History Main / FlipFlopOfGod

* This is the reason why ''Franchise/{{Touhou|Project}}'' has such massive, intricate {{fanon}}, as when series creator ZUN isn't being [[ShrugOfGod deliberately obtuse]], [[TeasingCreator speaking in riddles]], [[TrollingCreator messing with his fans]] or [[LyingCreator outright lying]], he changes his mind at the drop of his NiceHat. For just [[RuleOfThree three]] examples, he can barely keep the characters' eye and hair colors from changing between games, talked at length about how ''Touhou'' "is not a series" which ended with him admitting that it is a series after all, and reports on whether or not youkai have stopped eating people are wildly contradictory (one states it never happens, one states it is a constant concern for the human inhabitants of Gensoukyou, and another states it is only a concern for those ''outside'' of Gensoukyou). ZUN sort of covers for this tendency by making having his [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental materials]] come from {{Unreliable Narrator}}s. It's not the author that's wrong, it's the characters!

* In the intro to TheRemake of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie'', Creator/{{Swing 123}} remarks that he wouldn't be remaking his [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIILostAtSea other]] [[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble two]] movie fanfics. Not too long later, however, he announced that he would be remaking ''Lost at Sea''.

* Whether or not Creator/WilliamGibson's [[Literature/SprawlTrilogy Sprawl]] is a dystopia seems to depend on what the general outlook on the future seems to be in the SF Community. When ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' first came out in TheEighties, Gibson was adamant that the Sprawl was a dystopia with all the problems of modern urban environments turned up to eleven. Now, twenty years later, Gibson's claiming the exact opposite while simultaneously trying to cosy up to younger, more optimistic writers.

* Music/YngwieMalmsteen has a very well-known instrumental that has been officially known as both "Arpeggios From Hell" and "Molto Arpeggiosa". The "excerpt" (which is actually the majority of the overall composition) that gained Creator/YouTube fame is titled the former, with the overall piece titled the latter.

* Music/{{Starflyer 59}} has a few.
** According to the ''Leave Here a Stranger'' liner notes, the song "When I Learn to Sing" begins with the lyrics "Because of my genes, a problem I don't need..." According to the official Sf59 fakebook, the song in question begins with "Because of machines, that burn the life out of me..."

* When people pointed out that Alpha Trion being a member of the original Thirteen Franchise/{{Transformers}} in Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse clashed with his portrayal in ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass'', Hasbro later stated that the Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse wasn't part of the larger Transformers multiverse. However, Hasbro later reversed this stance as, starting with ''VideoGame/TransformersRiseOfTheDarkSpark'' (which involves the titular artifact going from the Aligned universe to the universe of [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries the movies]] [[spoiler: and [[Franchise/TransformersGenerationOne Generation 1 universe]]]]), the ''Ask [[Anime/TransformersCybertron Vector Prime]]'' column (which confirmed the events of ''Dark Spark'' revealed the existence of the Aligned universe to the larger Multiverse and reveals that Aligned!Vector isn't the same bot as the one we've seen elsewhere), ''[[AllThereInTheManual The Complete]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated AllSpark Almanac]]'', ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel Regeneration One]]'' (which has a subplot of Hot Rod seeing all his counterparts, including his Algined incarnation from the DS version of ''War for Cybertron''), and [[Franchise/TransformersTimelines Andromeda - Axiom Nex]][[ComicBook/TransformersTransTech us News Reporter]] (which officially confirmed the Aligned universe being part of the larger multiverse), it's been revealed to be part of the multiverse, after all.

* In one of the first outside resources for ''VideoGame/WildARMS'', ''The Filgaia Chronicle'', it was stated that the Filgaia in the first two games and the anime was the same place, just with ''very'' large time gaps between works and repeated disasters masking the links. Later resources have instead suggested that each ''Wild ARMS'' related work has used a different world that shares the name Filgaia. Some of them dovetail nicely in to each other, but others are hard to reconcile... and some have some of each -- for instance, ''Wild ARMS 4'' follows nicely from the original or its remake ''Alter Code F''... except that Guardians work differently in it than any other game in the series, including the original and its remake; in others, they're spirits of the planet, but in ''4'', they're a sort of special type of ARM. At this point, it's basically anyone's guess what's going on with Filgaia in the various games.

** Over the years, Disney's come to like the ambiguity in regards to Mickey and Minnie's relationship; it keeps everything more flexible that way. Back in [[TheEighties the mid-1980s]], Disney's [[{{Pun}} marketeers]] actually planned a massive marketing push after the disastrous Totally Minnie campaign [[note]] where Minnie was re-imagined as a Madonna-esque "modern girl"[[/note]] in which, after years of speculation, Mickey and Minnie were finally going to tie the knot in a huge ceremony at [[Ride/DisneyThemeParks Disneyland]]... and there was a MASSIVE push-back from older animators and Imagineers within the company, who fought tooth-and-nail to prevent it from happening.

* When the first volume of ''ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne'' was released Creator/JeffLemire stated that the book was not set in the same verse as the other Earth One titles, but instead in a separate standalone continuity where adult superheroes didn’t exist. This was [[WriterConflictsWithCanon contradicted]] by Creator/GrantMorrison’s ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' which put both ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'', ''ComicBook/BatmanEarthOne'' and this series on Earth-1 of the post ComicBook/{{New 52}} multiverse. DC then released several statements clarifying that the book took place on a world where adult superheroes didn’t ''[[ExactWords yet]]'' exist, placing the events of the title as occurring either [[{{Prequel}} before]] or [[HeroOfAnotherStory concurrently]] with ''[[ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne Superman Earth One: Volume One]]''.

* In ''IlluminatiNewWorldOrder'', it's possible to give a group a temporary attribute, and then give them power-boosts that are only legitimate for that attribute. Such power boosts are normally permanent, but when the attribute goes away, so will the power. The rules say that only permanent power boosts count for victory conditions. So, does a power boost as described above count for victory? Steve Jackson originally said yes. The official FAQ now says no.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}'', for a while, Games Workshop couldn't decide just who Ollanius Pius was. He went from an ordinary human, to a Terminator (veteran SpaceMarine), to the Emperor's personal bodyguard, to an ordinary human who just happens to be 30,000 years old. They seem to have settled on the latter.

* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'': Is the male Barbarian the same one from ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}} II'' or not? Some Blizzard employees say yes, others say no.

** [[DependingOnTheWriter Perhaps due to the series changing hands]], the ''Fallout'' universe tends to waffle around about mutants. Specifically, the ratios of FEV and radiation required to create Ghouls and Super Mutants and the New California Republic's feelings about mutants. The current rule is that Super Mutants only require FEV, while Ghouls only require radiation (though the amount of time of exposure is also constantly changing). ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' showed both types of mutants proud to serve in the NCR army, while ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has a quest based entirely on the NCR using mercenaries to provoke the mutants so they can justify a slaughter.

* ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' has accumulated several of these, largely due to the creators claiming not to have had a grand narrative in mind while creating the game and therefore not having answers when put on the spot by eager fans.

* The original head writer of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', Creator/ChristopherYost, denied rumors that ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'' takes place in the same universe, despite Creator/DisneyXD airing them as part of the same block every Sunday. Creator/JephLoeb, who became the executive producer for ''Spider-Man'' and some episodes from the second season of ''The Avengers'', went on to ''confirm'' those rumors. Viewers have pointed out that if Loeb's word becomes true, it would [[WriterConflictsWithCanon open up a mess of contradictions]]. (For starters, the title character of ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' attends the same high school as Comicbook/IronFist and ComicBook/LukeCage, but ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' depicts Iron Fist and Luke Cage as older than Spidey). It was also initially reported that ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' would be set in the same universe as ''Ultimate Spider-Man''. It's since been confirmed by both Loeb and the creators that ''Assemble'' is a sequel to ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', albeit with past events only brought up in BroadStrokes, if at all.

* ''Series/QuantumLeap'': One of the house rules according to creator Donald Bellisario, was that Sam would never leap into a real person. For the first four seasons, he didn't; we only saw "[[HistoricalInJoke kisses with history]]". But the rule was suddenly dropped for Season 5, which opened with Sam leaping into [[WhoShotJFK Lee Harvey Oswald]] (a story Bellisario particularly wanted to tell as a counterpunch to Oliver Stone's ''JFK''), and continued with a host of others: Marilyn Monroe's chauffeur, Dr. Ruth, and even [[Music/ElvisPresley the King himself]]. According to Usenet posts made at the time from [[WordOfStPaul someone with connections to the production staff]], this was ExecutiveMeddling at work: the only way Bellisario could get Season 5 made was by giving the network execs the stories they wanted, which involved Sam leaping into real people.

* Creator/JRRTolkien was continually tinkering with his massive ''[[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Legendarium]]'', resulting in some contradictions between published materials and what he decided later on top of his [[RiddleForTheAges intentional mysteries]]. One example is the origin of the Orcs; he continually tried to reconcile an "evil" race with his Catholic belief that no creature could be inherently evil or incapable of redemption, and there was also the question of if they were tortured Elves or created in some other way by Morgoth (what remained consistent is that evil is incapable of independent creation). Also there are signs that he started considering twisted Men as the origin of Orcs and avoid Elves altogether.

* Part of the reason why Creator/{{Marvel|Comic}}'s ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' event ended up not doing well is because for whatever reason, Marvel's editorial staff at the time, refused to give any straight answers to exactly what the actual wording of the SuperhumanRegistrationAct was, claiming that it would be "too complicated" to understand. As a result, many of the details on how the law worked were effectively left up to the individual writers' interpretation. In addition, the lack of communication between said writers, made a mess of things in the different story-threads around the event, where there are often widely contradictory statements on what the Superhero Registration Act is actually supposed to do or say between almost every book.

** [[http://www.capcomdigital.com/blog/2008/09/05/inafunesan_answers_your_questions According to]] Creator/KejiiInafune, ''[[VideoGame/MegaManAndBass'' exists parallel to ''VideoGame/MegaMan9''. However, in the ending of ''9'', Rush projects nine images of Wily doing the exact same actions in different games, and one of them unmistakably takes place in the final boss room in the former. Additionally, the game's original ROM refers to ''[=MM&B=] as [[{{Interquel}} "Rock 8.5"]].

** LooseCanon is to blame for a lot of these consistencies; Ken Eva of Sega Europe stated around the time of ''Forces'' that ''Sonic'' canon is in a state of flux, meaning it's liable to change as Sega sees fit. Notably, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmzc8L8zTBk supplemental material]] for ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'' threw out the [[FanDislikedExplanation widely disliked]] and [[WriterConflictsWithCanon canon-conflicting]] claim that [[WorldOfFunnyAnimals Sonic's world and the human world were separate despite this being the case for ''Forces''.

Sometimes, however, the Word of God can't quite make up its mind what to say. Maybe the creators haven’t decided what the right answer is, or [[BellisariosMaxim the audience asked them a question they didn't think they'd have to answer at all]]. Maybe they actually changed their mind sometime after they gave the original answer. Sometimes, it's simply that they're [[LyingCreator Lying Creators]]. Or the "creator" is actually a series of ghost writers as in some franchise series and DependingOnTheWriter don't do a great job of keeping the character consistent. Either way, a Flip Flop of God is when the Word of God contradicts itself somehow. The fundamental unreliability this reveals — any creator, at any time, might commit this — can be considered an argument in favor of the DeathOfTheAuthor.

Compare and contrast ShrugOfGod, when a creator outright refuses to give a direct answer, and TheWalrusWasPaul, when a creator's message is deliberately confusing. Can overlap with this if they later ''do'' give a straight answer, or if they contradict an earlier straight answer by saying the detail in question is intentionally ambiguous. Be aware that this trope is not "WordOfGod being contradicted by a Word of lesser standing (WordOfStPaul or WordOfDante)". It only apples when WordOfGod contradicts ''itself''.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'': At various points, Creator/AkiraToriyama has stated that Tien Shinhan's [[ExtraEyes third eye]] is either the result of [[EnlightenmentSuperpowers reaching enlightenment]] or that Tien is descended from a race of three-eyed humans.

* ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'' features a PseudoRomanticFriendship between the lead Kumiko and her friend Reina. The director of episode 8, Naoko Yamada, has stated the "confession of love" scene is meant to be "seductive" and that it “gives the feeling of a young boy falling in love one summer,” but it's [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians not "yuri" according to her]]. A separate director, Tatsuya Ishihara, thinks that the HomoeroticSubtext is actually ShipTease.

* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} [[FourthWallObserver himself admits]] that whether or not Wade Wilson is his real name [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on who's writing him]].
* For years, Creator/BrianMichaelBendis was adamant that Ronin from the Comicbook/NewAvengers was ''always'' intended to be Maya Lopez in a new identity, despite early publicity materials strongly indicating that the character was actually supposed to be Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} in disguise. Bendis eventually confirmed in the first ''New Avengers'' hardcover that Ronin was indeed intended to be Daredevil, and that the decision to have it turn out to be Maya instead was a last minute change.
* James Robinson was initially very defensive of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'', and even said in a text piece that he had "No apologies" for any of the controversial elements. Then at a convention, he confessed that [[CollateralAngst killing Lian Harper to give angst to her]] [[ComicBook/GreenArrow white grandfather]] was an [[ExecutiveMeddling editorial decision]], and not one he agreed with either.
* When the first volume of ''ComicBook/TeenTitansEarthOne'' was released Creator/JeffLemire stated that the book was not set in the same verse as the other Earth One titles, but instead in a separate standalone continuity where adult superheroes didn’t exist. This was [[WriterConflictsWithCanon contradicted]] by Creator/GrantMorrison’s ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'' which put both ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'', ''ComicBook/BatmanEarthOne'' and this series on Earth-1 of the post ComicBook/{{New 52}} multiverse. DC then released several statements clarifying that the book took place on a world where adult superheroes didn’t ''[[ExactWords yet]]'' exist, placing the events of the title as occurring either [[{{Prequel}} before]] or [[HeroOfAnotherStory concurrently]] with ''[[ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne Superman Earth One: Volume One]]''.

