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1st Warning
(2003-2007)

Warning: On a black background, we see "FBI WARNING" in a red font that was similar to Times New Roman. Below it is white text.

FX/SFX: None.

Cheesy Factor: "FBI WARNING" is extremely cheap-looking.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on the earliest Shout! Factory releases, such as The Best of the Electric Company and Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series. It was also seen on Lions Gate and Trimark releases from the late 1990s to the early 2000s.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd Warning
(2007-2013)

Warning: On a red moving spiral/globe/grid backdrop, "FBI ANTI-PIRACY WARNING" in the Impact font (with "FBI ANTI-PIRACY" in white and "WARNING" in red) fades in along with the FBI seal. After that, white generic text wipes in at the bottom of "WARNING". 

FX/SFX: The background, the fading of the seal and "FBI ANTI-PIRACY WARNING", the text wiping in. 

Music/Sounds: None. 

Availability: Seen on Shout! Factory releases of the era, such as My Little Pony: Equestria Girls and the first three releases of CatDog.

Scare Factor: None. 

3rd Warning
(2007)

Warning: Same as the 1981-2004 Warner Home Video FBI Warning, except the FBI Seal is colored.

FX/SFX: None

Music/Sounds: None

Availability: Seen on some Shout! Factory releases, such as Sonic the Hedgehog (SATAM): The Complete Series.

Scare Factor: Like most warnings in this format, none to low.

4th Warning
(August 9, 2011-November 13, 2012)

Warning: Same as the 2005-13 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment warning screen, but it is tinted lighter, has different text, and it fades in and out.

Variant: A widescreen version exists.

FX/SFX: Just the fading.

Cheesy Factor: The fading is rather slow.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only seen on the first two seasons of Hey Arnold! and the five DVDs included in the book The Incredible Mel Brooks.

Scare Factor: None.


5th Warning
(September 25, 2012)

Warning: On a blue background, we see the FBI Warning seal and below it is yellow warning text.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only known to have been seen on CatDog: Season 2, Part 2.

Scare Factor: None to low.

6th Warning
(2013-)

Warning: On a black background, we see the FBI warning seal with white text below.

Variant: For the first few months of this warning's life, the font was different.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on current Shout! Factory releases, such as the last two seasons of Hey Arnold! and CatDog, The Bob Newhart Show: The Complete Series, The Battery, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks, WKRP In Cincinnati: The Complete Series, seasons 1-3 of Lou Grant (it will also be seen on the upcoming releases of the last two seasons), To Live and Die in L.A., and The Chinese Connection.

Scare Factor: None.

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