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Party Wagon (2004 TV-movie)

WP:TELEVISION

"Rare TV-movie developed by Craig Bartlett as an ultimately-unsuccessful series-pilot."

Proposed structure/headings: Overview, Synopsis, Cast, Production, Reception.

Sources:

https://www.awn.com/news/cartoon-network-saddles-party-wagon-tv-feature (Music was by Jim Lang)

http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/bartlets-party-wagon-blazes-trail-tonight/ (PW took two-and-a-half years to make and was originally intended as a "late night" adult programme)

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2004-02-26-0402240244-story.html (PW aired twice on it's premiere, with the repeat at midnight)

https://web.archive.org/web/20070310020056/http://fridays.toonzone.net/interviews-bartlett.html (In-depth interview with the creator about PW's production and creation)

https://web.archive.org/web/20080104072837/http://heyarnold.madpage.com/partywagonchat_edited.txt (Informal-interview with the creator via Internet Relay Chat discussing PW)

http://colorwebmag.com/2014/11/23/interview-rewind-hey-arnold-creator-craig-bartlett/ (Brief mention of PW's inspiration and why it wasn't continued as a series)

(not official) http://www.hey-arnold.com/Arnold/arn_faq.html (explanation on how PW caused the cancellation of the second Hey Arnold movie, and that PW was originally for Adult Swim - original source for info yet to be found but is likely from a cast interview)

(not official) http://www.animeexpressway.com/rugrats/arnold.htm (an alternate account that corroborates the above, but actually written while PW was just beginning production)

(not official) https://bashful269.wordpress.com/2018/07/08/do-you-remember-132-party-wagon/ (Relatively-recent review of PW)

(not official) http://comics-and-things.tumblr.com/post/156807322094/party-wagon-while-cleaning-out-a-bookcase-i (HQ images and proof that the special was distributed outside of broadcast, albeit in an extremely limited fashion.)

Justifications of Notability:

Made by otherwise-famous creator, Craig Bartlett (known especially for Hey Arnold) - is already mentioned on his article, but no further information is provided there.

This was Craig's first and last fully-original completed-work for CN, although two other pilots were in the works for them but never released.

Was first cartoon-network film-length pilot to NOT be picked up as a series, and held that title as "only" for 4 years

Almost every other animated film from CN has its own article, except this one.

Unusually adult themes for its time.

Has a small but not-insubstantial cult-following, enough to earn a tv-tropes page, many pages on other wikis and even it's own wikia, but somehow none here.

Has only ever aired twice, both on the same day, thus giving it unusual rarity.

A few notable guest-stars, including Maurice LaMarche, Pamela Hayden and Dan Castellenta.

Its production was directly responsible for the infamous 2003 canning of Hey Arnold's second film.