Very Rare Nickelodeon Lost Media

Just like with Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon's long history has resulted in a lot of their content having gone missing. Here are some old and new pieces that have become lost and remain rare for that reason.

[dino]

I honestly think the Dream Theatre idea was way ahead of its time.

While I agree with Geraldin’s statement (2:10) that “sometimes, kids dreams are really scary and dark, with themes about abandonment and other intense issues”, I wholeheartedly disagree with the thought that they “don’t make good stories”. Sure this might’ve been “hard to market towards that audience” at the time, but in our current day and age where darker kids media is so adored by both kids and adults, especially when it allows for lots of interpretations and theories (and especially when it involves personal themes such as mental health), I think it’d have made for an extremely interesting and successful concept.

[GINTegg]

I am the user who posted about the spongebob pear mystery on the forums. I have been offline for a couple weeks and I am suprised by how much it has blown up. I am very happy that one of my favorite youtubers is discussing it and hopefully that will help the search. Thank you!

[KacyRaider]

I think the Spongebob fruit promo could be Nick trying to capitalize on the Annoying Orange trend. I would check the time where AO was most popular

[Kittenfox_]

We Bare Bears Creator Daniel Chong was working on a pilot at Nickelodeon called Pudding Toast which suffered development hell and wasn't picked up. I hope what was made from Pudding toast can be found one day.

[TylerRakstis]

1:32 Funny how one of the earliest Nickelodeon media had the same woman who would adapt a beloved Disney film (Now turning 30 this year as of this post) into a more beloved Broadway musical.

[veggsbacon]

"Everywhere I go in the lost media world, I see his face. (Spongebob)"

[TheMrBonesShow]

Edited some Angry Beavers for this one! Hope Y'all enjoy it!

[mathieuleader]

honestly when I heard about the Spongebob pear intro I thought it would have been from the episode Shanghaied but then I remembered Spongebob got turned into a strawberry and not a pear.

[seagullz]

Wait i have a theory on the Spongbob pear one, i think it could be like an April fools joke one offer, since watching old commercials from 2006-2009 one mentioned an april fools block, so maybe it could of been a April fools joke.

[bolladragon]

That Simply Sisters failed pilot is a huge bummer because I’d be all about that kind of show at the time it would have aired. I hope it’s found!

[PowerGlove]

I remember “Beyond Belief” and have been trying to remember the title for YEARS! There was this one episode where it goes to a museum of odd coin operated machines. I remember this one machine where this guy had a cleaver and tells you to put your hand in, then his hair starts spinning and he counts down sounding like a madman until he “chops” your hand off. When, in fact, it was a clever illusion

[icklemon]

i remember the sponge bob pear portrait. i remember watching a top 100 facts about spongebob video when i was younger (around the mid 2010s) and one of the facts was that the pirate was replaced by a pear in some international intros. i dont think it ever mentioned a live band but i vividly remember the pear. the funny thing is, i never watched spongebob as a kid.

[rythepoint]

19:10 What if the dance Patrick is doing here is based off of how an employee danced at the SpongeBob premiere?

[FrogJuiceJustice]

This channel has been having some insane thumbnails recently. First "DISASTER" and noe PearBob

[tyrannosuperior]

I'm always amazed at how hyped up the premiere of SpongeBob was. Almost like they knew it would be a hit.

[lostspktre]

i swear, youtubers like this are the gold standard. this is the perfect overlap between quality, niche, and honesty.

when this platform is so full of "single use" content ; structured around maximizing stats and money? content like this is starkly in opposition. nothing but quality information that you could never stumble upon anywhere else. one of my favorite YouTubers for sure. not to mention the fast output and consistency!

[Tirgo]

I really wish that Angry Beavers spinoff would have been made, honestly the concept is amazing. I already love Angry Beavers and imagining a women-led counterpart just sounds perfect. If only I grew up with that

[PurpleFlame]

17:36 Usually, from my understanding, animation companies tend to this sort of thing for their employees as a sign of either congrats for completeling this project, hitting some sort of milestone, or for building morale as a sort of Team Member Appreciation thing.

I remember for when the Paw Patrol movie was coming out and for the Kung Fu Panda 4, the studios involved held a little Premiere party for the staff and they were allowed to being their family and close friends to event as well. So it's very likely that this was probably just one of those sort of things.

Since for today's day and age with newer technologies being readily available for anybody, these are more accessible (the way I found out was because a few artists I follow online posted about these after the movies came about) so, if there is any sort of documentation on this Premiere Party out there, your best bet in finding more info about it is to look for one of those yearbooks they made and/or getting in contact with staff and crew who were possibly there for it and see if they have any sort of recollection or pictures of this.

[koopakape]

..Beyond Belief was one of my favorite non-cartoon shows as a kid, I remember it vividly. To know some of it has become lost media -- a normal show airing at normal times on a popular channel in the 90s when everyone was recording everything on VHS is so crazy to me... one might say... beyond belief.

Also Angry Breavers is my #1 favorite nicktoon of all time, on the one hand I'm so happy that so much content related to it is still being dug up and found out about and keeping it relevant, but on the other hand I feel so bad that so many cool things they were GOING to do with the show got cancelled or never even got to happen at all. And that sisters' show would have been awesome if the adult forms were actually the focus, and they showed them as kids first then timeskipped to them being Norb and Dag's age and getting kicked out of the house themselves. It would've had a totally unique feel with that all-female cast and crew. I really wish we got to see it, but I guess that notorious final episode got a lot of stuff related to the beavs canned. Maybe some of it will get a second chance at life someday, as more and more people with nostalgia for the show get jobs in the industry and that kind of stuff's been all the rage.

[coyotix]

Super interesting that a user named MeMcCarty mentioned Beyond Believe, and a user named Matt McCarty put it on YouTube