The Young People's Satellite Network (1979-1980)[]
The camera zooms in at a table with a nickelodeon at the top. Then, we see a boy putting his eyes on a pair of goggles. The camera fades to the first Nickelodeon logo, which shows a man looking at a nickelodeon machine on top of the N.
Nickelodeon Mime (1980-1981)[]
We see a mime performing an act. The text "Nickelodeon" in the font used in the show "Pinwheel" appears one way or another.
Variants[]
As this appears between the programming, Nickelodeon switched around the acts that the mime does, at various lengths depending on how long it took for Nickelodeon to start the next program. Some found variants include:
- The mime taking off his hat and making a funny face with the text fading in. Then the picture shrinks onto the magazine. Afterwards, the mime pulls down the magazine, winking at us once his head is visible. Then, he resumes reading it.
- The mime doing tricks with his eyes, with the text fading in on his hat.
- The mime's hat with his hand hiding under the hat. His fingers rise the hat to wave, and after the text fades in, sets the hat down.
- Another variant involves the mime finding a broom, putting his hat onto it, and dancing with it. The text fades in when he starts dancing.
Silver Ball in the Air (Neon City) (1981-1985)[]
A silver ball is seen moving to the viewer on a black background (with maroon on the bottom). It flashes and turns black with flashing neon effects inside the ball. Another ball looking the same appears next to it on the left, which then shows a sparkly neon area where the 2 balls are moving to the back which another one appears on the left of the 1st ball. Then it cuts to the top with the sparkly neon intact and another ball appears on the bottom. Then it goes back to the normal camera angle it started off with the balls moving, and 2 more balls are on the left and right which then all form a line as they speed through a sparkly neon city. It then goes to a black background and all 6 balls form into one big ball which turns out to be the silver ball with neon lines inside it, then the word "NiCKELODEON" spinning to it.
Silver Ball in the Air (Buffalo Nickel) (1981-1985)[]
We see a buffalo nickel on a live action pavement as a bike passes by. Then a human hand picks up the buffalo nickel and flicks it which turns into the usual silver ball and sky background. The silver ball opens up to reveal a fish bowl, which then opens up to reveal a mirrored ball with a fiddler juggling, and this continues to form our planet earth, footage of a motorway, footage of sky, a snow globe and then the Silver Ball again, which flashes as usual with the neon lines inside and the word "NiCKELODEON" spinning to it.
Silver Ball Paint (1981-1985)[]
Just the Nickelodeon logo swooping down in front of cups of paint.
Silver Ball Circles (1981-1985, 2006-2009)[]
The word "Nickelodeon" turns into colorful balls and forms circles. Then they disappear and silver balls form a circle as the Nickelodeon logo appears.
Silver Ball Squeeze (1981-1985)[]
The rainbow-colored "Nickelodeon" text squashes, squeezes, and twists, then ties itself into a knot as the Nickelodeon logo appears.
Silver Ball Arcade (1981-1985): A kid puts a quarter into an arcade machine. The silver ball appears in the game (a game resembling Space Invaders,) stunning the kid. The silver ball avoids the enemies and pretty soon, turns them all into silver balls, and the Nickelodeon logo appears.
Silver Ball Roller Skates (1981-1985): In a black room, a blonde girl wearing a pink suit and blue pants spins around on roller skates. A close up of her feet are shown. Several more people’s roller skates are shown, and then more kids: a yellow shirted boy, a red shirted boy, and a black haired girl wearing a blue too and pink pants roller skate with her. The silver ball from the IDs follows them. They skate around it. It follows them again, and the blonde girl kicks it, before they skate around it again. The yellow shirted boy does a twist, another close up of the ball is shown, and the blonde girl spins around. The ball spins with some effects, followed by shots of the kids’ feet, and then they skate by the ball. After that, the ball flies up to the camera, and does it’s usual animation with the “NICKELODEON” text spinning in.
Silver Ball Pinball (1981-1985): We zoom in on a pinball machine in a black room. The ball flies onto it, and starts rolling around the game, going through obstacles, with featured zoom ins on the clown paintings’ faces. After it’s done going through the game, it zooms in and does it’s usual animation, with the “NICKELODEON” text spinning in.
Nick Is Our Name (1983-1985): 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.
Nick Brew (1984-1992): 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 its nose to drink it. Then, we turn around to see that there are Nickelodeon fish in the face.
Top of the Hour (1985-1993): In a living room, we see a TV imprinted by the Nickelodeon ID with various shapes emerging from it, before a parody of Salvador Dali's "Persistence of Memory" appears with several Nickelodeon clocks melting after spinning its hands, then some flying calendars with Nickelodeon on the top of each calendar on a house background changing seasons from possibly summer to winter, then to a 20th Century Fox styled structure with 1985 or 1986 (depending on the year) on the top with the Nickelodeon ID 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 accessories, as well as a Nickelodeon heart beating once, a robot with human ears, an early Nickelodeon haystack ID, 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 into a clown head with eyes moving side to side. Finally, we cut to the same Nickelodeon television with the same objects emitted. There is also a couple in space-like attire as well as a robotic dog watching it, then the Nickelodeon ID 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.
Big Beast Quintet (1985-1993): We see an alligator, bird, rhino with wings for ears, rabbit, and a lizard walking down a street wearing Nickelodeon shirts all mixed up. The gator wears an "EL" shirt, the bird wears a "CK" shirt, the rhino wears an "ON" shirt, the rabbit wears an "ODE" shirt, and the lizard wears an "NI" shirt. Then they change their positions so the shirts spell Nickelodeon correctly, with the bird still in the second position with the "CK" shirt and the rabbit still in the fourth position wearing the "ODE" shirt. The animals gather inside a TV with a face on it as the Nickelodeon shirts merge together to form a rectangle below the animals, the Nickelodeon wordmark flashes, and the animals keep walking down the street.
