Follow TV Tropes

Following

Context Main / DeletedScene

Go To

1->''"One of my favorite parts of a [=DVD=] is the part where you get to see all the best scenes in the movie that weren't ''in'' the movie."''
2-->-- '''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck''' (in the Deleted Scenes featurette on the ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'' [=DVD=])
3
4Administrivia/HowDidWeMissThisOne Don't worry, it'll be included as an extra on the Website/TVTropes DVD.
5
6A scene made for a work (in part or completed), but not included in the final release. These are often put back in special editions or included on the DVD release. They are also sometimes included in [[EditedForSyndication heavily-cut]] broadcast TV versions of films to stretch them back to a reasonable length. A {{Novelization}} often includes scenes that end up cut from the final film, as adaptations are often based on shooting scripts to ensure that the novel will be ready for release in conjunction with the film. Due to the nature of animated works, any extra scenes in these productions are usually removed during the storyboard or animatic phase, though rough animation hitting the cutting room floor is common. A scene with completed animation being cut is almost unheard of, but can still occur depending on why the scene was cut.
7
8Scenes can be cut for a number of different reasons. Often the scenes are of much lower quality, so they were deleted for good reason. Yet some may contain details that appeal to audiences. Among the reasons include:
9* Reducing the overall running time, especially for theaters where a lower running time means an increased number of showings.
10* [[LawOfConservationOfDetail Improving the pacing and story by cutting out the excess fat]].
11* Getting rid of what turned out to be a bad scene or a poorly executed sequence.
12* A change in the productions aim to ensure a different rating. Quite often it is because of the desire to include the PG-13 crowd from an R rating. More rarely it is an angle to make it DarkerAndEdgier and appeal to the R crowd. More generally, scenes may be removed to change the tone of the movie, regardless of the desired rating.
13* A change to make the work [[FocusGroupEnding more popular with test audiences]], either the inclusion of a scene to clarify an obscure scene.
14* A massive [[RevisedEnding change to the ending]].
15* More cynically, some works might be suspected of having "Deleted Scenes" just so they can be included in the LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition or adding extra sex and violence for an UnratedEdition.
16
17If the scenes are included into the flow of the work, then its a {{recut}} and usually marketed as a "Directors Cut" or "Extended Edition". More commonly the scenes are included in the Special Features section of a DVD release as a bonus feature.
18
19In terms of 'cutting out excess fat', many directors will point out, via DVD commentary, that a particular scene worked just fine as it was filmed, but when viewed in the context of the film overall, the scene in question simply dragged on too long or ruined the desired emotion of a moment, and was thus cut to keep the energy of a particular sequence up.
20
21This isn't limited to films though. All works, be they television shows, comic books, or even pieces of literature are subject to this trope thanks to the very fact they all usually go through an editing process that have the creators re-evaluate how they're telling the story. The general public is just more likely to hear of examples in films due to the expectations that come with a DVD/Blu-Ray of those products, while similar releases for other works usually scrape by with their bonus features being more general ideas and vague descriptions of WhatCouldHaveBeen. The slower production cycle of a film also lends itself better to having more "substantial" deleted content to throw onto the disc, as opposed to the faster schedules of television. However, it is becoming more and more common for TV series DVD releases to include the same sort of special features [=DVDs=] have, including deleted scenes.
22
23The canonicity of a deleted scene will vary from case to case. Especially for material that was simply cut due to time constraints, the story elements at play in those scenes may still be part of the overall storyline. This is where an apparent PlotHole can occur, because the deleted scene may have held necessary information for a sub-plot or even the main story. Although the reverse can also be true, with the scene being deleted ''because'' it created a plot hole. In such a case, and in others where a story's feel is changed by the removal of a scene, the removed content has probably been decanonized.
24
25A SuperTrope to TooHotForTV, DVDBonusContent, UnratedEdition, EditedForSyndication.
26
27Compare DeletedRole, CutSong, AllThereInTheManual, MissingTrailerScene, DummiedOut (for video games).
28
29Not to be confused with {{Cutscene}}, which is a non-interactive sequence in a video game (i.e., a scene that "cuts" away from the action of the game).
