Nickelodeon Discussion

[Rainberry]

Nickelodeon is teasing their new RUGRATS CGI cartoon for later this year...

[Silverwing]

^ That animation and CGI looks pretty bad.

As well, Spongebob has TWO new spinoff shows.  Kamp Koral and the Patrick Star Show which is coming this summer.   The Patrick Star Show will be made and animated by the usual staff who make the normal Spongebob show.  So quality shouldn't drop off a cliff.

But maybe weirder, the Fairly Oddparents is coming back as a live action series?  Why?

[flemishcap]

hearing the original Rugrats voices back is cool and I am a little wary of their CGI designs, but it could have looked worse.

[RainySunshine]

I am pretty sure they made this episode full aware the pandemic was going on...

“Kwarantined Crab" Pulled From Nickelodeon . . . as well as other 'potentially problematic episodes of Spongebob.

Nickelodeon isn’t taking any chances with this nautical nonsense.

The network announced on Tuesday that they decided to pull an upcoming episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” now in its 12th season, due to a “virus storyline” that may upset viewers traumatized by the pandemic.

“The ‘Kwarantined Crab’ centers on a virus storyline, so we have decided to not air it due to sensitivities surrounding the global, real-world pandemic,” Nickelodeon said.  During the unaired episode, a Bikini Bottom health inspector identifies a case of the “Clam Flu” at the Krusty Krab diner and decides to quarantine customers inside the restaurant.

The move to self-censor comes just days after a Slate reporter revealed that 11 minutes of footage had disappeared from a “classic” episode of the animated series during its third season, called “Mid-Life Crustacean.” Viewers suspect the omission has to do with a scene in which SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs and Patrick plan a “panty raid” through the underwear drawer of, incidentally, Mr. Krabs’ mother.

Nostalgic fans have griped about its absence on social media amidst excitement over the entire “Spongebob” catalog being added to the Paramount+ streaming app. Amazon Prime, where the show also streams, has since followed suit, according to Slate.

Nickelodeon said it pulled the episode years ago after deeming it inappropriate for children.

“‘Mid-Life Crustacean’ has been out of rotation since 2018, following a standards review in which we determined some story elements were not kid-appropriate,” a rep said.

[Graymist]

It stinks that all these shows are being censored now days.

[NostradamusTheSeer]

This is strange.  An iCarly revival is happening...

And one of the new characters will be a "pansexual"... which is a fancy way of saying "some filthy skank who will (bleep) anything that moves, much like that dirty, gross cat your neighbor has". Streaming it on a channel with looser restrictions will definitely allow for more adult jokes than Nickelodeon will permit.

It's just as well Gibby won't be involved, because that shirt-lifting thing will be a lot less cute now that he's 24. In fact, much of the iCarly crew's junior high-school behavior would now carry serious jail time since they're adults (still cringing about the kid who fell down the elevator shaft and their eerily casual reaction to it). Who knows, we might even see whatever happened to Carly's perennial nemesis Neville Papperman and the creepy girl with the duck mask ("Quack! Quaaaaaaaaaack!")

[flemishcap]

I'm sad Jeanette McCurdy won't be reprising her role...

[NostradamusTheSeer]

Meh... after that turd that was Sam & Cat, I'm not surprised McCurdy bowed out (especially after those reports of what was really going on behind the scenes, what with Dan Schneider's ...eccentricities, the actress' own admission of troubles with alcohol, and the well-publicized feud with co-star Arianna Grande). I just hope they don't explain Sam's absence by saying she's in jail for some ham-related "third strike". 

Speaking of reprisals, not all the original Rugrats cast will be back: Christine Cavenaugh (Chuckie) and Joe Alaskey (Grandpa Pickles) are gone, of course.  Nancy Cartwright stepped in for the latter in 2002, but with her so busy on The Simpsons, she may be unavailable. Any word as to who they're casting for those roles?

[MasterXtreme]

Not sure yet.  I am sure we will know soon.

[Silverwing]

Nickelodeon revealed the theme song and intro for their new RUGRATS cartoon that will be fully CGI.

[Kiwi]

An evolution of the original while staying true to the source material.  Interesting.

[Wolfwood]

And to be in typical woke fashion, Nickelodeon had them get rid of Phil and Lil's Dad and make the Mom a lesbian. 

I have no problem with diversity, but when you change an established character just to be in good graces with internet culture... I find that annoying.

[MasterXtreme]

Coming to Paramount Plus....

iCarly presents a trailer to all.

[Rainberry]

I kind of want to see this. It brought back memories.

You can see the more mature bits being on their new format.  Sad to see McCurdy not there.

[RainySunshine]

A lot of this should go in the streaming section since all these new shows are for their stupid streaming service.    Means most of the public can't see them.