History Unperson / WebOriginal

* ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'': An InUniverse example occurs in the episode "The Lost City of Mizu" of the spin-off series ''Tales From the SMP'', where four fishermen in the future discover the titular underwater lost city, supposedly dedicated to preserving the legacy of the characters of the Dream SMP. Unfortunately for them, not only do everyone remembered in the city [[FutureImperfect have their characterizations]] [[{{Flanderization}} horrifically butchered]], but one of the most prominent characters of the series, Wilbur Soot, former President and founder of L'Manburg, is not mentioned in the city ''at all'', and the country he founded is practically only a footnote in the history "documented and displayed" in the city.

** In October 2020, it was for real after explicit and compromising material of fan favorite personalities Ryan Haywood and Creator/{{Funhaus}}'s Adam Kovic leaked online. It became a scandal when some of Adam's images were sussed out to be taken inside the Funhaus offices and that both of them were sexting people who were not their wives. In Ryan's case, he was being sexually inappropriate with fans, with more than one having been 17 at the time. As a result, Ryan announced his departure to repair his family life and Adam blacked out his social media after issuing a brief statement, while Rooster Teeth quietly scrubbed any scheduled content that would have featured them. While it's unclear how much of Adam's content will be removed, Achievement Hunter has since declared that they will be removing all traces of Ryan from content and refuse to acknowledge him in light of the extent of his very inappropriate transgressions. This also led to a ScheduleSlip on the ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' season that would premiere that month, as the producers decided to push the release forward and recast a character voiced by Ryan.

* Jitomi Monoe was released from Music/VOMSProject in February 2021 due to a "[[https://twitter.com/GYARI_/status/1362649351755943937/photo/1 breach of contract]]". While GYARI did confirm that her channel and twitter account would be wiped off their respective platforms, any collabs she did with fellow VOMS Project members Pikamee and Tomoshika, or other Vtubers could stay up (as opposed to asking that they be taken down). However, whatever she did to breach her contract was apparently serious enough that the debut of the two members of the 2nd generation treat her as if she never existed, as their two members [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_FHKD_XoAQFdX_.png:large have in their respective profiles "@VOMS_Project No.03" and "@VOMS_Project No.04"]], rather than "04" and "05" like one would expect.

* Jitomi Monoe was released from WebVideo/VOMSProject in February 2021 due to a "[[https://twitter.com/GYARI_/status/1362649351755943937/photo/1 breach of contract]]". While GYARI did confirm that her channel and twitter account would be wiped off their respective platforms, any collabs she did with fellow VOMS Project members Pikamee and Tomoshika, or other Vtubers could stay up (as opposed to asking that they be taken down). However, whatever she did to breach her contract was apparently serious enough that the debut of the two members of the 2nd generation treat her as if she never existed, as their two members [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_FHKD_XoAQFdX_.png:large have in their respective profiles "@VOMS_Project No.03" and "@VOMS_Project No.04"]], rather than "04" and "05" like one would expect.

* Looking up ''Website/TheBestPageInTheUniverse'' on a computer that's on display in an Apple store will net you a redirect to a [=MacBook=] Pro ad or a 404 error. [[http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=apple_store_ban Maddox had a field day with this]], making the guess that the ban is due to his anti-Apple posts (especially his anti-iPhone post).
--> [[{{Irony}} "Yes, the company that once alluded to an Orwellian future with controlled media, is now controlling media."]]

** After WebVideo/ProJared's wife publicly accused him of having an affair with Ross's ex-wife Holly Conrad and Jared was found to have solicited nude pictures from his fans [[note]]The latter of which turned out to be false[[/note]], every episode where he appeared was removed from the channel.

* Jitomi Monoe was released from VOMS Project in February 2021 due to a "[[https://twitter.com/GYARI_/status/1362649351755943937/photo/1 breach of contract]]". While GYARI did confirm that her channel and twitter account would be wiped off their respective platforms, any collabs she did with fellow VOMS Project members Pikamee and Tomoshika, or other Vtubers could stay up (as opposed to asking that they be taken down). However, whatever she did to breach her contract was apparently serious enough that the debut of the two members of the 2nd generation treat her as if she never existed, as their two members [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_FHKD_XoAQFdX_.png:large have in their respective profiles "@VOMS_Project No.03" and "@VOMS_Project No.04"]], rather than "04" and "05" like one would expect.

