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1st logo (September 11, 1971-1978): On a black background, An abstract, trapezoid-shaped white M from the Motown logo flashes in the center of the screen, while multicolored lines and polygons gradually converge on the M. As the colored lines fill the M, the M turns sky blue and zooms-in the reveal a blue background. Finally, the the Motown M reappears in center with the words "MOTOWN Productions Inc." with Motown in a larger font.

Variant[]

On Jackson 5ive (the Jackson Five's 1971-73 Saturday morning cartoon series), the logo is tinted in blue and the opening animation is speed up, with a Rankin/Bass script logo and co-production/IAW credit fading in and out.

2nd logo (1983): TBA.

3rd logo (1983-1989): On a black background, we see nine neon parallelograms-- three red, three blue, and three green-- zoom-out toward the screen to form the Motown logo, which turns a golden color. A glowing blue square surrounds it, and "MOTOWN PRODUCTIONS" appears below in white.

4th logo (1992): We see a large, gray marble brick with the same abstract M as before with "MOTOWN Productions inc." underneath it. The marble brick simultaneously turns away from us while light is being emitted from the abstract "M".

Music/Sounds[]

1st logo: A somewhat dramatic disco fanfare, accompanied by "beeps" for each time the M flashes.

2nd logo: TBA.

3rd logo: The closing theme plays throughout.

4th logo: The closing theme plays throughout.

Scare Factor[]

1st logo: Low to medium. While the fanfare is fairly tame, the flashing M and beeps are an unpleasant combo.

2nd logo: None. It's tamer than the previous logo.

3rd logo: Minimal. The parallelograms may startle some, but this is a nice logo.

4th logo: Minimal.

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