Best TV Episodes Never Made
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Alternate Postman Pat season 3 (1988)
NOTE: Season 2 is still the same as OTL, but it aired in 1984 instead of 1996.
The show returned for a season 3 following the success of the 1987 special "Postman Pat and the Greendale Rocket".
S3E1: Postman Pat and the Runaway Kite - Jess gets stuck on Julian's kite and Pat tries to get him back with help of Major Forbes' hot air balloon.
Removed characters featured: Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Granny Dryden
S3E2: Postman Pat and the Hungry Goat - Alf's goat runs away and ends up chewing on a lot of things around Greendale, but is eventually caught by Pat.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden
S3E3: Postman Pat and the Ice Cream Machine - Ted has invented an ice cream machine and Julian tries to make a new cat food flavour of ice cream for Jess.
S3E4: Postman Pat and the Great Greendale Race - Pat, Alf, Sam, Ajay, Ted and P.C. Selby compete to see who has the best road vehicle, and Selby's bike somehow wins.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden
S3E5: Postman Pat and the Jumble Sale - Nisha is organising the "Recycling Week" jumble sale, but Pat accidentally has the keys to his van end up in the jumble sale.
Removed characters featured: George Lancaster, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden
S3E6: Postman Pat the Magician - Pat is going to be a magician for Meera's birthday party., but decides to practice his tricks on his rounds, disrupting his rounds.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden (all of them, they're at the party and some of them speak)
S3E7: Postman Pat and the Spotty Situation - Chicken Pox is sweeping all over Greendale, and while Pat helps cure other villagers, he catches chickenpox himself.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg (who gets chickenpox), Major Forbes
S3E8: Postman Pat and the Greendale Movie - Pat decides to make a video diary of Greendale with his new camera, but everything keeps going wrong while filming.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Granny Dryden
S3E9: Postman Pat Goes Football Crazy - Pat is training for a high-stakes football match with other Greendale adults against the Greendale school's children.
Removed characters featured: Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden
S3E10: Postman Pat's Pigeon Post - Pat's van breaks down and he has to spend the night out in the countryside until he's rescued by Sam's Mobile Shop.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard
S3E11: Postman Pat and a Job Well Done - Mr. Pringle's class is interviewing the locals about their day-to-day jobs for the school's nea newspaper.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, George Lancaster
S3E12: Postman Pat and the Green Rabbit - Pat babysits Nikhil Bains, but Nikhil keeps playing in the mud at every farm in the village Pat takes him to.
Removed characters featured: Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard
S3E13: Postman Pat and the Big Butterflies - Two rare breeds of butterfly are on the loose in Greendale, and Pat tries to catch them back into their jars.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Granny Dryden
NOTE: Season 2 is still the same as OTL, but it aired in 1984 instead of 1996.
The show returned for a season 3 following the success of the 1987 special "Postman Pat and the Greendale Rocket".
S3E1: Postman Pat and the Runaway Kite - Jess gets stuck on Julian's kite and Pat tries to get him back with help of Major Forbes' hot air balloon.
Removed characters featured: Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Granny Dryden
S3E2: Postman Pat and the Hungry Goat - Alf's goat runs away and ends up chewing on a lot of things around Greendale, but is eventually caught by Pat.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden
S3E3: Postman Pat and the Ice Cream Machine - Ted has invented an ice cream machine and Julian tries to make a new cat food flavour of ice cream for Jess.
S3E4: Postman Pat and the Great Greendale Race - Pat, Alf, Sam, Ajay, Ted and P.C. Selby compete to see who has the best road vehicle, and Selby's bike somehow wins.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden
S3E5: Postman Pat and the Jumble Sale - Nisha is organising the "Recycling Week" jumble sale, but Pat accidentally has the keys to his van end up in the jumble sale.
Removed characters featured: George Lancaster, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden
S3E6: Postman Pat the Magician - Pat is going to be a magician for Meera's birthday party., but decides to practice his tricks on his rounds, disrupting his rounds.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden (all of them, they're at the party and some of them speak)
S3E7: Postman Pat and the Spotty Situation - Chicken Pox is sweeping all over Greendale, and while Pat helps cure other villagers, he catches chickenpox himself.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg (who gets chickenpox), Major Forbes
S3E8: Postman Pat and the Greendale Movie - Pat decides to make a video diary of Greendale with his new camera, but everything keeps going wrong while filming.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Granny Dryden
S3E9: Postman Pat Goes Football Crazy - Pat is training for a high-stakes football match with other Greendale adults against the Greendale school's children.
Removed characters featured: Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden
S3E10: Postman Pat's Pigeon Post - Pat's van breaks down and he has to spend the night out in the countryside until he's rescued by Sam's Mobile Shop.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard
S3E11: Postman Pat and a Job Well Done - Mr. Pringle's class is interviewing the locals about their day-to-day jobs for the school's nea newspaper.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, George Lancaster
S3E12: Postman Pat and the Green Rabbit - Pat babysits Nikhil Bains, but Nikhil keeps playing in the mud at every farm in the village Pat takes him to.
Removed characters featured: Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard
S3E13: Postman Pat and the Big Butterflies - Two rare breeds of butterfly are on the loose in Greendale, and Pat tries to catch them back into their jars.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Granny Dryden
For funzies...
Chased by Dinosaurs: Predator of the Pole
Nigel travels to the Antarctic 190 million years ago, then a lush forest, in search of a fierce predatory theropod.
- Cryolophosaurus ellioti (modified Allosaurus model)
- Antarctic Prosauropod (then unnamed Glacialisaurus)
- Syntarsus sp. (reuses Coelophysis model)
- Antarctic Dimorphodont (modified Peteinosaurus model)
- Antarctic Tritylodont (modified Cynodont model)
Chased by Dinosaurs: Edge of Pangaea
Nigel journeys along the coast of England right after the breakup of Pangaea 200 million years ago, encountering a wide variety of creatures, from travelling with a herd of the armoured Scelidosaurus to cage diving with the giant predatory Temnodontosaurus.
- Scelidosaurus harrisonii (original model)
- Dimorphodon macronyx (modified Peteinosaurus models)
- Sarcosaurus woodi (modified Coelophysis model)
- Camelotia borealis (reuses Plateosaurus model)
- Ichthyosaurus anningae (uses Ophthalmosaurus model)
- Temnodontosaurus platyodon (also uses Ophthalmosaurus model)
- Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus (reuses Cryptoclidus model)
Space Goofs
Season 1, Episode 16b: “Amish Bamish”[1]
Wanting to get off his television addiction forever, Bud decides to move to the electric-free subculture of the Amish. This understandably upsets the rest of the aliens, so they decide to become Amishes as well to join Bud in his subculture. However, after one of Etno’s inventions goes haywire, Bud bribes the other aliens into leaving the Amish. Realising his mistake, Bud bids the Amish farewell and moves back to his abandoned home.
