History Main / ReCut

* Anniversary trade paperbacks of famous series (ex. ''Watchmen'', ''Dark Knight Returns'', etc.) will on occasion have extra content in them, or edits to the story itself. For example, ''Batman: The Long Halloween'' included a scene that was cut from the original story due to page constraints. ''The Killing Joke'' was recolored, making the scenes darker and more muted, in contrast to its original, more garish colors.

** He released Director's Cuts for ''Film/MiamiVice'', ''Film/{{Ali}}'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'' and ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'', but all of his films were re-cut in some way following their theatrical runs for DVD release. The changes are minor, and are rarely more than slight changes in dialogue scenes. ''Manhunter'' though has one rather significant change in its director's cut: an epilogue in which [[spoiler:Will Graham visits the family that Francis Dollarhyde was planning to kill before his own death at Graham's hands, with Graham's visit being to both assure the family's safety and settle his own conscience after spending much of the film conflicted over whether or not [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he truly is like the killers he fights]]]]. Fans of the film generally appreciate the addition of this epilogue, and Mann himself stated that the director's cut is his preferred version.

** He released Director's Cuts for ''Film/MiamiVice'', ''Film/{{Ali}}'', ''Film/TheLastOfTheMohicans'' and ''Film/{{Manhunter}}'', but all of his films were re-cut in some way following their theatrical runs for DVD release. The changes are minor, and are rarely more than slight changes in dialogue scenes.

* Similarly, when it premiered after the Kids Choice Awards, Series/{{Victorious}} aired its first episode as an extended version with three minutes of added footage. It has not aired again since but can be downloaded on iTunes.
* Nick did a similar thing with Legendary Battle, the finale of ''Series/PowerRangersSuperMegaforce''. Two days after it's US premiere, a longer version was aired on Nicktoons. The extra scenes included an extended version of the final fight between the Rangers and Emperor Malvo, as well as a few extra scenes with the returning Rangers, including one scene with [[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Karone]] pulling off an extra Legend Shift, showing her as [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Astronema]].

* The ''WesternAnimation/BarneyAndFriends'' video ''Barney Songs'' originally used "Who Took The Cookies From The Cookie Jar?", but it was cut from the DVD and later pressings of the VHS after parents complained that the song taught kids to lie.

* The ''Film/{{Dune}}'' movie. The 1984 theatrical version was not director Creator/DavidLynch's Director's Cut--the producers not only made him cut a lot of material from his script, they also cut a lot of scenes that had been shot out as well--but it's the only one he's very happy with. Then in 1988, an Extended Cut was made to be shown on TV. It used deleted scenes, but reused more footage than ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}''. David Lynch hated it, demanding his name be removed from the writer and director credit (this version has since been referred to as "The AlanSmithee Cut"). ''Then'', in 1992, a San Francisco TV station made a mix of a cut between the original theatrical version of the movie and the Alan Smithee cut, which kept the new scenes but also put the violence back in. Finally, a cut known as the Extended Edition came out on DVD, which was a 177-minute edit of the Alan Smithee version.

** ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'' has an unrated cut that includes more scenes of gore plus a few more character moments here and there. Most notable includes how the surviors got into the mall in the first place and an extension of the infamous "zombie baby" moment.
** ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'' gets both a Director's Cut and an Ultimate Cut. Oddly, the Ultimate Cut was given a home-release months after the Theatrical and Director's Cuts. Both new cuts are pretty substantial. The Director's Cut adds pretty much everything that was shot, minus the Tales of the Black Freighter tie-ins on the street corner. It bumps up the running time to three hours, a full half-hour. It's definitely a better movie for it, featuring more character development and more scenes that were in the comic. The Ultimate Cut adds another half-hour (bringing it to three and a half hours), featuring the entire Black Freighter animated feature woven into the movie and the accompanying street-corner bits. Your Mileage Will Vary on that one, since the animated features are more heavy handed and feel dropped in (unlike the careful weaving present in [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} the comic]]), while the new live-action segments show how normal citizens react to the events around them.
** ''Film/SuckerPunch'' in its Extended Cut form is much more darker than its PG-13 theatrical version. Mainly, a stronger emphasis on the sexual harrasment that the characters endure, which was notably absent from the regular cut. We also get an extra musical number featuring Creator/OscarIsaac and Creator/CarlaGugino's characters, which is seen as something as a highlight for some viewers.

** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', because of its nature, is a case of GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion, given the theatrial version of ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' was compared of 90% new footage by Creator/JossWhedon, whereas this version will include all the footage Snyder shot.

** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', because of its nature, is a case of GeorgeLucasSpecialEdition, given the theatrial version of ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'' was compared of 90% new footage by Creator/JossWhedon, whereas this version will include all the footage Snyder shot.

** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'' is a different beast from the above. It isn't so much an extended version as it is going to be a new ''film'' altogether (hence its own dedicated page). The [[Film/JusticeLeague2017 theatrical film]] used very few untouched footage from what Snyder filmed (mostly action sequences), the rest was an amalgamation of altered Snyder footage (ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} -- who was axed from the theatrical -- was replaced by Steppenwolf in the ancient battle for instance) and footage Creator/JossWhedon filmed on an [[ExecutiveMeddling executive mandate]]. The theatrical cut thus told a different story and scrapped numerous characters, subplots and backstories, in addition to added humor in Whedon's style and botched special effects due to the limited time to work on it back in 2017.

** ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' got a three hour Director's Cut, a la similar to ''Watchmen'' referred to as the "Ultimate Edition". The film's runtime went from two and half hours to three and quite a few things have been changed from the theatrical version, such as a stronger focus on characters like Superman and Lois Lane, a better grasp on Lex Luthor's motivations and his involvement on the subplot in Africa, Creator/JenaMalone appearing as a S.T.A.R. Labs member helping out Lane, an R rating and more. The R rating actually caught Snyder off guard, as he didn't make the film with that rating in mind. While reviews for the theatrical cut were pretty bad, the overall response has improved thanks to the Ultimate Edition, though its a matter of [[BrokenBase debate]] on whether it's actually a good movie, it's a good movie in comparison to the mess of the [=TC=] or if it's a bad movie made worse.

* After parents complained about how some of the lyrics in The Bunny Song were not appropriate for children to be singing, later pressings of the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "Rack, Shack and Benny", as well as the sing-along video ''Very Silly Songs!'', used different versions of the song.

* After parents complained about how some of the lyrics in The Bunny Song were not appropriate for children to be singing, later pressings of the ''WesternAnimation/VeggieTales'' episode "Rack, Shack and Benny" used a different version of the song.

** It was first conceived by Creator/RichardWilliams (who would eventually become animation director of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'') in 1964, but spent almost 30 years in DevelopmentHell. Williams eventually signed a deal with Creator/WarnerBros in 1990 to release the film, but they had no faith in it since the film took way too long to release, plus Disney was about to come out with their version of ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', so they pulled out. Then, the Completion Bond Company bought the rights to it in 1992, and a year later, producer Fred Calvert with Majestic Films released it in South Africa and Australia as ''The Princess and the Cobbler''. Many of the scenes from Williams' workprint were cut, plus new dialogue, songs, voices ([[SuddenlySpeaking where there really weren't any before]]), and scenes ([[OffModel poorly]] [[ArtShift animated]] by various companies and freelance artists across the world) were hastily added in. In 1995, it would be released in the U.S. by Miramax as ''Arabian Knight'' (later under the original title), where even more was butchered. An unofficial "Recobbled Cut" was made by a fan in 2006 that restored Williams' original vision as much as possible, but Williams has since [[CreatorBacklash disowned the film]] regardless.

* Disney made Special Editions of both ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'' and ''Disney/TheLionKing'' for IMAX theaters (and prepared ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}''). Along with remastering the films for the larger IMAX format, each film got an additional musical number; in both cases the songs were taken from the stage versions, although ''Beauty'''s "Human Again" was really a CutSong from the movie. Unlike ''Franchise/StarWars'', Disney had the foresight of making both the original and special editions included on the DVD releases, although neither "original" one was the original animation. (In the case of ''Beauty and the Beast'', a third version was added, a work-in-progress print shown on the New York Film Festival prior to the film's release, previously available as a separate laserdisc.) ''Disney/{{Pocahontas}}'' also had a special edition, although it was not released theatrically. It added "If I Never Knew You", a CutSong that did poorly in test screenings but better-establishes the lovers' relationship as the film's climax approaches.

* While said TV cut is unnotable by itself, the CBC's cut of ''Film/HomeAlone2'' hit the news in 2019 for removing TheCameo of the hotel's owner, future President Creator/DonaldTrump. Although Trump believed that the edit was made for political reasons (and no doubt his supporters back him up), the CBC insists that the edits were made in 2014, a year before Trump started his Presidential campaign.

