Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Clip-On Library

United States of America and Canada

1982-84

Bumper: Same as the 1981 Caballero Control Corporation, Family Home Entertainment, and USA Home Video Prevues of Coming Attractions bumper, except with one of these two clip-on texts:

• PREVUES OF COMING ATTRACTIONS
• OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION

FX/SFX: All primitive Scanimate animation.

Music/Sounds: An orchestral fanfare.

Availability: Seen on tapes in Warner Home Video's A Night at the Movies series, such as 1960: Ocean's 11, 1957: The Prince and the Showgirl, and 1958: Auntie Mame. It also appeared at the end of some 1982 tapes, such as Rollover and Personal Best.

1994-1996

Bumper: On a black background, we see one of the clip-ons below in a font depending on the clip-on.

Clip-ons:

• Coming to Theatres December 21.
• Feature Presentation
• Coming From Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
• Available On Video November '95
• COMING SOON TO VIDEO
• OWN IT ON VIDEO
• NOW AVAILABLE ON VIDEO (this can be found on Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home)

Variant: The "COMING SOON TO VIDEO" and "OWN IT ON VIDEO" clip-ons animate in that the clip-on forms as if it is a shatter effect being played in reverse.

FX/SFX: None, or the reversed shatter effect.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Very rare. First seen on the screener VHS of Little Giants, then seen on a few standard tapes, including Batman Forever.

April 8-December? 1997

Bumper: A VHS cover of the film being advertised, with a white glow of varying thickness, slides in on a black background, stopping at the left. Next to it is this:

LOOK
FOR IT
ON
VIDEOCASSETTE

Below the text is the MPAA rating symbol (usually R) for the film being advertised.

FX/SFX: A sliding effect.

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the promo

Availability: So far, seen on the 1997 Warner Home Video VHSs of Michael Collins (at the end of trailers for Sleepers, Surviving Picasso, Sweet Nothing, Preprietor, Bad Moon, Sinchaser and North Star) and Steel (at the end of at least three trailers, those being for Two If by Sea, Conspiracy Theory and Fire Down Below).

1999-July 20, 2004

Note: The following were part of a series of Warner Home Video VHS bumpers spliced into clips of classic cartoons in the Warner Bros. film library, and are referred to by the cartoon that the bumper was spliced within.

Coming Soon From Warner Home Video (2000) Rare?

Warner Home Video "Coming Soon" bumper - Tom and Jerry

Opening To My Dog Skip 2000 VHS

**skip to 4:52**

WBFE Feature Presentation bumper (2002)

Bumper:

Coming Attractions/Now Available:

• Merrie Melodies Bumper A (1999/2000): We fade into a scene from the Merrie Melodies short Bedeviled Rabbit, in which we see the Tasmanian Devil (Taz for short) spinning onto the screen, in the middle of a very strange forest. He then stops spinning and searches the area, looking for something to eat, and immediately takes notice of Bugs Bunny, who we see sitting on a rock reading a book. The camera then changes to Bugs' point of view looking at the pages, one of which Taz turns, revealing the bumper (featuring the Warner Home Video logo superimposed on the standard cloudy sky background, with the gold text "NOW AVAILABLE FROM" stacked, with "NOW" going on top, "AVAILABLE" going in the middle, and "FROM" going on the bottom, above the logo) as a giant picture in the book that takes up an entire page. Taz then eats and chews up the book.
• Merrie Melodies Bumper B (2000): A clip from the classic Merrie Melodies short Duck Amuck plays, in which it starts with a white background. Daffy Duck pokes his head in from the right side of the screen and asks the animator where "the scenery" is. Daffy soon disappears to make way for a giant paintbrush, which then "paints" the bumper, which consists of the Warner Home Video logo resting on a cloudy sky background, with the text "COMING SOON FROM" arched in gold above it, onto the screen.
• Tom and Jerry Bumper (2000): We fade into a scene from the Tom and Jerry short Salt Water Tabby, in which Tom, wearing a bathing suit, is chasing Jerry on a beach. Jerry gets on a beach umbrella and presses its "close" button, causing it to get Tom stuck inside of it. The short then cuts to where Jerry manages to make a green crab run into a legging of Tom's bathing suit before fleeing the scene. The green crab attacks Tom's bum, causing him to jump into the air, with him and the umbrella landing in a vertical upside-down position. It then cuts a hole in the seat of his bathing suit, and as it jumps out, the bumper is revealed and fills up the screen.
• Scooby-Doo! on Zombie Island Bumper (2000): A lightning flash reveals what appears to be a tall and empty hall of a supposedly haunted eerie castle, with a wooden door closed in the distance. The camera, with two more lightning flashes, pans towards the door, which two green hands of a scary moat monster tear off revealing all along we'd been inside the vision of the monster. Within the green room the moat monster tore the wooden door off of, the Mystery Inc. gang is seen screaming and running off to the left and right of the screen. As soon as Shaggy and Scooby-Doo run off the screen, the dust clears up, revealing the bumper (the Warner Home Video logo with the gold text "NOW AVAILABLE FROM" arched in gold above it) superimposed on the wall behind where the Mystery Inc. gang was hiding. The monster's shadow is seen behind the bumper as we slowly pan towards it with the camera.

