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13 Surprising Original Names Of Iconic Comedy Characters

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13 Surprising Original Names Of Iconic Comedy Characters

December 24, 2021

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Sometimes, a character's name gets changed before they get really famous, and the original one is soon forgotten. Let us remind you of 13 of those original names:

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Toy Story 4

COMEDY NERD Forky from Toy Story 4 nearly got the wonderful name Fork Face. Director Josh Cooley showed pictures of the characters to his son, and asked him what he thought Forky's name was-the response was Fork Face. Cooley thought, That's hilarious. We cannot use it. CRACKED.COM — Source

12

Inside Out

COMEDY NERD The Inside Out characters initially all had different, non-literal names. INSIDE OUT For example - P Pride (who got written out) was Preston, Anger was Ira, and Fear was Freddy. CRACKED.COM — Source

11

Tom and Jerry

COMEDY NERD Tom and Jerry's initial names were pretty different: they were Jasper and Jinx. In their first-ever cartoon, Puss Gets the Boot, Tom was named Jasper and Jerry was apparently called Jinx. CRACKED.COM — Source

10

Judy Zappossoppazzappossopaz

COMEDY NERD Parks and Rec's Judy Zappossoppazzapposso paz was originally Zappos. As Mike Schur says: I wrote Zappos backwards and it was Judy Zappossoppaz. Then I liked Zappossoppaz so much that I added that whole thing and it became Judy Zappossoppazzappossopaz. CRACKED.COM — Source

9

The Powerpuff Girls

COMEDY NERD The original name for The Powerpuff Girls wasn't so squeaky clean - - it was The Whoop-Ass Girls. And it wasn't Chemical x that made them super-powered-it was a literal can of whoop-ass. CRACKED.COM — Source

8

Goofy

COMEDY NERD Goofy (yes, that Goofy) was originally going to be called, uh, Dippy Dawg. That was the character's name in 1932, when he first showed up, but it got switched to Goofy a few years later. CRACKED.COM — Source

7

Everybody Loves Raymond

COMEDY NERD The kids' names in Everybody Loves Raymond were originally different. They were Ally, Gregory, and Matthew, after Ray's real-life kids Alexandra, Gregory, and Matthew-but Ray then decided he didn't like the names to be so close. CRACKED.COM — Source

6

SpongeBob SquarePants

COMEDY NERD SpongeBob Squarepants wasn't always SpongeBob - he was SpongeBoy. But they had to change the name for the dumbest reason ever: a mop company had already copyrighted it. CRACKED.COM — Source

5

Sheldon

COMEDY NERD Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory was actually originally named Kenny. But they changed that to Sheldon in homage to great TV producer Sheldon Leonard. CRACKED.COM — Source

4

Jesse Katsopolis

COMEDY NERD Jesse Katsopolis from Full House was originally called Adam Cochran. John Stamos first asked them to change the first name to Jesse, then the last name to Katsopolis, to reflect his own Greek heritage. CRACKED.COM — Source

3

Dr. Julius Hibbert

COMEDY NERD The Simpsons Dr. Julius Hibbert was originally going to be Julia. The female doctor character was named after Julia Hibbert - who (as Julia Sweeney) went on to create the It's Pat character for SNL. CRACKED.COM — Source

2

Pugsley Addams

COMEDY NERD Pugsley Addams from The Addams Family was going to be called Pubert. But, alas, the network said no to that name, so it got changed. CRACKED.COM — Source

1

Buzz Lightyear

COMEDY NERD At first, Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story was going to be called... Lunar Larry. And he would have looked way cheesier- almost like a '50s toy, just like Woody. CRACKED.COM — Source

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