204 Fun Facts About Nickelodeon

Before it was renamed Nickelodeon in 1979, the channel went by the name of which preschool show?

Pinwheel was the preschool puppet show the channel carried all day on Warner's QUBE cable system, where it sat on a slot labelled C-3; the Nickelodeon name arrived with the 1979 national launch.

Skipping Saturday morning, Nickelodeon premiered its first three Nicktoons in August 1991 on which day?

Sunday it was: Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show ran back to back in a 90-minute block on August 11, 1991, built on animators' own characters instead of toy lines.

In the Nicktoon *Doug*, what is the name of Doug Funnie's pet dog?

Porkchop goes nearly everywhere with Doug and often acts as his conscience, nudging him toward the right decision; he is a talented actor too.

Who was the creator of the iconic animated series *SpongeBob SquarePants*?

Stephen Hillenburg taught marine biology at a California ocean institute before studying animation, and SpongeBob's cast grew out of the sea creatures he drew for his students.

What was the name of the talking stone head that told the legends on *Legends of the Hidden Temple*?

Olmec is modelled on the colossal stone heads carved by the Olmec civilization of ancient Mexico; after telling each legend he quizzed the teams on it at the Steps of Knowledge.

What is the name of Tommy Pickles' older, often mischievous, cousin in *Rugrats*?

Angelica was added because co-creator Paul Germain felt the show needed a bully; he based her on a girl who had bullied him as a child and made her a spoiled brat.

In Hey Arnold!, Arnold lives with his grandparents in what kind of home?

A boarding house called the Sunset Arms is run by Arnold's grandparents Phil and Gertrude, and its tenants' troubles drive many episodes as Arnold steps in to help.

Who played the title character in the live-action series *Clarissa Explains It All*?

Melissa Joan Hart's Clarissa Darling explained her life straight to the camera; the show is credited as Nickelodeon's first with a female lead, which led the network to build more series around girls.

Who hosted Nickelodeon's Double Dare when it premiered in 1986?

Marc Summers spent years in the middle of Double Dare's slime and pie fights while privately struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a need for neatness, which he revealed in the 1990s.

How many primary elements can be 'bent' by benders in the world of *Avatar: The Last Airbender*?

The world of Avatar features four primary bending arts: Waterbending, Earthbending, Firebending, and Airbending.

Rocko, the easily flustered hero of Rocko's Modern Life, is what kind of Australian animal?

A wallaby who emigrated from Australia to O-Town, Rocko works at a comic-book shop, and a running gag has other characters mistake him for a beaver or a kangaroo.

What is the name of Cosmo and Wanda's son in *The Fairly OddParents*?

Poof was the first fairy baby in thousands of years: fairies had been barred from having children ever since Cosmo's own chaotic babyhood.

In which US city do the stepbrothers of *Drake & Josh* live?

San Diego is home once Drake's mother Audrey marries Josh's father Walter, a TV weatherman who is forever being shown up by his rival forecaster, Bruce Winchill.

Which sitcom did kids vote Favorite TV Show at the first Kids' Choice Awards ceremony in 1988?

ALF, the sitcom about a wisecracking furry alien, beat The Cosby Show and Growing Pains; a year earlier the vote had been only a segment called The Big Ballot on a kids' movie-review show.

In *Hey Arnold!*, what is Arnold's surname?

Arnold's surname, Shortman, was only made official in the 2017 TV film Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie; it had long been hinted by Grandpa Phil calling him 'Short Man'.

Which Nickelodeon game show ended each episode with three kids racing up a fake mountain called the Aggro Crag?

Guts winners took home a gold medal and a glowing piece of the Aggro Crag, the fake mountain that was later rebuilt as the Mega Crag and then the Super Aggro Crag.

What type of animal is Stimpy, the dim-witted but lovable character from *The Ren & Stimpy Show*?

Stimpy is a tailless red-and-white Manx cat with a big blue nose; Billy West voiced him and, from 1993, took over the voice of Ren as well.

What is the name of SpongeBob SquarePants' loyal pet snail?

Gary the Snail is SpongeBob's beloved pet who meows like a cat and is surprisingly intelligent.

Which animated series follows a family who roam the world in an all-terrain camper filming nature documentaries?

The Wild Thornberrys' adopted son Donnie was raised by an orangutan in Borneo after he lost his parents; Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers supplies his gibberish.

What is the name of Arnold's tall-haired, urban-legend-loving best friend in Hey Arnold!?

Gerald gets his urban legends from an informant he calls Fuzzy Slippers, and retells them to the other kids as the neighbourhood's storyteller.

Which sketch comedy show starred Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell before they got their own sitcom?

Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell were prominent cast members on *All That*, a popular sketch comedy series often referred to as 'Saturday Night Live for kids'.

Timmy Turner of The Fairly OddParents lives in which town?

Dimmsdale is named after Dale Dimm, a man from the town's founding in the 1660s, and not after Doug Dimmadome, the tycoon who owns its Dimmadome arena; a parody of the Hollywood Sign stands on mountains nearby.

What is the name of the boarding school attended by Zoey Brooks in *Zoey 101*?

Zoey 101 is set at the fictional Pacific Coast Academy (PCA), a previously all-boys boarding school that begins accepting female students.

Who provides the voice for the character Timmy Turner in *The Fairly OddParents*?

Tara Strong took over Timmy Turner from Mary Kay Bergman, who voiced him in the original Oh Yeah! Cartoons shorts, and later re-recorded those early lines so the voice would match.

In what year did the highly popular animated series *SpongeBob SquarePants* first premiere?

SpongeBob SquarePants first aired on May 1, 1999, quickly becoming one of Nickelodeon's most successful and long-running shows.

In *Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius*, what is the name of Jimmy's robotic dog?

