Nickelodeon Animated Shorts Program is a variety project that was launched in 2012, where people make animated shorts at Nickelodeon Animation Studio, with the potential for them to become series for Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.. Since this project was launched, the short Breadwinners would later get a series in 2014. It would soon be followed by The Loud House in 2016, Tot Cop and Corn & Peg in 2019 and It’s Pony and Ollie’s Pack in 2020. Bug Salad, Moosebox and Sharkdog were all launched as short-form series in 2018 (with the latter getting a full-length series on Netflix 3 years later) while the short Summer Memories would get a full series from WildBrain in 2022.
After Brian Robbins became president of Nickelodeon, the Animated Shorts Program was succeeded by the Nickelodeon Intergalactic Shorts Program in 2019. The new program lasted for a single season and launched the Nickelodeon shows Rock Paper Scissors and Wylde Pak. However, the other Intergalactic Shorts Program shorts remain unreleased as of 2025.
Nickelodeon shorts
2012–2013 Title Created by Status Notes Austin Oliver Greg Worswick Short Baby 'Stache Gary Anthony Williams Breadwinners Steve Borst and Gary S. "Doodles" DiRaffaele Series pickup (Full) Second version of the pilot. Cabrito and Chewy Allan Jacobsen and Chuckles Austen Short Carrot and Stick: "Sweet Rosie" Derek Robert Iversen and Miles Hindman Level 15 Wolf-Rüdiger Bloss Lucas Kyle Dunnigan Marty's Exotic Animals Andrew Friedman Odyssey Squad! Ben G. Adams Pam & Sid's Port-a-Party Annie Sertich and Mindy Sterling Tallie Peer Counselor Laura Sreebny Wing Dings T.J. Fuller Zombie Brothers Eric Robles
2013–2014
Title Created by Status Notes Badly Drawn Animals! Hamish Steele Short One of the seven International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from the United Kingdom. Bear Wrestler Deanna Rooney Broats Jack Cusumano Bug Salad Carl Faruolo Series pickup (Web shorts) By Request Pizza Arica Tuesday and Morgana Ignis (credited as Mick Ignis) Short Charlie and Mr. Two Travis Braun Earmouse and Bottle Brian Morante Hole Sam Spina The Loud House: "Bathroom Break!!" Chris Savino Series pickup (Full) Louis & Georges Renaud Martin and Raphaël Chabassol Short One of the seven International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from France. Matt & Gus: "Donut Disturb" Matt Braunger Monster Pack Graham Peterson and Pedro Eboli Series pickup (Full) One of the seven International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from Brazil. MooseBox Mike Scott Series pickup (Shorts) One of the seven International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from South Africa. Scoop! The Brothers McLeod (Greg Mcleod and Myles Mcleod) Short One of the seven International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from the United Kingdom. Tech Oddity Marco Ibarra and Stefie Zöhrer One of the seven International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from Mexico. Tonk's Island Mel Roach One of the seven International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from Australia. Woodstump! Zach Smith
2014–2015 Title Created by Status Notes Bad Bad Bunny Tarryn Henderson Short Buck 'n Lou and the Night Crew Caitlin Rose Boyle and Roan Everly (credited as Tara Helfer) Crazy Block Iginio Straffi One of the eight International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from Italy. Co-produced with Rainbow S.r.l. (partially owned by at the time by Nickelodeon's parent company Viacom) The Cupcakery of Doom Trevor Reece DuckManBoy Louis Hudson and Ian Ravenscroft One of the eight International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from the United Kingdom. Co-produced with Dice Productions. Feebs and Mr. Timmins Suren Perera One of the eight International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from Australia. Francine Katie Crown Ice Station Zedonk Tom Parkinson Jo Minkus Benjamin Anders One of the eight International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from Canada. Magic Children Doing Things Monty Ray Later developed at Disney Television Animation from 2021-2022 according to Monty Ray Meat Pie vs. The Dark Ages Gabe Swarr Off the Shelf Melody Iza (credited as Robert Iza) The Outsiders Eric Bravo Planet Claire Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi Someplace Awesome Eamonn O'Neill and Marah Curran One of the eight International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from Ireland. Summer Memories Adam Yaniv Series pickup (Full) The Tall Tales of Urchin Hamish Steele Short One of the eight International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from the United Kingdom. Co-produced with Blink Industries. Ugly Mutt Dave Hagen and Shadi Petosky Werebeast James Lancett One of the eight International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from the United Kingdom. Woodchips Christian Villacañas One of the eight International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from Spain.
