Nickelodeon

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The Young People's Satellite Network (April 1, 1979-1980)


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

ID: The camera zooms in at a table with a nickelodeon device (also known as a Mutoscope) at the top. Then, we see a boy crouching and putting his eyes into the device. The camera fades to the first Nickelodeon logo, which shows a man looking at a nickelodeon machine on top of the "N".

Trivia: The man featured in this early Nickelodeon logo was lifted from this 1895 publicity still, showing him using Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope device.

FX/SFX: Live action designed by Bemis Balkind and Joseph Iozzi Inc.

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 on television, and extremely rare on recordings. It was only used for one year very early in the channel's existence as Nickelodeon. Due to its rarity, it has been extremely difficult to find on home video recordings (due to the network premiering in the infancy of the VHS format). At this time, the channel was a commercial-free service, so this ID was likely used as break-bumpers between programs (like the next bumper), and/or as an actual promo on other TV stations.

Editor's Note: This ID is a really interesting example of early Nickelodeon. Some have felt that the dark atmosphere and the clicking make for a rather unsettling product, though the later variant lessens this due to the background music.

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

Variants: As this ID appears between the programming, it shows the mime doing different acts, 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 a magazine being read by the mime, who pulls it down and winks 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 hold the hat up to wave, and after the text fades in, the hat is set 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: An instrumental rendition of Teresa Brewer's 1950 hit song "Music, Music, Music!" (also known by its opening lyric, "Put Another Nickel in the Nickelodeon").

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 the previous ID. However, recently, a bunch of these IDs began to surface on YouTube. These were used as break-bumpers between programs (as Nickelodeon was still a commercial-free service during this period).

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

Silver Ball in the Air (Neon) (1981-1986?)


ID: A silver ball is seen moving towards the viewer on a black background (with maroon on the bottom). It flashes and turns black with flashing neon effects inside it. Another silver ball appears next to it on the left, which then shows a sparkly neon area where the two balls are moving to the back, and 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 camera angle it started off with the balls moving, and two more balls appear on the left and right, and all the balls then 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, and the word "NiCKELODEON" zooms in from the center while spinning.

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

FX/SFX: A combination of hand-drawn animation and Scanimate effects (mostly the latter). Very good for the early '80s.

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. It continued to be used even after the rebranding to the splat, all the way until around 1986. On home recordings, it's still very rare, but it's a little more common than the first two bumpers due to airing when VHS became more widely available; check those old tapes!

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 up, where it turns into the usual silver ball on a 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 an Earth globe, footage of a highway, footage of clouds in the sky, a snow globe and then the Silver Ball again, which flashes as usual with the neon lines inside and the word "NiCKELODEON" zooming in and spinning.

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 that form several circles. Then they disappear and many silver balls form a circle as the Nickelodeon logo appears.

FX/SFX: Animation.

Music/Sounds: A version of the '80s Nickelodeon theme without vocals.

Availability: Extinct. It made a surprise reappearance on the Nick Rewind block in the 2000s (no relation to the TeenNick block).

Editor's Note: None.

Rollerskates (1981-1983)


ID: In a black room, a blonde girl wearing a pink T-shirt and blue pants spins around on roller skates. A close-up of her feet is shown. Several more close-ups of people's feet wearing roller skates are shown, and then more kids: a yellow shirted boy, a red shirted boy, and a black haired girl wearing a blue T-shirt 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 its 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: Extinct.

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 its usual animation, with the “NiCKELODEON” text spinning in.

FX/SFX: Live-action.

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

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

History (1981-1983)
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Space Travel (1981-January 12, 1983)
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Twist 'n' Tie (1982-February 19, 1984)


ID: On an orange-yellow background, the "NiCKELODEON" text squashes, squeezes, and twists, then ties itself into a knot as the Nickelodeon logo appears.

FX/SFX: Animation.

Music/Sounds: Honking sounds and a whimsical orchestral rendition of the "Silverball" jingle.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Kaleidoscope (1982-December 1984)
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Present (1982-1984)
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Arcade (August 11, 1983-February 19, 1984)
ID: A kid puts a quarter into an arcade machine. The silver ball appears in the game, which resembles 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: Extinct.

Editor's Note: This is a good logo that embodies the early '80s well.

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

FX/SFX: Chryon effects and live-action.

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

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Painting (November 1983-July 1984)
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Rube Goldberg (November 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.

