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** The episode "Dirty Pranky Number 2" ends with "robo-insectibots with hats" killing not just the whole cast, but presumably all other intelligent life on Earth as well and colonizing the planet for themselves. Of course human civilization is back to normal by the beginning of the next episode.

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** The episode "Dirty Pranky Pranking Number 2" ends with "robo-insectibots with hats" killing not just the whole cast, but presumably all other intelligent life on Earth as well and colonizing the planet for themselves. Of course human civilization is back to normal by the beginning of the next episode.
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* Continuity between ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' is very loose to say the least. Chief Inspector Dreyfus is the main cause of this - one film has him escaping from a mental hospital and (quite publicly) attempting to destroy the world before being hit by a death ray and literally disintegrating on screen. In the next film he’s back as Chief Inspector with no explanation.

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* Continuity between in ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' series is very loose to say the least. least, particularly when it comes to Chief Inspector Dreyfus is Dreyfus. In perhaps the main cause of this - most extreme example, one film has him escaping from a mental hospital and (quite publicly) attempting to destroy the world before being hit by a death ray and literally disintegrating on screen. In the next film he’s back as Chief Inspector with no explanation.
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* Continuity between ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' is very loose to say the least. Chief Inspector Dreyfus is the main cause of this - one film has him escaping from a mental hospital and (quite publicly) attempting to destroy the world before being hit by a death ray and literally disintegrating on screen. In the next film he’s back as Chief Inspector in the sequel with no explanation.

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* Continuity between ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' is very loose to say the least. Chief Inspector Dreyfus is the main cause of this - one film has him escaping from a mental hospital and (quite publicly) attempting to destroy the world before being hit by a death ray and literally disintegrating on screen. In the next film he’s back as Chief Inspector in the sequel with no explanation.
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* Continuity between ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' is very loose to say the least. Chief Inspector Dreyfus is the main cause of this - one film has him (quite publicly) attempting to destroy the world before getting shot by a disintegrator ray, only to be back as Chief Inspector in the sequel with no explanation.

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* Continuity between ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' is very loose to say the least. Chief Inspector Dreyfus is the main cause of this - one film has him escaping from a mental hospital and (quite publicly) attempting to destroy the world before getting shot being hit by a disintegrator ray, only to be death ray and literally disintegrating on screen. In the next film he’s back as Chief Inspector in the sequel with no explanation.
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Related to StatusQuoIsGod (where the status quo is restored no matter what happens), except it is (or can be) more deliberate/explicit, and it doesn't require any narrative explanation. See also: NoOntologicalInertia. Also related are BroadStrokes (where a sequel or reboot implies at least some of the older installments to still be canon), SnapBack (where a single episode ends in a way that is inexplicably undone by the next episode), and UniversalAdaptorCast (where the same characters take on different roles in different stories). Not to be confused with FanonDiscontinuity (when fans disregard the events of installments they dislike) or CanonDiscontinuity (where an installment is confirmed to be non-canon).

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Related to StatusQuoIsGod (where the status quo is restored no matter what happens), except it is (or can be) more deliberate/explicit, and it doesn't require any narrative explanation. See also: NoOntologicalInertia. Also related are BroadStrokes (where a sequel or reboot implies at least some of the older installments to still be canon), canon, albeit with some discrepancies in regards to how the events occurred in the present continuity), SnapBack (where a single episode ends in a way that is inexplicably undone by the next episode), MultipleChoicePast (where a character has more than one telling of their origin story, all of them having discrepancies big enough that it's impossible to reconcile them into a single backstory) and UniversalAdaptorCast (where the same characters take on different roles in different stories). Not to be confused with FanonDiscontinuity (when fans disregard the events of installments they dislike) or CanonDiscontinuity (where an installment is confirmed to be non-canon).
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** In regards to their annual Halloween episodes, "Terror Tales of the Park" (think this show's version of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''' famous ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror''). However the third iteration of "Terror Tales" both averted and played this trope straight. The ending where the main characters get [[ItMakesSenseInContext eaten by the possessed house]] is not addressed at all by the next episode. However, for the next few episodes leading to the Thanksgiving special, Thomas losing a bet on Halloween is followed up on (in which he's forced to wear his "a slice of pizza" costume until Thanksgiving evening).

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** In regards to their Their annual Halloween episodes, "Terror Tales of the Park" (think this show's version of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''' famous ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'').''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror''), also play it straight. However the third iteration of "Terror Tales" both averted and played this trope straight. The ending where the main characters get [[ItMakesSenseInContext eaten by the possessed house]] is not addressed at all by the next episode. However, for the next few episodes leading to the Thanksgiving special, Thomas losing a bet on Halloween is followed up on (in which he's forced to wear his "a slice of pizza" costume until Thanksgiving evening).
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** Conversely, ''Film/{{Deadpool}}'' makes no attempt whatsoever to tie the various installments of the ''X-Men'' film series, even resorting to completely changing character motivations and origin stories to benefit the RuleOfCool theme. Wade Wilson is aware of his original-timeline counterpart (Weapon XI) from ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', and drops in on him in the middle of ''Film/Deadpool2''s mid-credits scene to shoot him down while making fun of all the continuity problems in the franchise. Colossus has inexplicably gone from a lean American-born man in the original trilogy to a buff Russian with a heavy accent. Deadpool mocks the tendency of the X-Men themselves to never be around when he visits Xavier's mansion -- and he just misses running into the ''Film/XMenApocalypse''-era team (which have somehow been transplanted from the 80's to the current day) hanging out in one of the room. He even gets a time-travel device in the sequel that allows him to not only {{Retcon}} events in said film (saving [[spoiler:Peter's]] life), but allows him to go into the real world and stop Creator/RyanReynolds from taking on the title role in ''Film/GreenLantern2011''.

