Nicktoons



"Nicktoons" is Nickelodeon's official term for their original animated programs (but that is not the subject of this page).

Nicktoons (previously known as Nicktoons Network and Nicktoons TV) is also a sister network of Nickelodeon launched in 2002. It is Nickelodeon's 95% animation channel. It was mainly meant to compete with Cartoon Network and Toon Disney and started as a vault channel for Nickelodeon's huge animation library. In addition to running the animation that was first-run on Nick at the time, it also served as a vault for the animated shows that they didn't air anymore, like The Ren and Stimpy Show, Rocko's Modern Life, Doug, and Aaahh Real Monsters.



In 2006, it aired their first original show: Kappa Mikey. This followed with other independently-funded acquisitions it made in the later part of the 2000 decade, such as Skyland, Shuriken School, Edgar and Ellen, Ricky Sprocket, Three Delivery, The Secret Show, Wayside School, and Making Fiends,... 90% of them created in Flash.

At around 2009, less and less original Nicktoons were shown in favor of more action-oriented animated programs, presumably to compete with boy-focused Disney XD and Cartoon Network. Two live-action programs, The Troop (with a few animated special effects) and Big Time Rush (totally live-action) also aired on Nicktoons. All of the aforementioned original toons were either playing in the graveyard slots or scrapped, and they were investing in strictly superhero adaptations of Marvel Universe characters; with Disney having bought out Marvel Comics, that might change soon...

In 2010 Dragon Ball Kai (Nicktoons' first Anime and Nickelodeon's return to showing anime) aired along with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise's first showing on a Nickelodeon network since Nickelodeon acquired the license. Saban also to reran Power Rangers episodes on the network following its reclaiming of the series from Disney.

If you are looking for Nicktoons games, try Nicktoons Unite! and Nicktoons MLB.

Programs on Nicktoons include:

 * Action League NOW
 * All Grown Up!
 * Avatar: The Last Airbender
 * Back at the Barnyard
 * Big Time Rush (live-action)
 * CatDog
 * Catscratch
 * ChalkZone
 * Danny Phantom
 * Dragonball Z Kai
 * Edgar and Ellen
 * El Tigre the Adventures of Manny Rivera
 * Fanboy and Chum Chum
 * Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
 * Glenn Martin, DDS
 * Hero Factory
 * Invader Zim
 * Iron Man: Armored Adventures
 * Kappa Mikey
 * Making Fiends
 * Mr. Meaty
 * My Life as a Teenage Robot
 * Random! Cartoons
 * Rocket Power
 * Rocko's Modern Life
 * Rugrats
 * Speed Racer: The Next Generation
 * SpongeBob SquarePants
 * Tak and the Power of Juju
 * The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron
 * The Fairly OddParents
 * The Mighty B!
 * The Penguins of Madagascar
 * The Ren and Stimpy Show
 * The Troop (live-action)
 * Three Delivery
 * Thumb Wrestling Federation
 * Voltron Force
 * Wayside
 * Wild Grinders
 * Wolverine and the X-Men
 * Zevo-3