2015–2016 Title Created by Status Notes A Boy and His Dude: "Dem Bones" Mike de Sève Short Co-produced with Baboon Animation. BroDuel Mike Annear Earth to Allen: "Hunger Pains" Dave Schlafman Face Face Chris Prynoski Also known as Space Face. Co-produced with Titmouse, Inc. Fun Times with Rez! Chris Conforti Gumwad Island Joe Rothenberg Happy Zoo Yum Yum London Kid Impressive: "Squid of Doom" Evan Sussman Co-produced with Hero4Hire Creative. Learn Something with Luther and AJ Kylar Loya and Bill Cleveland Low Life Mike Hollingsworth The Magic Hour Nath Milburn and Andrew Melzer Menehunes Chris Albrecht Co-produced with Titmouse, Inc. P.E.: Paranormal Education Jordan Geary, Harold Moss, and Keith Vincent Co-produced with FlickerLab. Plunger the Dragon James Kochalka Russel & Fox's Cruel and Unusual Detention Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson The Squatch Scouts Christopher Jammal Torum Tellum Jim Mortensen Ziptronik Megablast Nathan Jurevicius
2016–2017
Title Created by Status Notes Best Baddies Max Wittert Short Burger Bros Kevin Li Co-produced with Aardman Nathan Love. Dia De Los Tacos Vincent Scala Formerly known as Monster Taco. Dog and Squirrel Andrea Gerstmann Farkels Greg Kletsel, Dessarae Bassil and Valerie Lockhart The Girl from Dinosaur Island Celestino Marina Lazybones Casey Alexander and Lizz Hickey Also known as Lazybones: A Humerus Short. Mini Cops Nicolette Groome My Friend Pancake Rikke Asbjoern P.E.T. Academy Robert Smith One of the four International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from the United Kingdom. Pig and a Blanket Brendon Ingvy Gillas Planet Panic Gene Goldstein Pony Ant Blades Series pickup (Full) One of the four International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from the United Kingdom. Ramblers! Morghan Fortier and Brett Jubinville Short Co-produced with Tinman Creative. Robo Wonder Kid Joel MacKenzie Formerly known as The Myth of Robo Wonder Kid. Based on the music video of the same name. Second version of the pilot. Sharkdog Jacinth Tan Yi Ting and Raihan Harun Series pickup (shorts and full series) One of the four International pilot episodes included in this edition. Originally from Singapore. Slimelab Nick Arciaga Short Someone Needs to Stop Aunt Phyllis! Lisa Vandenberg Space Mission: Danger! Lynn Wang and Ed Skudder The Super Dooper Studios Sabine Ravn and Stine Buhl
2017–2018 Title Created by Status Notes The Ballad of Bea & Cad: "Day Trip to the Aquarium Doom" Tim Probert Short Co-produced with Aardman Nathan Love. Barbabyan Paul Noth and Patrick Noth Camp Weedonwantcha Katie Rice and Adam Wallander Dungeon Crawlers FresherLuke Harold & Herbert: "Dumpster Diving" Dan Krall Harpy Gee Brianne Drouhard Based on her webcomic of the same name Jan + Bobbie Hannah Watanabe-Rocco Leashes Derekh Froude and Michael Kaufman The Prince and Mr. Whiskers Cosmo Segurson Tennis the Good Boy Ronald Stanage and Andres Parada Universal Brawlers of the Universe Kevin Sukho Lee and Tim Sievert
Intergalactic Shorts Program (2021–2022) Title Created by Status Notes Rock Paper Scissors: "TV Time" Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman Series pickup (Full) Wylde Pak Paul Watling and Kyle Marshall The Other Side Niki Lopez Short Mac & MinnowGabrielle DolbeyShort
Nick Jr. shorts 2014–2015 Title Created by Status Notes Corn & Peg Chris Hamilton Series pickup (Full) co-produced with Oddbot Animation DJ Cluck & MC Mole Matt Morgan Short Howdy, Harrdy Henrique Lira Co-produced with Split Studio. Hubble, Bubble and Squeak CharacterShop and Miranda Larson Ooman and Moof: "What Are Wings?" Benedict Bowen Co-produced with Karrot Animation.
2015–2016 Title Created by Status Notes The Thing About Babies Liza Steinberg, Ross Alvord, and Jen Cast Short
2016–2017 Title Created by Status Notes PRONTOsaurus Evan Sussman and Allison Dressler Kramer Short Co-produced with Hero4Hire Trufax: Tot Cop Jason Tammemägi and Méabh Tammemägi Series pickup (Full) One of the four International pilot episodes included in this edition. Premiered on the Noggin App. Originally from Ireland.
2017–2018 Title Created by Status Notes Fur-Ever Family Darin McGowan Short
See also Cartoon Network Shorts Department - the Cartoon Network counterpart of the program.
References
External links Nickelodeon Shorts playlist on YouTube