Nickelodeon UK

Credits

Descriptions by
TVB

Captures by
TVB

Editions by
TVB and Studio989

Video captures courtesy of
YellowPixel

Background

Nickelodeon UK (also known as Nickelodeon International) is a British pay television network owned by Paramount Global & launched on September 1st, 1993 (26 years after its American counterpart launched).

ID (2002-January 2006?)

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  Standard 3D Version seen on Text Madness

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  Bowling

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  Crane

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  Football

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  Racing

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  Saturation

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  UFO

Visualsː On an orange background, the Nickelodeon print logo from 1984-2009 is shown at the center. Depending on the ident, a random event would happen during its screen time.

• September 2005-January 2006?: Starting in September 2005, Nickelodeon began to transition from the "letters" era to the "scribble" era. Following this, all of the idents were modified with 2D hand-drawn animations made with marker (and sometimes with paper, handprints, splats, stains, etc.).

Triviaː This graphics package was created by the notable British design agency The Designers Republic.

Variantsː

• Wheelː The Nickelodeon logo is shown like usual. An orange tractor wheel rolls towards the word. Once the tractor wheel is close enough, the wheel drives over the text and flattens the text before the word pops back to normal.
• Scissorsː The CGI text pops out of the background. Scissors with teeth appear at the right side and cut the text. The logo goes to the left revealing the text.
• Handː A live hand quickly grabs the left side of the text. The hand leaves while grabbing onto the text, making the rest of the ident only an orange background.
• Pushing & Pullingː Two children carry the text in a rectangle. The ident zooms out while the children and the rectangle fade out.
• Spinning Lettersː All of the letters for "Nickelodeon" spin to get in their proper position.
• Carsː Cars are seen driving under the text. A blue car, which is the last car to be seen driving, crashes into the text before immediately driving away.
• Tornadoː A tornado settles towards the text and carries the letters from right to left.
• Whirlpoolː The text spins and gets sucked at the bottom of the screen, similar to the behavior of a whirlpool.
• Pop-in Lettersː There is the text with a shadow & each letter in a random order becomes orange. It then "blinks".
• Glassː The logo starts off as a blue screen. The blue screen abruptly cracks and sends pieces everywhere, revealing the text against an orange background.
• Gigglingː The letters in their proper position are seen watching television, where a bright light from the television is shown. As this happens, the logo is tilted at the upper left corner. A man from the television program screams, and each of the letters giggle while the logo tilts to the frontside of the text.
• Gumː A live foot is seen smashing the text. As the foot lifts up, the text stretches like gum and attaches itself to the foot.
• Lettersː Various letters appear for a split second in the same font as the standard Nickelodeon font. "Nickel" appears after a while, followed by the text "Odeon" located at the right side.
• Silly Monster Aː A white monster runs behind the text. The monster tries to get his head through the "O" from the text. The monster eventually does, and the monster gets dizzy.
• Silly Monster Bː The same monster walks in front of the text. The monster walks backwards afterwards, using the text to get him to launch. The monster launches and, just like the last ident, gets dizzy.
• Silly Monster Cː The same monster is seen at the right side of the logo picking up the "N" from the aforementioned word and drops it, making a pendulum. The first "N" acts like a pendulum, followed by the second "N". Once the same letter does so, the letter hits the monster and sends him flying.
• Silly Monster Dː The same monster places himself onto the text and swings on the text. The text sends the monster flying to the screen, making him dizzy. The monster disappears to the bottom of the logo and the text places itself to the center.
• Lifting Lettersː Each letter appears at the top half of the logo and jumps to show the rest of the text.
• SpongeBobː SpongeBob SquarePants is seen using the "I" for the word as a flute. The logo zooms out to reveal the word, and SpongeBob puts the letter in between the "N" and "C" in the word and leaves to the left side.
• Slimeː A green screen is shown with orange slime dripping on the screen. As the slime drips, the slime reveals the text.
• Typingː Each letter appears horizontally in a white line style. As each letter appears, a white rectangle appears next to the letter. Once the word is fully shown, the word blinks multiple times, revealing the word in white.
