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** The episode titles were originally planned to follow the same titling gimmick as the graphic novel series ([[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase "Hilda and The Noun Phrase"]]). It was likely scrapped for simplicity purposes. However, the BigDamnMovie (''Film/HildaAndTheMountainKing'') would follow this gimmick.
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** The episode titles were originally planned to follow the same titling gimmick as the graphic novel series ([[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase "Hilda and The Noun Phrase"]]). It was likely scrapped for simplicity purposes. However, the BigDamnMovie (''Film/HildaAndTheMountainKing'') -- ''WesternAnimation/HildaAndTheMountainKing'' -- would follow this gimmick.
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* In early 2024, the bible for the TV series would be leaked onto the internet and reveal several scrapped ideas for S1:
** The episode titles were originally planned to follow the same titling scheme as the graphic novel series ([[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase Hilda and "The Noun Phrase"]]). It was likely scrapped for simplicity purposes.
** "The Black Hound" was planned to happen far earlier in the season, which would've led to Tontu having a larger and reoccurring role in the first season. However, it was moved to the end instead.
** There was a planned episode for season 1 titled "Hilda and the Harbour Serpent", in which Hilda attends a troll market with Woodman and ends up befriending some of the trolls, whom she then works together with to ward off a sea serpent who shows up in Trolberg's harbor. While the episode was scrapped, many of its ideas would be reused in "The Stone Forest" and "Hilda and The Mountain King" (namely Hilda learning that trolls are not as bad as they seem and befriending them).
** The original overview for "The Lost Clan" ([[WorkingTitle originally titled]] "Hilda and the Troll Thistle") in the bible features several differences from the final episode. The biggest difference is that there was an entire subplot cut in which Hilda, Twig, and Alfur must venture into a troll cave to acquire a "troll thistle" for the Lindworm, having a harrowing encounter with a troll in the process of doing so. Other differences include The Lindworm being originally located in a cave within Trolberg's walls instead of on an island away from Trolberg, and Frida and David having a far smaller role than in the final episode.
** The bible mentions a race of creatures known as "The Ice Spirits", who were stated to be a solitary race who are similar in size, but unrelated to the giants. Unlike the other species mentioned in the bible, this race never made it into the series.
** The episode titles were originally planned to follow the same titling scheme as the graphic novel series ([[CharacterNameAndTheNounPhrase Hilda and "The Noun Phrase"]]). It was likely scrapped for simplicity purposes.
** "The Black Hound" was planned to happen far earlier in the season, which would've led to Tontu having a larger and reoccurring role in the first season. However, it was moved to the end instead.
** There was a planned episode for season 1 titled "Hilda and the Harbour Serpent", in which Hilda attends a troll market with Woodman and ends up befriending some of the trolls, whom she then works together with to ward off a sea serpent who shows up in Trolberg's harbor. While the episode was scrapped, many of its ideas would be reused in "The Stone Forest" and "Hilda and The Mountain King" (namely Hilda learning that trolls are not as bad as they seem and befriending them).
** The original overview for "The Lost Clan" ([[WorkingTitle originally titled]] "Hilda and the Troll Thistle") in the bible features several differences from the final episode. The biggest difference is that there was an entire subplot cut in which Hilda, Twig, and Alfur must venture into a troll cave to acquire a "troll thistle" for the Lindworm, having a harrowing encounter with a troll in the process of doing so. Other differences include The Lindworm being originally located in a cave within Trolberg's walls instead of on an island away from Trolberg, and Frida and David having a far smaller role than in the final episode.
** The bible mentions a race of creatures known as "The Ice Spirits", who were stated to be a solitary race who are similar in size, but unrelated to the giants. Unlike the other species mentioned in the bible, this race never made it into the series.
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* According to Kurt Mueller, it was originally supposed to be a part of the third season as a Multi-Part Episode, but it eventually turned into a full movie. It was also supposed to be 70 minutes long, but after some negotiations with Netflix, it eventually became 85 minutes as the final length.
* According to Kurt Mueller, it was originally supposed to be a part of the third season as a Multi-Part Episode, but it eventually turned into a full movie. It was also supposed to be 70 minutes long, but after some negotiations with Netflix, it eventually became 85 minutes as the final length.
