23 Facts About Your Favorite Kids TV Shows That'll Make You Say, "Wait, What?"

    Did you know Wizards of Waverly Place has more Emmy Awards than Parks and Rec?

    1. First off, John Cena reportedly auditioned for the role of Ron Stoppable in Kim Possible.

    2. In Boy Meets World, Cory was originally supposed to have two guy best friends. During a few of the early episodes, a random actor was always seated with Cory and Shawn in the cafeteria.

    3. Lacey Chabert, best known for playing Gretchen in Mean Girls, voiced Eliza in The Wild Thornberrys.

    4. Wizards of Waverly Place won a total of three Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Children's Programming" — which means it has more Emmys than Parks and Recreation.

    5. All of the babies on Rugrats were voiced by women.

    6. In an episode of Zoey 101, production ran out of time to film all of Jamie Lynn Spears' scenes. So, they came up with Zoey getting her head stuck in a bucket and a stand-in filmed the rest of the episode.

    7. The actor who voices Mojo Jojo in The Powerpuff Girls also voiced Ghostface in the Scream franchise.

    8. The inspiration behind Timmy Turner's teacher/archenemy, Mr. Crocker, came from Eugene Levy's character in the 1984 film, Splash.

    9. JoJo was originally offered the role of Zoe Stewart/Hannah Montana in Hannah Montana.

    10. The actors who played Sam and Joanna in Love Actually also voiced characters in Phineas and Ferb.

    11. Wizards of Waverly Place was originally called The Amazing O'Malleys. Selena Gomez and David Henrie played twins while Demi Lovato's older sister, Dallas, starred in it as well.

    12. It took 9-10 months to create a single episode of Blue's Clues.

    13. Arnold made his first TV appearance in an episode of Sesame Street in 1990, six years before Hey Arnold! premiered on Nickelodeon.

    14. Selena Gomez originally auditioned for a Lizzie McGuire spin-off series called What's Stevie Thinking? Gomez would've played Miranda's younger sister.

    15. While the recipe has changed over the years, the original Nickelodeon slime was made of vanilla pudding, apple sauce, and green food coloring.

    16. Hannah Montana was originally pitched as a spin-off of That's So Raven.

    17. In Legends of the Hidden Temple, there was actually an actor standing inside Olmec, the signature Mayan head that appeared on the obstacle course.

    18. All of the characters from Bear in the Big Blue House were actually Muppets.

    19. Each episode of Pinky and the Brain was scored by a 30-piece orchestra.

    20. In Hannah Montana, Mitchel Musso kept his hair long while on the show to cover up his pierced ears.

    21. Seth MacFarlane worked on several iconic Hanna-Barbera shows such as Johnny Bravo and Dexter's Laboratory.

    22. The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins originally wrote for Clarissa Explains It All.

    23. And finally, some people credit the successful Even Stevens musical episode for paving the way for High School Musical.