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

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

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Bubblegum (1983-1984)
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Pizza Plate (1983-June 1984)
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Old Times (1983-1984)
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Clips (1983-1984)
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Breakaways (1983-1984)
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Electronic (1983-1984)
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Crayons (1983-1984)
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Pencils (1983-1984)
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Jeans (1983-1984)
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Sports (1983-1984)
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Flying TV Creature (October 2, 1984-1992)


ID: We see a purple kid with glasses channel surfing on a 1960's style TV. A rhinoceros-like creature with wings stops near the kid and winks at the viewer. The creature jumps into the TV and the Nickelodeon logo appears on the screen, and the person rides the creature and they fly in a loop before turning to a front view, while the creature keeps flapping his wings.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Colossal Pictures.

Music/Sounds: A somewhat boring theme when the person channel surfs, complete with TV static and sounds from the programming (e.g. a man saying "Hello", a telephone dialing sound and a laugh track). When the creature appears, the music becomes a bit more dramatic, and when it jumps into the TV, it turns into a more dramatic tune which is accompanied by flapping wings.

Availability: Extinct, but it has been found on home recordings from this time.

Editor's Note: The first bumper to use Nickelodeon's iconic "splat" branding, used all the way up to 2009.

Fireworks (October 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 that's sent spinning away, and finally, the moon, who briefly looks at it angrily before smiling, before it shoots up into the sky, and then explodes into several orange fireworks. "NICKELODEON" in its familiar font flashes in letter-by-letter.

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

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: A dramatic space-like theme playing throughout the bumper, accompanied by the firecracker flying, the children gasping in awe when the firecracker takes off, two beeps, a voice saying "Nickelodeon!", the astronaut gasping when he's hit by the firecracker, the satellite flying, the moon grunting, and the sound of exploding fireworks.

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

Editor's Note: None.

Ripping (November 1984-July 1992)
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Dinosaur (October 1984-1992)


Nicknames: "T. rex"

ID: On a prehistoric background, we see an egg that hatches into a giant T. rex. The T. rex moans as the landscape starts flooding, and a Nickelodeon submarine appears under the T. rex, which growls in surprise.

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 (October 1984-February 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 press their palms on the screen, making four orange handprints appear. 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, as well as synthesized clapping.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Grilled Cheese (October 1984-1992)
ID: On a white background, a grilled cheese sandwich with orange cheese on a light blue 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 on the melted cheese.

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 (October 2, 1984-April 4, 1992)
ID: We see a man walking until he stops when he sees a drain plug. He puts his hands in and one of the following happens:
 * Octopus: He pulls out a padlock, but the water rises from the drain plug covering him, and an orange octopus swims in and extends its tentacles, revealing the Nickelodeon logo on them.
 * Ship: He pulls out a ship, which he lets go of and panics. The camera then zooms out to reveal the Nickelodeon logo on the ship, which is now orange.
 * Flip: He's pulled into the drain plug, and the drain turns upside down, making the man fall 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 (October 2, 1984-April 1993)


ID: On a black background, we see a Nickelodeon cup. We zoom out to reveal that it is on the tongue of a face with green hair, big cheeks, and a long nose, and the camera rotates as the face's nose extends towards the cup and starts sucking the water inside, becoming transparent. When the nose is completely transparent, the face's eyes spin and it also becomes transparent, revealing three orange fish with the Nickelodeon logo on them swimming inside.

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

Music/Sounds: A brass theme (an edit of "Trombone Crazy" by Duncan Lamont, from the Bruton Music library) 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 (October 2, 1984-Fall 1992)
ID: We see a purple dog with shaggy fur and a cyan nose barking. It then cuts to a yellow dog barking, followed by an orange dog with the Nickelodeon logo on it, a pink and magenta dog made out of squares, rectangles and trapeziums, a green dog with light blue ears and a red nose, a brown dog whose fur stands up when it barks, a dog head made out of silver cylinders and cones, two Nickelodeon dogs, the head of a teal dog with a red nose, a fat pink dog, and a howling pack of six Nickelodeon dogs.

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

Music/Sounds: The dogs barking and howling.

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

Editor's Note: None.

Transformations (October 25, 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, and a happy orchestral theme when the boy appears.

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 blue and green robot 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.

