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* ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre'': Even discounting [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2003 the remake]] and [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacreTheBeginning its prequel]], which exist in their own separate continuity, every film in the series discounts all the others save for at least [[BroadStrokes parts]] of [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 the original]].

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* ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre'': ''Franchise/TheTexasChainSawMassacre'': Even discounting [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre2003 the remake]] and [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacreTheBeginning its prequel]], which exist in their own separate continuity, every film in the series discounts all the others save for at least [[BroadStrokes parts]] of [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 the original]].
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* The ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise is particularly infamous for this. Pay close attention here: ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' (also known as ''Godzilla 1985'') ignored every Godzilla movie except [[Film/{{Gojira}} the 1954 original]]. The Heisei Era movies after ''The Return of Godzilla'' create a new timeline that is very tightly interwoven, with a largely recurring main cast and developing plotlines from movie to movie. The "ignore every previous movie except the 1954 original" reset button was pushed again four movies in a row: ''Film/{{Godzilla 2000}}'', ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'', ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'', and ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla''-. The next movie, ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS'', was a sequel to the previous film and explicitly added "Film/Mothra" to the continuity's history, but the next film after that, ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', has an ambiguous continuity that could fit anywhere or nowhere in the series. ''Vs. Megaguirus'', ''GMK'' and ''Final Wars'' all treat [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} the American Godzilla]] as canonical... but have no relation to each other! This American Godzilla, or "Zilla", represents a particularly unique variation of this phenomenon: he is consistently treated as canonically existing in the franchise, but also as not being a true Godzilla (although only retroactively). The more recent Godzilla films of the 2010s, starting with ''Film/Godzilla2014'', have also started ignoring even the 1954 original in favour of a clean slate, including [[BroadStrokes only nods to its events]].

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* The ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' franchise is particularly infamous for this. Pay close attention here: ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' (also known as ''Godzilla 1985'') ignored every Godzilla movie except [[Film/{{Gojira}} the 1954 original]]. The Heisei Era movies after ''The Return of Godzilla'' create a new timeline that is very tightly interwoven, with a largely recurring main cast and developing plotlines from movie to movie. The "ignore every previous movie except the 1954 original" reset button was pushed again four movies in a row: ''Film/{{Godzilla 2000}}'', ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'', ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'', and ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla''-. The next movie, ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS'', was a sequel to the previous film and explicitly added "Film/Mothra" "Film/{{Mothra}}" to the continuity's history, but the next film after that, ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', has an ambiguous continuity that could fit anywhere or nowhere in the series. ''Vs. Megaguirus'', ''GMK'' and ''Final Wars'' all treat [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} the American Godzilla]] as canonical... but have no relation to each other! This American Godzilla, or "Zilla", represents a particularly unique variation of this phenomenon: he is consistently treated as canonically existing in the franchise, but also as not being a true Godzilla (although only retroactively). The more recent Godzilla films of the 2010s, starting with ''Film/Godzilla2014'', have also started ignoring even the 1954 original in favour of a clean slate, including [[BroadStrokes only nods to its events]].

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