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[[File:DicLogo.jpg|frame|No, it is not pronounced "dick".]]
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The company is mostly remembered for its [[Vanity Plate|closing logos]] that appeared at the very end of its shows. Its most notable was the "Kid in Bed" logo, in which a camera zoomed in above a boy who was sleeping in his bed and through his bedroom window, where the DIC logo formed outside. This closing logo, first used in 1987, went through various variations before being replaced altogether in the early 2000s. More information on this and the other closing logos for DIC can be found [http://www.closinglogos.com/page/DiC+Entertainment here].
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As of 2008, the company has been acquired and become part of [[Cookie Jar Entertainment]].
Although the [[Word of God|official]] pronunciation for the company's name is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLXP0TZ8s0Q "deek"], it has become easy for one to joke about the fact that the name is one letter away from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHO84rOp8FQ sounding like "dick"]. "DIC" has come to be described as an acronym for ''"Do It Cheap"'', though in the early days, they worked with [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]] (they weren't nearly as cheap as [[Filmation]] as TMS was very '''
They have also released [https://web.archive.org/web/20130816152005/http://cinemassacre.com/2011/04/01/super-mario-bros-super-show-dvd-menu-screen-review/ EasyPlay] DVDs in the late '90s, in which you can hear Inspector Gadget deliver an extremely long and [[Viewers are Morons|detailed]] lecture on how to use it. This is [[Justified Trope|somewhat justified]] since DVDs were still new at the time, though because you have to "move the glow" to the DiC logo and click on it, [[Fridge Logic|you already know how to use it anyway]].▼
▲They have also released [http://cinemassacre.com/2011/04/01/super-mario-bros-super-show-dvd-menu-screen-review/ EasyPlay] DVDs in the late '90s, in which you can hear Inspector Gadget deliver an extremely long and [[Viewers are Morons|detailed]] lecture on how to use it. This is [[Justified Trope|somewhat justified]] since DVDs were still new at the time, though because you have to "move the glow" to the DiC logo and click on it, [[Fridge Logic|you already know how to use it anyway]].
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'''Notable shows produced by the company include:'''
* ''[[Action Man]]''
* ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', ''[[Sonic Sat AM|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' and ''[[Sonic Underground]]''
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* ''[[Extreme Dinosaurs]]''
* ''[[The Get Along Gang]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats]]''
* ''[[Hello Kitty]]'s Furry Tale Theater'' (Co-produced with [[MGM]])
* ''[[Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling]]'' (co-produced with [[
* ''[[Hurricanes]]'' (Co-produced with Siriol Productions and Scottish Television)
* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]''
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* ''[[Liberty's Kids]]''
* ''[[The Littles]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Madeline]]'' (Co-Producers with [[Cinar]] for the 1988-1992 specials, Producers of the TV series and subsequent specials)
* ''[[Mary Kate and Ashley In Action]]''
* ''[[The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]''
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* ''[[Rainbow Brite]]''
* ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' (co-produced by [[Columbia Pictures]] Television)
* ''[[Sabrina the Animated Series]]'', and
* ''[[Sherlock Holmes in
* ''[[Stargate Infinity]]''
* ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]'' (the 2003 relaunch, The Sweet Dreams Movie, and the 2007 redesign episodes, before losing the rights to [[Moon Scoop]] Entertainment).
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