13 Surprising Original Names Of Iconic Comedy Characters

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13 Surprising Original Names Of Iconic Comedy Characters
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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:

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

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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

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SpongeBob SquarePants Has A Better Ring...

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

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

He does radiate Kenny energy. 

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