T.S.P. Productions (Canada)

Background: T.S.P Productions is founded in Toronto, Canada by John Arlington, who was notable for playing as Johnathan Vinton in the 1986 film, The Legend of the Were-Bat. T.S.P stands for "Toronto Station Practice".

1st Logo

(2007-)

Nickname: "Does This Look Unsure to You?", "The Morbid Octopus of Doom", "The Morbid Squid of Evil", "Creepy Octopus", "The SpongeBob SquarePants Rip-Off"

Logo: The logo starts with an anthropomorphic sponge who tells the anthropomorphic octopus that nobody is immune to TV shows. Depressed, the octopus says "Does this look unsure to you?" to the sponge, and the camera closes up on his wrinkly face. The text TSP in a blue BubbleBoddy front appeared on the top with "Productions" in the white Arial font slide in. Suddenly, the octopus turn a dark color as his pupils abruptly disappear.

Variants:

On the 2007 short film Aesop and Son: The Ferret and the Seal, where the logo first appeared, the logo is brighter and the text "The Next Generation of..." in the green Brushscript font appear at the top. Also, the squid's pupils does not vanish and the image of him extends to three instead of five.

There is a variant where scene is set in the restaurant instead of being outside. The sponge now shoots a ray at the octopus, where the squid takes many of the horrific forms such as setting fire on himself, being fleshed alive, or even scissors cutting him (you can see his brain being cut in half). This was only seen on the 2011 direct-to-DVD film, Dr. Core's Wonderful Island.

FX/SFX: This scene is, in fact, recycled from the 2001 SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Just One Bite" where SpongeBob tries to make Squidward eat a Krabby Patty, but the sky is edited to be darken, image of Squidward's closed-up face is extended for five seconds and his pupils edited to be vanished. The Dr. Core's Wonderful Island variant is recycled from "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" (2002), another SpongeBob SquarePants episode.

Music/Sounds: The dialogue is the same as "Just One Bite", but edited slightly to make the sponge saying "No one is immune to the TV shows!", followed by the octopus saying "Does this look unsure to you?" while the horror-type music plays as the camera zooms up to his face. The Dr. Core's Wonderful Island variant has an audio recycled from "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" with the music left intact.

Music/Sound Variant:

The "Next Generation of..." variant is unique that the sponge says that "The mini-movie is great for your soul!" instead of saying "No one is immune to the TV shows!", and the octopus saying "Oh please! I have no soul!", instead of saying "Does this look unsure to you?". Instead of the horror music, the music that plays is an instrumental version of "Look At Us" by Sarina Paris.

Availability: Uncommon. This logo first appeared on the 2007 short film Aesop and Son: The Ferret and the Seal, which was released alongside TMNT in Toronto theaters. It was later used at the end of several shows produced by TPS at the time. It was also spotted on the 2010 film I'm Just a Teenager. Currently seen on the direct-to-DVD films distributed by WonderWorld Media.

Trivia: This logo strangely appeared at the end of The Simpsons World episode "Don't Have a Horse, Man!" when Fox Toonworks first airs it in 2011. Thankfully, it was removed in 2015.

Scare Factor: Depending on the show or film:

High to Nightmare. The octopus' morbid face and the music as well as his irises disappearing will startle anyone who sees it, although it was lower for those who is used to seeing it.

Medium for "The Next Generation of..." variant. The octopus' face still unnerves a few, but the music is the favorite of many.

NIGHTMARE for the Dr. Core's Wonderful Island variant.