Nickelodeon

The Young People's Satellite Network (1979-1980)


Nicknames: "Yes, Nick existed in the 70s!", "Nickelodeon Before SpongeBob", "Nickelodeon Machine"

ID: The camera zooms in at a table with a nickelodeon at the top. Then, we see a boy putting his eyes on a pair of goggles. The camera fades to the first Nickelodeon logo, which shows a man looking at a nickelodeon machine on top of the N.

FX/SFX: Live action.

Music/Sounds: The clicks of the nickelodeon, and the announcer, Phil Tonken, saying "Introducing... Nickelodeon. Children's programming that's fit for children. 14 hours of programming a day, 7 days a week that will make them wonder, laugh, ponder, and think."

Later Music/Sounds Variant: A piano tune, which sounds like something played over a silent film, now plays, and the announcer says "We took everything that was wrong with children's television and got rid of it. We kept everything that was﻿ good about it and made it better. The result is Nickelodeon, the Young People's Satellite Network."

Availability: Extinct. It was only used for one year very early in the channel's existence as Nickelodeon. In fact, this ID's very existence was not known until a couple of years ago, when a video of both variants was uploaded to YouTube.

Editor's Note: The irony of this logo's narration will also make you laugh. However, this ID is a really fascinating example of early Nickelodeon.

Nickelodeon Mime (1980-1981)
ID: We see a mime (played by Vinny Verelli) performing an act. The text "Nickelodeon" in the font used in the show "Pinwheel" appears one way or another.

Variants: As this appears between the programming, Nickelodeon switched around the acts that the mime does, at various lengths depending on how long it took for Nickelodeon to start the next program. Some found variants include:
 * The mime taking off his hat and making a funny face with the text fading in. Then the picture shrinks onto the magazine. Afterwards, the mime pulls down the magazine, winking at us once his head is visible. Then, he resumes reading it.
 * The mime doing tricks with his eyes, with the text fading in on his hat.
 * The mime's hat with his hand hiding under the hat. His fingers rise the hat to wave, and after the text fades in, sets the hat down.
 * Another variant involves the mime finding a broom, putting his hat onto it, and dancing with it. The text fades in when he starts dancing.

FX/SFX: Live action.

Music/Sounds: Just a rendition of Teresa Brewer's 1950 hit song "Music, Music, Music!".

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * Sometimes, a jazz-like version of the music was used.
 * From the 1980 promo reel, it contains the hat ident that has the narrator that says "Nickelodeon. Innovative, non-commercial, cable television programming for young people. Kids are finally getting the kind of television they deserve."

Availability: Same as above. However, recently, a bunch of these IDs began to surface on YouTube.

Editor's Note: Like the previous ID, it's another fascinating example of early Nickelodeon, especially how the ID was used before commercials were introduced.

Silver Ball in the Air (Neon) (1981-1984)


ID: A silver ball is seen moving to the viewer on a black background (with maroon on the bottom). It flashes and turns black with flashing neon effects inside the ball. Another ball looking the same appears next to it on the left, which then shows a sparkly neon area where the two balls are moving to the back which another one appears on the left of the first ball. Then it cuts to the top with the sparkly neon intact and another ball appears on the bottom. Then it goes back to the normal camera angle it started off with the balls moving, and two more balls are on the left and right which then all form a line as they speed through a sparkly neon city. It then goes to a black background and all six balls form into one big ball which turns out to be the silver ball with neon lines inside it, then the word "NiCKELODEON" spinning to it.

Variant: There is also a variant from 1982 that contains the National Education Association reccomendation.

FX/SFX: A combination of hand-drawn animation and Scanimate effects (mostly the latter). Pretty good for the early 1980s.

Music/Sounds: A very funky tune with a male singer and female backup singers, and this was the main theme to the channel itself. The lyrics are widely in debate, but go something like this: "Come along (Come along) we can find, a world of magic (Come along, come along) come along, we can make, the world your friend! Silver baaaalllll in the air, See it glllllooooow everywhere! Nickelo-Nickelo-Nickelo-Here we go! Nickelooodeon!"

Availability: When Nickelodeon changed their ID to the "splat" design, it became extinct very fast. It was mainly used as a sign-off ident.

Editor's Note: This is a well-remembered logo from the pre-splat era of Nickelodeon.

Silver Ball in the Air (Nickel) (1981-1983)


ID: We see a silver coin on a live action pavement as a bike passes by. Then a human hand picks up the silver coin and flicks it which turns into the usual silver ball and sky background. The silver ball opens up to reveal a fish bowl, which then opens up to reveal a mirrored ball with a fiddler juggling, and this continues to form our planet earth, footage of a motorway, footage of sky, a snow globe and then the Silver Ball again, which flashes as usual with the neon lines inside and the word "NiCKELODEON" spinning to it.

FX/SFX: Mainly live action footage.

Music/Sounds: A different version of the channel's main theme at the time. The lyrics are also different, going "Look around, we can find; a world of magic! Look around, we can make; the world your friend! Silver baaaalllll in the air, See it glllllooooow everywhere! Nickelo-Nickelo-Nickelo-Here we go! Nickelooodeon!"

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Circles (1981-1983)
ID: The word "Nickelodeon" turns into colorful balls and forms circles. Then they disappear and silver balls form a circle as the Nickelodeon logo appears.

FX/SFX: Animation.

Music/Sounds: A version of the 1980s Nickelodeon theme without vocals.

Availability: Same as above. It made a surprise reappearance on the short-lived Nick Rewind block.

Editor's Note: None.

Rollerskates (1981-1983)
ID: In a black room, a blonde girl wearing a pink suit and blue pants spins around on roller skates. A close up of her feet are shown. Several more people's roller skates are shown, and then more kids: a yellow shirted boy, a red shirted boy, and a black haired girl wearing a blue too and pink pants roller skate with her. The silver ball from the IDs follows them. They skate around it. It follows them again, and the blonde girl kicks it, before they skate around it again. The yellow shirted boy does a twist, another close up of the ball is shown, and the blonde girl spins around. The ball spins with some effects, followed by shots of the kids' feet, and then they skate by the ball. After that, the ball flies up to the camera, and does it’s usual animation with the "NICKELODEON" text spinning in.

FX/SFX: Live-action.

Music/Sounds: An instrumental version of the Nickelodeon theme of the time.

Availability: Same as above.

Editor's Note: None.

Pinball (1981-1983)
ID: We zoom in on a pinball machine in a black room. The ball flies onto it, and starts rolling around the game, going through obstacles, with featured zoom ins on the clown paintings’ faces. After it’s done going through the game, it zooms in and does it’s usual animation, with the “NICKELODEON” text spinning in.

FX/SFX: Live-action.

Music/Sounds: Same as above, except electronic.

Availability: Same as above.

Editor's Note: None.

History (1981-1983)
TBA

Space Travel (1981-1983)
TBA

Twist 'n' Tie (1982-1984)


ID: The rainbow-colored "Nickelodeon" text squashes, squeezes, and twists, then ties itself into a knot as the Nickelodeon logo appears.

FX/SFX: Animation.

Music/Sounds: The honk sounds play before the Nickelodeon words forms into a Silver Ball.

Availability: Same as above.

Editor's Note: None.

Kaleidoscope (1982-1984)
TBA

Present (1982-1984)
TBA

Arcade (1983-1984)
ID: A kid puts a quarter into an arcade machine. The silver ball appears in the game (a game resembling Space Invaders,) stunning the kid. The silver ball avoids the enemies and pretty soon, turns them all into silver balls, and the Nickelodeon logo appears.

FX/SFX: Chroma-key effects and live-action.

Music/Sounds: A catchy synth-pop tune, with Pac-Man-esque sound effects.

Availability: Same as above.

Editor's Note: This is a good logo that embodies the early 1980s well.

Paint Cans (1983-1984)
ID: Just the Nickelodeon logo swooping down in front of cups of paint.

FX/SFX: Chyron effects and live-action.

Music/Sounds: Just a chorus singing "Nick nick! Nickelodeon!"

Availability: Same as above.

Editor's Note: None.

Painting (1983-1984)
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Nick Is Our Name (1983-1984)
Nickname: "Bouncing Pinball"

ID: We see a small silver ball emerging from a tube then going down a slide. It then bounces off a trampoline, then goes down various tubes and tunnels. It then goes up in a balloon and falls. It comes up in a water spurt and, before zooming up and becoming cartoon, the word "Nick" zooms out over it and then "Nickelodeon" zooms in. There are lots of other variants.

FX/SFX: Live action by C.D. Taylor.

Music/Sounds: A bouncy-type Moog synthesizer tune.

Availability: Same as above.

Editor's Note: None.

