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This is a "Discontinuity" entry. The regular entry on this topic is elsewhere.
Discontinuity: Anime
Don't like that something happened in an anime or manga? Simple! Just write it out of existence and pretend it didn't happen.
  • Tokyo Mew Mew: Once Yoshida Reiko left the manga, Ikumi Mia retconned many aspects to fit with the anime, rendered the main character practically useless for no apparent reason, and gave her role to a Mary Sue. Small wonder the resulting sequel, Tokyo Mew Mew a la mode, has been discarded by fans (and the editor — it lasted only two volumes).
  • Many fans decry the Distant Finale of Digimon Adventure 02 for rewriting the Chosen Children's history; to beat the Big Bad, they call upon their heretofore unmentioned memories of what they wanted to grow up to be when they were young to Talk The Monster To Death, and when the show flashes forward Twenty Minutes Into The Future, they've all inexplicably fulfilled those dreams, despite some of them having been firmly entrenched in other, completely different lifestyles. (For instance, Yamato — with his love of music and a fledgling garage band well in the works — somehow dumps all that to become an astronaut. Worse is Miyako: outspoken and headstrong in the series proper, a Yamato Nadeshiko in the future. The drama CDs and the Girls' Day special CD try to explain these away, but to little avail.)
    • There has also been a rather vehement reaction from Takari (Takeru/Hikari) shippers due to the fact that, despite the prodigious Ship Tease of the pairing throughout the series, no mention of them being ever romantically attached is given.
      • The above also applies to supporters of other pairings, to various degrees.
      • In this troper's mind, Digimon Adventure 02 stops after the Digimon Kaiser's defeat, avoiding all subsequent Wall Banger moments. He has conveniently substituted the rest of the series with a Fan Fic he wrote.
      • Is there a translation anywhere?
    • In Digimon Tamers, Ryo was a better developed character, Alice was another Tamer who had a plot and Leomon somehow came back at the very end, because I am a softy.
    • Ryo's character was developed from the video games, which if you played them would know that by the start of Digimon Tamers he just recovered from a Nervous Breakdown due to the betrayed by Taichi, Yamato, Mimi, Koushiro and the digital world itself from Digimon Adventure universe, which was his original universe of origin. Until the events of D-1 Tamers.
  • Discontinuity is the bread-and-butter of the Nasuverse — not one series of multi-path games has had a proper sequel (though individual routes certainly do).
    • The Tsukihime game is already full of Road Cones, and with the addition of the Lunar Legend Tsukihime anime, manga and more games, it is left to the fans to decide which "routes" to believe or disregard in terms of both plot and characterization. In fact, the Tsukihime anime itself is oft ignored due to massive Adaptation Decay. "There is no Tsukihime anime" has since become an Internet meme (though as it has it's own continuity, it's not good for the purposes of this article).
    • Fate Stay Night has three routes using the same characters and setting but the plot playing out with extreme differences. The sequel hollow ataraxia takes place in a dream-like time loop, and so continuity is thrown out the window.
    • On the other hand, Tsukihime thus far is the only one with any shot at a sequel that actually follows a known route, considering the large number of side stories that have been written. If the author's commentary at Tsukihime's Plus+ Disc is to believed, an official Tsukihime sequel would be based on Arcueid's Good Ending route, which could place it as the "nearest to being canon" route of the huge amount of options. That one of the happier endings is somewhat the most official makes this troper a happy panda.
      • However, it looks like Aruceid's True Ending also qualifies, as spoilers put her alone in her castle...
      • This troper doesn't put much stock in the canon, except as an interesting side story (since Melty Blood is so fun). Everything apart from Kohaku's ending is an alternate universe. Shiki's also going to live longer than he expects. Shut up.
  • In Code Geass (at least for some), the "Euphinator" incident and — necessarily — everything that followed. Everyone lives Happily Ever After. Also, the Darwinist Emperor learns the error of his ways after being visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future...whatever it takes. Sure, it drops crucial Character Development that sets the stage for the second season, but it was a damn depressing Mood Whiplash for those who had grown fond of the characters involved, even more so because of how absurdly ill-timed Lelouch's Mode Lock was. There's just something unsatisfying about accidental genocide.