Goddard can 'play dead' on command, blowing himself to pieces and snapping back together unaided; Jimmy built him packed with gadgets for getting out of trouble.

What is the surname of Danny, the 14-year-old half-ghost hero who protects Amity Park?

Danny Fenton gets his powers from the ghost portal built by his parents Jack and Maddie Fenton; best friends Tucker Foley and Sam Manson keep his secret.

In which Nicktoon does one brother keep dragging the other along to chase garbage trucks, like it or not?

CatDog are conjoined brothers, a cultured cat and a fun-loving dog sharing one body with a head at each end, so wherever Dog runs, Cat is hauled along.

Who played the main role of Carly Shay in the popular teen sitcom *iCarly*?

Miranda Cosgrove came to Carly straight from playing scheming little sister Megan on Drake & Josh, and she sings the theme song, 'Leave It All to Me', with her old co-star Drake Bell.

Which character in *The Fairly OddParents* is obsessed with capturing fairies?

Denzel Crocker was once the godchild of Cosmo and Wanda himself; he lost them and every memory of them, but his belief in fairies survived, and other adults think he is unhinged.

Who was the original live-action host of *Blue's Clues*?

Steve Burns left the show in 2002, handing over to his on-screen brother Joe, then returned for the reboot Blue's Clues & You! both on screen and as a writer and director.

Which teenage babysitter makes Timmy Turner's life miserable in The Fairly OddParents?

Vicky's tyranny is the reason Timmy gets fairy godparents in the first place, and her sweet little sister Tootie has a hopeless crush on him.

Which character from *Hey Arnold!* is secretly in love with Arnold but often acts mean and bullies him?

Helga hides her crush behind insults and the nickname 'Football Head', but in private she writes love poems about Arnold and keeps secret shrines to him.

Who is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' primary antagonist in the 2012 animated series?

Shredder, born Oroku Saki, was raised as a brother to the man who became Splinter before rivalry made them enemies; in the 2012 series he leads the Foot Clan alongside his adopted daughter Karai.

Which live-action show features a family of superheroes trying to live a normal life in the suburbs?

The Thundermans' twins pull opposite ways: Phoebe dreams of being a superhero, while her brother Max wants to become the next big supervillain.

What is the name of the fast-food restaurant where SpongeBob SquarePants works as a fry cook?

The Krusty Krab is built in the shape of a lobster trap, a sly home for a restaurant run by a crab; SpongeBob mans its grill.

Which Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius character is obsessed with the TV superhero Ultra Lord?

Sheen Estevez worships the TV superhero Ultra Lord and hoards his merchandise; his name nods to the acting family of Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez.

In what year did the animated series *The Loud House* first premiere?

The Loud House, created by Chris Savino, debuted on Nickelodeon on May 2, 2016, following Lincoln Loud's chaotic family life in the town of Royal Woods.

Who played the role of Sam Puckett in both *iCarly* and its spin-off *Sam & Cat*?

Jennette McCurdy's Sam Puckett moves on from iCarly to Los Angeles in Sam & Cat, where she and her new roommate start a babysitting business instead of taking ordinary after-school jobs.

Which Nickelodeon series follows Aang's successor, a headstrong waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe?

The Legend of Korra picks up 70 years after Avatar: The Last Airbender, when the masked Amon leads the anti-bender Equalists and strips benders of their powers.

In My Life as a Teenage Robot, which all-robot alien empire, ruled by Queen Vexus, keeps dogging Jenny Wakeman (XJ-9)?

The Cluster wants Jenny to join its world of robots by force if necessary; Queen Vexus was voiced by Eartha Kitt.

In Dora the Explorer, what do Dora and Boots say three times to stop the fox Swiper from taking their things?

'Swiper, no swiping!' said three times usually sends the fox slinking away, snapping his fingers and saying 'Oh, man!'; when Dora is too slow, he gets to the item first.

Which elite high school does Tori Vega attend in *Victorious*?

Tori only gets into Hollywood Arts after filling in for her older sister Trina at a school showcase, and the show won Favorite TV Show at the Kids' Choice Awards in 2012 and 2013.

Which Nickelodeon series is set in Swellview, where a teenager lands a part-time job as sidekick to superhero Captain Man?

Henry Danger's Henry Hart, 13, must keep the job secret from family and friends, reporting to a shop called Junk 'n' Stuff that hides the hero's lair, the Man Cave, underneath.

Which Nicktoon follows Ickis, Oblina and Krumm as they study the art of scaring humans at an academy under a city dump?

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters sends its three students up to the surface to perform 'scares' as class assignments, and most episodes follow how those outings go wrong under the eye of their teacher, the Gromble.

In which fictional suburban town is The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius set?

Retroville loses its parents in the 2001 film: aliens intercept the message Jimmy beamed into space and abduct the town's adults, leaving the kids to stage a rescue.

Who created the popular animated series *Hey Arnold!*?

Craig Bartlett had animated the 'Penny' claymation segments for Pee-wee's Playhouse, and Arnold too began life in clay before the series was drawn in cel animation.

On Are You Afraid of the Dark?, what did the storytellers call their campfire club?

The Midnight Society met at a secret campfire each week; the 'midnight dust' a storyteller threw on the fire was really non-dairy creamer.

Salute Your Shorts was set at which fictional summer retreat for kids?

Camp Anawanna is where the title prank plays out: campers steal a boy's boxer shorts, run them up the flagpole and salute as they wave.

On The Adventures of Pete & Pete, who or what is Petunia?

Petunia is the younger brother's forearm tattoo: a woman in a red dress Little Pete makes dance by flexing; she even appears in the show's opening titles.

In which city was the sitcom Kenan & Kel set?