Bubblegum (1983-1984)
TBA

Pizza Plate (1983-1984)
TBA

Old Times (1983-1984)
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Clips (1983-1984)
TBA

Breakaways (1983-1984)
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Rube Goldberg (1983-1984)
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Electronic (1983-1984)
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Crayons (1983-1984)
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Pencils (1983-1984)
TBA

Jeans (1983-1984)
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Sports (1983-1984)
TBA

Flying TV Creature (1984-1992)
ID: We see a purple kid with glassed channel surfing on a 1960's style TV. A wing-like creature stops near the kid and winks at the viewer. The creature jumps into the TV and has the Nickelodeon logo on the TV tube. Then the person rides the creature and flies to a front view of the logo, while the creature flaps his wings.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Colossal Pictures.

Music/Sounds: A kind of boring music when the person changes the channel, complete with TV static. When the creature appears, it becomes a bit more dramatic, and when it flies into the TV, it turns into a more dramatic tune which is accompanied by flapping wings.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Fireworks (1984-1990)
ID: We see silhouettes of three children looking into the night sky as a firecracker (which looks like a comet streak) passes by them. Then the firecracker bounces off of an astronaut, then a satellite, and finally, the moon, who has an angry look, before it shoots up into the sky, and then explodes into several fireworks. "NICKELODEON" in its familiar font forms.

Variant: A more common version starts with the firecracker shooting into the sky.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct. This was used at the end of syndicated broadcasts of Double Dare.

Editor's Note: None.

Ripping (1984-1992)
TBA

Dinosaur (1984-1992)
Nicknames: "T. rex"

ID: We see an egg that hatches into a giant T. rex. The T. rex moans as some water appears. The water then floods the floor, and a Nickelodeon submarine appears on the bottom of the T. rex.

FX/SFX: A mixture of stop motion and CGI animation by Charlex.

Music/Sounds: The T. rex's sounds.

Availability: Extinct, just like the dinosaurs. It was seen on The 90s Are All That (now NickRewind) on TeenNick for their "Party Like It's The 90s" weekend in December 2011.

Editor's Note: None.

Pattycake (1984-1990)
ID: We see silhouettes of two girls with orange outlines playing pattycake on the moon (we also see Earth in the background). The silhouettes then change colors. The silhouettes clap hands two times, and four orange hands appear on screen. When they clap hands again, they disappear, and "Nickelodeon" appears on the four orange hands.

FX/SFX: Computer animation by Charlex in New York.

Music/Sounds: An electro beat that ends with a laser sound effect when the silhouettes disappear.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Grilled Cheese (1984-1992)
ID: On a white background, a grilled cheese sandwich with orange cheese on a light blue-violet plate slides in from the left. Suddenly it melts and the cheese oozes and leaks out of the bread. The screen pans down to reveal the Nickelodeon text that the melted cheese made.

FX/SFX: Claymation by Olive Jar Animation.

Music/Sounds: The sandwich being served, a group of kids saying "mmm" when the sandwich appears and then "ewww" when it begins to melt along with disgusted noises (although some of the kids are heard grinning and still saying "mmm") and the sandwich melting.

Availability: Extinct.

Drain Plug (1984-1990)
ID: We see a man walking until he stops when he sees a drain plug. He puts his hands in and pulls out:


 * Octopus: ...a padlock, but the water rises from the drain plug covering him, and an orange octopus comes and traps him with the Nickelodeon logo on the octopus.
 * Ship: ...a ship, which he lets go of and panics as the camera zooms out to reveal a Nickelodeon logo on the ship.
 * Flip: ...and falls into the drain plug, and the drain turns upside down with the man falling on the ground. As he crashes into the ground, he turns orange and the Nickelodeon logo appears on him.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Noyes & Laybourne.

Music/Sounds: Tuba music with the man groaning.
 * Octopus: Water sounds and the man saying "Oh my!".
 * Ship: Pulling sounds, and the sound of a ship's horn.
 * Flip: Falling and crashing sounds.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Nick Brew (1984-1993)
ID: On a black background, we see a Nickelodeon cup. We zoom out to reveal that it is on a face's tongue, and the face uses its nose to drink it. Then, we turn around to see that there are Nickelodeon fish in the face.

FX/SFX: CGI animation by Edward Bakst and Intelligent Light Productions.

Music/Sounds: A brass theme along with some cartoon sound effects, grunts from the face while it drinks, and the sounds of bubbles popping when we see the fish.

Availability: Extinct.

Barks (1984-1992)
ID: Dogs' heads bark as well as Nickelodeon wolves.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Noyes & Laybourne.

Music/Sounds: Barking/woofing/bowing noises of dogs and the howling at the end.

Availability: Extinct. It was once the sign-off bumper for Nickelodeon UK.

Editor's Note: None.

Transformations (1984-1992)
ID: We see a clay Nickelodeon bomb, which explodes into the following things in order: a fish, a triangle, a car, a cloud, a cube, a rocket, and finally, a boy with a Nickelodeon t-shirt.

FX/SFX: Claymation by Broadcast Arts.

Music/Sounds: The sound of a bomb fizzing, followed by a bunch of cartoon sound effects accompanied by 1940s-esque music.

Music/Sounds Variant: Another version has a marching band theme without sound effects.

Availability: Extinct. Last seen during the short-lived NickRewind block in 2006.

Robots (1984-1989)
ID: On a green background, we see the silhouette of a robot that suddenly turns on, changes its color to green, and stretches its arms out as the background changes to pink with an atom structure behind the robot. We then cut to another robot, this time made of squares and other polygons, on a green striped background, who is quickly surrounded by blue and yellow outlines and more colored shapes. Then we see another robot, who is colored in pink, blue and yellow, moving around on a green background with colorful brush strokes. Next on a purple background, a light green robot is drawn as more red and yellow shapes surround it and it briefly turns to blue. Then on a teal background with blue lines and other shapes, a red and yellow robot is assembled. Then on a yellow-green background with zig-zag patterns, a red robot that protrudes out of a box-shaped unit slides inside and as a smile appears on the outside. Finally, we cut to a bigger robot in blue and green on a yellowish background with several smaller robots walking behind it. The robot opens its chest panel to show the Nickelodeon wordmark on an orange background.

Variant: Another version exists with different colors.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Colossal Pictures.

Music/Sounds: Electronic music accompanied by various robotic sound effects.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: This is a very visually appealing bumper.

Top of the Hour (1985-1987)
ID: In a living room, we see a TV imprinted by the Nickelodeon ID with various shapes emerging from it, before a parody of Salvador Dali's "Persistence of Memory" appears with several orange clocks melting after spinning its hands, then some flying calendars with Nickelodeon on the top of each calendar on a house background changing seasons from possibly summer to winter, then to a 20th Century Fox-styled structure with 1985 or 1986 (depending on the year) on the top with the Nickelodeon ID on it. Then, a road appears and then a orange arrow sign. We cut to a road with men racing in hot dog-shaped karts, each with a orange bun, then to a futuristic city with a orange rocketship passing by. Then, different people with all types of clothes and accessories, as well as a Nickelodeon heart beating once, a robot with human ears, an early Nickelodeon haystack ID, and a gorilla wearing a tuxedo whose bow tie spins once. Then, an ice cream cone appears with a orange ice cream scoop falling directly on it, then to a cat and a dog on bumper cars, but accidentally collide into each other to say "Nickelodeon" on the bottom of the bumper cars, then to a little fish that is eaten by several bigger fish consecutively with the largest reading Nickelodeon, then we cut to a front seat ride on a roller coaster as it goes into a clown head with eyes moving side to side. Finally, we cut to the same orange TV with the same objects emitted. There is also a couple in space-like attire as well as a robotic dog watching it, then the Nickelodeon ID jumps out of the TV and fills the entire screen and landing as a burst shape on a blue background.

Variant: The 1986 and 1987 versions have alternate endings where the Nickelodeon logo at the end could also be a splat or a cloud.

FX/SFX: A mix of 2D animation and photomontage by Jerry Lieberman Productions.

Music/Sounds: First, we hear a part of the Nick theme, then we hear scats through the entire bumper until we hear the rest of the same tune used at the beginning. Normally a voice-over (Joe Piasek) is heard throughout the bumper.

Availability: Extinct on TV. Its music can be heard on the 2001 CD The Newest Nicktoons.

Editor's Note: This logo, along with several of the other ones below, are well-remembered by those who grew up with it.

Big Beast Quintet (1985-1993)


Nickname: "That Song That Plays When NickRewind Starts"

ID: We see an alligator, bird, rhino with wings for ears, rabbit, and some other kind of animal walking down a street wearing Nickelodeon shirts all mixed up. Then they change it to make it spell right. They gather inside a TV with a face on it as the Nickelodeon shirts merge together and keep walking down the street.

Variant: In a 1994 commercial for Nickelodeon, the animals are walking on a globe in space. At the end of the commercial, they are replaced with live-action children.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Colossal Pictures.

Music/Sounds: The animals singing "Hon de laud hup hivvel up Nick, Hon de laud hup hivvel up Nick Nick, Hon de rikki tikki lo y livin' #1 Nickelodeon!".

