History Main / OddballInTheSeries

* ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'': ''Film/GhostbustersAfterlife'' is the only ''Ghostbusters'' movie that isn't at least partly set in [[BigApplesauce New York City]]. Instead, it's set in Oklahoma.

** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' is the first TV anime to start a new continuity. It drastically departs from the RealRobotGenre and war themes [[FranchiseSeries that would return in future continuities (barring spinoffs)]]. Instead, it delightfully and shamelessly embraces [[ShonenDemographic Shōnen]] and {{Super Robot|Genre}} tropes. Still manages to be popular and loved despite, or perhaps because of, this.

* Within the "Baron" series, ''Chiisana Sūpāman Ganbaron'' qualifies. Unlike the [[Series/SuperRobotRedBaron previous]] [[Series/SuperRobotMachBaron installments]], which were SuperRobotGenre shows, Ganbaron is more of a typical HenshinHero show done in the vein of ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' (albeit with the ability to call a CombiningMecha for help). Between the glut of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' [[FollowTheLeader imitators]] that came out at the time and the show's sponsor Bullmark going out of business, it went relatively unnoticed.

** Out of all the seasons, Season 3 is the only one that does not last 26 episodes, instead it's cut in half to 13 since the series was originally conceived as a 65EpisodeCartoon before it got renewed.

** Out of all the seasons, Season 3 is the only one that does not last 26 episodes, instead it's cut in half to 13.

* Warner Home Video released a series of "TV Premiere DVD's", which were bargain-bin DVD's of the first episodes of various shows. This collection's DVD of ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' episode "Microchip Chump", however, is not that show's first episode. Furthermore, the episode is not shown the way it is on the Season One DVD; it is the EditedForSyndication version from a 1990 VHS.

** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E7TreehouseOfHorrorII Treehouse of Horror II]]" is the only
"WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror" special where the individual segments don't have onscreen titles. In this episode, the FramingDevice is Lisa, Bart, and Homer having [[AcidRefluxNightmare candy-induced nightmares]], so the episode guide only refers to the segments as "Lisa's Nightmare", "Bart's Nightmare", and "Homer's Nightmare". [[https://www.simpsonsarchive.com/episodes/8F02.html The Simpsons Archive's recap]] [[FanNickname gives each segment the unofficial titles "The Monkey's Paw", "The Bart Zone", and "If I Only Had a Brain"]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' is this in the larger context of the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' canon. Instead of “giant warring robots that turn into vehicles or animals”, the series involves [[GreenAesop techno-organic beings fighting evil, anti-nature drones]] in a VillainWorld setting. Nothing quite like it has ever been attempted again, mainly because [[FranchiseKiller its failure led directly to the end of the Beast Era and the Generation One timeline]]. Its rather [[DarkerAndEdgier dark and serious tone]] also used to be considered unusual, though far darker entries in the franchise have arisen since.
* In ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' 's ShowWithinAShow "Horsin' Around", Bojack was the president of the United States for a season. Next season's episode confirmed it was a dream however.
* Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse:

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Primal}}'': The majority of the series takes place in a [[HollywoodPrehistory vaguely prehistoric]] time period and [[NoDialogueEpisode has no (intelligible) dialogue]]. However, "[[Recap/Primal2019E15ThePrimalTheory The Primal Theory]]" completely deviates from the established formula; it takes place in 1890 London, is about a group of British gentlemen trying to survive a break-in by an escaped madman, and has spoken English throughout.

** "Treehouse Of Horror II" is the only WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror special where the individual segments don't have onscreen titles. In this episode, the FramingDevice is Lisa, Bart, and Homer having [[AcidRefluxNightmare candy-induced nightmares]], so the episode guide only refers to the segments as "Lisa's Nightmare", "Bart's Nightmare", and "Homer's Nightmare". [[https://www.simpsonsarchive.com/episodes/8F02.html The Simpsons Archive's recap]] [[FanNickname gives each segment the unofficial titles "The Monkey's Paw", "The Bart Zone", and "If I Only Had A Brain"]].
** "Treehouse Of Horror XIII" is the only "Treehouse Of Horror" episode to spell its installment number in Arabic numerals instead of Roman numerals.
** "Treehouse Of Horror XXXII" is the first, and so far, only "Treehouse Of Horror" episode to include more than 3 segments, featuring 5 segments in total.
** "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" is the only ''Simpsons'' ClipShow episode that doesn't have the Simpson family sitting around and remembering past adventures, instead being presented as a retrospective/anniversary special hosted by Troy [=McClure=]. Notably, the producers tried to avoid the usual clip show tropes as much as possible, with the inclusion of previously-unreleased deleted scenes and the rare ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'' shorts (which, pilot short aside, aren't even available on DVD outside of this clip show). As [=McClure=] points out, Act Two's DeletedScenes montage is arguably a DefiedTrope.

* UsefulNotes/{{Android}} 3.0 (aka "Honeycomb") is a notable outlier among the many different versions of Android that Google has produced. The primary reason is that despite the OS largely being associated with smartphones, Honeycomb was designed to work exclusively with tablets, and was [[ChristmasRushed rushed out]] in order to compete with Apple's [=iPad=]. It ended up being the only version of Android that remained closed-source, as Google didn't want manufacturers to try and cram a rushed OS designed for tablets into a phone. It also had a pretty over-the-top, sci-fi-esque look to it that was quickly phased out afterwards.
* UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows 8 was a ''very'' strange affair, being an OS that sought to function on both tablets and [=PCs=] equitably. This means it was the first iteration of Windows since Windows 95 to ''lack a Start Menu'' and instead have a touchscreen-optimized "Start Screen" instead. User reaction to this was mostly negative, with most early adopters rolling back to Windows 7 and negative word-of-mouth inspiring many to not try it at all, driving Microsoft to quickly do an AuthorsSavingThrow with 8.1 which addressed some of these complaints. Their next entry, Windows 10, would be much more of a return to form and utilize a Start Menu that contained some of the functionality of the "Start Screen" but mostly functioned like the Start Menu from 7.

*** They seemed to homage this oddity from the original line when they did the Marvel Knights 2099 one-shots. One of them, Mutant 2099, had no present-day counterpart, much like Ravage. However, he's a lesser example because, being a mutant being trained by Reed Richards, he's still heavily tied to the legacy of the past heroes, while Ravage has ''zero'' connection to anyone, either from the main timeline or the 2099 world.