/r/TVshowideas

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A place to showcase the ideas to TV shows that you come up with

Rules:

Not really any rules, the show can be about real people, already existing characters, or characters you make up, in any place, real or fake, doing anything

/r/TVshowideas

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How would The Simpsons wandavision episode work

What old classic cartoons would they Instead of Sitcoms

Any suggestions share?

 John Kricfalusi 

Max Fleischer

Any others

2 Comments
2021/02/14
19:59 UTC

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Who’s watch this? Notes? It’s me as a puppet talking to myself.

1 Comment
2021/02/13
03:33 UTC

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HBO tv show idea.

The year is 2145. Humanity experiences yet another centennial pandemic that wiped out 10% of the worlds population (around 1billion) from 2114-2119. The world tried to recover and prepare but all hope is lost. In fear of another ravaging, incurable disease bubble cities are created. Extremely strict (almost zero) travel is allowed between these cities except high level officials and the trillionairs. Between cities or “freedom zones” as the extreme right calls them become basically the Wild West.

3 Comments
2021/02/11
11:53 UTC

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TV show idea

I just had a good idea for a tv show is this good- it's a by the numbers cop show but its mixed with a legal show to. It's about a person that can see the future and cops know they're right so they spend every episode trying to prove thier premonitions. There would also be a long running mystery about this criminal that causes the main charecter to see a false future and he keeps getting away with serial murders because hes just to good so this long running mystery would be figuring out who this guy is and how he causes false premonitions of the future

4 Comments
2021/02/10
04:27 UTC

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An American debate forum disguised as entertainment which pits pundits of the political right and left against each other in the interest of advancing dialog.

In the aesthetic of a British panel show a la "Mock the Week" or ... Family Feud , episodes would consist of segments in which teams would nominate team members to debate specific topics of the day. Teams would represent the political right and left (team red vs team blue) and be fielded by talk show hosts, former politicians, pundits etc. The stakes could be a donation of prize money to the non-profit of the winning team's choosing. In a political climate where the two political "sides" spend an increasing amount of time in their respective bubbles and are apparently unable to speak the same language, I think there would be an appetite to see these people thrust into a mutual space.

A variety of segments would help the entertainment value of the show. I think it would be interesting to invite participation from audience members in which panelists have an opportunity to pitch a coherent, civil "argument" to a real-life caller/audience member who had a stated opposition to their position. Points would be awarded if the panelist was able to move the caller to the panelist's way of thinking ( or maybe even just to get them on the fence). Other segments could include 3-on-3 (moderated) group debate, head-to-head focused analyses of specific topics etc. with points awarded to the team that won the round (as decided by... the audience? on-line realtime voting?)

The forum would have to be neutral ground. As polarized as the media landscape is perceived to be, the media outlet is an important consideration. Online streaming platforms seem to be relatively free of perceived political orientation so far, and therefore might be a good option. It would be important for the show to maintain impartiality, since any perception of political leaning on the part of the show would undermine its credibility. A partnership with Politifact or Snopes or some such would give an opportunity to do realtime fact-checking and could be used to dramatize a bit (big splashy graphics when a participant got busted peddling FakeNews). This Fake News busting agenda could also be used as a jump-off point for brief PSA style segments on media literacy (considering source material, spotting sensationalism etc.) These segments could pull in experts on the subject such as professors of politics and media, government intelligence experts etc.

Ideally these teams could be composed of such personalities as Ben Shapiro, Alex Jones, Paul Ryan, James Carville, Don Lemon, Tulsi Gabbard etc. Failing this, show staff could recruit the talking heads that make the rounds on cable television. If national personalities were unavailable or uninterested, the show could recruit mayors, aspiring politicians, heads of student-run university political organizations. It would be important to maintain a balance in terms of intellectual gravity between the two teams from episode to episode. Although, the dynamics of an upset would be interesting (a young go-hard taking an established politician off-guard, for example).

The The first presidential debate of the 2020 election, I believe, left American viewers with a desire for more intelligent, well-formed political discourse. There is an apparent desire to see more nuanced political discussions. It's been widely reported that Americans' media bubbles have so little overlap that people on opposite sides of a debate can't have a coherent dialog. I believe this format could do something to get people on the same page with each other. Let's make it happen

1 Comment
2021/01/29
06:17 UTC

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Inspired by recent events

This is a very loose idea, but i think it would be interesting.

