Growing up in the 90’s, there was literally nothing better than putting on Nickelodeon
and watching cartoons.
From Rugrats, to Hey Arnold, to Arthur, some of the greatest shows were from my childhood.
However, there are some truly evil people out there that want to ruin your favorite
shows with dark, dark theories about some of our beloved characters.
So today on Top 10 Beyond the Screen, we’re going to be counting down our list of the
Top 10 Nickelodeon Scary Theories That Might Ruin Your Childhood.
Lets jump in.
10 Arnold’s Parents In Hey Arnold!
It’s explained that Arnold lives with his Grandparents, Gertrude and Phil, because his
parents went to Africa and never returned.
However, some people out there don’t believe this to be the case, and have instead concocted
a theory that Arnold may actually be the child of Gertrude and Phil themselves.
So, if this is really, then why wouldn’t they tell him?
Well, according to this theorist, they believe it would make the situation worse, and considering
they had Arnold at a much older age, they were more susceptible to birth defects.
A point which actually adds fuel to another theory, that Arnold suffers from a condition
called Hydrocephalus, which is why his head is shaped like a football.
According to this theory, all of his friends also have strangely shaped heads because Arnold
is imagining a world where other people look like him.
9 Bikini Bottom Bikini Bottom is the location all of our favorite
Spongebob characters live in the popular Nickelodeon show Spongebob Squarepants, however, did you
know that there is a real life place called Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, a place
where the government did a lot of nuclear testing in the 40’s and 50’s, which has
sparked a very interesting theory created by Reddit user, Capmaster, who believes that
Bikini Bottom is actually Atoll.
I mean, after all, the creatures of Bikini Bottom are pretty damn weird.
There are talking sponges, clarinet playing squids, evil Plankton and so, so much more.
It’s also canon that Spongebob and his pals live in the same world as we do, therefore
it makes sense that these talking creatures are the results of some nuclear waste reaction.
8 Stoop Kid Another Hey Arnold theory at this number.
Remember Stoop Kid?
He was one of the many memorable characters from the show who was best known for never
leaving his stoop because he was too afraid, which resulted in the rest of the neighborhood
taunting him for it.
The entire thing is a mystery and was never explained to us, however, one user has a very
interesting theory as to why this is.
The theory goes that Stoop Kid was abandoned as a child and the stoop sevres as a parental
figure for him.
However, other theories go even deeper, stating that Stoop Kid may actually be a lookout for
a drug operation inside, which is why he’s too scared to leave.
7 Angelica is Delusional Now, Rugrats is perhaps the most innocent
show on our list, yet it seems to be the one with the darkest theories surrounding it.
In this Reddit theory, Angelica is a paranoid schizophrenic and the other babies are simply
figments of her imagination that are used as a coping mechanism for the young girls.
Yep, this theory is dark and slightly heartbreaking.
It goes into more detail, stating that Tommy was stillboen, and to cope with the trauma
his dad began to make toys.
Chuckie apparently died in childbirth along with his mum, which explains why Chaz is so
on edge.
The twins are the imagination of an aborted baby who gender was unknown, so that’s why
there is one boy and one girl.
Dil is actually the only baby that is real, but according to the theory, his life isn’t
great because Angelica accidentally hit him really hard on the head as a child, which
is the explanation for why is a little odd in the follow up series All Grown Up.
6 Amanda Bynes Was Taken Over By Penelope Ok, now, warning, this is perhaps the weirdest
theory we have on our entire list, mostly because it goes in between the fictional world
of the Amanda Show and the life of the real-life Amanda Bynes, incredibly controversial, I
know.
One Reddit User, Chicklepip claims that the cause of Amanda Bynes’s mental breakdown
in 2010 was the result of Penelope murdering her and taking over her place in the world.
Now, for those who don’t remember, Penelope was a character played by Bynes in her hilarious
sketch comedy show, The Amanda Show.
Penelope was a superfan of Amanda, who would follow her around and do anything to try to
get close to her in order to clone her.
Now, the theory goes on to say that one day, Penelope got close enough to Amanda, killed
her, and began to live her life as Amanda Bynes.
Just, a very strange version of Amanda Bynes.
Now, I’m not mentioning this theory to discredit mental illness by no means, but it’s certainly
a creative spin on reality.
