The Backyardigans 2002 Pilot (Unaired Nickelodeon Pilot)

The pilot is the first animated episode of The Backyardigans (four years before the creation of this episode, a live-action film titled "Me + My Friends" was produced). There are many differences with this pilot and the show's official debut two years later. When this episode was created, the show was simply called Backyardigans.

Summary
Not much is known about the animated pilot. A small percentage of the episode was leaked on the Internet. Austin was not created at the time of this episode and the character designs are very different from the current ones.

Trivia

 * This is the very first animated Backyardigans episode.
 * The pilot was created in 2002.
 * This episode was never aired on television.
 * The original design of Tasha composed of her being barefoot, having two front teeth, no eyebrows, curlier eyelashes, and a little red bowtie on her head.
 * The original design of Uniqua comprises of her colours being purple and pink, no eyebrows, her overalls being the exact colour as her skin, has maroon antennaes and a tail, and has a light indigo tounge.
 * Tyrone's original design consists of a light orange tuft of hair, a more peanut shaped head, larger and curvier antlers, no eyebrows, a gold and teal shirt, and a gold fur on his tail.
 * Pablo's design is not too different than his current model, though his skin is darker, his toes are pointier, his beak is gold/orange, and his bowtie is less detalied and pointed.
 * The backyard has many differences: a soccer ball and a tricycle are visible, the slide is curvier, there are no doors on the houses, and Tyrone's house shutters are teal rather than blue
 * Austin has not moved into the neighborhood at the time of this episode, which explains why many Treehouse, Nickelodeon, and Nelvana descriptions state he is the "new kangaroo on the block."