Regular shorts Some of these shorts air more frequently and consistently than others.
Henry and June The animated hosts of
KaBlam! who turn the pages of a
comic book (changes with each episode) to reveal the next
cartoon or alternative animation, as well as being involved in
subplots of their own between the shorts. These shorts were directed by Mark Marek. ;Characters • Henry and June are the co-hosts of
KaBlam! and are depicted as comic book characters who emerge from the eponymous publication to act as the viewer's guides. The laid-back Henry is voiced by
Noah Segan and the eccentric June is voiced by
Julia McIlvaine. • Mr. B. Foot is a giant
Sasquatch who works on the show. His hobbies include sleeping, injuring Henry, and unexpectedly stealing the spotlight. However, under the rage and bluster, he is not a terrible creature; he never injures June. One episode reveals his ability as an accomplished drummer. He once spoke in the episode, "A Little Dab'll Do Ya". • Mr. Fred Stockdale is the elderly network executive in charge of
KaBlam! He acts rather
senile, and will do anything to get
KaBlam! good ratings—including firing someone or getting Henry into many physical accidents. His granddaughter Dawn says he has never been the same since ''
Charlie's Angels'' was canceled. • Henry's mother shows her love for her son in an exaggerated way. In "Cramming Cartoons Since 1627", her name is revealed to be Lois. • Mr. Jimmy McGee appeared twice as a co-host of June on
KaBlam! He gets in fights with Henry's mom. Appears to be a parody of
Ed McMahon. His catchphrase is "Ahooga!". Voiced by show writer
Robert Mittenthal.
Sniz & Fondue Began: Season 1 Ended: Season 3 A pair of ferret roommates who often get on each other's nerves. Sniz is the younger kid ferret that is very hyperactive, and quite a troublemaker of the duo, while Fondue is the older teenage ferret, who is the nervous, yet intelligent one. There is also Snuppa and Bianca, Sniz and Fondue's roommates. From mid-1997 (around KaBlam's second season) until Sniz and Fondue ended production in late 1998 (around
KaBlam!s third season). Due to its
production company going to work on a
television adaptation of Watership Down as well as creator Michael Pearlstein leaving the show out of frustration, Sniz & Fondue was taken off of the
KaBlam! roster after season 3. The show was created by Michael Pearlstein. The pilot "Psyched for Snuppa" was produced in 1992 by Stretch Films and
Jumbo Pictures, and was directed by
John R. Dilworth, creator of
Cartoon Network's
Courage the Cowardly Dog. Unfortunately, John R. Dilworth,
Jim Jinkins, and David Campbell were only involved in the pilot, but later all had no involvement with the rest of
Sniz & Fondue when it became a part of
KaBlam!. Reasons were that
Doug creator Jim Jinkins and David Campbell have officially moved their jobs to Disney when they purchased Jumbo Pictures, and John R. Dilworth would later work on other projects, such as creating
Courage the Cowardly Dog for Cartoon Network in 1999.
Action League Now! Began: Season 1 Ended: Season 4 Filmed in "
Chuckimation", in which the characters/props are moved by unseen hands or thrown from off-camera (interspersed with occasional
stop motion animation).
Action League Now! featured a group of
superheroes, played by custom-made
action figures, who fight crime in
suburbia despite being total idiots. The four superheroes are The Flesh, Thundergirl, Stinky Diver, and Meltman. Considered to be the most successful
KaBlam! short, it briefly became a spin-off series in 2001.
Action League Now! is the only short to have a new episode with every showing of
KaBlam! and it served as the centerpiece of
KaBlam!. All of the characters on the shorts were voiced by personalities from radio station
WDVE in
Pittsburgh. The show was created by Robert Mittenthal,
Will McRobb, and
Albie Hecht.
Life with Loopy Began: Season 1 Ended: Season 4 The life of a preteen boy Larry and his strange experiences with his imaginative and adventurous younger sister Loopy. The characters were animated with stop-motion puppet bodies, but their heads were created with metal and their features were magnetic. The show was created by British-born Stephen Holman, who previously created
Joe Normal for
MTV's
Liquid Television, and later created
Phantom Investigators on
Kids' WB.