Variant[]
In a 1994 commercial for Nickelodeon, the animals walk on a globe in space instead of walking down the street, and at the end of the commercial, when they gather into the TV set, they become live-action children.
1984 Era[]
Mouse Patrol (1984-1989): 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 sport distended bellies. As they groan and binge, we zoom out to reveal that the mountain was a block of cheese with the Nickelodeon wordmark carved on it by the mice.
Dog Bone (1984-1991): A blue dog listens to a Nickelodeon phonograph, checks his watch, barks, and says "Time for Nickelodeon". Then, he finds an orange bone and puts the bone in his mouth, and the Nickelodeon wordmark flashes into view on the bone as he holds it with his teeth.
Knock Knock (1984-1993): TBA
Lincoln (1984-1993): 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 wearing a Nickelodeon t-shirt as the presidents say "Nickelodeon!".
Take 50 (1984-1992, 2011, 2017-): 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.
Skating (1984-1992): We see anthropomorphic letters holding top hats and roller skating down a room with signs that say Nickelodeon on it in various shapes. We then see the letters sticking onto an orange wall one at a time forming the Nickelodeon logo on the wall while the letters' top hats are left on the floor. We then see an isolated view of the Nickelodeon logo on the wall and is shown to be a roller skating alley with the two roller skates of the Nickelodeon logo seen on both sides of the wall and a purple roller skate sign above the long orange wall with bright outlined lights seen on the sign.
Easy Groove (1984-1992): 3 guys dressed in yellow suits and pink hats sing in front of a billboard that workers are painting the Nickelodeon logo on.
Sleeping Boy (1984-1992): Starts with a kid asleep on an easy chair. An orange cloud appears with "Nickelodeon" on it. The kid walks through his house to his room with orange Nick clouds appearing in various places. The kid gets in bed as a dream balloon with the Nickelodeon logo appears.
Aliens (1984-1996, 2001, 2017-): Three aliens in a UFO sing a short jingle. Then the UFO lands at a drive-in theater with the Nickelodeon logo on the screen.
Space (1984-1992): We see shadow figures of three children looking into the night sky. A firecracker (which looks like a comet streak) passes by them and we pan up into space, Then the firecracker bounces off of an astronaut, then a satellite, and finally, the moon, who has a very angry look, before it shoots up into the sky, and then explodes into several fireworks. "NICKELODEON" in its familiar font forms. A more common version starts at the firecracker shooting into the sky.
Movie Star (1984-1993): The letters in the Nickelodeon logo atop a dressing room door drop down one by one and sneak around the room until they are spotted with a flashlight in front of a brick wall. They then return to the sign.
Pattycake (1984-1992): We see two female 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.
"Grilled Cheese" Sandwich (October 1984-April 1993): On a white background, a sandwich with orange cheese on a light blue plate slides in from the left. Suddenly, a second later, the sandwich melts and the cheese oozes and leaks out of the bread before the screen pans down to reveal the text "NICKELODEON" on the melted cheese.
Dinosaur (1984-1992): 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 an orange submarine with the Nickelodeon logo on it appears on the bottom of the T-rex. The T-rex cries loudly.
Lizard (1986-1992): On an orange background with the Nickelodeon logo, a lizard chomps the background 8 times. After he’s done, he looks at the logo, and runs off.
Flying TV Creature (1986-1992): We see a purple person channel surfing on a 1960's style TV. A wing-like creature stops near the person and winks at the viewer. 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.
Drain Plug (1986-1992): We see a white man walking until he stops when he sees a drain plug. He puts his hands in and pulls something out:
- Octopus: ...a padlock, but the water rises from the drain plug covering him, and an orange octopus comes and traps him with the “Nickelodeon” logo on the octopus.
- Ship: ...a ship, which he lets go of and panics as the camera zooms out to reveal a “Nickelodeon” logo on the ship.
- Flip: ...and falls into the drain plug, and the drain turns upside down with the man falling on the ground. As he crashes into the ground, he turns orange and the “Nickelodeon” logo appears on himself.
Fish Stage (1986-2003): On a stage with a space background, a big green fish plays the piano with three female green fish singing. A Nickelodeon star is also seen. We zoom out throughout the whole thing. The background becomes a Nickelodeon sun as everyone, including an audience of blue fish, smiles.
Origami (1986-2003): Two hands make an origami duck, black and white object, a fish, mouth, a blue object, a dinosaur which lays an egg, and two pinwheels. At the end, all the objects come together, and the hands scrunch them up all over the place.
Frog (1986-1992): It varies:
- A green frog looking like Michigan J. Frog gets off a green object on a gradient background, singing, using his cane to make the objects turn orange with “Nickelodeon” on them. At the end, the objects turn out to be a crocodile’s eyes, and he eats the frog, but he stops him by lifting his cane between his teeth.
- The frog walks up some stairs, singing, using his cane to bring out orange puffs of smoke reading “Nickelodeon” . At the end, it turns out to be a dragon, who breathes fire on him, but uses an umbrella to stop him.
Nick Writing (1986-1993): A hand writes the green word “Nick” on a notebook, followed by a Nickelodeon scribble forming. More hands write more variations of the word afterwards, including a blue “Nick” , another green “Nick” , a yellow “Nick” , a “Nick” consisting of the words “Nick” , another blue “Nick” , a purple “Nick” , a lime colored “Nick” , and a pink “Nick” , before the Nickelodeon scribble appears again.
