Interesting video I saw on YouTube which definitively shows whether Nibbler’s shadow was in the original airing of the pilot. Skip to 23:50 for the answer.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The issue was that the only way to know for sure was to watch a recording of the original airing, the episode could have been modified in reruns.

[–] roofuskit 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

They were released almost 4 years apart. There were plenty of copies available everywhere to reference back when this first happened. I think this is more of the show finding a new audience who now doesn't have access to those recordings. When this originally happened streaming services weren't even really a defacto thing like they are today.

Edit: The original episode is over 25 years old. The first season would have been released on DVD 3 years before the Nibbler reveal. But there were also VHS recordings and DivX/XviD copies available online.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Season 1 was released on DVD and VHS in Jan of 2002, season 4 started airing in Feb of 2002.