History WhatCouldHaveBeen / WesternAnimation

*** The original idea for "Vindicators 3 The Return Of World Ender" was Rick and a girlfriend sleeping with a superhero. The B-plot of this story that was cut was Morty wanting to revisit the power suit from the episode "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS2E9LookWhosPurging Look Who's Purging Now]]" because he has a crush on a Vindicator that was cut out of the episode, Arrowgirl[=/=]Quiver, who matures into Arrowwoman. The power suit gets upgraded with an AI. Morty, the AI and Arrowgirl[=/=]Quiver would have a love triangle that ends with Arrowgirl[=/=]Quiver choosing the suit because Morty could not keep up with her sexually. More scrapped members of the Vindicators include: Dr. Reach, the man with stretching powers; Siamese twins, where one is very fit and attractive, and the other one isn't; and a knitting grandma. At one point, the Vindicators all have sidekicks. Million Ants' sidekick is named Three Ants, and Morty and the sidekicks save the day. Another storyline was a pneumatic tube that moves Worldender's body.

* Ben Bates created a fully-voiced animatic pitch for a ''[[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Captain Marvel]]'' cartoon that was not picked up. The short featured Carol Danvers (who could change into Captain Marvel via a MagicalGirl TransformationSequence) battling the female villains Titania and Letha, and also had an appearance from [[Characters/SpiderWomanTitleCharacter Spider-Woman]] as Carol's friend and crime-fighting partner. Concept and pitch art produced for the show also indicates that ComicBook/SquirrelGirl would have appeared had the series been picked up.

** A LicensedGame called ''Saving Mean Bob'' was planned to be released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation in 2000, developed by Terraglyph Interactive and published by Creator/{{Hasbro}} Interactive. The game would have involved Cat carelessly throwing Dog's Mean Bob action figure away, and [=CatDog=] having to travel through six or seven different worlds to recover it. Despite being advertised in various magazines and brochures that came with other Hasbro Interactive games in 1999, the game was never released.

** A pilot was produced in 2021, and it received positive reception from test audiences. It was set to be greenlit in 2023 for a 2024 release as the 100th animated series from Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation, but the project was quitely shelved due to both the 2023 [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes SAG-AFTRA strike]] and Bob Iger's return to Disney having a major effect on DTVA, disrupting all their future plans with a series order/renewal freeze.

* At the time of Marvel's near-bankruptcy in the mid-1990s, they were planning solo shows based on two of their heroes. First, another ''Daredevil'' series was pitched to Fox Kids in 1999, but it was pushed back to air alongside a live-action movie that ended up not being made. Concept art shows that the villains would've included [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheKingpin The Kingpin]], [[Characters/DaredevilSupportingCharacters Elektra]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsFrankCastle The Punisher]] and [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]]; It would have been DarkerAndEdgier than similar shows of the time.

** A pilot was produced in 2021, and it received positive reception from test audiences. It was set to be greenlit in 2023 for a 2024 release as the 100th animated series from Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation, but the project was quitely shelved due to both the 2023 [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes the SAG-AFTRA strike]] and Bob Iger's return to Disney having a major effect on DTVA, disrupting all their future plans with a series order/renewal freeze.

* First convinced in 2020 and pitched to Disney the same year, ''Katz Cafe'' is an unproduced animated series that would've told the story of Ginger Katz, an 11 year old girl who moves to a small town on the East Coast with her mother to start up their cat cafe. The twist is that Ginger has an unexpected secret; she can actually talk to cats, and her life quickly turns into a balance to juggle both the human and cat worlds she finds herself in, while she learns empathy and responsibility during her time between both sides of her life. The project was optioned but never greenlit.

** "Tip of the Day" began its life as a 22-minute episode instead of one of TwoShorts, and the plot was completely reworked over the development process. Initially, the kids would have found out about a secret society in the vein of ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' working to prevent the word [[WhatTheHeckIsAnAglet "aglet"]] from becoming widespread knowledge [[ForWantOfANail lest civilization collapse as a result]].

* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/ThunderCats2011''

** Early on, the designers toyed with the idea of everyone wearing clothing from the 40s and 50s (complete with ComicBook/JimmyOlsen wearing his trademark green suit and red bowtie from the comics), similar to the retro aesthetic of ''Batman: The Animated Series''.

** After being pressured to add a ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}-like female hero to the series, Bruce Timm considered introducing a futuristic version of the ComicBook/{{Huntress}}. Given that Huntress is the daughter of Batman and Catwoman in some continuities, this could have opened up some interesting story ideas.

** As mentioned in the ''Superman'' section, there was talk of a ''Justice League''-style cartoon where Superman would team up with members of the JLA way back in the late 90s. In addition to the likes of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, ComicBook/{{Vixen}}, ComicBook/DoctorFate, and ComicBook/TheQuestion, the team also would've included ComicBook/BlackLightning, Mister Miracle and Lightray of the ComicBook/NewGods, and Nightshade (in a ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}-inspired outfit). Batman would not have been part of the JLA, as he still had his own TV show at the time.

** ''Justice League'' was originally pitched as being a show about the JLA and their [[ComicBook/YoungJustice sidekicks]], being more aimed for the [[AnimationAgeGhetto Saturday Morning Cartoon kids crowd]] (having been pitched to Creator/KidsWB originally). Thankfully, wiser decisions were made. A reel of test animation for the early concept shows Robin and Impulse to be the sidekicks, along with a teenage girl version of ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, who ironically ended up becoming a CanonImmigrant. When the show was instead pitched to [[Creator/CartoonNetwork Cartoon Network]], the sidekicks were ditched and the shows tone became closer to that of the earlier DCAU shows. [[Creator/BruceTimm Bruce Timm]] stated that he was glad that the idea never came to fruition.

*** Likewise, on the commentary track for ''WesternAnimation/SupermanDoomsday'', Bruce Timm said Creator/JamesMarsters was almost ComicBook/GreenArrow on ''JLU'', but had to bow out at the last second.

* Prior to the cancellation of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' and the creation of ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'', there were a number of other pitches. One of them was a Nightwing-centered cartoon. The design for ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} in the cartoon seems to hint that this ended up becoming ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. The other pitch was for the Bat-Family (comprised of Batman, ComicBook/{{Robin}} [Damian Wayne], Nightwing, ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} and [[ComicBook/{{Batgirl 2000}} Batgirl [Cassandra Cain]]]) attempting to protect Gotham after a major disaster left it in ruins, ''a la ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand''.

*** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, Sensor, Magnetic Kid, Wildfire, Tellus, Princess Projectra and Shadow Lass would be introduced.

* Creator/GregWeisman originally wanted ComicBook/GreenArrow's sidekick Speedy as part of the core cast of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. Brandon Vietti argued against Speedy's inclusion, suggesting they have a female archer instead. Presumably, they bypassed Speedy II (Mia Dearden) and Arrowette (Cissie King-Jones) due to thinking they fit more as second-gen sidekicks like Tim Drake and Cassie Sandsmark. So they came up with Artemis Crock, the daughter of two Golden Age villains from the Injustice League. This led to Artemis becoming Green Arrow's protege while Speedy was given a slightly reduced (but still meaty) role as a supporting character, eventually taking on his Red Arrow name.

*** The Marvel Family would have also had a storyline in season 2, along with ComicBook/RedTornado and ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}. Freddy Freeman would have used the codename "Lieutenant Marvel" instead of "Captain Marvel Jr.". The limited amount of episodes however, meant that these stories would be quickly scrapped.

** Christopher Jones has stated that had the show been renewed for a third season, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} would have appeared.

** In 1983, Hanna-Barbera tried once more and pitched an adaptation of "The New Teen Titans" to Creator/{{ABC}}. It almost happened, until the network executives decided that they wanted a show more in line with the Smurfs (which at the time had been very successful). Alan Burnett had developed the proposal, and the team would have included all of the members except Robin (due to him being used in ''Super Friends''). Wonder Girl was stated to be the leader instead, and the Titans would have fought Trigon and Blackfire. Some of the artwork shown at a HB exhibition reveals that ComicBook/{{Raven}} and ComicBook/{{Cyborg}} would have been given vehicles, for possible merchandise appeal. Cyborg would ride a motorcycle, while Raven would ride upon some sort of hoverboard. Not all ''was'' lost, though - the gathered team did show up...in an anti-drug commercial and Cyborg proved popular enough to appear in the final season of ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends''.

