Invent a lost media story

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So in 1997 Nintendo already had the idea of launching the anime a couple weeks before the games and were in Lahore of it airing on KidsWB.they turned to look for a dubbing company to do the VA work for the show.But Nintendo had an odd strategy up their sleeve.They ask Funimation,Saban and 4kids to attempt to dub “Showdown in Pewter City” as a sort of testing ground for a dub.in the end 4kids Dub proved to be the most successful of the three and the other 2 were believed to be disposed of soon after.it’s rumored Funimations dub used ocean productions (the same studio that did the original English dub of the DBZ Sayian and Namek sagas), While Saban used actors from their other shows (Mainly Power Rangers) since Funimation already had claimed Oceans VA’s for their dub.It is unknown if Nintendo kept the dubs or if Saban had theirs for a period but it’s likely Funimation threw away their masters of the episode instantly and likely Fox or Disney eventually due to legal or copyright issues destroyed their as well.There May be the possibility that one of the VA’s saved a copy but despite that the search may be a possible dead end.




(Wow this was BAD!)

tried to look at what other fonts looked like and decided to go back to the normal one so i chose the closest i could find to the originial

Plot Twist: The third option was Booboo.

y'all remember the half finished english dub for "Tokyo Mew Mew" called "Mew Mew Power"? well, the dubbing team though they were going to be given the rights to dub the second half BC it was doing so popular that they wrote and dubbed it but then Japan hated their dub and cancelled it and now the second half of the dub is completely lost and was never shown/sold

So recently, there had been a major development to the DIC Entertainment building in Burbank, California, which had been repurposed to the Kalamazoo Public Libraries building (at least part of the building). That's because the main building behind it, surprisingly, is still accessible. This is where the biggest discovery was made.

Many people acquired new information for the cancelled DIC Entertainment Saturday morning block on NBC, or should I say "DIC's Incredible Saturday Morning Party Bus"! That's right. The block was officially called "DIC's Incredible Saturday Morning Party Bus" and was to be TNBC's replacement block back in 2001 before Discovery Kids on NBC replaced it the following year. While previous comfirmations of it's existence were revealed in the past, "DIC's Incredible Saturday Morning Party Bus" was never fully discovered until just 2 days ago as of writing this reply. 

The block was to have some character interactions, considering Kids WB, Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon have already been mastering the character interaction bumpers and promos well. We could've have some good character interaction in bumpers, promos, and even split-screen credits (something that Nickelodeon would do later on.)

The few shows have been confirmed through the "Archie's Weird Mysteries The Movie: The Darkess Has Risen" reaction livestream, but now we have a better look at them alongside other series planned for the block in alphabetical order.

"The Archies" was to be the next series based off of the long running "Archie" comics. The series was to take place after "The Darkness Has Risen". Riverdale was once again a humble place to live after all the monsters went away. New adventures await as Archie, Jughead, Betty, and Veronica rocks out with some unexpected results and interesting visits from previous lives from the past. The series was to debut in the Fall of 2002, with "The Archies in: Jugman" going to be a direct to video backdoor pilot movie for the series to be released that Spring.

"Barry the Horse" was a cancelled series about Barry, a horse who was tired of being a rideable horse to a cowboy and instead wanted a chance at doing different jobs, such as being a banker, helping around as a sheriff, and being a chef at a pasta restaurant. The series was meant to be one of the planned launch series to be premiered with the block.

"DinoSquad" is a series you might recognized before. A series about a group of teens who genetically have the DNAs of dinosaurs and can transform into the reptilian beasts that roam the earth 63 billion years ago. "DinoSquad" actually had a lengthy development history if the planned 2001 premiere was to go off of. We wouldn't see the series for another 6 years due to it's many delays.

"Eggy's Cracking Up Fun" was one of the educational offerings of the block to nullify the FCC for the lack of educational content. Eggy is an egg who taught the fellow barn animals important lessons. This is essentially Will and Dewitt of the early 2000s. Eggy was also one of the launch series.

