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Nickelodeon Movies Inc. is the motion picture production arm of American children's cable network Nickelodeon, founded on February 25, 1995. In 1993, Nickelodeon made a deal with 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios) to produce films based on their properties such as their original Nicktoons, but no movies were made under this deal due to the Nick/TCF contract expiring later in 1995. Nickelodeon Movies was established to produce movies based on their shows, as well as other original family films. Their first film was Harriet the Spy, released in 1996.

All of their theatrical releases are distributed by Paramount Pictures (straight-to-streaming films have been distributed by Netflix (with the most recent one being Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie) and Paramount+ (with the most recent one being Monster High 2)), as when Nickelodeon Movies was founded, its parent company Viacom (now Paramount Global) had merged with Paramount Communications.

1st Logo (Harriet the Spy custom variant) (July 10, 1996)[]

Nickelodeon Movies logo 1996

Visuals: A blue rhino is shown running on what appears to be clouds (in a send-up of the first TriStar Pictures logo), as the camera slowly brightens. However, he repeatedly bumps, slips, and crashes into the "clouds" in the logo, which turns out to be cardboard cutouts with lights on a movie set. The rhino trips over the cloud-shaped Nickelodeon logo, and crashes into the screen. The rhino pulls himself off the screen and hangs onto the Nickelodeon cloud on a black background, causing the cloud to turn into the familiar splat design. The rhino swings a bit on it and then smiles at the screen.

Variant: On 4:3 fullscreen prints, the logo is both choppier and in open matte.

Technique: 2D animation and 3D visual effects in a style called "Blendo". This logo was produced by Colossal Pictures in San Francisco on Macintosh and Silicon Graphics computers with Softimage Toonz, PowerAnimator, Photoshop (clouds and texture maps) and Flame (compositing) software.

Audio: Dramatic orchestral music that starts getting messed up as the rhino trips, along with yelping from the rhino (possibly voiced by Jim Cummings) as he bumps and stumbles around the set. The music builds up as the rhino crashes into the screen, segueing into a hip-hop-style vocal version of the Nickelodeon jingle.

Availability: Seen only on the company's first film Harriet the Spy (1996).

2nd Logo (Good Burger custom variant) (July 25, 1997)[]

Visuals: On a black and blue gradient background, orange soda is seen being dispensed into a large fast food cup. When it's full, the cup's lid (with attached straw) closes at the top, and the cup starts racing around the screen like a sports car. After a few seconds, the cup speeds back to where it was originally, sputtering and breaking down in the process as if due to an "engine" failure. It abruptly stops and falls down, causing the lid to pop open and the orange soda to spill out, revealing "NICKELODEON".

Trivia: This logo pays homage to a Nickelodeon Productions logo from 1996, the year before this logo was used.

Variants:

  • On fullscreen prints, the logo is choppier.
  • On 35mm uncropped film scan prints, the logo is in open-matte.
  • On the trailer, the Paramount Pictures logo stretches into a still alternate render of this logo.
  • On TV spots, as well as the film's making-of special, "MOVIES" is seen below in the same font as "NICKELODEON".

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: Soda pouring and car sounds. The brake sounds are accompanied by The Jive Five's acapella Nickelodeon theme: "Nick nick nick nick, na-nick nick nick, Nickelodeon!".

Availability: Only seen on Good Burger (1997).

3rd Logo (The Rugrats Movie custom trailer variant) (1997)[]

Nickelodeon Movies 1997 logo V4

Visuals: On a white background, an orange movie camera with the Nickelodeon wordmark is shown, with a green filmstrip reading "MOVIES" unfolding from one of the reels.

Technique: A still image.

Audio: The opening theme/voiceover of the trailer.

Availability: This logo was made specifically for the first trailer for The Rugrats Movie (1998). However, it was used as a print logo from the company's inception until the premiere of the 5th logo.

4th Logo (The Rugrats Movie custom variant) (November 20, 1998)[]

Visuals: On a black background, Slap T. Pooch is seen spotting a blob of red-orange goo. It then goes to an extreme close-up on his face and hand as he starts fidgeting with it. The goo gets stuck to his fingers, and he begins to struggle trying to throw it off. Once successful, it starts bouncing off the walls before getting stuck again, this time to his foot. He dances around trying to scrape it off, leaving red-orange goo footprints on the ground. Suddenly, a big shadow appears over the scene, followed by a giant purple foot stomping Slap T. Pooch and the goo. The foot lifts up to create the Nickelodeon foot logo as seen on the gates to the Nicktoons Studios in Burbank, California. The camera pans to reveal the finished product, and Slap T. Pooch falls off the logo before fading out.

