History Main / EarlyInstallmentWeirdness

*** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/WonderWoman''

** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/ASongOfIceAndFire''
** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/{{Discworld}}''

** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/{{Redwall}}''
** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/TheWheelOfTime''
** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/WarriorCats''

** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/AgeOfEmpiresI''

This is particularly common in television, where the pilot episode is usually filmed long in advance of a show's actual debut. This gives the studio and creative team a chance to evaluate what worked and what didn't and make significant changes, including replacing cast members. In particularly dramatic cases, a series can undergo something of a {{Retool}} between its pilot and the debut episode (if the pilot isn't the debut episode itself of course).

** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/AgeOfEmpiresI''
** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/DevilMayCry1''
** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/GrandTheftAutoIII''
** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/GuiltyGearTheMissingLink''
** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/TheLegendOfZelda''
*** ''[[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/TheLegendOfZeldaI Zelda I]]''
** EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/RolePlayingGames
*** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/FinalFantasy''
*** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/FireEmblem''
*** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/MegaManBattleNetwork1''
*** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/{{Pokemon}}''[[note]]also includes examples from its adaptations[[/note]]
*** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/ToontownOnline''
** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/SuperMarioBros''
** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/TerrariaCalamity''

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[[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 [[{{stealth pun}} counts]].[[/note]]]]

!!Examples:

** EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/StarWars

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 are 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.

Long-running series often have to experiment a little before they find their niche: sometimes there are concepts abandoned early on that were fascinating, either because they were ''potentially'' good ideas back then, or they just clash too much with the [[ToneShift later tone of the series]]. In short, the first installment is like a prototype; or the first rough draft for a book.

Long-running series often have to experiment a little before they find their niche: sometimes there are concepts abandoned early on that were fascinating, either because they were ''potentially'' good ideas back then, or they just clash too much with the [[ToneShift later tone of the series]]. In short, the first installment is like a prototype, the first rough draft for a book.

Long-running series often have to experiment a little before they find their niche: sometimes there are concepts abandoned early on that were fascinating, either because they were ''potentially'' good ideas back then, or they just clash too much with the [[ToneShift later tone of the series]]. In short, the first installment is like a "prototype", the first rough draft for a book.

Long-running series often have to experiment a little before they find their niche: sometimes there are concepts abandoned early on that were fascinating, either because they were ''potentially'' good ideas back then, or they just clash too much with the [[ToneShift later tone of the series]]. In short, the first installment is like a "prototype"; The first "rough draft" of a book.

Long-running series often have to experiment a little before they find their niche: sometimes there are concepts abandoned early on that were fascinating, either because they were ''potentially'' good ideas back then, or they just clash too much with the [[ToneShift later tone of the series]]. In short, the first installment is like a "prototype". The first "rough draft" of a book.

Long-running series often have to experiment a little before they find their niche: sometimes there are concepts abandoned early on that were fascinating, either because they were ''potentially'' good ideas back then, or they just clash too much with the [[ToneShift later tone of the series]]. In short, the first installment is like a "prototype", the first "rough draft" of a book.

Long-running series often have to experiment a little before they find their niche: sometimes there are concepts abandoned early on that were fascinating, either because they were ''potentially'' good ideas back then, or they just clash so much with the [[ToneShift later tone of the series]]. In short, the first installment is a "prototype", like the first draft of a book.

This is particularly common in television, where the pilot episode is usually filmed long in advance of a show's actual debut. This gives the studio and creative team a chance to evaluate what worked and what didn't and make significant changes, including replacing cast members. In particularly dramatic cases, a series can undergo something of a {{Retool}} between its pilot and its second episode.

If the series improves ''after'' abandoning these elements, it often leads to a GrowingTheBeard moment. For something similar applied to individual character personality, see CharacterizationMarchesOn. A specific sub-trope of this dealing with early installments resembling the real world is EarthDrift. When early characters disappear entirely with no explanations, that's ChuckCunninghamSyndrome (or even DroppedAfterThePilot, if it happens in the very first episode). Might be the result of {{Plot Tumor}}s, ArtEvolution and/or EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference and ContinuityDrift.

When this happens to ''themes'' that become popular after the fact because of a work, and are only actually codified elsewhere, it is a subtrope of UnbuiltTrope.

Long-running series often have to experiment a little before they find their niche: sometimes there are concepts abandoned early on that were fascinating, either because they were ''potentially'' good ideas back then, or they just clash so much with the [[ToneShift later tone of the series]]. In short, the first installment is a "prototype", like a pilot of a first episode or a rough draft of the first novel.

Long-running series often have to experiment a little before they find their niche: sometimes there are concepts abandoned early on that were fascinating, either because they were ''potentially'' good ideas back then, or they just clash so much with the [[ToneShift later tone of the series]]. In short, the first installment is a "prototype", like a pilot of a first episode.

** ''EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/ToontownOnline''

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** EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/PokemonTheSeries