Feature Presentation:

• Family Entertainment Bumper (2000-2002): Against a sky background, the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo zooms out, with the text "FEATURE PRESENTATION" arched in gold above it. After the logo zooms out to a comfortable position, Bugs Bunny appears, does his pose, and eats his carrot with the same animation from the Family Entertainment logo.
• The Flintstones Bumper (2000): A scene from the opening credits of The Flintstones appears, in which Fred, Wilma, and their pet Dino drive up to their local movie theater. The same bumper (without Bugs Bunny) is on the movie screen, which can be seen on the top-center-left of the viewer's screen. Dino, sitting in the back of the car, extends his neck through the "roof" of the car so he can see the screen better. The camera then pans from the Flintstones family to the movie theater screen, and zooms in so that the bumper covers the viewer's entire screen.

Variant: There exists a very rare "stay tuned" clip-on variant of this bumper.

FX/SFX: The scene of the cartoon, as well as the WHV bumper.

Music/Sounds: Just the audio of the cartoon, which will sometimes be accompanied by a triumphant fanfare or even the Tom and Jerry cartoon ending music when the bumper is revealed. As for the Family Entertainment "Feature Presentation" bumper, it has the same music as the Warner Bros. Family Entertainment logo, accompanied by crunching sounds for when Bugs is eating his carrot.

Availability: Extremely rare. Only used on a select few tapes during the era such as My Dog Skip and Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders. As for the Family Entertainment "Feature Presentation" variant, it can be found on a 2000 VHS of Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights and the 2002 VHS of The Powerpuff Girls. Surprisingly, the Tom and Jerry variant appears on the 2005 DVD of LeapFrog presents: Learn to Read at the Storybook Factory, in place of the trailer for Tom and Jerry: The Fast and the Furry [due to a editing mistake on Warner's part].

July 27, 2004-March 14, 2006

Bumper: On a black background, we fade in on a blue "rippling" effect. In front of it is the Warner Home Video logo, which has a flare effect scrolling down across it. One of these clip-on texts is underneath:

• COMING SOON TO DVD & VIDEO
• COMING SOON TO DVD
• LOOK FOR IT ON DVD

FX/SFX: The rippling, the lens flare.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Ultra rare. The "COMING SOON TO DVD & VIDEO" variant was found on a demo VHS of The Whole Ten Yards and the DVD of Taking Lives, the "COMING SOON TO DVD" variant appears on the 2005 VHS releases of Around the Bend and Criminal, and the "LOOK FOR IT ON DVD" variant appears on the 2006 DVD of Good Night and Good Luck. The middle variant surprisingly appears before a trailer for A Very Long Engagement on one of Warner's YouTube channels.

Europe and Oceania

United Kingdom

Early 1980s-1984

Bumper: The 1980 Warner Home Video logo plays, however after a couple of seconds, the logo does one of the following transitions, segueing into the first trailer:

• Rotate clockwise with the trailer on the other side of the logo.
• Fly out either left or right, leaving a plain coloured background. The first trailer does exactly the same transition when entering.
• Shrink to the left of the screen whilst flipping. The trailer does the exact same animation, only from the right.
• After the last trailer, the normal WHV logo animates.

FX/SFX: Any of the animations above.

Music/Sounds: Either a medium-paced synth strings score, or "LA Woman" by The Doors plays in the background, while Bill McAllister says, "Some other great titles for the small screen. From Warner Home Video." After the last trailer, either tune plays again, with the announcer saying, "The titles you have just seen are available on VHS and Betamax. Ask your local stockist for details. Warner...Home Video." Between trailers, the bumper is silent.

Availability: Very rare. Appears on a few pre-cert UK WHV rental tapes from the time, including The Man With Two Brains, Of Unknown Origin, Risky Business, and This Is Elvis.

1984-June 9, 1999

Bumper: On a blue screen, we see the line and the words "COMING" on top and the words "SOON" and the line at the bottom zooming in and sliding.