* The first season of ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' was originally going to feature ComicBook/TheCreeper as a guest hero. In addition, other villains considered for the show included Mad Hatter, Nocturna, and Hush. The last one's role was replaced by ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}.
** The show left a couple of loose threads, namely the foundation of The Outsiders and Harvey Dent's transformation into ComicBook/TwoFace. In addition, there were several hints at the presence of The Penguin, including TV news/newspaper headlines and dialogue. Considering characters like Tobias Whale, Marion Grange, and Dent were foreshadowed this way, it would've been likely that Penguin was planned for season two.

* In 2006, [[http://sebastianvonbuchwald.com/blog/2011/08/18/plastic-man-tv-pilot/ a pilot of a new interpretation]] of ComicBook/PlasticMan was offered to Creator/CartoonNetwork. Sadly, it was never picked up, despite being impressively well animated, containing a lot of both visual and verbal fun and managing to gain quite the fandom (that still hoped it would "pull an WesternAnimation/AdventureTime"). It eventually did ''sort of'' "pull an ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''," being aired as a series of shorts on the ''WesternAnimation/DCNation'' block; the version of Plastic Man from the pilot also showed up in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' as a major recurring character.

* Animator Vinton Heuck had pitched an animated series called ''Superman Family'', inspired by ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'' and ''ComicBook/SuperSons''. It would feature Silver Age-inspired stories starring the Kent family (Clark, Lois and Jon) as well as other S-Shield bearers such as ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, [[ComicBook/NewSuperMan Kong Kenan]] and the John Henry and Natasha Irons versions of ComicBook/{{Steel}}. Sketches also revealed that Damian Wayne would play a big part of this as well as Mr. Mxyzptlk.

** In an earlier version of "WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbMissionMarvel", ComicBook/IronMan would have gained the ability to wield [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]'s hammer after the powers get swapped. However, according to Swampy, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ6amy43Zj8 this was shut down by Marvel]], and the conversation Thor and Iron Man have in the final version is based on their conversation with the Marvel representatives about what can and cannot be done with the hammer.

** Pieces of the original pilot animation can be found around Website/YouTube and the US opening, but the original idea would have put the girls (minus Will ''again'') at full power in civilian form. As well, Irma's Guardian form color scheme was reversed in the pilot, but set back to normal when the series started.

* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/ElenaOfAvalor'' had its own page.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'':
** The show was originally called ''Amphiland''. Anne had both of her shoes, Sprig was originally called Weed and was voiced by Thurop Van Orman, and Grime lived in a castle instead of a tower.
** Marcy went through some changes during development: she was going to have a witch in the woods persona, she wore glasses, and she was going to carry a sword and a violin.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' was originally supposed to be about Luz's adventures in the Boiling Isles after she died, as the Boiling Isles was originally the afterlife.
* In 2014, a new Franchise/WinnieThePooh TV series was in development called ''The World According To Winnie The Pooh'' that was set in modern day England. The series was a collaboration between Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation and Creator/CartoonSaloon with a pilot episode called "Friendship Phone-blems" being created around the same period. The series was passed by new [[Creator/{{ABC}} Disney ABC]] leadership alongside Creator/DisneyXD's "Welcome To Simpleton" & "Very Important House" on 2016. Footage of the pilot was uploaded to Website/YouTube on January 5, 2023.

* While it was not common for the studio to make pilots for most series (as most were sold on drawings or storyboards), one such was entitled The World Color it Happy. This block show contained two animated segments, the first being a new funny animal, Toing Tiger (whom appears to be a proto Cool Cat, but more like Snagglepuss goodness replacing all the Cool Cat badness) and the Gang From Galaxy, a Jonny Quest like show but "RecycledInSpace".

