History Main / OrwellianRetcon

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* The Japanese home video release of the 1986 ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'' theatrical movie changed the ending of the final battle so that Kenshiro's final battle with Raoh ends in a stalemate rather than losing like in the original theatrical version. Even though the theatrical ending was used for all the international releases, it didn't get to be featured in any of the Japanese home video releases until the DVD release in 2008 and even then it was only available as a bonus feature in first-print editions of the DVD.

** When ''Manga/StoneOcean'' was still running in Magazine/ShonenJump, [[spoiler:the final evolution of Pucci]]'s Stand was called [[spoiler:[[Music/LedZeppelin Stairway to Heaven]]]]. When it was collected in tankōbon, it was renamed [[spoiler:[[Music/{{Queen}} Made in Heaven]]]], possibly because the lyrics fit the motives of its user better. Fan translations are more likely to call it the latter.
** In the same part, a stand with the name Music/EarthWindAndFire had its name changed to Music/PlanetWaves for the tankōbon release, due to the fact that [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4]] ''already'' had a stand using the same name, [[AmbiguousSituation maybe]].
** In Part 1 - ''Manga/PhantomBlood'', Will. A.Zeppeli mentions not having any children, and calling Jonathan the equivalent of a son to him. This gets contradicted with the existence of Mario and Caesar in ''Manga/BattleTendency'', so later releases of ''Phantom Blood'''s manga changed the line, as well as having an apology by Creator/HirohikoAraki.
** In Part 8 - ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion JoJolion]]'', Kei Nijimura's stand was initially named [[Music/TheJam Going Underground]], but it got changed to [[Music/LadyGaga Born This Way]] in later releases of the manga. What makes this odd is she still has the initials G.U. in her outfit, despite her stand's name getting changed.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':

** A second example concerns Jonathan and Martha Kent. In Franchise/{{Superman}} #161, a story was printed where they go to a remote island and accidentally unleash an incurable centuries-old virus on themselves, explaining how they died. However, when the story was reprinted in Superboy #165, they were drawn significantly younger. This is because twenty issues prior, a story with a TrumanShowPlot was printed where the producer, concerned with his viewers not accepting an old couple with a teenage son, made the senior citizens of Smallville younger, Pa and Ma Kent among them.

** When Marvel began reprinting old horror and sci-fi tales in the 70s, they sometimes altered details to make the stories better fit the then-current Franchise/MarvelUniverse continuity. For instance, a reprint of a 60s ''Strange Tales'' story had a generic scientist {{Retcon}}ned into being a young [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]], while a reprint of a 50s ''Menace'' issue had a nondescript foreign spy changed to an agent of ComicBook/{{Hydra}}.

* The original printing of ''ComicBook/WeCanNeverGoHome'' #3 had a CostumeTestMontage where Maddie was seen dressed as trademarked heroines like Franchise/WonderWoman, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, ComicBook/MsMarvel, ComicBook/PowerGirl, ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Silk Spectre]], [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd Judge Anderson]], ComicBook/TankGirl and [[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 Death]]. A number of the outfits had to be omitted in the trade paperback, but were replaced with the costumes of ''other'' recognizable characters, like ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/{{Robin}}, ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, and ComicBook/TheMightyThor.

* Several movies from Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon have had this done to them:

* A couple of changes were made to ''VideoGame/{{Portal|1}}'' for its AlternateRealityGame leading to the announcement of ''VideoGame/Portal2''. Specifically the ending was altered and a series of radios were added to the game with an accompanying achievement to find the locations where all the radios received a signal.

* All the re-releases of ''VideoGame/MetalGear1'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' since the 2004 Japanese feature phone ports renamed many of the characters specific to those two games. The re-releases of ''Metal Gear 2'' in particular also changed all of the realistic character portraits into ones drawn similarly to the style of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' illustrator Yoji Shinkawa, since all of the portraits in the [=MSX2=] version were [[ComicBookFantasyCasting trace-overs of real-life celebrities]] (which could've led to Konami facing legal problems if they were kept due to the unauthorized use of people's likenesses). Dr. Kio Marv's broken Russian in the second game was also rewritten to more closely resemble actual Czech. Even the Japanese Virtual Console release of ''Metal Gear 2'', which is otherwise an emulation of the [=MSX2=] game, uses the Shinkawa-style portraits.
* The [=10th=] anniversary re-release of the ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Wesker's Report]]'' documentary removed the line in which Wesker claims that Sherry is in his organization's custody. This was meant to {{foreshadow}} [[AbortedArc a plot development for a future game that was later abandoned]].
* The GBA re-release of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' rewrites Link's uncle's dying speech to remove the infamous "Zelda is your..." line. A MythologyGag, however, has a {{superboss}} that gives a more accurate translation of the original Japanese line ("You are... the princess's... ... ... ...") right before attacking. Also the "seven wise men" were changed to "Seven Sages", to be consistent with ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', especially since it reveals only two of them actually ''are'' men.
* Originally, the Gerudo symbol in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' was a crescent moon and star, very similar to the symbol of the Islamic faith. Also, the text of the OminousLatinChanting in the Fire Temple was originally an Islamic prayer. Both were changed in subsequent releases of the game to remove the Islamic references entirely. Also, to maintain the E rating instead of getting bumped to T[[note]]E10+ didn't exist yet[[/note]], Ganon's blood shed during end-game cutscenes was changed from red to green.

* In the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance and most later ports of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', the scene in which Locke meets Celes is censored to remove the Imperial soldiers beating her onscreen, which Squaresoft considered necessary in the age of video game ratings systems in order to get the desired rating in Japan.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'':
** This trope is what fuels the fight between the Ishgardians and Dravanians -- [[spoiler:the Ishgardians and Dravanians lived in peace after they saw the awful price Hraesvelgr paid when he was forced to eat the human Shiva. However, King Thordan I and his Knights Twelve, seeking the power of the dragons, slew Ratatoskr and ripped out the eyes of her brother Nidhogg. The king and half the knights were killed by Nidhogg and the remaining knights stole away with Nidhogg's eyes and claimed Ratatoskr's power as their own. When the Dragonsong War started, the Church lied as to who started the war, claiming the dragons betrayed them instead. This remained a secret for [[ForeverWar a thousand years]] until the PlayerCharacter and the remains of the Scions of the Seventh Dawn make their way to Ishgard to hide from the Brass Blades and Crystal Braves after they are accused of regicide.]]
** Patch 6.1 adds a few small retcons as part of its effort to shorten the infamous Praetorium dungeon down from over an hour long to half an hour. The player character now [[spoiler:only recognizes the suit of Magitek armor they bonded with, "Maggie", ''after'' it's destroyed]], and the party encounters Gaius for the first time earlier on in the dungeon.

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* In the original airing of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Team Homer", [[NoodleIncident Homer is shown having somehow stolen the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor given to Dr. Haing S. Ngor]] for ''Film/TheKillingFields''. [[HarsherInHindsight Only a month after it aired, Dr. Ngor was murdered, which could make viewers think that Homer killed him for it]]. [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents In syndication and on the season seven DVD set, the scene was changed to show the Oscar being the one given to]] Creator/DonAmeche for ''Film/{{Cocoon}}'', who had died a few years earlier, but of natural causes. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes The original version of the episode showing Ngor's award has never re-aired]], though some Website/YouTube users managed to upload the scene.

** A minor one in Creator/VizMedia's English edition of the manga involves a particular character being called "Zoro" in early printings of the first few volumes, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS later being changed to "Zolo"]] to match Creator/FourKidsEntertainment's dub of the TV series. However, Zolo stuck for Viz even when Creator/FUNimation later changed his name back to Zoro in their own dub.

'''Revision''': I had no intention of killing anyone, especially not [[spoiler:Pekoyama-san]]… not until I was given a reason I couldn’t avoid.

* In the wake of the UsefulNotes/MeTooMovement, the 2019 home video release of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' cuts out a not-so HilariousOuttake involving a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything casting couch-esque moment]] between Stinky Pete and two Barbie dolls.

* When Orwell worked for the BBC he had trouble keeping up with shifting alliances. First the Soviets were neutral towards The Allies and against Germany & Japan (Second Sino-Japanese War), then neutral with Germany & Japan and against The Allies early in World War 2 (Molotov-Ribbentrop Non-Aggression Pact), then against Germany and neutral with Japan and allied with The Allies (Soviet-German War, Soviet-Japanese Non-Aggression Pact), and then against Japan for the last month of the war. And ''then'' the Soviets were against The Allies again as the Cold War sank in. Further complicating matters, every one of Germany's European allies (Italy, Romania, Hungary, Finland, etc) also ''fought on both sides''. Each and every time propaganda in the concerned countries had to change tack, sometimes drastically.

** The original version of 2016's ''[[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Captain Marvel]]'' #9 had a scene where ComicBook/{{Magneto}} and Carol confront each other. In it, Magneto implies that Carol is JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope with her [[ComicBook/CivilWarII Change the Future initiative]] and compares her to the Nazis, to which Carol dismissively compares him to an internet troll invoking GodwinsLaw. This scene, along with Magneto's appearance, is cut from the trades, as Carol making fun of a Holocaust survivor and dismissing his experiences made her look bad.
** ''Marvel Tales'' reprinted early ComicBook/SpiderMan stories and occasionally updated topical cultural references in the dialogue. In the "Marvel Mails" section of #159, someone named Vincent Gonzalez wrote in, asking the editors to go all the way in terms of these updates. It's followed by a sequence from "Spidey Strikes Back" (originally printed in ''The Amazing Spider-Man #19'') humorously updated to TheEighties. [[http://assistanteditorsmonth.blogspot.com/2011/06/marvel-tales-159.html You can find it here.]]

