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.mw-parser-output .dropbtn{background-color:#161f2b;color:white;font-family:AVID Web;width:220px;padding:2px;border-radius:6px;font-size:16px;border:none}.mw-parser-output .dropdown{position:relative;display:inline-block}.mw-parser-output .dropdown-content{display:none;position:absolute;background-color:#f1f1f1;min-width:160px;z-index:1;padding:10px;max-height:500px;overflow:scroll}.mw-parser-output .dropdown-content a{color:black;padding:12px 16px;text-decoration:none;display:block}.mw-parser-output .dropdown-content a:hover{background-color:#ddd}.mw-parser-output .dropdown:hover .dropdown-content{display:block}.mw-parser-output .dropdown:hover .dropbtn{background-color:#f1f1f1;color:#161f2b} Background Nickelodeon Productions is the New York-based production arm of American cable channel Nickelodeon , that provides original sitcoms, animated shows and game-related programs for the channel. 1st Logo (September 6, 1988-January 6, 2009) Visuals: On a black background, one of various orange shapes is seen with Nickelodeon text inside, and with (or without) copyright info underneath. These are the shapes the Nickelodeon typeface may be present within, with details regarding its animation either present or absent: Bat : On a black background, there is an orange bat with the Nickelodeon text on the front. Turkey : On a black background, there is an orange silhouette of a turkey with the Nickelodeon wordmark on it. Splat : On a black background, there is an orange splat with the Nickelodeon text on it. Heart : The copyright stamp "c 1991 MTV NETWORKS, INC." is first seen at the bottom of the screen in white. Then, the Nickelodeon logo in the form of a heart slides down into the middle while rotating 90 degrees counter-clockwise. Haypile : On a black background, there is the Nickelodeon logo in the shape of an orange haystack or scribble. Banner : On a black background, A Nickelodeon logo in a wavy "banner" shape is seen. Scribble : On a black background, a orange scribble-like shape with the Nickelodeon logo is seen. Elephant : An orange elephant with Nickelodeon text on it raising its trunk. Giraffe : The legs of an orange giraffe with Nickelodeon text on it running. Leopard : An orange leopard with Nickelodeon text on it walking and roaring. UFO : On a black background, there is an orange UFO with the Nickelodeon text on it. Pencil : On a black background, there is an orange pencil with the Nickelodeon text on it. Trivia: The Splat logo was also used at the beginning of the Wild & Crazy Kids! intro. The Splat logo's design was also used for the sign at the front of Nickelodeon Studios, and the Banner's logo design was used for the bench at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios. Copyrights: Only for the Haypile. August 11, 1991-April 13, 1995: "(C)(year) MTV Networks" 1994-1997: "(C)(year) Nickelodeon" 1995-2005: "(C)(year) VIACOM" or "(C)VIACOM (year)" Variants: A variant of the Haypile logo with no copyright info exists. On the original Rugrats pilot, the Haypile logo is darker, possibly due to the quality of the master. On Season 1 episodes of Ren & Stimpy , the Haypile logo is slightly redder. On Season 1 episodes of Hey Arnold! , the copyright info is in a chalk-like font. Starting in late 1997, the copyright stamp for the Haypile logo's "Nickelodeon" variant was extended to say: "Copyright (year) Nickelodeon, a programming service of Viacom International Inc. (NAME OF SHOW) and all related titles, logos, and characters are trademarks of Nickelodeon, a programming service of Viacom International Inc." On Nick News Special Edition: A Conversation with Magic Johnson , the Scribble logo is upside-down while the Nickelodeon wordmark remains on the shape. Sometimes, this logo also shares the screen with other logos. Technique: Usually a still image, but for the Heart, Elephant, Giraffe and Leopard variants, analog computer animation. Audio: The closing theme of the show/special or none. Audio Variants: For the Elephant variant, it's along with the elephant trumpeting. For the Giraffe variant, the sounds of a stampede are heard. For the Leopard variant, it's along with the leopard roaring. On most episodes of Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up! , as well as The Wild Thornberrys , Aaahh!!! Real Monsters , Rocket Power , and As Told by Ginger , a soundbite from the episode is heard on the Haypile logo (this was not present on earlier seasons of Rugrats ). On the first two seasons of Aaahh!!! Real Monsters , the tail-end of the Klasky Csupo "Graffiti" logo's music plays over the Haypile logo. On Doug , the Jumbo Pictures music carries over to the Haypile and Pencil logos. On the Rugrats episode "The Baby Vanishes!" / "Farewell, My Friend...", an audio engineer (Kurt Vanzo) is heard saying "We're gonna keep you going even longer than that next time, we'll do it one more time." (tying into how in the end credits for said episode, Tommy and Chuckie are heard arguing over whether the basement in their home is scary or not). This variant