    • By far the best feature of the Code Geass videogame is that you can actually make this Dis Continuity come true. If you refuse to go to the stadium to confront Euphie, then her Special Administrative Region goes off without a hitch and the whole bloodbath is avoided, leading to a Non Standard Game Over with a confused C.C. commenting, "Well, I guess this is a Good ending..."
    • Isn't it weird how the second season was just cancelled in the middle? I mean, the plot with the Second Black Rebellion was just abandoned, and we never see what became of moemoe CC. I keep hearing rumors that the Order of Black Knights betrayed Lelouch and Lulu becomes emperor by Geassing Jupiter/God, but few of the rumors make any sort of sense. And they keep getting more ridiculous! How in the world could the Emperor suddenly become a non-Jerk Ass? How could Marianne be alive and scheming with him? How does Lelouch randomly become emperor and suddenly be bestest friends with Suzaku, and how could Schneizel get access to all the FLEIJA warheads? And what sense would it make to hold the UN heads of state hostage? And how the hell is Nunnally alive? Clearly, these are fanmade speculations and have no basis in the actual ending, as the show was cancelled after episode 18.
    • We did not see almost everybody celebrate the death of Lelouch and the survival of Zero, especially when Lelouch made everything up to and including the death go just as planned.
    • This troper doesn't care WHO says otherwise, Lelouch is just fine, he's Walking The Earth with C.C., and Ichiro Okouchi is a damn liar.
      • Seconded. This is the only time I've ever declared Discontinuity, and I'm one of those people who keeps digging around in the archives for old/yet-to-be-seen anime.
    • The last four episodes never happened, and the series ended with Lelouch ascending to the throne of Britannia after killing his dad by using his Geass on freaking God. Word Of God has it that he later abdicated in favor of Nunnally, who proved to be a kind and benevolent ruler. Lelouch then entered into a menage a trois with C.C. and Kallen, with whom he lived out the rest of his life. The End. The series did not have a Bittersweet Ending, Lelouch does not die, Suzaku does not become Zero, Kallen did not become a scrappy, and Nunnally does not, nor will she ever, nuke anyone. Do not believe anyone who tells you otherwise. They are lying.
  • Since Macekred anime frequently changes crucial aspects of the original plot, some fans disregard, not all, but just unpopular/illogical changes. Sometimes you have no choice because the dubbers don't always adequately cover up what they change, or forget to keep consistency with other episodes, so the scene/episode/show doesn't make sense unless you disregard it:
    • Malachite (Kunzite in the original) and Zoycite (Zoisite), and Sailors Uranus and Neptune on Sailor Moon, despite the shoddy dub cover-ups, are still accepted as homosexual couples. Indeed, in the latter's case, they tried to cover it up by making them "cousins," but translated much of the subtle romantic stuff directly, making it seem like an incestuous homosexual relationship.
      • And whilst we're on the topic of Sailor Moon, the last season had fourteen episodes, six dealing with the fallout of Super S (and basically being Gao Gai Gar Final three years before Gao Gai Gar was even made) and the last eight dealing with the rise of Galaxia and the utter obliteration of just about everyone else. There is no point between these episodes wherein fourteen other episodes could exist that certainly no way in all hell allow Toei to turn the women-in-disguise characters into drag queens and hence render the show unsaleable in the US. Nope.
    • Most people know Kisara died in the original Yu-Gi-Oh. If the dubbers were going to cut the most beautiful scene of the series to hide this fact, one has to wonder what they were thinking when they had Kaiba remark, "Some guy who looks like me lost his girlfriend."
    • It's hard for Yu-Gi-Oh GX fans to accept Rei's/Blair's de-aging from 12 to 8 in the dub, since she comes back all grown up (not to mention "filled out") just a year or so later. Apparently even the dubbers question their logic — no mention is made of her age on her second appearance.
      • The same trick was pulled in the original Yu-Gi-Oh dub as well, on Rebecca, but fans were more willing to accept this (it was only two years' difference, and she didn't change notably between her appearances).
  • Due to alleged plot holes and overall silliness, many fans reject Dragonball GT altogether. It's made easier by the fact that it's not based on any manga and Akira Toriyama didn't even write it. There are rumors that he was consulted on the development, and what he intended to be a joke is how Vegeta wound up with a mustache and a haircut from a lawnmower.