Variants:

  • The network variant has this logo presented in full screen.
    • It also appears (albeit choppier) on full screen prints of The Rugrats Movie.
  • On publicity for The Rugrats Movie and Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (as well as the videogame of the latter; that film itself uses the next logo), a blue oval reading "MOVIES" in Arial Narrow font accompanies the foot.
  • On 35mm film scan prints of The Rugrats Movie, the logo is in open-matte.

Technique: Traditional animation produced by Wild Brain.

Audio: A weird three note tune, followed by cartoon-like sound effects and music cues, a cartoon-like fanfare, and a hip-hop mix of the Nickelodeon theme accompanied with a tuba "wah-wah" sound effect that reverberates.

Availability: Only used on The Rugrats Movie. The TV network variant was seen during the fall of 1998.

5th Logo (February 11, 2000-March 29, 2002)[]

Visuals: There are three major variants of this logo appearing on three respective films, with the end result mostly being the same throughout:

  • Snow Day (2000): A man shovels snow off the sidewalk to his house, with his Golden Retriever dog sitting and watching him on the side. All of a sudden, a giant snowball falls onto his house, completely destroying it in a very graphic manner. The dog runs off barking in panic and the man does a double take. The snow falls off the snowball, revealing an orange ball with the text "NICKELODEON" on it. The background turns black and the ball then bounces to the middle-left of the screen, and then two smaller balls (one orange and the other blue; the latter with "movies" on it) both appear to the right.
  • Rugrats in Paris: The Movie: Same basic concept as the Snow Day variant, except there is now a stereotypical French man, accompanied by his dog, raking leaves in front of his Paris house in the autumn season. The Eiffel Tower can be seen in the background. The ball smashing the house is now just the big orange ball with the "NICKELODEON" text on it. The logo ends the same way as the Snow Day variant, except the dog appears again on the bottom-right of the screen. He jumps and barks once at the logo.
  • Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius: It starts with the orange Nickelodeon ball bouncing to the middle-left of the screen alongside the smaller orange ball on a black screen. Then Goddard, Jimmy's robotic pet dog from the movie, runs on-screen with a synthesized bark. He looks at the logo and whimpers, knowing it's incomplete. He activates a laser beam on his back and creates the blue "movies" ball (with the text in a noticeably different font). He puts away the laser and curiously looks at the audience.

Variants:

  • On the network ID for the first two variants, the blue "movies" ball is deleted, and the logo is in full screen.
  • On the trailer for Snow Day, a still variant of the logo is seen with snow falling on it.
  • On the trailer for Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, a different warp-speed variant of the logo putting itself together can be seen.
  • On The Making of Jimmy Neutron, the movie's variant is shortened.

Technique: Live-action with overlaid miniatures and computer animation, produced by Curious Pictures. The Jimmy Neutron variant uses CGI, produced by DNA Productions and O Entertainment.

Audio: Different soundtracks are used for each film:

  • Snow Day (2000): A light whistling tune that abruptly stops just before the house gets destroyed by the giant snowball, and then changes to one of the following:
    • A rock tune with a choir singing briefly as it fades to black. This is the version most typically used, appearing on theatrical, VHS, DVD, and streaming prints of the movie, as well as on the network ID variant.
    • A short tuba tune, followed by a tuba/whistling version of the Nickelodeon theme, sounding similar to the Rugrats in Paris variant without the accordion. This can be found on earlier network prints of the movie.
  • Rugrats in Paris: The Movie: An accordion plays the same introductory tune as before. When the house is destroyed, it segues into an accordion/whistling rendition of the extended Nickelodeon tune (with three "barks" from the dog) which leads into an accordion/tuba version of the Nickelodeon theme, followed by one last "bark" from the dog.
  • Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius: A funny sounding version of the Nickelodeon theme with a trombone, cartoonish sound effects, and the noises that Goddard makes, provided by Frank Welker.
  • On The Making of Jimmy Neutron, the short version has John Debney's music playing over it.