[1] This replaces “Dingo Bingo” ITTL, and is basically the TTL analogue to the episode, since they both feature extremely similar premises (one of the main members of the crew decides to leave them behind, then after fumbling the bag, the former member decides to reunite with the rest of their crew).
Season 1, Episode 16b: “Amish Bamish”[1]
Wanting to get off his television addiction forever, Bud decides to move to the electric-free subculture of the Amish. This understandably upsets the rest of the aliens, so they decide to become Amishes as well to join Bud in his subculture. However, after one of Etno’s inventions goes haywire, Bud bribes the other aliens into leaving the Amish. Realising his mistake, Bud bids the Amish farewell and moves back to his abandoned home.
[1] This replaces “Dingo Bingo” ITTL, and is basically the TTL analogue to the episode, since they both feature extremely similar premises (one of the main members of the crew decides to leave them behind, then after fumbling the bag, the former member decides to reunite with the rest of their crew).
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Warship - 1983
"Cat and Mouse"
With viewing figures down after a few years of poor episodes of drama shows, the BBC hatches a plan - to use the American idea of a 'Made for Television' movie using the cast of the popular former TV series Warship with increases in rank for characters to account for time since the last episode of series 4. After some working out, the idea is cemented as a fictional surface engagement between the fictional frigate HMS Hero and the Argentinian heavy cruiser Falsa Nave during the events of the Falklands War partly to continue the general good feeling after fighting the engagement the previous year and partly to give the general public some idea of how such a fight would have gone as no such large action took place... Much to the disappointment of some naval crews who wanted Prize Money!
This proves to be the biggest single thing the BBC ever attempted with reports coming out years later that it nearly destroyed the Corporation but that they started so they would finish. Help from the Royal Navy is no problem in terms of ships, officers and crew to provide background characters but finding a suitable ship to play the enemy until one Assistant Director working at the BBC reads an article in a Spanish language paper whilst on holiday about the heavy cruiser Canarias* that needed funds to complete a refit into a working museum ship. After assuring the Spanish Navy that, no, this wasn't a wind-up from the UK and that the Beeb would really, really, really like to borrow their ship for a few weeks of filming in exchange for paying for part of its refurbishment. The Spaniards, seeking both money and a restored international reputation, jump at the chance and the Canarias is towed into a yard for a minor refit after a few years of being tied up and sailed for the isle of Scotland, passing through the English Channel by an "honour guard" of RN ships that all happened to have the battle honour ARMADA 1588 from previously named ships in a bit of traditional naval humour. The filming was completed almost without incident apart from taking shelter from serious storms, the birth rate of the locals having Spanish fathers rose sharply around nine months later...
The plot, widely praised by the public, critics and former and serving naval crews, had Hero looking out for a Argentinian vessel supposed to be landing a small group of soldiers and marines setting up a ship watching post but come up against the Falsa Nave and engage in several days of cat and mouse games around the Falkland Islands with small encounters at sea, on land and a much loved scene of helicopters from both ships firing pistols at each other before the finale of a glorious guns only duel between Hero and Falsa Nave ending in the Argentinian ship being heavily damaged and sinking. Despite a number of the officers and men wanting to sink her with gunfire and missile strikes at close range after the recent losses of British ships thanks to the Argentine Air Force, Captain Beaumont who is a former First Lieutenant of Hero's instead orders them to close the range and, in a magnificent gesture, lowers his own boats and takes off the crew, makes a sweep of the sinking ship to ensure both the living and dead are rescued before opening the range and finishing her off but after first allowing the Falsa Nave's Captain to be the last man off and letting him keep the ensigns flying given the skill and attention to duty his men displayed with Beaumont calling his own crew to attention to face port and salute a gallant and brave ship. The one off television movie ends with the war over, Hero steaming for home as a message comes through from the Queen authorising the Battle Honour FALKLANDS 1982 to be added to it and all ships so named in the future. With news of the ship's paying off and possible scrapping, a young seaman asks what will happen to the history of everybody who ever lived and worked on her. Beaumont looks at the second message, then at the young man before turning to look over the bow as the ship sails for home. "Heros never die".
It is a rating hit in the UK, the US, the Commonwealth and, most surprisingly, from the Soviet Union after it is shown with the aid of subtitles without changes to the story line in editing. Although plans were made for a follow up a few years later, the fact it took so much money to make that it nearly destroyed the BBC's future caused it to forget it and cancel or end a number of shows except Doctor Who because, as the BBC's history would note when published in 2003, why would they cancelled a much loved British sci-fi series?
*In real life, the Canarias is taken out of service in 1975 and then sold for scrap in 1977 but managed to steam her own way there - plans were afoot in the intervening time for her to be converted into a museum ship but failed. For the purposes of this post, I have chosen to decide this worked out well and the Spanish would have really wanted the money in 83 so why not...?
"Cat and Mouse"
With viewing figures down after a few years of poor episodes of drama shows, the BBC hatches a plan - to use the American idea of a 'Made for Television' movie using the cast of the popular former TV series Warship with increases in rank for characters to account for time since the last episode of series 4. After some working out, the idea is cemented as a fictional surface engagement between the fictional frigate HMS Hero and the Argentinian heavy cruiser Falsa Nave during the events of the Falklands War partly to continue the general good feeling after fighting the engagement the previous year and partly to give the general public some idea of how such a fight would have gone as no such large action took place... Much to the disappointment of some naval crews who wanted Prize Money!
This proves to be the biggest single thing the BBC ever attempted with reports coming out years later that it nearly destroyed the Corporation but that they started so they would finish. Help from the Royal Navy is no problem in terms of ships, officers and crew to provide background characters but finding a suitable ship to play the enemy until one Assistant Director working at the BBC reads an article in a Spanish language paper whilst on holiday about the heavy cruiser Canarias* that needed funds to complete a refit into a working museum ship. After assuring the Spanish Navy that, no, this wasn't a wind-up from the UK and that the Beeb would really, really, really like to borrow their ship for a few weeks of filming in exchange for paying for part of its refurbishment. The Spaniards, seeking both money and a restored international reputation, jump at the chance and the Canarias is towed into a yard for a minor refit after a few years of being tied up and sailed for the isle of Scotland, passing through the English Channel by an "honour guard" of RN ships that all happened to have the battle honour ARMADA 1588 from previously named ships in a bit of traditional naval humour. The filming was completed almost without incident apart from taking shelter from serious storms, the birth rate of the locals having Spanish fathers rose sharply around nine months later...
