List of intro variations

This page is a list of Nickelodeon shows that have changed their intros in some manner, whether replacing the original intro, or simply using a one-off version for a special episode.
==Nicktoons==
* Rugrats:
** The first Christmas episode, "The Santa Experience", has the theme played with a chord-style organ and a few jingle bells.
**A completely new version of the intro was made for The Rugrats Movie.
** After the release of Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, the intro sequence was redone to include Dil, Kimi, and Susie.
* The Ren & Stimpy Show: John Kricfalusi's "Created by" credit was removed from the intro after Season 2.
* Rocko's Modern Life: After the first season, the theme song was performed by the B-52s.
* Aaahh!!! Real Monsters: The Gromble screams something different after rising through the floor in each episode.
* Hey Arnold!: The song was re-arranged in Season 3. Also, an animation oddity with the close-up shot of Helga was fixed.
* CatDog: A special version of the theme song was used for the opening and closing for "CatDog and the Great Parent Mystery".
* The Wild Thornberrys:
**The intro always ends by zooming in on a map of the world, to the location where the Thornberrys were in the current episode.
**A completely new version of the intro was made for The Wild Thornberrys Movie.
* SpongeBob SquarePants:
** The pilot was made with an entirely different title sequence in its original form.
** Two different Christmas versions were made for the episodes "Christmas Who?" and "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"
** A stop-motion opening with Cee-Lo Green performing the theme was seen in "Truth or Square". It was later used in "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom", but it includes Painty the Pirate and uses the normal singers.
** A special intro was made for the episode "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?"
** Starting from "Lame and Fortune", a re-animated version of the theme song, now in widescreen, was used.
* As Told by Ginger: In the original run of the first season, Cree Summer sang the theme song. Starting in 2001, Macy Gray's version was used, even replacing Summer's version in reruns of Season 1.
* The Fairly OddParents:
** Vicky's head turns into something different in every episode. Starting around season 2, Vicky's head was changed into something that had something to do with the plot of the episode.
** In Season 9, the intro was reanimated in widescreen, with Poof added in.
** Season 10 replaced the theme song with a new version describing Timmy now having to share Cosmo and Wanda with Chloe.
* Invader Zim: Zim is always in a different location at the end of the intro.
* ChalkZone:
**A version of the theme song with different music and an early logo was made, but never used.
**Starting in the third season, a new assortment of clips was used for the intro.
**A special intro was made for the episode "The Big Blow Up".
* The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: 
**Two special intros was made for the episodes, "Operation: Jet Fusion" and "Attack of the Twonkies".
**From "The N-Men" onward, the intro sequence was changed to include a new assortment of clips, and also added Libby to the group shot around the logo.
* My Life as a Teenage Robot: 
**A Christmas version were made for the episode "A Robot For All Seasons"
**The title sequence is dramatically interrupted at the beginning of "Escape From Cluster Prime".
* Danny Phantom: 
**A different version of the theme song was made, but never used.
**Danny's emblem was added to the intro after "Memory Blank", the episode in which he gets the emblem.
* Avatar: The Last Airbender: 
**The pilot was made with an entirely different title sequence in its original form.
**The theme song was different in the first episode.
* El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera: A version was made specifically for its pilot episode, narrerated by Daran Norris.
* T.U.F.F. Puppy: After the theme song, Dudley strums the bass chord until something happens.
* The Legend of Korra: An extended version of the theme was made for the first episode.
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Each season updated the intro sequence to include more of the major and supporting characters. In the first half of the fourth season, when the Turtles were traveling through space to prevent the Triceratons from gathering the pieces of the black hole generator, the first verse was replaced with narration from Leonardo. The theme song was changed entirely for the fifth and final season, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
* Sanjay and Craig: The portraits of Craig in the intro would often show him wearing different outfits. Sometimes he gets depicted in a different style.
* Harvey Beaks:
** Following the birth of Michelle Beaks in "The New Bugaboo", she was added to the intro.
** Halloween and Christmas-themed versions of the intro were used for the episodes "Technoscare" and "It's Christmas, You Dorks!", respectively.
* The Loud House:
** In "11 Louds a Leapin'", the logo appears in a winter background instead of the usual black background, and Lily is dressed in her winter coat.
** In "Tricked!", Lily wears a ghost costume when the logo comes up and lets out a ghostly wail instead of saying "Poo-poo!" (Unfortunately, this variation of the logo is not used on the DVD release.)
** Chris Savino's "Created by" credit at the end was greyed out starting in Season 4.
** The "...with The Casagrandes" mini-series at the beginning of Season 4 used a shortened version of the song with only the second verse, after which Ronnie Anne appears in the front of the logo and introduces the viewers to her family.