** The show was originally supposed to feature ComicBook/BlackCat in an episode. However, once the producers got the popular rapper Eve to voice the part, they instead created a [[CanonForeigner new villainess]] named [[CaptainErsatz Talon]], who was essentially an [[RaceLift African-American]] {{Expy}} of Black Cat.

** An early poster showed the Shroud (ComicBook/KittyPryde's costumed identity from the ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' comics) as part of Spidey's team instead of ComicBook/WhiteTiger. Several other characters also had slightly different designs.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' was supposed to have Spidey team up with ComicBook/{{Iceman|MarvelComics}} and [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Human Torch.]] However, the rights to the Torch were still being held up, so they ended up making [[CanonForeigner a new]] [[DistaffCounterpart heroine]] known as Firestar.

* Attentive viewers of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' might have noticed a few fleeting references to ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'', such as Nick Fury asking one of his agents to send Whirlwind to the Mutant Response Division. Josh Fine, associate producer of ''Wolverine'' and supervising producer for the first season of ''The Avengers'', later revealed to have considered making some crossovers between those two shows. ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} would have gone on a SHIELD mission with ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} and ComicBook/BlackWidow. The Beast would have teamed up with ComicBook/AntMan in a different episode. However, ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' underwent cancellation before Marvel could make those crossovers. Creator/ChristopherYost, head story writer of ''The Avengers'', still went on to publicly confirm that ''Wolverine'' and ''The Avengers'' take place in the same universe. An ''EMH'' tie-in comic written by Yost himself contradicts this, though. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are seen as teens who defected from Magneto's Brotherhood, which is completely at odds with their portrayal in ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009''.
* Speaking of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', some early choices for the first villain the Avengers would capture together included ComicBook/DoctorDoom and ComicBook/{{Magneto}}. However, it apparently seemed inappropriate for "Earth's mightiest heroes" to team up and defeat a villain who ''another'' superhero team had already fought several times before. Thus, the episode about the Avengers' founding saw them overcoming [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Franklin_Hall_%28Earth-616%29 Graviton]], whose control over the forces of gravity made him a worthy opponent despite his obscurity. The heroes would later get to fight Doctor Doom in the second season premiere.

** Prior to the show's cancellation, the crew had mentioned that the third season would have been the "magic" season. ComicBook/DoctorStrange and the ComicBook/ScarletWitch would have appeared, with the latter even having been foreshadowed during the second season (a photograph of her was on ComicBook/NickFury's wall during the ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'' storyline).
** ComicBook/TheSentry was originally going to be introduced in "Assault on 42" as one of the inmates in the titular prison. After this, he would've gotten his own spotlight episode dealing with his origin, followed by him becoming a member of the ComicBook/NewAvengers in their self-titled debut.

** Christopher Yost posted some additional details on what would've occurred in Season 3, including the debuts of (in addition to the aforementioned Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch and ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}) the X-Men, ComicBook/TheDefenders, ComicBook/TheEternals, [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]], Tigra, the ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers, and ComicBook/{{Nova}}, as well as villains like ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, Nightmare, Kulan Gath, the Juggernaut, the High Evolutionary and Rama-Tut. The Surtur subplot hinted at in season 2 also would’ve been resolved. A two-part episode adapting elements of both ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' and ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' would've served as the finale. Also, ComicBook/CarolDanvers would've adopted the Captain Marvel identity.
* In the 1980s, Creator/{{ABC}} picked up a series starring ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and a guide dog named Lightning the Super-Dog. The project was dropped due to a verbal altercation between a Marvel employee and an ABC exec. [[https://bleedingcool.com/2020/03/27/the-frank-miller-cover-that-killed-the-daredevil-and-dog-cartoon/ According to Tom Brevoot]], the altercation seemed to be the cover to ''Daredevil'' Vol. 1 #184, which sported Ol' Hornhead holding a revolver on the cover.
* Other shows pitched during that same period included an ''ComicBook/IronMan'' show, as well as a series starring ''ComicBook/AntMan and ComicBook/TheWasp''. Two other proposed Marvel series would've been about [[CanonForeigner entirely new characters]], with one being called ''The Monstress'' (which would have starred a tall and beautiful female barbarian) and ''Muffy'' (a show about a transforming VW Beetle, which may or may not be one of Marvel's early ideas for ''The Transformers''.).

** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} was also confirmed to show up in Season 2, but the show didn't make it that far.

* At the time of Marvel's near-bankruptcy in the mid-1990s, they were planning solo shows based on two of their heroes. First, another ''Daredevil'' series was pitched to Fox Kids in 1999, but it was pushed back to air alongside a live-action movie that ended up not being made. Concept art shows that the villains would've included ComicBook/TheKingpin, ComicBook/{{Elektra}}, ComicBook/ThePunisher and [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]]; It would have been DarkerAndEdgier than similar shows of the time.

* A ''[[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]]'' cartoon was planned to follow the release of the first [[Film/{{Thor}} live-action]] movie, with Marvel Animation aiming to produce an initial batch of 26 episodes. Concept art of Thor and ComicBook/{{Loki}} was revealed, including a piece that showed Thor wielding a hammer that resembled [[ComicBook/TheUltimates Ultimate]] Mjolnir.
* According [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160925051541/https://www.newsarama.com/10843-iron-man-armored-adventures-producers-look-back-at-series.html to the producers]], ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' would've featured ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]], ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, and the ComicBook/FantasticFour as guest-stars had it been renewed for a third season. It also would have featured more of Hawkeye and Black Widow, and villains would have included Mauler and the Raiders, as well as bigger threats like the Skrulls and Galactus.
* There was to be an X-Men animated series in 1983 for Creator/{{NBC}}, but similar to the case of the ''Titans'' cartoon, it was scrapped in favor of having more cute and child-friendly shows to ape the success of the Smurfs. The lineup would have included ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Colossus}}, ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}, ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, ComicBook/KittyPryde (using the codename "Ariel"), [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Ms. Marvel]] (renamed "Lady Lightning"), Thunderbird, and Videoman (who had previously appeared on ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends''). It would've been a HighSchoolAU of sorts, featuring the cast as teenagers attending a public high school. Ironically enough, that's pretty much the premise of the much later ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' TV series.

** Marvel originally didn't want ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}} on the show, which is why the writers had him get arrested and imprisoned after the two-part season premier as a compromise. After the initial 13 episodes, an agreement was reached, and the writers were allowed to fully integrated Beast into the main cast.
** The higher-ups initially listed Professor X and ComicBook/JeanGrey as "secondary characters" who shouldn't take up too much screen time, if any. The writers fought for their inclusion, but the effects of this initial edict can still be seen in the way Jean was somewhat underutilized in the early episodes of the show.

** 76 episodes were completed, but there was a 77th script that never made it into active production. The episode would've brought back Colossus and his little sister [[ComicBook/{{Magik}} Illyana]] for a DarkerAndEdgier story set in Russia, which also would've seen the return of Omega Red. The script was ultimately rejected after multiple people expressed concern about its premise and subject matter.

*** ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} and ComicBook/EmmaFrost were going to appear in the season. The former was going to be an agent of SHIELD, while the latter was going to be a new student and member of the Inner Circle.

*** ComicBook/{{Gambit}}, Colossus, Havok, Angel and X-23 were going to join the team, as seen in the final shot of the series.

