Squirtle Ben Ltd. (Benin)

Background: Squirtle Ben. Ltd. is a Beninese film production company founded in March 8, 2002 by the director Gnégnéri Squirtle. Its first film to be produced wasComme vu à la télé(As Seen on TV), but it did not use a logo until 2008.

(March 28, 2008-)

Nicknames: "Where's Squirtle?", "Beninese Squirtle, But He's Not Here"

Logo: We see a blue light background. Suddenly, a stretching filmstrip appears, rolling from right to left. The filmstrip then goes to the right, disappearing. Then various yellow five-pointed stars suddenly appear from the center and quickly move away from each other, then crash with themselves, causing them to glow. We then fade into the light blue text "SQUIRTLE" on a dune desert, with the same blue light background acting as the sky. The camera moves from the top of the text to a normal view. Searchlights are seen moving on the dunes, scrolling horizontally. The camera then moves down, revealing the reflection of another text, and then it moves up and reveals "BEN. LTD.". Purple fractal clouds are seen on the top, and a star flare. The camera slowly moves back as the dune desert turns into green. The parts of the name are also moving and rotating. The same filmstrip from before then appears and animates like the beginning of the logo. The dunes disappear, including the purple clouds, leaving the text and star flare on the same blue light background. The logo moves back.

FX/SFX: All the animation...

Cheesy Factor: ...which is extremely bad. There isn't much that's even acceptable, and not only is this logo confusing and redundant, they stole a trademarked filmstrip! Not the worst logo ever, but still awful.

Music/Sounds: Same as the Lucky Star Incorporation logo.

Availability: Seen on some Beninese movies starting withAvez-vous vu cet escargot?(Have You Seen This Snail?).

Scare Factor: Minimal, as the animation is only slightly uncanny. It's just a very cheesy logo overall.