Nickelodeon Home Media/Endcaps

NOTE: THE INFORMATION WAS ORIGINALLY SOURCED FROM THE NICKELODEON PRODUCTIONS PAGE.

Background:
Normally on VHS or DVD releases, Nickelodeon will typically replace their normal TV logo with a still screenshot of one of their ID's used at the time. This page features logos exclusively seen on these releases, as well as ones exclusively seen on home media or have also been used as a Nickelodeon Productions logo.

1st Logo (August 31, 1993)
Nicknames: "Nickelodeon Splat", "The Other Splat", "Weird Splat"

Logo: Over a black background, we see a weird-looking 2D Nickelodeon splat logo, which looks like it's been jabbed by a bone several times. Copyright information is below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. Only seen on the original Sony Wonder releases of Rugrats Volume 1: Tales from the Crib, Rugrats Volume 2: A Baby's Gotta Do What A Baby's Gotta Do, Doug Volume 1: How Did I Get into This Mess and Doug Volume 2: Patti, You're the Mayonnaise For Me. The 1996 re-releases of the Rugrats tapes (from Paramount) plaster this logo with the "Slime" and the Doug tapes were never re-released.

Editor's Note: For some reason, the Doug tapes didn’t mention the show name, only mentioning the VHS subtitles.

2nd Logo (1993-1995?, 2000-2009)
Nicknames: "The Haystack", "The Haypile", "The Nick Haystack", "The Nick Scribble"

Logo: Same as the NAS "Haypile" logo, but with an expanded copyright that says "(C)(year) Viacom International Inc. All rights reserved. Nickelodeon, (NAME OF SHOW), and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc."

Early Variant: Sony Wonder releases from the Early 90s normally contained a copyright with the release's name on it.

Variants: Strangely, a variant exists without copyright info at all on the VHS version of Oswald On The Go (2004). This may be because the HiT Entertainment logo that preceded it (and 3 Nick Jr. logos/bumpers) already had copyright info, so it would be meaningless to have it appear twice. Although the DVD release does contain copyright info.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None or the end theme of the show.

Music/Sounds Variants: On both the Volume 1 & Volume 2 DVDs of The Amanda Show, the audio from the Nickelodeon Productions Lightbulb is used.

Availability: Very Common.
 * It originally appears at the end on a few Sony Wonder releases.
 * By 2000, it had appeared at the end on pretty much all Nickelodeon VHS's and DVDs from 2000 until 2009 (with the exception of a few Nick Jr. tapes from that time, which used the Bone before switching to this one). Examples include Season 1 of The Adventures of Pete & Pete and all SpongeBob SquarePants DVDs from 2003 to 2009, along with several Nick Jr. shows. This logo also appears on DVD releases of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The 2009 DVD of True Jackson, VP: Season 1, Volume 1 is one of the last releases to use the logo.

Editor's Note: Same as the NAS version.

3rd Logo (April 12, 1994)
Nicknames: "Nickelodeon Scribble", "Nickelodeon Firework"

Logo: Over a black background, we see an orange scribble (that also looks somewhat like a firework explosion) with the Nickelodeon text inside it. Copyright information is below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. It is only known to appear on the Sony Wonder release of Rugrats: Angelica the Divine. Like with the "Weird Splat", the Paramount version of the tape plasters this logo with the "Slime".

Editor's Note: None.

4th Logo (August 23, 1994)
Nicknames: "Nickelodeon Bat"

Logo: On a black background, we see an orange 2D bat with the Nickelodeon text on the front. Copyright info is underneath.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Extremely rare. It's only seen on Nickelodeon Fright-fest, from Sony Wonder. Also used as a network ID.

Editor's Note: None.

5th Logo (August 30, 1994)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Holly"

Logo: On a black background, a holly-shaped 2D Nickelodeon logo is seen, with the text on the top leaf. Copyright info is underneath.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show.

Availability: Extremely rare. It's only seen on the original Sony Wonder prints of Doug's Christmas Story. The Paramount reissue replaces this logo with the 3D Nick Lightbulb.

