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Nickelodeon Animation Studios/Nicktoons Productions

1st Logo
(1990- )

Nicknames: "The Haystack", "The Haypile"

Logo: Over a black background, we see a Nickelodeon logo, which resembles a haystack. Copyright info is below, which is different depending on each show.

FX: None; it's a still logo.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show, a soundbite of the show, or silence.

Availability: It appeared on every Nicktoon, including Hey Arnold! episodes from the first season and excluding KaBlam! prior to The Angry Beavers. In syndication, it was plastered over with the Nickelodeon Productions "3D Nick Lightbulb" logo on at least one episode of Doug. After 1997, it's only on all Klasky-Csupo shows, such as Rugrats, Rocket Power, As Told By Ginger and All Grown Up among others. The logo is also used on Nickelodeon DVD's, such as Season 1 of Pete & Pete on DVD, SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 1 on DVD and PSP UMD, and SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5 Vol. 1 on DVD. DVD releases of The Ren & Stimpy Show: Seasons Three and a HalfishSeason 5 and Some More of Four has this logo intact. The logo is also usually used on Nick Jr. DVD's, such as those of The Wonder Pets and The Backyardigans. This logo was also spotted after various Nick Jr. shows On Demand on Comcast, but they were probably ripped from their respective DVDs. The first one with the logo was the Rugrats pilot episode from 1990.

Scare Factor: None.



2nd Logo
(1997- )


Nickname: "Splat!"

Logo: We see the Nickelodeon splat logo, but reading "Nicktoons" on a black BG (although sometimes it reads "Nickelodeon" and is stretched out more). Copyright information is below, or sometimes not at all.

FX: None; it's a still logo.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show or a soundbite of the show.

Availability: The "Nicktoons" variant appeared on every new Nicktoon since The Angry Beavers, excluding all Klasky-Csupo shows, up until Tak and the Power of Juju. The "Nickelodeon" variant is seen on Jimmy Neutron and Catscratch. It's also superimposed over the closing credits of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The main logo still appears on new episodes of shows that debuted prior to 2007, such as SpongeBob SquarePants. The version without a copyright info was seen on the teaser trailer for The Rugrats Movie.

Scare Factor: None.
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Nickelodeon Productions

1st Logo
(1992-1994)

Logo: A 2D Nickelodeon logo, in a "banner" shape, fades in. Copyright info fades in below.

FX: The fade-in.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Rare; appeared on early episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Nick News.

Scare Factor: None.



2nd Logo
(1993- )

Nickname: "The Orange Balloon"

Logo: The Nickelodeon logo resembles a hard-to-describe ovular balloon shape. It turns, pops up, and stays on screen. Copyright info is shown below.

Variant: On Nick News, the logo does not turn; it just pops.

FX: The pop-up and turn.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Current; appeared on The Adventures of Pete & Pete and also currently appears on Nick News.

Scare Factor: None.



3rd Logo
(1994-1996)

Logo: A CGI Nickelodeon logo, in various shapes (usually a cap), spins in. Sometimes it is 2D, like a "banner" shape on early episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Nick News. Copyright info is shown below.

FX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Appeared on most early 1990s-era Nick live-action shows, such as later episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, old episodes of Nick News and the first two seasons of The Secret World of Alex Mack. Was last seen on The Secret World of Alex Mack in 2003 on The N.

Scare Factor: None.



4th Logo
(1994-1997)

Nickname: "Nick Atom"

Logo: Over a black background, we see an orange atom flying from the top right to the bottom left. It flies to the center and turns to reveal "Nickelodeon". Copyright info is shown below. On "All That" and "Kenan and Kel", the logo cuts to the Nickelodeon Studios logo.

FX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show, or silent, as in the case of "All That". On at least one episode of All That, the buzzing sound from the Nickelodeon Productions logo was used, possibly due to an editing error.

Availability: Appeared mostly on The Adventures of Pete and Pete and early episodes of the shows All That and Kenan and Kel, the latter of which can be seen on The N with the atom intact on its early episodes.

Scare Factor: None.



5th Logo
(1995)

Nickname: "The Orange Saturn"

Logo: Over a black background, a Saturn-shaped Nickelodeon logo flies up from the bottom of the screen, orbited by two moons. It settles in the center of the screen, and "PRODUCTIONS", in white, pops up from the bottom, settling under the logo.

FX: The flying logo.

Music/Sounds: The ending theme of Global Guts.

Availability: Only appeared on one show: Global Guts. Appears on its episodes on TurboNick.

Scare Factor: None.



