History Main / FlipFlopOfGod

*** I thought his mom was his father?

** And that's not even getting into the subject of whether [[PlayingWithFire Blaze]] the Cat is a queen or a [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]], and if she's from another dimension or the future.

->"The author reserves the right to have a better idea."
-->-- {{Lois McMaster Bujold}}

* [[http://www.capcomdigital.com/blog/2008/09/05/inafunesan_answers_your_questions According to Kejii Inafune]], ''MegaMan & Bass'' exists parallel to ''Mega Man 9''. However, in the ending of ''Mega Man 9'', Rush projects nine images of Wily doing the exact same actions in different ''Mega Man'' games, and one of them unmistakably takes place in the final boss room in ''Mega Man & Bass''.

** It even flipflops between her and him when the game tell you to try playing as the Pyro.

* In BatmanTheAnimatedSeries and BatmanBeyond, Ra's Al Ghul's name is prounounced Race. This is supported by one of the ''Trinity'' comics in which Bizarro refers to him as "Racer Cool". In BatmanBegins, his name is pronounced Rahs. The movie pronunciation is the current WordOfGod on the issue.

Different from RetCon, because {{RetCon}}s are changes to something that happens in the story, instead of the WordOfGod. When the author refuses to outright answer a question, it's a ShrugOfGod.

** This can be solved quite simply with knowledge of Japanese phonetics. There is no sound for "tee." The closest thing would be "chi." Since his name isn't Chidas, it's best assumed that it would be Ta-i-da-su. Tye-dus. Tidus.

-->-- LoisMcMasterBujold

* ''{{Ben 10}}'' featured Gwen gaining obviously supernatural powers from amulets, a bracelet, and a book. Then, in ''Alien Force'' it is revealed that, just like everyone else's powers, hers are of alien origin, and suddenly she's a purple lantern instead of the girl who once made tornadoes, stun blasts etc. Way to kill originality there.
** Dwayne [=McDuffie=] has stated that other writers can overturn his WordOfGod.

* The ''{{SouthPark}}'' writers had said that they wouldn't allow Cartman to murder anyone. This was after Cartman murdered Scott Tenorman's parents in ''Scott Tenorman Must Die'', and before Cartman tried to commit genocide in ''The Passion of the Jew'' and again in ''Ginger Kids''.
** They are ''technically'' still true to their word, as a farmer was responsible for the murder of Scott's parents. Cartman has only ever been guilty of ''conspiracy to commit murder''.

** Most likely explanation would be that the writers just make things up as they go rather than having any proper plans for the story, so it would make sense they say things that later might turn out to be completely contradictory.

-->"The author reserves the right to have a better idea."

**** Though, at the same time, ''Fahrenheit 451'' is implied to take in the same universe as ''The Martian Chronicles'' through one of the short stories, ''Usher II'', and that one was very anti-censorship. SoYeah.

* The Pyro's gender in TeamFortress2. Valve has never quite specified, and considering he wears a mask and you can't hear his/her voice lines very well, no concrete guess has been made.

* RatchetAndClank had this. Is[[spoiler: [[GirlOfTheWeek Angela Cross]] a Lombax?]] 1. A fan letter gets an answer from one of the employees - [[spoiler:she is.]] 2. When Tools of Destruction comes to PS3 with it's focus on finding Ratchet's origins ([[spoiler:where did all the Lombaxes go]]), Insomniac Games officially stated that [[spoiler:she is not.]] 3. When fans realized it doesn't make sense ([[spoiler:with Angela looking VERY like Ratchet, with the same physiology, save for a tail]]), they demanded a logical answer. So, in A Crack in Time, IG tells us that [[spoiler:she actually is a Lombax.]] Wha... ?

** But she's part Magic Using Alien. The energy source used for her (and her Grandmother's) powers is described as {{Mana}}. She's just been useing more innate powers then human-made spells lately.