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▲== Anime & Manga ==
* 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.
== Card Games ==▼
* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' has loads of these. Amongst the notable ones are Telim'Tor, whose name is an anagram of his playtest/development name, Mr Toilet; and Sol Grail, whose name is an anagram of Gorillas, which were the playtest/development race for every creature in Alliances.▼
** [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83161 Maro] was submitted to the development file for Mirage with its creator's username (MaRo for Mark Rosewater) for the database instead of a placeholder name. No-one noticed the mistake until the Creative department had already commissioned the art, so it stayed.▼
** Look closely at the artwork for [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=84672 Flame Wave]. Sure it seems [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|self-explanatory (a massive tidal wave of fire)]], but among the people getting swept up in the fire is...a guy on a surfboard.▼
== Comic Books ==
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** 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 title of DC's ''Reign
▲== Film -- Animated ==
* 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.
* In ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story 3]]'', there is a bumper sticker on Andy Davis' drawer labelled "Newt Xing", a possible reference to [[What Could Have Been|the cancelled Pixar film]] ''Newt''.
* 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.
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** The same joke bled in to an episode of ''[[Mad About You]]'', where someone asks [[Actor Allusion|Paul Reiser's]] character if he had ever seen the movie "Illegal Alien".
* In the film adaptation of ''[[The Flintstones]]'', Fred is accidentally referred to as Mr. Flagstone. The original name for the show was The Flagstones.
* This example might actually be an urban legend: The [http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(XCV_330) Enterprise XCV-330], first seen in the recreation room in ''[[Star Trek: The
** Possibly related: the "Jefferies tubes" that Star Trek characters crawl around in to whenever they need to get into the real guts of their ships may be a nod to his last name and role in ship design for the series.
* The ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' films have famously gone through a lot of work before getting to what we saw in theatres. For example, an early version of ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade|The Last Crusade]]'' was set predominantly in a haunted castle, which is reference with Brunwald castle (in which Henry Jones Sr is held captive) and an early title for ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' was ''Indiana Jones and the Saucermen from Mars'' - Indy dismisses the crystal skulls as belonging to "Saucermen from Mars" when he is interrogated by Irina in the tent.
* 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.
* ''[[I Am Legend]]'' includes a development gag to another movie - a giant poster in Times Square has a Batman-Superman logo. Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman was hired to write a Batman vs Superman film before it fell through. As an extra added joke, the logo was later used for ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]''.
== 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.
* When Joel Surnow first got the idea for ''[[24
▲== Live Action TV ==
▲* When Joel Surnow first got the idea for ''[[24|Twenty Four]]'', all he really knew was that he wanted to take place within a 24-hour timespan. His first idea was to do a show about planning for a wedding, and all of the crazy hijinks that happen in the 24 hours before it. Fittingly, the first part of Day 2 is about a family getting ready for a wedding.
* 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.
* The two-part episode "The Menagerie" of ''[[Star Trek: The
* The ship wrecks featured in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG]]'' episodes "Best of Both Worlds" and "Unification" [http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/wolf359.htm have been well documented by fans]. It turns out that some of them are actually study models for the ''Excelsior'' from ''[[Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|Star Trek III]]''.
* A ''[[Star Trek: The Animated Series
* 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 ==
* Sometimes a pro wrestler will do subtle references back to previous gimmicks and characters they've had in the past, including all the way back to before they began with a company. For one example, TNA wrestler Gunner wrestles in tights that have a [http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/253526_10150214885791026_31695961025_7356635_773883_n.jpg broken glass theme.]{{Dead link}} This seems a little out of place, unless you know that he wrestled on the indy circuit for years as Phill ''Shatter.''
* Sadly this could simply be a case of TNA underpaying their talent to the point that they can't afford new gimmick appropriate attire.
▲* ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' has loads of these.
▲** [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=83161 Maro] was submitted to the development file for Mirage with its creator's username (MaRo for Mark Rosewater) for the database instead of a placeholder name. No-one noticed the mistake until the Creative department had already commissioned the art, so it stayed.
▲** Look closely at the artwork for [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=84672 Flame Wave]. Sure it seems [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|self-explanatory (a massive tidal wave of fire)]], but among the people getting swept up in the fire is...a guy on a surfboard.
== Theme
* 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 ==
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* Coach from ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'' wants armor. This was a reference to Coach's early designs that had him wear football gear as makeshift armor.
** Hilariously, some mods can dress up Coach in said armor.
* Blizzard games are loaded with these. One of the most memorable is a bit of audio attached to a character in ''[[
{{quote|"This is not ''Warcraft'' In Space!" "It's much more sophisticated." "I know it's not 3-D!"}}
** ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has the [http://www.wowwiki.com/Nova_Shrine Nova Shrine]: A memorial to the [[Development Hell|not-yet-officially-canceled]] Starcraft: Ghost spinoff game.
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* 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.
* Lewton in ''[[Discworld Noir]]'' mentions that he was going to be an assassin, but it didn't work out. The early idea for the game was the further adventures of Teppic from ''[[
* 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.
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* In the beta version of ''[[Quake (series)|Quake]]'', shooting a particular object in [[Hub Level]] opened the path to an [[Easter Egg]] ({{spoiler|[[Commander Keen|the DopeFish]]}}) located in the same level selection room. In the released version, the easter egg was moved to an actual level, and shooting the object in the start level displays an optional hint about its location.
* ''[[Ghostbusters the Video Game|Ghostbusters: The Video Game]]'' mentions that one of the names for Slimer is "Onionhead" in his Tobin's Spirit Guide entry, and he's actually referred to by this name once in dialogue. This was his production name, and it had been dropped from [[Canon]] media until now, because it was tied to a similarly dropped character trait of his smelling terrible—it was found to be too hard to convey in film.
* [[No Death Run|Acing]] ''[[
* In ''[[Borderlands]]'', the concept art for main characters [http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww54/anticiti/REAVERDRZEDCOMMANDERSTEELE.jpg Roland, Mordecai, and Lilith] make their way into the game as [http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww54/anticiti/Dr_zed.png Dr. Zed,] [http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww54/anticiti/800px-Reaver.jpg Reaver,] and [http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww54/anticiti/550px-Commandant_Steele.png Commandant Steele,] respectively.
* In ''[[Half-Life]] 2'', you can see a rather [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090108210248/half-life/en/images/b/bb/Cremator_head_jar_BME.jpg strange object in a jar] at Black Mesa East, which Eli states that they "still don't know what it does". It's actually the head of a [http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Cremator Cremator], a janitor-like enemy that was cut.
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* 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).
* In ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]'', talking to Shale reveals she used to be 10 ft tall (like other golems) until her owner took a ''chisel'' to her and carved her down to her current size because she couldn't fit through doors. This is the exact same reason why the developers had to shrink down her original model.
* 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].
* In ''[[Mount & Blade]]'' the early versions had the neutral town of Zendar, which held tutorials, which was eventually cut. Three NPCs from this location, Xerina, Kradus, and Dranton can be encountered as high level tournament opponents.
* An in-game email and random dialog from [[Eloquent in My Native Tongue|English-challenged]] Gunther Hermann in ''[[Deus Ex]]'' references a "skul-gun" [sic] the obsolete cyborg deeply desires. While memorable enough to become an running gag in each attempt at a sequel, the "skull gun" was mentioned as a feature in very early design documents (and is a reference to ''[[The Diamond Age]]'').
== 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.
== Web Comics ==
* 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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