Concepts

These are a list of concepts that are mostly scrapped from the finalized version of the franchise. They appear in The Art of the Guardians of Harmony, a book that has yet to come out.

## Characters

* Nicole was originally going to have type 1 diabetes as an "error" when she was transformed into a flesh-and-blood human, but it was scrapped and she was made perfectly fine other than her wearing glasses. However, there is one instance where after using Elemaximum, she sanges the use of her pancreas, effectively giving her it until it wears off.
* Shiho, the main protagonist of the 15th season, was originally going to be named "Serena Harvester" in the English dub. However, it was changed to "Amber Witchhazel" to avoid confusing viewers living in the Southern hemisphere.
* All of Dragonet's other babies were supposed to appear, but in the series she originated from that was canceled, she has over *21* babies since the writers got a bit carried away with giving her babies that are all named after various desserts, so she has only 4 in this canon: Pudding, Carrot Cake, Sugar and Watermelon.
	+ Sugar is also conceived and born normally instead of being conceived via magical IVF.
* Event Horizon was originally going to be the only minion of Queen Vera, but more minions were added when it was decided that only one underling would be boring to watch, so they were made into a quartet instead.
* It is unknown if Jim still retains his natural "equipment" and "something that males particularly enjoy." It's even unspeakable if and when GaryBones will post an uncensored naked Jim.
* Bailey originally could only control clover plants, but it was decided her powers should extend to control over *all* plants as well as having the power to heal/revive others despite needing to eat more food afterwards (since her powers make sense for someone with Celebi's magic, and Katrina suddenly went missing) and attack with blasts life energy. She (or the other leads for that matter) obviously isn't as powerful as her, however, but she and Bloom are the only Guardians to possess revival powers after Katrina's sudden disappearance.
* Originally, Event Horizon was going to disguise herself as Katrina at some point in order to make viewers think she's just another one of her civilian disguises, but it was decided that it would give away too much, and Queen Vera locked up all of her memories related to her real self anyways.
* Kika Porter, one of the main protagonists of the 15th season, was supposed to be named Rachel Porter.
* Nicole was going to have a scene where she would be temporarily brainwashed back into being evil, but it was scrapped.
* Pudding originally did not exist in the concepts and there was only Carrot Cake, but a twin was added for her.
* Event Horizon's armwarmers were originally going to be the thing brainwashing her, but it was changed to Katrina instead being zapped by a mind control beam and the armwarmers are simply part of her outfit.
* Liam Brennan's first name was originally Raiden.
* Arcturus's Japanese name was going to be "Portuaa Akihito," but it was changed to avoid being disrespectful to the former emperor of Japan, Akihito.
* Mason wasn't going to exist in Season 16, but he was added due to the season needing another boy.
* Bailey originally didn't have an older sister.
* Originally, there were two missing Primarch Porters that were later found by Kronii in an unknown Season 9 episode, but it was scrapped because, according to a made-up interview, it was confirmed that they'll never be discovered.
* According to GaryBones, there was a character named Adrian Porter who was Arcturus's sole son, but he was replaced by the Primarch Porters.
* Molly originally didn't have an older brother.
* Megan Williams was originally going to be a main character, but she became a character of the day instead for the final episode of the series.
* Nijimia was originally going to appear as a main character, but she was officially scrapped for this series at some point during production, explaining why Yumesora appears less often than in other series...and it is also the reason why Kyubey is not usually joined by a Dream Pixie or two.
* Holly's Guardian title was originally going to be "The Guardian of Christmas," but it was changed to "The Guardian of Holidays" (as in holidays in general) in order to not be potentially offensive to those in-universe or made-up fans who may not celebrate Christmas. Similarly, Phoebe's Guardian title was changed to the Guardian of Winter instead.
* Charlie Garcia was originally male like the other neighboring series, but he and Charlene were replaced with a different female whose last name is *not* Garcia (in this series only). As a result, some of the pages of Nanette's journal had to be changed in the finalized version to not mention the Garcias.
	+ However, it was scrapped due to the aforementioned twins' creator has decided to make them appear in the series finale alongside the former real-world criminal Jim.
* Originally, Molly was going to be a Hero, but she was changed to be a pure Miko since she had barely any combat power, even less than Julia. The few (which are love-themed) support powers she did originally have in battle, such as her ability to heal others and her ability to make herself look extremely cute to convince somecreature to do what she wants, are now her untransformed spells.
* Niu Coco's English name was originally going to be Chloe Palmer, but it was instead changed to only her Japanese surname (Asuka) being changed and her Japanese first name (Niu) is kept in the dub.
* Melody was originally going to have Miko powers, but it was scrapped and saved for another series.
* Victoria's team was originally going to be the first team of Guardians, but since a backstory was invented for Queen Vera, a team that lived a thousand years before them was created. Said team was also going to only have 6 members, but it was changed to 9.
* The Starrubies and Starsapphires were going to appear, but they were scrapped and saved for series outside GoH.

