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A picture of the actor-less 2003-2010 Wand ID featuring the blue Disney Channel logo as it forms with a wand.

The "Wand" idents are a series of bumpers aired on Disney Channel, typically shown right before the start of a show or movie. The ID's (which debuted on June 1, 2003) typically consist of actors/actresses/cartoon characters introduce themselves by saying their names, often followed by what show they are from, before saying "You're watching Disney Channel." and forming the Mickey Mouse ears with a sparkly colored wand.

The initial first batch of these idents were filmed and produced along with some new "Express Yourself" skits and bumpers and "Learning Together" skits and bumpers in 2002. The new "Express Yourself" and "Learning Together" skits featuring Disney Channel actors (wearing different clothing that would be later used in the idents themselves) aired immediately after the rebrand, while the first batch of the "Wand" series of idents (featuring Disney Channel actors wearing clothing from the "Express Yourself" and "Learning Together" bumpers) first aired in June 2003. The idents themselves were filmed in August 2002 at Storyville Pictures in Venice, California, and were edited by Guillotine Post in Atlanta, Georgia, while the logo, music, sound effects, and visual effects were added during post-production by PMcD Design in New York City, New York.

As of May 2014, the ID now features the actor/actress drawing the dot on what appears to be Mickey's head, but then it zooms out to be the "i" in "Disney" in the current Disney Channel logo. Also, the wand they use is replaced by a traditional magician's wand instead of a glow stick, as well as the white background (until it returned in 2018, along with the return of the glow sticks) is replaced by the various live-action locations (such as the school hallway, swimming pool and the backstage), the purple and blue backgrounds with a shining sun (as of 2016, only used for the idents of Bizaardvark and Stuck in the Middle) or the blue, light blue, turquoise and teal backgrounds with the dot of the i enlarged (part of the current 2017 rebrand).

Original Wand IDs (2003-2010)[]

Second Batch (2003–2011)[]

Ribbon-Era Batch (2007–2015)[]

Second Ribbon-Era Additions of Wand IDs (2008-2010)[]

Rounded Square Era (2010-2015; 2016)[]

Second Rounded Square Era Additions (2011-2015)[]

Third Rounded Square Era Additions of Wand ID's (2012-2015)[]

Location Backgrounds Wand IDs (2014–2020)[]

Second Additions of Location Background Wand IDs (2015-2020)[]

Shining Sun Wand IDs (2016-2019)[]

Mickey Head Wand IDs (2017-2022)[]

White Background Wand IDs (second era) (2018-present)[]

Second Additions of Second Era of White Background Wand IDs (2019-present)[]

Third Additions of Second Era of White Background Wand IDs (2020-present)[]

Fourth Additions of Second Era of White Background Wand IDs (2021-present)[]

Trivia[]

[NOTE: The Top 2 Facts are from Defunctland's Disney Channel Theme Video]

-In 2019, the DisneyNOW app added a feature that allowed users to make their own Wand IDs.

-At the 2022 D23 Disney fan convention, there was a photo op where people that came to the event could do a Wand ID.[1]

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