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Retroscripting can also refer to the practice of recording new or unscripted dialogue over a [[live-action]] or [[cartoon|animated]] program. It may be done for a number of reasons:

*To capitalize on a late-breaking news story or [[scandal]] and make the episode current,

*To censor potentially troublesome or possibly insensitive dialogue. An episode of ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' suffered this fate following the passing of the [[Pope John Paul II|Pope]]. A line was redubbed from "Boy,You thosehave to hand it to the [[Catholic|Catholics]]s. can reallyThey mournknow how to do grief better than anyone," to "Boy,You theyhave canto reallyhand mourn"it to Gabby and Carlos. They know how to do grief better than anyone."

*If an actor has repeated trouble with a line or word. In [[A Private Little War (TOS episode)|an episode]] of ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'', according to [[William Shatner]], his fellow actor [[DeForest Kelley]] had trouble pronouncing an alien creature's name. The creature's name was "Gumato", but Kelley kept saying "Mugato". The monster eventually became officially known as the Mugato.