Warner Bros. Pictures Animation/Summary

Background

In 2013, Warner Bros. relaunched their feature animation division as Warner Animation Group, debuting with The Lego Movie.

1st Logo
(February 7, 2014-May 15, 2020)

The Lego Movie (2014)

Storks (2016)

The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)

Smallfoot (2018) (A)

Smallfoot (2018) (B)

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

Scoob! (2020)

Nicknames: "CGI Shield", "The WB/WAG Combo", "The WB/WAG Shield Transformation", "Shield in the Sky", “The Reflection of the WB Backlot”, "Shield of Steel", "2010s Shield"

Logo: We start with the 1998-2020 Warner Bros. Pictures logo proceeding as normal, but the shield is rendered differently, and it turns around to reveal a shield similar-looking to the standard Warner Bros. Pictures logo, but has a white border and red interior, and the letters "WB" are replaced by "WAG", while the wording on the banner reads "Warner Animation Group". The banner is also lower than usual. A Time Warner byline is below it in gray.

Bylines:

• 2014-2016: "A TimeWarner Company"
• September 23, 2016-September 22, 2017: "A TimeWarner Company"
• July 21, 2018-May 15, 2020: "A WARNERMEDIA Company" (with "WARNERMEDIA" in its own logo font)

Variants:

• On the teaser trailer for Storks, the shield is still, smaller, and less shiny, and the Time Warner byline is larger and red.
• Each film has a different variant of this logo, all of which can be described here.

FX/SFX: The shield flipping.

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the movie. The Master and The Lego Batman Movie both feature the opening narration. Scoob uses the 1999 Warner Bros. Pictures fanfare.

Availability: Seen on most WAG films from the era. Don't expect this to appear on Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, as the Warner Bros. Animation logo is used instead. This logo also appeared on the trailers and TV spots for Tom and Jerry, despite the film itself using the next logo below.

Editor's Note: The colors of the WAG shield are more reminiscent of the how the shield appeared in Looney Tunes cartoons that were released in the 1950s.

2nd Logo

(February 10, 2021-)

Nicknames: "CGI Shield II", "The WB/WAG Combo II", "The WB/WAG Shield Transformation 2.0", "Looney Blue and Red Shields", "The Joy-Con Shields", “The Reflection of the WB Backlot II”, "Shield in the Sky II", "Shield of Steel II", "Bannerless WAG Shield", "AT&T Shield", "The 2020s Shield"

Logo: Same as the 2021 Warner Bros. Pictures logo, but rendered slightly differently. When the logo reaches its final position, it flips into an updated Warner Animation Group logo, now in the current shield with an red interior, no banner, and the text on the shield updated.

Bylines:

• February 10-July 2021: "A WarnerMedia Comapny"
• July 29, 2022: "A WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY COMPANY" (Debuted on DC League of Super-Pets)

Variant: On Tom and Jerry, when the WB shield rotates and zooms out it was superimposed above the skyline of NYC. After the shine on the WAG shield, the camera pans down to the opening shot for the start of the film's opening credits.

FX/SFX: CGI.

Music/Sounds: Same as the previous logo.

Music/Sounds Variant: On Space Jam: A New Legacy, the soundscape of a opening school basketball scene is heard with whooshes to accompany the shield's movements. The opening theme starts when the logo fades to black.

Availability: Current. It first appeared on Tom and Jerry, and will be seen on future WAG films.