History Quotes / Retcon

-->-- '''TelevisionWithoutPity''', ''Series/BurnNotice''

->''There are ''no'' inconsistencies in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books; occasionally, however, there are [[NoExceptYes alternate]] pasts.''

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-->-- '''Rose Schwartz''', ''{{Soapdish}}''

You know how sometimes you remember things a certain way but reality says "nope nuhuh that's not how it went get it right"? That's a retcon.
-->--'''SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}''', ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars''

(Kaalia is suddenly smacked over the head by a massive neon sign saying "RETCON!" in bright red letters, and now her armor looks far more like Shepard and Eisenhart's.)

->''""he data we got from Arsenal Gear was a load of crap. Twelve founders who've all been dead for a hundred years? [[WhoWritesThisCrap Give me a break.]]"''

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' voice actor '''Creator/HarryShearer''', criticizing "The Principal and the Pauper"[[note]]specifically the reveal/retcon that Seymour Skinner is actually Armin Tamzarian having stolen the ''actual'' Skinner's identity (to be fair, he assumed he was dead and didn't want to tell Edna, his mother)[[/note]]

-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' voice actor '''Creator/HarryShearer''', criticizing a dramatic retcon to a character he voices.

->''"In this feature we examine comic book stories and ideas that were not only abandoned, but also had the stories/plots specifically “overturned” [[CreativeDifferences by a later writer]] (as if they were a legal precedent)."''
-->--'''''Comics Should Be Good''''', ''The Abandoned An' Forsaked''

-->-- ''{{Simpsons}}'' voice actor '''HarryShearer''', criticizing a dramatic retcon to a character he voices

->''We have seen the first time Connor and Ramirez ever met were in Scotland. So it makes no freaking sense to all of a sudden say they knew each other before that point, knew they were immortals, and engaged in the contest prior to their knowing about it in the first movie. Its like if someone showed you a picture of a circle and asked you what the drawing was and you said “Circle” and the guy bitch slaps you and says “[[TwoPlusTortureEqualsFive Its a square motherf*cker!!!]]”''
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/highlander-2-the-quickeningrenegadespecial-edition-re-review/ on]] ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening''

->''There are ''no'' inconsistencies in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books; ocassionally, however, there are alternate pasts.''
-->-- '''Creator/TerryPratchett'''

->''That's so wrong. You're taking something that an audience has built eight years or nine years of investment in and just tossed it in the trash can for no good reason, for a story we've done before with other characters. It's so arbitrary and gratuitous, and it's disrespectful to the audience.''
-->-- ''{{Simpsons}}'' voice actor '''HarryShearer''', criticizing a dramatic retcon to a character he voices

->''"In this feature we examine comic book stories and ideas that were not only abandoned, but also had the stories/plots specifically “overturned” by a later writer (as if they were a legal precedent)."''

->''That kind of retroactive digital meddling is annoying enough for a movie's fans -- but just try to imagine how disturbing it must be for the characters! Realizing that you suddenly remember things that you know didn't happen must be terribly disturbing, especially if they then go on to retroactively hold profound emotional meaning for you.''

->''I guess this also explains why some comic characters are such tormented souls -- take Franchise/{{Batman}}, for example. After decades of constant ret-cons, he probably stumbles through life plagued by foggy visions of his parents being killed by several different, mutually exclusive, villains, as well as vaguely recalling specific events involving several partners called "Robin" he hasn't even had. I bet by now he's down to randomly calling the people who mean something to him, just to make sure they're still alive -- [[RetGone or ever have been]].''

-->-- '''{{Simpsons}}'' voice actor HarryShearer, criticizing a dramatic retcon to a character he voices

-->-- '''{Simpsons}}'' voice actor HarryShearer, criticizing a dramatic retcon to a character he voices

->That kind of retroactive digital meddling is annoying enough for a movie's fans -- but just try to imagine how disturbing it must be for the characters! Realizing that you suddenly remember things that you know didn't happen must be terribly disturbing, especially if they then go on to retroactively hold profound emotional meaning for you.

->I guess this also explains why some comic characters are such tormented souls -- take Franchise/{{Batman}}, for example. After decades of constant ret-cons, he probably stumbles through life plagued by foggy visions of his parents being killed by several different, mutually exclusive, villains, as well as vaguely recalling specific events involving several partners called "Robin" he hasn't even had. I bet by now he's down to randomly calling the people who mean something to him, just to make sure they're still alive -- [[RetGone or ever have been]].

->It wasn't the right time when we met. It wasn't the right time when we started dating. It wasn't the right time when I moved to Miami. No, it was the right time to tell me when she showed up on your front step. That about right?" With that, she stalks off. Retcons are hard on everyone, Fi.
-->--'''TelevisionWithoutPity''', ''Series/BurnNotice''

-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/highlander-2-the-quickeningrenegadespecial-edition-re-review/ on]] ''Highlander 2: The Quickening''

->''We have seen the first time Connor and Ramirez ever met were in Scotland. So it makes no freaking sense to all of a sudden say they knew each other before that point, knew they were immortals, and engaged in the contest prior to their knowing about it in the first movie. Its like if someone showed you a picture of a circle and asked you what the drawing was and you said “Circle” and the guy bitch slaps you and says “Its a square motherf*cker!!!”''

-->'''TelevisionWithoutPity''', ''Series/BurnNotice''

->I guess this also explains why some comic characters are such tormented souls -- take {{Batman}}, for example. After decades of constant ret-cons, he probably stumbles through life plagued by foggy visions of his parents being killed by several different, mutually exclusive, villains, as well as vaguely recalling specific events involving several partners called "Robin" he hasn't even had. I bet by now he's down to randomly calling the people who mean something to him, just to make sure they're still alive -- [[RetGone or ever have been]].

-->'''TelevisionWithoutPity''', ''BurnNotice''

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->That kind of retroactive digital meddling is annoying enough for a movie’s fans -- but just try to imagine how disturbing it must be for the characters! Realizing that you suddenly remember things that you know didn’t happen must be terribly disturbing, especially if they then go on to retroactively hold profound emotional meaning for you.

->I guess this also explains why some comic characters are such tormented souls -- take {{Batman}}, for example. After decades of constant ret-cons, he probably stumbles through life plagued by foggy visions of his parents being killed by several different, mutually exclusive, villains, as well as vaguely recalling specific events involving several partners called "Robin" he hasn’t even had. I bet by now he’s down to randomly calling the people who mean something to him, just to make sure they’re still alive -- [[RetGone or ever have been]].

->I guess this also explains why some comic characters are such tormented souls -- take {{Batman}}, for example. After decades of constant ret-cons, he probably stumbles through life plagued by foggy visions of his parents being killed by several different, mutually exclusive, villains, as well as vaguely recalling specific events involving several partners called "Robin" he hasn’t even had. I bet by now he’s down to randomly calling the people who mean something to him, just to make sure they’re still alive -- or ever have been.