Rat Bastard Mini Pilot

The sci-fi comic book series Rat Bastard "Fix For A King" created by Cliff Galbraith was the template for this mini-pilot when Imagine Television developed this project for UPN. Screenplay by Robocop creator Ed Neumeier, directed by Kevin Altieri.
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[@CliffG]

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[@Dbs-s6o]

YEAAAAAH

[@solangegriffin5894]

Really that is so cool

[@solangegriffin5894]

I would like to see more of this incredible animation show Because I like to see what kind of adventures that they’ll have

[@domeen0gt895]

ALL HAIL THE ALGORITHM.

[@solangegriffin5894]

@@domeen0gt895 cool

[@gazashotshell9099]

Why is it that publishers, producers, etc, always go "yeah, this is the coolest thing ever. Never let it on the air"

[@_Muzolf]

It has to be gay and lame. And come on, a crossdressing villain in the pilot? They will not just not air it, they will bury it if they can.

[@TheComedyGeek]

It's my theory that a lot of gatekeepers fear things that are actually good because they make these pinheads feel small. They only greenlight crap that they can put their stink on so it's "theirs".

[@StandWatie1862]

​@@TheComedyGeekThey should feel small. Hacks

[@Outlaw7263]

Tax write offs

[@geNem97]

@@_Muzolf You’re letting queer people live rent free in your head

[@Kodamair]

I’m officially down the KZbin relic animation time machine. I love it.

[@razorburn645]

It's the only think keeping lost media alive at this point.

[@Quickdrawingartist]

​@@razorburn645No kidding, especially since Megas XLR probably won't be released.

[@kecleonic]

This wS a cool discovery today.

[@CliffG]

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[@CheifBreif333]

"And they call me a rat bastard" best line in the whole cartoon

[@thesailormercury2]

you are a rat basted Charlie Brown come to mind.

[@CliffG]

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[@gojira5157]

The artwork is straight out of a 80s/90s cyberpunk anime or manga. Also getting some heavy metal/mobius vibes, especially in the backgrounds. Pretty kino, honestly disappointed it wasn’t picked up fir a series

[@basegod442]

late to the party, but this was already a 90s comic in the same vein as Mirage’s TMNT.

[@bradpotts1747]

much more 90s than 80s bout ready to cut itself on the edge fun though

[@KilgoreTraut]

​@@bradpotts1747 it's definitely got that 90's try-hard edginess, but honestly i find that kind of charming these days, probably from nostalgia

[@Poolboy001]

This looks nothing like an anime or a manga. Why do you weebs say everything looks like your chinese cartoons? If anything, anime and manga are straight out of western comic books and cartoons, since that's what the japanese were inspired by.

[@bradpotts1747]

@@Poolboy001 BAAAIIIIITTTTTT

[@chaosriders79]

RIP DJ Robot: He truely was More Human Then Human.

[@DEthe5150]

*Than

[@Brandonious15987]

​@DEthe5150 Nah man he was more human then he became human. Rip

[@АлексейМаслихов-ы6д]

Author ?

[@g-pa2023]

This gives off hella Batman beyond vibes

[@ThayneGill]

Well Kevin Altieri did direct this pilot. I think he worked on Batman tas and Batman beyond.

[@razorburn645]

Well this definitely has the late 90s to early 2000s feel. I'm also getting a bit of Biker Mice from Mars and Spider man Unlimited.

[@BitestheStuff]

@@ThayneGill That makes sense, I wonder if it was his idea to have animal gene splicing in there then. It was definitely prevalent in this one.

[@erik12501]

And of course, Blade Runner.

[@edgardeitz5746]

I get you; this should've been *MADE AND AIRED...*

[@JTHMSqueeMrEffDBoy]

Man, I love stuff like this. Too bad the days of this style are all but over.

[@AJAJ-vo5qg]

MalcolmMalcontent whe were these days?

[@One3673241]

All the more reason to bring it back.

[@Sonlirain]

It could still work on Adult Swim, doubly since this was most certainly not a kids show. It'd be aimed at edgy mid teens at the very least.

[@jimtaramas6081]

They don't make them as they used to. A real shame.

