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* ReclusiveArtist: Xavier Pritchett, who voiced the titular character seemingly vanished off the face of the earth after the series ended in 2004, and his current status and whereabouts are unknown.
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* CanonDiscontinuity: As mentioned above, Nickelodeon has chosen to remove ''Little Bill'' from the timeline of Nick animated shows.
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** In 2022, Nickelodeon Animation Studio posted a timeline of its original series. Barring miniseries, spin-offs, and DreamWorks shows, ''Little Bill'' is the only original show not included, confirming the suspicion that the show has been removed from Nickelodeon canon.

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** In 2022, Nickelodeon Animation Studio posted a timeline of its original series. Barring miniseries, spin-offs, and DreamWorks [=DreamWorks=] shows, ''Little Bill'' is the only original show not included, confirming the suspicion that the show has been removed from Nickelodeon canon.
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* CreatorBacklash: [[OvershadowedByControversy Due to the controversies surrounding creator Bill Cosby,]] Nickelodeon has been trying to erase ''Little Bill'' from their history. The show was removed from reruns in early 2014 and hasn't been seen since, Nick Jr. never mentions or references the show on social media, and it is currently the only "classic" Nick Jr. show not available to stream on Paramount+. They've even gone as far as removing the show from past schedules.
** In 2022, Nickelodeon Animation Studio posted a timeline of its original series. Barring miniseries, spin-offs, and DreamWorks shows, ''Little Bill'' is the only original show not included, confirming the suspicion that the show has been removed from Nickelodeon canon.
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* KidsMealToy: Subway sold a set of four toys in 2000; there was a figure of Little Bill with a snap-on spacesuit, Little Bill and Captain Brainstorm in the Brainstar, a plush of Elephant the Hamster, and the Super-Fast Hyper Spinner.
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** ''Little Bill'' is notably the only in-house animated series from Nick Jr. that has never been available to stream on Creator/ParamountPlus or the [[Creator/{{Noggin}} Noggin app]]. It's luckily still on Vudu, iTunes, and Amazon on a pay-per-episode basis, but probably only until the latest rights deal runs out.
* KidsMealToy: Subway sold a set of four toys in 2000; there was a figure of Little Bill with a snap-on spacesuit, Little Bill and Captain Brainstorm in the Brainstar, a plush of Elephant the Hamster, and the Super-Fast Hyper Spinner.

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** ''Little Bill'' is notably the only in-house animated series from Nick Jr. that has never been available to stream on Creator/ParamountPlus or the [[Creator/{{Noggin}} Noggin app]]. It's luckily An incomplete collection of episodes is still on Vudu, iTunes, and Amazon on a pay-per-episode basis, but probably only until the latest rights deal runs out.
* KidsMealToy: Subway sold a set ** Eight of four toys in 2000; there was a figure of Little Bill with a snap-on spacesuit, Little Bill the show's segments -- "The Treasure Hunt," "The Best Way to Play," "Zoopity Zoo," "The Ring Bear," "Number One on Honeywood Street," "Baseball Glovers," "Private Time," and Captain Brainstorm in "Never" -- have never received an official home release, so the Brainstar, a plush of Elephant the Hamster, and the Super-Fast Hyper Spinner.only way to watch them is from low-quality home recordings shared online.
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* KidsMealToy: Subway sold a set of four toys in 2000; there was a figure of Little Bill with a snap-on spacesuit, Little Bill and Captain Brainstorm in the Brainstar, a plush of Elephant the Hamster, and the Super-Fast Hyper Spinner.
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* AdoredByTheNetwork: Formerly; this show was a staple on Creator/{{Noggin}} and Creator/NickJr in the mid-2000s and early 2010s. Creator/BillCosby's sexual assault accusations coming to light caused the show to be dropped in early 2014 and it hasn't been seen since.

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* AdoredByTheNetwork: Formerly; this show was a staple on Creator/{{Noggin}} and Creator/NickJr in the mid-2000s mid-to-late 2000s and very early 2010s. Creator/BillCosby's sexual assault accusations coming to light caused the show to be dropped in early 2014 and it hasn't been seen since.
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* BuryYourArt: Since the career-ending accusations against Cosby, Nickelodeon has gone out of its way to erase every trace of the show's existence. The network has [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200921235729/https://www.twitter.com/nickandmore/status/1308193556494987264 removed the show from archived schedules]] and excluded it from [[https://web.archive.org/web/20221028213026/https://twitter.com/NickAnimation/status/1585964854946529281 its "complete" timeline of Nickelodeon animated series.]]

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* BuryYourArt: Since the career-ending accusations against Cosby, Nickelodeon Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} has gone out of its their way to erase every trace of the show's existence. The network has [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200921235729/https://www.twitter.com/nickandmore/status/1308193556494987264 removed the show from archived schedules]] and excluded it from [[https://web.archive.org/web/20221028213026/https://twitter.com/NickAnimation/status/1585964854946529281 its the "complete" timeline of Nickelodeon animated series.]]
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* BuryYourArt: Since the career-ending accusations against Cosby, Nickelodeon has gone out of its way to erase every trace of the show's existence. The network even [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200921235729/https://www.twitter.com/nickandmore/status/1308193556494987264 removed the show from archived schedules]] and excluded the show from [[https://web.archive.org/web/20221028213026/https://twitter.com/NickAnimation/status/1585964854946529281 its "complete" timeline of Nickelodeon animated series.]]

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* BuryYourArt: Since the career-ending accusations against Cosby, Nickelodeon has gone out of its way to erase every trace of the show's existence. The network even has [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200921235729/https://www.twitter.com/nickandmore/status/1308193556494987264 removed the show from archived schedules]] and excluded the show it from [[https://web.archive.org/web/20221028213026/https://twitter.com/NickAnimation/status/1585964854946529281 its "complete" timeline of Nickelodeon animated series.]]

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