Walt Disney Pictures/Logo Variations/Summary

1985-1989
During these years, there are no variations for Disney's logo.

1990-2006 (Original 6-flag Version)
A Goofy Movie (1995): The logo fades out, but the blue background stays intact. Then, the opening titles play over the background. The camera pans down as part of the opening.

'That Darn Cat! (1997):' Cats meow to the melody of the logo's fanfare.

Meet the Deedles (1998): It moves into an underwater scene.

I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998): Christmas lights appear and flash constantly all over the curved line as soon as it gets drawn.

Tarzan (1999): As the flash of light forms the "Walt Disney" text, the background turns into a CGI jungle.

Inspector Gadget (1999) and Inspector Gadget 2 (2003, DTV): It is mechanized and the white curved line is replaced by a gear. Then, the castle dismantles itself. On the first movie, it segues into the opening credits. On the second movie, the 1985 fanfare is used, along with different sound effects when the castle is dismantled, plus it zooms out.

My Favorite Martian (1999): It slowly fades into Mars. Also, it freezes for several seconds before the curved line gets drawn.

Fantasia 2000 (2000):
 * Opening : Same as the Tarzan variant, but the background turns into space.
 * Closing : The arc fades into the background. It was also seen at the end of The Emperor's New Groove, albeit a short version is used with the closing theme.

Recess: School's Out (2001): The flash that forms the "Walt Disney" signature expands where Gus, Mikey, Gretchen, Spinelli, Vince, and TJ appear on the castle after the flash and play the tune on kazoos while it plays.

The Country Bears (2002): The logo plays as is usually does, but once it's finished, it appears on a wood background. A fire spark goes all the way to the bottom right.

Snow Dogs (2002): After the curved line draws, it turns icy and starts to snow.

Lilo & Stitch (2002):
 * The logo is on a black background, and the flash that draws the curve line is now green with a "Pulsing" sound effect. It is then stolen by a UFO beam.
 * On "Stitch's Trial", the original opening from the film's home media release, the logo is grayscaled, and the alien language text fades in and keeps switching between them before it switches to English. After the rest animates as usual, it fades into the opening shot.

George of the Jungle 2 (2003, DTV): After it is formed, George swings around the screen and hits the castle, causing it to fall over.

The Haunted Mansion (2003): The castle turns into a mansion while dark clouds cover the text.

Lorenzo (2004): It is made up of colorful neon signs. Also, it is animated the way neon signs are. The arc is syncly animated with the male conductor. One of the segments of the arc flickers with the conductor counts.

Home on the Range (2004):
 * Opening : The almost-formed logo is branded onto a piece of leather. Then the arc fires in and then burns up to opening shot.
 * Closing : It fades in on the brown background used for the credits, and there are background sounds of the saloon piano accompanied with someone leaving the saloon.

Chicken Little (2005): A woodcraft style Cinderella Castle floats in a clear blue sky. The text drifts in beneath it, and a shooting star inscribes an arc above the castle.

The Shaggy Dog (2006): After the Original 6-flag Version castle forms, it turns into a doghouse (and the shape turn into the 7-flag Version), with the top segments as the roof and the bottom segments as the doorway. Then, the white flash reveals the 3D text with "PICTURES" in ITC Lubalin Graph Bold typeface, which stays intact.

2000-2006 (7-flag Version)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001):
 * Opening : The lights from the water ripples reflect on a rusted-steel wall, revealing the already-formed logo. The spark of light arcs within the curved line. The camera zooms slightly forward.
 * Closing : Nearly the same as the opening variant, but it is already formed and the background is well-lit (signifying Atlantis' restoration to former glory), yet the camera still zooms slightly forward.

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002, DTV): We start with the background. Then, at the bottom, a four-pointed dust rises up, splits and explodes like fireworks revealing a part of the 7-flag Disney castle. The last first rises up and explodes revealing the whole castle. Then, the "Walt Disney" signature then writes itself, while the rest of the logo plays normally. The text & arc then fades out, and the castle dissolves into Cinderella's castle for the opening shot.

Return to Never Land (2002): The entire logo is part of the prologue. As the curved line animates, pixie dust falls from it. A yellow glowing ball (representing Tinker Bell) is drawing the curved line and then flies around and into the gate revealing the cloudy texture in the background. Then, it zooms out to the left and is revealed to be on a cloud. The camera then pans around as the logo suddenly disappears as the movie begins.

The Jungle Book 2 (2003): It is superimposed in front of a piece of cloth behind a blue light as the logo fully animates and weaves the bit until it fades and the color changes.

'Stitch! The Movie (2003, DTV)': When the arc forms, the background fades to space, causing the castle & text to TV static out.

Piglet's Big Movie (2003): It animates as normal (with the introduction of the opening song playing over it), but the arc is pink (Due to the color of (Hence the title) Piglet) instead of white.

