History WesternAnimation / Pibby

* BlankWhiteEyes: Anyone that the Darkness has corrupted tends to develop these with a few exceptions.

* LoveToHate: Interestingly, Melira is an InUniverse example. According to Greenley, she's meant to represent why people love bad guys.

* EnergyWeapon: At one point, Pibby fires one towards somewhere.

* LittleMissBadass: Pibby, who becomes a hardened badass after the horrors she's been put through.

On October 3, 2023, Greenley announced via [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx8hRaRPaMr/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Instagram]] that Pibby had not been greenlit to become a full-length series and would not be for the foreseeable future. 

->''"Pibby is ripped out of her safe, preschool world and thrown into unknøwn lands. She has to grow up, ��LEARN��, and become a b∆dass to stop the cartoon A₱⊙C⋀L¥⍴$∑//////////////////////"''

On October 3, 2023, Greenley announced via [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx8hRaRPaMr/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Instagram]] that Pibby had not been greenlit to become a full-length series and would not be for the foreseeable future. On April 26, 2024, Dodge Greenley released portions of the storyboard for the unreleased Pibby pilot on his[[static1.squarespace.com/static/64fa101d79d8231beea36ed6/t/64fa52bbefc55b4b5ef8662b/1694126797621/01_PIBBY-+Pilot+-+EDIT.pdf website]].

-->''�� Learning with Pibby! Learning is so fun ��''\\
''�� We like to spell and we love to hug ��''

->''"Pibby is ripped out of her safe, preschool world and thrown into unknøwn lands. She has to grow up, 💜LEARN💜, and become a b∆dass to stop the cartoon A₱⊙C⋀L¥⍴$∑//////////////////////"''

On October 3, 2023, Greenley announced via [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx8hRaRPaMr/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Instagram]] that Pibby had not been greenlit to become a full-length series and would not be for the foreseeable future.

%%* BlankWhiteEyes: Anyone that the Darkness has corrupted tends to develop these with a few exceptions.

%%* EnergyWeapon: At one point, Pibby fires one towards somewhere.

%%* LittleMissBadass: Pibby, who becomes a hardened badass after the horrors she's been put through.

%%* LoveToHate: Interestingly, Melira is an InUniverse example. According to Greenley, she's meant to represent why people love bad guys.

-->''🎵 Learning with Pibby! Learning is so fun 🎵''\\
''🎵 We like to spell and we love to hug 🎵''

''Pibby'' (also known as ''Come and Learn with Pibby!'', ''Learning with Pibby'', or ''Pibby: Apocalypse'') is an action-horror {{metafiction}}al animated short uploaded to Creator/AdultSwim's [=YouTube=] channel on October 30, 2021. Its creator, Dodge Greenley (known for his work on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} shows such as ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' and ''WesternAnimation/PinkyMalinky'').

The trailer/short/pilot (titled "Come and Learn with Pibby!") can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btu0O47u3rY here]]. As part of an April Fools' Day 2022 stunt, Adult Swim had Pibby, [=BunBun=], and the glitch blob invade multiple shows, leading to renewed interest in the characters and speculation of a future for the series. The full "corrupted" broadcast can be seen [[https://youtu.be/YCKO1qgotHY here]], while highlights of Pibby and company can be seen [[https://youtu.be/ZEk5_TYDNYw here]].

On October 3, 2023, Greenley announced via [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx8hRaRPaMr/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Instagram]] that Pibby had not been greenlit and would not be for the foreseeable future.

''Pibby'' (also known as ''Come and Learn with Pibby!'', ''Learning with Pibby'', or ''Pibby: Apocalypse'') is an action-horror {{metafiction}}al pilot uploaded to Creator/AdultSwim's [=YouTube=] channel on October 30, 2021. Its creator, Dodge Greenley (known for his work on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} shows such as ''WesternAnimation/SanjayAndCraig'' and ''WesternAnimation/PinkyMalinky''), [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CVqb_n1PLoV has stated]] that he plans for it to become a full series, but that any further development hinges on viewers' reactions to the initial short, which doubles as both proof of concept and a trailer.

On October 3, 2023, Greenley announced via [[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx8hRaRPaMr/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Instagram]] that Pibby had not been greenlit and would likely not be greenlit.

* DaylightHorror: Most of the scenes involving the Darkness in the trailer take place in broad daylight. It even corrupts the cartoon Sun that was shown in the ''Learning with Pibby'' show.

* OffModel: The trailer showcases three ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' characters, Finn, Jake, and Lady Rainicorn; while the former two resemble their actual appearances (barring the Darkness distortions), Lady Rainicorn appears without her signature rainbow stripes, being all pink instead.

* OffModel: Even though ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' characters Finn and Jake appear much closer to their actual appearances, Lady Rainicorn appears in the crowd during the fight without her signature rainbow stripes, appearing all pink instead.

* OnrushingArmy: Near the end of the trailer, Pibby, along with the surviving fighters, charges towards The Darkness.

* BloodlessCarnage: Horrifically {{subverted|Trope}}. Being from a preschool show that taught simple subjects, the very concept of blood is foreign to Pibby, so when [[EyeScream something scratches her eye out]] she doesn't understand why "red water" is coming out of her.

