Line #53 Trivia/Nicktoons


1	* ExiledFromContinuity:
2	** Characters from ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' are not included in any current Nicktoons merchandise, due to the merchandising rights being with Disney following their purchase of the show and its' studio in 1995.
3	** As mentioned on the main page, all three of the Creator/DreamWorksAnimation shows have been excluded from Nick's post-2016 lists and retrospectives. They were produced at Nick Animation Studio and Viacom owns half the copyright to them, so Nick rightfully called them official Nicktoons while they were airing. Then [[ScrewedByTheLawyers The Lawyers]] stepped in: [=DreamWorks=] stopped licensing its characters to Nick in 2016, when the company was acquired by Creator/{{NBCUniversal}} and ended its partnership with Viacom.
4	** ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' characters never appear on merchandise and are hardly ever shown in [=NickSplat=] promotions as Nick has lost the rights to most of the show's one-shot segments and music videos, making it difficult for it to air in reruns or get any form of home media release without any major edits- they most likely don't want to promote too much of a show that they can barely air anymore. Funko had the show listed in a poll of possible Nick shows for them to make Funko Pop figures of in March 2018, suggesting that Nick might be interested in releasing merchandise for the show.
5	** There was a brief period where ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'' was this, due to the actions of Creator/JohnKricfalusi.
6	** Many of the “disputed” Nicktoons are considered disputed due to this trope, as Nickelodeon may or may not officially acknowledge them.
7	* TakeThat: The VanityPlate for Games Animation (now Nickelodeon Animation Studios) has Stimpy dressed as a [[VisualPun milkman]] in response to Creator/JohnKricfalusi exclaiming that the network will milk the cartoon for all its worth following his termination due to ScheduleSlip and general production issues. Doubles towards SelfDeprecation for themselves.
8	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
9	** ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasInTattertown'' was made for the network and was meant to be the pilot to a show called ''Tattertown'', but the show was scrapped due to Creator/RalphBakshi feeling the short had no potential for a continuation. It's mentioned here because had Bakshi gone through with the original plan, it, not ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'', would've been the first Nicktoon. That said, the short was still successful enough to convince the network to keep going.
10	** ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' was proposed to be a Nicktoon, but was turned down, and it later made it to Creator/CartoonNetwork. Something similar happened to ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'', which ended up on Creator/DisneyChannel. Even ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' was proposed as a Nicktoon before being released on home video because Nickelodeon “wasn’t interested in computer animated shows”. Other scrapped Nicktoon pilots weren’t so lucky... these abandoned shows include ''Constant Payne'', ''The Modifyers'', ''Skeleton Key'', ''The Crowville Chronicles'' (by Creator/CosgroveHall, who made another dropped Nicktoon known only as ''Trash''), and ''The Weasel Patrol'' (based on an extremely obscure adult comic book).
11	** Notably, the ''Big Beast Quintet'' channel ID was supposed to be made into a full Nicktoon, but this did not come to be. The pilot episode to ''Stewey the Dog Boy'' was placed into ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'' (it and the other anthology shows are a goldmine of Nicktoon candidate also-rans) AFTER the series was rejected.
12	** Joey Ahlbum, the animator for many a Nick Channel ID in the 1980s pitched [[https://youtu.be/vTcfw1gDh0E Thunder Lizards]] in 1990 as a potential Nicktoon. It never got past the pilot.
13	** ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'' was initially pitched to Nickelodeon, but creator Danny Antonucci decided to shop it to Creator/CartoonNetwork instead after Nickelodeon demanded full creative control.
14	** ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' was [[https://maxwellatoms.tumblr.com/post/658098016444661760/did-you-ever-pitch-billy-and-mandy-to-nickelodeon initially pitched to Nickelodeon]], but it was turned down since it featured the [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]] as a main character.
15	** ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyOnes'' was pitched to Nickelodeon back in 2013. It was instead picked up by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation in 2016 and came out on Creator/{{Hulu}} and Creator/{{Peacock}} in 2020.
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17	!!Trivia pages for works within the franchise:
18	[[index]]
19	* ''Trivia/AaahhRealMonsters''
20	* ''Trivia/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius''
21	** ''Trivia/PlanetSheen''
22	* ''Trivia/TheAngryBeavers''
23	* ''Trivia/AsToldByGinger''
24	* ''Trivia/AvatarTheLastAirbender''
25	** ''Trivia/TheLegendOfKorra''
26	* ''Trivia/BackAtTheBarnyard''
27	* ''Trivia/{{Breadwinners}}''
28	* ''Trivia/BunsenIsABeast''
29	* ''Trivia/CatDog''
30	* ''Trivia/{{Catscratch}}''
31	* ''Trivia/ChalkZone''
32	* ''Trivia/DannyPhantom''
33	* ''Trivia/{{Doug}}''
34	* ''Trivia/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera''
35	* ''Trivia/FanboyAndChumChum''
36	* ''Trivia/TheFairlyOddParents''
37	* ''Trivia/GlitchTechs''
38	* ''Trivia/HarveyBeaks''
39	* ''Trivia/HeyArnold''
40	* ''Trivia/InvaderZim''
41	* ''Trivia/ItsPony''
42	* ''Trivia/KaBlam''
43	** ''Trivia/ActionLeagueNow''
44	* ''Trivia/TheLoudHouse''
45	** ''Trivia/TheCasagrandes''
46	* ''Trivia/MakingFiends''
47	* ''Trivia/TheMightyB''
48	* ''Trivia/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot''
49	* ''Trivia/PigGoatBananaCricket''
50	* ''Trivia/PinkyMalinky''
51	* ''Trivia/TheRenAndStimpyShow''
52	* ''Trivia/RobotAndMonster''
53	* ''Trivia/RocketPower''
54	* ''Trivia/RockosModernLife''
55	* ''Trivia/{{Rugrats}}'' (original series)
56	** ''Trivia/AllGrownUp''
57	** ''Trivia/{{Rugrats\|2021}}'' (reboot)
58	* ''Trivia/SanjayAndCraig''
59	* ''Trivia/SpongeBobSquarePants''
60	** ''Trivia/KampKoral''
61	** ''Trivia/ThePatrickStarShow''
62	* ''Trivia/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\|2012}}''
63	** ''Trivia/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''
64	* ''Trivia/TUFFPuppy''
65	* ''Trivia/WelcomeToTheWayne''
66	* ''Trivia/TheWildThornberrys''
67	* ''Trivia/WinxClub''
68	* ''Trivia/TheXs''

Context Trivia / Nicktoons