History Main / ReplacementArtifact

** While Hypertime as a general structure and editorial direction for the DCU as a whole has fallen out of style, Creator/GrantMorrison (one of the originators of the idea, along with Creator/MarkWaid) is still very much is a believer in it. He deals with the concept in his long-running work with Franchise/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/SevenSoldiers, a run of [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Action Comics]], ComicBook/FinalCrisis, and ComicBook/TheMultiversity; in Multiversity particularly, he plays with {{Mythology Gag}}s and {{Call Back}}s from throughout the DCU and treats the entire universe's history as still in play, even if it's been retconned out "officially". Creator/JoshuaWilliamson and Creator/JamesTynionIV have also used Hypertime ([[ContinuityPorn along with a bunch of other similar concepts]]) in their ''Justice[=/=]Doom War'' storyline from ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague'' Vol. 4.

** While Hypertime as a general structure and editorial direction for the DCU as a whole has fallen out of style, Creator/GrantMorrison (one of the originators of the idea, along with Creator/MarkWaid) still very much is a believer in it. He deals with the concept in his long-running work with Franchise/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/SevenSoldiers, a run of [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Action Comics]], ComicBook/FinalCrisis, and ComicBook/TheMultiversity; in Multiversity particularly, he plays with {{Mythology Gag}}s and {{Call Back}}s from throughout the DCU and treats the entire universe's history as still in play, even if it's been retconned out "officially".

* At one point, Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} purposely blew out his eardrum while he and Comicbook/{{Mockingbird}} were under control of a villain's sonic MindControl. As a result, he was 80% deaf in one ear and used a hearing aid. After a while he temporarily died, [[DeathIsCheap as you do]], and was resurrected with his hearing restored. However, some fans disliked losing a good example of disabled representation, so eventually he lost his hearing again.
* Similarly, [[Characters/MarvelComicsProfessorX Professor X]] is paraplegic because of a spinal cord injury he suffered years before founding the X-Men. When he died and was brought back in a cloned body, he was able to walk normally. But it was such an iconic part of Xavier's character that he's [[PsychicPowers a mental powerhouse]] but physically disabled, he ends up getting his back broken ''again'' so he's back to needing a (ridiculously high-tech) wheelchair.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' killed off Dr. Robotnik in issue #50. He was soon replaced by an alternate dimension Robotnik who had turned himself into a machine and was formerly involved twice with events of this universe before switching to the "Eggman" design of Robotnik of the new games. Then this new Robotnik was made organic again. [[TouchedByVorlons By aliens.]]

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Brock's CasanovaWannabe aspect [[{{Flanderization}} became the sum of his character as the series went on]]; he left at the end of the ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond & Pearl]]'' series. In the ''[[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY XY]]'' series, we have [[TokenMiniMoe Bonnie]] who sometimes tries to set up a beautiful girl [[GiveGeeksAChance with her]] {{Big Brother|Worship}} Clemont. Fortunately: A: she doesn't do this with ''every'' eligible lady (yet), B: Clemont [[UnwantedAssistance is suitably embarrassed by this]], and C: she's just so young and cute otherwise that she'd be given less leeway for flaws.

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A Replacement Artifact is when the writers of a series decide they don't need one of its devices any more, be it a plot point, a background rule, or whatever, and do away with it, often spectacularly... and then, later on, bring it back under a different name. Often the second attempt is more confusing and less internally stable than the original, yet has an almost-identical effect on the plot.

Usually happens after a change of writers, or during a PostScriptSeason. Obviously, only has ''time'' to happen during a long-running series. Compare TheArtifact.

* Hypertime was the Franchise/DCUniverse's attempt to bring back the story possibilities of [[AlternateUniverse alternate Earths]], which it had previously gotten rid of (claiming they had become "confusing") during the ResetButton event ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. However, this lacked the coherency of the original [[AlternateUniverse Multiple Earths]] rules, and confused far more people than the original ever did. To make things worse (or possibly just more confusing) even Hypertime has been discontinued in favor of "anomalies" from ''Infinite Crisis''. Even the most hardened continuity buffs would be better off adopting the MST3KMantra.

** In the Classic series, it was intended to retire the Daleks along with William Hartnell, giving Patrick Troughton two Dalek stories ("Power of the Daleks", a very good story with tons of Dalek FanService designed to ensure viewers would tune in after the regeneration, and "The Evil of the Daleks", which was intended to be the Daleks's very definitely final death). They go away for several years after that, but attempts to find a replacement Dalek MascotMook (the Krotons? the Macra?) failed, the only monsters making as close a cultural dent being the Cybermen and the Autons, and possibly the Yetis. Fan outcry led to the Daleks making a return in "Day of the Daleks", five years after their retirement. Not very long after their return, "Genesis of the Daleks" drastically reinvented the Daleks, updating them by {{retcon}}ning out the more dated backstory elements while fleshing out others, and introducing their leader and creator, Davros, which completely changed the nature of them as a threat.

* ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' killed off Dr. Robotnik in issue #50. He was soon replaced by an alternate dimension Robotnik who had turned himself into a machine and was formerly involved twice with events of this universe before switching to the "Eggman" design of Robotnik of the new games. Then this new Robotnik was made organic again. [[TouchedByVorlons By aliens.]]