Pixar

Pixar (pronounced "pics-ar"), doing business as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American animation studio founded in 1986 by Edwin Catmull, Alvy Ray Smith, and others. It traces its beginnings to the founding of the Graphics Group, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., in 1979. The division was later spun off as its own company on February 3, 1986, taking on its current name in the process. The studio originally produced CGI animated shorts, including The Adventures of André and Wally B., Luxo Jr., and Tin Toy. They later began working on feature films starting with 1995's Toy Story , a joint production with Walt Disney Pictures that was the first film to be entirely computer-animated. In 2006, Pixar was acquired by The Walt Disney Company, as the default distributor of their movies.

1st Logo (August 17, 1986-September 1, 1989)

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  Luxo Jr. (1986, Opening)
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  Luxo Jr. (1986, Closing)
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  Logo with just the symbol; Red's Dream (1987)
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  Logo with just the "PIXAR" text; Red's Dream (1987)
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  Red's Dream (1987, Closing)
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  1988 Sales Demo Reel Opening
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  1988 Sales Demo Reel Closing
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  Knick Knack (1989, Opening)
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  Knick Knack (1989, Closing)
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  1990 Sales Demo Reel Opening
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  1990 Sales Demo Reel Closing
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  1990 Sales Demo Reel Closing
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  Screenshot from 1986 Video
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  Screenshot from 1986 Video

Visuals: On a black background, there is a gray square with four circles in red, green, blue, and gray below it. Suddenly, a white light hovers over them, making them 3-D. The circles then turn into spheres. A circle zooms in on the square, and the four spheres zoom out. The word "PIXAR" fades in with each sphere in between each letter.

Trivia:

• The square in this logo was based on the Pixar Image Computer, which is also where the company got its name.
• On Tin Toy, the square makes an appearance as part of the bag that the box featuring the main protagonist toy Tinny came in.
• The square can also be seen on the game box on Geri's Game .
• This logo also makes a cameo in Toy Story 2  on a television channel seen by Andy's toys during the channel-changing scene.
• This logo was created by director and executive producer John Lasseter on a stone-cutting machine.

Variants:

• At the end of Luxo Jr., an in-credit text is used with the square to the left of the text.
• On Red's Dream, the Pixar square logo is seen, which fades into the text "PIXAR".
• On a demo reel from 1988, the standard logo is still, and gray diamonds replace the spheres. The end of the reel has the logo pushed up, with the company's address below. The text style used in this variant is also used in Red's Dream, Tin Toy and Knick Knack.
• On Tin Toy, the text scrolls from right to left. No square is to be seen.
• On the original version of Knick Knack, the Pixar square logo is revealed by a light and zooms in while the text zooms up to the screen. This variant was probably made to take advantage of the short's stereoscopic nature.
• On the 1989 party video, the Pixar logo is rendered with a high specular and no wordmark.
• At the beginning of another demo reel from 1990, Tinny from Tin Toy can be seen on the right side of the screen with the Pixar logo at the top left and a 1990 copyright stamp on the bottom left. At the end, it just shows the normal Pixar logo without the symbol but with a different address and phone number.

Technique: CGI by Pixar themselves.

Audio: On original prints of Luxo Jr. and Beach Chair, it used a big band style tune, taken from the ending of "Take a Bow 1", composed by David Lindup for Bruton Music (now APM Music). The full version, as well as its variations, can be listened to here.

• The variants use the short's opening theme.
• On newer prints of Luxo Jr. starting with the DVD and Blu-ray for Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 1, the standard logo is silent, likely due to the use of the 5.1 remix from the 1999 prints that accompanied Toy Story 2, which replaced the logo with the 1995 logo and a notice that reads "In 1986, Pixar Animation Studios produced its first film. This is why we have a hopping lamp in our logo." However, the Disney+ prints of the movie have an intact logo.

Audio Variants:

• On Red's Dream, a rainy sound effect plays, followed by a saxophone playing a sad tune.
• On Tin Toy, a whimsical orchestral tune plays (taken from "Puffin' Billy" by Bruce Campbell, the original theme song for the children's TV show Captain Kangaroo).
• On the 1989 party video, there is a triumphant majestic fanfare followed by a voiceover (Pixar employee Craig Good) remarking, "The 1989 Christmas Video, brought to you by Pixar. Nobody knows exactly what it is we do, but they know we do it better than anyone in the world."

