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* ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'': Mark Gruenwald's ambitious plans for the Post-Crisis DC Universe were much more drastic than how it eventually turned out. ''All'' continuity was going to be set aside, clearing the slate for a new, more diverse DC Universe, headlined by a new team (just as the Justice League replaced the Justice Society) called the Justice Alliance. But the comic proved so popular, this idea was nixed. The DC Universe continued with only slight changes, and continuity was preserved for the most part, with some exceptions like Wonder Woman. Some elements of this concept - a more diverse DC universe with the old continuity axed - reappeared in things like the New 52, though not quite to the level that Gruenwald envisioned. The most noticeable attempt to recycle the idea was Creator/DanDiDio's 5G initiative, but [[AvertedTrope that was itself scrapped]]. It was going to feature a new take on the Justice Alliance, but when it was retooled into the Future State event, they were just called the "Justice League" still.

* A prologue sequence cut from ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' in which Kirk goes about PuttingTheBandBackTogether was reworked into the novel ''The Fearful Summons'' (written by Denny Martin Flinn, who co-wrote the film's screenplay). This included scenes of Chekov playing competitive chess against a telepath, and Spock playing Polonius in a theatrical production of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
** A prologue sequence cut from ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' in which Kirk goes about PuttingTheBandBackTogether was reworked into the novel ''The Fearful Summons'' (written by Denny Martin Flinn, who co-wrote the film's screenplay). This included scenes of Chekov playing competitive chess against a telepath, and Spock playing Polonius in a theatrical production of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.

* As mentioned under Films, the original design of ''Film/BackToTheFuture'''s time machine was going to be a modified refridgerator before it was changed for various reasons. In IDW's ''[[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture Biff to the Future]]'' series, set in the 1985-A timeline where Biff is rich and powerful, Doc Brown builds the refrigerator time machine and uses it to try and SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.

* The ''Comicbook/InvaderZim'' issue about [[LivingClothes alien pants]] was based on a planned episode of [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim the show]], which was canceled for being too similar to an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyNeutronBoyGenius.''

* The Sentinels in ''Series/TheGifted'' have the power to transform into rolling spheres that move at high speeds. This was actually a leftover idea from ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', where the Sentinels would have been capable of transforming into giant rolling disks.

*** The ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episodes "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E5TheApple}} The Apple]]" and "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E22TheSavageCurtain}} The Savage Curtain]]" alluded to the possibility that the ''Enterprise'' could conduct a saucer separation, but it wasn't depicted due to technical restraints. ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' would finally feature a saucer separation in its pilot episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounterAtFarpoint Encounter at Farpoint]]", and two more times in the series, "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E20TheArsenalOfFreedom}} The Arsenal of Freedom]]" (also from season 1) and "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds}} The Best of Both Worlds]]: Part II" (season 4's premiere), before being depicted for the last time in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''.
*** As a part of the failed bid to revive Star Trek as a TV series in the 70s (Phase II), a handful of episodic scripts and a two-part pilot were prepared. While the series never made it to production, the existing work on the pilot was turned into ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' and two of the completed scripts earmarked for recycling. These eventually became the TNG episodes [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E1TheChild}} The Child]] and [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E13DevilsDue}} Devil's Due]].

*** For ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', Creator/GeneRoddenberry suggested only destroying the ''Enterprise'''s saucer section and sparing the stardrive section, envisioning the movie ending with a new saucer being attached to the old secondary hull, making it a fusion of new and old, and giving it a sense of legacy, before he was overruled. Here, we shades of that suggestion, with [[spoiler:Geordi bringing back the ''Enterprise''-D's saucer section attached to a new secondary hull.]]

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': The episodes "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS2E5TheApple}} The Apple]]" and "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS3E22TheSavageCurtain}} The Savage Curtain]]" alluded to the possibility that the ''Enterprise'' could conduct a saucer separation, but it wasn't depicted due to technical restraints. ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' would finally feature a saucer separation in its pilot episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E1EncounterAtFarpoint Encounter at Farpoint]]", and two more times in the series, "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E20TheArsenalOfFreedom}} The Arsenal of Freedom]]" (also from season 1) and "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds}} The Best of Both Worlds]]: Part II" (season 4's premiere), before being depicted for the last time in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''.
** As a part of the failed bid to revive Star Trek as a TV series in the 70s (Phase II), a handful of episodic scripts and a two-part pilot were prepared. While the series never made it to production, the existing work on the pilot was turned into ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' and two of the completed scripts earmarked for recycling. These eventually became the TNG episodes [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E1TheChild}} The Child]] and [[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E13DevilsDue}} Devil's Due]].
** In ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', the cameo from Creator/KateMulgrew as [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Janeway]] was originally scripted as one from Creator/JeriRyan as Seven of Nine; but Ryan was unavailable at the time of production. Ryan would later reprise the role in ''Series/StarTrekPicard''.

* Music/{{Eminem}} was fascinated by the idea of his LoonyFan character Stan (from his song "Stan") getting his revenge on him, long before he ever wrote the SequelSong "Bad Guy", in which Stan's little brother Matthew avenges his brother. Em's CultClassic deep cut "No Apologies" contains a passage where Eminem predicts his assassination at the hands of a fan who is in love with him (well, he uses [[HeteronormativeCrusader another word beginning with "fa_"...]]) and "Off The Wall" suggests "my man, Stan" is creeping around Slim's house to shoot him. The skit "Stan (The Lost Verses)" has Eminem narrating an alternate ending for the song where Stan escapes the crash, gets mad that Slim isn't sending him any get-well cards in the hospital, comes to kill him, and Slim blows his head off (though due to him being a TrollingCreator, it's not clear whether or not Eminem was telling the truth).

** The "Tell the Truth" song was later reused in a 1997 ''Series/SesameStreet'' episode called "Telling the Truth".

** There was supposed to be more information about horcruxes and Voldemort’s backstory in the second book but she didn’t have the clout to fight with the publisher about keeping it in at that point and therefore it was put in the sixth

* The second season of ''WesternAnimation/MegaManFullyCharged'' was going to have Suna, Aki's adopted sister, become Zero. However, the show was cancelled before it could take place. The show's writers brought that idea to the SequelSeries comic book mini-series they were writing.