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The Butcher (lost Nickelodeon puppet short film; existence unconfirmed; 2001)
The Butcher (name disputed) was a reported puppet live-action short film from the early 2000s, featuring puppets made out of actual animal bones. It was brought to semi-popular attention through a post on the r/tipofmytongue subreddit by user "deaduser00"., The intro showed the title card in white with a black background, and the film itself was entirely in black and white., There was also a pair of human hands holding a butcher's knife, who would chop up the animal puppets. Additionally, there were reportedly scenes of animals inside glass containers, and one scene in particular where the animals fuse together to create "an abomination".
Gadgets (partially found showtape recordings of animatronics; 1980s)
Gadgets, also known as Gizmos, was a small restaurant chain located in the United States. The restaurants featured animatronics from the popular multimedia franchise Looney Tunes, known as The Looney Tunes Revue. There was also an animatronic named Sammy Sands, located at the lounge., Animatronics during this time period were accompanied with showtapes, which contain programming information and audio such as music and dialogue. There were allegedly 55 showtapes made for The Looney Tunes Revue, and at least 6 made for Sammy Sands. Some audio has surfaced of these showtapes, and there’s credence to the theory that some are in the hands of private collectors.
New Super Mario Bros. (lost early builds of Nintendo DS 2D platformer; 2004-2006)
Before the game was officially released on May 15th, 2006, the game had several early builds shown off at various events and websites. While these builds have many videos and images proving their existence, the builds have not been dumped in any form and are considered lost., New Super Mario Bros. is a 2006 game for the Nintendo DS. The game is a regular game in the Super Mario series, and is a return to the 2D gameplay the classic games in the series are known for. The game was a critical and financial success, selling over 30 million copies, making it the best selling game on the Nintendo DS and one of the best selling games of all time.
Red Hot Chili Peppers (partially found unreleased songs from American funk rock band; 1984-2019)
Red Hot Chili Peppers is a popular american rock band founded in 1983 by vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons. Over the band's career, there have been many songs that have yet to be released, either partially or completely.
Batatoon (partially found Portuguese children's programming block; 1998-2006)
Batatoon was a kids programming block from Portugal, which aired on the television channel TVI (Televisão Independente) from November 1998 to March 2002, with a followup block airing shortly after and a short-lived revival in 2006. The show starred two clowns, Batatinha, performed by António Branco, and his sidekick Companhia, performed by Paulo Guilherme., Due to the nature of programming blocks, only a handful of interstitials and full episodes have surfaced online, with clips of the original block featuring Companhia being in general the most commonly available due to its popularity back in the day.
Super Smash Bros. Slamfest '99 (lost livestream of promotional event; 1999)
To promote the first game on the Nintendo 64, Nintendo held a promotional event called Super Smash Bros. Slamfest '99. This event featured various costumed characters from the game fighting each other in a boxing ring. The "fight" was livestreamed via RealPlayer, however the livestream has never surfaced., Super Smash Bros. is a 1999 game for the Nintendo 64 where players can fight each other using various iconic Nintendo characters. The game was a massive success, spawning a large fanbase and five other games, with the most recent game being Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in late 2018.
Frogger: Ancient Shadow (partially found PC port of puzzle platformer; 2006)
Frogger: Ancient Shadow is a 2005 puzzle platformer developed by Hudson Soft and published by Konami. The game was released September 27th, 2005 on the Playstation 2, Xbox, and Gamecube with a PC release coming out the following year., On August 16th, 2020, two Highway Frog Discord users named Kneesnap and Flairieve were able to pull some files and the game's executable from the latter’s old hard drive, revealing how the Konami Live Online Game Controller accessed the files necessary to run it., The reconstructed PC port was completed and released on September 12th, 2020, however the original PC files after the first two worlds of the game still remain missing.
St. Elmo (lost silent drama film based on book; 1914)
St. Elmo was a silent drama film that was distributed by the Box Office Attractions Company (William Fox's film company that would become Fox Film Company, which then became 20th Century Fox). It was produced by the Balboa Amusement Producing Company. It was based on the best-selling book of the same name by Augusta Jane Evans, and was the first adaptation of the book to be feature-length., Although it was a success financially, it was not as much of a success critically. Along with this, the film is one of many of Balboa's films of which no copies are currently known to exist.
