History Main / EarlyInstallmentWeirdness

Compare NewFirstComics (where a webcomic establishes a new starting point that clashes with the actual beginning strips), LostInImitation (when later adaptations are influenced more by earlier adaptations than the source material), EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference (a specific form of Early-Installment Weirdness where a character's design in earlier installments is noticeably different from how they appear currently), MyRealDaddy (where other writers who handled a character a held in higher regard than the one who actually created the character), BreakingOldTrends (where a series drastically changes its established formula), AdaptationDisplacement (where more people are familiar with the adaptation than the source material), and EarlyAdaptationWeirdness (when earlier adaptations look odd when compared to modern takes on the franchise). Contrast FirstInstallmentWins and LaterInstallmentWeirdness. When a character displays this, it's CharacterizationMarchesOn (or {{Flanderization}}, when it essentially happens in reverse). May be the OddballInTheSeries. This is very commonly found in works that were released before a FranchiseCodifier. Often the cause of an ArtifactTitle. See also MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness. If a piece of weirdness sticks around despite no longer fitting, it's usually TheArtifact.

Compare NewFirstComics, LostInImitation, EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference, MyRealDaddy, BreakingOldTrends, AdaptationDisplacement, and EarlyAdaptationWeirdness. Contrast FirstInstallmentWins and LaterInstallmentWeirdness. When a character displays this, it's CharacterizationMarchesOn (or {{Flanderization}}, when it essentially happens in reverse). May be the OddballInTheSeries. This is very commonly found in works that were released before a FranchiseCodifier. Often the cause of an ArtifactTitle. See also MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness. If a piece of weirdness sticks around despite no longer fitting, it's usually TheArtifact.

[[caption-width-right:279:Years later, ComicBook/{{Batman}} realized that he [[ThouShaltNotKill doesn't kill]] and that he [[DoesntLikeGuns hates guns]]. [[note]]Granted, it ''was'' a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman vampire]], but it still [[{{pun}} counts]].[[/note]]]]

*** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade''

*** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade''

** EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/{{Naruto}}
** EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/OnePiece

[[quoteright:280:[[ComicBook/{{Batman}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_grabs_a_gun_9.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:280:Years later, ComicBook/{{Batman}} realized that he [[ThouShaltNotKill doesn't kill]] and that he [[DoesntLikeGuns hates guns]]. [[note]]Granted, it ''was'' a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman vampire]], but it still [[{{pun}} counts]].[[/note]]]]

[[quoteright:299:[[ComicBook/{{Batman}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_grabs_a_gun.png]]]]
[[caption-width-right:299:Years later, ComicBook/{{Batman}} realized that he [[ThouShaltNotKill doesn't kill]] and that he [[DoesntLikeGuns hates guns]]. [[note]]Granted, it ''was'' a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman vampire]], but it still [[{{pun}} counts]].[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:299:Years later, ComicBook/{{Batman}} realized that he [[ThouShaltNotKill doesn't kill]] and [[DoesntLikeGuns hates guns]]. [[note]]Granted, it ''was'' a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman vampire]], but it still [[{{pun}} counts]].[[/note]]]]

[[caption-width-right:299:Years later, ComicBook/{{Batman}} realized that he [[ThouShaltNotKill doesn't kill]] and [[DoesntLikeGuns hates guns]]. [[note]]And while it was a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman vampire]], it still [[{{pun}} counts]].[[/note]]]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/{{Politics}}

* ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/DevilMayCry1''

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/{{Sports}}

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/RealLife

[[caption-width-right:299:Years later, ComicBook/{{Batman}} realized that he [[ThouShaltNotKill doesn't kill]] and [[DoesNotLikeGuns hates guns]]. [[note]]And while it was a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman vampire]], it still [[{{pun}} counts]].[[/note]]]]

There will always be some fans who view the ''current'' incarnation of a series as TheyChangedItNowItSucks, but it also must be said that weirdness in this case isn't necessarily a ''bad'' thing. Plenty of ideas get scrapped in the natural course of a series, some of them perfectly good. Early Installment Weirdness might be synonymous with a time when a plot was more laid back, experimental, pre-ExecutiveMeddling, pre-{{Flanderization}}, or any number of other things. As always, YMMV.

[[caption-width-right:299:Years later, Franchise/{{Batman}} realized he [[ThouShaltNotKill doesn't kill]] and [[DoesNotLikeGuns hates guns]]. [[note]]And while it was a [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman vampire]], it still [[{{pun}} counts]].[[/note]]]]

[[quoteright:299:[[Franchise/{{Batman}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/batman_grabs_a_gun.png]]]]

** EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/StarWars

*** [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/ChildrensShowNumbersToF Children's Shows #-F]]

*** [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/ChildrensShowGToO Children's Shows G-O]]

*** [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/ChildrensShowPToZ Children's Shows P-Z]]