Rat Bastard Mini Pilot
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- čas přidán 20. 10. 2011
- The sci-fi comic book series Rat Bastard "Fix For A King" created by Cliff Galbraith is the template for this mini-pilot when Imagine Television developed this project for UPN. Screenplay by Robocop creator Ed Neumeier, directed by Kevin Altieri.
To see more art go to www.artstation.com/citizencliff - Krátké a kreslené filmy
"And they call me a rat bastard" best line in the whole cartoon
This gives off hella Batman beyond vibes
Well Kevin Altieri did direct this pilot. I think he worked on Batman tas and Batman beyond.
Well this definitely has the late 90s to early 2000s feel. I'm also getting a bit of Biker Mice from Mars and Spider man Unlimited.
@@user-du2iu8zz7k That makes sense, I wonder if it was his idea to have animal gene splicing in there then. It was definitely prevalent in this one.
The artwork is straight out of a 80s/90s cyberpunk anime or manga. Also getting some heavy metal/mobius vibes, especially in the backgrounds. Pretty kino, honestly disappointed it wasn’t picked up fir a series
late to the party, but this was already a 90s comic in the same vein as Mirage’s TMNT.
RIP DJ Robot: He truely was More Human Then Human.
*Than
Man, I love stuff like this. Too bad the days of this style are all but over.
MalcolmMalcontent whe were these days?
All the more reason to bring it back.
It could still work on Adult Swim, doubly since this was most certainly not a kids show.
It'd be aimed at edgy mid teens at the very least.
They don't make them as they used to. A real shame.
Sucks that every adult animation now has stiff lookin animation like family guy
I’m officially down the CZcams relic animation time machine.
I love it.
It's the only think keeping lost media alive at this point.
@@razorburn645No kidding, especially since Megas XLR probably won't be released.
thanks Pan-Pizza
I love stumbling across shit like this . This has such amazeing art direction and well...directing to it .
How the hell did this not get picked up? I mean, think of the potential.
It was made for the UPN Network, which folded. The name was never an issue, it was actually a selling point.
@CaptainJunebug99 Netflix would've approved of this if that excist back in the day.
I guess it was to extreme and adult for upn and network TV in general along the fact that at this time upn was switching television programming to more sitcom based, and lastly upn has a bad track record of cancelling adult animated shows due to low ratings and shifting programming plans examples are home movies (later moved to adult swim) dilbert gary and mike and game over
This is pre south park
@@CliffG I remember watching Teknoman on UPN back in '96. This would've been incredible. I miss the grungy overtone of those old shows like The Biker Mice from Mars, Gargoyles, Captain Simian and The Space Monkeys and Spawn.
The 90's/2000's were amazing for these types of cartoons.
I miss this early 2000s animation style. Such a shame this never came to be. I'd totally watch it.
Now THIS..... THIS is a thing of BEAUTY. We need cartoons like this again
the art style makes me think of spawn the series
It's actually done by the guys who worked on Batman: The Animated Series.
Cliff Galbraith
bruce timm did this!?!
No, Kevin Alrieri
Cliff Galbraith oh
@@CliffG no wonder it looks like it
I like this. Angry, rude and dirty.
2:04 This is...peak writing. This isn't sarcasm, I really like this
Thanks -- it wasn't meant to be typical mindless animated drivel, it was more social commentary with a bit of humor thrown in. More like Terry Gillian's "Brazil."
@@CliffG I've never read Brazil. But I can see the social commentary
@@heynae2016 It's a film. Robert Dinero has a small part in it.
dude Adult Swim would've picked this up in a second
Honestly, I'm disappointed that they have not come across this.
This kind of reminds me crime animated movies or animes from the 90s and early 2000s.
This is pretty well done short.
Sucks the main protagonist gets no glory for him and his supporting character's work.
I still come back to this video just to watch it all over again. So sad that this show was never picked up. It had such a great art style and characters.
Should’ve been on mtv or hbo would have been right at home with spawn tas or the maxx
@@kaiser1963don't forget Adult swim
It INFURIATES me that this didn’t get greenlit, holy shit. That was awesome.
Thanks, it is a shame but as they say "that's show business." A lot of things go into making a TV show, including something you can't buy: luck. But I am releasing a new comic of Rat Bastard in early 2020.
@@CliffG you think you might ever pitch the show again? maybe Netflix?
@@happyjohn354 I'm not actively pitching it. But I have a new issue of the comic coming out so there may be renewed interest.
@@CliffG nice cant wait to buy it haven't read the series since middle school
Man, whatever network passed on this one missed out big time.