Availability: Extinct. However, it made a cameo in a promo for The 90's Are All That (now NickRewind) on TeenNick, along with many other IDs. The music can also be found on the 1998 and 2001 CDs entitled The Best of Nicktoons and The Newest Nicktoons. Now currently airs (as of December 2, 2015) on NickRewind.

Editor's Note: None.

Mouse Patrol (1985-1989)
ID: We see mice with parachutes falling over a field. They land on an orange mountain. They begin axing it and eating parts of it. They are full and we zoom out to reveal that the mountain was a block of cheese with "NICKELODEON" on it.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Colossal Pictures.

Music/Sounds: The mice chattering, along with some adventurous music.

Availability: Extinct. However, it made a cameo in a bumper for The 90's Are All That (now NickRewind) on TeenNick. Now currently airs (as of December 2, 2015) on NickRewind.

Editor's Note: None.

Knock Knock (1985-1990)
ID: In a beige room filled with objects, several multi-colored scraps go through an orange door. The camera moves so the door is on the top of the screen when it closes. The door opens to reveal the NICKELODEON letters in different colors on it, then they turn white with a flash. A butterfly flies out the door.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Colossal Pictures.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Dog Bone (1985-1989)
ID: A dog with a watch is listening to a orange phonograph. The dog checks his watch and says "Woof! Time for Nickelodeon?" An orange bone is dropped near the dog, then he bites it and shows it to the screen. NICKELODEON flashes onto the bone.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Colossal Pictures.

Music/Sounds: Old-fashioned trumpet music. After the dog speaks, there's the sounds of the bone dropping, him biting it and laughing.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Lincoln (1985-1989)
ID: We see Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial, singing. Then the scene changes to a barbershop and three more presidents come in and sing as a blimp flies in the background. One of these events occurs next:


 * It's Time: A comb scratches the screen and a pair of scissors cuts it, revealing Abraham wearing a Nickelodeon T-shirt.
 * Your TV Network: Lincoln's cape is dragged away, revealing a Nickelodeon shirt. The presidents' wigs fly off their heads.

FX/SFX: Computer animation by Charlex in New York.

Music/Sounds: The singing presidents.


 * It's Time: "A 1, 2, 3! Bo bo, It's time, it's time for the network of mine, Nickel-o-deon! Bo bo!"
 * Your TV Network: "Yoo, Nick-elodeon, your TV network. Doo doo doo, Nick-elodeon, the place for ki-ids! Nick-elo-deon!"

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Flying Logos (1985-1992)
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Babylon (1985-1992)
ID: We see a clapperboard with the Nickelodeon logo on it. Then, we see a crazy movie set with lots of Nickelodeon logos. A car is driving into a orange tunnel, and a cardboard shark appears. The set freezes and the lights dim.

FX/SFX: Cut-out animation by Colossal Pictures.

Music/Sounds: A man saying "Nickelodeon, take 50!", followed by a snippet of the song "Gala Premiere" by Laurie Johnson (heard at the end of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "As Seen on TV"). The man then says "We got it, cut!".

Music/Sounds Variant: A alternated version has a man saying "Action! That's it, smile, baby! Come on, kick higher, girls! Okay, where's the robot? Robot, you're out of frame, robot! Alright, cue the shark! Yes, yes, cut!".

Availability: Last seen on TeenNick during The 90s Are All That (now NickRewind) on December 26 and 27, 2011. It was recently shown on Throwback Thursday on NickRewind.

Editor's Note: None.

Easy Groove (1985-1992)
ID: Three men in yellow suits and pink hats sing in front of a billboard that workers are pasting multiple Nickelodeon logos onto.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Jerry Lieberman Productions, designed by Kim Deitch and directed by Tony Eastman.

Music/Sounds: The three men singing.

Availability: Extinct. This bumper appeared in the Nickelodeon Montage bumper, one of the most well-known Nickelodeon bumpers of the 1990s.

Editor's Note: None.

Sleeping Boy (1985-1992)
ID: We see a boy falling asleep on an easy chair and dropping a magazine. An orange cloud appears with "Nickelodeon" on it. The boy walks through his house to his room with orange Nick clouds appearing in different places. The boy gets in bed as a dream balloon with the Nickelodeon logo appears.

FX/SFX: Dark watercolor animation.

Music/Sounds: A soft, dreamy, string-based tune plays throughout. Whenever the clouds appear, a kid quietly whispers "Nickelodeon".

Availability: Extinct. This was mostly used as a sign-off.

Editor's Note: None.

Calling Cades (1985-1991)
ID: Same as the "Orange You Glad" bumper, but the lyrics of the "Big Beast Quintet" bumper appear on the notebook instead.

FX/SFX: The words appearing on the notebook.

Music/Sounds: Same as the "Big Beast Quintet" bumper.

Availability: Extinct. It's on NickRewind, though.

Editor's Note: None.

Nick Writing (1985-1990)


Nicknames: "Nick Nick Nick"

ID: A hand writes the green word "Nick" on a notebook, followed by a Nickelodeon scribble forming. More hands write more variations of the word afterwards, before the Nickelodeon scribble appears again.

FX/SFX: The writing of the words. Traditional animation.

Music/Sounds: The Jive Five singing the Nickelodeon jingle twice. This jingle was later reused for the 2nd Nickelodeon Movies logo (Good Burger only) and the Rugrats "8 Heads" version of the 1st Nickelodeon Games logo.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Worms (1985-1991)
ID: On an orange background, we see the "NICKELODEON" text in its famous font. There are 2 worms, then another, then it repeats another time. Then, several small blue worms appear. All the worms move until they form a multicolored "Boom" shape with the text inside. The text transforms into worms, which move in a circle and yell high-pitched gibberish. They collapse and form lines on the background (now without the white text).

FX/SFX: Claymation by Noyes & Laybourne.

Music/Sounds: A 41-note vocal tune accompanied by high-pitched gibberish, ending with a "pop" sound.

Music/Sounds: Another variant exists with a clavitone version of the same theme.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Munch Munch (1985-1992)
ID: On an orange background with the Nickelodeon logo, one of the following happens:


 * Bites: The background is chomped away partly by a pair of invisible teeth.
 * Lizard: A lizard chomps the background eight times. After he's done, he looks at the logo and runs off.
 * Origami: Two hands make an origami duck, black and white object, a fish, mouth, a blue object, a dinosaur which lays an egg, and two pinwheels. At the end, all the objects come together, and the hands scrunch them up all over the place.
 * Crunch: After each hole appears, a quacking duck, a spring, a water splash, a car horn, a piece of food, and a chicken clucking appear one by one, and finally, action lines appear around the "Nickelodeon" text with the voiceover. A plunger hits the background, sending the text sliding down.
 * Teeth: Two pairs of teeth slide around and munch away at the background.
 * Cube: A cube rotates in a room with a Nickelodeon logo while they repeatedly change their position. The cube shows images of a duck, cymbal, water, an alien, an arrow, and a chicken. The NICKELODEON text on the logo, which now stays put, lights up when the name is spoken as objects move around. The cube shrinks and disappears.

FX/SFX: Stop-motion animation for the "Lizard", "Origami" and "Teeth" IDs, 2D animation for the "Bites" and "Crunch" IDs, and a mixture of both for the "Cube" ID; the "Lizard", "Teeth" and "Bites" IDs were animated by Filigree Films, the "Crunch" and "Cube" IDs were animated by Colossal Pictures, and the "Origami" ID was animated by Buzzco Associates.

Music/Sounds: A quack, a boing, a splash, an old car horn, a pop, a chicken clucking, and a voice saying "Nick...elodeon!" (who sounds somewhat similar to Dan Castellaneta), followed by an arrow popping and a cartoonish laugh.

Availability: Extinct. Recently appeared during the NickRewind block.

Editor's Note: None.

Bicycles (1985-1992)
ID: On a black background, a pink girl rides her bike, then a blue boy rides his and spins around saying “Whee!”. A red woman is pulled by her green dogs on a yellow bike, a toddler girl rides her tricycle, a man rides his unicycle, and a father helps his son on his tricycle. A blue delivery man falls over on his bike, then a purple person rides their bike, before finally all the bikes ride by, and off comes a Nickelodeon wheel.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: The sounds of bicycles and people chattering.

Availability: Extinct. It was shown on NickRewind's Twitter account during Throwback Thursday.

Editor's Note: None.

Cowboy (1986-1991)
ID: We see a cowboy wearing a orange hat riding a horse through the desert. We cut to the cowboy crossing a gorge with a orange log, with his horse on the other side. We then see the cowboy and the horse drinking from a waterhole with a orange cactus in the background. Then we see the cowboy riding his horse past a blank mountain, which turns orange as the Nickelodeon wordmark appears on it and the rest of the background fades to black.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Joey Ahlbum, who did several other Nickelodeon bumpers from this period.

Music/Sounds: Bombastic orchestral music, with the cowboy shouting "Yahoo!" when he first appears riding the horse, and both of them saying "Whoo!" when he crosses the gorge.