    • The rumor for his involvement in GT goes something like this. He wanted to end the series after Frieza: Goku goes SSJ, becomes well, God, beats the biggest, baddest evil in the Galaxy, goes home, everything's great. But the anime and the anime/manga merchandise was selling really, really well, so his editors convinced him to continue. He tries to end it again after the next big story arc (Cell: Gohan surpasses Goku, Goku can retire in peace); again, the merchandise is basically a license to print money, so no, the execs force him to continue. Finally, the Buu saga ends — Goku has killed redeemed the Big Bad that has literally killed God — the Executives try it again, he scribbles some character designs on a piece of paper and tells them what to do with themselves. The executives have the Anime team continue without Toriyama, and, well, there's GT.
    • It should be noted however that Toriyama apparently liked some of the plot developments in GT; he didn't completely despise it as some people claim.
      • This Troper also liked some of the plot developments (particularly the ending- what better a final enemy to the series than the Dragon Balls themselves? But it was definitely done a lot better than that silly cartoon.
    • Some people call it after any of the other times Toriyama wanted it to end, and even Z itself.
      • Others take everything until they get to the ending of Z. Many people would rather ignore the fact that Goku abandoned his family to run off and train the reincarnation of the ultimate evil.
    • This goes for most other anime that continue past where the manga it was based on ended. Who can forget the Wangst-filled Downer Ending of Samurai X: Reflections, compared to the dramatic but happy ending of the manga?
    • With the MMORPG sequel coming out, this is no longer an example of personal canon. The game completely ignores (and at times, contradicts) GT entirely (like the design of an entire alien race, for instance). Guess which of the two is written by Toriyama?
      • This seems to be more of a result of being based on the manga than the anime.
  • Diehard Team Rocket fans do not mention the Pokemon episode "Here's Looking At You, Elekid." In it, Jessie has a Kick The Dog moment where she forces James to sell his Victreebell for a supposedly powerful Weepinbell. When the new Weepinbell evolves into Victreebell, she gets rid of it as well. This is ignored not just because it was bad, but because it was utterly preposterous that anyone could ever be forgiven for something like that. Note that neither James nor anyone else complains about it in the next (or any) episode.
    • A few have gone much further; everything after Johto League Champions isn't real either. Some extremists just ignore the entire show as early as the Orange League, the second season.
    • Members of the current fandom are more likely to ignore just Johto Journies and Johto League Champions, skipping straight from the Orange Islands to Hoenn.
      • And Master Quest. Especially Master Quest.
    • This editor has friends who ignore any continents not included in the games, i.e. they see the anime as skipping from the end of Kanto straight to Johto.
    • This editor only agrees that the Indigo, Orange Islands and the current series only exists.
    • Also: there was no live-action Pokemon Live! theater adaptation of the Pokemon anime. It has no connection to anything in anything else Pokemon. At all. Just ignore it. It's not worth looking up.
    • This editor insists that Origin of Mewtwo never happened. Furthermore, the English Dub of Mewtwo Strikes Back has the correct version of the character based on his Pokedex entries.
    • Ash losing the Indigo League because of Charizard's disobedience? What have you been smoking?
    • Of course, all of this is pointless since the show never made it past the Ditto episode and never got off UPN. A shame really, the show had such potential. (Reasons for this include some of the actors changing their vocal performances after said episode.)
    • Misty never existed. As such, neither does her incredibly irritating cult intent on bringing a non-existent character back.
  • When Candy Candy ended in Italy, many fans became outraged by the fact that the Official Couple of Candy and Terry separated in a definitive way, and she ended happily single (or with Albert, depending on your interpretation) and caring for the orphanage where she grew up. The popular petition "forced" the distributors of the series to create a TV episode which, thanks to very creative editing, reunited Candy and Terry again. The editors of the "official" magazine also created a continuation of the original manga, extending the story further but also finishing it with the reunion of Terry and Candy. GodDamn!
  • This editor refuses to acknowledge "Desperately Seeking Shampoo", as it seems unreasonable that Ranma wouldn't just be happy he had managed to lower his fiance count without making anyone cry.
