1985

Media from 1985.

Paper money

Old currency currently in circulation
File:$1-F (1984).png $1 (Series 1981)
	Up to A 09600000 D
	Up to B 67200000 J
	Up to C 60800000 D
	Up to D 96000000 C
	Up to E 06400000 G
	Up to F 44800000 H
	Up to G 32000000 G
	Up to J 03200000 D
	Up to K 86400000 D
	Up to L 80000000 G
$1 (Series 1981A)
	A 00000001 A – A 12800000 B
	B 00000001 A – B 22400000 D
	C 00000001 A – C 41600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 25600000 B
	E 00000001 A – E 83200000 C
	F 00000001 A – F 44800000 C
	G 00000001 A – G 51200000 C
	H 00000001 A – H 19200000 B
	I 00000001 A – I 41600000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 03200000 B
	K 00000001 A – K 83200000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 16000000 E
$2 (Series 1976) Uncut sheets of $2 Star Notes began appearing on BEP reports in November 1985.
	A 00000001 A – A 29440000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 67200000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 33280000 A
	D 05440001 A – D 31360000 A
	E 23040001 A – E 56960000 A
	F 14720001 A – F 60800000 A
	G 08000001 A – G 75520000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 39040000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 14080000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 24960000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 41600000 A
	L 28160001 A – L 71680000 A
$5 (Series 1981)
	Up to A 22400000 B
	Up to B 51200000 C
	Up to C 12800000 B
	Up to D 38400000 B
	Up to E 35200000 C
	Up to F 35200000 C
	Up to G 41600000 C
	Up to H 22400000 B
	Up to J 25600000 B
	Up to K 38400000 B
	Up to L 64000000 C
$5 (Series 1981A)
	A 00000001 A – A 25600000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 76800000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 09600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 19200000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 54400000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 51200000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 73600000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 16000000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 03200000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 22400000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 06400000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 86400000 A
$10 (Series 1981)
	Up to A 80000000 B
	Up to B 35200000 E
	Up to C 32000000 B
	Up to D 22400000 B
	Up to E 32000000 B
	Up to F 32000000 B
	Up to G 54400000 C
	Up to H 22400000 B
	Up to K 28800000 B
	Up to L 48000000 B
$10 (Series 1981A)
	A 00000001 A – A 35200000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 25600000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 16000000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 41600000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 38400000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 38400000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 57600000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 12800000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 03200000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 28800000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 12800000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 54400000 A
$20 (Series 1981)
	Up to A 73600000 C
	Up to B 92800000 F
	Up to C 28800000 B
	Up to D 48000000 B
	Up to E 86400000 D
	Up to F 64000000 B
	Up to G 99200000 D
	Up to H 28800000 B
	Up to J 28800000 C
	Up to K 35200000 B
	Up to L 22400000 E
$20 (Series 1981A)
	A 00000001 A – A 35200000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 19200000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 09600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 60800000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 83200000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 35200000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 99200000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 32000000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 06400000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 41600000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 25600000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 38400000 B
File:$50-G (1984).png $50 (Series 1981)
	Up to A 08960000 A A 00000001 B – A 09600000 B
	Up to B 46080000 A B 00000001 B – B 32000000 B
	Up to C 01280000 A
	Up to D 15360000 A D 00000001 B – D 12800000 B
	Up to E 12800000 A E 00000001 B – E 12800000 B
	Up to F 01280000 A F 00000001 B – F 03200000 B
	Up to G 44800000 A G 00000001 B – G 22400000 B
	Up to H 01280000 A H 00000001 B – H 03200000 B
	Up to I 02560000 A I 00000001 B – I 03200000 B
	Up to J 08960000 A J 00000001 B – J 09600000 B
	Up to K 10240000 A K 00000001 B – K 09600000 B
	Up to L 25600000 A L 00000001 B – L 09600000 B
$50 (Series 1981A)
	A 00000001 A – A 06400000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 12800000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 06400000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 09600000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 03200000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 03200000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 06400000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 09600000 A
$100 (Series 1977)	Up to A 19200000 A
	Up to B 66560000 B
	Up to C 05120000 A
	Up to D 16640000 A
	Up to E 24320000 A
	Up to F 03840000 A
	Up to G 39680000 A
	Up to H 15360000 A
	Up to I 05120000 A
	Up to J 20480000 A
	Up to K 38400000 A
	Up to L 39680000 A
