Changes: Paramount Home Entertainment Clip-On Library

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United States of America/Canada

March 9, 1988-December 1, 1998

Bumper: On the background of the later 1989 (or 1995) variant of the Paramount Home Media Distribution warning screen, we see the title of a specific Paramount movie in capital letters, along with being in a big font. Below that is any of the following clip-ons in a slightly smaller font, which uses some lowercase letters.

Trivia:

On the 1992 VHS release of The Butcher's Wife, the "Coming this June to video stores everywhere" clip-on appears twice, bookending the trailer for The Addams Family (which is actually the MC Hammer "Addams Groove" music video).
On the 1992 VHS release of Juice, both voiceover variants were used with the "Coming this August to video stores everywhere." clip-on; the low-voice version follows an ad for Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS & You, and the jolly-voice version follows the trailer for Wayne's World.
On the 1993 VHS release of Mandroid, the "Coming this August to video stores everywhere" clip-on appears after a trailer for Remote, which was originally slated to be released that month but delayed to September.
On the 1994 VHS release of Shrunken Heads, the trailer for Oblivion is shown twice (once during the opening previews, and again between the end of the movie and the Full Moon Entertainment "Videozone" behind-the-scenes feature), with the "Coming this December to video stores everywhere." clip-on only appearing the first time.
Two 1995 VHS releases use this bumper after a trailer for Star Trek Generations, but with the title arranged differently. On Drop Zone, the title is on one line, while on From Here to Infinity: The Ultimate Voyage, the title is on two lines.

Variants: Depending on the variant:

On 1988-91 releases, the background is blue-black gradient, and the text is in a Helvetica Bold font and with lowercase letters, which says "Coming in *Month* to video stores everywhere from Paramount" or "Coming this *Month* to video stores everywhere". Sometimes the text is in a regular Helvetica font. It often had no voiceover until late 1990. Starting in mid-1991, the latter text was displayed over the warning screen.
On the earliest releases with the bumper, no movie title was used. This version appears on the 1988 VHS releases of Eddie Murphy: Raw, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, and Beverly Hills Cop II.
Other early releases have the movie text in lowercase.
On the 1989 VHS release of "Crocodile" Dundee II, the gradient is blue-white.
On the 1990 VHS releases of Fat Man and Little Boy and Harlem Nights, the "available" in "Now available at video stores everywhere" is capitalized.
On the 1990 VHS releases of Friday the 13th, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan and Harlem Nights, the background is solid blue.
On the 1990 VHS release of Shirley Valentine, the gradient runs in the other direction. In addition, following a trailer for Fat Man and Little Boy, the first letter of "this" in the "Coming this May..." clip-on has been capitalized.
On the 1991 VHS release of Another 48 Hrs., the "Coming this February to video stores everywhere" clip-on is used, but with the first letters of each word in "video stores everywhere" capitalized. This follows a trailer for Days of Thunder.
On the 1991 VHS release of Days of Thunder, the movie text is in quotation marks. This follows trailers for The Two Jakes and Ghost.
On most tapes from the time, there is a variant that follows some trailers, which has the slightly small lowercase lettered text saying "Coming this *Month* to video stores everywhere". The same announcer says that text, too.
Sometimes the bumper would fade in from black once the trailer finishes, and other times it would cut in from the last frame of the trailer. On the 1988 VHS release of Beverly Hills Cop II, the bumper would fade in from the last frame of the trailer.
From 1991-95, the clip-on would have a period at the end.
On 1991 VHS tapes with the regular variant, the clip-on would read "coming in *Month* to video stores everywhere." or "now available on video cassette".
On the 1991 VHS release of The Pit and the Pendulum, "This picture has not yet been rated." appears at the bottom of the "coming in August..." clip-on, following a trailer for Subspecies.
On the 1991 VHS releases of Funny About Love and Welcome Home Roxy Carmichael, the text is in a different font.
Several rental variants exist:
- On the Paramount Family Favorites issue of the 1998 VHS release of The Beautician and the Beast (earlier copies contain different previews, and only use the "Now available on videocassette" clip-on), after a trailer for A Smile Like Yours, the clip-on reads "Rent it now on videocassette."
- Another rare variant has the text "Rent it this *Month* at video stores everywhere." The only known months used with it are January, April, and November. The "Rent it this January..." clip-on is the most common, as it can be seen on certain 1997-1998 VHS releases following the trailer for Good Burger, though some releases (such as the Rugrats tapes Diapered Duo and Dr. Tommy Pickles) instead have the "Coming this February to video stores everywhere" text. On Beavis and Butt-head Do America and Star Trek: First Contact, it also appears after the trailer for Event Horizon.
A few rare "Now available..." variants exist, with the text reading either "Now available wherever videos or sold or rented," "Now available wherever videocassettes are sold," or just "Now available." No voiceover is used on any of these.
1991-1995 VHS tapes have the Paramount Communications bylines in the background.
1995-1998 VHS tapes have the Viacom "Wigga-Wigga" bylines in the background.
On a couple of 1998 tapes, following a trailer for Grease, the movie text reads "GREASE's 20th Anniversary," with "Celebrate" above it. Two different clip-ons are used with this:
- Grease 2: on videocassette June 23.
- 'Til There Was You: Now available on videocassette.
On the first printing of the 1998 VHS release of The Odd Couple II, following a trailer for Sliding Doors, the "Coming this November..." clip-on is presented in the Helvetica font. It also stays on-screen longer.