Top of the Hour (October 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 their hands, then some flying calendars with Nickelodeon on the top of each calendar on a house background changing seasons from what seems to be summer to winter, then to a 20th Century Fox-styled structure with 1985, 1986 or 1987 (depending on the year) on the top and the Nickelodeon logo on the base. Then, the camera pans down a road until it approaches a orange arrow sign, whereupon it turns left. 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 logo, 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 form "NICKELODEON" on the bottom of the bumper cars, then to a little fish that is eaten by several bigger fish consecutively with the largest one having the Nickelodeon logo on it, then we cut to a front seat ride on a roller coaster as it goes into a clown head with its eyes rolling. 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 logo jumps out of the TV and fills the entire screen before shrinking to an explosion-like shape on a blue background.

Variant: Starting in 1986, an alternate ending is also used where the Nickelodeon logo at the end is a splat. Another one exists where the logo is a cloud.

FX/SFX: A mix of 2D animation (by Kim Deitch) 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)


Nicknames: "Hey, What the Heck Did NickRewind Do?!?!", "That Song That Plays When NickRewind Starts"

ID: We see an alligator, bird, rhino with wings for ears (possibly the Flying TV Creature from the abformentioned ID of the same name), rabbit, and another animal that looks like a Triceratops walking down a street wearing Nickelodeon shirts all mixed up. Then they gather inside a TV with a face on it and change their order to spell "NICKELODEON" correctly as the Nickelodeon shirts merge together, and they 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 an orange phonograph. The dog checks his watch and says "Woof! Time for Nickelodeon?" An orange bone is dropped near the dog, who bites it and smiles at the screen. "NICKELODEON" appears on the bone by flashing.

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 (August 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 with a mohawk, wearing a Nickelodeon barber cape.
 * 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 presidents singing either of these songs:
 * 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 (May 1985-1992)
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Babylon (1985-June 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.

Sleeping Boy (November 1985-1992)
ID: We see a boy falling asleep on an easy chair and dropping a magazine. An orange cloud with "NICKELODEON" comes out from it. The boy walks through his house and 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 (December 21, 1985-September 21, 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-January 1990)


Nicknames: "That Most Iconic Nick Ident", "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 in Good Burger and the Rugrats "8 Heads" version of the 1st Nickelodeon Games logo.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: One of (if not) the most iconic Nick bumpers of all time. Seeing as a version the jingle is still being used to this day.

Worms (1985-1991)
ID: On an orange background, we see the "NICKELODEON" text in its famous font. One worm passes by, followed by another. Then, several small blue worms appear, followed by green, yellow and pink worms. All the worms move until they form a multicolored "Boom" shape with the text inside. The text transforms into several white 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 (Fall 1985-February 16, 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: Same as "Bites", but after each hole appears, a quacking duck, a spring, a water splash, a car horn, a cork, 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 duck quacking, 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 (August 1985-September 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 an orange bike follows them and fades out, except for one wheel with the Nickelodeon logo on it.

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 (January 24, 1986-1991)
ID: We see a cowboy wearing an orange hat with the Nickelodeon logo riding a horse through the desert. We cut to the cowboy crossing a gorge with a Nickelodeon log, with his horse on the other side. We then see the cowboy and the horse drinking from a waterhole with a Nickelodeon 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.

Trivia: Joey Ahlbum still has an animation cel from this ID, as can be seen here.

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 (May 7, 1986-August 27, 1991)
ID: We see singing letters holding top hats and roller skating down a room with a roller skate with the Nickelodeon logo, a "Fly Nickelodeon" logo (a Nickelodeon airplane with the word "Fly" above it), an "Eat Nickelodeon" logo (a Nickelodeon hot dog and a purple marquee with the word "EAT" inside), and another Nickelodeon roller skate on the wall. We then see the letters sticking onto an orange wall one-by-one, forming the Nickelodeon logo while the letters' top hats are left on the floor. We then see an isolated view of the Nickelodeon logo on the wall, revealing it to be on a roller-skating alley with two Nickelodeon roller skates on both sides of the wall and a purple roller skate sign with a flashing outline above the orange wall.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship in Canada.

Music/Sounds: The wheels of the roller skates turning and the letters singing "Say hey, say hi, say ho! Yeah, yeah, 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 (April 26, 1986-March 15, 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 in the background is being held by two ropes, moving to the right. 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 on the ground, we see a fruit bowl with the Nickelodeon logo on it. Suddenly, a pineapple, banana, and an orange pop up and sing the jingle from the "Orange You Glad" ID. They dance towards the left and turn around, still moving to the left, as the curtain opens up to reveal a gradient background with Nickelodeon palm trees. The fruits end up trying to keep their balance at the end, but fall off. We then see the ground, where an orange splat grows, revealing the now-splatted fruits smiling and wiggling, as well as the Nickelodeon wordmark.