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* ''The Mountain King'', which King'' was written to be the series finale, and was developed within with the understanding that no further renewals would happen (especially since ''The Mountain King'' is the last entry in the original graphic novel series). However, a third season was greenlit during production, greenlit, much to the delight of the team.
* According to Kurt Mueller, it was originally supposed to be a part of the third season as aMulti-Part Episode, multi-part episode, but it eventually turned into a full movie. It was also supposed to be 70 minutes long, but after some negotiations with Netflix, it eventually became 85 minutes as the final length.
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* As mentioned prior, season three itself nearly didn't happen, but was greenlit during the development of the film, which would have acted as the GrandFinale if the series was not renewed.
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* [[https://x.com/bren9889/status/1737290890136133752?s=46&t=kprrTGTbqmdMDRo_aqo0Mw According]] to series creator Luke Pearson ([[https://x.com/kindofandycoyle/status/1737511822217879627?s=61&t=m7fiT1CG-Id-jG9aSe-vEw and later confirmed]] by director Andy Coyle), the third season was originally supposed to be the same length as the previous seasons (13 episodes), but [[ScrewedByTheNetwork it was cut down to only 8 episodes]] by Creator/{{Netflix}}.
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* [[https://x.com/bren9889/status/1737290890136133752?s=46&t=kprrTGTbqmdMDRo_aqo0Mw According]] to series creator Luke Pearson ([[https://x.com/kindofandycoyle/status/1737511822217879627?s=61&t=m7fiT1CG-Id-jG9aSe-vEw and later confirmed]] by director Andy Coyle), the third season was originally supposed to be the same length as the previous seasons (13 episodes), but [[ScrewedByTheNetwork [[ExecutiveMeddling it was cut down to only 8 episodes]] by Creator/{{Netflix}}.Creator/{{Netflix}}, though it is worth mentioning that it has a 74 minute long GrandFinale episode (equivalent to 3.5 episodes), which is not dissimilar to the original plan for ''The Mountain King'' to be a multi-part episode.
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* [[https://twitter.com/AndreiBondoc05/status/1735188150987653568 Luke Pearson never really considered the idea of a ''Hilda'' cartoon when originally creating the graphic novels]], but they became popular enough that many production companies came forth with interest in making an AnimatedAdaptation. Luke however turned them all down as he felt none of them really understood what made ''Hilda'' work. Ultimately, it was Kurt Mueller of Silvergate Media who succeeded in winning Luke over, having stumbled across the books while browsing a New York bookshop and immediately become enchanted by them.
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* Concept art by Luke Pearson shows there were originally plans for there to be [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/hildatheseries/images/7/72/Librarian_concept_art.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20210114133854 multiple librarians besides Kaisa]] at one point in the show. By the final production, only Kaisa was kept, with the rest being scrapped. The aforementioned concept art also reveals Kaisa originally had green hair instead of the {{Mysterious Purple}} hair she has in the show.
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* [[https://twitter.com/thatlukeperson/status/1340027733531881472?lang=en Concept art sketches]] of Kaisa by Luke Pearson shows that there were originally plans a few different designs for there to be [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/hildatheseries/images/7/72/Librarian_concept_art.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20210114133854 multiple librarians besides Kaisa]] at one point in the show. By the her before settling on her final production, only Kaisa was kept, with design. The design chosen for the rest being scrapped. The aforementioned concept art series also reveals Kaisa shows that she originally had green hair instead of highlights at one point, before the {{Mysterious Purple}} hair she has in the show.crew changed it to purple.
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* [[https://x.com/bren9889/status/1737290890136133752?s=46&t=kprrTGTbqmdMDRo_aqo0Mw According]] to series creator Luke Pearson [[https://x.([[https://x.com/kindofandycoyle/status/1737511822217879627?s=61&t=m7fiT1CG-Id-jG9aSe-vEw and]] and later confirmed]] by director Andy Coyle, Coyle), the third season was originally supposed to be the same length as the previous seasons (13 episodes), but [[ScrewedByTheNetwork it was cut down to only 8 episodes]] by Creator/{{Netflix}}.