    • He was extremely happy and willing to let go at first, until Nabiki egged him on by saying Shampoo had dumped him. We all know Ranma's ego (and machismo) can generate its own gravity well. For him, to think that a girl would reject him is... no, she wouldn't. Not him. He has to prove he's still "got it."
  • The fandom is divided on whether or not to accept Nia's death at the end of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Those who dislike it due to its ignoring the show's established premise of "nothing is inevitable/impossible" consider the show to end at the kiss between Simon and Nia at their wedding, ignoring the rest of the finale episode.
    • This picture◊ shows what really happened. Kamina's there because he killed The Grim Reaper with his awesomeness. Yoko's in the next room with her and Kamina's baby.
    • This troper would like to mention that the above event is only the second time in his life he's declared Dis Continuity, even after seeing god-knows-how-many Wall Bangers.
    • In addition, just about everyone agrees that most of episode 4 never happened, mainly because while the rest of the series is well animated the episode has a completely different style do to a different director. Even the official manga adaption rewrote that part, removing the weird puffball Beastmen and introducing Kittan and his sisters around the time of Viral's attack. Part of this may be a reaction to the producer insulting everyone at 2ch and basically stating that he hates Otaku even though Studio Gainax's main fanbase is Otakus, and then resigning later.
    • Also, there are six Parallel Works music videos, not eight, there is not a video that features a nude gimmy sticking his finger where it not be partained to be stuck and there's no music video that wastes the best track in the OST to do...clouds. Also, the not person who did that cloud not video is also not hunted down and made to watch his own damned not video, this goon thinks there's no not justice in the not world.
  • The Martian Successor Nadesico movie is scorned for being Darker And Edgier in a series that was originally a light spoof of otaku fandom. The main character went from being a relatively happy guy into an angry Badass (or at least that was supposed to be the idea), and the main female disappears and Ruri becomes a ship captain.
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion practically invites you to do this. Some people think the last two episodes of the series and End of Evangelion cover the same events from different points of view, some think they're different and accept End of Evangelion as the actual ending and disregard the TV series' ending, some only accept the ending of the TV series and disregard the movie, and some reject both endings. With the new four-part movie Rebuild supposedly getting a new ending of its own, there will be a third possible ending to further divide the fanbase.
    • Then there's the little people who prefer the manga and the little people who prefer the anime.
  • A similar series by Gainax, Nadia The Secret of Blue Water, suffered from a 12-episode filler arc shoehorned into the series to cash in on the success of the show. These episodes are not only poorly animated, but warp the characters' personalities with stories that are not only useless, but incoherent. Some fans argue that these episodes provide character development, but other fans (and critics) suggest that skipping them altogether would benefit the series as a whole. (A sentiment shared by director Hideaki Anno, who admitted he only would've saved episodes 30 and 31 — which contain genuine plot elements. In fact, Anno created a compilated version of the series called "The Nautilus Story", which deletes much of these unnecessary episodes.) Similarly, when the series returns to its roots of origin in Episode 35, it quickly forgets these episodes (save 30 and 31), further suggesting they were never supposed to happen in the first place.
  • The Abridged Series of Naruto takes this trope to its logical conclusion by producing its own version of the fight between Naruto and Kiba, where the loss is at least honorable, rather than having Naruto win by virtue of an accidental fart. It insists that the Abridged version is how it actually happened.
  • It's probably best to stop seven minutes before the end of episode 26 of Fushigi Yuugi, while everyone's still smiling, and pretend that's the ending. The plot of the series is pretty much resolved at that point. Otherwise viewers will get to see the series take a sudden dark turn, kill off most of their favorite characters, and have the heroine make some very poor decisions.
    • More forgiving fans will watch the entire original series plus the second OAV, but pretend the first OAV never happened. Oh, and Eikoden was just an afterthought. Mayo who?
  • To most Saber Marionette J watchers, the anime only has 25 episodes, ending when Lorelei and Otaru discussed the Heroic Sacrifice of Cherry, Lime, and Bloodberry, and Otaru walked off upset and missing them, instead of all three of them coming back to life as if nothing ever happened without any logical explanation.
