The saying "they just don't make them like they used to" really does hold weight to the '90s kids who grew up worshipping '00s Nickelodeon.
As far as edge-of-the-seat anticipation goes, nothing surpassed the waiting period for an episode of quality '00s Nick TV quite like the countdown to long-form episodes of one's favorite shows. Holiday specials are one thing, but stakes raised over an hour-plus of adventures is another thing entirely. Allow the following ten to suffice as examples where Nickelodeon swung for TV movie glory, and most certainly did not mist.
10 The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie - 3.9
Erase the oddly low IMDb rating from your memory; the Hamptons Film Festival Audience Award-winning mockumentary that would eventually serve as the pilot for an equally musical show brought The Wolff Brothers into the public eye in their carriage-drawn "Crazy Car."
Though the show did not secure the staying power of other live-action Nickelodeon vehicles of the era, the movie and its catchy-beyond-belief soundtrack still stand the test of time today.
9 The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: Win, Lose and Kaboom - 6.8
Before Rick and Morty "got schwifty," Jimmy Neutron ran-point on alien invasion-inspired, reality show-evoking content.
With the planet under more dire circumstances within the world of the Retroville-set show since its feature-length franchise kick-off, Jimmy and the gang go head-to-head with a new nemesis - Meldar Prime, voiced by Tim Allen. Within the three-parter, audiences were notably made more aware of Jimmy and Cindy's harbored feelings for each other.
8 Drake & Josh Go Hollywood - 6.8
Multi-camera, sitcom format was abandoned in favor of single-camera close-ups when Drake & Josh received the cinematically-charged treatment fans had longed for. Since their season 1 Blues Brothers tribute, it had been made clear the "road trip" formula would serve the odd-couple pair rather nicely.
Not to mention, Josh's hairstyle in this intimately-shot TV movie remains far easier on the eyes than what he chose to sport in the second such installment, Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh.
7 The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour - 6.8
The title speaks for itself. Horrific as Timmy Turner in Jimmy Neutron universe-3D was, his annual team-ups with said show's protagonist were appointment TV for its targeted audiences.
No entry in the arc performed quite like its first, which reminded carry-over fans of the '90s of elite-caliber crossovers of old like Rugrats Go Wild (theatrically released in 2003), or when the Aaahh!!! Real Monsters gang showed up in a 1999 episode of Rugrats.
6 The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin Of Donnie 6.9
The wild child adopted son of the eponymous Thornberrys came clad with a heartwrenching, Tarzanian origin story that the show chose to hide until the perfect, TV movie-requiring moment. When they finally unleashed it, did it ever resonate.
While it may be a rung below the loops closed along with Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie, ruled out of contention within the ranking as it was not released until 2017, its similar deep lore affirmation remains timelessly emotion-provoking all the same.
5 The Fairly OddParents: Abra-Catastrophe! - 7.5
Fairly OddParents' Groundhog Day-evoking "It's Christmas Every Day!" could easily find itself on anyone's ranking of Nickelodeon's best holiday specials.
However, said episode filled the half-hour slate. While Abra-Catastrophe!, at over an hour, qualifies as the show's first official TV Movie. Magic cupcake-fueled, visually-striking and narrative-altering twist and turns almost cement it as their best long-form episode. Almost.
4 Kenan and Kel: Two Heads Are Better Than None - 7.7
Serving as the series finale for the beloved show, much discussion can be had over its content - which would have the honor of being ripped off by the best of the best buddy comedy/road trip films in the years that followed.
Without spoiling, and thus discouraging interested viewers, anyone who contemplates sampling Kenan & Kel today cannot go wrong with a show that ends with "1,000 bottles of Orange Soda on the wall!"
3 Fairly OddParents: Channel Chasers - 8.2
Buster Keaton paved the way for fictional characters to step through the screen and into someone else's programming with 1924's Sherlock Jr.
Fast-forward a century in time: with "Channel Chasers," Fairly OddParents proved the endless benefits of having its characters cross over into other popular animated universes without relinquishing one shred of humor. Such bold theatrics laid the groundwork for other shows to famously do the same.
2 Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy - 9.1
Even the non-Phanboy can admit that when it came to TV movies, Danny Phantom brought the heat. How else could one explain its time travel-heavy "The Ultimate Enemy," earning its own video game?
The long-form episode saw Danny earning a glimpse into the future, where he has become the most villainous ghost in all the land as per the slippery slope set in motion by his deciding to cheat on a standardized test.
1 Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp - 9.1
With callbacks so deep they extended past their own show and into archive Amanda Show footage, "Really Big Shrimp" was intended to serve as Drake & Josh's series finale.
Though another episode was inconspicuously rolled out the following month, not to mention the following years' Christmas special, neither held quite the zeal as the episode that saw Drake & Josh overcoming their biggest rift yet.
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