History Main / MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness

* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' may not date back to the 8-bit era, but the first game had shields and health as separate stats ([[RegeneratingShieldStaticHealth shields recharge over time, health doesn't]] and you gotta find health packs) and the later ones didn't. However, games set before the original (like Reach and ODST) brought them back.

* During the ''ComicBook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' CrisisCrossover, [[BattleButler Alfred Pennyworth]] and Robin have to contend with the BumblingSidekick DefectiveDetective version of Alfred from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks.

* The third ''ComicBook/BatmanTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' crossover has the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW IDW Turtles]] and [[ComicBook/DCRebirth Rebirth Batman]] needing to break away their MergedReality and respectively rescue the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage Mirage Turtles]] and [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age Batman]] from Krang, a task that's instigated by the Mirage Raphael's miraculous escape from the latter.

* ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'' has ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Batman}} briefly turn into their ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends''/[[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] selves. They were a lot nicer to each other and had a lot of HoYay (but counteracted with blatant HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday -ing). While it scared ComicBook/SpiderMan and annoyed Batman, Superman found himself wistful.

* Parodied in ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' with a review for the fictitious graphic novel ''Franchise/{{Batman}}: When Worlds Contrive''. The story features UsefulNotes/{{the Dark Age|OfComicBooks}}'s Batman and UsefulNotes/{{the Golden Age|OfComicBooks}}'s Robin fighting against UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|OfComicBooks}}'s Penguin. ''MAD'' called it a "rurdosk."

** ''The Return of Bruce Wayne'' is parodied by theorizing what [[https://shortpacked.com/comic/the-poor-fool would happen]] if Modern Age Franchise/{{Batman}} met his [[CharacterizationMarchesOn much more ruthless]] [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] self.

* In-universe example: In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', "The Crimson Chin meets Mighty Mom and Dyno Dad", The Crimson Chin meets several of his old personalities, from [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks 30s pulp-fiction Chin]], to [[DarkerAndEdgier edgy]] [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks 1985]] [[DarkerAndEdgier Chin, who got cancelled for swearing.]] They all fight crime together.

Sometimes, especially if a franchise is a LongRunner or is about to have a MilestoneCelebration, the creators might find it fun to do an episode or TV special in which the newer versions of the characters meet their past selves, before their ArtEvolution or CharacterDevelopment took place. This is usually accomplished either through time travel if the franchise all takes place in one timeline or if the franchise is made up of several [[AlternateContinuity different continuities]] then it will be stated that the past selves will be from an AlternateUniverse.

** The remakes of the original storybooks ("Strongest Man In The World" and "Where My Hat Is At?") have the characters in their modern incarnations frequently make jabs at the plots. The short "Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold" takes it further, as Homestar and Strong Bad riff on a previously unmade book.

* In ''[[WebAnimation/Supermarioglitchy4sSuperMario64Bloopers SMG4]]'' video "Mario goes to Didney Worl" when [[Franchise/{{Mario}} Mario, Toad]] and [[AuthorAvatar SMG4]] visit Ride/TheHauntedMansion and when they see their biggest fears, it's revealed that [=SMG4=]'s biggest fear is [[spoiler: his early videos from 2011 (a scene of The Cake was a Lie was used to represent it).]]

** Though the costumes have been remade, they were spot-on remakings with better materials, though, instead of "modernized" suits. The pre-spandex suits hang looser, and the helmets that originally had visible eyeholes or latches still do. The bizarre attacks some of the early teams have are used as well. The very first episode gives us a [[Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger Goranger Storm]], which involved kicking a soccer ball between the team members, the final member sending it at the opponent, whereupon it would transform into something (wacky) that the opponent hates.