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See also [[Backdoor Pilot]] and [[Audience-Alienating Premise]]; compare to [[Stillborn Serial]]. Not to be confused with [[One-Scene Wonder]]. For characters who appear in only one episode of a series, see [[One-Shot Character]].

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* ''Pryde of the [[X-Men]]'': Surreal 1989 Kitty Pryde-based animated X-Men adaptation, which laid the ground work for the later series, after a much needed retool. Stan Lee's hyperactive narration takes it to the next level. The inclusion of Dazzler in the main cast and the fact that the historically Canadian [[Wolverine Publicity|Wolverine]] has an Australian accent probably didn't help either.

** Nowadays, most fans would recognize the show's character designs as those used in the popular ''X-Men'' [[Beat'Em Up]] arcade game.

* The American version of ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' didn't survive past a single pilot episode that never made it to air. Notable for casting [[Terry Farrell]] (of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' fame) as a female version of Cat, a pre-[[Frasier]] [[Jane Leeves]] as the computer Holly and [[Robert Llewellyn]] reprising his role of Kryten from the original British series. Because of [[Executive Meddling]] late in the production, multiple actor recastings and other problems, British series footage had to be used to fill in the holes in the episode. A brand-new higher-quality Kryten suit was made for the pilot which Llewellyn was allowed to keep and re-use in further British seasons following the American cancellation.

* ''The Robinsons'': A 2003 ''Lost In Space'' remake pilot commissioned by the WB Television Network. The pilot was directed by John Woo (of ''Hard-Boiled'' and ''Face-Off'' fame), and featured multiple changes from the original, such as: the Jupiter 2 being a landing pod instead of a full-fledged ship, one of the Robinsons' sons dying in an attack by aliens, and much younger actors playing Judy and Don Robinson. The show was never picked up, but the sets of the Jupiter 2 were bought for use on the re-imagined ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]'', as the Battlestar Pegasus' command center.

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