MCH Productions

Background: In 1977, MCH was formed in a bedroom apartment in Los Vengoles, Decigornia, Union of Aqesia. The name of the company derives from the initials of the last names of the three producers: Charles Mallion, Dave Charler, and Gabere Heltian. During The Jenny Pennington Shows days, MCH produced the animated Brentons shorts, consisting of 48, before The Brentons became a full-time network series in 1982. After those initial skits, MCH worked with Trigon Television and Steven Kennington to produce the early seasons of the animated sitcom until 1989, when Hexafilm took over production. In 1984, the trio cut a production deal with KidWorld, and there they made the cable network's most successful animated series, Cats and Dogs. After that, MCH made other successful animated shows such as The Jungle Family, Don't be Afraid, XPlosive, Cats and Dogs in Space, Gooseboy (for Aqesian Cable Network and Natamount Network Television, distribution currently held by UBS), and The Weird Adventures of David O'Daniel (a promoted cartoon available exclusively at O'Daniel's restaurants from 1994 to early 2002). The company also produced Agent vs. Agent cartoons for FTV's FunnyTV. 1st Logo (October 30, 1977-December 19, 1993)

Nicknames: "Pyramid of Doom", "Why, MCH? Why?", "The Personification of All That is Evil", "That Strange Logo After Cats and Dogs", "Why I Don't Watch The Credits of Cats and Dogs"

Logo: On a light blue background, a dark blue 3D pyramid zooms in (a la this universe's V of Doom). Afterwards, the white "MCH" lettering in the Cooper Black font zooms in similarly.

Variants:

• A still version of the logo was spotted on A Kid in Hell.
• A version exists on the first two seasons of Don't be Afraid where the logo fades out early and the music trails off into the KidWorld "Spiral" logo.

FX/SFX: The zooming in...

Cheesy Factor: ...which is very choppy and complicated.

Music/Sounds: A very loud 5-note fanfare.

Music/Sounds Variants:

• In some cases, it uses the closing theme, like A Kid in Hell and the Cats and Dogs episode "The Evolution of Canis and Felis Sapiens/Literal Catfight".
• On "Birdy and Friends", the logo is silent.
• A version exists on the 1993 pilot of The Jungle Family where the logo plays as usual, but with the 1993 "Flying Kitten" logo audio instead. The pilot aired on September 1, 1993, and the "Flying Kitten" logo was introduced on October 8, 1993, so the "Flying Kitten" logo might had been intended to debut on this pilot, but for unknown reasons, was changed back to the "Pyramid of Doom" logo, but keeping the "Flying Kitten" audio intact. Interesting, but still very strange, not to mention that all other episodes with this logo use the normal music/sound variant.

Availability: Uncommon. Currently seen on Cats and Dogs episodes from the era on Retro Toons on Teen TV, DVD, and VHS (however, current prints of these episodes use the 2nd logo). An example of this is the 2003 Cats and Dogs Halloween VHS. It's also seen on DVDs of Gooseboy, DVDs of Fish City, and VHS tapes, DVDs and digital downloads of Don't Be Afraid. Also seen on early episodes of The Jungle Family. The Flying Kitten music variant is extinct, as the pilot hasn't been released or aired since its original airing in 1993. Don't expect to see this on the early seasons of The Brentons as the studio only did the animation for the show. They did not produce the show. Split-screen credits airings of their shows usually plasters this logo with the next one, but it did appear on some episodes of Cats and Dogs after KidWorld USA's split-screen credits when it made reruns from 2009-2011.

Scare Factor: Depending on the variant:

• Original version: Medium to nightmare. The cut from the credits to the logo is jarring and the zooming and music are very scary.
• The Jungle Family Pilot variant: Low to medium. The jarring cut from the credits and the zooming are scary, but the music isn't. It can be jarring if you expect the "Pyramid of Doom" audio and wind up with this. In addition, it's highly unlikely people would expect this due to this version being only a one time occurrence; however, it will also bring back good memories to the people who like the next logo.
• With the closing theme: Low to high, as it does not stop the cut from the credits nor the effects.

Fortunately, it gets better...

2nd Logo (October 8, 1993-present)

Nicknames: "The Kitten", "Flying Kitten", "Mr. Kitty", "The Signature Non-Scary Logo"

Logo: Over a blue sky background, a black/white tabby kitten with wings flies to the center of the screen. Below the kitten, the blue Times New Roman Condensed "MCH" lettering in 3-D flies in, and below the "MCH", a blue "Productions" with a black shadow in Gill Sans Ultra Bold fades in.