  • There are several points in Death Note at which fans often invoke this trope. There's when Light regains his memory and (re)turns evil; some people ignore that and everything that happened afterward, considering Light to have remained L's partner instead, or what happened shortly afterward, L's death, or accepting the previous spoiler, but rejecting everything that occurred after it, or accepting everything up until the ending of the series, where Light is killed. Complicating things even further, the anime (slightly) adjusts the manga's ending, Light still dies, but goes out with slightly more dignity, managing to escape but then subsequently being killed by Ryuk who doesn't want to be bored while Light's in prison, rather than doing his Freak Out prior to his death, which can lead to some people accepting one of the two endings and rejecting the other.
    • This Troper knows of a few fans (this troper included) who believe the manga ended when L died. Light wins. Near never existed.
    • Then there's the sequel manga chapter. This Troper doesn't deny anything with regards to fiction on emotion alone, even when sorely tested - as here, with the way it royally disses L, but Mello? He did not get where he was by winning any apathy contests. In fact, it doesn't make a lot of sense - characters in general are wildly unlike their originals. I mean, we knew Death Note was a moral black hole, but seriously. And This Troper, between the switch back to Cloister Black font and the uncharacteristic, unbiological aging up of an eighteen-year-old, is also pretty sure Takeshi Obata didn't do the art.
    • This◊ is how it ended, and anyone who tells you otherwise is lying.
      • No, this is how Death Note ended.
    • This editor is slightly more forgiving. He's willing to accept all the previous moments, but this definitely did not happen.
    • As far as this troper is concerned, the series ends with episode 25 and Light's victory over L, with him proceeding to create his ideal world, exactly as planned. He does not go on to contradict his prior mentioned moral standards by planning to kill ''lazy'' people.
  • Gundam SEED Destiny is generally hated by long-time Mobile Suit Gundam fans, even the ones who enjoyed the original Gundam SEED. This comes about for many reasons; particularly, how certain characters can survive anything. For instance, there's the time when Mwu survived an anti-fortress cannon obliterating his mobile suit, and the other time when Kira got a sword through his Gundam, and it exploded in a mile-wide blast. This troper prefers to think of anything that happened after the latter event as being a dream of Shinn's, rendered comatose by the Freedom's explosion, and allows for some ridiculous events to disappear entirely, including the resurrection of Kira and Mwu (Neo was just a coincidental likeness), the X-1 Destroy becoming a non-threat compared to the Minerva crew, Durandal's Destiny plan and funnels being able to hover in mid-air.
    • Some fans didn't accept Fllay's death at the end of SEED, and either they pretend it didn't happen or write some contrived type of fanfiction to bring her back to life.
    • The new Gundams used by the pilots of the Gundam Wing movie? New customizations/recreations of their old, destroyed ones. They are in no way the mecha that we know and love from the original series, no matter what Word Of God says.
      • Personally, This Troper prefers to reverse the previous suggestion, replacing the bulky, uncreative Gundams from the TV series with the sleeker, more unique designs from Endless Waltz.
    • Even Bandai themselves admit there was no Live Action Adaptation of Gundam.
    • I also believe that Double Zeta Gundam starts in the later half of the series, not the first half. The first half was nothing but part of Kamille's mental state. 08th MS team ends with episode 12, episode 13 never happened.
    • The Mobile Suit Gundam franchise started with three well-recieved motion pictures. What is all this about a TV series?
    • Gundam ZZ's first episode entailed the Argama reaching Side 1. It most certainly was not an unnecessarily blatant Recap Episode which pushed the franchise's merchandise and had to remind us of what had happened in the first two series, for that would leave a sour taste in your mouth and consider the less-serious and still very respectable first half to be Ruined Forever.
  • Many fans of the Fullmetal Alchemist anime hate the movie since it ends with the Elric brothers trapped in our world, the main reason given is because of the Winry and Ed shippers. Ironic when you consider that the anime as a whole doesn't have the amount of romance the manga has, instead focusing on the brotherly love of the Elric brothers.
    • Many fans, including this troper, hate the movie because of what it did to Al. Also, the emphasis on passionate brotherly love above everything else was a bit too much for many people.
      • What did it do to Al? This troper thought the movie wasn't remarkable but wrapped up the stories left in the anime pretty well. And the brotherly love was already in the anime.
