Learning with Pibby Full Pilot Animatic

[@shagLSSJ]

don't let the fact that the show never got greenlit stop you from making fanart and content for pibby, it's always good to enjoy what you like

[@SuperbitGamer-db6iw]

@@shagLSSJ Hopefully, when Zaslav gets fired, Pibby will get her show.

[@RandomPosts-_-691]

Pibby has a chance now after you saw the news about it get a third opportunity and some other things

[@SuperbitGamer-db6iw]

@@RandomPosts-_-691 I hope what you just said is true

[@SuperbitGamer-db6iw]

@@RandomPosts-_-691 and that David Zaslav will get fired

[@Withered_Inferno_bonnie_82]

what are you two talking about?

[@vasilak_real]

This is probably the BEST iteration of companies trying to relatable, Adult Swim CLEARLY know how the Internet behaves.

[@Boicapof_Chronicles.]

It's meta. It's supposed to be a bad iteration. For more recognisability

[@MahNamJeff]

@@Boicapof_Chronicles.no the meme shit was there in a leaked document upon the teasers release it was always like this.

[@hinkledinkle782]

@@MahNamJeff That's not what he's saying...

[@MahNamJeff]

@@hinkledinkle782 yeah looking back idk what happened here i had noticed comments pointing out how the meme and emoji stuff was likely temporary, and was responding to those and mistook this comment having been related to that.

[@artistkeyframe]

Adult Swim's basically if the internet made a television channel.

[@eeeeaaaooo18]

Considering this might be the only thing animated for this show,and how there’s probably not more,and how this is basically dead…it’s sad to see Velma get more seasons and this getting less.

[@animefan2454]

Yeah, pieces of crap like the Velma show get two seasons, and this gets canned screw WB

[@BobTheLonelyTanker]

Velma was renewed for two seasons from the start so that’s why

[@eeeeaaaooo18]

@@BobTheLonelyTanker I know,and it’s probably gonna get more ):

[@BobTheLonelyTanker]

@@eeeeaaaooo18 The problem is that people who hate Velma “hate watch” it, yet all that does is increase ratings and therefore it will make more.

[@eeeeaaaooo18]

@@BobTheLonelyTanker yeah,I know too,we’re stuck in a endless loop now ):

[@Drywall-v7b]

This show's cancellation was the internet's darkest days.

[@andrewleyton6689]

It wasn't cancelled It just never got pickup

[@scrungles7853]

It's not canceled. It could still happen! Stay hopeful.

[@andrewleyton6689]

@@scrungles7853 I don't think will be, and from what I know since this was shown to adult swim they now own it. so the creator couldn't go indie and I read the bible of the show. the arc for pibby is good but is kinda turn down when the darkness is just the internet.

[@scrungles7853]

@@andrewleyton6689 The future is beyond our understanding and we shall flourish WE'RE HOPING DAMMIT WE GOTTA HOPE

[@dfprod.]

mustve been a pibby glitch

[@Pootsiee_ArtsNStuff]

It’s so upsetting that the creators can’t even turn the series into an indie show because AS has the license

[@palecaptainwolfkayls8499]

This kinda thing sucks to happen, like Sym-Bionic Titan getting cancelled despite being shafted, extending to other networks like Nickelodeon treating Making Fiends similarly. Though I can only think about those off the top of my head, there’s been many more canned cartoons that deserve more.

[@adamreese8076]

Ay yo Poole? Can you tell me what the A.S. is?

[@palecaptainwolfkayls8499]

AS - Adult Swim

[@allenparker2113]

I love how it genuinely feels like a kids show at the start

[@sheycard2563]

Well…in the beginning anyways🤷‍♀️

[@PuppettheClown-o8j]

That's the point...?

[@rickmartinez3268]

And then I got scarier

[@adrianodovganenko382]

@@rickmartinez3268 when i watch your comment it has less than 5 seconds XD

[@MochaRitz]

@@PuppettheClown-o8j They clearly mean it's not forced and it feels spot on.

[@rustyvull-i68]

Is so disappointing to see half of the comments just trashing on Velma instead of praising a lot of the great things of this animatic alone... I want more people appreciating all the good ideas and well executed scenes on this pilot. Stop continuing to focus on the so bad Velma is and don't let it take over you, better throw it away to rot until no one remembers it. Don't give power to hate but instead to show and speak up all the love you have for Pibby because that is what it deserves and what we need!!!

[@landonbevell2292]

Yes!

[@Palmy0724]

Well you just gotta dab on those haters! Yeet! 😂😂😂

[@westernllama]

I mean the pilot was okay. Not a fan of the direction they took with the darkness so kind of glad that the show wasn't made.

[@rustyvull-i68]

@@westernllama bruh this was the concept they have with the Darkness since the pitch bible (and they stick with if or a reason), so if you don't like it then you would never have liked the final show to begin with, and preferring to not have a thing you were exited about because of a possibility you wouldn't like it gotta be one of the most immature mindsets I have ever heard. But hey! I hope you are a least happy with the fanon version of Pibby since that's all we can have now, good for you

[@westernllama]

@@rustyvull-i68 I'd disagree there, in the first ever trailer they WERE taking the darkness seriously (the scene with fin and Jake is a good example.) The trailer In general was actually pretty cool with a tense atmosphere. This? Absolutely deflates it. I actually like the idea of using the darkness as a metaphor for the internet, but they gotta handle it with some class ya know? I feel like emojis and a ton of outdated internet lingo is not only incredibly cringe, but a bad way to represent the internet in general. But anyway if you like it, that's good for you. I'm not a fan though Also I wasn't excited about this potentially being made into a show. I was interested sure, but I didn't really know that much about it (until I watched this pilot) so it would be wrong to say I was excited.

