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'''''Super Why!''''' is an animated television show about a kid who jumps into books. The show's pilot was in production by Blue's Clues creator Angela Santomero and Cuppa Coffee Studios in Toronto, Canada between early-mid 1999. The show would return to production between 2004 and 2005 to be pitched to PBS Kids, and had its first television airing on 2007, while the pilot was unreleased created with a working title, '''Super Why?'''<ref>[http://kidscreen.com/1999/07/01/25954-19990701/ Kidscreen article on the ''Super Why!'' pilot.] Retrieved 22 Mar '14</ref>
'''''Super Why!''''' is a computer-animated television show from 2007 to 2016 about a kid who lives in Storybrook Village. When he or his friends have an issue, they can jump into storybooks to collect "Super Letters" which they use to solve problems. Super Why! originally started life as Angela Santomero's masters' thesis, which is said to predate ''Blue's Clues'', before being developed into a TV show. The show will was initially meant to be a stop-motion show, and '''a pilot was produced to pitch to Nick Jr. The show's pilot was in production by ''Blue's Clues'' creator Angela Santomero and Cuppa Coffee Studios in Toronto, Canada between early-mid 1999'''. The pilot was rejected, but after a period of development hell, the show premiered in 2007 on PBS Kids as the CGI show known today. According to the pilot's director, the pilot was greenlit by Nick Jr. but later was cancelled in favor of another Nick Jr. show ''Oswald''. The pilot was unreleased, created with a working title, ''Super Why?''.<ref>[http://kidscreen.com/1999/07/01/25954-19990701/ Kidscreen article on the ''Super Why!'' pilot.] Retrieved 22 Mar '14</ref> Footage of the pilot has surfaced, however.


No footage of the pilot has surfaced anywhere, however.
On February 19th, 2021, the 1st unused theme song for the pilot was found by Stephen Laurent and Scramble Fan 2021. However, the audio is higher-pitched, and the beginning and end of the music are cut off, the used theme song was slightly different. A high-quality version of the unused theme song can be found on Nick Balaban's website, the composer of the 1st unused theme song. The 2nd unused theme song was made by artist Daniel Leblanc who uploaded an altered version of the instrumentals to pond5 after realizing the showrunners didn’t care about the pilot, anymore.


On February 19th, 2021, the sound used for the intro was found by Stephen Laurent and Scramble Fan 2021. However, the audio is apparently higher-pitched, and the beginning and end of the music is cut off.
Footage of the pilot was once available on Cuppa Coffee Animation's old website with 2 clips entitled "Opening Shot" and "Willa Blows". Curiously, these clips are from a version of the pilot that was later found, using an altered version of the unused theme song as well as different BGM entirely. These files were since never archived, unfortunately.
In May 2021, a listing for the pilot was found at a library by user pdog64. It was only the audio however and on August 2nd that year, he uploaded the audio to YouTube.


A high quality version of the intro's theme song can be found on Nick Balaban's website, the composer of the theme song.
On January 2nd, 2023, a slideshow known as 'Next Generation Kids - PBS Kids' was discovered on SlidePlayer. One of the slides contained a render image for the pilot showing the main character's superhero design and a placeholder image for the series' logo. Interestingly, there was a different version of the image that was placed behind the render image if you try to edit the slideshow which instead displays "Super Readers to the Rescue," which is believed to be a title once considered for the series around 2006.


==Description==
On June 12th, 2023, YouTubers The OLD Washington resident and Melody were able to find and release a copy of the full pilot after contacting the Annecy Film Festival, where the pilot won an award.


===Annecy Festival===
During the search, it was believed that the pilot's audio that Pdog64 found was the audio used for the pilot, including the theme song inside of that audio, they were both debunked to be used when the pilot was found.


6 cm tall Superwhy lives in a children's library. When he needs answers to his questions, he jumps into the right storybook. Characters like "The Three Little Pigs" and "Red Riding Hood" answer his questions and teach him how to solve problems.<ref>[https://www.annecy.org/about/archives/2000/award-winners/film-index:film-20000399 Annecy article on the ''Super Why!'' pilot.]</ref>
==Description==
===Annecy Festival 2000===
<blockquote>"6 cm tall Superwhy lives in a children's library. When he needs answers to his questions, he jumps into the right storybook. Characters like "The Three Little Pigs" and "Red Riding Hood" answer his questions and teach him how to solve problems.<ref>[https://annecy.org/about/archives/2000/award-winners/film-index:film-20000399 Annecy article on the ''Super Why!'' pilot.] Retrieved 07 Apr '21</ref></blockquote>


