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* CallBack: Referring to a past event in the StoryArc

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* CallBack: Referring to a past event in the StoryArcStoryArc.
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* {{Interquel}}: An installment of the series that takes place between two previously released installments.

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* {{Interquel}}: An installment of the series that takes place between two previously released installments.installments or during the events of one previously released installment.

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'''See also:'''

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'''See also:''''''Related indexes:'''


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* {{Crossover}}s
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** DiagnosisOfGod: A work's creator diagnoses a character outside the work or deny they have a disorder.
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* PrimeTimeline: In a {{Multiverse}} of Alternate Timelines, this is the one they're alternate ''to''.
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* ContinuityDrift: Basic canon information is elaborated upon, but in a way that doesn't mesh well with was originally established.

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* ContinuityDrift: Basic canon information is elaborated upon, but in a way that doesn't mesh well with what was originally established.

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* AudienceAlienatingEra: A period where the franchise just isn't as popular as it used to be.



* DorkAge: A period where the franchise just wasn't as good as it used to be.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Changes are made to the work to appease audience complaints.

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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Changes are made to the work to appease audience complaints.complaints and criticisms from the audience.



* BizarroEpisode: Did that ''really'' happen, or was I high when I saw it?

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* BizarroEpisode: Did An episode of the series sticks out like a sore thumb due to having a weird premise that ''really'' happen, or was I high when I saw it?doesn't mesh well with the other episodes.



* CanonImmigrant: A character from FanFiction or ExpandedUniverse is added to the canon.

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* CanonImmigrant: A character from FanFiction or ExpandedUniverse created for the adaptation is added to the canon.continuity of the source material.



* ExiledFromContinuity: A character is prevented from appearing in an adaptation or from making further appearances in the original work because of legal issues.

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* ExiledFromContinuity: A character is prevented restricted from appearing in an adaptation or from making further appearances in the original work work, often because of legal issues.



* ForgottenFirstMeeting

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* ForgottenFirstMeetingForgottenFirstMeeting: Establishing that two characters actually met each other before their assumed first meeting, they just forgot it and mistook their second meeting for their first.



* MutuallyFictional

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* MutuallyFictionalMutuallyFictional: Two works treat each other as being fictional in-universe.



* NonSerialMovie: TheMovie of a TV Series, but not canon.

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* NonSerialMovie: TheMovie of A television series has a movie adaptation that isn't in continuity with the TV Series, but not canon.show.



* {{Prequel}}: An installment of the series that takes place before previously released installments.

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* {{Prequel}}: An installment of the series that chronologically takes place before previously released installments.the first installment.



* ResolvedNoodleIncident

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* ResolvedNoodleIncidentResolvedNoodleIncident: A NoodleIncident stops being a Noodle Incident because we're finally shown the exact details of the vaguely mentioned offscreen past event.



* WhatIf

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* WhatIfWhatIf: A standalone story set in an alternate continuity where things happened differently.



* ZeerustCanon

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* ZeerustCanonZeerustCanon: The series sticks with its depiction of the future in spite of the predicted technology being outdated in real life.
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** RetGone: Ceasing to exist in reality.

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** RetGone: Ceasing Time travel is used to exist in reality.erase a character from existence in-universe.

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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Every character is unrelatedly connected to almost every other character.
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** RememberTheNewGuy: A character abruptly starts making appearances without explaining why.

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** RememberTheNewGuy: A new character abruptly starts making appearances without explaining why.is introduced suddenly and treated as if they were always there.
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** ShrugOfGod: The creator avoids giving a straight answer and prefers to let the audiences make their own conclusions about the unexplained details of canon.

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** ShrugOfGod: The creator avoids giving a straight answer (either due to indifference or not being sure themselves) and prefers to let the audiences make their own conclusions about the unexplained details of canon.
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** ShrugOfGod: Not even the creator knows why things are the way they are in the work.

