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* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', we get Salazar, the legendary pirate-hunter. He was never mentioned in any of the previous instalments, all of which involve pirate-hunting. We also learn that he single-handedly almost extinguished piracy in Jack's youth. Even though we've so far met several pirates older than Jack (including Jack's own father). In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', we also learned that the council of the Pirate Lords had never before convened in Jack's lifetime. Which they really ought to have done in order to try and deal with a gigantic threat like Salazar.
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* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', we get Salazar, the legendary pirate-hunter. He was never mentioned in any of the previous instalments, installments, all of which involve pirate-hunting. We also learn that he single-handedly almost extinguished piracy in Jack's youth. Even though we've so far met several pirates older than Jack (including Jack's own father). In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', we also learned that the council of the Pirate Lords had never before convened in Jack's lifetime. Which they really ought to have done in order to try and deal with a gigantic threat like Salazar.
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* ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' introduces Sir Benjamin Lockwood, an elderly businessman who is said to have helped develop the dinosaur cloning technology with John Hammond decades ago. Despite this, he was neither seen nor mentioned in the original ''Film/JurassicPark'' movie. The character is essentially a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Hammond (right down to the cane with an insect in amber as pommel), who couldn't appear in the film due to Creator/RichardAttenborough having passed away in 2014. That being said, Lockwood has a DarkSecret that would justify Hammond never mentioning him or downplaying his role in developing the dinosaur cloning technology.
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* ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' introduces Callie, who is revealed to be the daughter of Egon Spengler. According to Egon's notes on a note card seen at the 1:26:37 mark, Callie celebrated her second birthday in 1984. Therefore, she was born in 1982. Which means she was born before the [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 first]] [[Film/GhostbustersII two]] movies despite Egon mentioning no partner or children.
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* In ''Film/BatmanReturns'' (1992), Max Shreck has apparently been one of Gotham City's most famous residents for quite some time ("Here's a man who needs no introduction, he's given so much"), having been around long enough to have established the town's most successful department store, become more wealthy than anyone except Bruce Wayne himself, gotten a mayoral candidate elected, ''and'' gained enough influence to propose the construction of a new electrical power plant. So it's strange in retrospect that he apparently didn't exist at the time of [[Film/Batman1989 the 1989 film]], particularly since Gotham's 200th anniversary festival budget was seriously short on funds and he would probably have been the most philanthropic contributor. Shreck's Department Store is arguably an even more blatant New Guy: if we are to assume that the cathedral entrance on the opposite side of the city square, which we see behind the Penguin as he escapes on his helicopter umbrella, is to the same cathedral in which the Joker hid out at the climax of the previous film (and, at least according to {{Fanon}}, it is), the store is so big and so gaudy that it wouldn't previously have been missed. This cannot be explained as ''Batman Returns'' taking place many years after the original film, either, as all the returning cast members look to be about the same age as before.[[note]] This is because Max Shreck's role in the film was originally filled by Harvey Dent, returning from the 1989 film, who was supposed to be given the disfigurement that turns him into Two-Face by Catwoman at the end of the film. Of course, all this was changed.[[/note]]
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* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'': ''Film/BlackAdam2022'' introduces the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica, a team of superheroes who predate Superman and the ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} and have a preexisting relationship with Amanda Waller. While the JSA's lack of appearances in prior films could be explained as the result of them having disbanded in the past, they were never mentioned or even alluded to before this. In fact, previous movies made it seem like the Justice League were the first publicly known superheroes in the DCEU.
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** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':
*** When debating how to break out ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, Wolverine casually announces he "knows a guy." The guy turns out to be ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}, who has not appeared or been mentioned in any of the six previous ''X-Men'' movies. This line of dialogue is TheArtifact of the original script, in which the teen who helped Wolverine was a young version of Cain Marko, AKA The Juggernaut, who he did actually encounter in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
*** The future portion of the film fully incorporates the idea from ''First Class'' which established that [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Charles]] and ComicBook/{{Mystique}} grew up together. It can seem a bit jarring to see Creator/PatrickStewart's Xavier sadly recounting how he once loved Mystique and considered her his sister, when there is absolutely no indication at any point in the original trilogy that the two were ever close or even ''knew'' one another.
** Even earlier than that, ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' introduced Dr. Hank "ComicBook/{{Beast|Marvel Comics}}" [=McCoy=], a mutant politician who ''everyone'' at the Xavier Institute (other than the latecomer Logan) knows intimately, even though he was never shown or mentioned in the first two movies. ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Days of Future Past'' rectified the issue somewhat, clarifying that Hank was a student from the Institute's early days who stayed behind when Xavier shut the school down during the Vietnam War.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' is set in the 1980s and has a teenage Nightcrawler join the X-Men even though ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' which was set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture had them meet him for the first time as an adult. Though WordOfGod has said the time travel in ''Days of Future Past'' has made the third and [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine fourth]] movies [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]], which could mean the same for ''X2''.
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':
*** When debating how to break out ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, Wolverine casually announces he "knows a guy." The guy turns out to be ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}, who has not appeared or been mentioned in any of the six previous ''X-Men'' movies. This line of dialogue is TheArtifact of the original script, in which the teen who helped Wolverine was a young version of Cain Marko, AKA The Juggernaut, who he did actually encounter in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
*** The future portion of the film fully incorporates the idea from ''First Class'' which established that [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Charles]] and ComicBook/{{Mystique}} grew up together. It can seem a bit jarring to see Creator/PatrickStewart's Xavier sadly recounting how he once loved Mystique and considered her his sister, when there is absolutely no indication at any point in the original trilogy that the two were ever close or even ''knew'' one another.