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Media Title	Date of Release	Additional Notes
Luxo Jr.	August 17, 1986	Debut appearance
Beach Chair	August 18, 1986	Final appearance of standard variant While the Made in Point Richmond DVD preserves this logo, the Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 DVD doesn't.
Red's Dream	July 10, 1987
Tin Toy	August 2, 1988
Knick Knack	September 1, 1989	Final overall appearance

2nd Logo (November 22, 1995-)

1995-20072008-20182019-OtherVideosLogo Variations

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  Flat version
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  Scope version
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  Open matte version
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  Fullscreen version
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  Closing version
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  Slightly stretched variant, taken from the Malaysian VCD of The Incredibles
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  Filmed variant, taken from Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
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  Filmed variant, taken from Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (squished to 4:3)
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  20th anniversary variant, seen on Cars
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  German 20th anniversary variant
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  Spanish 20th anniversary variant
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  Brazilian 20th anniversary variant
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  A different 20th anniversary variant, seen on Pixar's 20th Anniversary Special

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  Flat version
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  Flat version without the "Animation Studios" text
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  Scope version
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  Scope version with "© Disney/Pixar" copyright stamp
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  25th anniversary variant (Cars 2 theatrical/FYC print)
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  25th anniversary variant (Cars 2 Russian theatrical print)

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  Flat version
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  Scope version
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  Darker scope version
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  Closing version
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  Variant with the "Animation Studios" text already formed

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  Variant with the print logo on a white background, seen on the series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
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  Variant with the print logo on a black background, seen on original trailers for Toy Story

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Custom VariationsTrailer Variations

