Bobby's Girl (lost footage from unfinished animated film; 1980s)

"Dotty Loves Bobby" concept art from the film.

Status: Lost

Bobby's Girl is an unfinished animated film produced by Ralph Bakshi and John Kricfalusi. Bakshi saw the potential in Kricfalusi and decided to work on a project with him. The film was to be a parody of 1980s teen films like 16 Candles and The Breakfast Club.

Production

When Bakshi pitched the film to Jeff Sagansky, the president of TriStar Pictures production at the time, he was given $150,000 for production of the film. This funding prompted Bakshi to move back to Los Angeles. However, the duo was evidently unable to fully produce the film by the time Sagansky left TriStar, which forced Bakshi to re-pitch it to TriStar. The new executives didn't see the appeal, however, and ended up cutting off his finances. Later, Bobby's Girl was reworked into a potential primetime series titled Suzy's in Love, but this also attracted little attention, leaving the entire project dead.

Availability

Artwork for the film can be seen in Bakshi's book Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi, as well as on his official website, and on the blog of animator Jim Smith, who also worked on the film. It's unknown if any actual form of animation has been made, however.

This cancelled film should not be confused with the 1985 anime OVA Bobby ni Kubittake (ボビーに首ったけ) that is known in English as Bobby's Girl (and also as Bobby's In Deep).

Gallery

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  Bobby's Girl preliminary sketch, found on Bakshi's official website.

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  Bobby's Girl concept art by Lynne Naylor, found on Smith's blog.

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  Layout artwork by Jim Smith.

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  Production artwork by John Kricfalusi, found in a leaked artbook for Spumco.

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  Production artwork by John Kricfalusi, found in a leaked artbook for Spumco.

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  Production artwork by John Kricfalusi, found in a leaked artbook for Spumco.

See Also

• The Cigarette and the Weed (partially found Ralph Bakshi animated short; 1981)
• Cool World (partially lost unreleased screenplay of Ralph Bakshi live-action animated film; 1990-1992)
• Hey Good Lookin' (partially found original version of Ralph Bakshi animated film; 1975)
• Hound Town (partially lost NBC animated TV show pilot; 1989)
• J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Part I (partially found deleted scenes from fantasy-adventure film; 1978)
• Trickle Dickle Down (found Ralph Bakshi political short; 2012)

Other Kricfalusi Media

• Cans Without Labels (partially found backer rewards from Kickstarter campaign by Ren and Stimpy creator; 2012-2019)
• The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil (found ABC children's animated series; 1988)
• He-Hog The Atomic Pig (found uncut version of animated pilot; 1999)

External Links

• Wikipedia page for Ralph Bakshi.