AfterToons
AfterToons is a daily animated afternoon block that began on April 10, 2023, showcasing episodes of various Nickelodeon series, including SpongeBob SquarePants, The Patrick Star Show, and Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years. The block is hosted by Nate Wright from Big Nate,[14] as well as various generic network announcers.
Production
On March 17, 2023, Nickelodeon released a promo with Nate Wright (from Big Nate) announcing the block, featuring clips pasted together from other network bumpers and snippets from various series. No exact release date was given out, although it was said that the block will be "coming soon."[14]
Two weeks later on March 31, 2023, another promo for the event was released, highlighting the same animated series as before. However, Nickelodeon stated that they would be releasing "Brand New Toons" on the block, likely referring to the upcoming premieres of episodes from The Patrick Star Show,[15] Big Nate,[16] and (according to the promo) the American debuts of various Smurfs segments. A date for the block was revealed as well, with the launch date proposed to be April 10, 2023.[1]
Schedule
Premieres
The Patrick Star Show
SpongeBob SquarePants
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
| Title card | # | Title | U.S. airdate | U.S. viewers (millions)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | "Are You Afraid of the Dork?" (tr • ga) | July 10, 2023 | ||
| The counselors tell scary stories around the campfire, but things get truly spooky when a real ghost appears! | ||||
| 14a | "Help Not Wanted" (tr • ga) | July 11, 2023 | ||
| Patrick's dad unexpectedly visits Kamp Koral. | ||||
| 14b | "Camp Spirit" (tr • ga) | July 12, 2023 | ||
| SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy befriend a visiting ghost camper. | ||||
| 21b | "Prickly Pests" (tr • ga) | July 13, 2023 | ||
| A mischievous camp prank goes terribly wrong. | ||||
| 15a | "Hill-Fu" (tr • ga) | July 31, 2023 | ||
| It's the annual foam-fisted all-camp karate battle, and SpongeBob trains to beat the butt-kicking Sandy. | ||||
| 15b | "Sun's Out, Fun's Out" (tr • ga) | August 1, 2023 | ||
| It's the hottest day of summer, but there's only one AC in the whole camp. | ||||
| 16a | "First and Last Aid" (tr • ga) | August 2, 2023 | ||
| Camp Master Krabs finally hires a camp nurse, but she needs to dedicate all her time and effort to keeping SpongeBob safe. | ||||
| 16b | "Night of the Living Stench" (tr • ga) | August 3, 2023 | ||
| When all the campers try to win the 'Stinkiest Camp in the Forest' award, Squidward has to fend for his life to stay clean. | ||||
Trivia
General
- The block's name is a pun on the word "afternoons."
- This block was home to the first SpongeBob-related premiere week since 2018, and the first one planned since July 2020.[43]
- Various episodes of series that "premiered" here had already made their debut in other countries or different platforms (primarily Paramount+):
- The Patrick Star Show:
- "Super Sitters" made its worldwide debut over a year before at Amazon on April 9, 2022.
- "FitzPatrick" made its worldwide debut 3.5 months before in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland at Paramount+ on Christmas Day 2022.
- Big Nate:
- The Loud House:
- Rugrats:
- "I, Baby," "Fan-Gelica," "Captain Susie," "Bringing Up Daisy," "Wedding Smashers" "House Broken," "Lucky Smudge," "Our Friend Twinkle," "Queen Bee," "Phone Alone," "House of Cardboard," "Fluffy Moves In," "Susie the Artist," and "A Horse is a Horse" all premiered on Paramount+ on April 15, 2022.[44]
- Transformers: EarthSpark:
- Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
- "Are You Afraid of the Dork?" premiered on Paramount+ on July 22, 2021, "Help Not Wanted," "Camp Spirit," "Hill-Fu," "Sun's Out, Fun's Out," and "First and Last Aid" premiered there on September 30, 2022, and "Prickly Pests" premiered there on May 26, 2023.
