Various/Unknown VHS Endings

These are the various VHS endings from some tapes.



Rewinding while recording
This ending consists of the tape master rewinding while the VHS is still being recorded. However, since this ending is most likely a recording error, this ending is more rare than any other VHS ending.


 * 1) Marathon Music & Video
 * 2) Profiles, Inc. (Seen on a 1986 pressing of Bill Dance: Dance n' Lessons Volume 2)
 * 3) Astrion Video (UK)
 * 4) The ABM Group (Canada)
 * 5) Paramount Home Entertainment (Seen on a 2017 pressing of Yo Gabba Gabba: New Friends)

The Groaning Sound (Possible name for the VHS Ending)

 * 1) Family Home Entertainment (heard on a 1987 pressing of The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas and a 2021 pressing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Shredder is Splintered)
 * 2) Goldstar Video (heard on a 1992 pressing of Sesame Street: Don't Cry Big Bird)
 * 3) Paramount Home Entertainment (heard on 2020 pressings of Phineas and Ferb: Phineas's Birthday Clip O Rama and Animaniacs: Deduces Wild and a 2021 pressing of PAW Patrol: Moto Pups)

Weird Gurgling Noise
This ending consists of a weird gurgling noise that is heard over a black screen. However, like the Moaning Sound and the Boing sound effects, this can only be heard on mono.


 * 1) MGM/UA Home Video (Heard on a 1990 pressing of Magic of Lassie.)

Odd Colors Screen

 * 1) Magnetic Video Corporation (some tapes)

Weird Static-ish Sound

 * 1) Media Home Entertainment (some tapes)
 * 2) Walt Disney Home Video (Canada) (Heard on a 1983 Canadian pressing of The Three Caballeros)
 * 3) Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment (Heard on a 1981 pressing of The Guns of Navarone) (Happens after the black screen with glitchy bars.)
 * 4) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (heard on one pressing of The Sandlot)

Fading White Screen

 * 1) Magnetic Video Corporation (Seen on the 1978 pressing of The Gold Rush/Pay Day)

Purple Line at the top of the screen

 * 1) Brentwood Home Video (Seen on a 1996 pressing of Casper & Friends: Double Feature) (Happens before and during the Static Roll)

Black Screen with Weird Barking Sounds

 * 1) 3-G Productions (Heard on a 1988 pressing of 3-G Productions Presents Betty Boop)

Colored Line

 * 1) Paramount Home Video (Seen on the 1989 pressing of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) (Happens before the Moaning Sound) (The color of the Line is Green)

Fading Rainbow Screen

 * 1) Simitar Entertainment
 * 2) Charter Entertainment (Seen on a 1987 pressing of The Red Headed Stranger)
 * 3) HBO Video (Seen on a demo pressing of Collision Course)
 * 4) Feature Films for Families (Seen on the 1992 pressing of The Buttercream Gang)
 * 5) Family Home Entertainment (Seen on some Burger King Kids Club pressings of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles videos.)
 * 6) Platinum Disc Corporation

Flashing White Screen
This ending consists of a silent White Screen of Death, but it appears for a split second, then it goes back to Black Screen.


 * 1) Marathon Music & Video (Seen on the 1996 pressings of Cowboy Heroes of the SIlver Screen Volumes 3 & 4)
 * 2) Energy Savers Unlimited, Inc. (Seen on a pressing of Coralife: The Reef Aquarium: Soft Corals of the Captive Reef.)
 * 3) Video Master (Saudi Arabia) (Seen on the Saudi Arabian pressings of A Prayer In The Dark, The Defenders Payback & Top Gun)
 * 4) National Film Board of Canada (Canada) (Seen on a pressing of Paddle To The Sea.) (Happens after the Color Bars)
 * 5) Video Bargins (Seen on a pressing of Roy Rogers Great Western Video Calvalcade Volume 2.) (Multiple Times and Happens after the Static Roll.)

White Screen with Black Lines
This ending consists of a white screen with black vertical lines. The lines are usually still, but on some tapes, the lines move and change positions.


 * 1) Hal Roach Studios (1985) (Seen on a pressing of My Man Godfrey.)
 * 2) Walt Disney Home Video (1986-1987) (Some tapes.) (Happens before the low pitched Black Screen of Death.)

Gray Resolution Test Pattern

 * 1) Family Home Entertainment (Seen on a 1995 pressing of Nick & Noel.) (Appears for a split second.) (Happens before the White Screen of Death with a clicking tone.)

Weird Green Bar

 * 1) Vidtape, Inc. (Seen on the 1989 pressing of Cartoons R Fun:Daffy Duckaroo.)

Shuffling Color Bars

 * 1) Congress Video
 * 2) MGM/UA Home Video (Seen on a 1990 pressing of The Fastest Guitar Alive.)
 * 3) Video Treasures (Sometimes in B&W.)
 * 4) Paramount Home Video (Seen on a pressing of The Hunt For Red October.)
 * 5) Family Home Entertainment (Seen on a 1993 pressing of Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.) (Happens before the White Screen of Death.)
 * 6) Media Home Entertainment (Seen on a 1990 pressing of The Delta Force.) (In B&W.)
 * 7) Saban Entertainment (Seen on a 1993 pressing of X-Men Creator's Choice 2.)
 * 8) PolyGram Video (Specifically on Richard Scarry videos and sometimes on other videos.)
 * 9) Madacy Video
 * 10) Columbia TriStar Home Video (Seen on a pressing of the 1994 Really Wild Animals Screening Cassette)

Changing Pitched tone

 * 1) CBS/Fox Video (heard on the 1983 pressing of The Spy Who Loved Me)

Weird Buzzing Sound

 * 1) The ABM Group (Canada)

Moving Rainbow Bar

 * 1) United American Video (Seen on a 1990s pressing of Woody Woodpecker) (Happens after the Static Roll.)

Weird Sounds during the Blank Space

 * 1) Random House Home Video (Heard on the 1991 SP Mode pressing of Sesame Songs: Sing, Hoot and Howl)
 * 2) Walt Disney Home Video (Heard on the 1995 LP Mode pressing of The Cat from Outer Space)
 * 3) Family Home Entertainment (Heard on the 1996 EP Mode pressing of Rudolph Frosty & Friends Sing Along)

White Screen of Death

 * 1) Paramount Home Entertainment (Seen on a 2019 pressing of SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween and SpongeBob SquarePants: Laugh Your Pants Off)

Pull My Finger

 * 1) Paramount Home Entertainment (Seen on a 2019 pressing of SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas)

Mr. Whiskers Screen of Death

 * 1) Paramount Home Entertainment (Seen on a 2019 pressings of Aquaman and PAW Patrol: Ready Race Rescue, 2020 pressings of PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups, Charged Up, Ghost and Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans and 2021 pressings of Animaniacs 1.01 and PAW Patrol: Moto Pups)

Boing SFX (Possible name for the VHS Ending)

 * 1) Paramount Home Entertainment (Seen on 2020 pressings of PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups, Charged Up and Ghost and a 2021 pressing of The Little Things)