[@Rd2b0b11]

Edit: oh wow I got a lot of likes! I really like they did the pilot. The way that the two main characters interacted with the darkness and how casually they are just casually self aware that they are in a show is so awesome. It was also very entertaining to see how Pibby's child like nature slowly started to collapse as they strayed for from how their show normally runs.

[@rickmartinez3268]

I wish this was for real for the TV show

[@icarokaue7334]

Kids' shows like these often feature the characters talking to the viewers. Not a surprise they're self aware.

[@Rd2b0b11]

@@icarokaue7334 true! but man is this awesome!

[@Blue-100]

I was also a bit surprised to see how much more aware Pibby was in general to what I expected, especially with the spot the difference problem and grabbing the carrot immediately to try to end the episode faster. Though I'm sure she has to be this aware and straightforward to actually survive more than one episode. I guess I was just expecting less of her 🤷

[@NCXDKG]

Fanon: *An evil corruption signal error that hijacks media to assimilate itself into it. Not stopping at television, but all content* Canon: Meme invasion

[@thehumaneasteregg5471]

I think it represents how the internet can corrupt even the most light hearted of media.

[@thevillainclub4285]

Brain rot

[@8-Bitcrush]

@@thehumaneasteregg5471 or about a golden age of cartoons that are slowly dying because of the plague that is various reboots, meme media, etc.

[@mrunknown138]

To be fair there was only so much to go off of

[@0_zsR]

Why not make them both?

[@RookelCookel]

I love how the corruption is suppose to represent “Meme Culture” Great touch

[@Quinhala11]

What's great about it?

[@i-am-biggg]

Maybe not just meme culture. More like represent dark side of internet ruining the media.

[@maximumforce8275]

​@@i-am-biggg ruining it how?

[@caldw615]

​@@maximumforce8275All the cursed shit surrounding IP's like Sonic for a start.

[@spongeintheshoe]

Except that meme culture isn’t an inherently bad thing.

[@ariaxox8071]

the little “happy halloween :D” before getting obliterated 💀

[@Engieanimations]

"happy halloween :3" proceeds to get destroyed

[@somisimons]

4:15 This?

[@Blue-100]

Didn't they use part of this dialogue for an April fools thing?

[@UrSammich]

@@Blue-100 They did. A few lines got re-used that was in the April Fools event. The "Why aren't you saying anything" was a used line and the "We should let the darkness consume us" was another. My guess is the voice actors had originally read for the pilot, but didn't know how fans would perceive it so they used the April Fools event as a way to test audiences and used the pre-recorded lines to save on budget. Everything was written and set up in advanced if the show took off, including a full trailer, but I guess they decided to just not go with it even though there is full fan support. Edit: So I had gone back and watched the event scenes and all the lines in the animatic were used or a majority of certain lines.

[@jackojoyfox8015]

This is still a lot to take in. Hoping that one day, this show can be made.. but I’m happy I was here for the ride. I loved Learning with Pibby, and always will

[@AustinGallagher-ze8ql]

Since they already made an animatic for the pilot episode, I'm pretty sure they'll just animate the rest, release the pilot episode, and see if it'll get the green light. When I thought the show was cancelled, I heard it got extended. There's still hope for this. I think the reason this show is taking a while is because they're putting nearly every single cartoon we know into this one show

[@Wack910]

​@@AustinGallagher-ze8qltheir probably extending it to sue anyone that tries anything with the show

[@GrilledChesseGamer]

@@AustinGallagher-ze8ql That might be true Because we NEVER saw an pilot Aired on TV

[@eliblanks9388]

You know I hope that the first episode of learning with pibby will have the alligator voiced by a male actor and not a female voice actor and no emojis or still pictures would be plastered on bun bun's face,along the 3 animal friends of pibby and bun bun,and just to let you know at the start of the first episode pibby,bun bun,mo the skunk,buggy the ladybug,and the alligator would be warned by a rat character who would tell them about the darkness and would try not to get corrupted by the darkness while trying to make their way to the carrot farm

[@SuperbitGamer-db6iw]

@@jackojoyfox8015 Hopefully, when Zaslav gets fired, Pibby will get her show.

[@Lumie_Moth]

GOD I need this to continue, it is ABYSSMAL that this show never got started despite the fact that just about EVERYONE wants it, here to hoping this will be continued within our lifetime

[@PointPear]

It prob wont cause of all the copyrighted ip’s like, gumball, scooby doo, and adventure time in the trailer

[@flux9629]

@@PointPear they don't NEED to use copyrighted IPs to tell the story

[@SpecialInterestShow]

​@@flux9629yeah but it was like, a big selling point. In addition, AS owns the concept now

[@stevestevenson1678]

@@PointPear but Warner owns those IPs, they don't need ot jump through hoops to use said IPs

[@chiachimariachi4682]

“The clouds are… totally lit fam 🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯🙏🙏🙏🥶🥶🥶” “Of course they’re well lit! It’s daytime!!!!!” is the funniest exchange in this whole pilot istg

[@Glider_Boi]

Putting the cancellation aside (R.I.P LWP), the first act of the animatic is actually good to the slow descent of the corruption, hope this comes back in the future under better circumstances...

