Canceled animated TV series

There was also another BraveStarr spinoff proposed: Sherlock Holmes in the 21st century. The eps are available on hulu (in the bravestarr section), and its unique as instead of a moral mesage at the end, they simply have holmes and his new crew or assistants talking about the new adventures theyre going to have.
 
I also remember at the same time hearing that Warner Bros. was considering making a The Griswolds cartoon, based on the characters from the National Lampoon's Vacation movies.
 
There's tons I'm trying to remember, but the only ones I can remember are The Patakis, and some show that was pitched to Nick called "Skeleton Key" or something along those lines, but wasn't aired because it was "too violent" or something.
 
There was a CGI Teenage Mutant Niga Turtles series in the works in the early 2000s but it never got past the pilot, which can be seen on youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXSRMZbfMfg

Apparently the gimmick for this series was that the Turtles where going to battle enimies "not of this earth" (As both the narrator and Michelangelo point out).
 
Now that somebody mentioned 80's, I remember hearing about a cartoon show based on the goonies being made by Cartoon Network. But however it was canceled due to the original actors not liking the idea of it.
 
Sometime back in the 90's, Matt Groening wanted to make a Simpsons-pinoff featuring the adult characters from the main show as teenagers. And since im on the topic, i might as well mention that among the other Simpsons spin-off projects that he have mentioned to at one point thinking about or attempting to get made are a full-lenght Fantasia parody with Simpsons characters and a live-action version of the Krusty the Clown show. And initially, what ended up as the episode where Bart and Lisa stay at a horrific summer camp was actually supposed to become a feature film. Oh and shortly before his death, Phil Hartman was interested in playing a live-action version of Troy Mcloure in a spin off how about the character (and many Simpsons writers have said that they would have loved to work on it with him).
 
So ANOTHER cartoon based on a movie series that no kid should watch (just like rambo, robocop, police academy, etc). Maybe its a GOOD thing that one was never made.
 
That would have come out at the same time as GI Joe Extreme and Extreme Ghostbusters. And it probably would have shared the same fate. Good call, Mattel.

Not that Mattel's own reboot lasted any longer.


The Goonies cartoon is a false rumor, based on a model sheet someone who works in cartoons drew for fun.
 
Back in the early 1990s, Dic was going to make a cartoon based on the Troma film "Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D." (interestingly, Dic bigshot Andy Heyward's children loved the movie). It never came to be due to some Anti-Japanese sentiment in the USA at the time (this WAS when Columbia-Tri-Star was purchased by Sony, and several landmarks in New York found new owners based in the Land of the Rising Sun). On the DVD of Kabukiman, you can see an animated promo pitch as well as a "Sgt. Kabukiman Rocks" music video showcasing production artwork. Interestingly, in a 2007 issue of Animation Magazine, someone talked how in order to promote Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. at Mipcom in Cannes, they had someone in a kabuki outfit attack stuffed animals of characters from competing studios.

Also, the guy at Mirage Studios were trying to get Ruby-Spears interested in a cartoon about the TMNT supporting characters the Mighty Mutanimals. You can read more at Steve Lavigne and Ryan Brown's blog.
 
Well even with Arnold Stang no longer with us..... I have to admit a new Top Cat series would be pretty cool.

Admittedly, Tom Kenny did a pretty good imitation of Top Cat on HB:AAL and the voice actors for Choo-Choo, Brain, Fancy, and Spook are still alive I believe.

Not to mention the character designs don't look half bad.
 
Don't know if The X-tacles was mentioned, but Adult Swim aired two 15 minute episodes back in November 2008, it was meant to be a spin off of Frisky Dingo but 70/30 Productions shut its doors in January 2009 leaving the series unfinished.
 
Wow that looks like it woulda been really good! :D Ooooh Madhouse. NOM.

My only beef was the "learn to draw manga" eyes. I don't mind anime influenced stuff - hell I DRAW hybrid type stuff, but those were literally out of a how do draw manga book. :B
 
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