Very Important House (found Disney XD animated pitch pilot; 2016)
Screenshot of the pilot.
Status: Found
Date found: 25 Apr 2024
Found by: Anonymous
In 2016 Jhonen Vasquez (creator of Invader Zim) and Jenny Goldberg (character designer for Rick and Morty) pitched a pilot titled Very Important House to Disney XD. In the pilot an 11 year old name Frolie moves into a very important house and suddenly becomes the caretaker of the universe.[1]
Development
After both Vasquez and Goldberg finished working on their previous shows, they both worked together on the pilot for 4 years to which they pitched it to Disney in 2016 with the network ending up rejecting the pilot.[2] The reason for its rejection was unclear but Vasquez has stated in a (deleted) blog post:
"Very important house didn't gel with the current direction of Disney XD."
Status
For a while, the only footage of the pilot came from a 2016 demo reel uploaded by the YouTube Channel Titmouse. At some point Vasquez uploaded more clips of the pilot to his YouTube and Twitter accounts.[3]
On April 25th, 2024, the pilot was found and uploaded online onto various file-sharing sites along with various other Disney Television Animation Co. pilots and workprints.
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Footage
Videos
References
- ↑ Cartoon Brew article mentioning the pilot. Retrieved 15 May '24
- ↑ Vasquez's blogpost on the pilot's rejection. Retrieved 15 May '24
- ↑ Vasquez's Tweet with more footage of the pilot. Retrieved 15 May '24