Bumpers

Nickelodeon: The Young People's Satellite Network
(1979-1980)

ID: The camera zooms in at a table with a nickelodeon at the top. Then, we see a boy putting his eyes on the googles. The camera fades to the first Nickelodeon logo, which show a man looking at a nickelodeon machine on top of the N.

FX/SFX: Live action.

Cheesy Factor: The film quality is horrible but that might be intentional.

Music/Sounds: The clicks of the nickelodeon, and the announcer, Phil Tonken, says "Introducing, Nickelodeon. Children's Programming that's fit for children. 14 hours of programming a day, 7 days of week that will make 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. This logo's very existence was not known until a couple of years ago.

Scare Factor: High. The creepiness of the ID, how old it is, and the boy zooming in towards us at the first footage of him can surprise you.

Nickelodeon Mime
(1980-1981)

ID: We see a mime performing an act. The text "Nickelodeon" in the font used in the show "Pinwheel" appears one way or another.

Trivia: How long the ID played for depended on how long it took Nickelodeon to start the next program.

Variant: One variant has the mime's hat with his hand hiding under the hat. His fingers rise the hat to wave, and after the "Nickelodeon" text fades in, sets the hat down.

FX/SFX: Live action.

Music/Sounds: Just the song "Put That Little Nickel In".

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * Sometimes, a jazz-like version of the music was used.
 * On the hat variant, a narrator says "Nickelodeon. Innovative, non-commercial, cable television programming for young people. Kids are finally getting the kind of television they deserve."

Availability: Same as above.

Scare Factor: Low. It all depends on if you are scared of mimes and what exactly the mime is doing. However, this is much tamer than the previous ID.

Nick Is Our Name
(1983-1985)

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. There are lots of other variants.

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

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

Availability: When Nickelodeon changed their ID to the "splat" design, it became extinct very fast. Check your old VHS (or Betamax) tapes.

Scare Factor: Low.

Silver Ball in the Air
(1981-1985)

ID: A silver ball is seen moving to the seen moving to the viewer on a Black BG  (with marron on the bottom). It flashes and turns black with neon lines. Another ball looking the same appears next to it on the left. It then shows the back with a sparkly neon area. The balls are moving to the back, and another one appears on the left of the 1st ball. It then cuts to the top with the sparkly neon intact. Another ball appears on the bottom. Then it cuts back to the normal camera angle it started off. The balls are moving, and 2 more balls are on the left and right, after this, all the balls form a line, and they speed through a sparkly neon city. It then goes to a black BG and all 6 balls form into one big ball. Then, it forms into the silver ball, with the word "Nickelodeon" spinning to it.

FX/SFX: Great Animation.

Music/Sounds: A very funky tune with a male singer and female back singers, this was the main theme to the channel itself. The lyrics go 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 baaaallllll in the air, See it glllllooooow everywhere! Nickelodeonroundroundandroundherewego! Nickellllooodeon!"

Availability: Extinct. It was mainly used as a sign-off ident. Check your VHS and Betamax tapes for this one.

Scare Factor: None to Low. It is a well remembered logo from the early era of Nickelodeon.

Nick's Top Of The Hour
(1985-1993)

ID: On a living room, we see a TV imprinted by the Nickelodeon logo with various shapes emerging from it, before a parody of Salvador Dali's "Persistence of Memory" appears with several Nickelodeon clocks meeting after spinning its hands, then some flying calendars with Nickelodeon on top of each calendar on a house background changing seasons from possibly summer to winter, then to a 20th Century Fox-esque structure with either 1985, 1986 or 1987 (depending on the year) on the top with the Nickelodeon logo on it. Then, a road appears and then a Nickelodeon arrow sign. We cut to a road with men racing in hot dog-shaped karts, each with a Nickelodeon bun, then to a futuristic city with a Nickelodeon rocket-ship passing by. Then, various people with different types of clothes and accesseries, 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 Nickelodeon ice cream scoop falling directly on it, then to a cat and a dog on bumper cars, but accidentally collide into each other to say "Nickelodeon" on the bottom of the bumper cars, then to a little fish that is eaten by several bigger fish consecutively with the largest reading Nickelodeon, then we cut to a front seat ride on a roller coaster as it goes to a clown head with eyes moving side to side. Finally, we cut to 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 and landing as a polygon with spikes on a blue background.

