Pocoyo (Found pilot episodes of Spanish-British children's animated series; 2002-2004)

Check out the Lost Media Wiki’s article on the Pocoyo pilots!!!!!!!

Pocoyo (Found pilot episodes of Spanish-British children's animated series; 2002-2004)
The first pilot
Current Status	1st Pilot: Found 2nd Pilot: Found Concept art: Found

"Pocoyo" is a Spanish-British animated children's TV series that premiered on January 7th, 2005. The show originally had two pilot episodes made in Spain from around 2002–2004, which was before its debut.

In these pilot episodes, there were notable design differences. The first of these contains differences like Pocoyo having a yellow pacifier in his mouth, which is something he originally had in the final series. The narrator in this pilot was an American female, before later being changed to a British male. This pilot has been found, but another pilot remains lost. This second pilot was confirmed to have the final designs for the characters and was allegedly shown at Cartoons on the Bay 2006. https://www.awn.com/animationworld/cartoons-bay-2006-10-years-celebrating-tv-animation

Updates

A user posted an unused song, but its supposed usage is unknown. The song's name is "Minimal Happy". Later, a user posted a rare MIDI version of the credits. A user posted a similarly associated version of the opening music. Later, a YouTube channel posted a test animation in this video. In the comments on an Instagram post, the second pilot was confirmed to have the final designs for the characters. The post can be found here:https://www.instagram.com/p/CdfnSA-u98y/

On October 17, 2022, the user LP10M uploaded the long-lost 2nd pilot, The See-Saw, aka El Balancin, to youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boO1ai3NYBY

On July 22, 2023, the user @Jamesandedward7 uploaded to archive.org the mexican dub of the second pilot: https://archive.org/details/pocoyo-see-saw

Concept art of Pocoyo. (FUN FACT: At the time this was drawn, Pocoyo was just called 'The Boy'.)

Loula prototype design, originally as a male character named Lucas after Guillermo Garcia’s Beagle

Model references for Ducky.

Ducky walks

Pocoyo shocked as Ducky has fall in pieces

Possible later character designs, notice that Elephanta/Elly has no tusks but retains her fingernails and toenails and Ducky/Pato is slightly closer to the final design.

Model references for Elly

Prototype whale and prototype places.

A gif from an animation test, which was initially believed to be the second pilot.

A screenshot of the aforementioned animation test. Notice the difference in Ducky's legs.

A GIF from an unknown animation, possibly just an animation test.

Pocoyo's original 3D model.

Ducky's 3D model.

Sleepy Bird mentioned as "Lazy Bird" in the pilot.(FUN FACT: Sleepy Bird’s original name and personality was based on illustrator and former Zinkia employer Ignacio Fernandez Maroto.)

sketches for pocoyo (1/2)

sketches for pocoyo (2/2)

Unknown screenshot. It's confirmed by the official Pocoyo Twitter account that the image right here is from "Pocoyo's Story".

Concept art of Pocoyo and 3D Model too

Model references for The Boy

A photo comparing the old models to the current models.

Concept Art and 3D Render of Pocoyo

Concept Art and 3D Render of Ducky(Pato)

Concept Art and 3D Render of Elephanta(Elly)

Prototype design model for the trees.

A GIF, possibly an animation test, found by user YuriiXP in https://b3ta.com/board/archive/32122/ Note: its just pocoyo pointing at a face of one of the show's creators.

POCOYO .- Episodio Piloto

The first pilot.

Pocoyo - The See-Saw - El balancin (Second Pilot - Lost Episode)

The second pilot.

A pocoyo animation from way back in march 29th, 2004

Unrelated early animation test.