History Main / LaterInstallmentWeirdness

** While ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' clearly take place in the same universe as the original anime, later shows take place in their own continuities with their own distinct lore.

* Some of the final episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' were produced in Flash instead of digital ink and paint like the rest of the series, leading to an animation style more in line with Creator/ButchHartman's other project at the time, ''WesternAnimation/BunsenIsABeast'' (which was also animated in Flash). The sudden animation shift is quite jarring to say the least.

* The final ''Literature/HarryPotter'' book, ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]'', is the only one that doesn't mainly take place in Hogwarts, instead having the protagonists travel around Britain for most of the plot, and is the only one to have a "hero's quest" structure instead of the previously standard school year structure. It's also the only book without any [[FictionalSport Quidditch]]. Fittingly [[Film/HarryPotter the films]] are an example too -- as the seventh is the only book to be split into two films (plus the same points that were present in the book).

->'''Professor Farnsworth:''' My god... This is the greatest mystery of all time! We must fly to Rome and exhume the body of St. James!
->'''Hermes:''' Didn't we used to be a delivery company?
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', ''[=S6E5=]: [[Recap/FuturamaS6E5TheDuhVinciCode The Duh-Vinci Code]]''

** Around 1928-1929, women's silhouettes appear more feminized as women's curves have returned and hemlines gradually drop with handkerchief and waterfall skirts masking them.

** Due to the influence of the New Look in 1947, make-do-and-mend fashions were pushed aside for full glam consisting of longer skirts, whether full or pencil, and a cinched waist, and a focus on the narrow, often bare shoulders.

** Much of the high fashions in the late 1970s opt for simple glam looks with nary a hint of the hippie style, while some designers borrow elements from New Wave such as teased spiky hair, neon makeup, and broad shoulder pads to the catwalk.

** As the new millennium was approaching, fashions of the late 1990s discarded the grunge look in favor of more metallic and digital aesthetics.

* Fans of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' may be taken aback by later episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'', which not only cease adapting stories from the books, but have a much DenserAndWackier narrative, transitioned from model puppetry to CGI animation (with all the cast fully voiced and animated) and have altered several characters in role and personality (or disposed of them altogether in favor of numerous more gimmicky new ones).

** [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterPaker Spider-Man]] saw him obtain an alien costume which would become the more famous [[Characters/MarvelComicsVenom Venom]] when it proved unpopular with the fans. Marvel would push the black costume more with a cloth costume made by the Black Cat.

->'''Hermes:''' Didn't we use to be a delivery company?

''Series/ThePuzzlePlace'': Season 3, which was produced after a year-long hiatus and consists of only ten episodes, is distinctly different from Seasons 1 and 2. The puppets are obviously different than in the first two seasons, with some notable changes to the character designs: Kiki, Skye and Leon's darker skin tones and Kiki's darker hair especially stand out. Skye, Nuzzle and Jody also have [[TheOtherDarrin different performers]] (in Jody's case for the second time), and the episodes end with AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle segments that the first two seasons didn't have. [[/folder]]

* ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': The fourth installment, ''The Road Chip'',has a few oddities such as the Chipmunks having slightly different 3D models and being the only installment where Ian Hawke doesn't appear.

* ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'': Downplayed with the fourth installment, ''The Road Chip'', as it has a few oddities such as the Chipmunks having slightly different 3D models and being the only installment where Ian Hawke doesn't appear.

** ComicBook/SpiderMan saw him obtain an alien costume which would become the more famous ComicBook/{{Venom}} when it proved unpopular with the fans. Marvel would push the black costume more with a cloth costume made by the Black Cat.

** Following ''ComicBook/TheSurturSaga'', [[Characters/TheMightyThorThorOdinson Thor]] was soon cursed with immortality yet unable to heal, forcing him to gain a full beard and don a massive blue and gold armor to hide his wounds.

** [[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner The Incredible Hulk]] went through a lot of crap in a short period of time -- gaining control, losing control, being banished, returning, being separated, being restored, turning gray once more, becoming Joe Fixit, the works.

** While ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' and ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' clearly take place in the same universe as the original anime, later shows tend to be increasingly distant from it outside of the occasional MythologyGag, to the point that it's often questioned by fans if they represent alternate continuities altogether (putting together a cohesive timeline is not easy).

* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Buu Arc is ''far'' more goofy and filled with gags than any of the other ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' arcs. This was especially prominent for western viewers who started with ''Z'' first: while ''Z'' certainly has its comedic moments, the amount of goofy scenes, ideas and subversions hadn't been that common since the manga's very first arc, the Pilaf Arc, which of course most viewers of ''Z'' hadn't been exposed to. What puts the Buu Arc above and beyond the Pilaf Arc is that this was mixed with the drama and tension of a typical DBZ Villain Arc, which resulted in a ''lot'' of the SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, CrossesTheLineTwice and MoodWhiplash tropes. The fact that the Buu Arc turned into the longest storyline in the franchise accentuated the matter.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' review blog ''[[https://meblogwritegood.wordpress.com/ Me Blog Write Good]]'' underwent a few formula changes throughout its run. For the first 20 seasons, each review featured both a block for Mike's general thoughts on the episode itself and a "Tidbits and Quotes" section for notable details. Due to Mike's increasing apathy for the newer seasons, the format was overhauled from season 21's "Treehouse of Horror XX" onwards to feature more distinct segments of "The Premise", "The Reaction", "Three items of note" and "One good line/moment".

* ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'' seemed to shift away from the "Creator/{{Disney}}" half of its name in the 21st century, likely due to the animated films going through an AudienceAlienatingEra and the Creator/DisneyChannel shifting its focus toward kidcoms. The articles became much shorter, celeb cameos rarer, and the comics became much of an afterthought consisting solely of a few original properties with little or no Disney flavor (compared to the magazine's prime, when they included comic adaptations of Disney properties, along with reprints of licensed ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'' comics[[note]]Disney has since purchased [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] and its properties, including ''Franchise/TheSimpsons''[[/note]] and even excerpts from ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}''). It even got to the point where issues would center on a non-Disney property, such as ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.

* ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'': Joe replacing Steve is the most obvious example, but the final season introduced a new segment called ''Blue's Room'' where Blue turns into a [[SuddenlyVoiced talking]] live action puppet. The other regular segments were all shortened to make room for it.

* The last book of ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' stories (which were previously always written in first person from Watson's POV) feature two stories narrated by Sherlock Holmes himself (though still presented as his memoirs), one that was basically a play, and one in third-person narration.

** A big one was the show's attitude toward other species. Earlier on the show had a much more "[[AlwaysLawfulGood good species]], [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil species]]" sort of approach to things where it was made clear many of the species were by default evil or bad and exceptions were explicitly stated as being [[TokenHeroicOrc uncommon or unique]]: it was explained that dragons by nature were greedy and Spike was the exception having been raised by ponies, "good" creatures like Thorax and Gabby were explicitly stated to have been "born different", and it was generally okay for ponies to treat other creatures as evil by default (or say they were ugly, like Rarity's line about mules in one early episode). In Season 7 and especially in Season 8, the attitude shifted greatly, with other creatures being treated akin to other races and that fearing or disliking non-ponies was FantasticRacism and, as shown with Chancellor Neighsay, objectively wrong. It can actually be a touch jarring to roll back to season 5 to find a dream sequence of [[https://derpibooru.org/934945 Rainbow Dash beating up what is now established as another race]] to be entirely PlayedForLaughs as a happy dream of hers. This probably ties into ValuesDissonance on the "[[AlwaysLawfulGood good species]], [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil species]]" approach over TheNewTens, as it became a much more controversial idea later in the decade.

* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' hasn't changed too much since his early days, but...
** Since season eight, he expanded the type of games he reviews; whereas before he exclusively reviewed games from the 80s and early 90s, he now also tackles games from the mid to late 90s and early 2000s. He still [[DiscoDan sticks to retro stuff]] (aside from ''very'' occasional nods to modern games), he's just become much less strict about the specific time periods games are from, treating basically anything from before UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames as fair game.
** The iconic theme song was removed after the ''VideoGame/{{Darkman}}'' review. Subsequent episodes only include the final line of the song "he's the angry video game nerd" until ''The Rocketeer''. All episodes after "Contra How I Remember It" have a digitized version of the AVGN theme song.

* ''WebVideo/GameTheory'': After the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' triple theory and the first episode remaster featured a compilation of the various intros, all subsequent episodes no longer feature the famous "Science Blaster" theme song.

** A big one was the show's attitude toward other species. Earlier on the show had a much more "[[AlwaysLawfulGood good species]], [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil species]]" sort of approach to things where it was made clear many of the species were by default evil or bad and exceptions were explicitly stated as being [[TokenHeroicOrc uncommon or unique]]: it was explained that dragons by nature were greedy and Spike was the exception having been raised by ponies, "good" creatures like Thorax and Gabby were explicitly stated to have been "born different", and it was generally okay for ponies to treat other creatures as evil by default (or declare them all to be ugly, like Rarity's attitude of mules in one early episode). Come season 8, the attitude shifted greatly, with other creatures being treated akin to other races and that fearing or disliking non-ponies was FantasticRacism and, as shown with Chancellor Neighsay, objectively wrong. It can actually be a touch jarring to roll back a mere three seasons to find a dream sequence of [[https://derpibooru.org/934945 Rainbow Dash beating up what is now established as another race]] to be entirely PlayedForLaughs as a happy dream of hers.

** The fourth album ''Seeing Double'' was recorded after Paul Cattermole left the group -- the only album to feature six members rather than seven (and the group was renamed 'S Club'). It also completely moved away from the bubblegum pop of their first three albums (although ''7'' and ''Sunshine'' had moved away too, they still retained some bubblegum pop) -- featuring a lot of dance and R&B, even elements of garage. Rachel was also given more prominence as the FaceOfTheBand -- as Jo was suffering from back problems.

* Music/TitleFight was a PostHardcore band for most of their career, though by the time they released their second ''Floral Green'', shoegaze influences began to creep into their work. Their third (and to date, final) album ''Hyperview'' drops their post-hardcore sound altogether in favor of going all in on shoegaze.

* ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer:'': Season 7 saw a lot of changes for the show, such as a new theme song, updated animation (with some CGI elements added in, most noticeable with Map and Backpack), and emulating a mobile game on a touchscreen device (like a tablet) rather than a PC game.