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''Captain Sturdy'' is a cartoon pilot produced at Renegade Animation and created by Bill Waldner, Darrell Van Citters, and Ashley Postlewaite, that aired on Cartoon Network in 2001 as part of their second Big Pick Weekend, where it competed against nine other pilots to get picked up for a series but lost.<ref>https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=9509782b8d08cb2d582a6b8aaee705843a542afedc2943194296f049661e08cbJmltdHM9MTY1MTI2NzgyNiZpZ3VpZD1lMzE2YTBjNC03MDg2LTQxYzItOWZlZC02YzY0YjhlMDk2ZGQmaW5zaWQ9NTIwNQ&ptn=3&fclid=95641e79-c803-11ec-9600-eb95c6437cfe&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9jYXJ0b29ubmV0d29yay5mYW5kb20uY29tL3dpa2kvQ2FwdGFpbl9TdHVyZHk6X0JhY2tfaW5fQWN0aW9uP21zY2xraWQ9OTU2NDFlNzljODAzMTFlYzk2MDBlYjk1YzY0MzdjZmU&ntb=1</ref>
''Captain Sturdy'' is a cartoon pilot produced at Renegade Animation and created by Bill Waldner, Darrell Van Citters, and Ashley Postlewaite, that aired on Cartoon Network in 2001 as part of their second Big Pick Weekend, where it competed against nine other pilots to get picked up for a series but lost.


The pilot episode shown was titled '''"Back in Action"''', in which the aging and retired Captain Sturdy re-unites with his middle-aged sidekick Ultra Boy to save the world once again when the Union of Super-Heroes turns out to be a greedy organization that does not understand superheroes as much as it used to.<ref>https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=feaf57b1bf864e45f0fe9ab7e88eff63e0c7e285e61c2392b1ddbf608c714c47JmltdHM9MTY1MTI2NzgyNiZpZ3VpZD1lMzE2YTBjNC03MDg2LTQxYzItOWZlZC02YzY0YjhlMDk2ZGQmaW5zaWQ9NTE3OQ&ptn=3&fclid=9563bfb8-c803-11ec-b527-5f9e884fc424&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW1kYi5jb20vdGl0bGUvdHQwMjkzNzgwLz9tc2Nsa2lkPTk1NjNiZmI4YzgwMzExZWNiNTI3NWY5ZTg4NGZjNDI0&ntb=1</ref>
The pilot episode shown was titled '''"Back in Action"''', in which the aging and retired Captain Sturdy re-unites with his middle-aged sidekick Ultra Boy to save the world once again when the Union of Super-Heroes turns out to be a greedy organization that does not understand superheroes as much as it used to.


This episode has resurfaced online, but in low quality and not in its complete form. Footage of the episode can be found in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9gT_MWl45w this segment] of the Cartoon Cartoon Fridays Big Pick Weekend. A sequel was produced in 2003, "The Originals", for Adult Swim. This episode is still fully available online. In 2018, both shorts were made available on Adult Swim's website.<ref>[http://www.adultswim.com/videos/specials/captain-sturdy-back-in-action ''Captain Sturdy'' on Adult Swim's official website.] Retrieved 30 Aug '19</ref>
This episode has resurfaced online, but in low quality and not in its complete form. Footage of the episode can be found in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9gT_MWl45w this segment] of the Cartoon Cartoon Fridays Big Pick Weekend. A sequel was produced in 2003, "The Originals", for Adult Swim. This episode is still fully available online. In 2018, both shorts were made available on Adult Swim's website.<ref>[http://www.adultswim.com/videos/specials/captain-sturdy-back-in-action ''Captain Sturdy'' on Adult Swim's official website.] Retrieved 30 Aug '19</ref>
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==See Also ==
==See Also==
===Big Pick===
===Big Pick===
*[[IMP, Inc. (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)]]
*[[IMP, Inc. (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)]]
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*[[Uncle Gus (partially found original English audio of Cartoon Network animated pilots; 2000-2001)]]
*[[Uncle Gus (partially found original English audio of Cartoon Network animated pilots; 2000-2001)]]


===Other Cartoon Network Pilots ===
===Anthology Series===
*[[Cartoon Network "Cartoon Network Responds!" (partially found interstitials from TV channel; 1997-1999)]]
*[[Big Bag (partially found Cartoon Network live-action/animated/puppet series; 1996-1998)]]
*[[The Moxy Show (partially found episodes of Cartoon Network CGI animated anthology series; 1993-2000)]]
*[[Sunday Pants (partially lost Cartoon Network animated anthology series; 2005)]]
*[[ToonHeads (partially lost Cartoon Network animation anthology series; 1996-2003)]]
*[[ToonHeads "A Night of Independent Animation" (partially lost special of Cartoon Network animation anthology series; 1996)]]
*[[What A Cartoon! (found Cartoon Network animated anthology series; 1995-1997)]]
 