Availability: Extinct. Was last seen on NickRewind.

Skating (1986-1991)
ID: We see singing letters holding top hats and roller skating down a room with signs that say Nickelodeon on it in various shapes. We then see the letters sticking onto an orange wall one at a time forming the Nickelodeon logo on the wall while the letters' top hats are left on the floor. We then see an isolated view of the Nickelodeon logo on the wall and is shown to be a roller skating alley with the two roller skates of the Nickelodeon logo seen on both sides of the wall and a purple roller skate sign above the long orange wall with bright outlined lights seen on the sign.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: The wheels of the roller skates turning and the letters singing "Say Hey Say Hi Say Ho" and "Ni-Ni-Nickelodeon" while a sound effect sounding like stamping something on a piece of paper is heard every time a letter sticks to the wall.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Fish Stage (1986-1992)
Nicknames: "Waiting for You"

ID: On a stage with a space background, a big green fish plays the piano with three female green fish singing. A orange star is also seen. We zoom out throughout the whole thing. The background becomes a orange sun as everyone, including an audience of blue fish, smiles.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by David Lubell.

Music/Sounds: A piano tune, with the big green fish scatting, and the female green fish singing “Nickelodeon! Waiting for you. Everyday, Nickelodeon!”.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Fruits (1986-1993)
ID: On a curtain background with a towel below, we see a fruit bowl reading Nickelodeon. Suddenly, a pineapple, banana, and an orange pop up singing the jingle from the "Orange You Glad" ID. They dance backwards and the curtain opens up to reveal a gradient background with palm trees that are reading Nickelodeon. The fruits fall off at the end leaving us with a splat. Then, the splat that the fruits made appears along with the fruits themselves now splatted up smiling and the splat entirely reads Nickelodeon in between.

Variant: A variant exists where it is on a flipbook, but is uncolored except for the orange props with the Nickelodeon logo on them. This was possibly filmed when the ID was still unfinished.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Joey Ahlbum.

Music/Sounds: Same as the "Orange You Glad" ID, followed by a splat sound effect.

Availability: Extinct. Can be heard on the 2001 album The Newest Nicktoons.

Editor's Note: None.

Main Course (1986-1993)
Nickname: "Waiter"

ID: We see a waiter opening up a dish. When it opens up, it reveals an Inuit person with glasses sitting on a chair with a fishing rod under a orange umbrella. The dish closes and it opens up again. A hippo eats grass while wearing a orange cloth. It closes and opens one more time to show a Viking with weapons in his hands, who sing-screams opera-style with a Nickelodeon banner. The dish is closed harder with a orange lid shaped like a weight.

FX/SFX: Stop-motion animation by Olive Jar Animation.

Music/Sounds: The dish opens, the Inuit singing, the hippo laughing with drum music, the Viking yelling and a loud crashing sound.

Availability: Extinct. However, the scene with the Viking screaming can be seen on a promo for NickRewind on TeenNick, and also as its sign-off when it was NickRewind.

Editor's Note: None.

Singing Aliens (1986-1992)
ID: Three aliens in a UFO sing a short jingle. Then the UFO lands at a drive-in theater with the Nickelodeon logo on the screen.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by David Lubell.

Music/Sounds: The aliens sing the following jingle: "It doesn't matter where you are. With Nickelodeon, there you are. Better off by far, Nickelodeon!"

Availability: Extinct. However, the music in this bumper can be heard on the 2001 CD The Newest Nicktoons. The music can also be heard in a bumper for NickRewind on TeenNick, along with other IDs.

Editor's Note: None.

Anteater (1986-1988)
Nickname: "Anteater's Lunch"

ID: We see an "anteater" (more closely resembling an aardvark) holding a fork and a spoon. He then sniffs the spaghetti on his table. The anteater thinks it's yummy, licking his tongue near his face. The anteater decides to eat the spaghetti, revealing the plate to say "NICKELODEON" in its corporate font.

FX/SFX: Stop-motion animation by Olive Jar Animation.

Music/Sounds: The anteater grunting, along with slurping when he eats the spaghetti, and ends with a "BURP!".

Availability: Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That (now NickRewind) for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several other classic Nickelodeon IDs. This can be seen occasionally on NickRewind on TeenNick.

Editor's Note: None.

Mini Golf (1986-1992)
ID: We see a golf club hit an orange golf ball. The ball goes through a course full of obstacles that have signs that read "Nickelodeon" such as an inverted loop, a windmill, winding road, stomping orange feet, and finally a hole shaped like a clown and rolls into its mouth.

FX/SFX: Stop motion animation possibly done at Olive Jar Animation.

Music/Sounds: A man saying "Shhhh...", followed by carnival-esque music, slide whistle noises, and kids cheering when the ball makes it into the hole.

Availability: Extinct. Last seen during the short-lived Nick Rewind block. It was recently shown on NickRewind on March 24, 2016.

Dog & Parrot (1986-1992)
ID: On a yellow background with a blue floor, a dog and a parrot on a perch are seen. The dog barks, and the parrot says “Nickelodeon!”. They do the same thing again. However, the third time, the parrot barks, and now the dog says “Nickelodeon!” as his ears perk up.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Music/Sounds: Just the animals talking.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Opera Bird (1986-1992?)
Nickname: "Nick el oooo dee bong"

ID: On a gold background, we see an anthropomorphic dog (named Louis) blowing a horn saying "NICK", a blue cat (Tri-cat) saying "EL", a female bird (Opera Bird) singing "OOOO" in an operatic voice, Tri-cat saying "DEE", and a man (Gong Boy) hitting a gong with a mallet making "BONG". Then the words join together making "Nickelodeon" with "ON".

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: Tuba music in the background, Louis blowing the trumpet saying "Nick", Tri-cat saying "el", Opera Bird sings "OOOO", Tri-cat saying "Dee", a gong sound and everyone (excluding Gong Boy) saying "Nickelodeon".

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Orange You Glad (1986-1992)


ID: On a white background, the words Orange You Glad You Got Your Nickelodeon appear on a journal, one by one. The words appear two more times, and then a orange ribbon appears.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: The Jive Five singing what appears on the journal.

Availability: Extinct. Returned for Nickelodeon's 20th birthday, and the albums The Best of Nicktoons, and The Newest Nicktoons. However, it is on NickRewind now.

Editor's Note: None.

The Jive Five (1986-1992)
TBA

Window Blinds (1986?-1990)
TBA

Top of the Hour '87 (1987-1988)
TBA

Doo-Wop-A-Saurus (1987-1993)
ID: We see three sneaker wearing dinosaurs (possibly sauropods) walking to the beach. They find a T. rex watching TV next to a orange tree and a pterodactyl with a Walkman, next to a orange cloud. The dinosaur in the middle puts on orange sunglasses.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Joey Ahlbum. It was done through Fred/Alan and produced by Tom Pomposello.

Music/Sounds: Just the dinosaurs singing "I'm here with my friends, Nickelodeon. The song never ends, Nickelodeon!".

Availability: Like the dinosaurs, it's extinct. The logo was included on the albums The Best of Nicktoons, and The Newest Nicktoons. Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That (now NickRewind) for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several other classic Nick IDs. It is also in a bumper on NickRewind, along with several other IDs.

Editor's Note: The dinosaur wearing orange sunglasses is an iconic symbol of the Nickelodeon of the 1980s and 1990s.

Space Beans (1987?-1991)
Nickname: "Singing Petunias"

ID: On a space background with the moon in it, five bean-shaped aliens with propeller caps sing a short doo-wop song. As they sing "Nickelodeoooon!", one of them puts on a shirt saying "NICKELODEON" in its corporate font.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: The beans singing a short doo-wop song.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Singing Worms (1987?-1990)
ID: On a yellow/orange gradient background, we see three worms emerge from behind a Granny Smith apple. From the center, the apple peels, revealing the Nickelodeon logo. The worms all sing and dance.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: The worms all sing a doo-wop tune, ad-libbing "Nick" into the song, ending with "Nickelodeon!".

Availability: Was extinct; can now be seen as a break bumper on NickRewind on TeenNick. The jingle in the ID was also used on a recent 2017 Nickelodeon bumper.

Editor's Note: None.

Flipbook (1987?-1992)
ID: A flipbook is arranged. When it opens, it shows an animation of a guy (bearing a resemblance to the man in the "Cowboy" ID) whose hat flies off and becomes an airplane, which becomes a plant, which becomes the guy’s hat again. He smiles.

Variant: In another version of the ID, the "Flipbook" ID plays at a faster speed, then the hat is blown onto a desk with drawing utensils, expanding its size.

FX/SFX: Flipbook animation by Joey Ahlbum, who also made the "Cowboy" ID.

Music/Sounds: A silent movie-esque piano tune.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Bulldog Crew (1987-1992)
ID: In a jungle, a lion barks, then a pink rhino does so too, then a blue crocodile, and a snake. They then sing a doo wop tune as the camera zooms out. “Nickelodeon” appears on a plant above them.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Joey Ahlbum.