Clip-ons: Legend: [n] - no voiceover, [v] - two voiceovers used

Coming this summer to a theater near you from Paramount Pictures [n] (This and the next clip-on can be found on the 1988 VHS of Beverly Hills Cop II.)
Coming on videocassette soon from Paramount Home Video [n]
Coming Soon On Videocassette From Paramount [n] (This clip-on can be found on the original 1989 VHS of Coming to America.)
Coming this January to video stores everywhere [v] (A third voiceover was found on the 1998 VHS of Sliding Doors, in which he says it in a jolly-pitched voice like on Version #2, but the tone and speed are different.)
Rent it this January at video stores everywhere (The announcer actually says "Coming this January to video stores everywhere".)
Coming this February to video stores everywhere
Coming this March to video stores everywhere [v]
Coming in March to video stores everywhere from Paramount [n] (This clip-on can be found on the 1989 VHS of The Presidio.)
Coming this April to video stores everywhere [v]
Coming in April to video stores everywhere from Paramount [n] (This clip-on can be found on the 1989 VHS of "Crocodile" Dundee II.)
Coming April 26th to video stores everywhere [n] (This clip-on can be found on the 1990 VHS of Shirley Valentine.)
Rent it this April at video stores everywhere (The announcer actually says "Coming this April to video stores everywhere".)
Coming this May to video stores everywhere [v]
Coming in May to video stores everywhere from Paramount (The announcer doesn't say the text. This clip-on can be found on the 1989 VHS releases of The Experts, Tucker: The Man and His Dream, and The Accused.)
Coming this June to video stores everywhere [v] (The jolly-pitched variant can be heard on the 1992 releases of The Butcher's Wife and Necessary Roughness and the 1997 VHS release of Star Trek: First Contact.)
Coming in June to video stores everywhere from Paramount (The announcer doesn't say the text. This clip-on can be found on the 1989 VHS release of The Accused.)
Coming this July to video stores everywhere
Coming this August to video stores everywhere [v]
coming in August to video stores everywhere. (This clip-on can be found on a handful of 1991 VHS releases, with three different voiceovers. On The End of Innocence, Version #1 is used. On Almost an Angel and Subspecies, Version #2 is used. A very rare Version #3 voiceover is used on He Said, She Said, Flight of the Intruder, and The Pit and the Pendulum, in which the announcer says the text in a deep voice.)
Coming this September to video stores everywhere [v]
coming in September to video stores everywhere. (This clip-on can be found on the 1991 VHS of The Perfect Weapon.)
Available this September wherever videocassettes are sold. [n] (This clip-on can be found on the original 1995 VHS release of The Brady Bunch Movie.)
Coming this October to video stores everywhere [v]
Coming in October to video stores everywhere from Paramount [n] (This clip-on can be found on the 1989 VHS/Betamax release of The Naked Gun.)
Coming this October to video stores everywhere from Paramount Home Video [n] (This clip-on can be found on the 1988 VHS release of Planes, Trains and Automobiles.)
Coming in October To Video Stores Everywhere [n] (This and the short "Coming in November" clip-on can be found on the 1989 VHS release of Cousins.)
Coming this November to video stores everywhere [v]