** Even earlier than that, ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' introduced Dr. Hank "ComicBook/{{Beast|Marvel Comics}}" [=McCoy=], a mutant politician who ''everyone'' at the Xavier Institute (other than the latecomer Logan) knows intimately, even though he was never shown or mentioned in the first two movies. ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Days of Future Past'' rectified the issue somewhat, clarifying that Hank was a student from the Institute's early days who stayed behind when Xavier shut the school down during the Vietnam War.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' is set in the 1980s and has a teenage Nightcrawler join the X-Men even though ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' which was set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture had them meet him for the first time as an adult. Though WordOfGod has said the time travel in ''Days of Future Past'' has made the third and [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine fourth]] movies [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]], which could mean the same for ''X2''.
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* A few characters who were in ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'' but got left out of [[Film/{{Divergent}} the film adaptation]] - such as Uriah and Marlene, appear in ''The Divergent Series: Insurgent'' along with the rest of the Dauntless. As the first film mainly focused on Tris and her three friends, we can assume they were there but we just didn't see them.
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* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'': When Needles appears in 2015, the film makes it clear that he's an older version of someone Jennifer knows from 1985, but we've never seen him before. And it's not until the end of the [[BackToTheFuturePartIII next movie]] that we get to see the teenage version of Needles that was already known to both Marty and Jennifer.
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* ''Film/SonOfFrankenstein'' introduces Ygor as a grave robber hired by Wolf's father to supply body for his experiments, but this is the first time he's ever seen or mentioned. In fact, the [[Film/Frankenstein1931 original film]] shows Henry Frankenstein robbing graves on his own with Fritz's help.
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* ''Film/FreddysDeadTheFinalNightmare'' revealed that Freddy Krueger had a wife, whom he killed when she discovered his murderous ways, and a daughter. None of the previous ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' films indicated this and the implication was that he was a reclusive loner.
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* Parodied at the end of ''Film/TopSecret'' when Hillary says goodbye to the members of The Resistance. Then she tells [[Franchise/TheWizardOfOz Scarecrow]] that she will miss him most of all.
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* In ''Film/BatmanReturns'' (1992), Max Shreck has apparently been one of Gotham City's most famous residents for quite some time ("Here's a man who needs no introduction, he's given so much"), having been around long enough to have established the town's most successful department store, become more wealthy than anyone except Bruce Wayne himself, gotten a mayoral candidate elected, ''and'' gained enough influence to propose the construction of a new electrical power plant. So it's strange in retrospect that he apparently didn't exist at the time of [[Film/Batman1989 the 1989 film]], particularly since Gotham's 200th anniversary festival budget was seriously short on funds and he would probably have been the most philanthropic contributor. Shreck's Department Store is arguably an even more blatant New Guy: if we are to assume that the cathedral entrance on the opposite side of the city square, which we see behind the Penguin as he escapes on his helicopter umbrella, is to the same cathedral in which the Joker hid out at the climax of the previous film (and, at least according to {{Fanon}}, it is), the store is so big and so gaudy that it wouldn't previously have been missed. This cannot be explained as ''Batman Returns'' taking place many years after the original film, either, as all the returning cast members look to be about the same age as before.[[note]] This is because Max Shreck's role in the film was originally filled by Harvey Dent, returning from the 1989 film, who was supposed to be given the disfigurement that turns him into Two-Face by Catwoman at the end of the film. Of course, all this was changed.[[/note]]
* ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'' ends with the hero, Mark, getting shot a dozen times, but because of Creator/ChowYunFat's popularity, when the sequel comes by it's revealed that Mark actually has a twin brother, Kent, who's living in America during the events of the first film. Which every returning character said they knew him all the time and have been anticipating his return, despite never mentioning Kent at any point of the first film.
* A few characters who were in ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'' but got left out of [[Film/{{Divergent}} the film adaptation]] - such as Uriah and Marlene, appear in ''The Divergent Series: Insurgent'' along with the rest of the Dauntless. As the first film mainly focused on Tris and her three friends, we can assume they were there but we just didn't see them.
* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'': ''Film/BlackAdam2022'' introduces the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica, a team of superheroes who predate Superman and the ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} and have a preexisting relationship with Amanda Waller. While the JSA's lack of appearances in prior films could be explained as the result of them having disbanded in the past, they were never mentioned or even alluded to before this. In fact, previous movies made it seem like the Justice League were the first publicly known superheroes in the DCEU.
* For the ''Film/DowntonAbbey'' film there's Lady Maud, Lord Robert's cousin who is a lady-in-waiting to the Queen and never mentioned at any point in the show. The in-universe justification is twofold: she's kept her distance from the Crawleys and being a woman, she has no claim on Downton anyways (the main story revolved around the SuccessionCrisis surrounding Downton) and thus little relevance to the plot.
* Played for laughs in ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsWrathOfTheDragonGod''. The mage Ormaline claims her familiar Ona has been at her side through many adventures when it suddenly becomes relevant, but none of her long-term adventuring companions have ever seen the dove before. It is immidiately killed off in the same scene.
* ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'':
** ''Film/HobbsAndShaw'' introduces Deckard's younger sister Hattie, who neither appeared nor was mentioned in ''Film/FastAndFurious6'', ''Film/Furious7'' or ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious''.
** ''Film/{{F9}}'':
*** It's revealed that Dom and Mia have a brother named Jakob, who was never mentioned nor was it stated they even had a brother until this film. This is even more egregious since Mia said in ''Film/FastAndFurious'' that Brian is Dom's '''only''' brother, contradicting Jakob's existence. Possibly justified since Dom [[CainAndAbel had long disowned Jakob]] for (accidentally, but he didn't know that yet) [[{{Patricide}} killing their father]] and never felt like mentioning him before.