Chicago is Kel Mitchell's real hometown, while Kenan Thompson grew up in Atlanta; on screen, Kenan's far-fetched schemes at Rigby's grocery store keep landing Kel in trouble.

SNICK, the Saturday-night block launched in 1992, had a mascot seen all over its promos: a big orange what?

Couch is right: the Big Orange Couch was SNICK's mascot, turning up in promos in odd places, from a campfire to a cartoon living room, and later in Kenan & Kel's opening titles.

Nickelodeon Studios, where kids could be contestants and audience, opened in June 1990 at which theme park?

Universal Studios Florida housed the studio from 1990 until it closed in 2005; one of its soundstages was then rebuilt as a theatre for the Blue Man Group.

In The Secret World of Alex Mack, what gives Alex her powers?

Being drenched in the chemical GC-161 happens on her first day of junior high, when a chemical plant's truck nearly hits her; she can then move objects with her mind and morph into a puddle.

Which former NBC News personality hosted Nick News from 1992 to 2015?

Linda Ellerbee created the show as well as hosting it, letting ordinary kids and teenagers speak out on world issues; it won Peabody Awards along the way.

In Rugrats, what is the name of the Pickles family's dog?

Spike, the Pickles family's scruffy dog, often tags along on the babies' adventures and fights off a wolf to protect them in The Rugrats Movie (1998).

Rocket Power (1999) followed four kids obsessed with what?

Extreme sports such as surfing and skateboarding fill the gang's days, and most episodes drop them into a contest that ends up teaching them friendship matters more than winning.

Which Olympic swimmer hosted the panel game show Figure It Out from 1997 to 1999?

Summer Sanders, a 1992 Olympic swimming gold medallist, hosted Figure It Out, in which a panel of four Nickelodeon stars tried to guess each kid contestant's secret talent.

Nick Arcade, hosted by Phil Moore in 1992, sent winning teams into what?

In the Video Zone, the winning team stepped inside a blue-screen virtual video game, clearing two levels before fighting a boss such as Mongo or Merlock for the grand prize.

Hey Dude was set, and filmed, on a dude ranch in the desert outside which Arizona city?

Tucson's Tanque Verde Guest Ranch hosted the shoot, but the Bar None ranch viewers saw was built from scratch about a mile from the guests, so the real resort was not disturbed.

Who hosted Legends of the Hidden Temple, which began airing in September 1993?

Kirk Fogg guided the teams across the Moat, down the Steps of Knowledge and into the temple, and returned on screen for the 2016 TV movie based on the show.

Nickelodeon began as a 1977 test broadcast on the QUBE cable system in which city?

Columbus, Ohio was Warner Cable's test bed for QUBE, an experimental two-way system whose viewers could answer on-screen polls by pressing buttons on their remotes.

Nickelodeon, which went nationwide in 1979, takes its name from what attraction of the 1900s?

Early movie theaters called nickelodeons charged a nickel, five cents, to get in, and flourished from about 1905 to 1915; the children's channel borrowed the name.

Which media company agreed in 1985 to buy Nickelodeon, MTV and VH1?

Viacom had itself begun as CBS's programme-distribution arm, spun off in 1971; three decades later it had grown big enough to buy CBS, its former parent.

Which Canadian kids' show introduced Nickelodeon's famous green slime?

You Can't Do That on Television, produced by Ottawa's CJOH-TV, doused anyone who said 'I don't know' in green slime; Nickelodeon picked it up in 1981.

Which alternative rock star was a child cast member of Nick's Ottawa-made sketch show?

Alanis Morissette was already writing her own songs when she joined the cast as a schoolgirl, and she soon put out a first single independently, 'Fate Stay with Me'.

On Double Dare, a team double-dared to answer a question could choose to take what instead?

The Physical Challenge was a messy timed stunt and the only way out of answering: a dare doubled a question's value and a double dare quadrupled it.

Which YouTuber hosted the 2018–2019 revival of Double Dare?

Liza Koshy hosted the 2018–2019 Double Dare revival, with the original 1986 host returning to the show as its announcer.

Who hosted the sports competition show Nickelodeon GUTS from 1992 to 1995?

Mike O'Malley hosted alongside referee Moira 'Mo' Quirk after fronting Nickelodeon's Get the Picture, then moved to Los Angeles to star in his own NBC sitcom, The Mike O'Malley Show.

In Rugrats, Reptar, the babies' favourite TV and toy character, is what kind of creature?

A dinosaur, to be exact a green mutant T. rex with blue spikes down his back, Reptar was drawn as a deliberate spoof of Godzilla.

Which of these was one of the six teams on Legends of the Hidden Temple?

Blue Barracudas lined up against the Red Jaguars, Green Monkeys, Orange Iguanas, Purple Parrots and Silver Snakes; each team was one boy and one girl, and only the last pair standing entered the temple.

Which voice actor, later Perry the Platypus and Avatar's Appa, voiced the talking stone head on Legends of the Hidden Temple?

Dee Bradley Baker gave the stone head a big, booming, god-like voice and doubled as the show's announcer, then returned to the role for the 2016 TV movie.

Before Nick at Nite arrived in 1985, which arts channel filled Nickelodeon's evening hours?

A&E, like its forerunner ARTS, borrowed Nickelodeon's channel space every night until January 1985; Nick at Nite was created to fill the gap it left.

Which classic sitcom led Nick at Nite's first-night lineup in 1985?

Dennis the Menace opened Nick at Nite on July 1, 1985, followed that night by The Donna Reed Show and Route 66.

What landmark did Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando unveil outside its doors in 1990?

The Slime Geyser was a 17-foot fountain that erupted with green water; a Nickelodeon time capsule was buried near it in 1992, to stay sealed until 2042.

