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* The dub of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' has the voice [[Travis Willingham]] used for Mustang's "[[Chewing the Scenery|I love dogs!]]" line, which is based on the voice he used when trying out as ''[[Large Ham|Major Armstrong]]''; he even refers to the voice as "Armstang".

* Recently in ''[[Naruto]]'' a character is introduced named Sabu, who possesses a giant axe and has a giant raccoon dog named Ponta for a pet. Both of these things are references to a character named Kintaro, who also possessed a giant axe and a giant raccoon dog named ''Pochi'', who was replaced by Zabuza and Haku as the main villain of the Land of Waves arc.

 

== Comic Books ==

** In ''[[Black Panther]]'' vol 3 #60, the Coal Tigers are mentioned as being a rank in the Panther Cult.

* The working name for the Dinobot Swoop was Divebomb. The [[Transformers]] Marvel UK comics told that was his name back in Cybertron. Some time later, when Hasbro coincidentally made a Decepticon named Divebomb as part of the Predacons, the comics explained that Swoop lost his name to him after a defeat.

 

* The commentary for ''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'' tells a story about how there used to be a mystic named Zoltan (who used to speak in the [[Third Person Person|third person]], for some reason) along for the ride. At one point everybody sounds off after falling down a hole. For the longest time he was still there shouting "Zoltan is okay!" even after his character had been written out of the script.

* In ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]'', there is at least one reference to a small, mystical guide to the Emperor, despite the fact that he was written out of the plot: he appears as a candle-holder during the poisoning scene. (Watching DVD commentary is fun.)

* Near the end of ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'', while the enchanted furniture are fighting off the villagers, a music box can be seen among said furniture. That music box was originally going to be Belle's sidekick.

* Near the very beginning of ''[[The Rescuers (Disney film)|The Rescuers]]'', [[Big Bad|Madame Medusa]] can actually be seen driving a large red sports car to New York City Airport, not unlike the one driven by [[101 Dalmatians|Cruella DeVil.]] Originally, the villain of ''The Rescuers'' was actually indeed going to be Cruella DeVil! And that car not only looks like Cruella's, but as a matter of fact, that car ''is'' Cruella's.

* At one point in ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]''' development, Flint was trying to get into the Science League, headed by Vance LaFleur. You can still see a poster for the League in his room and lab.

* One of the drawings during the end credits of ''[[Tangled]]'' shows Rapunzel and Flynn consulting a fortune-telling monkey, in reference to a deleted scene in which Rapunzel and Flynn escape some guards with the help of a gypsy and her pet monkey.

* A lot of names from the early, unused drafts of ''[[Star Wars]]'' continue to pop up in newer works. "Starkiller", Luke's original surname, [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Starkiller shows up a lot,] and Mace Windu's name can be traced back to "Mace Windy" from the first treatment.

** Similarly, the planet "Utapau", which was originally a blue planet with many moons mentioned in the first draft of "The Star Wars", then became the preliminary name for Tatooine, then the preliminary name for Naboo, and finally appeared in Episode III as a green planet with many moons and dotted with sinkholes.

* In ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]] Part II'', Biff is listening to Perry Como's "Papa Loves Mambo" on the radio while driving to the dance. [[Word of God]] explained in the DVD commentary that they almost used "Papa Loves Mambo" in Part I for the [["Mister Sandman" Sequence]], but ended up using "[[Trope Namer|Mr. Sandman]]" instead. They stuck the Perry Como song into Part II as their way of referencing this little inside joke.

* The 2005 version of ''Pride and Prejudice'' has an unusual one. It's not a ''movie development gag'' but a ''book development gag''. Early in the movie, Elizabeth is seen reading a book titled "First Impressions." "First Impressions" was the original title Jane Austen gave "Pride and Prejudice." Also, when the pages of the book are shown, it's revealed that Elizabeth is reading hte last chapter of "Pride and Prejudice" with the characters' names changed.

 

== Literature ==

* The ''[[Xanth]]'' character Jenny Elf is based on a real life reader, who was given the choice of being an elf or an ogre in the books. The ogre she ''could'' have been later showed up, jealous at having missed her shot at becoming a main character.

 

* An important character in Eko's {{spoiler|last}} flashback episode on ''[[Lost]]'' is named Emeka. Emeka was originally Eko's name during casting of the role, and numerous magazines reported it as his name when the actor was cast. It was changed to Eko shortly before filming began.

* Very obscure but... the Gallifreyan writing (inside hexagons) seen in the new series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' resembles the strange abstract hexagonal design made by Susan, the Doctor's grand-daughter, in an un-aired pilot for ''[[Doctor Who]]''.

** In the new series, the season 4 premier "Partners in Crime" featured a character named Penny Carter. Penny Carter was the name of the original companion for Season 4. However, Catherine Tate, who had previously appeared as Donna Noble in "The Runaway Bride," had such a great time, she asked if she could come back. So, Penny was written out and Donna was written in.

