The original orange couch, first used in 1992.
The Big Orange Couch (also known as The Orange Couch or simply The Couch) is Nickelodeon's trademark mascot that used on SNICK from August 1992-June 1999 and later 2000-2001, as well as in the opening intro of Kenan & Kel, The '90s Are All That, and NickSplat (formerly known as The Splat).
Couch potatoes[]
The following is a list of Nickelodeon stars (or mostly guest stars) who have sat on the Big Orange Couch.
- Melissa Joan Hart
- Alfred Carr Jr.
- John Crane
- Mark David
- Shawn Daywalt
- Ivan Dudynsky
- Micki Duran
- Seymour Willis Green
- Crystal Lewis
- Dominic Lucero
- Natalie Nucci
- Julene Renee-Preciado
- David Sidoni
- Ren and Stimpy
- Ross Hull
- Raine Pare-Coull
- Jodie Resther
- Jason Alisharan
- Rachel Blanchard
- Nathaniel Moreau
- Jacob Tierney
- Phil and Lil DeVille
- Nadia Nascimento
- Brooke Nevin
- Boris Cabrera
- Kenan Thompson
- Kel Mitchell
- Coolio
- Melanie Chisholm
- Victoria Beckham
- Geri Halliwell
- Melanie Brown
- Emma Bunton
- Drake Bell
- Jamie Lynn Spears
- Christopher Massey
- Robert Ri'chard
- Skeeter Walker
- Matthew Underwood
- Erin Sanders
- Jason Zimbler
- Lori Beth Denberg
- Josh Server
- Danny Tamberelli
- Stick Stickly
- Elizabeth Daily
- Kath Soucie
- Cheryl Chase
- Melanie Chartoff
- Jim Jinkins
- Billy West
- Fred Newman
- Vanessa Coffey
- Harris Peet
- Emma Roberts
- Malese Jow
- Jordan Calloway
- Tadhg Kelly
- Chelsea Tavares
- Mike Maronna
Trivia[]
- The color of the couch is Pantone 1585 C.
Gallery[]
Melissa Joan Hart on the couch.
The couch on a highway.
The couch on the beach.
The couch at a gas station.
The couch in a forest.
The Midnight Society on the couch.
The couch by the Midnight Society's campfire.
The couch with the Roundhouse cast.
The couch at the Roundhouse set.
The couch in Ren and Stimpy's house.
The couch behind the Nickelodeon Studios building.
A television set on the couch.
The couch on an urban street (from the 1993 SNICK bumpers).
The couch on the roadside (from the 1994 SNICK intro).
The couch in the living room (from the 1996 SNICK intro).
The couch was in the empty living room (from the 1996 SNICK bumpers and promos).
Before: Just a plain old living room.
After: Now the room was changed with the famous orange couch when it's eight o'clock on Saturday night!
After: Now the room was changed with the famous orange couch when it's eight o'clock on Saturday night!
All the kids watching SNICK with the couch in another living room (from the 1997 SNICK intro).
During the commercial breaks, the couch was seen with this TV set.
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In 2000, the couch returned on SNICK with a new look.
Kenan sitting on the redesigned couch.
Phil and Lil sitting on the redesigned couch.
Phil and Lil sleeping on the orange couch at the end of the SNICK block.
Skeeter and Bobby sitting on the redesigned couch.
In June 2004, the orange couch got another redesign. This couch was also seen on The Splat's bumpers from 2015-2017.
In 2006, one of Nickelodeon's celebrities would take over Nickelodeon from Monday to Friday, sitting on the orange couch. This image features Unfabulous star Emma Roberts, from November 17, 2006.
The cast of Unfabulous carrying the orange couch with Emma.
In 2011, when The '90s Are All That was launched on TeenNick, the original orange couch returned and could be seen in many promotional uses for the block, such as the SNICKiversary event in 2013.
The Couch in the "Our House" music video.
An alternate redesigned couch was seen in The Splat's interview bumpers, On the Orange Couch (used in 2016).
In 2017, when SNICK celebrates its 25th anniversary on NickSplat, an outline of the original orange couch is seen on the bumpers and promos.