Failed Pilots

What's your favorite pilot that you wish got a full series.

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Isn't this the dude known for pitching ideas every other day of the week? Most of which are boring and samey?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      he is our generation's Hanna-Barbera

      • 1 year ago
        Birchyfunbags

        >he is our generation's Hanna-Barbera
        No the frick he ain't

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          99% of Hanna Barbera shows are exactly like his. Because I've never seen them

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          dumb avatargay

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          you do not have 110 "bruh" reaction images

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Kyle Carrozza, yeah. I'll give him some credit for being what essentially amounts to a nonstop fountain of ideas, but the problem amounts to that a great deal of his ideas are either god fricking awful or directly ripping off a pre-existing property. Even the show he finally managed to get greenlit has main characters who are just lowkey references to Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev from Slayers.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Yeh, he doesn’t really have the best ideas but at least he can draw hot knight girls like vambre

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I liked the Plastic Man and Amethyst ones

  3. 1 year ago
    Birchyfunbags

    Frick Kyle and what he did to Ang

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I guess that explains why he and Katara didn't have more kids. He was never going to pass, transitioning that late in life.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      who?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      QRD?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Birchy suddenly defends pedophiles because he wants to frick her shitty drawn avatar

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Nobody Cares, Anon.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      oh

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      and i thought birchy will spreg over the bird girl from moobeard -_-

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Fathead from Oh Yeah! Cartoons
    Trick Moon
    That one pilot that was on the What a Cartoon Show that was some spaceship pilot trying to get spare parts for his ship or something and had to deal with these guys with big elongated foreheads, i can't remember wtf it was called.
    That's all i can remember that i wish would've been greenlit.

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Danny Antonucci's SnotRocket would've been fun, but the last decade of TV animation hasn't been kind to his type of cartoon,

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLcrj1Dxo7txf1PNtXQ2iactB2FKYFHIk

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I don't think it is any funny, but the animation style is quite interesting

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        He should've gotten a nokia.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Second episode draft had him being a major douche to the monkey guy for no reason, and just getting away with it. Kinda turned me off.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    If this show got released today it would have a disgustingly rabid (and obnoxious) fan-base

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >dog furries
      Yeah this would have been the worst

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I wasn't aware dog furries were particularly a nuisance compared to other furries

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Judging by the "Bluey" homosexuals, 101 Dalmations gays and all the other doggay spam on Cinemaphile, to say nothing of the horrorshow that is Cinemaphile, canids seem to attract the absolute lowest common denominator of actual genuine zoophile.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Do you ever feel that some things have just too much style to the point it becomes annoying?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Yes, and this one is kind of teetering on the edge of that.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I unironically love this shit. Would've been a nightmare to keep as an active show though.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It could have worked quite well as a segment of a main program.

        Like Pith Possum from Shnookums and Meat

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          THAT, I could absolutely see. Short in betweens or something, focusing the segments around songs or something.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        I don't know what

        Do you ever feel that some things have just too much style to the point it becomes annoying?

        is talking about, this seems like just the right amount of style.

        WE'RE GONNA ZAP YOUR BODY SO YOU CAN ROCK THIS PARTY

        >posts a double
        >in worse quality
        The thread isn't even remotely long yet anon, c'mon.

        Reminds me of that whiny troony's comics.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >that whiny troony's comics

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I vaguely remember hearing some rumor that Kitty Bobo makes a cameo in this but for the life of me I am not seeing it

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I can honestly see this show airing on Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, circa 2001.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      It probably would've been forgotten like the rest since the style didn't age well and felt dated.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >the style didn't age well and felt dated
        It looks better than 99% of animated shows being released today. It definitely has a Y2K feel to it but people would've eaten that shit up, I've seen a revival of early 2000's aesthetics that's been going on the past few years.

        Judging by the "Bluey" homosexuals, 101 Dalmations gays and all the other doggay spam on Cinemaphile, to say nothing of the horrorshow that is Cinemaphile, canids seem to attract the absolute lowest common denominator of actual genuine zoophile.

        I think that more stems from dogs being the most common archetype for animal characters, plus none of those fanbases come close to rivaling Horsehomosexuals in their heyday

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          It helps that the animation and design in 3 Dog Band is really well thought out. Fricking love the exaggerated comic sound effects. I recall reading somewhere that each dog was designed to be indicative of a different era and genre of music. Could just be blowing smoke up the short's ass with that one though, I'll be the first to admit that Sly and Loubie fit into that way better than Rux does.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        what the actual frick are you on about? id argue even the least liked cartoons from that era are infinitely more rewatchable than any of the shit we have nowadays. frick Im old enough to remember when people would complain about imported canadian programming being of a lesser quality than american offerings. nowadays Id choose any of those canadian cartoons hand over fist than watch a series to have come out in the last 8 years. on all levels your generic late 1990s or 2000's cartoon is leagues better than modern shit on the merits of not being a soapbox and having an aesthetic quality greater than a two year old.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      its certainly one of my favorites. the art style and music alone demanded the greenlight in my opinion. other favorites of mine are quickly derided for whatever reason. i was genuinely taken by modifyers and the zone parody saddens me greatly. like mlaatr it seems like most people just like it for the porn.

