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:

Tom and Jerry

COMEDY NERD Tom and Jerry's initial names were pretty different: they were Jasper and Jinx. In their first-ever cartoon, Puss Gets the Boot, Tom was named Jasper and Jerry was apparently called Jinx. CRACKED.COM

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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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Everybody Loves Raymond

COMEDY NERD The kids' names in Everybody Loves Raymond were originally different. They were Ally, Gregory, and Matthew, after Ray's real-life kids Alexandra, Gregory, and Matthew-but Ray then decided he didn't like the names to be so close. CRACKED.COM

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SpongeBob Squarepants

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

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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

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Jesse Katsopolis

COMEDY NERD Jesse Katsopolis from Full House was originally called Adam Cochran. John Stamos first asked them to change the first name to Jesse, then the last name to Katsopolis, to reflect his own Greek heritage. CRACKED.COM

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Buzz Lightyear

COMEDY NERD At first, Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story was going to be called... Lunar Larry. And he would have looked way cheesier- almost like a '50s toy, just like Woody. CRACKED.COM

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