History Main / SavedForTheSequel

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' noticeably excludes many characters from the games, such as Princess Daisy, Wario and Waluigi, Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings, Toadsworth, Toadette, Lakitus (though Spinies still appear), Wigglers, Boos [[spoiler: (aside from a cameo of King Boo)]], King K. Rool and the Kremlings, Professor E. Gadd, Rosalina and the Lumas (aside from Lumalee), among many others. [[spoiler: And in TheStinger, we see Yoshi begin to hatch from his egg...]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' noticeably excludes many characters from the games, such as Princess Daisy, Wario and Waluigi, Bowser Jr. and the Koopalings, Toadsworth, Toadette, Lakitus (though Spinies still appear), Wigglers, Boos (aside from a cameo of King Boo), Professor E. Gadd, Rosalina and the Lumas (aside from Lumalee), among many others. And in TheStinger, we see Yoshi begin to hatch from his egg...

* Po's origins in the first ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda''. It looks like we're going to find out toward the end of the movie, but then that turns into TheUnreveal. It's part of the premise of the sequel.

* The UsefulNotes/PlayStation version of ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Edge]]'', known outside of Japan as ''[[MarketBasedTitle Soul Blade]]'', was intended to feature certain characters as guest characters but in the end there wasn't time to implement them. Among these guest characters would have been Arthur, Kathandra and Monkasei. Arthur would appear in ''Soulcalibur'' as an optional replacement for Mitsurugi in Arcade machines (mainly for the Korean market but available in American ones too). Kathandra would be renamed to Cassandra and first appear in ''Soulcalibur II''. Monkasei would be reworked into Yunsung and also first appear in ''Soulcalibur II'' (with his name instead being spelled as Yun-seong from ''III'' onward).

* ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' initially actively intended to have Soundwave as he is one of the staple Decepticons. However, ultimately the creators were unable to settle on a way to portray him right, so he was left for the [[Film/TransformersRevengeOfTheFallen sequel]]. His personality as a diehard loyalist of Megatron was still adapted into Blackout, and his role in the story ended up filled by Barricade and Frenzy.

** In ''Film/IronMan'', Rhodey looks at the silver prototype Iron Man suit and says, "[[ComicBook/WarMachine Next time, baby]]." Unintentionally funny in that Rhodey had been recast by the next film where he actually gets to wear the armor.

* ''Film/GreenLantern2011'' has Sinestro, traditionally Hal Jordan's nemesis as a fellow member of the corp. While this fits in with comics continuity, one gets the feeling that this wouldn't be the case if Warner Brothers wasn't hoping to make it into a franchise.

* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'': In the first game, the Omi Alliance is mentioned in passing as a rival yakuza clan operating in Kansai, but other than Terada and a few goons they have little real impact on the Tojo civil war. The rivalry is explored more fully in ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza 2}}'', where the Omi takes the role of the main antagonist as they try to push in on the weakened Tojo Clan's territory.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' had Zygarde as a GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere, along with two unused moves in the games' code. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen There were plans to release another pair of Kalos games with Zygarde as the version mascot,]] but they were ultimately shelved, so the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]] was used to introduce new Zygarde forms. Meanwhile, the games wouldn't feature them until [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon the next Pokémon generation]], where Zygarde was featured as a sidequest, and was given the unused moves.

* In the first Creator/ChristopherReeve ''Film/{{Superman}}'' film, General Zod is roaring to Jor-El, "[[KneelBeforeZod You will bow down before me, Jor-El! Both you and, one day, your heirs!]]" However, he is then cast into the PhantomZone and we have to wait to the next film to see him carry out that threat.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}''; in the first game, the Omi Alliance is mentioned in passing as a rival yakuza clan operating in Kansai, but other than Terada and a few goons they have little real impact on the Tojo civil war. The rivalry is explored more fully in ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza 2}}'', where the Omi takes the role of the main antagonist as they try to push in on the weakened Tojo Clan's territory.

Compare SequelHook, which only occurs at the end of the story and is specifically geared toward inviting a sequel, DevelopmentGag, where hints of certain pathways the story could have taken are left as tidbits, and RefittedForSequel, where an element is ''dropped'' from the original production only to be modified to fit a later work. ResolvedNoodleIncident is very similar, except that does not require the follow-up to be an official sequel, or for it to be planned originally.