### Prototype designs

* Ellie Porter used to be a character named Emily Porter who was Jim's sole daughter, but this was changed due to various reasons.
* Amelia Porter was supposed to be an android, but this was scrapped.
* In her concept design, Sunflower Smile's Cutie Mark was originally going to be a trio of sunflowers, but it was decided that enough ponies already have Cutie Marks of a trio of things.
* Necrosis was originally going to have wheels like Karen the computer from *SpongeBob SquarePants*, but she was changed to have legs instead. Her socket where she is plugged in to charge was also originally going to be on her hip, but it was changed to be on the back of her neck due to the former looking inappropriate with the cord going under her dress.
* Jim was planned to have no Harmony Mark, but he was given one anyways, of an azure blue capital omega symbol.
* Nanette was originally going to wear glasses like her main expy.
* Elizabeth's Guardian form was originally going to look the same other than her wings, forehead marking and lack of clothing/wearing a dress (in the English dub), but it was changed to her hair growing much longer and the colors becoming pastel-colored (though the bun disappears and so do her glasses.) Her eyes, star marking, wings, and no clothes (or the dress in the dub) are the same in the finalized version, however.
* Joy's casual outfit originally was a T-shirt and shorts, but it was changed since the outfit looked too modern and out of place.
* Originally, Whitely was going to lose control of her powers even in her transformed state (having no wings in her transformed state as proof) until the episode where she gains the Dream Stones, but it was scrapped and she no longer has to worry about her power problems by the end of GoH:HoF. As a result of this choice, she was given unique wings in her transformed state despite her best friend Amber being the 15th season's central, but the former is still the Dream Stones' main wielder while the latter remains the secondary wielder.
	+ Technically speaking, she originally *wasn't* going to have wings or the ability to fly in her Guardian form.
* The GoH counterparts of the Outer Senshi were supposed to appear as main characters in Season 13, but they were scrapped.
* The four guardians who have merfolk tails in their Guardian forms and are adapted for underwater battles don't have fins on the back of their elbows in their initial concept designs, but in the finalized version, they all have elbow fins.
* Hilda was originally planned to be given angel wings since she represents Reshiram, but she was given fairy wings instead.
* Isabella's Guardian form design originally had a bow tie on her back.
* The (albeit small) skirt portion of Marian's Guardian outfit is removed in the finalized version, leaving only the leggings, in order to emphasize her tomboyish personality and intense dislike of skirts or dresses. The rest of the outfit remains the same, however.
	+ Her Elemaximun form, however, does remove the robe for some reason, and it is confirmed to technically be a production error.
* In her concept design, Tsukiko's Harmony Mark after redeeming was originally going to be a full moon with a chibi smiling face on it, but it was changed due to the show's general policy of not having faces or emojis as part of Harmony and Cutie Marks. Honoko's was also changed, and her Guardian form was also partially redesigned.
* Miranda's Harmony Mark was going to resemble a star, but it was changed at some point during production.
* Summer Porter was originally going to have yellow and orange as her theme color in GoH, but her creator's original idea of her having electric blue as her theme color was kept. As a compromise between her GoH and SB versions, however, she was given yellow as an accent color.
* Spring Porter's Harmony Mark was originally going to be an Easter egg cracking open to reveal a sakura flower. However, the egg was changed to a generic white egg.
* Syren's civilian appearance originally reused Kendall Starsapphire's civilian design from other series since the Starrubies and Starsapphires don't exist in GoH, but it was changed to her theme color being purple.
* Elizabeth wasn't going to have glasses in GoH, but she was given them anyways.

