History Trivia / ISO

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A number of characters were thrown out in development, such as: the dragon groundskeeper Duncan (see ViolentGlaswegian); a moose named Monty (who was originally intended to be TheVoiceless [[TheMentor Mentor]] for Cody, but was replaced by Boris since his being a BigEater provided the excuse for silence); a dumb cowboy (literally) named Rusty (dumped because the author realized he was far too stereotypical and the comic already had two [[BrainlessBeauty Brainless Beauties]] and didn't need another); a rhino and ram couple named Rex and Silvius who were meant to be two more examples of ManlyGay to show Cody his prejudices were wrong (dumped because [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters the cast was big enough already]], the point had already been made elsewhere, and them being a demolitions expert and fireman was a little too Music/VillagePeople). Additionally, at one point the entire Hangout crew was meant to be composed of felines (Ty was a panther, Becky was a Siamese, and there was to be a cheetah DJ when the Hangout was a club instead of a college sports bar) so as to make Cody being hired out of nowhere seem more plausible--but that was dropped in order to make the crew less close-knit (and thus more open to co-worker dating). Rex and Silvius, however, later make appearances as background characters in some scenes, while Rusty has a cameo in Sam's memories of the sort of [[IncrediblyLamePun beefy]] guys who hit on waitresses and which she doesn't care for (having [[TestosteronePoisoning far too many such men in her own family]] and being more interested in {{Bishounen}} guys anyway).

** Additionally, at the end of the comic Vince revealed a number of alternate paths the story could have taken. The two biggest were that originally [[spoiler:Doug and Cody were going to stay together as the OfficialCouple]] and that [[spoiler:the AllJustADream fakeout with Cody and Jeff was going to happen for real, and go all the way]]. The first was changed due to [[spoiler:the unlikelihood of Cody meeting his long-term significant other "right out the gate" like that]] while the second had too many moral ambiguities involved for it to be included (especially if it coincided with the first possibility [[spoiler:since it'd be quite difficult imagining Doug would forgive Cody and they'd stay together as a permanent couple, as faithfulness was such a big thing for him due to some of his exes]]).

* WordOfGod: If the suggestion had been made earlier by a beta-reader, Doug might have ended up getting a boyfriend after all: [[spoiler:Jeremy]].

** WordOfGod also states that, if the suggestion had been made earlier by a beta-reader, Doug might have ended up getting a boyfriend after all: [[spoiler:Jeremy]].