• Slot Machineː All of the letters are seen falling at a non-stop loop. After a few seconds, the letters steady to place.
• Bubblesː Orange bubbles are seen floating upwards against a blue background. As more bubbles appear from the bottom side of the logo, the background and the word is revealed.
• Sparkː A spark approaches towards the text. The spark goes through the letters, making the letters burnt. The letters fall into pieces.
• Stampedeː A herd runs towards the text, making the letters fall to the ground and dizzy.
• Particlesː White particles are seen creating the word and flying vertically. Then the word disappears from a quick flying set of smoke.
• Cartwheelː An asian girl with a white glow behind her is shown doing a cartwheel in front of the text.
• Runningː Multiple children runs in front of the text.
• Jumpingː Three children are shown jumping, trying to touch the text. There are different versions of this as well, where there can be a different set of kids, kids jumping in a different perspective, or involving only a singular kid.
• Distortionː Circle outlines appear all over the screen. The outlines dissolve and reveal the word.
• Spinning Childː A child places himself to the ground three times. Then he spins four times.
• Jumpː The text is shown as it is for a majority of the time. Then, two pairs of legs hop in at the last second.
• Flashingː The background flash different colors. The text is seen at the center.
• Kids, Text Editionː Three kids are seen approaching inside the text before sliding downwards.
• Catː A live black cat is shown on the text before the cat jumps off of the text.
• Linesː Crossed orange lines are seen moving inside of the text in a similar fashion to that of HTV's first logo.
• Rippleː The text ripples in a reverse fashion.
• Sign Iː A child holds a rectangular card that involves the text. The logo zooms in, making the card and the child fade out.
• Fallingː Children are seen falling and landing on the text before fading out.
• Jump x8ː The "Jump" ID plays multiple times as each speeds up. Then the same child jumps on the text and disappears.
• Groovyː The text slides in at a "wavy" form while creating hazy copies. Then the text places itself to the center.
• Flipː An african child flips on top of the text.
• Typeː Same as the "Pop-In Letters" ident, but the letters from the word is in white.
• Sign IIː A child walks towards the right side of the logo, carrying a big card containing the text. The child walks to the left, and the logo zooms in, making the card and the child fade out.
• "O"ː The letter "O" falls and lands at its proper position. Then the text "DEON" slides to the right, and the text "NICKEL" slides to the left.
• Birdː A pigeon from a far distance flies upwards. Then a white tiny dot from the bird spins and rapidly gets closer. The dot splats to the center of the logo in a splat form, revealing the text in orange. The white splat drips all over the logo.
• Soccerː A football smashes the center of the logo, leaving a crack in front of the logo. Meanwhile, the football bounces onto the text, making the word fall.
• Spinning Textː First, the text spins. Then the text stops spinning and jitters a few times. The text angles itself to the usual form, but a trail is seen moving around (a la Toppic Video). The trail dissolves back to its proper position.
• Saturationː There is the text get saturated & does the same thing, but in reverse twice. The background is also a bit dimmed.
• Bowlingː A bowling ball rolls on an orange bowling lane, and hits a set of pins. Then a sweep in the same color lowers itself, as the text is shown.
• Craneː A close-up of a 3D-modeled crane driving is seen. The logo cuts to the same crane driving behind the text.
• Racingː Three shots of an orange formula driving inside of an orange tunnel is seen. The text can be seen on the track, as a stop sign and a hedgehog are shown and the formula stops. Once the hedgehog disappears, the stop sign changes to a go sign in green and the formula continues driving off-screen.
• UFOː A UFO lowers while showing light at the bottom of the UFO. The UFO goes upwards and lifts the text before dropping the word.
• Text Madnessː The text is shown zooming all over the logo, abruptly showing close-up shots. Then the text places itself to the center.
• Butter: On a white background with purple polka dots, some anthropomorphic slices of toast wave their arms around, cheering "Butter!" multiple times. This is followed by either a tub of margarine or a jar of jam appearing in the top-right corner; the slices of toast then make one of these two responses before the Nickelodeon logo splatters onto the screen:
  • "Ah... margarine..."
  • "Hooray! Jam!"

Techniqueː Mainly computer animation, CGI, or live action footage. Other technique types like cel animation and stop-motion may also be used.`

Audioː Usually sound effects are heard (boing sounds, yelling sounds, popping sounds, the splat sound, explosion sound, bell dinging sound, marker drawing sound, etc.).

Legacyː The idents have became a favorite to people who grew up with the idents due to the wacky nature.