Nickelodeon Movies' first film adapted which 1964 children's novel?

Harriet the Spy follows a sixth-grader whose private notebook of blunt remarks about her classmates is found and read aloud, turning her friends against her.

Kids' Choice Awards winners can peer inside their orange blimp trophy because it doubles as what?

A kaleidoscope runs through the middle of the hollow blimp. In the awards' first years few winners came to collect their prize in person, sending taped thank-you videos instead.

Besides its original park in a Midwestern mall, Nickelodeon Universe has a second in which New Jersey mega-mall?

American Dream in East Rutherford opened its Nickelodeon Universe in October 2019; the Mall of America original had been Camp Snoopy until the rights to the Peanuts characters were lost.

Which Pete & Pete character is billed as 'the Strongest Man in the World'?

Artie, played by Toby Huss, is Little Pete's personal superhero; in 'Farewell, My Little Viking' he leaves town once Little Pete proves he can face a bully without him.

The Adventures of Pete & Pete is set in which fictional town?

Wellsville is never placed in any state on screen, though the show's all-American suburbia was filmed in a handful of northern New Jersey towns.

Ren of The Ren & Stimpy Show is what kind of animal?

Ren Höek is a hot-tempered 'asthma-hound' Chihuahua, drawn after his creator saw an Elliott Erwitt photograph of a chihuahua in a sweater standing at a woman's feet.

Which creator of Ren & Stimpy was fired by Nickelodeon in 1992?

John Kricfalusi's studio Spümcø made the first two seasons; after clashes over content and missed deadlines, Nickelodeon fired him and moved the show to its own Games Animation.

Which studio produced Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys and As Told by Ginger?

Klasky Csupo also animated the first three seasons of The Simpsons, until that show's producers moved the work to another studio in 1992.

Which Rugrats character was introduced in The Rugrats Movie (1998)?

Dil Pickles, Tommy's baby brother, was born in The Rugrats Movie (1998), in which the babies get lost in the woods while trying to return him to the hospital.

The film Rugrats in Paris (2000) centres on which baby's wish for a new mother?

Chuckie Finster, raised by his widowed dad Chas, nearly ends up with the scheming theme-park boss Coco LaBouche as a stepmother before the babies crash the wedding at Notre-Dame.

Doug Funnie's hometown in the animated series Doug is called what?

Bluffington becomes Doug Funnie's home when his dad's job promotion moves the family from Bloatsburg; he makes his first friend there, Skeeter, while trying to order at the Honker Burger.

After Nickelodeon declined a fifth season of Doug, who bought the show and made more?

Disney bought the show's studio, Jumbo Pictures, made three more seasons for ABC and took Doug to cinemas in 1999 with Doug's 1st Movie.

SpongeBob SquarePants grew out of which educational comic its creator drew while teaching marine science?

The Intertidal Zone was hosted by Bob the Sponge, a sea sponge in sunglasses who explained tide-pool life; a TV writer who read it urged its author to build a series on the idea.

SpongeBob's creator kept 'Sponge' so viewers wouldn't see a man made of what?

Cheese was the fear: the hero was first called SpongeBoy, and when that name turned out to be taken, his creator insisted 'Sponge' stay so nobody would see a 'Cheese Man'.

Despite his name, Squidward Tentacles is actually what animal?

Squidward is an octopus, as his creator confirmed more than once; he is usually drawn with six limbs instead of eight because the full set was too much trouble to animate.

Which actor voices Squidward Tentacles?

Rodger Bumpass has voiced Squidward since the first episode; he pushes the voice through his nose, an idea he took from audition notes that dwelt on the character's enormous nose.

Sandy Cheeks, SpongeBob's friend, is what type of animal?

Sandy Cheeks is a squirrel from Texas who survives under the sea in an air-filled suit; the trick flips at her treedome, where visiting sea creatures must wear helmets full of water.

Plankton and his computer wife Karen run which failing restaurant?

The Chum Bucket serves chum, a bait of fish parts that almost nobody will eat, so Plankton and Karen spend their time scheming to steal a rival's secret burger recipe instead.

Which SpongeBob prequel series, showing him at age ten, premiered on streaming in 2021?

Kamp Koral grew out of the camp flashbacks in the 2020 film Sponge on the Run, and sends a young SpongeBob off to a sleepaway summer camp.

Norbert and Daggett of The Angry Beavers live near a fictional town in which state?

Norbert and Daggett build their dam near the fictional town of Wayouttatown, Oregon, after leaving their parents' lodge to live as bachelors.

Which two characters hosted the animated shorts on KaBlam!?

Henry and June, two cartoon kids, turned the pages of a comic book to bring on each short, among them Sniz & Fondue, Prometheus and Bob and Action League Now!, which later got a run of its own.

In The Wild Thornberrys, Eliza will lose her power to talk to animals if she does what?

Reveals her secret: the gift, granted by a shaman she freed, lasts only while she keeps quiet, and in The Wild Thornberrys Movie she gives it up by telling poachers the truth to save her sister Debbie.

As Told by Ginger is set in which fictional town?

Sheltered Shrubs is modelled on Larchmont, New York, where creator Emily Kapnek lived in her school years; unusually for a cartoon, its characters age and change outfits from episode to episode.

Who created Invader Zim?

Jhonen Vasquez was a young comic artist, known for the dark Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, when Nickelodeon asked him to pitch a show for older kids; Invader Zim was his first idea.

What is the name of Zim's malfunctioning robot servant in Invader Zim?

GIR is Zim's defective SIR unit, a robot assembled from scrap parts who disguises himself as a green dog and adores tacos.

Invader Zim's 2019 revival film, Enter the Florpus, premiered on which platform?

