BBC Two Launch ident two kangaroo mascots, called Hullabaloo and Custard. Hullabaloo, a mother, represented BBC1, while Custard, her joey, represented the new BBC2. Hullabaloo was so called because BBC1 was entertaining and about song and dance, and Custard was named after the food Custard because as one person at the BBC stated, "everything goes with custard". The ident used with the look was a black white and grey affair. It was an animation that started with grey and black lines flying in from left and right before the white numeral '2' in a black box flies from the top with the BBC logo
Custard found under the names "Creme Boylede" and "Creme boiled". In modern times, the name 'custard' is sometimes applied to starch-thickened preparations like blancmange and Bird's Custard powder. While "custard" may refer to a wide variety of thickened dishes, technically (and in French cookery) the word "custard" ("crème" or more precisely "crème moulée", ) refers only to an egg-thickened custard. When starch is added, the result is called "pastry cream" (, ) or confectioners' custard, made with a combination of milk or cream, egg yolks, fine sugar, flour or some other starch, and usually a flavoring such as vanilla, chocolate, or