- Nickelodeon is stuffing more than just turkey this Thanksgiving with its non-stop Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend – four jam-packed days featuring 65 hours of Nick’s hit animated series, airing from 6 a.m. today through 9 p.m. on November 22, 2007 to November 25, 2007 (all times ET). Throughout the weekend, viewers can vote for and then count down the “100 Greatest Moments in Nicktoons History”; watch day-long marathons of Nicktoon pliots, premieres, movies and all-time favorite episodes; and get a special sneak peek at upcoming Nicktoon creations, like The Mighty B! and Making Fiends. The weekend kicks off with Nicktoon firsts, starting with the three landmark episodes of Nickelodeon’s very first Nicktoons – Ren & Stimpy, Doug and Rugrats – airing together as they originally did on August 11, 1991. Then ends with the latest Nicktoons - El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Tak and the Power of Juju and Back at the Barnyard.
- Interestingly, this marathon was to promote Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots (which featured more Nicktoon characters as the playable characters, as well as other characters as the collectables), a video game that released one month ago.
- This marathon was also likely done to promote Jerry Beck's book Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons!, an "art of" book that featured behind-the-scenes art and interviews with the creators of every Nicktoon up to the then-upcoming The Mighty B!, as well as the then-upcoming Random! Cartoons, which would aired on Nick's sister channel Nicktoons Network.
- Kids could log on to TurboNick.com to vote for their own “100 Greatest Moments in Nicktoons History.” Then, TEENick stars Jamie Lynn Spears (Zoey 101), Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff (The Naked Brothers Band), Devon Werkheiser (Ned's Declassified), Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) and Lil JJ (Just Jordan) will unveil 25 of the voters’ picks on-air each day during the Superstuffed Weekend from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Fans can pick from moments like SpongeBob’s ripped pants or Ren & Stimpy’s “Happy Happy Joy Joy” duet, then tune in during the Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend to see where his or her favorite moment ranks and which one is the greatest moment of all.
- Today, Nickelodeon’s Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend features: A day-long marathon of Nicktoons’ pilot episodes, including the first Nicktoons: Doug, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, and more. Plus, there's premiere episodes of four SpongeBob SquarePants, All Grown Up!, Back at the Barnyard and Tak and the Power of Juju. Then, the night wraps up with all three Rugrats feature films, starting with the first Nicktoons theatrical release, The Rugrats Movie, Rugrats in Paris and the television premiere of Rugrats Go Wild.
- To date, this is the last time that Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, The Angry Beavers, CatDog, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, The Wild Thornberrys (unless you count the April 2014 airings of its movie), Invader ZIM, Catscratch, and The X's have aired on the main Nickelodeon channel.
- KaBlam! and Action League Now! were the only Nicktoons that were not aired as part of the marathon. Despite that, the former show's episode "Comics for Tomorrow Today" would be ranked #30 in the 100 Greatest Moments in Nicktoons History countdown.
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