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Jennifer Aniston got her start in one of the goofiest horror franchises ever.

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES JENNIFER ANISTON in Leprechaun Aniston's film debut is this (not so) classic horror movie from 1993. The franchise has had eight movies, the last one featuring the daughter of Aniston's character. Spoiler alert: None are any good. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jean-Claude Van Damme

EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME in Breakin' Before hypnotizing us with his dancing moves in Kickboxing, Van Damme was overenthusiastically shaking his shoulders in this 1984 movie. Seriously, the man kicks ass, but also dances like Elaine Benes in Seinfeld. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES CLINT EASTWOOD in Revenge of the Creature In fairness, Clint Eastwood also appeared in 1955's Tarantula!, but at least that one has some cult value. As for Revenge, the first of two sequels to Creature from the Black Lagoon, it was quickly forgotten, even if Eastwood appears as an uncredited lab technician. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES KRISTEN STEWART in Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas Stewart's very first role was as a girl tossing a ring in a Flintstones movie nobody saw and nobody remembers. Now, in the scene itself you can only see her back, yet the role is pretty well-documented and there are even photos of her on set. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES JENNIFER LAWRENCE in Monk Even before her first TV roles in Medium or The Bill Engvall Show, Lawrence appeared as a college basketball mascot in Monk in 2006. It's a blink-and- you'll-miss-it appearance, but it's there. Oh, it's there. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES TOM HANKS in a cheap slasher Many think Hanks' first movie was 1982's Mazes and Monsters, but he had a small role two years before in the Halloween knock-off (and surprisingly successful movie) Не Knows You're Alone. How was his character killed, you ask? Не wasn't, as the producers reportedly found him too likable. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jason Statham

EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES JASON STATHAM was an oily backup dancer In the early '90s, Statham did what is truly his finest work to date. Не was a backup dancer in a few music videos in which he would appear all oiled up, like in that oil fight scene from The Transporter, but less homoerotic. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Emma Stone

EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES EMMA STONE voiced a dog on The Suite Life of Zack & & Cody A year before her big screen debut in Superbad, Stone voiced a Pomerainian named Ivana Tipton on the Nickelodeon show. It was the only time the dog talked. At least she also appeared on Malcolm in the Middle in 2006, which is actually cool. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES RYAN GOSLING in Frankenstein and Me Gosling's very first film role was in this low-budget family horror, starring Burt Reynolds at a pre-Boogie Nights time when he, erm, wasn't exactly making good movies. The entire, awful-looking thing can be found on YouTube, '90s commercials and all. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Charlize Theron

EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES CHARLIZE THERON in Children of the Corn III Theron appears (uncredited) in 1995 as a cult follower in the B-tier horror franchise inspired by Stephen King. Nowadays, Theron has rather focused her interest in action movies, even appearing in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lena Headey

EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES LENA HEADEY was the last person to talk to MacGyver The MacGyver TV show ended in 1991, but there were two more TV movies in 1994. By the end of the very last one, Trail to Doomsday, Headey is the very last person MacGyver ever talks to. Well, not counting SNL's MacGruber. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES JON HAMM in a '90s dating show Back in 1995, Hamm appeared on The Big Date and offered a foot massage to a girl that had just said she had a foot fetish. Yes, that sentence is insane, but it's nothing compared to Hamm's boy-band '90s hairstyle. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Paul Rudd

EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES PAUL RUDD in Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers Back in 1995, the same year he appeared in Clueless, Rudd also starred in the sixth Halloween. Не was approached to reprise his character in 2021's Halloween Kills, but was unable to and so gave his blessing to Anthony Michael Hall. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Courteney Cox

EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES COURTENEY COX in Masters of the Universe Three years after dancing with Bruce Springsteen, Cox appeared in 1987's infamous He-Man movie with Dolph Lundgren. We like Courteney Сох, but come on, if the movie wasn't even set in Eternia it didn't even have a chance. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES LEONARDO DICAPRIO in Critters 3 Yes, back in 1991 DiCaprio appeared in Gremli- sorry, in Ghoulies, wait, no, in Munchies? Hobgoblins? Oh, we got it, in Critters. Well, the third one, it was a whole genre back then. Leo then went on to better things, like a lifetime of dating 20-year-old models. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES /-7 - 14904 224 DORDO ? JENNIFER CONNELLY was a pop musician In Japan Way before standing on docks in Dark City and Requiem for a Dream, Connelly recorded two romantic songs in phonetic Japanese, because of reasons. One of these 1986 songs was even used in a Japanese stereo commercial, which yes, can be found on YouTube. You're welcome. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES GEORGE CLOONEY in Grizzly II: The Concert Partially filmed in 1976 but only finished in 2020, the awful horror flick Grizzly II: Wait, Does the Bear Really Attack a Concert? is Clooney's actual first movie. Suddenly Batman & Robin doesn't look so bad, uh? CRACKED.COM — Source

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES EMILIA CLARKE in Triassic Attack Just a year before Game of Thrones, Clarke's film debut was in this Syfy movie about dinosaur skeletons coming back to life. No, not as full-on dinosaurs, but as walking skeletons. Sounds awful, but at least it's not Terminator Genisys. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES CATE BLANCHETT in an Egyptian boxing movie When Blanchett began her film career in 1996, she had already appeared in 1990's Kaboria. Apparently, she was offered the role while backpacking, and never saw the movie out of embarrassment. CRACKED.COM — Source

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EMBARRASSING EARLY APPEARANCES BEN AFFLECK in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Nope, not the show - he appeared in 1991's original Buffy movie, as Basketball Player #10. We would make fun of it, but actually the movie had a pretty solid cast, with Rutger Hauer, Donald Sutherland, and Hilary Swank. The reviews were not so good, though. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Kirby in his first appearance in Kirby's Dream Land (1992) could only suck enemies in and spit them out. A year later in Kirby's Adventure he got the copy ability so strongly associated with his character. CRACKED COM — Source

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In the pilot of The Office, Kevin Malone spoke like a normal person, with normal vocal tone and rhythm. After the pilot, his vocal rhythm became ridiculously slow, his tone got decidedly deeper, and his intelligence took a nosedive to the point that he didn't know how to recite the ABCs. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM BUT NO MATTER ...THE INVISIBLE In her first HOW WELL SUE GIRL CAN DO m STORM CAN BETTER! SEARCH A CITY... appearance, The Invisible Girl was kinda useless. All she could do was turn invisible, and had no offensive powers at her disposal. JUST CALL ME LOOK OUT! It wasn't until issue SMOKEY THE YOU ALMOST BEAR, HOT HIT ME WITH STUFF! HEY! THAT AWFUL #22 of The Fantastic WHAT THE...?? STUFF! Four that she first got the power of force fields, making her the most powerful member SUE! YOU'VE DONE IT! YOU CREATED A SHIELD OF INVISIBLE ENERGY! — Source

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Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster originally looked like a nightmare creature from the abyss. wheels CRUNCHY CHEESE SNACK ROULETTES 900 GRADUELINS AU FROMAGE Jim Henson created the character for a snack food commercial, and eventually removed his terrifying teeth and put him on Sesame Street. — Source

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Wario. Wario Super Mario Land Land 2 In his debut appearance, Wario had bulging eyes and was a conquering villain. The next game made him a greedy anti-hero we know him as. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pluto's first appearance was as a nameless bloodhound who tracks Mickey when he escapes from prison in the 1930 Disney cartoon The Chain Gang. The character was so lifelike that the animators reused him in future shorts. By his third appearance, he was named Pluto and cast as Mickey's faithful friend-a role he has kept to this day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gregor The Mountain Clegane from Game of Thrones has three different faces throughout the series. The first two actors portraying the character didn't seem very intimidating until Hafpór Júlíus Björnsson took the role in Season 4. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Tigger used to have a club-shaped face. OWL TIGGER PIGLET Now ©1965 Walt Disney Production That's how he looked in the first Winnie the Pooh short, 1966's Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree. They gave him a tiger-like face in the next short, 1968's Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Arthur's nose has become dramatically less-pronounced throughout Marc Brown's illustrated book series. MARC BROWN ARTHUR'S MARC BROWN NOSE Water the Arthur TV Show de PBS ARTHUR'S EYES AN ARTHUR ADVENTURE - MARC BROWN ARTHUR'S Mystery Envelope ARTHUR'S TOOTH Water the Arthur TV Show St PBS PRIVATE - CONFIDENTIAL AN ARTHUR ADVENTURE An ARTHUR Chapter Book by MARC BROWN GRAGKED.OOM — Source