I'm essentially curious about how things would play out if the every day citizens win the wall St battle. I'm imagining a world where they organize their funds to great a massive hedge fund essentially to influence america in what they hope is a better direction. speeding up our process to greener energies, fair wages, addressing homelessness, true equality, environmental projects, education, etc.it would be really interesting to see how it would play out and how some of the changes they make may hurt their fellow Americans that they are trying to help.

Edit to add: In the end they may end up becoming the very thing they sought to destroy.

0 Comments
2021/01/29
06:10 UTC

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The 1000 suns, part I.

DISLCLAIMER, i am not a furry i just like zoology. this show takes place about 200 years in the future, so in 1856 there was an african slave who secretly discovered this new eliment called obamium, then when slaves get free in 1875 he becomes tells the world about the elimant, and the elimant can make people younger and live longer, then in 1945 when hitler killed himself, the nazis thought the americans killed him, so they got revenge my building an atomic bomb with obamium, then they made about 60 of them and bombed the whole world for no reason. Then the whole world is bombed, but the animals suddendly get a chemical reaction to there bodies and becoem smarter, then the world recovered about 10 years later and the US won the war by bombing hiroshima and nagasaki. Then in 1956 the animals were so smart that they werent happy what the humans were doing to the earth with global warming and climate change, so the animals started a war like planet of the apes which lasted about 5 years, in 1961 the animals won the war and went on a human genocide killing 5.9 billion people, then a century later in 2161 A.D the animals start acting like humans and there is this dominant species called the great winged bats which look like gorgoyils, then there is this protagonist who lives in caliofrnia living fine, but there remaining 1,100,000,000 humans are tortured and beatun for their crimes 200 years ago, and they put them in zoos, then there is this gorilla named koko who is like the nostrodamus of this story, and he predicted in 50 years all the stars in the sky will fall down to earth which is called "the 1000 suns prediction." and there is like this animal hell where all the animals in the past that were poached and killed for there body parts is called "the hitnu realm." and the animals look like animals sketched from dinosaurs here is a point of reference this right here. so yeah.

1 Comment
2021/01/19
00:33 UTC

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Nuclear Armageddon TV miniseries

This would be the most horrifying show in history. A terrifying ride from start to finish as our band of survivors desperately try to find safety somewhere out there amongst the chaos and death.

I want people to feel a similar feeling to how every episode of Chernobyl on HBO made me feel. After watching the show, I want the viewers to come away with the feeling “the fact that the world has these weapons that could kill all life, this situation cannot stand any longer. I need to do something.”.

1 Comment
2021/01/15
08:02 UTC

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The affectionate homage to classic Cartoons sets complicated backstory aside, at least for starters - any suggestions? 🔥

SIMPSAVISION is by all accounts one of the strangest Matt Groening entries yet. It’s not the show the studio was hoping to use to kick off its Cartoon efforts. (That title goes old school from 20s - early 08s — and more mainstream —  Futurama and Disenchantment, which will follow in March.) It doesn’t need to cater to new fans because of the sheer momentum of the time machine episode, even though the first few episodes also demonstrate that it’s weird enough — and detached enough — from the main films that people can still come to it as its own thing.

SIMPSAVISION Simpsons WandaVision will pay homage to every decade of cartoons of Centuries, listing down the 1920's and 1930's all the way to the 1990s and 00s.

WHAT IS THE PLOT OF THE WANDAVISION Specific plot details are vague, but with the simpsons.

wandavision may be about Wanda's rescue and resurrection of Vision.   special episode of the Simpsons. 2021 is shaping up to be a fun, quirky, and possibly dark exploration of Vision's consciousness in his Vision." Kodus and kang in invader zim universe animation.

Given that Vision is a powerful synthetic being, it is possible his consciousness survives but is in danger of being lost. That's where Simpsons comes in, using her psychic secret powers to rescue Vision before it's too late. As a survival mechanism, it looks like Vision is imagining a perfect life with Wanda through the lens of a television sitcom. Again, this is pure speculation, but as an android, Vision may be using TV Cartoon as a way to understand what it means to be human.