===Cuppa Coffee===
===Cuppa Coffee===
<blockquote>"Who do you call when you need to know why? Superwhy, of course! This award winning pre-school pilot encourages critical thinking and reinforces reading skills in young viewers. Stop-motion and cutout animation bring this curious little tyke, his kangaroo friend and all of his favorite storybooks to life."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060618074748/http://www.cuppacoffee.com/cuppa_series.html Cuppa Coffee archive on the ''Super Why!'' pilot.] Retrieved 07 Apr '21</ref></blockquote>


"Who do you call when you need to know why? Superwhy, of course! This award winning pre-school pilot encourages critical thinking and reinforces reading skills in young viewers. Stop-motion and cutout animation bring this curious little tyke, his kangaroo friend and all of his favourite storybooks to life."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060618074748/http://www.cuppacoffee.com/cuppa_series.html Cuppa Coffee archive on the ''Super Why!'' pilot.]</ref>
===Eyewitness===
<blockquote> "The video reel was maybe about a minute long. The theme song was a chill reggae track, and a Jamaican singer said: "Wonder why, Just like Super Why!" It was very chill. The proto-Super Why character then said: "Hello! I'm hiding. Can you find me?"
The rest of the video is kind of a blur after that. When the yellow-skinned girl appeared, she created some kind of wind/tornado, causing the buttons around the room to whirl around. Proto-Super Why then said something to the camera in reaction to this."</blockquote>


===Cuppa Coffee (Variant)===
===Cuppa Coffee (Variant 1)===
<blockquote>"Who do you call when you need to know why? Superwhy of course! Cuppa recently produced this pilot episode for Nickelodeon. The show encourages kids to read, and reinforces reading skills. We used stop motion animation as well as cut-out to bring this curious little tyke to life."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000816033018/http://www.cuppacoffee.com:80/portfolio/series.htm Cuppa Coffee archive on the ''Super Why!'' pilot.] Retrieved 07 Apr '21</ref></blockquote>


"Who do you call when you need to know why? Superwhy of course! Cuppa recently produced this pilot episode for Nickelodeon. The show encourages kids to read, and reinforces reading skills. We used stop motion animation as well as cut-out to bring this curious little tyke to life."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000816033018/http://www.cuppacoffee.com:80/portfolio/series.htm Cuppa Coffee archive on the ''Super Why!'' pilot.]</ref>
===Cuppa Coffee (Variant 2)===
<blockquote>"A pilot for Nick Jr, Superwhy was centred around a superhero whose ability is to question why - AND find out! Superwhy takes place in the book of the three little pigs and the animations in the book come to life. The action gets kids to look into books to find out, well...why!?!"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011225095236/http://www.cuppacoffee.com:80/portfolio/anim_stop-motion.htm Cuppa Coffee archive on the ''Super Why!'' pilot.] Retrieved 24 April '21</ref></blockquote>


===BAMKids Film Festival===
===BAMKids Film Festival===
<blockquote>"Tiny Super Why doesn't take up much space in the children's library where he lives. When he needs answers to problems, he effortlessly hops into storybooks to find solutions."<ref>[http://levyarchive.bam.org/Detail/objects/93606 pdf. archive on the ''Super Why!'' pilot.] Retrieved 07 Apr '21</ref></blockquote>
===ChicagoReader.com===
<blockquote>"In Adam Shaheen's ''Super Why?'' an imp interacts with illustrations from a book of The Three Little Pigs, inviting the viewer into its world."<ref>[https://chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-international-childrens-film-festival/Content?oid=903569 An article mentioning the ''Super Why!'' pilot.] Retrieved 07 Apr '21</ref></blockquote>


Tiny Super Why doesn't take up much space in the children's library where he lives. When he needs answers to problems, he effortlessly hops into storybooks to find solutions.<ref>[http://levyarchive.bam.org/Detail/objects/93606 pdf. archive on the ''Super Why!'' pilot.]</ref>
==Lyrics==
===Unused Intro #1===
<poem>"Tell me why.
Why Why (Why, Why)
Tell me Super Why.
Tell me why? (Tell me why)


===ChicagoReader.com===
From his wee home in the library, Willy. (also known as Wee Willy)
In Adam Shaheen's Super Why? an imp interacts with illustrations from a book of The Three Little Pigs, inviting the viewer into its world.<ref>[https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/chicago-international-childrens-film-festival/Content?oid=903569 An article mentioning the ''Super Why!'' pilot.]</ref>
Asks the burning question why?
This powerful need to know transforms him into Super Why!