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Disney

Donald Duck used to wear pants. Before he appeared on screen, Donald made his first appearance in the popular children's book The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. Не sported a pair of green pants and a matching hat. CRACKED.COM — Source

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PASTES ALCO Harry Potter SORCERER'S AND STONE Harry AZKABAN THE Potter Tom, innkeeper of The Leaky Cauldron, first appears as CRACKED.COM a normal old bloke. Не later changes to a bald, hunchbacked nutcase. — Source

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Smithers

GRAGKED.COM E Smithers was black in his first appearance on The Simpsons, in the Season 1 episode Homer's Odyssey. It was an animation mistake, and they didn't have the budget to fix it, so they left it as is. — Source

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The beloved Super Mario originally debuted with red overalls. M M ...then suddenly changed to the iconic blue overalls and red shirt that we know and love today. GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Kramer's first appearance on the pilot of Seinfeld was pretty odd: His name was Kessler, he was a shut-in who hadn't left the building in 10 years, he knocked when he entered Jerry's Seinfeld apartment, he dressed like a slob, and he had a dog. By episode two, he screeched through Jerry's door as the vintage-wearing, dogless Kramer we all know. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Professor Utonium used to be a short, bald guy with glasses. LE Then Now The first Powerpuff Girls short, Whoopass Stew-A Sticky Situation, featured Utonium creating the Girls. Не looked like a middle-aged Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED COM In his first appearance in The Incredible Hulk issue #180, Wolverine's mask had whiskers. IF YOU REALLY WANT TO TANGLE WITH SOMEONE-- --WHY NOT TRY YOUR LUCK AGAINST-- --THE WOLVERINE! From his next appearance in Giant-Size X-Men issue #1 onward, he lost them, and they haven't been seen since. — Source

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Taxi

Latka Gravas was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder in Taxi's third season. Comedian Andy Kaufman had grown tired of the role, which had its roots in the Foreign Man persona in his stand-up routine. Giving Latka the disorder appeased Kaufman, allowing him to create new personalities for his character. Among Latka's alters was notorious lounge-lizard Vic Ferrari. GRACKED.COM — Source

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On Damon Wayans's My Wife and Kids, oldest daughter Claire was initially a sweet preteen played by child actress Jazz Raycole. However, in Season 2, Raycole was replaced by Jennifer Freeman, who besides having a significantly lighter complexion, transformed the character of Claire into a far more superficial, airheaded teenager. GRAGKED.COM — Source

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Street Fighter

In the first Street Fighter game, Ryu had red hair and wore red shoes. The sequel changed his hair to brown and removed his shoes forever. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Barney Gumble

CRACKED COM Originally, The Simpsons' Barney Gumble was blond. — Source

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Sesame Street

FOR THE FIRST SEASON OF SESAME STREET, OSCAR THe GROUCH WAS ORANGE. Не gained his signature green fur (and an arm!) by season 2, but according to puppeteer Caroll Spinney, the original eyebrow fur is still in use on the current puppet. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED COM RANDY MARSH IN SEASON ONE, RANDY WAS JUST A STOCK PARENT CHARACTER, A BORING GEOLOGIST, AND DIDN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH PERSONALITY TO SPEAK OF. CONI JUST A FEW YEARS LATER, НЕ BECAME ONE OF THE MOST OUTLANDISH CHARACTERS ON THE SHOW, OFTEN GETTING INTO WACKIER HIJINKS THAN THE BOYS. — Source

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Furry!

Catwoman has had a lot of costumes over the years, but none quite as outlandish as the original. In Batman #3, she went by The Cat, and wore an orange suit, red cape, and full-on furry-style cat mask. CRACKED.COM — Source

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NARNIA -THE CHRONICLES OF In the movie Prince Caspian, Caspian speaks with a Mediterranean accent. In the next film, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, he has an English accent. CRACKED.COM — Source

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