$100 (Series 1981)	A 00000001 A – A 02560000 A A 00000001 B – A 06400000 B
	B 00000001 A – B 44800000 A B 00000001 B – B 60800000 B
	C 00000001 A – C 06400000 A C 00000001 B – C 06400000 B
	D 00000001 A – D 02560000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 07680000 A E 00000001 B – E 16000000 B
	F 00000001 A – F 06400000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 20480000 A G 00000001 B – G 12800000 B
	H 00000001 A – H 02560000 A H 00000001 B – H 03200000 B
	I 00000001 A – I 03200000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 07680000 A J 00000001 B – J 16000000 B
	K 00000001 A – K 14080000 A K 00000001 B – K 09600000 B
	L 00000001 A – L 15360000 A L 00000001 B – L 09600000 B
$100 (Series 1981A)	B 00000001 A – B 12800000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 03200000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 03200000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 06400000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 09600000 A
New currency released to circulation
$1 (Series 1981A)
	A 12800001 B – A 06400000 C
	B 22400001 D – B 41600000 F
	C 41600001 A – C 99200000 A
	D 25600001 B – D 89600000 B
	E 83200001 C – E 44800000 E
	F 44800001 C – F 86400000 E
	G 51200001 C – G 35200000 E
	H 19200001 B – H 83200000 B
	I 41600001 A – I 03200000 B
	J 03200001 B – J 76800000 B
	K 83200001 A – K 89600000 B
	L 16000001 E – L 64000000 G
$1 (Series 1985)
	A 00000001 A – A 67200000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 32000000 C
	D 00000001 A – D 03200000 B
	E 00000001 A – E 44800000 B
	F 00000001 A – F 96000000 B
	G 00000001 A – G 41600000 B
	H 00000001 A – H 60800000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 64000000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 83200000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 92800000 B
$5 (Series 1981A)
	A 25600001 A – A 54400000 A
	B 76800001 A – B 12800000 B
	C 09600001 A – C 25600000 A
	D 19200001 A – D 51200000 A
	E 54400001 A – E 96000000 A
	F 51200001 A – F 03200000 B
	G 73600001 A – G 16000000 B
	H 16000001 A – H 32000000 A
	I 03200001 A – I 19200000 A
	J 22400001 A – J 48000000 A
	K 06400001 A – K 35200000 A
	L 86400001 A – L 51200000 B
$5 (Series 1985)
	A 00000001 A – A 38400000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 60800000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 32000000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 41600000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 48000000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 51200000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 44800000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 16000000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 16000000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 16000000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 41600000 A
$10 (Series 1981A)
	A 35200001 A – A 12800000 B
	B 25600001 B – B 60800000 C
	C 16000001 A – C 48000000 A
	D 41600001 A – D 80000000 A
	E 38400001 A – E 92800000 A
	F 38400001 A – F 83200000 A
	G 57600001 A – G 99200000 A
	H 12800001 A – H 25600000 A
	I 03200001 A – I 19200000 A
	J 28800001 A – J 48000000 A
	K 12800001 A – K 48000000 A
	L 54400001 A – L 16000000 B
File:$10-A (1985).png $10 (Series 1985)
	A 00000001 A – A 16000000 A
	B 00000001 A – B 44800000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 12800000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 16000000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 16000000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 32000000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 28800000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 16000000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 12800000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 35200000 A
$20 (Series 1981A)
	A 35200001 A – A 57600000 B
	B 19200001 B – B 54400000 D
	C 09600001 A – C 57600000 A
	D 60800001 A – D 60800000 B
	E 83200001 A – E 16000000 C
	F 35200001 A – F 41600000 B
	G 00000001 B – G 12800000 C
	H 32000001 A – H 73600000 A
	I 06400001 A – I 19200000 A
	J 41600001 A – J 86400000 A
	K 25600001 A – K 99200000 A
	L 38400001 B – L 60800000 E
File:$20-B (1986).png $20 (Series 1985)	B 00000001 A – B 25600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 16000000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 22400000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 19200000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 19200000 A
$50 (Series 1981A)
	A 06400001 A – A 09600000 A
	B 12800001 A – B 28800000 A
	D 06400001 A – D 12800000 A
	E 09600001 A – E 12800000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 28800000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 03200000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 06400000 A
	L 09600001 A – L 22400000 A
File:$50-G (1986).png $50 (Series 1985)	A 00000001 A – A 09600000 A
	D 00000001 A – D 12800000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 12800000 A
	F 00000001 A – F 03200000 A
	H 00000001 A – H 03200000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 06400000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 09600000 A
$100 (Series 1981A)	A 00000001 A – A 06400000 A
	B 12800001 A – B 64000000 A
	C 00000001 A – C 03200000 A
	D 03200001 A – D 06400000 A
	E 00000001 A – E 12800000 A
	F 03200001 A – F 12800000 A
	G 00000001 A – G 22400000 A
	H 06400001 A – H 12800000 A
	I 00000001 A – I 03200000 A
	K 00000001 A – K 03200000 A
	L 09600001 A – L 19200000 A
$100 (Series 1985)	D 00000001 A – D 09600000 A
	J 00000001 A – J 06400000 A
	L 00000001 A – L 12800000 A

