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It's been forever since my last post here, but I just had to really get this out of my mind cause I've been watching old Hanna-Barbera cartoons lately again, and one of the big things I noticed was how in some of the most successful shows that they did, those would get canned after a season or two (i.e. Wacky Races), only for a successful spin-off show like Dastardly and Muttley or The Perils of Penelope Pitstop to get put into production. Some of these shows would have more episodes made than the originals too. I'm sure Superfriends had a ton of spin offs from the same company that were like this.
What if back in 2004 or 2005 after the movie was made that the original SpongeBob series had remained cancelled, but an action adventure spin-off with Sandy had been made instead and I mean this show would have focused on Sandy's life before she ever moved to Bikini Bottom? This show I'm picturing would have had Sandy fighting crime, going outer space, and so many other locations and using her karate skills to outsmart villains, in addition to picking up some judo and getting into some other crazy situations. There would have still been some comedy there, but story and original music and arrangements would have been the much greater focus of this show I had pictured in my head and some of the people who were working on some of the most successful action cartoons of the time and comic book artists would have also been brought in to consult for this show. It would have also been more script driven, but in the way that the second half of Season 9 of SB is.
What if this spin-off had become a huge success in itself and had become nearly as popular as the original show did and cancelled after 3-4 seasons?
I could see both of these properties generating so much for Nick and United Plankton Pictures that the animation studio could have greatly expanded and started to produce other shows for other networks, maybe even getting into live action some more too, literally becoming the Hanna-Barbera of the 21st century. My what could have been. I'm not knocking the creator or anyone who worked on SpongeBob or its episodes, but I think there was a greatly missed opportunity in all of this. Steve wouldn't have had to do much directing either. He could have served as exec producer in name on all these shows and I think it would have been a better deal for everyone on so many fronts, especially from a business perspective.
What if back in 2004 or 2005 after the movie was made that the original SpongeBob series had remained cancelled, but an action adventure spin-off with Sandy had been made instead and I mean this show would have focused on Sandy's life before she ever moved to Bikini Bottom? This show I'm picturing would have had Sandy fighting crime, going outer space, and so many other locations and using her karate skills to outsmart villains, in addition to picking up some judo and getting into some other crazy situations. There would have still been some comedy there, but story and original music and arrangements would have been the much greater focus of this show I had pictured in my head and some of the people who were working on some of the most successful action cartoons of the time and comic book artists would have also been brought in to consult for this show. It would have also been more script driven, but in the way that the second half of Season 9 of SB is.
What if this spin-off had become a huge success in itself and had become nearly as popular as the original show did and cancelled after 3-4 seasons?
I could see both of these properties generating so much for Nick and United Plankton Pictures that the animation studio could have greatly expanded and started to produce other shows for other networks, maybe even getting into live action some more too, literally becoming the Hanna-Barbera of the 21st century. My what could have been. I'm not knocking the creator or anyone who worked on SpongeBob or its episodes, but I think there was a greatly missed opportunity in all of this. Steve wouldn't have had to do much directing either. He could have served as exec producer in name on all these shows and I think it would have been a better deal for everyone on so many fronts, especially from a business perspective.