So The Owl House "Pilot" Just Dropped

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The Owl House "Next Time On" animation test, or as fans claim as the pilot, just surfaced onto the internet, and it provides an interesting look into how the Disney show has evolved from its conception! A lot from this test reminds me of Gravity Falls while also giving us a peak into a darker version of the show we have today. Let's break it down!
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[@RoundtableVids]

Peep the animation test: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6rZlYqrirV6kKc

[@mayracordero382]

I love the early animation of the owl house roundtable and I like how this all began and I'm going to miss the owl house.

[@RaulGonzalez-re9fh]

If it's straight character show that's easier have longer season at least that's better for plot for startersomeone to sleep that's a boy kiss from it that's better.

[@brandonscott5544]

GREAT THE ROUND TABLE 👍

[@ChaosAndyLOL]

Tomotasauce made a video about this that was really funny. You should check it out

[@rareoats]

@@RaulGonzalez-re9fh dear stranger: I had an entire stroke reading that. Not half, not three quarters, full.

[@tayloredwards4968]

I really love this show. I'm really sad that is ending so early. I'm so mad at Disney for throwing away such a great show.

[@Boltofbrilliance122]

As Ture as that is be happy were at least getting a ending Unlike Infinity train (I didn't even watch that but I still feel bad that it didn't properly end)

[@goblintube2562]

yeah but we got a great story with the collector

[@fictionverse7292]

They need to be more flexible and change things up

[@jazlynlopez2703]

I know right 😢

[@avch1209]

then it happens that Disney give the creator the opportunity to make a reboot with all the discarded material but she has to accept the condition of no longer considering the current program canonical and say that the reboot is the canonical program

[@JustAnotherMars]

I will never see Willow as “Paulina”

[@avch1209]

So the show was originally going to be the (mis)adventures of Luz and Willow? That would have felt a lot like Regular Show or Spongebob

[@lavendernightshade5631]

I wonder if her beta older sister in the siblings au is named Paulina instead of something that starts with a W

[@marcelyuzuki6376]

@@avch1209 i don't think so This Willow would be a friend like she is in the show.

[@austinmcneil8775]

Yeah me neither guys

[@joshuamarvin7400]

Yeah, that name went back to the workshop.

[@Inkoolu15]

It's always interesting to see earliar versions of shows before they become final products. Watching this early animation test of the Owl House was truly something to behold.

[@mayracordero382]

This animation is just wonderful.

[@Hulk1566]

I do wonder what King said about melting the bones of his enemies would be foreshadowing Belos' death.

[@alexc.g8525]

I doubt that, since King hasn't shown any fire related abilities

[@Hulk1566]

@Alex C.G I don't think King will do any fire magic of his own, but I do bet he will surprise Belos and reveal that he is a titan.

[@static_irony]

Haha you're right, guy is melting his own bones at this point

[@bad-girl-coventhe-owl-club1119]

Being able to actually hear what they are saying in the pilot after people guessed for years is so cool and so trippy at the same time.

[@Hulk1566]

I seriously hope that Dana Terrance will make a graphic novel or a Manga series for The Owl House as like a spinoff series. There seriously should be more to explore and so much that Dana wanted to have on the TV series.

[@k4ss_nymphenkora]

One idea for a comic or graphic novel I would LOVE is just the emperors coven guards being hilarious. Like in almost every clip their in they say the most funniest things, along with hunter when hitting a coven about he was just like "Sorry man!" Which was amazing Or maybe a comic series about hunter's life around the castle, and around the guards and coven heads

[@GameTube00]

It’s good hopeful thinking but I honestly doubt it. Remember when they did a SVTFOE comic series for a time? Well that got canned shortly after 5 issues so idk. I feel the same case could happen again if TOH got a comic series but better than nothing I guess.

[@leonishikino6873]

Noone would buy it and it'd take up shelf space at stores lmao

[@tobsonasanya4765]

@@leonishikino6873 said who?

[@leonishikino6873]

@@tobsonasanya4765 if a Star Vs comic can't sell, what are the odds of the Owl House doing better lmao

[@bad-girl-coventhe-owl-club1119]

I'm glad to see that this pilot episode, without losing quality, still retains the show's charm, merging satire of classic fantasy with the weirdness of the setting to create top-shelf humor.

[@vanilla_lice]

I like the more supportive Eda we got… It’s a lot easier to simp for her that way.