30----
31!!Example Subpages
32[[index]]
33* [[DeletedScene/AnimatedFilms Films — Animation]]
34* [[DeletedScene/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
35[[/index]]
36
37!!Other Examples:
38
39[[foldercontrol]]
40
41!!Plot Hole Fixing Deleted Scenes
42[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
43* ''Manga/DGrayMan'': Due to a magazine change and timing issues, Hoshino could not include some scenes of the Alma Karma arc in the original weekly magazine releases. The absence of Fô in Alma's flashback was creating a plot hole that caused some sorrow to the author so she included an extra chapter only in the volumes: [[spoiler: Twi had ordered to not protect them in order to put an end to the second exorcist program forever and pay for their sins. Fo stayed there watching her masters being slaughtered while not being able to do anything . She note the cruel irony of the situation afterwards: "asking a guardian spirit to not protect...how stupid".]]
44[[/folder]]
45
46[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
47* A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lntcg3epiJo deleted scene from late in season four]] of ''Series/{{Oz}}'' shows Chris Keller moving back into Tobias Beecher's cell, thereby explaining why he is suddenly there again in a later episode.
48* The scene where [[spoiler:Pippa's mother kills her]] was ultimately removed from the finale of ''Series/DeadSet'' in order to give the scene where [[spoiler:Space sees her zombified form]] more impact.
49[[/folder]]
50
51[[folder:Western Animation]]
52* The final episode of ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'' had a short deleted scene where they put the original Megatron's spark back into his body, resolving what seems like a pretty big oversight in the final cut.
53* A deleted scene in the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E19KillTheAlligatorAndRun Kill the Alligator and Run]]" from ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' depicts a funeral being held for Captain Jack at the Six Toe County Courthouse (one of the funeral attendees is Music/KidRock), which would explain why [[spoiler:Captain Jack emerges from within the courthouse]] at the end of the episode.
54* A deleted scene in the episode "[[Recap/FuturamaS3E2ParasitesLost Parasites Lost]]" from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', depicts Hermes explaining that the plates are missing, so now they will have to use alternatives to eat off of which includes a Jai-alai scoop, which would explain why Hermes is shown scooping some of Amy's popcorn with a Jai-alai during Fry's colonoscopy.
55* An early ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode had Shelly lighting Stan on fire and then putting him out. This was cut because of an outcry MoralGuardians had made claiming (incorrectly) that ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' had encouraged an accident involving fire. This results in a scene where Stan is laying in a pool of water for no reason.
56[[/folder]]
57
58!!TV Screening Additions
59[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
60* The movie versions of ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'' had several scenes cut for time included as bonus features, which were restored in the episodic releases on the Season 5 [=DVDs=].
61[[/folder]]
62
63[[folder:Western Animation]]
64* ''[[WesternAnimation/MagicAdventuresOfMumfie Mumfie's Quest]]'' had a few cut scenes from when the movie was originally a set of episodes. Britt Allcroft has intents to bring these cuts back.
65[[/folder]]
66
67!!General
68[[folder:Animation]]
69* Creator/WildBrain prints of ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'' cut at least one small scene from every episode to make room for the extended outro, which is about twenty seconds longer than the outro in the original [[Creator/CookieJarEntertainment Cookie Jar]] cut. This, coupled with several other factors, is why the [=WildBrain=] prints are so [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks despised by the fanbase]].
70[[/folder]]
71
72[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
73* When ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' was first aired in Japan, Sunrise made too much animated content for the show's earlier episodes to fit in it's TV time slot. As a result, some scenes having nothing to do with the advancement in the show's plot had to be cut for time. The deleted scenes were restored in Japanese video releases. Said deleted scenes have not made it to the US [=DVDs=], even in the 2009 re-release for some reason, so NoExportForYou.
74[[/folder]]
75
76[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
77* The first season of ''Series/TwentyFour'' had several deleted scenes that, until the release of the special edition DVD set, could only be seen during the A&E syndicated airings of the show. They included many character moments cut for pacing, as well as an extended shootout in the final episode between Jack and the Drazen brothers.
78* According to [[https://www.mixcloud.com/djbobshow/the-dj-bob-show-clarissa-bear-and-box-rick-fernandes-interview/ this]], the ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'' episode "Call It a Day" was created as a result of a contest to make an episode out of material from deleted scenes, hence why there are a total of ''six'' different writers credited for it. The episode's plot involves Bear hosting a sleepover at the Big Blue House and recalling stuff that happened involving the various characters earlier in the day.
79* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
80** The commercially available cut of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E9TheTimeMeddler The Time Meddler]]" is restored from a poor quality 16mm telerecording found in Nigeria. The Nigerian censors removed a scene in the episode "Checkmate" in which two Vikings get stabbed to death for being too violent, and [[MissingEpisode no visuals of the scene are known to exist]]. The soundtrack of the 'missing 12 seconds' does exist, and the DVD special features contain the audio, accompanied by portions of the script. The American syndication version of "The Time Meddler" cuts the scene in the first episode where Vicki finds Steven stowed away in the TARDIS, as it's a direct continuation of the previous story ("[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase The Chase]]") which doesn't make much sense if you haven't seen that too.
81** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS7E4Inferno Inferno]]" has a scene of the Doctor and the Brigade Leader listening to a radio broadcast talking about the apocalypse about to destroy the world. The scene was cut due to the fact that the radio announcer was played by Creator/JonPertwee, and although he was doing a 'voice' the director decided it was too obviously the same actor. Seeing as the plot involved a MirrorUniverse in which the Doctor is conspicuously absent, this had the potential to get extremely confusing, and the scene was ditched. It's still viewable on the DVD.
82** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E2TheArkInSpace The Ark in Space]]":
83*** Had a scene where, in the final stages of larval infestation, Noah's [[BodyHorror head splits open and cracks]] in a torrent of acidic goo, that was cut because it was too graphic. There are conflicting reports on if the scene was ever filmed, and if it was, [[MissingEpisode the scene was lost]]. (Probably [[SpecialEffectsFailure for the best]].)
84*** A scene was filmed where Noah confronts Vira and begs her to kill him to end his agony, that Creator/PhilipHinchcliffe decided to cut as it was too dark. The scene as in the aired episode cuts from a shot of the Doctor looking on to a shot of him glowering and looking harrowed from a similar angle in a different room, with the door shut and no indication how they got away from Noah. Kenton Moore, who played Noah, expressed his opinion that he was furious about the scene going because it was crucial to the whole story. The missing scene is lost.
85** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E1TerrorOfTheZygons Terror of the Zygons]]"'s TARDIS arrival scene was cut from the original broadcast and VHS versions due to difficulty getting the TARDIS splitscreen effect to work. This ends up leaving the Doctor inexplicably dressed in a tartan Tam-o'-shanter tracking something with a gadget. The scene was restored from black-and-white footage and recolourised for the DVD version, giving the Doctor time to explain that he's trying to locate UNIT with a receiver (and that he knows he's in Scotland [[CircularReasoning because he's dressed for Scotland]]).
86* ''Series/Forever2014'' has a number of cut or alternate scenes on the DVD release, many of them also available on [=YouTube=]. An alternate opening shows Henry walking down a New York street as the people around him change era, from modern cars to Model Ts to horse-drawn buggies. Cut scenes mostly show character development, such as Henry telling Jo what "Abe's mother" meant to him (phrased so that everything he says is true but it could be interpreted with her as a parental figure instead of the truth of her being his wife for forty years). One scene has Abe identifying a bullet and showing an example of the type of antique gun it came from, information conveyed much more succinctly in the final cut by a couple of lines from Detective Hanson.
87* ''Series/{{Friends}}'': The uncut episodes on DVD tend to have scenes that were cut not just for syndication, but also scenes that also didn't originally air due to content. One example is when Joey is angry at Chandler for making fun of the bracelet he gave him. When Chandler says he should focus on the fact Chandler wore it even though he hated it, Joey tells him to "focus on this" and grabs his junk while the camera cuts to behind Joey. Another extra sequence, in "TOW The Cheap Wedding Dress", seems to be an ad-lib from Matt [=LeBlanc=]: After a love interest ditches both Ross and Joey at a restaurant, Ross asks if Joey is hungry, to which Joey replies, "Does a bear shit in the woods?"
88* ''Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou'', and more recently ''Series/{{QI}}'', have 'extended' versions of their episodes (usually about ten minutes longer) featuring content cut from the original broadcast.
89** Podcasts ''Podcast/TheBugle'' and ''Podcast/{{Psycomedia}}'' both construct entire episodes out of such content, known as 'offal' and 'Frankenpodcasts' respectively.
90* ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Season 1 has a few:
91** The wedding scene of Viserys and Alicent was cut from the second episode. There are backstage photos featuring Creator/EmilyCarey in an absolutely gorgeous hairstyle and wedding dress.
