Squirrel/Mole Home Entertainment Feature Presentation IDs

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These are the Feature Presentation IDs used by Squirrel/Mole Home Entertainment.

1st ID (1987-1989)
ID: On the same starfield used in DiC's "Kid in Bed" logo, we see the words "FEATURE PRESENTATION" in white and in the "Kentucky Fried Chicken" font.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Often had no music, just the announcer saying "And now, our feature presentation from DiC Video."

Availability: Seen on DiC Video tapes of the time. Squirrel/Mole Studios Video tapes at the time instead went straight to the logo.

Scare Factor: Low to medium.

2nd ID

(1989-1992)

Nickname: "The Merging Letters"

ID: On a black background, we many "FEATURE PRESENTATION"s in white. Then they all merge into one "FEATURE PRESENTATION" in gold. Then "FEATURE PRESENTATION" shines.

Variant: In France, the background is gray.

FX/SFX: The letters merging, done by CGI.

Music/Sounds: A horn/strings fanfare (similar to the 1989-1992 WDHV FP ID), with an announcer saying "And now for our feature presentation" cheerfully.

Availability: Very rare. Seen on DiC Video and Squirrel/Mole Studios Video tapes of the time. They include 1989-1992 VHS prints of Inspector Gadget, The Littles, Daniel Duck, Secret Squirrel, Space Christmas and the first VHS prints of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Super Mario Bros. 3 and The Legend of Zelda.

3rd ID

(1991, 1992-1999)

Nickname: "Britt Allcroft Rip-Off FP"

ID: Same as the Britt Allcroft logo, except "Feature Presentation" replaces "Britt" and "BRITT ALLCROFT PRESENTS" is missing.

Variant: 1992 tapes of Super Mario World used a solid blue background and the "Feature Presentation" script was white. This is then followed by the "DiC Egg" logo.

FX/SFX: Same as the Britt Allcroft logo.

Music/Sounds: The same 1989 FP fanfare with an announcer saying "And now, our feature presentation".

Availability: Common. It was first seen on the first VHS print of episodes of Super Mario World (which had the variant described above). It also appears on DiC Toon-Time Video and Squirrel/Mole Studios Video tapes in this era, including reissues of the releases mentioned in the "Availability" section of the above ID plus 1990's prints of Super Mario World, 2 Stupid Dogs, The Yoshi Show and Mario and Yoshi in the Morning among others.

Scare Factor: Low to medium. Though the same can't be said for the next ID...

4th ID (December 1994-2000)
Nicknames: "The Evil Laser", "The Laser of Doom", "Evil Feature Presentation", "The Worst Feature Presentation Ever", "The reason I won't ever buy DiC or Squirrel/Mole tapes between 1994 and 2000", "This Reminds Me of the V of Doom"

ID: On a blue background, a laser writes the words "FEATURE PRESENTATION" in white. Then a black square appears behind the words and zooms in until it occupies the entire screen. The background turns black and "FEATURE PRESENTATION" turns white.

FX/SFX: The laser, the zooming-in of the black square.

Music/Sounds: The V of Doom logo music, probably.

Availability: Seen on 1994-2000 DiC Toon-Time Video and Squirrel/Mole Studios Video tapes such as a 1996 Super Mario World reissue. This was used in tandem with the ID above.

Scare Factor: High to nightmare, because the laser combined with the somewhat scary music can catch you off-guard. Plus the way the black background zooms in have brought back bad memories of the "V of Doom" to most.

5th ID (August 10, 1998)
ID: A pedestrian crossing is seen. Mice are seen running on this crossing, then Yoshi (in his Super Mario World appearance) trips over the mice and falls into a manhole. Yoshi then falls onto a subway train filled with mice, where we also see Morocco Mole. Yoshi and Morocco stare at each other awkwardly. The words "Feature Presentation" fall down into the train.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: Sounds that go with what is described in "ID" above plus an announcer saying "And now, Squirrel/Mole Studios Video presents The Invasion of the German Mice."

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen only on VHS prints of the direct-to-video release The Invasion of the German Mice.

Scare Factor: Low to medium; tamer than the previous ID but will catch some off-guard because of Yoshi falling and the "Feature Presentation" text.

6th ID (2000-2006)
Nicknames: "Boring Feature Presentation"

ID: On a blue background, a gold projector appears, then "Feature PRESENTATION" appears in the same font used on the N64 game Yoshi's Story.

Music/Sounds: Gentle flat music plays while an announcer says "And now, our feature presentation".

Availability: Common. Seen on only some later DiC Toon-Time Video and Squirrel/Mole Studios Video tapes and 2001-2006 Squirrel/Mole Home Entertainment tapes (in 2001, DiC Toon-Time Video rebranded as "The Incredible World of DiC Home Entertainment" and stopped using Squirrel/Mole's IDs while Squirrel/Mole Studios Video changed it's name to Squirrel/Mole Home Entertainment and changed logos). Additionally, in 2006, Squirrel/Mole Home Entertainment stopped making VHS tapes, the last being a Super Mario Sunshine reissue. Here's some to start with: episodes of Super Mario Sunshine, Wild West Yoshi, Morocco's Grand Movie and later episodes of Mario and Yoshi in the Morning.

Scare Factor: None.