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** Conversely, ''Film/{{Deadpool}}'' ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' makes no attempt whatsoever to tie the various installments of the ''X-Men'' film series, even resorting to completely changing character motivations and origin stories to benefit the RuleOfCool theme. Wade Wilson is aware of his original-timeline counterpart (Weapon XI) from ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', and drops in on him in the middle of ''Film/Deadpool2''s mid-credits scene to shoot him down while making fun of all the continuity problems in the franchise. Colossus has inexplicably gone from a lean American-born man in the original trilogy to a buff Russian with a heavy accent. Deadpool mocks the tendency of the X-Men themselves to never be around when he visits Xavier's mansion -- and he just misses running into the ''Film/XMenApocalypse''-era team (which have somehow been transplanted from the 80's to the current day) hanging out in one of the room. He even gets a time-travel device in the sequel that allows him to not only {{Retcon}} events in said film (saving [[spoiler:Peter's]] life), but allows him to go into the real world and stop Creator/RyanReynolds from taking on the title role in ''Film/GreenLantern2011''.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotomy}}'': Exaggerated; there is very loose continuity even just from scene to scene. Characters will be obliterated beyond recognition and be perfectly fine in the very next scene with no explanation. One episode ended with the school blasted into a smoking crater, only to be perfectly fine again the next episode. Another episode ends with Thrasher's nana turning into a nuke that blows up the entire planet (the fifth time the planet's blown up just this month); the populace relocates to a new planet, only to be completely slaughtered by the planet's natives. The subsequent episode makes no mention of this.
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* The underground comic ''Wonder Wart-Hog'' had a blatantly inconsistent continuity, with one of the more notable discrepancies being the comics' indecisiveness on whether Wonder Wart-Hog was Philbert Desanix's alter ego or was actually a separate being who hid inside Desanix's body until it was time to take action against the threats he faced.
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** Skips uses a computer to look up the PlayCo Armboy in "Over the Top", but in "Skips vs Technology" he doesn't even know what an icon is.

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** Skips uses a computer to look up the PlayCo [=PlayCo=] Armboy in "Over the Top", but in "Skips vs Technology" he doesn't even know what an icon is.



** Candace [[LampshadeHanging takes note]] of this in "Agent Doof", after her mother and several other main characters [[FountainOfYouth get zapped with the Baby-Inator]] in the final minutes. She then [[BreakingTheFourthWall addresses the audience]] and says, "This better wear off before the next episode."

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** Candace [[LampshadeHanging takes note]] of this in "Agent Doof", after her mother and several other main characters [[FountainOfYouth get zapped with the Baby-Inator]] in the final minutes. She then [[BreakingTheFourthWall addresses the audience]] and says, "This "[[SnapBack This better wear off before the next episode.episode]]."
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* Season 2 of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' ended with AmicableExes Jerry and Elaine, after a failed attempt at a FriendsWithBenefits relationship, becoming a couple again, Elaine having realized that going back to being JustFriends isn't possible for her after the fallthrough of their "deal." This was a response to network pressure to get the two back together as well as a suitable finale if the show didn't get a third-season pickup. [[SeriesFauxnale It did, though]], and the events of the episode were never referenced again. Not only do we never get an explanation as to how Jerry and Elaine were able to salvage their friendship from (presumably) yet another breakup, but the rest of the series continues to treat their romantic relationship as one that took place ''entirely'' before the events of the series.
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* If you're a love interest in a Film/JamesBond movie odds are good you won't even get a mention in the next film. This has been averted by only four women (two of whom [[spoiler:fell victim to the CartwrightCurse]]): Sylvia Trench appeared in both ''Film/DrNo'' and ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''; Tracy Bond appeared in''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' and was mentioned in both ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and ''Film/LicenceToKill'', among possibly others; Vesper Lynd appeared in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' and was mentioned frequently in ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', and Madeleine Swann, who appeared in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' and ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.

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* If you're a love interest in a Film/JamesBond movie odds are good you won't even get a mention in the next film. This has been averted by only four women (two of whom [[spoiler:fell victim to the CartwrightCurse]]): Sylvia Trench appeared in both ''Film/DrNo'' and ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove''; Tracy Bond appeared in''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' in ''Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService'' and was mentioned in both ''Film/ForYourEyesOnly'' and ''Film/LicenceToKill'', among possibly others; Vesper Lynd appeared in ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' and was mentioned frequently in ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', and Madeleine Swann, who appeared in ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' and ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.



