The Forgotten Shows Of Nickelodeon 

You are correct in your assessment that children are assholes. In 2nd grade I got in trouble and was sent to stand in the corner by the door until I was ready to rejoin the rest of the class. Like 5 minutes later some kid I hated was running out of the door so I tripped him and told the teacher I was on my way to rejoin the class and he just so happened to run by as I stuck my leg out. I got away with it.

I could never forget penguins of Madagascar

Fun fact about El Tigre: the last episode was originally gonna have Manny becoming a villain, but most likely because of studio interference they left it up to a poll and the majority vote was for Manny to be a hero. You can actually find the cut ending with villain Manny

What's weird is, I've ALWAYS remembered Cat scratch existing, even McDonald's made some promotional toys that I owned but I never remembered the show or it's premise, just that it was goofy AF and actually funny at times.

I just want to say PLEASE make that H20 Just Add Water video. I rewatched that show as an adult and was surprised at how well it holds up. Absolutely obsessed and would love to hear your take on it.

I’ve been watching RU-vid videos for so long that I’ve learned to assume that everybody who makes videos on the internet is older than me. So whenever I watch videos like these, where it’s clear that the people making the videos are my age, it really throws me for a loop.

- Making Fiends had SOOOO much potential to be a heavy hitter! No other Nicktoon was screwed over as hard as Making Fiends by Nickelodeon, and the worst part is Amy Winfrey can't even continue the web series as Nickelodeon owns the copyright and are content to let it rot in their vault. - Catscratch was a hilarious show and I miss it, It also deserved better. - Mr. Meaty was defiantly weird AF but I enjoyed it. The puppets themselves weren't creepy and the show was pretty entertaining at times. - El Tigre was a fun show too, I like that Manny wasn't a happy go lucky moral compass, (we have too many of those in animation as it is) I like that him and Freyda were accurate representations of how actual kids act as it made them feel more realistic. - Season 4 of SpongeBob is just as god as seasons 1-3, Season 6 was the beginning of the end tho. - The Penguins of Madagascar was fine I guess, I mostly had it on as background noise.

el tigre was actually a big part of my childhood. i remember it vividly, and am surprised other people didn’t remember it.

I remember every cartoon in the thumbnail haha. Mr meaty is hilarious

Making Fiends deserved so much better

I think Kitty Katswell showed me how well Grey DeLisle can deliver blood-curdling screams on demand.

this video being longer than the entirety of the making fiends show is so sad

Anyone remember The X's?? It was basically the Incredibles but with spies, and definitely one of the shortest lived one

I'm actually broken hearted about how Amy Winfrey got treated... I don't remember it being so short, Making Fiends really was gem and I feel like it left a huge imprint on me personally. I regularly think about references from the show lmao. Edit: all of these shows had a huge impact on me lol. I spent at least one elementary school year role-playing penguins of madagascar with my school friends on the playground (I was always Rico).

The creator of making fiends was the director on a lot of the best episodes of Bojack and it makes me soooo happy she went on to do awesome things, I absolutely ADORE making fiends, she deserves every little bit of success that comes her way!

i agree that velma probably isnt the worst cartoon ever made but saying it isnt terrible is WILD

We can't forget Mr.Meaty...... it was too horrific to forget.

My mom had a small Catscratch plush toy (apparently from McDonald's in 2007), but we always called it "Spooky Cat" because we didn't know where it was from and she would use it as a Halloween decoration. I don't even know if she watched the show, she might've just liked the character. Great video btw! Edit: I commented before I saw the McDonald's bit lol she had one of the Mr. Blik plushes that you didn't show in the video, it was the one with the "side eye" face

Oh man, its nice to find someone who also recognises voice actors and is full of "useless" info like myself. Helps me feel a little less odd about how much time I've spent watching TV and cartoons as a kid/teen.