This could of been a good show
Yeah I know and I think I know why it didn’t became a show was because this come out the same time as Batman Beyond was on TV and UPN didn’t want to get accuse for making a Batman Beyond rip off despite this being based on a comic book before Batman Beyond. But still this would of made an awesome kick ass show especially from Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s company.
@@Collageman90 That's not the reason. It's because UPN was shut down because of a merger between Viacom and CBS in 2000.
@@CliffG Oh, my bad and I am so sorry. I should of research harder.
No, it could HAVE been a good show. Now excuse me while I fly off in my Hatredcopter.
@@Collageman90 No harm -- I love all the interest this is getting lately. We had some amazing talent on this project years ago. It's very gratifying so many people are stoked about it.
Can't believe how good this is! And all because I was looking through my old Pitchshifter CDs!
Shame that this never got picked up. It's pretty damn cool for a pilot.
It did get picked up, but UPN, the network was shut down. That's show biz.
OH MY GOD I HATE THAT THIS WAS NEVER PICKED UP.
This could easily run today with the same 90s animation style and be popular. =
Thanks pan
pan is the man
If only someone could direct me to some completed productions that give all the same vibes as this...
Aeon Flux
@@ghah5701 oh... I already know that one.
i think it's funny only one person wears purple lipstick in that town
Almost like the yellow headed guy in Sin City!
i dont know a single person
This perfectly, PERFECTLY embodies animation of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Growing up as child during that time, I was engrossed in the dark stylized animated shows - from "Men In Black: The Series" to "Godzilla: The Series, to "Gargoyles" and the slightly darker "Batman Beyond". This pilot could of had it made had it been accepted - so much potential. I admire it a whole lot and give the animators, the writers and the producers my thanks. Well done!
This would've been my favorite show. Man i wish it was made into a show.
I feel like I just stuck my head through a wormhole to 90s MTV. That was radical
See we had such cool and badass stuff to watch from the mid 80s to the mid 2000s, but the handful or two of cartoons that only had pilots would have made things even more awesome. Been so long I cant recall if I saw this back then, cause I loved UPN lol
God, that was incredible! Animation, music, just wow.... now I'm mad it didn't get the chance to be something.
i fucking loved all of that! why do we have to live in the reality where this show wasn't made into a popular mid 90's mtv show?!
We need lost, unfinished, legendary works and unsolved crimes. We need to know there is a vault of thousands of hours of unreleased Prince recordings in a vault in Minnesota that we'll probably never hear. We need to find out what is in the JFK assassination archives and why Kurt Cobain killed himself. We need for our culture's unanswered questions to gnaw at us so that life is not all tied up in a bow and available to binge at a moment's notice. We will never know what happened to D.B. Cooper or who shot Biggie and Tupac. Be we can speculate, we can investigate, we can dream. We may never find Atlantis, but in our hearts, we want to believe it existed.
Anyone else notice @ 4:40 the UPN logo on the side of the trucj with all the poop in it? roflol
Explains upn future
I've got all the comics except Small doses.
This is a really cool series it was well worth importing these rad comics.
Thanks -- Small Doses 2 is almost done.
I don't know how the fuck i got here, but goddamn, i'm glad i did. Love stumbling on cool shit like this.
This is awesome on so many levels. Grungy writing. Love it.
The potential is absolutely substantial for this as a full show. The overall subject matter and title of the series made it hard to promote on public cable back when this pilot was released. Nowadays, I personally think a show like this is perfect considering the "mature" orientation a lot of shows have no issues with doing today. If Netflix or another streaming service were to pick up on this almost 20-year old pilot and give it the proper show treatment it deserves, it could very well be a huge hit. Like I said, the potential for this to be a full show is absolute and would really fit well within the "modern" mature-orientated crowd. A man can only dream that such a thing will ever happen unfortunately...
The name was never an issue. That's not the reason it never aired on UPN. The network was shut down when Viacom and CBS merged in 2000. Kevin Smith, Howard Stern, and Todd McFarlane also had shows that were to be in the same block of programming and none of those shows materialized either.
@@CliffG That makes quite a lot of sense, I had no idea about what happened "behind the scenes" and the clarification is appreciated! Sorry for the misunderstanding initially. Still, big thanks for uploading it!
This short has the same kind of music-video like editing I'd want to have if I animated some of my ideas. I love the atmosphere and pacing of this short, it nicely manages to cram and wrap up a bunch going on in just 5 and a half minutes.
Feels like it should have been apart of the MTV animation block at the time. After Undergrads but before Downtown.
American animation passing up quality ideas every chance it gets
God dammit, why didn't this become a show? Why can't we have nice things for once, TV? Why?
That ending joke is top tier
So master splinter ditches the turtles and becomes a cop. That's the feel im getting from this. I think this could've worked good job on the pilot.
