, Halloween, Valentine's day, pets or the talent show. If the mouse is put on the Miss Lori and Hooper, Dash appears to raise up his hand. If it is put on the PBS Kids logo, once again "Doink" sound is heard. There is a button which there that says All Shows can see Noddy, Jay Jay, George, Sagwa and Zobbo which Dash said "PBS KIDS". There are also three bubbles haning up with sticks. In August 2007 instead of Miss Lori and Hooper on the button, it is only Hooper on the button but Dash is with Dot rasing their hand when the mouse goes near it. The button that said All Shows, Dash said "All Shows" instead of "PBS KIDS".
Show Idents
TV Show idents
Here is a list of them from A-Z:
*Arthur
This ident starts with an orange background with a small face. He begins to whistle and the screen out outward to see a neighborhood. You notice that everything has glasses on. Then, there are girls jumping rope, and a mother rocking her baby in a stroller. The PBS Kids logo appears with Arthur in it. This is the same ident as Dot in the logo.
*Barney and Friends
In this, Dash and Dot are walking in a yellow setting. They go by flowers, cars, and houses and the last one of each of those is purple. Dash says, "WHOA!" and then the kids see Barney in the PBS Kids logo. In the background, you see purple dots coming out from behind the logo at a steady rhythm.
*Between the Lions
This one shows Dash and Dot looking for books. They are seeking each other, removing books. Theo looks up and found, then he is in the logo with a rectangular background circling.
*Caillou
This one shows Dash holding a kite, Dot riding on a bicycle and the sun in the sky singing la. The sun zooms in when the kite passes. Caillou is inside the logo with a sunshining background.
*Clifford the Big Red Dog
This one shows an artist painting a simple picture (only filling the page with one color). He tries yellow, blue and finally, red. Clifford is behind the picture and goes in the logo. Splashes of primary colors are in the background.
*Corduroy
In this one, It is a city there are policemans, city buildings, and more things in the city until a yo-yo is seen The PBS KIDS logo is seen with Corduroy in it.
*Curious George
This one shows Dot walking in a green background and Dash walking in a pink background. Then Dash climbs a staircase. Dash trips when he reaches the top of the stairs but gets up and pulls out a pair of binoculars and looks through them. He looks through it and sees an image of Curious George who then cheers and claps. The background shows three kinds of circles coming from the logo: light blue ones, pink ones and light blue ones with The Man With the Yellow Hat's hat in them.
*Dragon Tales
This one shows the dragons' tails playing instruments (Ord: Drum kit, Cassie: , Zak and Wheezie: Bongo drum). Ord appears in the logo, with sound waves in the background.
*Elliot Moose
In this one, a train conductor is seen with many other animals in the train, while they have gone left from the screen, the PBS KIDS logo appears with Elliot inside.
*George Shrinks
You see a toy plane flying in a yard. It flies in a window and George comes out. He goes inside the logo.
*Marvin the Tap Dancing Horse
Marvin the Horse's one shows a seal, a canon, and a clown, in a circus theme. The clown squirts his squirt flower and the PBS Kids logo appears with Marvin in it.
*PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch
This ident shows the worm looking and writing the TV series logo and zooms in from the circle and shown the main characters of the Bookworm Bunch.
*Sesame Street
In this one, a dog is seen. He is thinking of a fire hydrant. The hydrant thinks of a robot. The robot thinks of Dash turning his key. Dash thinks of Elmo. Then finally, Elmo thinks about PBS in the PBS Kids logo. A purple spiral design fills the screen.
*Seven Little Monsters
Dash and Dot are in a green hallway with seven doors. They open each door which has a number on it. Each monster has a door. For example, One has a door with sports equipment inside of it. Five's door then opens last with a doughnut rolling out. The PBS Kids logo appears with Five inside.
*Teletubbies
This starts with a bug that sees a yellow hill with a worm on it. In reality, it is Laa-Laa's loop on her head. He pulls at it and he flings himself to Dipsy's head and spins around, then goes to Tinky-Winky's. He ends up on Po's head and tries to go through her circle but can't. Then four logos appear, each with a Teletubby inside. The background has large pink stripes shaking a bit.
*Timothy Goes to School
In this one, a lunchbox is seen, in it an apple and a sandwich and other's things for Timothy's lunch , Then a lunchbox is seen from a picture of Timothy and it zooms out of the PBS KIDS logo While he is in He is seen eating an apple and the whole background is food.
*Wishbone
In this one, a book is seen it has a scary green monster inside the book, when the monsters inside the book, Soccer is in the PBS KIDS logo.
