Official Release (2007)

Why where the episodes never aired on any of the channels
Gabe (citation needed) tried publishing his series to multiple different channels, most notable Cartoon Network. Every time they where rejected for; 'being to violent', 'being insensitive', 'being offensive' and 'being deeply disturbing and unsuitable for kids'. The Pilot episode (citation needed) was found to have been sent to government officials by Cartoon Network, shortly before the raid on Gabes home.

How the episodes where located after the failed release
The show 'Dead Rat Saga' was officially released in 2009 by author  He is referred to as Gabe. It had been in creation since December 2008. The only episode to have been animated by the original creator (citation needed) was released to the public after the raid to the original authors home by unknown assailants who where thought to be associated with the government, although this cannot be confirmed (citation needed). Shortly after the raid, the animated version of the 'Pilot episode' (citation needed) and a storyboard of the next 19 episodes (with the 20th only partially completed) was released to the public by User 295 (citation needed) On a website known as  After this post, which stayed up for only 17 hours before being removed without a trace, User 295 (citation needed) vanished off the website. People have tried to get in contact with them, but to no avail. There have been many fan theories as to what happened to Gabe and User 295 (citation needed) but none have been confirmed, and are mostly speculation.

Where the show is at now
The series only had 19 complete storyboards, a pilot episode, and one incomplete storyboard, upon release to the public in 2011. There was an remake by Gary H (citation needed) in 2017 that gained immense popularity among the fanbase, and is widely regarded as the official animated version. There are 22 episodes in the remake by Gary H.