Diggs Tailwagger (2007 Cartoon Network pilot) 

_ Dude I know right? Drymon was the mastermind behind old spongebob humor and it really shows in the pilot.

Stephen Hillenburg the Writer, Director, Producer for Rocko’s Modern Life And Creator of SpongeBob SquarePants also work on this pilot as a writer, so the humor of SpongeBob definitely shows here.

To be honest, I found this pilot too fast paced and obnoxious, even if the masterminds behind the old spongebob episodes worked on this. Honestly, I just think that we should have been spent more time with character interactions in this pilot, the most we got was wagger annoying the commander with his general incompetence, which comes of as more of a lazy choice to add some kind of forced conflict and makes me think each episode would just be a tired repeat of this pilot's plot. I found the main character just as annoying as the commander did, which is NEVER a good thing if you want me to root for the protagonist, and his fast way of speaking didn't do him any favors either. I think a good pilot gives you a great sense of who you'll spend the most time with in each episode, giving each character a moment to shine so we get a broad idea of the kind of fun interactions we'll get, and deliver each moment in the pilot with thoughtful delivery and pacing. In my opinion, this story failed on all fronts, because we mostly focuse on wagger and everyone else save for the commander feel like a minor interaction with no clever jokes or gags to play off their personalities, and we end up getting something incredibly stale and tired feeling as a result. I could not tell you how much I wanted to like this pilot, based soley on writing credits alone, but in the end, the whole thing failed to make me crack a smile, only many deep sighs of wondering when it would end.

Craig McCraken was also an executive creative consult for this pilot.

I guess it's supposed to be a subversion of the chosen one/perfect main character trope but I don't see a lot of perfect chosen ones so it's not usually funny or interesting on it's own

On nick

Hard agree. A shame that this didn’t get the greenlight, would’ve fared better if some other networks picked it up if given the chance though. (also hi from one bee to another!! o/)

@@saad1996sa Have you ever seen "Dogs in Space"?

Same, I wish we knew why Cartoon Network rejected it. I mean come on, it was made by one of the most pivotal people on SpongeBob's crew, how could you possibly pass it up???? Would've been so great seeing this air with Chowder and Flapjack

I mean if you really think about it, all of the crew for this pilot for the most part, with the exception of Hillenburg, worked on Phineas & Ferb and Camp Lazlo for Disney and Cartoon Network respectively as well. Also Nickelodeon Studios is credited here as where it was recorded so it’s possible that this was pitched at Nickelodeon which is why so many SpongeBob alumni worked on it.

Fun Fact: Most of those people worked for SpongeBob, previously worked for Ren and Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life and CatDog. That includes the creator.

If you grew up with Camp Lazlo, it's not that odd. Lots of the SpongeBob crew from the pre-movie era worked on that show

Elwood Hellsythe I'm sorry that you had to. I changed the thumbnail now so you wouldn't have to see it, lol.

I detect more star trek vibes

@@eshel9886 defiantly a 1960-70s si-fy vibes!

I guess Cartoon Network didn't want another SpongeBob-like show since this was made around the time Camp Lazlo ended production. With that being said, I really wish this was greenlit too, it would've been so amazing seeing this air with Chowder and Flapjack

Plus it also includes Tom Wilson best known for voicing flats Marty and the tattletale strangler

Well, actually, in this cartoon, the supervising sound editor Timothy J. Borques and not Jeff Hutchins

Definitely with the goofiness of the main character and some of the stock music used

Kaz, one of the main creators, wrote for SpongeBob and Phineas and Ferb

Also Derek Drymon did too

And the sound director from SpongeBob was on here too

I see a lot of mighty B in this too!

Cartoon World 2.0 Actually some of Jean Jaques work

I meant on the scene when the commander was giving Diggs his backpack, the music is from No Weenies Allowed.

Nacho Bear Well of course, the pilot was made by Derek Drymon who was the head writer for spongebob from Season 1-3.

It is actually from the RU-vid video named “late for meeting.”

Diamond Miner Animaniac Sounds more like the tattle tale strangler to me

Actually it’s “reg” from “no wieners allowed”

All four characters have the same voice actor.

But then again, if nick gets it, then at least they have an ok show on their channel for once

True, but...I dunno...it really feels like it'll be more at home with Disney XD.

Graphite Tail Grace True, nick doesn't deserve any good shows that they didn't make themselves

+Diamond Miner Animaniac so now there like stealing other pilots

then again it did say there name in the credits

this is episode cuddles e. hugs in spongebob

@@ionymartins754 yeah is also playing in The Mighty B and SpongeBob SquarePants

⁠@@regeansdubois6160Cuddles E. Hugs and Hairy Situation.

Trashcan robot was the imposter

THE Berrby Well, the pilot was first originally pitched to Nickelodeon and has been given the greenlit as well at that time (with Super Scout, another cartoon pilot for The Mighty B!), but unfortunately this one never came to fruition without any reason given before passing it to CN.

I think it was pitched to CN first, but CN rejected it in 2007. Then a few years later, Nickelodeon saw the pilot around 2009 and greenlit it beside the Mighty B. However, that did never come to fruition. I could see why, they probably chose CN first because this pilot just screams "Spongebob ripoff". A lot of the production crew came from Spongebob, too, so they knew the craft. Since CN didn't have a show like it, this would have been an interesting choice for them. However, with Nick, they already have, well, Spongebob itself. I assume thats why DT got greenlit but then got stuck in indefinite limbo. The Nick execs figured it out, lol.

@@likeanyonecaresabouthandles idk Nickelodeon has greenlit tons of SpongeBob knockoffs I doubt that's why this failed. It's just a project that didn't happen to go anywhere. Happens sometimes.

fr bruh why is it so funny 😭😭😭 this would have been such a cute niche show even if it was one season

kinda. both series (this and DiS) are good and all, but the latter lacks that kind of wacky slapstick comedy that DT has. still, i like both though.

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Scared the crap out of me like wtf

maybe it was pitched to nick first?

@@iidragonflyiiAnimations To me, it feels like a whole conversion that I can't even explain for myself. There is much of the SpongeBob team in this, so that might be true.