Line #51 NightmareFuel/Nickelodeon


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7	Nickelodeon may be a "kids network", but that sure as heck doesn't stop them from adding plenty of frightening moments all over the place, whether it be in their shows or even their own bumpers/station ID's.
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10	!!Shows with their own pages
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12	[[index]]
13	* ''NightmareFuel/AaahhRealMonsters''
14	* ''NightmareFuel/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''
15	* ''NightmareFuel/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete''
16	* ''NightmareFuel/AllGrownUp''
17	* ''NightmareFuel/TheAngryBeavers''
18	* ''NightmareFuel/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark''
19	* ''NightmareFuel/AsToldByGinger''
20	* ''NightmareFuel/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
21	** ''NightmareFuel/TheLegendOfKorra''
22	* ''NightmareFuel/CatDog''
23	* ''NightmareFuel/{{Catscratch}}''
24	* ''NightmareFuel/ChalkZone''
25	* ''NightmareFuel/DannyPhantom''
26	* ''NightmareFuel/{{Doug}}''
27	* ''NightmareFuel/TheFairlyOddParents''
28	* ''NightmareFuel/HeyArnold''
29	** ''NightmareFuel/HeyArnoldTheMovie''
30	** ''NightmareFuel/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie''
31	* ''NightmareFuel/HenryDanger''
32	* ''NightmareFuel/HouseOfAnubis''
33	* ''NightmareFuel/H2OJustAddWater''
34	* ''NightmareFuel/ICarly''
35	* ''NightmareFuel/InvaderZim''
36	** ''NightmareFuel/InvaderZimEnterTheFlorpus''
37	* ''NightmareFuel/KaBlam''
38	* ''NightmareFuel/KenanAndKel''
39	* ''NightmareFuel/TheLoudHouse''
40	* ''NightmareFuel/MakingFiends''
41	* ''NightmareFuel/MrMeaty''
42	* ''NightmareFuel/TheMightyB''
43	* ''NightmareFuel/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot''
44	* ''NightmareFuel/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''
45	* ''NightmareFuel/RabbidsInvasion''
46	* ''NightmareFuel/TheRenAndStimpyShow''
47	* ''NightmareFuel/RocketPower''
48	* ''NightmareFuel/RockosModernLife''
49	* ''NightmareFuel/{{Rugrats}}''
50	* ''NightmareFuel/SamAndCat''
51	* ''NightmareFuel/SanjayAndCraig''
52	* ''NightmareFuel/SpongeBobSquarePants''
53	* ''NightmareFuel/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012''
54	* ''NightmareFuel/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera''
55	* ''NightmareFuel/TUFFPuppy''
56	* ''NightmareFuel/{{Victorious}}''
57	* ''NightmareFuel/WelcomeToTheWayne''
58	* ''NightmareFuel/TheWildThornberrys''
59	* ''NightmareFuel/WinxClub''
60	[[/index]]
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63	!![[AC:Bumpers]]
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66	Many of the network's earlier bumpers have been remembered as quite terrifying to young viewers, who are now old enough to use TV Tropes.
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68	* The one most commonly cited seems to be [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tBUuIt_SgM the "Pinchface" bumper]], which features a [[NightmareFace creepy face composed of disembodied eyes and dentures]] that yells out the network's name (sounding a lot like Creator/TomKenny, but contrary to popular belief not actually voiced by him) over a loud Balkan brass rendition of the Nickelodeon theme, all while seemingly having a seizure [[SensoryAbuse and inducing one to the audience.]]
69	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb3AgrXmLxU "Box"]] bumper is the unholy lovechild of said "Pinchface" bumper and Creator/KlaskyCsupo's 1998 logo (despite predating the latter by a few years) with Shrek ears.
70	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8qMO8Ot9TU "Egg and Spoon" bumper]] shows an egg turning into a monster that scares a spoon, which turns into a chicken scared out of its own wits. Then, the egg monster ''[[EatTheCamera eats up the entire screen]]'', leaving us with a CGI Nickelodeon uvula and a creepy, [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]]-esque breath.
71	* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q4Xaryg1T8 "Opera" bumper]], with a huge female opera singer wearing a humongous Nickelodeon-logo wig, along with a few [[GrossUpCloseUp close-ups of her face]], and the creepy-looking conductor and his face at the end as [[GlassShatteringSound his glasses break from the high note]].
72	* In October 2007, when the channel received a "Shocktober" theme, before and after commercial breaks they would show some rather unsettling images of Nicktoon characters done in a twisted monster movie style. Some of them looked mostly innocent, while others...fell a bit more into the creepy side of things. Examples included one image of Katara as an evil water spirit and a surprisingly graphic one of the skeletal corpse of Aang in chains.
