The pilot of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera was made in 2005 by Jorge R. Gutierrez & Sandra Equihua during Nickelodeon's strategy for upcoming 2000's studio sale of it's animation subsidiary to hollywood.
After time-being, the pilot itself was never shown on-screen but it was shown on digital platforms mostly like Vimeo.
Plot[]
:See More: A Fistful of Nickels
After accidentally destroying The Rivera house and killing the family parrot, Manny tries to repay the damages by stealing money from supervillains.
Cast[]
- Alanna Ubach - El Tigre
- Grey DeLisle - Frida Suarez
- Eric Bauza - White Pantera
- Carlso Alazraqui - Granpapi Rivera
Behind the scenes[]
- This pilot is actually based on the tv show's A Fistful of Nickels episode and it was never released until 3-years later as a remake.
Differences between the pilot & the remake[]
- The pilot version has the original animation before the 2007 pilot remake episode, A Fistful of Nickels.
- The pilot & the episode remake of the pilot have the same plot per episode.
- Only the pilot episode shares the tv show's opening theme song but with two different themes and narration.