Availability:

  • Seen on the respective movies Snow Day (2000), Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, and Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.
  • The Snow Day tuba music variant is extremely rare; your best bet to find it is on old network airings of the movie.
  • The two network ID variants were seen throughout 2000 to promote their respective movies.
  • The Snow Day network ID variant made a surprise appearance on an early 2000's MTV2 broadcast, instead of the music video for the Eurythmic's "Julia". As such, the then-current MTV2 bug can be seen in the top-right corner. Due to the fact that both networks are operated by the same company, this can likely be attributed as a broadcasting feed error.

6th Logo (June 28, 2002-June 13, 2003)[]

Nickelodeon Movies 2002 logo V1

Visuals: On a black background, a faint black crescent sphere (representing the moon) moves to the bottom of the screen, causing a crescent earth, the sun, and a moving starfield to appear. As the moon moves off-screen at the bottom, the earth starts to wiggle and "sneezes", causing it to crash into the camera. This causes the moon to bounce back onto the screen, which is revealed to be an orange ball with "NICKELODEON" on it. The starfield suddenly transitions to a plain black background as the earth becomes a spinning blue ball with "movies" on it, and the sun becomes the small orange ball. The small ball flies around the screen before hitting the blue ball, stopping it from spinning. When all three balls are in their normal positions in the logo, the blue ball sneezes again, causing the orange balls to briefly "jolt" forward. The blue ball then turns back to the camera to finish the logo.

Variants:

  • A shorter version of the logo starts out with the balls zooming out from the middle of the screen.
  • On Rugrats Go Wild, the logo is slightly darker and cuts to black instead of fading out.
  • On Clockstoppers, the finished logo is seen moving left-to-right like a pendulum on a grandfather clock. It then gets quickly sucked into a vortex, segueing to the opening credits.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Like the previous logo, each film that uses this features a different soundtrack:

  • Hey Arnold! The Movie: A dramatic 4-note fanfare that is somewhat reminiscent of Also Sprach Zarathustra, which plays in the opening of 2001: A Space Odyssey. During the last part of the fanfare, someone sneezes loudly, transitioning to a light instrumental hip hop-like version of the Nickelodeon theme.
  • Rugrats Go Wild: Two bell rings with sun ray sounds, followed by a different-sounding sneeze and an electronic version of the Nickelodeon theme.
  • Clockstoppers: It has the sound of a grandfather clock ticking underneath the film's opening theme, then a whoosh as the logo disappears.

Availability: This was the first Nickelodeon Movies logo to make an appearance on more than one film, excluding trailers and the movie-specific variants of the previous logo.

  • The normal variant was seen on both Hey Arnold! The Movie and Rugrats Go Wild.
  • The pendulum variant was only used on Clockstoppers.
  • The short version of the Hey Arnold! variant appeared on split-screen credits of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie from 2005 to 2013, despite the fact that the movie never used this logo at all originally; the movie itself used the 8th logo.

7th Logo (The Wild Thornberrys Movie custom variant) (August 2002-January 2003, December 20, 2002)[]

Nickelodeon Movies 2002 logo V2

Visuals: Panned up from a bug's-eye view, the sequence starts out on a background with a green tree forest against a sunny blue sky. A white dog with brown splotches then appears from the far-right of the camera and sniffs around the screen, moving towards the center with a close-up of its nose. Then, the dog spots something on the ground, which pulls back with a confused look. The camera then cuts to reveal the Nickelodeon Movies logo made by three different-sized frisbees, resting still on the grass. Then, the camera cuts back to the dog, who licks the screen, wiping into black.

Variants:

  • Two prototype variants exist. In those, the color shade of the logo looks closer to the final product:
    • One where the logo plays in a standard length,
    • and the other where the logo has a duration difference for the scene of the dog licking the screen.
  • On the network ID variant, it is modified and is presented in 4:3 open matte and with modified color shading that looks closer to the final product, the animation is edited to play slightly faster, and the two smaller blue and orange frisbees are removed, leaving the big orange frisbee with the Nickelodeon wordmark centered in the middle.
  • An open-matte version of this logo exists on current 4:3 full-screen prints of The Wild Thornberrys Movie. Earlier prints usually have this logo cropped to 4:3, albeit slightly choppier.

Trivia: This logo runs at 24FPS. The similar could apply to the network ID variant, but runs at 30FPS when the dog pants, sniffs, and pulls back. This can also apply for the prototype variant, but runs at 30FPS also, only when the dog licks.

Technique: A mix of stop-motion and computer animation by Charged Productions and 280:design, both based out of New York City, New York. This was also completed on July 1, 2002.