*** This also applies to Elle, as Han saved her as a little girl sometime before ''Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift''. Although Elle was working with Han before his [[spoiler: supposed]] death, she didn't appear nor was mentioned in ''Tokyo Drift''.
** ''Film/FastX'':
*** The VillainOpeningScene reveals that Hernan Reyes' son Dante played a role in the vault-stealing scene from ''Film/FastFive'', despite not actually appearing in that film.
*** Dom meets the late Elena's sister Isabel, who was never mentioned in previous films.
*** Aimes, who is Mr. Nobody's successor [[spoiler:and TheMole for Dante who also played a role in ''Fast Five'']], was never mentioned either.
*** Oddly, when Dom meets Mr. Nobody's daughter Tess, he reveals that Mr. Nobody already mentioned having a daughter, which happened offscreen.
* ''Film/TheGodfather'':
** Frank Pentangelli in Part II is supposed to be a high level member of the Corleone family since the beginning even though he doesn't appear at all in the first movie. The reason he was created was because Clemenza who was in the Part I and was supposed to be in Part II couldn't be used because the actor playing him did not return.
** The third film has the previously unmentioned Don Altobello who is not simply an important mafiosa but a ''very'' long term, trusted ally of the Corleones - he is Connie's godfather.
* ''Film/GoldenEye'' sets up Alec Trevelyan as "006" and one of Film/JamesBond's oldest friends, in spite of never being mentioned by name, and once by number, in the entire series. Then again, ''[=GoldenEye=]'' was supposed to be a soft reboot of a franchise which was never big on continuity in the first place (Trevelyan is only slightly more conspicuous in his sudden appearance as [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService Countess "Tracy" Bond]] is in [[ForgottenFallenFriend her lack of direct mention]]), and [[HeroOfAnotherStory Bond's fellow 00-agents never were in focus throughout the films]].
* ''Film/Halloween2018'' features Deputy Frank Hawkins. He was one of the cops patrolling for Michael in the [[Film/Halloween1978 original movie]], though he's only properly introduced here. Granted, we didn't see any other cops in the original other than Brackett -- and ''Film/HalloweenKills'' begins with a flashback explaining that he only encountered Michael a while after Laurie Strode was rescued.
* ''Film/HaloNightfall'' introduced a never-before-seen Covenant species, the Yonhet, despite taking place ''after'' the original ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' trilogy. In this case, Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries somewhat covered their tracks by introducing them as part of an entire "Covenant Fringe", a collection of Covenant-allied species too weak to have seen military action against the humans during the Human-Covenant war, and too small in population to be of much notice to the core Covenant races.
* The ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies had a habit of keeping minor characters who were introduced in [[Literature/HarryPotter earlier books]] out and having to shoe-horn them in [[AdaptationalLateAppearance later on]] down the road when they became necessary to the plot.
** Arabella Figg is suddenly introduced in [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix the fifth film]] as the Dursleys' neighbour who is secretly a Squib member of the Order. In the books, she has been seen since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the first]], and her connection to the Order doesn't come out of nowhere; [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire the fourth book]] namedrops her when Dumbledore calls for the reactivation of the Order following Voldemort's resurrection.
** Lavender Brown isn't in the first five films ([[GhostExtras well,]] [[TheOtherDarrin sort]] [[RaceLift of]]), but she suddenly materializes in [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince the sixth film]] as a major supporting character. In the books, she is a Gryffindor girl in Harry's generation, and has been a recurring character since the first book.
** Bill Weasley, the eldest Weasley sibling, doesn't appear until [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows the seventh film]], where he and Harry act like they've never met before. He actually makes a cameo in [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban the third film]] as part of the Weasley family photo taken in Egypt, but isn't identified (and certainly not played by Creator/DomhnallGleeson). In the books, he has been mentioned since the first but doesn't meet Harry until the fourth.
** Mundungus Fletcher, an Order member, also doesn't show up until the seventh film. Interestingly, he is mentioned in passing in [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix the fifth film]], while he is properly introduced in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix the book it's based on]] (in the books, he's been mentioned since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets the second]]).
** Aberforth Dumbledore is a complicated example. In the books, he is first mentioned in the fourth, actually shows up in the fifth and [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince sixth]] but is not identified by name, before being properly introduced in the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows seventh]]. In the films, he has a brief cameo in the fifth film, is mentioned in the seventh film and then shows up to be properly introduced in the eighth. While this technically corresponds with the books, his unidentified appearance in the sixth book sets up the plot point about him possessing the other half of the shattered two-way mirror Sirius gave Harry, enabling him to send Dobby to help Harry in the final book. As a result, this creates a glaring PlotHole about the mirror thing, especially since the scene where Harry received the mirror was ''also'' cut in the fifth film (therefore making his possession of the broken mirror in the films inexplicable).
* ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'':
** ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening'' just sort of... drops a new BigBad, General Katana, into [=MacLeod=]'s backstory and expects the viewer to roll with it. Hell, it drops an [[VoodooShark entire new backstory into MacLeod's backstory]] (that [=MacLeod=] is actually a space alien who has been politically exiled by Katana from planet Zeist) and acts like it all fits together despite the new backstory being almost completely incompatible with any of the details from the original film.
** ''Film/HighlanderEndgame'' had two major examples: Jacob Kell, Connor's former childhood friend who betrayed him and murdered his mother, and Kate/Faith, Duncan's Immortal ex-wife. Made even worse by the fact that ''Series/HighlanderTheSeries'' had previously stated in no uncertain terms that Duncan ''never'' had a wife and never would marry.
* ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyesPartII:'' The Reaper is Papa Jupiter's brother, but in the first movie, Fred says that he and his wife only had one daughter before Jupiter's mother died giving birth to him, leaving him alone with his son and daughter. This adds to the FanonDiscontinuity and CanonDiscontinuity feelings about the movie.
* ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday'' introduces Jason's half-sister Diana. No mention had been made about living Voorhees family members in preceding ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' films. ''However'', ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives'' was originally planned to include an appearance by Jason's father Elias (who would have bribed someone to have Jason properly buried rather than cremated after the ''Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter''), and the scene was included in the novelization. It was cut from the final film though.
* ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' introduces Sir Benjamin Lockwood, an elderly businessman who is said to have helped develop the dinosaur cloning technology with John Hammond decades ago. Despite this, he was neither seen nor mentioned in the original ''Film/JurassicPark'' movie. The character is essentially a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Hammond (right down to the cane with an insect in amber as pommel), who couldn't appear in the film due to Creator/RichardAttenborough having passed away in 2014. That being said, Lockwood has a DarkSecret that would justify Hammond never mentioning him or downplaying his role in developing the dinosaur cloning technology.
* Lampshaded and parodied in ''Film/LastActionHero'', in which the ShowWithinAShow Danny is magically transported into is the fourth installment of the popular ''Jack Slater'' action film franchise.
** It turns out that Slater's young adult daughter from his failed marriage is in town, and at one point in the story she is taken hostage and needs to be rescued. Danny points out that Slater has never mentioned his daughter before and is annoyed that the filmmakers are introducing a new character into the franchise in this manner.
** Lampshaded in a different way when we meet John Practice, who in the Slater-verse is introduced as one of Slater's old cop buddies. Danny correctly pegs him as a traitorous bad guy because he's played by Creator/FMurrayAbraham ([[Film/{{Amadeus}} "He killed Mozart!"]]), though presumably also because he'd never been mentioned before.
* ''Film/MenInBlack3''
** O never appeared in the first two films but apparently had been working at MIB for at least as long as K had.
** In-Universe, one of J's first signs that something is wrong is when instead of K, he's greeted on the way to work by AA, who addresses J as his partner even though he's not someone J or the audience have ever seen before.
* ''[[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie]]'' features a new Evil Space Alien as part of Zedd and Rita's crew, the pig-like Mordant, who essentially replaced Squatt and Baboo (and to a lesser degree Finster) while serving the former duo's role of being the dimwitted comic relief. Early versions of the script were going to explain that he was in fact Goldar's cousin visiting for the summer, but the final movie leaves this out, and so there's just a brand new pig alien accompanying Zedd, Rita, and Goldar as they release Ivan Ooze that they're all already familiar with.
* Done deliberately and repeatedly in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', with King Arthur's entourage growing and shrinking exactly as needed for the current scene being played. Special mentions go to Patsy, to Brother Maynard and his disciples, and of course to Arthur's entire army that appears in the very last scene and is implied to have been there off-screen throughout the entire movie.
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', we get Salazar, the legendary pirate-hunter. He was never mentioned in any of the previous instalments, all of which involve pirate-hunting. We also learn that he single-handedly almost extinguished piracy in Jack's youth. Even though we've so far met several pirates older than Jack (including Jack's own father). In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', we also learned that the council of the Pirate Lords had never before convened in Jack's lifetime. Which they really ought to have done in order to try and deal with a gigantic threat like Salazar.
* While the addition of Flo to the Barden Bellas in ''Film/PitchPerfect2'' is feasible in-universe, the movie doesn't really bother to explain to the viewers who she is or when she joined the group, instead more or less acting like she's been there as long as the others have, despite being totally absent from the first movie.
* ''Film/TheRoom2003'' has a really lazy example. With about 20 minutes left in the movie, a new character, Steven (whose name is mentioned only in the credits) suddenly appears and becomes deeply involved in the plot. Presumably, we're not supposed to notice that he suddenly appeared from nowhere without an introduction. WordOfGod is that Steven is supposed to be a replacement for the psychologist character Peter (whose actor left the production), but the audience is given no hint of this; indeed, Steven looks nothing like Peter, he doesn't even dress like him.
* ''Film/{{Scream}}'':
** ''Film/Scream3'' reveals that Randy Meeks has a sister, Martha, one whom Sidney and Dewey are quite familiar with, it seems, despite her existence not being hinted at in the previous films. Gale, on the other hand, is surprised when Martha is revealed to be Randy's sister.
** ''Film/Scream4'':
*** Sidney stays with Kate and Jill Roberts, her aunt and cousin from her mother's side, while she visits Woodsboro. The fact that Maureen Prescott has a sister was never brought up before, which is strange since ''Scream 3'' explored her past. It also makes you wonder where they were when Woodsboro was terrorized by Ghostface 14 years ago, which itself came on the heels of Maureen's murder. Jill's absence is at least understandable since she would have to be a toddler back then.
*** Judy Hicks tells Sidney that they were classmates back in high school, and were in the drama club together, indicating that they were friends, if not buddies. Obviously, Judy was nowhere to be seen in [[Film/Scream1996 the first film]]. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Sidney herself admits that she doesn't remember her]], since she dealt with a lot of issues in the interim.
** ''Film/Scream2022'':
*** Wes Hicks, the son of the aforementioned Judy Hicks, is introduced as a major character in the film. He wasn't so much as hinted at in the previous film despite his mother's status as a supporting character. However, since Judy's life is not really touched upon in the fourth film (perhaps due to LawOfConservationOfDetail), this might be more justified.