101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure (2003, DTV): Dogs bark to the melody of the logo's fanfare.

Teacher's Pet (2004): It is animated in the same style of the movie. After it's formed, it zooms it to the end of the arc, which fades to a wishing star. This animation was designed by Gary Baseman.

Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004, DTV): It is white with a hint of red over a red Christmas ornament on a Christmas tree in the same style of the movie.

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch has a Glitch (2005, DTV): It encounters a glitch, just like a computer would do. Also, the castle segments go backwards at the beginning, starting from the bottom segment of the castle appearing and more segments appear one-by-one until the top segment appears and then, the top segment flashes like a neuralyzer.

Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005): It animates as normal. Then, the castle dissolves into cloud formation, and the background & the words fades to the cloudy sky atmosphere. The camera pans down to start the feature.

Tarzan II (2005, DTV): Exactly like on Tarzan, but the logo uses 2000's 7-flag version instead, and the jungle is more detailed and different.

Brother Bear II (2006, DTV): The 7-flag logo plays, but after the arc is drawn, we see birds fly out from the end of the arc, then we fade to the film's opening shot.

Bambi II (2006, DTV): It is white and superimposed in the mist. Then after it forms, the mist covers it up.

Leroy & Stitch (2006, DTV): When the arc forms, the background fades to space, just like in ''Stitch! The Movie''. After that, the logo goes into hyperdrive.

2000-2006 (Flashlight Version)
Freaky Friday (2003): It animates as normal, then fades into an aged parchment page, transitioning into the film's opening titles sequence.

The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003):
 * Opening : The castle zooms in rapidly by segments, followed by letters coming (one after one) from the left. Then the logo begins to flash blue and red, like police lights. The curved line drawing is blue, and after the logo is done, it disappears, and the logo itself moves to the right.
 * Closing : Same as the opening variant, but it is already formed with the flashing blue and red lights removed, and after the curved line is formed, it fades out.

Ice Princess (2005): The "flashlight" logo is tinted blue with ice particles coming out of the curved line.

Sky High (2005): The "flashlight" logo fades into a silhouette of the Disney castle as seen in the skyline.

The Wild (2006): In the darkness, the particle makes its usual way above the castle while in voice-over Samson the lion is about to tell his son Ryan a story. Suddenly, as Ryan tells Samson he already heard his story a billion times it stops and rushes back. Then as the conversation repeats, it tries again, makes 2/3 of the distance, and rushes back again. Next time, the conversation occurs again and the particle is being drawn back by a hand. For the fourth time, the particle (and thus, Samson) finally succeeds, and the logo turns into the sun. The text is in 3-D, made of stone, and has some acacia trees surrounding the castle.

2006-2012
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006): When it fully forms, the camera zooms out to reveal a snow globe surrounding it that Santa holds. He then shakes the snow globe, which causes snow to surround the castle, transitioning to the start of the movie. Also, when the snow globe appears, the music has been slightly slowed down.

Enchanted (2007): The sparkles that surround the text disappear as the last note of the music hits. Then, as the opening music starts, the camera zooms forward past the text to the castle into a room in the top middle of it.

Presto (2008) and Pixar Animation Studios Short Films (First Version): We see the castle on a red textured background as an homage to the old Disney cartoons. It reads "Walt Disney Pictures Presents" underneath, with the "Walt Disney" text taken from the Walt Disney Animation Studios logo.

Bedtime Stories (2008): When the music ends, the entire animation stops and the sparkles disappear, then it turns into a pop-up book.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008): When the music ends, the logo turns into a diamond shape and moves into the opening title.

High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008): When the last five notes are playing, a light appears at the way of the glowing pinpoint, then it morphs into a lightbulb surging into the opening title sequence.

G-Force (2009): The train in the background makes a whistling sound which isn't present in other Disney movies.

Race to Witch Mountain (2009): The logo gets darkened when the text fades in and the castle turns into the mountain from the Witch Mountain films.

Tron: Legacy (2010): The logo is gradually formed by graphics like those found in the Grid.

Mars Needs Moms (2011): It animates as normal, but the sky turns red when the arc is drawn.

Prom (2011): It starts normally, but when the glowing pinpoint reaches the end, it suddenly turns into a photo tinted in yellow, then a pencil-drawn castle on a separate sheet of paper covers the original castle and the paper cut from the 1985-2006 logo with "Walt Disney" covered onto it. The music also turns into a rock version when it transforms.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011): The dark blue fog comes in from the left to fill the screen as the animation (which is tinted in dark blue) fades in at the camera panning down (you still see the glimpse of the stars as it fades in.) On the castle, the Jolly Roger flag is at the highest spire. The fireworks are in a white tint while sounds of firing cannons are heard. On the front river, two mermaids flip their tails before the text fades in as it zooms to position.