History PlayingWith / SavedByCanon

* '''Downplayed''': Bob is a vampire in ''The Great Story' and ''Before the Great Story'' is set so far in the past that he wouldn't be alive if he was a mortal. Thus it isn't a question of if he will survive as a vampire but when he will become one.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob was [[CharacterDeath killed]], [[BackFromTheDead resurrected]], [[KilledOffForReal really killed - we promise this time]], before time travel was used to solve the problem.

* '''Subverted''': Bob dies in ''Before The Great Story'', [[BackUpTwin his twin brother takes his place and name]].

* '''Subverted''': Bob dies in ''Before The Great Story'', his twin brother takes his place and name.

* '''Defied''': ''The Great Story'' was themed around the ubiquity of deceit and had every viewpoint character be an UnreliableNarrator. Bob being DeadAllAlonf without being a LegacyCharacter or having an imposter fits without any plotholes.
* '''Implied''': There are some signs in the original that Bob was a nominally PostHumohsCharacter who communicated through hidden messages but in story they note his knowledge which seemed to recent and the prequel leaves him in UncertainDoom.

** Bob is known to be [[SoleSurvivor only living Vulture Clan member]] and the sequel features them shortly before the end and several people who could wind up becoming him.

* '''Invoked''': ???

* '''Defied''': ???

** Bob dies in ''BeforeTheGreatStory'' [[UnexplainedRecovery without explanation as to how he was alive in the work set after it]].

** Before starting, ''The Great Story'' is explicitly declared an AlternateUniverse prequel - thus anything can happen.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

* '''Exaggerated''': ''Before the Great Story'' introduces no new characters and none of the characters in it are dead in ''The Great Story''. Therefore, NoOneCanDie.

* '''Straight''': In The Great Story, Bob is alive. In the upcoming Before The Great Story, Bob won't die.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''Everyone'' who shows up in Before The Great Story is a live character in The Great Story.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob was only in a single scene in The Great Story.
* '''Justified''': Fans don't like it when you toss canon aside.
* '''Inverted''': DoomedByCanon
* '''Subverted''': Bob dies in Before The Great Story, his twin brother takes his place and name.
* '''Double Subverted''': Bob didn't really die, and eventually regains his name and place.
* '''Parodied''': "Don't worry about Bob's safety, he is in the next show".
* '''Zig Zagged''': Bob was killed, resurrected, really killed - we promise this time, before time travel was used to solve the problem.

** Bob doesn't appear in Before The Great Story.
** Before starting, The Great Story is explicitly declared an AlternateUniverse prequel - thus anything can happen.

* '''Lampshaded''': Bob goes on the front line, because "he is too important to die".
* '''Invoked''': Whenever a flashback is used.

* '''Defied''': Screw canon.

* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Reconstructed''': Bob has a lot to live up to in The Great Story, so we will just make a prequel instead.

* '''Played For Drama''': Everything good that Bob did in The Great Story is shown to be for an even bigger evil in the prequel.

* '''Exaggerated''': ???

* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't appear in Before The Great Story.
** Before The Great Story is explicitly declared an AlternateUniverse prequel - thus anything can happen.

* '''Exaggerated''': ?

* '''Inverted''': {{DoomedByCanon}}

* '''Deconstructed''': When making a prequel, we can't have as many surprises since the fans know what will follow.
* '''Reconstructed''': Bob has a lot to live up to in The Great Story, so we will just make a prequel instead.

* '''Defied''': Screw canon
* '''Discussed''': ?
* '''Conversed''': ?

* '''Played For Drama''': Everything good that Bob did in The Great Story is shown to be for an even bigger evil in the prequel.