Coming in November to video stores everywhere from Paramount [n] (This clip-on can be found on the first printing of the 1989 VHS release of Major League.)
Coming in November To Video Stores Everywhere [n]
Rent it this November at video stores everywhere (The announcer actually says "Coming this November to video stores everywhere".)
Coming this December to video stores everywhere [v]
Coming soon to video stores everywhere. [n] (This clip-on can be found on the 1992 VHS releases of Hear My Song, Bad Channels, and Subspecies II.)
Now available [n] (This clip-on can be found on the 1992 VHS release of Cool World after a promo for the NES Cool World video game.)
Now available on videocassette [v] (A third voiceover was found on the VHS releases of Ladybugs, The Spider and the Fly, K2: The Ultimate High, and Private Parts [all from 1992 except for Private Parts, which was released in 1997], in which the announcer says the text in a deep voice.)
now available on video cassette. (This can be seen on the 1991 VHS release of The End of Innocence)
now available on videocassette. (A version of the above clip-on that has "videocassette" as one word. This version can be seen on the 1992 VHS release of Regarding Henry.)
Now available at video stores everywhere (Two versions exist: One where the announcer doesn't say the text, and another where he uses Version #2. The latter can be seen on the 1990 VHS release of Internal Affairs.)
Rent it now on videocassette (The announcer says "Now available on videocassette".)
Now available wherever videocassettes are sold [n] (This clip-on can be found at the end of a promo for Indecent Proposal, The Firm and Sliver on the 1994 VHS release of Beverly Hills Cop III.)
Now available wherever videos are sold or rented [n] (This clip-on can be found after a promo for Wayne's World on the 1992 VHS release of Boomerang, and after a promo for Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You on the 1992 VHS release of Patriot Games and the 1993 VHS release of Cool World.)

FX/SFX: Just the simple fade in and fade out.

Music/Sounds: None, except for Brian Cummings saying the lowercase lettered text (the slightly bigger text with the letters all in capitals the announcer does not say). In most cases, two different voiceovers are used: Version #1, where he says it in a low voice, and Version #2, where he says it in a jollier voice.

Music/Sounds Variants:

From 1988-90 and on several post-1991 variants, no voiceover was used.
Sometimes, on titles from 1988-93 (especially those from 1988-90), the end of the music from any given trailer would play underneath the bumper.
On the 1991 VHS release of Subspecies, after a trailer for Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth, Cummings' voiceover starts just before the bumper appears.

Availability: Common. It can be found on Paramount Home Video releases from the time, such as the 1994 VHS release of Searching for Bobby Fischer, the 1989 VHS release of "Crocodile" Dundee II, the 1988 VHSes of Beverly Hills Cop II and The Presidio, the original VHS print of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, and the 1997 VHS release of The Evening Star. It premiered on the 1988 VHS release of Beverly Hills Cop II, and its last appearances were on the original 1998 VHS releases of The Odd Couple II and Sliding Doors.

Editor's Note: Several variants strangely have Cummings saying the wrong text. The versions without the movie text also come off as unexpected.

