What Could Have Been / Wander over Yonder

Wander over Yonder

What Could Have Been in this series.

An early version of the main characters.

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• Originally, "If You Wander" was going to be the theme song.
• Will Arnett was originally going to play Emperor Awesome, but he wasn't available in time, so they had him play Ryder. The role of Awesome then went to Sam Riegel, who had done some scratch vocals for the part because he's the show's voice director. It's because of this recasting that Emperor Awesome was able to become a recurring character instead of a one-shot.
• A Transformation Sequence in Hater and Awesome's battle in "The Picnic" was in the storyboarding stages, but was cut.
• According to Frank Angones, the end of "My Fair Hatey" was originally going to end differently. It was originally supposed to end with Dominator checking out her ice powers and saying "Meh, the cold never bothered me anyway." Disney however wouldn't let them.
• "The Greater Hater" was originally planned to end with Peepers leaving his résumé with Dominator, but the crew decided that it was out-of-character for Peepers as he was far too devoted to Hater.
• Lord Hater was originally created for another project, and was much younger. When Craig realized he was a great counterpart for Wander, he was physically aged and bulked up while keeping his demeanor, then added to the series.
• Originally the joke Dominator told in The Night Out ended with the punchline "Blaster? I hardly KNOW her!"; again Disney wouldn't let them
• A tumblr post by Craig himself showed that there was concept art of merch for the show. Yet again Disney showed no faith in the show and nothing came of it
• Craig McCracken stated that the 3rd season would have bring us "new characters, the return of old characters, and even a bit of backstory"... until the show was cancelled by Disney.
  • Hater's origin story was also confirmed for Season 3. Apart from some foreshadowing in the credits animatic of the series finale, nothing more will become of it.
• Speaking of which, the crew have relentlessly teased fans on tumblr regarding what they had in store for Season 3.
  • Hater's backstory would have been revealed in Season 3.
  • The Galaxy will face a new threat, one even MORE dangerous than Dominator.
  • Said threat will most likely not be a new villain.
  • Three new characters would have been added to the main cast, reminiscent of how Dominator was added in Season 2.
  • Peepers would have been tempted by the dark(er) side.
  • Season 3 would have been about testing Wander, in the way that Season 2 was about testing Hater
  • A government organization dedicated to handling intergalactic threats named the "Star Force Enforcement Force", would’ve been introduced in the cancelled third season. They would later be repurposed in McCracken‘s next show, Kid Cosmic (instead called Earth Force Enforcement Force).
• The backstory for how Wander and Sylvia met was much different. Back when the show was conceived to be serialized, Zbornaks were something of steeds crossed with cabbies (Hence Sylvia's saddles). Wander caught a ride with Sylvia, but couldn't make the fare. So the two traveled over the course of season one with Wander almost getting paid for helping each episode. This would culminate into Sylvia growing to love Wander and adopt his attitude, making her more of the protagonist of season 1.
• As Disney began to embrace Gravity Falls model of being a serialized dramedy after seeing how successful it was, Craig asked if he could make his show a half-hour show as well. Disney shot it down, but later let him add in more serialized elements in Season 2. link
• Sylvia originally had a more alien mouth instead of her muzzle.
• The storyboarded unaired pilot (which was retooled for the segment “The Greatest”) had once included Wander to not appreciate compliments, such as when the king of the village praises Wander for being a real hero, before Wander interrupts with an annoyed shut up and him covering his face with his hat.
  • You can also see the animated version of the pilot where there are subtle comparisons to the actual segment (The Greatest) and the pilot itself.