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* [[https://x.com/bren9889/status/1737290890136133752?s=46&t=kprrTGTbqmdMDRo_aqo0Mw According]] to Luke Pearson, Pearson and [[https://x.com/kindofandycoyle/status/1737511822217879627?s=61&t=m7fiT1CG-Id-jG9aSe-vEw later confirmed]] by director Andy Coyle, the third season was originally supposed to be the same length as the previous seasons (13 episodes), but [[ScrewedByTheNetwork it was cut down to only 8 episodes]] by Creator/{{Netflix}}.
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* [[https://x.com/bren9889/status/1737290890136133752?s=46&t=kprrTGTbqmdMDRo_aqo0Mw According]] to Luke Pearson, the third season was originally meant supposed to be the same length as the previous seasons (13 episodes), but [[ScrewedByTheNetwork it was CutShort cut down to only 8 episodes]] by Creator/{{Netflix}}. Creator/{{Netflix}}.
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* According to leaks, Eugene was originally planned to have a [[AbhorrentAdmirer crush on Hilda at one point (much to her disgust)]]. However, this was cut from the final episode (likely because the show prefers to [[NoHuggingNoKissing avoid romance]] in general). That said, the tie-in book adapting "The Laughing Merman" [[EarlyDraftTieIn keeps this aspect]].
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* According to a (deleted) instagram post by Ako Mitchell (the VA for Wood Man) that ended up [[ContentLeak leaking some season 3 scripts]], "The Giant Slayer" was originally titled "Lost in Time".
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* [[https://twitter.com/ReyGGTV/status/1327622095551905794 There was talk of using an American or Swedish voice cast instead of a British one.]]
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* [[https://twitter.com/ReyGGTV/status/1327622095551905794 Theretime ''Hildafolk'' was talk of using published) and that Wood Man had a very different design in his early sketches, with him having pupils and resembling an American or Swedish voice cast instead of a British one.]]elf.
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* [[https://twitter.com/ReyGGTV/status/1327622095551905794 There
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* ''The Mountain King'', which was written to be the series finale, was developed within the understanding no further renewals would happen (especially since ''The Mountain King'' is the last entry in the original graphic novel series). However, a third season was greenlit during production, much to the delight of the team.
* ''The Mountain King'', which was written to be the series finale, was developed within the understanding no further renewals would happen (especially since ''The Mountain King'' is the last entry in the original graphic novel series). However, a third season was greenlit during production, much to the delight of the team.
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* A deleted scene from the first episode of the second season would have featured the Great Raven and provided [[PutOnABus a reason]] for why he didn't appear in the rest of the season (he left town, promising to be back for next year's festival). However, the scene ended up being cut for time.
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* Luke Pearson's pre-''Hildafolk'' sketches of Hilda ([[https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/hilda-luke-pearson featured here in this interview]]) are ''widely'' different from her final designs in the comics. His original sketches also show that she originally had a cat (or a "cat-bird" in one sketch) companion (who was swapped out for the deer-fox Twig by the time ''Hildafolk'' was published) and that Wood Man had a very different design in his early sketches, with him having pupils and resembling an elf.
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* Luke Pearson's pre-''Hildafolk'' sketches of Hilda ([[https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/hilda-luke-pearson featured here in this interview]]) are ''widely'' different from her Early on during the second season's development, an episode titled ''The Witches Tower'' was planned, but was scrapped. It's thought that the episode would've served as a company piece to the actual ''The Witch'' episode, and was either cut for time or merged into the aforementioned final designs version.
* ''The Mountain King'', which was written to be the series finale, was developed within the understanding no further renewals would happen (especially since ''The Mountain King'' is the last entry in thecomics. His original sketches also show that she graphic novel series). However, a third season was greenlit during production, much to the delight of the team.
* According to Kurt Mueller, it was originally supposed to be a part of the third season as a Multi-Part Episode, but it eventually turned into a full movie. It was also supposed to be 70 minutes long, but after some negotiations with Netflix, it eventually became 85 minutes as the final length.
* According to director Andy Coyle, the Bellkeeper was intended to appear in the movie. He would be the one training David's mother in the tower, and seeing troll Hilda run to the gates. He also would have been the one fleeing from the tower when the rock is thrown at the tower, instead of David. He was cut from the film, because the animation team thought it was too much work to bring the voice actor back for a few sentences, and since his role in the previous season was too small.
