Clone High School U.S.A. (lost unaired Fox pilot of "Clone High" adult animated series; 2001): Difference between revisions

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The series' early logo.

Status: Lost

Clone High was a Canadian adult animated series that ran from 2002-2003 on Teletoon and later MTV. The show mainly takes place at a high school of the same name with teenaged clones of various historical figures that's run by the mad scientist Principal Scudworth, with the main cast of the show being clones of Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Gandhi, Cleopatra, and JFK. The series parodied other teen dramas that aired at the time.

Fox Pilot

In 2001, a pilot for the show was made and originally pitched to Fox; then titled Clone High School U.S.A..^[1] Although the pilot was allegedly screened to a test audience, no footage of the pilot has resurfaced aside from a single screenshot seen below in the gallery, with the only other images of the characters pilot designs coming from issues of Variety Magazine and Animation Magazine respectively.

In 2016, YouTuber RebelTaxi posted early concept art of the characters and the show's logo taken from the old MTV website onto his Tumblr page. The art style was noticeably very different compared to both the pilot and the final show.^[2] As of 2021, no other information on the pilot is available.

Gallery

Concept Art

Images

Early designs for Gandhi and Abe Lincoln taken from an issue of Variety Magazine.
Early designs for Cleopatra, JFK, Joan and Principal Scudworth taken from an issue of Animation Magazine.
A screenshot from the pilot.

External Links

Archived Teletoon webpage listing of Clone High.

References

↑ Archived interview of the series creators that mentioned the pitch to Fox. Retrieved 07 Jan '22
↑ RebelTaxi's Tumblr post of the early character concept art. Retrieved 08 Jan '22

[1] Archived interview of the series creators that mentioned the pitch to Fox. Retrieved 07 Jan '22

[2] RebelTaxi's Tumblr post of the early character concept art. Retrieved 08 Jan '22

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-''Clone High'' is an adult animated series that ran from 2002-2003 on Teletoon and later MTV. The series mainly take place at a high school of the same name with younger versions of clones of various historical figures that's run by the mad scientist Principal Scudworth with the other main cast being teenaged versions of Abe Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Gandhi, Cleopatra, and JFK. The series parodied other teen dramas that aired at the time.
+''Clone High'' was a Canadian adult animated series that ran from 2002-2003 on Teletoon and later MTV. The show mainly takes place at a high school of the same name with teenaged clones of various historical figures that's run by the mad scientist Principal Scudworth, with the main cast of the show being clones of Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Gandhi, Cleopatra, and JFK. The series parodied other teen dramas that aired at the time.
 ==Fox Pilot==
-'''In 2001 a pilot was made to originally pitch the series to Fox then titled ''Clone High School U.S.A.'''''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150328/http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/phil-lord-and-chris-miller-of-the-lego-movie-look-back-on-clone-high-their-cult-classic-mtv-cartoon/ Archived interview of the series creators that mentioned the pitch to Fox.] Retrieved 07 Jan '22</ref> Although the pilot was allegedly screened to a test audience, no footage of the pilot has resurfaced aside from a single screenshot of a scene with JFK, with the only other images of the characters pilot designs coming from both an issue of ''Variety Magazine'' and ''Animation Magzine'' respectively.
+'''In 2001, a pilot for the show was made and originally pitched to Fox; then titled ''Clone High School U.S.A.'''''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150328/http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/phil-lord-and-chris-miller-of-the-lego-movie-look-back-on-clone-high-their-cult-classic-mtv-cartoon/ Archived interview of the series creators that mentioned the pitch to Fox.] Retrieved 07 Jan '22</ref> Although the pilot was allegedly screened to a test audience, no footage of the pilot has resurfaced aside from a single screenshot seen below in the gallery, with the only other images of the characters pilot designs coming from issues of ''Variety Magazine'' and ''Animation Magazine'' respectively.
-In 2016 YouTuber RebelTaxi posted early concept art of the characters and the show's logo taken from an old MTV website onto his Tumblr blog whose designs looked different compared to both the pilot and the final show.<ref>[https://pan-pizza.tumblr.com/post/144644878880 RebelTaxi's Tumblr post of the early character concept art.] Retrieved 08 Jan '22</ref> As of 2021, no other information on the pilot is available.
+In 2016, YouTuber RebelTaxi posted early concept art of the characters and the show's logo taken from the old MTV website onto his Tumblr page. The art style was noticeably very different compared to both the pilot and the final show.<ref>[https://pan-pizza.tumblr.com/post/144644878880 RebelTaxi's Tumblr post of the early character concept art.] Retrieved 08 Jan '22</ref> As of 2021, no other information on the pilot is available.
 ==Gallery==