[@x-man256]

I think what's going on at around 8:16 is that Pibby lost connection with the viewers. So he doesn't hear them from what I know. Then, when she was finding the differences by herself, it was like the differences were tiny even though the differences were easy to notice. It seemed like she got so used to the viewers solving problems for her that she didn't realize how easy they really were. (Now I know that the show will most likely never get an episode 2 (let alone a complete episode 1). but I thought I should bring that up.)

[@OblivionSpl]

Either that or since she's in a pres-school show the viewers probably switched off the channel cause the children were scared of the darkness.

[@FroztYcle4737]

@@OblivionSplor maybe even both.

[@Tofoe9182]

It’s sad Warner bros chose things no body wanted over this

[@thomascorrea2792]

0:16 Future pibby jumpscare

[@rickmartinez3268]

Indeed

[@dillonwright13]

No idea what this was meant to represent, maybe future Pibby returning to the past at some point, re-witnessing the events that happened before the final battle with the Glitch Monster. If each episode was meant to be 11 minutes long, I say the show should’ve gotten 26 11-minute episodes, just so there’d be enough to fill the almost 5-hour binge time most shows these days have.

[@rickmartinez3268]

@@dillonwright13 okay

[@sosostry3906]

1:35 teacher when you say complete bullshit

[@AdriLovesGames]

This is deadass one of the best and most hilarious comments I have ever seen on the whole KZbin website AHAHAUAAHAUA THIS IS SO GOOD 👏😭

[@cloudypuff98]

GIGGLED

[@maximumforce8275]

You are the darkness now apparently

[@faustinochannel9178]

11:46 *SHE SAID IT YAAAA-*

[@o.m.l.e.t5649]

YAAAA BABBY THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@maoopan]

May it rest in peace

[@eyados-fo6sg]

if the darkness is actually the internet, then we NEED to see nyan cat chasing pibby in green hill zone while BIG SHOT plays

[@Smoll_uziDoorman]

Yeh

[@KC_Garcia]

and spamton's just there playing BIG SHOT because of course he is

[@autumn_sunday]

When Spamton gets glitched, we're screwed.

[@Kyumifun]

Wouldn't shoving in Spamton be too on the nose? It's enough that his theme is playing.

[@Atomic_Dusky]

​@@autumn_sunday Pretty sure Spamton is already glitched out as it is.

[@Denco2X]

I keep praying for hope every day... Its sad this isn't going to be a show.

[@SuperbitGamer-db6iw]

Let's keep praying.

[@lenardbordo9838]

Never say never...I'm ready to wait more years.

[@SuperbitGamer-db6iw]

@@Denco2X when Zaslav gets fired Pibby will get her show

[@Denco2X]

@@SuperbitGamer-db6iw I hope Zaslav gets fired

[@SuperbitGamer-db6iw]

@@Denco2X let's keep praying and hoping

[@jasmine_TTV]

If you think about it, this is actually really good now that this got leaked if everyone sees this and show as much love as they did when everyone seen the trailer they’re going to make this if not, that’s a lot of backlash they’re gonna go through especially with Velma lurking around with a season 3 (hopefully not)😭

[@Zerelex]

The void is the internet taking things over

[@stephaniebaima5395]

The void from gumball????

[@Bruh404-i4e]

Wishing the void will take over Zaslav because I STILL HATE HIM.

[@Jacob_was_here]

Reboots trying to be hip with the kids are awful.

[@TygerHillis]

@@stephaniebaima5395no.

[@BarlyProdo]

@@Jacob_was_hereTony hawk hawk tuah I ain’t talkin tuah!

[@Nobodythatyouknowloll]

I can live happy now. Finally more official pibby content. I’m so sad they cancelled it

[@SuperbitGamer-db6iw]

Hopefully, when Zaslav gets fired, Pibby will get her show.

[@ajandbb]

tbh i think there holding back pibby for a special time like this halloween or something but if it wasnt greenlit then why are there storyboards i have a feeling they are hiding the show being greenlit and or they will green light the show once they finish it never say never and never lose hope!!!!!!!!!!!

[@chuckingreaper8654]

@@ajandbbCreator confirmed the show is never happening. Also, this is an animatic which is meant to give a cohesive plan for what an episode would be like. There are several series that have animatics that were never fully made into episodes. It’s a very common practice to do so. This existing does not indicate at all there is episodes in the work. Animatics are simply blueprints for how an episode could turn out if it ever happens.

[@ajandbb]

@@chuckingreaper8654 but still its possible you never know.

