Nicktoons
| Nicktoons | |
|---|---|
| Original work | Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991) |
| Owner | Nickelodeon (Paramount Global) |
| Years | 1991—present |
| Movies and television | |
| Television series | List of shows |
| Games | |
| Video game(s) | Nicktoons video games |
Nicktoons are animated television shows which are produced by and aired on the children's television channel Nickelodeon. Before 1991, Nickelodeon aired mostly foreign made animated series. The idea for Nicktoons was formed in 1989[1] and on Sunday, August 11, 1991, the first Nicktoon, Doug, was aired followed by Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show. This format was repeated every Sunday.
List of Nicktoons
[change | change source]Precursors
[change | change source]| Title | Premiere date |
|---|---|
| Video Dream Theatre | Produced from 1979 to 1980; unaired |
| Christmas in Tattertown | December 21, 1988 |
| Nick's Thanksgiving Fest | November 22, 1989 |
Full series
[change | change source]| # | Title | Seasons | Episodes | Premiere date | Finale date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doug[note 1] | 4[note 1] | 52 | August 11, 1991 | January 2, 1994 |
| 2 | Rugrats | 9 | 172 | August 1, 2004 | |
| 3 | The Ren & Stimpy Show[note 2] | 5 | 52 | October 20, 1996 | |
| 4 | Rocko's Modern Life | 4 | 52 | September 18, 1993 | November 24, 1996 |
| 5 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | 4 | 52 | October 29, 1994 | December 6, 1997 |
| 6 | Hey Arnold! | 5 | 100 | October 7, 1996 | June 8, 2004 |
| 7 | KaBlam! | 4 | 48 | October 11, 1996 | May 27, 2000 |
| 8 | The Angry Beavers | 4 | 62 | April 19, 1997 | May 26, 2001 |
| 9 | CatDog | 4 | 68 | April 4, 1998 | June 15, 2005 |
| 10 | Oh Yeah! Cartoons | 3 | 34 | July 18, 1998 | August 30, 2002 |
| 11 | The Wild Thornberrys | 5 | 91 | September 1, 1998 | June 11, 2004 |
| 12 | SpongeBob SquarePants | 15 | 303 | May 1, 1999 | present |
| 13 | Rocket Power | 4 | 71 | August 16, 1999 | July 30, 2004 |
| 14 | As Told by Ginger | 3 | 60 | October 25, 2000 | November 14, 2006 |
| 15 | The Fairly OddParents | 10 | 172 | March 30, 2001 | July 26, 2017 |
| 16 | Invader Zim | 2 | 27 | August 19, 2006 | |
| 17 | Action League Now! | 1 | 12 | November 18, 2001 | February 10, 2002 |
| 18 | ChalkZone | 4 | 40 | March 22, 2002 | August 23, 2008 |
| 19 | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius | 3 | 64 | July 20, 2002 | November 25, 2006 |
| 20 | All Grown Up! | 5 | 55 | April 12, 2003 | August 17, 2008 |
| 21 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | 3 | 40 | August 1, 2003 | May 2, 2009 |
| 22 | Danny Phantom | 3 | 53 | April 3, 2004 | August 24, 2007 |
| 23 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | 3 | 61 | February 21, 2005 | July 19, 2008 |
| 24 | Catscratch | 1 | 20 | July 9, 2005 | February 10, 2007 |
| 25 | The X's | 1 | 20 | November 25, 2005 | November 25, 2006 |
| 26 | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | 1 | 26 | February 19, 2007 | September 13, 2008 |
| 27 | Tak and the Power of Juju | 1 | 26 | August 31, 2007 | January 24, 2009 |
| 28 | Back at the Barnyard | 2 | 52 | September 29, 2007 | December 11, 2011 |
| 29 | The Mighty B! | 2 | 40 | April 26, 2008 | June 18, 2011 |
| 30 | The Penguins of Madagascar[note 3] | 3 | 80 | November 28, 2008 | December 19, 2015 |
| 31 | Random! Cartoons[note 4] | 1 | 13 | December 6, 2008 | December 20, 2009 |
| 32 | Fanboy & Chum Chum | 2 | 52 | October 12, 2009 | July 12, 2014 |
| 33 | Planet Sheen | 1 | 26 | October 2, 2010 | February 15, 2013 |
| 34 | T.U.F.F. Puppy | 3 | 60 | April 4, 2015 | |
| 35 | Winx Club[note 5] | 3[note 5] | 78 | June 27, 2011 | April 10, 2016 |
| 36 | Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness[note 3] | 3 | 80 | September 19, 2011 | June 29, 2016 |
| 37 | The Legend of Korra | 4 | 52 | April 14, 2012 | December 19, 2014 |
| 38 | Robot and Monster | 1 | 26 | August 4, 2012 | March 4, 2015 |
| 39 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[note 6] | 5 | 124 | September 28, 2012 | November 12, 2017 |
| 40 | Monsters vs. Aliens[note 3] | 1 | 26 | March 23, 2013 | February 8, 2014 |
| 41 | Sanjay and Craig | 3 | 60 | May 25, 2013 | July 29, 2016 |
| 42 | Breadwinners | 2 | 40 | February 17, 2014 | September 12, 2016 |
| 43 | Harvey Beaks | 2 | 52 | March 28, 2015 | December 29, 2017 |
| 44 | Pig Goat Banana Cricket | 2 | 40 | July 16, 2015 | August 11, 2018 |
| 45 | The Loud House | 8 | 277 | May 2, 2016 | present |
| 46 | Bunsen Is a Beast | 1 | 26 | January 16, 2017 | February 10, 2018 |
| 47 | Welcome to the Wayne | 2 | 30 | July 24, 2017 | May 31, 2019 |
| 48 | The Adventures of Kid Danger | 1 | 10 | January 15, 2018 | June 14, 2018 |