Series 1981A notes gradually phased out starting in May 1985, when production of Series 1985 notes began. By October 1985, all Series 1981A notes phased out, leaving only the Series 1985 notes to remain in production.

Logos

Movie logos
Universal Pictures	1971–1990
Paramount Pictures	1975–1987
Columbia Pictures	1981–1993	Seen on Ghostbusters.
20th Century Fox	1981–1994	Seen on Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
MGM/UA Entertainment	1983–1987
TriStar Pictures	1984–1993
Warner Bros. Pictures	1984–1990	Seen on The Goonies.
Touchstone Films	1984–1985
Walt Disney Pictures	1985–1990	The Black Cauldron was the first animated film with this logo.
Touchstone Films	1985–1986	First appeared on My Science Project in August 1985.
Broadcast television logos
CBS	1953–2007
ABC	1962–2007
NBC	1979–1986
PBS logos (including funding credits)
WGBH	1978–1993
The Caption Center	1980–1987	Seen on programs closed-captioned by The Caption Center.
National Captioning Institute	1982–1999	Seen on programs closed-captioned by the National Captioning Institute.
WNET	1984–1988
PBS	1984–1989	Seen on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: 1536–1555. Older episodes still retained the 1971 logo.
Family Communications	1985	Only seen on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
Public Television Stations	1985–1987	Most PBS programs were sponsored by these underwriters. Debuted on September 2, 1985.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Cable television logos
HBO	1980–present
Cinemax	1980–1985
USA Network	1979–1996
File:Showtime80s.png Showtime	1981–1990
File:The Movie Channel 1982.png The Movie Channel	1981–1988
Nickelodeon	1981–1985
SuperStation WTBS	1981–1985
Disney Channel	1983–1986
CBN Cable Network	1983–1988
Nickelodeon	1984–2009	For one year, used with the old Nickelodeon logo.
Cinemax	1985–1997
Nick at Nite	1985–1997	Nick at Nite only aired during primetime hours on Nickelodeon.
SuperStation WTBS	1985–1987
Television distribution logos
Paramount Television	1975–1987
Universal Television	1975–1991
20th Television Fox	1981–1992
Columbia Pictures Television	1982–1988
Walt Disney Television	1983–1985
Sunbow & Marvel Productions	1984–1986	Seen on the My Little Pony specials.
Warner Bros. Television	1984–1990
File:DiC (1984).jpg DiC Entertainment	1984–1987
Merv Griffin Enterprises	1984–1986	Seen on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!. These logos were last seen on weekend reruns in 1986.
KingWorld	1984–1985
Walt Disney Television	1985–2003
KingWorld	1985–1990	Debuted in the next seasons of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!.
Buena Vista Television	1985–1990
Home media logos
Walt Disney Home Video	1981–1986	Used domestically. Seen on the 1985 VHS of Mary Poppins.