==Differences==
Tell me why.
Why Why (Why, Why)
Tell me Super Why.
Tell me why? (Tell me why)"</poem>


What makes the pilot different from the final product is that:
===Unused Intro #2===
*The pilot was animated in stop-motion animation instead of CGI animation.
<poem>"The world is full of questions
*Super Why/Whyatt, Pig/Alpha Pig and Wonder Red/Red Riding Hood were the only characters present in the pilot, while Princess Presto/Princess Pea and Woofster was not present.
Everywhere I look
**Also, Whyatt was originally known as Willy (also known as Wee Willy).
And when I need an answer
***His superhero name, Super Why, originally served as his nickname due to him often asking the question "why".
I look inside a book
**In addition, there were two other characters in the pilot that never got to appear in the final product, this includes a stuffed purple kangaroo that served as Super Why's sidekick, and another character named Willa whom bears some resemblance to Red.
***All the characters looked different from the final product due to the premise at the time was originally not superhero-themed.
*The intro's theme and lyrics was completely different with a song only known as "Wonder Why, Just Like Superwhy". An unused one, one of 3, used a reggae tune instead of an upbeat theme.
*The art style of the characters in the pilot is closely reminiscent to the characters' art style in Blues' Clues.
<br>
A revised version finally aired on PBS Kids in 2007 and lasted until 2016. Below are the lyrics to the unused intro. Listen to it here: https://youtu.be/ujVM3wp1UZc


==Lyrics (Unused Intro)==
Anything I wanna be
*''Tell me why.''
I'm reaching for the sky
*''Why Why (Why, Why)''
I can do anything that's why
*''Tell me Super Why.''
SUPER WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
*''Tell me why? (Why, Why)''
He's Super Why!"</poem>
*''From his wee home in the library, Willy. (also known as Wee Willy)''
*''Asks the burning question why?''
*''This powerful need to know transforms him into Super Why!''
*''Tell me why.''
*''Why Why (Why, Why)''
*''Tell me Super Why.''
*''Tell me why? (Why, Why)''


==Trivia==
===Used Intro===
*The name for the series was originally known as Superwhy (also known as SuperWhy? in Cuppa Coffee Animation site archives, or SuperWhy! in Alexander Gorelick's site) in the pilot, since the premise was slightly different before being changed to Super Why! in the final product.
<poem>"Wonder why.
*According to Annecy Festival, the running time for the pilot is 9 minutes and 36 seconds.
Why, why?
*Even though the voice of Super Why is unknown, it's believed to be '''Zachary Tyler''' since he was young at the time.
Why, why? (why)
*Speaking of Super Why's voice, his voice might of sounded like Little Bill's voice.
Just like Super Why! (Boo)
*The pilot episode was one of the winners of the 2000 Annecy Festival, receiving an award for being considered an educational, scientific or industrial film.
Wonder why?"</poem>
**The pilot episode also received an award for 2001 Cairo Children's Festival, Gold Special Jury Award - Houston Worldfest 2000, the Certificate of Participation - Chicago International Children's Film Festival and the International Festival 2000.
*The pilot episode was greenlit by Nick Jr. as a new series idea, but they decided to shelve it by choosing to produce Oswald the Octopus at the time.
*In initial development, the series' pilot was originally conceived as a puppet show before being switched to stop-motion.
*Before the site's rebranding, Cuppa Coffee Studios originally had two reels of the Super Why pilot on its site before becoming unavailable to view in the public. The first reel was the pilot's intro, while the second reel was a scene of Willa blowing Willy's buttons.
**However, extra copies of the pilot episode is recently confirmed by the director (Dave Thomas) to be archived by Cuppa Coffee Studios in its current headquarters.
**Despite the rest of the pilot's plot being unknown, the composer (Nick Balaban) recalled a scene of Super Why solving puzzles with the Three Little Pigs.
***This is most likely that the pilot episode would follow the same plot as the first official episode ''"The Three Little Pigs"'', the only difference is that the plot focuses on Willy dealing with Willa blowing his buttons instead of Alpha Pig stopping Jill knocking his tower down.
*In the unused version of the pilot's intro, the vocals for the children saying "also known as Wee Willy" and "Why?" is provided by the composer (Nick Balaban). It is likely that his voice heard in the intro is filtered with a voice changer.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Images===
===Images===
<gallery mode=packed heights=150px>
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150">
Super why pilot.png|Screenshot from the pilot 1/3.
Superwhypliot.png|Screenshot from the pilot (1/5j.
Super why pilot 2.jpeg|Screenshot from the pilot 2/3.
Super why pilot.png|Screenshot from the pilot (2/5).
Super why pilot 4.png|Screenshot from the pilot 3/3.
Super why pilot 2.jpeg|Screenshot from the pilot (3/5).
Super why pilot concept art.jpeg|Concept art for the pilot.
Super why pilot 4.png|Screenshot from the pilot (4/5).
Super why pilot 5.png|Screenshot from the pilot (5/5). Same as the second footage, but with a larger background.
Super why pilot concept art.jpeg|Concept art of the characters.
Super Why Pilot Logo.png|A different version of the pilot's logo found by OS2GameDeveloper on Scratch on a Wikimedia Commons upload from 2004.
SW Pilot Render 01.png|An image from the pilot of the main character's superhero design.
SW Pilot Render 02.png|A different version of the image from the pilot of the main character's superhero design.
</gallery>
</gallery>
===Video===
===Footage===
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==See Also==
==See Also==
===Other Nick Jr. Pilots===
===Super Why!===
*[[Blue Prints (partially found unaired pilot episode of "Blue's Clues" animated/live action TV series; 1995)]]
*[[Super Why! (partially found British dub of PBS Kids CGI animated series; late 2000s-2010s)]]
*[[Dora the Explorer (partially found unaired pilot episodes of Nick Jr. animated series; late 1990s)]]
*[[Super Why! (lost second pitch pilot of PBS Kids CGI-animated series; 2004-2006)]]
 