The plot, widely praised by the public, critics and former and serving naval crews, had Hero looking out for a Argentinian vessel supposed to be landing a small group of soldiers and marines setting up a ship watching post but come up against the Falsa Nave and engage in several days of cat and mouse games around the Falkland Islands with small encounters at sea, on land and a much loved scene of helicopters from both ships firing pistols at each other before the finale of a glorious guns only duel between Hero and Falsa Nave ending in the Argentinian ship being heavily damaged and sinking. Despite a number of the officers and men wanting to sink her with gunfire and missile strikes at close range after the recent losses of British ships thanks to the Argentine Air Force, Captain Beaumont who is a former First Lieutenant of Hero's instead orders them to close the range and, in a magnificent gesture, lowers his own boats and takes off the crew, makes a sweep of the sinking ship to ensure both the living and dead are rescued before opening the range and finishing her off but after first allowing the Falsa Nave's Captain to be the last man off and letting him keep the ensigns flying given the skill and attention to duty his men displayed with Beaumont calling his own crew to attention to face port and salute a gallant and brave ship. The one off television movie ends with the war over, Hero steaming for home as a message comes through from the Queen authorising the Battle Honour FALKLANDS 1982 to be added to it and all ships so named in the future. With news of the ship's paying off and possible scrapping, a young seaman asks what will happen to the history of everybody who ever lived and worked on her. Beaumont looks at the second message, then at the young man before turning to look over the bow as the ship sails for home. "Heros never die".
It is a rating hit in the UK, the US, the Commonwealth and, most surprisingly, from the Soviet Union after it is shown with the aid of subtitles without changes to the story line in editing. Although plans were made for a follow up a few years later, the fact it took so much money to make that it nearly destroyed the BBC's future caused it to forget it and cancel or end a number of shows except Doctor Who because, as the BBC's history would note when published in 2003, why would they cancelled a much loved British sci-fi series?
*In real life, the Canarias is taken out of service in 1975 and then sold for scrap in 1977 but managed to steam her own way there - plans were afoot in the intervening time for her to be converted into a museum ship but failed. For the purposes of this post, I have chosen to decide this worked out well and the Spanish would have really wanted the money in 83 so why not...?
Not an episode, but a special!
Suzy Snowflake
Network: ABC
Release Date: December 12, 1971
Told and Sung by: Doris Day
The original song the special is based on.
After the one-two punch of Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, not to mention the earlier successes of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and The Little Drummer Boy, Rankin-Bass wanted to keep the “Christmas special based on a character-based song” motif going strong. However, they also wanted to expand it to other holidays, which resulted in the Easter-themed Here Comes Peter Cottontail. That special, ended up eating into their stop-motion “Animagic” budget for the year, so Suzy Snowflake would be a traditionally animated special coproduced with Japanese studio Mushi Production, much like Frosty.
The story places Suzy Snowflake (voiced by Lucille Ball) in the role of the “spirit of winter”, so to speak- and looking more like a blue tiny human or a fairy than a snowflake. A rather playful character, she goes wherever the wind- or her curiosity- takes her. This leads her to the town of Sunville, which is in the middle of a sweltering heatwave- in December! Suzy drops in to help the kids cool off, and show off all the fun of winter. But the fun doesn’t last long- the snow melts rather quickly! Turns out the whole town is under the spell of the wicked wizard Flamebeard, causing the immense temperature! So it’s up to Suzy and a brave group of kids to stop Flamebeard- even though if Suzy stays in hot temperature too long, she‘ll die, and all of winter will cease to be. And though she does come dangerously close, she makes it through and stops Flamebeard’s plan to expand his reach all over the world- not by some winter magic, but by showing him how fun winter can be!
Suzy Snowflake quickly proved a success on par with the previous specials, and has often been grouped together with Rudolph and Frosty as a Christmas special trio (albeit filling the role of “the girl for marketing to girls”). While she didn’t get a solo sequel special by Rankin-Bass… neither did Frosty in this timeline! Instead, Frosty’s Winter Wonderland from 1976 is now Frosty and Suzy’s Winter Wonderland, a crossover between the two characters. While the title would have you believe that Frosty and Suzy would be friends (or maybe even something more), for the most part that’s far from the case. Instead, Suzy takes the role Jack Frost head in the OTL version of the special, serving as the antagonist- as more people are having fun with Frosty instead of her, she quickly gets jealous and conspires to get him and his new wife Crystal out of the picture. She also gets more focus than Jack did, being half of the title, with a good portion of the special being her Wile E. Coyote-esque plans. Don’t worry, though- she and Frosty make up at the end.
Suzy also plays a role in 1979’s Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July. In addition to showing up at the beginning of the special, she also shows up at the end with her boyfriend Jack Frost (now making his debut in the special, and sporting the same appearance and voice he did in his standalone special later that year) to help bring Frosty and his family back to life. How she needs Jack Frost to do this when she could bring winter to Sunville with ease (albeit with mixed results) in her own special is handwaved through her being a winter spirit, and July not being a winter month- which makes things complicated when the special is broadcast in, say, Australia.
This would be followed up by her own solo sequel-ish, The Return of Suzy Snowflake, in 1992. This special, starring Gail Matthius as Suzy, takes the place of Frosty Returns, but otherwise features the same plot- in this timeline, it‘s initially developed as a Frosty sequel-ish, but it’s determined that the environmental “Summer Wheeze” plot would be a better fit for Suzy Snowflake. Aside from that, it’s still made by the Peanuts guys, with writing from the SNL guys and music from the Rugrats guy. And it still has this legendary moment:
When Frosty finally gets his second solo outing with 2005’s The Legend of Frosty the Snowman, Suzy STILL finds a way to intrude somehow. In this weird as hell special, Suzy (who, like Frosty, looks exactly like her OG special counterpart, the ONLY TIME either of them have done so since their initial specials) is now directly responsible for Frosty’s creation, enchanting the hat with her magic- and Frosty’s spirit. Yep. Frosty is actually the hat and not the snowman. And he's almost like Suzy’s herald, the Silver Surfer to her Galactus. Despite her identical design, she has a much deeper voice (courtesy of Kath Soucie, who also voices Tommy in the film) and a completely different personality, being more mellow and mature as opposed to the OG Suzy’s more silly and childlike persona. Nevertheless, she does have a bit of a playful trickster side, being the one who created Frosty. We even get a brief glimpse of what she’s like when she’s mad, threatening to freeze Pankley after all is said and done (and glowing eyes and sudden winds implies she’s actually about to do it), only to be talked out of it by Frosty, who suggests a snowball fight as punishment instead. All in all, Suzy’s presence serves to make The Legend of Frosty the Snowman a bigger mindscrew than IOTL- which is no small feat.
And yes, all of this was inspired by the old Suzy Snowflake short being paired up with UPA’s Frosty short on Bozo the Clown in WGN. Might as well make something for Hardrock, Coco, and Joe while I’m at it, huh?