[@RaEtMaNe]

🤨

[@Boltofbrilliance122]

@@RaEtMaNe don't judge us simps got to simp

[@Ag3reBe3Boy]

Agreed

[@Isabile-el9se]

Lol

[@iDunnoMan9000]

Based comment lol. I actually think Eda was always supportive of Luz though! Check out the video on my channel about how the story wasn't actually different! :)

[@Starwarsfanboy0928]

This was great. It's nice to have this before we get promotions for the final episode. I am gonna miss this show when it ends this Spring and I mad at Disney that it isn't a full Season 3, but you know what; I'm glad that we at least have this, that serves as a three part finale that can be combined into an over 2 hour film.

[@Jamilbaker12]

The way the show evolved with the community to become a legendary series that easily rivals the likes of gravity falls, amphibia and adventure time. The effort the animators and series creators put into this show is so great, it makes me cry with the fact that we only got ONE EPISODE LEFT. This show will always be remembered in our hearts. 🦉🏠❤

[@mayracordero382]

I love the owl house and I'm going to miss this heartwarming series so thank you dana,ñ

[@moon_kittyyy]

Amphibia will forever be the best

[@anemated20]

Same with Avatar the Last Airbender and Steven Universe for non-Disney shows. I hope the show continues through books and graphic novels at least!

[@tobsonasanya4765]

Eh gravity falls and adventure time?? Not really

[@charlieleseman7847]

I LOVE the Owl House, but i would never compare it to Adventure Time. AT was something special, and it had all the time it needed.

[@wahoo8683]

I'm glad they decided to retool some of the animation and even brought sound finally!!!!!

[@avch1209]

4:40 hunter: even in my past versions I get slapped. What does fate have against me?

[@avch1209]

So the show was originally going to be the (mis)adventures of Luz and Willow? That would have felt a lot like Regular Show or Spongebob

[@marcelyuzuki6376]

No it would be still Luz but like in the show Willow would be luz friend.

[@TheKillerMoth]

I think this version could've been better then the one we got. I love how the designs and the whole world just feels like something straight out of Little Nightmares.

[@homuras]

as much as i adore how the show is as it is, i agree wholeheartedly

[@ivycream7228]

they could make this an alternative timeline

[@olleselin]

But i'm completely happy for what we got

[@Hulk1566]

I do like that they went with staff with their own palisman instead of wands. It does nudge to the fact that Dana Terrance loves Pokemon, and it's pretty cool that most witches have their very own pet like companion.

[@leonishikino6873]

You do realize there exists other monster shows besides Pokemon, right?

[@kennethwilson5925]

@@leonishikino6873 yes, but shes a pokemon fan i think

[@leonishikino6873]

@@kennethwilson5925 ofc she likes mid

[@homuras]

why was the animation so incredibly fluid ??? toh’s animation has always been stunning, especially in scenes where frames are amplified. but the entirety of the pilot left my mouth hanging agape from the smoothness of it all

[@homuras]

nvm yeah, it was the animation test so that makes sense - totally understandable how they had to condense or water down scenes for the sake of budget !

[@avch1209]

6:11 then to return to the thing to the mirror Luz and Willow must say the name Luz 3 times or rather say "ZUL" 3 times

[@bad-girl-coventhe-owl-club1119]

This is quite interesting to say the least, it's so perplexing to see how similar yet different the pilot and the show actually are. As well as some strange things we never got to see (or yet to see) like Puppet Luz. Really makes u wonder what direction the show would have taken of we stuck with this version.

[@idkchannel5163]

Definitely gonna have to check it out thanks!!(great vid btw)

[@avch1209]

3:50 Luz:Now I'm a lot of frogs...it's weird

[@johnstevenson1861]

This feels like an alternate timeline. As the tone and design feels different. Since the multiverse does come into play in certain narratives. I can picture a version of this Owl House existence. More as a what if. Similar to Amphiba-land. Other than that, I hope the current Owl House timeline turns out okay. It would have been interesting to explore this alternative narrative. Sad Owl House is coming to an end. Thanks to anyone who reads this.

[@avch1209]

5:44 I imagine Belos as well as Frieza saying that he has various forms and transformations

[@sasamichan]

that toy Luz coming out of the mirror reminds me of "Yesterday's Lie" meets "For the Future" and could still happen if Liz gets turned in to a toy. idea for video: Things you hope DON'T happen in the last episode along with how likley they are to happen and how you would feel if they did.

