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Can we all just accept the fact that the GIF is the ideal file format? Thanks to the GIF, we can encapsulate our favorite moments recorded in a video format into a three-second moving image. Nowadays, you can expect 10 different GIFs to appear on the Internet the second after any moment has been captured or displayed on screen.
Thus, we have taken advantage of the file format to remind ourselves of the magic of SNICK, the Saturday night entertainment block on Nickelodeon that got so many of us grounded for pushing our curfew. They fed us classics like Rocko's Modern Life and Rugrats that still put a smile on our face just at the mention of their name. If only we had Tumblr back then...
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The Angry Beavers
Show: The Angry Beavers
Norbert and Daggett are the only characters to appear in all 63 episodes of the TV show.
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The Angry Beavers
Show: The Angry Beavers
They used the word "spoot" to replaces swear words during the show. What a pile of spoot.
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Spongebob Squarepants
Show: Spongebob Squarepants
The creator of Spongebob Squarepants asserts that Squidward is an octopus, not a squid.
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Spongebob Squarepants
Show: Spongebob Squarepants
Every time a license is seen on the show, Spongebob says something about a mustache.
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Spongebob Squarepants
Show: Spongebob Squarepants
Spongebob's name was going to be "Spongeboy," but the name was already taken by a mop.
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Spongebob Squarepants
Show: Spongebob Squarepants
Spongebob's first words were, "May I take your order?"
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Cousin Skeeter
Show: Cousin Skeeter
Bill Bellamy, the voice actor of Skeeter, also made appearances on Nickelodeon's Kenan and Kel.
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Cousin Skeeter
Show: Cousin Skeeter
It is rumored that Cousin Skeeter was canceled because they couldn't remove the green Nickelodeon slime from the puppet.
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Cousin Skeeter
Show: Cousin Skeeter
The intro song to the show is alternate version of 702's "Steelo," which was written by Missy Elliott.
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Kablam!
Show: Kablam!
One short, called "The Shizzagee," was the only short that was entirely computer animated to air on the show.
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Kablam!
Show: Kablam!
Many of the characters on Action League Now! were voiced by radio personalities from Pittsburg, PA.
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Kablam!
Show: Kablam!
There is an episode of Action League Now where a giant baby doll interrupts a KISS concert.
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Kablam!
Show: Kablam!
The O.C.'s Mischa Barton did the one of the voiceovers for The Offbeats.
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Kenan and Kel
Show: Kenan and Kel
Kim Bass, the creator of Kenan and Kel also co-created Sister, Sister.
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Kenan and Kel
Show: Kenan and Kel
Kenan plans on creating and starting in his own new show on NBC. He will be playing a man, named Kenan, who moves to the suburbs from New York City.
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Kenan and Kel
Show: Kenan and Kel
Kel has moved onto bigger and better things, and currently does voiceovers for Disney Channel.
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Kenan and Kel
Show: Kenan and Kel
Kel would later go on to appear in Kanye West's 2004 video "All Falls Down" as a luggage collecting valet.
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Kenan and Kel
Show: Kenan and Kel
Kenan refuses to make an appearances with Kel because he is trying to develop his own solo comedy career.
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Space Cases
Show: Space Cases
George Takei, from Star Trek, has guest starred on the show.
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Space Cases
Show: Space Cases
Props from Are You Afraid of the Dark? and other Nickelodeon shows were used in the show because of budget constraints.
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Rugrats
Show: Rugrats
There is a crack theory that everything that happened in Rugrats is a figment of Angelica's traumatised mind. Chucky apparently died during childbirth, Tommy is stillborn, the DeVilles had an abortion, the list goes on. Check it out for yourself.
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Rugrats
Show: Rugrats
Rugrats was the first Nicktoon that was turned into a feature film.
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Rugrats
Show: Rugrats
Tommy is usually seen wearing his signature blue shirt, but he is actually wearing a red shirt in the first episode of the show.
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Rocko's Modern Life
Show: Rocko's Modern Life
The creator of Rocko's Modern Life, Joe Murray, initially created Rocko for a comic book series in the late 1980s, but reluctantly pitched the series to Nickelodeon, who were looking for edgier cartoonists.
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Rocko's Modern Life
Show: Rocko's Modern Life
The Rocko character was inspired after visiting a zoo and coming across a wallaby that seemed to be oblivious to the clamor around him.
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Rocko's Modern Life
Show: Rocko's Modern Life
Rocko was initially yellow, but they made him beige for a toy deal with Nickelodeon. The channel later canceled the deal.
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Rocko's Modern Life
Show: Rocko's Modern Life
Stephen Hillenburg started working for Rocko's Modern Life before he pitched Spongebob Squarepants.
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Doug
Show: Doug
The number 47 is reoccuring theme on the show. It is Doug's locker number, it's on many street signs, and the liver and onions meal is meal no. 47 on their favorite restaurant's menu.
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Doug
Show: Doug
Unlike Doug's competitors Rugrats, his first feature film was a huge flop.
