Friday Night Party with the Nicktoons

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This is the page about the 2002 event. For other uses, see Friday Night Nicktoons (disambiguation).

Friday Night Party with the Nicktoons was a Friday night block premiering and encoring episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants, Invader Zim, ChalkZone, and The Fairly OddParents every Friday between 8:00pm and 10:00pm throughout early and mid-2002. "SpongeBob" not only headlined the block, but premiered 7 new episodes during its run, more than any other show that aired with it.

Schedule changes[]

During its five month run, "Friday Night Party" had one major schedule change, occurring at the very end of winter in 2002. From February 1, 2002^[1] to March 15, 2002,^[10] the block aired an hour of SpongeBob, and an hour of The Fairly OddParents!

Schedule #1[]

Time	Show
8:00pm - 8:30pm	SpongeBob SquarePants
8:30pm - 9:00pm	SpongeBob SquarePants
9:00pm - 9:30pm	The Fairly OddParents!
9:30pm - 10:00pm	The Fairly OddParents!

Following the premiere of ChalkZone, as well as new episodes of Invader ZIM, the network pinned each show to air at 8:30pm and 9:30pm respectively. Nickelodeon most likely placed the former at 8:30pm to stand as a strong lead-out to the highly-rated premieres and encores of SpongeBob, giving it an already large audience to build off of.
- This schedule would be used from March 22nd^[12] to April 12th,^[8]^[9] April 26th to May 10th,^[2]^[3] May 24th to June 14th,^[4]^[5] and June 28th to the block's closure on July 5th, 2002.^[6]^[7]

Schedule #2[]

Time	Show
8:00pm - 8:30pm	SpongeBob SquarePants
8:30pm - 9:00pm	ChalkZone
9:00pm - 9:30pm	The Fairly OddParents!
9:30pm - 10:00pm	Invader ZIM

On April 19, 2002, normal programming was replaced by two other ongoing '90s Nicktoons: "Rugrats" and "Hey Arnold!"^[8]^[9]

Schedule #3[]

Time	Show
8:00pm - 8:30pm	Rugrats
8:30pm - 9:00pm	Rugrats
9:00pm - 9:30pm	Hey Arnold!
9:30pm - 10:00pm	Hey Arnold!

Premieres[]

#	Title	U.S. airdate	U.S. viewers (millions)
46a	"Snowball Effect" ^{(tr • ga)}	February 22, 2002	3.85^[13] 2.29^[14] (HH)*
SpongeBob and Patrick have a snowball fight and try to get Squidward to join in as well.
46b	"One Krabs Trash" ^{(tr • ga)}	February 22, 2002	3.85^[13] 2.29^[14] (HH)*
Mr. Krabs sells SpongeBob a soda drinking hat but after hearing how valuable it is, he decides to try and get it back.
44a	"Nasty Patty" ^{(tr • ga)}	March 1, 2002	3.91^[15] 2.65^[15] (HH)*
Trouble emerges when SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs create a tainted Krabby Patty to prank a seemingly false health inspector, and then think they killed him.
44b	"Idiot Box" ^{(tr • ga)}	March 1, 2002	3.91^[15] 2.65^[15] (HH)*
SpongeBob and Patrick use their imagination to play with an empty box.
47a	"As Seen on TV" ^{(tr • ga)}	March 8, 2002	3.65^[13]
The Krusty Krab airs its first commercial and SpongeBob believes he has become famous off of it.
47b	"Can You Spare a Dime?" ^{(tr • ga)}	March 8, 2002	3.65^[13]
Squidward quits his job and SpongeBob decides to let him stay at his house, but despite Gary's warnings, Squidward secretly uses him to his advantage.
48a	"No Weenies Allowed" ^{(tr • ga)}	March 15, 2002	4.78^[16] 2.92^[16] (HH)*
SpongeBob tries to act tough in order to get into The Salty Spitoon.
48b	"Squilliam Returns" ^{(tr • ga)}	March 15, 2002	4.78^[16] 2.92^[16] (HH)*
Squidward tries to convince Squilliam that he owns a five-star restaurant.
41a	"The Algae's Always Greener" ^{(tr • ga)}	March 22, 2002	4.55^[17] 2.64^[17] (HH)*
Plankton uses one of his inventions to swap lives with his rival, Mr. Krabs.
41b	"SpongeGuard on Duty" ^{(tr • ga)}	March 22, 2002	4.55^[17] 2.64^[17] (HH)*
SpongeBob becomes a lifeguard at Goo Lagoon and closes it down, but he can't swim and has to find a way to rescue Patrick when he drowns in the lagoon.
49a	"Krab Borg" ^{(tr • ga)}	March 29, 2002	4.58^[18] 2.66^[18] (HH)*
SpongeBob and Squidward think Mr. Krabs is a robot.
49b	"Rock-a-Bye Bivalve" ^{(tr • ga)}	March 29, 2002	4.58^[18] 2.66^[18] (HH)*
SpongeBob and Patrick care for a baby scallop.
50a	"Wet Painters" ^{(tr • ga)}	May 10, 2002	3.86^[19] 2.60^[19] (HH)*
SpongeBob and Patrick paint the inside of Mr. Krabs' house, but at the cost of their behinds if anything other than the walls gets painted on.
50b	"Krusty Krab Training Video" ^{(tr • ga)}	May 10, 2002	3.86^[19] 2.60^[19] (HH)*
The Krusty Krab is featured in an instructional video for future employees.

