Jimmy Two-Shoes (lost test pilot of Canadian children's animated TV series; 2006)
The show's title card.
Status: Lost
Jimmy Two-Shoes was a Canadian animated children's series that ran from 2009 to 2011 and was created by Edward Kay and Sean Scott. The series followed the titular character of Jimmy, a happy-go-lucky 14-year-old boy who lives in Miseryville - an area that was filled with doom and misery.
A 6-minute-long pilot (specifically an investor-paid test animation) for the series was created in 2006. The pilots' premise was drastically different from the final version and revealed that the show was originally intended for an older audience; The show would've been set in Hell. Heinous was the Devil as evidenced by his original name: "Lucifer", and Heloise was supposed to be the spirit of a serial killer who was sent to Hell.
According to Edward Kaye, co-creator of Jimmy Two-Shoes, and Phil Postma, original designer for the concept, the show was originally made as an exclusive Teletoon production for the studios' tween demographic at the time, the Hell references and other mature elements were removed and toned down once the US broadcasters for Disney XD came on board, as they were aiming for a more conservative market. The designs were also altered as the producers didn't like them.
Although it was rumored that Charlie Schlatter did the voice of Jimmy (with Jessica DiCicco as the voice of Heloise being speculated also), Kaye has confirmed that Cory Doran did voice Jimmy in the pilot.
Plot
The pilot was about Jimmy getting hit by a bus. He subsequently dies at the hospital from his injuries and instead of being sent to heaven, he instead gets sent to Hell by complete accident. Hell seems like a wonderfully fun place in Jimmy's eyes, though that's not quite what it is.
The existence of this test animation is well known, and it does indeed exist. But according to Kaye, neither him or Scott were allowed to have copies since the investors feared it would be leaked.
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Character sheet of Jimmy, the main character.
Sketches of Jimmy.
A colorized version of the same image.
More sketches of Jimmy.
Heloise, who would be the spirit of a serial killer.
Sketches of Heloise.
Screenshot from the episode "Mysterious Mr. Ten" showing sketches of Heloise from the pilot.
Character sheet of Lucius Heinous VII, named "Lucifer" in the pilot.
Another character sheet of Lucifer.
Yet another character sheet of Lucifer.
Sketches of Lucifer.
A possible screenshot from the pilot.
Jimmy and Lucifer.
Jimmy getting shocked.
Jimmy frozen along with Beezy in his original design.
Sketches of the main characters.
More of Phil Postma's sketches.
More of Phil Postma's sketches.
More of Phil Postma's sketches.
An Email to Edward Kaye about the pilot and his response.
Emails to Phil Postma about the pilot and his responses.