*Zoboomafoo
This one begins with a giraffe going to a tree branch. He tries to grab some leaves but flings himself to the ground (which is shown about three seconds later). The leaves end up in an elephant's trunk, then a wild cat jumps in and grabs them. He continues running until Zoboo's arm appears and grabs the leaves. Then Zoboo is in the logo with three tall quadrilaterals behind him. They are: Yellow, Pink and Gold. There is a black outline around them. It is shaking.
*ZOOM
This one is a little different from the others. It has Dash's profile while walking. He thinks about a lion, an alien spaceship and finally, PBS. Dash is inside the logo next to the show's logo, surrounded by other PBS Kids in different colored bubbles.
These idents can be used for many programs:
*In the first one, Dash is making incredible hand shadows. He then makes the PBS Kids logo, with orange ovals moving around in the background. Cyberchase (Hacker is in the logo), The Backyardigans (Pablo), It's a Big Big World (Snook), Jakers (Piggley), and Boohbah (Zumbah) use this ident. Liberty's Kids (Sarah, James & Henri) also used this when the program aired.
*In the second one, you see a crab who is on the beach, then floats down. Octopuses, jellyfish, and other fish are swimming around. Still following the crab, she reaches her home and air bubbles float up. They make the PBS Kids logo appear. In the background, you'll see the bubbles coming out from behind the logo. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (Fred Rogers is in the logo), Jay Jay the Jet Plane (Jay Jay), Sagwa (Sagwa), and Berenstain Bears (Mama Bear) use this ident. Anne of Green Gables (Anne) and Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends (Thomas) also used this ident when the programs aired.
*In the third one, this shows a pig, bird, cricket, fish and dinosaur in a book shape. The dinosaur book opens up to show the PBS Kids logo. In the background, you'll see orange alphabet letters coming out from behind the logo. Reading Rainbow (Levar Burton is in the logo), Word World (Frog), and Clifford's Puppy Days (little Clifford) use this ident. Adventures from the Book of Virtues (Annie) also used this ident when the program aired.
TV schedule idents
PBS Kids states what's coming up next after most programs, in special idents. They usually all have a short description of the program read by Dash, Dot, or respective announcers. Some stations put their logo in them.
*The first schedule ident is of a pinball machine. Dash pulls the handle, plays pinball, and the ball lands on top of the center circle, which opens the screen and shows what's coming up next. Then, he continues to play pinball and hits the green circle along with the show title and shadows in. The main character is shown in the circle. Arthur (Arthur is in the circle), Berenstain Bears (Mama Bear), Between the Lions (Lionel), Reading Rainbow (Levar Burton), Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, (Sagwa), Zoboomafoo (Zoboo), and ZOOM (Caroline). Liberty's Kids (Sarah, James & Henri) and Adventures from the Book of Virtues (Zack and Annie) also used these when the program aired.
*The second one is in which two cars race. A set of double doors with the PBS Kids logo opens and shows what's coming up next. Then the doors close from the back, and the camera view zooms out and a green circle with the show title appears. Once again, the main character is shown in the circle. Clifford (Clifford and Puppy Clifford), Cyberchase (Jackie, Matt, Inez and Digit), Dragon Tales (Ord), George Shrinks (George), ' (Whyatt), Jay Jay the Jet Plane (Jay Jay), It's a Big Big World (Snook) and Sesame Street (Elmo) use this. PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch (George) also used this when the program aired weekends.
*The final ident is of a jack-in-the-box. Dot turns the crank until the background rectangle slides all the way off and shows what's coming up next. Then she turns the crank again and a clown comes out. Instead of Pop Goes the Weasel, the PBS Kids theme is heard, and a child is heard saying "lollipop". The clown is holding a sign with a green circle (which is in the shape of the stated lollipop). As always, of course, the green circle has the main character in it. This one does not have the program title. Barney (Barney), Caillou (Caillou), ' (Piggley), Mister Rogers (Fred Rogers), Thomas & Friends (Thomas), Teletubbies (Po), and Word World (Frog) use this. Anne of Green Gables (Anne) also used this when the program aired.
In the Bookworm Bunch schedule block, either Dash or Dot presses a button. The machine hand grabs a book and drops in the TV machine, and content from the upcoming show appears. Then it opens the book to see the green circle with the show title and the main character. Corduroy (Corduroy), Timothy Goes to School (Timothy), Marvin, the Tap-dancing Horse (Marvin), Elliot Moose (Elliot Moose), Seven Little Monsters (Five), and George Shrinks (George)
Generally, the pinball table ident is directed to older children viewers, the jack-in-the-box for younger viewers, and the car race is for in between ages. Some stations don't show these idents. Also, on the Thomas & Friends Jack-in-the-Box ident, there is not a description for some reason.
In another, Hooper from Miss Lori and Hooper knows what's coming up next on PBS Kids.
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