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-April 1993)


Nickname: "Waiter", "Server", "Tray"

ID: We see a waiter opening up a dish. An Inuit person with glasses sitting on a chair with a fishing rod under a Nickelodeon umbrella singing "Fishing by the wacky, wacky bayou!" is revealed when the dish opens up. The dish closes and it opens up again, revealing a hippo with a Nickelodeon cloth on his back eating grass. 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 finally crushed with a Nickelodeon weight.

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

Music/Sounds: The dish opening, the Inuit singing, the hippo laughing with drum music in the background, 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 and on many '90s Nickelodeon VHS tapes as part of the opening bumper.

Editor's Note: None.

Singing Aliens (August 27, 1986-1992)
ID: Three aliens in a UFO sing a short jingle. Then the UFO lands at a drive-in theater with a Saturn-shaped Nickelodeon logo on the screen.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by David Lubell.

Music/Sounds: The aliens singing 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 (August 25, 1986-1988)
Nickname: "Anteater's Lunch"

ID: We see a yellow anteater (more closely resembling an aardvark) with a bib holding a fork and a spoon. He sniffs a plate of spaghetti on his table, and licks its face in delight, before quickly slurping up the spaghetti. We then see a close-up of the plate, which now has orange sauce with "NICKELODEON" in its corporate font, as the anteater licks the sides.

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

Music/Sounds: The anteater grunting, slurping when he eats the spaghetti, and burping at the end.

Availability: Last seen 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 with "NICKELODEON" on it. The ball goes through a course full of orange obstacles with the Nickelodeon logo on them such as an inverted loop, a windmill, a winding road, stomping feet, and finally a clown cut-out with holes on the mouth and palms, with the ball rolling in the mouth hole.

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 (September 1986-October 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!” with a Nickelodeon speech bubble. They do the same thing again. However, the third time, the parrot barks, and now the dog says “Nickelodeon!” as his ears stand up.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

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 tall person (Gong Boy) hitting a gong with a mallet. Then the words join together with "ON", forming the Nickelodeon logo.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

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

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Orange You Glad (November 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 Nickelodeon 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?-December 1990)
TBA

Top of the Hour '87 (April 25, 1987-December 31, 1988)
TBA

Doo-Wop-A-Saurus (1987-1993)
ID: We see three dinosaurs (possibly sauropods) with blue sneakers walking on a prehistoric landscape. They find a T. rex watching TV next to a Nickelodeon tree and a pterodactyl with a Walkman, next to a Nickelodeon cloud. The dinosaur in the middle then puts on orange sunglasses with the word "NICKELODEON" on them.

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 putting on the sunglasses is an iconic symbol of the Nickelodeon of the 1980s and 1990s.

Easy Groove (1987-1992)
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 '90s.

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 an orange 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?-February 1990)
ID: On a yellow/orange gradient background, we see four worms emerge from inside a Granny Smith apple. The apple gradually peels in the center, revealing the Nickelodeon logo. The worms all sing and dance as a fifth one comes out, making another strip of the apple's peel fall out, and they finally approach the screen to finish their song.

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: The worms singing 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?-August 1992)
ID: A flipbook is arranged. When it opens, it shows an animation of a person (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 as 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, we see a lion, a pink rhino, a blue crocodile, and a snake bark in succession. The screen then cuts to the animals standing together and singing a doo-wop tune as the camera zooms out and the orange leaves on two trees merge to form the Nickelodeon logo.

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 (May 1987-August 1992)
ID: In a gray background, a cereal box and a blue bowl are seen. Suddenly, the box is lifted by a glass with a small person on it, which then moves away as the person sings and dances. The glass then goes over and holds up the box of cereal, pouring its contents into the bowl, before going under the counter as the box 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 person singing in a high-pitched voice.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Menagerie (1987-September 21, 1991)
ID: On a black background, we see a silhouette of a green elephant walking. Then, the screen cuts to a white background with the silhouette of a purple elephant's legs, with a pink cheetah running inside as the elephant legs fill up the screen. The cheetah silhouette moves down as a black silhouette of a flock of birds appears, and finally, a orange rhino walks in front of them and the background turns to black and "NICKELODEON" appears on it.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: Drum music accompanied by an elephant's trumpeting, a lion roar, birds tweeting and what sounds like a rhinoceros' snorting.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Skaters (November 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-D.M.C.'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", wearing green and orange ties and orange sneakers, walk out of a cave with a Nick sign. The dinosaurs look at a T. rex dressed up in white with a pompadour and an orange dinosaur in a blue T-shirt with a bone pattern skateboarding, as a Nickelodeon cloud appears. Then, the dinosaurs keep walking and a lavender dinosaur passes by them in an orange convertible. The aforementioned dinosaurs, a purple stegosaurus with a bowtie and a turtle appear around the three dinosaurs as a volcano behind them erupts, revealing the Nickelodeon logo.