*Rugrats (2021 TV series): "Traditions" uses a shorter version of the theme but with the house in Christmas decorations and the characters in Christmas clothes.
*Middlemost Post: Episodes 3-9 of Season 2 all start off with one of three different arrangements of the theme song, each from a different composer.
*The Patrick Star Show: A primitive variation was made for episode "The Prehistoric Patrick Star Show". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U5qaYHhQfA&ab_channel=TheCrazyCartoonChannel
*Big Nate: "Till Death Do We Rock" has Nate singing the theme song off-key while his normally supportive friends are instead shown cringing (due to his bad singing being an element of the episode's plot).
==Live-action shows==
*Clarissa Explains It All: The original intro sequence was discarded after the first season, getting plastered over by the second intro in reruns and even the DVD set.
*All That: The intro was updated each time a cast member joined or left the show.
*iCarly: Starting in the fourth season, the intro was updated after Gibby was promoted to the main cast.
*Victorious: Starting with "Freak the Freak Out", a new theme song is featured for the episode with several differences.
*Sam & Cat: A shortened version of the theme song been created to allow for more time for the episodes.
*Henry Danger: Like most shows that used this style as the theme song, the clips changed to fit the season.
*iCarly (2021): While they used a short version of the theme, the original version was only used in the first episode and the season one finale.
==Nick Jr. shows==
*Blue's Clues: 
**Starting in season 2, Blue hides in a different spot outside the house.
**The episode, "Blue's Birthday" has a special version of the intro in which has Mailbox and Blue are wearing party decorations and Blue singing his birthday song.
**Starting in Season 4, the intro was updated to include Magenta, Periwinkle, Shovel and Pail as well as the former two's homes. 
**Starting in Season 5, a brand new intro was made after Joe runs as the host.
**The "100th Episode Celebration" special instead uses the logo with its instrumental in the background while Periwinkle welcomes the viewers.
**The Blues Clues Legend of Blue Puppy special uses the animation from the animation from the Season 5 intro with its instrumental in the background but instead transitions into the title card when Blue opens the book.
**A new intro was made for the 6th and final season to promote and introduce Blue's Room. The same music and sequence is used, and not much is changed, only the way Blue opens the yellow book at the beginning. In this version, she opens the book in her puppet form, before Moona changes her back to her animated form.
*Dora the Explorer: 
**Starting with the third season, an entirely new intro was created, replacing the original one that had been used since the first season. It was made to reflect the changes made to the show in that season, such as the introductions of Diego and the star-catching minigames.
** Starting with the fifth season, the intro was slightly modified to remove references to the star-catching minigames (as they were discontinued after the fourth season) and replaced some clips with ones from different episodes. Also, Caitlin Sanchez took over from Kathleen Herles as the voice for Dora due to Herles leaving voicing the titular character after the fourth season. Sometime later, the Nick Jr. logo was also removed from the intro, likely due to the Nick Jr. block rebranding as Nickelodeon's Playdate at the time.
***Also, starting from the fifth season, some episodes (mostly double-length episodes) use special intros specific to a particular episode.
**Starting from the seventh season onwards, the intro was changed once again due to the show transitioning to HD and 16:9 aspect ratio vs. the SD and 4:3 aspect ratio of previous seasons. Additionally, the music and lyrics to the theme song were changed, Dora and Diego's outfits were updated, and some 3D effects were used.
*The Backyardigans: During each season, the intro was changed to reference the season's episodes.
*Go, Diego, Go!: Starting from the fourth season onwards, some of the clips in the intro were replaced with newer ones.
*Jack's Big Music Show: At the beginning of each episode, Jack's mom is heard offscreen, warning Jack that he has to go to a lesson/class soon. One of these variations was a repeat.
*Wonder Pets!: Some episodes use special intros specific to a particular episode.
*Team Umizoomi: From the second season onwards, the intro was slightly changed with Milli and Geo putting their helmets on, then jumping over statue shoes, then riding in the UmiCar. Season 1 had them hiding in grass, jumping over statue shoes, and getting in the UmiCar.
*Bubble Guppies:
** From the second season, a re-animated version of the theme song, now in widescreen, was used.
**Starting from the fifth season onwards, the intro was updated to introduce Zooli in the theme song as well as re-animated once again.
*Blaze and the Monster Machines: Starting in the late third season onwards, Gabby now rides with Watts instead of her ATV in the theme song. Also, a re-animated version was used.
*Blue's Clues & You!:
**Starting on Season 2, Magenta was now wearing her glasses.
**Christmas and autumn-themed versions were used for the Christmas and Thanksgiving episodes.
==References==
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