QUICKELODEON (2023)

"QUICK QUICK QUICK, QUICK QUICK QUICK QUICK... QUICKELODEON!"

**QUICKELODEON** is a tournament currently being hosted on Square 2 Charge. It is a tournament themed around video games based on either Nickelodeon intellectual properties, or shows which aired on Nickelodeon. It was the second major speedrunning tournament hosted under the Square 2 Charge name.

## Background

In April 2023, JaNinJuice expressed interest in hosting a tournament after the then-ongoing The 1999 Speedrunning Championship (2023) event had concluded. In late-July 2023, he named Bobbledink as his co-host. On the 12th of September 2023, the tournament was announced as QUICKELODEON and sign-ups began. Sign-ups concluded on the 30th of September and the first race was filmed in the first week of October 2023.

## Competitors

On the 7th of October 2023, via a welcome video, there were eight players confirmed for the tournament (Including the two hosts). Of the eight participants, two were debuting competitors, one made their tournament debut, while the remaining five were returning competitors from the 1999 Speedrunning Championship held earlier in 2023.

During the running of the tournament, as a fun gesture, several of the eight competitors adopted nicknames based on various Nickelodeon intellectual properties and shows that aired on Nickelodeon such as SpongeBob Squarepants, Jimmy Neutron, Fairly OddParents, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rugrats, Danny Phantom, My Life as a Teenage Robot and Hey, Arnold!

**Returning Tournament Competitors from The 1999 Speedrunning Championship (2023):**

* Bobbledink - Quarter Finalist *(Founding Member)*
* Danta Fanta - Group Stage *(Founding Member)*
* JaNinJuice - Semi-Finalist *(Founding Member)*
* MidnightHeart - Group Stage
* MTB - Group Stage *(Founding Member)*

**Returning Exhibition Match Competitors from The 1999 Speedrunning Championship (2023):**

* The Kiwi Dragon - Fourth Place

**Making Square 2 Charge Tournament Debut:**

* See Jay See - Previously competed in Super Charge Season 2
* Rexy - Previously competed in Super Charge Season 2
* JoeTheMonkeyman - Previously competed in Super Charge Season 2

## Bubble Blowout Round

**Bubble Blowout Round Draws:**

     JoeTheMonkeyman (Dr. Monkeyman)
      Rextar (Rexy)
      Teenage Marcus Ninja Terry (MTB)

 Danta Phantom
 TMNT
 Dr. Monkeyman
 Rextar
 Match Uploaded 1/1

 Janni Neutron
 Spongebobbledink
 Ceenage Robot
 Middy Turner
 Match Uploaded 1/1

 Danta Phantom
 TMNT
 Janni Neutron
 Spongebobbledink
 Dr. Monkeyman
 Ceenage Robot
 Middy Turner
 Rextar
 Matches Uploaded 2/2

## Round 1 - The Group Stage

      Danta Phantom (Danta Fanta)
      JoeTheMonkeyman (Dr. Monkeyman)
      Rextar (Rexy)
      Spongebobbledink (Bobbledink)

 Danta Phantom
 Dr. Monkeyman
 Rextar
 Rextar
 Danta Phantom
 Rextar
 Matches Uploaded: 6/6

 Janni Neutron
 Janni Neutron
 TMNT
 TMNT
 Middy Turner
 TMNT
 Matches Uploaded: 6/6

 Ceenage Robot
 Spongebobbledink
 Dr. Monkeyman
 Middy Turner
 Match Uploaded: 1/1

\*The Losers Melee was originally scheduled to be Bobbledink Vs JoeTheMonkeyman Vs MidnightHeart Vs See Jay See. However JoeTheMonkeyman was unable to participate due to illness, and MidnightHeart was unable to participate as she was asleep. As a result, the choice was made to forego a Solution X race, and instead both JoeTheMonkeyman and MidnightHeart were counted as joint last place.

## Round 2 - The Semi-Finals

 Rextar
 Matches Uploaded: 2/2

## Round 3 - Grand Final and Bronze Final

 JaNinJuice
 Matches Uploaded: 1/1

 Rextar
 Rextar
 Rextar
 Matches Uploaded: 1/1

## Promotional Exhibition Match

After the conclusion of Round 1, to further promote QUICKELODEON, a special promotional exhibition match was devised. This match would see the recently eliminated MidnightHeart facing off against QUICKELODEON special guest commentator and 1999 Speedrunning Championship Grand Finalist, The Kiwi Dragon. Kiwi was unable to participate in the early stages of QUICKELODEON, due to having started a new job and focussing on his mental health, but was later granted permission to participate in a non-tournament match. The match would see both competitors playing a game which had not been featured in the tournament - Rugrats: I Gotta Go Party!

This match would be billed as '*The Rugrats Redemption'* match, as MidnightHeart's final QUICKELODEON tournament match saw her lose to MTB in Rugrats: Search For Reptar.

In keeping with the tradition of nicknaming competitors after Nickelodeon intellectual properties, The Kiwi Dragon selected **'iKiwi'** as his nickname, a reference to iCarly, based on a suggestion from tournament host JaNinJuice.

## Trivia

* While all of the competitors (exhibition race included) adopted Nickelodeon themed nicknames for the tournament, there is one exception to this, as JoeTheMonkeyman (a.k.a Dr. Monkeyman) already had a pre-existing username based on the character 'Monkey Man' from Hey Arnold!.
* QUICKELODEON would be the inspiration for later themed tournaments such as Pixar Panic, BBC TV Takeover, LEGO League, SEGA Sprint and Nintendash.
* This was the first Square 2 Charge tournament not to feature a single competitor from either Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Australia, Canada, or South Africa. All of these countries had been previously represented at the prior tournament, The 1999 Speedrunning Championship (2023).
* With the additions of Rexy and See Jay See, QUICKELODEON holds the record for the most English competitors in a single tournament, with 5 of the 8 participants representing the country.
* None of the four Grand Finalists from The 1999 Speedrunning Championship held earlier in 2023, would return as tournament competitors for QUICKELODEON. This was as a result of Lucas B having entered semi-retirement, while ConorDavid, Dr Crusher and The Kiwi Dragon were all absent from the tournament.
* The Kiwi Dragon would however later end up appearing during QUICKELODEON as a competitor in the promotional exhibition match.
* While the previous tournament and QUICKELODEON itself had seen exhibition matches prior to them officially starting, QUICKELODEON marks the first time an exhibition match took place mid-tournament that was specifically tied to the tournament branding. Previous mid-tournament exhibition matches were referred to only as Super Charge races.