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* In ''[[The Emperor's New Groove (Disney)|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 (Disney)|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)|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 [[~~One Hundred and One~~ Dalmatians (Disney)|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.

* Near the very beginning of ''[[The Rescuers (Disney)|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 (Disney)|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|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.

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** 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 (Franchise)|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 ''[[The Last Crusade (Film)|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 (Film)|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.

* 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.

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== Live Action TV ==

* When Joel Surnow first got the idea for ''[[~~Twenty Four~~ (TV)|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.

* When Joel Surnow first got the idea for ''[[24 (TV)|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 (TV)|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 (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' resembles the strange abstract hexagonal design made by Susan, the Doctor's grand-daughter, in an un-aired pilot for ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]''.

* 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)|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.

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** 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.

** Before settling on a name for the blue hedgehog, the developers referred to him as "Mr. Needlemouse". The name was brought back for the publicity of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (Video Game)|Sonic the Hedgehog 4]]: Episode 1'': Prior to the reveal of the game's real name, it was referred to by its code name ''Project Needlemouse''. And the Sega blog, poking fun at the prior games' [[Loads and Loads of Characters]], jokingly suggested that "Sonic's new friend Mr. Needlemouse" might be a playable character in the game.

** One of the proposed designs for a [[Sega]] mascot was apparently supposed to be a caricature of [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. [http://www.giantbomb.com/sonic-the-hedgehog/61-2465/concept-art/52-100228/s1concept_eggman/51-827770/ Look] [~~http~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~File:Oldrobotnik.jpg familiar?]

** One of the proposed designs for a [[Sega]] mascot was apparently supposed to be a caricature of [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. [http://www.giantbomb.com/sonic-the-hedgehog/61-2465/concept-art/52-100228/s1concept_eggman/51-827770/ Look] [[wikipedia:File:Oldrobotnik.jpg|familiar?]]

* In the beta version of ''[[Quake (Video Game)|Quake]]'', shooting a particular object in [[Hub Level]] opened the path to an [[Easter Egg]] ({{spoiler|[[Commander Keen (Video Game)|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 (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.

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* The ''[[Bio Shock]] 2'' ARG "Something In The Sea" featured a character that visited Rapture then managed to return to the United States. The man then wrote a story about his experiences and submitted it to a science fiction magazine only for the editor to completely mangle the story into unrecognizability. One of the changes was turning the Little Sisters into chipmunk-like creatures, a reference to early concept art which rendered them as such.

* [[Crisis Core|Angeal's]] design is based on an old concept idea for Cloud.

* 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]].

* 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 (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess]]'', which is why it matches the art style of said game.

* [[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 (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|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].

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** Also from the original pilot, Zuko was going to have a pet messenger hawk who would be something of an [[Evil Counterpart]] to Momo. Then Sokka got one in season three.

** In [[Sequel Series]] ''[[The Legend of Korra (Animation)|The Legend of Korra]]'', two characters are based on rejected ideas for the original series. Naga was originally going to be a third [[Team Pet]] for the Gaang, and Bolin is based on the original idea for Toph's character.

* [[Walt Disney]] had an obscure character named [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Mortimer_Mouse~~ Mortimer Mouse]. Disney had first considered calling Mickey "Mortimer". He actually resurfaced in the House of Mouse series as Mickey's romantic rival--and he reminds one quite a bit of a Mickey parody by the same name that appeared in [[Bloom County]].

* [[Walt Disney]] had an obscure character named [[wikipedia:Mortimer Mouse|Mortimer Mouse]]. Disney had first considered calling Mickey "Mortimer". He actually resurfaced in the House of Mouse series as Mickey's romantic rival--and he reminds one quite a bit of a Mickey parody by the same name that appeared in [[Bloom County]].

* An episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' features Bart and Lisa being beaten to the punch at solving the problem of the week by a brother and sister named Lester and Eliza, who are modeled after Bart and Lisa's far cruder designs in the ''Tracy Ullman Show'' shorts.

* ''[[Frisky Dingo]]'': the title itself is one of these, referring to an insult Killface would have taunted the Xtacles with as they were originally called Whiskey Tango Six in early incarnations.

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