What if Nickelodeon Movies made more animated films?

**Nickelodeon Movies** is the theatrical motion picture production arm of the Nickelodeon TV channel. Founded in 1995, the company released its first film Harriet the Spy in 1996. It has produced family features and films based on Nickelodeon programs, as well as other adaptations and original projects. Its films are co-produced and/or distributed by fellow ViacomCBS division Paramount Pictures. Nearly all of their films are live action with a couple of their films being animated. So in this AU, let's imagine if Nickelodeon Movies focused more on animated films rather than live action films.

## Changes

* Nacho Libre would've been an animated film rather than a live-action film (due to its cartoony nature).
	+ Harriet the Spy, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Charlotte's Web, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Hotel for Dogs, The Last Airbender(which would've featured the involvement of the creators of the original series, Bryan Joseph Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino) Monster Trucks (which were all live-action films in real-life) would also be animated (despite different reasons).
	+ Unlike the real life live-action film versions, Harriet the Spy, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Nacho Libre, Hotel for Dogs, The Last Airbender and Monster Trucks would've been more critically and commercially successful.
	+ Some scenes in Nacho Libre, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and Monster Trucks are toned down in the AU version.
	+ In addition, Sonic's design controversy wouldn't happen and would still be released on November 8, 2019.
	+ The live-action Charlotte's Web would never existed at all.
* The Nicktoons crossover film(known as Nicktoons Unite!), Jimmy Neutron 2: The Search for Carl, and the sequels to Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events would exist.
	+ The Nicktoons crossover film(known as Nicktoons Unite!) wouldn't feature any characters from Spongebob Squarepants due to the late Stephen Hillenburg being strongly against spin-offs, crossovers, and "aging down" characters.
* The TMNT films made by Michael Bay would've never existed. Instead, TMNT creator Kevin Eastman would make an animated TMNT movie that would be much more faithful to the franchise and would use multiple elements from the franchise that would released in 2014.
	+ In addition, he would also make a sequel to that film that would released in 2016.
* Barnyard would've been much more accurate and some scenes would be toned down(even though it would still be rated PG).
	+ It would've also been a box office hit(although not successful enough to be followed by a sequel).
* Catscratch, My Life as a Teenage Robot ,El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Tak and the Power of Juju, Making Fiends and The Legend of Korra would've had animated film adaptions released in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2013 respectively.
* *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie* would be split into 2 films, *SpongeBob: The Movie* and *The Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Movie*.
	+ Plankton would not steal Neptune's crown, but would kidnap Gary instead.
	+ Man Ray and Dirty Bubble would instead steal the crown.
	+ David Hasselhoff would not be in it, but instead, Jenny Wakeman would be in it.
	+ Imagine if the song, Squeeze Me, debuted in 2004.
	+ The characters would be CGI animated when on land instead of traditional, making them both the first two SpongeBob productions to use CGI.
* CatDog: The Great Parent Mystery, Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure, Gnomeo & Juliet,  Albert, Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie,Lucky and Sonic The Hedgehog(2020) would've been fully produced by the studio.
* In addition to releasing theatrical films, Nickelodeon Movies would also produce films for Netflix.
* CatDog: The Great Parent Mystery and Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure would be released as theatrical films while Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, Sherlock Gnomes and Lucky would be released on Netflix.
* *Sponge Out of Water* would be the Netflix original film instead of being theatrical, and would have a title exist with a number.
	+ The CGI Superhero designs done for other SpongeBob characters besides Sandy Cheeks would look realistic and less identical to Stephen Hillenburg's artwork.
		- Invincibubble and Sir Pinch-A-Lot would be more human-like.
			* Sir Pinch-A-Lot's name would be mentioned during the film.
		- Superawsomeness would be more muscular, more human-like, and would have a semi-realistic face. (much like "I'm with Stupid" when Patrick laughs "huehuehuehuehueh")
		- Sour Note would have a more realistic face, much like "Two Faces for Squidward".
		- Plank-Ton would have a bigger head, despite being very small.
		- The Rodent would also wear an underwater suit.
	+ The CGI designs done for Bubbles and the Seagulls would be more cartoony.
	+ Mrs. Puff, Pearl Krabs, Larry, Gary the Snail, and Karen Plankton would join in the team and would also turn into 6-feet tall superheroes.
		- Mrs. Puff would become Thornpuff.
		- Pearl would become Miss Hugs-A-lot.
		- Larry would become Jumbo Lobster.
		- Gary would become Catsnail.
		- Karen would become Karenator.
	+ Dennis, Flying Dutchman, Udon, The Tattletale Strangler, Lary the Snail, and Victor would work with Burger Beard and would become 6-feet tall supervillains.
		- Dennis would become Step-Anchor.
		- Flying Dutchman would become Ghost Host.
		- Udon would become You-Done.
		- The Strangler would become Strangle-Inator
		- Lary would become Snailcat.
		- Victor would become Bubble Popper.
* Albert would've been a theatrical film released in December 2016 and would've performed well at the box office.
* There would've been a theatrical Invader Zim movie (called Zim: The Invasion Begins, which would be a prequel to the series) released in 2003.
* They would also co-produce all of Paramount Animation's films. (like *Mighty Mouse*)
* *Sponge On the Run* would have The X's characters Instead. (In which would’ve been titled Tuesday X on the Run)
	+ Sage would have been the animated character, who would resemble Papa from *Astro Boy*.
	+ Poseidon would kidnap Rex instead
	+ Unlike our real version, in which was filmed in color, it would be all B/W and would have some scratches, like as if were filmed in B/W.
		- However, Nickelodeon Movies would make a film look like the 1960s Osamu Tezuka anime under permission.
	+ It would be a fully 2D animated film instead of being a live-action/CGI hybrid film.
	+ Snoop Dogg would not appear in this film, but the character resembling Astro Boy would appear.

* Warner Bros. or Netflix would never buy rights to *Bone*.
* Starting with The Wild Thornberrys Movie in 2002, SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star (from SpongeBob SquarePants) would become the official mascots of the studio.
	+ However, they would be joined by Squidward Tentacles in 2006, starting with The Zoombinis, followed by Mr. Krabs, Sandy Cheeks, Mrs. Puff, and Gary in 2015, starting with The SpongeBob Movie 2: Sponge Out of Water.