Warner Home Video	1981–1986
CIC Video	1981–1986	CIC Video distributed Paramount and Universal's films outside of North America.
Paramount Video	1982–1987	Only seen on VHS prints of Paramount-owned films without the 1975 Paramount Pictures logo.
MGM/UA Home Video	1982–1993	Seen on the 1985 VHS of The Wizard of Oz.
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	1983–1991	Like almost every Columbia Pictures film, this logo did not appear on the 1985 VHS of Ghostbusters.
MCA Home Video	1983–1990
Playhouse Video	1983–1990	Seen on the remaining Dr. Seuss specials on VHS.
Walt Disney Home Video	1983–1987	Used internationally.
Walt Disney Classics	1984–1987	Only seen on Robin Hood and Pinocchio. All other films had the Neon Mickey logo instead.
CBS/FOX Video	1984–1988	Seen on the first two Star Wars films on VHS.
Children's Video Library	1984–1987	Seen on the first My Little Pony special on VHS.
Touchstone Home Video	1985–1986	Only seen on initial VHS releases of the first four Touchstone films from 1984 and 1985.
Video game logos
Nintendo Entertainment System	1985–1995	Debuted in October 1985.

Movies

Theatrical

Poster/Title	Release Date	Box office
File:Ghostbusters poster.jpg Ghostbusters	June 8, 1984 August 23, 1985 (re-release)	$238,632,124
File:Starwars3.jpg Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi	March 29, 1985 (re-release)	$11,252,123
File:Goonies.jpg The Goonies	June 7, 1985	$61,389,680

Of all animated features from Walt Disney Animation Studios, this was the order of when they were released on VHS or last released in theaters:

Title	Release date	Type of release
Sleeping Beauty	September 28, 1979	Theatrical
Lady and the Tramp	March 7, 1980	Theatrical
The Aristocats	December 19, 1980	Theatrical
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh	June 26, 1981	VHS
The Fox and the Hound	July 10, 1981	Theatrical
Alice in Wonderland	October 15, 1981	VHS
Cinderella	December 18, 1981	Theatrical
Bambi	June 4, 1982	Theatrical
The Three Caballeros	November 4, 1982	VHS
Fun and Fancy Free	November 4, 1982	VHS
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (as two separate films)	November 4, 1982	VHS
Peter Pan	December 17, 1982	Theatrical
The Sword in the Stone	March 25, 1983	Theatrical
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	July 15, 1983	Theatrical
The Rescuers	December 16, 1983	Theatrical
The Jungle Book	July 27, 1984	Theatrical
Robin Hood	December 6, 1984	VHS
Fantasia	February 8, 1985	Theatrical
Pinocchio	July 16, 1985	VHS
The Black Cauldron	July 24, 1985	Theatrical
101 Dalmatians	December 20, 1985	Theatrical

Saludos Amigos, Make Mine Music and Melody Time were once planned for VHS releases but were canceled due to inappropriate content.

The Great Mouse Detective was currently in production.