[@CristianCastro-fo4qm]

A pretty interesting point they made in this trailer was how luz said she was going to steal magic from the best witches and wizards probably showing that if she couldn't simply learn from anyone revealing that either she could never learn it from eda but that no one even her friends could teach her or wouldn't teach her and she would spy on them and try to either decipher the secret of their magic or straight up take some magic from them like the scroll and page we saw which eventually lead her to either creating her own human magics or realizing magic was too dangerous in human hands or that she never needed magic, to begin with switch from magic to self confidence and improving what she can already do possibly proving her own worth and how capable humans really are magic or no magic.

[@kubat4925]

She never wanted to steal magic, she wanted to learn secrets of wizards who were capable of magic while also being humans

[@AtarahDerek]

I think Willow's name was supposed to be Pollina, not Paulina. Paulina comes from the name Paul, while Pollina is the name Polly (a form of Molly, itself a form of Mary) with the diminutive suffix borrowed from Paulina. Pollina makes more sense because the first two syllables sound and look like the word "pollen."

[@saphiriathebluedragonknight375]

Also makes sense why they would change it, as it is too similar to Polly from Amphibia.

[@rl9217]

Luz: Well this is interesting! Everything is so different! Hunter quietly rubbing his already red cheek: My face still really hurts. Luz: Yeah, I’m sorry my bad…but hey let’s be honest what I did was the most rational thing someone in my position would do…sorry again. Hunter: … Willow: …my name was Paulina?

[@genquin]

Going to be honest this version of Luz sounds painfully naive, Dana made a good choice this Luz would have been wrecked in the series 🤣🤣🤣

[@joshuadunford3171]

I think that perhaps king was always intended to be the way he was, Luz and king just brought into in the “king was once the king of demons” story. So she was trying to learn magic thinking he actually could at one point, while King was trying to impress Luz and refresh his memory to remember the magic he never had

[@bad-girl-coventhe-owl-club1119]

I noticed Eda and Willow's voices sound different, like it's not Wendie and Tati voicin em, and it sounded like Eden was voicin Willow in this. But Luz and King sound the same, just King sounded more violent.

[@Illogical_Tales]

Where’d you get that from

[@Troy_The_Boi]

Didnt you comment the exact same thing on the actual pilot video? i could’ve sworn i saw you from somewhere

[@Illogical_Tales]

@@Troy_The_Boi I don’t remember that either

[@avch1209]

2:08 It would have been interesting if the current King every time he got too angry would change color to its original design in something called "rage mode"

[@sleepylady2723]

It's funny how Disney treated TOH if you put the events in a timeline, like it's instant karma >>TOH becomes popular among kids and teens (and even adults enjoy the show) Disney: "Gay couple confirmed, then it's time to cancel the show!" >>The fans don't abandon the series and still support it and even more people start to support the show Disney: "Uh-oh, looks like we were wrong about it, then let's take all the money we can get from this show before everything is over!" >>The profit the show could give to Disney would be much bigger if they kept the project ongoing, but now their gold mine has a countdown of one more episode. What a shame, mouse.

[@jn0757]

If Disney wasn’t so dumb this show could’ve been even better than gravity falls. Still amazing tho.

[@galaxysymphony5488]

I love this show so much🩵🩵🩵 I wish it got its full season so we could of some more stuff about Phillip and the Clawthrones etc. Even tho it's almost over I'm glad for the ride.

[@n0ahitzsn0ah69]

I love the owl house❤

[@L.U.C.I.F.E.R-]

This channel is almost exactly the same as how I remember it.Damm time flies

[@doggo_lover3059]

The puppet. It was a puppet. Dana has known all along, even throughout the rough draft of the show, she knew. It was foreshadowing everything. Tbh, I kinda wish we actually got that one clip in the real thing. Maybe every time Luz went into the in-between she saw a glimpse of the future, or all the ways she might die, or a montage of all the bad things that could happen in the end, Then we see the puppet 😊

[@moarmy6779]

Not to give false hope here, but what's Disney's angle in bringing out these animation test for the show? Are they gaging are interest in the show to see if they want to make a follow up series or a movie?😏

[@KitCatIsNotACat]

Imagine being form an alternate universe where the pilot version of toh is the real version and watching this video and wondering what “the other version” is like rather than it being the other way around. I hope that made sense lol.