* Coyle also originally wanted to incorporate Kaisa in the climax of the movie, with her rebelling against the rule that as a witch she is not allowed to interfere with the fight. This ultimately hada cat (or a "cat-bird" in one sketch) companion (who was swapped out for the deer-fox Twig by the to be scrapped due to limited time ''Hildafolk'' available.
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* As stated above, the original plan waspublished) and that Wood Man had for ''The Mountain King'' to be part of the third season, likely as the opener. The third season itself has a very different design in his early sketches, with him having pupils and resembling an elf.70 minute movie attached to it, separate from the initial idea.
* As mentioned prior, season three itself nearly didn't happen, but was greenlit during the development of the film, which would have acted as the GrandFinale if the series was not renewed.
* ''The Mountain King'', which was written to be the series finale, was developed within the understanding no further renewals would happen (especially since ''The Mountain King'' is the last entry in the
* According to Kurt Mueller, it was originally supposed to be a part of the third season as a Multi-Part Episode, but it eventually turned into a full movie. It was also supposed to be 70 minutes long, but after some negotiations with Netflix, it eventually became 85 minutes as the final length.
* According to director Andy Coyle, the Bellkeeper was intended to appear in the movie. He would be the one training David's mother in the tower, and seeing troll Hilda run to the gates. He also would have been the one fleeing from the tower when the rock is thrown at the tower, instead of David. He was cut from the film, because the animation team thought it was too much work to bring the voice actor back for a few sentences, and since his role in the previous season was too small.
* Coyle also originally wanted to incorporate Kaisa in the climax of the movie, with her rebelling against the rule that as a witch she is not allowed to interfere with the fight. This ultimately had
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* A deleted scene from the first episode of the second season would have featured the Great Raven and provided [[PutOnABus a reason]] for why he didn't appear in the rest of the season (he left town, promising to be back for next year's festival). However, the scene ended up being cut for time.
* [[https://twitter.com/ReyGGTV/status/1327622095551905794 There was talk of using an American or Swedish voice cast instead of a British one.]]
* The series was originally pitched to Creator/DisneyChannel, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, Creator/CartoonNetwork, and Creator/{{CBBC}} [[https://twitter.com/ThatHartleyKat/status/1496890302270873613 before Netflix picked it.]] [[https://twitter.com/ReyGGTV/status/1327616457694298112 Disney was very close towards picking it up, going as far to commission Mercury Filmworks various animated tests, but dropped out at the last minute.]]
* [[https://twitter.com/ReyGGTV/status/1327617760155688961 Early concept art showed that the characters appeared drastically different than in the final product.]] One of [[https://youtu.be/IHqkwsUGhxQ?si=JM1crEeoejCWZBij the early animation tests]] also show that the designs were originally more faithful to the graphic novels at one point.
* The Marra were originally written as [[https://twitter.com/ReyGGTV/status/1327619634091020288 "full on goth kids"]].
* Early on during the second season's development, an episode titled ''The Witches Tower'' was planned, but was scrapped. It's thought that the episode would've served as a company piece to the actual ''The Witch'' episode, and was either cut for time or merged into the aforementioned final version.
* ''The Mountain King'', which was written to be the series finale, was developed within the understanding no further renewals would happen (especially since ''The Mountain King'' is the last entry in the original graphic novel series). However, a third season was greenlit during production, much to the delight of the team.
* Concept art by Luke Pearson shows there were originally plans for there to be [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/hildatheseries/images/7/72/Librarian_concept_art.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20210114133854 multiple librarians besides Kaisa]] at one point in the show. By the final production, only Kaisa was kept, with the rest being scrapped. The aforementioned concept art also reveals Kaisa originally had green hair instead of the {{Mysterious Purple}} hair she has in the show.
* The crew originally planned for Kaisa to have more scenes in season 1, but most of her scenes were scrapped as the team hadn't figured her character out then and felt the scenes in question didn't pan out. By the time they did nail down her character in "The Tide Mouse", it was too late to do much with her.
* According to [[https://youtu.be/Vx0kdHkpZfg here]]. The original writing concept for The Fifty Year Night was very different from the final episode, with the original plan being that Hilda would travel 15 years in the future and team up with a 26-year-old David, who is emotional over seeing her after disappearing for so long and seeks to help her stop the time worm. This was scrapped as the writing team found the original idea to be overcomplicated and decided to simplify it. There were also plans for Hilda to go back to the past and meet a younger version of her mom, which was also scrapped.