Variants:

• From 1984 to 1986, the 1980 Warner Home Video logo is used, but a diamond wipe effect brings forth to the clip-on, on a white background with blue text in a typewriter font. From 1986 onwards, the 1986 Warner Home Video logo is used, but then it splits in half, revealing yellow text in a Helvetica font and it shines.
• A rare variant exists on the rental tape of Bloodsport, where we fade from black to reveal the clip on, which has a slightly brighter blue background, and a darker drop shadow behind the text, which shines faster than normal.
• Additionally, after By Dawn's Early Light and Travelling Man, the bumper are in a bold ITC Avant Garde font, and shine differently, again.
• In its early years, the 1985-1997 Warner Home Video logo fades to the bumper.
• On some occasions, the 1985-1997 Warner Home Video logo appears, but it fades to a blue screen with the words "COMING SOON" in gold.
• On National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Common Ground, the words type in, in a different font, and in white.
• On tapes where there are trailers after the main feature, the words are light blue on a black background.
• Starting in 1989, the bumper is stacked together.
• On Hit List, the words are in a silver Times font with a black shadow.
• On Rain Man, the words are in a bold Helvetica-like font. This bumper fades from the Warner Home Video logo, rather than from black.
  • On other occasions where there are trailers after the film, the normal bumper is still.
• In its later years, the text fades in. The font is also slightly different.
• A rare variant was created for the 1993 UK rental VHS of The Bodyguard, where an announcer is heard, trailing from the 1985 Warner Home Video logo (with Time Warner byline) to this bumper.

FX/SFX: The sliding, or for the later variant, the fading in. None for the still variant. The trailing, or the typing in on the original 1989 variant. For the 1984-1991 variant, The logo animating, and then the transition effect appearing. Sometimes, the bumper transitions to the first trailer with the 1984 Warner Bros. logo wiping in horizontally or vertically.

Music/Sounds:

• 1986-Early 1993, 1995-1996: The tail end of the 1985-1997 Warner Home Video logo.
• 1984-September 27, 1989; Early 1993-1995: Silent.
• 1996-1999: The tail end of the 1996-2017 Warner Home Video logo.
• The Bodyguard Variant: The music of the WHV logo, with an American-accented announcer saying "Before you sit down and watch the biggest film of the year, The Bodyguard, Warner Home Video invites you to enjoy some previews of outstanding cinema successes, coming soon to rent on video." For the second half, there is no music.

Availability: Common.

• Seen on most 1990s UK rental VHS releases from Warner Home Video; its first appearances being the UK rental releases of Clean and Sober, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams and Joe Versus the Volcano.
• The later blue text variant is seen on the rental release of MGM/UA's Miss Firecracker (the UK branch having just been absorbed by WHV by this time) as well as Warner's Gremlins II: The New Batch, Men Don't Leave, and Murder in Mississippi after the films' end.
• All other UK tapes from the era with the regular variant include (in alphabetical order): American Cyborg: Steel Warrior, American Ninja 5, American Samurai, Angel Street, The Assassin (aka No Point of Return), Babylon 5, Batman Forever, Batman Returns, Bed of Lies, Black Beauty (1994), Body Snatchers, The Bodyguard, Bogus, Born to Ride, Boys on the Side, Brother's Future, Carry on Columbus, Cast a Deadly Spell, Chain of Command, Chasers, Citizen Cohn, City of Joy, Class Act, The Client, Cobb, The Company, The Company II: Sacrifices, Criminal Justice, The Crush, Curacao, Curly Sue, The Curse of the Dragon, Dark Justice, Dave (1993), Dead-On, Deadly Intentions... Again?, The Death Merchants, Death Merchants II: The Mafia Connection, Defending Your Life, Demolition Man, Dirty Tricks, Disturbed (1990), Doc Hollywood, Dogfight, Doublecrossed, Dragonfight, El Diabo, Empire City, The Face of Fear, Falling Down, Fatal Deception, Fifty/Fifty, Final Analysis, Final Pulse, The Flash (1990), The Flash II: Revenge of the Trickster, The Flash III: Deadly Nightshade, Flirting, Forever Young, Frankenstein Unbound, Freejack, Free Willy, Frogs, The Fugitive, Goodfellas, Graffiti Bridge, Grumpy Old Men, Guilty by Suspicion, Hellhound, Hometown Boy Makes Good, A House in the Hills, A House of Secret and Lies, The Human Shield, Hurricane Smith, Hypersapien: People from Another Star, Impulse (1990), In the Spirit, Innocent Blood, It's Nothing Personal, Ivory Hunters, JFK, Killer Rules, Kung Fu, Ladybugs, The Last Boy Scout, The Last of the Mohicans, Last Stand at Saber River, Lean on Me, Lisa (1989), Lionheart, Made in America, Major League II, The Mambo Kings, Mannequin on the Move, Maverick, McBain, Meeting Venus, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Midnight Ride, A Mother's Justice, Mortal Sins, The Mummy Lives, Naked Tango, The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, The NeverEnding Story III: Escape From Fantasia, New Jack City, No Place to Hide, Nothing But Trouble, Other People's Money, Out for Justice, Outbreak (1995), Over the Line, Passenger 57, The Pelican Brief, A Perfect World, The Power of One, Power Play: The Jackie Presser Story, Presumed Innocent, Prison Heat, Prison Stories: Women on Inside, A Promise to Keep, Pure Country, Relentless 3, Renegade, Rescue Me, Richie Rich, The Rooke, Rover Dangerfield, Quick Change, Roots of Evil, Rover Dangerfield, Salt on Our Skin, Sarafina!, Second Best, The Secret Garden, The Shining (1997), Showdown at Little Tokyo, Silent Fall, Singles, Sketch Artist, Sommersby, The Specialist, Stalin (1992), Stay Tuned, Stephen King's IT, Stephen King's The Tommyknockers, Stolen Hearts, Street Knight, Survive the Savage Sea, Sweet 15, Taking Back My Life, Teen Agent (aka If Looks Could Kill), This Boy's Life, Thumbelina, Til I Kissed you, Time Trax, To My Daughter, To the Death, Tobe Hooper's Night Terrors, True Romance, Under Siege, Unforgiven, Wait Until Spring, Bandini, Walker Texas Ranger: One Riot One Ranger, White Sands, Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story, and Wrestling Ernest Hemingway.
• The 1989-1990 variant seen on the UK VHS tapes of All Dogs Go to Heaven, Batman, Betrayal, Common Ground, Dead Calm, The Delinquents, Driving Miss Daisy, The Drug Wars: The Camarena Story, Everybody's All-American, Feds, Hard to Kill, Her Alibi, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!, The Image, In Country, Lethal Weapon 2, Millennium, A Pair of Aces, Perfect Witness, Physical Evidence, Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, Relentless, Road House, Romero, Second Sight, Tango & Clash, Welcome Home, Without Her Consent, and Young Einstein among others.
• The third and fourth 1989 variants appear on rental tapes of Hit List and Rain Man.
• The 1997-1999 variant seen on the UK VHS tapes of Blade Squad, The Exorcist (1973), Grand Isle, Home Fries, Hope, Last Days of Disco, Lethal Weapon 4, Message in the Bottle, Purgatory, Soldier, Sunchaser, Thicker Than Blood, Two for Texas, U.S. Marshals, and Wrongfully Accused.
• The 1984-1991 variant can be seen on earlier tapes such as Police Academy, Gremlins, The NeverEnding Story, Teachers, and Raging Bull, among others.
• The first variant was seen on the UK rental releases of Arthur 2: On the Rocks, By Dawn's Early Light, Deadly Friend, Funny Farm, Lost In America, My Blue Heaven, National Lampoon's European Vacation, Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, Police Academy 3: Back in Training, Rocky IV, Switching Channels, Travelling Man, and The Witches (1990).