6th Logo
(1996-2007)

Nickname: "Nick Lightbulb I"

Logo: A hand reaches up and pulls on a string, which reveals a Nickelodeon logo shaped like a lightbulb, with a green electric charge surrounding the bulb forming the word "productions" on the bottom-right side. Copyright information is below with various fonts depending on every show (it's absent on some shows, such as Romeo! and is not present in the long version).

Variant: On the second season of Kenan and Kel, the logo cut to the Nickelodeon Studios logo of the era.

FX: 3D animation (The sparks look 2D, though).

Cheesy Factor: On Romeo!, the logo is cheaply stretched out vertically.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show or a buzzing sound. This is the first Nickelodeon logo to have its own sounds.

Availability: The "hand" part of the logo only appeared on Kids' Choice Awards during the late 1990s. The shortened version survives on Kenan and Kel reruns on The N and game show reruns on Nick GaS (part of Dish Network). This can be also seen on later episodes of The Secret World of Alex Mack. Until October 5, 2007, early episodes of iCarly also has this logo. The first show that had this logo was KaBlam!.

Scare Factor: Minimal; the buzzing sound is kind of jarring. None for the closing theme variant.



7th Logo
(1997)

Nicknames: "Nick Lightbulb II", "3D Nick Lightbulb", "Oh Great, Another Nick Lightbulb"

Logo: We see an orange 3D lightbulb with "NICK" written on it. Copyright info is shown below.

FX: None.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: Extremely rare; seen on the Doug episode Doug's Christmas Story in syndication and has plastered over the famous Nickelodeon "Haystack" logo.

Scare Factor: None.



8th Logo
(2007- )

Nicknames: "Orange Ball", "Nick Blob"

Logo: Over a white background with green bubbles, we see a blob reading "NICKELODEON". It floats around for a second, then it rams into the screen and turns into a splat. Copyright info is below.

FX: CGI animation.

Cheesy Factor: Look at it. It looks like a quick-fix logo made in ten minutes.

Music/Sounds: A "bubble" noise, followed by a splatting noise.

Availability: As of October 2007, this logo has only appeared on iCarly.

Scare Factor: None.
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Nickelodeon

Background: These logos were used to plaster the Nicktoons logos if the split-screen credits were used on broadcast on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Network.

1st Logo
(2000-2006)

Nickname: "The Weird Object"

Logo: Against a teal background, various versions of the Nick logo bounce around the screen (usually a weird cloud thing), eventually settling in the center. Copyright info appears below.

FX: The "bouncing".

Music/Sounds: Usually the outro of the show, or the previous logo's audio may play over the logo (e.g. United Plankton Pictures and Snee-Oosh). Sometimes it's the sound of kids laughing (usually heard after the Klasky-Csupo SSF, but was also heard on shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender and Catscratch) or an engine revving sound combined with a xylophone.

Availability: Extinct on TV; retired as of May 2006. Check those tapes!

Scare Factor: None.



2nd Logo
(2006-2008)

Nickname: "Bubbles and Nick"

Logo: On a white and teal background with green CGI bubbles, one bursts, revealing a CGI Nickelodeon logo. Copyright info is shown below.

Variants:

• On Wayside, there was no copyright information byline and at the top, there was orange text that read "This has been a presentation of".
• Some episodes of the Barnyard animated series lack copyright info.

FX: The bubble bursting.

Music/Sounds: Usually the end theme of the show that aired, but sometimes it's the kids laughing from the last logo.

Availability: Extinct on Nickelodeon (common for Nicktoons Network); retired as of January 30, 2008. Was seen on all Nickelodeon programming run with split-screen credits on Nickelodeon until 2008, and now only seen after the regular credits of Nicktoons from El Tigre onwards. This logo, for some reason, is retained on the split-screen credits of shows on Nicktoons Network.

Scare Factor: None.



3rd Logo
(January 30, 2008- )
Nicknames: "Nick Lightbulb III", "CGI Nick Lightbulb", "The Lightbulb Returns"

Logo: On a black background, we see the famous orange splat logo in 2D, then the background glows dark orange, and the splat transforms into an orange 3D CGI lightbulb, an obvious homage to the Nickelodeon Productions logo of 1996, which turns toward us. And as always, copyright info is shown below.

Variant: On the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards, as well as some shows, there's an extended version in which the lightbulb changes back to the splat logo.

FX: The splat transforming into a lightbulb, the glow in the BG.

Music/Sounds: If you've been reading these descriptions, you should know by now. It was silent on the 2008 Kids' Choice Awards, though.

