| 1 | -> ''"Well, the way they pick the shows on TV is they make one show, and that show's called a pilot. And they show that one show to the people who pick the shows, and on the strength of that one show, they decide if they want to make more shows. Some get accepted and become TV programs, and some don't, and become nothing. [Mia Wallace] starred in one of the ones that became nothing."'' |
| 2 | -->--'''Jules Winnifeld''', discussing with Vincent about Mia Wallace's failed show titled "Fox Force Five", on ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7fu7Nn_Tdk The Best TV Shows That Never Were]]''. |
| 3 | |
| 4 | For every show that gets picked up, there's a dozen that aren't. This index is for {{pilot}}s that were never made into full series. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Also see ShortRunners, PoorlyDisguisedPilot, OneEpisodeWonder, StillbornFranchise, and WhatCouldHaveBeen. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | ---- |
| 9 | |
| 10 | !!Examples: |
| 11 | |
| 12 | !!!Anime |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | * ''VisualNovel/NakoruruAnoHitoKaraNoOkurimono'' |
| 15 | * ''Anime/SonicTheAnimation'' |
| 16 | * ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'' |
| 17 | |
| 18 | ---- |
| 19 | |
| 20 | !!!Live-Action TV |
| 21 | * ''13 13th Avenue'' |
| 22 | * ''17th Precinct'' |
| 23 | * ''Film/NineteenNinetyFourBakerStreetSherlockHolmesReturns'' |
| 24 | * ''Amazon High'' |
| 25 | * ''Annihilator'' |
| 26 | * ''Aquaman'' (2006) |
| 27 | * ''The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire'' |
| 28 | * ''Series/{{Archie}}'' |
| 29 | * ''Film/ArchieToRiverdaleAndBackAgain'' |
| 30 | * ''Babylon Fields'' |
| 31 | * ''Badlands: 2005'' |
| 32 | * ''Baffled!'' |
| 33 | * ''Bermuda Triangle'' |
| 34 | * ''Black Bart'' |
| 35 | * ''Series/BoldlyGoingNowherePilot'', a proposed sitcom parody of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' by the creators of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''. |
| 36 | * ''Chameleon'' |
| 37 | * ''Condor'' |
| 38 | * ''Film/CodeNameDiamondHead'' |
| 39 | * ''Crash Island'' |
| 40 | * ''Day One'' |
| 41 | * ''Film/DearDiary'', which went on to win the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film. |
| 42 | * ''Series/DickTracy'' (1967) |
| 43 | * ''Film/DoctorStrange1978'' |
| 44 | * ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie Doctor Who (1996)]]'' [[note]]''Series/DoctorWho'' would return in 2005, but the events of this episode were mostly ignored.[[/note]] |
| 45 | * ''The Elvira Show'' |
| 46 | * ''Emily's Reason's Why Not'' |
| 47 | * ''Ethel Is an Elephant'' |
| 48 | * ''The Exo-Man'' |
| 49 | * ''Series/{{Fearless}}'' |
| 50 | * ''Film/TheFirechasers'' was originally made as a pilot for a television series based on the radio drama ''Destination - Fire!''. ''Series/ThePersuaders'' got the green light instead. ''The Firechasers'' was later released theatrically in the UK as the supporting feature to ''Film/CarryOnHenry''. |
| 51 | * ''Fuzzbucket'' |
| 52 | * ''Generation X'' |
| 53 | * ''Ghost of a Chance'' |
| 54 | * ''ComicBook/GlobalFrequency'' |
| 55 | * ''Series/HeatVisionAndJack'' |
| 56 | * ''Heavens to Betsy'' |
| 57 | * ''Series/HeilHoneyImHome'' |
| 58 | * ''Hieroglyph'' |
| 59 | * ''I-Man'' |
| 60 | * ''Film/InvisibleAvenger'' was originally intended as a pilot for a ''Radio/TheShadow'' TV series. However, the show never eventuated and it was turned into a movie instead. |
| 61 | * ''Island City'' |
| 62 | * ''WebVideo/JakeAndAmir'' |
| 63 | * ''Jake's Journey'' |
| 64 | * ''Jane the Novela'' |
| 65 | * ''Just Deserts'' |
| 66 | * ''Film/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' |
