Nicktoons

For the TV channel with the same name, see Nicktoons (American TV channel).

Nicktoons are animated television shows which are produced by and aired on the children's television channel Nickelodeon. Before 1991, Nickelodeon aired mostly foreign made animated series. The idea for Nicktoons was formed in 1989^[1] and on Sunday, August 11, 1991, the first Nicktoon, Doug, was aired followed by Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show. This format was repeated every Sunday.

Nicktoons
Original work	Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991)
Owner	Nickelodeon (Paramount Global)
Years	1991—present
Movies and television
Television series	List of shows
Games
Video game(s)	Nicktoons video games

List of Nicktoons

Precursors

Title	Premiere date
Video Dream Theatre	Produced from 1979 to 1980; unaired
Christmas in Tattertown	December 21, 1988
Nick's Thanksgiving Fest	November 22, 1989

Full series

#	Title	Seasons	Episodes	Premiere date	Finale date
1	Doug[note 1]	4[note 1]	52	August 11, 1991	January 2, 1994
2	Rugrats	9	172		August 1, 2004
3	The Ren & Stimpy Show[note 2]	5	52		October 20, 1996
4	Rocko's Modern Life	4	52	September 18, 1993	November 24, 1996
5	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	4	52	October 29, 1994	December 6, 1997
6	Hey Arnold!	5	100	October 7, 1996	June 8, 2004
7	KaBlam!	4	48	October 11, 1996	May 27, 2000
8	The Angry Beavers	4	62	April 19, 1997	May 26, 2001
9	CatDog	4	68	April 4, 1998	June 15, 2005
10	Oh Yeah! Cartoons	3	34	July 18, 1998	August 30, 2002
11	The Wild Thornberrys	5	91	September 1, 1998	June 11, 2004
12	SpongeBob SquarePants	15	303	May 1, 1999	present
13	Rocket Power	4	71	August 16, 1999	July 30, 2004
14	As Told by Ginger	3	60	October 25, 2000	November 14, 2006
15	The Fairly OddParents	10	172	March 30, 2001	July 26, 2017
16	Invader Zim	2	27		August 19, 2006
17	Action League Now!	1	12	November 18, 2001	February 10, 2002
18	ChalkZone	4	40	March 22, 2002	August 23, 2008
19	The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius	3	64	July 20, 2002	November 25, 2006
20	All Grown Up!	5	55	April 12, 2003	August 17, 2008
21	My Life as a Teenage Robot	3	40	August 1, 2003	May 2, 2009
22	Danny Phantom	3	53	April 3, 2004	August 24, 2007
23	Avatar: The Last Airbender	3	61	February 21, 2005	July 19, 2008
24	Catscratch	1	20	July 9, 2005	February 10, 2007
25	The X's	1	20	November 25, 2005	November 25, 2006
26	El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera	1	26	February 19, 2007	September 13, 2008
27	Tak and the Power of Juju	1	26	August 31, 2007	January 24, 2009
28	Back at the Barnyard	2	52	September 29, 2007	December 11, 2011
29	The Mighty B!	2	40	April 26, 2008	June 18, 2011
30	The Penguins of Madagascar[note 3]	3	80	November 28, 2008	December 19, 2015
31	Random! Cartoons[note 4]	1	13	December 6, 2008	December 20, 2009
32	Fanboy & Chum Chum	2	52	October 12, 2009	July 12, 2014
33	Planet Sheen	1	26	October 2, 2010	February 15, 2013
34	T.U.F.F. Puppy	3	60		April 4, 2015
35	Winx Club[note 5]	3[note 5]	78	June 27, 2011	April 10, 2016
36	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness[note 3]	3	80	September 19, 2011	June 29, 2016
37	The Legend of Korra	4	52	April 14, 2012	December 19, 2014
38	Robot and Monster	1	26	August 4, 2012	March 4, 2015
39	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[note 6]	5	124	September 28, 2012	November 12, 2017
40	Monsters vs. Aliens[note 3]	1	26	March 23, 2013	February 8, 2014
41	Sanjay and Craig	3	60	May 25, 2013	July 29, 2016
42	Breadwinners	2	40	February 17, 2014	September 12, 2016
43	Harvey Beaks	2	52	March 28, 2015	December 29, 2017
44	Pig Goat Banana Cricket	2	40	July 16, 2015	August 11, 2018
45	The Loud House	8	277	May 2, 2016	present
46	Bunsen Is a Beast	1	26	January 16, 2017	February 10, 2018
47	Welcome to the Wayne	2	30	July 24, 2017	May 31, 2019
48	The Adventures of Kid Danger	1	10	January 15, 2018	June 14, 2018
49	Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles[note 6]	2	39	July 20, 2018	August 7, 2020
50	Pinky Malinky[note 7]	3	60	January 1, 2019	July 17, 2019
51	The Casagrandes	3	60	October 14, 2019	September 30, 2022
52	It's Pony	2	40	January 18, 2020	May 26, 2022
53	Glitch Techs[note 8]	2	19	February 21, 2020	August 17, 2020
54	Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years[note 9]	2	39	March 4, 2021	July 10, 2024
55	Rugrats[note 10]	2	46	May 27, 2021	March 22, 2024
56	The Patrick Star Show	3	85	July 9, 2021	present
57	Middlemost Post	2	33		October 21, 2022
58	Star Trek: Prodigy[note 11]	2	40	October 28, 2021	2024
59	Big Nate[note 11]	2	36	February 17, 2022	March 22, 2024
60	Monster High	2	50	October 6, 2022	October 24, 2024
61	Transformers: EarthSpark[note 11]	3	44	November 11, 2022	present
62	Rock Paper Scissors	1	27	February 11, 2024
63	The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish[6][7]	1	20	May 17, 2024
64	Max & the Midknights[8][9][10]	1	20	October 30, 2024