Editor's Note: None.

6th Logo (April 7, 1996-2000)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Flower''

Logo: On a black background, a flower-shaped 3D Nickelodeon logo is seen. Copyright info is below.

Variants:
 * There was an animated version in which we see the flower blooming, without any copyright info.
 * There is also a simpler version with the copyright info where we see the Nickelodeon flower zoom in above the text.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of the show, or none. Rugrats: Mommy Mania has a quote from one of the preceding episodes on the tape (Tommy: "Bye, Chuckie--I mean, Blaine.")

Availability: Uncommon. The still version appears on the respective VHS tapes: Blue's Clues: Blue's Safari, CatDog: Together Forever, Wide Awake at Eureeka's Castle (Paramount re-release), Rugrats: Mommy Mania and four Little Bear videos: Rainy Day Tales, Goodnight Little Bear, Family Tales, and Friends. The animated version was seen on the Australian Snout! shorts (there are only three, so they're hard to find), but all three can be found on Vimeo. This logo was also used as a station ID.

Editor's Note: None.

7th Logo (October 1, 1996-January 11, 2002)
Nicknames: "Nickelodeon Slime", "The Wiggling Slime"

Logo: On a black background, an orange slime 3D Nickelodeon logo (which looks more like a cloud) is seen. Copyright info is seen below or sometimes not at all.

Trivia: On the YouTube channel Smosh Games, an Honest Trailer (which is a parody) for Splatoon featured this logo, mentioned as an inspiration for the game.

Variant: There's an animated variant in which the slime is shown spinning while zooming up to the front of the screen.

FX/SFX: None except for the slime zooming/spinning on the animated variants.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: This is the most common out of all the Home Media endcaps to find on VHS, especially compared to some of the other black-background logos on this page.
 * It's seen on a grand total of 10 Rugrats VHS tapes (from Paramount): The Santa Experience, Return of Reptar, Tales from the Crib, Angelica the Divine, Bedtime Bash, Diapered Duo, Chuckie the Brave, A Baby's Gotta Do What a Baby's Gotta Do, and A Rugrats Passover, which plaster the NAS "Haypile", "Firework" or "Weird Splat" from the Sony Wonder releases. Also showed up on two Allegra's Window VHS tapes: Small is Beautiful and Waiting for Grandma. It also appeared on VHS releases of Ren and Stimpy: Clarissa Explains it All.
 * It is also shown without the copyright stamp, on a preview for Rugrats videos, which can be found on the VHS release of The Rugrats Movie and five Blue's Clues VHS tapes: Blue's Discoveries, Magenta Comes Over, Stop, Look and Listen, Blue's Big Pajama Party, and Blue's Safari, as well as most Nickelodeon tapes from 1997 to 2000.
 * The animated variant can be found during a Rugrats VHS promo on several Rugrats video releases from the late '90s.
 * The animated version was also seen on the American/Australian VHS Ren and Stimpy: Incredibly Stupid Stories with the copyright stamp intact.
 * Also used as a station ID and on a "Nick Takes Over Your School Sweepstakes" commercial.

Editor's Note: Admittedly, it does look rather uncanny compared to others with its rather shiny and realistic appearance. The movements of the slime also look kind of creepy.

8th Logo (March 11, 1997-April 7, 1998)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Jack", "Still Nickelodeon Jack"

Logo: Same as the second version of the Nickelodeon Productions "Jack" logo, but it is a still picture, and copyright information appears below the Jack.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely Rare. This is only seen on the Allegra's Window VHS release: Play with Allegra and Friends and Gullah Gullah Island: Feelings, plastering the 1990-2000 Nickelodeon Studios logo on both shows.

Editor's Note: None.