* Part of the reason why Marvel's ComicBook/CivilWar event ended up not doing well is because for whatever reason, Marvel's editorial staff at the time, refused to give any straight answers to exactly what the actual wording of the SuperhumanRegistrationAct was, claiming that it would be "too complicated" to understand. As a result, many of the details on how the law worked were effectively left up to the individual writers' interpretation. In addition, the lack of communication between said writers, made a mess of things in the different story-threads around the event, where there are often widely contradictory statements on what the Superhero Registration Act is actually supposed to do or say between almost every book.

* Creator/NimbusLlewelyn, author of ''Fanfic/TheWizardInTheShadows'' and ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' is prone to this - something stated in an A/N can and will be contradicted ten chapters later. Despite his justified claims of a grand plan and littering his stories with the contents of ChekhovsArmoury, he's admitted a tendency towards [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants making up many of the fine details - and some major characters - as he goes along]], most notably in the latter story.
** Early on, he said that the story would pretty closely follow the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books and be around 140-150,000 words long, in line with ''Shadows'', his previous long form project. Nearly four years later, it finished at over 820,000 words, longer than the first five Harry Potter books ''combined'' and has fairly significantly deviated from the books. The sequel, ''Ghosts of the Past'', was already longer than ''Shadows'' after only 10 chapters, taking the combined word count to over a ''million words'' for the Storm 'verse alone. It is now longer than ''Child of the Storm'', taking the combined word count to approximately 1.7 million words.
** Another claim was that Harry would be definitively paired with Ginny Weasley, before stating that Harry would date other people, then eventually saying that he'd 'written himself out of a corner' on that score and Harry and Ginny wouldn't be dating at all.

* The order in which Ariel's sisters from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' are in. The earliest materials have Aquata as the oldest but later material usually have Attina, likely due to her crown. Disney has flipped between the two since.

* ''Film/TotalRecall1990'': Director Creator/PaulVerhoeven has gone back and forth on the issue of whether the events of the film were real or all in Quaid's mind. His position seems to depend on whether there are hopes of getting a sequel made at the time he is asked that question.

** Aubrey Plaza, the actress who plays Julie, has stated that the reason her character acts so hostile towards Scott is because she has an unrequited crush on him. Bryan O'Malley, the creator of the comics, disagrees with this, but Edgar Wright, the director of the movie, supports it.
* In 2004, Ryuhei Kitamura and Shogo Tomiyama stated that they renamed the [[Film/{{Godzilla1998}} 1998 version of Godzilla]] "Zilla" in ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', since the creature was a mere animal and not a godlike existence. In 2013, Zilla appeared in ''ComicBook/GodzillaRulersOfEarth'' using the 1998 design but being explicitly stated to be the monster from ''Final Wars'', with artist Matt Frank stating on Website/DeviantArt that Toho does not distinguish between the 1998 Godzilla and Zilla as characters. However, in 2014, Keith Aikman, who has worked with both Toho and Sony, stated that [[http://31.media.tumblr.com/712098e787d5e3d1204cccadb9a294fc/tumblr_nbosoeA8nq1rl1vlfo1_500.png Toho does NOT consider the 1998 Godzilla to be Zilla]].
* When ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' was still in production, Creator/BryanSinger claimed that Havok would not be Comicbook/{{Cyclops}}' brother in this continuity, but would be related to him in a way that made sense in the timeline of the films. This led many to believe that Singer was implying that Havok may actually be Cyclops' ''father'' in the movies. However, come ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', Singer confirmed that Havok ''is'' Cyclops' sibling, albeit his older brother like in the ''Comicbook/UltimateXMen'' comics.
* The writers of ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'' have stated multiple times that the film was not intended as satire on the decreasing intelligence of mankind. Nearly 10 years after the film was released, the writers changed their mind about that on [[https://twitter.com/etanjc/status/702545314733895680 Twitter]] after RealLife events had them agreeing with the fans on how their movie actually is coming true.
* ''Film/Alien3'': Creator/LanceHenriksen can't decide if his character, Michael Bishop is a human or a robot, the alternate cut of the film suggests the former as it shows him bleeding and yelling "I'm not an android!!!".
* The creators of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' have contradicted each other on the exact mechanics of Steve Rogers' ending. [[spoiler: Did the lifetime he spent with Peggy take place in an alternate timeline, with him returning by unknown means, or his native one?]]
* Creator/RobertZemeckis and Bob Gale have created a ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' [[http://bttf.wikidot.com/official-bttf-faq FAQ that answers a lot of fan questions]] they've got over the years. Some of the questions have three or four possible answers and we aren't told which are canonical.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter''
** In the first few weeks after ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' was released, J.K. Rowling's answers to questions that either went unanswered in the series or about what happened between the end and the epilogue were a bit contradictory. She eventually settled on a single answer for ''most'' of them.
** In an interview she did with Pottercast, Rowling and the interviewers became confused regarding Hannah Abbott's blood status - she had always assumed her to be Muggle-born, but had written that a family member of hers was buried in a wizard cemetery. Her final decision: "Oh, let's just split the difference and call her half-blood."
** As far as character interpretation is concerned, there are also her claims about Voldemort. She is known to have claimed that he is incapable of feeling love and uses the loveless union that he is a product of as symbolism (if not as a cause of it) to make the point. But then she is also recorded to have said that if Merope lived and raised him he would have turned out different. So how again is someone who is born incapable of any positive emotion towards another being in need of only a mother figure to start feeling?
** On a more minor note, Rowling apparently couldn't make up her mind on what year Hermione Granger was born - originally she gave Hermione's year of birth as 1980 (same as Harry and Ron) and later changed it to 1979.
** Over the years, it seems like she's somewhat changed her position on the Dumbledore/Grindelwald romantic relationship, although the true nature of it was always open to personal interpretation. She implied that she'd seen it as somewhat one-sided on Dumbledore's part, claiming that he was in love with Grindelwald but she wasn't quite sure if Grindelwald ever actually loved him back. She posited that he might have been playing along to keep Dumbledore as TheDragon (though, again, there were hints in the book that could be interpreted as it being mutual). [[note]] Bathilda Bagshot says Grindelwald was upset when he had to leave England after Dumbledore's sister died so he wouldn't get in legal trouble and would have liked to been there for him. Grindelwald never went public about their relationship even though it would have probably benefited him. The biggest hint is that Grindelwald dies so Voldemort won't desecrate Dumbledore's tomb. [[/note]] However, now that she's fleshed out the character in the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' series, she's settled on it being a mutual romantic relationship and both characters are clearly portrayed as still being in love with each other.
* Creator/AnneMcCaffrey couldn't seem to make up her mind about, well, ''anything'' related to ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern''. For instance, whether measurements given for the dragons are in feet (really the only feasible size, but a bit small for the early descriptions) or meters (an outright ridiculous figure). Or whether greens are infertile from firestone or genetics (at one point she actually said both in ''the same sentence'').
* Whether or not Creator/WilliamGibson's Sprawl is a dystopia seems to depend on what the general outlook on the future seems to be in the SF Community. When ''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'' first came out in TheEighties, Gibson was adamant that The Sprawl was a dystopia with all the problems of modern urban environments turned up to eleven. Now, twenty years later, Gibson's claiming the exact opposite while simultaneously trying to cosy up to younger, more optimistic writers.