Editor's Note: The wipe after the 1984, 1986, or 1997 logos can come off as a surprise. Those who are scared of the logo may be scared by it and its animation, but the splitting/fading of it and the coming attraction screen are not that bad.

October 29, 1985-May 5, 1988

Bumper: On a black background, we see the white words in a Helvetica font:

COMING SOON

to a cinema
near you

FX/SFX: The fading on all of these variants.

Variants:

• A pale blue background appears on the British rentals of Pale Rider and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, preceding a short trailer for Cobra.
• Starting with 1986-1988 releases, the text is in a bold Optima font.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare.

• The first variant's only known appearance to date is on the 1985 UK rental VHS of Gremlins, shown before the trailer for Rocky IV.
• The 1986-1988 variant appears on the UK rental VHS of Innerspace, where it's seen in between the end of the Coming Soon featurette and the trailer for Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach.

1987-Early 1990

Note: The below images are taken from the movies being advertised from the featurette, and not from the description of the actual bumper, which is below the images.

October 1987-Summer 1988

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Who's That Girl (1987)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Innerspace (1987)

Masters of the Universe (1987)

Disorderlies (1987)

Summer 1988-Autumn 1989

Baby Boom (1987)

Empire of the Sun (1987)

Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988)

Switching Channels (1988)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Moving (1988)

Autumn 1989-Early 1990

The Accidental Tourist (1988)

Young Einstein (1988)

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)

Batman (1989)

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Licence to Kill (1989)

Millennium (1989)

Bumper: The 1985-1997 Warner Home Video logo animates, but it rotates counterclockwise, whilst zooming out on another cloud background. When it comes back, the Coming Soon featurette starts, where on a black background, various clips from the films being advertised are seen, as well as the countdown, a couple of streaks, and lines moving.

Variants:

• The 1987 UK rental VHSs of The Mission, Heartbreak Ridge and Little Shop of Horrors have the WHV logo fade to the prototype logo before rotating round.
• Beginning in late 1988, CGI yellow circles slowly fall from the right of the screen. They then flash to reveal the stacked words "COMING SOON", which occasionally rotate.
• Before the end of this bumper's usage, the WHV logo fades to black, rather than rotating in 3D.
• The closing of the bumper has the same as before, except the movie clips are replaced with the film logos. Then, the large word 'START' fills the screen.
• The first three promos list the cast.
• 8 to 11 (and maybe 12) don't have the release dates for the films trailered.

FX/SFX: Modern 2D computer graphics mixed with CGI, and the footage from the featured film trailers.