Kitaro of the Graveyard (partially found artwork from kamishibai street plays; 1930s-1950s)
Gegege no Kitaro (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎) is a multimedia franchise known for popularizing the use of yokai, Japanese spirits and monsters, in pop culture. The series first started off as a type of street theater known as kamishibai, and was originally created by Masami Ito before being adapted by Shigeru Mizuki. At the time, it was known as Kitaro of the Graveyard (Hakaba Kitaro, 墓場奇太郎)., Some of Masami Ito’s original Kitaro of the Graveyard artwork has been recovered, and is featured in books such as Kamishibai Showa History (紙芝居昭和史). However, much of it still remains lost to time.
Katamari Damacy Online (lost massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on puzzle-action game series; 2010-2012)
Katamari Damacy Online (괴혼 온라인 출시) was an online multiplayer game developed in collaboration between South Korean game studio Windysoft and publisher Namco Games., Releasing to the public in February of 2010, the game would remain active for two years before being shut down sometime between February and March of 2012., The MMO was exclusive to players who lived in South Korea, and introduced a number of new features, characters, and items never before seen in the franchise. Although gameplay footage and official artwork has surfaced online, the game, along with all of its assets, is considered lost.
Kiwis by Beat! (partially lost webcomics & related material; 2003-2015)
Kiwis by Beat! is the collective title of webcomics and art created by Ryan Armand, and the name of the website in which most of his webcomics were hosted. Armand’s webcomics were often of the black comedy and drama genres. His most popular work was the webcomic minus, which ran from 2006 to 2008 and was nominated for an Eisner Award in 2007., The original Kiwis by Beat! website expired in early 2016, and nobody has discovered Armand’s whereabouts since (online or otherwise). Thanks to the work of a handful of dedicated fans, however, most of his comics are available for viewing on “mirror” websites, though there is still some material of his that has yet to be recovered.
TV 8 Kids' Fun Festival aka "Pink Morning Cartoon" (partially found animated TV children's show; late 1990s)
TV 8 Kids' Fun Fest was an animated children's show that aired on the station WINJ-LP in Columbus, Ohio. The series featured animated shorts and songs narrated and sung by Reverend Ella Flowers, the owner of the station., Only a few clips of the show have been found., On April 16th, 2007, YouTuber "Jenkem Chic" uploaded the first video of what became known as "Pink Morning Cartoon," titled "?????". In this video, a low-quality VHS rip of an unidentified cartoon, a woman (commonly mistaken for a man) narrates the story of a grandmother and her two grandchildren trying on hats in an "old hat room".
The Seven Colors: Legend of PSY・S City (found Masaya Matsuura computer game; 1993)
The Seven Colors: Legend of PSY・S City is a Mac-exclusive explorative point-and-click adventure. Of note is it being the debut of Masaya Matsuura, Much like every game to follow in Masaya Matsuura's library, the game has a penchant for quirky humour and surrealism., The game's objective is to rescue all the coloured hearts (unlike American standard, Japanese culture dictates seven major colours: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Light Blue, and Purple.) in PSY・S City and, in doing so, bring back the night. The graphics are made primarily out of pre-rendered cel-shaded computer-generated environments.
Cameraheads (lost creepypasta; 2008)
Cameraheads (otherwise referred to as Camerahead, The Cameraheads, "I killed a Camerahead", etc.) is an early creepypasta first posted on the paranormal boards of 4chan in 2008, The plot of the creepypasta involved a man who discovers a collection of books and a torn backpack scattered on the ground while walking, with signs of a struggle being indicated. Inside the backpack, there was a video tape, a broken camera, and a handwritten note that says "I killed a Camerahead". The man begins to research what happened and what the Cameraheads are, only to quickly find himself being stalked by the creatures, whereupon he begins to descend into madness.
Castle in the Sky (lost alternate ending of Hayao Miyazaki film; existence unconfirmed; 1986)
Castle in the Sky (天空の城ラピュタ in Japanese, also known as Laputa: Castle in the Sky in Europe and Australia) is a 1986 Japanese animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki., Castle in the Sky is considered so iconic in its home country that it has aired annually on Japanese TV since 1988, Sometime in 2007, images were posted on the Japanese social networking site Mixi that seemed to be from one of these airings., While the images were poor-quality, one could tell that they differed from the final film, and there seemed to be credits imposed onto the film itself, leading some to believe it was from a possible alternate ending.