* Creator/LFrankBaum explicitly cancelled his "Literature/LandOfOz" series several times, only to be forced to resume the series for financial reasons and write his way out of whatever corner he'd previously trapped himself in. He started flip-flopping in the first two books. Glinda is happy to send the Scarecrow back to the Emerald City to rule in the first book, but in the second, she refuses to help him regain the throne because the Wizard had usurped it in the first place.

* Creator/JRRTolkien was continually tinkering with his massive Legendarium, resulting in some contradictions between published materials and what he decided later on top of his [[RiddleForTheAges intentional mysteries]]. One example is the origin of the Orcs; he continually tried to reconcile an "evil" race with his Catholic belief that no creature could be inherently evil or incapable of redemption, and there was also the question of if they were tortured Elves or created in some other way by Morgoth (what remained consistent is that evil is incapable of independent creation). Also there are signs that he started considering twisted Men as the origin of Orcs and avoid Elves altogether.

** On Usenet during the broadcast of season 3, series creator Creator/JMichaelStraczynski stated that Valen, the ancient Minbari leader and messiah figure, had no children. In season 4, the episode "Atonement" revolved around Valen having had children. JMS has admitted to [[LyingCreator outright lying]] in order to avoid spoiling future storylines, naming Valen as a specific example.
** Also, in a behind-the-scenes documentary made during season 1, Jerry Doyle (who played Michael Garibaldi) said that JMS told him that Garibaldi would never get a girl. In the show, Garibaldi ends up reconciling with his old girlfriend Lise in season 4 and marrying her in season 5.
* RDM's flat denial of any possibility of an Adama/Roslin romance in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' romance. Turned out about the same way.
* When Willow's relationship with Tara started budding in season 4 of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Creator/JossWhedon was cautious to use the word lesbian, because "then it would stop being about these two people," preferring to not use a label and just see them [[IfItsYouItsOkay as two women in love]]. He also stated that if Oz were ever to come back, the situation would be very complicated because Willow had strong feelings towards both. Flash forward to season 7, where in an interview Whedon instead outright says Willow is a lesbian. The writers discussed having her hook up with a man after [[spoiler: Tara's death]], but went with Kennedy because they didn't want to make her "anything less than gay." Then in a 2020 interview Whedon said that, if the show had been made in present day (i.e. the 2020s), Willow would have been bisexual.

** An early season 1 interview said that there would be no TimeTravel. Desmond's [[MentalTimeTravel consciousness-jumping]] in seasons 3 and 4 could be seen as bending this rule, but season 5 flat out broke it. Script coordinator Gregg Nations claimed that an early season 1 episode, "Solitary", was supposed to hint at time travel and time anomalies on the island, but ABC nixed the idea, afraid that people would stop watching if time travel muddled the plot.

** Damon Lindeloff claimed in a 2005 interview that the show had no supernatural elements, and everything had a scientific explanation. Even if you take that as only referring to things that had already happened, the statement still covers [[spoiler:the Smoke Monster, who turned out to be a former human who became what he is through magic.]]

** ''[[Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy Lost Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm Ninja Storm]]'' got this, though ''[[Series/PowerRangersSPD SPD]]'' has been able to keep its 2025 setting so far; team-ups feature TimeTravel. ''[[Series/PowerRangersRPM RPM]]'' also dodged it by being declared an AlternateUniverse, and ''their'' team-ups involve crossing dimensions. ''Dino Charge'' is so recent it just hasn't happened ''yet''; but seems destined for it considering it ended with [[spoiler:Earth destroyed, before the Rangers travel back in time and prevent the destruction along with the extinction of the dinosaurs]] - the following season, ''Ninja Steel'', doesn't involve ''any'' of this.
** There's also Jonathon Tzachor's constant flip-flop over the state of the series' continuity. Initially, it was one whole universe except ''RPM''. Then, he decided that none of the Disney-era series happened (''Ninja Storm'' through ''RPM''). ''Then'', he decided that ''every'' season happened in different continuities - even the old-school ones that came before the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' format was picked up! Which makes ''Mighty Morphin'' season 3 and ''Turbo's'' endings {{Downer Ending}}s!

* Music/YngwieMalmsteen has a very well-known instrumental that has been officially known as both "Arpeggios From Hell" and "Molto Arpeggiosa".
** The "excerpt" (which is actually the majority of the overall composition) that gained youtube fame is titled the former, with the overall piece titled the latter

* Music/MelanieMartinez once said "Milk And Cookies" is about killing her boyfriend but then later said it's about killing a kidnapper. The lyrics make it sound like she's poisoning someone close to her however its context in the ConceptAlbum makes more sense for it being about the kidnapper in "Tag You're It".

* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''.

* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** Many Sonic Team employees will tell you conflicting things about the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic universe]]: The manuals can't seem to decide whether Sonic is calm, loves relaxation, and loves nature, or is excitable and unable to sit still at all, let alone enjoy the scenery. They also go back and forth on if Sonic and his friends live on a fictional version of Earth alongside humans, or if they live in another dimension and occasionally visit Earth.
** Sega employees and the games go back and forth on whether Classic Sonic is Modern's Sonic younger self from the past, or is from another dimension. And in the latter, they can't decide whether it's truly another dimension or [[AlternateTimeline a split timeline]]. Further muddying the waters is the fact that in all cases, Modern Sonic is treated as having experienced Classic Sonic's adventures in the past (or at least [[Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog1 the]] [[Videogame/SonicTheHedgehog2 classic]] [[Videogame/SonicTheHedgehogCD core]] [[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles games]]).
* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'':
** Is [[GirlOfTheWeek Angela Cross]] from ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankGoingCommando Going Commando]]'' the same species as Ratchet, a Lombax? A fan letter gets an answer from one of the employees - she is. When ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Tools of Destruction]]'' was released, focusing on Ratchet's origins, Insomniac Games officially stated that she is not. Seeing that Angela looks very much like Ratchet except in having breasts and lacking a tail, fans demanded a logical answer. So as of ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]'', Insomniac has stated that Angela Cross is definitely a Lombax, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy12UveK6oc put a reference to the whole ordeal in-game]] to affirm it.
** In 2014, [[http://www.insomniacgames.com/community/showthread.php?56339-Did-Insomniac-Ever-Outright-Confirm-SM-and-SAC-Were-Non-Canon&p=1421220&viewfull=1#post1421220 Insomniac Games stated on their forums]] that ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters'' and ''VideoGame/SecretAgentClank'' were non-canon, in response to queries regarding ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankIntoTheNexus Into the Nexus]]'' not referencing them in a history museum level. In 2017, however, [[https://twitter.com/insomniacgames/status/818582634951380993 they stated on their Twitter]] that the two games were actually canon (but with the events of the ''Secret Agent Clank'' game being a ShowWithinAShow), with [[https://ratchetandclank.fandom.com/wiki/Ratchet_%26_Clank_Wiki:Bulletin_board/Interview_with_James_Stevenson Insomniac community director James Stevenson reiterating]] that this would remain true until a future game or continuation would directly contradict it.
* ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'':
** Creator/{{SNK}} seems to change its position as to where fits into the universe of its other games by the day. Either it's an AlternateContinuity to ''VideoGame/ArtOfFighting''[=/=]''VideoGame/FatalFury'', or it's a follow-up to that universe. However, given that Geese Howard (the BigBad of ''Fatal Fury'') ''[[KilledOffForReal died]]'' in ''Real Bout Fatal Fury'', [[SchrodingersCast yet made a triumphant, unexpected appearance]] in ''KOF [='96=]'' and continues to make the occasional cameo (or rarer playable appearance) in later ''KOF'' games, it's a pretty safe bet that ''KOF'' has the same basic backstory as the ''[=AoF=][=/=]FF'' timeline but diverges after that. It's also telling that the cast of ''[=AoF=]'' is roughly around the same age as their ''Fatal Fury'' counterparts despite ''Art of Fighting'' presumably taking place in the late 1970s (''Fatal Fury'' is similarly assumed to occur in the 90s) and a young Geese Howard showing up in the second ''[=AoF=]'' as the TrueFinalBoss (as well as {{foreshadowing}} for his role in ''Fatal Fury'' in the first place).
** On a different note, are Iori Yagami's [[PlayingWithFire flames]] [[TechnicolorFire blue or purple]]? The sprites show them to be the latter, but official sources from both the past and present tend to mix this up frequently. To further confuse matters, the Yasakani (the clan the Yagami were formerly known as) were said to have [[FireIsRed crimson]] (read: [[DependingOnTheArtist orange]]) flames like the Kusanagi but gained {{Orochi}}'s blue flames when they [[DealWithTheDevil struck a deal with him]] [[DrivenByEnvy out of jealousy for the Kusanagi]]. However, Orochi Chris (one of Orochi's Four Heavenly Kings and [[LateArrivalSpoiler the vessel of his eventual rebirth]]) ''also'' uses purple flames like Iori despite not having reddish-orange flames to begin with (and [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]], Orochi Chris's flames were going to be ''black'').
** As the ''KOF'' verse has a very loose grasp on the concept of [[CloningBlues "clones"]], it's unclear if [[AnIcePerson Kula Diamond]], the Anti-K', is truly an OppositeSexClone of series lead Kyo Kusanagi. The NESTS Team story in ''2001'' has Kula mention that she was "grown from a petri dish" whereas her bio in ''Maximum Impact 2'' (where the general backstory of the pre-existing characters is unaltered) instead suggests she's a CloneByConversion in the manner of K' or Nameless.
** More recently, Shion, TheDragon from ''The King of Fighters XI'', is either male or has no official gender, depending on when you ask (although most official sources nowadays affirm that Shion is a he).
* Poison of ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' started out as transgender, was changed to a cis woman and is now trans again, if Capcom's really left ''Final Fight''/''Franchise/StreetFighter'' canon to Capcom USA.

* [[http://www.capcomdigital.com/blog/2008/09/05/inafunesan_answers_your_questions According to Kejii Inafune,]] ''[[VideoGame/MegaManAndBass Mega Man & Bass]]'' exists parallel to ''VideoGame/MegaMan9''. However, in the ending of ''9'', Rush projects nine images of Wily doing the exact same actions in different games, and one of them unmistakably takes place in the final boss room in the former.

** ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}''

* The remake of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII'' gave the previous {{Featureless Protagonist}}s (known as the Onion Knights for their starting class) names and personalities, and some materials stated that the four named orphans were the same characters as in the original. But then ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' came out and used the "Onion Knight", who is ''not'' any of the remake characters, as the game's representative. Later spin-off games have used both the remake's orphans and the Onion Knight.
* The hair color of [[BigBad Golbez]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV''. Given his heritage, most fans assumed that he would have white hair [[spoiler:like his fellow Lunarians]] under his helmet. The DS remake gave him brown hair in flashbacks... and then ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIVTheAfterYears The After Years]]'' went and gave him the white hair after all. This has lead to speculation that his hair whitened with age or that [[spoiler:the brief appearance of a brown-haired Golbez at the end of ''IV'' is supposed to symbolize how he appeared before Zemus took control, not his literal appearance]].
** Considering Cecil himself is white-haired in all games, promotional material and even the remake's intro movie, [[HairColorDissonance but is blond in-game]], it is perhaps better to just assume all other sources are canon and the remake just partook in an AdaptationalDyeJob.
* Due to Ellis being an UnreliableNarrator, the existence of Keith in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' has been of much debate. Valve tried to invoke this trope by saying that "Keith isn't imaginary, except, well, it is a video game, so it's all imaginary."
* This is the reason why ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' has such massive, intricate {{fanon}}, as when series creator ZUN isn't being [[ShrugOfGod deliberately obtuse]], [[TeasingCreator speaking in riddles]], [[TrollingCreator messing with his fans]] or [[LyingCreator outright lying]], he changes his mind at the drop of his NiceHat. For just [[RuleOfThree three]] examples, he can barely keep the characters' eye and hair colors from changing between games, talked at length about how ''Touhou'' "is not a series" which ended with him admitting that it is a series after all, and reports on whether or not youkai have stopped eating people are wildly contradictory (one states it never happens, one states it is a constant concern for the human inhabitants of Gensoukyou, and another states it is only a concern for those ''outside'' of Gensoukyou). ZUN sort of covers for this tendency by making having his [[AllThereInTheManual supplemental materials]] come from {{Unreliable Narrator}}s. It's not the author that's wrong, it's the characters!
* In one of the first outside resources for ''VideoGame/WildARMS'', ''The Filgaia Chronicle'', it was stated that the Filgaia in the first two games and the anime was the same place, just with ''very'' large time gaps between works and repeated disasters masking the links. Later resources have instead suggested that each ''Wild ARMS'' related work has used a different world that shares the name Filgaia. Some of them dovetail nicely in to each other, but others are hard to reconcile... and some have some of each -- for instance, ''Wild ARMS 4'' follows nicely from the original or its remake ''Alter Code F''... except that Guardians work differently in it than any other game in the series, including the original and its remake; in others, they're spirits of the planet, but in 4, they're a sort of special type of ARM. At this point, it's basically anyone's guess what's going on with Filgaia in the various games.