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: Once again, extinct just like the dinosaurs. 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 with a hand wearing a striped shirt on it, 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, who's still in color and a dog. Mack sings "Lassie!" and scratches the boy, scaring him. Mack pulls up the projector, back in the room, and the guy says "That's disgusting!" "Oh, you want disgusting?" Mack asks. "I'll show you disgusting!" He inflates himself and explodes, leaving the camera covered with orange goo. The hand wipes away to reveal his face, a Koopa-like character wearing glasses, and says "I like it!" He licks the goo 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 (November 1988-1992)
ID: It varies:
 * A green frog is shown standing on a green object in water, where he jumps off of it, dons a blue top hat, tuxedo, bowtie and cane, and starts singing, as the object surfaces from the water to reveal it's an alligator's eyes. The frog points his cane at each eye, upon which it opens, revealing orange corneas and slit pupils as "NICKELODEON" briefly appears under the upper eyelids. At the end, the alligator's head surfaces completely, and he tries to eat the frog, but his cane keeps his jaws propped open as the frog smiles.
 * 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 in a Dennis the Menace costume. The guy shakes his head. "How about Lassie?" the kid asks, and we see the guy (now 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, and the guy is against a black background, wearing safety goggles, with a plasma lamp in front of him. 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 a black hand with a yellow glove holds 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 shrugs with his hands raised 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," the kid says 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 (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

T-Shirts (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

Watch (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

Cowboy Cliff (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

Scribbles (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

Clay (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

Bubblegum (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

Pennant (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

Hiding Tree (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

Janitor (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

Dreams (February 1988-August 17, 1996)
TBA

Balloon (February 1988-August 17, 1996)
TBA

Sand (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

Dragon (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

Clothesline (February 1988-August 17, 1996)
TBA

Spin Art (February 1988-August 1996)
TBA

Movie Star (February 20, 1988-October 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 Nickelodeon oval, and the image blurs. We see more footage. Then we see an orange Nickelodeon splat, and it stops pulsating. A red 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 (1990-2004)


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 gains 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 camera 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), and he makes the low pitched noise again.

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

Music/Sounds: A weird brass theme that sounds a little like "Humpty Dumpty" 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 more kids come in and put the letters of the word "NICKELODEON" on the blimp.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A bunch of drums.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Acting Hands (September 10, 1991-1994)
TBA

Macaroni and Cheese (September 1991-1994)
TBA

Hairstyles (September 1991-1994)
TBA

Untie the Knot (September 1991-1994)
TBA

Foil (September 11, 1991-1994)
TBA

Paint (September 22, 1991-1994)
TBA

Tape (September 9, 1991-1994)
TBA

Clay Faces (September 1991-1994)
TBA

Layers of Clay (September 1991-1994)
TBA

Paint Hairstyles (September 1991-1994)
TBA

Magic Doors (September 1991-1994)
TBA

Nicktoons Painter (September 1991-1994)
TBA

Nicktoons Blob (April 1993-November 15, 1999)


ID: An orange drip of slime falls and hits the ground, forming the Nicktoons logo at the time. Afterwards, it becomes a dolphin, which jumps and hits the ground, turning back into the Nicktoons logo. The logo then becomes a dinosaur that briefly walks before melting and turning back into the logo. Finally, the logo turns into a man who walks to the right. 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 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 Characters (August 11, 1991-2004)
ID: Depends on the variant, but all variants of this ID involve characters from one of the Nicktoons interacting with an orange object with the Nickelodeon logo on it.