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** ShrugOfGod: Not even the The creator knows why things are avoids giving a straight answer and prefers to let the way they are in audiences make their own conclusions about the work.unexplained details of canon.
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* NotSoEpisodic
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* CliffhangerWall: Instead of moving the series' continuity forward, the next few entries take place earlier in the timeline, often disregarding a SequelHook that the last chronological installment ended with.
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* CallForward: In a {{Prequel}} or {{Interquel}}, references to a future event.

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* CallForward: In a {{Prequel}} or {{Interquel}}, references to a future event.an event that audiences who've seen the original work know will eventually happen.

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* CanonWelding: Two unrelated works become one, but not in {{Crossover}} fashion.

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* CanonWelding: Two unrelated works become one, but not exactly in {{Crossover}} {{crossover}} fashion.



** IntercontinuityCrossover: There's two ''entirely different'' continuities coming together for a crossover, or two AlternateContinuities for a LongRunner like Batman.
** IntraFranchiseCrossover



* IntercontinuityCrossover: There's two ''entirely different'' continuities coming together for a crossover, or two AlternateContinuities for a LongRunner like Batman.



* IntraFranchiseCrossover

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* {{Continuity}}

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* StationsOfTheCanon: Elements that are consistent across different continuities.

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* StationsOfTheCanon: Elements Anchor points that are consistent across different continuities.continuities, fanfic or official.
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* StationsOfTheCanon: Elements that are consistent across different continuities.
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** CerebusRetcon

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** CerebusRetconCerebusRetcon: A retcon where an earlier lighthearted or inconsequential event is reinterpreted in a darker and more serious context.



** CosmicRetcon
** OrwellianRetcon

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** CosmicRetcon
CosmicRetcon: The retcon is caused by the work's reality being altered by in-universe events.
** OrwellianRetconOrwellianRetcon: The work is modified from its original version and the creators act as if the work was always like that.



** {{Revision}}
** {{Rewrite}}
* {{Retconjuration}}

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** {{Revision}}
{{Revision}}: Adding new information about the story that doesn't directly contradict the established canon.
** {{Rewrite}}
{{Rewrite}}: Changing the backstory in a way that contradicts established canon.
* {{Retconjuration}}{{Retconjuration}}: The power to change history for the sake of the plot.
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* FanonWelding: Fans believe Show X and Show Y are secretly canon to one another.
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* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: The creator no longer has the rights to his work.

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* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: The creator no longer has the rights to his work.work or didn't have the rights in the first place.
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* ClueFromEd: An event mentioned in dialog or captions has an asterisk next to it, and down near the panel border is a little message, saying something like, '''"See Volume 4, Issue 3 - Ed."'''

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* ClueFromEd: An For the benefit of comics readers who haven't read earlier issues, an event mentioned in dialog or captions has an asterisk next to it, and down near the panel border is a little message, saying something like, '''"See Volume 4, Issue 3 - Ed."'''
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* AllianceOfAlternates: Incarnations of the same person from different [[AlternateUniverse universes]], [[AlternateContinuity continuities]] and/or [[AlternateTimeline timelines]] teaming up.
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* SchrodingersCanon: A spinoff meant to be canonical ends up conflicting with the actual canon, so it's treated as simultaneously canon and not canon until (dis)proven.

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* SchrodingersCanon: A spinoff or adaptation meant to be canonical ends up conflicting with the actual canon, so it's treated as simultaneously canon and not canon until (dis)proven.
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* RetroactiveIdiotBall: When a later installment into the continuity makes it so the actions a character takes in an earlier installment seem unnecessary, extremely misguided, or otherwise nonsensical

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* RetroactiveIdiotBall: When a later installment into the continuity makes it so the actions a character takes in an earlier installment seem unnecessary, extremely misguided, or otherwise nonsensicalnonsensical.
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* AbsentAnimalCompanion: Pets tend to show up in one episode of an episodic series, and disappear forever by the next.
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* RetroactiveIdiotBall: When a later installment into the continuity makes it so the actions a character takes in an earlier installment seem unnecessary, extremely misguided, or otherwise nonsensical

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