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* ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' #35 and ''ComicBook/NewAvengers'' #24 take place eight months after their respective previous issues, additionally teasing different changes in the status quo of the Marvel Universe that would later come to be in other titles in the following months, including Superior Iron Man, Thor losing his arm, the Fantastic Four going back to blue costumes. To avoid spoiling some of these changes, special Superior Iron Man, Tony Stark didn't appear in ''The Avengers'' or ''New Avengers'' until ''Superior Iron Man'' #1 was published.
* ''ComicBook/DawnOfTheJedi'' ends up skipping the initial invasion. At the start of "Force War", the Rakata and the Je'daii have already been fighting for a year. The authors presumably rushed things so they could finish the storyline before Lucasfilm/Disney cancelled the series, which indeed happened.

* In ''ComicBook/JupitersLegacy'', the plot skips forward nine years after [[spoiler:Walter and Brandon's coup]].

* ''ComicBook/TheNewUniverse'' was supposed to take place in real time, with each book happening in the current month. However, the writer of ''ComicBook/DP7'' decided that that was just a general guideline with the main thing being that one year in comic book time equaling one year in real life. His first story arc took about nine issues (9 months) but only lasted a few weeks in-story, so to catch up with the rest of the New Universe there is a time skip to the following year after that arc.

* ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody'' skipped ahead to #37 after #17, then attempted to fill in the gap from #18-21 before being cancelled. ''Q2: The Return of Quantum and Woody'' takes place twenty years later.

* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' did an interesting variation of this: at the end of issue #125, Sonic is teleported across the universe, and spends the next several issues making his way back to Mobius. In issue #130 he finally makes it home, only to discover that -- due to relativity -- what had been a few weeks for him was actually a whole year on Mobius, during which many things had changed.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' series:

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** "ComicBook/BrainiacRebirth" has Brainiac to start building a new body after his former self's disintegration. Then it skips several months ahead, when Brainiac has completed his rebuilding into a mechanical horror.
** The fourth volume of the original ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' began with the words "Five Years Later", leading into a controversial DarkerAndEdgier revamp of the series. The events that occurred in the time skip are narrated via a {{textplosion}}.

* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW'' skipped forward three years between the end of ''ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron'' and the start of the ongoing series. ''ComicBook/TheTransformersLastStandOfTheWreckers'' has a few flashbacks that take place during the time skip.
* ComicBook/UltimateMarvel:
** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' Volume 3 has a one-year time skip between #22 and #23 [[spoiler:after Rio Morales dies]].

* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' family of comic books used a time skip for a revamp of the line in 2000. It was only six months, but it was uniform across all the X-Men spinoffs. Its success at revamping the titles is dubious; two were cancelled the following year, and another was revamped again. In part the Time Skip was used to introduce changes to line-ups and characters that supposedly happened in the intervening time, and which (according to the plan) were eventually going to be explained. For example, the X-Men had lost 1990s member Marrow and gained a rookie member in Thunderbird III, and reserve members Forge, Moonstar, and Tessa (Sage). Cable redefined himself and his mission following the supposed deaths of Apocalypse and Cyclops, Colossus had developed an unrequited love for Rogue, Nightcrawler had become a priest, Phoenix and Psylocke had somehow exchanged powers, and Shadowcat had received an ImportantHaircut and became more powerful and a bigger jerkass. Most of the changes were never actually explained and in retrospect served mostly to confuse the readers.

* The ''Literature/VitaNuova'' begins with a brief prose section about Beatrice and [[Creator/DanteAlighieri Dante]]'s first meeting in 1274 before segueing into Dante's poetry about her written from 1283 to 1293. The poet explains that he didn't want to go much into his youth since stories about kids often sound made-up.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/misakiyu misakiyu]]'s illustrations of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic fanfics]], they begin from [[The90s 1998]] (when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura graduate from Basara Academy) to the early [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]], and the main story starts from [[TheNew10s 2015]] and takes place during [[TheNew20s 2021 to 2024]].

