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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 ==

* The title of DC's ''Reign of the Supermen'' event which tied into ''[[The Death of Superman]]'' event is a reference to ''Reign of the Superman'' which featured the first Superman character Siegel and Schuster developed.

 

* 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.)

* 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.

* 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]]'', 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.

* 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.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

** 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.

 

* 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.

* 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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