| 67 | * ''K-9000'' |
| 68 | * ''Series/K9AndCompany'' |
| 69 | * ''L.A.X. 2194'' |
| 70 | * ''Lizzie and Sarah'' |
| 71 | * ''Series/LittleMermaidsIsland'' |
| 72 | * ''The Long Hunt of April Savage''[[/index]] |
| 73 | * ''The Long Night'' [[note]]''Series/GameOfThrones'' prequel. ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'' was produced instead.[[/note]][[index]] |
| 74 | * ''Series/{{Lookwell}}'' |
| 75 | * ''Lost Flight'' |
| 76 | * ''Series/LostInOz'' |
| 77 | * ''Madame Sin'' |
| 78 | * ''Mandrake'' |
| 79 | * ''The Man with the Power'' |
| 80 | * ''Me and Lee'' |
| 81 | * ''The Melting Pot'' |
| 82 | * ''Members Only'' |
| 83 | * ''Men of the Dragon'' |
| 84 | * ''Series/MockingbirdLane'' |
| 85 | * ''Munroe'' |
| 86 | * ''My Big Fat Greek Life'' |
| 87 | * ''New Warriors'' |
| 88 | * ''Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' |
| 89 | * ''Northstar'' |
| 90 | * ''The Nut House'' |
| 91 | * ''N.Y. Mounted'' |
| 92 | * ''The Omen'' |
| 93 | * ''Film/OnceUponASpy'' |
| 94 | * ''[[Theatre/CompanySondheim Original Cast Album]]'' |
| 95 | * ''The Orphan and the Dude'' |
| 96 | * ''Over[=/=]Under'' |
| 97 | * ''The People'' |
| 98 | * ''The Phantom'' |
| 99 | * ''Series/{{Poochinski}}'' |
| 100 | * ''Poor Devil'' |
| 101 | * ''The Prosecutors'' |
| 102 | * ''The Questor Tapes'' |
| 103 | * ''Series/RedDwarfUSA'' |
| 104 | * ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes'' |
| 105 | * ''The Robinsons'' |
| 106 | * ''Sawdust'' |
| 107 | * ''Scamps'' |
| 108 | * ''Septuplets'' |
| 109 | * ''Shangra-La Plaza'' |
| 110 | * ''Snip'' |
| 111 | * ''Star Command'' |
| 112 | * ''Steel Justice'' |
| 113 | * ''Stranded'' |
| 114 | * ''Suburban Beat'' |
| 115 | * ''Sucker Free City'' |
| 116 | * ''Superboy 1961'' |
| 117 | * ''Tag Team'' |
| 118 | * ''Take Me to Your Leader'' |
| 119 | * ''Tarzan in Manhattan'' |
| 120 | * ''Thick and Thin'' |
| 121 | * ''The Tribe'' |
| 122 | * ''Virtuality'' |
| 123 | * ''The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy'' was originally filmed as a pilot for a series intended to be called ''The Osiris Chronicles''. |
| 124 | * ''Film/WEIRDWorld1995'' |
| 125 | * ''...Where's Rodney'' |
| 126 | * ''Which Way to the War?'' |
| 127 | * ''Wishman'' |
| 128 | * ''Film/WonderWoman1974'' |
| 129 | * ''[[Series/WonderWoman2011Pilot Wonder Woman (2011)]]'' |
| 130 | * ''[=Young MacGyver=]'' |
| 131 | |
| 132 | ---- |
| 133 | |
| 134 | !!!Puppet Shows |
| 135 | [[index]] |
| 136 | * ''Series/TheInvestigator'' |
| 137 | |
| 138 | ---- |
| 139 | |
| 140 | !!!Web Animation |
| 141 | |
| 142 | * ''WebAnimation/WendellAndWuggums'' |
| 143 | |
| 144 | ---- |
| 145 | |
| 146 | !!!Western Animation |
| 147 | |
| 148 | * ''WesternAnimation/SevenManlyMenAndTheKid'' |
| 149 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingScrewOnHead'' |
| 150 | * ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisMilosReturn'' |
| 151 | * ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheRockersOutOfThisWorld'' |
| 152 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Bamimation}}'' |
| 153 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Battletoads}}'' |
| 154 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastBellesMagicalWorld'' |
| 155 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Bubsy}}'' |
| 156 | * ''WesternAnimation/BuffyTheVampireSlayerTheAnimatedSeries'' |
| 157 | * ''WesternAnimation/CaptainSturdy'' - This was actually two pilots, neither of which got picked up for a series. |
| 158 | * ''WesternAnimation/CarmenGotExpelled'' |
| 159 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheCharmkins'' |
| 160 | * ''WesternAnimation/CheyenneCinnamonAndTheFabulousUnicornOfSugarTownCandyFudge'' |