9th Logo (1997-1999)
Nicknames: "The Orange Balloon", "Nickelodeon Balloon", "Still Balloon"

Logo: Same as the Nickelodeon Productions "Balloon" logo, but it is a still picture.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: It has appeared on the Hey Arnold: Helga Stories and Hey Arnold: Urban Adventures VHS tapes. Also seen on the VHS release of Rugrats: Grandpa's Favorite Stories, the UK version of Rugrats: Chuckie the Brave and on a VHS release of Rocko's Modern Life. Much like many of these logos seen, this was also used as a network ID.

Editor's Note: None.

10th Logo (1997-1998)
Nicknames: "Nickelodeon Fish", "Nickelodeon Goldfish"

Logo: On a black background, a 3D fish-shaped Nickelodeon logo is seen. Blue bubbles are seen are also seen coming out of the fish. Copyright info is below.

FX/SFX: None.

Availability: Can be found on some VHS releases of Rugrats such as Rugrats: Tommy Troubles, Phil and Lil: Double Trouble, and A Rugrats Vacation. It is not as common as it was later on after becoming an opening ID. Also used as a station ID.

Editor's Note: None.

11th Logo (May 13, 1997-April 7, 1998, January 28, 2003-August 31, 2004)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Top"

Logo: On a black background, a top-shaped 3D Nickelodeon logo is seen. Copyright info is seen below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None, apart from the snippet as seen on the Lightbulb logo below on A Rugrats Chanukah.

Availability: Fairly rare. It was first used as a Nickelodeon ident and it is seen on two Little Bear VHS tapes: Meet Little Bear and Winter Tales. Also seen on the VHS release of Allegra's Window: Sing Along with Allegra and Lindi and the 1998 UK VHS of A Rugrats Chanukah (albeit slightly tipped over, and replacing the 3D Lightbulb logo below).

Editor's Note: None.

12th Logo (July 8, 1997-1998, March- September 2000, 2005)
Nicknames: "Nickelodeon Slug", "The Crawling Worm"

Logo: On a background, we see an orange 3D slug crawling up and down through unseen holes. It moves to the right of the screen to reveal the Nickelodeon logo on it. The copyright info is below it.

FX/SFX: 3D animation.

Music/Sounds: None, or a snippet from one of the episodes or the end theme of the show is used.

Availability: Rare. It appears on the Paramount release of ''Aaahh!! Real Monsters: Meet the Monsters''. It was probably also seen on The Ren and Stimpy Show: Ren's Brain in the UK. This was also used on March-September 2000 airings of The Wild Thornberrys using the split-screen credits. Also seen on the Australian DVD of The Wild Thornberrys: Heroes of the Animal Kingdom.

Editor's Note: None.

13th Logo (July 8, 1997-1998, March 5?-May 7?, 2000, 2003)
Nickname: "Nick Eye"

Logo: On a background, we see a 3D orange eye with "NICK" inside the pupil. The copyright info is below it.

FX/SFX: None or the eye zooming in.

Music/Sounds: None or in the case of 2000 airings of The Secret World of Alex Mack, the end theme of the show.

Availability: Very rare. It appears on 2 ''Aaahh!! Real Monsters VHS tapes, which are the Paramount reissue of Monsters Night Out and the European/Australian exclusive tape All About Ickis''. It was also used on Nickelodeon's airings of The Secret World of Alex Mack using the split-screen credits in 2000. Also used as a station ID.

Editor's Note: None.

14th Logo (July 8, 1997)
Nickname: "Nick Robot"

Logo: On a black background, a robot-shaped 3D Nick logo is seen. Copyright info is seen below.

Variants: There is an animated variant in which we see the robot moving.

FX/SFX: None or the robot moving.

Music/Sounds: The end-title theme of the show or none.

Availability: Rare. It appears at the end of the VHS release of Rocko's Modern Life: Machine Madness. Also used as a Station ID. The variant was spotted on the Australian SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween DVD.

Editor's Note: None.

15th Logo (October 13-21, 1997)
Nicknames: "Nick Lightbulb II", "3D Nick Lightbulb"

Logo: Same as the Nickelodeon Productions "3D Lightbulb" logo.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The end theme for the show. As for A Rugrats Chanukah, it's a snippet from Angelica from the preceding episode ("Dumb babies! Those are for...Chanukah!").