Variants:
 * Rugrats #1: We see a giant eye watching an orange Nickelodeon 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 Nickelodeon butterfly.
 * Rugrats #2: Angelica Pickles sings into a microphone. She runs away as the white background shatters to reveal an orange one with the Nickelodeon logo, and Angelica peeks in from the right side and shrugs.
 * Rugrats #3: Reptar stomps in and roars. Then he hears another dinosaur roaring and runs away in a fright as an orange Nickelodeon dinosaur approaches.
 * Rugrats #4: Tommy and Dil Pickles are having a fight over an orange Nickelodeon ball and tug at it until they both let go and it turns into the orange Nickelodeon splat. Dil briefly cries, before he and Tommy smile at the logo.
 * Ren & Stimpy: Ren Höek is in an orange Nickelodeon bathtub and hears something bubbling. He lifts his leg and Stimpy J. Cat jumps out of the tub, holding a bar of soap.
 * Doug: Doug Funnie is carrying an orange Nickelodeon sign while Porkchop sits on the other end, waving at Doug. Doug turns his head and shrugs, dropping the sign on his foot as Porkchop slides over to his arms and licks him.
 * Hey Arnold!: Helga Pataki passes an orange Nickelodeon ball to the other kids, ending with Arnold Shortman, who hits it with a baseball bat and sends it crashing into the screen. Everyone except for Arnold runs away, and Arnold hides his bat behind him, smiling nervously.
 * The Angry Beavers: Norbert and Daggett Beaver stare at each other and start removing their underwear layer-by-layer. Eventually Norbert is wearing an orange speedo and Daggett rips off the fur on his torso, before using Norbert's speedo to hide himself and revealing the Nickelodeon logo.
 * CatDog: Cat and Dog chase after an orange Nickelodeon garbage truck and Dog gobbles the whole truck up, leaving them both bloated. Dog gangs and Cat vomits, forming the Nickelodeon logo.
 * SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob SquarePants tries to blow an orange Nickelodeon bubble, but fails. So he takes a deep breath, accidentally swallowing the bubble and spitting several bubbles out through his pores. The bubbles form a giant Nickelodeon bubble, pleasing SpongeBob.
 * The Fairly OddParents: Cosmo and Wanda in black and white are standing in front of a black-and-white Nickelodeon heart, and they change themselves to color before noticing the heart and also coloring it. The logo then tips over and splashes orange paint on them.
 * As Told by Ginger: Ginger Foutley, Dodie Bishop, and Macie Lightfoot are dancing until Courtney Gripling and Miranda Killgallen 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 and Darwin Thornberry run towards the camera, screaming when they're close enough, and it's revealed that they're running from an orange Nickelodeon rhino with Donnie dangling by its tail.
 * Rocket Power: Reggie Rocket is roller-skating, Otto's riding a bike, and Twister Rodriguez and Sam Dullard 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 Eggert rides his wheelchair over some orange hills, which are revealed to be the Nickelodeon splat logo.
 * Jimmy Neutron: Same as the Rugrats #3 bumper, but the orange dinosaur's top opens up to reveal Jimmy Neutron and Goddard piloting it.
 * Jimmy Neutron #2: Same as the Wild Thornberrys bumper, but the rhino is instead an orange rocket with the Nickelodeon logo on it piloted by Jimmy and Goddard, with the latter holding a rope that Donnie's dangling by.
 * Oh Yeah! Cartoons #1: Vlad the Count is frightened by Mina Harper's jack-o-lantern and flies away in bat form. Mina shows 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 Ren & Stimpy and Doug ones were done by J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, the Rugrats, Ginger, Thornberrys and Rocket Power ones were done by Klasky-Csupo's commercial animation division Class-Key Chew-Po Commercials, the Jimmy Neutron bumpers were done by DNA Productions, and the Pelswick bumper was done by the Canada-based animation studio Nelvana.

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

Availability: Extinct, as most of these shows don't air on Nickelodeon anymore in the summer of 2004. 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 (February 23, 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 fades away, 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 boy, "TUE" appears with a kid doing her hair and a ringing alarm clock, "WED" and "THU" appear under the sun (with shadows), "FRI" appears with a green stick figure rotating over the "I" and falling to the ground. Then, a boy holds "SAT" and the image flips around to a girl holding "SUN". Then the words "NICK", "IS", and "EVERY DAY" flash in on a magenta, green, and blue background respectively. The Nickelodeon splat logo zooms in. We fade to black and see the green stick figure falling from the top of the screen and yelling "Nick is every day!"

FX/SFX: Cut-out animation.

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

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Dog Blocks (February 1992-March 1996)
TBA

Basketball (August 1992-September 17, 1995)
TBA

Gymnast (August 1992-1996?)
TBA

Football Halftime (October 1992-April 1993)
TBA

Lockers (October 1992-January 29, 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 lockers have the Nickelodeon logo in black-and-white on them. 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)


See the Nickelodeon Home Video Opening IDs page for a description.