Mini series

#	Title	Episodes	Premiere date	Finale date
1	Making Fiends[note 4]	6	October 4, 2008	November 1, 2008
2	Rugrats Pre-School Daze	4	November 16, 2008	December 7, 2008
3	Middle School Moguls	4	September 2, 2019	September 29, 2019

Upcoming

Title	Premiere date	Sources

Notes

1. Nickelodeon produced seasons 1–4. In 1996, Disney acquired the series and produced three additional seasons.
2. This list does not include the Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" spin-off, as it was not produced under the Nickelodeon brand. In August 2020, the Paramount-owned network Comedy Central green-lit a reboot of the series, which is also not included on this list.
3. Co-produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and DreamWorks Animation.^[2] DreamWorks owns the characters and other elements in the show while Paramount retains half of the show's copyright.
4. Premiered exclusively on Nicktoons Network.
5. Nickelodeon Animation Studio produced the Winx Club revival series, made up of seasons 5–7, in co-development with Rainbow. Paramount owns the copyright to these seasons^[3] and, until 2023, co-owned the Rainbow studio itself.^[4]
6. Viacom acquired the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise in 2009.^[5] Viacom owns the copyright to both the 2012 series and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, along the 4Kids-produced 2003 series. The 1987 series and The Next Mutation are owned by other external parties.
7. Premiered exclusively on Netflix. Each episode is separated into 11-minute segments on the streaming platform and count as individual episodes.
8. Premiered exclusively on Netflix.
9. Premiered first on Paramount+ in March 2021 before airing on Nickelodeon the following month.
10. CGI reboot of the original 1991 series. Premiered on Paramount+ before airing on Nickelodeon for the first time on August 20, 2021.
11. Premiered on Paramount+ before airing on Nickelodeon.

References

1. "From Doug to Danny Phantom: The Incredible, Fantastic, Unbelievable Origin of Nicktoons". Archived from the original on 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
2. Nguyen, Hanh (January 9, 2009). "'Penguins of Madagascar' Move It, Move It to Nickelodeon". chicagotribune.com.
3. "Copyright Catalog: Winx Club - Eps. 726". Library of Congress.
6. Lynette Rice (February 23, 2024). "Nickelodeon To Launch The Fairly OddParents Spinoff A New Wish This Spring". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
7. Dunn, Jack (2024-05-01). "'Fairly OddParents' Sequel Series Drops First Trailer". Variety. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
8. Rosario, Alexandra Del (2021-11-16). "Nickelodeon Orders 'Max & The Midknights', 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' Animated Series". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
9. Andrew Barker (October 5, 2022). "Nickelodeon Animation Reaches Across Platforms to Boost Franchises". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
10. Owen Danoff (September 11, 2024). "Nickelodeon Reveals The Trailer, Cast & Premiere Date For Its Max & The Midknights Series". Screen Rant. Retrieved September 11, 2024.