History WesternAnimation / SanjayAndCraig

* NoseNuggets: Sanjay picks his nose, pulls out a strand of snot and wipes it on the floor in the backseat of his family's car in the episode "D.I.N.K". Sanjay and Hector also both mention in other episodes their affinity for eating their own boogers.

* LivingProp: There are several recognizable kid characters that show up in background roles and crowd scenes every now nd then. The most common ones include a redheaded girl in a light pink dress and purple boots, and a ginger-haired boy who wears a green shirt. Both the two kids are unnamed, and notably make an appearance in the episode "Muscle C.O.P.S.", at the beginning of the episode.

* ABoyAndHisX: Snake in this case.

Created by Jim Dirschberger, Andreas Trolf, and Jay Howell -- the latter of which designed the characters for ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' -- ''Sanjay and Craig'' is an extremely underrated Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} cartoon (and the 33rd entry in Nickelodeon's well-known Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} series) about a 12-year-old boy named Sanjay Patel (Maulik Pancholy), his talking pet snake named Craig Slithers (Chris Hardwick), their parents Vijay[[note]]owner of an electronics store called "The Close-Out Blow-Out Depot", played by Kunal Nayyar.[[/note]] and Darlene[[note]]a nurse and surgeon who works at a local hospital, played by none other than Creator/GreyDeLisle.[[/note]], and the trouble they get into at suburban town of Lundgren. ([[Creator/DolphLundgren Take a guess at who the founder is...]]) Other major characters include Sanjay and Craig's idol, movie star Remington Tufflips (Chris D'Elia, [[AlanSmithee credited in the credits as Remington Tufflips]]), Sanjay's goofball friend, Hector Flanagan (Matt L. Jones), his crush, Belle Pepper (Creator/NikaFutterman), Megan Sparkles (Creator/LindaCardellini), an overachieving, kind-hearted girl who has a crush on Sanjay, Craig's long-lost brother, Ronnie Slithers (Creator/NolanNorth), and Sam Lastnamè, a girl introduced in Season 2 [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter who hardly does anything.]]

Created by Jim Dirschberger, Andreas Trolf, and Jay Howell -- the latter of which designed the characters for ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' -- ''Sanjay and Craig'' is an extremely underrated Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} cartoon (and the 33rd entry in Nickelodeon's well-known Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} series) about a 12-year-old boy named Sanjay Pate; (Maulik Pancholy), his talking pet snake named Craig Slithers (Chris Hardwick), their parents Vijay[[note]]owner of an electronics store called "The Close-Out Blow-Out Depot", played by Kunal Nayyar.[[/note]] and Darlene[[note]]a nurse and surgeon who works at a local hospital, played by none other than Creator/GreyDeLisle.[[/note]], and the trouble they get into at suburban town of Lundgren. ([[Creator/DolphLundgren Take a guess at who the founder is...]]) Other major characters include Sanjay and Craig's idol, movie star Remington Tufflips (Chris D'Elia, [[AlanSmithee credited in the credits as Remington Tufflips]]), Sanjay's goofball friend, Hector Flanagan (Matt L. Jones), his crush, Belle Pepper (Creator/NikaFutterman), Megan Sparkles (Creator/LindaCardellini), an overachieving, kind-hearted girl who has a crush on Sanjay, Craig's long-lost brother, Ronnie Slithers (Creator/NolanNorth), and Sam Lastnamè, a girl introduced in Season 2 [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter who hardly does anything.]]

* YouMeanXMas: The 2015 Christmas Special entitled "Huggle Day", despite Craig mentioning the actual holiday in "Bike-O Psycho" and Even dressed like a Christmas Tree in "Heartyface".

* WidgetSeries: It's definitely one of the strangest Nicktoons you can find, and that's saying a lot! see WorldOfWeirdness below.

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: In "Flip Flopas" after eating tons of inedible things Sanjay, Craig and Hector have [[BalloonBelly balloon bellies]], but Megan doesn't.

* LittleBoySeeksBigGirl: Sanjay (12 years-old) has a crush on Belle Pepper (15 years-old).

