Bugzburg (lost cartoon series spin-off of "Pinocchio" movie pseudo-sequel; 1989)

Trade print AD

Status: Lost

Bugzburg is a cartoon series developed by Filmation in 1989 that was never released^[1].

It was a spin-off of "Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night", a pseudo-sequel of Disney's Pinocchio for the "Filmation's New Classics Collection", a specific collection of animated mockbusters that consisted of sequels of Public Domain literature, mostly the ones that Disney had already adapted upon and had a massive commercial success. ^[2]

Premise

The show would follow the offbeat adventures of Pinocchio's pair of inch-sized sidekicks from the movie "Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night", GrumbleBee and the Mechanical Crickets, in a village of other insect characters that they saved from a giant frog.^[3]

Availability

According to Lou Scheimer in the book "Creating the Filmation Generation", all 65 episodes of Bugzburg had already been written, all designs completed, all the voices had been recorded and at least two episodes had been finished when the plug was pulled because the studio was bought by L’Oreal, the cosmetic company.^[4]

As of April 2024, all, if any, animations from this unreleased cartoon has not been released.

Gallery

Videos

Bugzburg (1989) Clips from "A Day at Bigfoot Beach"

Images

References

↑ Filmation's Last Days -- Part III. Retrieved 28 March '24
↑ Filmation Features. Retrieved 28 March '24
↑ Artists Fearing Fate of 2 New Cartoons. Retrieved 28 March '24
↑ Creating The Filmation Generation by Lou Scheimer, Andy Mangels. Retrieved 28 March '24

[1] Filmation's Last Days -- Part III. Retrieved 28 March '24

[2] Filmation Features. Retrieved 28 March '24

[3] Artists Fearing Fate of 2 New Cartoons. Retrieved 28 March '24

[4] Creating The Filmation Generation by Lou Scheimer, Andy Mangels. Retrieved 28 March '24

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