Thus, WandaVision is playing with the form and tropes of a typical American Classic Cartoons, from  Hannah Barbara sound affect ,..... (Mickey Mouse) Max Fleischer animation to (Ren and stimpy) John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp animation, where. fictional families resolved their problems over a carefree half hour. But as hinted in the episode, there is a dark force is Mr. Burns at play that may

undo Vision's synthetic fantasy. I'll be a throwback. But for now, the in now president just hopes fans will connect with WandaVision’s trippy delusion of suburban comedy — much in the way that Disney+'s does its own spin.

Simpsons WandaVision blends the style of cartoon classics with the Simpsons Cinematic Universe in which Simpsons and wandavision – two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban life – begin to suspect that.

0 Comments
2021/01/14
22:30 UTC

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A show about homeless people

It could be like the sopranos except all about the power dynamics and politics of tent cities at war and fighting over recourses.

1 Comment
2021/01/10
06:13 UTC

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Anime Club

This is a sitcom taking place in the either high school or college. The main cast is the anime club, which is often bullied and made fun of. The main character(MC) is a popular kid who is secretly in the anime club. On the first episode the everyone finds out MC is in the anime club. The anime club constantly tries to become popular or at least not made fun of. Some of the characters I thought of are: -An insomniac that stays up binging anime -An anime elitist that gets super offended when someone talks trash about anime or when anybody watches something that isn’t anime. -Someone who is new to anime. -A 40 year old man(if this is in college) that watched Dragon Ball and doesn’t know that other anime exist.

5 Comments
2021/01/08
18:24 UTC

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Just found this sub I want to see what people think of my ideas so here goes.

I don’t have a title for this but a teenage boy who’s just like every teenage boy lonely depressed and shit wakes up in the middle of a intergalactic war with lasers and such and thinking it’s a dream he goes along with it and kicks ass but he soon sees that he’s not waking up and has far more control than most dreams the show is about the boy traveling space (similar to the badass loner travels around the galaxy type show of mandalorian) trying to figure out if he’s dreaming, can he find earth, did he make up earth and all the people and ideas on it? So ya that’s the basic idea tell me what you think.

1 Comment
2021/01/06
19:24 UTC

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SHAZAM!!! (Animated TV Show Concept)

Based on Earth 5 and the old TV Show, this is a world where the only super heroes are the Marvel Family (Lead by Billy Batson) and fight against villains like Doctor Sivana, Black Adam and the Monster Society of Evil. So, what's the origin of Shazam and his powers? It all began three thousand years ago, when the Earth was more mystical and all sorts of monsters terrorized humanity. To balance things out, the forces of order decided to create a ''Champion'', as six of them would gift that mortal great powers to defend the world. However, their first pick was an Egyptian prince named Teth-Adam, who rebelled and abused his power, becoming the god-like overlord known as ''Black Adam''. After that mistake, the gods decided to choose better and found a humble shepherd called Shazamo, giving him the same powers, but trained him in the realm known as ''The Rock of Eternity''. Having better control over his power, Shazamo confronted Black Adam in a climatic battle that shook the world and inspired many legends. In the end, Black Adam was banished into a distant star later called Icarus (Located about 5 billion light-years from Earth), so he would not return in millions of years.

In the following centuries, Shazam would defeat most monsters and supernatural evil, leaving people to fight against regular evil and don't interfere with their freedom of choice. However one thousand years ago, Shazam fought against a group of demons known as ''Seven Deadly Enemies of Man'' and the battle was so intense, that he had to use most of his power to seal them away, entering a hibernation state for centuries. The ages passed, the world of superstition ended, leading to the world of science. However, one fateful day, the power of Shazam would reawaken thanks to a young boy named Billy Batson...

Here's some world building: In this story, the beings that grant Shazam his powers aren't gods, rather the ''Lords of Order'' trying to balance against the ''Lords of Chaos''. This universe is divided into two sides, Earth-Land and the Magic Lands, one being a regular universe where most things are natural and the other several realms where magic is much more prominent. While magic has declined to almost disappearing, there's gateways between Earth-Land and the six realms that make up Magic Lands...

