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== Comics ==
* [[Chris Claremont]] wanted to reveal that Mystique was not in fact Nightcrawler's mother, but ''[[Homosexual Reproduction|his father]]'', having impregnated Destiny while shapeshifted into male form. The editors did not approve, but more than one subsequent writer and a decent number of fans have considered [[Retcon
* Another "who's the father" plotline involves Gwen Stacy's children of "Sins Past." Originally Gwen's two children were intended to be Pete's but the editors vetoed it, feeling it'd age the character. [[Complete Monster|Norman Osborn]] was eventually the one who they'd decided to make the father of Gwen's children. This story quickly fell into [[Fanon Discontinuity]].
* Sally Acorn was originally intended to die during the events of the "Endgame" arc of the [[Archie Comics]] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comic book. The decision not to kill her off wasn't from fan backlash in response to the rumors (the loudest of whom was probably [[David Gonterman]]). Editor Justin Gabrie (not SEGA) convinced then-writer Ken Penders not to go along with killing Sally as he has clarified on his site. The arc was also intended to be twice as long with a robo Sally taking the place of the real one for awhile. This idea was also scrapped.
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== Film ==
* In the DVD commentary for the film ''[[Bulletproof Monk]]'', the writers discuss how the original story had Seann William Scott's character being killed by the villain and Jaime King's character becoming the Monk's successor. The studio wouldn't allow it, so the writers had to fudge the ending, allowing both characters to live and share the Monk's power.
* Perhaps the most extreme form of executive veto comes from Gene Roddenbery's proposed script for a sequel to ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|Star Trek the Motion Picture]]''
** This actually happened several times, as Roddenberry kept pitching the idea for the next movie(s), and the studio kept vetoing it.
*** This plot was finally used by ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' decades later.
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* According to legend, when [[Hideaki Anno]] was told that [[Gainax]] had rejected the offer for ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' to be in ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'', he said, essentially, "There's no way you're keeping my EVAs from fighting beside the likes of [[Getter Robo|Getter]] and [[Mazinger Z|Mazinger!]]"
* ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' is noted for having a relatively complex plot for a Mario game, but [[Shigeru Miyamoto]] kept the team from going further in that direction for [[Super Mario Galaxy 2|the sequel]], reflecting his belief that Mario games shouldn't really have deep plots.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures|The Legend of Zelda Four Swords Adventures]]'' got a similar treatment. It was originally going to have a plot with strong continuity ties to the rest of the series (cut dialogue suggests it was originally planned to be about the Imprisoning War from the backstory of ''A Link to the Past''), but when Miyamoto saw it he complained that the plot should not be something that confused the
* The second ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' originally had a [[Kill'Em All]] ending, and may not have had a Light Side path at all. One of the few bits of ''good'' executive meddling from Lucasarts was to tell Obsidian to dummy those out.
** It's also important to remember that the rest of Lucasarts' [[Executive Meddling]] resulted in the game being rushed out and losing about 1/4 of its planned content. Unfortunately as a result the game had no real ending at all.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The executives of ''[[She-Ra: Princess of Power|She Ra Princess of Power]]'' were once presented with the character of Stinkor to be included as a villain in the show. They hated the idea, thinking the character ridiculous enough to not be taken seriously by the fanbase. As a result, they resolved to never use him in ''She-Ra'' or any other ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]''-based media. The character was eventually allowed to be used in the 2002 remake.
* Rumor has it that Duke was to be killed off in ''[[G.I. Joe: The Movie]]''. The ''[[Transformers]]'' crew liked this idea and decided to do the same for Optimus Prime in [[Transformers: The Movie|their movie]], which was released first. However, after the massive kids' outcry from Optimus dying, they decided to soften it just before release by putting in dialogue that confirmed Duke was in a coma, not dead. This [https://web.archive.org/web/20160404092712/http://www.joeheadquarters.com/interviews_dixon.shtml article] seems to confirm the rumor.
** And according to [[Warren Ellis]], writer of ''[[G.I. Joe: Resolute]]'', the Hasbro executives told him that he couldn't have Cobra Commander wipe out Beijing. However they were OK with him wiping out Moscow.
* Executives for ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'' objected to showing the Graysons' deaths. The producers opted to use a [[Sound-Only Death]] instead, deciding it was more powerful this way.
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