Music/Sounds: The animals barking, followed by them singing a doo wop tune, ending with “Nickelodeoooooooon!”.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Cereal (1987-1992)
ID: In a gray background, a cereal box and a blue bowl are seen. Suddenly, the box is lifted as a small human sings and dances in a glass. He then goes over to pour the box of cereal into the bowl, then goes back into the box, which transforms into a Nickelodeon cereal box while the cereal bowl collapses and spills.

FX/SFX: A combination of traditional and stop motion animation, produced by Paul Fierlinger in the style of his "Teeny Little Super Guy" shorts for Sesame Street.

Music/Sounds: A jazz tune with the human singing.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Mengarie (1987-1991)
ID: A silhouette of a green elephant walks and trumpets. Then, inside the silhouette of people’s purple legs, we zoom in to a pink leopard. Black crows fly, and finally, a orange rhino with the words “Nickelodeon” on it walks and the background turns to black as it freezes.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: Animal sounds.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Skaters (1987-1992?)
TBA

BMX (1987?-????)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: Primarily live-action footage, produced by Jon Kane.

Music/Sounds: A short hip-hop/rock beat (which sounds similar to Run DMC's version of "Walk This Way").

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: This was one of few Nickelodeon IDs from the 1980s that actually took from the culture of the era rather than making its own. That said, it's a pretty solid bumper.

Dino Bop (1988-1993)
ID: We see the same three dinosaurs from "Doo-Wop-A-Saurus" walk out of a cave, wearing ties and sneakers. The dinosaurs look at a T. rex dressed up in white with a pompadour and an orange dinosaur skateboarding. Then, the dinosaurs keep walking and a lavender dinosaur rides an orange convertible. Many dinosaurs and a turtle appear around the three dinosaurs and the Nickelodeon logo appears from a volcano behind them.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Joey Ahlbum, who also made the "Doo-Wop-A-Saurus" bumper.

Music/Sounds: The three sauropods singing a doo-wop song that sounds like "Orange you glad you got your Nickelodeon".

Availability: Extinct, just like the dinosaurs. (How many times are we gonna make this pun?) It is also on NickRewind.

Editor's Note: None.

What You Want (1988)
ID: We see a pair of hands holding a clapboard and clapping it, saying "Quiet please". Then a cat that looks like Cat from CatDog runs into a blue room and crashes into a camera as we hear a guy saying "NEXT!" He then turns to the left of the room, where there's a desk that a hand wearing a striped shirt is behind, writing on a sheet of paper. He asks, "Name?" The cat says "Mack!" The guy says, "What've you got?" Mack replies, "Whatever you want! Need a new host for Double Dare?" He pulls his nose and changes his face into that of Marc Summers'. The guy says "no". Mack extends the nose and puts his hand down the nostril. He says "Ha ha! I can be an obstacle, too!" He changes back to his normal self as the guy says "We've already got that." Mack says "You got this?" He pulls down a film projector and we go into a black and white scene of a boy petting Mack, in color, who looks like a dog. Mack sings "Lassie!" and scratches the boy. Mack pulls up the projector, back in the room, and the guy says "disgusting!" "Oh, you want disgusting?" Mack asks. "I'll show you disgusting!" He expands like a balloon and explodes, leaving the camera covered with orange clay. The hand wipes away to reveal his face, a Koopa-like character wearing glasses, and says "I like it!" He licks the clay as the scene cuts to show the Nickelodeon splat logo on the wall, and a voiceover says "Nickelodeon: working hard to find what you want."

FX/SFX: Clay animation by Sculptoons.

Music/Sounds: The dialogue and sound effects.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: Many people will find this a pretty humorous ID.

Frog (1988-1992)
ID: It varies:


 * A green frog that bears a resemblance to the Looney Tunes character Michigan J. Frog gets off a green object on a gradient background, singing, using his cane to make the objects turn orange with "Nickelodeon" on them. At the end, the objects turn out to be a crocodile’s eyes, and he eats the frog, but he stops him by lifting his cane between his teeth.
 * The frog walks up some stairs, singing, using his cane to bring out orange puffs of smoke reading "Nickelodeon". At the end, it turns out to be a dragon, who breathes fire on him, but uses an umbrella to stop him.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by David Lubell.

Music/Sounds: The frog scatting and singing "Nickelodeon" twice in both versions.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

The Only Network for Kids (1988)
ID: Against a white background, a guy who resembles a middle-age version of Bill Nye the Science Guy is shown, as a kid off-screen says "Hey! What're you doing here? You must really like Dennis the Menace, huh?" At this point, we cut to see the guy in greyscale looking like Dennis the Menace. The guy shakes his head. "How about Lassie?" the kid asks, and we see the guy (in color) wearing a fake dog nose and ears. "You like Lassie?" The guy shakes his head again. "Well, you must be a real fan of Mr. Wizard," the kid says, at which the guy is against a black background, wearing safety goggles, with one of those energy ball things. He touches it and receives a static electric shock which messes up his hair. He shakes his head once again. Then we see him against the white background again, wearing Double Dare contestant getup. "Uh, how about Double Dare?" the kid asks. The guy lifts up a baseball mitt only to get an egg thrown at him, and shakes his head. "Looney Tunes?" the kid asks as the guy has an ACME-branded bomb next to him, which explodes and leaves him charred. He shakes his head, and the kid asks "You Can't Do That on Television?" as the guy raises his hands and gets slimed. "Well you're in the wrong place, Pops," the kid says, "because this is Nickelodeon." A Nickelodeon arrow pushes the guy out of the way. "The only network for kids," says the kid as the words appear below the arrow.

FX/SFX: Live-action produced by Jon Kame.

Music/Sounds: The dialogue and cartoonish sound effects.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Gopher (1988-1996)
TBA

T-Shirts (1988-1996)
TBA

Watch (1988-1996)
TBA

Cowboy Cliff (1988-1996)
TBA

Scribbles (1988-1996)
TBA

Clay (1988-1996)
TBA

Bubblegum (1988-1996)
TBA

Pennant (1988-1996)
TBA

Hiding Tree (1988-1996)
TBA

Janitor (1988-1996)
TBA

Dreams (1988-1996)
TBA

Balloon (1988-1996)
TBA

Sand (1988-1996)
TBA

Dragon (1988-1996)
TBA

Clothesline (1988-1996)
TBA

Spin Art (1988-1996)
TBA

Movie Star (1988-1992)
Nicknames: "Star Escape"

ID: The letters in the Nickelodeon logo atop a dressing room door drop down one by one and sneak around the room until they are spotted with a flashlight in front of a brick wall. They then return to the sign.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: The voices of the letters whispering.

Availablity: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Nick Is Kids (1990s-Early 2000s)


ID: We see the Nickelodeon logo pulsating against a purple background. It cuts to dark images of Nickelodeon shows and stars. Then we see a orange oval, and the image blurs. We see more footage. Then we see the orange splat, and it stops pulsating. A red-colored circle that reads "is kids" appears below the logo.

FX/SFX: The pinching/punching and rippling effect of the Nickelodeon logo and fading in and out of the footage.

Variant: A variant exists with the footage of the kids replaced with black and white footage of Nicktoons.

Music/Sounds: Almost throughout the entire ID, we hear a heartbeat. We also hear an idea/lightbulb sound effect but sounding a bit stuttering. We then hear a man saying "Nick is" and then ambience and little swooshing noises can be heard and then we hear the man again saying the same line and then we hear what sounds like ambiance noise of a door closing several times before a small bang is heard which abruptly stops the heartbeat and then we hear the man saying "kids".

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: This bumper is notorious for creeping out some viewers.

Egg and Spoon (1990-1992)
Nicknames: "Splaat's CGI Egg Cousin"

ID: In a purple room, with an egg on a stand on top of a table full of Nickelodeon logos, a spoon taps on the egg, which adds the face of a monster, complete with green hair, horns, a bull's nose ring, and a giant mouth with fangs. The monster egg makes a weird noise resembling a low-pitched roar (think the MGM lion), which causes the spoon, which turns into a chicken, to start squawking in fear, then it runs off. The monster egg then looks at us, then turns towards the screen as he swallows the screen and as we see the Nickelodeon logo imprinted on his uvula (the hanging ball in the back of your throat), he makes the low pitched noise again.

FX/SFX: Early CGI animation by Edward Bakst and Ampersand.

Music/Sounds: A weird brass theme when the spoon taps the egg, then a sample of the 1867 Modest Mussorgsky composition A Night On Bald Mountain starting when the egg becomes the monster. Low pitched grunts/roars from the monster egg (as well as a "Hmm?!" when he looks at us and chuckling when he starts to swallow the screen) and squawking from the chicken spoon are also heard.

Availability: Extinct. It was recently shown on NickRewind on TeenNick.

Editor's Note: Some may have been scared of the egg monster in this bumper, but it’s a memorable one from Nickelodeon’s classic era.