Release Date: December 12, 1971
Told and Sung by: Doris Day
After the one-two punch of Frosty the Snowman and Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, not to mention the earlier successes of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and The Little Drummer Boy, Rankin-Bass wanted to keep the “Christmas special based on a character-based song” motif going strong. However, they also wanted to expand it to other holidays, which resulted in the Easter-themed Here Comes Peter Cottontail. That special, ended up eating into their stop-motion “Animagic” budget for the year, so Suzy Snowflake would be a traditionally animated special coproduced with Japanese studio Mushi Production, much like Frosty.
The story places Suzy Snowflake (voiced by Lucille Ball) in the role of the “spirit of winter”, so to speak- and looking more like a blue tiny human or a fairy than a snowflake. A rather playful character, she goes wherever the wind- or her curiosity- takes her. This leads her to the town of Sunville, which is in the middle of a sweltering heatwave- in December! Suzy drops in to help the kids cool off, and show off all the fun of winter. But the fun doesn’t last long- the snow melts rather quickly! Turns out the whole town is under the spell of the wicked wizard Flamebeard, causing the immense temperature! So it’s up to Suzy and a brave group of kids to stop Flamebeard- even though if Suzy stays in hot temperature too long, she‘ll die, and all of winter will cease to be. And though she does come dangerously close, she makes it through and stops Flamebeard’s plan to expand his reach all over the world- not by some winter magic, but by showing him how fun winter can be!
Suzy Snowflake quickly proved a success on par with the previous specials, and has often been grouped together with Rudolph and Frosty as a Christmas special trio (albeit filling the role of “the girl for marketing to girls”). While she didn’t get a solo sequel special by Rankin-Bass… neither did Frosty in this timeline! Instead, Frosty’s Winter Wonderland from 1976 is now Frosty and Suzy’s Winter Wonderland, a crossover between the two characters. While the title would have you believe that Frosty and Suzy would be friends (or maybe even something more), for the most part that’s far from the case. Instead, Suzy takes the role Jack Frost head in the OTL version of the special, serving as the antagonist- as more people are having fun with Frosty instead of her, she quickly gets jealous and conspires to get him and his new wife Crystal out of the picture. She also gets more focus than Jack did, being half of the title, with a good portion of the special being her Wile E. Coyote-esque plans. Don’t worry, though- she and Frosty make up at the end.
Suzy also plays a role in 1979’s Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July. In addition to showing up at the beginning of the special, she also shows up at the end with her boyfriend Jack Frost (now making his debut in the special, and sporting the same appearance and voice he did in his standalone special later that year) to help bring Frosty and his family back to life. How she needs Jack Frost to do this when she could bring winter to Sunville with ease (albeit with mixed results) in her own special is handwaved through her being a winter spirit, and July not being a winter month- which makes things complicated when the special is broadcast in, say, Australia.
This would be followed up by her own solo sequel-ish, The Return of Suzy Snowflake, in 1992. This special, starring Gail Matthius as Suzy, takes the place of Frosty Returns, but otherwise features the same plot- in this timeline, it‘s initially developed as a Frosty sequel-ish, but it’s determined that the environmental “Summer Wheeze” plot would be a better fit for Suzy Snowflake. Aside from that, it’s still made by the Peanuts guys, with writing from the SNL guys and music from the Rugrats guy. And it still has this legendary moment:
When Frosty finally gets his second solo outing with 2005’s The Legend of Frosty the Snowman, Suzy STILL finds a way to intrude somehow. In this weird as hell special, Suzy (who, like Frosty, looks exactly like her OG special counterpart, the ONLY TIME either of them have done so since their initial specials) is now directly responsible for Frosty’s creation, enchanting the hat with her magic- and Frosty’s spirit. Yep. Frosty is actually the hat and not the snowman. And he's almost like Suzy’s herald, the Silver Surfer to her Galactus. Despite her identical design, she has a much deeper voice (courtesy of Kath Soucie, who also voices Tommy in the film) and a completely different personality, being more mellow and mature as opposed to the OG Suzy’s more silly and childlike persona. Nevertheless, she does have a bit of a playful trickster side, being the one who created Frosty. We even get a brief glimpse of what she’s like when she’s mad, threatening to freeze Pankley after all is said and done (and glowing eyes and sudden winds implies she’s actually about to do it), only to be talked out of it by Frosty, who suggests a snowball fight as punishment instead. All in all, Suzy’s presence serves to make The Legend of Frosty the Snowman a bigger mindscrew than IOTL- which is no small feat.
And yes, all of this was inspired by the old Suzy Snowflake short being paired up with UPA’s Frosty short on Bozo the Clown in WGN. Might as well make something for Hardrock, Coco, and Joe while I’m at it, huh?
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Alternate Postman Pat season 4 (1991)
S4E1: Postman Pat and the Troublesome Train - Pat has a day off, so he and his son Julian help out Ajay and his dsughter Meera on the Greendale Rocket for the day.
S4E2: Postman Pat and the Flying Saucers - Julian, Charlie and Meera go searching for flying saucers, but Ted ends up tossing saucers out of the station cafe, damaging Pat's van.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden
S4E3: Postman Pat at the Seaside - Meera wants to go to the seaside, so Pat decides to make a fake "beach" at Garner Hall that everyone in Greendale wants to use.
Removed characters featured: Mqjor Forbes, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden
S4E4: Postman Pat and the Job Swap Day - Pat organises a job swap for the locals to raise money for the leaks in the school roof, but it's a worse idea that it sounds like it is.
Removed characters featured: Peter Fogg, Miss Hubbard
S4E5: Postman Pat's Disappearing Dotty - Julian has to look after the school guinea pig, but the guinea pig soon goes missing and ends up in Sam Waldron's mobile shop van.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, George Lancaster, Major Forbes
S4E6: Postman Pat's Popstars - Pat encourages Lucy Selby to over come her stage fright so she can perform for everyone at the school, but it doesn't end up going so well.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Granny Dryden
S4E7: Postman Pat and the Great Dinosaur Hunt - The grown-ups are building a dinosaur themed playground for the children, whilst the kids fruitlessly go searching dinosaurs.
Removed characters featured: George Lancaster, Major Forbes
S4E8: Postman Pat and the Spooky Sleepover - Katy and Tom have a sleepover in Julian's bedroom.
S4E9: Postman Pat and the Midsummer Market - The church bell needs to ring to start the Midsummer Market, but Reverend Timms has overslept, so Pat ultimately rings it.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard
S4E10: Postman Pat and the Train Inspector - With the Greendale Rocket out of order, the whole village helps out to tidy Greendale train station before the inspector arrives.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden (fhey all help out too)
S4E11: Postman Pat and the Ice Ladder - Katy and Tom get stuck on the cracking ice with their sled, making everyone in Greendale worried, so Pat has to rescue them.
Removed characters featured: Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard
S4E12: Postman Pat and the Rocket Rescue - A snowdrift blocks the railway line, so Pat has to go to Ted Glen's watermill to get Ted so he can free the Greendale Rocket.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Granny Dryden
S4E13: Postman Pat's Perfect Painting - Pat delivers supplies for the school's art project, but accidentally forgets to deliver some colouring pens (this is a clip show episode).
