Short Cut bares a striking resemblance to The Scissorman from the Clock Tower series.

Krypt King was originally going to be the Undead Giant for Skylanders: Giants. I-Wei Huang took Chop Chop and made an ultra version of him called Chop Chop Daddy, but the team decided against it and chose Eye Brawl to be the Undead Giant. However, I-Wei Huang wanted to bring him back somehow in Skylanders: Trap Team, so he changed the color, some parts of the design, and renamed him Krypt King.