[@klonoafan2012]

Sucks that every adult animation now has stiff lookin animation like family guy

[@mrfoxly6833]

“Directed by Kevin Altieri” yeah I can see his influence in the art style. Damn shame we never got a series out of this.

[@CliffG]

Stay tuned.

[@wessaie]

@@CliffG oooh, cryptic?

[@CliffG]

@@wessaie that's all I can say for now.

[@solangegriffin5894]

@@CliffG I hope that it will get some more episode of this show

[@solangegriffin5894]

You could be right about that

[@js_galeria]

the moment MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN starts. i knew id love this thing

[@CliffG]

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[@41dn]

"And they called me a rat bastard!" and then he proceeded to rat bastard all over the place, truly the rat bastard of all time

[@mr.zmantorres6818]

Es el morbius antes que existiera morbius

[@Nope2479]

I remember when this played out joke was funny. Never.

[@misterboxhead3045]

I think I was rat bastard mini pilot all along

[@CliffG]

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[@41dn]

@@Nope2479 she rat on my bastard til I

[@walterhaider869]

I like this. Angry, rude and dirty.

[@CliffG]

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[@Greatdictator]

I love stumbling across shit like this . This has such amazeing art direction and well...directing to it .

[@iszi-B]

Yeah me too

[@noahrafter-lanigan2409]

We humans forget that as we go about imposing ourselves on the universe by simple existing, we lose our sense of gratitude for what we had before. We got told that life wasn’t enough, try death and try and try but in following death you find nothing only live bears fruit

[@malixcrash4126]

What the fuck Great Dictator?? I didn't expect yo see you here! Completely agree though, would have killed to see this get made tbh.

[@Transmission_Rory]

How the hell did this not get picked up? I mean, think of the potential.

[@CliffG]

It was made for the UPN Network, which folded. The name was never an issue, it was actually a selling point.

[@LazyPirate8]

@CaptainJunebug99 Netflix would've approved of this if that excist back in the day.

[@klonoafan2012]

I guess it was to extreme and adult for upn and network TV in general along the fact that at this time upn was switching television programming to more sitcom based, and lastly upn has a bad track record of cancelling adult animated shows due to low ratings and shifting programming plans examples are home movies (later moved to adult swim) dilbert gary and mike and game over

[@somethingsomething9008]

This is pre south park

[@JohnDoe-dv6zb]

@@CliffG I remember watching Teknoman on UPN back in '96. This would've been incredible. I miss the grungy overtone of those old shows like The Biker Mice from Mars, Gargoyles, Captain Simian and The Space Monkeys and Spawn.

[@madkat8918]

Too good for TV. To be fair it looks like it would take a massive budget and they just didn't have the balls to see the success this would have had.

[@eliottdeletraz97]

We said "they have no idea about how much success it would receive". But throwing a serie, video game or even a comic book is like playing at the casino : you have no idea if you are gonna get lucky or not. The Studio "Double fine" made really good games, but none of them found their success. It tells us that even if you made a very good game, there are chances that your piece of art would be under the people's eyes and be discover years later. At that time, your studio will be bought by a competitor and you being on the street, nobody knowing you are the one behind the game (if the competitor snake-fully declared that he's the original creator of the game).

[@CliffG]

At the time it was made it had a modest budget. The executives at UPN loved Rat Bastard. unfortunately, Viacom shut down the UPN network in a merger with CBS before it could air.

[@imtrashimtrash1403]

Sooo there's a possible chance for more ....? 😅

[@CliffG]

@@imtrashimtrash1403 Stay tuned

[@Victor-056]

@@CliffG So, Viacom is to blame... As Usual. Figures.

[@DEthe5150]

This perfectly, PERFECTLY embodies animation of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Growing up as child during that time, I was engrossed in the dark stylized animated shows - from "Men In Black: The Series" to "Godzilla: The Series, to "Gargoyles" and the slightly darker "Batman Beyond". This pilot could of had it made had it been accepted - so much potential. I admire it a whole lot and give the animators, the writers and the producers my thanks. Well done!

[@BenHopkins1000]

Don't forget "Spawn". The show was so literally dark I could barely see the characters!

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[@ironhell813]

Subbed. I’m looking forward to news on this! I also want to know if it’s licensable….

[@CliffG]

@@ironhell813 Licensable? What do you have in mind?