[@doctorpobrezahd3625]

​@@ajandbb I wish I was as hopeful as you

[@nexenzy5825]

i find this version of the void interesting cause the mystery it had with just being a void with no explanation in the publicly released clips make it intimidating and compelling. this meme replicating cartoon characters amalgam seems to give a whole different tone. how i see it is a commentary on how a lot of big companies (including CN, AS and WB) all are participating in the multiverse/crossovers and rebooting trend, where they take beloved characters either reboot them in this time with hip new lingo for this gen, or they are making massive or highly anticipated crossovers, like the MCU movies use to be. its not inherently about the memes being created organically from individuals online, its more about how companies will try to post memes or insert them into their IP's and media's to try to "fit in" or relate to todays generation in order to make it trend and some do but for the opposite reason, they see right through the disingenuous ploy to make an inside joke that they clearly dont get.

[@gammacxy]

this

[@rainbowmane3233]

I’M NOT GIVING UP ON PIBBY, ALONG WITH INFINITY TRAIN, SYM BIONIC TITAN, & GALACTIC KIDS NEXT DOOR

[@meganphipps4648]

Yeah and trick moon too

[@DoodleThis]

Hell yea my friend!! I’m still hoping for G:KND!

[@flux9629]

you gon be waiting a looooooooong time man

[@eiraanimations9708]

God this was awesome Wish it couldve been made into a real show But just seeing the pilot animatic makes me so happy

[@waywardman7897]

The darkness being the Internet (I think?) is kinda weird, but really funny Really cool pilot, though it's sad it probably won't get made

[@GrilledChesseGamer]

I think ITS probably placeholder for something CREEPY they didnt make since yknow ITS an animatic

[@waywardman7897]

@@GrilledChesseGamer probably, still interesting lol

[@ThePokechester]

I thought of it being like- corporate trying to “modern-ify” shows. It’s very purposefully outdated dialogue, which kinda mirrors how big accounts trying to be relatable on social media.

[@waywardman7897]

@@ThePokechester hmm, that's a smart observation... I kinda agree with that lol

[@BridghamGray]

the darkness represents the internet taking over cable. its a commentary on cable and streaming services. i think its pretty obvious

[@SirLightsOut99]

Is the fact that this really sick concept doesn’t get to exist but Velma gets two seasons, possibly more, a good enough validation to pirate every single max original coming down the pipeline? Asking for a friend.

[@jacobspalace2720]

velma was GREEN LIT for 2 seasons. GREEN LIT. If I see one more person make this comment I’m going to lose my MARBLES

[@SirLightsOut99]

@@jacobspalace2720 well you better prepare something to scoop them all up because it ain’t going away anytime soon. I understand that it was green lit for two seasons, that’s usually how TV works, but you have to look at this from several different perspectives. Think about the number of cartoons that have been just dropped onto Max and left to die while Velma got all of the advertisements. It’s the Starfield of animation.

[@RealSpinningRat]

Unrelated

[@Viatrixy]

Part of the reason why they couldn’t release the show is because of copyright and characters that were supposed to be used in the show. It was too much money to get the license for all of the characters, the other part is because they were working on crap like Velma.

[@damiannunez5181]

It would be a show plus movie

[@robert.t.adventures3293]

11:27 The Darkness still got Bun Bun After singing Goodbye! That Feeling When your World ENDS!!

[@mamba7160]

would’ve been a dope start to the series. disappointed that the Darkness was gonna be a bunch of internet memes though, that took half the tension out of it. Bun Bun whispering “dab” while he passes out is just funny

[@shagLSSJ]

tbh the dead memes part was cut out from the final version considering that the pilot on the adult swim channel has none of it

[@mamba7160]

@@shagLSSJ I thought it was the other way around cause they wouldn’t be able to license all the CN characters for a show

[@Engieanimations]

​@mamba7160 they could as shown from the trailers, and on reddit there was confirmation that they had all the rights to the characters and it was all planned and was ready to be a show only to be killed by greedy companies not taking it in their channel schedule such a shame man, I do animations time to time and this is the equivalent of progress getting corrupted when It's all done and ready

[@pap7900]

was a bit unnerving to me.

[@thoth7290]

if this pilot was conceived a few years earlier it wouldve been called the dankness

[@sonicfunnelteam9532]

i swear missing out in big bucks just imagine how much they would of made for this

[@ronthomas7377]

This might not be a show, but maybe dodge will finish the show as a web series, considering the darkness is basically the internet

[@Artsqool]

I’m pretty sure he sadly doesn’t own the rights to the show anymore, cartoon Network extended the copyright for Pibby.

[@Ozzy622]

​@@ArtsqoolWHY!?