"Gadget and the Gadgetinis" was going to have an American premiere through "DIC's Incredible Saturday Morning Party Bus". Made as a collaboration with Saban International Paris, "Gadget and the Gadgetinis" was to further continue the adventures of the beloved wacky inspector, his niece Penny, and their smart dog Brain, alongside the new for this series Gadgetinis. The reason why "Inspector Gadget's Last Case: Claw's Revenge" uses designs of the characters for a series that didn't make it to North America was because it was meant to be the backdoor pilot to "Gadget and the Gadgetinis". The movie was also going to kick off the DIC Movie Toons brand, considering though "Inspector Gadget" wasn't originally the first series DIC Entertainment created, it was the first series to succeed internationally. "Gadget and the Gadgetinis" was to follow the movie as one of the launch series for "DIC's Incredible Saturday Morning Party Bus", but the plans have changed. Not only Universal's deal with DIC fell through, production of both projects split up after Saban was acquired by Disney a few months later, causing "Gadget and the Gadgetinis", despite still being involved with the production, ended up taking less credit to the series and instead all credits went towards the newly named SIP Animations. DIC Entertainment did finish up with "Inspector Gadget's Last Case" prior to Saban's buy out from Disney, but the damage had already been done.

"Globehunters" was originally going to be a full series initially. Planned to be another launch series, "Globehunters" was to have a full 39 episode season. When "DIC's Incredible Saturday Morning Party Bus" ended up getting cancelled, "Globehunters was reworked into one of the Movie Toons.

Similarly, "Groove Squad" was also planned to premiere as one of the launch series. A 4 part series premiere episode was created, and when the block got the axe, "Groove Squad's" 4 part premiere episode was combined into one movie as part of DIC Movie Toons.

Remember that Treasure Island movie DIC made? The Robert Lewis Stevenson novel was going to expand further with a spin-off called "John Silver's Quest". Continuing off of the "Treasure Island" movie (initially planned for a August 2001 release), it would've explored more of Long John Silver's past quests. The series was set to premiere in Spring of 2002.

"Liberty's Kids" was not meant for PBS initially. NBC was going to premiere the series as one of the launch series for "DIC's Incredible Saturday Morning Party Bus" to bring in more educational shows to ease the FCC. The series honestly should've been on NBC since "Liberty's Kids" touch upon more serious events in colonial days, something that PBS Kids barely touched upon at the time. Not to mention, a kicking rap theme by the late Aaron Carter wouldn't fit PBS Kids agenda for theme songs outside of Arthur.

"The New Adventures of Madeline" was going to receive a 5th season to give the FCC a little more educational content. 3 episodes were made, but Universal's deal with DIC Entertainment fell through, leading to those 3 episodes to be scrapped in favor of one of the DIC Movie Toons, "My Fair Madeline".

"The New Wild Adventures of Dennis the Menace" was going to be the 3rd "Dennis the Menace" series. Like some of the others, "Cruise Control" was going to be a backdoor pilot TV movie, rather than a DIC Movie Toons film. The series continues the madness of Dennis Mitchell and the gang including the "new Princess in the block" Liana and their everyday shenanigans with the Mitchell family and of course, Mr. Wilson. The series actually began production in 1997 but production troubles (one of the original plans is to bring back Phil Hartman to voice Mr. Wilson, but as we all know, Phil's wife killed him in 1998, leading to Tom Arnold to voice Mr. Wilson later on) cause the series to experience major delays. Both "Dennis the Menace in: Cruise Control" and "The New Wild Adventures of Dennis the Menace" would later be completed in early 2001 (with some major reworking from cel animation to digital ink and paint.) "Dennis the Menace in: Cruise Control" was going to premiere as a late May 2001 television premiere, with "The New Wild Adventures of Dennis the Menace" premiering with "DIC's Incredible Saturday Morning Party Bus" that September. The latter got cancelled, leading to "Cruise Control" to be released as a stand-alone movie.

"New Adventures in......" was going to be a reboot of the "Adventures in......." series and was planned to be one of the launch shows. It would've been a sweet return to one of the greatest French-made educational series as it always was, but unfortunately, the series got the boot after Universal's deal with DIC ended up like a sinking ship.

"Our Friends From the Past" was going to be the psuedo sequel to "Our Friend, Martin". Not much is known about the series other than how it's a follow-up to the 1998 movie, was going to bring some of the original voices back, and was going to premiere in the Fall of 2002. We do at least have a few pieces of character designs found though.