* The manga adaptation of WebComic/OnePunchMan by Yusuke Murata has several chapters that were rewritten for the collected volumes. One such example is when the dominatrix Do-S sics a bunch of brainwashed minions at Sweet Mask. He slaughters them with impunity when nobody's looking and executes the villainess while she's begging for mercy. Then the webcomic revealed Sweet Mask was a tragic WellIntentionedExtremist the whole time, leading to Murata redrawing the aforementioned scene -- the man now spares the minions and attempts to kill Do-S in a much less dramatic fashion while she's trying to fight back. Then she turns out to be NotQuiteDead anyway.

* The first teaser poster of ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'', a story featuring several characters of the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' franchise, included the ComicBook/SpiderWoman from the ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' comics. The poster was silently fixed later to feature the 616 Spider-Woman instead in that spot, and in the same pose. Clearly the artist received a list of characters for the poster, but that list was not clear about ''which'' Spider-Woman to include. The mistake may be justified because the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe was a major alternate universe, and Ultimate Spider-Woman (under the name "Black Widow" at the time) had already been used in the previous project of this type, ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse''.

* Chapter 28 of ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} The Longest Road]]'' was rewritten in order to deal with the massively [[UnfortunateImplications homophobic implications]] regarding Erika. Specifically, the original chapter revealed that LBGTQ+ trainers were barred from being gym leaders, so Ash punished Erika for being a {{Jerkass}} towards him by [[ForcedOutOfTheCloset outing her as a lesbian]], getting her fired.

** For example, in ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s first story with the Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes, the following dialogue occurred when Supergirl figures out that the Legion who wants to induct her into their club is the same one that inducted ComicBook/{{Superboy}}.

* A miscommunication in ''Comicbook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' led to a scene showing a Christian cross on the tombstone of Comicbook/{{Batwoman}}'s mother, even though she and her family are Jewish. The digital and collected editions edited out the cross and replaced it with a Star of David.

* A ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' PSA in which Comicbook/BoosterGold is dismissive about the threat of AIDS and Fire literally flares up at him was redrawn after Fire [[BroughtDownToNormal lost her powers]] and Booster's [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman super-suit]] was destroyed and replaced with bulky PoweredArmor, in order to reflect this.

** When Marvel began reprinting old horror and sci-fi tales in the 70s, they sometimes altered details to make the stories better fit the then-current Franchise/MarvelUniverse continuity. For instance, a reprint of a 60s ''Strange Tales'' story had a generic scientist {{Retcon}}ned into being a young [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]], while a reprint of a 50s ''Menace'' issue had a nondescript foreign spy changed to an agent of Comicbook/{{Hydra}}.

* Reprints of ''Comicbook/MonicasGang'' stories in TheNewTens have the tendency to follow the political correctness of the newer output, at times with risible results, such as the removal of [[https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dEijziUiwrM/U3wSRVI0MvI/AAAAAAAADG0/ZvR84J-kGfs/s1600/_CLC_43_(7).jpg guns]] and [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oUzjIYBESL0/VBxMspEuhCI/AAAAAAAAD_Q/M6CcCU_8jOU/s1600/_TMEXT_13_(04).jpg smoking pipes]], and adding [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hcdSmWKlR1M/VkKchc2AKVI/AAAAAAAAQTU/4JyoGgy2UYY/s400/_ATM_Mauricio_%252806%2529.jpg posters so the characters aren't defacing walls]]. Removing [[GoshDangItToHeck "swears" that were mild to begin with]] is also common.
* The collected editions of the ComicBook/{{New 52}} ''Comicbook/TeenTitans'' volume got hit with a few of these due to inconsistencies with the new continuity:
** All references to Tim Drake having been [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin]] were removed. Interestingly, DC left in the picture of him wearing his Robin outfit (it has an "R" as the logo, not the bird head logo that Red Robin uses - the [[EpisodeZeroTheBeginning zero issue]] would confirm that he wore that costume, but "always" called himself Red Robin).

** A line in ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'' that had Flamebird referencing her past as a Titan (which never happened in the New 52) and a battle with Comicbook/{{Deathstroke}} was also edited out in the collected edition.

* The original printing of ''ComicBook/WeCanNeverGoHome'' #3 had a CostumeTestMontage where Maddie was seen dressed as trademarked heroines like Franchise/WonderWoman, Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}, ComicBook/MsMarvel, ComicBook/PowerGirl, ComicBook/{{Zatanna}}, [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Silk Spectre]], [[Comicbook/JudgeDredd Judge Anderson]], Comicbook/TankGirl and [[Comicbook/TheSandman1989 Death]]. A number of the outfits had to be omitted in the trade paperback, but were replaced with the costumes of ''other'' recognizable characters, like ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Psylocke}}, ComicBook/{{Robin}}, ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, and ComicBook/TheMightyThor.

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' loves to reprint their older stories in their newest issues. You'd be hard-pressed to find even one of these reprints that hasn't had a good portion of the dialogue rewritten or panels redrawn in order to avoid sexism, racism, UnfortunateImplications, to maintain consistency with [[SuddenNameChange characters whose names had changed since the story's original publishing]], to give a dark story a happier ending, or even to change a Walkman into an iPod, or alter a fourth-wall breaking line to remove a reference to Dan DeCarlo]].

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' loves to reprint their older stories in their newest issues. You'd be hard-pressed to find even one of these reprints that hasn't had a good portion of the dialogue rewritten or panels redrawn in order to avoid sexism, racism, UnfortunateImplications, to maintain consistency with [[SuddenNameChange characters whose names had changed since the story's original publishing]], to give a dark story a happier ending, or even to change a Walkman into an iPod, or [[ alter a fourth-wall breaking line to remove a reference to Dan DeCarlo]].

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' loves to reprint their older stories in their newest issues. You'd be hard-pressed to find even one of these reprints that hasn't had a good portion of the dialogue rewritten or panels redrawn in order to avoid sexism, racism, UnfortunateImplications, to maintain consistency with [[SuddenNameChange characters whose names had changed since the story's original publishing]], to give a dark story a happier ending, or even to change a Walkman into an iPod, or [[https://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics91.html alter a fourth-wall breaking line to remove a reference to Dan DeCarlo]].

** During Act 2's Crystal Seminar story (which introduced Ami), an instance of a floppy disk from the original 1992 version was replaced by a CD-ROM in the re-released version. Also, to be consistant with the [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon tokusatsu version]] that was airing at the time, the "sailor senshi" are referred to as "guardians".

** The character Xemnu the Titan was originally called The Living Hulk (or just The Hulk) in his first appearance. ''Monsters on The Prowl'' #11 changed most of these into "Living Titan/The Titan", the former of which [[FridgeLogic doesn't make as much sense as the original]] since a 'hulk' is supposed to be a dead ship, hence the main character calling the partially-mechanical Xemnu a "living hulk" after ressurecting him with electricity. Perhaps this is why he was never referred to as a Living Titan again.

** The Special Edition re-relases of the Original Trilogy mostly updated the special effects, but in some cases it tweaked things to align with the Prequel Trilogy. Most notable was the appearance of Anakin's Force ghost at the end of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', played in the theatrical release by Sebastian Shaw (who also played the "true" Anakin we see when Luke removes his helmet). After the prequels came out, Shaw's head was digitally replaced with that of Hayden Christensen, who played the character in the prequels (with the body remaining the same). Fans of the Original Trilogy were not happy, to say the least.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Following the January 2022 controversy over Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast's attempted changes to the [[UsefulNotes/D20System Open Game License]], Creator/{{Paizo}} announced they would be divesting ''Pathfinder Second Edition'' of remaining material held over from Wizards' SRD. This results in a lot of retcons to established lore of the Lost Omens setting: among other things, dragons have been thoroughly reworked away from the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil chromatic]] and [[AlwaysLawfulGood metallic]] breakdown of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', and the drow are being deleted altogether in favor of expanding the role of the serpentfolk. The latter basically means the ''Second Darkness Adventure Path'' is now CanonDiscontinuity.

** The first airing of the episode "The Mystery of the Urinal Deuce" gave UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush a fairly "generic" accent; within a few days, reairings had redubbed him with something closer to his real-life Southern accent.

* In the original airing of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Team Homer", [[NoodleIncident Homer is shown having somehow stolen the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor given to Dr. Haing S. Ngor]] for ''Film/TheKillingFields''. [[HarsherInHindsight Only a month after it aired, Dr. Ngor was murdered, which could make viewers think that Homer killed him for it]]. [[DistancedFromCurrentEvents In syndication and on the season seven DVD set, the scene was changed to show the Oscar being the one given to]] Creator/DonAmeche for ''Film/{{Cocoon}}'', who had died a few years earlier, but of natural causes. [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes The original version of the episode showing Ngor's award has never reaired]], though some Website/YouTube users managed to upload the scene.