Variant: In 1987, the whole animation was changed to a completely new animation featuring a blue DJ with TV lollipops & animals.

FX/SFX: A mix of 2D animation and live action from Jerry Lieberman. The 1987-1988 version by International-Rocketship has 2D animation fully, though.

Music/Sounds: First, we hear part of the Nick theme, then we hear scats through the entire bumper until we hear the rest of the similar tune used at the beginning. Occasionally, a voiceover is heard throughout the bumper.

Availability: Extinct on TV. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: None to low. This logo brings back tons of memories.

Big Beast Quintet
(1985-1994, 2011, 2015-)

ID: We see an alligator, bird, rhino, rabbit, and some other kind of animal walking down a street wearing Nickelodeon shirts all mixed up. Then they change it to make it spell right. They gather inside a TV with a face on it as the Nickelodeon shirts merge together. Then they keep walking down the street.

Variant: In a 1994 commercial for Nickelodeon, the animals are walking on a globe and at the end of the commercial, when they gather into the TV set, they become live-action children.

FX/SFX: All the animation in the logo. This was designed by Colossal Pictures. (now W!ldbrain).

Music/Sounds: The animals singing some kind of chant leading into how Nickelodeon is #1 which is like "Hon de laud hup hivvel up Nick, Hon de laud hup hivvel up Nick Nick, Hon de rikki tikki lo y living #1 Nickelodeon!".

Availability: Extinct. However, it recently made a cameo in a promo for The 90's Are All That on TeenNick, along with many other IDs. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York. Now currently airs (as of December 2nd, 2015) on The Splat.

Mouse Patrol
(1985-1989, 2015-)

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. This was designed by Colossal Pictures (now W!ldbrain).

Music/Sounds: The mice chattering, along with some adventurous music.

Availability: Extinct. However, it recently made a cameo in a bumper for The 90's Are All That on TeenNick. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York. Now currently airs (as of December 2nd, 2015) on The Splat.

Scare Factor: Minimal, but it gets higher if you don't like mice.

Knock Knock
(1985-1987)

ID: There is a guy who is knocking on the door, and the dog near the door can't hear him because he is listening to a Nickelodeon phonograph, referencing the RCA Record logo.

FX/SFX: 2D animation. This was designed by Colossal Pictures (now W!ldbrain).

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

Lincoln
(1985-1993, 2016-)

ID: We see Abraham Lincoln in a barbershop, saying "1, 2, 3". Then three more presidents come in and sing "It's time, it's time for the network of mine". Then a comb scratches the screen and a pair of scissors cuts it. Then we see Abraham Lincoln wearing a Nickelodeon t-shirt as the presidents say "Nickelodeon!".

FX/SFX: Cut-out animation by Charlex in New York. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Music/Sounds: The singing presidents.

Availability: Extinct. It can be seen occasionally on The Splat.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

Golf
(1986-1993, 2006, 2016)

ID: A guy says "Shhh..." and then hits a Nickelodeon golf ball with his club. The ball goes through the whole course full of obstacles that read "Nickelodeon" as you hear pinball music. The ball makes it into the hole as a bunch of kids cheer.

FX/SFX: Live-action for most of the bumper.

Music/Sounds: Pinball type music along with the man saying "Shhhh...", cartoony swooshing noises, the kids crying "WHEEE!" and saying "Yay!"

Availability: Extinct. Last seen during the short-lived Nick Rewind block. It was recently shown on The Splat on March 24, 2016.

Scare Factor: This is a good logo.

Take 50
(1985-1992, 2011, 2016)

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 Nickelodeon tunnel, and a cardboard shark appears. The set freezes, and the power goes out.

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. The man then says "We got it, cut!". It was recently shown on Throwback Thursday on The Splat.

Availability: Last seen on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That on December 26, 2011 and December 27, 2011.

Scare Factor: Low.