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/misakiyu misakiyu]]'s illustrations of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic fanfics]], they begin from [[The90s 1997]] (when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura graduate from Basara Academy) to the early [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]], and the main story starts from [[TheNew10s 2015]] and takes place during [[TheNew20s 2021 to 2024]].

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/misakiyu misakiyu]]'s illustrations of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]'s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic fanfics]], they begin from [[The90s 1997]] (when UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura graduate from Basara Academy to the early [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]], and the main story starts from [[TheNew10s 2015]] and takes place during [[TheNew20s 2021 to 2024]].

** The fourth volume of the original ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' began with the words "Five Years Later", leading into a controversial DarkerAndEdgier revamp of the series.

* ''Literature/{{Quarters}}'': The book shows that it's set over a decade after ''Sing the Four Quarters'' since Annice and Pjerin's daughter Magda (whom she'd given birth to near the end) is a teenager here.

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'':
** ''[[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' starts in 1720, when a young Elizabeth Swann spots a boy - who later turns out to be Will Turner - at the site of a shipwreck when sailing to Jamaica. The rest of the film is set in 1728.

** ''[[Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl The Curse of the Black Pearl]]'' starts in 1720, when a young Elizabeth Swann spots a boy - who later turns out to be Will Turner - at the site of a shipwreck when sailing to Jamaica. The rest of the film is set in 1728.

* The fourth volume of the [=Pre-Crisis=] ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' began with the words "Five Years Later", leading into a controversial DarkerAndEdgier revamp of the series. The AnimatedAdaptation also has a timeskip between seasons, or rather, ''two'' timeskips in one: the second season takes place a couple of years after the first, and when the new BigBad arises, Superman is brought back from the 21st century... but where season one Supes had been pulled from his Smallville days, season two Supes has been pulled from his Justice League days. Where everyone else has aged two years, Superman has aged about ten and goes from being the least experienced member of the team to an OlderAndWiser adult hero.

* ''[[ComicBook/BrandNewDay Spider-Man: Brand New Day]]'' starts 100 days after Spider-Man was last seen by the public.
* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManRenewYourVows'': After issue 12, the series skips ahead eight years to have Annie May Parker as a teenager.

* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' family of comic books used a time skip for a revamp of the line in 2000. It was only six months, but is still worth mentioning since it was uniform across all the X-Men spinoffs. Its success at revamping the titles is dubious; two were cancelled the following year, and another was revamped again. In part the Time Skip was used to introduce changes to line-ups and characters that supposedly happened in the intervening time, and which (according to the plan) were eventually going to be explained. For example, the X-Men had lost 1990s member Marrow and gained a rookie member in Thunderbird III, and reserve members Forge, Moonstar, and Tessa (Sage). Cable redefined himself and his mission following the supposed deaths of Apocalypse and Cyclops, Colossus had developed an [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Unrequited Love]] for Rogue, Nightcrawler had become a priest, Phoenix and Psylocke had somehow exchanged powers, and Shadowcat had received an ImportantHaircut and Took Levels in [[TookALevelInBadass Badass]] and [[TookALevelInJerkass Jerkass]]. Most of the changes were never actually explained and in retrospect served mostly to confuse the readers.

* In ''Fanfic/HaterGoodSideStorySwayedDecisions'', a ''{{WesternAnimation/Breadwinners}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/PickleAndPeanut'' crossover, there is a time skip at the end of [=SwaySway=] and Sophee as middle aged adults being close friends again.

** ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' takes place about a year after ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', after the League has built a new Watchtower and recruited a much larger membership.

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'' starts in 1720, when a young Elizabeth Swann spots a boy - who later turns out to be Will Turner - at the site of a shipwreck when sailing to Jamaica. The rest of the film is set in 1728.

* The ''Film/{{Scream}}'' franchise skips time corresponding to its release year. ''Film/Scream2'' is set a year after ''Film/Scream1996'', ''Film/Scream3'' is set three years after ''Scream 2'', ''Film/Scream4'' is set eleven years after ''Scream 3'', and ''Film/Scream2022'' is set eleven years after ''Scream 4''.

* ''WebVideo/Kontrola'': The series skipped ahead two years in between season three and four.