What if Nickelodeon actually tried?

== Changes ==
* Goofy Goober's Ice Cream Party Boat, Taco Haus, and Donuts (the donut store from Sponge Out of Water) would debut in 1999.
* Some episodes, like "MuscleBob BuffPants," would be released on VHS in United States.
* Perch Perkins, Princess Mindy, Triton, Kenny the Cat, Squidina, Nobby, and Narlene would debut in 1999 instead of 2004, 2007, 2013, 2018, and 2021.
* "The Goofy Goober Song," and "Thank Gosh It's Monday" would debut in 1999 instead of 2004 and 2015.
* "Have You Seen This Snail," "Karate Island," "Mermaid Pants," and "The Original Fry Cook" would be made as Season 3 episodes.
* Gregor Narholz would compose the sequels rather than John Debney and Hans Zimmer.
* It would have Hans and the "My leg!" line on all films, not just Sponge Out of Water. 
* SpongeBob would actually end after the first film. However: 
** In the AU version of the first film:
*** It would brought back characters, like the Realistic Fish Head, Shelley, and Squilliam.
*** Floyd and Lloyd would appear as narwhals instead of fishes, since they're hillbillies.
*** The characters would be given some more screen time, like Sandy, Mrs. Puff, Larry the Lobster, Gary and Pearl.
**** Squidward, Sandy, and Gary would join SpongeBob and Patrick on the journey.
**** Plankton wouldn't mind control Squidward, Sandy, nor Gary.
*** King Neptune would keep its 1999 design. Despite this, the "My eyes!" line would still remain.
**** He would tie Mr. Krabs instead of freezing him.
*** Patchy the Pirate and Potty the Parrot would actually appear as main part of the group of pirates, while Captain Bart and the real parrot would appear as the Cyclops' henchmen.
**** Captain Bart would actually wear a hook on his hand, like Patchy.
**** Paul Tibbit would voice Captain Bart's parrot, while Stephen Hillenburg would reprise his role as Potty.
**** Captain Bart's parrot would drink one of the Cyclops experimental drinks and would turn into the giant parrot monster.
***** Captain Bart's parrot, as a monster, would make screeching sounds similar in vain of screeching noises of the Pterodactyl Ghost from the Scooby-Doo franchise.
**** The Cyclops would have his own minions, called the Lil'Clops, which are small versions of him.
*** The "Later that evening..." timecard would appear when the French Narrator says "Later that evening..."
*** It would have more songs. These songs are:
**** "I'm Ready" by Tom Kenny
**** "Bless You, King Neptune" by Scarlet Johansson and Jeffrey Tambor
**** "Deadly Dangerous Souls" by Doug Lawrence
**** "The Ice Cream Song" by Bill Fagerbakke
**** "The Cyclops and the Pirate" by Bart McCarthy and Neil Ross
**** "Hooray for SpongeBob" by Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, and Carolyn Lawrence.
** In the AU version of Atlantis SquarePants:
*** The Patchy and Potty segments would be Atlantis-themed.
*** The writers would done more research on Atlantis. Atlantis is not about bubbles, art, money, science, or weapons. Just look it up on Wikipedia.
*** They would write a song for Lord Royal Highness, since he is voiced by David Bowie.
*** It would use the French Narrator as well.
** Not SpongeBob wouldn't exist.
** In the AU version of Truth and Square:
*** It would be titled as "The Krusty Anniversary."
*** Cee-Lo Green wouldn't sing the special's version of the theme song.
*** Celebrities, except Robin Williams, wouldn't be used.
** In the AU version of Sponge Out of Water:
*** The animated characters would be cel CGI animated when on land instead of normal CGI.
*** The Seagull Crew would look cartoony and would be cel CGI animated characters instead of photorealistic ones.
*** The "Thank Gosh It's Monday" scene would be kept.
*** It would have a "(number and time) Later..." timecard.
*** Mr. Superawsomeness would be muscular.
*** Sour Note would have tentacles instead of human arms and legs, since he is an octopus.
*** Sir Pinch-A-Lot would have a human-like muscular body shape instead of the usual Krabs-like one. Also, his name would be said in the film.