1:32:19 The euphoria I get out of someone other than me admitting they like Problem Solverz is immeasurable

I can remember so many odd things from cat scratch . Waffle always yelling SPLEEEEN, “the claw” episode, how obsessed they were with rootbeer and convinced that girl to buy it for them

in my country, Penguins of Madagascar is one of the most memorable and known childhood memories and cartoons to anyone really - i remember quoting entire episodes with my friends on recess, and i still to this day remember the musical episode by heart. There was an app me and my brother made my parent download, where there would be all main characters and you could play their iconic quotes and put as ringtones, which every character had at least 200 or more there. everyone i know watched it, i remember always rushing home to be there when it aired. one of my closest friends keeps telling me his favorite memory of childhood is us quoting penguins at school. sometimes when my mind is on autopilot i sing the musical episode. so when i saw the thumbnail and the beloved penguins called forgotten, i felt attacked personally

I'd remembered Cat Scratch for years without knowing the name because I got in huge trouble one time for watching the intro and the first like 30 seconds as a kid. I guess it was because of the violence? But I was REALLY not allowed to watch it. Always just remembered it as "that one show with the 3 cats that my mom yelled at me over." Your description of the heroes in El Tigre sounds exactly like how heroes are in One Punch Man, I love that.

It makes me feel old that the era you're talking about still feels like "modern" Nickelodeon to me. I was a teenager at the time, so it felt like a big transition period from shows I watched and loved in the late 90's and early 00's to whatever was next.

Oh my gosh i love mid2000s Nickelodeon. So much good stuff! CatScratch and Making Fiends are some of my favorites!

today was such a rough day but seeing 2 of my favorite long-video format reviewers of shows I watched during my childhood doing a silly little skit together made it soooo much better (also, who wouldn't want Rob Paulsen to follow them everywhere?)

36:16 Actually Making fiends aired its reruns for a while after it ended, so people still saw the show 49:46 Puma is semi retired and is more trying to teach Manny while also slipping into old habits

So the creator of El Tigre actually wrote several posts (I believe on tumblr) where he explained what he felt the future of El Tigre would be and went into Manny as an adult.

Here are my thoughts: - Catscratch is the most hilarious Nicktoon I’ve ever seen. It could’ve been the next SpongeBob or Looney Tunes, but stupid Nickelodeon pulled the plug. - From what I’ve heard, Making Fiends was originally a series of webtoons and when they canned the show, the creator wasn’t allowed to make more of them. - El Tigre was a solid series and after rewatching it, it makes me feel bad about complaining about it years ago. - Mr. Meaty is without a doubt, the best puppet show since Between the Lions and it really helped shape my style of humor and storytelling. Too bad the series lost its identity in the second season and changed it into a generic teen sitcom that was full of stupid life lessons and rewrote most of their characters. - The Penguins of Madagascar is living proof that the penguins can really stand well on their own, but the real star of the show is the man, the myth, the legend…KING JULIEN! You can never go wrong with King Julien.

I never batted an eye at the "romance" between Gordon and Human Kimberly (which...I feel like I have to call her that because Gordon, and I think even some other characters refer to her constantly as "Human Kimberly). Kimberly is an adorable character design. Like for real. I never use the word "moppet" in speech, but that's like...the only way to properly describe her. Nowadays not only is it uncomfortable (albeit unintentionally so), but it also feels like a waste of such an endearing character design. I honestly feel like she should have had more starring roles in the show. The show being created by Doug TenNapel also kind of stings in retrospect.

1:51:50 honorable mention to randy cunningham who regularly says “what the Bruce”

The bottle cap acting like a green screen has me captivated

I'm so happy you were so kind/open to mr meaty in this video because I literally LOVED this show as a kid, like it was my FAVOURITE thing ever, i would actively seek it out and get so excited and happy whenever it was on. I also watched and loved all the original making fiends flash shorts and would watch them over and over. I think these were a big part of where I got my love for both puppetry and like, creepy / freakfest content that grew into a big love of horror. I do vivdly remember some mr meaty episodes like scarring me for life, but even then I couldn't stop watching, it brought me a lot of joy as a kid. You're absolutely right that that show had so much love put into it and it's really well built from a physical perspective

"what's better, mug or barq?" I raise you a&w

Born in 2002 so all these shows are my childhood, i remember watching Making Fiends the night it premiered so crazy. Most of these shows you mentioned though were like shows that i would watch on Nicktoons when i stayed home from school from 9AM to 2PM. Would love to see a video on another beloved Nicktoon i watched alot when i was young, Kappa Mikey

i really didnt expect this video to end on him playing with mcdonalds toys. i love this

Okay but I literally paused the video at 5:45 my very first time watching it to vent to my sister that Quinton Reviews is the whole reason I've gone down this "Analyzing children's media rabbit hole" that has introduced me to many of my new favourite RU-vidrs and I ranted for about 3 minutes before I turned the video back on just for him to make a freaking cameo 😂😂😂😂😂😂 the timing was way to perfect 😂😂😂