* Quite common with the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}, which has a [[AllThereInTheManual large amount of supplementary material]], which often directly contradicts other materials. One particular example is Servants and their memories as ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' established that Heroic Spirits wouldn't remember their time as Servants in the Holy Grail War and [[spoiler:Saber and Gilgamesh only remember the previous war because of special circumstances.]] Later works like ''VideoGame/FateExtellaTheUmbralStar'' and ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' has them able to remember what happened to themselves in previous works.
* [[DependingOnTheWriter Perhaps due to the series changing hands,]] the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' universe tends to waffle around about mutants. Specifically, the ratios of FEV and radiation required to create Ghouls and Super Mutants and the New California Republic's feelings about mutants. The current rule is that Super Mutants only require FEV, while Ghouls only require radiation (though the amount of time of exposure is also constantly changing). ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'' showed both types of mutants proud to serve in the NCR army, while ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' has a quest based entirely on the NCR using mercenaries to provoke the mutants so they can justify a slaughter.
** The change in the NCR's view of Super Mutants and Ghouls is potentially not a flip flop. ''Fallout 2'' has an entire plot line that revolves around a group of humans that vehemently hates both. In addition, Super Mutants and Ghouls aren't remotely common in the NCR and most of both groups are still outright hostile. Once the exceptions started dying off, it is hardly implausible that the NCR started reverting back to viewing them more negatively as a whole.
** ''Fallout 3'', however, is much more guilty of this. Washington D.C. is no longer completely obliterated, the Enclave was not completely destroyed when their West Coast base was nuked.
* It seems Creator/NaughtyDog simply cannot make up their minds about [[AmbiguousGender Seem's gender]] in ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter''. One half of official material refers to them as a girl, and the other half as a guy. When the game was first released, two fans, independent of one another, emailed the developer. One got back [[http://the-precursors.livejournal.com/42353.html "Seem is male",]] while the other received [[http://the-precursors.livejournal.com/42600.html "Seem is a girl."]]
* ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'': Is the male Barbarian the same one from ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}} II'' or not? Some Blizzard employees say yes, others say no.
* Katsuhiro Harada, the chief producer of the ''Videogame/{{Tekken}}'' series, constantly contradicts what he has said in the past about the games' confusing canon. When fans once called him out for making a statement which directly contradicted the game canon, he stated that he considers that the games are basically a series of branching timelines in which all canons are true.
* After the first ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' game, many fans wondered about the gender of Harpuia. The character looked feminine (and had a female VA) but acted masculine (none of Leviathan's "don't hold back because I'm a woman" here), and there were no pronouns to settle it. When asked, Capcom of America went with female -- which was news to Capcom of Japan. The conflicting WordOfGod left many fans confused, even after later games made it clear he was male.
* ''VideoGame/{{Skullgirls}}'': Peacock's outfit, [[http://i.imgur.com/YPvF8fd.jpg a dress with bloomers that conceal her legs]], makes it impossible to tell if her legs are ArtificialLimbs like her arms. Alex Ahad has stated a number of conflicting times whether or not her legs are .

* Rockstar Games' official stance on ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' is that each graphical generation (2D, 3D, etc.) represents a totally different continuity, which convinced a lot of long time fans that the HD generation's canon would behave differently from that of the others. But the HD generation is loaded with MythologyGags that seem to suggest otherwise, and [[BroadStrokes some minor plot elements that featured in previous continuities are revealed to still be around.]] The Epsilon Program, for example, is just as influential in the HD generation as in previous ones, and Lazlow is not only still a celebrity, but a much bigger one than in the preceding generation. Members of the fictional band Love Fist also appear in games from both generations.
* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'':
** Creator/MarkHamill once said that ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'' would be the last time he would reprise his ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' role as ComicBook/TheJoker. Then he came back for ''VideoGame/DCUniverseOnline'' and ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'', and said that the latter would be his last time unless ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' got an AnimatedAdaptation. He seemed to make good on this, with Creator/RichardEpcar from ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'' stepping in for ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'' and ''VideoGame/InfiniteCrisis'', and Creator/TroyBaker in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'', ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOriginsBlackgate'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'', despite the presence of Creator/KevinConroy in most of those projects.[[note]]Creator/RogerCraigSmith filled in for him in ''Origins'' and ''Blackgate''[[/note]] However, the keywords are "seemed to" as despite ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' opening with Joker's cremation, Hamill reprised the role in flashbacks and hallucinations. Then not only does he indeed reprise the role for the [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheKillingJoke animated adaptation]] of ''The Killing Joke'', he [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/conroy-hamill-return-justice-league-action-cartoon-network goes around and reprises the role for]] ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'', the ''Arkham'' interquel game ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamVR'', and ''[[VideoGame/LEGOBatman LEGO DC Super Villains]]''.
** Rocksteady Studios had said that ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'' would be the GrandFinale of the series as far as they're taking it and they were done with the series. One of the first games announced for the Playstation VR? ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamVR''? Who's making it? Rocksteady. (Admittedly, ''Arkham VR'' is more of a prequel to ''Arkham Knight'', which remains a grand finale.)
* The developers of ''{{VideoGame/Terraria}}'' stated back in May 2014 that version 1.2.4 would be the last update that adds new features to the game. Apparently they changed their mind, as June 2015 saw the release of Version 1.3. And then came version 1.4 in May 2020, which was titled "Journey's End" and marketed as THE final update for Terraria. Fans are, however, still skeptical, and even the dev team has admitted they aren't sure if it's really going to be the final update.
* In April 2015, then-supervising director of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' Ian Jones-Quartey [[https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/585229432283144192 claimed that]] the game ''VideoGame/AttackTheLight'' was [[SchrodingersCanon "level 2 canon"]], but in March 2019, he [[https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/1104505313749692416 said that]] both ''Attack the Light'' and ''VideoGame/SaveTheLight'' are canon.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': To explain season 8's character design changes which resulted from the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoNinjagoMovie intervening movie]], the writers used the previous season's time travel plot to imply the ButterflyEffect is what changed the ninja's appearances, which meant the ninja themselves unaware of the change. The writers [[https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/941004237885992960 confirmed on Twitter]] that this was the case, but Tommy Andreasen, co-creator and producer of the series, [[https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1017109278128328705 has stated]] that there is no in-universe explanation. The show itself aligns more with Andreasen's interpretation, because the ninja have their original designs in flashbacks and old photos, which would not be the case if time travel had changed history so they had always had their new appearances. Additionally, the later mini-movie written by Andreasen entitled "Elemental Rider" had the characters stating that they used to look different.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}}''
** For a while, Games Workshop couldn't decide just who Ollanius Pius was. He went from an ordinary human, to a Terminator (veteran SpaceMarine), to the Emperor's personal bodyguard, to an ordinary human who just happens to be 30,000 years old. They seem to have settled on the latter.
** Depending on the books and authors, the Imperium of Man is either an empire whose evils are [[NecessaryEvil an appropriate response to how horrible the galaxy is]] or [[FascistButInefficient needlessly cruel and plunging them deeper into self-destruction]], nor can they seem to decide if these evils are InherentInTheSystem and the whole thing is unredeemeable, or if the system can be saved by enough good actors. [[https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/11/19/the-imperium-is-driven-by-hate-warhammer-is-not/ Official statement released in late 2021]] is that the Imperium should not be rooted for, fan consensus is that [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing they failed at showing as much]].