Audio: A guitar tune is heard over the sounds of nature and children playing, followed by panting, sniffing and grunting sounds from the dog after it appears, then a whine when it pulls back. When the camera cuts to the logo, a "country" version of the Nickelodeon theme plays. As it ends, a fly buzzing noise is heard followed by the dog's lick. Composed by ShackedUpSound in G-major.

Audio Variants:

  • On the prototype variant by Pete List, there are different nature sounds, the sounds of children are omitted, some parts of the sounds when the dog sniffs around are not heard while the sound of the dog's grunt fades out quickly (which also adds another guitar tune before the dog pulls back, even though the music was unedited), and a different-sounding lick is heard when the dog licks. The music is delayed slightly in the audio's right channel also, due to a stereo processing error.
  • The network ID variant uses a modified version of the music and sounds. Notable differences from the regular variant are that the sound of cars driving are barely heard in the background during the beginning, some of the first parts of the dog panting sound bite are omitted, the guitar tune becomes quieter when the dog begins to sniff at the center of the camera, the famous Nickelodeon theme is also slightly loud and its tempo is slowed down a bit, a fly buzzing noise is slightly quieter and the dog's lick is delayed slightly. This was reused on the first prototype variant.

Availability: Only seen on The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002). It was also seen on a TV spot for Yours, Mine & Ours (2005) and was used as an ID in August 2002 and January 2003 for years after.

8th Logo (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie custom variant) (October 27-November 19, 2004)[]

Nickelodeon Movies 2004 logo V1

Visuals: On a black background, an explosion occurs. A bright, blue-colored ball appears from the explosion as golden-yellow streaks form in it. The camera then goes through the blue ball as the background fades to an animated, kaleidoscopic blue cloudy sky. Another explosion also occurs which creates an orange-colored rose that blooms. The rose then dissipates into petals as an orange zeppelin appears via a short flash, flying through it to the middle right of the camera. The sky background ripples before the scene starts fading into a view of a fish swimming with a kaleidoscopic effect. The scene then transforms into a large orange bubble, which floats outward and spawns two more bubbles that form the Nickelodeon Movies logo. The finished product takes place in an orange and yellow-colored underwater environment with more bubbles that have the same color as the logo.

Alternate Descriptive Video Transcription: In a logo, a blue ball bursts out of an explosion surrounded by bright streaks. A zeppelin floats through an orange flower breaking it apart. Goldfish swim by and bubbles form in a colorful kaleidoscope. Words appear in the bubbles: Nickelodeon Movies.

Trivia:

  • The blue ball with golden-yellow streaks forming seen at the beginning of this logo is a possible callback to the "silver ball" station logo that Nickelodeon used from 1981-1984.
  • The orange zeppelin that appears is a reference to the Nickelodeon blimp used for the network's Kids Choice Awards, which is represented as a trophy for outstanding achievement in kids' programming.

Variants:

  • There is a shortened version that starts when the logo forms.
  • On 35mm uncropped film scan prints of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, the logo is in open matte.
  • On the 4K remaster of the film, the logo is filmed. This was due to an aforementioned remaster using an actual 35mm print.

Technique: CGI by Brand New School (who also created Cartoon Network's 2010 rebrand).

Audio: A bouncy, Beatles-esque tune composed by an indie rock group Something for Rockets in C major (consisting of Rami Perlman, Josh Eichenbaum, and Barry Davis), with sound effects including explosions, winds, the flying sound for a zepplin, bubbles, and ripples, ending with underwater sounds when the bubbles form.

Audio Variants:

  • On the shortened version, only some bubble noises are heard.
  • An early variant of the music exists. There is a calm guitar/piano tune, followed by a bicycle bell ringing when the bubbles form. This variant also omits most of the sound effects, with some different underwater sounds. A faint bass is also heard when the first explosion occurs. This was composed in B-flat major.

Availability: Only used on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

  • The movie's video game counterpart for PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, PC and Xbox also feature it.
  • The shortened version can be found on the digital release trailer for Nacho Libre, and the teaser trailer and video game counterpart for Barnyard.