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, George Lancaster, Granny Dryden
S4E1: Postman Pat and the Troublesome Train - Pat has a day off, so he and his son Julian help out Ajay and his dsughter Meera on the Greendale Rocket for the day.
S4E2: Postman Pat and the Flying Saucers - Julian, Charlie and Meera go searching for flying saucers, but Ted ends up tossing saucers out of the station cafe, damaging Pat's van.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden
S4E3: Postman Pat at the Seaside - Meera wants to go to the seaside, so Pat decides to make a fake "beach" at Garner Hall that everyone in Greendale wants to use.
Removed characters featured: Mqjor Forbes, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden
S4E4: Postman Pat and the Job Swap Day - Pat organises a job swap for the locals to raise money for the leaks in the school roof, but it's a worse idea that it sounds like it is.
Removed characters featured: Peter Fogg, Miss Hubbard
S4E5: Postman Pat's Disappearing Dotty - Julian has to look after the school guinea pig, but the guinea pig soon goes missing and ends up in Sam Waldron's mobile shop van.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, George Lancaster, Major Forbes
S4E6: Postman Pat's Popstars - Pat encourages Lucy Selby to over come her stage fright so she can perform for everyone at the school, but it doesn't end up going so well.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Granny Dryden
S4E7: Postman Pat and the Great Dinosaur Hunt - The grown-ups are building a dinosaur themed playground for the children, whilst the kids fruitlessly go searching dinosaurs.
Removed characters featured: George Lancaster, Major Forbes
S4E8: Postman Pat and the Spooky Sleepover - Katy and Tom have a sleepover in Julian's bedroom.
S4E9: Postman Pat and the Midsummer Market - The church bell needs to ring to start the Midsummer Market, but Reverend Timms has overslept, so Pat ultimately rings it.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard
S4E10: Postman Pat and the Train Inspector - With the Greendale Rocket out of order, the whole village helps out to tidy Greendale train station before the inspector arrives.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard, Granny Dryden (fhey all help out too)
S4E11: Postman Pat and the Ice Ladder - Katy and Tom get stuck on the cracking ice with their sled, making everyone in Greendale worried, so Pat has to rescue them.
Removed characters featured: Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Major Forbes, Miss Hubbard
S4E12: Postman Pat and the Rocket Rescue - A snowdrift blocks the railway line, so Pat has to go to Ted Glen's watermill to get Ted so he can free the Greendale Rocket.
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, Peter Fogg, George Lancaster, Granny Dryden
S4E13: Postman Pat's Perfect Painting - Pat delivers supplies for the school's art project, but accidentally forgets to deliver some colouring pens (this is a clip show episode).
Removed characters featured: Sam Waldron, George Lancaster, Granny Dryden
MMPR Episode: "When Worlds Collide"
VR Troopers Episode: "United We Stand"
The episode opens with the Power Rangers battling a formidable monster unleashed by Lord Zedd in Angel Grove. Their intense confrontation inadvertently creates a rift between the real world and the virtual dimension, catching the eye of Grimlord from the "VR Troopers" universe. Sensing an opportunity, Grimlord sends a powerful virtual creature to assess and exploit this new connection.As the Rangers grapple with this strange new enemy, Zordon, detecting unusual virtual energy spikes, directs them to the VR Troopers for assistance. This collaboration is pivotal, setting the stage for a united front against the merged threats of Grimlord and Zedd.
Continuing from the MMPR episode, "United We Stand" shows the VR Troopers alerted to the disruptions in Angel Grove. They join forces with the Power Rangers, initially struggling to mesh but quickly finding common ground in their shared mission to thwart their enemies' plans.
The narrative escalates as both teams uncover a grand scheme by Grimlord and Lord Zedd to fuse the virtual and real worlds, aiming to dominate both realms. The episode showcases a blend of tactical planning and character development, as the two teams learn from each other and combine their unique abilities to confront the dual threats.
The climax features a dual-realm battle, with the VR Troopers combating the digital manifestations and the Power Rangers taking on the physical embodiments of the merged villain forces. Their synchronized efforts lead to a victory that not only dismantles the immediate threat but also fortifies the barrier between the virtual and real worlds, preventing future invasions.
In the denouement, heartfelt exchanges between the Power Rangers and VR Troopers underscore the mutual respect and camaraderie forged through their shared struggles. The teams part ways, enriched by the experience and with a silent acknowledgment of the strength found in unity, leaving a door open for future adventures together.
This crossover arc, bridging "When Worlds Collide" in MMPR and "United We Stand" in VR Troopers, delivers an epic saga of collaboration and heroism, blending the distinct elements of both series into a memorable adventure that respects the legacy and appeal of both teams.
YMMV: MMPR & VR Troopers Crossover
Disproportionate Screen Time: The noticeable difference in screen time, with Austin St. John (Jason), Walter Jones (Zack), and Thuy Trang (Trini) appearing less, while Jason David Frank (Tommy) and Brad Hawkins (Ryan Steele) feature more prominently, may stand out to viewers. This can be attributed to the transitioning cast dynamics in MMPR and the narrative focus in "VR Troopers."Trivia: Behind-the-Scenes Insights
Contractual Changes and Casting Dynamics: At the time of the crossover, MMPR was undergoing significant cast changes. Austin St. John, Walter Jones, and Thuy Trang were exiting the show, leading to reduced appearances in crossover segments. Meanwhile, Jason David Frank became a central figure in MMPR, paralleling Brad Hawkins' leading role in "VR Troopers."
Original Plans for Brad Hawkins: Interestingly, Brad Hawkins was initially cast to be the White Ranger in MMPR. However, due to the character's popularity and the storyline's evolution, Jason David Frank retained his role as Tommy, leading Hawkins to star in "VR Troopers" instead. This background contributed to the significant presence both actors had in the crossover, highlighting the intertwined fates of their characters.
Production Synergy: The logistical convenience of MMPR and "VR Troopers" sharing similar filming locations and production schedules facilitated the crossover, making it easier to coordinate scenes where Jason David Frank and Brad Hawkins could work together, maximizing their screen presence.
Littlest Pet Shop (2012) S3E4 "Welcome to the Largest Ever Pet Shop"
(Replaces "Secret Cupet")
Mrs. Twombly, the owner of Littlest Pet Shop, loses Blythe Baxter's contract with Littlest Pet Shop in a card game against Fisher Biskit, the owner of Largest Ever Pet Shop. This forces Blythe to work at the Largest Ever Pet Shop, much to her dismay, making the pets at Littlest Pet Shop really sad. Fisher Biskit only wanted Blythe so that he could use "Blythe Style", her fashion designs for pets, to run Littlest Pet Shop out of business. However, Blythe drives Fisher Biskit nuts when she refuses to make any fashion designs for pets at Largest Ever Pet Shop, because she obviously doesn't want to help Fisher Biskit run Littlest Pet Shop out of business. Eventually, as Mrs. Twombly is about to close Littlest Pet Shop down for good due to the loss of "Blythe Style", Fisher Biskit pleads with her to take Blythe back because she's driving him nuts by being lazy and refusing to make designs for him, to which Mrs. Twombly agrees. The episode ends happily as Blythe returns to working at Littlest Pet Shop.
