6 Insane Spin-offs of Animated Cartoons that almost got made

I don't think that Gotham High would've worked as a full series. But it would've made for a really cool "what if" episode of The Batman.
 
Years ago I saw PVCs (little plastic collectible figurines) for Muppet High at a toy/collectible store that used to be in one of the malls I frequent; I didn't know there were any plans to make that into a series. Kinda fell like we dodged a bullet there.

*Also, to the author of the article, the reason that Muppet Babies was animated rather than puppetry was because the Muppet Babies' segment from The Muppets Take Manhattan was 1 of the hardest sequences the Henson company had to shoot; the baby puppets were so small that the puppeteers had to literally stand under the floorboards to operate them. So doing a weekly series with those characters would have been unfeasible. Hence the switch to animation.

As for Gotham High, I'd have rather seen a Justice League High show instead. The high school setting has been done to death, but DC superheroes could've made it interesting. Just Batman and his cast alone, not so much.
 
I don't think that the idea for a Gotham High School series was that bad. I don't think that they could have made it into a long running series. I could actually see it working well with just a few episodes or a couple of direct to DVD movies/specials. The Roger Rabbit sequel, or perhaps prequel given the details listed, sounded kind of interesting. If they are still planning to do a sequel for the movie now, I wonder if it will be similar to what they came up with before.
 
All about the TMNT as babies in TMNT Overload:

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Gotham High for me was the one that sounded more interesting than the rest listed. Though, limiting it to Batman characters probably would have made the series stale.

I've heard about Dexter's Rude Removal and how it's basically kept under tightly. I even hear that during screening of this, that they make sure that no one records it. It's like trying to rob the United States Bullion Depository located in Fort Knox.
 
I remember around the time that Ang Lee's 'Hulk' was released, there was talk of a 'Hulk & Son' cartoon series. Thank goodness that one never materialized.

Then there's the Buffy the Vampire Slayer animated series that was dead in the water before it even got close to being made, although we did get treated to what it might have been like in the Season 8 comic.
 
That's not true. I believe it was close to being made. There were 7 scripts written and a fully animated 3-and-a-half minute pilot was made. I think Fox was asking too much for the licensing though, so KidsWB turned it down.
 
A live Krusty the Clown?
I suppose if it had a Greg the Bunny vibe to it:), it could have lasted as long as Greg the Bunny.:(
I love the part of the story that Groening would rather give up then compromise on beavers.

I would think if they really wanted to do it as a puppet show they could have used regular sized muppets and over-sized sets.

Funny, I just switched past Sesame Street this morning and Elmo and friends were talking to insects. Looked like they had different puppets for different shots and green screening.
 
They easily could have, but I think Henson was fine with the freedom that animation gave him and his team. Puppets are difficult in so many different ways, keep a regular Miss Piggy in shape is difficult in of itself, never mind a baby Piggy.

As for green screen, last I heard there were about 3 Elmo's for green screen work.
 
A live Krusty the Clown would only work if the studios intended it strictly for the mature audience... which seems like an unlikely idea. Someone would try to make it for a younger audience, as well, and would surgically remove any edge that the show would have.


Phil
 
Given that Fox treats it's live action properties that don't perfrom strongly out of the gate even worse than the animated shows they want to get off the air as quickly as possible, I doubt a live action Krusty show would have aired past it's sixth episode.

The budget for each episode would have been tremendous with that beaver idea alone, meaning that the show would have to have been a major hit after it's first episode to justify keeping it on the air.
 
I remember reading that Bruce Timm and co. were creating offbeat ideas for a Batman cartoon series before Batman Beyond was created, because that's what Kids WB and the toymakers wanted. He pitched a heavily anime-inspired take on Batman, a Justice League series idea that was more like Teen Titans, because Batman would be in charge and Cyborg would've been a member.

Basically, he was pitching the most toyetic Batman cartoon concepts possible, and Kids WB were like, "Nope, don't like it", until the idea for Batman Beyond came along.

Can someone else fill in the rest of the details I've missed, if any?
 
The bile I held down before is coming back up.

One thing though that I sort of liked from the list. :p Harley and Ivy in cheerleader getups. :p

I wouldn't endorse a teenage Bruce Wayne, but if they came up with original characters that would happen to become superheroes/supervillains in their later life and dumped them into high school, I'd watch.
 
I wouldn't remember, but even then, I bet it doesn't look like those pics. You can taste the diabetes looking at those pictures. And Choco Katana...can not unsee. I was in the demographic once. I'd surely stop watching the show then if TMNT Babies came, or returned.
 
I would have wanted to see Gotham High maybe, it sounds like it would have been interesting though I would have prefered more characters than just Batman ones...
 
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