[@heynae2016]

2:04 This is...peak writing. This isn't sarcasm, I really like this

[@CliffG]

Thanks -- it wasn't meant to be typical mindless animated drivel, it was more social commentary with a bit of humor thrown in. More like Terry Gillian's "Brazil."

[@heynae2016]

@@CliffG I've never read Brazil. But I can see the social commentary

[@CliffG]

@@heynae2016 It's a film. Robert Dinero has a small part in it.

[@mendelovitch]

@@CliffG It's great hardboiled noir writing!

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[@mida8261]

I miss this early 2000s animation style. Such a shame this never came to be. I'd totally watch it.

[@CliffG]

Stay tuned.

[@WarrezTheWolf]

This looks like it would be a kick-ass show!

[@mida8261]

@@CliffG I hope this means what I think it means. Because I absolutely will stay tuned!

[@dogman985]

​@@CliffG WHAAATTT OMG???! FR?! This is so dope

[@GyroCoder]

@@CliffG I would absolutely pitch in on a kickstarter

[@fireemblemistrash75]

The 90's/2000's were amazing for these types of cartoons.

[@CliffG]

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[@nbfre]

the art style makes me think of spawn the series

[@CliffG]

It's actually done by the guys who worked on Batman: The Animated Series.

[@nbfre]

Cliff Galbraith bruce timm did this!?!

[@CliffG]

No, Kevin Alrieri

[@nbfre]

Cliff Galbraith oh

[@Efbeeiii]

@@CliffG no wonder it looks like it

[@frequentblondie]

Now THIS..... THIS is a thing of BEAUTY. We need cartoons like this again

[@PlotlinePlus]

I mean technically we never got this cartoon. It's a failed pilot. We do have fully produced and finished shows like edge runners and the ongoing arcane though. Edit: just now saw the date. And yeaaaah... The state of adult animation was pretty bleak 8 years ago. Though I stand by that it has improved massively since the 2010's anime boom proved there was a viable market.

[@korblborp]

this is actually from *2000*​, the state of adult animation in the us was much worse...

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[@PlotlinePlus]

@@CliffG oh? Interesting. I might just do that

[@baronvonpenguin6112]

It INFURIATES me that this didn’t get greenlit, holy shit. That was awesome.

[@CliffG]

Thanks, it is a shame but as they say "that's show business." A lot of things go into making a TV show, including something you can't buy: luck. But I am releasing a new comic of Rat Bastard in early 2020.

[@happyjohn354]

@@CliffG you think you might ever pitch the show again? maybe Netflix?

[@CliffG]

@@happyjohn354 I'm not actively pitching it. But I have a new issue of the comic coming out so there may be renewed interest.

[@happyjohn354]

@@CliffG nice cant wait to buy it haven't read the series since middle school

[@good_old_fox]

@@CliffG hello the most recent comic I can find was small doses part 1 from 2012 is there a official online store because am not in the U.S I bought the first 6 on ebay but cant find where I could buy small doses and cant find information on the 2020 one which I guess it should be part 2 of small doses

[@jsmith5212]

i think it's funny only one person wears purple lipstick in that town

[@heynae2016]

Almost like the yellow headed guy in Sin City!

[@XSlimSxadyX]

i dont know a single person

[@eliottdeletraz97]

Yeah 😂 This is a mini pilot after all, the intrigue need to be short so the logic must be minimilise so we can show enough stuff

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[@ghosters1072]

I feel like I just stuck my head through a wormhole to 90s MTV. That was radical

[@CliffG]

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[@SnicketMcGidgette]

This would have been something i would have snuck to watch as a kid. Definitely "banned from the house" type of show I love it

[@grabnaur]

I can see this being a short series on MTV back in the late 90s.

[@CliffG]

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[@maximilianstuhler5571]

It genuinely depresses me we'll never get a show with this kinda vibe anymore

[@CliffG]

Actually, that may not be true. Stay tuned.

[@harryvass9018]

@@CliffG What does that mean?

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[@TikiShootah]

Screams late 90s early 2000s with ever pour lol. Its Spice City, batman beyond, and Spawn all wrapped in a 🐀 package

[@CliffG]

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[@Olemarskan]

Man, whatever network passed on this one missed out big time.