9th Logo (December 17, 2004-January 12, 2007)[]

Visuals: On a space background is the shadow text on a blue tinted Saturn planet that reads "NICK". The camera moves away from the ringed planet as the 3D text "NICKELODEON" zooms out from the bottom of the screen as the camera pans to reveal an orange moon, which the text settles in front of. As this happening, a smaller blue moon appears from behind the orange moon and settles on the right, while an even smaller moon zooms out as the moons form the familiar logo. The word "movies" spins in around the blue moon to complete the logo. Then, the logo zooms down into the film's opening sequence.

Trivia: The nebula seen in the background is known as the "Eagle Nebula" in the constellation Serpens.

Variants:

  • There is a shortened variant seen on Yours, Mine and Ours (2005).
  • On Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Barnyard, and Charlotte's Web, the logo pans down and segues into the opening titles.
  • On the Game Boy Advance version of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, it is a still logo in print form.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The opening theme of the movie. On Mad Hot Ballroom, it's silent.

Availability:

  • Can be seen on such movies as Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Mad Hot Ballroom, Barnyard, Charlotte's Web, and Yours, Mine & Ours.
  • Also seen on the Hotel for Dogs game on the Nintendo Wii and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie on PC and Game Boy Advance.

10th Logo (Nacho Libre custom variant) (June 16, 2006)[]

Visuals: The camera zooms across the sides of a wrestling ring as camera lights flash in the background. It eventually zooms to the bottom of the ring, where a bell version of the logo is seen, which rings two times before fading out.

Variants:

  • On the trailer, the logo is on a black background, the colors are altered, and the bell rings three times.
  • On 4:3 fullscreen prints, the logo is choppier.

Technique: CGI animation.

Audio: Sounds of a cheering audience and cameras going off (which actually start over the Paramount Pictures logo), page turning-like sounds for the zooming of the ropes (quieter on the second rope), a swoosh for zooming to the lower rope and to the back of the ring, and the bell clanging. The sounds were provided by Musikvergnuegen.

Availability: This was a custom variant used for Nacho Libre (2006) and as such, only appeared on said movie.

11th Logo (February 14, 2008-June 12, 2009, August 2, 2023-present)[]

Nickelodeon Movies 2008 logo

Visuals: Against a black background, some orange fluid-like slime swirls out from a distance toward the viewer. The camera pans around and the slime forms the Nickelodeon logo with "movies" flying out letter-by-letter on its right.

Trivia:

  • This was the last Nickelodeon Movies logo to utilise Nick's long-lived splat logo, and one of only three that did overall (with the first two logos being the other two).
  • Similarly, the logo's 2023 return marks the return of the 1984-2009 splat, which had been left behind for years in favour of the 2009 logo. The 2023 splat used elsewhere, while redesigned, is another clear nod to its heritage.

Variants:

  • A still version of the logo appears at the end of PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie and the theatrical print of Under the Boardwalk.
  • On Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, the slime is colored green and the framerate is lowered, fitting with the movie's animation style.

Technique: A combination of CGI animation and live-action liquid photography by Picturemill (who also animated the 2020 20th Century Studios logo and the 1997 Universal Pictures logo, among others).

Audio: The opening theme of the movie, slime sounds, or a combination of both. When the logo was revived in 2023, the slime sounds were redone with extra effects added.

Audio Variants:

  • Occasionally, the opening theme plays over the logo, sometimes with the slime sounds intact.
  • Sometimes, it's silent.
  • There is a variant that uses slime sounds and a quirky orchestral tune, ending with a majestic finish (which sounds similar to the first six notes of the Nickelodeon jingle), created by Musikvergnuegen. This version seems to have never appeared in any movies or video games, but it can be heard online.

Availability:

  • During its original usage, it was seen on The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Hotel for Dogs (2009) (the Wii video game uses the 9th logo), Imagine That (2009), and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.
  • When revived in 2023, it appeared on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (as a custom variant), PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (international prints only), and Under the Boardwalk (theatrical prints only, the home release uses the Paramount Animation logo instead). It also appears on the trailers for the latter two.

12th Logo (February 21, 2010-March 15, 2019, September 29, 2023)[]

Visuals: On a white background, a close-up of a falling orange drop is seen. As the camera pans out to a side perspective, the orange drop falls off-screen, and shortly after splashes on top of something, which is revealed to be the bottom part of the lowercase "i" in "nickelodeon". The orange drop, upon impact, dots and forms the "i". As the camera zooms out to reveal the finished logo, "MOVIES" in spaced out purple text fades in below, which is then followed by a small trademark ("TM") symbol fading in to the right of "nickelodeon".