Fruits (1986-1993): 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.
Variant[]
A variant exists where it is on a flipbook, but uncolored except for the orange things with the Nickelodeon logo on them. This was possibly filmed when the ID was unfinished.
Main Course (1986-1993): 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 it 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, who sing-screams opera-style with a Nickelodeon banner. The dish is closed harder with a Nickelodeon shaped like a weight.
Anteater (1986-1993): 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.
Mini Golf (1986-1993): We see a golf club hit an orange Nickelodeon golf ball. The ball goes through a course full of obstacles that have signs that read "Nickelodeon" such as an inverted loop, a windmill, winding road, stomping Nickelodeon feet, and finally a hole shaped like a clown and rolls into its mouth.
Dog & Parrot (1986-1992): On a yellow background with a blue floor, a dog and a parrot on a perch are seen. The dog barks, and the parrot says “Nickelodeon!” . They do the same thing again. However, the third time, the parrot barks, and now the dog says “Nickelodeon!” as his ears perk up.
Crunch (1986-1992): A similar concept to “Lizard” . On the same background as that ident, except darker, the crunch thing happens again, except without a lizard. Throughout the black holes appears a duck quacking, a spring, a water splash, a car horn, a piece of food, a chicken clucking, and lastly, a sound wave appearing with the voiceover around the “Nickelodeon” text. A plunger hits the background, sending the text falling.
Transformer (1986-1992): 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.
Orange You Glad (1986-1993): 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.
Doo-Wop-A-Saurus (1987-1993): We see three dinosaurs walking to the beach. They find a T-Rex watching TV next to a Nickelodeon tree and a pterodactyl with a tape player, next to a Nickelodeon cloud. The dinosaur in the middle puts on Nickelodeon sunglasses.
Space Beans (1987-1991): On a space background with the moon in it, five bean-shaped aliens with propeller caps sing a short doo-wop song. As they sing "Nickelodeoooon!", one of them puts on a shirt saying "NICKELODEON" in its corporate font.
Opera Bird (1987-1993): On a gold background, we see an anthropomorphic dog named Louis blowing a horn saying "NICK", a blue cat named Tri-Cat saying "EL", a female Opera Bird singing "OOOO" in an operatic voice, the cat saying "DEE", and a tall boy (nicknamed Gong Boy) hitting a gong with a mallet. Then the words join together making "Nickelodeon" with "ON".
Singing Worms (1987-1994, 2011, 2015-): On a yellow/orange gradient background, we see 3 worms emerge from behind a granny smith apple. From the center, the apple peels, revealing the Nickelodeon logo. The worms all sing and dance.
Worm Feast (1987-1994): On a fancy orange live-action background, we see the "NICKELODEON" text in its famous font. There are 2 worms, then another, then it repeats another time. Then, several small blue worms appear. All the worms move until they form a multicolored "Boom" shape with the text inside. The text transforms into worms, which move in a circle and yell high-pitched gibberish. They collapse and form lines on the background (now without the white text).
Flipbook (1987-1992): A flipbook is arranged. When it opens, it shows an animation of a guy’s hat flying off and becoming an airplane, which becomes a plant, which becomes the guy’s hat again. He smiles.
Bulldog Crew (1987-1992, 2001): In a jungle, a lion barks, then a pink rhino does so too, then a blue crocodile, and a snake. They then sing a doo wop tune as the camera zooms out. “Nickelodeon” appears on a plant above them.
Cereal (May 11, 1987-1992): In a gray environment, a cereal box and a blue bowl are seen. Suddenly, the box is lifted as a brown object sings and dances in a glass. He then goes over to pour the box of cereal into the bowl, then goes back into the box, which transforms into a Nickelodeon cereal box while the cereal bowl collapses and spills.
African Animals (1987-1993): A silhouette of a green elephant walks and trumpets. Then, inside the silhouette of people’s purple legs, we zoom in to a pink leopard. Black crows fly, and finally, a orange rhino with the words “Nickelodeon” on it walks and the background turns to black as it freezes.
Bicycles (1987-1993, 2017): On a black background, a pink girl rides her bike, then a blue boy rides his and spins around saying “Whee!” . A red woman is pulled by her green dogs on a yellow bike, a toddler girl rides her tricycle, a man rides his unicycle, and a father helps his son on his tricycle. A blue delivery man falls over on his bike, then a purple person rides their bike, before finally all the bikes ride by, and off comes a Nickelodeon wheel.
Calling Cades (1987-1994, 2017-): Same as the "Orange You Glad You Got Your Nickelodeon" ID, but the lyrics of the "Big Beast Quintet" ID described above appear on the notebook instead.
Dino Bop (1988-2001, 2017-): 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 lavender dinosaur rides an orange convertible. Many dinosaurs appear around the three sauropods and the Nickelodeon logo appears from a volcano behind them.
Barks (1988-1995): Dogs' heads bark as well as Nickelodeon wolves.
What You Want (1988): We see a pair of hands holding a clapboard and clapping it, saying "Quiet please". Then a cat that looks like Cat from CatDog runs into a blue room and crashes into a camera as we hear a guy saying "NEXT!" He then turns to the left of the room, where there's a desk that a hand wearing a striped shirt is behind, writing on a sheet of paper. He asks, "Name?" The cat says "Mack!" The guy says, "What've you got?" Mack replies, "Whatever you want! Need a new host for Double Dare?" He pulls his nose and changes his face into that of Marc Summers'. The guy says "no". Mack extends the nose and puts his hand down the nostril. He says "Ha ha! I can be an obstacle, too!" He changes back to his normal self as the guy says "We've already got that." Mack says "You got this?" He pulls down a film projector and we go into a black and white scene of a boy petting Mack, in color, who looks like a dog. Mack sings "Lassie!" and scratches the boy. Mack pulls up the projector, back in the room, and the guy says "disgusting!" "Oh, you want disgusting?" Mack asks. "I'll show you disgusting!" He expands like a balloon and explodes, leaving the camera covered with orange clay. The hand wipes away to reveal his face, a Koopa-like character wearing glasses, and says "I like it!" He licks the clay as the scene cuts to show the Nickelodeon splat logo on the wall, and a voiceover says "Nickelodeon: working hard to find what you want."