I want a whole series of this.
i remember reading my uncles copy of the first issue of the series when i was a wee lad
Omg why isn't this a show
This pilot is excellent.
I hope your show gets picked up by Adult Swim. I was captivated. This could be like the new Cowboy Bebop but funnier.
“Directed by Kevin Altieri” yeah I can see his influence in the art style.
Damn shame we never got a series out of this.
Hey Mr. Galbraith I know you don't remember me but I met you at your panel in a Pittsburgh comicon a few years back. It was nice hearing the story behind this pilot and it's source material. Even though this didn't go anywhere I'd still hold out hope for this getting another chance. Weirder things have gotten deals elsewhere so I'd say it's possible
One never knows.
Thanks Pan Pizza. This looks awesome.
I find myself coming back to this at times and it still never gets old.
Simply fantastic, blind executives of UPN....this could have been a cultural icon of the time...
Dude it awesome
I wish the mainstream media shows where like this nowadays
The action the sex humor
God now days it all talk for 15 minutes to 3 of minutes action
Man this bring vibes I miss in my days
So Imagine Television, the company own by Brain Grazer and Ron Howard made this? If so, this is the most awesome unfinished thing made by the company so far.
This looks badass. With updated quality it could definitely get green lit from adult swim today
Why *only now* has CZcams brought this masterpiece to my attention?
This needs to be rebooted - Or, rather, actually started properly.
For anyone who says that the description of the future in the intro sounds like the present day, it did back then too.
Nostalgia and indie animation has been at an all time high as well craving for quality products like this amidst the sea of mass produced slop so hope this get picked someday.
Damn I would have loved this growing up. I went into biotech because of Street Sharks, this would have been right up my alley.
Damn it this needs to be made!
Wish this got made
I'm praying that this will actually become a TV series one day. I know that this was made years ago, but it's never too late for this! ^^
Wow splinter was a bad ass when he was young
This looks fantastic! Shame it never went any further than this.
“I can sing” is awesome writing
the club scene with Rob Zombie was the best part
Dang, and to think I almost skipped this recommendation.
This needs to be a full lenght show!
This is sick! This pilot owns interesting characters to be explored
Screams late 90s early 2000s with ever pour lol. Its Spice City, batman beyond, and Spawn all wrapped in a 🐀 package
Damn, I wish this had gotten picked up. I wonder, is it too late to see if Netflix would be into this? Stranger things have happened, so the idea of them resurrecting a forgotten cartoon doesn't seem too farfetched.
I would always keep Dj Robot in my heart, he was a true hero 😢
Just shared this on my RoboCop page as I am a huge admirer of Ed Neumeier, so sad this had a lot of potential
This would've been an awesome series!
Why am I just now finding out about this? Wish there was more.
This is really good and I have no idea how I got here.
This show needs to be picked up and put on Netflix or adult swim
That could work but could they get the same voice actors?
"Is you is, or is you ain't my baby?"
Damn! I wish this was a series!
Dude. I'm not sure what I expected when I clicked the vid, but I'm extremely glad I did.
Animation to the beat is top notch, good use of character tropes... excellent character writing....
I would love to see more of this in the future. A shame you never got where you deserved to be.
I would bet that this would be a part of everyone's nostalgia trip, on par with Aeon Flux.
Basically what I'm saying is... you took me to a dark emotional place I don't think I've revisited in quite some time. Where the feeling of some homeless men warming around a barrel fire meets a lost dog finding it's way home.
Thank you for that.
This would have been something i would have snuck to watch as a kid. Definitely "banned from the house" type of show I love it
Like a cross between Judge Dredd and Duckman. I love it.
Yes, old late-70s Judge Dredd comics were a huge influence on my writing. The whole city-state gallimaufry, an overpopulated world.
I have to say... what initially brought me here was that I was looking for footage of an animated pilot to be shown briefly in a video I just put out covering a comic book series about a team of capybara bounty-hunters in space. I was looking through a playlist full of cartoon pilots that were never picked up, and this one stood out, becoming my favorite of the bunch. (Don't worry! You're listed in the end credits, and I even linked back to the video here.) Now, you have my attention! Because I found this fascinating, and I've lately been reviewing comic books. I'd be happy to buy this series and cover it sometime!
czcams.com/video/mNVGmGLpzVk/video.html
@@lugbzurg8987 @Lugbzurg Thank you, you're obviously one of those rare animation and comics enthusiasts of impeccable taste.
All of my want for this cartoon that never was...
Holy fuck what is going on with that profile pic???
Huh, I wonder if I can do some things with this show. Oh I have so many ideas. So many beautiful ideas.