* Luke Pearson's pre-''Hildafolk'' sketches of Hilda ([[https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/hilda-luke-pearson featured here in this interview]]) are ''widely'' different from her final designs in the comics. His original sketches also show that she originally had a cat (or a "cat-bird" in one sketch) companion (who was swapped out for the deer-fox Twig by the time ''Hildafolk'' was published) and that Wood Man had a very different design in his early sketches, with him having pupils and resembling an elf.
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[[caption-width-right:600:One of Luke Pearson's first sketches of ''Hilda'']]
->'''Hilda''': "Everything's changed, hasn't it?"\\
'''Johanna''': "Yes. But it's the way of the world for things to change."
From Luke Pearson's original sketches to the production of the TV show, the life of an adventurer is rife with unused ideas and plenty of changes.
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* A deleted scene from the first episode of the second season would have featured the Great Raven and provided [[PutOnABus a reason]] for why he didn't appear in the rest of the season (he left town, promising to be back for next year's festival). However, the scene ended up being cut for time.
* [[https://twitter.com/ReyGGTV/status/1327622095551905794 There was talk of using an American or Swedish voice cast instead of a British one.]]
* The series was originally pitched to Creator/DisneyChannel, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, Creator/CartoonNetwork, and Creator/{{CBBC}} [[https://twitter.com/ThatHartleyKat/status/1496890302270873613 before Netflix picked it.]] [[https://twitter.com/ReyGGTV/status/1327616457694298112 Disney was very close towards picking it up, going as far to commission Mercury Filmworks various animated tests, but dropped out at the last minute.]]
* [[https://twitter.com/ReyGGTV/status/1327617760155688961 Early concept art showed that the characters appeared drastically different than in the final product.]] One of [[https://youtu.be/IHqkwsUGhxQ?si=JM1crEeoejCWZBij the early animation tests]] also show that the designs were originally more faithful to the graphic novels at one point.
* The Marra were originally written as [[https://twitter.com/ReyGGTV/status/1327619634091020288 "full on goth kids"]].
* Early on during the second season's development, an episode titled ''The Witches Tower'' was planned, but was scrapped. It's thought that the episode would've served as a company piece to the actual ''The Witch'' episode, and was either cut for time or merged into the aforementioned final version.
* ''The Mountain King'', which was written to be the series finale, was developed within the understanding no further renewals would happen (especially since ''The Mountain King'' is the last entry in the original graphic novel series). However, a third season was greenlit during production, much to the delight of the team.
* Concept art by Luke Pearson shows there were originally plans for there to be [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/hildatheseries/images/7/72/Librarian_concept_art.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20210114133854 multiple librarians besides Kaisa]] at one point in the show. By the final production, only Kaisa was kept, with the rest being scrapped. The aforementioned concept art also reveals Kaisa originally had green hair instead of the {{Mysterious Purple}} hair she has in the show.
* The crew originally planned for Kaisa to have more scenes in season 1, but most of her scenes were scrapped as the team hadn't figured her character out then and felt the scenes in question didn't pan out. By the time they did nail down her character in "The Tide Mouse", it was too late to do much with her.
* According to [[https://youtu.be/Vx0kdHkpZfg here]]. The original writing concept for The Fifty Year Night was very different from the final episode, with the original plan being that Hilda would travel 15 years in the future and team up with a 26-year-old David, who is emotional over seeing her after disappearing for so long and seeks to help her stop the time worm. This was scrapped as the writing team found the original idea to be overcomplicated and decided to simplify it. There were also plans for Hilda to go back to the past and meet a younger version of her mom, which was also scrapped.
* Luke Pearson's pre-''Hildafolk'' sketches of Hilda ([[https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/stories/hilda-luke-pearson featured here in this interview]]) are ''widely'' different from her final designs in the comics. His original sketches also show that she originally had a cat (or a "cat-bird" in one sketch) companion (who was swapped out for the deer-fox Twig by the time ''Hildafolk'' was published) and that Wood Man had a very different design in his early sketches, with him having pupils and resembling an elf.
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