History Main / ContinuityDrift

** While the existence of past Keyblade wielders was always a plot point in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' (King Triton confirms this in [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the very first game]]), Keyblades themselves were treated as though they were rare and special. By ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', this is no longer the case, with one character even lampshading that "it seems like everyone has one of those things these days". Similarly, the original game claims that the Keyblade chooses its master, but ''Birth by Sleep'' shows that people become Keyblade wielders because other Keyblade wielders choose them as successors and make them undertake a rite of passage, though the Keyblade still needs to choose them based on their strength of heart.[[note]]This makes Sora the only character we know of thus far ''literally'' chosen by the Keyblade. When Riku uses the power of darkness at the beginning of ''I'', the Keyblade bequeathed to him by Terra in ''BBS'' basically [[RefusedByTheCall panics]] and [[MissedTheCall jumps from Riku's heart to the next closest vessel]]-- which so happens to be [[TheUnchosenOne Sora]].[[/note]]

** While the existence of past Keyblade wielders was always a plot point in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'', Keyblades themselves were treated as though they were rare and special. By ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', this is no longer the case, with one character even lampshading that "it seems like everyone has one of those things these days". Similarly, the original game claims that the Keyblade chooses its master, but ''Birth by Sleep'' shows that people become Keyblade wielders because other Keyblade wielders choose them as successors and make them undertake a rite of passage though the Keyblade still needs to choose them based on their strength of heart.

** There is also the issue of the Master being so old that his bones have solidified and don't turn to dust when he is staked by Buffy. This issue is made problematic by the appearance of Kakistos, a vampire so old that his hands are now cloven hooves. This implies that he's much older yet than even the Master. [[ForegoneConclusion Do ''you'' think his bones remain once he gets staked?]]

* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] were said to be two plumbers from Brooklyn transported from Earth to the Mushroom World (containing the Mushroom Kingdom), in the [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosDic cartoons]], [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 movie]], and other supplementary material. Ever since ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland'' though, the games have done away with the earlier origin story and made it that they were born in the Mushroom World as natives of the Mushroom Kingdom. However, ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' returns to the idea that they originate from Brooklyn for that continuity's plot.

* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] were said to be two plumbers from Brooklyn transported to Earth, in the [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosDic cartoons]], [[Film/SuperMarioBros1993 movie]], and other supplementary material. Ever since ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld2YoshisIsland'', the games have done away with the earlier origin story. However, ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' returns to the idea that they originate from Brooklyn for that continuity's plot.

** Wild magic, introduced in the second quartet, allows for a different kind of magic than the normal Gift -- the ability to talk to animals and eventually shapeshift. [[HandWave Hand waved]] by being subtle enough in most practitioners to be commonly disregarded as folk tale fodder.

* ''WesternAnimation/IceAge'' was set during a real ice age with humans. The sequels have more anthropomorphized animals, dinosaurs, pirate monkeys, Scrat causing continental drift twice -- and no humans. However, as humans were ''extremely'' rare when ''Ice Age'' takes place it's possible they just never crossed paths.

** Some Japanese writing in ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'' indicates that Mr. Miyagi's first name is Nariyoshi, though this is contradicted in ''Film/TheNextKarateKid'', where it is stated that his name is Kesuke. ''Cobra Kai'' reverts to what was stated in ''Part II'', as Miyagi's gravestone shows that his name is Nariyoshi, though series creator Jon Hurwitz has implied that Kesuke may be his middle name.