92** Daemon hugging his daughters in consolation in episode 6 after the death of their mother Laena.
93** Additional dialogue recorded just before the grand Targaryen dinner depicts Aemond scolding Aegon for his excessive drinking, to which Aegon responds that in fact Aemond didn't drink enough.
94* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': There is scene that would have revealed Durin IV's name, but it was cut in the last minute because the showrunners later decided the episode's runtime was already too long.
95* Though most of ''Series/TheXFiles'' deleted scenes were cut for time reasons and have little bearing on the plot, there are quite a few deleted scenes ad-libbed by David and Gillian that couldn't be included without taking the "U" out of their {{UST}}. There are at least three deleted kisses, two of which can be seen on Youtube.
96** One of the deleted kisses (the infamous hallway kiss from ''Fight the Future'') seems to have been a joke played on the actors. It was finally released 10 years after the movie came out, presumably in anticipation of the 2008 movie, which naturally caused fans to squee and faint dead away. When interviewed about this deleted scene, Frank Spotnitz said that "Nobody ever called 'cut'" and so the scene proceeded as is. There are definitely other takes of the hallway scene in which David and Gillian are clearly messing around and hamming it up for the camera, however.
97[[/folder]]
98
99[[folder:Video Games]]
100* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': TheStinger of the original ending, which showed Ann standing in [[EldritchLocation Hinterland]], would later be removed after the addition of the extended ending update, with it no longer appearing after the credits.
101* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy'': After the first visit to Misty Island, a deleted scene occurs where Gol and Maia observing would have them discussing to unleash Klaww.
102* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'':
103** ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal'': A cutscene involving the duo meeting Skidd to participate in a race on Florana was cut due to constraints.
104** ''VideoGame/RatchetDeadlocked'': There was a scene at the Ghost Station which had Ratchet rescuing Clank from capture.
105* ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'' contained a scene that was to be featured before the second boss. It featured [[BigBad the Sorceress]] berating Bianca for failing to kill Spyro, then creating Spike to finish him. It can still be viewed by inputting a code, and the Platinum Hits and 2018 "Reignited" versions have this scene play out as intended.
106* An extended bit in the game ''VideoGame/X2WolverinesRevenge'' that was cut saw ComicBook/SpiderMan ([[RoleReprise reprised]] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManUnlimited by]] Creator/RinoRomano) meet up with ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} right before he fights ComicBook/{{Magneto}} and offers his assistance to Logan.
107[[/folder]]
108
109[[folder:Web Animation]]
110* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' includes any cut scenes from a season in the home video version. They're mostly minor scenes of subplots or characters that were dropped mid-production.
111[[/folder]]
112
113[[folder:Web Video]]
114* ''WebVideo/EconomyWatch'': David shot a scene with Nathan Booth, Stratton's actor, in January 2023, but the scene was cut due to audio problems.
115[[/folder]]
116
117[[folder:Western Animation]]
118* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': The storyboard artist for "The New Normal" posted sketches for a scene where Anne is watching a TV show with a scene unnervingly similar to [[spoiler:Marcy getting stabbed]], and in the middle of her discomfort, her father complains that it's contrived.
119* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode "Potty Emergency" had a scene cut from the final broadcast and DVD version where a man watering flowers in the park turns his hose towards the camera, and Wakko acts squeamish at this sight. This version was only shown at an animation convention back in the 90's before the show's debut. However, there are reports that this scene was shown on Teletoon Retro broadcasts.
120* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bionicle}}: Mask of Light'' had a number of fully rendered scenes or shots cut. These included a quick scene of Takua stumbling over and losing his mask; a long scene in which Makuta [[ContinuityNod references past stories]] with an alternate introduction to his Rahkshi servants (it was too slow and revealed the Rahkshi's full bodies too early); a shot of the blue Rahkshi stepping on a sports ball and breaking it (the production team apparently felt it was too mean); and several other brief shots that didn't impact the plot.
121** ''Legends of Metru Nui'' had at least two. One of Vakama's early visions showed Metru Nui destroyed and the Coliseum exploding and crumbling. Though rendered, this shot was cut and replaced with a shadow simply engulfing the city (taken from a later scene). There was even a fully cut scene where a group of flying serpents called Lohrak attack the six Toa and Lhikan, prompting the latter to demand that someone take charge, which would have spurred the hesitant Vakama into stepping up as a leader. Models of the Lohrak were created but the scene didn't got past storyboard stage.