[@Artsqool]

@@Ozzy622 cartoon Network owns adult swim and adult swim was originally going to be like the place where LWP:A would take place, and I’m pretty sure like after all of those like April fools things, adult swim, still owns the rights to learning with Pibby, but greenley absolutely does not anymore I think, I am bad at explaining stuff

[@ShiftyMungus]

He can’t, CN still owns the trademark

[@Artsqool]

@@ShiftyMungus exactly

[@waddupjd]

Now just waiting for someone to leak Coyote vs Acme

[@shagLSSJ]

god i hope

[@YB._]

idk whats that but hope someone leaks it

[@GothicPixie]

@@YB._This is a good debriefing on it. Really upsetting situation all around :/ kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3-VoJt_ppKpY8Usi=030tmHjbsJj4WAyi

[@DOUGHNUTTEE]

@@YB._a fully finished coyote and roadrunner movie, somewhat similar to the chip and dale one, that was completely shelved for nobody to ever see

[@YB._]

@@DOUGHNUTTEE ok

[@BrainlessUnicorn]

Watching this reminded me of when I was asked to be on a survey for like new shows an show concepts, funny enough one of them was learning with pibby, but I didn't see just the animatic of episode one I saw the animatic an a full partially animated intro, some scenes were fully animated with storyboard art of what was supposed to happen an animatics for both episode one an some storyboard of episode two but it wasn't fully done so I saw script lines an storyboard art. So I can confidently say I was someone that was on a survey that got to witness pibby long before it was going to be something on adult swim.

[@Mr.Famous..]

How lucky you are bro, honestly, learn with pibby would be a very good program.

[@Kribyking]

So we now know that episode 2 was at least storyboarded… interesting…

[@Anna-hy4sb]

Did You Vote Positively For This?

[@BrainlessUnicorn]

@@Anna-hy4sb I did, I gave it like very positive feedback an said it was a show I had the feeling people would love to see.

[@Sacinyan]

Even if there's almost no chance this will become a show, I would wait 20 years for this to happen if I needed to, it's the one thing that entertained me during a hard time in my life. Sad to see this awesome concept get rejected and other shows that nobody wants get greenlit for a bunch of seasons. I hope this happens one day...

[@ajandbb]

tbh i think there holding back pibby for a special time like this halloween or something but if it wasnt greenlit then why are there storyboards i have a feeling they are hiding the show being greenlit and or they will green light the show once they finish it never say never and never lose hope!!!!!!!!!!!

[@FutureNess_official]

THIS HAD SO MUCH POTENTIAL 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@dippin4dots]

I love that the Glitch represents CEO's and Companies pandering to an internet audience all the while not understanding the culture itself. To say the Glitch is the internet is kinda dumb, since [AS] thrives off internet culture and has made internet powerhouse's such as Unedited Footage of a Bear, Too Many Cooks, many others, and uses many animators from the Internet space like Marc M and Zac Hadel/Mike Cusack. Its more of the internetification of cartoons and tv trying to be like us, when they didnt use the internet like we did so they completely dont understand shit. I think it really is targeting Nickelodeon specifically (Yes they showed the CN logo, but they probably dont want to target competitors like that) cause I feel like they had it the worst. Also obvious with the clear Dora parallels Pibby shows. Nickelodeon somehow has been evolving backwards from ICarly, with it being an INSANE depiction of internet culture, and was really fucking accurate for what it was. But over time they dont really get anything on that level of understanding anymore. but thats just my two cents.

[@TheOldEverglades]

yeah.

[@Craftl0l-l0lCraft]

Was the darkness a reference to how people eventually destroy the feel good cartoons we use to watch as kids?

[@benjaminurzua9119]

for me is like the dark side of the internet "it can corrupt everything, even the most inocent thing"

[@Breexee]

this would have been a really good series based on the pilot. shame the rights are being gatekept from the creator so the show can’t become an indie.

[@Engieanimations]

Fr and the sad part is one of greenly's friend posted on reddit that they had all the character rights figured out all it took was it getting approved for tv 😢 I hope one day they see the love that was for this show and reconsider sitting on the ip

[@NukeOTron]

Why do I get the feeling that the message is how the internet can corrupt everything?

[@aRandomperson-i4m]

Wait a minute.... i did NOT think it will be emojis

[@superkoopa3695]

Since this appears to be an earlier draft of what would become scenes for the trailer, I believe this was created before it was uploaded to the adult swim channel, as it wouldn’t make sense to recreate the same scenes. This also tells us that the internet meme darkness iteration was probably cut or at least watered down. But that’s just a theory… I’m not gonna finish this line you know what i’m about to say.

[@sansationalgaming8420]

Man such a shame that this never got the green light especially since they had this entire first episode alright planned out and even voice acted, this would’ve been amazing

[@Engieanimations]

Fr and it was close to being good for completion too The trailer shows they had all the rights to each of the characters and all it had to take was to them to agree to put it on live tv but since cartoon network didn't want it for no reason, it was killed it was legit at the final stage of being a show only to be murdered by the greedy corporations not wanting it

[@scrungles7853]

Maybe someday. Stay hopeful.

[@TribeMSP]

This could of been a super good show for a next episode (like a to be continued)

[@NitroArtTart]

You know, I’m willing to bet the reason it got cancelled was cause Apple realized they were using their emojis. Or Adult Swim realized they were using Apple emojis and didn’t wanna risk it-

[@Artsqool]

I’m pretty sure it was the characters who are not owned by Cartoon Network, in the trailer Pibby is shown looking into SpongeBob’s mirror

[@kabukijr3675]

This is literally an animatic not meant to be released to the public, so they can use a lot of copyrighted material as placeholders for the final product. For example The Owl House leaked animatic had King's crown as an image of the Burger King crown so the artist doesn't have to redraw it multiple times.