The Only Network for Kids (1988): Against a white background, a guy who resembles a middle-age version of Bill Nye the Science Guy is shown, as a kid offscreen says "Hey! What're you doing here? You must really like Dennis the Menace, huh?" At this point, we cut to see the guy in greyscale looking like Dennis the Menace. The guy shakes his head. "How about Lassie?" the kid asks, and we see the guy (in color) wearing a fake dog nose and ears. "You like Lassie?" The guy shakes his head again. "Well, you must be a real fan of Mr. Wizard," the kid says, at which the guy is against a black background, wearing safety goggles, with one of those energy ball things. He touches it and receives a static electric shock which messes up his hair. He shakes his head once again. Then we see him against the white background again, wearing Double Dare contestant getup. "Uh, how about Double Dare?" the kid asks. The guy lifts up a baseball mitt only to get an egg thrown at him, and shakes his head. "Looney Tunes?" the kid asks as the guy has an ACME-branded bomb next to him, which explodes and leaves him charred. He shakes his head, and the kid asks "You Can't Do That on Television?" as the guy raises his hands and gets slimed. "Well you're in the wrong place, Pops," the kid says, "because this is Nickelodeon." A Nickelodeon arrow pushes the guy out of the way. "The only network for kids," says the kid as the words appear below the arrow.
Nick is Kids (1990s-Early 2000s): We see the Nickelodeon splat logo pulsating against a purple background. It cuts to dark images of Nick series and stars. Then we see a Nickelodeon oval, and the image blurs. We see more footage. Then we see the Nick splat again, and it stops pulsating. A red-colored circle that reads "is kids" appears below the logo.
Variant[]
A variant exists with the footage of the kids replaced with black and white footage of Nicktoons.
Egg and Spoon (1990-2003): 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 the screen as he swallows the screen and as we see the Nickelodeon logo imprinted on his uvula (the hanging ball in the back of your throat), he makes the low pitched noise again.
Nick is Everyday (1990-1996): On a white background, the words "EVERY DAY" appear and fade out as dancing silhouettes drop down. They disappear as a Nickelodeon sun fades into the center of the screen while it flashes. "MON" to "SUN" appear one by one with an animation corresponding to it. After each animation, the screen fades out and in to the next one. Then the words "NICK", "IS", "EVERY DAY" on purple, green, and blue backgrounds flash by. The Nickelodeon splat logo zooms in. We fade to black and see a green stick figure falling from the top of the screen saying "Nick is every day!"
Song Montage (1993-1999): Against a background reading "Nickelodeon", the three guys from the Easy Groove bumper sing "Nick-nick-nick-nick-na-nick-nick-nick!" next to the parrot from the Dog & Parrot bumper and its Nickelodeon speech bubble. The kid on the Flying TV Monster flies into the screen, revealing the Fruits, the Nicktoons Blob, the Doo-Wop Dinos, and a cowboy with a Nick hat riding a horse all walking by. The tuxedo Frog and an insect type creature wearing a mask and holding 3 tv tubes on sticks stop to dance. A TV set comes into frame as we see the three guys singing again, this time with a purple pterodactyl flying past them. A lizard on a skateboard wearing a shirt strikingly similar to Rocko the wallaby's (but with bones instead of triangles) skates in opposite direction and in the very back of the screen as another lizard with black hair and a tux walks past. Three frogs and a Nick frog appear consecutively as the tux lizard chases them. Then we cut to the Anteater eating in front of a live action street background. The Nicktoons Blob, the Fruits, the fish, and the Doo-Wop Dinos all walk to the left as the background changes to the stop motion dinosaur in front of a TV in space with a Nickelodeon planet on it. Then we see a waiter opening up a dish to show a male Viking with weapons in his hands and screaming with a Nickelodeon banner. The dish is closed with a Nickelodeon shaped anvil. It turns into a Nick teacup that the CGI head from the Nick Brew ID drinks against a cartoon street background. The Nicktoons Blob walks by, and two dogs in blue and green Nick cars bump into each other. We see the three guys again, with the Fruits, the Doo-Wop Dinos, and the cowboy on his horse walk to the right, and the Nickelodeon splat logo above them. The tuxedo Frog again dances as the three guys sing "Nick-nick-nick-nick-na-nick-nick-nick! Nickelodeon!" Then the bumper ends in the style of an old TV turning off.
Nickelodeon Blimp (1991-2003): 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.
Nickelodeon Characters (1991-2007 (primary ident); 2007-present (secondary ident)): There are many.
Nickelodeon Bella & Amadaeus Idents (January 3, 1997-December 12, 2003, February 10, 2004-November 30, 2007, May 1-November 28, 2008, January 5-September 25, 2009)
Variants[]
- 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 Nick 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.
- Doug: Doug Funnie and Porkchop are carrying a Nickelodeon rectangle. Doug drops the rectangle on his foot and Porkchop runs over.