Dark Lands: A dark realm where lost souls end up and eventually become Zombies. Whenever a living person arrives, every inhabitant will try to kill it, as to kill someone in the Dark Lands will grant the killer a second life and return to Earth-Land. This realm is ruled by Koschei The Deathless, a powerful undead sorcerer or ''Lich''.

Fun Land: A seemingly infinite theme park, where only children are allowed to have fun as much as they want. Ruled over by ''King Kid'', besides him everyone else still ages and when someone turns eighteen, its forced to work as a slave and maintain the park functional.

Game-World: A dimension based around the concept of video games. The economy is based on a points system that determines where you stand in their class structure, as well accessing special abilities. Ruled by the tyrannical Game Master, who remains undefeated and number one in Game-World's ranking. The only way out of the Game-World is to access the CPU, which requires 10,000,000 points.

Monster Lands: A realm where the monsters created in legends and folklore actually exist, like Dragons, Trolls, Goblins and Vampires. However, they're all locked up in a massive prison and only a few have managed to escape, as a complete prison riot would endanger all realms.

Wild-Earth: A world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, where humans are hated, hunted and put into zoos. The majority of ''Anthros'' are mammalians (Carnivores subsist with fish and the remains from funeral homes), while birds and reptiles are minorities in this animal society.

Wonderland: A chaotic realm where all sorts of ''Characters'' resides, entities that take on the appearance and traits of fictional characters from different fairy tales and even cartoons. Originally, they were ethereal beings, until they observed mankind's collective imagination and decided to mimic their characters. However, if they travel to Earth-Land, their ''illogical existence'' will break and they'll die for real.

What do you think? Would you watch this show?

5 Comments
2021/01/02
19:49 UTC

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A quidditch sports show

Basically the show is just quidditch. It’s like an artificial sporting event. You create a set of teams with different stats, have some random events possible (fumbling the quafle, missing the blusher, crashing, rain, players becoming tired, or having an off day, etc.) , and create a match around teams pairing up. Who wins, the plays, etc. then you take those and make it into a fully fledge match. To the viewers it’s essentially the same as watching basketball or football, just with a magical sport. They don’t know the outcome. They can predict it based on player stats, strategies, and play styles, but the match is still unique and exhilarating to watch.

The biggest expense would likely be a large cgi budget, but even this could likely be well within the scope of a series on a service like HBO max or something.

0 Comments
2020/12/29
05:35 UTC

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My idea for a Friday the 13th series

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2020/12/24
03:42 UTC

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BRAIN DEAD ( A girl whose eyes seem to lie)

The show is about a teenage Girl named Hanna who is an only child. During a family vacation she begins to see things that nobody else can see. Is she hallucinating? Is she in a dream? Or are her eyes looking beyond our reality.....into a parallel universe

Backstory- Hannah was an extremely friendly and playful child. She was always running around the house. She was loved by both her parents. Her favorite activity was riding down the street in her bicycle (along with the other neighbors kid) One day a neighbor kid tells Hanna's mom the a car ran over her child. Mom rushes to the street to find her daughter in the middle of the street in a pool of blood. ( No sign of the car cuz it was a bit and run type of deal). Hanna is in rough shape. Crushed Spine, open flesh would due to a fractured femur, dislocated shoulder ect. She was rushed to the hospital. During emergency surgery the doctors find out that she has a brain bleed(cranial hemorrhage)

After about a month or so she wakes up from the coma. Her parents are so happy. But after being discharged from the hospital they noticed that her behavior has changed drastically. She hardly ever spoke. She stopped eating as much and she didn't really play outside anymore. To try to improve her mood the family decided to take a vacation. The go to a luxury hotel to spend the next few days. Once they arrived at the lobby Hanna notice another girl with a barbie doll. She looked at the girl, who looked back and smiles. Then....all of a sudden Hanna see this girl with a blood stain on her white dress. The girl was missing her upper limbs and groaning in pain. Her eyes looked sunken and her jaw was unhinged. Hanna couldn't believe what she was seeing, she tried to get her dad's attention my clawing at his trousers, but when she looks back.....the girl appears normal. The dad is confused. Just shrugs it off. This happens a few more times during the vacation. She sees a dead body with an open chest wound floating in the pool....but later it's just a guys relaxing. The guy who brought the room service had an eye hanging but later appear to be just fine. Hanna didn't mention any of this to her parents. After the accident she didn't really talk much. Just said a few words like Ok and goodnight. Even a child psychologist had a hard time figuring out what was wrong. Hanna thought these vision were as a result of the Medicine that the psychologist prescribed