** "Literature/{{Robbie}}": This story was originally published under the title "Strange Playfellow", but when Dr Asimov republished it for ''Literature/IRobot'', he changed it back to his WorkingTitle and nearly doubled the word count by expanding the story (adding things like a young Susan Calvin {{Cameo}} and replacing the Finmark Robot Corporation with US Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation). Most {{Anthology}} books that contain this story use this updated version, but ''Literature/IsaacAsimovPresentsGreatScienceFictionStoriesOf1940'' faithfully republishes the original text.

* At the end of the first season of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', John's CharacterBlog stopped dead, with increasingly worried comments from his friends, none of whom had seen him since the CliffHanger. When the second season revealed [[spoiler:the cliffhanger was resolved very simply within seconds]], the blog was quickly changed to fit the new events.

* An episode of ''Series/LawAndOrder'' featured a mass murder at a bar called "The Velvet Room". After the owners of an actual New York bar of that name sued, the episode was redubbed to change the name of the bar to "The Vivant Room".
* The short-lived ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMuppetMonsters'' was retconned out of existence in reruns of the ''Franchise/TheMuppets: A Celebration of 30 Years'' special from 1986, which was made before ''LMM'' was cancelled. The original broadcast included cameos by the show's characters, clips from the series, and a mention of the show in a speech by [[Series/SesameStreet Big Bird]], all of which were edited out when the special was shown on [[Creator/HallmarkChannel Odyssey]].
* The picture of Penny & Desmond in the ''Series/{{Lost}}'' episode "Orientation" originally showed Henry Ian Cusick with a model who was not Sonya Walger. On the DVD, the photo has been digitally altered to include Walger (and was edited for the rerun as well).
* The re-filming of earlier episodes of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' when Frank Costanza was recast. Also, the first episode featuring Newman had him voiced by Larry David, as he did not appear on screen. Reruns of the episode feature Wayne Knight's voice instead.
* Happened a few times on ''[[Series/BabylonFive Babylon 5]]''. Generally this was done to fix a mistake that was detected almost immediately after the first airing, such as Sheridan's old ship (the ''Agamemnon'') opening fire on civilian transports in "Moments of Transition" (changed to the ''Pollux'' later), and Sheridan's notorious reference in "Comes the Inquisitor" to the UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper murders happening in the "West End of London". Also, all official releases of the original pilot "The Gathering" are the "Special Edition"; the original pilot (as originally aired) is a case of KeepCirculatingTheTapes.

* At the beginning of ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' Season Three episode "I Am Sylar", the "PreviouslyOn..." segment shows a scene in which Danko instructs Sylar to shapeshifter into Agent Taub for a while. However, this never actually happened "Previously on Heroes". It was, in fact, an entirely new scene that according to the writers was written and shot for the sole purpose of being placed in the recap.
* ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' became infamous for including deleted scenes in its "Previously On" sequences, or just throwing in extra dialogue when a character's face wasn't visible.
* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' inserted a line in a "Previous On..." wherein the character of Cherry who had been explicitly [[PutOnABus Put on a Bus to Canada]] is told she will be "safe in Ireland," to set up her [[TheBusCameBack three episode guest appearance]] while the club goes to {{Oireland}}.

** Episodes 1–3, 5, and 7 have two versions: the original, in which Kenji Ushio plays Hedder, and the other in which he has been replaced by Masashi Ishibashi
* At the end of the first season of ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', John's CharacterBlog stopped dead, with increasingly worried comments from his friends, none of whom had seen him since the CliffHanger. When the second season revealed [[spoiler: the cliffhanger was resolved very simply within seconds]], the blog was quickly changed to fit the new events.

* Done on, of all shows, ''Series/WheelOfFortune''. TheAnnouncer Charlie O'Donnell died in November 2010, barely two months into the 28th season. Naturally this meant that other announcers would fill in, but where this trope comes into play is with the episodes Charlie had taped which had not yet aired. Deciding that it would be "too sad" to hear his voice posthumously, the producers [[SameLanguageDub dubbed Charlie's voice over with those of the fill-ins]]. This came into play ''again'' during the summer rerun cycle in 2011: as Jim Thornton had been chosen as the permanent replacement, ''he'' was dubbed over everyone else on the reruns -- including a few episodes originally announced by Charlie, meaning that some were overdubbed twice!

* After Rolf Harris' conviction for indecent assault, his vocals were removed from subsequent reissues of Music/KateBush's ''Aerial'' and replaced with her son Bertie.
* After the first 3 million copies were sold, {{Music/Weezer}}'s self-titled debut had the album mix of "Say It Ain't So" quietly replaced by a single remix at the band's request - [[TheNotRemix the difference is barely noticeable anyway]]. A deluxe version of the album included the original mix as a bonus track.
* When it was released as a single, Music/TaylorSwift's "ME!" contained the line "Hey kids, spelling is fun!", however the album version removes this, likely because of the negative reaction the line got.

* An early ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' strip had Jason recording an [[FunnyAnsweringMachine answering machine message]] proclaiming that the caller dialed "Satan Hotline". When the strip was reprinted in book collections, it was changed so that Jason was singing "A million bottles of beer on the wall."
** Another strip featured Andy, high on decongestant, realizing that she was surfing the television when it was off, which lead her to claim "I thought Oprah looked extra-black". Given the unfortunate implication with the dialogue, it was changed to "I thought Bill O'Reilly seemed a little soft-spoken" in reprint collections.
* This was played with in a ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' comic, when Topper says he passed a gallstone so big it became the Secretary of Labor in the Clinton Administration.
-->'''Receptionist:''' I find that hard to believe.
-->'''Topper:''' Give me ten minutes and then check Website/{{Wikipedia}}.

* ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' frequently reuses panels, either with the same joke or a new one that fits the art. These panels are generally redrawn to update any technology (although the wood-panelled CRT television remains an exception), and sometimes reworked to update other things as well (like a rerun "We're going to Disneyland!" storyline that made a point of referencing the most recent attractions). As with ''FBOFW'', scenes in cars have seat-belts added.
* A ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' strip for October 20, 2002 [[https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=2799 originally]] had Garfield reciting Creator/RobertFrost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay". However the poem was still under copyright when it ran so [[https://i2.wp.com/the-avocado.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ga021020.gif?resize=720%2C478&ssl=1 it was replaced with an original poem in reprints.]] (The poem has since lapsed into public domain as of 2019).

* Following the January 2022 controversy over Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast's attempted changes to the [[UsefulNotes/D20System Open Game License]], Creator/{{Paizo}} announced they would be divesting ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}} Second Edition'' of remaining material held over from Wizards' SRD. This results in a lot of retcons to established lore of the Lost Omens setting: among other things, dragons have been thoroughly reworked away from the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil chromatic]] and [[AlwaysLawfulGood metallic]] breakdown of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', and the drow are being deleted altogether in favor of expanding the role of the serpentfolk. The latter basically means the ''Second Darkness Adventure Path'' is now CanonDiscontinuity.

** In one scene in the original [[UsefulNotes/{{VCR}} VHS]] and UsefulNotes/LaserDisc releases of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', a dust cloud kicked up by Simba seems to form the word "SEX." Although the animators claimed that it actually said "SFX" (special effects), the scene still got edited in later editions.
*** A number of cosmetic edits were made to ''The Lion King'' in 2002 to enhance scenes the original animators weren't happy with. Among the changes were re-drawing the crocodiles in "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" to be less crude-looking[[labelnote:*]]Although the official reason for the change was that they felt the original scene was too rushed, some believe the change was to lessen their resemblance to the art of Michael Bedard and avoid a lawsuit.[[/labelnote]], editing Scar's shadow in "Be Prepared" to better match his head shape, and adding more detail to the waterfall in "Can You Feel The Love Tonight".

* The theatrical release of ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'' contained a joke spoken by Kakie the Cake Monster, "the scariest monster of all is diabetes!" However, parents and groups reacted quite negatively about the line's implications, so Sony Pictures quietly replaced the line with laughter by Kakie for all future releases of the film.

* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' films have had this happen a lot over the years, enogh that [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_changes_in_Star_Wars_re-releases whole article about it]]:
** When ''Film/ANewHope'' was first released in 1977, it was just called ''Star Wars''. Once it became a runaway success and Creator/GeorgeLucas realized he could do all the episodes he envisioned (or claimed to have envisioned at any rate), it was re-released to cinemas with the OpeningCrawl now titled "Episode IV - A New Hope".
** A scene from ''A New Hope'' where Han shoots Greedo in the cantina went back and forth on it. In the original release, Han just shot Greedo in cold blood. Realizing that this might not paint the hero in the best light, the scene was updated for re-release with AdaptationalSelfDefense[[note]]and possibly to preserve the film's PG rating, there having been no PG-13 at the time[[/note]] -- in the form of Greedo shooting at Han and missing at point-blank range before Han shoots him back. This just made the scene look ridiculous, and fans complained, rallying around the mantra "Han shot first". This led to a ''third'' change to the scene in which Greedo and Han fire at each other nearly simultaneously. And Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm led to a fourth variant in which Greedo is dubbed in threatening Han before firing (in an alien language and without subtitles, so you'd have to be a ''Star Wars'' nerd to know exactly what he said).
** The Special Edition re-relases of the Original Trilogy mostly updated the special effects, but in some cases it tweaked things to align with the Prequel Trilogy. Most notable was the appearance of Anakin's Force ghost at the end of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', played in the theatrical release by Sebastian Shaw (who also played the "true" Anakin we see when Luke removes his helmet). After the prequels came out, Shaw's head was digitally replaced with that of Hayden Christensen, who played the character in the prequels (with the body remaining the same). Fans of the Original Trilogy were not happy, to say the least.
* Director Creator/MichaelMann suppressed copies of the original theatrical cut of ''Film/LastOfTheMohicans'' after some fans expressed displeasure at removal of scenes and music from the [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition director's cut]] which Mann decided he didn't like ten years later. Various character-driven scenes were excised and action scenes added; complicating things, choice bits of dialogue were edited in, but the overall length of the film didn't change due to the volume of cuts. Altered sound design consisted of recycled bits of soundtrack, with the volume turned down. To this day, the theatrical cut is [[NoExportForYou only available in Europe]].
* The original showings of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' had dialogue describing the VGER cloud as being "Over 82 A.U.s in diameter." Subsequent prints and the DVD release edited the dialogue slightly so now it is described as being "Over 2 A.U.s in diameter," which better fits with the established canon for how fast the Enterprise travels under impulse power over the timeframe of the movie. (Earlier video releases, such as the widescreen UsefulNotes/LaserDisc of the theatrical cut and the 4:3 extended TV cut, do retain the 82.)