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  Toy Story (1995, post-2009 prints): The logo plays out normally, but when Luxo Jr. faces the camera, the animation freezes for a few seconds, and it fades to the opening scene of the movie.
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  Lifted (2006, short): When Luxo Jr. looks around and turns to the camera, the respective sounds are switched around compared to the normal logo, mainly because the short's writer, director and sound designer, Gary Rydstrom, also originally designed the sounds in the logo itself. After it finishes, the logo then fades into the opening shot of a starry night sky with a moon located where Luxo Jr.'s head is on the logo, as the camera pans down.
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  Ratatouille (2007 video game): On the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the video game, the print logo without Luxo Jr. is on a menu and Remy runs away from it. The Disney Interactive Studios logo, the THQ logo, and the Heavy Iron Studios logo appear in the same fashion. Then Remy goes through a door where he nearly gets stabbed by multiple knives. The PC, PSP, Wii, and non-HD versions have the normal logo, while the DS and GBA versions have the still logo.
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  WALL-E (2008, both film (home media and streaming closing) and video game): The logo starts normally, but after Luxo Jr. looks at the camera, his light shorts out, then he starts looking around frantically (due to being blind from the bulb being burned out). Then, WALL-E comes in wanting to help and succeeds in replacing his shorted-out bulb with an energy-saving bulb. He then leaves after patting Luxo Jr. on the head, but accidentally knocks down the "R" in "PIXAR" on the way. He looks at the fallen "R", and then decides to take the "R"'s place as he hides his head, clasps his "hands" and puts down his door to make an "R" shape. The rest of the logo then continues as normal as WALL-E peeks out in cowardliness. Seen at the end on home media and streaming prints of the film and after the credits of the PS2, PSP and PC versions of the video game, with the lamp turning off, as well as the trailer, without the lamp turning off.
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  WALL-E (2008, home console, PC, and PSP): The print logo with Luxo Jr. is made up of blue glowing lines.
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  Up (2009, Nintendo DS): On the DS version, the still print version with Luxo Jr. is seen on a white background.
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  Up (2009, XBOX 360, Wii and PS3): The print logo without Luxo Jr. is slighty tilted and slowly moving up on a backdrop of the sky. Multiple colored balloons are then seen also floating up.
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  Toy Story Toons (2011-12): Luxo Jr. looks up as the title scrolls down.
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  Incredibles 2 (2018): The background is red, Luxo Jr. is black all over, and his light is yellow-colored, making the logo themed after the Incredibles logo's usual colors (red, black and yellow), with gold rays added. Also, the sound effects are absent.
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  Toy Story 4 (2019, opening): The logo plays as normal, but "ANIMATION STUDIOS" is already present, and when Luxo Jr. faces the camera, it starts to rain. The screen turns dark, with his light shining through the rain (a la the closing version of the standard logo) until lightning flashes, transitioning into the opening scene.
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  Toy Story 4 (2019, closing): The logo cuts in, with "ANIMATION STUDIOS" already present, and instead of Luxo Jr., Duke Caboom (voiced by Keanu Reeves) rides in on his motorcycle and bounces the "I" down with it. Then, a Combat Carl Soldier (whom Woody left hanging for a high-five earlier in the film) enters from the left and finally gets a high-five from Duke, at which the logo instantly cuts to black (the clap sound substituting for the lamp's light clicking off). Both times, the logo is the 2D version, even in 3D, in which case depth is applied to the logo.
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  Pixar Popcorn: "To Fitness and Beyond" (2021, Disney+): The logo starts at the point where Luxo Jr. is about to jump onto the "I", and after the "I" is bounced down, popcorn falls and covers him. He eventually peaks out from the top and shakes some of the popcorn off, he then faces the screen as usual. A clip of that intro was shown in the trailer.
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  Pixar Popcorn: "Unparalleled Parking" (2021, Disney+): Lots of popcorn pieces, including a popcorn box on the right of the "R" are around the place, Luxo Jr. looks at the various pieces confused as he is jumping towards the "I", he only bounces on said letter one less time also.
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  Pixar Popcorn: "Dory Finding" (2021, Disney+): Luxo Jr. is seen in between the "X" and "A" instead, and he looks at a popcorn kernel on the floor, which then pops to his surprise (most likely to the light's heat). He then looks at another kernel which does the same thing, followed by two more. He then looks at the camera like the regular variant, but without bouncing on the "I".
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  Pixar Popcorn: "Soul of the City" (2021, Disney+): It starts off as normal, but once Luxo Jr. starts to bounce on the "I", the remaining letters in "PIXAR" turn into popcorn (starting with "X", then "A", then "R", and then "P"). The rest of the logo is somewhat the same although he doesn't look around as much before turning towards the camera.
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  Pixar Popcorn: "Fluffy Stuff with Ducky & Bunny: Love" (2021, Disney+): It starts off normal yet again, but there are pieces of popcorn jumping and following Luxo Jr., who then realizes what's going on and proceeds to jump faster and off the screen (again, to a big surprise). One of them bounces on the "I" in "PIXAR".
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  Pixar Popcorn: "Chore Day- The Incredibles Way" (2021, Disney+): Again, the sequence starts off at the point where Luxo Jr. is about to jump onto the "I". However while he does bounces on it the first time, a piece of popcorn comes out from the "X". He then notices and proceeds to bounce on the "I" more (a bit more actually than in the regular logo). Then, when the "I" goes down completely, lots more popcorn comes out. He then once more looks at the screen as usual.
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  Pixar Popcorn: "A Day in the Life of the Dead" (2021, Disney+): Yet again, the sequence starts off at the point where Luxo Jr. is about to jump onto the "I". However, before he does so a popcorn kernel falls onto Luxo Jr., who then turns around to look. As he looks at it, two more fall on him. Then a few more fall onto the ground, and eventually all of them pop. Luxo Jr. is then surprised by this and jumps onto the "I" (which it goes down like the regular variant). After looking around as usual, he once more looks at the camera.
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  Pixar Popcorn: "Fluffy Stuff with Ducky & Bunny: Three Heads" (2021, Disney+): Similar to Episode 4, except he bounces on all of the letters instead, going from right to left. Each one becoming popcorn as he lands on it.
  This was also used during the Pixar panel of the 2020 Disney Investor Day, after the announcement and launch of their documentary series, Inside Pixar, as it cuts in and the chief creative officer of Pixar, Pete Docter, ducks down while Luxo Jr. is jumping and rises back up, as eight of the ten shorts are showing as soon as Luxo Jr. jumps on the "P", as he announces Pixar Popcorn. After that, it cuts to the Disney+ and Pixar logos (with the Pixar logo is static), as he begins to show a preview of one of the three new series coming to Disney+, Dug Days. It was in 21:9 in the panel, instead of the 16:9 aspect ratio in the short and sound effects were not used.
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  Pixar Popcorn: "Dancing with the Cars" (2021, Disney+): The logo once more starts at when Luxo Jr. is about to bounce on the "I". There is also lots of kernels everywhere, and when starts to bounce on said letter, one of the kernels pop. As he keeps bouncing, more start popping. All of them are popped by the time the "I" is down, except for one. After he looks at the screen once more, the remaining popcorn kernel pops.
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  Pixar Popcorn: "Cookie Num Num" (2021, Disney+): Luxo Jr. is once again between the "X" and "A" and next to him is a box of popcorn (the same one in Episode 2). He nudges it over as he bounces until it ends up in between the "P" and "I". He then faces the "I" and bounces on it like normal, once again one less time than normal.
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  Inside Out 2 (2024, opening): The normal 2019 logo is in its flat version, but it is cropped to scope, alongside that, the opening theme is used without the sound effects, which syncs with the logo.
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  Inside Out 2 (2024, closing): The 2019 logo is in its flat version, but it is cropped to scope. Normal as usual, with the movie's ending theme playing over, but the sound effects (except the lamp's bulb clicking off) are not heard, and it's also darker than usual. The music also syncs with the logo. This was intending that the film was going to be in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio, but switched to 2.39:1 at the last minute.
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  Hoppers (2026): The opening theme of the movie plays over the logo with the sound effects intact (though the last sound is muted), and once the animation is complete, Luxo Jr.'s head morphs into a blue ball of electricity, transitioning into the opening scene.