Variants:

  • An earlier version of the logo, used in 2010, has the Nickelodeon logo zooming out on a black background, followed by "MOVIES" in purple appearing letter-by-letter as some purple rays shine behind them.
  • A variant was used on Nickelodeon airings of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. On a white background, the camera pans down to reveal the Nickelodeon logo and the word "MOVIES" in green. This was only used when Nickelodeon used their last-scene-of-the-show credits from 2013 until sometime in 2016, as now most current airings have no logos at all. But it did come back one more time when Nick aired the movie on February 21, 2017, seven years after the logo debuted.
    • There's also a slightly longer version of the above variant, where it begins with the Nickelodeon logo to fall down on the ground and the word "MOVIES" is in a red colour.
  • A short version exists, which starts with the logo already being in place.
  • On the video game version of The Last Airbender for Nintendo DS, the logo is still and in print form.

Technique: CGI animation by Devastudios (who also animated the 2011 Paramount logo, the 2021 and 2023 Warner Bros. Pictures logos, and the 2005 and 2013 Lionsgate Films logos), with Kelly Carlton as creative director. Still digital graphics for the still print version.

Audio: None or the opening theme of the movie.

Audio Variant: On the video game version of The Last Airbender for Wii, the 2009 Nickelodeon Productions theme is used.

Availability: Seen on all movies produced by the company from 2010-19, starting with The Last Airbender (2010) and ending with Wonder Park (2019) (the next logo is on two trailers though).

  • It was first seen on the Nick@Nite promo for Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.
  • It was also seen on trailers for Dora and the Lost City of Gold and Playing with Fire, with the films themselves using the next logo.
  • This logo was last seen on the trailers of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, but it later made a surprise appearance on a DVD version of the 2021 KCAs' TV spot of PAW Patrol: The Movie, while the films themselves use the 14th logo.
  • Despite the logo ending its usage in 2019, this strangely enough made a surprise appearance on Dora and the Fantastical Creatures, a short film which preceded PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie in theaters (the film itself uses the previous logo).

13th Logo (July 9, 2018-November 8, 2019)[]

Visuals: On a white background, the camera shows the Nickelodeon logo forming in the same way from different angles, similar to the 2017 Nickelodeon Productions logo. Afterwards, "MOVIES" in orange, jumps in for a couple of seconds, causing the letters of "Nickelodeon" to jump a bit before settling.

Alternate Descriptive Video Transcription: Bouncing orange letters tumble into a line reading "Nickelodeon Movies".

Trivia: This logo was made to fit with Nickelodeon's 2017 refresh by Superestudio.

Variants:

  • On Playing with Fire, the logo is shinier and the animation is sped up, causing the fanfare to be out of sync with the logo. The logo also cuts in and out instead of fading in and out.
  • A prototype version of this logo (in which the background and logo are altered) can be seen on two trailers for Wonder Park. It is also still. The film itself uses the previous logo instead.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The beginning of the 2009 Nickelodeon Productions theme, with a bombastic orchestral redux of the last five notes composed by John Debney and Germaine Franco. The prototype version just has the opening theme of the trailer.

Availability: It was only seen on two Paramount Players films, Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019) and Playing with Fire (2019), both released in 2019.

  • The prototype version can be seen on two trailers for Wonder Park in 2018.

14th Logo (August 14, 2020-present)[]

Visuals: A switch is seen against a wall with what looks like green slime in the center and a pineapple keychain hanging on the right, along with a tube connected to the switch. SpongeBob SquarePants approaches the switch with his arm, who struggles to pull it. He eventually succeeds after a few seconds, and the energy from the switch causes the slime to flow through the tube. The camera proceeds to follow the tube to a light-bulb covered version of the Nickelodeon logo, which the tube connects to along with two others from the other side. The slime energy causes the logo to light up while a room shaped like a box falls over, revealing a sunset-esque landscape with many hills and palm trees on either side of the logo. Several buildings can also be seen on the hill on the right. The Nickelodeon blimp then flies in from the right side of the screen to form “movies" made of slime, before turning around and exiting in the opposite direction.

Alternate Descriptive Video Transcription: SpongeBob's hand pulls down on a power switch. Green electricity floods a power cable and lights up an electric sign. Green slime forms a word below it, together they read, "Nickelodeon Movies".