Created by Jim Dirschberger, Andreas Trolf, and Jay Howell -- the latter of which designed the characters for ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' -- ''Sanjay and Craig'' is an extremely underrated Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} cartoon (and the 33rd entry in Nickelodeon's well-known Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} series) about a 12-year-old boy named Sanjay Pate; (Maulik Pancholy), his talking pet snake named Craig Slithers (Chris Hardwick), their parents Vijay[[note]]owner of an electronics store called "The Close-Out Blow-Out Depot", played by Kunal Nayyar.[[/note]] and Darlene[[note]]a nurse and surgeon who works at a local hospital, played by none other than Creator/GreyDeLisle.[[/note]], and the trouble they get into at suburban town of Lundgren. ([[Creator/DolphLundgren Take a guess at who the founder is...]]) Other major characters include Sanjay and Craig's idol, movie star Remington Tufflips (Chris D'Elia, [[AlanSmithee credited in the credits as Remington Tufflips]]), Sanjay's goofball friend, Hector Flanagan (Matt L. Jones), his crush, Belle Pepper (Creator/NikaFutterman), Megan Sparkles (Creator/LindaCardellini), an overachieving, kind-heated girl who has a crush on Sanjay, Craig's long-lost brother, Ronnie Slithers (Creator/NolanNorth), and Sam Lastnamè, a girl introduced in Season 2 [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter who hardly does anything.]]

Created by Jim Dirschberger, Andreas Trolf, and Jay Howell -- the latter of which designed the characters for ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' -- ''Sanjay and Craig'' is an extremely underrated Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} cartoon (and the 33rd entry in Nickelodeon's well-known Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} series) about a 12-year-old boy named Sanjay Pate; (Maulik Pancholy), his talking pet snake named Craig Slithers (Chris Hardwick), their parents Vijay[[note]]owner of an electronics store called "The Close-Out Blow-Out Depot", played by Kunal Nayyar.[[/note]] and Darlene[[note]]a nurse and surgeon who works at a local hospital, played by none other than Creator/GreyDeLisle.[[/note]], and the trouble they get into at suburban town of Lundgren. ([[Creator/DolphLundgren Take a guess at who the founder is...]]) Other major characters include his Sanjay's goofball friend, Hector Flanagan, his crush, Belle Pepper, Megan Sparkles, an overachieving, kind-heated girl who has a crush on Sanjay, Craig's long-lost brother, Ronnie Slithers, and Sam Lastnamè, a girl introduced in Season 2 [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter who hardly does anything.]]

-->The ThemeTune, [[ExpositoryThemeTune which explains what the show is about]]

Created by Jim Dirschberger, Andreas Trolf, and Jay Howell -- the latter of which designed the characters for ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' -- ''Sanjay and Craig'' is an extremely underrated Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} cartoon - the 33rd entry in Nickelodeon's well-known Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} series - about a 12-year-old boy named Sanjay Pate; (Maulik Pancholy), his talking pet snake named Craig Slithers (Chris Hardwick), their parents Vijay[[note]]owner of an electronics store called "The Close-Out Blow-Out Depot", played by Kunal Nayyar.[[/note]] and Darlene[[note]]a nurse and surgeon who works at a local hospital, played by none other than Creator/GreyDeLisle.[[/note]], and the trouble they get into at suburban town of Lundgren. ([[Creator/DolphLundgren Take a guess at who the founder is...]]) Other major characters include his Sanjay's goofball friend, Hector Flanagan, his crush, Belle Pepper, Megan Sparkles, an overachieving, kind-heated girl who has a crush on Sanjay, Craig's long-lost brother, Ronnie Slithers, and Sam Lastnamè, a girl introduced in Season 2 [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter who hardly does anything.]]

Despite starting out with decent ratings (that admittingly dwindled as time went on), the series got a mixed reception and is considered a black sheep in the Nicktoons franchise as it was commonly criticized by half, if not most, of the online animation community (Mostly for its EarlyInstallmentWeirdness) for its [[OutOfCharacterMoment poor]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter characterizations]], the animation [[{{Narm}} being]] [[UncannyValley a little]] [[OffModel too awkward and crude]], [[SadistShow some of the episodes being mean-spirited]], and for being [[GrossoutShow too gross]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 compared]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse to]] [[WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne other]] [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks modern]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Nicktoons.]] [[GrowingTheBeard Seasons 2 and 3 attempted (and mostly succeeded) to fix most of these problems,]] [[NeverLiveItDown but even then some viewers refused to give it another chance]] That said, while it didn't catch on, the show does have a very small, yet very caring fanbase that hopes that one day the series will be fully VindicatedByHistory.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In "Day of the Snake" Sanjay tastes an extremely volatile drop of wing sauce, causing his tongue to turn to ash and fall apart revealing a bone frame. Later on Craig milks an obviously male falcon with an ''udder''.* AsHimself:

Despite starting out with decent ratings (that admittingly dwindled as time went on), the series got a mixed reception and is considered a black sheep in the Nicktoons franchise as it was commonly criticized by half, if not most, of the online animation community (Mostly for its EarlyInstallmentWeirdness) for its [[OutOfCharacterMoment poor]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter characterizations]], the animation [[{{Narm}} being]] [[UncannyValley a little]] [[OffModel too awkward and crude]], [[SadistShow some of the episodes being mean-spirited]], and for being [[GrossoutShow too gross]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 compared]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse to]] [[WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne other]] [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks modern]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Nicktoons.]] [[GrowingTheBeard Seasons 2 and 3 attempted (and mostly succeeded) to fix most of these problems,]] [[NeverLiveItDown but even then some viewers refused to give it another chance]] That said, while it didn't catch on, the show did have a very small, yet very caring fanbase that hopes that one day the series will be fully VindicatedByHistory.