** Aloe Mano [[AvertedTrope is not a case of this]], rather she was merely suspended for two weeks after she accidentally leaked sensitive information about herself through a [=Live2D=] and garnered harassment as a result. While she was initially intended to return, before the suspension period was up [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/ijogcy/important_announcement_regarding_mano_aloe/ Aloe "graduated" from the group]], citing that she was not physically or mentally well to return. Her fellow Fifth Generation members, however, still talk about her at times, having stayed in contact with her.
** A somewhat lesser take on this trope resulted from Uruha Rushia's termination at the end of Feburary 2022 [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/t03p7x/notice_regarding_termination_of_our_contract_with/ due to violating NDA through leaking and misinformation]]. Given that Rushia had been active for just over two and a half years (and also had the record for highest amount of revenue generated by Youtube super chats), completely unpersoning her in the manner Hitomi Chris was is impossible, but Rushia has been removed from most materials and her channel was closed on March 31st following a grace period. During the HoloFes 2022 event (which took place a few weeks after her termination), any solo merchandise was removed but any merchandise that featured her alongside other members was still available. Notably, an artbook that boasted details about every active Hololive member still contains Rushia's details but a legal disclaimer was added mentioning that "every active Hololive member as of February 2022", presumably when the book was actually printed. Like with Aloe, Hololive members stress they aren't unpersoning her or making her name taboo.
*** In an unfortunate instance of an accidental unpersoning, the banner for the aforementioned HoloFes still included Rushia... but removed Fourth Generation Member Himemori Luna instead. General fan suspicion is that whoever was tasked with removing Rushia got her mixed up with Luna instead.

** A somewhat lesser take on this trope resulted from Uruha Rushia's termination at the end of Feburary 2022 [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/t03p7x/notice_regarding_termination_of_our_contract_with/ due to violating NDA through leaking and misinformation]]. Given that Rushia had been active for just over two and a half years, completely unpersoning her in the manner Hitomi Chris was is impossible, but Rushia has been removed from most materials and her channel was closed on March 31st following a grace period

* Jitomi Monoe was released from VOMS Project in February 2021 due to a "[[https://twitter.com/GYARI_/status/1362649351755943937/photo/1 breach of contract]]". While GYARI did confirm that her channel and twitter account would be wiped off their respective platforms, leaving behind her appearances in collabs hosted by other members, whatever she did to breach her contract was apparently serious enough that the debut of the two members of the 2nd generation treat her as if she never existed, as their two members [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_FHKD_XoAQFdX_.png:large have in their respective profiles "@VOMS_Project No.03" and "@VOMS_Project No.04"]], rather than "04" and "05" like one would expect.

** A somewhat lesser take on this trope resulted from Uruha Rushia's termination at the end of Feburary 2022. Given that Rushia had been active for just over two and a half years, completely unpersoning her in the manner Hitomi Chris was is impossible, but Rushia has been removed from most materials and her channel was closed on March 31st following a grace period

** Hitomi Chris was removed a mere three weeks after her debut in June 2018. All that remains of her channel is her debut stream.

* PlayedForLaughs with Creator/RoosterTeeth. After Creator/RayNarvaezJr left Creator/AchievementHunter, they go out of their way to act weird around Ray's name being used for kicks, usually playing him off as some no-named wanna-be or mysterious player they have friended. In all honesty, he's still on good terms with the group and shows up from time to time on their podcasts.

** Brad also did this to "Angry Jake" Norvell in early 2015 after Jake stole his girlfriend. Jake's characters were either discontinued or replaced, while Brad and the rest of Team Snob cut ties with him.

** Hitomi Chris was "graduated" a mere three weeks after her debut in June 2018. All that remains of her channel is her debut stream.
** Downplayed in the case of Aloe Mano, who was prematurely "graduated" after she accidentally leaked sensitive information about herself. Her fellow Gen.5 members, however, still talk about her at times, having stayed in contact with her.

** Rushia Uruha had her contract terminated in February 2021 following [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Hololive/comments/t03p7x/notice_regarding_termination_of_our_contract_with/ a leak of sensitive information and spreading false rumors]]. Her channel is scheduled to be shut down and deleted the following March.