- Hey Arnold: Helga Pataki passes a Nickelodeon ball to the other kids, 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: They chase after a garbage truck and Dog eats all the garbage, leaving them deformed. Cat vomits which forms the Nickelodeon logo.
- SpongeBob: He 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.
- 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.
- 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 Nick rhino, which Donnie is riding the tail of.
- 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 Nick 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, but the Nickelodeon dinosaur's top opens up to reveal Jimmy Neutron and Goddard piloting it.
- Jimmy Neutron #2: The Wild Thornberrys bumper, but the rhino is instead a rocket piloted by Jimmy and Goddard, leaving a trail of orange smoke with the Nick logo on it.
Head on Chair (1991-1995): 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. Afterward, he continues rocking his head.
Anagrams (1992-1995): On a blue and orange flashing 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 oval 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.
Disco Dogs (1992-1995): We see six dogs tugging on a Nickelodeon sheet against a blue and green swirled moving background (ala a disco floor) as it zooms on the Nickelodeon logo. Then three dogs in orange Nickelodeon suits morph out of the sheet and dance. It zooms in on the middle dog as we see the logo on his suit.
Lockers (1992-1995): 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.
Opera (1995-2003): We see a conductor with long hair, glasses, a mustache, and a little beard (Josh Server) on a stage as he uses his baton to start the show. Then it zooms out on a lady with big orange hair that reads Nickelodeon wearing purple (Lori Beth Denberg) 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 from the high mote.
Bones (1992-2003): 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.
Nickelodeon Bumper - Pinch Face
Pinchface (1993-1998): In a very psychedelic, pop art-inspired "room", we see to the right two picture frames with two fists made to look like faces (wearing a hat, some googly eyes, and painted-on "lips") and to the left a picture frame with the Nick logo in it. Two eyes, glasses, dentures and a tie drop down to the middle of the screen and float and bounce around while remaining in place to look like a face. As the colors of the background and even the Nick picture frame continually flash and change throughout the bumper, the fists do the "Nick Nick Nick" section of the Nickelodeon theme, with the Pinchface saying "Nickelodeon" (as it does this, the picture frame reads "Nickelodeon" instead of "Nick"). After the second time the Pinchface says "NickelOOOOOOdeOOOOON", an orange background with "Nickelodeon" on it flashes three times.
Variant[]
At one point, this was used as a sign-off bumper for Nickelodeon. After the face says "Nickelodeon" the second time, it cuts to color bars.
Funky Dance (1992-2003): 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.
Ants (1992-2003): A bunch of ants are on a picnic blanket bloated with all the food eaten (including 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 logos on them. At the end, it zooms out so that we can read the word "Nickelodeon" on the picnic blanket.
Rock Dance (1992-2003): On a black background, we see a Nickelodeon logo, which folds into a white screen covered in little dancing stick figures, 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.
Barnyard (1992-2003): We see all kinds of animals and objects on a toy farm set. At each scene, the Nickelodeon logo is right at the top of the screen in the form of orange clouds. 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 saying "Nick is kids!" followed by a chicken clucking.
Paper Chase (1992-2003): TBA.
Nicktoons Blob (1993-2003, 2004-present): 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 ID were replaced by a 2D Nickelodeon splat.
- On some prints of the Oh Yeah! Cartoons Fairly Odd Parents short "Where's the Wand", the ID starts out normal, but it goes to the the guy transformation. The executive producers' credit (which reads "Executive Producers: Fred Seibert, Larry Huber") appears, then the title card for the short appears.
- When The 90s Are All That became The Splat, the logo made a huge comeback as a bumper. In between the transformations, the Nicktoons logo is replaced by The Splat logo, which is on a pink background with patterns everywhere.
Box (1993-2003): On a blue background with semi-transparent Nickelodeon logos, we see a box with a morphing Nickelodeon logos. The camera then enters the inside of the box. Then a green blob that looks like a mix of Klasky-Csupo's Splaat, the Stretch Films Laughing Mouth, and Slimer from Ghostbusters with a cartoony eye and a realistic eye and flesh-toned funnel-shaped ears emerges from the bottom. The face sees the viewer and it laughs in a weird way. The box suddenly closes and we zoom out.
Eggs (1993-2003): 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 we 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.
Spinning Top (1993-2004): On a black background, an orange spinning top reading "Nickelodeon" spins around until it stops in the middle position.
Flower (1993-2005): On a black background, an orange flower reading "Nickelodeon" blooms and shows its petals.
Windshield (1995-2003): 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.
Cave Drawing (1995-2003): TBA.
Presents (1996-2003): Two human hands open many presents with Nickelodeon logos printed on them. Suddenly, a Nickelodeon blimp flies out and the camera follows the blimp.
Fly Fishing (1996-2003, 2011, 2017-): 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.
Cactus (1996-2011, 2015-): On a crumbled up piece of notebook paper, we see a close up of the Nickelodeon logo shaped like a cactus. We zoom out to reveal a blue turtle who touches it three times.
Abstract (2000-2003): TBA.
Pictograph (2002-2004): TBA.
Dog Spot (2003): Same as the Nickelodeon Movies "Dog Spot" logo, except the Nickelodeon dot is moved to the center, and the small orange dot and the "MOVIES" dot are removed.
Orange Splat (2003-2005): TBA.
The Eyes Have It (October 2005-December 2005): 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.
Origanic Letters (2009-March 12, 2017): See Variants.
Variants[]
- 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 either "nick", or "nickelodeon".
- Spin: On a white background, we see letters from the Nickelodeon logo spinning. They stop and form either the words "nick" or "nickelodeon".