*** The Rodent would look cartoony and fully clothed.
*** Burger Beard would have his minions, The Mini Burgers, which are based on Dream Krabby Patties.
*** Pearl, Mrs. Puff, Gary, Larry, Karen and Squilliam would join SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Sandy and Plankton on the mission to retrieve the formula.
**** Pearl would become Miss Hugs-A-Lot.
**** Mrs. Puff would become Thornpuff.
**** Gary would become Catsnail.
**** Larry would become Jumbo Lobster.
**** Karen would become Karenator.
**** Squilliam would become Space Squid.
** Dennis, Victor, Udon, The Tattletale Strangler, Larry the Snail, The Flying Dutchman, and Clem would work with Burger Beard and the Seagull Crew and would become supervillains.
*** Dennis would become Step-Anchor.
*** Victor would become Bubble Popper.
*** Udon would become Karate Man.
*** The Tattletale Strangler would become Strangle-inator.
*** Larry the Snail would become Snailcat.
*** The Flying Dutchman would become Ghost Host.
*** Clem would become Clem Plank-Ton.
** Patchy and Potty would appear and would become superheroes during the final battle.
*** Patchy would become UltraPirate.
*** Potty would become Mega Parrot.
** The posters, trailers, promotional material, DVD and Blu-Ray menus, and music videos would look more like the movie, which means more 2D animation.
** The Krusty Krab 2 and Goofy Goober's would appear as well.
* The third film would have changes:
** It would kept the title "It's a Wonderful Sponge," the plot with the alien cats, and its 2019 release.
** The alien cat plot would be more lighter than usual.
** Sage, Otto, and the Goofy Goober's would still remain.
** President Johnson, Tallenback, and Terry would appear as 2D animated fishes instead of humans.
*** Johnson would be a president of Bikini Bottom.
*** Doug Lawrence and Clancy Brown would play as Johnson and Tallenback instead of Nicholas Cage and Jeff Goldblum.
*** Johnson's pet tiger, Fluffy would appear as a 2D animated sea tiger instead of the live-action tiger.
** David Hasselhoff and Bubbles the Dolphin would appear.
** The flashbacks would be changed to look more canonical.
** The underwater sequences would be 2D animated.
** Krusty Krab 2 would appear in the film as well.
** Gary's father would be a slug and would be named "Sluggo."
** During the dream sequences, Snoop Dogg would be replaced with Patchy and Potty.
** The alien cats would have changes:
*** They would be more comedic villains, like Plankton, Dennis and Burger Beard, instead of dark ones.
*** They would look like Kenny the Cat.
*** They would be voiced by Doug Lawrence, Matt Berry, Jeff Bennet, and Dee Bradley Baker.
*** They would plan to only destroy Bikini Bottom.
*** They would kidnap Pearl instead of Gary.
** Plankton and Karen would sacrifice themselves, thus ending the franchise.
** The film would still be dedicated to Stephen Hillenburg.
* The fourth SpongeBob film would be written as the film based on the different show.
* The SpongeBob spin-offs and Nicktoons crossover games wouldn't exist in order to pay respects to Stephen Hillenburg.
* Dora the Explorer would have changes.
** The Dora the Explorer episodes would have more fitting character find games for credits of episode, in order to fit in the character-focused episodes. Example: The credits for "Lost Squeaky" would have Boots' character find game instead of Swiper's.
*** Dora's character find game, which would exist, would be played in the credits for Dora-focused episodes.
*** Backpack's character find game, which would exist, would be played in the credits for Backpack-focused episodes, like "Backpack."
*** Fiesta Trio's character find game, which would also exist, would be played in the credits for "Dora's First Trip."
*** Diego and Baby Jaguar, Big Red Chicken, Super Babies, and the Pirate Pigs would have their own character finds.
*** A child in the personalized version of "Whose Birthday is It" would have its own character find instead of riding on Azul in the credits.
** "The Legend of the Big Red Chicken," "Doctor Dora," and the original version of "Whose Birthday is It" would actually have their home media releases.