===Bumpers and Interstitials===
*[[Loretta the Letter Lady (partially found Nick Jr. short interstitial series; mid 1990s)]]
*[[Nick Jr. (partially found revamped Face promos of Nickelodeon channel block; 2003-2004)]]
*[[Nick Jr. Power Play Summer (partially found Nick Jr. interstitial series; 2005)]]
*[[Snappy Larry's Showtime (partially found Nick Jr. UK interstitial series and American dub; mid-2000s)]]
 
===Pilots===
*[[The Backyardigans (partially found Nick Digital pilot of Nick Jr. CGI animated series; 2002)]]
*[[Blaze and the Monster Machines (lost pitch pilot of Nick Jr. animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2012)]]
*[[Blue's Clues (partially found pitch pilots of international adaptations of Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; late 1990s)]]
*[[Blue Prints (found unaired pilot of "Blue's Clues" Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; 1994-1995)]]
*[[Bubble Guppies (found pitch pilot of Nick Jr. CGI animated series; 2006)]]
*[[Dora the Explorer (partially found unaired pilots of Nick Jr. animated series; late 1990s)]]
*[[Fresh Beat Band of Spies (found pitch pilot of Nick Jr. animated spin-off of musical series; 2013)]]
*[[The JumpArounds (partially found pitch pilot of "The Fresh Beat Band" Nick Jr. musical series; 2008)]]
*[[Me and My Friends (partially found live-action pilot of "The Backyardigans" Nick Jr. CGI-animated series; 1998)]]
*[[Me and My Friends (partially found live-action pilot of "The Backyardigans" Nick Jr. CGI-animated series; 1998)]]
*[[Oswald (partially found pitch pilot of Nick Jr. animated series; late 1990s)]]
*[[PAW Patrol (lost pitch pilots and early concepts of Nick Jr. animated series; 2008-2013)]]
*[[The Umizumiz (partially found pitch pilot of "Team Umizoomi" Nick Jr. live-action/CGI animated series; 2008)]]
*[[Wallykazam! "Monty's Magic Words" (partially found pilot for Nick Jr. education series; 2010s)]]
===Other===
*[[As Pistas da Blue (partially lost Portuguese adaptation of "Blue's Clues" Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; mid-2000s)]]
*[[The Backyardigans (partially lost British dub of Nick Jr. CGI-animated series; mid-late 2000s)]]
*[[Binyah Binyah! (found spin-off of "Gullah Gullah Island" Nick Jr. musical series; 1997-1998)]]
*[[Blue's Clues (found British adaptation of Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; 1998-2003)]]
*[[Bubble and Squeak (partially found Nick Jr. UK live-action puppet series; 2007-2010)]]
*[[Downward Doghouse (partially lost precursor to "Ni Hao, Kai-Lan" Nick Jr. animated series; 2000s)]]
*[[Eureeka's Castle (partially found Nick Jr. puppet series; 1989-1991)]]
*[[Made by Maddie (partially found unaired Nick Jr. animated series; 2020)]]
*[[Riddle Blue/수수께끼 블루 (partially found Korean adaptation of "Blue's Clues" Nick Jr. animated/live-action series; 2000-2001)]]
*[[Whoopi's Littleburg (partially found Nick Jr. musical miniseries; 2004)]]


