To date, Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon is the longest-airing animated series on the network that was not a Nicktoon.

It was the first original animated special created for Nickelodeon.

A combination of factors led to the collapse of Saturday morning cartoons ; some include the near concurrent entries of Cartoon Network, Fox Kids and Nickelodeon ( with its Nicktoons ) into the animated market in 1992 with cartoons in non-traditional time slots, the implementation of the Children's Television Act educational television mandate in 1996, and a general erosion of sponsorship base and viewership for broadcast programs.

** Nickelodeon operates three digital channels separate from the main feed: Nick Jr., a channel devoted to preschool programming ; TeenNick, aimed at teenagers with mostly live-action programs ( which includes a two hour 1990s block in late night ); and Nicktoons, which primarily ( although not exclusively ) runs animated programming.

* Timmy Turner, character on the Nickelodeon animated TV series The Fairly OddParents

In 1991, Nickelodeon developed its first animated series, Doug, Rugrats, and The Ren and Stimpy Show.

Winx Club is an animated series that was created in Italy, but Nickelodeon is recreating its old seasons and creating a 5th and 6th season.

The channel also announced the additions of an English-language version of the Belgian / Dutch live-action Nickelodeon series Het Huis Anubis called House of Anubis, a Kung Fu Panda animated series, and the preschool series Bubble Guppies for the Nick Play Date block.

Nicktoons are animated television series produced by and aired on Nickelodeon.

Until 1991, the animated series that aired on Nickelodeon were largely imported from foreign countries, and some original animated specials were also featured on the channel up to that point as well.

It has produced films based on Nickelodeon animated programs including Rugrats and SpongeBob SquarePants, as well as other adaptations and original projects.

* The rise of cable TV channels like Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, and Cartoon Network which provided appealing animated entertainment throughout the week at nearly all hours, making Saturday morning timeslots far less important to viewers and advertisers.

This development notwithstanding, cable networks directed at children have used the Saturday morning time slot as its version of prime time for its animated series ; Cartoon Network ( with " DC Nation "), YTV ( with Vortex ), Nickelodeon ( with " Nicktoons ") and Disney Channel ( with " Toonin ' Saturdays ") have emphasized their Saturday morning cartoon programming.

Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon.

The trio decided to create their own series in reaction to a proclamation by the children's cable network Nickelodeon that they were to launch their own line of animated shows, which would be later called Nicktoons.

is an American animated television series created by Craig Bartlett for Nickelodeon.

The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.

Rocket Power is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon for three seasons.

After the success of Squee !, the children's cable network Nickelodeon approached Vasquez about producing an animated television series, Invader Zim which airs on Nicktoons currently, focused on the daily life of Zim, a naïve alien from the planet Irk who tries to conquer Earth, before his attempts are constantly thwarted in a humorous manner by Dib, a young paranormal investigator and the only one ( along with his sister Gaz ) who knows with certainty Zim is an alien ( although no one believes him ), or by his own naïveté.

Mrs. Poppy Puff is a recurring character in the Nickelodeon animated TV series, SpongeBob SquarePants.

Paramount Pictures, with Walden Media, Kerner Entertainment Company, and Nickelodeon Movies, produced a live-action / animated film starring Dakota Fanning as Fern and the voice of Julia Roberts as Charlotte, released on December 15, 2006.

In 1991, Klasky-Csupo began producing Rugrats, an animated show for Nickelodeon.

In fall 2006, Klasky Csupo announced development of 28 new animated pilots ( which were sold to Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., The N & MTV until that year ), which were to be up for sale at a later date:

* 1938 – The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit ( a prototype of Bugs Bunny ).

* Lady Amalthea, a character in the fantasy novel and animated movie The Last Unicorn.

* In the 2006 animated movie Barnyard, a group of tough talking cattle from New Jersey go " boy-tipping " in response to similar behavior against cattle.

The first feature-length computer animated film was the 1995 movie Toy Story by Pixar.

III, in 1994, his final film project was the animated movie Cats Don't Dance, released in 1997 and dedicated to him, on which Kelly acted as uncredited choreographic consultant.

The last story is probably the most famous, having inspired at least eight movie adaptations ( two of which are now considered to be lost ), one animated movie, two documentaries and a video game.

Over the years, there have been five Highlander movies, two television series, an animated series, an animated movie, an animated flash-movie series, ten original novels, seventeen comic book issues, and various licensed merchandise.

Lewis and his popular movie characters were animated in the Filmation cartoon series, Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down.

Grammer supplied the voices for " Stinky Pete the Prospector " in 1999 Disney / Pixar film Toy Story 2, Vladimir in the Fox animated movie Anastasia, Rothbart in Barbie of Swan Lake, Zozi the Bear in the subsequently produced prequel Bartok the Magnificent, and the title character in the short-lived animated series Gary the Rat.

Von Koenigsegg got the idea to build his own car after watching the Norwegian stop-motion animated movie Pinchcliffe Grand Prix in his youth.

In 1993, as promotion for the 1989 animated film, Hemdale produced a Collector's Set which includes a VHS movie, illustrated storybook, and cassette soundtrack.

* Genmu Senki Leda, a 1985 Japanese animated movie

Moses appears as the central character in the 1998 DreamWorks Pictures animated movie, The Prince of Egypt.

The CIA's Office of Policy Coordination adapted George Orwell's Animal Farm into an animated movie in 1954 that was released in England as production costs were considerably lower.

Stop motion was also used for some shots of the final sequence of Terminator movie, also for the scenes of the small alien ships in Spielberg's Batteries Not Included in 1987, animated by David W. Allen.

* Flåklypa Grand Prix: In this animated movie, Snake Oil is used as a name for a shady oil company.

The summer season is also most popular for animated movies to be released theatrically in movie theaters.

The Hobbit, an animated version of the story produced by Rankin / Bass, debuted as a television movie in the United States in 1977.

It was rumoured that Gilliam may direct – or be involved in the production of – the animated band Gorillaz ' movie.

* Titan A. E., an animated sci-fi space adventure movie

Television versions include the 1974 BBC TV movie, Alice Through the Looking Glass, with Sarah Sutton playing Alice, a 1982 38-minute Soviet cutout-animated film made by Kievnauchfilm studio and directed by Yefrem Pruzhanskiy, an animated TV movie in 1987, with Janet Waldo as the voice of Alice ( Mr. T was the voice of the Jabberwock ) and the 1998 Channel 4 TV movie, with Kate Beckinsale playing the role of Alice.