Netflix got the film after Nickelodeon, which had made it for its own channel, sold the rights in 2019; another Nicktoon revival special, Static Cling, went the same way a week earlier.

Who created The Fairly OddParents?

Butch Hartman first made The Fairly OddParents as short cartoons for the showcase Oh Yeah! Cartoons; they proved popular enough to be picked up as a full series in 2001.

Which studio distributed the 2001 film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius?

Paramount Pictures released Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius in December 2001 under the Nickelodeon Movies banner, with DNA Productions animating; it earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.

Which two creators made Avatar: The Last Airbender?

Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko built the show from Konietzko's sketch of a bald boy herding flying bison, and from a documentary DiMartino was watching about explorers trapped at the South Pole.

In Avatar: The Last Airbender, how long was Aang frozen in an iceberg before the story begins?

100 years passed while Aang lay frozen in the iceberg; in that century the Fire Nation wiped out his people and launched the war he wakes up to end.

Which scarred, exiled Fire Nation prince hunts Aang alongside his uncle Iroh in Avatar: The Last Airbender?

Zuko seeks to restore his lost honour by capturing Aang; his sister Azula joins the pursuit later in the series.

Lincoln Loud of The Loud House is the only boy among how many children?

Lincoln is the middle child among 11 Loud siblings, with five older and five younger sisters; creator Chris Savino drew on growing up in a family of ten kids.

The Loud House's town of Royal Woods is based on a real town in which state?

Royal Woods is modeled on Royal Oak, Michigan, the Detroit suburb where creator Chris Savino grew up.

Loud House spin-off The Casagrandes is set in which fictional place?

Great Lakes City is where Ronnie Anne Santiago, her mother and her brother Bobby move in with their big extended family; the move happened in a Loud House special that doubled as the spin-off's pilot.

Who became the host of Blue's Clues in 2002, playing 'Joe'?

Donovan Patton joined as Joe when the show sent its first host's character off to college and moved his younger brother into the house; he stayed until the original run ended in 2006.

In Blue's Clues, what does Blue leave on each clue?

A paw print marks each of three objects, Blue's way of telling her host what she wants to do; he draws them in his notebook, then puzzles it out in the Thinking Chair.

Which language does the Spanish-language version of Dora the Explorer sprinkle in for viewers to learn?

English swaps places with Spanish in the version shown in Latin America: Dora and Boots speak Spanish while other characters answer in English, the reverse of the original.

Which Dora the Explorer spin-off starred her animal-rescuing cousin?

Go, Diego, Go! sends Dora's cousin out with Click, a talking camera that finds the animal in trouble, and a Rescue Pack that turns into whatever the rescue needs.

Paw Patrol, a Nick Jr. staple, is produced by which Canadian toy company?

Spin Master, a Toronto toy company, wanted a show to go with a transforming-truck toy and picked a pitch from Bob the Builder creator Keith Chapman, developing the toys alongside the series.

Which country does the Nick Jr. series LazyTown, starring Sportacus, come from?

Iceland's Magnús Scheving, a European aerobics champion, created LazyTown because he saw no healthy role model for children; it began as a book and a stage play, and he played Sportacus himself.

Which human host in an orange suit leads Yo Gabba Gabba!?

DJ Lance Rock, played by Lance Robertson, opens each episode by carrying in a boombox and bringing the toys inside it to life; Biz Markie and Mark Mothersbaugh only had guest segments.

Which fast-food sketch, starring Kel Mitchell as cashier Ed, became a 1997 Nickelodeon movie?

Good Burger grew from a recurring sketch into a film in which Ed and co-worker Dexter, played by Kenan Thompson, save their burger joint from the giant rival Mondo Burger; a sequel followed in 2023.

Drake Bell and Josh Peck were both cast members of which sketch show before Drake & Josh?

The Amanda Show put Drake Bell and Josh Peck in the same sketch cast; their chemistry there led Nickelodeon to give the pair a sitcom of their own.

In Drake & Josh, which talk-show host does Josh idolise and then accidentally hit with his car?

Oprah Winfrey is Josh's hero; when Drake gets him tickets to her show as a late birthday present, the brothers fight over the steering wheel and the car knocks her down.

In Drake & Josh, Josh works at which movie theater?

Josh works at The Premiere, a movie theater run by the bossy manager Helen Dubois (Yvette Nicole Brown), whose constant mockery of Josh is a running gag.

Zoey 101 was first filmed at which oceanside California university?

Pepperdine University's ocean-view campus in Malibu played the show's boarding school for the first two seasons, before production moved to sound stages in Valencia.

Which teen star played Zoey Brooks in Zoey 101?

Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney's younger sister, led all four seasons and came back 15 years later for the film Zoey 102, in which a grown-up Zoey is maid of honour at her friend Quinn's wedding.

Ned Bigby's two best friends in Ned's Declassified are nicknamed Moze and what?

Cookie is the nickname of tech-obsessed Simon Nelson-Cook, who with Jennifer 'Moze' Mosely rounds out Ned's trio at James K. Polk Middle School.

Which actress starred as middle-schooler Addie Singer in Unfabulous?

Emma Roberts played Addie Singer from 2004 to 2007, singing the songs Addie writes about middle-school life; several of them ended up on her own album, Unfabulous and More.

In which city is iCarly set?

Seattle is home to Carly's loft in Bushwell Plaza, but the building seen on screen is a digitally altered shot of the Eastern Columbia Building in downtown Los Angeles.

The 2021 iCarly revival premiered on which streaming service?

Paramount+ aimed the revival at the adults who grew up with the original: Carly is now in her twenties, and Sam is missing because her actress had given up acting.

Who played Cat Valentine on Victorious?

Ariana Grande dyed her hair 'red velvet' every other week to play Cat Valentine; the damage that did is why she spent the following years in extensions while her own hair recovered.