Music/Sounds: After the WHV logo music finishes, we hear the music from the soundtrack of the first trailer's movie, along with some whooshing sounds, a "buzz" countdown and some various beeping noises. A male announcer with an American accent, Paul Gambaccini, says over the sounds, "Welcome (again) to Coming Soon, the Warner Home Video special feature updating you with all that's best in future/home/quality entertainment!". At the end of the promo, music from the last trailer's movie plays, along with the same sounds as before, and the announcer saying "Films (that will)/to fill your home with quality entertainment, all coming soon from Warner Home Video!".

Voiceover Variant: For the first tape to feature this featurette, The Mission, the announcer says, "Welcome to the first edition of Coming Soon, around three minutes previewing all that's best in future entertainment from Warner Home Video."

Availability: Uncommon. Not all tapes featured the Coming Soon featurette, but it's still quite easy to find. According to the BBFC website, 31 were produced, although only promos 1-11 (or maybe 12) are numbered on the promos themselves, as seen at the top left of the screen. https://www.bbfc.co.uk/search?q=warner%20home%20video%20coming%20soon

A close approximation as to which tapes have the promos and the trailers featured (In some cases the same promos appear on multiple tapes):

1987-1988

• The Mission (Trailers: Little Shop of Horrors, Heartbreak Ridge, Ratboy, Police Academy 4, Mannequin) https://youtu.be/ylMMQYpueBY
• Heartbreak Ridge (Trailers: Unknown)
• Little Shop of Horrors (Trailers: Lethal Weapon, Burglar, Police Academy 4, Down Twisted, Superman IV, Who's That Girl) https://youtu.be/uQRNaS1MXfo (According to the BBFC website there are two versions of 4 and 5)
• Unknown (Trailers [Rough approximation]: Superman IV, Wisdom, Burglar, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, The Living Daylights) (Tapes that might have it: Police Academy 4, Down Twisted) (From any film rated U or above)
• Burglar (Trailers: Superman IV, Wisdom, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, The Living Daylights) https://youtu.be/gF_0FqR3tkI [Side note: A clip from Burglar and the film's logo are featured at the beginning and the end, though Burglar is not actually trailered; this could be an edit from the previously created Coming Soon featurette.]
• Unknown (Trailers [Rough approximation]: The Living Daylights, The Witches of Eastwick, Under Cover, Wisdom, Masters of The Universe) (Tapes that might have it: Who's That Girl, Police Academy 4, Down Twisted) (From any film rated PG or above)
• Superman IV (Trailers: The Living Daylights, The Witches of Eastwick, Under Cover, Wisdom, Masters of The Universe {InnerSpace full trailer but not part of the main promo}) https://youtu.be/FKdavuE36Ks
• Unknown (From any film rated U or above) (Tapes that might have it: Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Who's That Girl, Under Cover)
• The Living Daylights (Trailers: Masters of The Universe, Surrender, The Witches of Eastwick, Street Smart, InnerSpace) https://ia601401.us.archive.org/9/items/coming-soon_202107/7%20The%20Living%20Daylights.mp4
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (Trailers: Full Metal Jacket, Tough Guys Don't Dance, Heat, Surrender, InnerSpace) https://youtu.be/UNVBaCYADfk [Side note: A clip from Bloodsport and the film's logo are featured at the beginning and the end but Bloodsport is not actually trailered. Bloodsport would have still been playing in cinemas at the time and didn't make its way to video until late 1989]
• Full Metal Jacket (Trailers: The Lost Boys, Surrender, Tough Guys Don't Dance, Disorderlies, Masters of The Universe, InnerSpace) https://youtu.be/WZq_aojLdi4 [Side note: A clip from Bloodsport and the film's logo are featured at the beginning and the end but Bloodsport is not actually trailered. Bloodsport would have still been playing in cinemas at the time and didn't make its way to video until late 1989]
• InnerSpace (Trailers: Masters of The Universe, Street Smart, Disorderlies, Heat, Tough Guys Don't Dance, Surrender, The Lost Boys) https://youtu.be/TLOBbrzdAJ4
• Wisdom (Trailers: Masters of The Universe, Heat, Tough Guys Don't Dance, Three Kinds of Heat, Street Smart, The Lost Boys) https://youtu.be/gBH2-_YJm1Y

1987-1988 or 1988-1989

• Unknown (From an 18 rated film) (Tapes that might have it: Tough Guys Don't Dance, Heat)

