Aardman Animations has launched a campaign on crowdfunding website Kickstarter, in a bid to bring back its character Morph for an online series.
Clay model Morph was one of the first characters created by the company that later brought us Wallace and Gromit.
He started life in a programme called Take Hart more than 30 years ago, messing up presenter Tony Hart's desk.
Aardman's Peter Lord has set a target of £75,000 for the campaign, to help fund 12 new one-minute episodes.
"I'm amazed and humbled that the little guy still has such a passionate following on Facebook and YouTube," said co-founder Lord on his Kickstarter page.
"We've had so many people asking for him to make a comeback that I thought it's about time we start hatching a plan."
Lord said Aardman hoped to start production in January on the new episodes featuring Morph - named after his "metamorphosing capabilities".
By Wednesday afternoon, 205 people had backed the project, bringing the fund up to £16,931 of its target.
There are 29 days to go until the campaign ends on 28 November.
"We plan to shoot the episodes using clay and traditional stop-frame animation, in Morph's original home at Aardman studios in Bristol," said Lord.
"I will be dusting off the director's chair and there's an eager team of expert animators ready for the challenge."