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[@mammothlover1009]

thanks Pan-Pizza

[@WolfMoonWings]

Most 90s/early 2000s animation ever plus it has an industrial sound track?? Sign me tf up

[@CliffG]

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[@MyLatin1]

So master splinter ditches the turtles and becomes a cop. That's the feel im getting from this. I think this could've worked good job on the pilot.

[@CliffG]

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[@monikaradzaj7407]

I still come back to this video just to watch it all over again. So sad that this show was never picked up. It had such a great art style and characters.

[@kaisarr7632]

Should’ve been on mtv or hbo would have been right at home with spawn tas or the maxx

[@gambler942]

​@@kaisarr7632don't forget Adult swim

[@CliffG]

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[@GhostRiderCash]

Shame that this never got picked up. It's pretty damn cool for a pilot.

[@CliffG]

It did get picked up, but UPN, the network was shut down. That's show biz.

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[@thunderhorse9974]

This could of been a good show

[@Collageman90]

Yeah I know and I think I know why it didn’t became a show was because this come out the same time as Batman Beyond was on TV and UPN didn’t want to get accuse for making a Batman Beyond rip off despite this being based on a comic book before Batman Beyond. But still this would of made an awesome kick ass show especially from Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s company.

[@CliffG]

@@Collageman90 That's not the reason. It's because UPN was shut down because of a merger between Viacom and CBS in 2000.

[@Collageman90]

@@CliffG Oh, my bad and I am so sorry. I should of research harder.

[@TheBardbarians]

No, it could HAVE been a good show. Now excuse me while I fly off in my Hatredcopter.

[@CliffG]

@@Collageman90 No harm -- I love all the interest this is getting lately. We had some amazing talent on this project years ago. It's very gratifying so many people are stoked about it.

[@pgcfreitas6810]

Nostalgia and indie animation has been at an all time high as well craving for quality products like this amidst the sea of mass produced slop so hope this get picked someday.

[@CliffG]

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[@good_old_fox]

Wow, the pilot is gaining in views again. I hope more and more people see it, the world needs to know about what could have been. I cant stop myself from stopping by here every few days. It kinda became part of my routine.

[@CliffG]

Tell all your friends.

[@chispenzcree242]

OH MY GOD I HATE THAT THIS WAS NEVER PICKED UP.

[@CliffG]

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[@warrcoww6717]

dude Adult Swim would've picked this up in a second

[@DEthe5150]

Honestly, I'm disappointed that they have not come across this.

[@atomicskull6405]

If they passed on Korgoth they certainly would have passed on this too.

[@CliffG]

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[@xRocketzFighterx]

This kind of reminds me crime animated movies or animes from the 90s and early 2000s. This is pretty well done short. Sucks the main protagonist gets no glory for him and his supporting character's work.

[@SamuelBlack84]

It reminds me of Spicy City

[@CliffG]

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[@WieldingEminator]

HOW IS THIS NOT A SERIES!? This is one of the best pilots I've seen since "Hazbin Hotel"!

[@CliffG]

@CliffG 4 days ago Thanks! Please subscribe to find out what happened to the Rat Bastard series and what may be coming. A new mini-doc is coming.

[@JordanVanRyn]

This only just popped up in my suggestions! I grew up watching animated shows in the 90’s, even saw some adult cartoons. But this slaps! Where has this show been all my life?

[@CliffG]

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[@Ryder_productions]

This is every thing I love, and it’s in a pilot that never got picked up

[@CliffG]

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[@krampus7520]

I love the 80s-90s style of animation and story of this.

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[@theivace9705]

If only someone could direct me to some completed productions that give all the same vibes as this...

[@ghah5701]

Aeon Flux

[@theivace9705]

@@ghah5701 oh... I already know that one.

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[@JonasClark]

This could easily run today with the same 90s animation style and be popular. =

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[@DJEchoPetro]

The potential is absolutely substantial for this as a full show. The overall subject matter and title of the series made it hard to promote on public cable back when this pilot was released. Nowadays, I personally think a show like this is perfect considering the "mature" orientation a lot of shows have no issues with doing today. If Netflix or another streaming service were to pick up on this almost 20-year old pilot and give it the proper show treatment it deserves, it could very well be a huge hit. Like I said, the potential for this to be a full show is absolute and would really fit well within the "modern" mature-orientated crowd. A man can only dream that such a thing will ever happen unfortunately...