* The extended edition of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' changed a scene where Pippin finds Merry on Pelennor Fields -- in the theatrical version this happens during the day, whereas in the extended edition it happens at night, implying that Pippin had been looking for a lot longer. The commentary track reveals that this is because the extended edition includes the Houses of Healing scene, which would have happened in the interim, whereas the theatrical cut does not.[[note]]Interestingly, the point would be moot in the books, as Merry appears in the Houses of Healing scene; he does not in the films.[[/note]]
* In the original release of ''Film/Traffic2000'', the drug czar's daughter, a teenage drug addict, attends Cincinnati Country Day School, a private prep school in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Amid [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1112349.stm protests from school administrators who objected to the association of the school with drug use]], the reference to the school was scrubbed from the DVD release and TV broadcasts.

* The original English version of ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'' was bumped up to stereo and had most of its dialogue re-dubbed by different actors when it was finally brought to the United States in 1999 by Creator/TriStarPictures for unknown reasons. The only evidence of the original version is a Hindi theatrical print made without a clean music and effects track, so English dialogue is sometimes heard unscathed. So far, no full length release of the original dub is known to exist.

* ''Literature/TheGaiad'' has its chapters frequently updated to keep up with scientific advances or to add new illustrations.
* In 1831, Mary Shelley rewrote significant portions of her 1818 novel ''Literature/{{Frankenstein}}'', resulting in a much more fatalistic text.
* In response to charges of anti-Semitism in his novel ''Literature/{{Oliver Twist}}'', Charles Dickens eliminated most of the references to Fagin's Jewishness in later editions—in the original he was constantly referred to as "the Jew"—though it is mostly the original that is read, reprinted, and studied today, while the more sanitized version has been forgotten.
* ''Literature/EndersGame'' originally had the main character use the N-word, and depicted Russia in a different light (it was written during the UsefulNotes/ColdWar). Before Orson released an edited version, he told all of his fans that if they sent their copies of ''Ender's Game'' to him, he'd send them back free copies of another, not yet released, book of his. What did Orson do with the copies he received? [[CreatorBacklash Destroyed them.]]
* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'':
** Later editions of the book contain a few minor changes to sentences in Elvish. In some cases, these are typos that weren't caught earlier (it's not like many people would know how Elvish is "supposed" to be spelled). In others, it's an actual change to the dialogue.
** A major change from ''Literature/TheHobbit'' to ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' was the account of how Bilbo won the Ring from Gollum. ''The Hobbit'' shows Gollum offering the Ring as a genuine prize in the riddle game, written long before ''Lord of the Rings'' envisioned the Ring as an ArtifactOfDoom that Gollum would never part with willingly. The latter work cleverly addressed this by saying that the account in ''The Hobbit'' was [[DirectLineToTheAuthor Bilbo's own record of what happened]], which Gandalf immediately found very suspicious. Bilbo confesses to Gandalf that he tricked Gollum into giving him the Ring. Then later editions of ''The Hobbit'' itself was altered to reflect ''[=LoTR=]'''s characterization of what really happened, explained InUniverse as Frodo learning the truth from Gandalf and [[RecursiveFiction editing his uncle's book]]. All this does, however, leave the weirdness of reading the extant editions of ''The Hobbit'' followed by ''The Lord of the Rings'', leaving Gandalf confronting Bilbo about something that apparently didn't happen.
* Creator/EdmondHamilton's book ''Literature/TheStarKings''. In the original ending, the hero returned to his own time and body, and his love followed him some time later by swapping bodies with an incurably comatose girl. Once Hamilton wrote the sequel, that changed to her contacting him telepathically and saying they are working on a way to transport him into her time physically. For some reason, however, some recent printings still include the original ending.
* Creator/PhilipKDick's novel ''Literature/DoAndroidsDreamOfElectricSheep'' was originally set in 1992. After TheFilmOfTheBook ''Film/BladeRunner'' was released, subsequent printings changed the year to 2019.

* Creator/RASalvatore changed some details of Drizzt's backstory in later drafts of ''Literature/TheIcewindDaleTrilogy'' so as to better fit his expanded conception of the character's origins in ''Literature/TheDarkElfTrilogy''. Specifically, the line "Two hundred years of living many miles below ground had not been erased by five years on the sunlit surface. To this day, sunlight drained and dizzied him." The prequel trilogy's timeline established that Drizzt was only in his mid-forties or so.
* The chronologically last book of the Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles, ''Talking to Dragons'', was written first. When it was republished, some minor changes were made to make it agree with the other books.

** The villains in many of the Little Noddy stories were originally Golliwogs. The modern editions have replaced them with Goblins. In addition references to Noddy and Big Ears sleeping in the same bed have been removed.
* Creator/StephenKing rewrote and expanded large portions of [[Literature/TheGunslinger the first volume]] of ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' to "better fit in" with the later books. This included {{retcon}}ning all of the villains from Roland's past as the [[ItsASmallWorldAfterAll same guy]]. Since ''Literature/TheGunslinger'' as originally written is composed in a style unlike King's later works, and features {{call back}}s to story elements that were [[ContinuityLockOut never expanded on]] in the finished work.

* ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse'':
** In one of the more famous examples in literature, at least among Trekkers, Della van Hise's ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' novel ''Killing Time'' was released and then almost immediately recalled when it was discovered that the author was a former K/S SlashFic writer, and that this comes through blatantly in the original text of the novel[[note]]no, the originally published manuscript wasn't ''explicitly'' K/S, but the subtext was considerably heavier[[/note]]. The next edition had the worst of the subtext edited out, but original copies can still be found on eBay and in used bookstores, and many K/S fans actively hunt them out.
** Creator/DianeDuane made some minor edits to ''Literature/{{Rihannsu}}'' to clean up internal continuity when the first four books of five were re-released as an omnibus edition in the early 2000s.
* Creator/DianeDuane has released edited "New Millennium Edition" versions of the first nine books of the ''Literature/YoungWizards'' series to clean up the timeline. Seeing as the series had been published over the course of thirty years at that point, each was set in the present day at time of publication, and yet Kit and Nita had only grown a couple of years... it was probably for the best. In addition to resetting things so the series starts in 2008, she also took the opportunity to fix some other things, such as a very dated understanding of autism in ''A Wizard Alone''.
* Small-scale example: Any reprint of the early ''[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]]'' books now marks them as the Inheritance Cycle [[TrilogyCreep instead of the]] Inheritance Trilogy.[[note]]Which has the added benefit of [[SimilarlyNamedWorks avoiding confusion]] with [[Literature/InheritanceTrilogy another book series]].[[/note]]

* In ''[[Literature/AnitaBlake Narcissus In Chains]]'' by Laurell K Hamilton, the hardcover version of the book contained a scene where the main character was raped. All other editions of the book have had edits made so that it's [[DubCon merely questionable]] as to how willing she was (mostly dialogue changes so that she's not flat out saying "no, I don't want to.")
* The ''Literature/NancyDrew'' and ''Literature/HardyBoys'' series underwent a major retcon of their first stories beginning in 1959 (the first 34 for Nancy, 38 for the Hardys). Ostensibly to remove dated slang and racist stereotypes, and also to make the stories shorter and faster-paced, this led to a realization that some stories simply fell apart otherwise, so more than a few of the books were completely new stories with nothing but the title being the same. Purists of the two series have criticized the revised books as being bland and sanitized. The original volumes can be found through reprints from niche publisher Applewood Books.

* Creator/AgathaChristie's book ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' was originally called ''Ten Little Niggers'' in the UK. Then it was ''Ten Little Indians'' before that term for Native Americans fell out of politically correct language, resulting in its current title. In the novel, the rhyme was changed from ''Ten Little Niggers'' to ''Ten Little Indians'' to ''Ten Little Soldier Boys'', and the name of the island from ''Nigger Island'' to ''Indian Island'' then to ''Soldier Island''. The U.S. edition has always used the title "And Then There Were None".
* In ''Literature/TheLorax'' there was originally a line that joked about how polluted Lake Erie was. Some environmentalists pointed out to Dr. Seuss that there were efforts to clean up the lake. So reprints have changed the Lake Erie line. It can still be heard in the AnimatedAdaptation however.
* The "Literature/{{Fudge}}" books by Creator/JudyBlume were edited in post-2002 reprints to, among other things, replace references to ''Series/TheMuppetShow'', ''Series/SesameStreet'', and ''Series/TheElectricCompany1971'' with references to the Creator/CartoonNetwork and Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, replace vinyl record players with CD players, and in ''Sheila the Great'', change the reason the characters are using a mimeograph machine (in 1972, it was because they hadn't gotten a copier yet. In 2002, it was because the copier broke).