Dino Bop
(1988-1993)

ID: We see the three dinosaurs walk out of a cave. The dinosaurs look at a T-rex dressed up in white and an orange dinosaur skateboarding. Then, the dinosaurs keep walking and a lavendar dinosaur rides an orange convertible. Many dinosaurs appear around the three sauropods and the Nickelodeon logo appears from a volcano behind them.

FX/SFX: Animation made by Joey Ahlbum, who made the "Doo-Wop-A-Saurus" bumper.

Music/Sounds: The three sauropods singing a song that sounds like "Orange you glad you got your Nickelodeon".

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Transformer
(1986-1992, 2006)

ID: We see a clay Nickelodeon bomb. The bomb 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: Stop-motion animation. This was done by Curious Pictures in New York.

Music/Sounds: A bunch of cartoony sound effects.

Availability: Extinct. Last seen during the short-lived Nick Rewind block.

Pattycake
(1985-1992)

ID: We see two silhouettes with orange outlines playing pattycake on the moon in outer space (we also see Earth in the background). The silhouettes then change colors. The silhouettes clap hands two times, and four orange hands appear on screen. When they clap hands again, they disappear, and Nickelodeon appears on the four orange hands.

FX/SFX: 2D animation. This was done by Charlex in New York.

Music/Sounds: A short rap rhythm.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: None to low.

Orange You Glad You Got Your Nickelodeon
(1986-1995, 1999)

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: All the animation in the logo.

Music/Sounds: A quintet of musicians (Fred Seibert, Alan Goodman, Tom Pomposello, Eugune Pitt & Juli Davidson) singing what appears on the journal.

Availability: Extinct.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

Anagrams
(1992-1999)

ID: On a blue and orange 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, we see all three changes as the word changes to a Nickelodeon as all the girls say Nickelodeon.

Variant: There was a variant where the background was in other colors, and the Nickelodeon oval is replaced with a Nickelodeon rectangle with arrows sticking out.

FX/SFX: The girls are live-action. This was designed by St. Mars Studios in Pasadena, CA.

Music/Sounds: The girls talking with bongos and weird music playing.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York. A copy of this ID is in the Nickelodeon Time Capsule.

Nickelodeon Blimp
(1991-1997)

ID: On a purple flashing background, we see three kids in white suits painting an orange blimp. Then a bunch of kids put the letters on it to spell Nickelodeon right on the blimp.

Music/SFX: A bunch of drums.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Nicktoons Blob
(1992-2000, 2006, 2011, 2015-)

ID: An orange drip of slime falls, then when it hits the ground, it forms the former Nicktoons logo, then it forms into various transformations, a fish, a dinosaur, and a guy. The guy slips on a banana and forms the Nicktoons splat.

Variants:
 * When this appeared on Nick Rewind in 2006, the last few seconds of the logo were replaced by a 2D Nickelodeon splat.
 * On some prints of the Oh Yeah! Cartoons Fairly Odd Parents short "Where's the Wand", the logo starts normal, but it goes to the guy transformation. The exclusive producers' credit appears, the the card for the short appears.
 * When The 90's Are All That became The Splat, the logo made a HUGE comeback as becoming a bumper. Every time between the logo transforming, the Nicktoons logo is replaced by The Splat logo, which is on a pink background with patterns everywhere.

FX/SFX: CGI from Blue Sky.

Music/Sounds: A 90's like 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 on December 31, 2011. The variant only appeared in some prints of the'' Oh Yeah! Cartoons Fairly Odd Parents'' short "Where's the Wand". The part where the guy slips on a banana peel was used at the beginning of a promo for Nicktoons tapes. It returned to television on October 5, 2015.

Scare Factor: This logo is very popular.

Disco Dogs
(1992-1998)

ID: We see six dogs chewing on a Nickelodeon sheet as it zooms up on the Nickelodeon as we hear a woman say "Do the Nick Thing!". The Nickelodeon theme plays except at the end it goes on Nick. Then three dogs in orange Nickelodeon suits do some disco. It zooms in on the second dog as we see the suit say Nickelodeon.

FX/SFX: Live action pixelized dogs on a blue and green flashing background.

Music/Sounds: The dogs singing with disco music in the background.

Availability: Extinct. But this can be seen in a break bumper for The 90's Are All That on TeenNick.