[@CliffG]

The name was never an issue. That's not the reason it never aired on UPN. The network was shut down when Viacom and CBS merged in 2000. Kevin Smith, Howard Stern, and Todd McFarlane also had shows that were to be in the same block of programming and none of those shows materialized either.

[@DJEchoPetro]

@@CliffG That makes quite a lot of sense, I had no idea about what happened "behind the scenes" and the clarification is appreciated! Sorry for the misunderstanding initially. Still, big thanks for uploading it!

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[@robroDELTRON]

i fucking loved all of that! why do we have to live in the reality where this show wasn't made into a popular mid 90's mtv show?!

[@CliffG]

We need lost, unfinished, legendary works and unsolved crimes. We need to know there is a vault of thousands of hours of unreleased Prince recordings in a vault in Minnesota that we'll probably never hear. We need to find out what is in the JFK assassination archives and why Kurt Cobain killed himself. We need for our culture's unanswered questions to gnaw at us so that life is not all tied up in a bow and available to binge at a moment's notice. We will never know what happened to D.B. Cooper or who shot Biggie and Tupac. Be we can speculate, we can investigate, we can dream. We may never find Atlantis, but in our hearts, we want to believe it existed.

[@CliffG]

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[@AlexanTheMan]

It's the music that does incredible animations like these justice. Setting the tone is key.

[@CliffG]

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[@digitalwolf9582]

This is awesome on so many levels. Grungy writing. Love it.

[@CliffG]

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[@screwthenet]

See we had such cool and badass stuff to watch from the mid 80s to the mid 2000s, but the handful or two of cartoons that only had pilots would have made things even more awesome. Been so long I cant recall if I saw this back then, cause I loved UPN lol

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[@screwthenet]

@@CliffG YOU GOT IT! SUBBED ^

[@CornelioLazarus-sg4gx]

Feels like something that would have aired alongside Todd Mcfarlane’s Spawn on HBO.

[@CliffG]

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[@jamesdsouza76]

Can't believe how good this is! And all because I was looking through my old Pitchshifter CDs!

[@CliffG]

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[@FreeJazzEnthusiast]

I would have destabilized the economy of a small country for this to have been a full series.

[@CliffG]

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[@TrumbullComic]

Cool. I love the "Calloway Cab" gag. :)

[@SammedWitch]

Omg why isn't this a show

[@CliffG]

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[@inspectahbaby5333]

This is the most image comics 90s late night MTV-ass animation I’ve ever seen

[@CliffG]

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[@horacebones493]

This would’ve been dope, it’s too bad a lot of networks seemed to have no taste back in the day.

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[@capsjukebox]

Greg Proops is the perfect rat detective voice

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[@lexy1293]

Thanks pan

[@captainaomaruvomexekutivko4919]

pan is the man

[@CliffG]

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[@actionman9451]

Such a shame that some series like this one will only ever get to be a pilot episode and nothing more.

[@CliffG]

Maybe not. Stay tuned

[@CliffG]

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[@johnmanning6587]

God dammit, why didn't this become a show? Why can't we have nice things for once, TV? Why?

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[@fantastick00l11]

Ain't no way this masterpiece shows up on my feed 12 years late

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[@jimtaramas6081]

I want a whole series of this.

[@CliffG]

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[@absolutemystery372]

"leaders will lie to us and meaningless media will distract us from the truth" this actually predicted the future like spot on. this is by far one of the best animated things i've seen on youtube in a long time. why did i just now discover this... this is amazing. it is a crime that this didn't get at least one season.

[@justcallmemike1192]

This looks badass. With updated quality it could definitely get green lit from adult swim today

[@CliffG]

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[@jorts_master69]

This short has the same kind of music-video like editing I'd want to have if I animated some of my ideas. I love the atmosphere and pacing of this short, it nicely manages to cram and wrap up a bunch going on in just 5 and a half minutes.

[@razorburn645]

Feels like it should have been apart of the MTV animation block at the time. After Undergrads but before Downtown.