was often taken out of future Nickelodeon airings due to split-screen credits, but was later put back in on The '90s Are All That airings prior to that block's rebranding as The Splat. On the original pilot version of The Ren & Stimpy Show episode "Big House Blues", Calliope by Jac Holzman is heard during the Haypile logo, since the ending theme didn't trail into the Carbunkle Cartoons and Spümcø logos. On a DVD release of The Amanda Show , the Haypile logo has the buzzing sounds of the 1996 Nickelodeon Productions logo. On DVD and VHS releases of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius , the Haypile logo had the same audio as the variant of the Nickelodeon Animation Studios logo with the first few notes of the show's theme and Jimmy saying "Gotta blast!" On a December 2001 CBS airing of the Rugrats episodes "Rugrats: The Santa Experience" and "A Rugrats Chanukah", the Haypile logo used a generic theme. Availability: Depends on where the variants would appear. Bat: It appeared on Nickelodeon airings of Count Duckula . Newer prints of said show are derived from UK masters which don't contain this logo. Turkey: Seen on Nick's Thanksgiving Fest . Splat: Seen on Wild & Crazy Kids! and also on various Sony Wonder -distributed Nickelodeon VHS tapes, such as Ren & Stimpy: Classics II and at least one VHS release of The Adventures of Pete & Pete . Heart: Seen on original airings of The Adventures of Pete and Pete special "The Valentine's Day Massacre". That special was later repackaged as a standard Pete and Pete episode, with this logo plastered by the normal "balloon" logo on subsequent airings and by the Haypile logo on the 2005 Season 1 DVD. Haypile: This is cited as the easiest to find of this collection of variants. It's still easy to find this variant on VHS and DVD releases of Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. series released from 1991 until 2009. This variant is the basis for the most-known Nickelodeon logo in the category of home media . It made its earliest known appearance on the Rugrats pilot "Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing" (produced in 1990), but it didn't make its debut on television until August 11, 1991, the day the first three Nicktoons ( Doug , Rugrats , and The Ren & Stimpy Show ) premiered. The MTV Networks copyright variant can be seen on VHS tapes and DVDs of Rugrats episodes from the era (including the pilot), VHS tapes and DVDs of early episodes of Rocko's Modern Life , and 1991-1994 episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show on VHS (the Season 1 and 2 DVDs edit it out, but it's still intact on the Seasons 3 and a Half-ish and Season 5 and Some More of 4 DVDs), and VHS tapes and DVDs of pre-1994 episodes of Doug . The Nickelodeon byline variant was used for a short time and concurrently with the Viacom copyright variant from 1995-1996. It can be seen on VHS tapes of some Rugrats episodes from the era, VHS tapes and DVDs of The Ren & Stimpy Show episodes from the era, VHS tapes of some Rocko's Modern Life episodes from the era, and season 1-3 episodes of AAAHH!!! Real Monsters on VHS. It was also seen on The Angry Beavers 1994 pilot episode "Snowbound". The Viacom variant can be seen on all Nicktoons until 1997, when they switched to the Nicktoons/Nickelodeon Animation Studios logo. At that point, only Klasky-Csupo shows such as Rugrats , As Told by Ginger , and The Wild Thornberrys used this logo. The 1997 variant only be found on late 1997 episodes of Rugrats and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters . The first three seasons of Rocko's Modern Life released through Shout! Factory have this logo intact. The "Big House Blues" variant, though, is not only edited out in the seasons 1 & 2 DVD releases in addition to the other episodes, but when aired, the episode shares "In the Army"'s credits. This logo also appeared on the obscure Rugrats Pre-School Daze series, which can be found as a bonus feature the Rugrats Tales From the Crib DVDs. It was also intact on MTV airings of The Ren & Stimpy Show . This doesn't appear on certain animated Nick shows such as KaBlam! and Pelswick , which used the 1996 "lightbulb" logo instead. This logo used to be preserved on airings of shows on The 90s Are All That block on TeenNick (later The Splat, then NickSplat, and finally NickRewind), but due to the block later adopting Nickelodeon's "credits on the last scene" format, it is no longer seen and is plastered by the 2009 logo (or sometimes one of the 2017 logos). However, AAAHH!!! Real Monsters and The Ren & Stimpy Show kept it intact during that time (the latter also kept the original credits intact). Banner: Appears on the first three seasons of Are You Afraid of the Dark? . It is preserved on DVD releases. Scribble: Seen on episodes of Nick News from its premiere in 1992 until 2000. The show last reran on TeenNick (on "The Splat") on November 5, 2016, when an episode was shown to commemorate the 2016 US presidential election. Elephant: Seen on The Nickelodeon Wild Side Show , last aired on Noggin (now Nick J