Big Time Rush's hockey-playing friends are plucked from which US state to become a boy band?

Minnesota is home: producer Gustavo Rocque wants only Kendall, who talks him into taking James, Carlos and Logan as well, so four hockey players become a band in Los Angeles.

In True Jackson, VP, the teen heroine becomes vice president of what kind of business?

True becomes vice president of Mad Style, the fashion label run by designer Max Madigan, after her own outfit and ideas impress him.

Since 2021, Nickelodeon's kid-friendly game broadcasts, complete with virtual slime cannons, have come from which league?

The NFL added Nickelodeon's own telecasts in January 2021 to reach a younger audience; the cannons fire virtual slime after each touchdown.

In Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, which blue-masked turtle leads his three brothers?

Leonardo leads with his twin swords; like his brothers he is named after a Renaissance artist, and Nickelodeon's owner bought the whole franchise from its comic-book creator before relaunching it.

Which actor voiced Leonardo in seasons 3–5 of the 2012 TMNT series?

Seth Green became the show's third Leonardo: Jason Biggs left during season 2, a stand-in finished that season, and the writers explained the new voice with a throat injury from the finale's battle.

Winx Club, later co-produced by Nickelodeon, was created in which country?

Italy's Iginio Straffi created Winx Club at his studio Rainbow after noticing how few action cartoons had female heroes; it premiered in 2004, and Nickelodeon joined as co-producer for later seasons.

Are You Afraid of the Dark? was shot mostly in which French-speaking Canadian city?

Montreal was home to co-producer CINAR, and the Canadian shoot gave early roles to young Canadians such as Ryan Gosling and Neve Campbell.

Which 1996 Nickelodeon sci-fi series was co-created by former child star Bill Mumy?

Space Cases was familiar ground for Mumy: its cadets are stranded far from home, much as he was as a boy playing Will Robinson on Lost in Space.

House of Anubis was remade from Het Huis Anubis, a hit series in which language?

Dutch-language Het Huis Anubis, made by Belgium's Studio 100 for Nickelodeon in the Netherlands and Flanders, was such a hit that a German remake followed, and then Nickelodeon's own version, shot in Liverpool.

Sanjay's best friend Craig, voiced by Chris Hardwick, is what kind of animal?

Craig is a talking snake Sanjay Patel brought home from a pet store; the pair work to keep his gift of speech a secret as they stumble through the town of Lundgren.

In El Tigre, Manny Rivera's father fights crime under which superhero name?

Manny's father Rodolfo Rivera is the heroic White Pantera, while his grandfather Grandpapi is the supervillain Puma Loco, leaving Manny torn between hero and villain.

In ChalkZone, what must happen to a chalk drawing before it comes to life in the hidden world Rudy visits?

It is erased: everything ever wiped off a chalkboard lives on in ChalkZone, which is how Rudy meets Snap, a wisecracking little superhero he drew and rubbed out years earlier.

Which TV science teacher showed kids experiments to try at home on a 1980s Nickelodeon series?

Mr. Wizard was Don Herbert, whose original 1950s show had inspired thousands of Mr. Wizard Science Clubs before he made a faster-paced version for Nickelodeon.

Nickelodeon's Penguins of Madagascar features characters from a film by which studio?

DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar films ship the penguins off to Africa, but the Nickelodeon series simply puts Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private back in the Central Park Zoo, with King Julien next door.

Which three cities did Hey Arnold!'s creator cite as inspirations for its city, Hillwood?

Hillwood blends Seattle, Portland and Brooklyn: the creator's hometown, the city where he went to art school and a borough he loved for its bridge and brownstones; its ballpark nods to Wrigley Field.

Rocko's dog in Rocko's Modern Life is named what?

Spunky is Rocko's scruffy, dim-witted pet dog, forever eating things he shouldn't; Rocko's pals Heffer and Filburt are a steer and a turtle.

Who created Rocko's Modern Life?

Joe Murray staffed Rocko's Modern Life with newcomers who went on to bigger things: one of his directors left to create SpongeBob SquarePants, and much of the Rocko crew followed him there.

In Kenan & Kel, which drink is Kel famously obsessed with?

Orange soda is Kel's great love, the subject of his line 'Who loves orange soda?'; he tags along on Kenan's get-rich-quick schemes and usually wrecks them.

Which network launched the block The '90s Are All That in 2011?

TeenNick launched the block in July 2011 because the kids who grew up on those shows, by then in their twenties, wanted them back; it was renamed The Splat in 2015.

Gullah Gullah Island drew on the culture of host Ron Daise's Sea Island home in which state?

South Carolina's St. Helena Island, where Ron Daise grew up, inspired the show; he and his wife Natalie had toured a stage show of Sea Island songs and stories before Nickelodeon came calling.

Which horror author developed the characters and was head writer of Nick Jr.'s Eureeka's Castle?

R. L. Stine, later of Goosebumps fame, was head writer of Eureeka's Castle (1989–1991), a puppet show set in a giant's wind-up music box starring sorceress-in-training Eureeka and the dragon Magellan.

Which SNL alum co-created The Mighty B! and voiced its Honeybee scout heroine Bessie?

Amy Poehler co-created The Mighty B! and voiced Bessie Higgenbottom, loosely based on a character from her Upright Citizens Brigade days; the show won a Daytime Emmy.

In Game Shakers, what was the name of the hit game app Babe and Kenzie built for a science project?

Sky Whale, the game Babe and Kenzie coded for a science project, became a hit, leading the Brooklyn seventh-graders to partner with rapper Double G, played by Kel Mitchell.

Who has hosted the Kids' Choice Awards the most times, with eight ceremonies?

