Line #17 WesternAnimation/AKittyBoboShow


1	In 2001, Creator/CartoonNetwork held a contest to see what {{pilot}} would be its next big cartoon series. ''A Kitty Bobo Show'' was one of the entries.
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3	''A Kitty Bobo Show'' did not win the contest; the show that would become ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' won. Despite this, the test pilot is rather fondly remembered by those who got to see it thanks to its rather unique paper-like aesthetic.
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5	What would have been the series itself is about a cat named Kitty Bobo living in a city full of anthropomorphic animals. The only episode ever produced was "Cellphones", in which the titular character gets his first cellphone, and proceeds to annoy all his friends by showing it off.
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7	Despite it only being 8-minutes, the short still interests people to this day due to its original look, [[ValuesResonance still relevant jokes]], and curiosity of WhatCouldHaveBeen.
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9	A pitch presentation from 2006 has been preserved [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNuF1QNzBhA here]]. The short in its entirety can be viewed [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k6Xwg_lhuQ here]].
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12	!!''A Kitty Bobo Show'' provides examples of:
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14	* AllThereInTheManual: The pitch presentation reveals information that gives context to the pilot episode, such as Monkey Carl always being called as such because there also would be another donkey character named Carl, so everyone calls them Monkey Carl and Donkey Carl to keep them apart.
15	* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: The characters are colours such as yellow, pink, and blue.
16	* AmbiguouslyRelated: The short stars a cat whose parents are two dogs. It's unclear if dogs can have cats in this universe, if he's adopted, or if one of them is a step-parent. When bringing this cartoon up at a convention panel, Creator/DanteBasco [[WordOfSaintPaul stated]] that Kitty Bobo was adopted, and this would have been eventually revealed if the show had ever gotten off the ground.
17	* BaitAndSwitch: As Kitty Bobo tries to use his cellphone while biking, he enters a construction site and heads straight towards a ramp created by a plank lying atop some concrete pipes... only to swerve out of the way and crash into a wall instead.
18	* BigNo: Said twice by Kitty Bobo at the end of the pilot when he accidentally gets his cellphone destroyed and when he sees his friends have cellphones of their own.
19	* ADogNamedDog:
20	** ''Kitty'' Bobo is a cat.
21	** As his name implies, Monkey Carl is a monkey.
22	* FingerlessHands: The characters have paws yet can use them like hands.
23	* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Kitty Bobo's friends clearly don't like him very much since his very presence just seems to make them grumpy. Maggie in particular hates the idea of having to go to the movies alone with him.
24	* FullNameBasis:
25	** Kitty Bobo is always called by his full name.
26	** If "Monkey Carl" is his actual full name, then Monkey Carl also counts.
27	* FurryFemaleMane: The female characters have hair but most of the males don't.
28	* HappilyAdopted: Implied. The titular protagonist is a cat whose parents happen to be dogs. Kitty casually calls them on his cellphone in a way that suggests he doesn't care whether or not they're his biological parents.
29	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Maggie is the sole woman in Kitty Bobo's group of friends.
30	* SpeciesSurname: There's a canine character named "Paul Dog".
31	* StatusCellphone: The pilot's plot revolves around Kitty Bobo buying a new cellphone just when cellphones were becoming mainstream. He spends the entire episode flaunting his phone around and being obnoxious about it.
32	* TotallyRadical: Kitty Bobo has such wonderfully 2000s lines like "I figured it'd be cool to have so I could, like, call my homies when I'm on the go". Considering Kitty Bobo's tryhard personality, it might be intentionally ironic.

Context WesternAnimation / AKittyBoboShow