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Always wished AJ infinite summer became a full show. Would’ve been nice for a regular show but instead of stoner loosers. It would be about adhd zoomers.

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Bottom's Butte, either the CN one or the Adult Swim version.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Oh god no, I remember the story boards.

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >”pedophilic undertones”

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Is that the reason it didn't get picked up?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Yeah, Rob Renzetti confirmed it on Twitter. The pilot is fairly innocent but the execs did not feel comfortable with a little girl hanging out with a grown man.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          That's a shame, I really enjoyed those shorts.

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    i dont think this could be made today. the culture has changed way too much.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      What is this? And I'm interested on how the culture changed, though I have an idea on that.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Welcome to Eltingville.
        the pilot was released in 2002.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Even the pilot is pretty tame in comparison to the comic.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >the culture has changed way too much.
      lol, lmao
      Being a nerd went from "knowing everything about your favorite media" to "hating everything about your ex-favorite media."

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I found the pilot pretty unpleasant tbh, not too shocked it didn’t go anywhere.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I agree. At the very least someone would want it heavily sanitized. Also, pop culture makes way too money to shit on it and the people that enjoy it too much, probably limit it to light ribbing at the most with a lot of off limits stuff like woke shit or trying to get more women into comics.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      atleast we had venture bros in its abscence

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    VINNY

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    WE'RE GONNA ZAP YOUR BODY SO YOU CAN ROCK THIS PARTY

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Had the series got the green light, what do you think would've happened to Zesty? Would he go back to normal, stay the hot female alien girl, or would the pilot be non canon?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Would he go back to normal

      Probably. That's how these shows typically worked.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Would he go back to normal

      Probably. That's how these shows typically worked.

      Higher quality…

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        animation is the only medium which can make pajeet women genuinely attractive

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      the pilot would have likely been noncanon. frankly I would have preferred zesty as a hot alien girl. the good looks would have balanced out his insufferable personality and voice. Also kudos anon, King Crab is an excellent pick. Im pretty fond of the He-Hog pilot personally. Everyone is all too aware of John K's infamy by now but alot of his later show pitches were really good. I ate up Ripping Friends aswell.

  16. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Anyone remember the name of the pilot that featured a bat and I believe a pink dragon.

  17. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    The only good shows that failed to get picked up after pilots:
    - Korgoth of Barbaria
    - Periwinkle Around the World
    - Danger Planet

    Everything else is too old and wouldn't stand the test of time, or is just plain terrible. It goes to show that most ideas are not great.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      How is Modifyers terrible?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >Constant Payne
      >all of Lauren Faust's unmade series
      >all of Rob Renzetti's unmade series
      >Maximum Horsepower
      >Youngblood TAS
      >Captain America TAS
      >Wonder Woman TAS
      >Micronauts TAS
      its painful how wrong you are

  18. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
  19. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Still hilarious
    https://web.archive.org/web/20190330052450/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_carrozza

  20. 1 year ago
    Anonymous
    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I hate her.

  21. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Arthur Filloy’s Dundherheads would’ve been a good middle segment to LUcky Lydia if either show had been greenlit.

    http://arthurfilloy.blogspot.com/2008/08/dunderheads_23.html

  22. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Wasn't this guy from Cinemaphile or Cinemaphile?

  23. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Always liked the gator and their dynamic as a kid.

  24. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Do shorts marketed as anthology one-offs really count?

  25. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Back to Backspace.

    I wanted to find out the mystery behind the girl ending up in a virtual world.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Would have been interesting

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It's basically just Chalkzone, innit?

  26. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2luzyP0NuzXgWjk58__ekkhHk0IZqCt_

    I'm kind of sorry that this never got made into a series. Maybe it would've been bad, but the pilot had this very Zelda-like setting and story progress. It got me into looking at all the different Amethyst storylines, at least.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      honestly we could float this entire thread on everything in the running for a full series on DC nation. Plastic Man, thr DJW TTG, Creature Commandos, and Doom Patrol being my personal favorites.

  27. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Blackford Manor, not sure if counts as a pilot since it's by an animation channel but I'm a sucker for spooky cartoons and the mc is prime waifu potential. It was made by Jiwook Kim, who is Patrick McHale's wife, the guy who made OTGW. At least it got a novel out of it that I heard was good.

  28. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I know it became a show as Problem Solverz but it feels nothing like the pilot.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      It seems like a common sentiment to hate this shows artstyle, but it looks straight out of a 14 year old's geocities site and I love it

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      >PFFR produced this
      no wonder the pilot had soul that the final product just couldn't replicate

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