1988-1989

• Barfly (Trailers: The Lost Boys, The Witches of Eastwick, Baby Boom, Nuts, Police Academy 5) https://youtu.be/1B2pDNQGZvA
• The Witches of Eastwick (Trailers: The Lost Boys, Nuts, Baby Boom, Switching Channels, Empire of the Sun) https://youtu.be/9oXPNETh7fs
• The Lost Boys (Trailers: Police Academy 5, Nuts, Baby Boom, Frantic, Switching Channels, Death Wish 4, Empire of The Sun) https://ia601401.us.archive.org/9/items/coming-soon_202107/15%20The%20Lost%20Boys.mp4
• Street Smart and The Hanoi Hilton (Trailers: Frantic, Beetlejuice, Switching Channels, Empire Of The Sun, Moving, Bright Lights, Big City) https://youtu.be/MhTfIOBQsQY
• Baby Boom and A Month in The Country (Trailers: Frantic, Switching Channels, Moving, Police Academy 5, Beetlejuice, Nico, Empire of The Sun) https://youtu.be/3Wmho14cDhc
• Frantic (Trailers: Bright Lights, Big City, Switching Channels, Moving, Beetlejuice, Nico, Funny Farm, Empire of The Sun) https://youtu.be/yfGlAEwhnyY
• Empire of The Sun (Trailers: Bright Lights, Big City, Feds, Switching Channels, Nico, Beetlejuice, Funny Farm) https://youtu.be/RvlvxUhoIZY
• Nico (Trailers: Switching Channels, Gorillas In The Mist, Bloodsport, Stand & Deliver, Bright Lights, Big City, Dangerous Liasons) https://youtu.be/EaruA5Hy6wY
• Beetlejuice (Trailers: Arthur 2, Feds, Switching Channels, Gorillas in the Mist, Moving, Funny Farm) https://youtu.be/9iYsMVglX74
• Bright Lights, Big City (Trailers: Arthur 2, Gorillas In The Mist, Caddyshack 2, The Accidental Tourist, Bloodsport, Dangerous Liaisons) https://youtu.be/guSWhcN36qI
• Bloodsport (Trailers: Arthur 2, Tequila Sunrise, Gorillas In the Mist, Stealing Home, The Accidental Tourist, Dangerous Liaisons) [1]

1989-1990

• The Dead Pool (Trailers: Rain Man, Child's Play, Betrayed, Crossing Delancey, Her Alibi, Dangerous Liaisons) https://youtu.be/NjfwEreVi6M
• Tequila Sunrise (Trailers: Rain Man, Child's Play, Her Alibi, Feds, Dangerous Liaisons, Police Academy 6) https://youtu.be/mB19MS4bI0I
• Gorillas in the Mist (Trailers: Rain Man, The Accidental Tourist, Stealing Home, Crossing Delancey, Her Alibi, Dangerous Liaisons) https://youtu.be/nsBe4NQxdz0
• Betrayed (Trailers: Lethal Weapon 2, Licence to Kill, Child's Play, Road House, Physical Evidence, Police Academy 6) https://youtu.be/XqkeXcAaopw
• Dangerous Liaisons (Trailers: Batman, Clara's Heart, License To Kill, Child's Play, Lethal Weapon 2, Police Academy 6) https://youtu.be/5pI_Lo8e7Bg
• Child's Play (Trailers: Lethal Weapon 2, Licence to Kill, Everybody's All American, Millennium, Young Einstein, Batman) https://youtu.be/mer_lVfCmxI
• Unknown (From an 18 rated film)

This featurette didn't appear on rental VHS such as Lethal Weapon, Masters of the Universe, The Accidental Tourist, White of the Eye, Physical Evidence, Arthur 2 and Switching Channels; these tapes contain the normal trailer reel instead.

Editor's Note: A very ambitious and unconventional method to showcase forthcoming movies for the UK video market, more likely coming from a trailer tape, even if the in-your-face animation and loud sounds make it uneasy at first.

1988 (A)

Bumper: We see the year "1988" in an italicised, grey metallic font fade in before cutting to the first trailer.

FX/SFX: Just the year name fading in.

Music/Sounds: The end portion of the Superman theme by John Williams, while Don LaFontaine announces, "And here's a preview of what Warner Home Video has in store for you... for 1988."

Availability: Extremely rare. Can be only found on, so far, the 1988 UK rental tape of White of the Eye.

July 20, 1989

Bumper: On a black background are the following words in a Helvetica font:

AT YOUR LOCAL CINEMA NOW.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Again, extremely rare. Its only known appearance to date is on the UK rental VHS of Tequila Sunrise, shown in between the trailer for Lethal Weapon 2 and the Coming Soon featurette.

December 1991-Mid 1992

Bumper: On a dark blue gradient background with a faded WB shield behind it, we see a coloured CGI WB shield in the top right, continuously rotating left. Below the shield are the words in a white Times font, "NOW AVAILABLE TO BUY," or, in the case of All Dogs Go To Heaven, "AN IDEAL GIFT FOR EVERYONE." A 3D VHS cover for the film being advertised is seen on the left of the screen. The bumper, then, either fades to black, or to the opening shot of the trailer.

FX/SFX: Only the CGI shield rotating.

Music/Sounds: The opening audio of the trailer.