- The Patrick Star Show:
- Various schedule changes have occurred as well:
- April 10, 2023:
- The episodes that were supposed to air at 3:00pm were SpongeBob's "The Grill is Gone" and "The Night Patty."[2]
- April 11, 2023:
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 3:00pm were SpongeBob's "Drive Happy" and "Out of the Picture."[3]
- The episodes that were initially set to replace them were Patrick's "To Dad and Back" and "Survivoring."[3]
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 3:00pm were SpongeBob's "Drive Happy" and "Out of the Picture."[3]
- April 12, 2023:
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 3:00pm were SpongeBob's "Pineapple Invasion" and "Salsa Imbecilicus."[46]
- The episodes that were initially set to replace them were Patrick's "X Marks the Pot" and "Patrick's Alley."[46]
- The episode initially set to air at 4:00pm was "Atlantis SquarePantis."[46]
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 3:00pm were SpongeBob's "Pineapple Invasion" and "Salsa Imbecilicus."[46]
- April 13, 2023:
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 3:00pm were SpongeBob's "A Cabin in the Kelp" and "The Hankering."[47]
- The episodes that were initially set to replace them were Patrick's "Stair Wars" and "Enemies à la Mode."[47]
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 3:00pm were SpongeBob's "A Cabin in the Kelp" and "The Hankering."[47]
- April 14, 2023:
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 3:00pm were Patrick's "Backpay Payback" and "House Hunting."[48]
- April 18, 2023:
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 3:00pm was Patrick's "The Yard Sale."[49]
- April 19, 2023:
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 3:00pm were Patrick's "The Drooling Fool" and "Patrick's Got a Zoo Loose."[50]
- April 20, 2023:
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 3:00pm were Patrick's "Gas Station Vacation" and "Bunny the Barbarian."[51]
- April 21, 2023:
- The 3:00pm encores of "Home ECCH!" and "Fun & Done!" were supposed to air in the opposite order.[52]
- April 26, 2023:
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 3:00pm were Patrick's "The Prehistoric Patrick Star Show" and "The Lil' Patscals."[7]
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 3:30pm were SpongeBob's "The Masterpiece" and "Whelk Attack."[7]
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 4:00pm were SpongeBob's "The Flower Plot" and "SpongeBob on Parade."[7]
- The episodes that were initially set to air at 4:30pm were SpongeBob's "Lighthouse Louie" and "Hiccup Plague."[7]
- May 4, 2023:
- The episode initially set to air at 5:30pm was Big Nate's "Randy's Mom Has Got it Going On."[8]
- May 5, 2023:
- The episode initially set to air at 5:30pm was Big Nate's "Best Laid Cell Plans."[53]
- May 8 - 25, 2023:
- The first twelve episodes of Zokie of Planet Ruby were supposed to premiere every Monday to Thursday at 5:15pm, following The Loud House.
- May 12, 2023:
- The episode initially set to air at 5:30pm was Rugrats' "Saving Cynthia."[54]
- May 19, 2023:
- The episodes initially set to air at 5:30pm were Rugrats' "Lucky Smudge" and "Our Friend Twinkle."[55]
- June 5 - 27, 2023:
- New-to-Nick Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years and The Smurfs segments were set to debut daily at 5:30pm, but all of them were wiped from the schedule.