* While said TV cut is unnotable by itself, one for ''Film/HomeAlone2'' hit the news for removing TheCameo of the hotel's owner.

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** ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' got a recut in 2010 that made it closer to the original Japanese version of the film. All of the ad-libbed dialouge by the characters, mainly Jiji's wisecracks, got removed (which in turn lead to the ending being altered [[spoiler: from Kiki being able to hear Jiji in the end to her not hearing him at all]]), as well as the additional pieces of background music that filled silence (such as the xylophone music in the outhouse scene) and replacing the Sydney Forest songs with the original Yumi Matsutoya songs.

** He considers the theatrical ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' movies to be his director's cuts, but the Extended Editions were created (by him) to restore deleted scenes to the movie and develop [[Creator/JRRTolkien Tolkien's]] world more on screen.
*** The ''[[Film/TheHobbit Hobbit]]'' trilogy also got extended cuts, but unlike with ''Film/LordOfTheRings'', Peter Jackson has said that he prefers the extended edition to the theatrical cut, at least for ''[[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies The Battle of the Five Armies]]''. This may be because he had to cut out the majority of the climax of that movie so that it could be delivered in time for its theatrical release.

** It was first conceived by Creator/RichardWilliams (who would eventually become animation director of ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'') in 1964, but spent almost 30 years in DevelopmentHell. Williams eventually signed a deal with Creator/WarnerBros in 1990 to release the film, but they had no faith in it since the film took way too long to release, plus Disney was about to come out with their version of ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'', so they pulled out. Then, the Completion Bond Company bought the rights to it in 1992, and a year later, producer Fred Calvert with Majestic Films released it in South Africa and Australia as ''The Princess and the Cobbler''. Many of the scenes from Williams' workprint were cut, plus new dialogue, songs, voices ([[SuddenlyVoiced where there really weren't any before]]), and scenes ([[OffModel poorly]] [[ArtShift animated]] by various companies and freelance artists across the world) were hastily added in. In 1995, it would be released in the U.S. by Miramax as ''Arabian Knight'' (later under the original title), where even more was butchered. An unofficial "Recobbled Cut" was made by a fan in 2006 that restored Williams' original vision as much as possible, but Williams has since [[CreatorBacklash disowned the film]] regardless.

* The preview issue of ''ComicBook/TheMuppetShowComicBook'' consisted of Muppet strips that Roger Langridge had originally written and illustrated for ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures''. A story involving Sweetums trying to upstage the current guest star for the Muppet Theatre was revised without Langridge's permission to have Sweetums sing a parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful" near the end and also replaced a cameo by [[Series/SesameStreet Bert]] with Dr. Teeth.

* Spielberg later caught some flack from his re-cut of ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', which like the ''Film/StarWars'' special editions, have redone special effects (mostly CG expressions added to the E.T. puppet) and some cut scenes. Fans were especially upset that the FBI agents [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms had their guns replaced with walkie-talkies]], an obvious difference made all the more obvious by the FBI agents holding their walkie-talkies in both hands... with their index fingers extended. With the Blu-Ray, Spielberg has gone in the opposite direction, only releasing the original version. He's changed the stance to an "anti-Lucas" feeling old films should be left alone as they were.

* [[GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion Made infamous]] by Creator/GeorgeLucas reworking the original ''Film/StarWars'' trilogy, resulting in the "Han Shot First" campaign.

* After parents complained about the ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' episode "Daniel Can't Ride Trolley; Daniel Can't Get What He Wants" teaching kids to stomp their feet when they were mad, a new version premiered in 2019 on Amazon that redubbed each instance of "stomp three times" with "take a deep breath". Also, some scenes were changed around or omitted, like parts of the ice cream truck segment before the second segment.

** The movie has used at least three different endings over the years: one which pays off Yukon Cornelius' pickaxe-licking, one that shows Rudolph and Santa gathering the Misfit Toys, and one that combines both of them. Three versions also exist of the scene in which Rudolph and Hermey become friends, the second containing a completely different song. Creator/{{Freeform}}'s airing of the special in 2019 brought back Yukon finally striking peppermint, Clarice and Donner watching Santa taking off, while keeping Santa and Rudolph gathering the Misfit Toys.

** The movie has used at least three different endings over the years: one which pays off Yukon Cornelius' pickaxe-licking, one that shows Rudolph and Santa gathering the Misfit Toys, and one that combines both of them. Three versions also exist of the scene in which Rudolph and Hermey become friends, the second containing a completely different song.