I SEE CATSCRATCH ON THERE LETS GOOOOOO

I was born in 2001, and this is bring back soo many tv memories. I remember having a cat scratch toy from McDonald’s or Burger King that I loved so much, that when I lost it, my parents got me a new one. I also remember Making Fiends fondly and watching it when it was on tv, but I didn’t know it ran for only one month. God damn and I just put in plants vs zombies for the DS to bring that childhood nostalgia

One time I missed H2O because I was going swimming at a friends house (ironic right) and I was SOOOO pressed. I still remember the episode I missed it was the one where it’s a full moon and cleo sings.

its genuenly painful how underrated you are, keep it up you are high quality long form content

Oh yes...Catscratch and I am with you on the episode in which Gordon mutates after getting an allergic reaction, your video on childhood trauma definitely resonated me with me on the topic of transformation.

This video really brings me back. I remember sitting on my bed watching nicktoons after school on a Friday up until like 3am. El tigre, my life as a teenage robot, avatar the last airbender, old SpongeBob, making feinds gosh I remember all of it. Nicktoons and boomerang where my favorite channels. I wish I could go back.

I enjoyed Mr. Meaty because of not only the puppetry but the actors, the sets, the plots of each episode and some of the most disturbing, uncanny and downright nightmarish moments. Literally one of the most criminally underrated cartoon series!

Quinton showing up got me so excited. you guys are my disney channel crossover

Man I forgot about Hub, but I did watch a lot of Tutenstein

Episodes of The Penguins of Madagascar still get aired here to this day. It's been going 10+ years strong. Yes, I have seen every single episode.

Honestly I feel like if Nickelodeon were to _ever_ remember Making Fiends, they could probably go the Samurai Jack route and have the next season be for Nick @ Nite, just so they can be able to delve into the darker themes and tones that the web series episodes kinda went for (like referring to the giant kitty as "yon hellcat" instead of "yon fiendcat"), maybe even an episode where Charlotte comes to the conclusion that her parents are legit dead, I dunno… There actually are fully-written scripts for a 7-episode 2nd season, though it truthfully doesn't seem likely they'll ever see the light of day. Same for the planned merchandise items, too (besides the DVDs and T-shirts); There was a Charlotte voodoo plush, except her head was replaced with a slot where you could instead place a picture of someone, and one of those Russian doll toys where there's a bunch of smaller ones inside a big one (this one had Grudge first, then Vendetta, a generic fiend, and Buttons 2). I was also a Tibbitt-era kid for SpongeBob stuff. I think watching that was the first time that I realized newer episodes were being made of stuff, and that these didn't all just exist right outta the gate; I think it was "Toy Store of Doom" that I had the epiphany… I had a few compilation DVDs of SpongeBob, and only Absorbing Favorites was the one that had anything from the first 3 seasons. The rest were "Atlantis SquarePantis", "Spongicus", and "To SquarePants or Not To SquarePants", though I don't remember that one having that cover. I also have a few mandela memories of a few of those episodes; Pest of the West, I remember Patrick's song where he warns about Dead-Eye Plankton, ending with a slightly faster tempo, and the guys that sing the last line popping up from either below or to the right of the screen, accompanied with the sound of people quickly getting off of their stools, or something. And then during the second verse of the song "Idiot Friends", I seem to remember a faint slide whistle noise for whenever Patrick would rise from below the screen. And then Picture Day, I remember that episode ending with a quick zoom-in on SpongeBob's photograph. Also I got this song as an ad, during the part where you were talking about Mr. Meaty's musical episode? It appears to use the same lava lamp background at one point, so I think that has something to do with it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tD5pYTGe9zw.html

Hell YESSSSSSS I *LOVED* El Tigre! I totally agree that it was fun seeing Manny be a main character that got into trouble-- not so much so because he was a bad person but because kids can be little bastards. I loved that as a kid and it made him and Frida more relatable for sure.

I remember loving Catscratch. I dont remember anything at all about it. I do however remember playing a couple flash games based on it on the Nick site and loved them. One was a Worms rip off, and another was some kind of turn based combat game. Edit: The Worms one is called "Catscratch: This Means War!". Cant find anything about the other game, might be misremembering another game as Catscratch themed.

It is totally biologically possible for the Catscratch brothers to have different fathers. In fact, I'd say its likely.