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  Toy Story (1995): The print logo is on a black background, the text is white, and Luxo Jr. isn't seen.
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  Toy Story 2 (1999): The logo is seen inside a TV screen with Buzz Lightyear moving towards it, like in the channel surfing scene from the film.
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  Monsters, Inc. (2001): The logo is seen on the Scare Counter monitor.
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  WALL-E (2008): Same as the one from the end credits after the film itself. In the trailer, the bulb doesn’t get replaced with an energy-saving bulb (like in the film version), but instead, the standard bulb that’s normally used in the logo.
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  Toy Story 3 (2010, first trailer): The logo is recorded on a camcorder.
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  Toy Story 3 (2010, second trailer): The logo moves up as Andy opens his toy chest.
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  Cars 2 (2011, teaser trailer): A laser comes out of Luxo Jr's light, and the lamp turns to the right.
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  Cars 2 (2011, LEGO version of second trailer): Luxo Jr. is made of LEGO bricks. This was made by Patrick Bovin.
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  Soul (2020, first trailer): The shortened version of the logo animates in reverse as Joe Gardner's soul falls during the logo.
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  Soul (2020, second trailer): The logo fades into New York City's skyline, with Luxo Jr.'s bulb acting as the sun.
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  Pixar Popcorn (2021, Disney+): Luxo Jr. is buried in a pile of popcorn that falls from the top. This was a clip of the 1st of 10 variants in this series. This was also shown at the intros trailer, as some of the intros were also shown, along with some never seen in these shorts.
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  Elemental (2023): The closing Pixar logo fades into a train light as the train leaves a tunnel.

Visuals:

• November 22, 1995-June 29, 2007: On a light blue background, there is the spaced-out text "PIXAR" (in Charlemagne Bold; the "X" and the "R" appear to overlap the floor). A desk lamp (Luxo Jr.) hops in from the right side of the screen and stops once he notices the "I" on the left side. He shakes his body and bounces on the "I" three times before bouncing up too high and ending up squishing it. He looks in fear and confusion around as the text "ANIMATION STUDIOS" (in Centaur) fades in-underneath the letters "A" and "R". He then faces the camera (presumably in embarrassment; or to copy the "I", now making the logo read "PiXAR") before the logo fades to black.
• June 27, 2008-June 15, 2018: Same as before, but the logo has been re-animated and re-rendered with updated textures and shading.
• June 21, 2019-: Same as before, but the logo has been re-animated and re-rendered with Pixar's current Presto software, with some major color correction along with Luxo Jr. being remodeled with a new base and an LED bulb.