* ''Literature/TheBabySittersClub'' was revised somewhat in later printings, as editors tried to reconcile a few inconsistencies made by Ann M. Martin and ghostwriters:
** In the original ''Kristy's Big Idea'', Kristy is described as wearing a skirt and blouse. As Kristy would later be established as only liking sweaters and jeans, this detail was changed to fit that. Her mother's name was also originally given as "Edie Thomas", but as Martin later referred to her as "Elizabeth", this was also corrected in later editions.
** Karen's mother and stepfather were originally named "Sheila" and "Kendall" in ''Kristy's Big Day''. Reprints corrected their names to be "Lisa" and "Seth", the names that Martin would settle on when writing ''Baby Sitters' Little Sister''.
** An early edition of one ''Little Sister'' book had Karen concoct various plans of revenge on a boy that bullied her. One idea was her saying that she'd tell him he was adopted. After parents complained about the implications of that passage, this was changed to Karen's plan being "Tell him I will never ever speak to him again".
* Reprints of the Norwegian edition of the Literature/PippiLongstocking books by Creator/AstridLindgren rewrite Pippi's father's title from "negerkonge" (Negro King) to "sydhavskonge" (King of the Southern Seas), due to the, well, you know what.
* ''Literature/{{Imaro}}'' when first released in 1981 had a chapter called "Slaves of the Giant-Kings" with {{Fantasy Counterpart Culture}}s of the Tutsi and Hutu of Rwanda and Imaro incites a bloody rebellion against the Tutsi. Then in 1994 the Rwandan Genocide happened where the Hutu slaughtered the Tutsi. When author Charles Saunders finally reprinted ''Imaro'' in 2006 he removed "Slaves of the Giant-Kings" entirely, replacing it with "The Afua". In addition, Saunders moved the chapter "The City of Madness" to the start of ''Imaro 2: The Quest for Cush'' and replaced it with "Betrayal in Blood" since in the original publication there was a large gap between "The City of Madness" and the preceding chapter while "Betrayal in Blood" bridges that gap.
* ''Darkspell'', the second book in the ''Literature/{{Deverry}}'' series, was later released in a revised edition. Some of the changes were made to bring the book more in lime with how the author originally envisioned it, before her editor overruled it. For instance, Sarcyn is redeemed in the new version instead of going insane and his brother has been replaced with a sister, whose role has been drastically reduced. Also, the ThievesGuild in one town was changed into just a father and his son, because the author came to realize that the town wasn't large enough to support a fully-fledged thieves' guild.

* After much demand from fans, and profiteering by secondhand book dealers, Creator/TerryPratchett's first novel ''Literature/TheCarpetPeople'' was eventually republished. However, it was heavily rewritten, partly to remove bad writing but also to replace the conventional HighFantasy monarchism and glorification of war of the original with the more democratic and pacifist political outlook of Pratchett's mature novels.
* Recent reprints of the older ''Literature/GeronimoStilton'' books have many illustrations replaced or partially redrawn to replace Trap's old design[[note]]White shirt, red suspenders and blue pants[[/note]] with the one introduced around volume 31-32 of the main series[[note]]Yellow and green Hawaiian shirt, reddish brown shorts, and also an earring and a ponytail[[/note]]. The partially redrawn ones [[SpecialEffectFailure are the most obvious ones]], since the new, digitally colored parts are drawn over the original watercolored pictures.
* The second book of the ''[[Literature/TheBookOfTheDunCow Book of the Dun Cow]]'' series, ''The Book of Sorrows'', was rewritten and reissued some time later as ''Lamentations''. The new version differs in writing style, changes various plot points, and both introduces new characters and removes existing ones from ''Sorrows''. This was to bring the series in line with the final book, ''Peace at the Last'', which followed the rewritten continuity.
* The biggest modern revisions made by Creator/JinYong, ''Literature/DemiGodsAndSemiDevils'' now ends with Wang Yuyan rejecting Duan Yu, opting to stay and take care of her now crazy cousin, Murong Fu, Duan Yu marrying all his previous romantic interests and a few other retcons.
* Creator/MichaelMoorcock:
** Two different works were edited in later editions, because the first editions appeared to endorse rape in certain circumstances and Moorcock was convinced by feminist criticism that this was morally wrong:
*** In the ending of the first edition of ''Gloriana'', Quire successfully gives Gloriana her first ever orgasm and ends the [[FisherKing barrenness of her kingdom]] by raping her. In later editions, when he tries to, she overpowers him and [[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale rapes him]] with the same result.
*** At the end of the first version of "The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming", the Fireclown cures Mavis of her uptightness and right-wing politics by raping her. In later editions, he does it by whipping her until she has an emotional breakdown, which may or may not be an actual improvement.
** On a smaller scale, many 1990s and 2000s reprints of early Moorcock works changed the names of certain characters to make them members of the von Bek or Cornelius families, or to turn originally unconnected villains into versions of Johannes Klosterheim or Gaynor the Damned (sometimes also using the latter's pseudonym in more modern or futuristic settings of Paul van/von Minct).
* In ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' book ''Literature/WordsOfRadiance'', the climactic battle between [[spoiler:Kaladin]] and [[spoiler:Szeth]] was rewritten: after [[spoiler:Szeth learns that his terrible crimes were AllForNothing]], the original hardcover has the former kill the latter, while the paperback release has [[spoiler:Szeth choose to fall to his death in the Highstorm]]. In both editions, [[spoiler:he's brought BackFromTheDead anyway]].
* Creator/IsaacAsimov:
** "Literature/TheBicentennialMan": According to ''Literature/TheBicentennialManAndOtherStories'', when Creator/JudyLynnDelRey had included it in ''{{Literature/Stellar}} #2'', she had revised several things in the story. However, Dr Asimov restored it to his final draft when including it in his own collection. Future printings continued to use Asimov's version.
** ''Literature/BlackWidowers'':
*** ''Literature/TalesOfTheBlackWidowers'' contains an introduction where he admits that he's rewritten several of the stories compared to their original printing, mostly due to the way the stories sound redundant when describing characters the same way in short succession.
*** "Literature/TheIronGem": This was originally published as "A Chip of the Black Stone", but when Dr Asimov republished it in ''Literature/MoreTalesOfTheBlackWidowers'', he changed the name back to his WorkingTitle.
** ''Literature/EarthIsRoomEnough'':
*** The German translation, ''Geliebter Roboter'', only contains ten of the seventeen stories published in this collection. The ones left in are mostly those that deal with robots.
*** The French translation, ''Espace Vital'', claims to be the same collection, but only contains twelve of the original stories/poems and adds "Literature/MirrorImage".
** "Literature/TheEvitableConflict": The original story had Peter Bogart as Director of Research, but Dr Asimov revised a few things when he collected it in ''Literature/IRobot''. In the revised version, Bogart and Lanning are succeeded in this role by Vincent Silver, a much younger man.
** "Literature/FeminineIntuition": Some versions of the story (such as in ''Literature/TheCompleteRobot'') contain the [[ThreeLawsCompliant Three Laws of Robotics]], while other publications (such as in ''Literature/RobotVisionsCollection'') leave it out.
** ''Literature/FoundationSeries'':
*** "Literature/TheEncyclopedists": This story originally had a short scene where Hari Seldon, nearly dead from old age, presides over the final meeting of his secret society. This scene is replaced by "Literature/ThePsychohistorians" in subsequent publications.
*** "Literature/TheTraders": When editing for publication in ''Literature/Foundation1951'', Dr Asimov changed the title and added an ''[[EncyclopediaExposita Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' entry on [[ProudMerchantRace Foundation traders]]. He also changed the name of the main character from Lanthan Devers (who would show up again in "Literature/TheGeneralFoundation") to Limmar Ponyets, clarifying that these weren't the same characters.
*** "Literature/TheMule": Editing for publication in ''Literature/FoundationAndEmpire'' mostly consisted of adding ''[[EncyclopediaExposita Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' entries and naming chapters. At some point during the many publications, Dr Asimov also modified the galactic population from trillions to quadrillions.
** ''Literature/FoundationsFriends'': This {{Anthology}} was originally published with only stories written by other authors in Asimov's settings. After his death, it was revised to include stories written by Dr Asimov and anecdotes from his friends/family [[InMemoriam about what he meant to them]].
** "{{Literature/Hostess}}": The version of this story as it originally appeared in ''Magazine/GalaxyScienceFiction'' had mindless pseudo-genes infecting humanity. During some of the republications, it was edited into a [[EnergyBeing species with no physical body]] that [[MindVirus infected humans and aliens alike]]. When Dr Asimov republished this story for ''Literature/NightfallAndOtherStories'', he removed the last line:
--->''{{Magazine/Galaxy}}'' final lines: "She had finally learned why Drake had married her. Not a conjugal relationship-- Conjugation."\\
''Literature/NightfallAndOtherStories'' final lines: "She had finally learned why Drake had married her."
** "Literature/ImInMarsportWithoutHilda": When this story was republished for ''Literature/NineTomorrows'', it had to be re-edited (phrases like "ribald stories" were switched for "about a girl", while lines like "Chances are they would ask me for [her] phone number." were omitted entirely.). The original text reappears in ''Literature/AsimovsMysteries''.
** "Literature/{{Robbie}}": This story was originally published under the title "Strange Playfellow", but when Dr Asimov republished it for ''Literature/IRobot'', he changed it back to his WorkingTitle and nearly doubled the word count by expanding the story (adding things like a young Susan Calvin {{Cameo}} and replacing the Finmark Robot Corporation with US Robots and Mechanical Men Corporation). Most {{Anthology}} books that contain this story use this updated version, but ''Literature/IsaacAsimovPresentsGreatScienceFictionStoriesOf1940'' faithfully republishes the original text.
** "Literature/UntoTheFourthGeneration": The original story ended after [[ResetButton the reset]] and this time Sam Marten missed seeing the red truck. Due to outside influences, Dr Asimov added two lines, telling the audience how Marten had been affected by the events of the story.
* In later editions of the original ''Literature/MaryPoppins'' novel, the "Bad Tuesday" chapter (in which the central characters are magically transported to different parts of the world) was repeatedly rewritten to tone down the racist depictions of the foreign characters. The first iteration simply replaced ethnic slurs and other particularly derogatory sentences with more respectful versions, while the final iteration completely changed the characters from human beings into talking animals.
* ''Literature/OracleOfTao'' has had a number of edits since its video game version. In particular though, Ambrosia Brahman's name has been changed from Brahmin (in the video game). This is true even on a picture where Ambrosia signs her name on an identification card.
* ''Literature/SFTheYearsGreatestScienceFictionAndFantasy'': In this {{Anthology}}, there is a note on the first page of "Literature/SenseFromThoughtDivide", by Creator/MarkClifton, admitting to revisions from the original publication.
* In the ''Literature/MagicShop'' series, every book includes a pair of talking rats named Jerome and Roxanne [[IconicSequelCharacter except the first one]]. The twentieth-anniversary revised edition gives them a short cameo, along with some smaller changes.
* ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' was re-released with new covers and some updated pop culture references, though they only got through the first few books.