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Doug
Show: Doug
The Walt Disney Company bought Doug's production company, Jumbo Pictures, and several changes occured on the show. Doug has a slightly different outfit, Judy's hair is no longer shaved on the sides, and Connie has lost a large amount of weight. Disney standards, everyone.
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Doug
Show: Doug
The show originates from an unpublished book called Doug's Got a New Pair of Shoes.
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All That
Show: All That
Everyone's favorite girl group, TLC, wrote and performed the theme song for All That.
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All That
Show: All That
Britney Spears and Busta Rhymes were scheduled to perform for the show's 100th episode, but Lauryn Hill had to fill in for Britney due to a knee injury.
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All That
Show: All That
Pop and rock musical acts starting making appearances on the show toward the last few seasons of All That. Before that, it was mostly R&B and hip-hop.
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All That
Show: All That
The only spin-offs that resulted from All That are Kenan and Kel, Good Burger, The Amanda Show, and The Nick Cannon Show.
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All That
Show: All That
Kel Mitchell's most famous character was Ed the cashier at Good Burger. The sketch was such a hit that Nickelodeon turned it into a feature film in 1997 and you can actually go to Good Burger fast-food restaurants all around New York City.
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All That
Show: All That
In 2003, both All That alumni Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell would try out for SNL. Kel would eventually lose out to Kenan, ending their over 10-year run as co-stars.
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All That
Show: All That
Thompson has gone back to his Nick roots by hosting TeenNick's 1990's programming block, The '90s Are All That.
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The Secret World of Alex Mack
Show: The Secret World of Alex Mack
In case you were wondering, Larisa Oleynik currently guest stars on ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars.
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The Secret World of Alex Mack
Show: The Secret World of Alex Mack
There was a book spin-off from the TV series that only remained true to the TV show during the first and last episodes of the series.
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The Secret World of Alex Mack
Show: The Secret World of Alex Mack
The show's creator Thomas Lynch also created the show Kids Incorporated, which discovered the talent of Fergie and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
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The Secret World of Alex Mack
Show: The Secret World of Alex Mack
In 1994, Jessica Alba played Jessica, Alex's first school rival and the first person she uses her powers against.
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The Adventures of Pete and Pete
Show: The Adventures of Pete and Pete
According to one of the show's creators, Pete and Pete was intended to be about a boy named Pete and his dog of the same name. But they changed the dog to a younger brother when they realized a dog "wasn't exciting enough."
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The Adventures of Pete and Pete
Show: The Adventures of Pete and Pete
The shows major guest stars included Selma Blair, Patty Hearst, LL Cool J, Janeane Garofalo, and J.K. Simmons.
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The Adventures of Pete and Pete
Show: The Adventures of Pete and Pete
The names of the slushies that the Petes drink are all named after Biblical figures. They include Grape Judas, Lime Balthazar and Orange Lazarus.
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Show: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
In November of 1995, Ryan Gosling was featured as the main character of "The Tale of Station 109.1", which would deliver messages from the afterlife to the listener.
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Show: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
At first Nickelodeon rejected MacHale's idea of a TV show that revolved around horror stories saying something along the lines of, "What are you thinking you can't scare the shit out of kids!". Eventually MacHale won over Nickelodeon executives and scare the shit out of kids he did.
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Show: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
DJ MacHale, the creator of the show, attended NYU's graduate film program. He would later go on to write and help create ABC Afterschool Specials, Encyclopedia Brown and Criss-Cross.
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Show: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
The "midnight dust" that the members use to throw into the campfire to make it all smoky and freaky was in actuality a non-dairy creamer.
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Show: Are You Afraid of the Dark?
The scenes of the Midnight Society around the fire were never shown on French TV since the scenes were too taboo.
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Ren and Stimpy
Show: Ren and Stimpy
According to some episodes of Ren and Stimpy, the two live in Hollywood, Yugoslavia.
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Ren and Stimpy
Show: Ren and Stimpy
Ren and Stimpy was the first Nicktoon to have a video game based on it.
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Ren and Stimpy
Show: Ren and Stimpy
The show aired on the same day and year as Rugrats.
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Clarissa Explains It All
Show: Clarissa Explains It All
Several changes are added to the set during its five seasons. Clarissa's bedroom window gets a window seat, a back staircase is added in the kitchen, a guest room and Marshall's study are added, and the front staircase railing was painted white later on.
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Clarissa Explains It All
Show: Clarissa Explains It All
The theme song of the show is a variation Queen Latifah's "Dance for Me."
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Clarissa Explains It All
Show: Clarissa Explains It All
Clarissa Explains It All was actually one of the last Nickelodeon shows to feature the words "hell" and "sex" on television (making Christians react a little something like the GIF above).
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Clarissa Explains It All
Show: Clarissa Explains It All
Melissa Joan Hart's character in the current TV show Melissa & Joey has a blog named "Lennox Explains It All" as a nod to the show.
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Clarissa Explains It All
Show: Clarissa Explains It All
Clarissa was the first female lead character on a Nickelodeon show.
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