F Yeah, Failed Cartoon Pilots!

Before most television shows can get on the air, a pilot must be made to get the network's or audience's approval. If they enjoy it, then the show is greenlit and will earn fame and fortune throughout the years! If it doesn't, well, it'll end up like these. Browse a whole collection of cartoons that never made it onto the air and decide for yourself why!

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Strawberry Fields

Directed by Al Brodax

Computer Graphics Labs, 1992

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Untitled Thai-inspired feature film

Written by Matt Braly and Rebecca Sugar

Designs by Brandon Wu

Sony Pictures Animation, 2025

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Afterworld could be saved!

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Be Fri

Directed by Kristen Lester

Disney/Pixar Animation Studios, 2023

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Oswald the Rabbit

Developed by Fred Kron

Universal Cartoon Studios, 1991

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Untitled Thai-inspired feature film

Written by Matt Braly and Rebecca Sugar

Designs by Brandon Wu

Sony Pictures Animation, 2025

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Arrow

Directed by Bill Kroyer

Warner Bros./Silver Pictures/Kroyer Films, 1992

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Arrow

Directed by Bill Kroyer

Warner Bros./Silver Pictures/Kroyer Films, 1992

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Never-before-published model sheets for canned Amblin Cats movie 🐈‍⬛✏️👁️

Hi all. As promised, I am sharing a comprehensive .PDF of model sheets that were created for the Amblimation Cats movie that never saw the light of day. Most of these model sheets have not been published or posted anywhere on the internet as far as I'm aware. I'm going to get ahead of some questions for the good of the order:

Are these real? I certainly didn't sit and create all 117 pages myself for the sake of an elaborate hoax!

How did you get these? I work in the animation industry. A senior coworker caught wind of my cats obsession and said he had the Xeroxes and asked if I wanted him to bring them in. Internally, I flipped my shit. And then I digitized his hard copies.

How did your coworker get these? They were found in the library of the university he used to go to. (Not super unusual at an arts school in southern California.) He made photo copies back then and has been holding onto them. The thing is he knows nothing about CATS; isn't a CATS fan, never seen it, etc. I guess he just felt it was something worth holding on to!

Can you upload better quality? Unfortunately what you're seeing as good as the quality gets. These are scans of photocopies from the 90s. There is nothing to be done for the crunchiness.

What about (missing characters)? I'm showing you everything I was personally given!

Which character is (nondescript drawing of a cat)? If the image isn't labeled, your guess is as good as mine! I put all the misc./unlabeled cats in the back of the PDF. The only exceptions are ones that I felt were abundantly obviously supposed to be a specific character.

Who are the artists? Unfortunately, there's no way I can tell for sure. None of the sheets are signed. I wouldn't even go about guessing because many concept artists can perfectly emulate more "well known" illustrators whose styles were sought after. My coworker said he might be able to figure out who the draftsmen were; until then it's a mystery! If I find out, I will come back to this post and update it with that information.

Are these all the model sheets ever? No! In fact, there are model sheets that have been posted online that are not in the bundle I was given. I have no idea of the sum total of model sheets in existence.

Where's the link?! Here it is! Have fun kitties!

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Retired Mascots {coming soon} (@retiredmascots.bsky.social)

An obituary for the many characters that put some fun into consumerism, at least before they had to go away or became lost to obscurity. Oft

Trying out what I used to do for @fyeahadicons, but on Bluesky: an obituary for discontinued corporate icons - if mostly ones I personally grew up with in the UK. Could post about some of them from time to time, but I am really waiting for Bluesky to allow us to schedule posts without any technical setbacks to make operating accounts like this easier before I can kick it into gear. A taste of who you can expect to see, that I've already written drafts for...

Requests are open to all Bluesky users.

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Coyote vs. ACME

Directed by Dave Green

Warner Animation Group, 2023

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Uncle Gus

"Not So Fast"

Created by Lincoln Pierce

Cartoon Network/Red Sky Brand, 2001

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Uncle Gus

"For the Love of Monkeys"

Created by Lincoln Pierce

Cartoon Network, 2000

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Brit Chicks

"Big in Japan"

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Brit Chicks

"Chick Snips"

Brand Champions/Different Films, 2008

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Chloe and the Stars

Created by Meaghan Dunn

Frederator/Dunnamic Animation Studios, 2014

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Chloe and the Stars

Additional concept art and model sheets

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Chloe and the Stars

Created by Meaghan Dunn

Frederator/Dunnamic Animation Studios, 2014