(Replaces "Secret Cupet")
Mrs. Twombly, the owner of Littlest Pet Shop, loses Blythe Baxter's contract with Littlest Pet Shop in a card game against Fisher Biskit, the owner of Largest Ever Pet Shop. This forces Blythe to work at the Largest Ever Pet Shop, much to her dismay, making the pets at Littlest Pet Shop really sad. Fisher Biskit only wanted Blythe so that he could use "Blythe Style", her fashion designs for pets, to run Littlest Pet Shop out of business. However, Blythe drives Fisher Biskit nuts when she refuses to make any fashion designs for pets at Largest Ever Pet Shop, because she obviously doesn't want to help Fisher Biskit run Littlest Pet Shop out of business. Eventually, as Mrs. Twombly is about to close Littlest Pet Shop down for good due to the loss of "Blythe Style", Fisher Biskit pleads with her to take Blythe back because she's driving him nuts by being lazy and refusing to make designs for him, to which Mrs. Twombly agrees. The episode ends happily as Blythe returns to working at Littlest Pet Shop.
Again, not a TV episode, but a series of TV movies based on a TV show. For one, in this timeline, David Banner's actor Bill Bixby doesn't die of cancer in 1993. However, The Death of the Incredible Hulk still gets less-than-stellar ratings on NBC, his idea for a fourth Hulk film is put on the backburner. But this is only temporary- while New World retained the TV movie rights to the Hulk at the time, hence the TV movies, Universal owned The Incredible Hulk TV series that they were based upon, and in 1992, used it as a launch program for the Sci-Fi Channel, part of the USA Networks joint-venture with Paramount. Following the success of the show in Sci-Fi Channel repeats (well, success for a baby cable channel), Universal reacquired the TV/film rights from New World (who had previously owned Marvel Comics themselves, but had sold the company off) for their own selection of TV movies for the Sci-Fi Channel. Much like the New World trilogy, series developer Kenneth Johnson would not return for these films, Bixby would serve as the director for the films, and characters would be taken from the comics. But this time, Universal and Bixby got Stan Lee on as a story consultant, and instead of setting up a proto-MCU, he decided to incorporate elements of the Hulk comics into the movies. Starting with...
The Incredible Hulk Lives (1994)
Based on Bill Bixby’s intended fourth movie, where David Banner comes back without the Hulk, then is captured, is forced to make more Hulk beings, then transforms himself back into the Hulk to fight them. However, the person responsible for forcing David to create more Hulk mutants is Samuel Sterns, whose own gamma mutants aren’t quite right and has captured David to figure out what he’s doing wrong. He then tests it out on himself, turning him not into a Hulk, but the super-intelligent the Leader, introducing a retcon about gamma radiation affecting different people in different ways. The Hulk then reemerges not from David recreating his own experiment, but from him blocking a Hulk-making gamma shot meant for teenager Rick Jones (saving him similar to his origin in the comic). The movie ends with Rick accompanying David on his journey for a cure.
Secret of the Incredible Hulk (1995)
Jack McGee puts together the pieces that the “John Doe” that becomes the Hulk is indeed David Banner, and tracks him down for an interview. In it, a reluctant David reveals everything about the Hulk’s creation, what it has done, and the death of Elaina Marks- which McGee realizes was caused by an accidental explosion, and not by the Hulk. Now assured of the Hulk’s innocence and knowing of his search for a cure, McGee makes a copy of his findings and sends them to the government, hoping the nation’s leading scientists can cure him. But the findings instead draw the attention of General Ross, who wants to capture the Hulk and use him as a basis for an army of super soldiers. In the climax, McGee is killed before he can make his findings public, and Betty Ross rebels against her father and joins David and Rick, now on the run from not merely a reporter, but the United States Military.
Taming of the Incredible Hulk (1996)
David and the gang visit his cousin, lawyer Jennifer Walters. In a previous off-screen encounter (before The Incredible Hulk Returns, when David thought himself free of the Hulk but it was still lurking inside him), he gave her an emergency blood transfusion after a shootout left her on the edge of death. This ended up turning her into the She-Hulk, initially an instinctual creature similar to the Hulk- though slightly less aggressive, and transforming in cases of fear rather than anger. But now, it appears that Jennifer has seemingly gained control of the She-Hulk, able to transform at will and keep her intelligence, and becoming quite the socialite as the She-Hulk (though she can still transform inadvertently out of fear). So now, David wants her to not only clear his name (in the last movie, Ross revealed the Hulk’s identity but kept the story of him supposedly killing Elaina Marks), but also teach him how she can control her Hulk part. It’s here that we learn more about how extreme dosage of gamma radiation affects different people- in addition to changing the body when transformed, it strips back the defensive layers of one’s own personality that hide their innermost feelings (if there are any) and amplifies said feelings to an almost overwhelming degree. So David Banner, who had a tendency to repress his anger, becomes the wrathful yet good-at-heart Hulk. The doormat Jennifer Walters becomes the She-Hulk, who does things Jennifer Walters doesn’t have the guts to, either protecting herself or becoming the party animal she always wanted to be. On the flipside, the egotistical and intelligent Samuel Sterns became the megalomaniacal genius the Leader, and the bitter and selfish Del Frye became a murderous monster. Meanwhile, General Ross becomes impatient with his lack of progress on super soldiers, partners with Samuel Sterns (who can now willing transform into the Leader) for a super soldier program instead. The test subject is Emil Blonsky, a nihilistic, self-loathing misanthrope who is transformed into the Abomination, who breaks out of the base and goes on a rampage, set out to kill everyone. Now, with the Abomination on the loose, General Ross and David have to reluctantly join forces to capture the Abomination and return him to normal before the Leader can get him and use him as a weapon to take over the world.
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While another movie was considered, it was ultimately rejected, in part to avoid confusion with the 1996 cartoon.
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While another movie was considered, it was ultimately rejected, in part to avoid confusion with the 1996 cartoon.
Is there one of these for movies? I think I could get away with posting this TV movie trilogy here, but my next one isn't based on a TV show, nor did it air on TV...
