American Greetings

Background: American Greetings is a greeting card company and the world's largest thereof. Through its American Greetings Properties division (formerly known as Those Characters from Cleveland), they hold the rights to such franchises as Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears.

1st Logo (2004)

Nickname: "The Rainbow Picture Frame"

Logo: We see the American Greetings signature flower icon spinning sideways in 3D with a rainbow border with "AMERICAN GREETINGS" on the bottom of it in the company font and in black.

FX/SFX: The 3D flower spinning sideways.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Care Bears: Care-a-Lot Jamboree, Care Bears: Catch-a-Star and Care Bears: Have a Ball! for PC and Mac.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (2005)

Nickname: "The Dancing Flower"

Logo: We see the American Greetings logo with the words "AMERICAN GREETINGS" in the company font in white and in a black background. The flower twists and spins, as if it was dancing and then it stops dancing. Then the logo fades.

FX/SFX: The flower dancing.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Strawberry Shortcake: Strawberryland Games for Nintendo DS.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (2010-)

Nickname: "Magician's Tricks"

Logo: On a white background, we see "AMERICAN GREETINGS" in its corporate font at the bottom, without the "I" in "GREETINGS". A red person clad in a cape spins around to us as the cape floats upwards, on top of the text, and has the "I" as if it were a magic wand. He winks, waves it, and then spins around. He transforms into the American Greetings rose logo as the "I" falls into place.

FX/SFX: The red person moving.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show. On Maryoku Yummy, high-pitched ascending sparkles are heard, followed by four crystallized notes. This is actually based on a musical cue that plays when the wishes disappear and get granted.

Availability: Seen on The Twisted Whiskers Show, Maryoku Yummy, Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Bitty Adventures, Packages From Planet X,and Care Bears: Welcome to Care-a-Lot.

Editor's Note: None. It's pretty cute.