Top 10 Things Nickelodeon Wants You to Forget

Nickelodeon gave you slime, orange soda, and an unhealthy attachment to talking sea sponges. It raised you on a diet of animated weirdos and sketch comedy chaos, then sprinkled in some surprisingly emotional gut punches when you least expected it. But behind the bright colors and catchy theme songs sits a backroom full of things they'd rather you pretend never happened.

This list shines a blacklight on those moments Nickelodeon wishes you'd leave buried in the vault. The flops, controversies, miscalculations, and flat-out disasters that don't exactly fit the image of the network that brought you childhood joy.

You get to vote for the ones you think deserve to stay at the top. The worse the offense, the higher it goes. Or maybe the weirder it gets, the more it deserves attention. However you rank them, you're helping decide what Nick would probably delete from existence if they had a big enough eraser.

The Top Ten

  1. Passing on Adventure Time in favor of Fanboy and Chum Chum

    In what has to be the stupidest decision in Nickelodeon history, Nick passed on Adventure Time and instead went with Fanboy and Chum Chum. We all know how that went.

    This is a good thing. If Adventure Time fell into the hands of Nick, who knows what would have happened? It probably would have been canceled after 1-2 seasons.

    Adventure Time is great, and Fanboy and Chum Chum is the worst cartoon ever allowed to air on TV.

  2. Not allowing The Legend of Korra finale to air

    The Legend of Korra was a great Nick show that, unfortunately, was treated very poorly by the Nickelodeon network. According to Nick, it was due to low ratings that the final episodes did not air on TV and were instead released online.

    However, some speculate that the depiction of Korra and Asami as bisexual may have played a role. This is ironic considering a recent episode of The Loud House revealed Luna Loud to be bisexual and was still aired.

    I really think it's part of the bisexual factor and part "SpongeBob reruns."

  3. Accidentally airing a pair of boobs on a kids' show

    In a completely unexpected moment in Oggy and The Cockroaches, there is a brief scene that clearly showed a picture of a character with boobs.

    Obviously, parents were outraged, and Nickelodeon had to pull the episode.

    I never actually knew that Nickelodeon aired Oggy and the Cockroaches.

  4. Fred: The Show

    Fred: The Show is an American television comedy series created by Lucas Cruikshank. It aired on Nickelodeon in the United States from January 16 to August 3, 2012. The series was based on the YouTube character Fred Figglehorn and was canceled after one season due to low ratings and poor critical reception... read more

    While Fred may have been a huge hit on YouTube, there was absolutely no way it would ever appeal to the masses. That didn't stop Nickelodeon from giving Fred his own show. Not even appearances from John Cena could save this mess.

  5. Rugrats being accused of anti-Semitism

  6. Nick Studio 10

    Nick Studio 10 was a live afternoon programming block on Nickelodeon that aired from February 18, 2013, to June 17, 2013. It briefly returned for a special episode on Labor Day but did not continue after that. The block aired from the network's headquarters in Times Square, New York, and was broadcast... read more

    This was a completely pointless segment, interrupting shows just to air this garbage. It was hated by everyone. It only lasted for a week before disappearing, then came back briefly, and finally was gone for good. Nick hopes everyone will forget this mess.

  7. Oversaturation of SpongeBob

    Nickelodeon's biggest asset, SpongeBob, also became their biggest detriment. By trying to focus too much on SpongeBob, it ended up hurting the network in the long run, preventing other shows like Harvey Beaks from gaining traction.

    I mean, people love SpongeBob, but too much of a good thing is never good.

    This will be the fate of The Loud House.

  8. Nick News

  9. Angry Beavers: Bye Bye Beavers

    Originally supposed to be the finale, the episode never got animated as Nickelodeon had this thing about not letting it get out that a show was coming to an end.

    However, audio from the episode does exist, with both main characters breaking the fourth wall, talking back and forth, and even criticizing the network.

    Luckily, the audio is available on YouTube.

  10. Cry Baby Lane

    Surprised this wasn't on the list to begin with. This film was so scary and inappropriate that they locked it away, hoping that people completely forgot about it.