122** Three short bits from the final battle in ''BIONICLE: The Legend Reborn'' were storyboarded but cut from the end product: Gresh uniting his tonfas to use as a surfboard, Kiina and a Bone Hunter acting out the famous "shoot the swordsman" scene from ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', and Tarix punching a ridiculously overarmed and overgrown Skrall soldier. All three were cheap gags that didn't impact the story, though with their deletion, Tarix the champion fighter doesn't appear at all in the completed battle scene.
123* At the request of the country's state television, the 2018 Hungarian adult comedy cartoon ''Candide'' had to remove or redo certain gags that referenced Christian imagery and poked fun at Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's obsession with football stadiums and personal railways. Even after these changes had been made, state media still refused to air the show.
124* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': From "Take This Ed And Shove It", there was a scene cut where Eddy finds out he and the other Eds are married to the Kankers, honeymooned in the junkyard, and had lots of kids.
125* In ''WesternAnimation/HereComesGarfield'', while on his way to rescue Odie from the pound, Garfield encounters a female cat on a fence post and wonders what she's thinking about. The scene was apparently animated and voices were recorded but for whatever reason it was cut, possibly for time or to not feel like padding. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgMC6WVVLcU The song accompanying the scene]] can be heard on the soundtrack.
126* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has had a few: two scenes from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E3TheTicketMaster The Ticket Master]]", a minor shot from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E14SuitedForSuccess Suited for Success]]", and a major scene from "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E4LunaEclipsed Luna Eclipsed]]".
127* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "Just One Bite" was originally aired with a scene where Squidward sneaks into the Krusty Krab and finds out that their security is a bucket of gasoline that's set on fire (two in fact). This was deleted presumably because it was deemed an imitable act, and several countries (most notably the United Kingdom) have laws against showing imitable behavior in children's TV shows.
128[[/folder]]
129
130[[folder:Unsorted]]
131* ''Rent'' contains a prominent example of a DeletedScene; the director mentions in the commentary that a particular sequence (in which the antagonist and one of the protagonists mend fences and make ironic jokes) projected the wrong tone. The sequence was re-shot to maintain its dramatic impact.
132[[/folder]]
133
134!!Other
135[[folder:Fan Works]]
136* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' occasionally uploads "Alternate Takes", which are sometimes this, and othertimes throwaway jokes that wouldn't fit into the actual episode's continuity. Episode 51's [[TheStinger stinger]], especially, is an alternate take where [[spoiler: Krillin accidentally kills Android 18]], something that would have ended the arc right there and then.
137[[/folder]]
138
139[[folder:Literature]]
140* For a book example, many deleted chapters of Arthur C. Clarke's novel ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' (which was written concurrently with the movie) appear in ''[[Literature/TheSpaceOdysseySeries The Lost Worlds of 2001]]'', which also talks about the process of creating the book and movie.
141* The children's novel ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}: Tale of the Toa'' had 30% of its content removed before release, mostly to get rid of redundant or slow scenes and to tighten up the continuity (a lot of which was later {{retcon}}ned away regardless). One fully removed scene showed Lewa happening upon his tribe for the first time and Gali first meeting with Lewa, exchanging banter and holding a playful race. Other cut scenes had Tahu and Kopaka receive [[{{Foreshadowing}} visions of future events]], Kopaka thinking back to a fight against a giant scorpion, and lots of exposition.
142* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
143** ''A Blink of the Screen'', the collection of Creator/TerryPratchett's short stories, includes at the back a deleted scene from "The Sea and Little Fishes", which was taken out at the advice of Creator/RobertSilverberg (who edited the ''Legends'' anthology where the story first appeared) for slowing everything down. It later got [[RefittedForSequel reworked]] for ''Literature/CarpeJugulum''. (It also got mentioned in ''Josh Kirby: A Cosmic Cornocopia'', explaining why Josh's first cover illustration for ''Legends'' wasn't used -- he'd gone for that scene.)
144** Two deleted scenes from ''Literature/RaisingSteam'' were compiled into a little book presented at the 2014 Discworld Convention. One involves Moist trying to find water for the engine and stumbling into a ''Franchise/TombRaider'' parody, the other a dwarf writing an angry letter to the ''Times''.
