History Main / WriterRevolt

*** {{Music/REM}}'s ''Music/OutOfTime'' was also among the last music [=CDs=] to come in the format - they used the extra space to print a petition for buyers in the US to sign in support of the "motor voter" bill, which would allow voters to register through the RMV. The bill would in fact be passed a few years later.

** {{Music/REM}}'s ''Music/OutOfTime'' was also among the last music albums to come in the format - they used the extra space to print a petition for buyers in the US to sign in support of the "motor voter" bill, which would allow voters to register through the RMV. The bill would in fact be passed a few years later.

* Tom Batiuk, artist of ''ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean'', killed off John Darling, star of the spin-off strip of the same name (in the penultimate strip, to boot), because he wanted to end the strip, didn't want to re-integrate him into FW, and didn't want his syndicate to use the character elsewhere, without his input.

* On the show ''WesternAnimation/Pelswick'', a Nickelodeon executive was consistently pushing the idea that the kids on the show had to use modern slang -- but for some reason, the exec was fixated on the expression "Boo-yah!" (which was even then about a <i>decade</i> behind the times.) So the writers had the expression used ONLY by Pelswick's ancient, insane, decrepit grandmother, and never by the kids.

* Music/DavidByrne's 1992 album ''[[Music/UhOhDavidByrneAlbum Uh-Oh]]'' was one of the last compact discs to be packaged in a "longbox", a cardboard sleeve much taller than the disc itself -- the format was initially conceived so that music stores could file [=CDs=] and records in the same bins, and was also considered a theft deterrent, but was eventually phased out as it was considered needlessly expensive to produce and environmentally wasteful. While some artists refused to let their albums be packaged this way altogether, Byrne just had the following sticker affixed to the longbox of his album:

* Creator/SteveGerber, creator of ''ComicBook/HowardTheDuck'', was writing two {{crossover}}s at the same time: one with ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' and Howard for Creator/MarvelComics and one with ''ComicBook/TheSavageDragon'' and ''Destroyer Duck'' for Creator/ImageComics. He got the idea of having the two parties meeting briefly in the shadows of a warehouse. Then he saw that Howard was scheduled to make appearances in some of Marvel's other comics, so he had the Savage Dragon / Destroyer Duck side of the meeting changed in that Howard gets himself cloned by a villain. In the confusion, one of the clones left the warehouse with Spidey (as seen in the Spider-Man side of the story, under the pretense that no cloning incident ever happened), while the real Howard is rescued by Savage Dragon and Destroyer Duck. The real Howard adopts the identity of "Leonard the Duck" (with his [[InterspeciesRomance girlfriend]] Beverly Switzler likewise becoming "Rhonda Martini") and makes appearances in Image Comics and Creator/VertigoComics thereafter.

* ComicBook/SpiderMan:
** Creator/BrianMichaelBendis set out to completely derail the ''BND'' era just as it was beginning by having Peter unmask in front of his secret Avengers teammates right after Marvel had taken great pains to hide Peter's identity again. A strong fan of Peter and MJ's marriage, Bendis went on to imply [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica Drew]] remembered that he was married, with Peter denying it. ''How'' Jessica is aware isn't made clear.
** A ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}/Spider-Man crossover that occurred shortly after established that thanks to his fourth wall awareness, Deadpool remembers the events of OMD. It also establishes that [[TakeThat even he thinks it's stupid]] and that he uses it as an insult towards Spider-Man.

* During testing for ''VideoGame/FugaMelodiesOfSteel'', Creator/HiroshiMatsuyama would sacrifice Boron each and every time, angering the game's director Yoann ([[CreatorsFavorite who considers Boron to be his favorite character]]), so he made Boron PurposelyOverpowered [[https://twitter.com/yoann_cc2/status/1543957818377658370 just to mess with him]].

** By far, no ride suffered more than ''Ride/JourneyIntoImagination'' at Epcot -- when it was revamped at the end of TheNineties, it was penny-pinched and ChristmasRushed (to coincide with a park anniversary and the forthcoming Millennium Celebration), and went over so poorly that Imagineers were allowed another crack at it. Version 3 thus promoted EnsembleDarkhorse Figment to protagonist, included the original theme song (with some new verses), and brought in as many remnants of and references to the original version as possible. Pay attention to the show Figment is watching in his upside-down house, the various forms he takes in the finale, and the office belonging to a fellow named Dean Finder. As well, the plot of this version -- a series of tests in sensory labs to "capture" the imagination getting playfully sabotaged by Figment -- is effectively the 2.0 version being invaded by 1.0, a situation portrayed as a wonderful thing.