* Games Workshop can't decide just who [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer40000}} Ollanius Pius]] is. He went from an ordinary human, to a Terminator (veteran SpaceMarine), to the Emperor's personal bodyguard, to an ordinary human who just happens to be 30,000 years old.

* When people pointed out that Alpha Trion being a member of the original Thirteen Franchise/{{Transformers}} in Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse clashed with his portrayal in ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass'', Hasbro later stated that the Franchise/TransformersAlignedUniverse wasn't part of the larger Transformers multiverse. However, Hasbro later reversed this stance as, starting with ''VideoGame/TransformersRiseOfTheDarkSpark'' (which involves the titular artifact going from the Aligned universe to the universe of [[Film/TransformersFilmSeries the movies]] [[spoiler: and [[Franchise/TransformersGenerationOne Generation 1 universe]]]]), the ''Ask [[Anime/TransformersCybertron Vector Prime]]'' column (which confirmed the events of ''Dark Spark'' revealed the existence of the Aligned universe to the larger Multiverse and reveals that Aligned!Vector isn't the same bot as the one we've seen elsewhere), ''[[AllThereInTheManual The Complete]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated AllSpark Almanac]]'', ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformers Regeneration One]]'' (which has a subplot of Hot Rod seeing all his counterparts, including his Algined incarnation from the DS version of ''War for Cybertron''), and [[Franchise/TransformersTimelines Andromeda - Axiom Nex]][[ComicBook/TransformersTransTech us News Reporter]] (which officially confirmed the Aligned universe being part of the larger multiverse), it's been revealed to be part of the multiverse, after all.

** Outside actual games, Nintendo has twice announced that new hardware would serve as a "third pillar" alongside existing hardware, only to quickly discontinue whatever system it was the obvious successor to. To be fair, these two situations weren't completely the same. While the first case of this was clearly Nintendo hedging their bets -- the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance line was still doing ''incredibly'' well in sales in 2004, so should the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS fail (and [[AndYouThoughtItWouldFail everyone assumed it would]]), they wanted an easy out to dismiss the dual-screen device as a weird experiment -- the second was just a bizarre deflection: the UsefulNotes/WiiU was an undeniable flop when the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch was first announced as "Codename NX", making for an obvious bluff.

** Outside actual games, Nintendo has twice announced that new hardware - namely, the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch - is a "third pillar", only to eventually discontinue predecessor hardware - the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance and UsefulNotes/WiiU, respectively. The latter, well, the predecessor had flopped anyway, but the former was clearly an effort to avoid the Osborne effect.

* Creator/JRRTolkien was continually tinkering with his massive Legendarium, resulting in some contradictions between published materials and what he decided later on top of his [[RiddleForTheAges intentional mysteries]]. One example is the origin of the Orcs; he continually tried to reconcile an "evil" race with his Catholic belief that no creature could be inherently evil or incapable of redemption, and there was also the question of if they were tortured Elves or created in some other way by Morgoth (what remained consistent is that evil is incapable of independent creation). Also there are signs that he started considering twisted men as the origin of Orcs and avoid Elves altogether.

* ''Literature/SoundEuphonium'' features a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship between the lead Kumiko and her friend Reina. The director of episode 8, Naoko Yamada, has stated the "confession of love" scene is meant to be "seductive" and that it “gives the feeling of a young boy falling in love one summer,” but it's [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians not "yuri" according to her]]. A separate director, Tatsuya Ishihara, thinks that the HomoeroticSubtext is actually ShipTease.

* James Robinson was initially very defensive of ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueCryForJustice'', and even said in a text piece that he had "No apologies" for any of the controversial elements. Then at a convention, he confessed that [[StuffedIntoTheFridge killing Lian Harper to give angst to her]] [[ComicBook/GreenArrow white grandfather]] was an [[ExecutiveMeddling editorial decision]], and not one he agreed with either.

** Sega, the devs and the games go back and forth on whether Classic Sonic is Modern's Sonic younger self from the past, or is from another dimension. And in the latter, they can't decide whether it's truly another dimension or [[AlternateTimeline a split timeline]]. Further muddying the waters is the fact that in all cases, Modern Sonic is treated as having lived Classic Sonic's adventures in the past (or at least the classic core games).

* Many Sonic Team employees will tell you conflicting things about the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic universe]]: The manuals can't seem to decide whether Sonic is calm, loves relaxation, and loves nature, or is excitable and unable to sit still at all, let alone enjoy the scenery. They also go back and forth on if Sonic and his friends live on a fictional version of Earth alongside humans, or if they live in another dimension and occasionally visit Earth.

** Whether or not Scootaloo will fly. Lauren Faust first said that Scootaloo "hadn't figured it out yet", then later claimed that she was actually disabled, then she stopped being in charge of the show anyway. "Growing Up is Hard to Do" shows Scootaloo as an adult with child-sized wings, but even that's not a definitive statement, since Bulk Biceps also has child-sized wings and he can indeed fly.

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

* The original head writer of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', Creator/ChristopherYost, denied rumors that ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'' takes place in the same universe, despite Creator/DisneyXD airing them as part of the same block every Sunday. Creator/JephLoeb, who became the executive producer for ''Spider-Man'' and some episodes from the second season of ''The Avengers'', went on to ''confirm'' those rumors. Viewers have pointed out that if Loeb's word becomes true, it would [[WriterConflictsWithCanon open up a mess of contradictions]]. (For starters, the title character of ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' attends the same high school as [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]] and ComicBook/LukeCage, but ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' depicts Iron Fist and Luke Cage as older than Spidey). It was also initially reported that ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' would be set in the same universe as ''Ultimate Spider-Man''. It's since been confirmed by both Loeb and the creators that ''Assemble'' is a sequel to ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', albeit with past events only brought up in BroadStrokes, if at all.

* When Willow's relationship with Tara started budding in season 4 of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Creator/JossWhedon was cautious to use the word lesbian, because "then it would stop being about these two people," preferring to not use a label and just see them [[IfItsYouItsOkay as two women in love]]. He also stated that if Oz were ever to come back, the situation would be very complicated because Willow had strong feelings towards both. Flash forward to season 7, where in an interview Whedon instead outright says Willow is a lesbian. The writers discussed having her hook up with a man after [[spoiler: Tara's death]], but went with Kennedy because they didn't want to make her "anything less than gay."