Music/Sounds[]
The Young People's Satellite Network: The clicks of the nickelodeon, and the announcer, Phil Tonken, saying "Introducing... Nickelodeon. Children's programming that's fit for children. 14 hours of programming a day, 7 days a week that will make them 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."
Nickelodeon Mime: Just a rendition of Teresa Brewer's 1950 hit song "Music, Music, Music!".
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."
Silver Ball in the Air (Neon City): A very funky tune with a male singer and female backup singers, and this was the main theme to the channel itself. The lyrics are widely in debate, but go something 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 baaaalllll in the air, See it glllllooooow everywhere! Nickelodeonroundroundandroundherewego! Nickelooodeon!"
Silver Ball in the Air (Silver Coin): A different version of the channel's main theme at the time. The lyrics are also different, going "Look around, we can find; a world of magic! Look around, we can make; the world your friend! Silver baaaalllll in the air, See it glllllooooow everywhere! Nickelodeonroundroundandroundherewego! Nickelooodeon!"
Silver Ball Paint: Just a chorus singing "Nick nick! Nickelodeon!"
Silver Ball Circles: A version of the '80s Nickelodeon theme without vocals.
Silver Ball Squeeze: Same as above, only this time somebody says "Nick" at the beginning.
Silver Ball Arcade: A catchy synth-pop tune, with Pac-Man-esque sound effects.
Silver Ball Roller Skates: An instrumental version of the Nickelodeon theme of the time.
Silver Ball Pinball: Same as above, except electronic.
Nick Is Our Name: A bouncy-type Moog synthesizer tune.
Top of the Hour: First, we hear a part of the Nick theme sung by a quintet of doo-wop singers (Fred Seibert, Alan Goodman, Eugene Pitt, Tom Ponpasello, and Juli Davidson, some of whom are from the 1950s doo-wop group The Jive Five), then we hear scats and drumbeats through the entire bumper until we hear the rest of the same tune used at the beginning. Occasionally, a voice-over (Joe Piasek) is heard throughout the bumper.
Big Beast Quintet: The animals (the voices of The Jive Five) singing "Hon de laud hup hivvel up Nick, Hon de laud hup hivvel up Nick Nick, Hon de rikki tikki lo y living #1 Nickelodeon!".
Mouse Patrol: The mice chattering, along with some adventurous music.
Dog Bone: A 1950s-like instrumental music piece with the dog barking and saying "Time for Nickelodeon", followed by a crunch sound as the dog uses his teeth to grab his bone.
Lincoln: The singing presidents (the voices of The Jive Five).
Take 50: A man saying "Nickelodeon - take 50!", followed by a snippet of the song "Gala Premiere" by Laurie Johnson (heard at the end of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "As Seen on TV"). The man then says "We got it, cut!".
Skating: The wheels of the roller skates turning and the letters (the voices of The Jive Five) singing "Say Hey Say Hi Say Ho" and "Ni-Ni-Nickelodeon" while a sound effect sounding like stamping something on a piece of paper is heard every time a letter sticks to the wall.
Easy Groove: The three guys (three members of The Jive Five) singing.
Sleeping Boy: Whenever the clouds appear, a kid quietly whispers: "Nickelodeon". A soft dreamy string-based tune plays throughout.
Aliens: The aliens (the voices of a guy and two women) sing the following jingle: "It doesn't matter where you are. With Nickelodeon, there you are. Better off by far, Nickelodeon!"
Space: TBA.
Movie Star: The voices of the letters whispering.
Pattycake: A minimal electronic drum beat that ends with a laser sound effect when the silhouettes disappear.
Sandwich: We hear people chatting in the background. We hear the sound of a sandwich being served before a group of children says "Mmm!". When the sandwich begins to melt, we hear them saying "Ew!" with disgusted noises heard in the background (although some of the kids are heard grinning and still saying "Mmm!") and the sandwich melting.
Dinosaur: The T-rex's sounds.
Lizard: A quack, a boing, a splash, an old car horn, a pop, a chicken clucking, and a voice saying “Nick...elodeon!” , followed by an arrow pop and a laugh.
Flying TV Creature: 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 more dramatic tune which is accompanied by flapping wings.
Drain Plug: Tuba music with the man groaning.
- Octopus: Water sounds and the man saying “Oh my!”.
- Ship: Pulling sounds, and the sound of a ship's horn.
- Flip: Falling and crashing sounds.
Fish Stage: A piano tune, with the big green fish (one member of The Jive Five) scatting, and the female green fish (the voices of a three-woman choir) singing “Nickelodeon! Waiting for you. Everyday, Nickelodeon!” .
Origami: Same as "Lizard".
Frog: The frog (one of the voices of The Jive Five) scatting and singing “Nickelodeon” twice in both versions.
Nick Writing: The Jive Five singing the Nickelodeon jingle twice. This jingle was later reused for the 2nd Nickelodeon Movies logo and the Rugrats “swirly object” version of the 1st Nickelodeon Games logo.
Nick Brew: 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.
Fruits: An up-slide whistle as the pineapple peaks out of the fruit bowl, followed by the same as the Orange You Glad ID, then a splat sound as the fruits turn into the splat with the faces of the fruits.
Main Course: The dish opens, the Eskimo singing, the hippo laughing with drum music, the Viking yelling and a loud crashing sound.
Anteater: The anteater grunting, along with slurping when he eats the spaghetti, and ends with a "BURP!".
Mini Golf: A man saying "Shhhh...", followed by pinball type music, cartoon swooshing noises, and kids crying "WHEEE!" and "Yay!" when the ball makes it into the hole.
Dog & Parrot: Just the animals (the voices of two guys) talking.
Crunch: Same as “Lizard” .
Transformer: A bunch of cartoony sound effects.