May 17, 1989-January 21, 1997 (original usage); 2000s (reprints)

File:Paramount - Coming Attractions

Nickname: "Coming Attractions", "Abstract Mountain"

Bumper: On a background filled with blue/indigo squares, a flat, blue frame with the Paramount abstract mountain logo in silver appears. The stars shine from left to right, before the Paramount frame flies off as the blue/indigo squares move, opening up like a door. The words "COMING ATTRACTIONS" in gold are revealed on a heliotrope gradient background. They zoom in slowly to the center of the screen. They then shine, and after a few moments, quickly begin zooming in again, cutting the bumper to black.

Variant: On most 1989-91 tapes, such as The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, Fat Man and Little Boy, Aftershock, Shirley Valentine, Let it Ride, He Said, She Said, and Friday the 13th, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, the bumper instead cuts to the MPAA rating screen. (The 1990 VHS of Out of Sight, Out of Mind, co-distributed with Prism Entertainment, is the earliest known release to feature a black screen between the bumper and rating screen.)

Bylines: This used whatever byline Paramount was using at the time:

1989: "A Gulf+Western Company"
1989-1995; 2000s reprints: "A Paramount Communications Company" (in a serif font)
1995-1997: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in the 1990 \/|/\CO/\/\ "Wigga-Wigga" font)

FX/SFX: The CGI squares moving away, the animation on the flat, blue Paramount frame, and the actions of the "COMING ATTRACTIONS" text.

Music/Sounds/Voice-over: An abridged version of the Paramount on Parade fanfare, accompanied with an announcer saying "Here are some exciting coming attractions from Paramount". The announcer is likely Brian Cummings (known for his work in trailers and promos for the Walt Disney Company).

Availability: Rare. This was only used until 1997.

The Gulf+Western variant is the rarest of the three, but can be found on the 1989 VHS releases of Coming to America (on which it made its debut following a Pepsi commercial), The Experts, Major League, and The Naked Gun.
The Paramount Communications version is the most common, and appears on 1989-95 tapes such as Wayne's World, The Addams Family, It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown, The Kid Who Loved Christmas, Patriot Games, Jennifer 8, Denis Leary: No Cure for Cancer, Beverly Hills Cop III, Ladybugs, and What's Eating Gilbert Grape?.
The Viacom version, while its availability falls in-between the Gulf+Western and Paramount Communications versions, is seen on 1995-97 tapes (mainly Paramount Communications reprints) such as The Phantom, Rugrats: Tommy Troubles, Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?, Eye for an Eye, Tommy Boy, Braveheart, Congo, Star Trek: Generations, Drop Zone, and Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
On the 1996 VHS release of Mission: Impossible, this bumper is replaced with the regular logo, which animates at warp speed while Jim Cummings says "Coming to theaters this holiday season from Paramount Pictures."
Although this bumper officially ended in 1997 with Escape from L.A., it was retained on 2000s reprints of VHS releases that include it, ending with a 2006 VHS reprint of The Mayflower Voyagers.
While it usually appeared as the first thing on the tape, it appears as the second thing on the aforementioned Coming to America and two 1994 Peanuts VHS releases (preceded by a Travelodge promo on both titles), It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown and You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown.

Editor's Note: Like its Feature Presentation equivalent, a favorite bumper of many despite its nature and primitive CGI animation.

December 15, 1998-January 26, 1999

Bumper: On a black background, one of the clip-ons below appears in white, capital letters.

Clip-ons:

COMING TO VIDEO STORES
COMING TO THEATRES

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Silent, except for the announcer, Brian Cummings, saying one of the following:

Coming to Video Stores: "Coming this November to video stores."
Coming to Theatres: "Coming to theatres!"

Music/Sounds Variant: A variant of the "Coming to Video Stores" clip-on features Brian Cummings saying "And, coming this February from Paramount Home Video!"

Availability: Rare. It was only used for a short time before being replaced by the next bumper below, but it can be found on the original VHS releases of The Truman Show and Deep Impact from 1998 and 1999, respectively.