      • Well, turning into an Ed clone and abandoning his "family" whom he owes so much without a second thought (indeed, after Ed telling him to take care of Winry) only to be with his brother was decidedly not what many people would've expected from him, brotherly love or not. Also, Al's enthusiasm to be with Ed combined with the movie ending with the two of them basically walking away into the sunset together, made their brotherly love seem a bit too passionate, if you ask this troper.
      • The fact that Ed and Roy ended so wildly out of character and that there were as many Plot Holes as you could fill a house with doesn't help.
    • Also, many fans of the manga declare DisContinuity at some point of the anime, when the plot start diverging fro the manga or later than that.
  • An obscure example, but this troper always fast-forwards past a certain part of the Galaxy Fraulein Yuna OVA "Dawn of the Dark Sisters". Specifically, everything between Gemmu's death and the morning after. Sure, it ignores the massive Chekhovs Gun at the very beginning, but the emotional scene beforehand is somewhat diminished by screaming at the heroine for some horrendously stupid acts in the next ten minutes.
  • Some of those who stuck around for the card game aspects of Yu-Gi-Oh GX prefer not to talk about some of the Mind Screwy parts of seasons 3 and 4, including Honest, Yusuke Fujiwara, Trueman molesting young boys to render all of Domino City and Duel Academy non-existent, and Asuka and Judai's duel prom date. Others still ignore season 3, period, bailing out after the destruction of the Society of Light cult.
    • As for the card game itself, Konami's decision to introduce new elements and rules changes after the "Light of Destruction" pack has upset many hardcore players, since "Synchros" and "Tuners" are seen as inferior/redundant versions of the old "Fusion" and "Ritual" monsters.
      • This troper has heard a lot of people complaining that Synchros - specifically Stardust Dragon - are overpowered, actually claiming that Stardust Dragon breaks the rules of the game because its effect may theoretically activate during the Damage Step and does not directly affect a monster's ability scores.
  • Excel Saga's director did this on purpose, intentionally making the "bonus" Episode 26 too outrageous (and long) to air, as the anime series pretty much ended on a definitive note with Episode 25 instead of the ridiculous Bridge Drop of Hyatt's blood flooding the earth and drowning everyone.
  • If it didn't happen in the Bleach manga, it did not happen. "Bount modsouls"? What are those?
    • It should be kept in mind that the author is stated to have liked the characters
    • Most filler is considered as such. See also Naruto (unless you're talking to Naruto x Hinata fans, then only certain episodes or moments in episodes are forgotten).
    • Additionally, this troper has no idea how people keep getting the impression that the Hueco Mundo arc was a long, drawn out, poorly executed plot-recycle of the Soul Society arc. I mean, it was the shortest arc in the series. Ichigo and co. had just barely arrived at Aizen's fortress, when they discovered that everyone had already left for the upcoming epic battle in Karakura Town.
  • Proof that it's often a bad idea to stick filler into a 12- or 13-episode anime, as intriguing as yuri fanservice in a space opera might sound: you could literally skip over all but the last few minutes of Soukou No Strain episode 7 and not miss a thing.
  • There were no El Hazard The Magnificent World OAV sequels or TV series. Instead, the story ended beautifully, with Makoto and Ifurita living happily ever after.
  • The rape scene in the anime version of Kannazuki No Miko is indeed subject to massive debate, and it's even mentioned in the Japanese DVD Commentary that it was cut away so people can put their own interpretation on what happened. A bigger case of Dis Continuity is a bunch of the stuff in the original manga by Kaishaku, which practically every fan of the anime advises to avoid at all costs. Why, you ask? In the manga, Chikane's a full-blown Psycho Lesbian, Himeko gets deflowered with a flute sword sheath, and it ends with a major Wall Banger where the two reincarnate as incestuous twin sisters.
  • The Twelve Kingdoms ended after the 39th episode. They didn't continue the series and shorten an arc due to a producer's death.
  • Strawberry Panic is loaded with things some fans wish had never happened, including Laser Guided Amnesia, various cases of assault that bordered on Rape Is Love, out-of-character stablehouse sex, and a Psycho Lesbian duo getting away with abusing the poor Uke type character.
  • Some veteran Mai-Otome fans will invariably advise newcomers to the series to avoid the Oddly Named Sequel OVA Mai-Otome Zwei at all costs, mostly due to excessive and pointless Fan Service and plot points that make no sense within the context of the series.