[@joshuaharvey5346]

People who are watching this do not be so alarmed I'm pretty sure what the combined might might of all the fans who watch the owl house I'm pretty sure there will be either a spin-off or remake

[@TricksterNevermore]

Towards the end of the video, where it's showing sketches of early concepts, there's one of Luz and "Paulina" ice skating with each other, but in decidedly _not_ winter clothes. It might just be extrapolation on my part, but given the most iconic time we see a hand-in-hand, almost ice-skate like dance with formal clothes in the actual show is with Luz and Amity on Grom night, it makes me wonder... were Luz and _Willow_ going to be the couple in one of the early drafts?

[@Ghostlostit6712]

Willuz fr

[@slidersides]

It’s almost like an alternate universe

[@ember-fire7583]

It's always so nice and interesting to see the differences between this and what we eventually got in the show. The style of the pilot was more horror like for sure, and it looked like it added a lot more grotesque stuff to it that might've made the show more interesting as a whole in that aspect. It was awesome and cool to see where it kind of all started, and how it evolved throughout its development both in big and small ways. It's a shame it's ending way before it was originally intended, but I try and remember to be grateful as time marches forward, in the sense that it's amazing it got to exist and go as far as it did at all! Indeed it will be one of those shows that'll be remembered for the impact it had and will have on so many for years to come.

[@remymarieflores4571]

Now this is actually I haven't watched in TOH because this is my very first time watching it and it's actually the perfect opportunity for all of us to see it

[@robraze]

Glad they changed King’s color scheme, in this one, the colors doesn’t blend well imo

[@Crows_Hoard]

It's amazing how much something can change (which it probably already had a lot from og concepts to the nto already) from an animation test or something similar to the final product. Sometimes I need to remember that not every idea for a thing will be final lol

[@Elvusmiw]

It looks like disney stripped this wonderful show of all the cool stuff it could have been?

[@pk2317]

Great job perpetuating the incorrect claim that this is the pilot. I’m sure everyone will notice you putting quotes around it and not just presume this is, in fact, the pilot. As you can see from the comments on here 🙄

[@ivycream7228]

well they're going to lose a lot of fans after this, like the only reason why ppl are even watching is bc of toh and amphibia. besides we don't need Disney, they need fans, it's just that they couldn't keep up with what ppl like to watch I get it, there are other shows after this, but id think a lot of ppl will be watching it's just sad to see a lot of the great pilot designs got watered down a few times, and even after that they still decide to shorten s3 despite ppl liking & the popularity

[@SupaFam.]

Btw there is a book called witchlings somewhat based on the owl house but in its own way which they have a pollylina in it and Luz is called “Seven”

[@thatoneandauwu]

Why does King look like a scarier version of the pokemon Cubone...?💀

[@cesarlorenzosmithmartinez4126]

I SUPER wish we got puppet Luz that came out of the window, but if the team ever agree on a season 4, they should at least put some of these ideas into the show

[@Vamroc]

This is why there called PILOTS because they're sometimes not indicative of what a show is like and sometimes a series has multiple pilots made before studio execs decide if a show goes to series

[@electrobob992]

3:17 Probably would have been spelled like "Pollena" *Pollen a* But pronounced "Paulina"

[@avch1209]

5:10 Luz:come on ! spider horse!

[@rkslash1464]

i kinda wish they had kept kings original backstory him not being able to do magic anymmore cus of his amnesia is kinda cool to see yk

[@SyPhase]

No one is talking about the abrupt and unjust cancelation of Final Space

[@shadowsonicad2829]

Does anyone know the song playing in the background?

[@Val-te5xv]

They somehow managed to make Willow even cuter

[@rkslash1464]

i swear on everything i love i saw this way before disney showed it i swear

[@austinmcneil8775]

Hey roundtable I’ve been watching your channel for a long while now and I love your owl house videos and other stuff too keep up the awesome job brother 👍🌟😎🤜🏿

[@Doggynotfound]

This is amazing!

[@CatKun10]

I wish I could watch the full pilot of the owl house that would be awesome also the red eyes that thing has kind of reminds me of one of the Titan hunters

[@Bowl-0f-Soup]

Willows og name was probably a reference to pollen

[@shimiien]

5:37 it blinked at the end of the first episode :p

[@senpaitwinsgacha4450]

Now that the old ceo is gone, maybe this show could be saved with the right amount of work! ( I think 2 or more seasons would be nice! )

[@Troy_The_Boi]

nah, unfortunately its way too late, the final episode of the series is airing in April

[@brandongaylord1039]

I loved this pilot or episode something it does look way more horrific and different it feels more like alternate universe tip of The owl house I still love the show itself.