- June 5, 2023:
- The episode initially set to air at 1:00pm were SpongeBob's "House Sittin' for Sandy" and "Smooth Jazz at Bikini Bottom."[12]
- The episodes initially set to air at 3:00pm were Patrick's "Backpay Payback" and "House Hunting."[12]
- The episode initially set to air at 3:30pm were Patrick's "Late for Breakfast" and "Bummer Jobs."[12]
- The episodes initially set to air at 4:00pm was SpongeBob's "Goodbye, Krabby Patty?"[12]
- The episodes initially set to air at 4:30pm were SpongeBob's "Mind the Gap" and "Dirty Bubble Returns."[12]
- June 6, 2023:
- The episodes initially set to air at 1:00pm were SpongeBob's "Skill Crane" and "Good Neighbors."[56]
- The episodes initially set to air at 3:30pm were SpongeBob's "Face Freeze!" and "Glove World R.I.P.."[56]
- The episodes initially set to air at 4:00pm were SpongeBob's "Mimic Madness" and "House Worming."[56]
- The episodes initially set to air at 4:30pm were SpongeBob's "Potato Puff" and "There Will Be Grease."[56]
- June 7, 2023:
- The episodes initially set to air at 1:00pm were SpongeBob's "Who R Zoo?" and "Kwarantined Krab."[57]
- The episode initially set to air at 3:30pm were SpongeBob's "Say Awww!" and "Patrick the Mailman."[57]
- The episodes initially set to air at 4:00pm were SpongeBob's "The Flower Plot" and "SpongeBob on Parade."[57]
- The episodes initially set to air at 4:30pm were SpongeBob's "A Place for Pets" and "Lockdown for Love."[57]
- June 8, 2023:
- The episodes initially set to air at 1:00pm were SpongeBob's "SpongeBob LongPants" and "Larry's Gym."[58]
- The movie initially set to air at 3:00pm was Shrek Forever After.[58]
- The episodes initially set to replace it was Patrick's "The Lil' Patscals," alongside The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, but the latter was later expanded to replace said rerun.[58]
- June 21, 2023:
- The episodes initially set to air at 3:00pm were Patrick's "Stair Wars" and "Enemies à la Mode."[59]
- The episodes initially set to air at 3:30pm were Patrick's "Late for Breakfast" and "Bummer Jobs."[59]
- The episodes initially set to air at 4:00pm were SpongeBob's "Squidward's School for Grown-Ups" and "Oral Report."[59]
- The episodes initially set to air at 4:30pm were SpongeBob's "Food Con Castaways" and "Snail Mail."[59]
- The episodes initially set to air at 5:30pm were SpongeBob's "Life Insurance" and "Burst Your Bubble."[59]
- June 27, 2023:
- The episodes initially set to air at 5:30pm were SpongeBob's "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III" and "Squirrel Jokes."[60]
- April 10, 2023:
- On the note of schedules, Nickelodeon's typical weekday lineup has been heavily altered:
- The Patrick Star Show airs episodes consistently at 3:00pm and aired at 5:00pm[2] until May 5, 2023.
- SpongeBob SquarePants, no longer airing at 3:00pm, moves into the 4:00pm slot, where Patrick used to air.[2]
- Big Nate aired episodes consistently at 5:30pm[2] until May 3, 2023. Following last minute changes, SpongeBob aired episodes at 5:30pm on May 4 and 5, 2023.[8][53]
- Beginning on May 29, SpongeBob and Patrick reruns consumed nearly or the entirety of the block,[61] and it was extended to 1:00pm beginning on either May 31 or June 1, 2023.[4] Permanent expansion began on June 12, at the cost of the block being cut from the 5:00pm hour.[5] The 5:00pm half-hour was later brought back on June 19, encoring the masters of the 1:00pm premieres.[62]
- This event is currently home to the ten lowest-rated Patrick premieres:
- "The Patrick Star Show Sells Out" = 0.107m[27]
- "The Drooling Fool" = 0.143m[19]
- "Home ECCH!" = 0.145m[23]
- "Super Sitters" = 0.147m[17]
- "Patrick's Got a Zoo Loose" = 0.150m[20]
- "A Space Affair to Remember" = 0.159m[22]
- "Neptune's Ball" = 0.162m[28]
- "Blorpsgiving" = 0.172m[32]
- "FitzPatrick" = 0.183m[19]
- "Fun & Done!" = 0.189m[24]
- The five lowest-rated Big Nate premieres:
- The lowest-rated Loud House premiere:
- "Waking History" = 0.135m[64]
- And the nine lowest-rated Rugrats premieres:
- "Queen Bee" = 0.109m[64]
- "A Horse is a Horse" = 0.111m[65]
- "Wedding Smashers" = 0.119m[66]
- "I, Baby / Fan-Gelica" = 0.127m[67]
- "House Broken" and "Phone Alone" = 0.130m[68][69]
- "Captain Susie / Bringing Up Daisy" and "Lucky Smudge" = 0.139m[70][71]
- "House of Cardboard" = 0.147m[72]
- "Fluffy Moves In" = 0.152m[73]
- The highest-rated episode to premiere from this event was "The Prehistoric Patrick Star Show," with a total of 292,000 viewers.[26]
Cultural references
- The "AfterToons" phrase was used in the now-defunct Kids' WB's block "The AfterToons Show,"[74] Disney Channel's "AfterToon Time,"[75] and Cartoon Network UK and Ireland's "Summer Aftertoons."[76]
Errors
- The April 11, 2023 2:00pm broadcast of "Lighthouse Louie / Hiccup Plague" accidentally used the premiere subtitle screenbug, despite the segments premiering on January 18, 2021 and April 22, 2022 respectively, long before this event even existed.