Scare Factor: This is a good logo.

Lockers
(1992-1998)

ID: In a black and white school hall, we see kids getting stuff from lockers and going to class. As more kids go to class, we see the Nickelodeon lockers in black and white. 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.

Scare Factor: Low. The Nickelodeon going from black and white to color may startle some.

Opera
(1992-1998, 2011)

ID: We see a conductor with long hair, glasses, a mustache, and a little beard on stage as he uses his baton to start the show. Then it zooms out on lady with big orange hair that reads Nickelodeon wearing purple 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 hysterical look on his face as his glasses break.

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 music in the background.

Availability: Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several other classic Nick IDs. A copy of this ID is in the Nickelodeon Time Capsule.

Scare Factor: High. The lady's big hair, the zooming out, and the scary-looking conductor's glasses breaking could scare quite a few.

Bones
(1992-1998)

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 little CGI for the bone spinning.

Music/Sounds: Same as the "Ants" logo except it's barking from the dog and the tempo is sped up.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York. A copy of this ID is in the Nickelodeon Time Capsule.

Scare Factor: Low to medium. The high-pitched music and close-up of the bone might get to some. But that's absolutely nothing compared to the next bumper...

Pinchface
WARNING: Don't watch this logo if you are prone to epilepsy.

(1992-1998, 2011)

ID: In a funky-style room, two eyes, big glasses, a mouth, and a bow appear in the center. In the background two fists with eyes and lips on the right and two Nicks on the left. The two fists do the "Nick Nick Nick". Screens behind them say "Nick". Every time the center face says "Nickelodeon", the Nicks change to "Nickelodeon." After the second time, we see Nickelodeon pop up on the screen three times.

FX/SFX: Stop-motion animation, probably.

Music/Sounds: A funky-sounding version of the Nickelodeon theme. The voice actor of the face in the center is Tom Kenny, well known for the voice of Spongebob Squarepants.

Availability: Extinct orignially. It reappeared in a bumper for the 2011 Nickelodeon block The 90's Are All That on TeenNick. A copy of this ID is in the Nickelodeon Time Capsule.

Scare Factor: Medium to nightmare. The big face in the middle, the close-up of the Nickelodeons, and the graphics may scare some. This also contains seizure-inducing flashing.

Funky Dance
(1992-1998)

ID: We see a group of kids in a circle as a guy 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 guy singing the Nickelodeon theme.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archices at One Astor Plaza in New York. A copy of this ID is in the Nickelodeon Time Capsule.

Scare Factor: This is a good logo, and it's better than the previous bumper.

Ants
(1992-1998, 2011, 2015-)

ID: A bunch of ants are on a picnic blanket bloated with all the food eaten (i.e cheese, and a sandwich). One plays a guitar and another sticks out of a 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 in them. At the end, it zooms out so that we can read the word "Nickelodeon" on the picnic blanket.

FX: All the animation in the logo.

Music: All the ants singing with a guitar playing in the background.

Availability: Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several of the classic Nick IDs. It can be found at One Astor Plaza in New York. Now currently airs (as of December 2nd, 2015) on The Splat.

Scare Factor: Low. The singing high-pitched ants could get to some.

Elvis
(1992-1998)

ID: On an orange background, we see a Nickelodeon logo, which folds into a white screen covered in little dancing people slides in over, which is constantly shaking. After a moment, the screen transitions into a close up of four of the aforementioned people, whose heads are different shapes. (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: Cut-out animation.

Music/Sounds: A heavy metal jingle plays throughout almost the entire bumper. The guy shouting "COME ON NOW" and other things, and the people yelling "Nick-Nick-Nick...".

Availability: Extinct unless it appears on The 90's Are All That.

Scare Factor: Medium to high, the screaming, animation, and music will probably unnerve a few.

Flying TV Creature
(1986-1992)

ID: We see a purple person channel surfing on a 1960's style TV. A wing-like creature stops near the person. The creature jumps into the TV and has the Nickelodeon logo on the TV tube. Then the person rides the creature and flies to a front view of the logo, while the creature flaps his wings.

FX/SFX: All of the animation in this bumper.