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Article additions
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic "Spike at your Service" (lost production materials for alternate version of animated fantasy series episode; 2012) 19 Sep 2020 [New]
- Power Of The Dark Crystal (lost cancelled sequel to "The Dark Crystal" fantasy film; 1982-2014) 16 Sep 2020 [New]
- St. Elmo (lost silent drama film based on book; 1914) 15 Sep 2020 [New]
- Brainsurge (partially found episodes of Nickelodeon game show; 2009-2014) 15 Sep 2020 [New]
- Superscope Storyteller and Tele-Story series (partially found series of audio cassettes and VHS video storybooks; 1973-1989) 13 Sep 2020 [New]
- Behind The Music (partially found VH1 documentary series; 1997-2014) 13 Sep 2020 [New]
- Whew! (partially lost soundtrack of CBS game show; late 1970s) 12 Sep 2020 [New]
- Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? (lost Fox reality special; 2000) 12 Sep 2020 [New]
- Suicide Squad (partially lost deleted scenes of DC superhero film; 2016) 11 Sep 2020 [New]
- The Seven Colors: Legend of PSY・S City (found Masaya Matsuura computer game; 1993) 11 Sep 2020 [New]
- Beat Shazam "Demi Lovato" (partially found unaired segment of Fox game show; 2018) 09 Sep 2020 [New]
- Cyberchase: The Poddleville Case (partially found pilot of PBS Kids animated educational series; 1999) 07 Sep 2020 [New]
- A Licas e o Zé (partially found Portuguese animated TV series; 1957-early 1960s) 06 Sep 2020 [New]
- Ours, London (lost performance art short film; 1998) 03 Sep 2020 [New]
- Summer Headrush 2009 Series unreleased albums (lost James Ferraro albums; 2009) 02 Sep 2020 [New]
- Call My Bluff (partially found NBC game show; 1965) 02 Sep 2020 [New]
- SpongeBob SquarePants "Shanghaied/You Wish" (lost English audio from alternate "Patchy the Pirate" segments; 2001) 02 Sep 2020 [New]
- Azumanga Daioh (partially found Animax English dub of anime series; 2012) 01 Sep 2020 [New]
- Pump It Up 2010: FIESTA - "Let's Go Again, Korea" promotional event (partially lost promotional DLC for arcade game; 2010) 30 Aug 2020 [New]
- Our House (partially found British sitcom TV series; 1960-1962) 30 Aug 2020 [New]
- Steely Dan (partially found songs; 1969-2000) 29 Aug 2020 [New]
- The Dark Crystal (partially found high quality version of workprint/director's cut of puppet fantasy film; early 1980s) 29 Aug 2020 [New]
- Magical Suite Prism Nana (partially found anime OVA series; 2015-2016) 28 Aug 2020 [New]
- Diamanda Hagan Reviews (partially lost online video review series; 2009-2016) 28 Aug 2020 [New]
- Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? "Aud Lang Gone" (unproduced episode of PBS children's game show; 1992) 25 Aug 2020 [New]
- New Super Mario Bros. (lost early builds of Nintendo DS 2D platformer; 2004-2006) 22 Aug 2020 [New]
- You and the World (lost British TV series; 1964-1975) 21 Aug 2020 [New]
- Shop 'Til You Drop (lost mobile game based on game show; mid-2000s) 21 Aug 2020 [New]
- Split/Second 2 (lost build of unreleased sequel to racing game; 2010s) 21 Aug 2020 [New]
- Name That Tune (found unaired pilot for game show; 1990) 21 Aug 2020 [New]
- Gadgets (partially found showtape recordings of animatronics; 1980s) 21 Aug 2020 [New]
- Frogger: Ancient Shadow (partially found PC port of puzzle platformer; 2006) 19 Aug 2020 [New]
- Tails: Cosmic Rush 2.0 (lost continuation of "Tails: Cosmic Rush" fan-made Flash game; 2011) 18 Aug 2020 [New]
- Completion (unreleased Charles Manson album; 1984) 14 Aug 2020 [New]
- Kitaro of the Graveyard (partially found artwork from kamishibai street plays; 1930s-1950s) 13 Aug 2020 [New]
- Smushed (found unaired pilot of USA Network game show; 1996) 13 Aug 2020 [New]
- Castle in the Sky (lost alternate ending of Hayao Miyazaki film; existence unconfirmed; 1986) 09 Aug 2020
- Wheel of Fortune "Matthew Fenwick" episode (lost episode of game show; 1998) 08 Aug 2020 [NSFL]
- The Last Unicorn (lost production materials from unmade film adaptation of Peter S. Beagle fantasy novel; 2005-2015) 04 Aug 2020
- SpongeBob SquarePants (partially found incidental model sheets from Nickelodeon animated series; 1999-present) 04 Aug 2020
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