Some early incarnations of famous characters...

Boba Fett in The Star Wars Holiday Special, two years before showing up in The Empire Strikes Back.

The comic strip that originated Popeye (Thimble Theater) actually had nothing to do with him, it did, however, feature Olive Oyl. Here's Popeye's first cameo in the comics.

In 1957, Jim Henson was approached by a coffee company to produce commercials for Wilkins Coffee. The character on the right (Will) would often do serious harm to his friend in the ads, such as shooting him. Soon after, Will became the main inspiration for Kermit the Frog.

The first 3D draft of Buzz and Woody from Toy Story (1990s).

The Swedish version of Gollum from the original novel...

...The Soviet version of Gollum was even worse...

...And then there's the German version of Gollum.

Dirk Zimmer's 1988 illustrations of The Iron Giant.

Before The Ring, there's was a pornographic low-budget TV movie called Ring: Kanzenban that was based on the same story.

Illustration from one of the oldest versions of Beauty and the Beast (1875).

H.P. Lovecraft's original drawing of Cthulhu (1934).

Live - Action Mr. Clean (1960s).

In 1995, for his thesis film, Seth MacFarlane made a 10-minute animated short called The Life of Larry, which soon became a predecessor to Family Guy, In fact, early templates of Family Guy can be seen in the short.

One of Walt Disney's oldest drawings of Mickey Mouse.

In 1954, the first onscreen James Bond was in a low-budget black-and-white TV movie called Casino Royale.

During production on Frozen (2013), Elsa was originally intended to be the villain, at one point, she was going to wear a coat made out of living weasels.

The child/teddy bear that inspired Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin (1928).