* The ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' franchise has multiple continuities, all but one only sharing the original 1978 film in common. The second movie is an ImmediateSequel, even being set on the same night. Then number three tries to bring the franchise back to its original concept as an AnthologySeries, but fails. Four through six return to the original continuity of one and two. Then H20 and ''Resurrection'' ignore the 4/5/6 continuity and continue from 2 again. Then Creator/RobZombie does a total reboot, remaking the first two mocies. Then in 2018 a new ''Halloween'' trilogy begins which ignores everything except the very first film from 1978, including 2.

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* The ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' franchise has multiple continuities, all but one only sharing the original 1978 film in common. The second movie is an ImmediateSequel, even being set on the same night. Then number three tries to bring the franchise back to its original concept as an AnthologySeries, but fails. Four through six return to the original continuity of one and two. Then H20 and ''Resurrection'' ignore the 4/5/6 continuity and continue from 2 again. Then Creator/RobZombie Music/RobZombie does a total reboot, remaking the first two mocies.movies. Then in 2018 a new ''Halloween'' trilogy begins which ignores everything except the very first film from 1978, including 2.

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* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' usually plays this trope straight in regards to their annual Halloween episodes, "Terror Tales of the Park" (think this show's version of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''' famous ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror''). However the third iteration of "Terror Tales" both averted and played this trope straight. The ending where the main characters get [[ItMakesSenseInContext eaten by the possessed house]] is not addressed at all by the next episode. However, for the next few episodes leading to the Thanksgiving special, Thomas losing a bet on Halloween is followed up on (in which he's forced to wear his "a slice of pizza" costume until Thanksgiving evening).

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* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' usually plays this trope straight straight:
** Benson fires Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost at the beginning of "Don", for telling a "my mom" joke, though by the next episode, they're back working at the park
** Rigby is allergic to eggs, as "Eggscellent" reveals. In "Picking Up Margaret, Rigby comments on how good the eggs Margaret cooked are, and
in "One Pull Up", he's seen drinking a glass of raw eggs as part of his training montage. In "1000th Chopper Flight Party" Rigby swallows an entire plate of deviled eggs with no apparent ill effects.
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regards to their annual Halloween episodes, "Terror Tales of the Park" (think this show's version of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''' famous ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror''). However the third iteration of "Terror Tales" both averted and played this trope straight. The ending where the main characters get [[ItMakesSenseInContext eaten by the possessed house]] is not addressed at all by the next episode. However, for the next few episodes leading to the Thanksgiving special, Thomas losing a bet on Halloween is followed up on (in which he's forced to wear his "a slice of pizza" costume until Thanksgiving evening).evening).
** Skips uses a computer to look up the PlayCo Armboy in "Over the Top", but in "Skips vs Technology" he doesn't even know what an icon is.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Very often, and frequently lampshaded.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': Very often, and frequently lampshaded.lampshaded, the only things that it could not reverse are when certain characters get KilledOffForReal.
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** Slightly averted as of Season 5, where the characters have aged by one year, Lincoln now goes to middle school, Lily now speaks in full, and Lori leaves the family to go to college and Leni takes her place as the oldest sibling.

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** Slightly averted as of Season 5, where the characters have aged by one year, Lincoln now goes to middle school, Lily now speaks in full, full sentences, is potty trained, and starts attending preschool, and Lori leaves the family to go to college and Leni takes her place as the oldest sibling.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has the episodes "Hot Water", (an episode done InUniverse by Cee-Lo Green, on what you should take into consideration when buying a tub...) "Tear Jerker" and "For Black Eyes Only" as officially non-canon. Though originally "Hot Water" was going to be the series finale before they got picked up for another season, so yeah...

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* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' has the episodes "Hot Water", (an episode done InUniverse by Cee-Lo Green, on what you should take into consideration when buying a tub...) "Tear Jerker" and "For Black Eyes Only" as officially non-canon. Though originally "Hot Water" [[SeriesFauxnale was going to be the series finale finale]] before they got picked up for another season, so yeah...
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* Meta Example: Every time you lose, [[PermaDeath even if your character is permanently deleted as a consequence]], you can just say "welp, I'll try harder next time" and restart the game. Or after you've completed the game, you can play it again and make different choices throughout the story.

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* Meta Example: Every time you lose, Almost every GameOver is subject to this, whether it be from losing all your health or [[NonStandardGameOver because of something that would prevent the rest of the storyline from happening]]. Even if [[PermaDeath even if your character is permanently deleted as a consequence]], you can just say "welp, I'll try harder next time" and restart the game. Or after you've completed the game, you can play it again and make different choices throughout the story.
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*** The area surrounding Peach's Castle in ''Videogame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' looks almost nothing like it does in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime''. Kylie Koopa from the latter game is a denizen of the past but appears in the present in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' and doesn't appear to have aged a day.

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*** The area surrounding Peach's Castle in ''Videogame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory'' looks almost nothing like it does in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime''. Kylie Koopa from the latter game is a denizen of the past but appears in the present in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam'' and doesn't appear to have aged a day.

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