** Over the years, it seems like she's somewhat changed her position on the Dumbledore/Grindelwald romantic relationship, although the true nature of it was always open to personal interpretation. She implied that she'd seen it as somewhat one-sided on Dumbledore's part, claiming that he was in love with Grindelwald but she wasn't quite sure if Grindelwald ever actually loved him back. She posited that he might have been playing along to keep Dumbledore as TheDragon (though, again, there were hints in the book that could be interpreted as it being mutual. [[note]] Bathilda Bagshot says Grindelwald was upset when he had to leave England after Dumbledore's sister died so he wouldn't get in legal trouble and would have liked to been there for him. Grindelwald never went public about their relationship even though it would have probably benefited. The biggest hint is that Grindelwald dies so Voldemort won't desecrate Dumbledore's tomb. [[/note]] However, now that she's fleshed out the character in the ''Film/FantasticBeasts'' series, she's settled on it being a mutual romantic relationship and both characters are clearly portrayed as still being in love with each other.

* Creator/AnneMcCaffrey couldn't seem to make up her mind about, well, ''anything'' related to ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern''. For instance, whether measurements given for the dragons are in feet (really the only feasible size, but a bit small for the early descriptions) or meters (an outright ridiculous figure). Or whether greens are infertile from firestone or genetics (at one point she actually said both in ''the same sentence'').

*** Whether Birdo is a guy or a girl. ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' says Birdo is a "guy who thinks he's a girl", but ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' states Birdo is a girl. Yet, the British versions of ''Mario Tennis Aces'' and ''[[VideoGame/MarioParty Super Mario Party]]'' state Birdo is a male., yet the American versions state that Birdo is female.

** [[VaugeAge Corny's age]]. In the comments of one video, Eileen/Storyteller claims that Corny is 126, which is about five in human years, but on the official website, it says she's four and a half. Also, Eileen tried to explain Corny [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness squeaking instead of talking in earlier videos]] by stating that she was still learning to speak (which should mean that she was one then and aged three or four years), yet [[NotAllowedToGrowUp none of the other characters have aged]].

* The original head writer of ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', Creator/ChristopherYost, denied rumors that ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'' takes place in the same universe, despite Creator/DisneyXD airing them as part of the same block every Sunday. Creator/JephLoeb, who became the executive producer for ''Spider-Man'' and some episodes from the second season of ''The Avengers'', went on to ''confirm'' those rumors. Viewers have pointed out that if Loeb's word becomes true, it would [[WriterConflictsWithCanon open up a mess of contradictions]]. (For starters, the title character of ''Ultimate Spider-Man'' attends the same high school as [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Iron Fist]] and ComicBook/LukeCage, but ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' depicts Iron Fist and Luke Cage as older than Spidey). It was also initially reported that ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' would be set in the same universe as ''Ultimate Spider-Man''. It's since been confirmed by both Loeb and the creators that ''Assemble'' is a sequel to ''Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', albeit with past events only brought up in BroadStrokes, if at all.
** A {{flashback}} in Episode 8 clearly shows the characters with their costumes and [[ArtShift art style]] from ''EMH'', making it seem as though they definitely consider it a sequel. However, this would likely only count in the BroadStrokes, since ComicBook/TheFalcon's origin directly contradicts the three episodes of ''EMH'' he appeared in. The sequence also uses a Thor costume from season one of ''EMH'', but season two garb for everyone else. Though this is because [[http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/man-of-action-challenge-the-comicshollywood-model plans for a sequel series to]] ''EMH'' was in the works before the plug was pulled to make a series closer to the films.
** Yost had also flip flopped over whether or not ''EMH'' was in direct continuity or not with ''Wolverine & the X-Men'', which he also worked on though not as head writer (which, depending on who you ask, was either Greg Johnson or Craig Kyle, but both of whom were definitely more in control of that series than Yost). Yost initially said that the original intention was for ''W&TXM'' and ''EMH'' to be in the same universe but the idea was discarded when ''W&TXM'' was cancelled. He then turned around and said the two series could still coexist in the same universe if fans wanted them to (Creator/SteveBlum voices ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} in both for whatever that's worth, along with Creator/FredTatasciore as the Hulk).

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}''
** Is Prunella a rat or a poodle? Different sources say different things, though the most common consensus is she's a rat who just has curly hair.
** In one interview, Marc Brown said that the character of Marina was a "variation of a dog," despite looking like a rabbit. In a discussion with fans, producer/director Greg Bailey said that Marina is a rabbit, the designers had given her a dog nose by mistake, and it went unnoticed until after the fact.

* ''Franchise/Ben10'': Regarding the Ben 10,000 timeline, the timeline that Ben visited in the [[Recap/Ben10S3E1BenTenThousand Ben 10,000 episode]] of the original series, the franchise's various creative leads have had conflicting ideas on it. Story editor [[https://archive.is/e6wq0 Matt Wayne]] and the original episode's [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ben10/images/8/8d/Ben_10K_Possible_Future.png/revision/latest?cb=20190502121857 pop-up trivia]] stated that it's simply one of Ben's many possible futures, ''Alien Force/Ultimate Alien'' producer [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/ben10/images/c/c5/OS_Ben_10K_Didn%27t_Remember.PNG/revision/latest?cb=20200312101058 Dwayne McDuffie ]] stated that it was never our Ben's timeline, ''Omniverse'' art director [[https://archive.is/0bL2p Derrick J. Wyatt]] stated that it's Ben Prime's current future, and series co-creator [[https://twitter.com/rouleau1/status/1313012996101165056 Duncan Rouleau]] isn't sure.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'': To explain season 8's character design changes which resulted from the [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoNinjagoMovie intervening movie]], the writers used the previous season's time travel plot to imply the ButterflyEffect is what changed the ninja's appearances, which meant the ninja themselves unaware of the change. The writers [[https://twitter.com/brothershageman/status/941004237885992960 confirmed on Twitter]] that this was the case, but Tommy Andreasen, co-creator and producer of the series, [[https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1017109278128328705 has stated]] that there is no in-universe explanation. The show itself aligns more with Andreasen's interpretation, because the ninja have their original designs in flashbacks and old photos, which would not be the case if time travel had changed history so they had always had their new appearances. Additionally, the later mini-movie written by Andreasen entitled "Elemental Rider" had the characters stating that they used to look different.

*** While we know that [[SweetPollyOliver Sheik]] is Princess Zelda using magic to disguise herself [[GenderBender as a man]], the extent of the magic spell has many contradictory statements. Sometimes, they say that Zelda uses magic to change her physical body. Other times, it is nothing more than a change of clothes (most JustForFun/{{egregious}}ly, the fluff is at odds between ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee Melee]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Brawl]]'' on this). The non-canon but [[WordOfDante official]] manga doesn't help matters.

* The developers of ''{{VideoGame/Terraria}}'' stated back in May 2014 that version 1.2.4 would be the last update that adds new features to the game. Apparently they changed their mind, as June 2015 saw the release of Version 1.3.