WhirlGirl (partially found animated web series; late 1990s-early 2000s): Difference between revisions

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WhirlGirl was a superhero web series that was animated with Flash and featured on Showtime's website in the late 1990s to early 2000s, beginning in 1997. It has the distinction of being the first web series to have a regular schedule, as well as being the first to have a national ad campaign around it. There were at least 100 episodes, and some are still accessible through archive.org, but many are lost (their pages don't seem to have been archived).

External Links

https://web.archive.org/web/20000815061033/http://www.sho.com/whirlgirl/ (The longest list of episodes, though possibly incomplete, is accessible if you go to this address, click "vintage," and then click along archive.org's archive dates for the page until you get to the latest one. For some reason, trying to go directly there via the Wayback Machine doesn't seem to be possible.)

https://web.archive.org/web/20010223211701/http://sho.com/whirlgirl/adventures/bmframeset_ep4.cfm (This lists a few episodes in which the series crossed over with another series.)

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+WhirlGirl was a superhero web series that was animated with Flash and featured on Showtime's website in the late 1990s to early 2000s, beginning in 1997. It has the distinction of being the first web series to have a regular schedule, as well as being the first to have a national ad campaign around it. There were at least 100 episodes, and some are still accessible through archive.org, but many are lost (their pages don't seem to have been archived).
-|title=<center>WhirlGirl</center>
-|image=WhirlGirl_Skyline_Promo.png
-|imagecaption=Promotional art used for skylines
-|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Lost'''</span>
-}}
-'''WhirlGirl''' was a superhero web series that was animated with Flash and featured on Showtime's website in the late 1990s to early 2000s, beginning in 1997. It has the distinction of being the first web series to have a regular schedule, as well as being the first to have a national ad campaign around it. There were at least 100 episodes, and some are still accessible through archive.org, but many are lost. Their pages don't seem to have been archived.
+External Links
-Chapters 6 and 7 have survived fully intact on [http://www.whirlgirl.com/sample_eps/ an abandoned sample episodes page]. A [http://www.whirlgirl.com/swf/hero.swf summer special] was also  saved in a different directory on the official website. However, many of the older and newer episodes remain missing. It's unknown if any of the people who worked on the show, including Visionary Media founder David B. Williams, still have copies of the shorts.
-==External Links==
 https://web.archive.org/web/20000815061033/http://www.sho.com/whirlgirl/ (The longest list of episodes, though possibly incomplete, is accessible if you go to this address, click "vintage," and then click along archive.org's archive dates for the page until you get to the latest one. For some reason, trying to go directly there via the Wayback Machine doesn't seem to be possible.)
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 https://web.archive.org/web/20010223211701/http://sho.com/whirlgirl/adventures/bmframeset_ep4.cfm (This lists a few episodes in which the series crossed over with another series.)
-[http://www.visionarymedia.com/ Former site of the animation studio]
+[[Category:Lost internet media]] [[Category:Lost animation]]
-[http://www.whirlgirl.com/ WhirlGirl Home Page]
-[[Category:Lost internet media]] [[Category:Lost animation]] [[Category:Partially lost media]]