Home video

Title	Latest release date	Notes
File:Star Wars 1984 VHS.jpg Star Wars	November 13, 1984
File:The Empire Strikes Back 1984 VHS.jpg The Empire Strikes Back	November 13, 1984
Robin Hood	December 3, 1984	Included the Walt Disney and You promo at the end.
Pinocchio	July 16, 1985	Included a trailer for The Black Cauldron.
The Wizard of Oz	August 1985	The "Videophonic" edition.
File:Ghostbusters 1985 VHS.jpg Ghostbusters	October 31, 1985
Dumbo	November 5, 1985	This film, along with Alice in Wonderland, both transferred to the Walt Disney Classics, while The Three Caballeros went on a short moratorium. Fun and Fancy Free went back into the vault with all the other package films for a much longer time.
File:Bedknobsandbroomsticks 1986.JPG Bedknobs and Broomsticks	November 5, 1985	Included a preview of The Journey of Natty Gann and the Walt Disney and You promo at the end.
File:Petesdragon 1985.jpg Pete's Dragon	November 5, 1985	Cover artwork updated for 1985.
Mary Poppins	November 5, 1985	Cover artwork updated for 1985.

Books

Title	Notes
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
The Cat in the Hat (1957)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957)
Green Eggs and Ham (1960)	Old copies of this book included the words "50 Word Vocabulary".
The Lorax (1971)

Television

Broadcasts

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
February 4–8, 1985	"No & Yes" (1541–1545) premiered on PBS, following the end of the marathon of all 80 episodes to date.
May 13–17, 1985	"Music" (1546–1550) premiered on PBS.
August 19–23, 1985	"Starting School" reran on PBS.
October 21, 1985	The next back-to-back marathon of all new series episodes to date began.
November 25–29, 1985	"Families" (1551–1555) premiered on PBS.
Out of 390 episodes of the old series, 155 reran this year (1246–1250 and 1261–1410). 15 of them (1376–1390) aired twice.
My Little Pony
March 23, 1985	"Escape from Catrina" premiered on first-run syndication. It reran on December 7.
April 4, 1985	The first special reran on syndication.
Wheel of Fortune
June 21, 1985	New episodes of Season 2 ended on syndication.
September 9, 1985	Season 3 began on first-run syndication.
September 14, 1985	Weekend reruns of Season 2 began.
Jeopardy!
June 7, 1985	New episodes of Season 1 ended on syndication.
September 9, 1985	Season 2 began on first-run syndication.
September 14, 1985	Weekend reruns of Season 1 began.
Dr. Seuss
How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Reran on CBS on December 7, 1985.

Home video

Title	Release date	Notes
Horton Hears a Who! and How the Grinch Stole Christmas	December 1982	First Dr. Seuss specials ever seen on VHS.
My Little Pony	October(?) 1984	Cover artwork updated for 1985.
The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss on the Loose	October 1985
The Lorax and The Hoober-Bloob Highway	October 1985
Grinch Night	October 1985
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat and Pontoffel Pock	October 1985

Software

Title	Release date(s)	Notes
IBM PC-DOS 3.1	April 1985	Introduced support for local area networking.
Windows 1.01	November 20, 1985	Initial release.

Video Games

Title	Console	Latest release date	Notes
Donkey Kong	Second-generation arcade	July 9, 1981	Mario's first appearance.
Donkey Kong Jr.	Second-generation arcade	August 1, 1982
Mario Bros.	Second-generation arcade	July 14, 1983	Luigi's first appearance.
Donkey Kong 3	Second-generation arcade	October 1983
Super Mario Bros.	NES	September 13, 1985	First appearances of Bowser, Toad, and Princess Toadstool (Peach).

Totals

As of December 31, 1985:
Total movies released in theaters (out of 120 in the list)
Total movies released on VHS (out of 41 in the list)
Total Disney animated features released on VHS (out of 25 so far)
Total television series broadcasted (out of 25 in the list)
Number of cable networks on U.S. television
Total video games released (out of 150 in the list)

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