AJ's Infinite Summer is an animated television pilot created by Toby Jones for Cartoon Network.

Jones additionally sought inspiration from his hometown of Fargo, North Dakota, and the comics he drew featuring Thompson and his other friends.

Summer vacation starts for AJ and his friends Danny and Morgan, who live in the city of Downer.

When he sees that each worker has their own assistant, AJ hires Morgan as his "secretary" and tells her to fetch papers.

[1] Jones had previously codirected AJ Goes to France, a 2006 live-action independent film that also has Thompson as the leading actor.

Additionally, the character of Peter is based on Greg Carlson, Jones' professor from Concordia and also a film director and a critic for the High Plains Reader.

Secret Cities, a Fargo-based band in which Jones' friends play, provided the score for the pilot.

Initially unsure if he was ready to pitch AJ's Infinite Summer, the network rejected the pilot the first time he did but approved it on the second, after he had reworked it throughout a few months.

[2] After the pilot was released, Jones found that people back in Fargo were amused to spot the differences in landmarks between their city and Downer.

Jones told Lamb that since he worked in animation, he has been "surrounded by these people that I've looked up to for years as a fan, and having them tell me they enjoyed it is the greatest thing ever".

[3] The pilot was listed in the ballot for "Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program" at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards,[5]: 5  although it did not win.