Orrin Scott: Archiving Animation with Home Media - Nickelodeon Physical Home Media Releases

Before starting this project, I was familiar with many of the early Nicktoons and their respective releases. I knew there were some series that hadn’t received as much attention, like As Told by Ginger, but a majority of the early Nicktoons I knew had been released and were readily available. It’s been very interesting as I’ve moved into the aughts to find out that this pattern has not continued, even for shows that I perceived to be extremely successful or heavily focused or merchandise sales. Some series that I perceived as not having been as successful have even seen full series releases. As someone who has worked in large Fortune 500 companies, it makes me wonder if what dictates releases is something as simple as quarterly and yearly budget restraints or something else entirely. Onto today’s five Nicktoons...

CGI superhero series, Fanboy & Chum Chum (2009), ran for two seasons. Two DVD episode compilations have been released, mostly containing episodes from season one in addition to two episodes from Season Two, "Back From The Future" and "Brain Freeze". The entirety of season one has been released on DVD through Amazon’s manufacture-on-demand. Two additional episodes from season two, "The Last Strawberry Fun Finger" and "Power Out", were released as a Bonus Feature on the SpongeBob SquarePants DVD release, SpongeBob’s Frozen Face-Off. However, the remaining 44 episodes from season two have never been released on home media.

Sources:

https://nickelodeon.fandom.com/wiki/Fanboy_%26_Chum_Chum_videography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanboy_%26_Chum_Chum#Home_media

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Fanboy_%26_Chum_Chum_episodes#Home_media

https://frederator.com/shows/fanboy-and-chum-chum/

https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/SpongeBob%27s_Frozen_Face-Off

Fanboy & Chum Chum Logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Fanboy_%26_Chum_Chum

Planet Sheen (2010) is a one season, 26 episode sequel to The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron. It’s one season run has been released on Amazon’s manufacture-on-demand DVD.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Sheen

Planet Sheen Logo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Sheen

T.U.F.F. Puppy (2010) is a three season, Butch Hartman creation. It has had a multitude of episode releases on other franchise DVDs including SpongeBob SquarePants, iCarly, and Nicktoon Picks. It’s first two seasons were released on Amazon’s manufacture-on-demand, but the third season has never been released.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.U.F.F._Puppy#cite_note-9

https://tuffpuppy.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_T.U.F.F._Puppy_DVDs

T.U.F.F. Puppy Logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/T.U.F.F._Puppy

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011) is a three season sequel to the Kung Fu Panda film franchise. Of its 80 episodes, only 26 have been released on DVD as episode compilations, including a Redbox exclusive.

Episodes released:
Season 1 Episode 1 "The Scorpion's Sting"
Season 1 Episode 2 "The Princess and the Po"
Season 1 Episode 4 "Chain Reaction"
Season 1 Episode 6 "Good Croc, Bad Croc"
Season 1 Episode 7 "Hometown Hero"
Season 1 Episode 8 "Jailhouse Panda"
Season 1 Episode 9 "Owl Be Back"
Season 1 Episode 10 "Bad Po"
Season 1 Episode 13 "Master Ping"
Season 1 Episode 18 "Po Fans Out"
Season 1 Episode 23 "Love Stings"
Season 1 Episode 24 "Hall of Lame"
Season 1 Episode 25 "Father Crime"
Season 1 Episode 26 "Monkey in the Middle"

Season 2 Episode 5 "Kung Shoes"
Season 2 Episode 10 "Present Tense"
Season 2 Episode 11 "Shifu's Back"
Season 2 Episode 12 "Terror Cotta"
Season 2 Episode 16 "The Midnight Stranger"
Season 2 Episode 17 "Shoot the Messenger"
Season 2 Episode 19 "Crane on a Wire"
Season 2 Episode 24 "Secret Admirer"
Season 2 Episode 25 "Qilin Time"
Season 2 Episode 26 "Huge"

Season 3 Episode 1 "Shifu's Ex"
Season 3 Episode 10 "Po Picks a Pocket"

Sources:

https://nickelodeon.fandom.com/wiki/Kung_Fu_Panda:_Legends_of_Awesomeness_videography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_Panda:_Legends_of_Awesomeness#Home_media

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Logo

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kung_Fu_Panda_logo.svg

The Legend of Korra (2012) is a four season, direct sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender. While it’s broadcast history is a mess of television broadcasts and online broadcasts, it’s home media release is much simpler. All four seasons have been released on DVD and BluRay as individual season sets. The entire series was compiled together as a series set on DVD and BluRay. It was also repackaged with the entire series run of Avatar: The Last Airbender as a two series set on DVD and BluRay.