*(HH) indicates the amount of households the episode was viewed in.

Trivia[]

A clip from "Jellyfish Jam" is seen in the promo, despite the fact that the episode aired three years before this event.
"The Algae's Always Greener" and "SpongeGuard on Duty" preceded the premiere of the Nickelodeon animated series ChalkZone.^[12]
- The series' pilot had previously premiered on the network during Nickellennium (which occurred on New Years' Eve 1999) at 10:00pm.^[12]^[20]
  - Ironically, a new episode of SpongeBob ("SB-129 / Karate Choppers") also premiered during that event on said date.^[20]

Gallery[]

February 1, 2002[]

February 22, 2002[]

March 1, 2002[]

March 8, 2002[]

March 15, 2002[]

March 22, 2002[]

March 29, 2002[]

April 5, 2002[]

May 10, 2002[]

May 24, 2002[]

May 31, 2002[]

June 14, 2002[]

Videos[]

Friday Nights On Nick Promo (2002)

Nickelodeon "Flag" Screen Bug Idiot Box (Original Airing) (2002)

Nickelodeon Commercial Break (March 1, 2002) (Incomplete)

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d February 1, 2002 - Nickstory
^ ^a ^b ^c SpongeBob's House Party occurred on May 17, 2002.
^ ^a ^b ^c May 17, 2002 - Nickstory
^ ^a ^b ^c Nicktoons All Nighter occurred on June 21, 2002.
^ ^a ^b ^c June 21, 2002 - Nickstory
^ ^a ^b ^c Friday Night Nicktoons replaced the block beginning on July 12, 2002.
^ ^a ^b ^c July 12, 2002 - Nickstory
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hour-long blocks of Hey Arnold! and Rugrats replaced normal programming on April 19, 2002.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d April 19, 2002 - Nickstory
^ ^a ^b March 22, 2002 - Nickstory
^ Three episodes that aired during the event are unknown (they could be either one, two, or three-segmented pairs) so they are just listed as one segment for this counting.
^ ^a ^b ^c March 22, 2002 - Nickstory
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Friends (NBC): Ratings Recap
^ ^a ^b Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending February 24, 2002
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending March 3, 2002
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending March 17, 2002
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending March 24, 2002
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending March 31, 2002
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending May 12, 2002
^ ^a ^b December 31, 1999 - Nickstory

[nickstory-1] February 1, 2002 - Nickstory

[note1-2] SpongeBob's House Party occurred on May 17, 2002.

[nickstory5-3] May 17, 2002 - Nickstory

[note2-4] Nicktoons All Nighter occurred on June 21, 2002.

[nickstory6-5] June 21, 2002 - Nickstory

[fnn1-6] Friday Night Nicktoons replaced the block beginning on July 12, 2002.

[fnn2-7] July 12, 2002 - Nickstory

[note3-8] Hour-long blocks of Hey Arnold! and Rugrats replaced normal programming on April 19, 2002.

[nickstory7-9] April 19, 2002 - Nickstory

[nickstory2-10] March 22, 2002 - Nickstory

[11] Three episodes that aired during the event are unknown (they could be either one, two, or three-segmented pairs) so they are just listed as one segment for this counting.