Rat Bastard: A wise-cracking, yet generally straightforward and overall very devoted guy who's learned through years of the abusive, downright shitty nature of his run down city that those on top are more privileged than those on the bottom. He routinely wakes up and has no idea why he does so, routinely contemplates suicide and is overall dismissive and closed off from everyone. Eventually, after a self sacrificing manuever, he eventually frees his city at the cost of his own life, which starting in season 4 he started to value it but then he lost almost everyone who made it worth living.
The Girl: A bored teenager who's constantly stuck playing support and seeing how she cannot do anything to get out of her situation, she instead tries to make the most of it and abandons her humanity in exchange for being treated like an object by everyone. Kind of likes Rat Bastard for dumping her and never really enjoying nor pursuing sex with her at the beginning, slowly grows over the course of the show into a stronger character who starts to be able to tell people about her boundaries and actually be able to enforce them. Dies in the beginning of season 4.
The Taxi Driver: A rather chill and dark humored guy who would much rather be dropping crap on others because of how crappy most everyone is to him. He likes Rat Bastard and he seems to get along well with the girl, but he's overall too distant from either one. He eventually learns to be more open with Rat and the Girl, however, it becomes too little too late as after he gets to the end of his character arc after driving kids from one place to another, from rich elites spoiled brats to rich elite kids who are sympathetic but powerless to do anything to kids who are fleeing from terrible family situations or from crime syndicates and gangs, to kids who have loving families who are breaking their backs to just barely feed their families and they decide to do something. Dies at the end of season four
The Police: The main chief dies at the middle of season four. He was a family man, taking care of an upper middle class family that was very well off from the rest of the city. He took his job very seriously and believed Rat Bastard to have not taken his job seriously enough and routinely chastises and dismisses him, which influences his most of his subordinates to do the same, even being a bit neglectful and hostile to Rat Bastard as his fellow cops he commands are for the most part, a bit too rowdy. There are 3 of them who aren't as combative though, a shy, nerdy 17 year old who does not seem to pick up on social cues well and is overall very heavily autistic coded, a young lady who's incredibly assertive, powerful, and constantly picks fights with the other cops, and finally, a big guy who's effectively a total pushover but he does get the job done and works behind everyone else's backs in order to give Rat Bastard the information, and tools he needs to get into places or to figure out the bad guy. These three do not die, but they come pretty close every once in a while. There is also 7 different bullies that are each thoroughly humbled, for now they're named Pride, Lust, Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy and Sloth.
The Main villain: The big bad mostly irresponsible and corrupt government that brought them all here in the first place, and the one that is controlling and giving Rat Bastard all of the orders.
This current antagonist: Make her and her girlfriend two reoccurring antagonists that each become slowly redeemed over the series along with her joining a gang that goes against both the government and Rat Bastard until this group realizes they can team up with Rat Bastard. They ultimately team up to fight the government in the final fifth season of the show. They do not die in the end.
Every season is 25 episodes long.
The World: There will be more antagonists (most of whom are Anti-Villains), heroes (though most of them are anti-heroes), and the entire world will be painted in a "Everyone's pretty shitty because the world they live in is a pretty shitty world." Nobody here should be a straight up good person, and even if they are they're the exception, not the norm.
Rat Bastard should be among the exception and not the norm, however he is still going to keep his original attitude and cynical attitude. Most of thr characters here will be mostly touch and go with Rat Bastard, unless they're involved or want to get involved and pick a fight with the government, then they'll be out of the show as quickly as they get into it. Most characters do die in this show, and there must always be a death for every single episode. Something bad must always be happening on screen, if it isn't then that means that either someone is doing something good and that is noteworthy in a setting where everyone is a crappy person or they're in the upper class area, which even then is the upper class area, you can already tell that the real evil committed up there happens behind closed doors.
How did I miss this?
Nice work!
Its like Duckman meets Akira meets Batman Beyond
You're not really wrong. Many of the people from the original Batman: The Animated Series worked on this.
Found out about this cuz of Rebeltaxi.
Hope this gets the green light. Awesome idea.
It's from 2000, so don't hold your breath.
Just heard about this from Pan Pizza, & I wish this could have been picked up
@@CliffG Been holding my breath for 19 years. I have hope.
I would've watched the fuck out of this show
this needs to be on the air or streaming somewhere
God this is FANTASTIC!! Wish we couldve seen more of Roscoe. Does this remind anyone else of Rock and Rule?
Reminds me a tad bit of Rock´n Rule.
This is awesome!
What an incredible style
Too bad this never got picked up, there’s too much fun they could have with the premise
This is pretty badass! I can this being popular today.
That intro is spot on though...
Thank you rebeltaxi!