Mueic/Sounds: A kind of bored music when the person changes the channel, complete with TV static. When the creature appears, it becomes a bit more dramatic, and when it flies into the TV, it turns into a dramatic tune which is accompanied by a flying wings.

Availability: Extinct. It is rare on TV itself. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Minimal, the creature flying may scare a few.

Barnyard
(1992-1998, 2015)

ID: We see all kinds of animals and objects on a toy farm set. At each animal, Nickelodeon is right at the top. A bunch of kids sing the Nickelodeon theme. A pause occurs with a frog croaking and a bunch of cartoon sounds. Then the kids resume the song by sating "Nick is kids" followed by a chicken and a dog barking quickly.

FX/SFX: Just live-action of a bunch of toys from a farm set.

Music/Sounds: The kids singing and the animal noises with bluegrass twang in the background.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York. A copy of this ID is in the Nickelodeon Time Capsule. Was last seen during Thanksgiving Week on The Splat on TeenNick.

Scare Factor: This is a funny logo.

Fly Fishing
(1996-2000, 2011, 2016-)

ID: We see a bowl with 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.

Music/Sounds: The fly buzzing, then a short guitar riff.

Availability: Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several classic Nick IDs. Now currently airs (as of February 2016) on The Splat. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Mininal. Some children can get surprised by the fish coming out of the bowl.

Doo-Wop-A-Saurus
(1987-1993, 2011, 2016)

ID: We see three dinosaurs walking to the beach. They find a T-Rex watching TV next to a Nickelodeon tree, a pterodactyl with a tape player, next to a Nickelodeon cloud. The dinosaur in the middle puts on Nickelodeon sunglasses.

FX/SFX: All animation in the logo.

Music/Sounds: Just the dinosaurs singing "I'm here with my friends, Nickelodeon. The song never ends, Nickelodeon!".

Availability: Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several other classic Nick IDs. It can be found at One Astor Plaza in New York. It was recently shown on The Splat on March 24, 2016.

Scare Factor: That's absolutely nothing compared to the next bumper...

Box
(1993-1998)

ID: On a blue background with semi-transparent Nickelodeon logos, we see a box with a morphing Nickelodeon logos. The camera enters the inside of the box. Then a green blob the looks like the Klasky Csupo SSF with a cartoony eye and a realistic eye 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: A mix of stop-motion & CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A drums theme, along with some weird giggling for the face.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Medium to nightmare. The face is pretty nightmarish looking, and the fact that it laugh doesn't help much, either. The scare factor is even higher for those scared of the Klasky Csupo SSF and the Stretch Films Laughing Mouth since this is, in a way, a combination of the two.

Presents
(1996-2000, 2011, 2016-)

ID: Two human hands open many presents with Nickelodeon logos printed on them. Suddenly, a Nickelodeon blimp flies out and the camera follows the blimp.

FX/SFX: Superb stop-morion by IBC Digital.

Music/Sounds: A 1950s-like theme along with a kid saying "Huh?".

Availability: Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several other classic Nick IDs. It can be seen occasionally on The Splat.

Scare Factor: Low. It's better than the previous bumper.

Eggs
(1993-1999)

ID: We see a chicken that resembles Foghorn Leghorn singing "Nick is Kids" while holding a Nickelodeon egg that jumps out of his hand. The big chicken dances while trying to get the egg as wee see a bunch of other chickens sing the Nickelodeon theme. Finally, he catches the Nickelodeon egg while holding up a basket with a bunch of Nickelodeon eggs in it.

FX/SFX: All the animation in the logo.

Music/Sounds: The chickens singing the Nickelodeon theme.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Dinosaur
(1986-1993, 2011, 2016)

ID: We see an egg. The egg hatches into a giant T-Rex. The T-Rex moans as some water appears. The water then floods the floor, and a Nickelodeon submarine appears on the bottom of the T-Rex. The T-Rex cries loudly.

FX/SFX: VERY early CGI animation. This was done by Charlex in New York.

Music/Sounds: The T-Rex moaning and crying.

Availability: Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several other classic Nick IDs. It was recently shown on Throwback Thursday on The Splat.

Scare Factor: Low, but it gets higher if you don't like dinosaurs.

