Nickelodeon Studios

Background
Nickelodeon Studios was a television studio in Universal Studios Florida that also served as an attraction in the park, allowing kids to attend tapings of Nickelodeon's game shows. The first program taped there, Super Sloppy Double Dare, was taped in Spring 1989, with the attraction fully opening on June 7, 1990. The attraction, while initially very popular, began to decline in the 2000s as Nick began slowly shifting their live-action output to closed-set sitcoms and moving filming to Nickelodeon on Sunset in Hollywood. The final show taped there, Nickelodeon Splat!, finished taping on August 17, 2004, with the attraction permanently shutting down on April 30, 2005 and was replaced by Blue Man Group, but closed years later.

1st Logo (July-December 1990)
Visuals: Over an overcast sky, the camera zooms down to reveal the Nickelodeon Studios facade. The shot then fades to a shot of the Universal Studios globe fountain, with the globe rotating counter clockwise. The Nickelodeon facade can be seen in the distance.

Technique: Live action animation.

Audio: An voiceover saying "[TITLE OF SHOW] was/is recorded/produced/taped (in front of/before a live studio/live audience) at/in Nickelodeon Studios (in Orlando) at Universal Studios Florida/in Orlando, Florida", which varies. On some shows, the ending theme of the show plays over it.

Availability: Can be seen on Family Double Dare and Outta Here! as well as one season 3 episode of Make The Grade.

2nd Logo (July-September 1990)
Visuals: Over an overcast sky, a picture of Nickelodeon Studios from the left is shown before fading to the Universal Globe, which is closer to the camera than normal. The sky in the background is also overcast, and three people can be seen walking by in the distance. The logo freeze frames at the end.

Technique: Live action animation.

Audio: Same as the first logo.

Availability: Can only be seen on most season 3 episodes of Make The Grade.

3rd Logo (December 1990-August 1991)
Visuals: On a sunny day, we see the side view of the studio, with the slime geyser, like the previous logo, but as we fade into the front, the camera slowly zooms out until it's showing the Universal globe.

Variants:


 * On few occasions, the side view before the globe shot was cut short. On some occasions, the side view shot was cut entirely.
 * Another variant has the view of Nickelodeon Studios shot on another cloudy day. But this time, the clouds are darker which makes it look like it's about to rain. This was spotted in one episode of Hi Honey, I'm Home!.

Technique: Same as the first logo.

Audio: Same as the first logo.

Availability: The full logo was used on Eureka’s Castle, and the first seasons of Welcome Freshmen and Get The Picture. The short versions were used on the first season of Clarissa Explains It All and later Season 1 episodes of Get The Picture.

4th Logo (October 1991-2003)
Visuals: We see a realistic coloring of a side view of the front of Nickelodeon Studios (that looks like it was done with a different-colored pencil), including the slime fountain. Around the building, there is a hot pink line. We then fade to a front view of the building, with the Universal Studios globe visible next to it. The entire picture "wiggles" throughout.

Technique: Appears to be cel animation.

Audio: Same as the first logo.

Audio Variants:
 * On a Russian airing of a Noah Knows Best episode, there was no announcer and only the end theme of the show could be heard.
 * On another Russian airing of Noah Knows Best, a voiceover says the monologue in Russian.
 * Sometimes on Gullah Gullah Island, there is no music.
 * On Roundhouse, a child giggles after the ending monologue. On some episodes, someone says "Shut up!"
 * On Weinerville, a "Woo!" can be heard near the end.

Availability: Seen on almost any show recorded from Nickelodeon Studios in the early 1990s such as Nick Arcade, What Would You Do? and GUTS, among others. Also seen on any Nick Jr. show recorded from Nickelodeon Studios, including Gullah Gullah Island when it was rerun on Nick Jr. (formerly Noggin).

5th Logo (December 1992-1997)
Visuals: On a sunny day, zoom to the studio sign on top center of the building before cutting to the scene with Nickelodeon Studios and the Universal globe.

Variants:


 * All That and Kenan & Kel had a shot of the camera approaching the front of the studios on the ground (with the All That version showing a portion of the Slime Geyser), before fading into the globe shot.


 * One version seen on What Would You Do? and the pilot episode of All That had a shot of the lawn in front of the Nickelodeon Studios, as lots of kids began running toward it, before it fades to the globe shot.

Audio: Same as the previous logo.

Availability:


 * The first variant was seen on My Brother & Me, Allegra's Window, Welcome Freshmen, Nickelodeon's All Star Challenge and Legends of the Hidden Temple.
 * The second variant was seen on the first two seasons of All That and the first season of Kenan & Kel.
 * Starting in 1997, all shows taped at Nickelodeon Studios use the previous logo instead.