Editor's Note: Considering that this was only used on two titles and features no animation, it feels like a placeholder for the next bumper, which also coincidentally had white text on a black background.

February 16, 1999-February 18, 2003

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A history of the era's bumpers

Bumper: We see a still shot of the 1995 Paramount Home Video/Entertainment logo fading in and fading out to a black background (with the clouds still moving). We then see one of the clip-ons below fade in, zoom in, then fade out.

Clip-ons:

Legend: [a] - both announcers used, [n] - no announcers used

Coming To Theaters [a]
Now In Theaters [a]
Coming To Videocassette
Now Available On Videocassette
Coming To Videocassette And DVD
Now Available On Videocassette And DVD
Coming To DVD
Now Available On DVD
The Previously Unreleased Vanilla Sky Teaser Trailer (as seen on the 2002 VHS release of Vanilla Sky) [n]

Variants:

Special variants of these bumpers appeared on the 2002 VHS release of Vanilla Sky. On a white background, we see the texts in a narrow black font, and in all capitals. The other announcer says some of the texts in this variant.
On the original variant of the "Now In Theaters" clip-on, the redone 1999 version of the logo is used instead of the 1995 version.
Starting in 2002, the logo is cut and only the clip-on is shown. Rarely, even before this, the original clip-ons will sometimes also appear without the logo.
On the 2002 VHS release of Orange County, the clip-ons appear in a slightly different font.

FX/SFX: The text zooming in, and on the original variant, the Paramount logo fading in.

Music/Sounds: The original four clip-ons have Beau Weaver announcing them, usually after a few seconds of silence following the Paramount logo. Another male announcer, Brian Cummings, announces the last four clip-ons, as well as the later variant of the "Coming To Theaters" and "Now In Theaters" clip-ons.

Availability: Fairly common. This was seen on most tapes of the era, such as many Nickelodeon TV and movie releases, including the 2002 VHS releases of Clockstoppers, Hey Arnold!: The Movie, SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories, Rugrats: Christmas and SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge Buddies. The first tape to use this was the 1999 VHS release of Snake Eyes, and the last tape to have it was the 2003 VHS release of The Four Feathers. The original variant is more common than the later variant due to it being used longer and can, for example, be found on the 2000 VHS releases of Snow Day and Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Musical Movie. The "Now In Theaters" clip-on is incredibly rare, as its only known sightings include the 2001-2002 VHS releases of Enemy at the Gates, Along Came a Spider, The Emperor's New Clothes, Festival in Cannes, and Triumph of Love. The "Now Available On DVD" clip-on is extremely rare, and can only be seen on the 2002 VHSs of Orange County and Mostly Martha.

Editor's Note: Unlike the other bumpers by Paramount, this one is not very well received.

May 20, 2003-2005

Bumper: On a black background, one of the below clip-on texts is shown.

Clip-ons:

COMING SOON TO VIDEO AND DVD
COMING SOON ON DVD AND VIDEO
AVAILABLE NOW ON VIDEO AND DVD

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end of the trailer theme or none.

Availability: Very rare, as it was the last of these bumpers to be seen on Paramount VHS tapes. While mainly exclusive to screeners, such as the 2004 screener tapes of The Perfect Score, The United States of Leland, and The Prince & Me, actual releases it makes appearances on include Star Trek: Nemesis, The Hunted, and The Perfect Score. Because this one appears at the end of trailers rather than the beginning, some trailers have their own end-of-trailer card instead, making the bumper rare.

Final Note: After 2005, Paramount opted not to include previews on VHS releases (with the exception of releases of material more suitable for younger audiences), and as such these bumpers were retired.

International versions

United Kingdom

1999-2003

Bumper: On the same aurora background as the 1997-2001 CIC Video warning screen, we see one of the following clip-ons.

