SpongeBob's Nicktoon Summer Splash (partially lost bumpers from Nickelodeon channel block; 2000-2001)

Title card for the block.

Status: Partially Lost

SpongeBob's Nicktoon Summer Splash was a programming block that ran from July 3rd to September 1st in 2000, and June 18th to August 31st in 2001, on the Nickelodeon channel. The block ran in the afternoon for 3 hours, which changed during the last week the block ran to be 6 hours. The block revolved around the SpongeBob cast (SpongeBob and Patrick as the hosts, Sandy as control, and Squidward as a co-host) hosting interstitials throughout programming.

Programming was done in marathons daily on weekdays, which was in the following order:

• Rugrats
• Rocket Power
• The Wild Thornberrys
• Hey Arnold!
• Rocko's Modern Life (later replaced by CatDog within a week of the block premiering)

The block was later replaced with Nicktoons Summer Beach House which ran from the summers of 2002 to 2003 and followed a similar concept to the former. Later in the summer of 2003, Nicktoons TV brought back the block and extended it's schedule to 12 hours. The block in it's early broadcasts was notable for having poor quality animation.

The block also aired internationally later on, in Australia, Italy, and the United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, the block was instead called "SpongeBob TV" for unknown reasons, and used an altered schedule which was shorter and ran in the morning.

Availability

Most of the bumpers have resurfaced through personal tapes, although some are still incomplete or missing. It is unknown how many bumpers existed for this block outside of the one's that are known to exist.

List of Notable Lost Bumpers

#	Show Name	Status	Notes
1	Rocko's Modern Life	Partially Found	SpongeBob does an impression of Rocko's Modern Life characters.
2	Various	Partially Lost	SpongeBob does a short poetry as a "we'll be right back" bumper.
3	Various	Partially Lost	Specially made up next, later, and "we'll be right back" bumpers done by SpongeBob for various shows.
4	Unknown	Lost	An unknown bumper showing Squidward wearing his turban from Astrology with Squidward.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  A screenshot from a German Nickelodeon bumper containing part of the lost Astrology with Squidward segment.

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  Alternate logo without SpongeBob.

Footage

A collection of incomplete bumpers for Rocko's Modern Life.

A collection of bumpers for several shows.

A collection of bumpers for Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys.

See Also

• A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (non-existent unauthorized direct-to-DVD mockumentary film; 2011)
• Astrology with Squidward (found series of "SpongeBob SquarePants" Nickelodeon animated shorts; early 2000s)
• Got Chocolate Milk? (found "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated tie-in commercial; 2001)
• SpongeBob: Re-Hydrated (partially lost "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated short; 2003)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (partially lost deleted scenes of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999-present)
• SpongeBob SquarePants "Sailor Mouth" (lost uncensored version of Nickelodeon animated series episode; 2001)
• SpongeBob SquarePants "Shanghaied/You Wish" (lost English audio from alternate "Patchy the Pirate" segments of Nickelodeon animated series episode; 2001)
• SpongeBob SquarePants "SpaceBob InvaderPants/Krabs' Army" (lost production material of cancelled Nickelodeon animated series episodes; 2015)
• War Blowers (found full version of "SpongeBob SquarePants" production music; 1999)

External Links

• A commercial break compilation for the block, containing some bumpers.
• A collection of bumpers from Nicktoons Summer Beach House.
• Another collection of bumpers.
• An LMW Forums thread about the topic.
• The theme song for the block in non-VHS quality.