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[[folder:Films (Live-Action)]]
->''NOOOO! What's it doing? Stupid, ''fat'' hobbit, you ''ruins'' it!''
-->--'''Gollum''' (upon finding out that the raw rabbits he caught have been cooked by Sam for a stew), ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers''
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[[folder:Literature]]
->''If I sometimes invent an incident which I forget upon the next narration, they [the children] remind one directly that the story was different before; so that I now endeavour to relate with exactness the same anecdote in the same monotonous tone, which never changes. I find by this, how much an author injures his works by altering them, even though they be improved in a poetical point of view. The first impression is readily received. We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavour to efface them.''
-->--'''August 15 entry''', ''Literature/TheSorrowsOfYoungWerther''
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]

->''I don't know the answer, so I'm going to have to take a wild guess...which ''really'' isn't supposed to be the point of this game - either you know the answer or you bluff.''
-->--'''Gene Rayburn''' after being asked a question on ''Series/TheMatchGameHollywoodSquaresHour'' (June 29, 1984)[[labelnote:explanation]](the ''Squares'' portion didn't provide the celebs with bluffs)[[/labelnote]]

->''Oh, you've redecorated! I don't like it.''
-->--'''[[RunningGag Various Characters]]''', ''Series/DoctorWho''

->''"This was my favorite day before Sporta-kook came to town! Back then, the stunts were [[NoodleIncident pie-eating contests and diving into chocolate syrup!]] Those were the days! But never mind that."''
-->--'''Robbie Rotten''', ''Series/{{LazyTown}}''
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[[folder:Music]]
->''Hov' on that new shit, niggas like "How come?"\\
Niggas want my old shit, buy my old albums\\
Niggas stuck on stupid, I gotta keep it movin'\\
Niggas make the same shit; me, I make ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blueprint The Blueprint]]''''
-->--'''Music/JayZ''', "On To The Next One"

->''And its seems ugly, but it can get worse\\
'Cause even a blueprint is a gift and a curse\\
'Cause once you got a theory of how the thing works\\
Everybody wants the next thing to be just like the first\\
And I'm not a robot, I'm not a monkey\\
I will not dance, even if the beat's funky\\
Opposite of lazy - far from a punk\\
You all ought to stop talking\\
Start trying to ''catch up, motherfucker!''
-->- '''Music/LinkinPark''' addressing their fans who wanted their ''Music/HybridTheory'' sound back in [[Music/AThousandSuns "When They Come For Me"]]

->''I miss the old Kanye, straight from the 'Go Kanye\\
Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye\\
I hate the new Kanye, the bad mood Kanye\\
The always rude Kanye, spaz in the news Kanye\\
I miss the sweet Kanye, chop up the beats Kanye\\
I gotta say, at that time I'd like to meet Kanye\\
See, I invented Kanye, it wasn't any Kanyes\\
And now I look and look around and there's so many Kanyes\\
I used to love Kanye, I used to love Kanye\\
I even had the pink polo, I thought I was Kanye\\
What if Kanye made a song about Kanye\\
Called "I Miss The Old Kanye"? Man, that'd be so Kanye\\
That's all it was Kanye, we still love Kanye\\
And I love you like Kanye loves Kanye''
-->--'''Music/KanyeWest''', [[Music/TheLifeOfPablo "I Love Kanye"]]

->''And I keep picking petals\\
I'm afraid you don't love me anymore\\
'Cause a kid on the 'Gram in a [[Music/TheBlackDahliaMurder Black Dahlia]] tank\\
Says it ain't heavy metal\\
And that's alright''
-->--'''Music/BringMeTheHorizon''', "heavy metal"

->''Niggas be like, "Oh, he changed his style up"\\
Shut the fuck up, you're still a dick-rider\\
It's '96, so get with it\\
Keep that "back in the day" shit for when that other squad was hittin'''
-->--'''Redman''', "Pick It Up"
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[[folder:Video Games]]
->What happened to the penguin cameos? Damn you, Creator/{{Nintendo}}!
-->--'''Elder Xelpud''', ''VideoGame/LaMulana'' (apparently complaining about ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami%27s_Ping_Pong Smash Ping Pong]]''?)

