Yeah because I really scraped the bottom of all these sites to find any of them and I'm really out of options, at this point we can only wait and hope 🤞
Post by midnightwolgon on May 16, 2022 0:57:31 GMT
Heya! I’m also on a hunt to see and give my info about the bumpers. I saw the Mighty B, FOP, and Fanboy and Chum Chum ones when I was little and I faintly remember how they went.
Post by lanecampbell77 on May 16, 2022 3:00:10 GMT
I reverse image searched one of the thumbnail images of the bumper, and it sent me to the still active Nick.com website. That means there is a trace of it somewhere on there hopefully. And the photo is called "hallowmean-fanboy" on there. What does this mean?
I reverse image searched one of the thumbnail images of the bumper, and it sent me to the still active Nick.com website. That means there i a trace of it somewhere on there hopefully. And the photo is called "hallowmean-fanboy" on there. What does this mean?
I reverse image searched one of the thumbnail images of the bumper, and it sent me to the still active Nick.com website. That means there i a trace of it somewhere on there hopefully. And the photo is called "hallowmean-fanboy" on there. What does this mean?
were going to be able to find these, I used puffin to get past the flash issue and the video loads, it just doesn't play for some reason. there has to be an app or tool we can use to play them. also I'm sorry if this is already known, but the shorts are fifteen seconds long each. I think if there are more than the main three we have evidence for, we might only have evidence of the three because they're the only ones that got aired the year of the archive we have
Post by RandyMediaTime on May 16, 2022 19:36:40 GMT
Interesting! I remember visiting the Nick websites in the early 2010's. (like 2010-2011, 2012 to a lesser extent) I mainly went on those websites for the games though. Those bumpers look oddly familiar, but I don't believe I watched them.
I've tried opening up those archived Nicktoon video links in Puffin and it doesn't play, it just displays a white screen. I also tried Virtualbox and checked to see if older versions of Windows would play them, (flash works) but doing so doesn't make a difference.
I have a theory that this could be one of those cases where the videos cannot be played because the website might have used a video streaming protocol like RTSP. (real-time streaming protocol) I read from somewhere that TurboNick would stream their videos, so they were difficult to save onto your computer because you wouldn't find a file or URL to download them - protocols usually involve copy protection. I feel like Nicktoons probably similarly did something like TurboNick. And basically, those protocols would only operate at the time. (back then)
This means that the moment those videos are no longer accessible on the website, there's no other way to get them back. Even if the link to those videos was saved on Wayback Machine, they are impossible to playback without the protocols.
Since the number of pages now number in the double digits, would it help to have a summary of The Search So Far? One post to summarize the findings, current leads, and known dead ends of the first 10 pages? If that does sound like something that could help, I can start getting it together once I’m off work (three hours from the time I post this).
Since the number of pages now number in the double digits, would it help to have a summary of The Search So Far? One post to summarize the findings, current leads, and known dead ends of the first 10 pages? If that does sound like something that could help, I can start getting it together once I’m off work (three hours from the time I post this).
Yeah i'm pretty sure it would. Having a sort of short checkpoint mark for everything we know about it would be good for new people wanting to help with the search imo, since it would be easier for them than to go through every single page of the thread separately.
So, since there's 10 pages now (11 if you count the original thread) and new people are still popping into the search, here's a post summarizing what we've been able to find, and current leads. Apologies, this is a very long post, but it's still shorter than trying to read through all 10 pages of search so far.
The bumpers aired on Nicktoons Network in 2011, not 2012 (confirmed via a tweet commenting about the Zombified bumpers by name that was posted October 27th, 2011). It's possible they aired on Nickelodeon as well, though I believe this is unlikely due to how few people remember it.
There are three confirmed bumpers: Mighty B (Bessie), Fairly Odd Parents (Wanda), and Fanboy and Chum Chum. A fourth one involving Spongebob and Patrick has been brought up by people remembering it, but no proof has surfaced yet.
However, predictably, the videos themselves are inaccessible. See page two of this thread for the initial attempts to find a way to get the video files to play, there's way too much there for me to summarize.
However, the thumbnails for the videos ARE accessible even without the Wayback Machine: nick.mtvnimages.com/nicktoons-assets/video/images/hallowmean/hallowmean-fanboy.jpg?format=jpeg&matteColor=white nick.mtvnimages.com/nicktoons-assets/video/images/hallowmean/hallowmean-mightyb.jpg?format=jpeg&matteColor=white nick.mtvnimages.com/nicktoons-assets/video/images/hallowmean/hallowmean-fop.jpg?format=jpeg&matteColor=white
Lead 2: Animators
Footage was found of both the FOP and Fb&Cc bumpers in two different animator demo reels. They only show a couple seconds each of the 15-second-long bumpers, and without the audio. The animators' names are being kept private to avoid them getting bombarded with questions, though LSSQ has the information and is working on contacting them.
Lead 3: Video hosting
There's been a LOT of searching though various video hosting sites, but there's always the chance that we just haven't found the one keyword on the right site that might be the key.
Of particular interest is if we can find uploads of Nicktoons commercial breaks from the last couple weeks of October 2011.
Lead 4: Google and social media
Mentions of the bumpers from 2011 when they were airing can potentially help clarify when they were aired, though there haven't been many mentions found. We know that two of the bumpers aired on October 27th and October 30th due to tweets from one Twitter user. Attempts were also made to find any discussion of the unconfirmed Spongebob bumper on SBMania, but with no luck.
This post talks about Halloween 2011 on the Nick channels, including Nickelodeon's 10 Nights of Fright, and Nicktoons Network's HallowMEAN. HallowMEAN is of particular interest, since it's referenced by the links for both the videos and thumbnails of the Zombified clips.
The thumbnails have also been reverse-image searched on Google, but with no results of note.