    I've never seen this movie, but I saw a picture of it a while ago, and I was terrified. But, they aired it again last year.

    11. The Newcomers
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    Tak and the Power of Juju (TV show)

    Tak and the Power of Juju is an American CGI animated television series that aired from August 31, 2007, to January 24, 2009. The show is based on the 2003 video game of the same name and was produced through a collaboration between THQ and Nickelodeon. Each half-hour episode features two eleven-minute... read more

    This was even more mind-numbingly boring to watch than Disney's Dinosaur.

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    Rocko's Modern Life

    Rocko's Modern Life is an American animated television series created by Joe Murray for Nickelodeon. The series centers on the surreal life of an anthropomorphic Australian-immigrant wallaby named Rocko, along with his friends: the gluttonous steer Heffer, the neurotic turtle Filburt, and Rocko's faithful... read more

    13. The Contenders

  13. Sparky (The Fairly OddParents)

    Thank God that he was written out of the show.

  14. Sanjay and Craig

    Sanjay and Craig is an American animated sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon from May 25, 2013, to July 29, 2016. The show ran for three seasons and 60 episodes.

    The series follows a 12-year-old Indian American boy named Sanjay Patel and his best friend, Craig, a talking pet snake. They go on surreal... read more

    If they want you to forget it, then why does it still air on Nicktoons, and why is it still up on their website? The same goes for Pig Goat Banana Cricket.

  15. Firing Dan Schneider

    Dan Schneider went from writing great shows like Drake and Josh, iCarly, and Victorious to terrible ones like Sam and Cat, Henry Danger, and Game Shakers. That's a dramatic decline in quality.

  16. Pelswick

    Pelswick is a Canadian, Taiwanese, and American animated television series. It was co-produced by Nelvana Limited and Suzhou Hong Ying Animation Corporation Limited, in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Nickelodeon. The series follows Pelswick Eggert, a witty and determined 13-year-old... read more

    Remember that one Arnold Schwarzenegger movie? Well, that's exactly what happened to this cartoon!

    For some reason, Nickelodeon erased this out of their history and won't acknowledge it ever.

  17. Korra is bisexual

  18. Rabbids Invasion

    Rabbids Invasion (French: Les Lapins Crétins : Invasion) is a French-American animated television series that premiered on August 3, 2013, on Nickelodeon. The show began airing on Nicktoons during its second season in late 2015.... read more

    At least it's better than Sanjay and Craig and Breadwinners, but this show is still bad.

  19. Canceling Rugrats

  20. SpongeBob Moves In

    Nickelodeon has never said anything about SpongeBob Moves In and hasn't updated it in a while, which is causing it to lose popularity. This is unfortunate because it could still be beneficial for them.

  21. Firing John Kricfalusi

  22. Butt-Ugly Martians

    Butt-Ugly Martians is a computer-animated science fiction comedy television series co-produced by Mike Young Productions, Digital Content Development Corporation Limited, and Just Entertainment. The show premiered in the United Kingdom on February 19, 2001, and later aired in the United States on November... read more

  23. Firing Chris Savino

    I can no longer defend him because of this. It reminds me of what happened with the original Clarence creator, Skyler Page.

  24. The Backyardigans isn't getting a reboot

    They want you to forget about it because they just decided to do a reboot of the best Nick Jr. show ever?

  25. Pig Goat Banana Cricket

    Pig Goat Banana Cricket is an American animated television series created by Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan for Nickelodeon. The show premiered on July 16, 2015. It follows the misadventures of four unlikely roommates: Pig, Goat, Banana, and Cricket.

  26. Breadwinners

    Breadwinners is an American animated television series created by Gary "Doodles" DiRaffaele and Steve Borst for Nickelodeon. The show originated as an animated short created in DiRaffaele's apartment in Studio City, Los Angeles, in collaboration with Borst.... read more

  27. Fanboy and Chum Chum

    Fanboy & Chum Chum is an American CGI animated television series created by Eric Robles for Nickelodeon. It is based on an animated short titled Fanboy, which Robles created for Random! Cartoons and Frederator Studios. The show aired as a preview on October 12, 2009, and officially premiered on November... read more

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