Rosie O'Donnell's run began in 1996, co-hosting by satellite from a cruise in New York Harbor, and lasted through 2003; as of 2025, nobody else had hosted more than three.

Stick Stickly, a popsicle-stick character, hosted which 1990s Nickelodeon summer block?

Nick in the Afternoon let viewers choose what Stick Stickly would be dunked in for 'U-Dip' and write to him at a P.O. box whose address he sang as a jingle.

Which SNICK sketch show mixed comedy with live song and dance, building each episode around the 'Anyfamily'?

Roundhouse played out its sketches, songs and dances on a bare set before a live audience and was in SNICK's very first line-up in 1992; each episode ended with a shout to 'reprise the theme song and roll the credits'.

Which Nick Jr. series stars a guinea pig, a turtle and a duckling who save baby animals in trouble?

Wonder Pets! are classroom pets Linny, Tuck and Ming-Ming, who answer a ringing phone once the schoolchildren have gone home and sing most of their lines on the way to each rescue.

Which green dinosaur, a spoof of Godzilla, do Tommy and the other Rugrats babies idolize?

Reptar is such a star in the babies' world that he has his own cereal, a chocolate bar and even an ice show, which the Rugrats go to see in one episode.

Which Rugrats twins, Tommy's next-door neighbors, are best known for their revolting habits?

Phil and Lil are fraternal twins, and both are voiced by Kath Soucie, who also plays their mother, Betty.

Which SpongeBob SquarePants character teaches at the boating school where SpongeBob keeps crashing?

Mrs. Puff was made a pufferfish so that she inflates into a ball, like a car airbag, whenever SpongeBob crashes.

Which iCarly character, Carly's adult brother and guardian, fills their loft with wacky sculptures?

Spencer, played by Jerry Trainor, took Carly in when their father was called overseas, and turned the loft into his workspace and gallery.

Which devious younger sister torments the two stepbrothers with pranks in Drake & Josh?

Megan plays elaborate pranks on her brothers while her parents go on believing she is sweet and innocent, so the boys take the punishment.

Which blind earthbender in Avatar: The Last Airbender becomes the first person to bend metal?

Toph ran away from home as a young girl and learned advanced earthbending from badgermoles, blind creatures that bend earth naturally.

What is the name of Aang's flying sky bison and animal guide in Avatar: The Last Airbender?

Appa walks on six legs, and the show's artists based his design on the Catbus from the film My Neighbor Totoro.

Which German Shepherd pup is the police dog and second-in-command of Ryder's Paw Patrol team?

Chase drives a police truck that can transform into a spy truck, and he is the pup who tells Ryder the team is ready for action.

Which athletic classmate with a Southern drawl does Doug Funnie long to impress in Doug?

Patti Mayonnaise got her name from two girls creator Jim Jinkins knew in childhood, Pam Mayo and a girl named Patty.

Which best friend of boy genius Jimmy Neutron loves llamas and covers a bedroom in posters of them?

Carl Wheezer fell for llamas through Llama Boy The Super Hero, a show he discovered on a cable channel devoted to the animal.

Which puppy, Blue's best friend in Blue's Clues, looks just like her except for fur color and glasses?

Magenta is shyer than Blue but shares her playful attitude, and her fur is the shade she is named for.

Which comic book hero adored by Timmy Turner in The Fairly OddParents is voiced by talk-show host Jay Leno?

The Crimson Chin defends a city named Chincinnati, and by day he is Chuck Indigo, a writer for a newspaper called The Daily Blabbity.

Which semi-retired crime-fighter adored by SpongeBob SquarePants was voiced by film star Ernest Borgnine?

Mermaid Man got his voice because the show's makers loved the 1960s sitcom McHale's Navy, whose other star, Tim Conway, played sidekick Barnacle Boy.

Which daydream alter ego of Doug Funnie in Doug was inspired by creator Jim Jinkins's childhood home movies?

Quailman fights crime beside a sidekick called Quaildog, while Doug's other daydream selves spoof James Bond and Indiana Jones.

Which star of The Ren & Stimpy Show's spoof commercials got an episode featuring Frank Zappa as the Pope?

Powdered Toast Man was based on Studebacher Hoch, a character from the Frank Zappa song Billy the Mountain, so Zappa's cameo closed a circle.

Which of Lincoln Loud's sisters in The Loud House is the rock musician with a purple electric guitar?

Luna shares her name with a dachshund that belonged to the mother-in-law of the show's creator, Chris Savino.

Which best friend of Lincoln Loud in The Loud House is being raised by two dads, Howard and Harold?

Clyde McBride's dads made history as the first married gay couple to be featured in a Nickelodeon animated series.

Which Victorious student, a socially awkward ventriloquist, often speaks through his puppet, Rex Powers?

Robbie Shapiro is played by Matt Bennett, yet the puppet's voice comes from someone else: Jake Farrow, who went uncredited.

Which Zoey 101 character is known for crazy science experiments that make other students think she is a freak?

Quinn Pensky calls her inventions Quinnventions, and the part was written specially for the actress who plays her.

Which Rocket Power character, Otto's best friend, is an aspiring filmmaker rarely seen without a video camera?

Twister is only a nickname: his real name is Maurice Rodriguez, and his older brother Lars is one of Otto's biggest rivals.

Which 1980s Nickelodeon science show revived a series Don Herbert had first hosted on NBC in 1951?

Mr. Wizard's World was produced in Calgary, Canada, and made 78 episodes from 1983 before living on for years in reruns.

Which future Zoolander actress began her career as lifeguard Melody Hanson on Nickelodeon's Hey Dude?

Christine Taylor started on Hey Dude in 1989, six years before she played Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie.

Which future film star was a cast member of Fifteen, a teen drama Nickelodeon made with Canadian partners?

