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Nickelodeon Zombified - Lost Media Search

Nickelodeon is no stranger to having bumpers getting lost to time. Bumpers aren’t really meant to be watched after all, they’re mostly just to fill space between programs.

One such example of these is what is known to be called “Zombified”, or also “Hallow-mean”. They were a collection of bumpers that featured animations of Wanda and Cosmo, Fanboy and Chum Chum, and Bessie from Mighty B!, all partially lost, and supposedly a Spongebob one that would feature Spongebob and Patrick, that is completely lost as of the writing of this. As the name suggests, the characters featured in each bumper were creepy zombie versions of the nicktoon characters. Supposedly in the beginning of each bumper, an announcer would say “ Nicktoons gets ZOMBIFIED!" and would proceed to showcase the zombie nicktoon character for that bumper. The bumpers first aired in 2011, and allegedly remained on the Nickelodeon website as last as 2015.

The bumpers were brought to attention as early as 2019, in a r/lostmedia post recounting the bumpers, and stately specifically they were looking for the Bessie one. Unfortunately, this didn’t really lead anywhere, as there were barely any comments on it. After that, other posts on other reddit forums addressing the same bumpers. One post would be featured on r/nickelodeon, and the other on r/tipofmytongue, both dated back to last year, and adding more specific details of them.

More recently, starting on January 9/2022, a lostmediawiki forum would re-spark interest in the bumpers, and officially kicking off the search for them. You can read the forum from the start here, or for those wanting a quick run down of where we’re at, there is this post summarizing the findings.

Now, onto the media itself. Below the read more I will discuss each bumper in detail and their statuses, including images and video of each bumper. They may be frightening, so do be aware. Videos will not be posted, but will be linked.

Cosmo and Wanda Get Zombified!

This one featured the Fairly OddParents! characters Cosmo and Wanda. The animation takes place in Timmy’s backyard at night with a full moon, with lower saturation and almost a green tint. The animation also has a VHS filter over it. The animation starts with Wanda swaying back and forth. After a few seconds, zombie Cosmo emerges at the camera in almost a jumpscare fashion, starting off as a black silhouette with glowing eyes, and the shadows clear to reveal his zombified face, though he’s noticeably less grotesque and decayed than Wanda.

At the start of the search, the thumbnail for the video was found using the waybackmachine on Nickelodeon’s website, where the video was titled “Wanda Gets Zombified!” However, the bumper was mostly found in the animator’s demo reel, but the audio is missing and remains to be found. You can view the animation here on youtube.

Fanboy and Chum Chum get Zombified!

This one is in similar aesthetics to the Cosmo and Wanda one, though isn’t as dark as the photo above. The animation has Chum Chum bouncing on the couch, and after about 5 bounces, Fanboy rises from the bottom of the screen, missing on arm, swaying back and forth. Through the bumper, there are quick flashes of light almost resembling lightning.

Supposedly there is more of this, as the r/nickelodeon post claims that as Chum Chum bounced up and down on the couch, he would say “Bouncy, bouncy”, and when Fanboy came up he would laugh like “huhuhuh”. A comment on the post says, “Ha, you’re lucky you didn’t see the end of the Fanboy & Chum Chum one, because in the end of that one, Chum Chum falls off of the couch and falls apart“, which would certainly make it much more frightening and grotesque if that does turn out to be true. So, there’s a chance it’s not completely found, both in audio and animation.

Similarly to Cosmo and Wanda, this one was found initially via thumbnail, but the animation was found in an animator’s demo reel. The video that we currently have does have audio, but it doesn’t include Chum Chum’s “Bouncy, bouncy,” or Fanboy’s laughter. Instead, there is music in sync with the animation, notes along with Chum Chum’s bouncing, and the music gets more upbeat with Fanboy’s appearance. You can watch the video here on youtube, but do be warned, it’s a bit of an eye strain with the lightning and the static affects before the clip and at the end.

Bessie Gets Zombified!

This one is actually mostly lost. All we have so far in this search is a screenshot of Bessie from Mighty B!, with a very spooky face. The general aesthetics are the same, but her face is much, almost comically, detailed than the others, with very defined cheek bones and very detailed eyes with black veins.

According to the r/lost media post about this bumper, it had Bessie limping down the hallway as she groaned out for her dog, Happy. Although the user states the name “Pappy”, it’s likely to be a typo and miscounted memory.

Spongebob Gets Zombified?

This one is the most mysterious one of all. There are no screenshots found, no animations found, not even any links found on the waybackmachine. Though people do seem to remember the bumper. The most common memory was that Patrick was there with Spongebob.

The op of the lostmediawiki forum created a mockup of the bumper to her best ability and memory.

The aesthetics are pretty bang on.

Though one user shared that they heard from somewhere else they were in Jellyfish Fields, laughing maniacally, which does sound in character for the two sea creatures. Op did state she recalled it being in front of Spongebob’s house, but she doesn’t want to rule out anything since nobody knows 100% certain. Other users I’ve seen on reddit had only said they distinctly recall a Spongebob one because they recall being afraid of it.

It would make a lot of sense for Nick to make a Spongebob bumper for this collection, considering how successful Spongebob is to where it is constantly favoured by Nickelodeon over any other show. However, it is also possible it didn’t exist at all and is a mere misremembering or mixing memories, considering there is no link to it on Nick’s website, whereas the other bumpers did. Still, it doesn’t hurt to search, and effort is being put into searching around Spongebob fan communities for any screenshots, animations, or more information on this bumper.

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