Nickelodeon Home Media/Opening Logos: Difference between revisions

The page describes the opening IDs [[Nickelodeon]] used on their VHS releases. Starting in 1996, when distribution of Nickelodeon videos switched from [[Sony Wonder]] to [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount Home Video]] (which [[Viacom]] acquired two years prior), Nickelodeon alternated between using their station IDs and their first home video ID before ultimately settling with the former. Since 2009, the 2009 [[Nickelodeon Productions]] logo is used as a de-facto home video logo.

* Seen on most Nickelodeon releases from the era released by Sony Wonder (alongside live-action series such as ''Are You Afraid of The Dark?'') and early to mid-Paramount Home Video, and was also used on several international releases as well.

* However, some videotapes, such as the Paramount reprints of the ''Rugrats'' Sony Wonder tapes, used certain television bumpers instead of this.

* It was first seen on the original Sony Wonder releases of ''Rugrats'' and ''Doug'' (original version only) and was last seen on ''Rugrats: Make Room for Dil''.

* It also appears on the 1995 Sony Wonder LaserDisc ''The Ren and Stimpy Show: The Essential Collection - Classics I & II''.

* The ID also appeared on the rare ''KaBlam! 3-D'' VHS.

* This ID was occasionally used as an actual television bumper, usually before a music video was shown in the '90s.

'''Logo:'''  We see a model of the Earth zoom into the screen, and it remains in place as this logo's background, spinning throughout. We see different children from around the world saying the phrase "One world, one Nickelodeon" in their native language. Throughout the logo, they interact with a spinning orange sphere with the Nickelodeon wordmark on it, resembling a globe. In order, a Zulu girl puts the orange sphere in place, an Arab boy runs by and pushes the sphere to the center, an English boy (upside-down) tosses the sphere off-screen, a Finnish girl catches the sphere with her fingers, a Mexican boy bounces on the sphere like a trampoline, an Indian boy appears from behind the sphere, two Japanese girls lift up the sphere, and a Chinese girl holds the sphere and throws it. The sphere briefly engulfs the screen, then bounces back to the upper center. Below the sphere, the Arab boy again runs across the screen as the logo ends.

'''Music/Sounds:''' A down-tempo beat alongside a chorus of children singing "Na-na-Nick!", as well as various cartoonish sound effects, including a honk when the Nickelodeon ball is in its final position. Different kids in the bumper repeatedly say "One world, one Nickelodeon" in their native languages, which in order are: Zulu, Arabic, English, Finnish, Spanish, Hindi, Japanese, and Chinese.

'''Availability:''' Uncommon in Australia and the UK, and extremely rare in North America. Used in tandem with the 1993 logo for a few years, and seen on Nickelodeon videotapes released internationally by CIC Video and eventually Paramount Home Video, such as several ''Rugrats'' tapes from the UK and the Australian VHS releases of ''Blue's Clues: Arts & Crafts'' and ''The Ren and Stimpy Show: Incredibly Stupid Stories''. Its most recent sighting was on the Canadian VHS releases of ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Christmas''. In North America, this only appeared on Spanish-language tapes released in the United States and for French-language tapes released in Canada.

* Seen on Nickelodeon VHS tapes from the era, including later ''Rugrats'' tapes and the first few ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' VHS releases.

*Both this logo and the 1995 Paramount Home Video logo make a surprise appearance on the 2013 Blu-ray release of ''It's a SpongeBob Christmas''. They play if either the first episode or "Play All" on the bonus episodes (which were the same ones used on the ''Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies'' DVD releases) are selected. This is due to them using the same video master as the original VHS releases. This is cut on the DVD version, as the correct master is used there.

* '''Fish''': On a black background, an orange 3D fish with the white Balloon font on it is seen swimming around, turning directions twice before stopping in the front of the screen for a few seconds. As the fish swims, blue-colored bubbles are seen coming out of the said fish.

* '''Robot''': On a black background, an orange 3D robot is seen in the top right corner, moving down as it turns its head towards the screen and waves at us. It then swerves to the right before swerving back to the left and then finally rests in the center, arms on its waist.

* '''Top''': On a black background, an orange 3D spinning top is seen spinning towards the screen, bouncing about before it stands still.

* '''Rocket''': On a black background, an orange 3D rocket seen flying across the screen. It first goes from bottom right to top left, then top right to bottom left, and then swerves into the center. Blue-colored flames can also be seen coming out of it.

* '''Flower''': On a black background, a Frisbee-shaped 3D orange flower is seen zooming in and turning towards the screen before blooming its petals.

* '''Splat''': On a black background, a moving orange splat appears before swooping over to the center of the screen, showing that it's a 3D Nickelodeon splat logo (which looks more like a cloud) wiggling its edges.

* '''Eyes''': On a black background, a set of 3D orange eyes bounce around, all having "NICK" inside the pupil. One of them comes to the screen and begins blinking.

* '''Fish''': Very common. With the exception of a few releases, this is seen on virtually every Nickelodeon DVD release from this time.

** Also seen on some VHS releases at the time.

**It makes a surprise appearance on several 2010 DVDs released after the 2009 rebrand (even when the packaging and most of them include the new logo), including ''Nickelodeon: We Love Our Friends'', released on January 5, 2010, ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Viking-Sized Adventures'', released on January 26, 2010, and made its last appearance as a whole on the DVD release of ''iCarly: iFight Shelby Marx'', released on March 30, 2010.

* '''Robot''': Ultra rare. Only appears on the ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween'' and ''Nicktoons Christmas'' DVDs. The VHS versions have the regular Fish logo.

* '''Top''': Very rare. Only seen on four ''Rugrats'' DVD releases: ''Mysteries'', ''Saves the Day'', ''Halloween'' and ''Turkey & Mistletoe'', and makes a surprise appearance on the 2011 reprint of the first title, which was released on September 20, 2011, while the others use the 2009 Nickelodeon Productions logo on their reprints.

* '''Rocket''': Rare.

* '''Flower''': Very rare. Only appears on some VHS releases of ''As Told By Ginger'' and ''The Amanda Show''. The regular fish logo appears on the DVD releases.

* '''Splat''': Ultra rare. This only appears on one release - the VHS version of ''The Fairly OddParents: Abra-Catastrophe! The Movie''. Once again, the DVD release of it just features the regular fish logo.

* '''Eyes''': Ultra rare. Only seen on the ''Nicktoons Halloween'' DVD.

*Can be found on the VHS version of ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Lost in Time'' (the DVD version has the regular Fish logo), which is also the last ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' VHS released.

*Also appears on some ''Fairly Odd Parents'' VHS and DVD releases (the Fish logo is used otherwise), some ''All Grown Up!'' VHS releases (which use the Rocket or the Fish on the DVD versions) and the DVD releases of ''Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2'' and ''3'', as well as the VHS release of the former.

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