Availability: Rare. It can be found on the Paramount reissues of the Rocko's Modern Life tape Rocko's Modern Christmas, and Doug's Christmas Story, and A Rugrats Chanukah. The UK version of A Rugrats Chanukah replaces this logo with the Top, as shown below.

Editor's Note: None.

16th Logo (August 1997)
Nicknames: "Nickelodeon Flying Saucer", Nickelodeon UFO

Logo: On a black background, a UFO-shaped Nickelodeon logo flies around and lands with 4 planets spinning. Copyright info is seen below.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: The end-title theme of the show.

Availability: Extremely rare. it only appears on an Australian/British Ren & Stimpy VHS tape called Space Madness. It was also used as a network ID.

Editor's Note: None.

17th Logo (October 13, 1997)
Nicknames: "Nickelodeon Reindeer", "Rudolph the Orange-Bodied Reindeer"

Logo: Over a black background, a 2D reindeer-shaped Nickelodeon logo is seen in a sprinting pose, with light rays coming from its nose. Copyright info is below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Extremely rare. It's only seen at the end of the VHS release of Hey Arnold: Arnold's Christmas.

Editor's Note: None.

18th Logo (October 21, 1997)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Turkey"

Logo: On a black background, a turkey-shaped Nickelodeon logo is seen. The "NICKELODEON" text appears "inflated". Copyright info is seen below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A quote from the preceding episode; Stu Pickles doing a turkey gobble, followed by Grandpa Boris yelling "Enough with the gobble already!".

Availability: Extremely rare. It's only seen on the VHS release of A Rugrats Thanksgiving. It was also used as a station ID.

Editor's Note: None.

19th Logo (January 13, 1998)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Heart & Arrow"

Logo: Over a black background, we see a 2D heart-shaped Nickelodeon logo with an arrow through the heart. Copyright info is below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Extremely rare. Rocko's Modern Life: Modern Love likely has this logo.

Editor's Note: None.

20th Logo (January 13, 1998-August 24, 1999)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Leaf"

Logo: On a black background, a 3D maple leaf-shaped Nickelodeon logo is seen. Copyright info is below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None. But on Rugrats: Playground Patrol, it has a snippet from one of the episodes (Officer Dan: "Never pet a dog that's strange to you." Chuckie: "You might get something on your shoe!").

Availability: Very rare. It's seen on Rugrats: Playground Patrol (UK/Australia Only VHS), Rugrats: Doctor Tommy Pickles, Blue's Clues: Pool Party (Australian VHS), and Little Bear: Little Goblin Bear on VHS. It was also used as a Station ID.

Editor's Note: None.

21st Logo (January 13, 1998-2005)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Rocket"

Logo: On a black background, a rocket-shaped 3D Nickelodeon logo is seen. Copyright info is seen below.

Variant: There is an animated variant of the logo in which the rocket flies across the screen.

FX/SFX: None, except for the rocket flying on the animated variant.

Music/Sounds: None or the ending theme of the show.

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * On Rugrats: Runaway Reptar, we hear a quote from Lil from the titular episode ("How's come Dactar did not eat you like a...a big BUG?!").
 * On March-August 2000 airings of SpongeBob SquarePants with split-screen credits, the logo either has the show's ending theme or with the show's ending theme accompanied with the sounds of a rocket. The Ren and Stimpy Show airings have the rocket sounds cutoff the end theme entirely.

Availability: It's seen on the VHS releases of Rocko's Modern Life: Modern Love, CatDog vs. The Greasers, and Rugrats: Runaway Reptar. Also appeared on March-August 2000 airings of SpongeBob SquarePants and The Ren and Stimpy Show using the split screen credits. Also used as a Network ID.

Editor's Note: None.

22nd Logo (June 9, 1998-September 24, 2002)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Bone"

Logo: On a black background, a bone-shaped 3D Nickelodeon logo is seen. Copyright info is seen below.