*** Cristina Carpenter, Sam and Tara's mother, was another classmate of Sidney's from the first film who wasn't mentioned before the fifth film.
* ''Film/TheSmurfs''. Gutsy, because Hefty wasn't Scottish enough.
* ''Film/TheSmurfs2'' introduces Hackus and Vexy, two artificial Smurfs created by Gargamel. The fact that they weren't in the previous film(s) is justifiable, as they hadn't been created yet. What ''isn't'' justifiable is that ''the movie never actually introduces them'' -- we just meet them being up to some hijinx as though who they were had already been established.
* ''Franchise/StarWars Episode IX: Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'': In this final episode of the ''Star Wars'' Sequel Trilogy, Allegiant General Enric Pryde is shown as a First Order officer who's served [[BigBad Emperor Palpatine]] since the "old wars" -- that is, the events of the Original Trilogy films (''Film/ANewHope'', ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', and ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'') -- and it's because of this [[UndyingLoyalty longstanding loyalty]] that Palpatine deems him fit for commanding the First Order's forces on Exegol as a replacement for General Hux (who was executed after being exposed as TheMole to the Resistance) and later Supreme Leader Kylo Ren (who undergoes a HeelFaceTurn mid-battle). Yet this is the first time he's shown, having not even appeared in the prior Sequel Trilogy films. Some media of the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' {{retcon}} him into events of those earlier films, explaining that he was doing things for the Galactic Empire and the First Order behind the scenes.
* ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' introduced Kate Brewster, a childhood friend of John Connor, whom he last saw prior to the events of ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', and who becomes one of the leaders of the Resistance following Judgment Day, as well as Connor's wife. The previous two films in the series never mentioned her.
** Her absence is completely justified in the case of the first movie (set in the early 80s), as she probably wasn't even born back then. Her "retroactive" importance is also justified, as the ''Rise of The Machines'' is set in an AlternateTimeline in which the Judgement Day and the following war are significantly different from their versions in the first 2 movies (due to the destruction of the first Terminator's remains in the end of the 2nd movie). It is very likely that John Connor and Kate Brewster never met again after their childhood in the original timeline, and that her relation with Connor and leadership of the resistance only happen in the new altered timeline. After all, both T-850 (older and heavier version of T-800 with different components) and TX, as well as the "early Terminators", are established to be "novelties" of the new timeline, so they are deliberately different from the Terminators and other machines in the first 2 movies.
* ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'' features a love interest for Blue Eyes named Lake. She's treated as though she has always been a member of the colony, even though she wasn't seen in the [[Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes previous movie]]. Red is also said to have been one of Koba's coconspirators in the previous film, but like Lake, he didn't actually appear in it.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':
*** When debating how to break out ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, Wolverine casually announces he "knows a guy." The guy turns out to be ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}, who has not appeared or been mentioned in any of the six previous ''X-Men'' movies. This line of dialogue is TheArtifact of the original script, in which the teen who helped Wolverine was a young version of Cain Marko, AKA The Juggernaut, who he did actually encounter in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
*** The future portion of the film fully incorporates the idea from ''First Class'' which established that [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Charles]] and ComicBook/{{Mystique}} grew up together. It can seem a bit jarring to see Creator/PatrickStewart's Xavier sadly recounting how he once loved Mystique and considered her his sister, when there is absolutely no indication at any point in the original trilogy that the two were ever close or even ''knew'' one another.
** Even earlier than that, ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' introduced Dr. Hank "ComicBook/{{Beast|Marvel Comics}}" [=McCoy=], a mutant politician who ''everyone'' at the Xavier Institute (other than the latecomer Logan) knows intimately, even though he was never shown or mentioned in the first two movies. ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Days of Future Past'' rectified the issue somewhat, clarifying that Hank was a student from the Institute's early days who stayed behind when Xavier shut the school down during the Vietnam War.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' is set in the 1980s and has a teenage Nightcrawler join the X-Men even though ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' which was set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture had them meet him for the first time as an adult. Though WordOfGod has said the time travel in ''Days of Future Past'' has made the third and [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine fourth]] movies [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]], which could mean the same for ''X2''.
* John Chisum, the villain of ''Film/YoungGunsII'', was the unheard of partner of John Tunstall. Billy insists that Chisum had always treated him like a son, yet the movie shows that Chisum hates him..
* ''Film/ABetterTomorrow'' ends with the hero, Mark, getting shot a dozen times, but because of Creator/ChowYunFat's popularity, when the sequel comes by it's revealed that Mark actually has a twin brother, Kent, who's living in America during the events of the first film. Which every returning character said they knew him all the time and have been anticipating his return, despite never mentioning Kent at any point of the first film.
* A few characters who were in ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'' but got left out of [[Film/{{Divergent}} the film adaptation]] - such as Uriah and Marlene, appear in ''The Divergent Series: Insurgent'' along with the rest of the Dauntless. As the first film mainly focused on Tris and her three friends, we can assume they were there but we just didn't see them.
* ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'': ''Film/BlackAdam2022'' introduces the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica, a team of superheroes who predate Superman and the ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} and have a preexisting relationship with Amanda Waller. While the JSA's lack of appearances in prior films could be explained as the result of them having disbanded in the past, they were never mentioned or even alluded to before this. In fact, previous movies made it seem like the Justice League were the first publicly known superheroes in the DCEU.
* For the ''Film/DowntonAbbey'' film there's Lady Maud, Lord Robert's cousin who is a lady-in-waiting to the Queen and never mentioned at any point in the show. The in-universe justification is twofold: she's kept her distance from the Crawleys and being a woman, she has no claim on Downton anyways (the main story revolved around the SuccessionCrisis surrounding Downton) and thus little relevance to the plot.
