BrainPOP (1997 Prototype Shorts)

In November 1997, Avraham Kadar, M.D. and Jack Zander created Tim and Moby, 3 animated interstitials about peak flow meters, vision and your skeleton for America's Health Network.

The short, 1-minute interstitials were shown to Data Motion Arts in early-1998. Avraham Kadar oped for 6 more 1 minute episodes of the show plus an Autumn special.

The show moved to the Discovery Channel following the closure of America's Health Network. The original 3 shorts were redesigned in April 1998, using cut-out animation. More interstitals premiered in 1998 & 1999. Avraham Kadar was thinking he should move the shorts to the web. The BrainPOP website debuted in May 1999.

The shorts were aimed at teenagers and young adults, but children started watching them too. When Avraham Kadar discovered this, he pitched the first season of BrainPOP (61 episodes) to Nickelodeon in 1999.

Data Motion Arts' last episode was Back To School, which aired August 24, 1999 on Nickelodeon.

The only episodes that remained exactly the same on the website are Back to School, Electricity, and Rainbows.

Known list of Shorts

 * Autumn Leaves
 * Skeleton
 * Electricity
 * Voice
 * Acne
 * Hearing
 * Digestion
 * Puberty
 * Muscles
 * Brain
 * Cells
 * Taste
 * Skin
 * Period
 * Solar System
 * Smell
 * Peak Flow
 * Babies
 * Cancer
 * Water Cycle
 * Blood Glucose Meter:
 * Blood
 * Respitory Systen
 * Eclipse
 * Nervous System
 * Heart
 * Vision
 * Rainbows
 * Genetics
 * Vision
 * Endocrine System
 * The Urinary System
 * Plate Tectonics
 * Teeth
 * Earth's Structure
 * Floppy
 * Your Body
 * Body Chemistry
 * Hair
 * Back To School