** After WebVideo/ProJared's wife publicly accused him of having an affair with Ross's ex-wife Holly Conrad and Jared was found to have solicited nude pictures from his fans, every episode where he appeared was removed from the channel.

* When Blip went under, [[WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou Nash Bozard]] moved most of his videos to Youtube... except those featuring his former partner WebVideo/JesuOtaku, leading to the number 21 being skipped in the prerecorded episodes, orphaned references in [=MAGfest=] specials to a review of the Series/WonderWoman2011Pilot, and the loss of one the late [[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis Jew Wario]]'s guest appearances, though Nash would also remove every live show that featured [[WebVideo/YouCanPlayThis Jew Wario]] after the revelations came out about him.
* In season 2 of ''WebVideo/TheGuild'' [[spoiler:Bladezz deletes Tink's online gaming character Tinkerballa, removing permanently from existence her gold, reputation and "two years of [her] life". She even phrases it as "I don't exist anymore."]]

* ''Website/SFDebris'' has as a RunningGag the idea that Jonathan Archer was considered such an embarrassment that he was wiped from Starfleet's history books. For unknown reasons, he was also wiped from the Klingon history books, and those who know the truth flatly refuse to speak about him.
* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps''

* The Hyacintho Mental Collective from Roleplay/VoidOfTheStars will wipe the memory of any citizen who wants to leave it. Finding someone in the Triarian Collective who hasn't had their memory wiped or altered is all but impossible.
* Looking up ''Website/TheBestPageInTheUniverse'' on a computer that's on display in an Apple store will net you a redirect to a [=MacBook=] Pro ad or a 404 error. [[http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=apple_store_ban Maddox had a field day with this]], making the guess that the ban is due to his anti-Apple posts (especially his anti-iPhone post).
--> [[{{Irony}} "Yes, the company that once alluded to an Orwellian future with controlled media, is now controlling media."]]
* Speaking of Maddox, the final episode of his abruptly cancelled podcast "The Biggest Problem in the Universe" was recorded without his co-host, Dick Masterson, who is also not mentioned once throughout the episode, including the ending where Maddox thanks every single person who's contributed to the show. Over the next few months, it was revealed that personal issues that had been brewing for many months had come to a head and resulted in an ongoing public feud.

* WebVideo/RedLetterMedia
** The channel unlisted all of their videos featuring Creator/MaxLandis after several women accused him of sexual abuse in June of 2019. This included their at-the-time most popular ''WebVideo/BestOfTheWorst'' video ever, with over 2 million views.
** Mike Stoklasa's girlfriend Jesse appeared in many early videos on the channel, but suddenly stopped appearing completely. The hosts have avoided giving a concrete answer to why, saying only that she doesn't appear in videos anymore because she's not in front of the camera when they're recording. The most common rumor is that she decided to halt her involvement after receiving unwanted attention from some stalkery viewers.
* The meme "Music/HatsuneMiku Created X" is an invoked version of this, where the famous synthesiser is credited with inventing a particular piece of media in the place of a controversial (usually homophobic) figure; the caveat behind this being that as a blank slate character, [[CreatorWorship she hasn't done and never will do anything wrong]], and any bad elements are because the figures in question (never referred to by name to keep the illusion) [[StealingTheCredit stole the glory]] and mucked up Miku's vision with their additions. Among other things she's been credited for "creating" are ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise.

* The meme "Music/HatsuneMiku Created X" is an invoked version of this, where the famous synthesiser is credited with inventing a particular piece of media in the place of a controversial figure; the caveat behind this being that as a blank slate character, [[CreatorWorship she hasn't done and never will do anything wrong]], and any bad elements are because the figures in question (never referred to by name to keep the illusion) [[StealingTheCredit stole the glory]] and mucked up Miku's vision with their additions. Among other things she's been credited for "creating" are ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' franchise.