Spinning Top
(1993-2004)

ID: On a black background, an orange top reading "Nickelodeon" spins around until it stops in the middle position.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Main Course
(1986-1994, 2004)

ID: We see a waiter opening up a dish. When it opens up, it reveals an Eskimo sitting on a chair with a fishing rod under a Nickelodeon umbrella. The dish closes and opens up again. A hippo eats grass while wearing a Nickelodeon cloth. It closes and opens one more time to show a male viking with weapons in his hands and screams "Waaaahhh!" with a Nickelodeon banner. The dish is closed harder with a Nickelodeon shaped in an anvil.

FX/SFX: Stop-motion animation. This was done at Olive Jar Films in Boston, MA.

Music/Sounds: The dish opens, the Eskimo singing, the hippo laughing with drum music, the viking yelling and a loud crashing sound.

Availability: Extinct. However, the scene with the viking screaming can be seen on a promo for The 90's Are All That on TeenNick. The bumper returned on June 10, 2004 during Nick's U-Pick Live.

Scare Factor: Minimal; the loud crashing sound may turn people off.

Flower
(1993-2005)

ID: On a black background, an orange flower reading "Nickelodeon" blooms and shows its petals.

FX: CGI animation.

Availability: Extinct.

Singing Petunias
(1987-1992)

ID: On a space background with the moon in it, five singing petunias with propeller caps sing a short doo-wop song. As the petunias sing "Nickelodeoooon!", one of the petunias puts on a shirt saying "NICKELODEON" in its corporate font.

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

Music/Sounds: The singing petunias.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archices at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Low.

Nick Brew
(1986-1992)

ID: On a black background, we see a Nickelodeon cup. We zoom out to reveal that it is on a face's tongue, and the face uses it's nose to drink it. Then, we turn around to see that there are Nickelodeon fish in the face.

FX/SFX: Early CGI.

Music/Sounds: A brass theme 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. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Low, as the face might be slightly unnerving. But that's absolutely nothing compared to the next bumper...

Egg and Spoon
(1990-1996)

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 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 as he swallows the screen and as we see the Nickelodeon logo imprinted on his uvula (the hanging ball thing in the back of your throat), he makes the low pitched noise again.

FX/SFX: Early CGI animation. This was done by Edward Bakst.

Music/Sounds: A weird brass theme when the spoon is tapping 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 chuckling when he starts to swallow the screen) and squawking from the chicken spoon are also heard.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Medium to nightmare. The monster egg will definifely catch those who aren't expecting it off guard (though this is intentional due to the theme), and the spoon chicken squawking may also get to some. This can especially scare children, but adults and those who are used to seeing it may have less of a problem. The scare factor can be elevated for those afraid of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) lion and the Klasky Csupo SSF, since it's basically a combination of the two.

Anteater
(1986-1994, 2011, 2015-)

ID: We see an anteater holding a fork and a spoon. He then sniffs the spaghetti on his table. The anteater thinks it's yummy, licking his tongue near his face. The anteater decides to eat the spaghetti, revealing the plate to say "NICKELODEON" in its corporate font.

FX/SFX: Stop-motion animation. This was done at Olive Jar Films.

Music/Sounds: The anteater grunting, along with slurping when he eats the spaghetti and a weird voice when we see the Nickelodeon logo.

Availability: Last shown on TeenNick during The 90's Are All That for the week of December 27-31, 2011, along with several other classic Nick IDs. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York. A copy of this ID is in the Nickelodeon Time Capsule. This can be seen occasionally on The Splat on TeenNick.

Scare Factor: but the anteater eating his lunch could make you a little hungry. Otherwise, it's better than the previous bumper.

Band
(1987-1993)

ID: On a gold background, we see an anthropomorphic dog blowing a horn saying the word "NICK", a blue cat saying the word "EL", a female bird sings the opera word "OOOO", the cat saying the word "DEE",and a man hitting a gong with a mallet making "BONG". Then the words join together making "Nickelodeon" with "ON".

FX/SFX: All the animation in the logo. Done by International Rocketship in Vancouver, Canada.

