Attack of the Giant Vulture (found Nickelodeon short film; 1998)

The giant vulture, the short's antagonist.

Status: Found

Date found: 23 Feb 2013

Found by: snowpeck

Created and originally screened in 1998 as a part of Nickelodeon's Short Films by Short People series (which, as the name implies, showcased short films created primarily by children) was Attack of the Giant Vulture; the 2 minute short was aired quite frequently from 1998 up until the early 2000s, after which it fell into obscurity. Despite the short's intended comical nature, many people report being particularly frightened by the short during their childhood.

Plot

The short sees a group of young girls being chased around Chinatown, New York by a giant vulture (played by a young boy, Raymond Yip, albeit in a vulture suit and voiced by an adult man), who continually attempts to eat them. When one of the girls is backed into a corner, the protagonists reverse the situation by defeathering, capturing, and ultimately cooking the vulture, triumphantly holding up their knives and forks as the short ends.

Availability

For a time, the only method of viewing the short for the average person was travelling to The Paley Center for Media in California, who had a copy as part of their Nick's Creative Lab Comp Reel; in addition to this, a promo for Short Films by Short People appeared on YouTube in March of 2012, containing a few seconds of footage from the short and giving viewers a glimpse of the cooked vulture.

It wasn't until February of 2013 that the short was made widely and easily viewable, courtesy of MySpleen user snowpeck, who, upon discovering how sought after the short was, ripped and uploaded a copy of the "First Ever Short Films by Short People Film Festival", having recorded it during a 1999 airing. Not only was the short itself included, but there were also two short making-of featurettes before and after it, giving insight into its creation and the children who worked on it. Both the short itself and the making-of featurettes were shortly thereafter made available on YouTube.

Gallery

Attack of the Giant Vulture

Short Films by Short People promo that contains a snippet of the short.

See Also

Anthology and Short Series

• Astrology with Squidward (found series of "SpongeBob SquarePants" Nickelodeon animated shorts; early 2000s)
• Balinese Slapping Fish (partially lost Nickelodeon Australia animated short series; 1998)
• Bobby the Lizard Boy (found Nickelodeon animated short; 2000)
• Gordon Bleugh! (found Nickelodeon animated short series; early 2000s)
• ICarly at the 2008 Kids Choice Awards (found Nickelodeon promotional short web series; 2008)
• Leader Dog (partially lost Nickelodeon animated short series; 2004)
• Making Fiends (partially lost promotional shorts for Nickelodeon animated series based on web series; 2008)
• Meet The Moores (partially found British Nicktoons animated short series; 2002-2003)
• Nick Studio 10 (partially found Nickelodeon channel block; 2013)
• Nickelodeon Blimp (found Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards animated short; 2005-2007)
• Oh Yeah! Cartoons (found Nickelodeon animated anthology series; 1998-2001)
• Schoolyard Safari (found Nickelodeon short series; 2002-2003)
• SpongeBob: Re-Hydrated (partially lost "SpongeBob SquarePants" animated short; 2003)
• A Very Aggressive Vegetable (partially lost Nickelodeon Australia animated short series; 1998)

Bumpers and Promos

• 101% Whizbang! with Henry & June (partially found Nickelodeon channel block; 1999)
• Blood and Guts (partially found Nickelodeon bumpers; 2000s)
• HaHa Nick (lost Chinese block of Nickelodeon shows; 2005-2007)
• Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (partially found TV promos for Nickelodeon animated film and TV series; 2001–2002)
• Nickelodeon (partially found idents and bumpers from TV channel; 1979-present)
• Nickelodeon's Historical Firsts (partially lost animated promos from TV channel; 1997)

Films

• Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (non-existent Nickelodeon TV film; 1998)
• Cry Baby Lane (found Nickelodeon TV horror film; 2000)
• A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie (unproduced unauthorized direct-to-DVD mockumentary film; 2011)
• The Electric Piper (found Nickelodeon animated TV film; 2003)
• Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie (partially found production material of cancelled original adaptation of Nickelodeon animated series film; 2002)
• Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus (lost/unreleased deleted Tak scenes of film based on Nickelodeon animated series; 2018-2019)
• Prometheus and Bob (lost production material of cancelled film adaptation of "KaBlam!" Nickelodeon animated series; late 1990s)
• Rugrats Go Wild (partially found original 90 minute cut of Nickelodeon animated crossover film; 2003)

