Public Domain Super Heroes
The Gopher

Real Name

Unknown

First Appearance

Nickelodeon animated ident (1988)

Original Publisher

MTV Networks

Created by

Howard Hoffman

Origin[]

A gopher finds a Nickelodeon carrot and bites it, making the letters fall.

Public Domain Advertising Appearances[]

  • The Gopher (1986)

Notes[]

  • The The Gopher ident was released without a copyright notice, and not registered within 5 years, making it public domain under 80s-era copyright law
  • The Nickelodeon name remains trademarked.

See Also[]