Now here's an "unfamiliar" series. "Sabrina: the Animated Series" was going to be moved ABC and UPN to NBC for the 2001 season. The 2nd season was going for a different turn, with Sabrina going to witch school to improve her spell skills. Actually, a lot of the synopsis we had is a whole lot similar to "Sabrina's Secret Life". We know for a while that "Sabrina's Secret Life" was actually built off of the cancelled 2nd season, but I didn't know they really share the same story. Main differences. More character development than what we have, the original character designs, Salem wasn't going to be reconned as a black person, further confirmation that the original voice actors are on board initially, 26 episodes planned, this is madness. Why couldn't DIC do season 2 instead of a meh sequel series. Even Heartbreak Studios was going to work on the season, rather than Les Studio Tex. If Universal were to keep DIC's deal, we could've gotten an awesome season, and plenty more now I think about it. Instead we got a sequel series that fans of the comics, live action series, the 60's cartoon, and of course, "Sabrina: the Animated Series" instantly forgot about. And also, the "Friends Forever" movie was meant to be a mid-season finale movie.

"Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM)" season 3. Oh boy, we known all about this cancelled season, which was going to premiere in 2002, after 8 years of unresolved stories. Universal's deal drop out, alongside Ken Penders' stupid idea of a movie about Mobius blowing up, are why "Sonic SatAM" never got the real ending it deserved.

While, if the block got made, we could wait another year and watch season 2 of "Sonic Underground". Yes my friends, season 2 of "Sonic Underground" was planned and as one of the launch series. The season would've continue Sonic and his siblings, Manic and Sonia, on their quest to find their mother. It's a shame that any of these DIC Sonic series never got any resolved conclusions. At least Tamers is giving new life to "Sonic Underground".

The infamous "Super Duper Sumos" was planned for "DIC's Incredible Saturday Morning Party Bus" to premiere in 2002. Man if the series went with the original plans, the FCC would instantly cancel the series. Obviously, "Super Duper Sumos" ended up on Nickelodeon because of DIC's falling out with Universal, and the rest is history (a regretful one at that).

The deal was to last 5 years. Imagine in a alternate dimension, we actually got this block on NBC. It would last a good run of 5 years. Would Qubo still replace "DIC's Incredible Saturday Morning Party Bus"? Yes, considering the 5 year deal Universal has. Would CBS still take a crack at a DIC Entertainment Saturday morning block? Yes. Just only make it not for girls.

Yes, it's a long read, but this major news after the discovery and release of "Archie's Weird Mysteries the Movie: The Darkness Has Risen". More information could even be released at some point.

It's come to my attention that there are 2 other shows that are most likely originally planned for "DIC's Incredible Saturday Morning Party Bus". It seems that "Strawberry Shortcake (2003)" and "Stargate Infinity" were always planned for the block as they were planned to premiere on NBC, thanks to leaked pitch bibles for both series. After plans fell through, "Strawberry Shortcake (2003)" would have a few direct to video episodes before premiering on television later on, and "Stargate Infinity" would premiere on the Fox Box on September 13, 2002, what could've been the beginning of the 2nd season of "DIC Incredible Saturday Morning Party Bus" with the premiere of this show alongside the premieres of "The Archies" and "Our Friends From the Past".

Another thing is how they planned the marketing. Concepts were revealed where they were going give out special invitations to the press before it's cancellation. These ones gave us a major look at what could've been. In fact, Universal was going to incorporate some of DIC Entertainment's hit series at their parks with a planned stage show to promote the block called "DIC Entertainment Presents: Party Stars". It was going to utilized the A Day at the Park with Barney building at Universal Studios Florida and the eventual home to Shrek 4D at Universal Studios Hollywood. Obviously, plans fell through and Barney remained at Universal Studios Florida for another 19 years and the building that the show was going to be at would be replaced by Shrek 4D in 2003. That press release invitation though did give us the line-up for the block:

7:00 A.M: The New Adventures of Madeline (Season 3) (E/I)
7:30 A.M: New Adventures in............ (E/I)
8:00 A.M: Eggy's Cracking Up Fun (E/I)
8:30 A.M: Liberty's Kids (E/I)
9:00 A.M: Gadget and the Gadgetinis
9:30 A.M: Sonic Underground (Season 2)
10:00 A.M: The New Wild Adventures of Dennis the Menace
10:30 A.M: Barry the Horse
11:00 A.M: Globehunters
11:30 A.M: Sabrina: the Animated Series (Season 2)
12:00 P.M: Groove Squad
12:30 P.M: DinoSquad