[@souldrake99]

I will never forget owl house and amphibia both them are gonna one of my favourites

[@callhimtim3188]

I hopped on the party bus that is the ToH fandom during the hiatus after _Yesterday's Lie._ _Follies at the Coven Day Parade_ was the first episode I saw on premiere day, and it's crazy to think that its 1-year anniversary is already just 20 days away. This has been an absolutely wild ride, and I personally can't wait to see the story conclude this Spring.

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Huh, so the Pilot has finally come out somewhat? I gotta say, this looks very interesting, makes me wonder what could’ve been, I am fine with what we got, but I think it would’ve been more interesting to get a little of both worlds. Or was this not a Pilot? Just an Animation Test? Even so, that’s just amazing, in of itself.

[@cesarlorenzosmithmartinez4126]

Replace window with mirror

[@Salt_Master_Queue]

The shirt Eda wears in the shot after Luz says, "How hard can it be?"

[@ma3mc3mu-X]

It bugs me at how pilots and openings have better animation than the project. Imagine if The Owl House was done by Flying Bark Productions, they could've given us the Season 3 we wanted.

[@GojiGaming1993]

something that would be a reallllllyyyy epic cool and that best thing disney could ever do which would be What If Disney verison where it would basically do what ifs with disney movies and shows not including marvel like what if andrias won?, what if luz was turned to stone?, what if Jackson Storm became Mcqueens friend?, and finally what if Anakin Skywalker never became darth vader? my point is think of all the amazing stories we could get if this became a thing and who knows i hopes so because if disney cares about money that much they may do it but hey time will tell.

[@DarkGoldDrawings]

Think if they have more secrets tucked away. Like Gus, Amity, and other characters. What would they have been like?

[@marcelyuzuki6376]

This is ot the full pilot and we saw Amity in other Versions without voices and Gus came only recent to the Story he probably didn't even existed back then.

[@mannala7960]

WHERE'S HOOTY?!

[@rootsnootthnute8598]

Polina, POLLEN-a, pollen, from plants. Plant pollen. She is a plant witch. Willow sounds more sad than Polina, though, which is fitting for her initial story, at least.

[@purrlionpony9317]

The voice in this for eda I'd be glad they used Wendie in the official release.

[@scale455]

I love the original way more, but WE WERE ROBBED OF PUPPET LUZ AND I HATE IT

[@EdwardSanchezProductions]

The owl house is incredible

[@klsounds]

Thanks for showing me this show

[@MatchaMummyMi]

Thanks for the upload 😊

[@cartoonloverzxc3237]

Imagine if we got this on adult swim just think of what they could’ve gotten away with

[@christiannataylor2735]

That broken wand detail is very Harry Potter.

[@eleonora_duec]

I know that the owl house team had to cut the whole series short, so it takes a lot of effort to mush everything into three episodes, but I am SO disappointed with the "new vibe" of the owl house. The owl house is supposed to be nostalgic, and a bit spooky, and while the quality of the animation and the scenes have improved, I feel like the nostalgy and the whole feel of this series is gone.

[@karamixon5815]

The Owl House has ideas like a Prince... But NO Disney! 😠

[@dragonsmith4791]

Maybe though it was Pollena!!! Instead of how we think Paulina!

[@Fayanora]

It didn't "just" drop, i's been out there in the world for at least a year, I'd already seen it a year ago. A lot of people had.

[@levangiorgadze5842]

3:04 I thought it sounded very amphibia for some reason lol.

[@babyjanebonsay8085]

Willow(Paulina??) also sounds like Boscha😭😭

[@mrstickmantas]

The owl house is in the anime section on disney plus

[@kariqdatmenace6642]

King already reminded me of an alolan marowak now his original design reminded me of a regular marowak

[@MaceTheWeirdo]

has nobody noticed that the scary shadow thing at the first time we see king has the same head as the weird bone monster where king was born

[@TheAllSeeingEye2468]

So much lost media coming out!

[@TheFerz64]

So this Is gonna be a remake of the owl house?

[@VessalYT]

No this is a old version

[@TheFerz64]

@@VessalYT oh ok im so Sorry Thanks for telling me

[@KainCarthyst]

How cool would it be to get a reboot down the line

[@CormDaCrow]

Paulina is sort of a pun two Paulina... Pollena

[@manoftheusajones5147]

I didn't know Willow's Name was Paulina!

[@Blue1sh]

This should be a spin off for TOH

[@shadesco]

I Just realised *Thanks* to them *For* the future *Watching* and dreaming