->I never understood why they changed the sound effect when the princess appears.\\
It was "Deet-dinga-deet-ling!" then suddenly it was "dinga-deet-dinga-ling!"\\
As if no one would notice! Pffft! True fans care about important stuff about that.
-->--'''[[StrawFan Francis]]' Geeklog''', ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''

->Man, the new animation is sooo bad!! It's lazy! [[DarthWiki/RuinedForever They ruined the show!!!!!]]
-->--'''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}Fan598''', ''VideoGame/ArthursNightmare''
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
->'''[[Film/Ghostbusters2016 Patty]]''': They made us ''women'' and now ''no one'' likes us.\\
'''Group Leader''': [[PlausibleDeniability Is that why no one likes you?]]\\
'''Patty''': Yes! People hate women!\\
'''Group Leader''': ...Do they?\\
'''Patty''': YES! That's why no one liked our version of Ghostbusters!\\
'''Group Leader''': ''Eeeehhhh...'' is it?\\
'''Patty''': Well, it's certainly not because our movie was bad!
-->-- ''Website/BabylonBee'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRu3qS9gKJA The Fictional Characters Forced To Change Their Identities Support Group]]
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
->I can't believe it! I'm actually going to play [[VideoGame/DukeNukemForever the game of my dreams]]! An embodiment of my childhood! [[VideoGame/DukeNukem Pipe bombs, pig cops, rechargeable shields, strip]]--waaaaiiit. RECHARGEABLE SHIELDS? Change to MY nostalgia? UNACCEPTABLE!!
-->--'''Leo''', ''Webcomic/VGCats''

->I ''hate'' when they ''change'' stuff in comics. The only thing worse is when they keep stuff the ''same'' for too long.
-->--Webcomic/OurValuedCustomers [[http://ourvaluedcustomers.blogspot.com/2020/05/the-problem-with-comics.html May 28, 2020]]
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[[folder:Web Original]]
->The need for geeks to have things be the way they always have been permeates their existence. It is not simply a desire to never see anything change, it's a point of view that simply refuses to acknowledge the existence of time altogether. A side effect of this is the way that geeks can take anything that's marginally amusing and [[FranchiseZombie run it into the ground until it's beyond unbearable.]] If something was ever funny to them, [[{{Fandom}} then it's always funny]], and it always will be.
-->--'''"[[http://stuffgeekslove.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/the-status-quo/ The Status Quo]]"''', ''Stuff Geeks Love''

->'''Jeffrey Dean Morgan:''' Wait! Don’t kill me! I need to bleed onto my yellow smiley face button at an awkward angle so that the raging Watchmen fanbois in the audience are placated.\\
''(bleeds)''\\
'''Morgan:''' Okay, ready.\\
'''Rapid Fanbois:''' Boo. The blood splatter is four degrees off.
-->--"[[http://www.the-editing-room.com/watchmen.html The Editing Room's Abridged Version of]] ''Film/{{Watchmen}}"''.

->Hardcore fans of ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'' will hate ''Film/{{Constantine}}'' for not being an exact copy of the comic. Then again, Brazilian hardcore fans of ''Hellblazer'' probably don't fill a van.
-->--Brazilian magazine '''''SET''''', reviewing ''Constantine''

->"But wait, [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee Croshaw]], [[CausticCritic you snake in the sock drawer!]] You don't play as [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker the original Spider-Man in this game]]; [[Characters/MarvelComicsMilesMorales you play as Miles Morales!]] Did you accidentally cover up the title with spit when all the racial diversity sent you into fits of conservative rage?" Look at it this way, obviously-baiting viewer: [[TheEveryman Spider-Man is about a nerdy teenager]] who [[ScienceHero likes science]] and [[TheHero is a good boy]] who [[ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire gets spider powers]] and [[ILetGwenStacyDie a dead father figure]], [[PartTimeHero and has to balance vigilante heroics]] with [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies their troublesome personal life]]; [[StatusQuoIsGod absolutely bugger-all has changed.]] I know Miles Morales is an established character in the comics, because comic nerds will only tolerate permanent change when it isn't a fucking change at all.
-->--'''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''', reviewing ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales''