Thanks for all the arrested development references. Fun video.

as soon as you said that “catilda” sounds like an oneyplays bit, i knew exactly why you thought Lois said “Our dog, Brian Griffin, is dead”

I remember Mr meaty traumatizing me as a child it was the episode where they deep fried and ate their hands and I had soooo many nightmares and cried at when my parents would order fries bc I though I would find a finger in them 🤣🤣

I used to be a Hub and Boomerang kid because our cable plan gave those two channels to us for free with PBS, but those were the only animation channels that were available to us 😩

I was so deep into the penguins OM fandom as a kid. I'd watch flipnote Hatena fan-animations of them on my Nintendo DSi after school. THANK YOU for retrieving this long lost memory for me man lmao

From another Nickelodeon/ Cartoon Network kid raised by tv, I absolutely love this video. and I agree that people give season 4 of SpongeBob too much shit in fact I’m gonna go rewatch it now!

i watched nicktoons a lot and i remember these shows being way longer than singular seasons. it’s crazy

I make the RING RING RING PHONE CALL PHONE CALL reference all the time and no one gets it 😢

So to sum up: El Tigre and Spongebob Seasons 4/5 is exactly as good as I remember, Making Fiends wasn't a figment of my imagination and was too good for this world, The Penguins of Madagascar was just a little bit worse than I remember, and Catscratch/Mr. Meaty apparently exist, but only arguably. Sounds about right. And yes, I'm just as mad about the Making Fiends thing; it's actually terrible to hear what happened there.

That's too bad about Cat Scratch. I remember liking it. Making Fiends ruled! I remember when it was a Flash web series and was so happy to see Nick picked it up. It always makes me smile to see Amy Winfrey in credits. Edit: (after watching the actual segment) Oh. Man, Viacom sucks. Edit: "Did he just say 'I am so L337' like it's 2006?" Oh, sweetie. Try 1986.

Dude this stuff is so underrated for how much effort you put into these videos. Keep it up man.

42:02 i feel like the better comparison would be "if invader zim is resident evil 4, than making fiends is dead rising" SIlent hill is melancholy as fuck but dead rising after everything happens and the story unfold more, and you fight more of the psychopaths and learn about the stories of the survivors you save it can be just as melancholy as silent hill.

Nobody ever talks about Cat Scratch to the point I thought it didn’t actually exist it was one of my favorites when I was a really young kid 🥺🥺🥺

Cat scratch was the show. The nostalgia of these shows hit different. Making fiends was fine wine, sad to find out what happened to the creator jeeze, but I was one of the lucky few, rewatching your clips I just had a rush of memories of this show, I'm always glued to TV for October and the first week of November Edit: we are the same age, cool.

I remember absolutely loving Making Fiends but it always creeped me out as a child and I never knew why because the art isn’t creepy or anything. This video made it make sense for me lol

I just talked with my sister and we both couldn’t believe that Making Fiends was only around for 1 month. We’d sing the opening song all the time. That show was a staple to us 😭

Post-first movie SpongeBob can get really REALLY good sometimes, namely Season 4, which sometimes feels like a bit of a holdover from the first 3 seasons. Some of my favorite episodes are Krusty Towers, Fear of a Krabby Patty, Shell of a Man, Whale of a Birthday, The Lost Mattress, Skill Crane, Krabs Vs. Plankton, Selling Out, Ghost Host, Mrs. Puff You’re Fired, Have You Seen This Snail?, and Good Neighbors. (Yes, I even like this one too because it’s one of the only Squidward torture episodes that I feel doesn’t go *too* far and Squidward’s rage in the episode is genuinely funny thanks to the delivery and expressions he pulls off and the fact that his rage is actually pretty justified)

Finally a niche topic I’m interested in and in fact was apart of as a “weird girl” and it’s hours long 💗 amazing content keep up the good work 💗

I hope Making Fiends gets more recognition, loved it as a kid and it is so terrible how Nick treated the creator.

Honestly the way I remember a cartoon or film that have been forgotten for years is if it got a fast food kids meal toy, was an avid collector of those when I was younger.

"In 2005.... when I was 4!" Aaaand.. this is the episode where I realize I'm 10 years older than he is.. 😢

2:02:20 LITERALLY THIS VIDEO SPEAKS TO ME SO MUCH I’m Gen Z and I just watched Ed Edd n’ Eddy on HBO Max in October ‘22 and I loved it so much that I watched the whole thing in a few months! And I go on RU-vid and other things to see others similar to my age talking about it too, I love it!

I COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT THE NAME OF MAKING FIENDS. I just remembered "blue happy girl" and for some reason thought they were ghosts. So glad I watched this :')

OMG Quinton!!! Super awesome he popped in! But I'm surprised you didn't mention "The Mighty B!".

As a kid I loved Gordon’s allergic reaction to broccoli that I drew it and my dad had my child drawing tattooed on his leg

Subscribed after I heard you don’t hate Poof from FOP. Ya got valid opinions good sir and I respect that.

Shoot, I remember a good chunk of these. _Especially_ El Tigre and Making Fiends.

“Main 3 channels” See I’m actually a hidden 4th option (or 5th if Hub is counted): Not from the US

Dude. Making fiends was the cats pajamas. I was so upset when it just like, disappeared. I completely remember watching all of the episodes on TV also

Weird how you mentioned post movie spongebob but not Kappa Mikey or The Secret Show

Thank-you for mentioning the Toupee episode of Making Fiends. It was the episode that made me fall in love with Mr. Milk. He became one of my FAVORITE characters... Of ALL TIME!

The Swiss Banker Song is what sticks out in my head the most about Making Fiends

yknow what i think ppl forget: tuff puppy

A mid 2000s Nick show that literally no one but me seems to remember existed was Skyland

oh my god, i completely forgot about catscratch, the intro music was the most insane flashback ive ever experienced

Putting both an entire catscratch analysis and the spongebob hemppance theme song has thrown me on an entire loop. The d&d episode of spongebob is goated, just behind karate and the extended atlantis jawn. God bless this video tbh

I love that I'm a year older than you but u stay humbling me with the lost arts and knowledge I forget ab- I love how diverse your taste is in games and shows bc same and it's so hard to find people who enjoy all of the things I feel like I've finally found my community so thank you! Same ab the mcds toys- I'm still heartbroken ab losing my hello kitty mcds stuffed animal key chain situation from like 2006? She had jeans and a T shirt

Making Fiends was so good. It reminds me a bit of Secret Saturdays as far as shows that go cancelled and then kinda disappeared. It is nice to see Pearl episodes, that's probably why I like the episode Whale Watching so much. Pearl and Squidward interacting and bonding is so fun. It's nice to see characters outside of Spongebob and how they intereact sometimes. It's nice to have variety. Like having good, moral characters and trouble-making ones. Both are okay. Mr. Meaty freaked me out though. I like puppets, but this was too much. It's too puppety for me. I can appreatiate the effort, but there's just something I can't get behind.

that quinton reviews cameo was actually so good. fun fact, when i first started watching you from the izzy video, i thought about how you two reminded me of each other.

The QuintonReviews cameo was *chefs kiss*

The ONLY thing I recognize about Cat Scratch, is the main character design. Three cats with tall pointy ears, one tall and skinny, one shirt and fat, one medium medium. Since the three are the main characters, the medium medium one is not the main character with the other two being sidekicks, all three are the main characters as a trio. Kinda like Ed Edd and Eddy, and other trios in shows. That's it.

You mentioned a lot of things only I thought I remembered. Loved cat scratch. Love mr.meaty. Now will watch making fiends. You sold me. Love the way you discuss the shows. I also love your sense of humor and how you talk

I do appreciate the unscrambling of these good nick memories so I'm not solely haunted by the tape worm episode of mr. meaty. Seriously tho, really needed the good nostalgia today so thanks

this is one of the only channels I can consistently watch and not get tired or bogged down. you add such interesting commentary about these shows and basically give them new life because no one talks about them. It's like an internet active that one finds sifting through the dirt. Just know that your interest are appreciated.

El Tigre actually inspired the personality of one of my OC’s and I’m glad someone finally talked about it!

i love John DiMaggio as Rico

Let's hope this one doesn't get copyright striked and you can actually make money off of it

look man, im sure so many people have said this, but your popularity you are getting so deserved, and idk maybe its anecdotal but i think you've really got yourself a solid, loyal fan base. you are like, a voice for the voiceless right now. like, the post irony of youtube reviewers, like me, like a lot of the older gen Zers, (21/22), you really get what we have all been tryna communicate to "normal" people for so long bro, like seriously.

jorge r Gutierrez made my favorite media. Ī watched book of life EVERY DAY (along with the first 3 cars and Yo GABBA Gabba) as a small child, tried Maya, and now I’m really set on finding El Tigre and watching it. He sparked my obsession with a more colorfully gothic style (again, due to book of life) and a nostalgia for his art. Thank you for bringing him up.