73	* Similar to the one above, the bumpers for October 2016. Some were innocent [[note]] the [=SpongeBob=] bumper had him and Patrick turn into ghosts[[/note]], while some were pretty horrifying. An example is the bumper created for ''The Loud House'', where Lincoln tells the viewer that there's nothing to be afraid of... then we see his sisters' eyes in the background, and Lincoln is still smiling.
74	* Similar to the two above, there was a [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes long lost]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6l3BnvAg4To series of Halloween bumpers from around 2011 on Nicktoons]] called "Nicktoons Gets Zombified" where [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Nicktoon characters get zombified]], specifically [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Cosmo and Wanda,]] WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum, and [[WesternAnimation/TheMightyB Bessie]]. These bumpers combine [[NightmareFace ghastly zombified faces]] with [[HellIsThatNoise ear-piercing sounds]]. In the bumper with Bessie, [[TheStinger at the end]], she [[JumpScare suddenly]] pulls off her glasses to reveal decayed eyes.
75	--> '''Bessie:''' This is '''''AWESOME!!!'''''
76	%% * The Nickelodeon UK bumpers from 2000-2002
77	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlQNnX3phMY Sleeping Boy]]". The boy isn't scared by the fact that the Nickelodeon logo keeps stalking him throughout the bumper.
78	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fT_L0gG93M This]] bumper starts with [[JumpScare a loud drum beat]]. Then a shadow mannequin shakes his head as he dances toward the screen until it's right up in front of it and then it moves away then it shows the boy running away from the bomb which was orange and had the Nick logo on it. It has [[EpilepticFlashingLights flashes]], minimal creepy jazz music, and dancing silhouette mannequins which might creep out some kids but the ending is funny to some when the green man shouts "Nick is everyday!" while falling.
79	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gseIizMw2ek This]] bumper has a coffee dispenser drink the tea with its nose, before its hair shrinks in and its skin dissolves, revealing 3 fish. This can be elevated for those who hate early CGI animation, because this and the aforementioned egg bumper are just abysmally ugly.
80	* Perhaps even worse than any of the above is "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bjk33bE3R4 Nick is Kids]]". Nothing but a HeartbeatSoundtrack, unnerving sound effects, voiceovers with very long pauses, and dark images of Nick series and stars. It has been described as what would happen if Creator/DavidLynch made a Nickelodeon bumper.
81	* One ident from Nickelodeon Brazil, called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b999KNxJIY&ab_channel=giganta77 Halloween.]] The dogs are cute... [[HellIsThatNoise but we can't say the same for the sounds.]]
82	* The Nicktoons Network bumpers from 2006-2007 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWuNZPP8-6M used]] a bizarre WebAnimation/{{Cyriak}}-esque cutout animation style, with animals doing many bizarre and unnerving things.
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84	!![[AC:Shorts and other Non-Ident Material]]
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86	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa46mnTDiVQ Inside-Out Boy]], a series of shorts about a boy turning inside-out due to swinging over the bar on a swingset, can be unsettling due to the claymation and overall creepy concept.
87	* Nickelodeon's ''Short Films by Short People'' showcased shorts created by kids, including one of which the kids who saw it on TV wouldn't forget: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JVo7p84u9U Attack of the Giant Vulture]]", which revolves around a giant vulture chasing three kids around Chinatown with the intent of eating them. Those who didn't find the short silly were terrified by the eponymous vulture, despite his somewhat cartoony appearance and moments of humor (as the comments in the linked video will attest to), and even the short's ending (where the kids [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted turn the tables on the vulture and eat him instead]]) comes off as somewhat disturbing, too.
88	** There was another short in this series called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpLhtvR-UMU Nothing Weird]]", from 1997, that has very poor computer animation. Weird, indeed.
89	* [[https://youtu.be/4Pd5dJSfQa8 A]] [[https://youtu.be/GeaYopeN38c Show]] of Hands. Namely the intro, where a group of disembodied black and white hands come together to form a NightmareFace with a deadpan voice--and yes, the hands move with the words. The rest of the shorts are actually not too bad, as they show a group of hands doing comedic sketches such as painting a picture or tying a present. But to say this short introduces itself poorly is putting it lightly.
90	* "The Little Freaks" short. Most of the designs look uncanny.
91	* The "Spider and Fly" shorts. The clay style can look [[DerangedAnimation off-model]] for some people.
92	* The "Very Aggressive Vegetables" shorts. The destruction and excessive yelling can be unsettling to some people.
93	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGLGlLxfyh0&pp=ygUSeW8gZ2FiYmEgZ2FiYmEgZHZk This]] commercial made for a ''Series/YoGabbaGabba'' DVD release is rather tame, but the robotic-sounding narrator can be [[UnintentionalUncannyValley very off putting at times]].

Context NightmareFuel / Nickelodeon