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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' ends just like the original ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' comic, with [[spoiler:Franchise/TheFlash rebooting history into the ComicBook/{{New 52}} timeline.]] However, the movie omits ''how this is possible'', since in the original comic, this was caused by [[spoiler: Pandora tricking the Flash into merging Franchise/TheDCU with the Creator/{{Vertigo|Comics}} and Creator/{{Wildstorm}} universes]]. Both [[spoiler: Pandora and the merger sequence]] ended up AdaptedOut, so there's no explanation given as to why [[spoiler: Flash and Batman suddenly have new costumes at the end of the film, besides the implied possibility of a CloseEnoughTimeline]].

* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': The DC Golden Age FunnyAnimal character The Terrific Whatzit was a turtle version of the Flash who [[RemovableShell removed his shell]] in his superhero guise; and gained his superhero identity from the fact nobody could tell what kind of animal he was without it. In ''DC Superpets'', Whatzit is the modern-day Flash's pet, and does not have a removable shell.

* In ComicBook/PostCrisis continuity of Creator/DCComics, Kyle Rayner was chosen by Ganthet to be the wielder of the only surviving (at the time) Franchise/GreenLantern ring; after Hal went mad, destroyed the Corps and killed the other Guardians - essentially because Ganthet didn't have any power to do a proper search for a worthy bearer, and Kyle was the first human he found. In the revised ComicBook/{{New 52}} continuity, we get a flashback to Kyle's early days as GL. The Corps is still around, as are the Guardians; yet Kyle was still chosen by Ganthet rather than the ring, but with no indication as to ''why''. Eventually subverted, as a major plot point of GL's New 52 era is that Kyle has a special affinity for ''all'' the energies the various Lantern Corps use; and that's suggested to be the reason Ganthet chose Kyle. It doesn't cover why Ganthet handed the ring out personally, but it does explain why Kyle specifically was the one to get it.

* The DC Golden Age FunnyAnimal character The Terrific Whatzit was a turtle version of Franchise/TheFlash who [[RemovableShell removed his shell]] in his superhero guise; and gained his superhero identity from the fact nobody could tell what kind of animal he was without it. In ''DC Superpets'', Whatzit is the modern-day Flash's pet, and does not have a removable shell.

* In ''Anime/FateGrandOrderAbsoluteDemonicFrontBabylonia'' there's a scene where we see Babylonian priestesses summoning the Goddess Ishtar into a local girl's body via a ritual. The fact that said girl looks exactly like series regular [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Rin Tohsaka]] is never addressed, leaving the viewer to speculate she had a very distant identical ancestor in the Middle East. In the original ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'' game Ishtar looks exactly like Rin because she ''is'' Rin, or rather Ishtar possessing her body. The ritual still happened in the game, but because Babylon was about to become a Singularity the priestess was able to reach across time and found Rin was a compatible host.