Characters • Lupicia "Loopy" Cooper is an imaginative young girl with a knack for discovering surreal things, such as a world under the sofa. While she is often discouraged by Larry whenever she goes out to adventure, she does never let that stop her. Loopy is voiced by Danielle Judovits. • Larry Cooper is Loopy's intelligent brother. Much like Lassie, Larry knows every detail of Loopy's adventures and narrates all of them, although he is not always there. • Mrs. Cooper is Loopy and Larry's mother. She is more intelligent, but one episode reveals that she was a secret agent. • Mr. Cooper is Loopy and Larry's father. He is more of the "laid-back" kind of guy, but one episode reveals he loses his temper when he receives bills.
Prometheus and Bob Began: Season 1 Ended: Season 4 Also known as
The Prometheus and Bob Tapes. A
stop motion segment featuring the camera-recorded mission logs of Prometheus, an alien who comes to Earth attempting to teach a caveman, Bob, everyday things. From the use of fire to the act of
ice skating, the result is usually a failure by the mischievous third cast member, who was a simple monkey. The show was created by Cote Zellers. The introduction, done in a mock government format, describes the events as having occurred "900,000 years ago".
Characters • Prometheus is a gaunt purple
alien of advanced intelligence who speaks with a hollow sounding voice. He attempts to educate Bob, a
caveman, as an experiment recorded on his remote-controlled camera. Prometheus is often injured in
slapstick ways due to Bob's low intelligence. • Bob is a babbling caveman. He once was completely covered in hair, but now has none because of a laser incident in the first clip. He also has a tendency to panic when frightened. • The Monkey is a mischievous monkey who usually interferes with Prometheus' attempts to educate Bob, intentionally or otherwise. However, he has, on occasion, attempted to assist him. • The Narrator recites the opening to the short, and the introduction to the short's "tape": "Tape [insert number here]", and finally, "End".
The Off-Beats Began: Season 1 Ended: Season 2 A series that centers on a group of unpopular friends and their main rivals, a popular clique known as "The Populars". It originally aired during Nick's commercial breaks as stand-alone shorts to promote the premiere of
KaBlam!, and it was also released on a 1996
Rugrats videotape, "Tommy Troubles". The show was created by
Mo Willems, who later created
Sheep in the Big City for
Cartoon Network. The show was taken off the
KaBlam! roster after season 2 because Mo Willems wanted to move over to Cartoon Network. However, The Off-Beats officially ended as a whole with a half-hour Valentine's Day special premiering in 1999, which was the last episode of the Off-Beats produced, as Mo Willems finally left Nickelodeon in 1999, and moved to Cartoon Network to create
Sheep in the Big City in 2000.
Other shorts • Surprising Shorts – The only short segment not to have recurring characters, these shorts usually had nothing to do with any previous shorts included on the show. This segment was exclusive to season 1, and was usually introduced by June pulling down Henry's pants, revealing his unflattering and garishly colored boxer shorts, hence the name. • Lava! – Originally titled in France as
Guano!, these shorts typically featured animals partaking in cartoonish situations. These were edited out of international airings and future reruns for copyright issues by
Vivendi, as they own
Canal+, which co-produced the shorts, although the credits for the short may still be intact. Some of the original
Guano! shorts contained more inappropriate elements than what was featured on the show. This segment appeared 4 times throughout season 1, and once in season 2, without the Surprising Shorts introduction. • Anemia and Iodine – One-off short. A cartoon displaying the misadventures of a Goth girl cat and her skateboarding, hyperactive best friend. It was created by alternative comics artist
Krystine Kryttre and was directed by Robert Scull, most noted for his earlier work on
Rocko's Modern Life, and shares visual similarities to that show as a result. •
Angela Anaconda – A cutout-photo short that was later spun off into a stand-alone Canadian-animated series on the
Fox Family Channel and was briefly rerun on
Nickelodeon as well as