Game Shows

• BrainSurge (partially lost Nickelodeon game show; 2009-2014)
• Double Dare (partially lost Nickelodeon game show; 1986-1993)
• Figure It Out (partially found episode of Nickelodeon game show; 1998)
• Friday Night Slimetime (partially found Nickelodeon game show; 2005-2006)
• Gamefarm (partially lost Nickelodeon GAS game show; 2003)
• Legends of the Hidden Temple (lost Pit of Despair incident footage from unaired final round/episode of Nickelodeon game show; 1994)
• Legends of the Hidden Temple (partially found original consolation plugs from Nickelodeon game show; 1993-1995)
• Nick Arcade (found Nickelodeon game show; 1992)
• Nick Arcade (partially found original consolation prize plugs from Nickelodeon game show; 1992)
• Nickelodeon Splat! (partially found Nickelodeon game show; 2004)
• Slime Time Live (partially found Nickelodeon game show; 2000-2004)
• SuperNick (partially found Dutch Nickelodeon game show; 2007-2011)
• SuperNick op De Stoep Bij... (partially found Dutch Nickelodeon sports show; 2007-2008)

Inaugural Series

• By The Way (partially found inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979-1980)
• Hocus Focus (partially found inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979-1981)
• Nickel Flicks (lost inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979)
• Pinwheel (partially found Nickelodeon educational puppet series; 1977-1990)
• Pocket Money (non-existent inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979)
• Video Comics (partially found inaugural Nickelodeon series; 1979-1981)

Live Action

• The Adventures of Pete & Pete (partially found original versions of episodes of Nickelodeon live-action comedy series; 1991-1993)
• All That (partially lost Nickelodeon sketch comedy series; 1994-2005)
• Bing! The Sound of Something New (partially found Nickelodeon magazine TV series; 1995)
• Cousin Skeeter (partially lost Nickelodeon live-action/puppet series; 1998-2001)
• Drake & Josh (partially found widescreen version of episodes of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2004-2007)
• Innie & Outie (found live-action Nickelodeon short film; 1996)
• Just For Kicks (found Nickelodeon live-action comedy-drama series; 2006)
• Kids' Court (partially found Nickelodeon non-traditional court series and other media; 1988-1994)
• Mcjuniorclub TV (partially found Dutch Nickelodeon/McDonald's live-action short series; 2008)
• Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (partially found Nickelodeon educational news series; 1992-2015)
• Noah Knows Best (partially found English audio of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2000-2001)
• Reggie Jackson's World of Sports (partially found Nickelodeon sports series; 1981-1982)
• U to U (partially found Nickelodeon interactive series; 1994-1996)
• Vic's Vacant Lot (partially found ESPN/Nickelodeon sports series; 1982-1985)