** In the AU version of "What Happens Next?"
*** "Hurry, Hurry" would be replaced with the original travel song.
*** The Big Bad Wolf would appear again in the second travel song rather than Swiper.
*** The Explorer Stars wouldn't appear.
*** Swiper would try to swipe the golden eggs instead of Red Riding Hood's basket of treats.
*** Boots' Character Find would play at the end credits of this episode.
*** The cloud wouldn't block the arch rainbow.
** In the AU version of "ABC Animals"
*** The Explorer Stars would appear in this episode.
**** Gusty, a star who only appear in "What Happens Next?" would instead appear in this episode.
**** Gusty's minigame would play in the end credits of this episode
*** The cloud would block the Z zipper.
* DNA Productions would stay open and wouldn't be involved with The Ant Bully.
* The Fairly OddParents would be considered Nickelodeon's top-rated show after the show's ending, being then followed by Avatar: The Last Airbender, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Legend of Korra, The Loud House and Glitch Techs.
* While The Fairly OddParents seasons featuring Poof would still exist, the live-action movies, the last two seasons featuring Sparky and Chloe, and The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder wouldn't exist at all.
** And neither would Bunsen is a Beast and The Fairly Odd Phantom.
* Steve, Magenta, Green Puppy, Sidetable, Mailbox, Salt, Pepper, Paprika, Cinnamon, Shovel, Pail, and the Felt Friends would appear in Blue's Room.
* More Nick Picks DVDs would be released.
* After the series finale of iCarly, the channel's live-action schedule would be gradually axed as a way to focus exclusively on animated content and provide stronger competition to Cartoon Network rather than Disney Channel.
** As a result, future live-action sitcoms would be produced instead for TeenNick.
** Despite that, Henry Danger and The Thundermans still exist, yet as animated and without Dan Schneider's involvement.
*** However, due to it, most of its characters would be voiced by voice actors instead.
** The only exceptions are the All That and Are You Afraid of the Dark? revivals.
** Due to mainly being seen as cash grabs, Planet Sheen and Baby Shark's Big Show wouldn't exist.
** A few original shows will take places of some of the shows that were terrible or seasons of SpongeBob.
** Nicktoons would be reformatted into a classic Nickelodeon programming channel, meaning NickRewind wouldn't likely exist at all.
== TV Shows ==
Notes:
* This list includes exclusively original productions.
* * = co-produced by Nickelodeon since 2011
* ** = co-production between Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
==== Animated ====
* Doug (1991-1994)
* Rugrats (1991-2004, 2021-present)
* The Ren and Stimpy Show (1991-1996)
* Rocko's Modern Life (1993-1996)
* Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (1994-1997)
* Hey Arnold! (1996-2004)
* KaBlam! (1996-2000)
* The Angry Beavers (1997-2001)
* Amphibia (1998-2005)
* CatDog (1998-2005)
* The Wild Thornberrys (1998-2004)
* SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-2004)
* Rocket Power (1999-2004)
* As Told by Ginger (2000-2006)
* The Fairly OddParents (2001-2012)
* Invader Zim (2001-2006)
* ChalkZone (2002-2008)
* The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002-2006)
* All Grown Up! (2003-2008)
* My Life as a Teenage Robot (2003-2009)
* Winx Club* (2004-2019)
* Danny Phantom (2004-2007)
* Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005-2008)
* Catscratch (2005-2007)
* The X's (2005-2006)
* El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2007-2008)
* Tak and the Power of Juju (2007-2009)
* Back at the Barnyard (2007-2011)
* The Modifyers (2008-2011)
* Making Fiends (2008)
* The Penguins of Madagascar** (2008-2015)
* T.U.F.F. Puppy (2010-2015)
* Jeanette of the Space Pirates (2010-2016)
* Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness** (2011-2016)
* The Legend of Korra (2012-2014)
* Robot and Monster (2012-2015)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012-2017)
* Monsters vs. Aliens** (2013-2014)
* Olivia and Leroy, Middle School Detectives (2013-2018)
* The Last Dwarf (2013-2017)
* The Thundermans (2013-2018)
* Henry Danger (2014-2020)
* Harvey Beaks (2015-2017)
* The Afterlife With María (2015-present)
* The Loud House (2016-present)
* Welcome to the Wayne (2017-2019)
* Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018-2020)
* Pinky Malinky (2019-present)
* The Casagrandes (2019-present)
* It's Pony (2020-present)
* Glitch Techs (2020-present)
* Danger Force (2020-present)
* Aye Aye, Popeye (2021-present)
* Middlemost Post (2021-present)
* Star Trek: Prodigy (2021-present)
* Garfield (TBD)
* Adventures in Wonder Park (TBD)
==== Live action ====
* Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991-2000, 2019-present)
* All That (1994-2005, 2019-present)
* Romeo! (2003-2006)
* Drake & Josh (2004-2007)
* Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004-2007)
* Unfabulous (2004-2007)
* Zoey 101 (2005-2008)
* Mr. Meaty (2005-2009)
* Just for Kicks (2006)
* Just Jordan (2007-2008)
* The Naked Brothers Band (2007-2009)
* iCarly (2007-2012)
* True Jackson, VP (2008-2011)
* Big Time Rush (2009-2013)
* Victorious (2010-2013)
* Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures (2011-2013)
* Fred: The Show (2012)
* How to Rock (2012)
* Marvin Marvin (2012-2013)
* iCarly (2021-present)
==== Preschool (Nick Jr.) ====
===== Animated =====
* Little Bill (1999-2001)
* Dora the Explorer (2000-2019)
* Oswald (2001-2004)
* The Backyardigans (2004-2010)
* Go, Diego, Go! (2005-2011)
* Wonder Pets! (2006-2009)
* Ni Hao, Kai-Lan (2007-2011)
* Bubble Guppies (2011-present)
* Wallykazam! (2014-2016)
* Dora and Friends: Into the City! (2014-2016)
* Blaze and the Monster Machines (2014-present)
* Fresh Beat Band of Spies (2015-2016)
* Shimmer and Shine (2015-present)
* Nella the Princess Knight (2017-present)
* Sunny Day (2017-present)
* Butterbean's Café (2018-present)
* Abby Hatcher (2018-present)
* Tales of the Wild Thornberries (2020-present)
* Santiago of the Seas (2020-present)
* The BeatBuds, Let's Jam (2021-present)
* Face's Music Party (2022-present)
* Rubble (2023-present)
===== Live action =====
* Blue's Clues (1996-2006)
* Oobi (2003-2005)
* Blue's Room (2004-2007)
* Curious Buddies (2004-2005)
* Jack's Big Music Show (2005-2007)
* The Fresh Beat Band (2009-2013)
* Team Umizoomi (2010-2015)
* Nick Jr. Puppies (2015-2016)
* Mutt & Stuff (2015-2017)
* Blue's Clues and You (2019-present)
* The Tiny Chef Show (2022-present)
== Films ==
=== Theatrical ===
* Harriet the Spy (1996)
* Good Burger (1997)
* The Rugrats Movie (1998)
* Snow Day (2000)
* Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000)
* Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)
* Clockstoppers (2002)
* Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
* The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002)
* The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) - SpongeBob and his friends go on the quest to save the crown from Shell City and save Bikini Bottom and Mr. Krabs from Plankton.
* A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
* Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)
* Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)
* Nacho Libre (2006)
* Barnyard (2006)
* The Fairly OddParents Movie (2007)
* Atlantis SquarePantis (2007)
* The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
* Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging (2008)
* Hotel For Dogs (2009)
* Imagine That (2009)
* The Krusty Anniversary (2009)
* The Last Airbender (2010)
* Rango (2011)
* Tintin (2011)
* Fun Size (2012)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
* The SpongeBob Movie II: Sponge Out of Water (2015) - SpongeBob and his friends go on a mission to retrieve the formula from an evil pirate, Burger Beard.
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
* Monster Trucks (2017)
* Wonder Park (2019)
* Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
* Playing With Fire (2019)
* The SpongeBob Movie III: It's a Wonderful Sponge (2019) - SpongeBob and his friends go on rescue mission to save Pearl from the evil alien cats.
* Yo Gabba Gabba: The Movie (2020)
* The Loud House Movie (2021)
* Paw Patrol: The Movie (2021)
* Blue's Big City Adventure (2022)
* Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
* Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)
* Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023)
* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Chapter (2023)
* Saving Tremorton (2023)
* Vlad (2023)
* Untitled Rugrats Spin-Off film (2023)
=== Direct-to-video ===
* Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure (2003)
* Rugrats Meet Thornberrys (2003)
* Rugrats Meet Doug (2005)