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Post by Feargus McReddit on Apr 7, 2022 6:32:34 GMT -5
Because I did it with the actual short I've been checking how the videos AS have put up have done since April 1st and, interestingly, the one with just the glitches is at 2m and the live stream with the whole April Fools block is at 1.5m which sort of amazed me more because that's a movie's worth of content to watch for the stuff.
Not surprisingly, both are dwarfing everything else Adult Swim have put up so far this week, "closest" being a Rick and Morty clip put up almost a day ago at about 164k.
Like, obviously, the times put up are different but it seems way more consistent then when the short was put up where it was at about 400-500k during Halloween weekend and then absolutely ballooned after that when word of mouth got around.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 9, 2022 6:08:10 GMT -5
So considering it has been a while and SDCC is coming up, I thought I'd do a bit of research and see where things stand with a Pibby show or anything of that nature.
As of writing this, there's been no Adult Swim panel or screening of any kind for a Pibby show or anything of sorts. There's only been a handful of panels for Adult Swim but they were the ones you'd expect (Rick and Morty, Smiling Friends, Tuca and Bertie and Primal). There is something called "HBO Max Drop Zones" where attendees can go every day for unique competitions including VIP panel entry but nothing's really confirmed about what these are and where they'll be or even the prizes. There's time, obviously, but as we get closer to San Diego itself, we'll likely know sooner rather than later.
On the actual show front, there's been something going around about some relative of Dodge Greenley on Instagram saying that the show might get approval for a 2024 airing but it's hard to find and also it'd be really random for someone outside of Warner Media or the Animation team to know this stuff so I'm putting it as a "Seems too outlandish to be true" thing. It's a bit easier to just say that stuff at the new Warner Media Discovery is at a bit of a flux, as been alluded to by people in the company, so some decisions still need to be rubberstamped and budgets need to happen etc. But who knows?
Another interesting thing to note, though, is that two weeks after San Diego Comic-Con is the Adult Swim Festival Block Party in Philidelphia where there will be live panels and events and whilst there hasn't been a lot announced for obvious reasons, maybe that might be a better place? I'm just spitballing then saying anything.
Things could change and this post could look foolish in the next bit but I thought it'd be right to just throw out my findings and such and also add it's weird nothing's happening considering, like, search any Pibby-related hashtag on Twitter or dA or wherever and you'll find tonnes of great fanart and the like and people waiting for the next announcement.
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Post by Mozenrath on Jul 9, 2022 11:04:14 GMT -5
Makes sense, yeah, that it not being at SDCC doesn't necessarily mean this is not happening, especially with, as you say, another time they'll be potentially showing stuff. I guess we'll see what happens next.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 9, 2022 11:59:28 GMT -5
Makes sense, yeah, that it not being at SDCC doesn't necessarily mean this is not happening, especially with, as you say, another time they'll be potentially showing stuff. I guess we'll see what happens next. Like, Pibby already seems to breaking all the rules for conventional mainstream marketing in terms of a western show where you just drop something out of nowhere, don’t reference it for 7 months, spring it up as an April Fool’s joke and then never reference it again. So the logical conclusions to come to is either they have plans for it during the Cartoon Network 30th celebrations (in some weird way) or the Warner Bros Discovery merger’s affected things more than expected. Like, those are the only two things that make sense after everything.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Jul 23, 2022 14:44:03 GMT -5
So a small bit of news from people digging around on a Pibby discord (one I can’t find and only heard about), a Pibby trademark in the UK was filed by Cartoon Network back in February and entered the database in May and even more interestingly, the Australian trademark is in the process of being accepted after also being filed in March. I can clarify this is real but as I’m on my phone, a tad hard to put the links in here without remembering a bunch of code.
It’s likely barely anything and something all companies do but it also sort of tells me if they’re filing trademarks during a merger time, it doesn’t mean the project itself is dead. It’s not something of substance but it ain’t nothing either.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 6, 2022 15:17:02 GMT -5
So I guess we can take it as not being hit by the WDO Brand budget cutter out of nowhere?
Look, it’s all I can take from being wrong, ok? 😢
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Post by Ganon83 on Aug 7, 2022 21:00:06 GMT -5
Honestly I don't want this show to be previewed in any way whatsoever. I want to wake up one morning to Twitter blowing up at Adult Swim showing a Pibby season one marathon with absolutely no hints or previews
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Mar 22, 2023 20:42:07 GMT -5
Now, I wish I were bumping this because someone finally revealed that Pibby is a thing that exists and we’ll get a series and a follow up from two big bits of content. This is not the case.
However, the storyboard for the original short has been allegedly leaked and you can see some interesting stuff about what it somehow could have been including “cameos” from, of all people, Sailor Moon, He-Man and Vegeta from Dragon Ball along with the already leaked Rick from Rick and Morty. Because sure, I didn’t need to sleep tonight thinking about more infected characters.
The user is a prominent fan in the community and they got it from someone on Discord which isn’t unbelievable considering how leaks can happen but I do understand if you yourself are cynical.
Fans are thinking, close to the anniversary of the April Fools prank, that we might get something more this year and the leaks are a coincidence but, look, I put my faith in an announcement on two seperate occasions and got nothing. I’m just accepting this as good content with the whole thing still somehow up in the air after everything Warner Bros Discovery related.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Oct 3, 2023 12:59:58 GMT -5
I’d love to bump this thread up for the first time in March with good news but… https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx8hRaRPaMr Honestly, props for it as a project lasting during the mess AT&T and WBD’s had in the last couple of years. Hopefully he can get it funded another way down the line.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Oct 10, 2023 12:33:36 GMT -5
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