Availability: Extremely rare. So far, only two tapes are known to contain this; the Christmas Vacation variant appears on the rental edition of Nothing But Trouble, whilst the All Dogs Go To Heaven variant appears on the retail edition of Rover Dangerfield.

1992-1995 (Alt.)

Bumper: Only the words "COMING SOON FROM WARNER HOME VIDEO" on a black background in either a Times New Roman or Helvetica font.

FX/SFX: Only the text fading in and out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: This bumper only appears on rental tapes of Buena Vista-released films, such as Father of the Bride, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, The Distinguished Gentleman, Passed Away, and Consenting Adults.

1999-2005

Bumper: On a black background, we see either of these texts:

• Available to Own Now on Video and DVD
• COMING SOON
• Coming Soon on Video & DVD
• Look Out for More Series 7 from July
• LOOK OUT FOR SERIES 8 ON VIDEO FROM SPRING 2002
• COMING SOON TO BUY AND/OR/& RENT ON VIDEO AND/OR/& DVD
• Available Now to Buy and Rent on Video and DVD
• Coming Soon on DVD & Video
• OUT NOW TO BUY OR RENT ON VIDEO OR DVD
• AVAILABLE NOW ON VIDEO OR DVD (This can be found on the rental version of Spartan)
• AVAILABLE NOW (This can be found on New York Minute)

Variant: Depending on the bumper, the text font may either be in Arial, Rockwell or Helvetica.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability Seen on the final United Kingdom videotapes from Warner Home Video, as well as Icon Film Distribution, Helkon SK and Redbus Film Distribution/Home Entertainment, and possibly HBO Video, including Friends videos, Ocean's Eleven, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Kevin & Perry Go Large, Analyse This, The Perfect Storm, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and Torque, among others.

Australia

1982-1986

Bumper: On a blue background, we see the text "At Home with the Hits" in a tilted script font, with the text "PREVIEW ATTRACTION" appearing in a plain white tall font.

FX/SFX: The fading.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Appears on Australian WHV tapes with previews from the time, such as Carrie.

1986-1990

Bumper: The 1985-1997 Warner Home Video logo animates, but it fades to a screen with a different sky background that zooms out. The cursive words "At Home With The Hits", with the words "PREVIEW ATTRACTIONS" sandwiched by four lines (two large, and two small) below them, fade in and zoom in slightly, before settling.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The logo's music. The coming attraction screen is silent, like it was in the UK version.

Availability: Same as UK bumper #2.

1990-99

Bumper: Over a hazy gray background, the big text "COMING ATTRACTIONS" rises from the middle of the screen.

FX/SFX: The text rising.

Music/Sounds: A triumphant fanfare.

Availability: Appears on Australian WHV tapes with previews from the time, such as (in alphabetical order) A French Vampire in America, A Perfect World, Babylon 5: A Voice in the Wilderness, City of Angels, Class Act, Clean Slate, Death Warrant, Demolition Man, Dragonfight, Falling Down, Forever Young, Goldeneye, Graffiti Bridge, Hard to Kill, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, Heaven Tonight, Joe's Apartment, If Looks Could Kill, L.A. Confidential, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Natural Born Killers, No Place to Hide, Not Without My Daughter, Quick Change, Rescue Me, Rover Dangerfield, Sommersby, Terminal Bliss, The Mummy Lives, The Pelican Brief, Under Siege and Vegas Vacation. It was also seen on an Australian release of MGM/UA's Fatal Instinct, and the New Zealand VHS of You've Got Mail.

1998-2005

Bumper: We see a still picture of the 1996 Warner Home Video logo in a square on a black background. Below it is the orange words "Coming Soon To Rental" or "Coming Soon To Video and DVD".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on later-day Australian WHV VHS releases such as American Dragons, Something's Gotta Give, Pay It Forward, Murder by Numbers, and Open Water.

Editor's Note: This bumper looks way too basic and probably took just a minute to put together.

France

1994

Bumper: On a blue background, we see the words:

ÉGALEMENT DISPONIBLE
CHEZ
WARNER HOME VIDEO

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. This was discovered on a European French tape of Dennis the Menace.

Mid-1990s–1999

Bumper: TBA.

FX/SFX: TBA.

Music/Sounds: A male French announcer says "Warner Home Vidéo vous présente une selection de ses prochaines sorties locations." ("Warner Home Video presents a selection of its upcoming rental releases.").

Availability: Extremely rare. This was discovered on a European French tape of UA's Ronin.

1999–2005

Warner Home Vidéo vous présente une selection de sous prochaines sorties locations-2

Et maintenant, découvrir en exclusivité les bandes annonces des prochaines sorties Warner Bros.-2

Bumper:

• Upcoming rental releases: We see a messy close-up view of the 1996 Warner Home Video logo, which the camera pans through until it reaches the center before rotating and zooming out to show a still version of the logo and the shining silver words "PROCHAINES SORTIES LOCATIONS" ("UPCOMING RENTAL RELEASES" in French).
• Upcoming cinema releases: A light appears as the 1984 Warner Bros. Pictures logo ease out to the center. As the cloud background of the 1984 Warner Bros. Pictures appearing at the back of the logo, the light dies away. The shining words "PROCHAINES SORTIES CINEMA" ease back and zooms out.