Ryan Reynolds later admitted he disliked working on the show so much that he briefly considered quitting acting altogether.

Which punk rock icon played Nona's overprotective dad on The Adventures of Pete & Pete?

Iggy Pop played Nona's dad in the second and third seasons, in a cast where actor Steve Buscemi also turned up as Ellen's father.

Which future film star played the heroine's first school rival in The Secret World of Alex Mack?

Jessica Alba appears in only a few episodes as a supporting player, yet a later DVD set of the show gave her top billing on the package.

Which camp bully in Salute Your Shorts, played by Danny Cooksey, schemes with his accomplice Donkey Lips?

Bobby Budnick spent the first season in a power struggle with upstanding newcomer Michael Stein, who was replaced by the suave Ronnie Pinsky in the second.

Which scheming younger brother is Clarissa Darling's constant rival in Clarissa Explains It All?

Ferguson was his sister's sworn enemy from the very first episode, in which the siblings were already plotting to do each other in.

Which recurring Are You Afraid of the Dark? character sells enchanted items from his magic shop?

Sardo, played by Richard Dumont, runs a store called Sardo's Magic Mansion, where the heroes of many tales buy the object that gets them into trouble.

Which future Full House star hosted Out of Control, a 1984 Nickelodeon sketch comedy about a fictional news program?

Dave Coulier played the coordinator of the news show, vainly trying to get his eccentric crew members to work together.

Which rapper performs Aw, Here It Goes, the theme song of Kenan & Kel?

Coolio recorded the song as a music video made for the sitcom's opening sequence, so the rapper appears in the credits himself.

Which character sings the theme song that opens each episode of SpongeBob SquarePants?

Painty the Pirate is a figure in an oil painting, and the lips that move as he sings belong to the show's own creator.

Which new wave band recorded the theme used from season two of Nickelodeon's cartoon about an Australian wallaby?

The B-52's were a second choice: the cartoon's creator first asked for film composer Danny Elfman, who was booked on another project.

Which R&B trio performed the theme of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell?

TLC recorded a theme that was produced and co-written by Arnold Hennings, and it was later released on a CD of the sketch show's music.

Which song, co-written and sung by Drake Bell, serves as the theme of the sitcom Drake & Josh?

I Found a Way got the job after the show's producer praised it; Bell has said the theme was originally going to be a Lenny Kravitz song.

Which co-founder of the band Devo composed the Rugrats theme song and much of the cartoon's music?

Mark Mothersbaugh shared the scoring with his brother Bob Mothersbaugh, Devo's lead guitarist, among others.

Which R&B star's vocals replaced Cree Summer's on I'm in Between, the theme song of As Told by Ginger?

Macy Gray's take was the third version: the song was first recorded in character by Ginger's own voice actress, and Gray's arrived midway through season one.

Which pop-punk band recorded an extended Jimmy Neutron theme for the 2001 film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius?

Bowling for Soup reworked a theme first written by Brian Causey of the band Man or Astro-man?, whose original version stayed on the TV series.

Which band, formed by members of Miracle Legion, performed Hey Sandy, the theme of The Adventures of Pete & Pete?

Polaris existed for the show: its makers were Miracle Legion fans and commissioned the musicians to write original songs for the series.

Which fictional rock band is Doug Funnie's favorite group in Doug?

The Beets got to play a free concert at Doug's school only after students agreed to let a stern official's yodeling group open the show.

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius was nominated for the first Best Animated Feature Oscar but lost to which film?

Shrek won at the 74th Oscars ceremony, the first to hand out a prize for animated features.

Which celebrity plays himself in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, giving the heroes a ride home on his back?

David Hasselhoff appears in live action, and a hired hitman even fights the heroes on the star's back as he speeds across the sea.

Which voice actor, also the Ice King in Adventure Time, has played SpongeBob SquarePants since the cartoon's debut?

Tom Kenny is also the Narrator and the Mayor in The Powerpuff Girls, and the voice of Spyro in the Spyro video games.

Which director made The Last Airbender, the 2010 live-action film of the Nicktoon Avatar: The Last Airbender?

M. Night Shyamalan based the film on the cartoon's first season, casting Noah Ringer as Aang in an ensemble that included Dev Patel.

Which voice actor, later Fry in Futurama, played the title characters of Doug and The Ren & Stimpy Show?

Billy West also voiced Bugs Bunny in the film Space Jam, and on Futurama he plays a recurring Richard Nixon as well.

Which KaBlam! segment starred a cast of toys and dolls, filmed by tossing them into frame?

Action League Now! was made in what its makers called chuckimation, a mix of stop-frame animation and live shots of figures being chucked or dropped into view.

Which Nickelodeon shorts showcase launched The Fairly OddParents, ChalkZone and My Life as a Teenage Robot as series?

Oh Yeah! Cartoons let several dozen filmmakers make seven-minute shorts, and three of those ideas grew into half-hour shows of their own.

Arnold Rides a Chair, an early short starring the future hero of Hey Arnold!, aired as filler on which show?

Sesame Street ran the short three years after the character's first film, Arnold Escapes from Church, was made.

Which of Lincoln Loud's sisters in The Loud House is the gloomy goth who writes poetry?

Lucy and baby Lily got names that the show's creator and his wife had set aside in case they ever had daughters.

Which boomerang-wielding Southern Water Tribe warrior has no bending powers of his own in Avatar: The Last Airbender?

Sokka makes up for it with weapons: a metal boomerang, a club and, later, a sword forged from the metal of a meteorite.

In Clarissa Explains It All, best friend Sam usually arrives in Clarissa Darling's bedroom by what route?

A ladder to her window is Sam's way in, and each arrival is accompanied by a characteristic chord of guitar music.