* Some of the ideas from the original pilot for ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' that were scrapped made it into the show. The most notable example is the character Ted Sprague, who was based off of an Islamic terrorist featured in the original pilot.

* In the ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode "The Betrayal", we get a flashback to Jerry and Kramer's first meeting, where the former calls the latter "Kessler" before being corrected. Kessler was the character's original name in the pilot episode.

* In ''[[Criminal Minds]]'', Jason Gideon's name was originally Jason Donovan. This is the name of the author of a book Gideon finds in an UnSub's apartment in one episode.

 

== Professional Wrestling ==

 

 

* When [[Executive Meddling]] caused the deletion of an ''[[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'' sequence in the [[Disney Theme Parks|California Adventure]] nighttime show ''[[World of Color]]'', a brief appearance by the Cheshire Cat and Alice was placed into the finale.

 

== Video Games ==

* During the ending of ''[[Psychonauts]]'', the original playable character of the game can be briefly seen in the background.

* Likewise, the original playable character for ''[[Scribblenauts]]'' is available for viewing, if only you ask for it.

* The ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' developers had created a much simplified early model for Sonic. This was revived and turned into the character Mighty the Armadillo for the arcade game and ''[[Knuckles Chaotix]]''.

** The first game also has glowing letters reading "COPE" in the Spring Yard Zone, which is the acronym for one of the graphics processing routines used by the developers.

* While designing ''[[Resident Evil 2]]'', Capcom created a big white block as a simple polygon to test the game's hit detection. By the time had come for the game to go gold, the block was further defined into the protagonist of the minigame "The Tofu Survivor". ''Resident Evil 3'', built in the same engine, also has Tofu [[Dummied Out]], while ''The Darkside Chronicles'' contains another minigame where the player runs around blasting hulks of tofu as a [[Shout-Out]].

* In ''[[TimeShift]]'', the "Alpha Suit" worn by the main antagonist (established as the prototype of the "Beta Suit" worn by the protagonist) is based on the design of the protagonit's suit in the early steampunk inspired version of the game (which was then massively overhauled).

* There are a couple in [[Pokémon]]. An old artwork for Poliwhirl/Poliwrath shows it wearing a crown; in Generation II, the crown-like King's Rock gives Poliwhirl access to the alternate evolution Politoed. In addition, Gastrodon's Platinum Pokédex entry mentioning it previously having a rocky, sturdy shell comes from it's beta sprite.

* [[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Sheik's]] redesign in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]] Brawl'' is based on a design made during the development of''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'', which is why it matches the art style of said game.

* In ''[[Batman: Arkham City]]'', two mooks will discuss a rumor that Harley Quinn used to be a man. Rocksteady motion-captured Quinn with a male actor, and even posted a fake reveal of this to tease fans.

* Some of the many voiceovers introduced by the Perpetual Training Initiative DLC in ''[[Portal 2]]'' are from an [[Alternate Universe]] Cave Johnson who got his consciousness transferred to a computer, only to later start musing about the metaphysical implications of this and asking "What if injecting my consciousness into a computer robbed me of an eternal reward?". This is a reference to a [http://kotaku.com/5015122/more-details-on-portal-2s-bad-guy very early version of the script].

 

== Web Animation ==

* Pom Pom's dog, Trivia Time, and Homeschool Winner were both characters that were created for ''[[Homestar Runner]]'' but never quite materialized; this didn't keep subtle references to Homeschool Winner from cropping up in a few toons, and Trivia Time is officially Pom Pom's pet cookie jar.

 

* The first ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' published book, ''Dungeon Crawlin' Fools'', has an author's commentary in which it is noted that the party's leader, Roy Greenhilt, was originally supposed to be a [[Squishy Wizard]] and occupy [[The Smart Guy]] role. The author decided that it wouldn't work out to have him be both that and the [[Only Sane Man]], so Roy became a fighter and the [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|sesquipedalian]] Vaarsuvius was introduced. This makes the strips in which we learn that Roy's father is bitterly disappointed in him for not becoming a wizard doubly funny.

** Another commentary reveals that Roy's misadventure with the Belt of Gender Changing was originally going to be him intentionally donning it to secretly engage in "girl talk" with Miko and learn more about her, only to discover later that he couldn't remove the belt. In the comic he only puts it on as an emergency disguise to help save Elan's life. When Haley finds out, she mocks him and one of her jokes is that this was him trying to impress Miko.

 

== Web Original ==

* [[New Media]] web shows like ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' often have the characters, who are played by guys who are usually all friends, make jokes about the actors playing them and, occasionally, about events that happened during the making of the show. Most times, these references are either explained or funny enough that it doesn't matter.

 

== Western Animation ==

 

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