* AsHimself:
** Creator/DolphLundgren, who first appeared in the Season 3 special, "Huggle Day".
** There's also [[Series/DoubleDare1986 Marc Summers and John Harvey]] in Season 1's "Trouble Dare".
** [[Series/NickelodeonGuts Mike O'Malley and Moira Quirk]] in Season 3's "G.U.T.S. Busters".
* AscendedExtra: Chicken Chuck started off as a background character during Season 1. It wasn't until the episode "Hot Sauce Boss" when he was given actual character as a longtime friend of Penny's. Since then, he became a recurring character throughout the rest of the show with a somewhat messed up backstory.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: In "Day of the Snake" Sanjay tastes an extremely volatile drop of wing sauce, causing his tongue to turn to ash and fall apart revealing a bone frame. Later on Craig milks an obviously male falcon with an ''udder''.

Created by Jim Dirschberger, Andreas Trolf, and Jay Howell -- the latter of which designed the characters for ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' -- ''Sanjay and Craig'' is an extremely underrated Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} cartoon - the 33rd entry in Nickelodeon's well-known Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} series - about a 12-year-old boy named Sanjay Pate; (Maulik Pancholy), his talking pet snake named Craig Slithers (Chris Hardwick), their parents Vijay[[note]]owner of an electronics store called "The Close-Out Blow-Out Depot", played by Kunal Nayyar.[[/note]] and Darlene[[note]]a nurse and surgeon who works at a local hospital, played by none other than [[Creator/Grey DeLisle]].[[/note]], and the trouble they get into at suburban town of Lundgren. ([[Creator/DolphLundgren Take a guess at who the founder is...]]) Other major characters include his Sanjay's goofball friend, Hector Flanagan, his crush, Belle Pepper, Megan Sparkles, an overachieving, kind-heated girl who has a crush on Sanjay, Craig's long-lost brother, Ronnie Slithers, and Sam Lastnamè, a girl introduced in Season 2 [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter who hardly does anything.]]

Okay, so here's the pitch. It's the adventures of a kid and his talking pet snake. Not good enough for you? Well, how about we bring in the creators of the surreal 90s sitcom ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' and the man behind a {{nightmare fuel}}-filled dark comedy called ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'' as key producers? Oh, I see we've got your attention.

Despite starting out with decent ratings (that admittingly dwindled as time went on), the series got a mixed reception and is considered a black sheep in the Nicktoons franchise as it was commonly criticized by half, if not most, of the online animation community (Mostly for it's EarlyInstallmentWeirdness) for its [[OutOfCharacterMoment poor]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter characterizations]], the animation [[{{Narm}} being]] [[UncannyValley a little]] [[OffModel too awkward and crude]], [[SadistShow some of the episodes being mean-spirited]], and for being [[GrossoutShow too gross]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 compared]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse to]] [[WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne other]] [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks modern]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Nicktoons.]] [[GrowingTheBeard Seasons 2 and 3 attempted (and mostly succeeded) to fix most of these problems,]] [[NeverLiveItDown but even then some viewers refused to give it another chance]] That said, while it didn't catch on, the show did have a very small, yet very caring fanbase that hopes that one day the series will be fully VindicatedByHistory.

* ToiletHumor: Very common in the first season, not so much in later seasons. GrowingTheBeard at it's finest.

* OffModel: This show is quite infamous for it. The look and quality of this series waffles between a 1980s Creator/HannaBarbera/[[DiC Creator/DiCEntertainment]] cartoon and a 2010s Creator/CartoonNetwork show depending on the scene. Doesn't help that it was animated at Creator/{{Saerom}}. (Which is known for having animation that is both [[WesternAnimation/WeBareBears good]] and [[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer bad.]])

* OffModel: This show is quite infamous for it. The look and quality of this series waffles between a 1980s Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon and a 2010s Creator/CartoonNetwork show depending on the scene. Doesn't help that it was animated at Creator/{{Saerom}}. (Which is known for having animation that is both [[WesternAnimation/WeBareBears good]] and [[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer bad.]])

