Oh boy, another article about ruining childhoods.
Listen, don’t shoot the messenger here people, I’m sorry your once idyllic childhoods are being destroyed by me but I have to pay the rent somehow.
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The *Angry Beavers* final episode was never aired.
You must be wondering what an animated show had to do to never get aired. Especially after it’s been animated and voiced and everything .
This one never made it on because the beavers break the fourth wall, and they have a rule about that at Nickelodeon.
The green slime
You know the green slime .
The stuff that’s constantly being dumped on game show contestants and celebrities. Ever wondered what it’s made out of? Apparently, mostly vanilla pudding, applesauce, oatmeal, and green food coloring.
Gak
Speaking of slime , while we’ll never know what Gak was made out of, we know where it got its name.
It was named after a street term for a child-friendly product known as heroin.
The *Rugrats* voices
Speaking of Rugrats , there’s a bit of a surprising fact about who voiced the little tykes.
Every baby on the show was voiced by a woman: Christine Cavanaugh voiced Chuckie, Cheryl Chase voiced Angelica, Kath Soucie voiced Phil and Lil, and Elizabeth Daily voiced Tommy.
Busta Rhymes was involved in *Rugrats*.
And once, again, it’s about voices!
We know that people are occasionally slotted into a show where you’d never recognize their voice (George Clooney in South Park ) but apparently Busta Rhymes voiced Reptar!
The lost horror movie.
Oh no, I can hear the creepypasta writers gearing up for a big one here, but there’s a lost horror movie in Nickelodeon’s archives.
It’s called “Crybaby Lane” and was pulled because it was too scary for kids.
Suzanne Collins
We all know Suzanne Collins as the writer of the Hunger Games series, but what you don’t know about her is that she wrote for several Nickelodeon shows.
This included Clarissa Explains It All and The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo .
Arnold’s last name
These are the things you never really consider about a character, especially an animated one, but he does in fact have a last name.
And that name is Shortman… kind of to the point, isn’t it?
Kurt Cobain
Another person you’d never expect to be associated with Nickelodeon (unless it was with Gak).
But apparently, the prolific singer wanted to do a song for Ren & Stimpy but was turned down.
Doug and Patti
For years, people have been hoping that these two characters eventually got together , because Doug pined so desperately after her.
Unfortunately, according to series creator Jim Jinkins, this never happened.
The Dinks
Speaking of Doug , the Dinks was actually named after a phenomenon that was really catching traction in the ’90s and is especially now.
They were named after “Double Income, No Kids”.
*Chappelle’s Show & All That*
I bet you never thought you’d hear these two compared, did you? Well, what do these two sketch shows with totally different audiences have in common ?
They both featured Neal Brennan, who co-created Chappelle’s Show and wrote for All That .
Timmy’s pink hat
It’s been the subject of jokes throughout the whole series, but have you ever wondered why he wears a pink hat?
The reason is simple: because creator Butch Hartman ran out of blue ink.
The original Rugrats pilot
We all love that show about, well, loveable babies doing loveable baby things, but the original pilot for the show was never aired. Probably because it was called:
“Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing.”
