New Looney Tunes "To Catch a Fairy" (partially found unaired Toon City version of Warner Bros animated series episode; 2014): Difference between revisions

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Promotional artwork of the series.

Status: Partially Found

New Looney Tunes (formerly known as Wabbit during its first season) is an animated Looney Tunes television series from Warner Bros. Animation developed by Erik Kuska. The series aired on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and Boomerang's SVOD service from 2015 to 2020. It is now proceeded by HBO Max's Looney Tunes Cartoons.

Sometime after the series was first announced in March 2014 under the title Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production, a different version of the episode "To Catch a Fairy" was made and animated by Toon City.^[1] This version showed a slightly different character design for Bugs Bunny, along with different backgrounds.

While it was initially thought to be a pilot for the series, Sean Petrilak, director of Wabbit/New Looney Tunes, confirmed via email that their was no pilot for the series, due to the high cost of producing animation. He went on to explain that the episode was used to "try out to different studios", and that they did not end up going with Toon City.

Availability

In early 2015, clips from Toon City's version of the episode appeared on Boomerang UK's 2015 preview promo, this would go on to be uploaded to YouTube around the same time, but was removed due to a copyright claim from Cartoon Network. For a while, this promo would be lost until it was re-uploaded by YouTuber OrangeToad Too, who obtained it from another user named zpc. The pilot itself has not yet surfaced online in its entirety, and the only other material that has resurfaced are some additional stills.

Footage

Boomerang UK's 2015 preview promo, which contains some snippets from Toon City's version of the episode (00:18).

Gallery

HD still from Toon City's version of the episode (1/3).
HD still from Toon City's version of the episode (2/3).
HD still from Toon City's version of the episode (3/3).

Emails

Email by Sean Petrilak explaining how there wasn't a pilot.
Email by Sean Petrilak discussing "To Catch a Fairy".

Reference

↑ A TV Tropes page on Asian animation studio Toon City and its works. Retrieved 21 Jun '20

[1] A TV Tropes page on Asian animation studio Toon City and its works. Retrieved 21 Jun '20

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-''New Looney Tunes'' (formerly known as ''Wabbit'' during its first season) is an animated ''Looney Tunes'' television series from Warner Bros. Animation developed by Erik Kuska. The series aired on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and Boomerang's SVOD service from 2015 to 2020. It is now preceded by HBO Max's ''Looney Tunes Cartoons''.
+''New Looney Tunes'' (formerly known as ''Wabbit'' during its first season) is an animated ''Looney Tunes'' television series from Warner Bros. Animation developed by Erik Kuska. The series aired on Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and Boomerang's SVOD service from 2015 to 2020. It is now proceeded by HBO Max's ''Looney Tunes Cartoons''.
-Sometime after the series was first announced in March 2014 under the title ''Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production'', '''a pilot episode was made and animated by Toon City'''.<ref>[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/ToonCity A TV Tropes page on Asian animation studio Toon City and its works.] Retrieved 21 Jun '20</ref> The pilot (which was later revamped as the 22nd episode of the series, titled "To Catch a Fairy") showed a slightly different character design for Bugs Bunny, along with different backgrounds. Squeaks' design from the pilot was retained in the series, though he did have a different design that was seen in earlier promotional stills.
+Sometime after the series was first announced in March 2014 under the title ''Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production'', '''a different version of the episode "To Catch a Fairy" was made and animated by Toon City'''.<ref>[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/ToonCity A TV Tropes page on Asian animation studio Toon City and its works.] Retrieved 21 Jun '20</ref> This version showed a slightly different character design for Bugs Bunny, along with different backgrounds.
+While it was initially thought to be a pilot for the series, Sean Petrilak, director of ''Wabbit''/''New Looney Tunes'', confirmed via email that their was no pilot for the series, due to the high cost of producing animation. He went on to explain that the episode was used to "try out to different studios", and that they did not end up going with Toon City.
 ==Availability==
-In early 2015, clips from the ''New Looney Tunes'' pilot appeared on Boomerang UK's 2015 preview promo, though that promo seems nowhere to be found online as of 2020. The pilot itself has not yet surfaced online in its entirety, and the only remains of it are a few screenshots.
+In early 2015, clips from Toon City's version of the episode appeared on Boomerang UK's 2015 preview promo, this would go on to be uploaded to YouTube around the same time, but was removed due to a copyright claim from Cartoon Network. For a while, this promo would be lost until it was re-uploaded by YouTuber [https://www.youtube.com/@OrangeToadToo OrangeToad Too], who obtained it from another user named ''zpc''. The pilot itself has not yet surfaced online in its entirety, and the only other material that has resurfaced are some additional stills.
+==Footage==
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+  |description1 =Boomerang UK's 2015 preview promo, which contains some snippets from Toon City's version of the episode (00:18).
+}}
 ==Gallery==
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-File: NLTPilot1.png
+Bugsbunnypilot.png|HD still from Toon City's version of the episode (1/3).
-File: NLTPilot2.png
+NLTPilot4.png|HD still from Toon City's version of the episode (2/3).
-File: NLTPilot4.png
+Bugsbunnypilot2.png|HD still from Toon City's version of the episode (3/3).
-File: NLTPilot5.png
+</gallery>
+==Emails==
+<gallery mode=packed heights=230px>
+Sean Petrilak Email 1.png|Email by Sean Petrilak explaining how there wasn't a pilot.
+Sean Petrilak Email 2.png|Email by Sean Petrilak discussing "To Catch a Fairy".
 </gallery>
+==See Also==
+*[[Looney Tunes: By A Hare (lost build of cancelled arcade racing game; 1993)]]
+*[[Looney Tunes: Laff Riot (found unreleased pitch pilot of "The Looney Tunes Show" animated sitcom; 2009)]]
+*[[Looney Tunes: Space Race (lost build of cancelled original Nintendo 64 version of Dreamcast/PlayStation 2 racing game; 1998-1999)]]
+*[[Hare Ribbin' (found original ending of Warner Bros. cartoon; 1944)]]
+*[[Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (partially found original title cards for animated shorts; 1930s-1940s)]]
+*[[Looney Tunes ClickN Read Phonics (partially found Flash animated internet shorts; 2011)]]
+*[[Fish Tales (found redrawn colorized version of Looney Tunes short; 1968)]]
+*[[The Heckling Hare (lost original ending of Looney Tunes short; 1941)]]
+*[[Porky's Hare Hunt (partially found redrawn colorized version of Looney Tunes short; 1968)]]
+*[[The Bugs Bunny Show (partially lost animated TV series; 1960-2000)]]
+*[[Noël chez Bugs Bunny & Opération Bugs Bunny (found French live-action/animated Christmas TV special; 1997)]]
+*[[The New Daffy Duck Show (lost pilot script for unproduced animated series; 1997-1998)]]
+*[[Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (partially found original title cards for animated shorts; 1930s-1940s)]]
 ==Reference==
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 [[Category:Lost animation]]
 [[Category:Lost TV]]
-[[Category:Completely lost media]]
+[[Category:Partially found media]]