QBT Alvin: The Cartoon Adventures

QBT Alvin: The Cartoon Adventures is a cartoon adaptation to QBT Alvin and the third show created by Big World.

History
The cartoon series starring everyone's favorite plunger-headed hero started a few years after the production of either the first or second QBT Alvin videos were completed, when the staff were asked on doing a series on the character. But Mike Vischer stated it would've been too hard due to the production process of their feature film at the time. Then someone suggested to Mike that could make it in a style of a comic book; cartoon style. Animator Tom Bancroft who just joined the company worked on the new series, making it a "cartoony" done in flash animation.

The first episode of the series was released during March 2002, selling to various Christian bookstores and retailers across the country. The reception, however was mixed at the time. According to Mike in his blog, fans and parents complained that it looked cheap and it looked like something similar to "Powerpuff Girls" that they can watch on cable television instead. Tim Hodge stated in the Bad Circle commentary it was somewhat an experiment they tried out, but didn't become what they wanted.

The series lasted for four episodes total, with the last one coming out around June 2003. It's unknown why the series was cancelled, though it's possible it was due to Big World moving to Franklin and because of the reception everyone had towards the series at the time.

Regardless, much like 3-2-1 Walruses!, the series gained a cult following due to it's funny humor and animation style.

Fun Facts

 * The series is considered a different continuity to the main QBT Alvin as there's some elements that were in the ShapeTales episodes. This was confirmed by Tom Bancroft.
 * Originally, it was going to be part of the main series, as the story treatment states Alfred's name and using the Milk Money Bandit scene from Gruesome Robot.
 * This show aired on Qubo, bundled with 3-2-1 Walruses. 3-2-1 Walruses would air most of the time while this show aired occasionally.
 * Speaking of Qubo, QBT Alvin and the Bad Circle aired under this show, as it had this intro rather than the ShapeTales on TV intro.