Clip-ons:

AVAILABLE TO BUY ON VIDEO
AVAILABLE TO BUY ON DVD
NOW AVAILABLE TO RENT ON VIDEO
COMING SOON
NOW AVAILABLE TO RENT ON VIDEO & DVD

Variant: On the "COMING SOON" variant, sometimes the words may be on top of each other and in a different font.

FX/SFX: The animated background, and on the DVD variant, a 3-D DVD Video logo rotates.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on international Paramount Home Entertainment releases from 1999-2003.

Editor's Note: On the "COMING SOON" variant, why are they not more specific?

2003-2006

Available to Rent on Video and DVD

Coming Soon

Available to Own On Video and DVD

Available to Own on Video

Bumper: Inside the film operating projector of the 2003 Paramount warning, we see several shots of filmstrip with one of the following clip-ons, before the last shot focuses on the closeup of the filmstrip with light reflecting on it, just before it flashes to black.

Clip-ons:

AVAILABLE TO OWN ON VIDEO
AVAILABLE TO OWN ON VIDEO AND DVD
AVAILABLE TO RENT ON VIDEO AND DVD
COMING SOON

FX/SFX: More of the same live-action and CGI filmstrip animation and footage.

Music/Sounds: The jazz/piano music from the warning screen, with the projector as background noise.

Availability: Seen on international Paramount Home Entertainment releases from 2003-2006 like Clockstoppers, The Core, Action Man: X Missions, SpongeBob SquarePants: Lost in Time, and Rugrats Go Wild!.

Editor's Note: Same as above.

2006-Present

Bumper: On a dark blue background are the words, "Coming Soon" in an Arial font. Below it are the smaller words, 'PRESS MENU ON YOUR REMOTE TO GO TO THE MAIN MENU'.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Appears on many UK DVDs released by Paramount Home Entertainment and also DreamWorks Home Entertainment from 2006-2012, like Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, Charlotte's Web, Little Fockers, Norbit, Iron Man 2, SpongeBob SquarePants: Friend or Foe?, Blades of Glory, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Super 8 and The Spiderwick Chronicles among others.

Editor's Note: Same as above.

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 '''<u>Nickname</u>''': "Coming Attractions", "Abstract Mountain"
-'''<u>Bumper</u>''': On a background filled with blue/indigo squares, a flat, blue frame with the Paramount abstract mountain logo in silver appears. The stars shine from left to right, before the Paramount frame flies off as the blue/indigo squares move, opening up like a door. The words "'''<font face="Times New Roman" color="#FFD700" size="5">C</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#FFD700">OMING</font> <font face="Times New Roman" color="#FFD700" size="5">A</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#FFD700">TTRACTIONS</font>'''" in gold are revealed on a heliotrope gradient background. They zoom in slowly to the center of the screen. They then shine, and after a few moments, quickly begin zooming in again, cutting the bumper to back.
+'''<u>Bumper</u>''': On a background filled with blue/indigo squares, a flat, blue frame with the Paramount abstract mountain logo in silver appears. The stars shine from left to right, before the Paramount frame flies off as the blue/indigo squares move, opening up like a door. The words "'''<font face="Times New Roman" color="#FFD700" size="5">C</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#FFD700">OMING</font> <font face="Times New Roman" color="#FFD700" size="5">A</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#FFD700">TTRACTIONS</font>'''" in gold are revealed on a heliotrope gradient background. They zoom in slowly to the center of the screen. They then shine, and after a few moments, quickly begin zooming in again, cutting the bumper to black.
 <u>'''Variant'''</u>: On most 1989-91 tapes, such as ''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'', ''Fat Man and Little Boy'', ''Aftershock'', ''Shirley Valentine'', ''Let it Ride'', ''He Said, She Said'', and ''Friday the 13th, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan'', the bumper instead cuts to the [[Motion Picture Association of America (Trailers)|MPAA rating screen]]. (The 1990 VHS of ''Out of Sight, Out of Mind'', co-distributed with Prism Entertainment, is the earliest known release to feature a black screen between the bumper and rating screen.)