Pilots

• Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (partially found unaired pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; early 1990s)
• The Adventures of Johnny Quasar (found prototype "Jimmy Neutron" animated shorts; 1995-1997)
• The Angry Beavers "Cuffed Together" (non-existent pilot episode of Nickelodeon animated series; early-mid 1990s)
• Back at the Barnyard (partially found original test pitch of Nickelodeon CGI animated series; 2000)
• Bad Seeds (found pilot of "Harvey Beaks" Nickelodeon animated series; 2013)
• Big Beast Quintet (lost Nickelodeon animated pilot; 1990)
• Camp Nick (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; mid-1990s)
• Catscratch (found animated pitch of Nickelodeon animated series; 2004)
• The Crowville Chronicles (partially found Nickelodeon animated pilot; 1990)
• Drake & Josh (partially found unaired pilot of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2002)
• Figure it Out (partially found unaired pilot of Nickelodeon game show; mid 1990s)
• Fresh Beat Band of Spies (found unaired pilot of Nickelodeon animated spin-off of "The Fresh Beat Band" musical series; 2013)
• Generation Gap (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; early 1990s)
• Gibby! (partially found unaired pilot of cancelled spin-off of "iCarly" Nickelodeon teen sitcom; 2012)
• Go For It (lost Nickelodeon game show pilot; early 1990s)
• Hey Arnold! (found unaired pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; 1994)
• Humongous (lost pilot of Nickelodeon game show; early 1990s)
• I Don't Think So (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 1994)
• Invader Zim (lost 3D animation test sequence from pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999)
• KaBlam! "The Henry and June Show" (found spinoff pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; 2000)
• Kappa Mikey (found original MTV pitch and Nicktoons pilots of animated series; 2004)
• Morph Sports (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 1995-1996)
• Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (partially found pilots of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2003)
• Ned's Declassified High School Survival Guide (lost pilot of rejected spin-off series of Nickelodeon sitcom; 2008)
• Pudding Toast (lost Nickelodeon animated pitch pilots; 2012)
• Rocket Beach (partially found unaired pilot of "Rocket Power" Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)
• Roundhouse (partially found unaired pilot of Nickelodeon comedy series; 1991)
• Slime Survivor (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 2000)
• The Thundermans (partially lost unaired pilot of Nickelodeon live-action comedy series; 2012)
• Tooned In! (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 1998)
• Trash (lost Nickelodeon stop-motion animated pilot; 1990)
• The Weasel Patrol (lost Nickelodeon animated pilot; 1990)
• Who Knew? (partially found Nickelodeon game show pilot; 1998)
• The Wild Thornberrys (found pilot of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)

Other

• Action League Now!: The Series "Monster Mashed" (found episode of "Kablam!" spinoff animated series; 2002)
• Action League Now!: The Series "Thunder Girl: Tracking The Storm" (found episode of "Kablam!" spinoff series; 2001-2002)
• The Angry Beavers "A Tail of Two Rangers/Bye Bye Beavers" (partially found finale episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 2001)
• The Butcher (lost Nickelodeon puppet short film; existence unconfirmed; 2001)
• Crash Nebula (lost production material of cancelled spinoff of" The Fairly OddParents" Nickelodeon animated series; 2004-2006)
• Danny Phantom (partially found original opening title sequence of Nickelodeon animated series; 2003)
• Gruff's Groove Box (lost Nickelodeon music series; 2001)
• Invader Zim (partially found production material of cancelled episodes of Nickelodeon animated series; 2001-2002)
• KaBlam! "Episode 29" (non-existent episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)
• KaBlam! "Just Chillin" (found final episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 2000)
• KaBlam! "KaFun!" (found episode of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999)
• KaBlam! "An Off-Beats Valentine's" (found spinoff special of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)
• The Loud House (partially lost deleted scenes of Nickelodeon animated series; 2016-present)
• Nickelodeon Japan (lost final sign-off of Japanese TV channel; 2009)
• Nickelodeon Launch Box (partially found educational series; 1991-1994)
• Nickelodeon Magazine's Big 10 Birthday Bash (found Nickelodeon TV special; 2003)
• Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration (found live broadcast of Nickelodeon event; 1990)
• Ren and Stimpy (non-existent unused Kurt Cobain song for Nickelodeon animated series; 1990)
• Robot and Monster (partially found unaired/unfinished episodes of Nickelodeon animated series; 2012-2013)
• Rugrats: A Live Adventure (partially found footage of musical adaptation of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998-2000)
• Rugrats "Incredible" (partially lost storyboard jam comic of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (found animated Got Milk? TV commercial featuring Nickelodeon characters; 2001)
• SpongeBob SquarePants (partially lost deleted scenes of Nickelodeon animated series; 1999-present)
• SpongeBob SquarePants "Sailor Mouth" (lost uncensored version of Nickelodeon animated series episode; 2001)
• SpongeBob SquarePants "Shanghaied/You Wish" (lost English audio from alternate "Patchy the Pirate" segments of Nickelodeon animated series episode; 2001)
• SpongeBob SquarePants "SpaceBob InvaderPants/Krabs' Army" (lost production material of cancelled Nickelodeon animated series episodes; 2015)
• War Blowers (found full version of "SpongeBob SquarePants" production music; 1999)
• Weinerville (partially lost Nickelodeon variety puppet series; 1993-1997)

External Links

• snowpeck's original MySpleen upload (invite required for registration).
• IMDb page for Attack of the Giant Vulture.