** [[AntiChristmasSong "Christmas at Ground Zero"]] was born because the executives wanted Weird Al to write and record a Christmas song, although he doesn't celebrate it. The subject matter proved so radioactive that it was actually banned from the radio.

* "Producer Revolt" in action: Creator/CharltonHeston suggested that in ''Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes'', his character [[SaltTheEarth would trigger the Doomsday bomb]] at the end of the movie [[TorchTheFranchiseAndRun to prevent the franchise from being run into the ground]]. Fox president Dick Zanuck, knowing how successful [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 the first film]] was and believing they had a potentially successful franchise on their hands, initially refused... until the board of executives, fed up with Zanuck after years of costly bombs such as ''Film/DoctorDolittle'' and ''Film/HelloDolly'', gave him the pink slip. Knowing that he was on the way out, he said "go ahead, use the bomb" ([[FranchiseZombie the series still continued]], [[LoopholeAbuse with prequels]]).

* "Producer Revolt" in action: Creator/CharltonHeston suggested that in ''Film/BeneathThePlanetOfTheApes'', his character [[SaltTheEarth would trigger the Doomsday bomb]] at the end of the movie [[TorchTheFranchiseAndRun to prevent the franchise from continuing]]. Fox president Dick Zanuck was reluctant in accepting... until the board of executives, fed up with Zanuck after years of costly bombs such as ''Film/DoctorDolittle'' and ''Film/HelloDolly'', gave him the pink slip. Knowing that he was on the way out, he said "go ahead, use the bomb" ([[FranchiseZombie the series still continued]], with prequels).

* An ''extremely'' obscure pachinko game for the Famicom has five percent of the entire ROM file dedicated to an angry rant by one of the programmers, that, among other things, calls his boss an idiot, complains about ExecutiveMeddling regarding the sounds used, calls the company hiring their team retards for allowing such behavior, includes instructions for hackers on how to disable said changes, and sells a ROM with a phone number to call for interested parties. The full thing is available [[https://tcrf.net/Pachi_Com_%28NES%29 here]].

** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'': After the show's finale all-but outright stated that protagonists Suletta and Miorine had gotten married during the epilogue, Bandai Namco redacted a statement by Suletta's voice actress confirming that they were married in an interview and issued a controversial clarifying statement that certain story elements -- including Suletta and Miorine's relationship -- were "up to interpretation". In response, the show's animators and directors released [[https://twitter.com/alma314_/status/1688173203443814400 an art book]] containing StaffCreatedFanWork of the two of them being happily married and engaging in loving acts.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'': After the show's finale all-but outright stated that protagonists Suletta and Miorine had gotten married during the epilogue, Bandai Namco redacted a statement by Suletta's voice actress confirming that they were married in an interview and issued a controversial clarifying statement that certain story elements -- including Suletta and Miorine's relationship -- were "up to interpretation". In response, the show's animators and directors released [[https://twitter.com/alma314_/status/1688173203443814400 an art book]] containing StaffCreatedFanWork of the two of them being happily married and engaging in loving acts.

* Just prior to their live performance of "Light My Fire" on the ''Series/TheEdSullivanShow'', Music/TheDoors were told to change the line "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" due to its [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs alleged drug reference]]. The band agreed, and performed it accordingly in rehearsal, only for Jim Morrison to sing the original line live on the air. And Morrison reportedly blew off the network executives who tried to take him to task for it after the show. The version of the story that says Morrison did this deliberately to spite the executives was popularized by the Creator/OliverStone film: other accounts of the story hold that Morrison was simply very nervous going onstage, and forgot to change the line. The actual video footage seems to suggest this as well since Morrison wasn't even facing the camera when he sang the line as he was in the movie. Pretty much all accounts do agree that Morrison's response to being told The Doors would never play Ed Sullivan again was "Who cares... we already played Sullivan!"

** In response to critics who said the "WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror" [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween specials]] were too bloody and gory, Creator/MattGroening urged writers to make "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E6TreehouseOfHorrorV Treehouse Of Horror V]]" [[BloodierAndGorier the bloodiest and goriest]] "Treehouse Of Horror" ever, which is why the beginning had Marge stating that the whole episode was going to be banned and replaced with an old Western movie about a train. For context, this is the first "Treehouse Of Horror" episode where at least someone dies in all three segments.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII'', the programmer who coded the Ultima spell made the legendary ancient spell nigh-useless. This was a rogue decision not approved either by the writers or executives[[note]]The programmer was opposed to the OlderIsBetter trope[[/note]] but it made it into the final game. This was fixed in the remakes, however.