Episode one of this "TV show" end with the family checking out of the hotel. On their way out Hanna sees another vision. This time it's the security guard by the front door. He's missing his lower jaw. Drool is falling everywhere. He has guys hanging out of his Abdomen as a result of a flesh would. But this Vision was different..... because in the background she heard her father say "What the hell is that?" For the first time Someone besides Hanna was able to see it. In fact hanna notice that many other people were able to see it. WHAT'S GOING ON? episode ends

SOME EXPLANATIONS IN CASE YOU ARE CONFUSED.

  1. I like to call what's happening with Hannah as phasing. After waking up from the coma she gains the ability to phase between our world and a Parallel world in which zombies exist. Whenever she sees one of her visions...it's because she is phasing.

2.During the surgery when the doctor tried to control the brain bleeding...there was unintended damage done to a few parts of her brain. One of those regions is the part of the brain meant to control emotions ( which explains why she was pretty emotionless after recovery) While in the coma, Hanna was able to see many Parallel universes. They were all so different. But the zombie filled one is the one that stuck in her mind....like a song she could get out of her head)

  1. Her power to phase between worlds was unlocked by an experimental drug that was prescribed to her by the psychologist. This drug, mixed with the ones she was already taking during the recovery process, unlocked her phasing ability

  2. Finally...a little bit about the zombies. There are 4 types. Wonderers- mindless zombies that travel in hoards. Screamers- scream in the presence of prey so that all the zombies in the area chase after it

Runners- Run and jump unlike regular zombies. Too fast to get a proper headshot so aim for their legs. Finally there are puffers- worst zombie type. They are not agressive or threatening. They simply grow large spores all over the victims body. Then the zombie finds a nearby living organisms to fuse with like an animal or a tree or another human. Once all the life has been sucked out of the organism...it burst and release the zombie mutation particles all over. If a human breaths it in...they get extremely sick but don't turn into a zombie. Still working on a cure for the sickness

If you made it this far into the story... congratulations. I hope you like it. TBH I have no idea where the story is going but maybe we could discuss it. I kinda want the story to have a last of us vibe. Maybe you can help Introduce new plot points.

For example....what if there was some other younger child that was capable of phasing. (Maybe Hanna finds a drawing of a child seeing something she saw in another alternate universe while she was in a coma)

Maybe stuff she sees in her coma reappear in her dreams when she falls asleep

What if there are people immune from the zombies

What if the type of zombie you turn into is based on your blood type

How do you end a story like this? Please communicate with me in the comments. I would love to hear some thoughts and opinions from other people. Thanks

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2020/12/24
00:07 UTC

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A my 3 sons style sitcom with a paranormal twist

A sitcom about a man and his 3 sons, but the twist is each son is a reincarnation of someone from their dad's life and are well aware of who they were. One is his dad's former psychologist, the other is his former best friend, and the other is his grandpa.

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2020/12/16
20:14 UTC

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Dr Harkin and His Gang

A four-season Brit-anime detailing the misadventures of three wizards on the World Oak, residing within a small isolated tower on Irsland, a small island located in World Phokys off the coast of Hogdark.

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2020/12/16
17:15 UTC

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Strange Beasts

An idea for an animated series.

The series takes place in the world of nephrozoa, where evolution basically went insane and produced some truly bizarre organisms, many of which are sentient despite retaining some of their original animal instincts and most of them not being humanoid. The series mainly follows Oswald, a six legged salamander-like creature, and his friend Myron, a raptor-like reptile with the abilities of a chameleon, as they live their lives in this incredibly strange world, encountering numerous creatures both docile and dangerous. However, as the series progresses, dark secrets about the world gradually begin to reveal themselves, and a particularly threatening group of monsters plan to use these to take over, forcing Myron, Oswald, and their allies to fight back.

1 Comment
2020/12/06
16:32 UTC

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A really melancholic 6 part drama about the end of the world.