Nickelodeon Blimp (1992-2002)
ID: On a purple flashing background, we see three kids in white suits painting an orange blimp. Then a bunch of kids put the letters on it to spell Nickelodeon right on the blimp.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A bunch of drums.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Acting Hands (1991-1994)
TBA

Macaroni and Cheese (1991-1994)
TBA

Hairstyles (1991-1994)
TBA

Untie the Knot (1991-1994)
TBA

Foil (1991-1994)
TBA

Paint (1991-1994)
TBA

Tape (1991-1994)
TBA

Clay Faces (1991-1994)
TBA

Layers of Clay (1991-1994)
TBA

Paint Hairstyles (1991-1994)
TBA

Magic Doors (1991-1994)
TBA

Nickelodeon Characters (1991-2004)
ID: There are many.

Variants:
 * Rugrats #1: We see a giant eye watching a orange caterpillar. The camera zooms out to reveal it's Chuckie Finster, and he scrambles to get the caterpillar off him until it turns into a orange butterfly.
 * Rugrats #2: Angelica Pickles sings into a microphone. The white background shatters to reveal an orange one with the Nickelodeon logo, and Angelica walks away.
 * Rugrats #3: Reptar stomps onscreen and roars. Then he hears another dinosaur and gets scared, and we see it's a orange dinosaur.
 * Rugrats #4: Tommy and Dil Pickles are having a fight over the Nickelodeon logo and tug at it until they both let go of it and it turns into the orange splat.
 * Ren & Stimpy: Ren is in a orange bathtub and hears something making bubbles. He lifts his leg and Stimpy jumps out of the tub.
 * Doug: Doug Funnie and Porkchop are carrying a orange rectangle. Doug drops the rectangle on his foot and Porkchop runs over.
 * Hey Arnold: Helga Pataki passes a orange ball to the other kids, ending with Arnold Shortman, who hits it with a baseball bat sending it crashing into the screen.
 * The Angry Beavers: Norbert and Daggett rip off their underwear until Daggett rips his underwear off. He uses a orange towel to cover up him and Norbert.
 * CatDog: They chase after a garbage truck and Dog eats all the garbage, leaving them deformed. Cat vomits which forms the Nickelodeon logo.
 * SpongeBob SquarePants: He tries to blow a orange bubble, but fails. So he swallows the bubble and spits it out through his pores. This results in a giant orange bubble.
 * The Fairly OddParents: Cosmo and Wanda are in black and white, and they change themselves to color. They then notice they're standing behind a black and white heart, and they change that to color too. The logo then tips over and splashes orange paint on them.
 * As Told by Ginger: Ginger Foutley, Dodie, and Macie are dancing until Courtney Gripling and Miranda Killgalen show up. Suddenly, orange splat water balloons are thrown by Carl and Hoodsey, forming the Nickelodeon logo, leading everyone to leave the scene except Ginger, who chases after Carl and Hoodsey.
 * The Wild Thornberrys: Eliza Thornberry and Darwin scream in your face. It's revealed that they're running from a orange rhino, which Donnie is riding the tail of.
 * Rocket Power: Reggie Rocket is roller-skating, Otto's on a bike, and Twister and Sam are skateboarding. They all join together and crash into a wall, leaving an orange imprint of themselves with the Nickelodeon logo on it.
 * Pelswick: Pelswick rides his wheelchair over orange hills, which turns out to be the Nickelodeon splat logo.
 * Jimmy Neutron: The Rugrats #3 bumper, but the orange dinosaur's top opens up to reveal Jimmy Neutron and Goddard piloting it.
 * Jimmy Neutron #2: The Wild Thornberrys bumper, but the rhino is instead a orange rocket (with the Nickelodeon logo on it) piloted by Jimmy and Goddard.
 * Oh Yeah! Cartoons #1: Vlad the Count is frightened by Mina's jack-o-lantern and flies away in bat form. Mina Harper faces her pumpkin to the audience, revealing the Nickelodeon logo.
 * Oh Yeah! Cartoons #2: TBA

FX/SFX: The animation, provided by the same studio (Nickelodeon Animation Studios) that animates the Nicktoons. Also, the Rugrats, Ginger, Thornberrys and Rocket Power ones were done by Klasky-Csupo's commercial animation division Class-Key Chew-Po Commercials, as well as the Jimmy Neutron bumpers were done by DNA Productions. Actually, the Pelswick bumper was done by the Canadian animation studio.

Music/Sounds: Depends. It's usually the theme song of the show, culminating in the familiar Nickelodeon jingle, as well as sound effects that correspond to what happens in the bumper. However, The Fairly OddParents bumper does not use the Nickelodeon jingle.

Availability: Extinct, as most of these shows don't air on Nickelodeon anymore. However, the first Rugrats bumper was shown on NickRewind during a break in July 2017, and the Angry Beavers bumper was shown on NickRewind’s Twitter account during Throwback Thursday. The Jimmy Neutron bumpers were only used in 2001 to promote the film.

Editor's Note: None.

New Year Baby (1991?-????)
TBA

Nick is Everyday (1992-1996)
ID: On a black background, we see a white mannequin silhouette dancing toward the screen, and then it shakes its head and moves away (as if so not to invade personal space). The screen flashes as the colors invert, and a boy runs away from a Nickelodeon bomb. The bomb explodes to a white background, and we see the words, "NICK" and "IS" before cutting to a schoolgirl thinking something. Then, she leans against the words "EVERY DAY," which fade out as dancing silhouettes drop down. They disappear as a Nickelodeon sun fades into the center of the screen while it flashes. "MON" appears with an orange silhouette of a man (no pun intended), "TUE" appears with a kid doing their own hair, "WED" and "THU" appear under the sun (with shadows), "FRI" appears with a green stick figure serving as the dot in the "I," which falls to the ground. Then, a kid holds "SAT" and flips around to a kid of the opposite gender holding "SUN". Then the words "NICK", "IS", "EVERY DAY" on purple, green, and blue backgrounds flash by. The Nickelodeon splat logo zooms in. We fade to black and see the green stick figure falling from the top of the screen saying "Nick is every day!"

FX/SFX: Cut-out animation.

Music/Sounds: Minimal (that is, low and synthesized) jazz music and the guy saying "Nick is every day!" at the end (voiced by Marc Summers of Double Dare).

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Dog Blocks (1992-1996)
TBA

Basketball (1992-1995)
TBA

Gymnast (1992-1996?)
TBA

Football Halftime (1992-1993)
TBA

Lockers (1992-2000)
ID: In a black-and-white school hallway, we see kids getting stuff from lockers and going to class. As more kids go to class, we see the Nickelodeon lockers in black- and-white. One locker is open, but a kid runs to shut it. The logo then turns to color.

FX/SFX: Live action.

Music/Sounds: Just the kids chattering and locker doors clanging shut.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Letters (1992-1993)
TBA

Song Montage (1993-1999)
Nickname: "It's Nickelodeon Month!"

ID: Against a background reading "Nickelodeon", the three men from the Easy Groove bumper sing "Nick-nick-nick-nick-na-nick-nick-nick!" next to the parrot from the Dog & Parrot bumper and its Nickelodeon speech bubble. The kid on the Flying TV Creature flies into the screen, revealing the Fruits, the Nicktoons Blob, the Doo-Wop Dinos, and a cowboy with a orange hat riding a horse all walking by. The tuxedo Frog and an monkey-type creature (from the 1987 version of Top of the Hour) wearing a goggles and holding three TV tubes on sticks stop to dance. A TV set comes into frame as we see the three men singing again, this time with a purple pterodactyl flying past them. A dinosaur on a skateboard wearing a shirt strikingly similar to Rocko's (but with bones instead of triangles) skates in opposite direction and in the very back of the screen as another dinosaur with black hat and a tuxedo walks past. Three fishes and a orange fish appear consecutively as the tuxedo dinosaur chases them. Then we cut to the Anteater eating in front of a cartoon street background. The Nicktoons Blob, the Fruits, the fish, and the Doo-Wop Dinos all walk to the left as the background changes to the stop motion dinosaur in front of a TV in space with a Nickelodeon planet on it. Then we see a waiter opening up a dish to show a Viking with weapons in his hand and screaming with a Nickelodeon banner. The dish is closed with a orange weight-like lid. It turns into a orange teacup that the CGI head from the Nick Brew ID drinks against a cartoon street background. The Nicktoons Blob walks by, and two dogs in blue and green Nick cars bump into each other. We see the three guys again, with the Fruits, the Doo-Wop Dinos, and the cowboy on his horse walk to the right, and the Nickelodeon splat logo above them. The tuxedo Frog again dances as the three men sing "Nick-nick-nick-nick-na-nick-nick-nick! Nickelodeon!" Then the bumper ends in the style of an old TV turning off.

Variant: At the end of Nickelodeon videotapes or music videos, the end of the bumper only played.

FX/SFX: A mix of 2D animation, stop motion animation, and CGI.