* Randy Studdard (the ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' employee who created Captain Nintendo - later reworked as ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'') took this to the unlikely extreme of ''subtle'' DisproportionateRetribution. His boss wanted numerous changes, and though he negotiated down to just "turn the guy's girlfriend into a stronger character," he was inordinately offended by the idea of this re-write ("Saving fair damsels, is what heroes do. Especially saving the girlfriend!! But, no. Let’s just put this premise on the respirator in the ICU before it’s born..."), and retaliated by renaming the girlfriend "Tara Bates" - as he explained: "Tara was the home of [[Film/GoneWithTheWind Scarlett O’Hara]] (whom I consider the bitchiest character of all time) and Bates was the last name of Norman Bates of ran the Bates Motel in ''Film/{{Psycho}}'' and he was, well, psycho." [[UnfortunateImplications Sheesh, dude.]]

* ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'': James' voice actor Eric Stuart was angry that [=4Kids=] wouldn't be paying voice actors for commercials anymore, so he hid [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TEzLbzf2CE a back-masked message in episode 130]], where James yells backward: "Leo Burnett and [=4Kids=] are the devil!"

* When ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' was ported to [=PlayStation=], Sony's policy to add achievements to every game forced Toby Fox to comply - even though he actively disliked the idea, given the nature of the game. Therefore, he deliberately made mocking achievements, awarded for stuff like: anticlimatic actions (picking up 1, 2, 3, and 4 items); reaching specific areas (that you have to go through anyway); or donating various amounts of money to a newly added Dog Shrine (which is completely useless and extremely tedious). The UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port ''obliterates'' the Dog Shrine but otherwise adds actual new content with the [[BonusBoss Mad Mew Mew]].

* Like the ''Undertale'' example above, the developers of ''VideoGame/DontStarve'' made the trophies of the Playstation port(s) incredibly easy; one for unlocking each character (most of whom unlock just by playing the game normally), one for building the "[[JokeItem Accomploshrine]]", and one for using the shrine 100 times.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' was created due to the higher-ups asking the guys who were making ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' to make a show about Batman in {{High School|AU}} (a surprisingly recurring idea, all things considered). The result was them BotheringByTheBook that they asked to make a show about Batman and ''not'', specifically, Bruce Wayne, creating a show with a LegacyCharacter being mentored by Bruce that owed more to things like ''Anime/GhostInTheShell'' and ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099'' than any sort of high-school setting, and was much darker by leaps and bounds than the unknowing executives were thinking when they made that suggestion. Ultimately, fans found the premise much easier to swallow (and more interesting) with a new Batman under the cowl, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools and the show remains a fan-favorite]].

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* Music/MikeOldfield was, before switching record labels, constantly hounded by Creator/VirginRecords to produce a sequel to the hit album ''Music/TubularBells''. His response was ''Amarok'', an hour-long mostly instrumental series of ever-changing themes, not one bit of which could effectively be aired as a single. To top it off, 42 minutes in, there is a message in Morse code that reads 'FUCK OFF RB' (Richard Branson being the founder and head of Virgin at the time). Immediately after switching to Warner, he proceeded to produce and release ''Music/TubularBellsII''.
** For ''Tubular Bells'' itself, the story of the "Piltdown Man"/"Caveman" segment is thus: at a ''very'' high-pressure point in production, Branson pressed Oldfield for some vocals so he could promote a single, prompting an offended Oldfield to storm out of Branson's office [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor angrily promising the vocals he was demanding]]. Back at the Manor, he proceeded to down half a bottle of Irish whiskey and demand to be brought to the recording booth, where he spent ten minutes screaming and growling incoherent gibberish into a microphone.

** For ''Tubular Bells'' itself, the story of the "Piltdown Man"/"Caveman" segment is thus: at a ''very'' high-pressure point in production, Branson pressed Oldfield for some vocals so he could promote a single, prompting an offended Oldfield to storm out of Branson's office [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor angrily promising the vocals he was demanding]]. Back at the Manor, he proceeded to down half a bottle of Irish whiskey and demand to be brought to the recording booth, where he spent ten minutes screaming and growling incoherently into a microphone.