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1* FollowTheLeader: To the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series.
2* HostilityOnTheSet: An anonymous source offend told about moments where the developer and the publisher would clash stating here:
3--> When it was explained to them at an all-hands meeting that adding the co-op stuff wouldn't just increase dev time but also the Quality assurance time. I think I recall them like yelling at us to find the time to QA it ourselves and kicking a chair. It was super uncomfortable.
4* TheOriginalDarrin: After being recast with imitators in the original release, ''XL'' brought back the original actors for [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Blossom]] (Cathy Cavadini), [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Numbuh One]] (Creator/BenjaminDiskin), [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Billy]] (Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz) and [[WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack Flapjack]] (Thurop van Orman).
5* TheOtherDarrin: Several characters, at least in the original [=3DS=] version, were played by different actors from the ones they had in the shows they originated from. The updated ''XL'' version [[TheOriginalDarrin recast several characters with their original voice actors]].
6** Creator/YuriLowenthal replaces Thurop Van Orman as [[WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack Flapjack]], Creator/BenjaminDiskin as [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Numbuh One]], David Coburn as [[WesternAnimation/CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers Captain Planet]], and Creator/GregCipes as [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Kevin]] [[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Levin]].
7** Creator/GreyDeLisle voices [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Mac]] instead of Sean Marquette and [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Blossom]] instead of Cathy Cavadini.
8** Creator/TaraStrong replaces Creator/CandiMilo as the voice of [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Cheese]] and [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]][[note]]The latter role originally voiced by Creator/ChristineCavanaugh before Candi Milo replaced her following her retirement from voice acting[[/note]], Nicky Jones as the voice of WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}, Creator/AshleyJohnson as the voice of [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Gwen Tennyson]] and Creator/ElizabethDaily as the voice of Buttercup.
9** Creator/NeilKaplan replaces Creator/GregEagles as the voice of [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Grim]] and Creator/JeffBennett as the voice of WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo.
10** Creator/FredTatasciore replaces James Remar as ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]''[=/=]''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ultimate Alien]]'' era Vilgax, Creator/DeeBradleyBaker as Ultimate Humongosaur, and the late Creator/{{Mako}} as [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Aku]].
11** Creator/KeithFerguson replaces Creator/PhilLaMarr as the voice of WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack.
12** Creator/NolanNorth replaces Creator/BrianDoyleMurray as [[WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack Captain K'nuckles]], Creator/MauriceLaMarche as [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Father]], Creator/RogerLJackson as [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Mojo Jojo]], Creator/DiedrichBader as [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Hoss Delgado]], and Dana Snyder as [[WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}} Gazpacho]].
13** Creator/QuintonFlynn replaces Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz as [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Billy]] and Creator/DeeBradleyBaker as [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor the Toiletnator]].
14* RoleReprise: A select few of the original actors reprised their roles for the original release: Creator/YuriLowenthal as Ben Tennyson, Creator/TaraStrong as Bubbles, Creator/KeithFerguson as Bloo and Creator/GreyDeLisle as Mandy. The UpdatedRerelease retained all of the aforementioned actors and also brought back several more reprises: Creator/CathyCavadini as Blossom, Creator/BenjaminDiskin as Numbuh One and [[AssistCharacter Numbuh Two]], Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz as Billy, Creator/ThuropVanOrman as Flapjack and Creator/TaraStrong as Young Ben.
15* TroubledProduction: During the games production the developers worked through 14 hour crunch days as well as using out dated technology such as a physics engine with collision bugs for it's 10 years of use and trying to fix it caused more bugs. Also, Co-op was added late into production [[HostilityOnTheSet by forcefull demand]] [[ExecutiveMeddling of the publisher]].
16* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
17** [[https://tcrf.net/Cartoon_Network_Punch_Time_Explosion_XL Unused narrator voice clips]] suggest that [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Mandark]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}} Shnitzel]] and [[spoiler: the [[FinalBoss Remote Control]]]] were all intended to be playable characters at some point in development.
18** Character icons for [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Stickybeard]], [[WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends Wilt]] and [[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Gwen]] have been found in the game files, though what role they may have played is unknown.

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