Trivia: During the lever scene, a sign is visible that reads "Bikini Bottom Electric Co." (referring to the main location from SpongeBob SquarePants) and another sign has Nathan Love's name on it, plus a pineapple keychain (a nod to SpongeBob's house).

Variants:

  • The logo is presented in both flat and scope formats, depending on the movie.
  • On international Netflix prints of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, the logo is faster and starts at the point where SpongeBob starts trying to pull the switch.
  • Another shortened version of the logo exists, starting at the point right after the logo lights up. This is mainly seen on movies distributed exclusively to Paramount+, such as A Really Loud House Halloween, Good Burger 2, and at the end of Blue's Big City Adventure.
  • The logo is still at the end of The Loud House Movie (the animated logo is used to open the movie up).
  • An in-credit version also exists.

Technique: A mix of CGI and 2D animation. This was done by Nathan Love. A still image for the still version, and the credits scrolling for the in-credit version.

Audio: SpongeBob (voiced by Tom Kenny) grunting as he pulls the lever, then electrical noises as the slime flows, twelve light clicks, and finally, a dramatic orchestral recreation of the last five notes of the Nickelodeon jingle (similar to the previous logo), ending with a ding noise.

Audio Trivia: The Nickelodeon jingle in this logo was composed by Explosion Robinson (best known for composing the music for the Nickelodeon branding from 2017 to 2023).

Audio Variants:

  • On The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, SpongeBob shouts out his catchphrase, "I'm ready!", at the beginning. He also sings along to the logo's music.
    • There's a shortened version of the above variant where the blasting electric sound effect (while the lights turn on) is absent and only eight light clicks are heard, instead of twelve. The flow is also slightly sped up. This was heard on international Netflix prints of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.
  • Sometimes, SpongeBob's grunting noises are absent, or the opening theme of the film is used.
  • None for the still version.
  • The in-credit version just uses the ending theme of the movie.
  • The shortened version has the last few seconds of the logo's music or the ending theme of the movie.

Availability: Unlike previous logos, this is not only used theatrically, but also on made-for-television (except certain ones) and streaming films.

  • Seen on most Nickelodeon films starting with The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020) (also the first film to use the Paramount Animation logo).
  • Also seen on international prints of PAW Patrol: The Movie, where this logo and the Paramount Pictures logo plaster the Elevation Pictures logo.
  • Also seen on Paramount Pictures prints of Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, as the Sky Originals logo for the British print and Huayi Brothers logo for the Chinese print plaster this logo and the Paramount Pictures logo on said prints of the film.
  • This logo is currently being used in tandem with the 11th logo, but most recently appeared on Monster High 2.

Legacy: When it debuted, it was assumed to be a custom variant used exclusively for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, given the similar animation style that the logo used. However, as it gained more widespread use, this was confirmed false.

Unused Logos[]

Planned Charlotte's Web custom variant (2006)[]

Nickelodeon Movies unused logo V1

2006

Visuals: A group of blue birds can be seen flying to the right against a daytime sky with clouds. As the blue birds start grouping together towards the right of the screen in the distance, a group of orange birds fly to the left as both groups of birds form the Nickelodeon Movies logo. The birds eventually scatter as the camera pans down, segueing into the opening credits of the movie.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: The opening theme of the movie.

Availability: This logo was planned to appear on Charlotte's Web (2006), but the 9th logo was used instead. This logo can be seen online.

(2011)[]

Nickelodeon Movies unused logo V2

2011

Visuals: The sun rises, revealing a silhouette of a girl holding a ship's wheel. The camera zooms out, eventually revealing the whole ship. the ship appears to either have or grow wings, which it then uses to fly off into the sunrise. The sun is revealed to be the letter "i" in "nickelodeon". The rest of the wordmark rises from the sea, with the word "MOVIES" seemingly following suit.

Technique: CGI.

Audio: Unknown, as only style frames exist.

Availability: Only style frames exist. However, it is not known what company made this logo, as said style frames can only be found on a DeviantArt post, with the uploader not stating its source.

Big Bang (2013)[]

Nickelodeon Movies unused logo V3

2013

Visuals: An orange splat-like blob is seen over a black background. it then swirls and splatters into a multicoloured liquid, eventually filling the screen in a supernova-like "Frutiger Aero" esque setting, populated by small, quirky multicoloured 3D shapes, which are described to "bounce, squish, pulse, zoom, and twirl across space". The entire scenery collapses onto itself, forming what is described as "a condensed, heated energy", which is described to form the dot of the letter "i". This then zooms out, revealing the rest of the Nickelodeon wordmark, which the word "MOVIES" appears under. This last section took place on a cream-coloured background.