Music/Sounds: Tuba music in the background, the dog blowing the trumpet "Nick", the cat saying "el", the bird sings "OOOO",  The cat saying "Dee", a gong sound and everyone (excluding the man) saying "Nickelodeon".

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Low; a harmless one.

Singing Worms
(1987-1994)

ID: On a yellow/orange gradient background, we see 5 worms emerge from behind a granny smith apple. From the center, the apple peels, revealing the Nickelodeon logo. The worms all sing and dance.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: The worms all sing a doo-wop tune, ad-libbing "Nick" into the song.

Availability: Was extinct; can now be seen as a break bumper on The 90's Are All That On TeenNick. It can be found at the Viacom Archices at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Minimal to low. The singing worms may catch you off guard the first time, but otherwise harmless.

Fruits
(1986-1993)

ID: On a curtain background with a towel below, we see a fruit cup reading Nickelodeon. Suddenly, a pineapple, banana, and an orange pop up singing the same thing from the Orange You Glad ID. They dance backwards and the curtain opens up to reveal a gradient background with palm trees that are reading Nickelodeon. The fruits fall off miserably at the end leaving us with a splat. Then, the splat that the fruits made appears along with the fruits themselves now splatted up smiling and the splat entirely reads Nickelodeon in between. Sometimes, the ID would be on a flipbook.

FX/SFX: 2D animation. This was made by Joey Ahlbum.

Music/Sounds: Same as the Orange You Glad ID.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York. A copy of this ID is in the Nickelodeon Time Capsule.

Scare Factor: Minimal. The splat the fruits made could scare some.

Windshield
(1995-2003)

ID: We see a man driving a car. Three 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. This was done at IBC Digital.

Music/Sounds: The man muttering, along with some splatting sounds.

Availability: Rare; seen on the Paramount copy of the Rugrats: Angelica The Divine on VHS. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

Cactus
(1996-2000)

ID: On a crumbled up piece of notebook paper, we see a close up of a Nickelodeon logo shaped like a cactus. We zoom out to reveal a blue turtle who touches it three times.

FX/SFX: 2D/cut-out animation. This was done at Our Gang Productions, which is now defunct.

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" four times.

Availability: Extinct, but it makes a cameo appearance in a promo for The 90's Are All That block on TeenNick, along with older IDs. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Minimal. The music is a little creepy so it might get some.

Head on Chair
(1991-1998)

ID: In a house containing 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, orange mist reading "Nickelodeon" rips off the walls and the roof. The boy's head stares at the mist for a few seconds and yawns. Afterwards, he continues rocking his head.

FX/SFX: Puppet animation.

Music/Sounds: Same as the Eggs ID, but some wind sounds from the Nickelodeon mist.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Low; mainly due to the whirling sounds.

Trampoline Splat
(1999-2002)

ID: On a white background, we see an orange ball bouncing on an orange trampoline 3 times. It floats in mid-air forming a Nickelodeon splat with the words "A" at the top and "PRODUCTION" at the bottom.

FX/SFX: CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: Three bouncing sounds, followed by the Nickelodeon theme being played by an off-key glockenspiel.

Availability: Rare; can be seen on episodes of Pistas de Blue (the Spanish version of Blue's Clues) on Nick on Demand En Español. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Minimal.

Dog Spot
(2003)

ID: Just an edited version of the Nickelodeon Movies "Dog Spot" logo.

FX/SFX: Same as the Nickelodeon Movies "Dog Spot" logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the Nickelodeon Movies "Dog Spot" logo.

Availability: Extinct. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: Same as the Nickelodeon Movies "Dog Spot" logo.

The Eyes Have It
(2005-2006)

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 Nickelodeon splat appears, this time with a ton of eyes flying around.

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.

Availability: Extinct, due to parent's concerns about the usage of the eyes. It can be found at the Viacom Archives at One Astor Plaza in New York.

Scare Factor: High for parents due to the use of the Illuminati symbols. It kinda makes you wonder.....

Organic Letters
(2009-)

ID: See Variants.

Variants: FX/SFX: CGI animation.
 * 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 the words nick or nickelodeon.
 * Spin: On a white background, we see the letters in the logo spinning. They stop and form either the words nick or nickelodeon.