%% 1: Harvey Beaks, The Loud House and Welcome to the Wayne are just as light-hearted as Sanjay and Craig, dunno about Korra though since all five of those shows could be considered more lighthearted than that one. 2: there are quite a number of adults who do like this show (just check out instagram and tumblr), 3: "raunchy" means it's adult-humored, I think the word you're looking for is "crude", 4: it's just as mixed among kids as it was adults as shown here: https://cutie-tabootie.tumblr.com/search/sanjay%20and%20craig and 5: Stop making it out like EVERYONE and their mother hates this show, seriously!
%% I don't want it to seem like it's popular when it's not though, so I wanted this description you crafted here to be completely fair and accurate; have a nice day/night wherever you are.

Created by Jim Dirschberger, Andreas Trolf, and Jay Howell -- the latter of which designed the characters for ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' -- ''Sanjay and Craig'' is an extremely underrated Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} cartoon - the 33rd entry in Nickelodeon's well-known Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} series - about a 12-year-old boy named Sanjay Pate; (Maulik Pancholy), his talking pet snake named Craig Slithers (Chris Hardwick), their parents Vijay[[note]]owner of an electronics store called "The Close-Out Blow-Out Depot", played by Kunal Nayyar.[[/note]] and Darlene[[note]]a nurse and surgeon who works at a local hospital, played by none other than [[Creator/Grey DeLisle]].[[/note]], and the trouble they get into at suburban town of Lundgren. ([[Creator/DolphLundgren Take a guess at who the founder is...]]) Other major characters include his Sanjay's goofball friend, Hector Flanagan, his crush, Belle Pepper, Megan Sparkles, an overachieving, kind-heated girl, Craig's long-lost brother, Ronnie Slithers, and Sam Lastnamè, a girl introduced in Season 2 [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter who hardly does anything.]]

Despite starting out with decent ratings (that admittingly dwindled as time went on), the series got a mixed reception and is considered a one of the black sheep in the Nicktoons franchise as it was commonly criticized by half, if not most, of the online animation community (Mostly for it's EarlyInstallmentWeirdness) for its [[OutOfCharacterMoment poor]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter characterizations]], the animation [[{{Narm}} being]] [[UncannyValley a little]] [[OffModel too awkward and crude]], [[SadistShow some of the episodes being mean-spirited]], and for being [[GrossoutShow too gross]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 compared]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse to]] [[WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne other]] [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks modern]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Nicktoons.]] [[GrowingTheBeard Seasons 2 and 3 attempted (and mostly succeeded) to fix most of these problems,]] [[NeverLiveItDown but even then some viewers refused to give it another chance]] That said, the show did have a very small, yet very caring fanbase that hopes that one day the series will be fully VindicatedByHistory.

Despite starting out with decent ratings (that admittingly dwindled as time went on), the series got a mixed reception and is considered a black sheep in the Nicktoons franchise (but not the only one) as it was commonly criticized by half, if not most, of the online animation community (Mostly for it's EarlyInstallmentWeirdness) for its [[OutOfCharacterMoment poor]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter characterizations]], the animation [[{{Narm}} being]] [[UncannyValley a little]] [[OffModel too awkward and crude]], [[SadistShow some of the episodes being mean-spirited]], and for being [[GrossoutShow too gross]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 compared]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse to]] [[WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne other]] [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks modern]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Nicktoons.]] [[GrowingTheBeard Seasons 2 and 3 attempted (and mostly succeeded) to fix most of these problems,]] [[NeverLiveItDown but even then some viewers refused to give it another chance]] That said, the show did have a very small, yet very caring fanbase that hopes that one day the series will be fully VindicatedByHistory.

Despite starting out with decent ratings (that admittingly dwindled as time went on), the series got a mixed reception and is considered a black sheep in the Nicktoons franchise as it was commonly criticized by half, if not most, of the online animation community (Mostly for it's EarlyInstallmentWeirdness) for its [[OutOfCharacterMoment poor]] [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter characterizations]], the animation [[{{Narm}} being]] [[UncannyValley a little]] [[OffModel too awkward and crude]], [[SadistShow some of the episodes being mean-spirited]], and for being [[GrossoutShow too gross]] [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 compared]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse to]] [[WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTheWayne other]] [[WesternAnimation/HarveyBeaks modern]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Nicktoons.]] [[GrowingTheBeard Seasons 2 and 3 attempted (and mostly succeeded) to fix most of these problems,]] [[NeverLiveItDown but even then some viewers refused to give it another chance]] That said, the show did have a very small, yet very caring fanbase that hopes that one day the series will be fully VindicatedByHistory.