Orange You Glad: The Jive Five singing what appears on the journal.
Doo-Wop-A-Saurus: Just the dinosaurs singing "I'm here with my friends, Nickelodeon. The song never ends, Nickelodeon!".
Space Beans: The beans singing a short doo-wop song.
Opera Bird: Tuba music in the background, Louis the dog saying "Nick", Tri-Cat saying "el", Opera Bird sings "OOOO", Tri-Cat saying "Dee", a gong sound and everyone (excluding Gong Boy) saying "Nickelodeon".
Singing Worms: The worms all sing a doo-wop tune, ad-libbing "Nick" into the song, ending with "Nickelodeon!".
Worm Feast: A 41-note tune accompanied by high-pitched gibberish, ending with a "pop" sound.
Flipbook: A silent era-esque piano tune.
Bulldog Crew: The animals (the voices of The Jive Five) barking, followed by them singing a doo wop tune, ending with “Nickelodeoooooooon!” .
Cereal: A jazz tune with the object singing.
African Animals: Animal sounds.
Bicycles: The sounds of bicycles and people chattering.
Calling Cades: Same as the "Big Beast Quintet" bumper (five guys singing what appears on the notebook).
Dino Bop: The three sauropods (voiced by three members of The Jive Five) singing a song that sounds like "Orange you glad you got your Nickelodeon".
Barks: Barking/woofing/bowing noises of dogs (including the voice of a guy saying "Arf") and the howling at the end,.
What You Want: The dialogue and sound effects.
The Only Network for Kids: The dialogue and cartoony sound effects.
Nick is Kids: Almost throughout the entire ID, we hear a heartbeat. We also hear an idea/lightbulb sound effect but sounding a bit stuttering. We then hear a man saying "Nick is" and then ambience and little swooshing noises can be heard and then we hear the man again saying the same line and then we hear what sounds like ambiance noise of a door closing several times until a small bang is heard which abruptly stops the heartbeat and then we hear the man saying "kids".
Egg and Spoon: A weird brass theme when the spoon taps 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.
Nick is Everyday: Minimal (that is, low and synthesized) jazz music and the guy saying "Nick is every day!" at the end (Marc Summers from Double Dare.)
Song Montage: The three guys singing, a remix of the Nick jingle, some sitar music, and the guys singing again, as well as sound effects as to what happens in the bumper.
Nickelodeon Blimp: A bunch of drums.
Nickelodeon Characters: Depends. It's usually the theme song of the show, culminating in the familiar Nick jingle, as well as sound effects that correspond to what happens in the bumper. However, the Fairly OddParents bumper does not use the Nick jingle.
Head on Chair: A guy singing "Nick is kids!" and then the familiar Nick jingle, ending with "Nickeloooodeoooon!", and some wind sounds from the mist.
Anagrams: The girls talking with bongos and weird music playing.
Disco Dogs: A girl saying “Do the Nick thing!” followed by dogs barking and girls singing the Nick theme with disco music in the background, ending with the girls singing “On Nick!”.
Lockers: Just the kids chattering and locker doors clanging shut.
Opera: Orchestra tuning up until after the conductor begins the show then the lady sings with an orchestral number in the background.
Bones: Same as the "Ants" logo except with barking from the dog and the tempo is sped up.
Pinchface: A funky-sounding Balkan brass rendition of the Nickelodeon theme. The Pinchface is voiced by veteran voice actor Tom Kenny, best known for voicing the titular character on SpongeBob SquarePants.
Funky Dance: The guy singing the Nickelodeon theme.
Ants: All the ants (in chipmunk-like voices) singing the Nickelodeon theme with a guitar playing in the background.
Rock Dance: A heavy metal jingle plays throughout almost the entire bumper. A voice shouting "Come on now!" and other things, and the people yelling "Nick-Nick-Nick...". At the end, the guy screams "Nick is kids!"
Barnyard: The kids singing and the animal noises with bluegrass twang in the background.
Paper Chase: TBA.
Nicktoons Blob: A hip-hop 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.
Box: A drum-heavy theme, along with some weird giggling for the face.
Eggs: Same as the "Head on Chair" ID.
Spinning Top: None.
Flower: None.
Windshield: The man muttering, along with some splatting sounds.
Cave Drawing: TBA.
Presents: A 1950s-like theme along with a kid saying "Huh?".
Fly Fishing: The fly buzzing, then a short guitar riff.
Cactus: 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" three times.
Abstract: TBA.
Pictograph: TBA.
Dog Spot: Same as the Nickelodeon Movies "Dog Spot" logo.
Orange Splat: TBA.
The Eyes Have It: TBA.
Origamic Letters: It depends on the variant.
Scare Factor[]
The Young People's Satellite Network: Low to medium. The black and white imagery and announcer alongside seizure-inducing flashing may frighten some viewers, but the irony of this logo's narration will also make you laugh. However, this ID is a really fascinating example of early Nickelodeon.
Nickelodeon Mime: Low. The mime could scare some, but this is another fascinating example of early Nickelodeon.
Silver Ball in the Air (Neon City): Low. The neon effects may catch some off-guard, but this ident, along with the other Silver Ball idents, is well remembered to those who grew up from the early era of Nickelodeon.
Silver Ball in the Air (Silver Coin): None.
Silver Ball Paint: None.
Silver Ball Circles: Minimal to low.
Silver Ball Squeeze: Minimal to low. The logo squeezing and getting pulled might put some off.
Silver Ball Arcade: None.
Silver Ball Roller Skates: None.
Silver Ball Pinball: None.
Nick Is Our Name: Minimal to low. It's quite busy, but not too scary.