* Played for laughs in ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsWrathOfTheDragonGod''. The mage Ormaline claims her familiar Ona has been at her side through many adventures when it suddenly becomes relevant, but none of her long-term adventuring companions have ever seen the dove before. It is immidiately killed off in the same scene.
* ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'':
** ''Film/HobbsAndShaw'' introduces Deckard's younger sister Hattie, who neither appeared nor was mentioned in ''Film/FastAndFurious6'', ''Film/Furious7'' or ''Film/TheFateOfTheFurious''.
** ''Film/{{F9}}'':
*** It's revealed that Dom and Mia have a brother named Jakob, who was never mentioned nor was it stated they even had a brother until this film. This is even more egregious since Mia said in ''Film/FastAndFurious'' that Brian is Dom's '''only''' brother, contradicting Jakob's existence. Possibly justified since Dom [[CainAndAbel had long disowned Jakob]] for (accidentally, but he didn't know that yet) [[{{Patricide}} killing their father]] and never felt like mentioning him before.
*** This also applies to Elle, as Han saved her as a little girl sometime before ''Film/TheFastAndTheFuriousTokyoDrift''. Although Elle was working with Han before his [[spoiler: supposed]] death, she didn't appear nor was mentioned in ''Tokyo Drift''.
** ''Film/FastX'':
*** The VillainOpeningScene reveals that Hernan Reyes' son Dante played a role in the vault-stealing scene from ''Film/FastFive'', despite not actually appearing in that film.
*** Dom meets the late Elena's sister Isabel, who was never mentioned in previous films.
*** Aimes, who is Mr. Nobody's successor [[spoiler:and TheMole for Dante who also played a role in ''Fast Five'']], was never mentioned either.
*** Oddly, when Dom meets Mr. Nobody's daughter Tess, he reveals that Mr. Nobody already mentioned having a daughter, which happened offscreen.
* ''Film/TheGodfather'':
** Frank Pentangelli in Part II is supposed to be a high level member of the Corleone family since the beginning even though he doesn't appear at all in the first movie. The reason he was created was because Clemenza who was in the Part I and was supposed to be in Part II couldn't be used because the actor playing him did not return.
** The third film has the previously unmentioned Don Altobello who is not simply an important mafiosa but a ''very'' long term, trusted ally of the Corleones - he is Connie's godfather.
* ''Film/GoldenEye'' sets up Alec Trevelyan as "006" and one of Film/JamesBond's oldest friends, in spite of never being mentioned by name, and once by number, in the entire series. Then again, ''[=GoldenEye=]'' was supposed to be a soft reboot of a franchise which was never big on continuity in the first place (Trevelyan is only slightly more conspicuous in his sudden appearance as [[Film/OnHerMajestysSecretService Countess "Tracy" Bond]] is in [[ForgottenFallenFriend her lack of direct mention]]), and [[HeroOfAnotherStory Bond's fellow 00-agents never were in focus throughout the films]].
* ''Film/Halloween2018'' features Deputy Frank Hawkins. He was one of the cops patrolling for Michael in the [[Film/Halloween1978 original movie]], though he's only properly introduced here. Granted, we didn't see any other cops in the original other than Brackett -- and ''Film/HalloweenKills'' begins with a flashback explaining that he only encountered Michael a while after Laurie Strode was rescued.
* ''Film/HaloNightfall'' introduced a never-before-seen Covenant species, the Yonhet, despite taking place ''after'' the original ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' trilogy. In this case, Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries somewhat covered their tracks by introducing them as part of an entire "Covenant Fringe", a collection of Covenant-allied species too weak to have seen military action against the humans during the Human-Covenant war, and too small in population to be of much notice to the core Covenant races.
* The ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies had a habit of keeping minor characters who were introduced in [[Literature/HarryPotter earlier books]] out and having to shoe-horn them in [[AdaptationalLateAppearance later on]] down the road when they became necessary to the plot.
** Arabella Figg is suddenly introduced in [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix the fifth film]] as the Dursleys' neighbour who is secretly a Squib member of the Order. In the books, she has been seen since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone the first]], and her connection to the Order doesn't come out of nowhere; [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire the fourth book]] namedrops her when Dumbledore calls for the reactivation of the Order following Voldemort's resurrection.
** Lavender Brown isn't in the first five films ([[GhostExtras well,]] [[TheOtherDarrin sort]] [[RaceLift of]]), but she suddenly materializes in [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince the sixth film]] as a major supporting character. In the books, she is a Gryffindor girl in Harry's generation, and has been a recurring character since the first book.
** Bill Weasley, the eldest Weasley sibling, doesn't appear until [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows the seventh film]], where he and Harry act like they've never met before. He actually makes a cameo in [[Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban the third film]] as part of the Weasley family photo taken in Egypt, but isn't identified (and certainly not played by Creator/DomhnallGleeson). In the books, he has been mentioned since the first but doesn't meet Harry until the fourth.
** Mundungus Fletcher, an Order member, also doesn't show up until the seventh film. Interestingly, he is mentioned in passing in [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix the fifth film]], while he is properly introduced in [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix the book it's based on]] (in the books, he's been mentioned since [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets the second]]).
** Aberforth Dumbledore is a complicated example. In the books, he is first mentioned in the fourth, actually shows up in the fifth and [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince sixth]] but is not identified by name, before being properly introduced in the [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows seventh]]. In the films, he has a brief cameo in the fifth film, is mentioned in the seventh film and then shows up to be properly introduced in the eighth. While this technically corresponds with the books, his unidentified appearance in the sixth book sets up the plot point about him possessing the other half of the shattered two-way mirror Sirius gave Harry, enabling him to send Dobby to help Harry in the final book. As a result, this creates a glaring PlotHole about the mirror thing, especially since the scene where Harry received the mirror was ''also'' cut in the fifth film (therefore making his possession of the broken mirror in the films inexplicable).
* ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'':
** ''Film/HighlanderIITheQuickening'' just sort of... drops a new BigBad, General Katana, into [=MacLeod=]'s backstory and expects the viewer to roll with it. Hell, it drops an [[VoodooShark entire new backstory into MacLeod's backstory]] (that [=MacLeod=] is actually a space alien who has been politically exiled by Katana from planet Zeist) and acts like it all fits together despite the new backstory being almost completely incompatible with any of the details from the original film.
** ''Film/HighlanderEndgame'' had two major examples: Jacob Kell, Connor's former childhood friend who betrayed him and murdered his mother, and Kate/Faith, Duncan's Immortal ex-wife. Made even worse by the fact that ''Series/HighlanderTheSeries'' had previously stated in no uncertain terms that Duncan ''never'' had a wife and never would marry.
* ''Film/TheHillsHaveEyesPartII:'' The Reaper is Papa Jupiter's brother, but in the first movie, Fred says that he and his wife only had one daughter before Jupiter's mother died giving birth to him, leaving him alone with his son and daughter. This adds to the FanonDiscontinuity and CanonDiscontinuity feelings about the movie.
* ''Film/JasonGoesToHellTheFinalFriday'' introduces Jason's half-sister Diana. No mention had been made about living Voorhees family members in preceding ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' films. ''However'', ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives'' was originally planned to include an appearance by Jason's father Elias (who would have bribed someone to have Jason properly buried rather than cremated after the ''Film/FridayThe13thTheFinalChapter''), and the scene was included in the novelization. It was cut from the final film though.
* ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' introduces Sir Benjamin Lockwood, an elderly businessman who is said to have helped develop the dinosaur cloning technology with John Hammond decades ago. Despite this, he was neither seen nor mentioned in the original ''Film/JurassicPark'' movie. The character is essentially a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Hammond (right down to the cane with an insect in amber as pommel), who couldn't appear in the film due to Creator/RichardAttenborough having passed away in 2014. That being said, Lockwood has a DarkSecret that would justify Hammond never mentioning him or downplaying his role in developing the dinosaur cloning technology.
* Lampshaded and parodied in ''Film/LastActionHero'', in which the ShowWithinAShow Danny is magically transported into is the fourth installment of the popular ''Jack Slater'' action film franchise.
** It turns out that Slater's young adult daughter from his failed marriage is in town, and at one point in the story she is taken hostage and needs to be rescued. Danny points out that Slater has never mentioned his daughter before and is annoyed that the filmmakers are introducing a new character into the franchise in this manner.
** Lampshaded in a different way when we meet John Practice, who in the Slater-verse is introduced as one of Slater's old cop buddies. Danny correctly pegs him as a traitorous bad guy because he's played by Creator/FMurrayAbraham ([[Film/{{Amadeus}} "He killed Mozart!"]]), though presumably also because he'd never been mentioned before.
* ''Film/MenInBlack3''
** O never appeared in the first two films but apparently had been working at MIB for at least as long as K had.
** In-Universe, one of J's first signs that something is wrong is when instead of K, he's greeted on the way to work by AA, who addresses J as his partner even though he's not someone J or the audience have ever seen before.
* ''[[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie]]'' features a new Evil Space Alien as part of Zedd and Rita's crew, the pig-like Mordant, who essentially replaced Squatt and Baboo (and to a lesser degree Finster) while serving the former duo's role of being the dimwitted comic relief. Early versions of the script were going to explain that he was in fact Goldar's cousin visiting for the summer, but the final movie leaves this out, and so there's just a brand new pig alien accompanying Zedd, Rita, and Goldar as they release Ivan Ooze that they're all already familiar with.
* Done deliberately and repeatedly in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', with King Arthur's entourage growing and shrinking exactly as needed for the current scene being played. Special mentions go to Patsy, to Brother Maynard and his disciples, and of course to Arthur's entire army that appears in the very last scene and is implied to have been there off-screen throughout the entire movie.
* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'', we get Salazar, the legendary pirate-hunter. He was never mentioned in any of the previous instalments, all of which involve pirate-hunting. We also learn that he single-handedly almost extinguished piracy in Jack's youth. Even though we've so far met several pirates older than Jack (including Jack's own father). In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd'', we also learned that the council of the Pirate Lords had never before convened in Jack's lifetime. Which they really ought to have done in order to try and deal with a gigantic threat like Salazar.
* While the addition of Flo to the Barden Bellas in ''Film/PitchPerfect2'' is feasible in-universe, the movie doesn't really bother to explain to the viewers who she is or when she joined the group, instead more or less acting like she's been there as long as the others have, despite being totally absent from the first movie.
* ''Film/TheRoom2003'' has a really lazy example. With about 20 minutes left in the movie, a new character, Steven (whose name is mentioned only in the credits) suddenly appears and becomes deeply involved in the plot. Presumably, we're not supposed to notice that he suddenly appeared from nowhere without an introduction. WordOfGod is that Steven is supposed to be a replacement for the psychologist character Peter (whose actor left the production), but the audience is given no hint of this; indeed, Steven looks nothing like Peter, he doesn't even dress like him.
* ''Film/{{Scream}}'':
** ''Film/Scream3'' reveals that Randy Meeks has a sister, Martha, one whom Sidney and Dewey are quite familiar with, it seems, despite her existence not being hinted at in the previous films. Gale, on the other hand, is surprised when Martha is revealed to be Randy's sister.