Trivia:

• Strangely, this logo appeared on early airings of the LampGuy episode "Painting Problems/Mr. CardBox's Restaurant vs. The World". It was an editing mistake made by KidWorld when they first started doing the split-screen credits. Normally, KidWorld makes custom split-screen credits for each cartoon and its producers. MCH was the only one that produced multiple KidWorld shows, and KidWorld created a generic one for these shows [which mentioned Mallion, Charler, and Heltian as producers and included Mr. Kitty], but, on the said episode of LampGuy, KidWorld accidentally used the MCH split screen credits for that episode. As of 2009, the logo is replaced by the Talking Chair Productions logo on recent airings (which was in the original credits to begin with). Still, it is one of the oddest editing mistakes ever made, next to a odd B&W Qwana-Kaivera Swirling Cross appearing on The Adventures of the Evil Verlamanian Leader a while ago.
• On October 2014 to circa May 2016 airings of Hey David on Retro Toons, this logo appeared instead of the Kai-Whoosh logo for the same reason stated above. This was fixed by the time the programming block got its own channel.
• At the July 2011 Comic-Con venue in Janvigorya, Decigornia, Dave Charler mentioned that he found, as claimed, "a bunch of fan mashups" of their production logo, in which he also added that the mashups might have been created in part with how many people explained their experience with the logo as kids, and how much they liked it, so she later decided to give the "flying kitten" character a name: Mr. Kitty. Mr. Kitty was also given the ability to speak. Actor, musician and professional surfer Daniel Mipens (known for voicing Demon Boy in Kid Heroes (2004)) is responsible for the voicing of Mr. Kitty. The character was originally intended to be in an animated PSA, with Mr. Kitty explaining his confusion onto why these mashups exist. He stars in his own web series. It is also worth mentioning that, according to Charler, the "Pyramid of Doom" was not intended to be scary.

Variants:

• Video games from the company have a still version of the logo on a white background.
• Since October 20, 2013, a variant is used where the animation is better (e.g. the clouds on the blue sky background move, the kitten looks more realistic, the wings on the kitten flap like bird wings, and the "MCH" text sparkles).
• This logo comes in 3 versions: a standard 4:3 version (for pre-HD era TV shows), a 1.55:1 widescreen version (matted to 1.85:1 for theatrical features released in the US (1.66:1 in Europe) and to 1.78:1 for both home video releases of those films and the final season of Cats and Dogs in Space), and a 16:9 HD version (for newer TV shows).
• Sometimes on Cats in Dogs in Space, the sky background is pink instead of blue. This variant is extinct; it was last seen on 2008 reruns of the show on KidWorld.
• On Retro Toons reruns of MCH shows, the logo is in warp speed.

FX/SFX: The kitten flying, the "MCH" text flying in, and the "Productions" text fading in. All CGI animation...

Cheesy Factor: ...that's kinda cheesy. It looks like the logo was done in an hour by a sixth grader using Blender. For the 2013-present variant, none.

Music/Sounds: A jingle that sounds like a electric piano rendition of a NTSC-slowed-down version of this universe's Macintosh Chimes of Doom.

Music/Sounds Variants:

• Sometimes the music is in warp speed (most likely on PAL television or media due to speedup).
• On the still video game variants, it's silent.
• On early television airings of Cats and Dogs episodes with this logo, the logo theme is low-pitched.
• On Cats and Dogs: The Movie and the 2013-present variant, the music has percussion.

Availability: Fairly common. It can be found on episodes such as those of later Cats and Dogs seasons starting in 1993, XPlosive, The Jungle Family, and on Cats and Dogs in Space, all of which are currently airing on the Retro Toons channel; it is also shown in place of the previous logo on airings with split-screen credits. Debuted on the rather obscure cartoon The Weird Adventures of David O'Daniel. This logo was used on MCH films from Cats and Dogs: The Movie to Refugees (which used this logo at the end). The still variant appears on Cats and Dogs: The Movie for GameStation and Cats and Dogs vs. The Draconian Royal Family for GameStation 2 among others. Recently appeared on Attack of the Evil Ferret. This logo also appeared on the obscure Cats and Dogs spin-off Cats and Dogs in the Future.

Scare Factor: Depending on the logo variant:

• 1993-2013 version: Low to medium, because of the cheesiness. It's a very popular logo and a favorite of many. It's very famous among and outside the logo community due to its "non-scary" status.
• 2013-present variant: None; the improved animation of the kitten makes it even more non-scary than the previous logo. The improved sky background with moving clouds and the effects on the text also help.
• Still variant: None.