[@YB._]

@@Artsqool It's supposed to be a Crossover Show between adult swim and nickelodean and cartoon network-

[@trentonthomas5255]

The reasoning is that there wasn't a place to put the show, licensing from all the shows most shows that crossover costs a lot of money the emoji or the spongebob background wasn't going to be an issue just an animatic and yt thing, and the show is a bit of risk to create

[@justamicrowave5297]

They would have just changed it then, it wouldn’t be that hard to make something similar but still legally distinct, they don’t own the rights to emojis as a concept because android has their own.

[@Justabookcauseyeah]

I know why it was canceled, It was critical of corporate social media

[@LeafRazorStorm]

4:06 Hey, it's the lines they used for the Rick and Morty credits!

[@syabilaazri7834]

In other word, that April Fools episode really is a glimp pilot of this show....

[@snowkitty1914]

I was SCREAMING in the Spot The Difference part

[@PuffyPinkSpirit]

Same :(

[@AhmetEnesTamdemir]

Please keep this going THIS IS A LEGEND

[@MrSentinel14]

I did not expect that corrupted characters can talk but their voices are distorted

[@giovanni8532]

Wait so the show is actually Pibby Vs Brainrot?

[@antonyproduction-1]

That's better

[@jrogon5072]

This is actually crazy

[@tyrantking9000]

I know that the reason why this show wouldn't be greenlit is because of copyright and the like, but I think this is still a decent concept.

[@shagLSSJ]

@@tyrantking9000 they have permission for every character that appeared in the pilot that adult swim posted on their channel, copyright was not a problem

[@i-am-biggg]

According to one of the co worker, cartoon network couldn't find a place for it and dodge already got rejection multiple times from executive( probably WBD shit).

[@onettaviator5396]

​@@i-am-biggg "Couldn't find a place for it"? Like, a time slot?

[@lenardbordo9838]

I know the show is dead right know but I wanna hope that it will get a chance with a future regime change at Warner Bros. You know the saying: "Never say Never."

[@joshthethomasfanjustdances1119]

Wow - What a masterpiece of a pilot episode, I know Pibby unfortunately didn’t get greenlit but it did receive another extension for unknown reasons. Why isn’t a masterpiece like this reality, why isn’t Velma cancelled, why didn’t clone high’s reboot receive another season? Indie cartoons are great and all but when will actual cartoons be resurrected?

[@Gamerdoge668]

I’m genuinely upset that this show never saw the light of day…

[@em-diamond9769]

1:15 "Are you ok?" *lip-smack*

[@brandr7964]

Maybe one day, one day with enough fighting and support of millions of fans this might become an actual series

[@NarocoSuper]

I'm so mad this isn't a show, but I pray that one day it will be. This concept is so good! And I love how the Darkness is just Internet culture and memes.

[@TheIllusiveMan11]

It's such a shame this show got scrapped because it's a such a cool idea and this is really well executed. It's how you make a horror theme thing with kids stuff and do it well.

[@Xenoraniumwolf]

For just an animatic pilot, it's really good and had so much potential. CN deciding to just shelf the project is just awful on their part. They could have created such a great show yet squandered the possibilities of ever making it a reality. It's truly heartbreaking to see that this will be the closest we'll ever get to a Pibby: Apocalypse show. I just hope to hold on to the hope that CN would greenlight this show.

[@arnoldpham5223]

10:31 “F………….U………..” “F.U” Funniest shit I’ve ever seen

[@therealg4m1n8r]

Me when someone says a movie spoiler

[@jerseyhidalgo7421]

Language.

[@Brittanysue82]

F, U, N. That spells FUN! That’s what she was gonna say.

[@wholetthisguyontheinternet]

​@@jerseyhidalgo7421give mom the ipad back lil bro

[@Funn11111]

@@jerseyhidalgo7421bro 😭🙏💀

[@raflamar4146]

I’ll never understand why we never got this show, it’s a wonderfully original concept! I’d love to see this realised someday

[@MrFoxInc]

I could have seen this working if every episode featured a different genre of cartoons getting corrupted in a way that wouldn't just feel like "cartoon character makes creepy face :o" but actually like something is very wrong and depressing, so much so that it even seems to reach out to the audience. 1:14 was my favorite part in that regard. It felt strangely immersive and uncomfortable, more so than anything else in this episode. I'm not sure how you would make that work with other cartoons though and unfortunately, the schtick of "what if family friendly content was suddenly creepy" has been so overdone in the past two decades by both the industry and folks online that I don't think that alone would have carried the show. The possible subliminal theme in this one of trying to keep children from the brainrot that is social media was cool, but again, not sure how if that would work in other episodes either. The trailer was great but maybe it was alright that that's where it stopped and the team works on something even greater.

[@THEzombiegamer777]

Holy crap...... @Jakeneutrons "Hug me" got so much right...

[@Im_bor3d0]

I need pibby to come back as an indie animated show

[@Ozzy622]

why indie tho?

[@ShiftyMungus]

@@Ozzy622No annoying CEOs I think.