There is. Here’s the link:
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-best-movies-never-made.11413/
I wonder if someone could do a Claire design
Claire DeLoon in "Claire-Voyant"
Release Date August 23, 1969 Voice Characterizations Janet Waldo, Lary Storch Music William Lava Story Cal Howard Layouts Bob Givens, Jaime Diaz Backgrounds Bob Abrams Film Editors Hal Geer, Don Douglas Animators Ted Bonnicksen, LaVerne Harding, Jim Davis, Ed Solomon, Norm McCabe Direction Bob McKimson Production Bill L. Hendricks
PlotOne quiet day, a loon walks into town, a briefcase in her hand. She sets her briefcase on the ground and opens it. A large tent pops out, with a sign: "THE ALL-SEEING, ALL-KNOWING, ALL-BLABBING CLAIRE DELOON - FORTUNES 25¢". She enters the tent, just as a swarm of people (and anthropomorphic animals) surround the tent, waiting for their fortunes to be told.
MAN: I heard she's psychic!
WOMAN: I heard she can tell the future!
DUCK (not Daffy): I heard she's nothing but a quack!
A lovesick man is the first to enter. He asks Claire if he'll ever find true love. Claire uses her crystal ball to predict that the man and his lover will become inseperable! After the man leaves, she catches the eye of a rather unattractive lady, who she quickly falls in love with, much to his dismay. She gives chase to the man, eventually drawing them near a curb with wet cement. As a result, a passing cyclist splashes the cement onto them just as the lady embraces the man, rendering them inseperable- just as Claire DeLoon foretold!
Next up, Claire meets with a turtle, who is upset because he is so slow.
CLAIRE: Well, you may not be able to GO fast, but can you THINK fast?
Claire pulls a card trick on the turtle using tarot cards, which she then uses for her fortune. She predicts the turtle will become so fast, he'll be unstoppable! The turtle slowly walks out of the tent. Then he walks at normal speed. Then he jogs, then he runs. He is overjoyed at his newfound speed!
TURTLE: What do you know? The bird was right! I'm unstoppable! Yeah! I cannot be stopped! Woo-hoo! I... wait a minute. I can't stop! I CAN'T STOP! HELP! HEEEEELLLP!
The turtle, indeed, can't stop running, and ends up running off a cliff.
Then, a snobby and pretentious swan, who isn't here to have her fortune told...
SWAN: I don't BELIEVE in fortune telling.
CLAIRE: Well, good thing you came to a fortune teller's tent, you smug little...
The swan then rudely attempts to drink Claire's fortune-telling tea (a play on the tea-leaves method of fortune telling), before Claire swipes it back, warning the swan that "pride comes before a fall". The swan haughtily walks off, beak in the air, eyes closed... not mentioning her about to fall off the same cliff the turtle fell off.
CLAIRE: Say... do you think that smug swan will remember that she can fly?
(SPLASH)
CLAIRE: Or swim?
SWAN: HEEEEELLLP!!!
CLAIRE: I guess not.
Fourth, a mouse that's afraid of everything. Claire does a palm reading- literally, reading his palms like a book!
CLAIRE: Let's see... mhm... oh, oh dear... that sounds bad!
MOUSE: What? What is it?
CLAIRE: It says here... you'll come face to face with you're worst fear!
MOUSE: N-no! No I won't!
CLAIRE: You dare question the wisdom of Claire DeLoon?
The mouse reasons that if he can't SEE his worst fear, he won't be afraid of it. He blindfolds himself... then realizes that his worst fear is the dark! He runs off panicking, off of the same cliff that the turtle and swan fell off of.
CLAIRE: It's just as I feared...
Fifth, what appears to be an adorable little girl dressed as a princess, who wants to know if she'll ever become famous.
CLAIRE: Well, that depends- when's your birthday?
"LITTLE GIRL": Today. I'm five years old!
CLAIRE: Well, congratulations! And of course that puts you under the sign of Aries, which...
Claire pulls out her astrology book and gives a very long-winded, fast-spoken horoscope...
CLAIRE: ...which means, the way I see it, soon everybody will know your face!
The "little girl" is overjoyed and leaves... though not before taking back her quarter, attached to a string, showing her true colors.
“LITTLE GIRL”: Sucker…
This chick is much older and much more devious than she looks. I mean, look at her list of crimes on her wanted poster!
Wait, wanted poster? Yep, now everybody knows her face... including the police, who are right there looking at the poster!
CLAIRE: Say, I knew I recognized her from somewhere!
Sixth is a fisherman who hasn't gotten a bite lately. Claire drops a pebble in a glass of water and interprets the waves. She predicts the biggest catch with the biggest catch imaginable!
FISHERMAN: Oh boy! When will that be?
CLAIRE: Why don't you get out there and find out?
The excited fisherman runs out- only to be jumped by three human-sized fish!
FISH 1: Oh, so you like catching fish, eh?
FISH 2: We don't take kindly to your kind around these parts!
The fish beat the crap out of the fisherman- off-screen, of course.
CLAIRE: Of course, I never said who would be catching who...
A nervous cat is the unlucky seventh, unloading all of his troubles and worries onto Claire. Claire cracks open a fortune cookie (that looks more like a regular cookie) and offers half to the cat. According to the cookie, the cat will forget all his worries! The cat leaves, skeptical, when he's hit by a falling anvil! When he comes to...
CAT: Well, what do you know! I can't remember anything to be worried about! Oh dear, except one... I can't remember my name, either!
Eighth is a dog woman looking to lose some weight. Claire invites the woman to weigh herself on her talking scale (with her voice).
TALKING SCALE: You weigh 150 pounds. But don't worry... you're gonna lose a lot of it, and quickly!
When she leaves, the dog woman is bitten by a snake, looking to suck her blood. Good news, all of her fat is sucked up instead! Well, good news for the dog woman. Bad news for the snake...
Ninth, a poor man who asks if he'll ever be able to make some money.
CLAIRE: Hmm... don't mean to sound greedy, but do you have another coin I could borrow?
POOR MAN: I spent my last quarter on the fortune...
CLAIRE: Well, then... I'll have to improvise.
Claire turns the quarter and a piece of string into a makeshift pendelum. Using its movements, Claire predicts the man will find riches beyond belief! The poor man runs out, excited, only to find a crowd of annoying nerdy guys, all named Rich.
RICH: Hi! I'm Rich. What's your name?
POOR MAN: Pid. First name Stu.
RICH: Huh. I thought it'd be Rich.
The tenth and final customer is a scrawny teenage girl being picked on by a huge bully, wanting to know if he'll ever stop. Claire gives the girl a magic 8-ball, but it turns out to be super heavy- way too heavy for the girl. So she decides to use it herself, holding it with little effort.
TEENAGE GIRL: How are you doing that? That ball's super heavy!
CLAIRE: What can I say? I'm stronger than I look. (flexes bicep, which swells to comical size, then shrinks back)
With a shake of the magic 8-ball, Claire predicts the girl will soon have quite the growth spurt! The girl leaves and is immediately cornered by the bully. She's backed into a canister of radioactive waste, which drenches her. Suddenly, she begins to grow, and grow, and grow, towering over her former tormentor- and everything else! She picks up the bully and throws him away, before walking off happily. She comes across the boy she has a crush on but never knew she existed (until now), who nervously decides to court her- out of fear for his own safety. She picks him up and walks through the park. But all is not well, as she's spotted by two fighter jets...
