Pocoyo (found pilots of Spanish-British children's animated comedy TV series; 2002-2004)
Pocoyo is a Spanish-British children's animated comedy TV series co-produced by Guillermo García Carsí, Colman López, Luis Gallego and David Cantolla that premiered both on Clan TVE and CITV in 2005 and is still airing as of 2021.
The series consists of the characters Pocoyo a four year old boy with blue hat and clothes, Pato a duck with a small green hat, Elly a pink elephant with a blue backpack, Loula an orange dog and Sleepy Bird a teal colored bird that almost always seen sleeping.
Pilots
There were two pilots produced in Spain for the series. One developed in 2002 and the other in either 2003 or 2004.
In the 2002 pilot Pocoyo and Pato (originally called Duckie) go for a boat ride as the narrator counts how many fish they see jumping out of water. Pocoyo is always seen with a yellow pacifier (which he rarely seen with in the final show), and it's also narrated by an American female (as opposed to a male one like the final show). Pocoyo also communicates by squeaking instead of talking.
The 2nd pilot's plot is currently unknown, but the Pocoyo Instagram account has confirmed that it featured the final designs for the characters.[1]
Status
While the 2002 pilot was uploaded onto the YouTube channel SeriesPocoyo in 2011, The second pilot was believed to be partially found during 2021, but it was later confirmed in 2022 that the footage believed to be of the second pilot was instead from an unrelated test animation and that the real 2nd pilot featured the final designs for the characters.
Gallery
Concept Art
Animation Models
- Pocoyo 8.png
- Pocoyo pilot 11.jpeg
- Pocoyo pilot 12.jpeg
A screenshot of the now debunked third pilot for the show.
Videos
See Also
Milkshake! (Channel 5)
- Jelly Jamm (partially found pitch pilot of British Spanish children's animated TV series; 2009)
- Peppa Pig (partially found American dub of British children's animated series; 2005)
- Peppa Pig (found pitch pilot of British children's animated TV series; 2002)
- Pip Ahoy! (partially found unaired pilot of animated series; 2013)
- Roary the Racing Car (lost pitch pilot of British children's stop-motion animated TV series; 2005)
- Roary the Racing Car (partially found American English dub of British children's stop-motion animated TV series; 2008-2012)
CITV (ITV)
- Astro Farm (partially found CiTV claymation series; 1990s)
- Billy (partially found UK children's animated series; 1998-1999)
- Dream Street (partially lost British children's TV series; 1999-2002)
- Ripley and Scuff (partially found British children's television series; 2002-2003)
- Sooty's Amazing Adventures (partially lost animated spin-off of Sooty; 1996-1997)
- StarStreet (partially lost British children's television series; 2001-2002)
- The Diamond Brothers: South by South East (lost ITV adaptation of children's detective book; 1991)
- The Fugitives (partially found British children's sci-fi TV series; 2005)
- The Spooks of Bottle Bay (partially found British children's TV series; 1993-1995)
- The Twins (partially found animated series; 2000)