History Main / OnlyTheCreatorDoesItRight

* The first two ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' films were directed by Bryan Singer. The third, directed by Brett Ratner is considered by many fans to be a step down in quality. Add that [[XMenFirstClass the next X-Men which didn't divide opinions]] was produced and co-written by Singer...

* Steven Spielberg turned down offers to direct ''{{Jaws}} 2''. Most people feel that the sequels get worse with each subsequent film.

* After Creator/LaurenFaust left the show, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s second season has received its fair share of mixed reception episodes.

* ''{{Conan}}''. To the most visible portion of the fanbase, the true Conan stories are the ones written by Howard and only by Howard. The post-Howard writers are referred to as "Conantics," and InternetBackdraft ensues if you admit to liking any of the books by Lin Carter or the others. (The films, curiously, don't receive nearly as much backlash.)

* MaxPayne 3 is getting quite a bit of this, due to Remedy having no real involvement with the series.

* ''RenAndStimpy'' after John Kricfalusi was sacked.
* ''{{Gargoyles}}'' fans got this attitude after Disney tried to do a season without GregWeisman and botched it up.
* Only the original ''Ben10'' series involved ManOfAction. The sequels, ''AlienForce'' and ''UltimateAlien'' are usually held to be of lower quality thanks to DwayneMcDuffie not really getting the series, despite the high quality of his [[MilestoneComics previous]] [[JusticeLeagueUnlimited work]].
* This is most people's reactions to sequels to DonBluth movies. ''FievelGoesWest'' gets a pass sometimes, but notably Steven Spielberg was still involved in the production as he was with the first movie.
* After Lauren Faust left the show, ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'''s second season has received its fair share of mixed reception episodes.

* After Lauren Faust left the show, ''MyLittlePony:FriendshipIsMagic'''s second season has received its fair share of mixed reception episodes.

This is CreatorWorship taken UpToEleven. When someone makes a sequel to a popular work which they did not create.

* Richard Donner directed ''Film/{{Superman}}'', and got fired halfway through ''SupermanII''. His cut of the sequel, which emerged in 2006, is generally considered better than the theatrical cut by Richard Lester.

* The first two ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' films were directed by Bryan Singer. The third, directed by Brett Ratner is considered by many fans to be a step down in quality. Add that the next ''X-Men'' which didn't divide opinions was produced and co-written by Singer...

* The ''MegaMan'' series gets this as well. First there were the official-but-subpar games for the PC and the GameGear that were not developed by Capcom. Most of the later ''MegaManX'' games also tend to receive this treatment, since Keiji Inafune intended to end the series after ''X5'' but it was [[ExecutiveMeddling continued without his knowledge or input]]. And now that Inafune has left Capcom, faith in the series has now dropped to an all-time low.

* ''{{Gundam}}'' has some fans who insist that the AlternateUniverse shows are all crap because YoshiyukiTomino had nothing to do with them (ignoring the fact that ''Anime/TurnAGundam'' was not only his baby, but acknowledges everything that came before). Some take it a step further and say The Creator Does It Right Only When He's Depressed, savaging ''GundamZZ'' (made to clear up the gloom from ''ZetaGundam'').

* The ''MegaMan'' series gets this as well. First there were the unofficial games for the PC and the GameGear that were not developed by Capcom. Most of the later ''MegaManX'' games also tend to receive this treatment, since Keiji Inafune intended to end the series after ''X5'' but it was [[ExecutiveMeddling continued without his knowledge or input]]. And now that Inafune has left Capcom, faith in the series has now dropped to an all-time low.

* The first two ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' films were directed by Bryan Singer. The third, directed by Brett Ratner is considered by many fans to be a step down in quality.

* Most infamous example: The "TheLegendOfZeldaCDiGames" produced by Phillips. As ''NintendoPower'' put it, these games taught us that "nobody should make {{Nintendo}} games except Nintendo."

* What many fans think about the modern ''NinjaGaiden'' games, and one of the reasons there is so much skepticism about [=NG3=] -- now led by Yosuke Hayashi, also director of the first two game's [=PS3=] releases and of the NintendoDS episode ''Dragon Sword''. Any game not made by Tomonobu Itagaki can only be a pale imitation. It doesn't help that before leaving Tecmo, Itagaki himself said that he didn't like [[UpdatedRerelease Sigma]], that [=NG2=] was the definitive version of the game and that he was the only one legitimate to continue the series.

* What many fans think about the modern ''NinjaGaiden'' games, and one of the reasons there is so much skepticism about [=NG3=] (now led by Yosuke Hayashi). Any game not made by Itagaki can only be a pale imitation. It doesn't help that before leaving Tecmo, Itagaki himself said that he didn't like [[UpdatedRerelease Sigma]], that [=NG2=] was the definitive version of the game and that he was the only one legitimate to continue the series.

* The ''MegaMan'' series gets this as well. First there were the unofficial games for the PC and the GameGear that were not developed by Capcom. Most of the later ''MegaManX'' games tend to receive this treatment as well, since Keiji Inafune intended to end the series after ''X5'' but it was [[ExecutiveMeddling continued without his knowledge or input]]. And now that Inafune has left Capcom, faith in the series has now dropped to an all-time low.

* The ''MegaMan'' series gets this as well. First there were the unofficial games for the PC and the GameGear that were not developed by Capcom. Any of the ''MegaManX'' games after ''X5'' tend to receive this treatment as well, since Keiji Inafune intended to end the series after ''X5'' but it was [[ExecutiveMeddling continued without his knowledge or input]]. And now that Inafune has left Capcom, faith in the series has now dropped to an all-time low.

* ''{{Gundam}}'' has some fans who insist that the AlternateUniverse shows are all crap because YoshiyukiTomino had nothing to do with them (ignoring the fact that ''TurnAGundam'' was not only his baby, but acknowledges everything that came before). Some take it a step further and say The Creator Does It Right Only When He's Depressed, savaging ''GundamZZ'' (made to clear up the gloom from ''ZetaGundam'').

* ''ANightmareOnElmStreet'' is borderline: of the best regarded installments, only ''The Dream Master'' doesn't have Wes Craven's involvement (the original and ''New Nightmare'' are written/directed by Craven, while ''Dream Warriors'' was co-written by him).

* The ''TwistedMetal'' installments not made by [=SingleTrac=] and its sucessor companies (Incognito and Eat Sleep Play) are widely considered much inferior.