| 161 | * ''WesternAnimation/ChristmasInTattertown'' |
| 162 | * ''WesternAnimation/CinderellaIIDreamsComeTrue'' |
| 163 | * ''WesternAnimation/ConstantPayne'' |
| 164 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Curbside}}'' |
| 165 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Deadtime Stories|MTV}}'' |
| 166 | * ''VideoGame/DefendersOfDynatronCity'' |
| 167 | * ''WesternAnimation/DiseasyDoesIt'' |
| 168 | * ''WesternAnimation/DoozyBots'' |
| 169 | * ''WesternAnimation/DorbeesMakingDecisions'' |
| 170 | * ''WesternAnimation/FerretAndParrot'' |
| 171 | * ''WesternAnimation/FlavioTheGoat'' |
| 172 | * ''WesternAnimation/FluppyDogs'' |
| 173 | * ''WesternAnimation/FoePaws'' |
| 174 | * ''WesternAnimation/GenZed'' |
| 175 | * ''WesternAnimation/GrooveSquad'' |
| 176 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheGroovenians'' |
| 177 | * ''WesternAnimation/GuardiansOfTheCosmos'' |
| 178 | * ''IMP, Inc.'' |
| 179 | * ''WesternAnimation/JoeyToTheWorld'' |
| 180 | * ''WesternAnimation/AKittyBoboShow'' |
| 181 | * ''WesternAnimation/KorgothOfBarbaria'' |
| 182 | * ''Longhair and Doubledome'' - Two pilots were produced, but the series was never picked up. |
| 183 | * ''Lost Cat'' |
| 184 | * ''Lucky Lydia'' |
| 185 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicTrollsAndTheTrollWarriors'' |
| 186 | * ''WesternAnimation/MagicalSuperTrolls'' |
| 187 | * ''Major Flake'' |
| 188 | * ''WesternAnimation/MinaAndTheCount'' |
| 189 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheModifyers'' |
| 190 | * ''Mt. Pleasure'' |
| 191 | * ''Murder Police'' |
| 192 | * ''My Freaky Family'' |
| 193 | * ''Nikki'' |
| 194 | * ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' - An anthology show consisting of pilots for potential Nicktoons, where essentially every entry that wasn't ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', ''WesternAnimation/ChalkZone'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' was a pilot that never took off. |
| 195 | * ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsBehindBars'' |
| 196 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}'' |
| 197 | * ''Prickles the Cactus'' |
| 198 | * ''WesternAnimation/PrydeOfTheXMen'' |
| 199 | * ''WesternAnimation/PsykoFerret'' |
| 200 | * ''WesternAnimation/RandomCartoons'' - Much like ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'', an anthology show intended to showcase pilots for potential Nicktoons (and was in fact originally intended as a revival of ''Oh Yeah! Cartoons'' before being retooled into its own thing). Like its predecessor, only three entries got their own series: ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' and ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'', with the first being the only one to have its series produced with any involvement from Nickelodeon[[note]]''Adventure Time'' was instead picked up by Cartoon Network, while Frederator chose to make ''Bravest Warriors'' a web series for their [=YouTube=] channel Cartoon Hangover[[/note]]. |
| 201 | * ''WesternAnimation/SgtSavageAndHisScreamingEagles'' |
| 202 | * ''Solarman'' |
| 203 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSoulmatesInTheGiftOfLight'' |
| 204 | * ''Swaroop'' |
| 205 | * ''WesternAnimation/TamagotchiVideoAdventures'' |
| 206 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheToolStreetGang'' |
| 207 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToonMakersSailorMoon'' |
| 208 | * ''Trevor!'' |
| 209 | * ''Uncle Gus'' |
| 210 | * ''Utica Cartoon'' |
| 211 | * ''Welcome to Eltingville'' |
| 212 | * ''WesternAnimation/WelcomeToTonkaTown'' |
| 213 | * ''Yee Hah & Doo Dah'' |
| 214 | [[/index]] |
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