Pre-BrainPOP Episodes

A selection of images from the Jack Zander episodes.

In November 1997, Avraham Kadar, M.D. and Jack Zander created "Tim & Moby", 3 animated interstitials about peak flow meters, vision and your skeleton for America's Health Network.

The short, 1-minute interstitials were shown to Data Motion Arts in early-1998. Avraham Kadar oped for 6 more 1 minute episodes of the show plus an Autumn special.

The show moved to the Discovery Channel following the closure of America's Health Network. The original 3 shorts were redesigned in April 1998, using cut-out animation. More interstitals premiered in 1998 & 1999. Avraham Kadar was thinking he should move the shorts to the web. The BrainPOP website debuted in May 1999.

The shorts were aimed at teenagers and young adults, but children started watching them too. When Avraham Kadar discovered this, he pitched the first season of BrainPOP (61 episodes) to Nickelodeon in 1999.

Data Motion Arts' last episode was Back To School, which aired August 24, 1999 on Nickelodeon.

Shorts

• Autumn Leaves (November 29, 1997)
• Skeleton (December 6, 1997)
• Electricity (December 13, 1997)
• Voice (December 20, 1997)
• Acne (January 3, 1998)
• Hearing (January 10, 1998)
• Digestion (January 17, 1998)
• Puberty (January 31, 1998)
• Muscles (September 12, 1998)
• Brain (September 19, 1998)
• Cells (September 26, 1998)
• Taste (October 26, 1998)
• Skin (November 7, 1998)
• Period: Tim is scared to talk about periods (it usually cuts off after this part on TV). He leaves the job to Cassie & Rita. (November 14, 1998)
• Solar System (November 21, 1998)
• Smell (November 28, 1998)
• Peak Flow Meter (December 5, 1998)
• Babies (December 12, 1998)
• Cancer: Tim & Moby talk about cancer. (December 19, 1998)
• Water Cycle (January 3, 1999)
• Blood Glucose Meter: (January 10, 1999)
• Blood: Moby is watching a vampire movie, but Tim answers a letter about blood. When Tim says that "one pint of blood is enough to make you dizzy", Moby faints. (January 17, 1999)
• Respitory Systen (January 24, 1999)
• Eclipse (January 31, 1999)
• Nervous System (February 7, 1999)
• Heart: (February 14, 1999)
• Vision (March 14, 1999)
• Rainbows (March 21, 1999)
• Genetics (March 28, 1999)
• Vision (April 4, 1999)
• Endocrine System (April 11, 1999)
• The Urinary System (never aired on TV) (April 13, 1999)
• Plate Tectonics (April 20, 1999)
• Teeth (May 11, 1999)
• Earth's Structure (June 22, 1999)
• Floppy (June 29, 1999)
• Your Body (July 13, 1999)
• Body Chemistry (July 27, 1999)
• Hair (August 14, 1999)
• [Back To School] (August 24, 1999)

Aftermath

• Back to School, Electricity, and Rainbows remain unchanged.
• Teeth, Plate Tectonics, Blood, Heart, Body Chemistry, Your Body, Puberty, Endocrine System, Autumn Leaves, Voice, Babies, Nervous System, Eclipse, Brain, Muscles, Taste, Smell, and Hearing have remained the same with a few minor changes, the most noatable being the appearnce and backgrounds.
• The rest of the episodes had totally different plots and sometimes different animation. They were later found by Kenna Kay in 2012.