Variant: There is an animated variant in which the bone spins to the center of the screen for a second, and then it stays still.

FX/SFX: None, except for the bone spinning on the animated variant.

Music/Sounds: None. Although on the video releases of Blue's Story Time and Arts and Crafts, the end theme is heard.

Availability: Uncommon. This was first used as a Nickelodeon station ident in 1992, and became an official logo in 1998 when it appeared at the end of the first two Blue's Clues VHS releases: Blue's Story Time and Arts and Crafts. It's also shown on these Dora the Explorer VHS tapes: Swing into Action, Wish on a Star, To the Rescue, and Dora Saves the Prince. It can also be found on the Little Bill VHS releases Me and My Family, Big Little Bill, What I Did at School, and Merry Christmas, Little Bill. The animated variant can be found on 3 Blue's Clues VHS releases, All Kinds of Signs, Café Blue, and Blue's Big Holiday, all of which were released in 2001.

Editor's Note: None.

23rd Logo (June 9, 1998)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Crown"

Logo: On a black background, a 3D crown Nickelodeon logo is seen. Copyright is shown below.

FX/SFX: None, except for the crown spinning on the animated variant.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: It's seen on Rugrats: Angelica Knows Best.

Editor's Note: None.

24th Logo (1998-September 21, 1999)
Nicknames: "Orange Saturn", "Nickelodeon Planet", "Nickelodeon Saturn", "Still Saturn"

Logo: A still version of the Nickelodeon Productions Saturn logo, but without "PRODUCTIONS" and has copyright info below it.

Trivia: This logo may be a nod to the T-shirt worn by Rugrats character Chuckie Finster, which has the planet Saturn on it, although this logo never appeared on any Rugrats episode, or VHS/DVD release of the show.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely Rare. Appears on 2 VHS tapes: Blue's Clues: Blue's Discoveries and ''Hey Arnold! Partners''.

Editor's Note: None.

25th Logo (1999)
Nicknames: "Who Loves Orange Soda?", "Kel Loves Orange Soda!", "Nickelodeon Cup", "Still Cup"

Logo: Same as the Nickelodeon Productions Cup logo, but is a still picture.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: On Chuckie’s Lucky Day, a snippet from one of the episodes featured on the VHS, "Chuckie Grows" (Chuckie: "I squished Angelica!" Phil: "That's okay.") and on the UK VHS of Rugrats All Growed Up, a snippet from one of the episodes featured on the VHS, “???” (Phil: "And no more bad face!").

Availability: Extremely Rare. It appears on the 1999 Rugrats tape Chuckie's Lucky Day, which only saw a release in Europe and Australia and the UK VHS of Rugrats: All Growed Up. This logo was also used as a station ID.

Editor's Note: None.

26th Logo (October 5, 1999)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Crayon''

Logo: On a black background, a crayon-shaped 3D Nickelodeon logo is seen. Copyright info is seen below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: Just a snippet from the Rugrats episode "A Dog's Life". (Angelica: "Can't you say Angeli--?" Dil: "Yucky! [laughs]")

Availability: Extremely rare. It's only seen on the Rugrats VHS release Make Room for Dil. It was also used as a network ID.

Editor's Note: None.

27th Logo (February 6, 2001)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Shark"

Logo: On a black background, an orange 3D shark swims across the screen. As it stops in the middle, we see the familiar "NICKELODEON" text on it, and copyright info fades in below.

FX/SFX: The shark swimming.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. It's only seen on the Little Bear VHS release Little Sherlock Bear. It was also used as a station ID.

Editor's Note: None.

28th Logo (November 20th, 2002)
Nickname: "Nickelodeon Splat II"

Logo: On a black background, we see a stretched orange splat (that looks similar to an ink blotch) that has the words "NICKELODEON" in white on it. Some copyright information is below the splat.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. Only seen on the previews on the SpongeBob SquarePants DVD Tales From The Deep.

Editor's Note: None.