## Transformations

* Parts of Nanette's transformation in the third episode of Season 4 were originally going to be different from her official sequence.
* Tsukiko and Honoko in Season 15 were originally going to be able to transform whenever they pleased after reforming and becoming Guardians, but they were made into Messiahs instead.
* Melissa was originally going to be a Burst Guardian and have her Vespiquen (Goldie) as her Burst Partner, but it was scrapped due to it being too ridiculous since she fights underwater and Goldie would need something like a bubble around her head while in the Burst Wand.

## Attacks

* Daisy Punch was originally going to be Nanette's only attack and spell despite not being a messiah, but this was scrapped.
* While not exactly an attack, Molly (who has no combat power anyways) was originally going to also be able to use Warm Love Hug, but it was scrapped and it was kept as Dragonet's unique spell. Melody was also planned to have this spell, but it too was scrapped.

### Episodes

* "Sailor Star Song" was originally going to play during the battle with the Giant Rock in "Forming a More Perfect Union!", but it was changed to a different song instead.
* Melody was going to be the only Guardian not brainwashed in "A Conspiracy to Conquer!", but it was changed to Nina and Glorysia also being unaffected. The holoCouncil were not also going to appear, but it too was changed.
* The birthing scene in "A New Baby Pokémon is Born!" is heavily toned down from the initial concept, and the camera makes sure not to show anything past her midsection.
* In "The Ending of the End," Cherry Miles was not originally going to faint after Valerie called her "Miss Miles."

### Movies

* Madoka was not going to get a transformation sequence in "Mewtwo Strikes Back."

### Deleted Scenes

* Nanette was going to get *killed* in "Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!", but it was scrapped due to it being too grim.
* The Guardians were going to make their wishes in "The Journey Begins," but they hold them off until "Pokémon Emergency!" due to not having time to while fighting the villains.

## Items

* The Elements of Harmony were originally not going to appear in any form.
* Bailey was originally going to have a sword and arrow as two of her weapons, but they were changed to something that does not look like they could be used for poaching or to harm nature, so her weapons were changed to a brooch (that can shoot magic), a clover-shaped boomerang-frisbee, and a bell.
* Shawn's and Mia's tentacle summoners (an underwater take on vine summoners) were originally going to shoot red Octillery-like tentacles to bind enemies. However, this was scrapped due to concerns of it resembling something else, so the tentacles were changed to Tentacruel-like tentacles for the former and Mareanie-like ones for the latter.

## Other

* There was going to be something named Tǔrǎng, but it was scrapped because one of the creators deemed a plushie 'as a mascot and then an item' too silly to remain in the show.
* GDI was originally named the Multiversal Defense Treaty Organization (MDTO), but this was changed because of being a reference to the real-life North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
* Kyubey was originally going to be paired up with at least three Dream Pixies, but it was scrapped and Kyubey was made the sole mascot of the franchise. The following, however, were made exceptions:
	+ Fluzzy in S3
	+ Muse in S3
	+ Pone in S3
	+ Harmony-chan in S3
	+ Sparkler in S1
* Jim and Evelyn II were originally going to be absent from the Law of Cycles council, but it was scrapped due to some things for said idea being too grim.
* Jim originally asked the Magic of Friendship to peacefully put him down after being unable to get over the deaths of all of his friends and family members, but he later got used to it and decided to live on in the real world universe.
	+ Due to a disapproval, Cheerful later scrapped the idea, but it is *still lampsahded once* in the S14 finale.
		- *Nanette: **Jimmy-san, what would you do if we were to all die and you're the only one left?***
		- *Jim: **I'd leave the Multiverse, but... At the same time...***
		- *(Nanette is confused.)*
		- *Jim: **...Nata-chan, I always want to be with you...***
		- *Nanette: \*gasp\* **Jimmy-san... You...***