** ''Film/Scream4'':
*** Sidney stays with Kate and Jill Roberts, her aunt and cousin from her mother's side, while she visits Woodsboro. The fact that Maureen Prescott has a sister was never brought up before, which is strange since ''Scream 3'' explored her past. It also makes you wonder where they were when Woodsboro was terrorized by Ghostface 14 years ago, which itself came on the heels of Maureen's murder. Jill's absence is at least understandable since she would have to be a toddler back then.
*** Judy Hicks tells Sidney that they were classmates back in high school, and were in the drama club together, indicating that they were friends, if not buddies. Obviously, Judy was nowhere to be seen in [[Film/Scream1996 the first film]]. [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Sidney herself admits that she doesn't remember her]], since she dealt with a lot of issues in the interim.
** ''Film/Scream2022'':
*** Wes Hicks, the son of the aforementioned Judy Hicks, is introduced as a major character in the film. He wasn't so much as hinted at in the previous film despite his mother's status as a supporting character. However, since Judy's life is not really touched upon in the fourth film (perhaps due to LawOfConservationOfDetail), this might be more justified.
*** Cristina Carpenter, Sam and Tara's mother, was another classmate of Sidney's from the first film who wasn't mentioned before the fifth film.
* ''Film/TheSmurfs''. Gutsy, because Hefty wasn't Scottish enough.
* ''Film/TheSmurfs2'' introduces Hackus and Vexy, two artificial Smurfs created by Gargamel. The fact that they weren't in the previous film(s) is justifiable, as they hadn't been created yet. What ''isn't'' justifiable is that ''the movie never actually introduces them'' -- we just meet them being up to some hijinx as though who they were had already been established.
* ''Franchise/StarWars Episode IX: Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'': In this final episode of the ''Star Wars'' Sequel Trilogy, Allegiant General Enric Pryde is shown as a First Order officer who's served [[BigBad Emperor Palpatine]] since the "old wars" -- that is, the events of the Original Trilogy films (''Film/ANewHope'', ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', and ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'') -- and it's because of this [[UndyingLoyalty longstanding loyalty]] that Palpatine deems him fit for commanding the First Order's forces on Exegol as a replacement for General Hux (who was executed after being exposed as TheMole to the Resistance) and later Supreme Leader Kylo Ren (who undergoes a HeelFaceTurn mid-battle). Yet this is the first time he's shown, having not even appeared in the prior Sequel Trilogy films. Some media of the ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'' {{retcon}} him into events of those earlier films, explaining that he was doing things for the Galactic Empire and the First Order behind the scenes.
* ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' introduced Kate Brewster, a childhood friend of John Connor, whom he last saw prior to the events of ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'', and who becomes one of the leaders of the Resistance following Judgment Day, as well as Connor's wife. The previous two films in the series never mentioned her.
** Her absence is completely justified in the case of the first movie (set in the early 80s), as she probably wasn't even born back then. Her "retroactive" importance is also justified, as the ''Rise of The Machines'' is set in an AlternateTimeline in which the Judgement Day and the following war are significantly different from their versions in the first 2 movies (due to the destruction of the first Terminator's remains in the end of the 2nd movie). It is very likely that John Connor and Kate Brewster never met again after their childhood in the original timeline, and that her relation with Connor and leadership of the resistance only happen in the new altered timeline. After all, both T-850 (older and heavier version of T-800 with different components) and TX, as well as the "early Terminators", are established to be "novelties" of the new timeline, so they are deliberately different from the Terminators and other machines in the first 2 movies.
* ''Film/WarForThePlanetOfTheApes'' features a love interest for Blue Eyes named Lake. She's treated as though she has always been a member of the colony, even though she wasn't seen in the [[Film/DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes previous movie]]. Red is also said to have been one of Koba's coconspirators in the previous film, but like Lake, he didn't actually appear in it.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'':
** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':
*** When debating how to break out ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, Wolverine casually announces he "knows a guy." The guy turns out to be ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}, who has not appeared or been mentioned in any of the six previous ''X-Men'' movies. This line of dialogue is TheArtifact of the original script, in which the teen who helped Wolverine was a young version of Cain Marko, AKA The Juggernaut, who he did actually encounter in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
*** The future portion of the film fully incorporates the idea from ''First Class'' which established that [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Charles]] and ComicBook/{{Mystique}} grew up together. It can seem a bit jarring to see Creator/PatrickStewart's Xavier sadly recounting how he once loved Mystique and considered her his sister, when there is absolutely no indication at any point in the original trilogy that the two were ever close or even ''knew'' one another.
** Even earlier than that, ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' introduced Dr. Hank "ComicBook/{{Beast|Marvel Comics}}" [=McCoy=], a mutant politician who ''everyone'' at the Xavier Institute (other than the latecomer Logan) knows intimately, even though he was never shown or mentioned in the first two movies. ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' and ''Days of Future Past'' rectified the issue somewhat, clarifying that Hank was a student from the Institute's early days who stayed behind when Xavier shut the school down during the Vietnam War.
** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' is set in the 1980s and has a teenage Nightcrawler join the X-Men even though ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' which was set TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture had them meet him for the first time as an adult. Though WordOfGod has said the time travel in ''Days of Future Past'' has made the third and [[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine fourth]] movies [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]], which could mean the same for ''X2''.
* John Chisum, the villain of ''Film/YoungGunsII'', was the unheard of partner of John Tunstall. Billy insists that Chisum had always treated him like a son, yet the movie shows that Chisum hates him..
