DiC Entertainment was a production company that started as a subsidiary of Radio-Television Luxembourg in 1971, that would go on to produce many kids' cartoons, especially in the 1980s. Its name is an acronym forDiffusion, Information et Communication.

The company is mostly remembered for itsclosing 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 foundhere.

As of 2008, the company has been acquired and become part ofCookie Jar Entertainment.

Although theofficial pronunciation for the company's name is"deek", it has become easy for one to joke about the fact that the name is one letter away fromsounding like "dick". "DIC" has come to be described as an acronym for"Do It Cheap", though in the early days, they worked withTokyo Movie Shinsha (they weren't nearly as cheap asFilmation as TMS was veryexpensive), only switching to studios likeKKC and D Asia,Saerom andSei Young later on asDisney and laterWarner Bros were giving TMS more money for their shows. As a result, the higher-quality shows of company's heyday inThe Eighties (includingInspector Gadget,Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors,M.A.S.K.,Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats,Dinosaucers, and so on) would eventually give way to their unfortunately arguably better-rememberedDork Age, particularly its cartoons based on theSuper Mario Bros andSonic The Hedgehog video games, which are also a frequent source inYouTube Poop. It is also rather infamous among the anime community for itsdub ofSailor Moon (although in that case it is often a subject ofMisblamed since the voices, dub script, and most of the editing was done by Optimum Productions).

They have also releasedEasyPlay DVDs in the late '90s, in which you can hear Inspector Gadget deliver an extremely long anddetailed lecture on how to use it. This issomewhat 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,you already know how to use it anyway.

Notable shows produced by the company include:

• Action Man
• Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog,Sonic the Hedgehog andSonic Underground
• The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (co production with Alchemy II and Atkinson Film-Arts)
• ALF: The Animated Series (co production with Alien Productions andSaban Entertainment)
• ALF Tales (co production with Alien Productions andSaban Entertainment)
• Alienators Evolution Continues (2001-2002) (co-produced by Sony Pictures Television andDreamWorks Television)
• Later episodes ofAlvin and The Chipmunks
• Archies Weird Mysteries
• Battletoads (pilot only)
• Bill and Teds Excellent Adventures (whenHanna-Barbera lost the rights after the first season)
• Bump in the Night
• Captain N: The Game Master
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers (The first three seasons only; Co-produced with Turner Program Services)
• Care Bears (first season and first two movies, before losing the rights toNelvana, and after winning the rights back, the Oopsy Does It movie and Adventures in Care-a-Lot series and specials, before losing the rights again, this time toMoon Scoop Entertainment)
• The animated version ofDennis the Menace
• Dinosaucers (co-produced byColumbia Pictures Television)
• Dino Squad
• TheDouble Dragon animated series
• Extreme Dinosaurs
• The Get Along Gang
• G.I. Joe (the third and fourth seasons of the animated series)
• Heathcliff and The Catillac Cats
• Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (Co-produced withMGM)
• Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (co-produced withWWF)
• Hurricanes (Co-produced with Siriol Productions and Scottish Television)
• Inspector Gadget
• Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
• The Legend of Zelda
• Liberty's Kids
• The Littles
• M.A.S.K.
• Madeline (Co-Producers withCinar for the 1988-1992 specials, Producers of the TV series and subsequent specials)
• Mary Kate and Ashley In Action
• The Mysterious Cities of Gold
• Pole Position
• Popples
• Pro Stars
• Rainbow Brite
• The Real Ghostbusters (co-produced byColumbia Pictures Television)
• Sabrina the Animated Series, and its spin-off,Sabrina's Secret Life
• Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century
• Stargate Infinity
• Strawberry Shortcake (the 2003 relaunch, The Sweet Dreams Movie, and the 2007 redesign episodes, before losing the rights toMoon Scoop Entertainment).
• The original English dub ofSailor Moon
• TheKnights of the Zodiac dub ofSaint Seiya
• Street Sharks
• Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (APower Rangers styleImportation Expansion of theToku seriesDenkou Choujin Gridman)
• The Super Mario Bros Super Show (and its sequels)
• Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills
• Trollz
• Ulysses 31
• Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego
• Wish Kid (starring Macaulay Culkin)
• The Wizard of Oz
• Zoobilee Zoo

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