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* ''Manga/LuckyStar'' has a minor example: Konata was originally portrayed as a cool GamerChick, but was soon [[CharacterizationMarchesOn changed]] into an down-to-earth, sort-of-[[LovableSexManiac pervy]] OtakuSurrogate. When the {{yonkoma}} were collected into volumes, Yoshimizu changed Konata's lines in some very early strips to make her image consistent. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Because this change was very early on in the series]] and [[WordOfGod Yoshimizu discussed that]] in the [[BonusMaterial omake]], it is not as displeasing. Parodied in a later omake, which consists of several "What if"-strips. One of them is "What if episode 1 was drawn today", which is simply a reprint of the strip just as it was published in the first volume.
* The original dubbed airing of the Dungeon Dice Monsters mini-arc of the ''Anime/YuGiOh'' anime used the original designs for the Dice Crests. For no adequately explained reason[[note]] but possibly for the same reason that the card images are altered for the dub[[/note]], all subsequent airings used CG dice with a completely changed set of Crest markings. Fortunately, the American board game version and its UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance adaptation used mostly the original designs, with only the Magic Crest changed to a circle with a lightning bolt in the center.
** The original ''Weekly Magazine/ShonenJump'' printing of a chapter in the ''Manga/YuGiOh'' manga, of Yugi's duel with Bakura, had Bakura's trump card monster called "Dark '''Necrophilia'''". This was then changed to "Dark Necrofear" for the following chapter and the graphic novel reprints, to avoid the UnfortunateImplications of the original name.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' gets a ''lot'' of changes and revisions when its chapters get collected into tankōbon form. Makes sense, as the manga gets serialized in three different magazines and out of order to boot, not to mention the mangaka often adds new details to incorporate whatever new features that had since been released from the new games.
** While the original design for the Pokémon Jynx has been a subject of controversy for years (see Video Games section below), The Pokémon Company International has taken action by pulling three episodes that feature Jynx in her original design in the same manner that The Pokémon Company in Japan pulled "Cyber Soldier Porygon", i.e. they pretend that these episodes never existed. What makes this worse in Jynx's case is that one of the episodes just features her in a ''small cameo'', and that one of the pulled episodes was remastered in Japan so that Jynx would appear in her current design.
* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** A minor one in Creator/VizMedia's English edition of the manga involves a particular character being called "Zoro" in early printings of the first few volumes, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS later being changed to "Zolo"]] to match Creator/FourKidsEntertainment's dub of the TV series. However, Zolo stuck for Viz even when Creator/FUNimation later changed his name back to Zoro in their own dub.
** Done in reprints of the volumes to Whitebeard's flag as the Nazi swastika [[NoSwastikas was off limits to use]].
* The Japanese home video release of the 1986 ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar'' theatrical movie changed the ending of the final battle so that Kenshiro's final battle with Raoh ends in a stalemate rather than losing like in the original theatrical version. Even though the theatrical ending was used for all the international releases, it didn't get to be featured in any of the Japanese home video releases until the DVD release in 2008 and even then it was only available as a bonus feature in first-print editions of the DVD.
* Chapter 83 of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' was serialized in magazine format, but never included in any re-releases (and its events were [[AdaptedOut cut from all adaptations]]) [[CreatorBacklash at the author's own request]]. He felt it revealed too much about the setting too soon and limited his ability to expand upon it later after [[spoiler:introducing the literal god of the universe]].

* Along with more standard panel redraws, a few instances occur in the 2003 UpdatedRerelease of the ''Manga/SailorMoon'' manga, (published stateside by Kodansha in 2011), some of which carry over to ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal.''
** During Act 2's Crystal Seminar story (which introduced Ami), an instance of a floppy disk from the original 1992 version was replaced by a CD-ROM in the re-released version. Also, to be consistant with the [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon tokusatsu version]] that was airing at the time, the "sailor senshi" are referred to as "guardians".
** An unnamed [[FogOfDoom fog attack]] in the manga (referred to as "Sabao Spray" in the [[Anime/SailorMoon first anime]]) was changed to be called "Mercury Aqua Mist", to tie in with the live-action version. Sailor Moon's first sceptre was also redrawn to have a crystalline top.
** Sailor Jupiter had a flower-themed belt added to her first uniform in redrawn panels, a detail that Takeuchi had originally wanted to include on her but had never gotten the chance to.
** The 2011 English-language editions from Kodansha USA underwent some minor revisions in reprints to correct some mistakes, including an instance of mistranslating Jupiter's "Sparkling Wide Pressure" as "Spark Ring Wide Pressure," and Queen Beryl referring to herself as "''Princess'' Beryl."

* A necessary one happens in ''Anime/QueensBlade Rebellion'' between the web version of the Illustrated Stories and the paperback version: In the net-based one, Mirim kills one of the Tomoe's fellow shrine maidens (later revealed to be named Tokiwa) when trying to help Annelotte escape from Gainos. Since that scene is out of character for her, in the paperback version, Tokiwa was killed by random guards instead, while Mirim is chasing Annelotte instead. This was omitted in the animated version, as the aforementioned scene never happens and the events are developed in a different direction. Also, the manga version has [[spoiler:Leina using her "Maria" persona]] rescuing Annelotte instead, rather than Tokiwa, and Mirim does not appear until some chapters later.
* The early print run of ''Manga/Cyborg009'' in Weekly Shōnen King had the lead hero's name first given as "Joe Muramatsu", which later changed to "Joe Shimamura". Ishinomori would revise the earlier chapters when they were reprinted, to correct that continuity error. He also corrected a few instances where 003's surname was used in light of her given name, or where he'd used the wrong katakana for 003's given name and called her "Francois" instead of "Francoise".
** The chapter "The Aurora Strategy" originally had a character named "Dr.Dolphin" and his daughter "Iruka". In some reprintings, Iruka's name was modified to "Cynthia", which the 2001 anime used.
* One of these happened in ''Manga/YuruYuri''; early in the manga, Akane was originally Akari's (unnamed) older brother. He was converted into a girl for the anime, and this change persisted into later chapters.
* When ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure: Manga/StoneOcean'' was still running in Magazine/ShonenJump, [[spoiler:the final evolution of Pucci]]'s Stand was called [[spoiler:[[Music/LedZeppelin Stairway to Heaven]]]]. When it was collected in tankōbon, it was renamed [[spoiler:[[Music/{{Queen}} Made in Heaven]]]], possibly because the lyrics fit the motives of its user better. Fan translations are more likely to call it the latter.
** In the same part, a stand with the name Music/EarthWindAndFire had its name changed to Music/PlanetWaves for the tankōbon release, due to the fact that [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4]] ''already'' had a stand using the same name, [[AmbiguousSituation maybe]].
** In Part 1 - ''Manga/PhantomBlood'', Will. A.Zeppeli mentions not having any children, and calling Jonathan the equivalent of a son to him. This gets contradicted with the existence of Mario and Caesar in ''Manga/BattleTendency'', so later releases of ''Phantom Blood'''s manga changed the line, as well as having an apology by Creator/HirohikoAraki.
** In Part 8 - ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion JoJolion]]'', Kei Nijimura's stand was initially named [[Music/TheJam Going Underground]], but it got changed to [[Music/LadyGaga Born This Way]] in later releases of the manga. What makes this odd is she still has the initials G.U. in her outfit, despite her stand's name getting changed.