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[@SantiSomchay]

🐀-I can sing 🎶 You put one leg over my shoulder you put two legs over my shoulder Mmmmmphhhhhm!LOL

[@bertdawarrior7106]

I love old animation.

[@eliottdeletraz97]

It's very nostalgic and gives a little reminder about how much talented and potential stuff was in the pipes at that time.

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[@bigbline405]

Boy did the narrator hit it on the head for 2020

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[@drewharvey495]

I hope your show gets picked up by Adult Swim. I was captivated. This could be like the new Cowboy Bebop but funnier.

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[@JAY-1-2-3-4]

This was way better than i thought it would be

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[@FranciscoMartinez-ot7wi]

Simply fantastic, blind executives of UPN....this could have been a cultural icon of the time...

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[@willreese7114]

Was not expecting the singer to look like that.

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[@iancooketapia]

I can't believe this got buried.

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[@FilmmakeroftheFuture]

That prologue to the future is the present!

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[@5GDz32]

I find myself coming back to this at times and it still never gets old.

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[@MurasakiOkamiVtuber]

How did this not become a full TV show? This is AWSOME!

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[@xRocketzFighterx]

I've got all the comics except Small doses. This is a really cool series it was well worth importing these rad comics.

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Thanks -- Small Doses 2 is almost done.

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[@Serbertim]

I would love to see this as an animated series. it is awesome, nostalgic and brilliant.

[@leskijin4988]

This pilot is excellent.

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[@aidanfraga3987]

Man I wished this was made this series. Gives it a 90s vibes which is similar to Spawn, and the Batman animated series. And using a intelligent mutated rat being discarded and hated by everyone who treated him because he's a rat but get used to it, and being as a main character. I'll say this is so similar to Shrek, The Bad Guys, and Nimona. Which this show is gonna be golden tier show if it was made to be a TV show.

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[@lucaschannel726]

Feels like the kind of show where each season has a secret conspiracy hidden that our main lead would discover and have to stop

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[@jackuul]

The Algo just sent this to me. By god in 1999 I would have loved this being a show. At that time I was 14 and discovering animations that were off-kilter and aimed at adults. This was/is my vibe. I am terribly disappointed this did not take off.

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[@pilkkimies]

This is actually well made and Interesting!

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[@clayunderearth1884]

This is so awesome. This looks like a show that my dad or a friend of mines from elementary school would put on for me to watch for me to be obsessed with.

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[@boru25]

Basil the Great Mouse Detective directed by Todd Mcfarlane.

[@GyroCoder]

GOD, YEAH

[@neko-chan1513]

This does look something that came out of the Todd Mcfarlane era

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[@solangegriffin5894]

That rat guy is very handsome and so cool

[@dontmindme1025]

This would've been my favorite show. Man i wish it was made into a show.

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[@ravenvinnie6062]

Damn it this needs to be made!

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[@Tootiefrootietortalini2001]

It’s truly a crime that it did not get greenlit 😢

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[@uppishcub1617]

This is a dream series for me. Has all the elements I like, presented in a way I love. Damn shame it never got picked up.

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[@Juria316]

Damn, I wish this had gotten picked up. I wonder, is it too late to see if Netflix would be into this? Stranger things have happened, so the idea of them resurrecting a forgotten cartoon doesn't seem too farfetched.

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[@anthonyjones9010]

Love the animation.

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[@anthonyjones9010]

@@CliffG You got it! I showed this to my sister and she absolutely loves it.

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@@anthonyjones9010 Cool! Show it to anyone who will listen to you!

[@joshgulisano1863]

Thanks Pan Pizza. This looks awesome.

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[@ArmoredarmadilloX]

Found out about this a few days ago, been sharing this with friends who've pretty much all agree this would've been amazing. If any hope remains for this to appear on a different channel or service... Id support it 100%

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[@gothtaku6666]

American animation passing up quality ideas every chance it gets

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[@RyanClubb-q9w]

man this would have been a hit. man.... why does good shows like these get no love.

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[@EvaRojano]

Just shared this on my RoboCop page as I am a huge admirer of Ed Neumeier, so sad this had a lot of potential

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[@CrashWeezerman]

For anyone who says that the description of the future in the intro sounds like the present day, it did back then too.

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