Music/Sounds: The three men singing, a remix of the Nickelodeon jingle, some sitar music, and the guys singing again, as well as sound effects as to what happens in the bumper.

Availability: Rare. It was on most Nickelodeon videotapes of the time by Sony Wonder, including Rocko's Modern Life: Machine Madness, Rugrats: Tales from the Crib, Ren & Stimpy: The Classics, Doug: How Did I Get into This Mess, and others. It played right before the show starts. The short version played at the end of the tape. The Paramount re-releases of these tapes lack this bumper. On the channel itself, it would show right before a music video. It will probably appear on TeenNick's NickRewind soon enough.

Editor's Note: It's a well-known logo from 1990s Nickelodeon, and what most people think of when they think of that era.

Head on Chair (1993-1995)
ID: In a house containing blue walls, a yellow door on the back, and a wooden floor, we see a boy's head rocking from side to side on a chair while watching television. A few moments later, orange mist reading "Nickelodeon" rips off the walls and the roof. The boy's head stares at the mist for a few seconds and yawns. Afterward, he continues rocking his head.

FX/SFX: Live action animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as the "Eggs" ID, with some wind sounds from the mist.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Anagrams (1993-1996)
Nickname: "Spelling"

ID: On a blue and orange flashing background, we see "Ice Kold Neon" spelled under a black box where three girls say each word. Then it changes to "Liked No Cone" and the girls repeat it. Then it changes to "Cool Keen Din" and the girls repeat that. Finally, the word changes to a Nickelodeon oval as all the girls say "Nickelodeon".

FX/SFX: The girls are live-action. This was designed by Don St. Mars.

Music/Sounds: The girls talking with bongos and weird music playing.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Anagrams 2 (1993-1996)
ID: On a multi-colored flashing background, we see "Do No Clinkee" spelled under a black box where three girls say each word. Then it changes to "Den Look Nice" and the girls repeat it. Then it changes to "Link Code One" and the girls repeat that. Finally, the word changes to a Nickelodeon shape with arrows sticking out as all the girls say "Nickelodeon".

FX/SFX: The girls are live-action. This was designed by Don St. Mars.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Disco Dogs (1993-1995)
ID: We see six dogs (or more specifically, wire fox terriers) tugging on a Nickelodeon sheet against a blue and green swirled moving background (a la disco floor) as it zooms on the Nickelodeon logo. Then three dogs in orange Nickelodeon suits morph out of the sheet and dance. It zooms in on the middle dog as we see the logo on his suit.

FX/SFX: Live action computerized dogs on a blue and green flashing background.

Music/Sounds: A girl saying “Do the Nick thing!” followed by dogs barking and girls singing the Nickelodeon theme with disco music in the background, the woman is singing "Nick is Kids!" ending with the girls singing “On Nick!”.

Availability: Extinct, but this can be seen in a break bumper for NickRewind on TeenNick.

Editor's Note: None.

Opera (1993-1996)
Nickname: "Quiet! This Is an Opera!", "Opera Lady"

ID: We see a conductor with long hair, glasses, a mustache, and a short beard on a stage as he uses his baton to start the show. Then it zooms out on a lady with big orange hair that reads Nickelodeon wearing purple singing the Nickelodeon theme. It briefly closes up to her mouth. Then we see her whole body as she loudly sings "Nick is kids!" Then we see the conductor with a hysterical look on his face as his glasses break from the high mote.

FX/SFX: All live-action. This was designed by the now-defunct Blue Brick Design in New York City.

Music/Sounds: Orchestra tuning up until after the conductor begins the show then the lady sings with an orchestral number in the background.

Availability: Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That (now NickRewind) for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several other classic Nick IDs. It's also the thumbnail for NickRewind’s video "A Tribute to Nickelodeon Bumpers".

Editor's Note: None.

Bone (1993-2000)
ID: A girl holds up a Nickelodeon bone to a black and white dog and throws it. Then we see a close-up of the spinning Nickelodeon bone. Then the dog catches it.

FX/SFX: All live-action, with a bit of CGI for the bone spinning.

Music/Sounds: Same as the "Ants" logo except with barking from the dog and the tempo is sped up.

Availability: Extinct. It was recently posted on NickRewind's Twitter account during Throwback Thursday.

Editor's Note: None.

Pinchface (1993-2001)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon on Drugs", "Splaat's Puppet Cousin", "Crazy Face", "Chatterface", "Dancing Face", "Splaat Meets Warner Reprise"

ID: In a very psychedelic, pop art-inspired "room", we see to the right two picture frames with two fists made to look like faces (wearing a hat, some googly eyes, and painted-on "lips") and to the left a picture frame with the Nickelodeon logo in it. Two eyes, glasses, dentures and a tie drop down to the middle of the screen and float and bounce around while remaining in place to look like a face. As the colors of the background and even the Nick picture frame continually flash and change throughout the bumper, the fists do the "Nick Nick Nick" section of the Nickelodeon theme, with the Pinchface saying "Nickelodeon" (as it does this, the picture frame reads "Nickelodeon" instead of "Nick"). After the second time the Pinchface says "NickelOOOOOOdeOOOOON!", an orange background with "Nickelodeon" on it flashes three times.

FX/SFX: A very creative combination of chroma-key effects, pixellation, and puppetry, with the Pinchface moved by threads (this is more visible on higher-quality uploads of this ident). This was done by Blue Brick Design.

Music/Sounds: A funky-sounding Balkan brass rendition of the Nickelodeon theme. The Pinchface, who sounds similar to Los Angeles-based veteran voice actor Tom Kenny, is voiced by an unknown New York-based performer.

Availability: Extinct. It reappeared in a bumper for the 2011 Nickelodeon block The 90's Are All That (now NickRewind) on TeenNick. It's on NickRewind's promo "A Tribute to Nickelodeon Bumpers" for a few seconds, too. It's also on a 1994 Earth Day promo for Nickelodeon.

Editor's Note: A very creative and memorable ID for those that grew-up with Nickelodeon in the 1990s. However, some may not have good memories (particulary 2nd to 4th graders) for the flashing effects (making the tough for most epileptics), and the face in the middle of the screen (which will remind some of the Klasky-Csupo robot). The tune however is very catchy.

Funky Dance (1993-2003)
ID: We see a group of kids in a circle as a man sings "Everybody over here". Then the Nickelodeon theme plays. The kids start to dance while carrying a Nickelodeon parachute as they walk in a circle. Two kids jump over the parachute as the rest of them dance. Then they cover themselves in the Nickelodeon parachute.

FX/SFX: Live-action.

Music/Sounds: The man singing the Nickelodeon theme, but with female chorus.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Ants (1993-1994)
ID: A bunch of ants are on a picnic blanket bloated with all the food eaten (including cheese, and a sandwich). One plays a guitar and another sticks out of a soda can with a night cap on as they all sing the Nickelodeon theme while some ants hiccup. A quarter of the presented food have Nick or Nickelodeon logos on them. At the end, it zooms out so that we can read the word "Nickelodeon" on the picnic blanket.

FX/SFX: All the animation in the ID.

Music/Sounds: All the ants singing the Nickelodeon theme with a guitar playing in the background.

Trivia: A slightly sped-up version of the music was later reused in another Nickelodeon bumper featuring a girl and her dog (described above).

Availability: Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That (now NickRewind) for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several other classic Nickelodeon IDs. Now currently airs (as of December 2nd, 2015) on NickRewind.

Editor's Note: None.

Rock Dance (1993-2001)
Nicknames: "Come On Now"

ID: On a black background, we see a Nickelodeon logo, which folds into a white screen covered in small dancing stick figures, which is constantly shaking. After a moment, the screen transitions into a close up of four of the aforementioned people, whose heads are different shapes. (A nickel, a sack or load, an "E", and a light bulb that turns on. It's a pun: "Nickel-Load-E-ON"). Then it wipes to the Nick logo which also shakes a bit.

FX/SFX: Cut-out animation.

Music/Sounds: A heavy metal jingle plays throughout almost the entire bumper. A voice shouting "Come on now!" and other things, and the people yelling "Nick-Nick-Nick...". At the end, the guy screams "Nick is kids!"

Availability: Extinct, unless it appears on NickRewind.

Editor's Note: None.

Barnyard (1993-????)
ID: We see all kinds of animals and objects on a toy farm set. At each scene, the Nickelodeon logo is right at the top of the screen in the form of orange clouds.

FX/SFX: Just live-action of a bunch of toys from a farm set.

Music/Sounds: The children's choir sing the Nickelodeon theme with bluegrass twang in the background. A pause occurs with a Cartoon Trax frog croak sound and other stock cartoon sounds. Then the children's choir sing "Nick is kids!" followed by a Cartoon Trax chicken cluck sound.

Availability: Extinct. Was last seen during Thanksgiving week on NickRewind on TeenNick, and on its Twitter account during Throwback Thursday.

Editor's Note: None.