* When Creator/FUNimation reissued ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' in "remastered" DVD season sets in 2007, they re-recorded parts of their own dub. Since the first 67 episodes weren't recorded with their in-house cast until 2005, the remaining episodes (recorded from 1999-2003) had some inconsistencies, especially in the Ginyu/Frieza episodes, where over half of the characters had redubbed dialogue. Some characters (Vegeta, Krillin, Frieza) had the same actors giving much improved performances (including in the existing in-house dub episodes), while others (Ginyu, Burter, Tien) had been recast, and were now being redubbed by their replacement actors for consistency. Most of this redubbing stopped by the Android saga, though notably Maron, Spice, and Mustard were redubbed in the Garlic Jr. episodes by new actors. To hear this dub as it originally sounded, you'd need to [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes track down the original DVD singles]].
** They did something similar when ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' was released to Blu-ray, though it was only small changes, and far less noticeable ones.
** Similarly, Funimation has made little effort to release their original dub of the show from 1995, commonly referred to as the "[[Creator/TheOceanGroup Ocean]] dub" or "Pioneer dub" due to the production studios involved. This is the one where the Rock the Dragon OP and the [[MemeticMutation Over 9000]] meme come from, but it's only been released twice: the original Pioneer VHS tapes from the 90s, and the Rock the Dragon DVD set from 2013. Meanwhile, Funimation's more prolific in-house dub has been released at least four times and is the one readily available on streaming services.
** Funimation did this again when they released the DVD of the original ''Dragon Ball'' movie, ''Anime/DragonBallCurseOfTheBloodRubies''. This was one of their very first dubs, and it got lambasted so badly on DVD reviews that they recorded an entirely new dub with their modern ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' cast. The original dub was not provided as an option, resulting in this trope.
* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' usually just makes cosmetic alterations to the volume version, but actually changes plot-relevant dialogue for chapters 112 and 113, where Reo fights Donpa, whose gourd sucks in anyone who responds to their name. In the digital magazine version, she ends the first chapter responding to her name, which is resolved anticlimactically by Donpa either forgetting or refusing to use his gourd (even though Reo wanted to be CapturedOnPurpose). In the volume version, Donpa simply never states her name.

* Creator/MarvelComics:
** Later printings and the digital releases of ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' (1998) #71 remove a page showing a sex scene between Janet Van Dyne and Hank Pym where Hank makes use of his size-changing technology to shrink down and presumably literally go inside her.
** Thanks to legal issues, all reprints and collected editions of the ComicBook/MarvelNOW ''[[ComicBook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman Avengers]]'' relaunch have changed Smasher's real name from "Izzy Dare" to "Izzy Kane." Her last name was originally supposed to be a hint that she was the granddaughter of ComicStrip/DanDare, but [[WritingAroundTrademarks this was instead changed]] to make her the granddaughter of the obscure Golden Age hero Dan Kane, a.k.a. Captain Terror.
** The original version of 2016's ''[[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Captain Marvel]]'' #9 had a scene where ComicBook/{{Magneto}} and Carol confront each other. In it, Magneto implies that Carol is JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope with her [[ComicBook/CivilWarII Change the Future initiative]] and compares her to the Nazis, to which Carol dismissively compares him to an internet troll invoking GodwinsLaw. This scene, along with Magneto's appearance, is cut from the trades, as Carol making fun of a Holocaust survivor and dismissing his experiences made her look bad.
** ''Marvel Tales'' reprinted early ComicBook/SpiderMan stories and occasionally updated topical cultural references in the dialogue. In the "Marvel Mails" section of #159, someone named Vincent Gonzalez wrote in, asking the editors to go all the way in terms of these updates. It's followed by a sequence from "Spidey Strikes Back" (originally printed in ''The Amazing Spider-Man #19'') humorously updated to TheEighties. [[http://assistanteditorsmonth.blogspot.com/2011/06/marvel-tales-159.html You can find it here.]]
** ''[[ComicBook/XMen X-Men Classic]]'' was a reprint comic of the early adventures of the "All-New" team. Some reprinted stories were edited to conform with more recent interpretations of the character and remove EarlyInstalmentWeirdness. E.g., when Nightcrawler was visiting Banshee's ancestral castle, his ability to (explicitly) turn invisible in darkness was edited so that he's merely very hard to see (i.e., you can no longer see the background through his body).

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'':
** The special issue ''Sonic Firsts'' reprinted a few old stories, with Princess Sally recolored to look more like her modern design and all references to "Boomer" replaced with "Rotor" (whose name was changed early on to match the [[WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM animated series]]).
** All of the compilations also recolor Sonic's eyelids from tan to blue, along with various art improvements and continuity corrections.
** In the case of "Boomer", though, they actually do acknowledge it later on, by claiming that Boomer was a nickname he was given by his parents and Rotor is his real name (it becomes a minor plot point when Silver, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall who is from the future and thus reading about old events, realizes that references to Boomer stopped early and Rotor came in at the same time]] -- and [[FutureImperfect mistaking that for meaning Rotor was a spy]].)

* The {{Brainwashed}} ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} in ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' initially had a [[BoundAndGagged ball-gag]] in her mouth as part of her DarkerAndEdgier [[BondageIsBad design]], but this was removed from subsequent reprints and collected editions. A few other changes were made as well, such as correcting some coloring mistakes on characters like [[ComicBook/NewGods Shilo Norman]].
* Averted for ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo''. Stan Sakai has stated that he regrets presenting the BigBad Lord Hijiki in one of the earliest issues as the only human being in a world full of talking animals (his face has never again been seen on panel since then), but admits that the first collection has gone through so many printings that going back and changing it now would be pointless.
* When Marvel began reprinting old horror and sci-fi tales in the 70s, they sometimes altered details to make the stories better fit the then-current Franchise/MarvelUniverse continuity. For instance, a reprint of a 60s ''Strange Tales'' story had a generic scientist {{Retcon}}ned into being a young [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]], while a reprint of a 50s ''Menace'' issue had a nondescript foreign spy changed to an agent of Comicbook/{{Hydra}}.

* A scene in ''Literature/DirtyPair: Dangerous Acquaintances'' involved Kei and Yuri [[MuggedForDisguise mugging a pair of hostesses]] and stealing their PlayboyBunny uniforms to sneak aboard a luxury spaceliner. Due to possible copyright issues with ''Playboy'' magazine, the art was altered in the trade paperback to remove the ears and tails from the costumes.
* Some of the more recent releases of [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Creator/DCComics titles have been altered to remove content that would be deemed offensive today. For example, certain editions of ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]] were edited to remove offensive caricatures of African-American and Japanese characters.

* The ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' story "The Crystal Throne" had dialogue changes in the collected edition to a scene where Strax encounters a Sikh man. The initial comedy dialogue, intended to be Strax being InnocentlyInsensitive, apparently came across as too similar to racist humour that Sikh readers had experienced being directed at them in real life.

* The original version of ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'' uses the "new look" Batman costume with the yellow oval behind the bat insignia, which Batman was still wearing in the main comics in 1988. When ''The Killing Joke'' was digitally recolored in 2008, the yellow oval was [[http://comicsalliance.com/files/2010/09/batmanbolland.jpg removed]] from every single panel, leaving just the bat, because in 2008 Batman no longer had the oval. This change is baffling since no other attempts were made to modernize the story, which is still canonically set when Batman still had the oval.
* A miscommunication in ''Comicbook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' led to a scene showing a Christian cross on the tombstone of Comicbook/{{Batwoman}}'s mother, even though she and her family are Jewish. The digital and collected editions edited out the cross and replaced it with a Star of David.
** Another miscommunication led to [[spoiler:Ra's al Ghul]] being revealed as the mystery villain in ''All-Star Batman''. Collected editions edited it out.
* The first teaser poster of ''ComicBook/SpiderGeddon'', a story featuring several characters of the ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' franchise, included the ComicBook/SpiderWoman from the ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' comics. The poster was silently fixed later to feature the 616 Spider-Woman instead in that spot, and in the same pose. Clearly the artist received a list of characters for the poster, but that list was not clear about ''which'' Spider-Woman to include. The mistake may be justified because the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe was a major alternate universe, and Ultimate Spider-Woman (under the name "Black Widow" at the time) had already been used in the previous project of this type, ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse''.
* Reprints of ''Comicbook/MonicasGang'' stories in TheNewTens have the tendency to follow the political correctness of the newer output, at times with risible results, such as the removal of [[https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dEijziUiwrM/U3wSRVI0MvI/AAAAAAAADG0/ZvR84J-kGfs/s1600/_CLC_43_(7).jpg guns]] and [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oUzjIYBESL0/VBxMspEuhCI/AAAAAAAAD_Q/M6CcCU_8jOU/s1600/_TMEXT_13_(04).jpg smoking pipes]], and adding [[https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hcdSmWKlR1M/VkKchc2AKVI/AAAAAAAAQTU/4JyoGgy2UYY/s400/_ATM_Mauricio_%252806%2529.jpg posters so the characters aren't defacing walls]]. Removing [[GoshDangItToHeck "swears" that were mild to begin with]] is also common.
* A ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational'' PSA in which Comicbook/BoosterGold is dismissive about the threat of AIDS and Fire literally flares up at him was redrawn after Fire [[BroughtDownToNormal lost her powers]] and Booster's [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman super-suit]] was destroyed and replaced with bulky PoweredArmor, in order to reflect this.