Availability: Currently in use; appears after all split-screen credit airings from January 30, 2008 onwards. Split-screen showings of iCarly also has this logo intact.

Scare Factor: None.
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Nickelodeon Studios

1st Logo
(June-July 1990)

Nickname: "The Neon Sign"

Logo: You first see a black screen; then you hear footsteps, then a light switch is flipped on, revealing a neon light sign that is in the shape of the Nickelodeon Studios sign.

FX: The logo seems animated.

Music/Sounds: The electric sound of the sign.

Availability: Extremely rare; only used once during the 1990s during Nickelodeon's first opening period (Between June-July) when the logo was featured on a tour tape.

Scare Factor: Minimal.



2nd Logo
(July 1990-2000)

Nickname: "The Ride View"

Logo: We see a realistic coloring, looking like it was done with a colored pencil, of the side view of the front of Nickelodeon Studios, including the slime fountain. Then it fades to the front of everything. You can even see the Universal Globe.

FX: The coloring seems to be "animated".

Music/Sounds: An announcer saying "[TITLE OF SHOW] was/is recorded in front of a live (studio) audience at Nickelodeon Studios (in Orlando) at Universal Studios (Orlando), Florida.". On some shows, like GUTS, the ending of the show's theme, with the announcer speaking.

Availability: Rare; extinct on Nickelodeon and Noggin (except for TurboNick). Can be seen on almost any show recorded from Nickelodeon Studios in the early '90s like Nick Arcade, What Would You Do?, and Nickelodeon GUTS, among others. This can be also seen on any Nick Jr. show recorded from Nickelodeon Studios, including Gullah Gullah Island and Allegra's Window. Was last seen on Gullah Gullah Island on June 8, 2008 when it reran on Noggin. It is currently seen on TurboNick.

Scare Factor: None.



3rd Logo
(1991-2005)

Nickname: "Ride View II"

Logo: Same as the 2nd logo, but it's live action instead.

Variants:

• There was a variation on Kenan & Kel, All That, Allegra's Window, and Legends of the Hidden Temple that showed the Nickelodeon sign on top of the core production building before cutting to the scene with Nickelodeon Studios and the Universal Globe.
• On Clarissa Explains it All, we zoom out from the Nickelodeon sign on the core building, then we see the slime geyser, before finally zooming out to the scene with Nick Studios and the Universal Globe.

FX: Live action, so none at all.

Music/Sounds: Same as Logo 2.

Availability: This logo appeared on some shows prior to 1995, such as Get the Picture, but didn't become the main logo until 1995. Also seen on TurboNick. All episodes of the Clarissa Explains it All Season 1 DVD retain this logo.

Scare Factor: None.
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Nickelodeon (Game Shows)

1st Logo
(1987-1989)

Nickname: "Tne Fireworks"

Logo: A firecracker (which looks a lot like a comet streak) shoots up into the sky, and then explodes into several fireworks. "Nickelodeon" in it's familiar font forms.

FX: Fireworks exploding.

Music/Sounds: The closing theme of the show.

Availability: It was seen on the Nickelodeon and syndicated versions of Finders Keepers. This logo was actually a short clip from a Nickelodeon ident that played around the time of the logo.

Scare Factor: None.



2nd Logo
(1988)

Nicknames: "The Flying TV", ''The Nickelodeon Pokedex'', "Nick TV"

Logo: On a lime green background, we see a boy in glasses standing next to a large, winged turtle with a TV screen on it. The boy jumps onto the turtle as it flies around in circles. It then stops in the middle of the screen to reveal the Nickelodeon text on the TV screen.

FX: The boy jumping on the turtle, turtle moving around.

Music/Sounds: The end theme.

Availability: Extinct; last seen on Super Sloppy Double Dare. This logo was actually a short clip from a Nickelodeon ident that played around the time of the logo.

Scare Factor: None.



3rd Logo
(1995)

Nickname: "The Housefly"

Logo: On a sky background with moving clouds, an orange housefly comes from the the top of the screen and flies around in circles twice before stopping right in front of us. We see "Nickelodeon" in its familiar font on the fly.

FX: The CGI animation of the fly.

Cheesy Factor: The fly looks tacked onto the sky background (which is logical, considering this was a cheap quick-fix logo lifted from a Nick bumper of the era).

Music/Sounds: The end theme of the show.

Availability: Only seen on Season 3 episodes of Legends Of The Hidden Temple.

Scare Factor: None, unless you're afraid of flies.
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Nicktoons Network

(2006- )

Nicknames: "The Slime Globe", "Splat Globe"