Mushroom Pictures (Australia)

1st logo

(2000-November 28, 2004)

 Warning:  Do not watch the video if you are prone to epilepsy.

Nicknames : "Sydney Destroyed", "Going into the Hyperspace After The Destruction", "Sydney Skyline Gone Wrong", "Troma's Even Weirder Cousin", "Directed By Michael Bay", "The Atomic Bombing of Sydney", "The Most Ridiculous Logo Ever", "Kanaal 2's Australian Brother"

Logo : We see a skyline of Sydney, Australia, with the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. There are grey clouds in the background, and a river beneath. A helicopter flies to the left of the city. Suddenly, a bright flash occurs and covers the whole screen. When the flash dims out, we see a mushroom cloud explosion destroy all of the city including the landmarks. Once the city is destroyed, the letter M zooms in quickly, and other letters zoom in quickly and forms the text "MUSHROOMPICTURES". The scene briefly fades to a footage of a nuclear explosion at night and cuts to a rapid montage of images (most of them are psychedelic): The eye then zooms into the screen quickly, leaving the text "MUSHROOMPICTURES" on a black background.
 * A rainbow-colored fractal spiral
 * An orange, blue and pink fractal arc
 * A fractal spiral with the shades of blue
 * A weird looking black and red shape
 * A radially-blurred image of the yellow dandelion
 * Rainbow fractal circles over the blue background
 * A red and yellow background
 * The same fractal spiral with the shades of blue
 * A different orange, blue and pink fractal arc
 * An orange, green, and blue triangle background
 * A rotating starry background with a big star in the middle
 * A radially-blurred image of a rose
 * And a radially-blurred footage of a blinking eye

FX/SFX : Everything in the logo, considering we don't need to describe the stuff all over again!

Cheesy Factor : Even for it's time, this logo goes far off the charts! The flash, explosion, and the destruction of the city are cheap CGI. The letters zooming in are choppy, and all the transitions are very abrupt and unprofessional. Also, everything shown after the explosion was very unnecessary and can cause seizures, and they stole the music from a different logo. This is definitely one of the most ridiculous logos ever, but it may have been intentional. Did Michael Bay direct this?

Music/Sounds : After we hear a helicopter sound, an abridged version of the Golden Princess Amusement fanfare is heard combined with explosions and whooshes.

Availability : Can be seen on Chopper, Cut, Russian Doll, Horseplay, The National Karaoke Challenge, and Gettin' Square.

Scare Factor : Medium to nightmare. All of the crazy action going on can definitely scare more than a few people, makes this one of the most ridiculous and craziest logos ever made, although the cheesiness of the logo can tone down the scare factor for some; it also may rise higher if you are scared of nuclear explosions. Though people unaffected by this would laugh at how bad this logo is (or just find it straight-up funny).

2nd Logo

(September 16 2005-present)

Logo : On a snow covered space background, we see an aurora moving around. A few seconds later, the text "MUSHROOMPICTURES" fades in with a blurry effect, like it's emerged from the aurora.

FX/SFX : The snow, the aurora. The animation is much better than the previous logo.

Music/Sounds : Jingling bells are heard throughout the logo. A weird space sound is heard when the text fades in.

Availability : Can be seen on the controversial 2005 horror film Wolf Creek.

Scare Factor : None. This logo is relaxing, and is much tamer than the previous logo.