* After the success of the first two ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers'' films, there were plans to adapt ''Ultimate War'', the crossover mini-series that pitted the casts of ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'' and ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' against one another. Little is known about the film, but it reportedly would have featured the Avengers and X-Men battling over the fate of Magneto, with ComicBook/ScarletWitch and ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} showing up as well. The DVD was also planned to include a solo Thor film, which would have been based on the original ComicBook/BetaRayBill story from Creator/WaltSimonson's run. The project was shelved in favor of ''WesternAnimation/HulkVs'', and was eventually cancelled entirely after Disney purchased Marvel.
* Ben Bates created a fully-voiced animatic pitch for a ''[[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Captain Marvel]]'' cartoon that was not picked up. The short featured Carol Danvers (who could change into Captain Marvel via a MagicalGirl TransformationSequence) battling the female villains Titania and Letha, and also had an appearance from ComicBook/SpiderWoman as Carol's friend and crime-fighting partner. Concept and pitch art produced for the show also indicates that ComicBook/SquirrelGirl would have appeared had the series been picked up.
* Creator/DonaldGlover, a.k.a Music/ChildishGambino, was working on an animated series for FX about ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}''. However it was scrapped by FX due to CreativeDifferences as well as the Disney/Fox merger that was happening at that was taking place at that time.
* Creator/LaurenFaust once pitched an action-comedy series called ''ComicBook/KittyPryde and the ComicBook/NewMutants'', which would have starred Kitty, Dani Moonstar, Karma and Wolfsbane. Faust never heard back from Marvel, but eventually wound up doing a similar idea for DC with ''WesternAnimation/SuperBestFriendsForever'' and ''WesternAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls''.

* Back in 2004, Nickelodeon aired a pilot episode for a planned ''Fairly [=OddParents=]'' spin-off based on the Crash Nebula character that exists in that show's universe, presenting the pilot as a ShowWithinAShow. Said pilot aired maybe once or twice and then never aired again. A commonly believed reason for why the pilot never got picked up for a full series is because the plot was said to be too similar to ''Sky High'', a Disney film released around the same time. However, character designer Ben Ballastrari revealed that bad testing was the result of Nickelodeon passing on a series adaption. If it had been picked up for a full series this would have meant that Butch Hartman would have had three shows running at the same time on the same network (''Crash Nebula'', ''Fairly [=OddParents=]'', and ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom''). Sadly a "full episode upload" to places like Website/YouTube is very rare to find (even more so in English) but the pilot did air as a regular FOP episode in Latin America, Brazil and Italy at least. The Crash Nebula pilot did eventually see more reruns, usually in marathons, but only after enough time had passed to make it unfortunately clear it was never going to be more than a pilot.

*** Also as shown in the pilot, Creator/JimCummings was originally brought on for the voice of Robotnik. When the series premiered, the role was given over to Long John Baldry, although Cummings would voice Robotnik in the [=SatAM=] series.
** A third ''Sonic'' cartoon, titled ''Super Sonic Sisters'', was planned to be produced alongside ''Adventures'' and ''[=SatAM=]''. ''Super Sonic Sisters'' would have been targeted at the female demographic and focused on Isabelle and Monica, Sonic's cousins who are PolarOppositeTwins. [[RedOniBlueOni Isabelle would have been the Red Oni to Monica's Blue Oni]], and the twins would attend Mobius Moon High and run the show's news program, ''Comet Tails''. The twins' parents would have consisted of [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy a mother who's a mechanic and a father who's a chef]]. Other charaters would have included Obnotnik, Dr. Robotnik's nephew who is always trying to one-up the twins, Ms. Astral Dawn, the twins' mentor and a former astronaut and anchorwoman from Mobius News Network, Cal Tech, the Mobius Moon High one-team tech crew, and Mr. Straighten Narrow, the school's by-the-book principal who keeps the twins' schoolwork and careers in balance. Sonic himself would have appeared in an episode titled "Space Weighs For No One" as a fitness coach who who helps Isabelle back into shape after a rival school's coach feeds her one of Robotnik's instant weight-gain bars. ''Super Sonic Sisters'' never made it past early development documents.

* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'': The final episode "The End" was planned for Season 3, but after that show got cancelled the finale got pushed forward to the end of Season 2.

* Other shows pitched during that same period included an ''ComicBook/IronMan'' show, as well as a series starring ''ComicBook/AntMan and ComicBook/TheWasp''. Two other proposed Marvel series would've been about [[CanonForeigner entirely new characters]], with one being called ''The Monstress'' (which would have starred a tall and beautiful female barbarian) and ''Muffy'' (a show about a transforming VW Beetle).