The trailer/short/pilot (titled "Come and Learn with Pibby!") can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btu0O47u3rY here]]. As part of an April Fools' Day 2022, Adult Swim had Pibby, [=BunBun=], and the glitch blob invade multiple shows, leading to renewed interest in the characters and speculation of a future for the series. The full "corrupted" broadcast can be seen [[https://youtu.be/YCKO1qgotHY here]], while highlights of Pibby and company can be seen [[https://youtu.be/ZEk5_TYDNYw here]].

* TheWorfEffect: The Darkness proves how great a threat it is by taking over all sorts of heroes. Not even a ComicallyInvincibleHero like WesternAnimation/BugsBunny is safe, and even the more experienced and powerful heroes, such as [[Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls the Powerpuff Girls]] (minus Buttercup), [[WesternAnimation/AdventureTime Finn and Jake]], [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Amethyst]], and [[WesternAnimation/Ben102016 Ben Tennyson]] have lost to this monster and were assimilated.

* BadassAdorable: Pibby, a cute preschool character who can kick ass after witnessing her home and friends getting destroyed and chased by zombie-like creatures.

* BreakTheCutie: Pibby begins as the sweet, innocent protagonist of a cartoon for small children, only for an EldritchAbomination to invade, ruin her world, and force her to mature quickly as she grapples with the horror of the scenario. The trailer strings together several scenes to show her progression: she goes from innocently wondering what "red water" is after [[EyeScream receiving an eye injury that causes her to bleed]] to leading an army of cartoon characters against the antagonist, sword in hand, with a following scene showing her wiping blood off her mouth without a second thought.

* DaylightHorror: Most of the scenes involving the Darkness in the trailer take place in broad daylight. It even corrupts the cartoon Sun that was shown in the Learning with Pibby show.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: At the beginning, Pibby styled her hair into two hairbuns to show how childlike she is. But at the end, she [[LettingHerHairDown lets her hair down]] to show she is no longer a CheerfulChild, but a hardened and experienced warrior after the horrors she's gone through.

* FourthWallObserver: Pibby has this ability from her origins as a pre-school cartoon character, which allows her to [[BreakingTheFourthWall enter credits sequences, commercials and even production bumpers]] during the Special Broadcast.
* FromSpecialToSeries: Played with. The 2022 April Fool's Day event, while called a Special Broadcast by Adult Swim, is more like a PoorlyDisguisedPilot for Pibby.

* LittleMissBadass: Pibby, who becomes a hardened badass after the horrors she's been put through.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The short and its poster feature appearances and cameos from various characters owned by different Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/WarnerBros [=IPs=] – including ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'', ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Unikitty}}'', ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/Ben102016''.
** The April Fools channel takeover included Creator/AdultSwim shows ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'', ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'', ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdgirl}}'', and ''Series/JoePeraTalksWithYou''. Behind-the-scenes material also showed that Rick was intended to be shown corrupted in the scene of the short with Fred Flintstone, but it was taken out.

* ScarsAreForever: In the trailer, Pibby is shown with a scar beneath her other eye.

** The rabbit that shoots hearts from their belly is also a reference to ''Franchise/CareBears''.

** Pibby comes from her own titular show, Learning with Pibby, which is a preschooler Edutainment show akin to ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer'' about learning all kinds of things like spelling.

** Melira comes from a Disney-esque show akin to ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' as the feline villainess who antagonizes a group of dog characters, with Melira kinda resembling a female version of Fat Cat.

* SolarAndLunar: The MirroredConfrontationShot in the trailer shows a living moon on the protagonists' side, assumably from Pibby's show, staring down a [[OminousVisualGlitch glitched]] sun previously seen at the beginning of the trailer on the antagonist's side.

* DaylightHorror: Most of the scenes involving the Darkness in the trailer take place in broad daylight. It even corrupts the cartoon Sun.

** The April Fools channel takeover included Creator/AdultSwim shows ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'', ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'', ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdgirl}}'', and ''Series/JoePeraTalksWithYou''. Behind-the-scenes material also showed that Rick was intended to be shown corrupted in the scene of the pilot with Fred Flintstone, but was taken out.

** The April Fools channel takeover included Creator/AdultSwim shows from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'', ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'', ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdgirl}}'', and ''Series/JoePeraTalksWithYou''. Behind-the-scenes material also showed that Rick was intended to be shown corrupted in the scene of the pilot with Fred Flintstone, but was taken out.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The short and its poster feature appearances and cameos from various characters owned by different Creator/CartoonNetwork, Creator/AdultSwim, and Creator/WarnerBros [=IPs=] – including ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'', ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Unikitty}}'', ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', ''WesternAnimation/Ben102016'', ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'', ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'', ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Birdgirl}}'', and ''Series/JoePeraTalksWithYou''.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The short and its poster feature appearances and cameos from various characters owned by different Creator/CartoonNetwork, Creator/AdultSwim, and Creator/WarnerBros [=IPs=] – including ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'', ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Unikitty}}'', ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/Ben102016''.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: The short and its poster feature appearances and cameos from various characters owned by different Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/WarnerBros [=IPs=] – including ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'', ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'', ''WesternAnimation/CraigOfTheCreek'', ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'', ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Unikitty}}'', ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'', ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats1985'', ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/Ben102016''.