Music/Sounds: It depends on the variant.

Availability: Uncommon.

Scare Factor: None to low.

Nickelodeon Characters (1991-2004)

 * Rugrats #1: We see a giant eye watching a 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. The white background shatters to reveal an orange one with the Nickelodeon logo, and Angelica walks away.
 * Rugrats #3: Reptar stomps onscreen and roars. Then he hears another dinosaur and gets scared, and we see it's a Nickelodeon dinosaur.
 * Rugrats #4: Tommy and Dil Pickles are having a fight over the Nickelodeon logo and tug at it until they both let go of it and it turns into the splat logo.
 * Ren & Stimpy: Ren is in a Nickelodeon bathtub and hears something making bubbles. He lifts his leg and Stimpy jumps out of the tub holding a bar of soap.


 * Doug: Doug Funnie and Porkchop are carrying a Nickelodeon rectangle logo. Doug drops the rectangle on his foot, then Porkchop runs over and licks Doug's face.
 * Hey Arnold: Helga Pataki passes a Nickelodeon ball to Harold, Gerald, Phoebe, Sid, and Lila, ending with Arnold Shortman, who hits it with a baseball bat sending it crashing into the screen.
 * Angry Beavers: Norb and Dag rip off their undergarments until Dag rips his underwear off. He uses a Nickelodeon towel to cover up him and Norb.
 * CatDog: CatDog chase after a garbage truck and Dog eats all the garbage, leaving them deformed. Cat vomits which forms the Nickelodeon logo.
 * SpongeBob Squarepants: SpongeBob tries to blow a Nickelodeon bubble, but fails. So he swallows the bubble and spits it out through his pores. This results in a giant Nickelodeon bubble.
 * The Fairly OddParents: Cosmo and Wanda are in black and white, and they change themselves to color. They then notice they're standing behind a black and white Nickelodeon heart, and they change that to color too, and the logo is tilted and dripped in Orange Paint.


 * As Told by Ginger: Ginger Foutley, Dodie, and Macie are dancing until Courtney Gripling and Miranda Killgalen 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 Thornberry and Darwin are running from a Nickelodeon rhino, which Donnie is riding the orange fur on the rhino's tail.
 * Blazing Dragons: King Allfire, Queen Griddle with Sir Galahot, Sir Loungelot, Sir Burnevere, Sir Hotbreath, Sir Blaze, Cinder and Clinker, Flicker and Princess Flame flying around. then Sir Hotbreath stands back burps and breaths fire on Count Geoffrey and Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 while runs away, Sir Loungelot throw the stone and crash into a wall, leaving an orange imprint of the stone with the Nickelodeon logo on it.


 * Rocket Power: Reggie Rocket is roller-skating, Otto's on a bike, and Twister and Sam 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 rides his wheelchair over orange hills, which turns out to be the Nickelodeon splat logo.


 * Jimmy Neutron: The Rugrats #3 bumper, Reptar stomps onscreen and roars. Then he hears another dinosaur and gets scared, and we see it's a Nickelodeon dinosaur, but the Nickelodeon dinosaur's top opens up to reveal Jimmy Neutron and Goddard and controlled is shown.


 * Jimmy Neutron #2: The Wild Thornberrys bumper, Eliza Thornberry and Darwin are being chased by the Strato XL (rocket) piloted by Jimmy and Goddard. instead of the rhino and has Goddard holding the orange rope, also Donnie rides it, leaving a trail of orange smoke with the Nickelodeon logo on it.
 * Invader Zim: In a white background, and we see the Irken Spaceship Flies here and Invader Zim comes in walking to the white BG. Zim whistles the fingers with the Voot Cruiser has GIR inside and the Voot Runner in orange with the Nickelodeon logo on it, Zim rises up, riding the Voot Runner and they flies away.
 * ChalkZone: Rudy is drawing a Nickelodeon balloon with Snap, and they hops on the orange balloon, with the Nickelodeon airplane on the air in the ChalkZone World.
 * The Casagrandes: In a white background, and we see Ronnie Anne, Sid Chang, Casey, Laird, Nikki and Sameer going to the mall, also Carlota is riding the Nickelodeon logo in orange convertible car.