Nickelodeon/2020s
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
A Brief History of the Splat (2023)
Visuals: On a white background, there is a orange clay ball. It zooms in and forms into the old Nickelodeon logo, again made of clay, while on a background with flower cookie-cutters, red star-shaped clay with goggle eyes (a nod to Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants) and a yellow sponge (a nod to the title character of SpongeBob SquarePants). The logo then proceeds to transform into more objects, with the backgrounds changing as well. These objects include:
- A spaceship with a background consisting of a crayon drawing of Doug Funnie's superhero alter ego Quailman from Doug, as well as some stickers, the first 4 letters of the Nick name and an envelope with the titular character of Doug on a stamp.
- A weird-looking leaf object on a background consisting of some Hey Arnold!-themed sketches, as well as others various shapes.
- A burst on a background with some sketches of Cynthia from Rugrats.
- A car on a paper background with some drawings of Oblina and Krumm from Aaaahh!!! Real Monsters.
- Cosmo and Wanda's crown and wands from The Fairly OddParents on a table background with painting supplies.
- A star on a blue background with clay versions of the sky flower clouds from SpongeBob SquarePants.
- A bone, which morphs into a blimp for a split second, on a yellow background with jacks.
- A weird pointed burst-like object on a yellow background with miscellaneous shapes.
- A speech bubble with the previous shape's background.
- An amoeba on a yellow background with a map, a pair of glasses and some pins, as well as an image of a screencap from an episode of The Wild Thornberrys.
- An umbrella on the previous shape's background.
- A slanted oval with a yellow/orange spiral flame background.
- A frontier with the previous background.
- Finally, waves on a yellow background with orange triangles.
Then, the waves spiral and shrink, turning into the 2023 Nickelodeon logo on a purple background. Green slime proceeds to run down the logo.
Trivia: The Amoeba's appearance is likely a callback to the 16th Nickelodeon Productions logo.
Variant: A vertical version exists.
Technique: Simple 3D animation, done by Roger.
Audio: There is a whoosh when the ball comes at the camera, followed by the Nickelodeon mnemonic from 1984 (as sung by the Jive Five). This is followed by an electronic remix of the same jingle. Afterwards, there is an auto-tuned voice singing the 7 notes of the jingle, along with a young boy yelling out "YO!". The tune ends with a female opera singer singing the last 5 notes of the jingle. A glass shattering sound is heard afterwards. This was composed by Radium Audio and Mekanical.