| 49 | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[note 6] | 2 | 39 | July 20, 2018 | August 7, 2020 |
| 50 | Pinky Malinky[note 7] | 3 | 60 | January 1, 2019 | July 17, 2019 |
| 51 | The Casagrandes | 3 | 60 | October 14, 2019 | September 30, 2022 |
| 52 | It's Pony | 2 | 40 | January 18, 2020 | May 26, 2022 |
| 53 | Glitch Techs[note 8] | 2 | 19 | February 21, 2020 | August 17, 2020 |
| 54 | Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years[note 9] | 2 | 39 | March 4, 2021 | July 10, 2024 |
| 55 | Rugrats[note 10] | 2 | 46 | May 27, 2021 | March 22, 2024 |
| 56 | The Patrick Star Show | 3 | 85 | July 9, 2021 | present |
| 57 | Middlemost Post | 2 | 33 | October 21, 2022 | |
| 58 | Star Trek: Prodigy[note 11] | 2 | 40 | October 28, 2021 | 2024 |
| 59 | Big Nate[note 11] | 2 | 36 | February 17, 2022 | March 22, 2024 |
| 60 | Monster High | 2 | 50 | October 6, 2022 | October 24, 2024 |
| 61 | Transformers: EarthSpark[note 11] | 3 | 44 | November 11, 2022 | present |
| 62 | Rock Paper Scissors | 1 | 27 | February 11, 2024 | |
| 63 | The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish[6][7] | 1 | 20 | May 17, 2024 | |
| 64 | Max & the Midknights[8][9][10] | 1 | 20 | October 30, 2024 |
Mini series
[change | change source]| # | Title | Episodes | Premiere date | Finale date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making Fiends[note 4] | 6 | October 4, 2008 | November 1, 2008 |
| 2 | Rugrats Pre-School Daze | 4 | November 16, 2008 | December 7, 2008 |
| 3 | Middle School Moguls | 4 | September 2, 2019 | September 29, 2019 |
Upcoming
[change | change source]| Title | Premiere date | Sources |
|---|
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nickelodeon produced seasons 1–4. In 1996, Disney acquired the series and produced three additional seasons.
- ↑ This list does not include the Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" spin-off, as it was not produced under the Nickelodeon brand. In August 2020, the Paramount-owned network Comedy Central green-lit a reboot of the series, which is also not included on this list.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Co-produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and DreamWorks Animation.[2] DreamWorks owns the characters and other elements in the show while Paramount retains half of the show's copyright.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Premiered exclusively on Nicktoons Network.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nickelodeon Animation Studio produced the Winx Club revival series, made up of seasons 5–7, in co-development with Rainbow. Paramount owns the copyright to these seasons[3] and, until 2023, co-owned the Rainbow studio itself.[4]
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Viacom acquired the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise in 2009.[5] Viacom owns the copyright to both the 2012 series and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, along the 4Kids-produced 2003 series. The 1987 series and The Next Mutation are owned by other external parties.
- ↑ Premiered exclusively on Netflix. Each episode is separated into 11-minute segments on the streaming platform and count as individual episodes.
- ↑ Premiered exclusively on Netflix.
- ↑ Premiered first on Paramount+ in March 2021 before airing on Nickelodeon the following month.
- ↑ CGI reboot of the original 1991 series. Premiered on Paramount+ before airing on Nickelodeon for the first time on August 20, 2021.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Premiered on Paramount+ before airing on Nickelodeon.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "From Doug to Danny Phantom: The Incredible, Fantastic, Unbelievable Origin of Nicktoons". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
- ↑ Nguyen, Hanh (January 9, 2009). "'Penguins of Madagascar' Move It, Move It to Nickelodeon". chicagotribune.com.
- ↑ "Copyright Catalog: Winx Club - Eps. 726". Library of Congress.
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
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- ↑ Dunn, Jack (2024-05-01). "'Fairly OddParents' Sequel Series Drops First Trailer". Variety. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ↑ Rosario, Alexandra Del (2021-11-16). "Nickelodeon Orders 'Max & The Midknights', 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' Animated Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
- ↑ Andrew Barker (October 5, 2022). "Nickelodeon Animation Reaches Across Platforms to Boost Franchises". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
- ↑ Owen Danoff (September 11, 2024). "Nickelodeon Reveals The Trailer, Cast & Premiere Date For Its Max & The Midknights Series". Screen Rant. Retrieved September 11, 2024.