[nickstory3-12] March 22, 2002 - Nickstory

[ratings-13] Friends (NBC): Ratings Recap

[snowball_Krabs-14] Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending February 24, 2002

[nasty_idiots-15] Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending March 3, 2002

[weenies_returns-16] Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending March 17, 2002

[Algae-17] Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending March 24, 2002

[borg_Bivalve-18] Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending March 31, 2002

[wet_video-19] Broadcast & Cable Nielsens: Week Ending May 12, 2002

[nickstory4-20] December 31, 1999 - Nickstory

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Events (V • T • E)

#-D:	10 Nights of Fright • 101% Whizbang! • 12 Days of Nickmas • 2010 Nickelodeon AddictingGames Showdown • 48 Horas de Bob Esponja • A Squidward Shaped Mystery • A Week of All Things SpongeBob • A to Zim weekend • Abrilísimo • AfterToons • Ain't Patrick's Day • All-day, Labor Day Bikini Bottom Blowout • All-Star Afternoon • Animated August • April 2021 premiere weeks • August 2018 premiere week • August-September 2020 premiere week • Awesome Night of Premieres‎ • Back to School with SpongeBob • Bagong Labas, Bagong Bob • Best Besties Ever • Best Buddies Week • Best Buddy • Best Day Ever marathon • Best Day Off Ever • Best of Mr. Krabs Episodes • Best of the Baddies Marathon • Best of the Pets Saturday • Best Patrick Episodes • Best Year Ever • Bikini Bottom Block Party • Bikini Bottom Buddy Roundup • Bikini Bottom Confidential • Bikini Bottom's Most Wanted • Binge-a-Thon With SpongeBob SquarePants • Bobsession • Bottom Buddies • Breakfast in the Bottom • Bring On Da Summer • Celebrating 10 Years of Happy • Cram It in Week • Craziest Creatures Marathon • Crush Week • Daily U-Pick • Day of Positivity • Deep Sea Danger Zone • Devon's Day Off • Do the New Saturday Mornings • Double Dare SpongeBob Week • Double Up • Double Up Afternoons • Dude Snake Sponge Friendship

E-M:	Eight-Hour marathon • Every SpongeBob Ever • Exposição SpongeBob • FairlyOke SongPants Day • Football Kick • Friday Night Nicktoons • Friday Night of Premieres and Seven-Hour marathon • Friday Night Party with the Nicktoons • Friday Night Slimetime • Friday Nights on Nick • Friend or Foe: The Foe-down • Gary-a-Thon • Gimme 5 • Gotta See Saturday Mornings • Greatest Gary Episodes • Ha Ha Holidays • Happy New Premieres • History of SpongeBob Marathon • Hollywood Hang • Horrid Half Term • I ♥ SpongeBob Week • IFight Week • Intergalactoon Afternoon • JimBob-A-Thon • July 2011 premiere week • July 2016 premiere week • KCA Weekend • Krabby Patty Party • Labor Day Movie Marathon • Laugh the Day Away with Nick • Let's Just Play Finish Line Festival • Love to be Scared Weekend • Make My Mondays • Maratón 48 Horas • March 2010 premiere week • March Movie Madness • March Toon Mania • Massive Monster Mayhem Marathon • Massive Movie Monday • May 2016 premiere week • May 2018 premiere week • Mega Morning • Mega Movie Madness • Mega Movie Monday • Mega Music Fest • Mermaid Man-a-Thon • Merry Nickmas Specials • Mighty Friday Nights • Mighty Girls of Nick • Mix n' Match-a-thon • Mommies With Mojo • MOMumental Marathon • Monday Knight Slimetime

N-R:	New Year's Day at the Movies • New Years 2009 • NFL Nickmas Game • Nick Best Day Off Ever • Nick Friday Night • Nick School's Out Pick • Nick's Best of 2014 • Nick's Best of the Pets • Nick's Hot List • Nick's Summer CineMANIA • Nick's Tricked Out Weekend • Nickel-AAAHH!!-Zone • Nickellennium • Nickelodeon Lie-a-Thon • Nickelodeon Lunchtoon • Nickelodeon Monster Fest • Nickelodeon Sundays • Nickelodeon Thanksgiving Weekends • Nickelodeon's Gobble Wobble Thanksgiving! Week • Nickmas in July • Nicktoon Weekend Getaway • Nicktoon Wild Hair Day! • Nicktoons All Nighter • Nicktoons Butt-Kicking Marathon • Nicktoons Creepy Teacher Afternoon • Nicktoons Got Game-a-Thon • Nicktoons Scare-a-Thon • Nicktoons Summer Beach House • Nonstop Kids' Choice Weekend • Patchy the Pirate's SpongeBob Weekend • Patrick & Parker Power Hour • Patrick For President • Patrick Stars & Stripes Weekend • Pest of the West Showdown • Plankton's Revenge • RetroBob SquarePants • Robinsons Movieworld: Meet and Greet SpongeBob