    • For the very same reasons, it's best to pretend there's no follow-up to the Mai-Otome manga, as well.
  • There is no race called the "Marduk" in the Macross universe. (This is, in fact, Canon Discontinuity.)
  • Some Cowboy Bebop fans, who are obviously a few sandwiches short of a picnic, insist that there are more than twenty-three episodes to the series. Ha ha ha!
    • There are! Come on, just imagine (and there's no Canon or Word Of God to dispute this - or confirm it) that Spike is alive, and the gang gets back together after Spike sorts out his sordid past.
    • But then Ed is still gone.
  • At least a handful of Sorcerer Hunters fans like to pretend the 10th anniversary special and short sequel never happened.
  • Why do people keep talking about sequels to Gatekeepers? Such things obviously never happened. Everyone lived happily ever after after the first season. There is obviously no need for a sequel!
  • There is no such thing as the Silent Sinner in Blue manga. The only Touhou manga adaptations ZUN ever allowed were Eastern and Little Nature Deity and Inaba of the Moon and Inaba of the Earth.
  • There were only two Tenchi Muyo OV As. A third OVA does not exist. There was no new character with green hair who used to work with Mihoshi that was not named Kiyone, there was no character that looked like Tenchi's mother that was actually his sister, Nobuyuki was not related to aliens in anyway except through marriage, Ryoko did not have a different voice, Katushito did not reveal what he really looked like to Tenchi, the whole Jurai family did not get more complicated, and the Goddess subplot did not get really complicated.
    • Likewise, there was a TV show. One. And it ended after the first movie. There wasn't any second movie with a different art style, that was really depressing, and heavily favored Tenchi/Ryoko.
    • Wait, an OAV that fills in all the plot holes from the first two OA Vs doesn't exist?
  • Slayers NEXT went straight from Episode 22 to Episode 24. They went straight to Sairaag to rescue Gourry from Phibrizzo like they were planning to do at the end of Episode 22 and Zangulus just happened to come along. There was no episode in between that stopped the entire plot to have an episode long fight where the entire cast was handed an Idiot Ball so they could all get threatened by a swordsman of Phibrizzo's none of them recognized despite the fact that he looked exactly like Gourry except for a Paper Thin Disguise consisting of a tiny helmet that didn't even cover his hair.
  • Rock and Revy never spoke in really bad, unintelligible Engrish in that episode of Black Lagoon.
  • Lucky Star ends with the girls performing their cheerleader routine to a rousing applause and throwing their pom-poms in the air yelling "we did it!". The show does not end with a white-out, and we did not see a rehearsal of it earlier in the final episode.
  • Samurai Deeper Kyo: There are no such things as Ken'yo and Kyo did not kill Nobunaga by impaling him on Tokyo Tower.
  • As far as this troper is concerned, the entire second season of Full Metal Panic was just a drug-induced hallucination brought on by all the pain-meds that Sgt. Mao was on after her fight with Gauron. Either that, or the shows writers got stoned out of their minds one night and decided to drop all of the giant mechas, political intrigue and badass action scenes in favor of putting the main character in a mouse suit and forcing him to speak gibberish for entire episodes. Either way, drugs were involved.
    • Shoji Gatoh is a genius for coming up with stuff like that, and in This Troper's opinion, Fumoffu is Kyoani's best work. The Rugby team based off of Full Metal Jacket? Genius
  • Depending on the Mahou Sensei Negima fan the series starts on Book 3. (This Troper is fine with the starting books.)
  • Battle Royale: Shinji Mimura shot Kazuo Kiriyama in the face, finished his plan and escaped. He then proceeded to take Yutaka Seto, Hiroki Sugimura and Shuuya Nanahara on a trip to the Silicon Valley. The series ended at book 7. There were no lighthouses, no-one telling anyone to have sex with a duck and no random ki battles. Seriously.
  • Shakugan No Shana: Ike NEVER had an episode centered on him which focused on how geek he is. Yuji was never dumbed down to the naivest person on Earth and Margery Daw was still useful after the first battle against Bal Masque.
    • We can just say that the first half of Season 2 never happened.
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