* When Durandall wanted to {{retcon}} something in ''FanFic/KyonBigDamnHero'', it was easiest for him just to go back and change the chapters themselves. Usually, this only applied to character names.

* In ''FanFic/SylviaTheSylveon'', Moondancer's nickname was Moonie, which was meant to be a reference to early 90s ''Manga/SailorMoon'' fans. But after the UnfortunateImplications were pointed out, the author changed it to Dancer.
* In ''FanFic/FutariWaPrettyCureBlueMoon'', some characters had brown or black hair, but the author decided there was too many brown and black haired characters, so their hair colors were changed to more wild ones, the most notable being the now green haired [[AlphaBitch Emiru.]]

* Creator/NimbusLlewelyn occasionally does in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm''. The changes are usually minor, and made after someone points out a mistake. This is not always the case, however - once he added over 4,000 words to a chapter in the form of an extra scene or two.

* ''Fanfic/AChanceMeetingOfTwoMoons'': In the fall of 2017, Evilhumour and Anon e Mouse Jr. went back and revised the earlier chapters, primarily to fix spelling and grammar, but also making a few other modifications. Among them included adding an earlier mention of the Doors to the Realms In Between (one had already existed later in the story), and changing one of Elusive's lines into a BigYes.
* ''Fanfic/DavionAndDavionDeceased'' originally had the family of Commodore Grec escape the Amaris Coup as they were invited to New Avalon. The author later wrote Grec as bereaved by the Coup, amending the previous reference to indicate that he declined to invite his family as it was a privilege other soldiers couldn't share, something that more than justified his later emotional distress.
* After the second class trial was completed in the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' fic ''Fanfic/SystemRestore'', author [=CarthagoDelenda=] went back and revised the first seven chapters. This was primarily to add details and strengthen the build-up to TheReveal of the second murderer's identity, making the {{Foreshadowing}} clearer in areas. In addition, the culprit admits to being more conflicted about their decision and shows more empathy towards [[spoiler:Kuzuryuu and Pekoyama]]. Compare the following two lines.
-->'''Original''': I certainly had no intention of killing [[spoiler:Pekoyama-san]], not until I had a reason to.
-->'''Revision''': I had no intention of killing anyone, especially not [[spoiler:Pekoyama-san]]… not until I was given a reason I couldn’t avoid.
** [[WhamEpisode Part 5 of Chapter 3]] was revised (the first time) to deal with UnfortunateImplications, particularly relating to [[spoiler:Souda's Despair Fever symptoms, in which he imagines that he is Sonia]]. There was later a ''second'' revision made in regards to [[spoiler:Souda's death in general, which was causing confusion based on the wound described and the actual wounds caused by the intended weapon (after toning down said death already) and deciding against having two murders in chapter 3 since it was simply done to follow ''Danganronpa'''s "tradition".]]
* ''Fanfic/{{SAPR}}'':
** Originally during the lead up to the Breach Applejack and Fluttershy were infected with a Grimm parasite that would have turned them into sleeper agents. Due to negative viewer feedback, however, this was removed entirely from the story.
** An entire chapter involving a trial and one of Jaune's sisters being a member of the White Fang was removed.
* Chapter 28 of ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} The Longest Road]]'' was rewritten in order to deal with the massively [[UnfortunateImplications homophobic implications]] regarding Erika. That is, the original chapter had the reveal that LBGTQ+ trainers were barred from being gym leaders, so Ash ousted Erika as a lesbian in revenge for her jerkass behavior, causing her to lose her position.

* When ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' ended the Squat race, reprintings of books where Squat characters appear had them deleted, turned into humans or Ratlings although they do get a mention since the sixth edition rulebook.

* In general most publications for Tabletop [=RPGs=] avoid explicitly mentioning the Edition of the book, as if it's the only version of the game ever produced. This can be somewhat frustrating when shopping for used books, although the internet has made it substantially easier.

* This is a possible explanation (besides FakeMemories or TheMultiverse) for the [[https://infogalactic.com/info/Mandela_Effect Mandela Effect]]. But it requires a fair amount of belief, because the level of organization is far beyond what is considered normal (think Eastern Europe during Soviet times). In order for this explanation to work, essentially '''every''' copy of ''Berenstein Bears'' everywhere needs to be replaced with ''Berenstain Bears''. While this plays out easily when there are few copies, as in the picture of Stalin and Nikolai Yezhov, replacing hundreds of thousands of copies of a written work is another matter.

* In the original airing of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Team Homer", [[NoodleIncident Homer is shown having somehow stolen the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor given to Dr. Haing S. Ngor]] for ''Film/TheKillingFields''. [[HarsherInHindsight Only a month after it aired, Dr. Ngor was murdered, which could make viewers think that Homer killed him for it]]. In syndication and on the season seven DVD set, the scene was changed to show the Oscar being the one given to Creator/DonAmeche for ''Film/{{Cocoon}}'', who had died a few years earlier, but of natural causes.

This one is a prime source of AdaptationDisplacement for more [[NewbieBoom recent fans]]. It may lead to a LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition, UpdatedRerelease, GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion, BrokenBase, and CreatorBacklash, especially if the [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes original version is taken off the shelves]].

* The later ports of ''VideoGame/MetalGear1'' and ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' renamed many of the characters specific to those two games. The re-releases of ''Metal Gear 2'' in particular also changed all of the realistic character portraits into ones drawn similarly to the style of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' illustrator Yoji Shinkawa, since all of the portraits in the [=MSX2=] version were [[ComicBookFantasyCasting trace-overs of real-life celebrities]] (which could've led to Konami facing legal problems if they were kept due to the unauthorized use of people's likenesses). Even the Japanese Virtual Console release of ''Metal Gear 2'', which is otherwise an emulation of the [=MSX2=] game, uses the Shinkawa-style portraits.

* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' Special Editions included, along with updated special effects, various edits to connect it to the prequel trilogy. Then there was [[AdaptationalSelfDefense Greedo firing at Han Solo]], which may have been done to maintain the film's PG rating[[note]]The PG-13 rating didn't exist during the making of the Original Trilogy.[[/note]]. Later reissues further changed it to them [[TakeAThirdOption both going for their weapons at the same time]], [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_changes_in_Star_Wars_re-releases full article about the changes]].
** This is not the first Orwellian Retcon in the franchise. When the first film was released in 1977, the opening crawl did not contain "Episode IV - A New Hope". After it became a runaway success, it was re-released to cinemas with this added, and thus began Lucas' claim that there had always been a nine-movie plan.
** Anakin Skywalker's Force ghost at the end of ''Return of of the Jedi'' was originally played by Sebastian Shaw (who also played the "true" Anakin that we see when Luke removes his helmet). After the prequels came out, his head (the body remains untouched) was digitally replaced with that of Anakin's main prequel portrayer Hayden Christensen- to the ire of original trilogy fans.

* The extended edition film of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' changed the time of day for Pippin finding Merry on Pelennor Fields from the theatre version to the DVD version, showing that Pippin had been searching for Merry for several hours rather than the few minutes implied by the theatrical version. Note that both editions have always been available on DVD.
** The commentary track reveals that the time of day in this scene depended on whether the Houses of Healing scene was included or not, since Merry doesn't appear in it.[[note]]In the book he is in that scene, though.[[/note]] And indeed, it was cut from the theatrical version but restored in the extended edition.

** When ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' came out, ''Literature/TheHobbit'' was changed to agree with it about how Bilbo got the ring from Gollum. This was touched on cleverly in the text. It was implied that the version recorded in the first edition of ''Literature/TheHobbit'' was the same as the false account that Bilbo [[DirectLineToTheAuthor told the Dwarves and recorded in his book]]. Bilbo later confessed the truth to Gandalf, then Frodo learned of this from Gandalf [[RecursiveFiction and edited his uncle's book]]. Thus, the idea of Bilbo lying being out-of-character isn't dodged but made meaningful, since Gandalf found the idea of anyone giving up the ring to be very suspicious.
*** However, the unfortunate result of Tolkien making not just a Retcon of the "Hobbit" but an Orwellian one, all while keeping intact the subsequent explanation in LOTR, is that nowadays, with the original version of "Hobbit" out of print, the most likely reaction of a casual reader of first "Hobbit" and then "Lord of the Rings" to the musings in the latter about Bilbo's lies in the former is "What the hell are they all talking about?"
** Also happened with some Elvish sentences in ''The Lord of the Rings'' itself. Some of these changes might be seen as typos that went unnoticed in the first edition, but some were clear changes.

* The characters in the Creator/{{Dark Horse|Comics}} ''Franchise/{{Alien}}s'' series (which was initially conceived as a sequel to the [[Film/{{Aliens}} second film]]) were renamed, and the stories retitled, when ''Film/Alien3'' made them inconsistent with the movie canon.