* An AnimatedAdaptation of Creator/RobLiefeld's ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'' was supposed to air on Creator/FoxKids during the 95-96 season, along with a ''ComicBook/{{Cyberforce}}'' series. Liefeld claims the plans fell through when Marvel signed an exclusive deal with Fox to keep comic book properties from other publishers off the network. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYcgJSDfqoI Test footage can be seen here.]]

** A possible script for "Destiny Unleashed Part 2" can be seen [[http://tvwriter.net/14-FIN.pdf here]].
** Also this [[http://tvwriter.net/?page_id=33581 website]] lists summaries for unproduced episodes and other ideas that reveal the following:

* In TheEighties, there were plans for a MerchandiseDriven SaturdayMorningCartoon called ''Michael's Pets'' featuring the adventures of Music/MichaelJackson's RealLife menagerie (Bubbles the chimp, et. al.). According to the biography ''Michael Jackson Unauthorized'', it would have aired on [=CBS=], but at the last moment Jackson nixed the show because it would have contradicted the more adult image he was trying to project with ''Bad''. The plush toys still made it to stores in 1987, but bombed, and are now collector's items.

* ''WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheVentureBrothers''

* Back in the early '90s, there were plans for a ''Franchise/WonderWoman''-centered animated series and toy line called ''ComicBook/WonderWomanAndTheStarRiders''; the show and characters would have been more of a MagicalGirl show akin to ''WesternAnimation/SheRa'' or ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' than the comics. This idea only got as far as doll prototypes and a mini comic for a cereal before it was unceremoniously dumped. The designs, minus Wonder Woman, were re-purposed for ''WesternAnimation/TenkoAndTheGuardiansOfTheMagic''. [[http://web.archive.org/web/19991004205107/http://members.aol.com/sarahdyer/starriders/wwstar.htm This page]] showcases the disastrous idea.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'' was supposed to have Spidey team up with ComicBook/{{Iceman|MarvelComics}} and [[Franchise/FantasticFour the Human Torch.]] However, the rights to the Torch were still being held up, so they ended up making [[CanonForeigner a new]] [[DistaffCounterpart heroine]] known as Firestar.
** Firestar was originally going to be named Heatwave. This was possibly changed due to the fact that Creator/DCComics already published a ''[[Franchise/TheFlash Flash]]'' villain by that name.

** Christopher Yost posted some additional details on what would've occurred in Season 3, including the debuts of (in addition to the aforementioned Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch and ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}) the X-Men, ComicBook/TheDefenders, ComicBook/TheEternals, [[Comicbook/SubMariner Namor]], Tigra, the ComicBook/WestCoastAvengers, and ComicBook/{{Nova}}, as well as villains like ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, Nightmare, Kulan Gath, the Juggernaut, the High Evolutionary and Rama-Tut. The Surtur subplot hinted at in season 2 also would’ve been resolved. A two-part episode adapting elements of both ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' and ''ComicBook/HouseOfM'' would've served as the finale. Also, ComicBook/CarolDanvers would've adopted the Captain Marvel identity.

* ''[[WhatCouldHaveBeen/{{Ghostbusters}} The Real Ghostbusters and The Extreme Ghostbusters]]''

*** ''Sniz and Fondue'' had two chances to become its own Nicktoon. The first time, Nickelodeon narrowed down its fourth to two contenders and it lost to ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''. The second time, the show became a major hit on ''[=KaBlam!=]'' and creator Mike Brandon was given another chance. Brandon butted heads with Nickelodeon's executives and balked, giving the intended slot for ''Sniz and Fondue'' to ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.

** ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is an interesting case because its pilot was shown on Nickelodeon's ''Random! Cartoons'' and, despite how popular the short was, the network rejected it twice before Cartoon Network claimed it, and much like with ''Phineas And Ferb'' was for Disney, [[AdoredByTheNetwork was a smash hit]] for Cartoon Network.

** ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is an interesting case because its pilot was shown on Nickelodeon's ''Random! Cartoons'' and, despite how popular the short was, the network rejected it twice before Cartoon Network claimed it.