Technique: CGI by Christopher Lopez at Imaginary Forces.

Audio: Unknown, as only style frames exist.

Availability: Can only be seen in the form of style frames on Christopher Lopez's website.

(2015)[]

Nickelodeon Movies unused logo V4

2015

Visuals: A big, fuzzy orange ball bounces onto a suburban neighborhood. the letter "c" starts chasing after it, with the other letters (seemingly sporting different textures) following suit. they travel through some alps, before ending at a small town, which some letters appear to bounce off the roofs of the houses of. The letters arrive at a big city, with cars driving and people walking about, quote: "where they hop over everything and everyone,[...] bouncing and hurling with fun acrobatic style". It is presumed that the orange ball becomes the dot of the letter "i". The letters seemingly arrive at an area populated with many buildings, one of which the letters are described to make their way to the top of. they take a final step, leaping over the city. The camera quickly pulls around to reveal the Nickelodeon Movies logo, over a night city skyline.

Technique: A hybrid of live-action footage and CGI by Christopher Lopez at Imaginary Forces.

Audio: Same as before.

Availability: Same as before.

Containers of Nick (2016)[]

Nickelodeon Movies unused logo V5

2016

Visuals: Taking place on an orange background, the different letters of the Nickelodeon wordmark are seen, each containing a different scene.

  • The first "n" contains an underwater scene, with a ship, an octopus, and many shapes in the ocean.
  • The letter "i" is seen sideways, containing a seen of a nightly forest. Two UFOs are seen, one of which is abducting a cow.
  • The letter "c" contains a bowling-inspired scene, containing a bowling ball, few pins, and two curved arrow-shaped signs. A yellow, seemingly 1950s-inspired wallpaper featuring various small burst shapes is seen behind it all.
  • The letter "k" contains a polygonal environment with mountains and trees. A yellow biplane is seen flying.
  • The letter "e" contains a purple starfield with an astronaut floating. Various blobs are present.
  • The letter "o" contains a polygonal icy cave, with some bats present.
  • The letter "d" contains a different underwater scene, with a yellow background. a polar bear is seen in the water, along with some chunks of ice, and what appear to be clouds in the sky.
    • The letter "e" from before is seen behind the "d".

This cuts to the Nickelodeon Movies logo. The word "movies" is seen in a white script font, while what appears to be paper lids over each letter of the Nickelodeon logo close down.

Technique: CGI by Ray Lux at Transistor Studios.

Audio: Unknown, as only style frames exist.

Availability: Unused. Can only be seen in the form of style frames on Ray Lux's website.

Monolith Splat! (2017)[]

Nickelodeon Movies unused logo V6

2017

Visuals: A zooming vortex-like background is seen where the letter "i" is seen below. The other letters seemingly quickly swirl from the vortex onto place, forming the Nickelodeon logo as the green word "movies" (in a blobby font) appears. The vortex changes to a blue background.

Technique: CGI by Ray Lux at Transistor Studios.

Audio: Same as "Containers of Nick".

Availability: Same as "Containers of Nick".

Movie Shoot (2018)[]

Visuals: On an orange background with what seems to be an anime-like zoom effect is a movie camera with two stage lights as the letter "i" is seen. The next style frame shows the finished product, a recording studio featuring a director's chair next to some rounded boxes, the camera and lights from before, and a stage, where a flower shape is seen going from in front to behind it. the walls of the studio are decorated with some squares. the Nickelodeon logo is seen on the stage, and clapperboard which reads "MOVIES" is seen floating.

Trivia: The flower shape is a clear reference to the flower clouds seen on SpongeBob SquarePants.

Variant: What seems to be an alternate of the final style frame exists, set in what seems to be the same stage with different lighting, and some position changes. the chair is now in front of the boxes, and the Nickelodeon logo, along with the stage, seem to be closer to the screen. The blue word "MOVIES" in a bold font is seen in front of the Nickelodeon wordmark, as well as three letters ("n", "d", and "k") situated behind the wordmark. It is unknown whether this is intended to be part of the logo, or if it is an alternate take of the logo.

Technique: CGI by Ray Lux at Transistor Studios.

Audio: Same as "Containers of Nick".

Availability: Same as "Containers of Nick".

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