PILOT 1: Good heavens! It's a giant monster!
PILOT 2: Uh, I don't mean to burst your bubble, but it looks more like a scrawny teenage girl. I'd say yet to hit her growth spurt, but...
PILOT 1: Then that means she's only gonna get bigger! After her!
The jets fire on her. While mildly irritated by the missiles shooting on her at first, her annoyance quickly turns to fear when she realizes who's attacking her. (Despite her size, she's still a bit finicky.) She runs away and the jets give chase, resulting in the girl cowering and clinging on top of a skyscraper, boyfriend in hand, King Kong-style. We zoom out to see the results of everything, and then we see Claire viewing the damage from her tent.
CLAIRE: Quite a shame... but I did try to warn them. At the very least, all of my predictions came true!
She takes out her crystal ball again.
CLAIRE: And as for me? Well, I foresee a rather bright future for myself!
Suddenly, the lights go out in her tent, leaving Claire and the audience in the dark (save for the whites of Claire's eyes).
CLAIRE: Well, almost all of them came true...
BackgroundWith Alex Lovy’s previous attempts at new Looney Tunes characters having mixed success at best (Cool Cat, Merlin the Magic Mouse) and no success at worst (Chimp and Zee, Flying Circus), it was now Robert McKimson’s turn to make a character for Warner Bros. Seven-Arts. After having inherited Bunny and Claude and Rapid Rabbit from Lovy (who was set to direct the characters’ debuts, but left before he could), this character was an attempt to ride the waves of the feminist movement. While Warner had several prominent female characters before, such as Petunia Pig, Granny, and most recently Bunny of Bunny and Claude, this was to be Warner Bros. Seven-Arts' first solo female cartoon star. Several ideas were passed around, including reviving rejected Lovy-era pitch Jeanie the Genius, but eventually McKimson and writer Cal Howard decided on a fortune-telling waterfowl, a parody of the up-and-coming New Age movement. The staff immediately took a shining to the character, pitching in tons of ideas for shorts and gags, though it was decided early on that this first short would be a simple fortune-telling toon. Much as McKimson was planning to reintroduce Speedy Gonzales with Butch Catsidy as his new nemesis, and Lovy pitched a return to the Road Runner series in a half-hour special with “the Bird Watcher”, McKimson planned to eventually bring back Daffy Duck in Claire's series, with Claire as his new girlfriend. This, of course, never ended up happening- Claire's cartoon was the second-to-last of the classic Warner cartoon shorts.
ReceptionWhile most of the Seven Arts-era cartoon shorts are near-universally reviled, this short by contrast is universally well-liked (though not really anybody's favorite), both for its unique lead and being actually pretty funny. This reappraisal mirrors that of fellow failed pilot Rabbit Stew and Rabbits, Too! (starring Rapid Rabbit and the Quick Brown Fox), though Claire DeLoon far eclipsed them in popularity, leading to the creation of recurring Tiny Toon Adventures character Shirley McLoon (in a similar fashion to fellow one-shot the Dodo from Porky in Wackyland birthing Gogo Dodo) and multiple cameos in The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, alongside fellow Seven Arts character Cool Cat. ITTL she also replaces Melissa in The Duxorcist (in this version of the short, getting possessed after a seance gone wrong) and Baby Looney Tunes and Tina in The Looney Tunes Show, as well as appearances in New Looney Tunes (in both Daffy's and two of her own shorts), Looney Tunes Cartoons (in Happy Birthday, Bugs Bunny and three shorts, two solo and one featuring Daffy, all of which featuring the revitalized version of the Abstract WB title featured IOTL in Crumb and Get It), and Bugs Bunny Builders, with an appearance rumored for Tiny Toons Looniversity (with Shirley McLoon reappearing and Cool Cat and Merlin having appeared, it seems inevitable).
Unused Short IdeasIn Your Dreams - About Claire going into the dreams of others.
Ghost Wanted / Most Haunted - About Claire conducting a seance. This would be the second appearance of Spooky, from “Big Game Haunt”.
Astro Projection - Claire astral-projects herself onto another planet to fight an alien menace.
What In-Carnation? - About Claire meeting her past lives.
Yoga To Be Kidding - About Claire teaching a yoga class.
A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Read - About Claire reading peoples’ thoughts.
No Mind? No Matter - About Claire messing around with telekinesis, trying- and usually failing- to help.
Weather or Not - Claire gets a job as a weather forecaster, and her forecasts come true in the craziest of ways.
Corny Carnival - Claire goes to a carnival, where a conniving carny tries to scam her with one of the games. But Claire is always one step ahead!
Mechanical Mis-Fortunes - When Claire is threatened to be replaced by a mechanical fortune teller, she and the machine go head to head, competing to see who can predict fortunes quickly and more accurately!
Shock to the Chakras - This one was just a title, though it can assumed that this short would feature chakras in an important role.
Mind Over Muscle - When a big muscle bound bully threatens to spoil her beach day, Claire takes the opportunity to teach him about the power of mind over matter.
Crystal Clear - When Claire gets sick, she relies on her special healing crystals to nurse her back to health. But when a crook steals the precious crystals, it’s up to Claire to get them back- and her boyfriend Daffy to get her around!
Just Relax - A more “experimental”, mostly dialogue-less short that takes a different approach to Claire’s personality. A stressed-out Claire tries her darndest to cool off and relax, but that proves to be a challenge.
Karma Crash - After Claire and some one-off scoundrel accidentally run to one another, their karmas get reversed. Now, the scoundrel’s villainous acts are met with good luck, while Claire’s good deeds are met with bad luck!
And/Aura - Claire uses her aura powers to be in two places at once. Then three, then four, then five… soon, there are hundreds of auras- their mere presence taking energy away from the real Claire!
Spell Bound - Claire’s psychic abilities consistently draw attention away from Merlin the Magic Mouse, who quickly gets jealous.
Loon Light - Another “experimental” no-dialogue short, this time without a plot, instead centering around moon-themed classical music.
Here and There - A Droopy-esque cartoon with a teleporting Claire in the Droopy role.
Now You See Me - About Claire turning invisible.
Stuff and Non-Sense - About Claire losing her sixth sense.
Ele-Mental - About Claire playing with her pyrokinesis (control over fire), hydrokinesis (control over water), electrokinesis (control over electricity), and various other elemental control abilities.
Winging It - Daffy is teased by his fellow ducks for his inability to fly. Claire tries to teach him how to fly, through levitation. Key word, tries.
Speak Your Mind - Another “experimental” short, this time with dialogue. Claire and a fellow psychic have a telepathic conversation while going about their day.