So it follows this guy who's just broken up, and his father has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. He's all depressed but wants to sort his life out.

Then, at the end of episode 1, NASA announces that Armageddon is imminent, a week from now. The next four episodes are about him and his friends tying up loose ends as society breaks down around them. They say their goodbyes, and the guy gets back together with his ex, etc.

Then at the end of episode 5, he wakes up the 'day after' the apocalypse and finds that it didn't happen, and NASA made a miscalculation. But in episode 6, he goes out and finds there is little society left. Millions of people committed suicide the night before, there are gangs on the streets, there is no government. He talks to people who did things they regret because the world was ending, and that they didn't think they would have to face the consequences of. The protagonist feels worse than before, because he improved his life and felt ready to go, then it didn't happen.

He and his girlfriend agree to stay for one month, before deciding whether to go their separate ways again. They also agree to obtain a gun, in case the world becomes unliveable.

The series ends a month later, just before they decide what to do.

0 Comments
2020/12/06
13:46 UTC

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Bi-sexual cheating

Will and Mary are married, but Mary is cheating on will with Joe.

BUT will is cheating on Mary with Joe

1 Comment
2020/12/04
21:29 UTC

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Straight Up Discrimination

This show takes place in a future where people get discriminated for being straight or white, and the main character is both straight and white, so he gets discriminated even more. However, there are more people in this situation, so those people team up with the main character to stop the discrimination.

0 Comments
2020/12/04
18:47 UTC

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Roger the Barbarian

Roger is a barbarian traversing the post-apocalyptic world of Vana, fighting zombies and monsters and rescuing princesses. But one dramatic discovery makes it clear that Roger lives an artificial life. Since before his birth, Roger has been the star of a ridiculously long fantasy TV show, produced by the BBC and set in a gigantic biodome in the Arctic, with a mix of special effects, puppetry, pyrotechnics and robotics.

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2020/12/04
13:56 UTC

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British live-action adaptation of Food Wars

With the foodgasms removed due to their inability to do well in live-action and to avoid offending sensibilities. Soma would be renamed to Sam Yeats and have an East London accent. Erina would be renamed to Charlotte Ramsay and be portrayed as the niece of Gordon Ramsay. Megumi would be named Margaret and originate from a village in northern England, and many of Ikumi’s “moments” would be mocked in the series.

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2020/12/04
13:44 UTC

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Zeta: A Brit-Anime

Beyond the fringes of insanity... lies a story of crime, revenge, and filth. Britain’s first ever true anime series!

Set in the infinite multiverse of the World Oak, Zeta chronicles the adventures of Zeta Toad, criminal mastermind and thief, from his humble beginnings, to his abandonment on the Moon, to his grisly death at the hands of a troll. Zeta is peopled with a vast array of characters, all with their own weird quirks.

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2020/11/21
21:13 UTC

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DB Cooper. but when he jumps out of the plane he is teleported to 2020 Nevada and has to make 200,000 dollars last his retirement

basically what the title said. DB Jumps in to the storm. the lightening hits the dynamite which in turn creates a mini black hole and sucks old dan to 2020 trump USA. Only problem is, he thinks its still the 70s. And 200,000 won't get you too far for a retirement.

eventually it goes a bit lost like and he tries to re create the moment in 2020 to get back. Only to find flight security is a shit load more high profile. and it may not be as easy as it once was.

0 Comments
2020/11/13
17:10 UTC

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An Adult Stop Motion+Model Comedy set in 1939-45

It would follow the life of David Brown, a simple rail worked in the UK during 1939-1945, who would work simply on the railroad for the first 2 episodes, then have to work harder and do supply runs for the allies due to ww2, then later episodes he has to fight in ww2. The characters and stuff around would be stop motion, and the vehicles would be models, like model trains and cars. It would take place in a made up town in the UK.

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2020/11/13
05:29 UTC

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Adult cartoon based on Gulliver’s Travels

I think Jonathan Swift’s story would fit the medium of adult animation quite well, at least far better than any live-action attempt or softened attempt (looking at you, Max fucking Fleischer). Plus, at least four seasons over multiple episodes would be a good effort in adapting the entire book.

0 Comments
2020/11/09
09:37 UTC

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