[@YB._]

This is better than Velma even Pibby even not having a single episode

[@rosyhvideo2587]

Facts

[@HELLOKITTYFANIGUESS]

We should do a protest for max to bring it out to see the light of day. #PIBBYSHOWOFFICAL

[@DaVerySillyGoose]

is this supposed to be horror or comedy because that was the funniest shit ive ever witnessed 😭😭

[@shagLSSJ]

@@DaVerySillyGoose i mean its def not meant to be taking itself seriously if thats what ur asking

[@dayjessika]

The voices are so good great job for who ever made this!

[@exalpergames90]

Ok, I know it doesn’t really matter, but the actual episode of Pibby is THE most kids show-y thing I think I’ve EVER seen. I kinda dislike it for that, but I also kinda like it for that.

[@lolchipperson11person12]

Then again this may be because the setting for this episode is a kids show.

[@exalpergames90]

@@lolchipperson11person12 I know, but I feel like they kinda went over the top. Like, I don’t remember a single show I watched as a young kid that thought me what sound the W makes.

[@lolchipperson11person12]

@@exalpergames90 True. Then again this whole pilot is weird with the whole ‘lit’ and like ‘woke’ stuff.

[@exalpergames90]

@@lolchipperson11person12 yeah but unlike the kids show stuff, I’m pretty sure that that wasn’t supposed to be in the actual show.

[@lolchipperson11person12]

@@exalpergames90 true, still feel it’s weird though.

[@OverbakdCrakr]

6:11 Okay wait. Cause why did this actually get me a little bit. Like, it crawled into Allie's mouth and everything. I don't know if I jumped in fear or disgust, but that got **SOMETHING** out of me.

[@Bruh404-i4e]

My theory about the darkness is actually something about pop culture and censorship and even gen alpha, because the color of the blob is a black color, symbolizing the black retangle, a censorship shape for words and such.

[@jack_z0]

It's sad that this couldn't continue . I was really looking forward to this series booming and adding more episodes and collaborations . Hopefully this gets revived soon

[@kingjamesbendy4505]

6:19 I’m so mad that they removed the “come back and dab!”

[@Bruh404-i4e]

I hear the dab i think.

[@seniy2801]

But it's more scary then #dab

[@kingjamesbendy4505]

@@seniy2801I don’t see the darkness threatening when it’s over here saying “it’s lit fam!”

[@coophead_gamezz]

How tf we get more Velma seasons and not even a single Pibby episode 😭

[@GoofyAhhJJ]

I found you coophead

[@Iplayswl]

We found you coophead :)))

[@KingMushroomAnimations]

Found you coop 💩

[@coophead_gamezz]

@@KingMushroomAnimations hi guys 👋👽

[@Cadeett]

Copyright issues most likely

[@some_guy117]

I just realized, This is basically the closest we’ll get to having a show about Zalgo

[@nicoleriggins27]

I make sure, learning with pibby will come back for 2024 even i blame warner bros, and i don't blame dodge greenley & adult swim It will released first aired on oct, 30 2024 and last aired may 18, 2025.

[@dogedude3299]

It’s not going to happen

[@nicoleriggins27]

@@dogedude3299 i think it was warner bros's fault.

[@GrilledChesseGamer]

ITS dead

[@nicoleriggins27]

@@GrilledChesseGamer that's sad, but i still blame warner bros.

[@Husker_drunkahhcat]

I mean it's a chance I got a idea of how it'll work So how like pibby is a not official cartoon character make new cartoons aka put fanmade characters into the show

[@xandrietv6958]

This is literally amazing! I love the characters like I knew I would. Man I'm glad someone put it out there. At least we have some closure and got to see the first EP concept.

[@EnragedM0nkey]

I hope David Zazlav gets fired and blacklisted from the industry.

[@HichamBoudouma]

even if it get new président for wb it still wont greenlit pibby

[@McCraeTheMediaLover]

As sad as Pibby was cancelled,it did one good thing,it really predicted the tragedy and fate of Warner Bros. and it's subsidaries once they merged with Discovery and brought the studio into a really dark age with project cancellations,the pruning of Cartoon Network with it's original headquarters and online website shut down,reduced to 9 hours, and giving Adult Swim more mainstream,removing content off Max,and tax write-off's. As WB is still alive and doing well in spite of it's infamous parent company making these infamous cost-cutting decisions,they need to make CN important again and sell Pibby to another company(probably Amazon,they would gladly accept the show),Disney(through 20th Television Animation),and Paramount Global(through Comedy Central,since it would be like Drawn Together for a new generation). Also,fire that dirtbag,David Zaslav.

[@skymixel101]

It sucks that this show isn’t getting greenlit. Hope Dodge gets the chance to make it into an indie show, sure, we won’t have the major push the Warner Bros. characters have, but it would’ve been an amazing opportunity. Also, I also hope the voice actors of the show find better acting jobs. Pibby’s actress actually sounds phenomenal! I wish she and the other actors find projects where they belong and actually work well!

[@Asundur17]

are corporations allergic to money? by the gods why isn't this a series yet.

[@waluigisbizzareadventuresi1430]

Everyone's complaining about Velma season 2. Fact is, though; it was only one season split into two. This is a regular practice done so that companies can get two seasons without having to pay gor the second one. On the bright side, it might mean that we won't get a season 3 for that train wreck. Unless the hate watching gives it enough views for them to give it a third. In that case, I think people will start leaking I.P addresses out of hate for the show. Understandable.