S:	Saturday Morning Hang Zone with Lincoln Loud • Secret Crush Weekend • September 2018 premiere week • Shriek Week • Siyam SpongeBob Saturdays • Sleepover Jam 2003 • Smell-O-Vision • SNICK • Spectacular! Presidents' Day Weekend • Spine-Tingling, Teeth-Chattering, Hair-Raising, Spooktastic Nicktoon Boo-Fest • Sponge-Odd Square-Parents Day • SpongeBob and Harvey Beaks premiere week • SpongeBob and It's Pony premiere weeks • SpongeBob and Sanjay and Craig Week • SpongeBob and the Clash of Triton • SpongeBob Animation Celebration Sweepstakes • SpongeBob Code-Catcher Challenge • SpongeBob Day-After-Thanksgiving Marathon • SpongeBob Fan Shellabration • SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric • SpongeBob Gold • SpongeBob Medal Mania • SpongeBob Premiere Factor 5 • SpongeBob Saves the Saturday • SpongeBob ScaredyPants (event) • SpongeBob ScarePants • SpongeBob Showoff • SpongeBob SquarePants (musical) • SpongeBob SquarePants 400 • SpongeBob SquarePants Gold Medal Dive-a-thon • SpongeBob SquarePants on Tour • SpongeBob SquarePants The Lost Episode Sweepstakes • SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One-a-thon • SpongeBob SquarePants Winnerthon • SpongeBob SquarePants Winter Block • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly • SpongeBob SquareShort Film Competition • SpongeBob Summer • SpongeBob Tribute Show • SpongeBob Triple Play • SpongeBob Universe • SpongeBob vs. Patrick Splatfest • SpongeBob vs. The Goo • SpongeBob Win-a-Thon • SpongeBob With No Commercials • SpongeBob You're Fired! • SpongeBob Z-A Countdown • SpongeBob's Best Day Off Ever • SpongeBob's Best Saturday Ever • SpongeBob's Big Squeeze • SpongeBob's Grillin' and Villain Saturday • SpongeBob's House Party Marathon • SpongeBob's Last Stand-a-thon • SpongeBob's Legends of Bikini Bottom • SpongeBob's Most Karat-est Moments • SpongeBob's NEW Week • SpongeBob's Nicktoon Summer Splash • SpongeBob's Runaway Roadtrip • SpongeBob's St. Patrick's Sunday • SpongeBob's Stocking Stuffed Sunday • SpongeBob's Stolen Secrets Saturday • SpongeBob's Summer of New Premieres • SpongeBob's Summer Soak Up • SpongeBob's Top 100 • SpongeBob, Harvey Beaks, Sanjay and Craig, and Pig Goat Banana Cricket premiere weeks • SpongeBob, The Patrick Star Show, and Middlemost Post premiere week • SpongeBob-a-Thon • Sporty SpongeBob Marathon • Spot It! • Spring It On! • Stories from Bikini Bottom • Summer Pick Nick • Sunday SpongeDay • Super Bowl LVIII: Live from Bikini Bottom • Super Enormo SpongeBob-O Month-O • Super Stuffed Nicksgiving Weekend • Superhero Saturday

T-Z:	Tambay with SpongeBob • The Art and Making of SpongeBob SquarePants • The Best Week on TV • The Bikini Bottom Experience • The Bob Squad • The Fast and Porous Marathon • The Nicktoon Bully Bash • The Patrick Star Show St. Patrick's Day Marathon • The ScarePants Zone • The SpongeBob BFF – Best Friends Festival! • The SpongeBob Challenge • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Under the Sea Road Trip Adventure • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300 • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie-a-thon • The Super Duper Splendorific Spectaculicious Special Nicktoon Saturday Morning • The Super Spongy Square Games • The Tidal Zone • The Times They Are A'Changin' • The Ultimate Bikini Bottom Buddy Search • The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash • Think Happy - The Year of the Sponge • Throwdown of Niceness • Tons of Sponge Sunday • Toonsday Afternoon Marathon • Top 100 Moments in Nicktoons History • Totally Twisted Telly • Truth or Square-a-thon • Two Whole Weeks of Never Before Seen SpongeBob • U-Pick Friday Live • Universal's Superstar Parade • What's the Juice?!: SpongeBob Edition • When Good Toons Go Bad • Where's Gary? Sweepstakes • Where's the Square? • WhoBob WhatPants?-a-thon • Yellow Summer • Yo Mama's Day • You Bring The Color Week • Young Dylan Takeover