History WhatCouldHaveBeen / WesternAnimation

* ''Fonz and the Happy Days Gang''. A notoriously terrible RecycledInSpace version of HappyDays that came about when Hanna-Barbera couldn't get the rights to another live action show that they'd wanted to make. And what was that other show? The BBC's ''DoctorWho''! (You hear that, American schoolkids of the '80's? No animated Doctor Who for you! But here's some characters from a show that jumped the shark five years ago and a dog named Mr. Cool. Enjoy that instead!)

* ''Fonz and the Happy Days Gang''. A notoriously terrible RecycledInSpace version of HappyDays that came about when Hanna-Barbera couldn't get the rights to another live action show that they had wanted to make. And what was that show? The BBC's ''DoctorWho''! (You hear that, American schoolkids of the '80's? No animated Doctor Who for you! But here's some characters from a show that jumped the shark five years ago and a dog named Mr. Cool. Enjoy that instead!)

** The second [[AllThereInTheManual Allspark Almanac]] mentions several plots the writers might have used if the series had gotten a fourth season. These included the team traveling to a 'Shattered Glass' MirrorUniverse and [[spoiler: a ghostly Prowl]] bodyhopping between various Transformers in an attempt to warn the Autobots of an oncoming threat.

** In "Wacky Molestation Adventure", Cartman was originaly going to block out the sun. However, after learning that [=~It's Been Done~=] by ''TheSimpsons'', they scrapped the idea. Their frustration made it's way into "The Simpsons Did It".

* ... and now, we can definitely add TheSpectacularSpiderMan. It was planned for a five-season run (ending with Peter's graduation from High School) - the timing of the Disney/Marvel buyout would have limited it to only three seasons, but because the show also switched networks, it only got two. And because of ''that,'' we wind up ending with the revelation that all of Peter's friends save Gwen Stacy are alienated from him, Harry hates Spider-Man, and he didn't even stop the bad guy. One assumes later seasons (even just one more given a few episodes' warning it was about to end) would have chosen a more upbeat coda.

* ''SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''' adaptation of ''Secret Wars'' was originally going to feature a number of additional characters, most notably Mister Sinister. These were later scrapped for numerous reasons, namely costs since Sinister's voice actor, Chris Britton, is Canadian based (the cast of the ''X-Men'' series had previously been flown to LA from Canada for their appearance in the crossover, which proved expensive).

* ''KaBlam!'' was just only going to be made up of ''ActionLeagueNow'' and reruns and/or revivals of older Nick shorts from the early 90's. Henry and June were still there, but not as the hosts, They would have their own shorts. It also was going to take place in a live-action comic book. Then in 1995, different studios created shorts for the show, and Henry and June became the hosts. The old Nicktoons shorts? Sniz and Fondue made it. That was it.

* ''BeastWars'' had an entire episode missing from its lineup known as "Dark Glass", dealing with Rattrap finding a copy of his friend/foil Dinobot's memory engrams and attempting to install them into [[EvilCounterpart Dinobot 2]]. While it never got past the script phase (replaced due to its extreme dark storytelling for the more lighthearted "Go with the Flow") many fans still consider it canon, if only because it fills up a nasty little PlotHole during the show's finale. There was also going to be a series following ''Beast Machines'' called ''[[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transtech Transtech]]'', possibly dealing with a resurgence in the Great War on a now technorganic Cybertron, but various factors canceled it.

* Ever notice why the a lot of the ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' gang don't act like, and/or resemble, their previous incarnations? That's because several of them weren't meant to be those horses. Due to legal issues, [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101225153735/mlp/images/c/c2/History-concept.jpg a few of them]] had to have their designs and names changed.

* ''HeyArnold'': Long before ''[[{{Rugrats}} All Grown Up]]'' was a twinkle in Klasky and Csupo's eyes, Craig Bartlett had announced his intention to make a flash-forward series after ''Hey Arnold'' ended centering around Helga Pataki named "The Patakis". The jury is still out on whether that would have been a good thing, but in the end, none of the nets he pitched it to wanted it. He'd also pitched two movies to Nick, one for TV and one for cinemas. Only the one for TV was made... and it went into cinemas. The troubles with the other movie are well-documented.

* In 2006, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn74McRwEg0 a pilot of a new interpretation]] of PlasticMan was offered to CartoonNetwork. Sadly, it was never picked up, despite being impressively well animated, containing a lot of both visual and verbal fun and managing to gain quite the fandom (that still hopes to "pull an AdventureTime").

** [[FridgeBrilliance Ah I get it now]], before the change to make them cousins it's probable that Gwen would have been Ben's main love interest. That explains all the IncestYay if the change had happened after the scripts had been written.

* The [[http://www.latitude-comic.com/okkaywarner/abible/abible01.htm Animaniacs bible]] reveals some of the concepts that were considered but never used for the show, such as an soap opera parody about amoebas called ''As the Petrie Dish Turns''. Additionally, one of the original ideas for ''PinkyAndTheBrain'' was that the scientists would continue experiementing on the mice, and that in each episode they would have different powers. In the end, producer Tom Ruegger said, "We decided maybe vivisection wasn't the best idea for a kids' show."

** In 2005, Butch Hartman announced there was to be a theatrical movie of the FairlyOddParents [[LiveActionAdaptation No not THAT ONE]], an animated one, and not [[BigDamnMovie Wishology either]]. There were conflicting reports of what the plot was supposed to be, but it apparently involved Timmy feeling sorry for the other kids that [[CompleteMonster Vicky babysits]] and wishing that every kid had fairy godparents. However, this resulted in complete chaos around the world and there was one unintended consequence; Vicky got a fairy godparent because [[GoneHorriblyRight technically she was still a kid at age sixteen]]. However, [[ExecutiveMeddling there was a regime changed at Paramount and Nickelodeon]] and this resulted in the movie never being made, although Hartman expressed interest of making it and putting it on DVD.

** In 2005, Butch Hartman announced there was to be a movie of the FairlyOddParents [[LiveActionAdaptation No not THAT ONE]], an animated one, and not [[BigDamnMovie Wishology either]]. There was conflicting reports of what the plot was supposed to be, but it apparently involved Timmy feeling sorry for the other kids that [[CompleteMonster Vicky babysits]] and wishes that every kid had fairy godparents. However, this resulted in complete chaos around the world and there was one unintended consequence; Vicky got a fairy godparent because [[GoneHorriblyRight technically she was still a kid at age sixteen]]. However, [[ExecutiveMeddling there was a regime changed at Paramount and Nickelodeon]] and this resulted in the movie never being made, although Hartman expressed interest of making it and putting it on DVD.