Hi

The failed Spellementary backdoor pilot is so interesting to me because I feel like it could work in a specific way, but not the way Elmer likely envisioned it if Love Triangle is anything to go by. (I'm going by Butch's real name since nicknames are for friends and Elmer Hartman is no friend)

It's no wonder it never became a thing; Poof/Peri doesn't really have much of a character if you take only the OG show into account, he was essentially just a plot device for the most part. Foop/Irep would have worked better as a protagonist but I doubt they would've done it. If the idea of the Spellementary school show was less 'baby shenanigans' and constant 'Poof vs Foop' and instead focused more on Poof's interactions with his family and such I would've enjoyed a possible Spellementary School spinoff if it was written like that.

Regarding a possible young Peri spinoff with ANW in mind, that idea would actually solve all my gripes with what Elmer was trying to do with Spellementary School. Like if you really want something Poof-focused just age him up a tiny bit to where he can be an actual character that does things, lol.

I guess that might seem a little too much considering ANW serves as a continuation of the OG show and there are 10 seasons of it but OG FOP was dragged down by so much in the later seasons that I genuinely feel like restarting the whole thing would be for the better lol. And it is interesting to think about how it could be written; What would it be like if some of the characters from the later seasons were there from the start? Or at least implemented better.