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* Averted in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4''. [[spoiler:Shadow Moses Island]] is largely the same as it was in [[spoiler:''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'']], save for cosmetic makeovers to fit the new generation of consoles, some blocked paths, some expansions, and a couple new areas.
* In ''{{Creatures}} 2'', there has apparently been a massive volcanic eruption, accounting for the planetary facelift.
* The ''[[DotHack .hack//]]'' installments that occur after ''//tasogare no udewa densetsu'' make use of a second The World after the first crashed permanently -- with all new versions of old areas.

** For that matter, ''Vice City'' was also a level in the original GTA, it's ''nothing'' like in the [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity eponymous game]]. ''San Andreas'' appeared in the first GTA, too, but that one is obviously not referring to the same place as in ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas GTA: San Andreas]]'', as the former is a city and the latter is a state. Such naming conflicts are TruthInTelevision.

** Cerulean Cave itself has had its layout changed in every single game it's appeared in (excluding the Gen I remakes, which reuse the layout from the original ''Red & Green'').

->'''Maria:''' So, we meet again, Alucard.\\
'''Alucard:''' It seems so.\\
'''Maria:''' As friendly as ever I see. It's strange... this castle is different than I remember it.\\

* The sets for ''TheOddCouple'' and ''HappyDays'' were completely changed when they went from a SingleCamera setup to Filmed Before A StudioAudience, without the characters moving to a different apartment/house (also Arnold's Drive-In on ''HappyDays'' - the other permanent set). Oh, and one time {{Justified|Trope}} when Arnold's burned to the ground and they built a new Arnold's.

** This is possibly {{justified||Trope}} by the fact that with the exception of direct sequels (which, excepting the first two games, never have an overlap in the game map), all Zelda games are centuries apart, allowing the kingdom's borders to shift, settlements to change, and rivers to change course.

** Thev game re-used many of the same "worlds" as the original, but with radically different layouts. Even specific locations within the worlds, such as the Bazaar in Agrabah, are redesigned.

* When a new director took over on TheFilmOfTheBook of ''Film/HarryPotter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'', [[TheyJustDidntCare he completely and totally disregarded]] everything shown in the first two movies, and Hogwarts' architecture and layout was suddenly wildly changed. While Hogwarts has a mild bit of ChaosArchitecture going for it in-universe, one would think someone might remark on things like the fact that Hagrid's hut is in a ridiculously different location than previously shown. Though the majority of the fandom agreed with the changes and considered the new, more visually-interesting architecture an indicator of the series GrowingTheBeard.

* When a new director took over on TheFilmOfTheBook of ''Film/HarryPotter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'', [[TheyJustDidntCare he completely and totally disregarded]] everything shown in the first two movies, and Hogwarts' architecture and layout was suddenly wildly changed. While Hogwarts has a mild bit of ChaosArchitecture going for it in-universe, one would think someone might remark on things like the fact that Hagrid's hut is in a ridiculously different location than previously shown.

** The disappearance of at least one of the continents, the Lands of Danger and Despair, is explained [[spoiler:when you visit it in ''[[VideoGame/UltimaVIIPartII]] - Serpent's Isle''.]]

* ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic II'' averted the trope by revisiting Dantooine, a key planet in the original game, and leaving the area almost identical to the way it was in the original game, though the Jedi Academy is now in ruins, and the colony's other buildings were repurposed by new colonists. The player's ship, the ''Ebon Hawk'', was also identical to its original appearance. Players complained about Creator/BioWare reusing maps (even though the sequel was made by Obsidian).
** The re-purposed buildings are, however, much closer together then they were in the first game.
** Korriban
*** It was also the same, with the Sith Academy in ruins. The grounds outside Korriban, however, were very much smaller then they were in the first game.
*** The Valley of the Dark Lords on Korriban changed between game series, too. In ''JediAcademy'', chronologically much later, it was in ruins, but that could not explain the changes of layout, especially inside the tomb of Marka Ragnos. Of course, these games were otherwise unrelated, of different genres, and not made by the same people.
*** A good comparison is on [[http://lparchive.org/Knights-of-the-Old-Republic-II/Update%2036/ this page]].

* The spacial distortion encountered in ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode ''"Twisted"'' does this to the ship. The spacial distortion itself is possibly an example on its own.

* The hospital in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' looked completely different between the pilot and second episode. Interestingly, the same building is used in a number of other shows, notably ''ChildrensHospital'' [[hottip:*:Yes, the punctuation is deliberately wrong.]] at the moment. They've remodeled the inside and avoid shooting rooms in the same way ''Scrubs'' did to avoid it feeling too similar.

* [[VideoGame/HarryPotter The video games of each Harry Potter movie]] - as the technology has gotten better and the games have changed to follow the respective storylines, things in the sandbox style Hogwarts of ''Literature/ChamberOfSecrets'', ''Literature/PrisonerOfAzkaban'' and ''Literature/OrderOfThePhoenix'' are very different (''Philosopher's Stone'' and ''Goblet of Fire'' were more level based games).

* The TropeNamer is ''{{Castlevania}}'', where it was explained that the castle itself was a "Creature of Chaos", constantly changing for different people. This also explained how {{NPC}}s [[TookAShortcut got to areas]] it took the player special abilities to get to. Heck, that's how the castle changes every ''game''.

* Mostly averted in ''[[BanjoTooie Banjo-Tooie]]''. ''Spiral Mountain'' and ''Gruntilda's Lair'' from [[BanjoKazooie the first game]] are accessible and remain mostly the same. The only difference is that an earthquake, caused by Gruntilda's sisters plowing through a wall in the Hag 1, has added a lot of debris and caused a cave-in in the lair, making sure the game-designers didn't have to recreate the entire overworld from the first game.

** One exception: ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' had the "original" Hyrule of the first game recreated at the far southern end of the map, though it looks a lot smaller than in the first game; each tile represents a bigger area in II compared to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI''. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' also has this "original" Hyrule recreated at the northern end of the map, again at a much smaller scale.

* [[spoiler:Shadow Moses Island]] is largely the same in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4'' [[spoiler:as it was in the original ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', save for some cosmetic makeovers to fit the two-generation leap, some blocked paths, some expansions (the snowfield), and whole new areas (the casting facility and the shipping docks).]]

* Both the model house and Lucille's place in ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' have different layouts in the pilot.

* In the first three ''PoliceQuest'' games, the layout of the Lytton police headquarters (and the city itself) changed considerably between each game.

* In the ''MetamorKeep'' story-verse, the universe's namesake is ''just'' this. The keep itself was hard to map, because it's ''always changing''. It's often played for laughs, too, since some of the more humorous sections of the verse joke that giving directions to one's room in the keep is worthless since they'd always be invalid by the end of the week.

** One exception: ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' had the "original" Hyrule of the first game recreated at the far southern end of the map, though it looks a lot smaller than in the first game; each tile represents a bigger area in II compared to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda''. ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' also has this "original" Hyrule recreated at the northern end of the map, again at a much smaller scale.