- The same issue occurred during the April 25, 2023 5:30pm encore of the Big Nate episode "'Til Death Do We Rock."
- The April 25, 2023 3:00pm airing of "The Lil' Patscals" was accidentally cropped to a 4:3 ratio during its first half. This also happened to several other Nickelodeon programs that day.[77]
- The July 11, 2023 airing for "Help Not Wanted" accidentally uses the normal "premiere" bug without the AfterToons premiere bug despite the episode premiering in the AfterToons event.
- This error also happened in the "Prickly Pests" airing on July 13, 2023.
- This error happened once again during the premiere of "My Friend Patty."
- This error also happened to several episode premieres during this event.
- The July 21, 2023 5:00pm airing for "My Friend Patty" / "FUN-Believable" has the "AfterToons" screenbug missing despite having an "AfterToons" bug on the rest of the event.
Videos
External links
- AfterToons on the Nickelodeon Wiki.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 AfterToons Promo 2 - Starting April 10, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 April 10, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 April 11, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 June 1, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 June 12, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 June 16, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 April 26, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 May 4, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 May 8, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ May 11, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ June 2, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 June 5, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Segments are constantly repeated.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 AfterToons Promo - Coming Soon (Nickelodeon U.S.) - YouTube
- ↑ Shows A-Z - the patrick star show on nickelodeon | TheFutonCritic.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Shows A-Z - big nate on paramount+ | TheFutonCritic.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 4.10.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 4.11.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 4.12.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 4.13.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 4.17.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 4.17.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 4.19.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 4.20.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY's Monday 4.24.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 SHOWBUZZDAILY's Tuesday 4.25.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 SHOWBUZZDAILY's Wednesday 4.26.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 4.27.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 5.1.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 5.2.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 5.3.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 5.4.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6 33.7 33.8 Top 400 Cable Shows 2022/2023 - SpoilerTV
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 6.19.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 6.20.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 6.21.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 6.22.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals [Broadcast Coming Monday
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 6.26.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 6.27.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 6.28.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 6.29.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years - USTVDB
- ↑ SpongeBob Premiere Week Promo - April 2020
- ↑ shows A-Z - rugrats (reboot series) on paramount plus | TheFutonCritic.com
- ↑ Shows A-Z - transformers: earthspark on paramount plus | TheFutonCritic.com
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 April 12, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 April 13, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ April 14, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ April 18, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ April 19, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ April 20, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ April 21, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 May 5, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ May 12, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ May 19, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.3 June 6, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 57.3 June 7, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 58.2 June 8, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 59.3 59.4 June 21, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ June 27, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ May 30, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ June 19, 2023 - Nickstory
- ↑ Top 400 Cable Shows 2022/2023 *Updated 19th April 2023* - SpoilerTV
- ↑ 64.0 64.1 SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 5.17.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 5.25.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Wednesday 5.10.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 5.8.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 5.11.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Thursday 5.18.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 5.9.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 5.15.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Monday 5.22.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
- ↑ SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Tuesday 5.23.2023 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals UPDATED
- ↑ KidsWB Aftertoons weekday Block commercial breaks WFFF Fox44 (April 2005) - YouTube
- ↑ Nickandmore! on Twitter - "Yes, Kids' WB..."
- ↑ Cartoon Network Summer Aftertoons UK 1999 Promo - YouTube
- ↑ April 25, 2023 - Nickstory