Paper Chase (1993-1996)
TBA

Nicktoons Blob (1991-1999)


ID: An orange drip of slime falls, then when it hits the ground, it forms the former Nicktoons logo, then it forms into various transformations: a fish, a dinosaur, and a man. The man slips on a banana peel and forms the Nicktoons splat.

Variants:
 * When this appeared on Nick Rewind in 2006, the last few seconds of the ID were replaced by a 2D Nickelodeon splat.
 * On some prints of the Oh Yeah! Cartoons' Fairly OddParents short "Where's the Wand", the ID starts out normal, but it goes to the the man transformation. The executive producers' credit (which reads "Executive Producers: Fred Seibert, Larry Huber") appears, then the title card for the short appears.
 * When The 90s Are All That became The Splat, the logo made a huge comeback as a bumper. In between the transformations, the Nicktoons logo is replaced by The Splat logo, which is on a pink background with patterns everywhere.

FX/SFX: CGI from the now-defunct Blue Sky Studios.

Music/Sounds: A hip-hop theme with sound effects for each transformation. In the variant, it sounds the same but with most of the sound effects are removed. The music continues to the title card.

Availability: On Nickelodeon itself, it was extinct for a long time, first seen on The 90's Are All That (now NickRewind) on December 31, 2011. The variant only appeared in some prints of the ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons' Fairly OddParents'' short "Where's the Wand". The part where the guy slips on a banana peel was used in the beginning of a promo for Nicktoons tapes on the VHS version of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. It returned to television on October 5, 2015. It can be seen on NickRewind.

Editor's Note: This logo has some great animation for the early 1990s.

Nickelodeon Ball (1993-2001)
TBA

Eggs (1993-1995)
ID: We see a large black rooster singing "Nick is kids!" while holding a orange egg that jumps out of his hand, walking on the legs of the chick that is hatching out. The rooster dances while trying to get the egg as we see a bunch of hens sing the Nickelodeon theme. Finally, he catches the orange egg while holding up a basket with a bunch of orange eggs in it.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Mark Baldo.

Music/Sounds: A gospel-like choir based on the Nickelodeon theme.

Availability: Extinct. It is shown occasionally on NickRewind.

Editor's Note: None.

Spinning Top (1993-2004)
ID: On a black background, an orange spinning top reading "Nickelodeon" spins around until it stops in the middle position.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Flower (1993-2005)
ID: On a black background, an orange flower reading "Nickelodeon" blooms and shows its petals.

FX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Eyes in the Dark (1993-1995)
TBA

Reggae Sun (1993-1995)
TBA

Floating Kids (1993-1996)
TBA

Fall (1993-1997)
TBA

Turkey (1993-????)
TBA

Reindeer (1993-1997)
TBA

Shaker (1993-????)
TBA

Box Monster (1994-1996)
Nicknames: "The Box of Death", "Creepy Box Pinchface Redux", "Splat's CGI Cousin"

ID: On a blue background with semi-transparent Nickelodeon logos, we see a box with a morphing Nickelodeon logos. The camera then enters the inside of the box. Then a green blob that looks like a mix of Klasky-Csupo's "Splaat", the Stretch Films "Laughing Mouth", and Slimer from the film Ghostbusters with a cartoonish eye and a realistic eye and flesh-toned funnel-shaped ears emerges from the bottom. The face sees the viewer and it laughs in a weird way. The box suddenly closes and we zoom out.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A drum-heavy theme, along with some weird giggling for the face.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Windshield (1996-2002)
ID: We see a man driving a car. Three splats saying "NICK" appear. The man gets angry and he decides to use the windshield wipers. The wipers turn the three splats into a bigger splat saying "NICKELODEON". The man is confused.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship for Drucker Motion Pictures.

Music/Sounds: The man muttering, along with some splatting sounds.

Availability: Rare; seen on the Paramount VHS of Rugrats: Angelica The Divine.

Editor's Note: None.

Cave Drawing (1996-2002)
TBA

Machine (1995-????)
ID: We see a robed figure in black (presumably a magician) in front of the camera moving back to show a scene from the year 1905 (with a wrestler, a monkey and a clown in the background) as a girl runs into a nickelodeon theater. The girl puts a coin into a projector, which shows a loop of a man walking wearing a top hat with a suit and cane. The loop slows down and the man grows a beard before a burst of green lightning transforms him into a man dressed in 1970s attire dancing. The scene cuts to him dancing with other children with many faces in a city with Nickelodeon signs, now in the year 1979 (when Nickelodeon was officially launched). The camera zooms over to show one girl lighting a orange rocketship shaped like an animal, which takes off and circles the globe before arriving on the other side of the world, where some boring children are seen standing in a dark environment. The rocketship brightens the environment and the children play with objects that it drops, including a robot, a frog, a monster, a party horn, and a chicken, which lays an egg with the Nickelodeon logo on it.

FX/SFX: 2D animation (black-and-white for the first part and in color for the rest of the bumper) by Studio Film Bilder in Germany.

Music/Sounds: For the first part, some 1900s-esque carnival music followed by a silent movie piano tune that slows down before being replaced by a disco theme. All of which are accompanied by various sound effects. In Germany, a male German narrator spoke throughout the ID.

Availability: Extinct. Was originally made for Nickelodeon Germany and presumably last seen on The Splat/NickSplat; it was more recently spotted on an intro for NickRewind in 2019.

Editor's Note: This is an interesting one that certainly captures its era and is a nice tribute to the origins of Nickelodeon's name.

Whoopee (1996-2002)
TBA

Presents (1996-2002)
ID: Two human hands open many presents with Nickelodeon logos printed on them. Suddenly, a orange blimp flies out and the camera follows the blimp.

FX/SFX: Superb stop-motion by an unknown company for Drucker Motion Pictures.

Music/Sounds: A 1950s-like theme along with a kid saying "Huh?".

Availability: Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That (now NickRewind) for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several other classic Nickelodeon IDs. It can be seen occasionally on NickRewind.

Editor's Note: None.

Fly Fishing (1996-2002)
ID: We see a bowl with orange soup in it. A fly buzzes past the bowl, then a green fish pops out of the bowl and eats the fly. The fly comes out of the soup a few seconds later.

FX/SFX: 2D animation produced by Primal Screen for Drucker Motion Pictures.

Music/Sounds: The fly buzzing, then a short guitar riff.

Availability: Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That (now NickRewind) for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several other classic Nickelodeon IDs. It can be seen occasionally on NickRewind.

Editor's Note: None.

Cactus (1996-2002)
ID: On a crumpled up piece of notebook paper, we see a close up of the Nickelodeon logo shaped like a cactus. We zoom out to reveal a blue turtle who touches it three times.

FX/SFX: 2D/cut-out animation produced by Our Gang Productions and Computer Cafe for Drucker Motion Pictures.

Music/Sounds: A nice mariachi tune with the turtle saying "Nick, Nick, Nick." An earlier version had a banjo version of the Nick theme and the turtle saying "Ow" three times.

Availability: Extinct, but it makes a cameo appearance in a promo for the NickRewind block on TeenNick, along with other IDs.

Editor's Note: None.

Abstract (2000-2002)
TBA

Pictograph (2002-2003)
TBA

Dog Spot (2003)
ID: Same as the Nickelodeon Movies "Dog Spot" logo, except the orange dot is moved to th center, and the small orange dot and the "MOVIES" dot are removed.

FX/SFX: Same as the Nickelodeon Movies "Dog Spot" logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the Nickelodeon Movies "Dog Spot" logo.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Orange Splat (2003-2005)
TBA

Talent Show (October-December 2005)
Nickname: "Eye See You", "Illuminati Confirmed", "Big Brother's Watching You", "In Soviet Russia, Nickelodeon Watches You"

ID: We see a little girl walking onto a stage and flipping her eyelids inside-out to applause. Then as she walks off the stage, the orange splat appears, this time with a ton of eye graphics around it.

Trivia: If you look closely to the high right, below the blue eye, you'll see a gold eye that looks exactly like the CBS Eye.

FX/SFX: Live-action, except for the Nickelodeon logo, and the eyes.

Music/Sounds: Silence, then applause and a female voice saying "Now back to the show".

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Origamic Letters (2009-March 12, 2017)
Nickname: "Lightbulb"

ID: See Variants.

Variants:
 * Tumbling Ball: On a white background, we see the word "nick" curled into a ball. The ball gets bigger, revealing the letters "elodeon". The ball gets free and the letters in it form "nickelodeon".
 * Origami: On a white background, we see part of the "n" all folded up. It un-folds backwards, and forms either "nick", or "nickelodeon".
 * Zoom Away: We see an orange background. We zoom out to reveal an orange line. We zoom down, and the line forms either "nick", or "nickelodeon".
 * Spin: On a white background, we see letters from the Nickelodeon logo spinning. They stop and form either the words "nick" or "nickelodeon".

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: It depends on the variant.

Availability: Extinct, as Nickelodeon introduced a new presentation style in 2017.

Editor's Note: None.