Starz Kids and Family in the United States. This series is about a girl named Angela, who is a social outcast. She finds herself unpopular in school and always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Nanette, a faux-French girl who everyone loves and wants to be, always mocks Angela. During each episode, a poem-like story is narrated by Angela. She often gets her revenge on the antagonist of that particular episode, and more often
imagines her revenge on the said antagonist in a highly exaggerated manner. Due to copyrights being held with Fox, the repeated
KaBlam! shorts were banned airing on Nicktoons. Some people believe this is the reason why any season/series DVD release can't become a reality. It appeared twice in season 1, with only the first appearance being introduced as a Surprising Short. Nanette, Johnny, and Mrs. Brinks had different voice actors in the original short. •
JetCat – A segment about a girl who has an identity as a cat superhero and flies around and saves her city. She says she "flies like a jet and fights like a cat." This is the only short that takes place outside of the comic book. It was featured as a comic in
Nickelodeon Magazine for a short time. The music was composed by ''
Rocko's Modern Life composer Pat Irwin. Created by Jay Stephens of Tutenstein'' fame. • Race Rabbit – A live-action show about a romantic rabbit racer with a British accent who competes in races, but there is trouble along the way caused by the Boolies (Zit and Winston), his human enemies. Race Rabbit always wins the race, foiling the Boolies' plans. The only
KaBlam! short was created in the United Kingdom and produced by
Scott Fellows, who also created the later show
Johnny Test. • The Adventures of PatchHead – A live-action/animated segment about a barefoot kid with a watermelon for a hat and has a Southern Accent, stopping cheaters from winning competitions. This short is notable for featuring an early appearance by
Nick Offerman. • The Brothers Tiki – A puppetry/stop-motion/live-action segment about two extraterrestrials resembling mini tiki statues (equivalent to lawn gnomes), who land on Earth in a ship bearing a striking resemblance to a barbecue grill. • Fuzzball – A non-recurring cartoon about a tomboy who tries to win back her father's trophy, which she broke. Created by
Kevin Dougherty. • The Louie and Louie Show – A short that appears only once on the show. Two neglected pets (a hamster and a chameleon), both named Louie, try to get some attention from their owners, who are all too busy playing with the family dog. This short was animated by
Gary Baseman and directed by
Tom McGrath. An early version, produced by
Curious Pictures, also aired on Nickelodeon once by itself before
KaBlam! premiered. The only
KaBlam! short to have a "Nickelodeon presents" logo at the beginning. Louie the chameleon is voiced by
James Belushi, and Louie the hamster is voiced by
Billy West. • Little Freaks – Another one-off cartoon. Three freaky superheroes try to stop a villain from controlling the world's fashion trends. When it aired on Nicktoons by itself, the "KaBlam! Presents" at the beginning was absent. • The Shizzagee – One-off short about the only existing creature of its kind who resembles a coyote and lives with his owner named Brutus. It is the only computer-animated short to air on
KaBlam!. • The Girl With Her Head Coming Off – one-off short created by
Emily Hubley. • Randall Flan's Incredible Big Top – one-off short about a traveling circus ringmaster who must prevent his blue lion from performing in a town that hates blue lions. •
Untalkative Bunny – a one-off short that finally got a series in the early 2000s that, like Angela Anaconda, was produced by Canada's
Teletoon. This short had previously aired on an episode of
Cartoon Sushi. • Garbage Boy – one-off short animated in a collage-based art style about a kid who can make items out of garbage. • Emmett Freedy – one-off short animated in stop-motion where a kid gets a piece of cereal stuck in his hair that is mistaken for lice. • Stewy the Dog Boy – one-off short about a dog who acts like a boy, similar to ''
Disney's Teacher's Pet''. • Dave, Son of Hercules – a one-off short about a preteen boy who is the son of the Roman god
Hercules and is embarrassed by him. This was animated by the same people who did the Henry & June segments. There were also various
They Might Be Giants music videos for the songs "Why Does the Sun Shine?" and "Doctor Worm". In addition, there were music videos of "Pizza Rocket" and "Hockey Monkey", created by
James Kochalka. The former was also performed by
The Zambonis. These were a mixture of live-action by Jesse Gordon and different animation styles, all produced and directed at The Ink Tank. == Cancelled spin-off film ==