[@McCraeTheMediaLover]

I don't know why Warner Bros. Discovery keeps cancelling projects like this,the live-action Ben 10 movie,Bye Bye Bunny,Coyote Vs. ACME,Driftwood,and Batgirl in favor of trash like Velma,A Minecraft Movie,and more seasons of Teen Titans Go!. They needs to stop with the cancelling projects thing if David Zaslav would step down and retire as CEO,caused he's caused enough damage to WB already and hurting it's studio and reputation.

[@SnowyDreeumrr]

I like how pibby was already Infected but since she had a strong will and a strong mind causing her to be immune For a short while like in the finale design her immunity starts to fade away which is her arm the one she used to try and grab bun bun is infected so if the darkness was destroyed pibby would take her life since she already infected from the start

[@okayscreamingnow]

Making the villian of this show A personification of the internet taking over television as if it were a virus is genuis and idc what anyone says The internet IS a virus

[@ryanwilkins2233]

7:52 Hannah Barbra logic

[@shockwave191]

To be honest, when the reveal that the “pibby glitch” is nothing more then the internet invading. It ultimately just lessens the horror aspect that the show tried to pitch. I mean how do you go from seeing your childhood being turned into horrifying monsters while also saying slangs like “dab” or “lit”. That sense of eerie and dread is just gone because of the “lol XD wild” virus

[@caldw615]

Have you seen what the internet does to these characters? There's so much cursed stuff that exists.

[@gammacxy]

personally i dont think the dead meme part of it takes away from the horror, i think its pretty cool and wouldve been more funny at some times

[@thegameglitcher2439]

I understand where people come from, but you have to remember this would have been an AS show and this is also just the pilot. A pilot episode could be different from the main series (Owl House for example has an infamously bad pilot). Also, as the show itself seemed to get more gritty over time, the darkness could have started as memes and turned into something else. They could have incorporated the idea of creepypastas for example.

[@MalrusOSC]

Interesting. Seems like the corruption this whole time was actually very cringey. Almost like a metaphor for shows trying to relate to kids!

[@GSPScorp]

*So the darkness is literally internet brainrot. If this was a show I would’ve wanted them to do in a different direction tbh. Kinda removes the fear of it a bit.*

[@aMynor_]

I think the darkness is going to be more like an AI sort of approach, where the more shows it consumes the more it learns and the more tactics and complexity it gains, making it more and more creepy as the show would’ve progressed. Cause the trailers definitely showed something a lot more eerie

[@jarnman101]

I always thought the vision was that the darkness was the abstract concept of the chaotic internet taking over shows. Not that it was a bad thing, but that we sometimes corrupt and mangle these things online as a result of everyone being able to comment and make art for a show. The internet would be scary to the structured people of tv shows

[@Gregness745]

I think we should’ve still given it a chance. Remember how adventure time started? Pretty silly, but then the story grew more complex and expanded beyond from what was expected. The trailer for Pibby is pretty grim, remember that this is just the pilot. As the show would’ve gone on the darkness would’ve grown more aggressive as it went on, dodge showed some of the designs a corrupted Yosemite Sam, safe to say it’s pretty scary.

[@yeeyeeyeeye]

I'm pretty sure that was removed because the final cut that AS used in the promo had none of that.

[@gammacxy]

how does it remove the fear

[@Ruben_estrada-f5k]

What if this is dodge greenly or adult swim secret account and uploaded this to see how viewers would either like or hate this lol

[@YB._]

ofc 100% of the viewers will like this

[@theofficialpocket]

shoving the darkness in aligatorr's mouth is WILD

[@hawaevacamara9963]

1:02 For the WHAT sound???🤨

[@averagehomedepotmanager3221]

H

[@epictophatman4511]

God fucking damnit. I hate living in the reality where this show never got green lit. This would have been HBO’s peak. I’m confident that after the pibby cancellation, the hbo will start its downfall. There’s no way the green lit 2 seasons of Velma isn’t of pibby and coyote VS acne.

[@kitocco9827]

Huh. I guess the leak of the alleged show bible saying the darkness is irony poisoning was true after all. And it was such a topical premise considering what the internet did to Sonic & other characters. I mean, could you IMAGINE how the Shadow stages of Sonic X Shadow Generations would’ve been received if they came out during the “meta” era?

[@cozyteardrop4you]

this reveals that the darkness isn't just really a glitch, it's the outside internet also this is very tame, no swears, nothing else, just... how?

[@derekfunstuffidk5722]

The farmer lady litteraly said F.U

[@gammacxy]

why does it need swears or over the top stuff

[@onettaviator5396]

Probably because it's just starting.

[@cozyteardrop4you]

@@gammacxy because... adult swim likes well, adult stuff?

[@gammacxy]

@@cozyteardrop4you it doesnt need all that extra stuff to be adult

[@JackBond1234]

So the world ending darkness is gen z culture? That's lit fam

[@Red-boi2012]

That feeling when your w🌎rld ends

[@WorkOfCheemse]

Spill the tea

[@VeltaThatRandomDude]

2:44 NESS?? LIKE NESS FROM (your) MOTHER?!?!!!

[@mj-kunsanimechannel6411]

Oh my your hand pibby 12:12