Head on Chair (1993-1995)
ID: In a house with 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, thunder flashes, somewhat alarming the boy's head as the door opens to reveal orange mist outside. The mist soon rips off the walls and the roof, revealing "NICKELODEON" on the top. The boy's head stares at the mist for a few seconds and yawns, after which 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 (October 16, 1993-September 7, 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-June 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 bunch of Nickelodeon arrows as all the girls say "Nickelodeon".

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

Music/Sounds: Rap rock music with Y-DX7 synth bass sounds, along with the pitch of the girl's voice raising and lowering.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Disco Dogs (May 22, 1993-February 24, 2001)
ID: We see six dogs (or more specifically, wire fox terriers) tugging on a Nickelodeon sheet against a flashing blue and green background (a la a 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-February 7, 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 a big orange wig that reads "NICKELODEON" wearing a purple dress 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 shocked 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 (September 1993-March 20, 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 (May 22, 1993-September 8, 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 two picture frames with two fists made to look like faces (wearing a hat, some googly eyes, and painted-on "lips") on the right wall, and a picture frame with the Nickelodeon logo in it on the left wall. 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.

Variant: Apparently, this was used as a sign-off bumper for Nickelodeon at one point. After the face says "Nickelodeon" the second time, it cuts to color bars.

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 '90s. 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 (May 22, 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 (July 25, 1993-November 26, 1994)
ID: A bunch of bloated ants are on a picnic blanket 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 (July 15, 1993-September 8, 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 shaped like 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 with loud drums 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.

Chair Butterfly (1993-2001)
ID: In a blue room, we see a kid sitting on an odd-looking orange recliner. A group of kids appear behind and under the "chair", and the boy jumps off it, revealing it is a giant cross-shaped piece of fabric with "NICKELODEON" written on the center. The kids play with the fabric a bit, and then pretend to flap it as if it were a butterfly, at which point the fabric suddenly flies away on its own, much to the kids' confusion.

FX/SFX: Sped-up live-action and puppetry.

Music/Sounds: A nice scat rendition of the Nick theme followed by a male voice saying "Like, Nick is kids!"

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Barnyard (1993-1998)
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-August 17, 1996)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: Cut-out animation.

Music/Sounds: A cute cartoony theme.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Nickelodeon Ball (1993-January 20, 2001)
TBA

Eggs (1993-August 31, 1995)
ID: We see a large black rooster singing "Nick is kids!" while holding an orange egg with "NICKELODEON" on it, and the egg 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: An energetic gospel-like rendition of the Nickelodeon theme.

Availability: Extinct. It was shown occasionally on NickRewind.

Editor's Note: None.

Spinning Top (1993-2004)
ID: On a black background, an orange spinning top with "NICKELODEON" on it 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 with "NICKELODEON" on it blooms and shows its petals.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Eyes in the Dark (1993-1995)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: A blend of 2D and CG.

Music/Sounds: The kids giggling and cartoon sound effects, as well as the dad yelling "Hey, what do you think this is?!".

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Reggae Sun (1993-1995)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: A blend of 2D and claymation.

Music/Sounds: A reggae version of the Nick theme.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Floating Kids (1993-July 7, 1996)
Nickname: "Claymation Kids", "Floating", "Clay Children"

ID: On a blue background, we see seven technicolored children, some of them looking ugly and deformed, looking at us, as we pan to the right. As we reached to the end with the pinkish red girl, we see that the kids are looking at a morphing Nickelodeon logo. The camera zooms out as we see a plane flying by from the top left.

FX/SFX: Claymation.

Music/Sounds: A dreamy version of the Nick theme sung by a woman as well as whoosh.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Fall (November 1993-October 1997)
TBA

Turkey (November 1993-1996)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: Cartoon sounds and the people at the table exclaiming.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Reindeer (December 18, 1993-December 20, 1997)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Shaker (December 17, 1993-2000)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: CG animation.

Music/Sounds: A nice trumpet tune.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Box Monster (March 5, 1994-August 17, 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: This bumper is notorious among some for its creepy nature, and is noted to resemble the later and infamous Klasky-Csupo logo.

Nick Sings (1995-2002; 2011)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Cat & Crossbones Productions.

Music/Sounds: A distorted bongo tune, a slurping sound, and a deep voice laughing.

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.

Editor's Note: None.