145[[/folder]]
146
147[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
148* TV series are subject to deleted scenes for much the same reasons as set out for films in the introduction, and just as with film sometimes the restoration of said scenes resolve plot holes. Other reasons for deleted scenes to exist:
149** A series is produced for cable/streaming in one part of the world, but airs on a commercial broadcaster elsewhere, necessitating the removal of scenes with an unacceptable amount of sexual content or violence. (Examples of this include ''Series/{{Bitten}}'' and ''Series/{{Vikings}}'').
150** A series is produced for broadcast on both commercial and non-commercial broadcasters, resulting in deleted scenes existing from the perspective of viewers of the former. An example is ''Series/{{Victoria}}'' which has scenes included in the non-commercial American PBS showing that were deleted from the commercial UK broadcast.
151** A series is produced for two different commercial markets, but they have very different proportions of commercial-to-show each hour. ''Series/ForeverKnight'' aired at forty minutes per episode in America but forty-seven minutes per episode in Canada. (This led to a mix of occasionally-plothole-inducing filler being added to some Canadian episodes versus cutting of sometimes-important scenes in the American versions leading to ''different'' plotholes.)
152[[/folder]]
153
154[[folder:Radio]]
155* ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' often overran and had to be cut for timing purposes. Curiously, in the case of a few episodes, the timing cuts in the broadcast versions were omitted from transcription versions, although these had other timing cuts, and so where the broadcast and transcription versions both survive it has been possible to restore all of the cut parts for CD release.
156[[/folder]]
157
158[[folder:Theatre]]
159* The Death Row scene in ''The Adding Machine'' was omitted until a 1956 revival restored it.
160* In ''Theatre/BabesInToyland'', the elaborately staged prologue was dropped when the original production spawned a smaller touring company; most revivals after Herbert's death continued to omit the prologue.
161* For pacing reasons, the 2010 touring production of ''Theatre/BeautyAndTheBeast'' dropped the battle between the villagers and the Enchanted Objects, as well as [[CutSong two of the Broadway production's songs]].
162* The 2013 West End musical ''Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'' originally opened with an animated short designed by Creator/RoaldDahl's regular illustrator Quentin Blake, "Creation Overture", that whimsically depicted the making of a chocolate bar. It was dropped upon the show's first major cast turnover in 2014, for reasons unknown (possibly pacing, or even not wanting to rerecord the narration provided by Douglas Hodge, the first actor to play the role of Willy Wonka).
163[[/folder]]
164
165[[folder:Theme Parks]]
166* Even theme park attractions are prone to this, as the former ''Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide'' at Ride/UniversalStudios had a slightly longer ending scene, in which Biff Tannen once again gets covered in manure; but was cut as the ride's producers felt that the gag was too forced. The unaltered ending can be seen in the ride's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9kdU1IVY-Y rough draft footage]].
167[[/folder]]
168
169[[folder:Web Video]]
170* LetsPlay/PartyCrashers: Different channel edits of the same ''Mario Party'' session will have certain moments changed or removed between versions. Case in point, [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Vernias harnessing the power of Nick's giant dick]] during their game on ''Mario Party 1''[='=]s Wario's Battle Canyon being removed in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA5bs6NHQHM Brent's edit]], but is kept fully intact in Sophist and Vernias' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5QYy134eTE respective]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-7Voqpnb9Q edits]]. Amusingly, Brent states in the latter two that he won't include this moment in his video:
171-->'''Brent:''' I'm gonna remove that from the video!\
172'''Sophist:''' I'm ''keeping'' that in the video, I think everybody needs to hear that!
173[[/folder]]
174
175[[folder:Western Animation]]
176* An In-universe example in ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark'', Season 1 "[[Recap/CentralParkS1E9LiveItUpTonight Live It Up Tonight]]". Zoom sings "Zoom's Home Alone 2 Deleted Scenes Tour" and "Rated Hard PG, for Spookiness" where he sings about the deleted scenes from ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork'' (which probably didn't happen in real life) and why they were deleted.
177* The Paramount DVD release of ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' season 2 has a couple scenes cut from "[[Recap/RenAndStimpy2x09TheGreatOutdoorsTheCatThatLaidTheGoldenHairball The Cat that Laid the Golden Hairball]]". They feature extended scenes of hairball production and an ExtremeCloseUp of Stimpy's belly getting licked naked. The reasons why they were deleted are not apparent.
178[[/folder]]

Top