5 Hey Arnold!
Is Actually About Helga I mean, this is the show I want, honestly.
I grew up with Hey Arnold, and it was obvious, well it seemed obvious to me that he was the
main character of the show, I mean his name is in the title after all.
But, is it really about him?
Reddit user iSmokeTheXs doesn’t believe so.
They instead came up with the idea that the show is actually about Helga, aka, the person
who says, “Hey Arnold” at the very beginning of the show.
She’s also the one who goes through monologues and the coming of age struggles, as well as
the one they stop the entire plot for just to interject her gushing over her crush for
Arnold.
Quite honestly, it does make sense.
She has a lot more problems to deal with than Arnold, I mean, her mother is a raging alcoholic
who doesn’t give her the time of day.
But, it would make sense why the show would focus on Arnold, it’s easier for kids to
see the world through the eyes of a happy child, right?
4 Cosmo and Wanda Are Antidepressants Fairly Odd Parents was an adorable show about
a young boy Timmy and his magical fairies who help fulfill his wishes.
It’s a sweet show, but, what if I told you the fairies were actually just imaginary and
were instead the result of drugs.
Yep, it’s always drugs.
One Reddit user, Super Inuit, believes that Cosmo and Wanda are actually metaphors for
the antidepressants Zoloft and Prozac.
Their evidence?
Well, Cosmo and Wanda com into Timmy’s life the moment Vicky enters it, which says that
Timmy’s mental health was on the decline was Vicky started babysitting him.
The rules of the fairies are that they will also will be with him for as long as he needs
them, and after seeing Timmy still needs their help 10 years in the future, it could be plausible
these two fairies are indeed metaphors.
3 Crazy Steve Now, this theory is just straight up crazy,
and a little terrifying.
At this point, it’s safe to say that if Dan Schneider is making a show on Nickelodeon,
you can bet that Jerry Trainor is going to be in it.
He played Crazy Steve in Drake and Josh, Spencer in iCarly, and Vinnie in Wendell and Vinnie.
Now, one theory from Fuzzy The Punk Cat on DeviantArt ties all three shows and all three
characters, played by Trainor, into one universe.
The theory goes: Crazy Steve had a sister named Carly, who died.
He went crazy and move to California and worked at the movie theatre, where he realized that
Megan looked a lot like his sister Carly.
So he killed her brothers and took her back to Seattle.
Once in Seattle, he took the name Spencer in order to hide from the police, and Megan/Carly
played along, pretending to be Carly.
She tried to do a web show to reach out to her parents, but of course, it didn’t work.
Megan was then saved by Steve’s dad, who then killed Freddy, resulting in Sam moving
to California and living with Cat.
Steve once again moved, and changed his name to Vinnie.
Look, I can’t keep up, but if you’ve seen all of these shows this might ring some truth.
2 The Thornberrys Were All On Drugs It’s safe to say that The Wild Thornberrys
was an “interesting” show, one might call it an experience.
You essentially had a little girl who talked to animals, an emo sister, and child who was
apart of the wild, and then of course the parents, including Nigel Thornberry, a man
with a very, very large nose that definitely resembled...well, you know what I’m thinking.
The entire show was meme worthy, however, there is one theory that could potentially
explain why the show is so wacky.
The theory goes that the entire family is on drugs.
Yeah, that’s right.
Drugs.
Eliza’s spell was cast by a witch that lets her talk to animals, but in reality, she’s
actually on acid.
Nigel’s energy is thanks to crack, and Debbie, obviously, was on coke.
Yep, enjoy revisiting this classic show, folks.
1 Spongebob Is Dead If you’ve watched Spongebob in the last
few years, you might have noticed that the show is a little different than it was in
early years.
Not only does Spongebob look different, he’s also no longer funny and seems more childish
than before.
Now, many people think this is because Spongebob is a completely different character now.
So, when did the shift occur?
Towards the end of Spongebob Squarepants, Spongebob and Patrick are dried out and seemingly
killed before their tears to bring them back to life, however, folks don’t think that’s
what went down.
In the ocean, when a piece of Sea sponge breaks off, it regenerates a new “body” around
that piece.
Therefore Spongebob and Patrick both died and regenerated into an entirely new Spongebob
and Patrick, which explains the evident shift from season five onwards.
Well, there we have it!
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Were there any Nickelodeon Theories that we missed?
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