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* '''Zig Zagged''': Whether Alice and Bob are siblings or cousins [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]].

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Whether Alice and Bob are siblings or cousins [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]].is DependingOnTheWriter.
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** they were revealed to be lying about being cousins and simply didn't mention their actual cousin previously.

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** they They were revealed to be lying about being cousins and simply didn't mention their actual cousin previously.
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** they were revealed to be lying about being cousins and simply didn't mention their actual cousin previously.
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* '''Straight''': In the first two seasons of the show ''Bob's Crazy Adventures'', AliceAndBob are cousins. Starting in the third season, AliceAndBob are a SiblingTeam, and they have a cousin named Claire [[RememberTheNewGuy who didn't exist in earlier episodes]].

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* '''Straight''': In the first two seasons of the show ''Bob's Crazy Adventures'', AliceAndBob are cousins. Starting in the third season, AliceAndBob are a SiblingTeam, and they have a cousin named Claire [[RememberTheNewGuy who didn't even exist in earlier episodes]].


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** Bob was adopted.

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** It's the LongRunner show with [[ValuesDissonance now-controversial elements in early episodes]], so the creators decide to cut the said things off and rewrite it.

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** It's the LongRunner show with [[ValuesDissonance now-controversial elements in early episodes]], so the creators decide to cut the said things off and rewrite it.replace by the more acceptable one.



* '''Reconstructed''': The FixFic becomes AscendedFanon.



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** It's the LongRunner show with [[ValuesDissonance now-controversial elements in early episodes]], so the creators decide to cut the said things off and rewrite it.
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** The 'retcon' isn't as incompatible with previous canon as commonly believed. EG: In the {{Western}} ''Bob's Crazy Adventures'', Charles is stated to be a Mexican in season 1 and 2, and a Texan in the subsequent seasons as Texas didn't join the USA until the period between seasons 2 and 3, meaning that he was a Mexican Texan in the first two seasons
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** Alice and Bob appear to be siblings, only to changed to cousins. Bob only calls Alice's father "dad" because he's [[ParentalSubstitute more of a father than his actual one]].
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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???
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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???In the third season of ''Bob’s Crazy Adventures'', any and all familiar characters are completely gone, and replaced with new ones. [[NeverTrustATitle There isn’t even a single character named Bob.]] By the fourth season, Alice, Bob, and the other characters are back, and the show continues as if the third season never happened.



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* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': [[ArtShift Alice's appearance changes]] in the fourth season.
* '''Justified''': [[CosmicRetcon It's an altered reality.]]

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* '''Downplayed''': '''Downplayed''':
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[[ArtShift Alice's appearance changes]] in the fourth season.
** Bob's last name [[SpellMyNameWithAnS used to be spelled "Freemann"]], but it was later changed to "Freeman".
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[[CosmicRetcon It's an altered reality.]]]]
** Bob had his name legally changed.



* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Whether Alice and Bob are siblings or cousins [[DependingOnTheWriter depends on the writer]].



* '''Enforced''': This is done to omit [[KudzuPlot countless]] PlotThreads that would be nearly impossible to resolve.

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* '''Enforced''': '''Enforced''':
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This is done to omit [[KudzuPlot countless]] PlotThreads that would be nearly impossible to resolve.resolve.
** The title of something (such as a business) in the universe of ''Bob's Crazy Adventures'' was an instance of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, but the censors finally caught onto the name and told them to change it.
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'''Basic Trope''': {{Revis|ion}}ing or {{rewrit|e}}ing past events or {{canon}} elements to serve a current plot need.
* '''Straight''': In the first two seasons of the show ''Bob's Crazy Adventures'', AliceAndBob are cousins. Starting in the third season, AliceAndBob are a SiblingTeam, and they have a cousin named Claire [[RememberTheNewGuy who didn't exist in earlier episodes]].
* '''Exaggerated''': The show undergoes several mid-season retcons during its run, and the stars AliceAndBob are the only characters common to every season of the show.
* '''Downplayed''': [[ArtShift Alice's appearance changes]] in the fourth season.
* '''Justified''': [[CosmicRetcon It's an altered reality.]]
* '''Inverted''': The writer reverts the canon to its previous version.
* '''Subverted''':
** The retcon was AllJustADream.
** The third season is an AlternateContinuity spinoff, separate from the main series.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** When Bob wakes up, we see that a completely different retcon is in effect.
** The writer makes the third season {{canon}} [[PanderingToTheBase due to its popularity]].
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': Nothing is rewritten.
* '''Enforced''': This is done to omit [[KudzuPlot countless]] PlotThreads that would be nearly impossible to resolve.
* '''Lampshaded''': "The new season of ''Bob's Crazy Adventures'': It's Bob like you've never seen him before!"
* '''Invoked''': PeggySue
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': The [[StatusQuoIsGod Status Quo Demon]] prevents all retcons.
* '''Discussed''': "Something doesn't feel right here..."
* '''Conversed''': "Why is this show so different from what it used to be? It's like the characters have nothing in common with their old versions, except for the names."
* '''Deconstructed''': A fan writes a FixFic which uses the old canon.
* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': The writer decides to leave a mistake in.
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%%* '''For Laughs''': ???
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%%* '''Untwisted''': ???

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