->The second issue of ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' goes on sale on December 9, 1952. On December 11, the first-ever letter complaining that ''Mad'' 'just isn't as funny and original like it used to be' arrives.
-->--'''Desmond Devlin''', in a fictionalized history of ''Mad'' magazine

->Your favourite character has been [[PutOnABus "promoted"]] and (they hope) forgotten; your second favourite character's [[DemotedToExtra role has been considerably reduced]] and his characterization changed; the people who look like you have either been made into a caricature or removed from the bridge altogether, and stuck in [[WTHCostumingDepartment unattractive costumes]] as well (I ''know'' that's the division color. I'm sorry, but mustard is simply not a good color on black people). The weight of the show has been placed on an occasionally cute but ''minor'' character; the writers aren't doing anything with the two remaining characters, who get less interesting as time goes on - and there's [[CreatorsPet a baby on the bridge]] where an adult should be. Given all that, might you not maybe possibly be just a little, tiny bit upset?
-->--''Literature/TextualPoachersTelevisionFansAndParticipatoryCulture'', by Henry Jenkins gives us a more sympathetic view of this sentiment, quoting a ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' fan called Junius.

->You can't just ''change''... You can't just ''change'' it, okay? ''Change'' is not good! Doesn't matter what Music/TaylorSwift sings about! It's a ''bad thing''!
-->--'''[=NuttyMadam=]''' on the changes made to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63beO3K1gEc Breaking Dawn's ending]].

->"If there isn't one already, I'm claiming "Jeb's Law": Regardless of what change you do, no matter how small, someone will complain."
-->--'''[[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Jens "jeb_" Bergensten]]''', [[https://twitter.com/jeb_/status/421564096019189760 via Twitter]]

->"[...I]t's almost certain that [[[Music/{{Metallica}} Metallica]]] recognized that some, and probably even a lot of fans and critics would hate ['''Lulu'''], but I'm not sure they cared. And honestly, I'm not sure I blame anybody in Metallica for not caring. I mean, their entire career after 1983 (maybe earlier?) has been defined by fans complaining about every change they made away from what they were "supposed" to do. They complained when "Fade to Black" had elements of dark balladry. They complained when '''Music/MasterOfPuppets''' became a surprisingly popular album. They complained when "One" had a music video. They complained when the band got bored and made a smash hit with '''Metallica'''. They complained when the band got its hair cut. They complained when the band decided to make its fondness of country explicit through "Mama Said" and the "Tuesday's Gone" cover. They complained when the band played with an orchestra. They complained when the band had the audacity to air its problems in film. And so on. Point is, if everything past, sheesh, the first 3-5% of your career involved large amounts of people complaining at you every time you defied their expectations and demands, wouldn't you eventually drown them out and not treat anything they said or thought as worth acknowledging?"
-->--'''John [=McFerrin=]''', [[http://www.johnmcferrinmusicreviews.org/metallica.htm#lulu on the Metallica / Lou Reed album, Lulu]]
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[[folder:Web Video]]
->'''Lord Of Games:''' Gamers today don't want all this, they just want to shoot things! But as we're broadening the demographic, I'll have to think of something original. Hmm...\\
'''Jon:''' ''(CreepyMonotone)'' "Something original", huh?.... "Broadening the demographic?" ...''Okay.... I'll bite.'' Just what did you guys ''have in mind''?\\
''(beat)''\\
'''Jon:'''.....[[RacingGame cars?]]...... [[GoMadFromTheRevelation CARS?]]....'''''[[SuddenlyShouting CAAAAAAAAAAARS?!?!!!]]'''''\\
'''''[[Music/WhitneyHouston AND IIIIII, HOLY SHIT! WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU--]][[MotorMouth I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID THIS TO ME GOD DAMMIT HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?!?]]'''''\\
'''Jon:''' I can sit here and be shoveled shit ''all day''! But no one...no one can tell me that anyone, ''anywhere'', thought this was an okay thing to do! Why? Why would you take a fucking ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' game, [[DevelopmentHell one that we've been waiting for FOR YEARS]], and make it ABOUT [[PunctuatedForEmphasis FUCKING! LEGO! CARS?!]]
-->--'''WebVideo/JonTron''' plays ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooieNutsAndBolts''