Top of the Hour: Low. The logo is very busy and hard to describe, but it's still a memorable logo among others.
Big Beast Quintet: None; it's a funny ID, because of the animals wearing the shirts all mixed up at the beginning of the ID, though some may be confused about the singing.
Mouse Patrol: None to minimal, it's pretty cute and humorous.
Knock Knock: None.
Lincoln: None.
Take 50: Minimal, the sudden appearance of the shark may get to some.
Skating: None.
Easy Groove: None.
Sleeping Boy: Low. The boy whispering may be enough to scare some viewers. The music, while relaxing, could also contribute to the scare factor.
Aliens: None.
Space: Minimal.
Movie Star: None to minimal.
Pattycake: None to minimal. The darkness and music might put a few off, but it's harmless.
Grilled Cheese: Low to medium. The green look of the sandwich and the cheese oozing out might disgust a fair amount of people.
Dinosaur: None to low. The T-rex's sounds might get to some first time viewers.
Lizard: Minimal. The sounds that accompany the lizard eating the background might get to a few people, but it's pretty funny.
Flying TV Creature: Low, mainly due to the weird creature.
Drain Plug: Low. The sounds may be enough to frighten young people, but it's pretty comedic nevertheless.
Fish Stage: None.
Origami: None to minimal; the reused sounds from the Lizard ident may surprise some.
Frog: None.
Nick Writing: Minimal.
Nick Brew: Low to medium, the weird CGI and designs could scare some.
Fruits: Minimal to low. The fruits falling may catch some off-guard.
Main Course: Low. While the rest of the ident is harmless and tame, the end where the viking gets crushed might deal a good blow to some. Others may find it funny, however.
Anteater: Minimal, depending on what you think of the anteater's design.
Mini Golf: None.
Dog & Parrot: None, it's rather funny.
Crunch: Minimal to low. Again, it might get to you if you didn't like the Lizard ident.
Transformer: Low. The bomb exploding and man at the end might scare some.
Orange You Glad: None, it's pretty humorous.
Doo-Wop-A-Saurus: Minimal.
Space Beans: Minimal, the design of the beans might put some off, but it's overall tame.
Band: Low, as the designs of the characters may scare a few children.
Singing Worms: None to minimal; the worms moving closer to us at the end might get to some.
Worm Feast: Low. The sudden appearance of the worms, along with the weird singing and fast movements might frighten some.
Flipbook: None.
Bulldog Crew: Low; the barking animals is unexpected, which might put some off.
Cereal: Minimal. The high pitched singing and bowl collapsing might not sit well with some.
African Animals: Minimal.
Bicycles: Minimal, mainly because of the darkness.
Calling Cades: None.
Dino Bop: None.
Barks: Low to medium. The sounds may easily bother people, but some others might find it cute.
What You Want: Low. The busy nature and creature might deal a good blow to some, but many others will find this ident humorous.
The Only Network for Kids: Low. It's pretty funny, and not as bad as the next two IDs...
Nick is Kids: Medium to nightmare. The general nature of the ID will certainly get to more than a few. The heartbeat and man's voice raise the scare factor. The next ID also isn't a different story.
Egg and Spoon: Low to nightmare. The music is one thing, but the egg monster and designs will scare many people. It also doesn't help if you're scared of MGM and/or Klasky Csupo's Splaat logo.
Nick is Everyday: Low to medium. The flashing images and lack of color might scare some. However, this is a lot tamer than the last 2 idents.
Song Montage: None to low. It's a well-known logo from 90's Nick, and what most people think of when they think of that era.
Nickelodeon Blimp: Minimal to low.
Nickelodeon Characters: Depends on the ident, mostly ranging from none to low.
Head on Chair: Low. The boy's head not being attached to a body might put some off.
Anagrams: Minimal to low. The weird music and psychedelic background may scare a few people.
Disco Dogs: Low. The flashing background may hurt someone's eyes, but it's still pretty humorous.
Lockers: None.
Opera: Low, the subject matter is bizarre, the lady having super big hair to form the logo comes across as surreal and the glass breaking could make one jump, but it's relatively harmless.
Bones: None, but the singing might irritate some people. It's still tamer than the next ident, however...
Pinchface: High to nightmare. The big, creepy-looking disembodied face in the middle singing and jittering, flashing close-ups of the Nickelodeon logo and the hand puppets have scared a lot of people. Not to mention The ID also contains seizure-inducing flashing which doesn't help matters.
Funky Dance: Minimal to low; much tamer than before.
Ants: Minimal to low; it's a pretty cute logo.
Rock Dance: Low to medium. The animation and loud music might be enough to frighten a fair amount of unsuspecting viewers, but some may like the music.
Barnyard: Low.
Paper Chase: TBA.
Nicktoons Blob: Low. The weird music and blob, along with some of the designs might put a few people off. However the scare factor rises again with the next bumper...
Box: High to nightmare. The green blob face with extremely uncanny features seemingly laughing at the viewer comes across as extremely creepy and disturbing, and the unfitting music doesn't help matters.
Eggs: None.
Spinning Top: Low. The black background and silence may put some off.
Flower: Same as before.
Windshield: Minimal. The flies hitting the windscreen may scare some people.
Cave Drawing: TBA.
Presents: Minimal.
Fly Fishing: None to minimal. The fish eating the fly may catch some off-guard.
Cactus: None.
Abstract: TBA.
Pictograph: TBA.
Dog Spot: Same as the Nickelodeon Movies "Dog Spot" logo.
Orange Splat: TBA.
The Eyes Have It: Low, as some may be out off by the amount of eyes in the ID.
Origamic Letters: None to low.