===Bumpers and Interstitials===
*[[The Big Game XXVI: Tom vs. Jerry (found Cartoon Network marathon special; 1998)]]
*[[Cartoon Network (partially lost "CN City" bumpers from TV channel; 2004–2007)]]
*[[Cartoon Network (partially found "High Noon Toons" bumpers from TV channel block; 1994-1996)]]
*[[Cartoon Network (partially lost "Nood" bumpers from TV channel; 2008-2010)]]
*[[Cartoon Network NBA All-Star Slam (partially found interviews of marathon; 2003)]]
*[[Cartoon Planet (partially found bumpers of revival block of Cartoon Network animated variety series; 2012)]]
*[[Cartoon Planet (partially found "Live from Cartoon Planet" bumpers of Cartoon Network animated variety series; 1995)]]
*[[Codename: Kids Next Door Mission Weekend (partially found marathon bumpers for Cartoon Network animated series; 2003)]]
*[[Fridays aka "Cartoon Cartoon Fridays" (partially found interstitials from Cartoon Network channel block; 1999–2007)]]
*[[Hotdog TV (partially found Cartoon Network interstitial series; 2010)]]
*[[JBVO, Toon FM & Viva Las Bravo (partially found interstitials from Cartoon Network channel blocks; early-mid 2000s)]]
*[[Lumpus and Slinkman's Cabin Fever (partially found Cartoon Network program block segments; 2005)]]
*[[Teen Titans Go! Top 5 (lost promos for Cartoon Network weekend morning block; 2015)]]
*[[Tickle-U (partially found Cartoon Network preschool block; 2005-2006)]]
 
===Pilots===
*[[Ben 10 (partially found unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; early-mid 2000s)]]
*[[Ben 10 (partially found unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; early-mid 2000s)]]
*[[Billy and Mandy in Trepanation of the Skull and You (found prototype short of "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" Cartoon Network animated series; 1995)]]
*[[Billy and Mandy in Trepanation of the Skull and You (found prototype short of "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" Cartoon Network animated series; 1995)]]
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*[[Squirrel Boy "Kite Makes Right" (lost unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2004)]]
*[[Squirrel Boy "Kite Makes Right" (lost unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2004)]]


== Reference ==
===Live-Action===
*[[Bobb'e Says (partially found Cartoon Network live-action clip series; 2009)]]
*[[BrainRush (partially found Cartoon Network live-action game show; 2009)]]
*[[Track Rats (partially found Cartoon Network reality short series; 2010)]]
*[[The Othersiders (found Cartoon Network paranormal reality series; 2009)]]
*[[Out of Jimmy's Head (partially lost original English dub of Cartoon Network teen sitcom; 2007-2008)]]
 
===Other Cartoon Network Series===
*[[The Amazing World of Gumball "The Downer" (lost original draft of episode of Cartoon Network animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2012-2014)]]
*[[Chowder (lost production material of cancelled Cartoon Network TV film; 2009)]]
*[[Class of 3000 (found original English dub of Cartoon Network animated musical series; 2006-2008)]]
*[[Codename: Kids Next Door (lost production material of cancelled episodes of Cartoon Network animated series; 2002-2008)]]
*[[Dexter's Laboratory "Rude Removal" (found unaired episode of Cartoon Network animated series; 1997)]]
*[[Droopy's Guide to the Cartoon Network (found launch preview of TV channel special; 1992)]]
*[[Ed, Edd n Eddy "Luck Be an Ed Tonight"/"A Room with an Ed" (rumored/lost unfinished episodes of Cartoon Network animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2005)]]
*[[Ed, Edd n Eddy "Special Ed" (non-existent unproduced episode of Cartoon Network animated series; late 1990s/early 2000s)]]
*[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy "Matinee Mandy" (lost original English audio of Cartoon Network animated short; 2007)]]
*[[I Heart Tuesdays (lost production material of cancelled Cartoon Network animated series; 2011-2012)]]
*[[I-10: The Ben 10 User Generated Experience (found Cartoon Network TV special; 2008)]]
*[[OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes "Crossover Nexus" (partially found original 22-minute version of Cartoon Network animated series episode; 2010s)]]
*[[Skatoony (partially lost original British version of Cartoon Network quiz show; 2006-2008)]]
*[[Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? (partially lost unreleased original voice audio and unfinished/unknown episodes of Cartoon Network animated series; 2002-2003)]]
 
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Revision as of 14:53, 27 June 2022

Bigpick2001-sturdy.jpg

A promo for the pilot.

Status: Found

Date found: 30 Aug 2018

Found by: Adult Swim

Captain Sturdy is a cartoon pilot produced at Renegade Animation and created by Bill Waldner, Darrell Van Citters, and Ashley Postlewaite, that aired on Cartoon Network in 2001 as part of their second Big Pick Weekend, where it competed against nine other pilots to get picked up for a series but lost.

The pilot episode shown was titled "Back in Action", in which the aging and retired Captain Sturdy re-unites with his middle-aged sidekick Ultra Boy to save the world once again when the Union of Super-Heroes turns out to be a greedy organization that does not understand superheroes as much as it used to.

This episode has resurfaced online, but in low quality and not in its complete form. Footage of the episode can be found in this segment of the Cartoon Cartoon Fridays Big Pick Weekend. A sequel was produced in 2003, "The Originals", for Adult Swim. This episode is still fully available online. In 2018, both shorts were made available on Adult Swim's website.[1]

Videos

"Back in Action"

"The Originals"

See Also

Big Pick

Anthology Series

Bumpers and Interstitials

Pilots

Live-Action

Other Cartoon Network Series

Reference