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 and a suit and holding a cane. The loop slows down and the man grows a beard before a burst of green lightning transforms him into a man dressed in '70s fashion dancing. The scene cuts to him dancing with other children in a city with Nickelodeon signs, now in the year 1979 (when Nickelodeon was officially launched). The camera zooms over to show one girl dressed as the Statue of Liberty lighting an orange animal-shaped rocketship with "NICKELODEON" on it, which takes off and circles the globe before arriving on the other side of the world, where some bored 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 that seems to be based on the Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive". 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.

Windshield (1996-2002)
ID: We see a man driving a car. Three orange 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.

Parking Meter (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: CG animation by Primal Screen.

Music/Sounds: Various robotic noises and the robot repeating "Wow!"

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

DJ (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: A rap remix of the Nick theme.

Availability: Extinct; most recently made a cameo in a bumper for The 90's Are All That.

Editor's Note: None.

Jack in the Box (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: Springing sounds and the boy laughing.

Availability: Extinct; most recently made a cameo in a bumper for The 90's Are All That.

Editor's Note: None.

Surfing (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Pete List.

Music/Sounds: A surf rock score and crashing waves.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Cave Drawing (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Funline Animation.

Music/Sounds: The TV buzzing and the animals' hooves.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Whoopee (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Primal Screen.

Music/Sounds: Cartoon sounds.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Rhino Ballerina (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: Cut-out animation by Mo Willems.

Music/Sounds: String music, glass shattering, and the animals gasping.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Submarine (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: CG animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: A group of creaking and popping noises.

Availability: Extinct; occasionally seen on The Splat.

Editor's Note: None.

Jackhammer (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation by Mark Marek.

Music/Sounds: Jackhammer sounds and the worker yelling. Underneath these, a funky tune plays.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Campfire (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: Just some woodland sounds and some splats.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Alien (1996-2002)
ID: In space, we see a Nickelodeon UFO pass by the moon and peer towards a green landscape. It crashes into the land, then bounces into the moon, and slams into a nearby comet, turning all of them orange with "NICK" imprinted on them (as well as turning the moon into a crescent). The UFO spins to the center, and a green alien pops out of the top, dizzily waving at us.

FX/SFX: CG animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: An electronic rendition of the Nick theme.

Availability: Rare; it can be found on the Paramount reissues of the Rugrats tapes "A Baby's Gotta Do What a Baby's Gotta Do" and "Chuckie the Brave".

Editor's Note: None.

Gifts (1996-2002)
ID: Two human hands open many gifts with Nickelodeon logos printed on them. Suddenly, a Nickelodeon 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 '50s-style theme along with a kid saying "Huh?".

Availability: Last seen 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.

3D Robot (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: CG animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: A funky dance tune.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Monkey Balloon (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: Two "boing" sounds and a popping noise. Quiet flute music is heard in the background.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Monster Disco (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: Stop-motion by Webster Colcord.

Music/Sounds: Disco music, one of the monsters saying "Step aside!", and everyone cheering him on.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Fly Fishing (1996-2002)
ID: We see a bowl with some orange Nickelodeon 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: Ultimately rare. Last seen 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.

Goofy Butterfly (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: The bug making noises and a shimmer sound when he becomes a butterfly.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Sweater (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: Cartoon sounds and the two people exclaiming.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Cuckoo Clock (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: 2D animation by International Rocketship.

Music/Sounds: The cuckoo doing its signature sound three times.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

Bug Swat (1996-2002)
ID: TBA

FX/SFX: Stop-motion, produced by the musician Aurelio Voltaire.

Music/Sounds: The flies slurping their drinks, the left one getting swatted and the other one freaking out.

Availability: Extinct; most recently made a cameo in a bumper for The 90's Are All That.

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 teal turtle who touches it three times.

Variant: An earlier version of the ID is a little extended, showing the turtle placing his hand over his mouth.

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.

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.

Oddball (September 1?, 2007-2010) (Only seen in Netherlands/Scandinavia/Finland)
Nickname: "Monster and Cupcake", "Dutch Animation in Denmark" , "Hoops and Yoyo 2.0"

ID: TBA.

Trivia: It was created by Bob Holt and Mike Adair, the creators of Hoops and Yoyo, after they both did the "Hoops and Yoyo Celebrations" commercial in 2007 from the Netherlands.

FX/SFX: Cool mixture of rough 3D animation and photographic backgrounds, adds a lot of details and interest to otherwise very simple subjects.

Music/Sounds: TBA.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: TBA.

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.