->'''Amir:''' Facebook just jumped the shark! Okay, they had a perfect game going and they overdid it! Okay, trust me, I follow a lot of design Tumblrs, so I know when I see things that are overdone, and they overdid it.\\
'''Jake:''' What's wrong with it?\\
'''Amir:''' It's ''different''. Which means it's ''bad''. Which means I'm ''pissed.''
-->--'''WebVideo/JakeAndAmir''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KvZ-KQWuJM "Facebook Redesign"]]

->The fans go nuts if you even blink wrong! Come back to stop their bitching!
-->--'''Chewbacca''' to '''Luke Skywalker''', ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''[='s=] review of ''Film/TheLastJedi''

->In fact, now that I think about it, this movie checked every box in Break-the-Internet Bingo before there was even an Internet. Let's see here... [[AdaptationOriginConnection Change the origin]]... ''(check)'' [[Creator/MichaelKeaton A controversial lead]]... ''(check)'' [[SuperheroMovieVillainsDie Kill the hero's main villain]]... ''(check)'' [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack Completely change the costume]]... ''(check)'' Oh man, I'm on a hot streak! Cast [[Creator/BillyDeeWilliams a black guy]] [[RaceLift to play a white guy]]... ''(check!)'' Hey! I got Angry Internet Nerd Bingo! Do I win anything?
-->--'''Epic Voice Guy''', ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'': ''Film/Batman1989''

->Ultimately, canon for me, is like the foundation on which you build your understanding and investment in a fictional world. The more solid and stable it is, the more you can feel comfortable to lose yourself in a bit of much-needed escapism. But every time some asshole changes some aspect of the canon, it undermines that foundation just a little bit more, and so eventually, the whole thing collapses and you end up saying: "Fuck it, I just don't care about this anymore." That, my friend, is how hobbies die.
-->--'''The Critical Drinker''', ''Why Canon Matters''

->Where's the sunset? Are, are you, are you fucking kidding me? It's the one thing I expected this remake to have! The whole point of [[InjunCountry Sunset Wilds]] is that the sun fucking sets! It's like the one thing it knows how to do! The sun not only set in the [[VideoGame/MarioKartSuperCircuit GBA version of this track]], but it also set in the VideoGame/MarioKartTour version of this track! You know, the mobile phone game that VideoGame/MarioKart8 ported the Booster Course Pass tracks over from? So if they could achieve this effect on a 32-bit handheld system, and a mobile phone game, why in the sweet name of Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto could they not achieve this effect in a HD remake of this track released in the year of our lord 2023 as a DLC addition to the sixth-highest grossing video game of all time?
-->--''WebVideo/SchaffrillasProductions'', "Every Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Course Ranked"
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
->The more things change, the more they suck.
-->--''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead''
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[[folder:Real Life]]

->"After losing your girlfriend to a tragic accident, you decide to start dating her cousin. This cousin reminds you of your ex-girlfriend but, very quickly, you realize that she is not enough like your deceased ex for your liking, so you start pestering her to dress more like her dead cousin, talk more like her dead cousin, and generally behave a lot more like her dead cousin. When she resists, you get angry and begin [[FanDumb harassing her incessantly, stalking her online and wishing her dead]] as well."
-->--'''Joseph Mallozzi''', executive producer of the Franchise/{{Stargateverse}}

->"Don't fuck with the formula."
-->--'''Mike Love''' of Music/TheBeachBoys, on ''Music/PetSounds''

->I have little respect for any of the people who produced this show, since this was originally an idea from Andrew Dickman. These guys took the rights from the poor guy, and made it look very much different than what he expected. Poor guy.
-->--'''[[https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Action-Dad/ A-Log]]''' on ''Action Dad''
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