FX/SFX:

• Upcoming rental releases: The camera panning, rotating and zooming.
• Upcoming cinema releases: The zooming.

Music/Sounds/Voiceover:

• Upcoming rental releases: A deep whoosh with an announcer saying "Warner Home Vidéo vous présente une selection de ses prochaines sorties locations." ("Warner Home Video presents a selection of its upcoming rental releases.").
• Upcoming cinema releases: An announcer saying "Et maintenant, découvrir en exclusivité les bandes annonces des prochaines sorties Warner Bros., disponible d'ici quelques mois chez Warner Home Vidéo." ("And now, discover exclusively the trailers of the next Warner Bros. releases, available in a few months from Warner Home Video.")

Availability: Uncommon. This was discovered on a European French tape of The Perfect Storm (En Pleine Tempête).

Germany

1990s-1999

Bumper: On a black background, we see the word "PROGRAMMHINWEIS" ("PROGRAM NOTICES" in German).

Variant: Before individual trailers, the text reads "AB [MONTH/YEAR] ÜBERALL ZU KAUFEN" ("AVAILABLE FOR SALE EVERYWHERE FROM [MONTH/YEAR]").

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon. Found on German tapes at the time, such as Animals Are Beautiful People 2 (Die lustige Welt der Tiere 2) and Space Jam.

1999-November 2005

Bumper: On a black background, we see the word "Programmhinweis" appear via a flashing effect.

Variants:

• Sometimes, the text is still and reads "Jetzt im Kino" ("Now in Cinemas").
• Sometimes, the text fades to "Jetzt auf DVD und Video" ("Now on DVD and Video") in early releases or "Jetzt auf DVD" ("Now on DVD") in later releases.

FX/SFX: The flashing.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon. Found on the German tapes of The Polar Express (Der Polarexpress) and Laura's Star (Lauras Stern).

Spain

1997-2000

Bumper: On a blue background, we see the following clip-on text:

• PROXIMO ESTRENO EN VIDEO ("COMING SOON ON VIDEO")
• A LA VENTA EN VIDEO ("ON SALE ON VIDEO")
• A LA VENTA EN VIDEO EN EL ULTIMO TRIMESTRE DE 1998 ("ON SALE ON VIDEO IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 1998")
• A LA VENTA EN VIDEO EN NAVIDADES DE 1999 ("ON SALE ON VIDEO ON CHRISTMAS 1999").
• PROXIMO ESTRENO EN CINE" ("COMING SOON TO CINEMAS")
• PROXIMO ESTRENO EN LAS MEJORES SALAS EL 17 DEL DICIEMBRE DE 1999 ("COMING SOON TO THE BEST [THEATER] ROOMS ON DECEMBER 17, 1999")

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon. Found on Spanish VHS releases at the time, such as Quest for Camelot (La espada mágica: En busca de Camelot) and The King and I (El rey y yo).

Netherlands and Belgium

1992-1993

Bumper: On a white-blue gradient background, the text "NU MEER VIDEONIEUWS" (meaning "NOW MORE VIDEO NEWS") is seen.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. This can be seen on Dutch tapes of Doctor Mordrid and Arcade, following the feature films.

2000-2005

Bumper: We fade in on a cloud background (not unlike that seen in Warner Home Video's logo), with one of these two clip-on texts below.

• Binnenkort te huur en te koop op video en DVD
• Nu te koop op video en DVD
• Maintenant en vente en VHS & DVD
• Automne 2000 en vente en vidéo
• Maintenant en vente en vidéo

FX/SFX: The fading.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon. Found on the Dutch/Belgian VHS releases, such as The Iron Giant (Le Géant de fer), Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter en de Steen der Wijzen) and Cats and Dogs (Als Kat en Hond).

Latin America

Mexico

2000

Bumper: On a slate blue background, we see the words "PROXIMAMENTE A LA VENTA" ("COMING SOON FOR SALE").

Variant: The cinema variant features a fuzzy blue background and the words "PROXIMAMENTE EN CINE" ("COMING SOON TO CINEMAS").

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. This was found on a Mexican VHS of Las Chicas Superpoderosas (The Powerpuff Girls).

Brazil

1995-2001

Bumper: On a slate blue background with engraved diagonal lines, we see the word "TRAILER".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Uncommon. Available on the Brazilian releases of A Troll in Central Park (Um Duende no Parque) and The King and I (O Rei e Eu).

East Asia

Japan

1990s

Bumper: On a black background, we see the words "新作情報" ("New information" in Japanese) in a thick slate blue font with a white outline.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. Found on the Japanese VHS of Unforgiven (許されざる者).