Trivia:

• The lamp is the titular character from Pixar's very first animated short, Luxo Jr. (1986); the sound effects are also taken from that short. "Luxo" was trademarked by Jac Jacobsen Industrier A.S., also known as Luxo ASA.
• A fully functioning Luxo Jr. is packed in a limited collector's edition of the movie Up. Furthermade, Luxo Jr. was later made as a LEGO Ideas build, along with the Luxo Ball.
• Luxo Jr. is also an unlockable character in LEGO The Incredibles (known simply as "Junior" due to a copyright issue with Luxo ASA), and can be unlocked after completing a Family Build of a statue of Luxo Jr. and the Luxo Ball. Both the build and the character are made with LEGO bricks, and are different than the one shown in the Pixar logo variant shown below.
• Luxo Jr. made an appearance on ESPN's NFL presentation intro and outro for Toy Story Funday Football on October 1, 2023, as he hops in the desk and looks at the camera, as in the standard logo, near the right side of the NFL logo. He later appeared on the left side of the NFL logo and a football showing the Monsters Funday Football logo for ESPN's NFL presentation outro for Monsters Funday Football on December 8, 2025, as well as the Disney & Pixar Games logo, which showed Luxo on top of the Luxo Ball. In Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Luxo Jr. can be found in Dale's garage.
• This logo was designed by Pixar veteran Pete Docter, who directed the studio's films Monsters, Inc., Up, Inside Out, and Soul.

Alternate Descriptive Video Descriptions:

• A logo reads "Pixar Animation Studios". Luxo Jr. hops in. The little desk lamp jumps on the letter I, squashing it down, then looks around.
• In a computer-animated logo, an illuminated desk lamp hops past the word, Pixar, then squashes the letter I. A subtitle appears, "Animation Studios".
• An anglepoise lamp bounces like a spring in front of the letters of the word, Pixar. It lands on the letter I and pounds it into the ground. Pixar Animated Studios...Celebrating 20 Years. The screen fades to black.
• An anglepoise lamp bounces like a spring in front of the letters of the word, Pixar. It lands on the letter I and pounds it into the ground. Pixar Animated Studios. The light goes out.

Closing Variants:

• The logo plays as normal, but instead of fading it out, the light slowly dims until it's completely dark at the end. This leaves just the light from the lamp, which then switches off one second later.
  • Starting in 2008, the closing variant has the "ANIMATION STUDIOS" text fade in a little later than on the opening logo.
  • Starting in 2018, the lamp's base can be visible when the light is completely dark after the light dims. However, this is less so on scope films.

Variants:

• A filmed version appears at the end of the original VHS, Laserdisc, and VCD releases of Toy Story and on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins. On the latter, it is zoomed in. On VHS releases of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, the zoomed in variant is squished to the 4:3 aspect ratio.
• On original prints, theatrical prints, and TV airings of Cars (opening only; the normal logo is seen at the end) and the video game adaptation of said film (XBOX 360 and Wii versions only, other versions have the normal logo), the text "20 YEARS" (with Luxo Jr.'s light replacing the "0" in "20"), with "CELEBRATING" above it in tiny letters, appears when the logo dims, using the closing version of the logo as its basis. It is plastered by the remastered version on the post-2013 prints of the film (including Disney+), and the 3D-exclusive logo on the film's Blu-ray 3D release from around the same time.
  • The logo did also have localized variants, such as in German.
• On theatrical releases of Cars 2, after the logo finishes, the letters disappear leaving just the lamp, a la the closing version. Then, everything fades out and "CELEBRATING" fades in and slowly zooms in on a black background. Behind the text, "25 YEARS" (with "25" above the "YEARS") fades in behind the "CELEBRATING" and is in a light blue font. Aside from the "For Your Consideration" DVD/Blu-ray release, the normal logo is seen elsewhere.
  • This variant has also been translated in foreign languages, such as in Russian.
• An open-matte version of this logo exists, which appears at the end of the original prints of Toy Story and on Geri's Game. The logo is also off-center.
• On Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance versions of the Monsters, Inc. video game adaptation (the latter version with a purple background), and Operation: Camouflage for the iPhone and iPod Touch, a still version without Luxo Jr. on a white background exists.
• On Toy Story trailers and TV spots, it's the same as above, but inverted.
• On Toy Story 3  for the iPhone and iPod Touch and most handheld versions of Pixar games, a still version with Luxo Jr. exists, which is a still version of the completed logo.
• A short version exists; it only shows the finished product and the only animation is Luxo Jr. facing the camera. It usually appears in front of shorts and trailers, as well as at the beginning of Monsters, Inc. and Mike's New Car.
  • For the ending of international releases of Onward  and at the end of the Disney+ original series Win or Lose , this version is extended to show the lamp's bulb shutting off, which is based on the closing version.
• At the end of some movies, the logo cuts in instead of fading in as it usually would. On Cars 3 and post-2013 prints of Cars, this also appears at the start instead of the standard logo.
• On Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure for the Xbox 360, the animation starts from the point where the lamp is already in place. However, the full opening version is used in Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure (the Xbox One and PC versions of the game).
• On Toy Story 4  and at the end of Onward, Soul and Lightyear (2D versions), the "ANIMATION STUDIOS" text is already formed while the logo plays as normal.
• On Pixar's 20th Anniversary Special, when the lamp has squished the I, the shining gold text "CELEBRATING 20 YEARS" appears under the logo.
• On the 20th Anniversary Special, Jack-Jack Attack and Auntie Edna (the latter using the Incredibles 2 variant), the logo is shortened to where Luxo Jr. squashes the I.
• At the end of the Forky Asks a Question shorts, as well as series like Dug Days, Cars on the Road and Win or Lose (albeit the latter series has it at the beginning of each episode), the closing variant of the logo is shortened to Luxo Jr. looking to the viewer.
• On films released in 2.40:1 from Onward to Lightyear, the background is slightly darker.
• On Jack-Jack Attack, the logo is shortened to the final jump Luxo Jr. gives before squashing the "I". The logo fades to black within less than a second after he looks to the camera.
• On Mater's Tall Tales, a shortened variant appears without the "ANIMATION STUDIOS" text.
• On the teaser trailer for Elio, the logo fades to black when Luxo Jr. faces the camera.
  • On the official trailer, it's the same as the teaser trailer variant, except "ANIMATION STUDIOS" is already formed.
  • On the 2nd trailer, the logo doesn't fade to black, and this time, when Luxo Jr. faces the camera, his bulb turns green and begins to glitch, causing the logo to animate in reverse (although Luxo Jr. doesn't bounce off the "I"), and then the logo glitches into the trailer.
  • On the 3rd trailer, it's the same as the 2nd trailer, except "ANIMATION STUDIOS" is already formed.
• On the teaser trailer for Hoppers, the logo plays normally (albeit with "ANIMATION STUDIOS" already formed), but when Luxo Jr. is nearly done squishing the "I", the logo plays in reverse. After that, it plays normally.

Technique: CGI by Pixar themselves, who also animated the 1995 Walt Disney Pictures logo. The original version of this logo was animated on an SGI Indigo2 Extreme workstation, with the lamp and letters modeled with Alias/Wavefront PowerAnimator and textured with Amazon Paint. It was rendered with PhotoRealistic Renderman on a Sun Microsystems supercomputer with a SPARC processor and transferred to 35mm negative on Management Graphics equipment, with Monaco Labs developing it to reversal. The 2008 version was animated and produced by Pixar employee Gini Cruz Santos, while the 2019 version was animated with the Presto Animation System.

Audio: In order: the metallic sound of Luxo Jr. hopping, some whizzing sounds when Luxo Jr. shakes his body, squeaky rubber-like sounds when he jumps on the "I", and then some more squeaking sounds and a clunk as he looks around (in the closing variant, the logo ends with the click of a switch). Designed by Gary Rydstrom at Skywalker Sound and mixed by Tom Myers.

Audio Variants:

• On some movies, the opening theme of the movie plays over the logo instead.
• On Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, the final notes of the preceding Walt Disney Pictures logo trail off into the first second of this logo, causing the first hopping sound to be absent.
  • On the short film Jack-Jack Attack and the film Hoppers, the opening theme plays over the sounds of Luxo Jr. squashing the "I".
• On the short film One Man Band, the sound of Luxo turning his head is absent, instead being replaced by an orchestra warm-up, presumably coming from the man at the start of the short itself.
• On the short film Your Friend the Rat, the sound of Luxo turning his head is much lower in pitch, and with more reverb.
• On some films such as Toy Story 3, Monsters University, and Cars 3, the tail end of the Walt Disney Pictures logo's music plays alongside Luxo Jr.'s first few hopping sounds.
• On Coco, the sound Luxo Jr. makes when he turns to the camera is replaced by a bell tolling, continuing into the film's intro.
• At the end of some films, the closing theme plays over the logo, most times ending with the lamp's bulb clicking off.
• On Turning Red, a guzheng plays after Luxo Jr. squishes the I, drowning out the last sound effects.
• On Cars on the Road, the remaining part of the closing theme plays over the usual sound of the lamp turning off.
• On Mike's New Car and Ciao Alberto, none.
• The 25th anniversary variant adds the sound of radio interference during the "CELEBRATING 25 YEARS" card, segueing into the opening scene.
• For the still versions, none, although the trailer for Toy Story has the trailer's opening theme play over the logo.
• At the end of original theatrical prints and on the FYC Awards Screener DVD of WALL-E, the sound when Luxo tilts his head to the camera was entirely muted.

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Media Title	Date of Release	Additional Notes
Toy Story	November 22, 1995	Debut appearance Original prints only have this at the end; post-2009 prints also have this at the start
Geri's Game	November 24, 1997	Short film
A Bug's Life	November 25, 1998
Toy Story 2	November 24, 1999
For the Birds	June 5, 2000	Short film
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins	August 8, 2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	October 2, 2000 - January 13, 2001
Monsters, Inc.	November 2, 2001
Mike's New Car	September 17, 2002	Short film
Boundin'	May 7, 2003
Finding Nemo	May 30, 2003
The Incredibles	November 5, 2004
Jack-Jack Attack	March 15, 2005	Short film
One Man Band	May 5, 2005
Cars	June 9, 2006	Custom 20th anniversary variant (original prints only)
Lifted	October 12, 2006	Short film
Mater and the Ghostlight	November 7, 2006	Short film
Ratatouille	June 29, 2007
Your Friend the Rat	November 6, 2007	Short film
Presto	June 10, 2008	Short film Custom variant
WALL-E	June 27, 2008	Debut of remastered HD logo Custom variant (closing only)
BURN-E	November 18, 2008	Short film
Partly Cloudy	May 29, 2009	Short film
Up	May 29, 2009
Dug's Special Mission	November 10, 2009	Short film
Day & Night	June 18, 2010	Short film
Toy Story 3	June 18, 2010
La Luna	June 6, 2011	Short film
Cars 2	June 24, 2011	Custom 25th anniversary variant (theatrical release only)
Hawaiian Vacation	June 24, 2011	Short film Custom variant
Small Fry	November 23, 2011	Short film Custom variant
Brave	June 22, 2012
Partysaurus Rex	September 14, 2012	Short film Custom variant
The Legend of Mor'du	November 13, 2012	Short film
The Blue Umbrella	February 12, 2013	Short film
Monsters University	June 21, 2013
Party Central	August 9, 2013	Short film
Toy Story of Terror!	October 16, 2013	Television special
Lava	June 14, 2014	Short film
Toy Story That Time Forgot	December 2, 2014	Television special
Sanjay's Super Team	June 15, 2015	Short film
Inside Out	June 19, 2015
Riley's First Date?	November 3, 2015	Short film
The Good Dinosaur	November 25, 2015
Finding Dory	June 17, 2016
Piper	June 17, 2016	Short film
Lou	March 12, 2017	Short film
Cars 3	June 16, 2017
Coco	November 22, 2017
Bao	April 21, 2018	Short film
Incredibles 2	June 15, 2018	Custom variant
Auntie Edna	October 23, 2018	Short film Custom variant
Toy Story 4	June 21, 2019	Debut of re-animated logo Custom variants (both opening and closing)
Forky Asks a Question	November 12, 2019 - January 10, 2020	Disney+ series
Lamp Life	January 31, 2020	Short film
Onward	March 6, 2020
Soul	December 25, 2020
Pixar Popcorn	January 22, 2021	Disney+ series Custom variants
22 vs. Earth	April 30, 2021	Short film
Luca	June 18, 2021
Dug Days	September 1, 2021	Disney+ series
Ciao Alberto	November 12, 2021	Short film
Turning Red	March 11, 2022
Lightyear	June 17, 2022
Cars on the Road	September 8, 2022	Disney+ series
Carl's Date	June 16, 2023	Short film
Elemental	June 16, 2023
Inside Out 2	June 14, 2024
Dream Productions	December 11, 2024	Disney+ series
Win or Lose	February 19 - March 12, 2025	Disney+ series
Elio	June 20, 2025
Hoppers	March 6, 2026	Custom variant
Toy Story 5	June 19, 2026

