1Debi Derryberry Voiced Jimmy Neutron
Debi Derryberry, the voice of Jimmy Neutron, was not allowed to walk the red carpet because it would reveal that the character was voiced by a female actress.
2. American Express created MTV, Nickelodeon, and TMC before selling them to Viacom.
3. Nickelodeon released a Legends of the Hidden Temple movie in 2016, twenty years after the show's original run.
4. Both Disney and Nickelodeon own the rights to distribute Doug episodes due to a contract stipulation that allows the creator to move the series if Nickelodeon ends it.
5. Between 2000 and 2001, Nickelodeon aired Astrology With Squidward. It featured shorts in which Squidward provided horoscopes based on characters from SpongeBob SquarePants.
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6R.L. Stine’s Work on Eureeka’s Castle
Goosebumps author R.L. Stine served as the head writer for Nickelodeon's Eureeka's Castle (1989-1995).
7. The Nickelodeon product Gak was named by Double Dare crew members during a road show in Philadelphia. At that time, "Gak" was a slang term for heroin.
8. Nickelodeon's "The Rugrats Movie" grossed over $100 million in the United States, becoming the first non-Disney animated film to reach that milestone.
9. Hey Dude was Nickelodeon's first original live-action series.
10. Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games, began her writing career on Nickelodeon's Clarissa Explains It All.
11Real Kids Voiced Hey Arnold! Characters
Real children voiced all the kid characters in Nickelodeon's "Hey Arnold!" (1996).
12. The Aggro Crag on Nickelodeon Guts stood only 28 feet tall.
13. Nickelodeon shut down its sports channel, GAS (Games and Sports), in 2007, but due to a satellite glitch, it continued with automated programming on Dish Network for another 15 months.
14. During its 16-year run, Nickelodeon canceled "The Fairly OddParents" five times.
15. The 90s cartoon Doug named its neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Dink in reference to the acronym "DINK," which stands for Double Income No Kids.
16Nickelodeon’s Trio Premiere Day
Ren & Stimpy, Doug, and Rugrats all premiered on the same day.
17. Rapper Busta Rhymes voiced Reptar in Rugrats.
18. Nickelodeon rejected a spin-off of "Hey Arnold!" focused on a teenage Helga for being too dark, while MTV also rejected it, finding it too similar to Daria.
19. The last episode of The Angry Beavers never aired because the voice actors broke two Nickelodeon rules: acknowledging the final episode and breaking the fourth wall.
20. Nickelodeon first aired in Buffalo, New York.
21Adobe Surprised by Blue’s Clues Use
Adobe was surprised that Nickelodeon used its software for Blue's Clues production. The developers of Adobe were not aware that their software could handle character animation on the scale required by Blue's Clues.
22. Nickelodeon created Dr. Hutchinson in Rocko's Modern Life because they wanted a positive female character with a strong "hook." The creators humorously took this request literally, designing her with an actual hook for a hand.
23. Nickelodeon, initially named Pinwheel, started in 1977 and remained commercial-free until 1984.
24. Dionne Quan, the voice of Trixie Tang from The Fairly OddParents and Kimi from Rugrats, is legally blind, and all her acting scripts were written in Braille.
25. Nickelodeon initially censored the word "blowhole" on "The Adventures of Pete & Pete," which was Little Pete's favorite epithet. The creators had to read the dictionary definition (a muscular flap on a sea mammal) to the standards and practices department before the network allowed its use on air.