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131102012506/http://www.alexandergorelick.com/work-history.html A website mentioning the pilot.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131102012506/http://www.alexandergorelick.com/work-history.html A website mentioning the pilot.]
*[https://superwhy.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Why!_(pilot) ''Super Why!'' Wiki page on the pilot.]
*[https://superwhy.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Why%3F_(pilot) ''Super Why!'' Wiki page on the pilot.]
*[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SuperWhy%3F_logo.jpg An archived image of the pilot's logo.]
*[https://slideplayer.com/slide/9672920/ A slideshow presentation for PBS Kids with a design from the pilot.]
*[https://archive.org/details/super-why-1999-pilot Internet Archive link for the ''Super Why!'' pilot (reupload).]


==Reference==
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Super why pilot title.jpeg

The pilot's title card.

Status: Found

Date found: 12 Jun 2023

Found by: The OLD Washington resident and Melody

Super Why! is a computer-animated television show from 2007 to 2016 about a kid who lives in Storybrook Village. When he or his friends have an issue, they can jump into storybooks to collect "Super Letters" which they use to solve problems. Super Why! originally started life as Angela Santomero's masters' thesis, which is said to predate Blue's Clues, before being developed into a TV show. The show will was initially meant to be a stop-motion show, and a pilot was produced to pitch to Nick Jr. The show's pilot was in production by Blue's Clues creator Angela Santomero and Cuppa Coffee Studios in Toronto, Canada between early-mid 1999. The pilot was rejected, but after a period of development hell, the show premiered in 2007 on PBS Kids as the CGI show known today. According to the pilot's director, the pilot was greenlit by Nick Jr. but later was cancelled in favor of another Nick Jr. show Oswald. The pilot was unreleased, created with a working title, Super Why?.[1] Footage of the pilot has surfaced, however.

On February 19th, 2021, the 1st unused theme song for the pilot was found by Stephen Laurent and Scramble Fan 2021. However, the audio is higher-pitched, and the beginning and end of the music are cut off, the used theme song was slightly different. A high-quality version of the unused theme song can be found on Nick Balaban's website, the composer of the 1st unused theme song. The 2nd unused theme song was made by artist Daniel Leblanc who uploaded an altered version of the instrumentals to pond5 after realizing the showrunners didn’t care about the pilot, anymore.

Footage of the pilot was once available on Cuppa Coffee Animation's old website with 2 clips entitled "Opening Shot" and "Willa Blows". Curiously, these clips are from a version of the pilot that was later found, using an altered version of the unused theme song as well as different BGM entirely. These files were since never archived, unfortunately.

In May 2021, a listing for the pilot was found at a library by user pdog64. It was only the audio however and on August 2nd that year, he uploaded the audio to YouTube.

On January 2nd, 2023, a slideshow known as 'Next Generation Kids - PBS Kids' was discovered on SlidePlayer. One of the slides contained a render image for the pilot showing the main character's superhero design and a placeholder image for the series' logo. Interestingly, there was a different version of the image that was placed behind the render image if you try to edit the slideshow which instead displays "Super Readers to the Rescue," which is believed to be a title once considered for the series around 2006.

On June 12th, 2023, YouTubers The OLD Washington resident and Melody were able to find and release a copy of the full pilot after contacting the Annecy Film Festival, where the pilot won an award.

During the search, it was believed that the pilot's audio that Pdog64 found was the audio used for the pilot, including the theme song inside of that audio, they were both debunked to be used when the pilot was found.