3rd Logo (3-D Alternative) (May 29, 2009-)

ImagesVideos

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  The logo forming
• 
  The reanimated logo forming
• 
  The finalized logo

Visuals: The sequence starts on a black background. Then, the camera pans away from the "P" in "P I X A R" and the screen zooms out as the animation plays, albeit with Luxo Jr. stopping on the right side of the "I" instead of the left side. "ANIMATION STUDIOS" also zooms in underneath.

Later Variant: Just like its 2D counterpart, the logo was also re-animated and re-rendered with Pixar's current software. Additionally, Luxo Jr.'s light is more visible on the letters.

Variants:

• On current prints of Monsters, Inc., the logo is shortened.
• A sped up version (with a fade out effect at the end) of the closing variant is seen on Pixar's brand page on the Disney+ website on browser. Furthermore, the finalized logo was shifted upwards to fit the page's style.
• On the 2020 Disney Investor Day, transitioning from the Walt Disney Animation Studios panel via the static Pixar logo with clouds from Andy's room moving upwards, the logo is high-toned and the "ANIMATION STUDIOS" text is not shown. After it's formed, the chief creative officer of Pixar, Pete Docter, walks in, as the logo is a background, as it fades to pictures of Pixar's history, then the logo was zoomed in and blurred to focus on Pete, cutting from the posters of Pixar's past films and shorts, then cuts back to the logo then showing some of the new members of the Pixar staff, covering the logo, then disappear to show the logo once again. Following that, it fades out as he announces the first film in this panel, Soul. After transitioning from the Disney+ and Pixar logos (with the static Pixar logo), showing the Pixar logo once again, this time now zoomed in, it transitions to the announcement of the second film in this panel, Luca. After that, it fades in, showing the Pixar logo once again, still zoomed in, it zooms out and transitions to a red gradient background, as he announces the third film in this panel, Turning Red, then it transitions back to the Pixar logo. After that, it cuts into the logo for the fourth and final film in this panel, Lightyear. At the end of the Pixar panel, transitioning from the logo for Lightyear, it transitions back to the Pixar logo. After that, Luxo Jr.'s bulb is dimmed as he runs away, making the logo and its background dark as it's moving to the right, fading to black, and transitions over to the Marvel Studios panel.
• Beginning with 3D prints of Elemental, the "ANIMATION STUDIOS" text no longer zooms in, and simply fades in instead.
  • On 3D prints of Inside Out 2, the "ANIMATION STUDIOS" text shines when it fades in.

Technique: CGI by Pixar themselves. The 2009 version was animated and produced by Pixar employee Gini Cruz Santos, while the 2019 version was animated with the Presto Animation System.

Audio: The same sound effects from the previous logo or the opening or closing theme of the movie.

Audio Variants:

• The Disney+ website variant is silent.
• At the end of the Pixar panel at the 2020 Disney Investor Day, the opening part of the 2016 Marvel Studios fanfare, composed by Michael Giacchino, was heard.

Availability:

• Seen on most Pixar 3D releases starting with Up.
• Also seen when the first two Toy Story films, Finding Nemo, and Monsters, Inc. were re-released in Disney Digital 3D, as well as the 3D Blu-ray of Cars.
• This and the 2011 Disney logo plaster the previous logo on 3D prints of For the Birds.
• It also appears on both 3D and even 2D prints of newer shorts, except for 22 vs. Earth and Ciao Alberto, which use the previous logo instead.
• The final film to use the original version was the 3D version of Incredibles 2. The logo also appears on the teaser trailer for said film.
  • Incredibles 2 only uses it during the closing, since the opening variant remains in 2D with a little bit of depth added.
  • Toy Story 4 uses the 2D version on both the opening and closing, albeit with depth added to it.
• The reanimated variant debuted on the 3D version of Onward and later appeared on Pixar's newer films released in 3D, as well as the 2020 Disney Investor Day.

External Links

• Pixar Animation Studios  on Wikipedia
• Pixar Animation Studios filmography  on IMDb
• Pixar Animation Studios  on Logopedia