Description

Annecy Festival 2000

"6 cm tall Superwhy lives in a children's library. When he needs answers to his questions, he jumps into the right storybook. Characters like "The Three Little Pigs" and "Red Riding Hood" answer his questions and teach him how to solve problems.[2]

Cuppa Coffee

"Who do you call when you need to know why? Superwhy, of course! This award winning pre-school pilot encourages critical thinking and reinforces reading skills in young viewers. Stop-motion and cutout animation bring this curious little tyke, his kangaroo friend and all of his favorite storybooks to life."[3]

Eyewitness

"The video reel was maybe about a minute long. The theme song was a chill reggae track, and a Jamaican singer said: "Wonder why, Just like Super Why!" It was very chill. The proto-Super Why character then said: "Hello! I'm hiding. Can you find me?" The rest of the video is kind of a blur after that. When the yellow-skinned girl appeared, she created some kind of wind/tornado, causing the buttons around the room to whirl around. Proto-Super Why then said something to the camera in reaction to this."

Cuppa Coffee (Variant 1)

"Who do you call when you need to know why? Superwhy of course! Cuppa recently produced this pilot episode for Nickelodeon. The show encourages kids to read, and reinforces reading skills. We used stop motion animation as well as cut-out to bring this curious little tyke to life."[4]

Cuppa Coffee (Variant 2)

"A pilot for Nick Jr, Superwhy was centred around a superhero whose ability is to question why - AND find out! Superwhy takes place in the book of the three little pigs and the animations in the book come to life. The action gets kids to look into books to find out, well...why!?!"[5]

BAMKids Film Festival

"Tiny Super Why doesn't take up much space in the children's library where he lives. When he needs answers to problems, he effortlessly hops into storybooks to find solutions."[6]

ChicagoReader.com

"In Adam Shaheen's Super Why? an imp interacts with illustrations from a book of The Three Little Pigs, inviting the viewer into its world."[7]

Lyrics

Unused Intro #1

"Tell me why.
Why Why (Why, Why)
Tell me Super Why.
Tell me why? (Tell me why)

From his wee home in the library, Willy. (also known as Wee Willy)
Asks the burning question why?
This powerful need to know transforms him into Super Why!

Tell me why.
Why Why (Why, Why)
Tell me Super Why.
Tell me why? (Tell me why)"

Unused Intro #2

"The world is full of questions
Everywhere I look
And when I need an answer
I look inside a book

Anything I wanna be
I'm reaching for the sky
I can do anything that's why
SUPER WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
He's Super Why!"

Used Intro

"Wonder why.
Why, why?
Why, why? (why)
Just like Super Why! (Boo)
Wonder why?"

Gallery

Images

  • Screenshot from the pilot (1/5j.

    Screenshot from the pilot (1/5j.

  • Screenshot from the pilot (2/5).

    Screenshot from the pilot (2/5).

  • Screenshot from the pilot (3/5).

    Screenshot from the pilot (3/5).

  • Screenshot from the pilot (4/5).

    Screenshot from the pilot (4/5).

  • Screenshot from the pilot (5/5). Same as the second footage, but with a larger background.

    Screenshot from the pilot (5/5). Same as the second footage, but with a larger background.

  • Concept art of the characters.

    Concept art of the characters.

  • A different version of the pilot's logo found by OS2GameDeveloper on Scratch on a Wikimedia Commons upload from 2004.

    A different version of the pilot's logo found by OS2GameDeveloper on Scratch on a Wikimedia Commons upload from 2004.

  • An image from the pilot of the main character's superhero design.

    An image from the pilot of the main character's superhero design.

  • A different version of the image from the pilot of the main character's superhero design.

    A different version of the image from the pilot of the main character's superhero design.

Footage

The full pilot.

Audio

The unused theme song.

An early version of the pilot's audio.

Videos

LSuperSonicQ's video on the subject.

BrayBray's video on the subject.

See Also

Super Why!

Bumpers and Interstitials

Pilots

Other

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Kidscreen article on the Super Why! pilot. Retrieved 22 Mar '14
  2. ↑ Annecy article on the Super Why! pilot. Retrieved 07 Apr '21
  3. ↑ Cuppa Coffee archive on the Super Why! pilot. Retrieved 07 Apr '21
  4. ↑ Cuppa Coffee archive on the Super Why! pilot. Retrieved 07 Apr '21
  5. ↑ Cuppa Coffee archive on the Super Why! pilot. Retrieved 24 April '21
  6. ↑ pdf. archive on the Super Why! pilot. Retrieved 07 Apr '21
  7. ↑ An article mentioning the Super Why! pilot. Retrieved 07 Apr '21


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