** Following his departure, WebVideo/JonTron was not mentioned by [[Creator/{{Egoraptor}} Arin]] or any of the new Grumps -- all of whom were apparently good friends with him -- in their newer videos, and almost any mention of him was done so in a roundabout way so as to not say his name or include his involvement. While speculation abounds as to whether he had a falling out with the rest of the cast or not, Arin's only official mention of Jon was to say that it's not out of disrespect or to ignore his contribution, but because Arin feels talking about Jon on the show unintentionally drags him back to it and stops all of them from moving on. As of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aVgIkFu36Q Episode 109]] of Arin & Danny's [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokemon FireRed]] series, however, Jon has been mentioned occasionally by name, more than a year and a half after his departure.
** After WebVideo/ProJared's wife publicly accused him of having an affair with Ross's ex-wife Holly Conrad and Jared was alleged to have solicited nude pictures from his fans, every episode where he appeared was removed from the channel.

** In October 2020, it was for real after explicit and compromising material of fan favorite personalities Ryan Haywood and Creator/{{Funhaus}}'s Adam Kovic leaked online. It became a scandal when some of Adam's images were sussed out to be taken inside the Funhaus offices and that both of them were sexting people who were not their wives. In Ryan's case, he was being sexually inappropriate with fans, with more than one having been 17 at the time. As a result, Ryan announced his departure to repair his family life and Adam blacked out his social media after issuing a brief statement, while Rooster Teeth quietly scrubbed any scheduled content that would have featured them. While it's unclear how much of Adam's content will be removed, Achievement Hunter has since declared that they will be removing all traces of Ryan from content and refuse to acknowledge him in light of the extent of his very inappropriate transgressions.

** In October 2020, it was for real after explicit and compromising material of fan favorite personalities Ryan Haywood and Creator/{{Funhaus}}'s Adam Kovic leaked online. It became a scandal when some of Adam's images were sussed out to be taken inside the Funhaus offices and that both of them were sexting people who were not their wives. In Ryan's case, his inappropriate behavior was with fans, with more than one having been 17 at the time. As a result, Ryan announced his departure to repair his family life and Adam blacked out his social media after issuing a brief statement, while Rooster Teeth quietly scrubbed any scheduled content that would have featured them. While it's unclear how much of Adam's content will be removed, Achievement Hunter has since declared that they will be removing all traces of Ryan from content and refuse to acknowledge him in light of the extent of his very inappropriate behavior.

** In October 2020, it was for real after explicit and compromising material of fan favorite personalities Ryan Haywood and Creator/{{Funhaus}}'s Adam Kovic leaked online. It became a scandal when some of Adam's images were sussed out to be taken inside the Funhaus offices and that both of them were sexting people who were not their wives. In Ryan's case, his inappropriate behavior was with fans, with more than one having been 17 at the time. As a result, Ryan announced his departure to repair his family life and Adam blacked out his social media after issuing a brief statement, while Rooster Teeth quietly scrubbed any scheduled content that would have featured them. While it's unclear how much of Adam's content will be removed, Achievement Hunter has since declared that they will be removing all traces of Ryan from content and refuse to acknowledge him.

* Creator/TomSka had done this with one of his earliest and most frequent collaborators, Christopher "Bing" Bingham, in 2014, removing his name from credits, subtitles, and video titles after a falling out. It was later revealed on Tom's Tumblr page that this had been Bing's request, as he no longer wanted to be associated with Tom or his channel after their falling out a year prior, and after a talk with Tom in 2018 where they addressed this, the credits and subtitles were restored. On October 14, Jack Patillo revealed that he would be scrubbing everything Ryan-related from the AH grouping

** In October 2020, it was for real after explicit and compromising material of fan favorite personalities Ryan Haywood and Creator/{{Funhaus}}'s Adam Kovic leaked online. It became a scandal when some of Adam's images were sussed out to be taken inside the Funhaus offices and that both of them were sexting people who were not their wives. In Ryan's case, his inappropriate behavior was with fans, with more than one having been 17 at the time. As a result, Ryan announced his departure to repair his family life and Adam blacked out his social media after issuing a brief statement, while Rooster Teeth quietly scrubbed any scheduled content that would have featured them. But given their heavy prominence in the groups, it's unlikely that Ryan or Adam's past content will be entirely erased, but they won't be mentioned in the future.

* Creator/TomSka had done this with one of his earliest and most frequent collaborators, Christopher "Bing" Bingham, in 2014, removing his name from credits, subtitles, and video titles after a falling out. It was later revealed on Tom's Tumblr page that this had been Bing's request, as he no longer wanted to be associated with Tom or his channel after their falling out a year prior, and after a talk with Tom in 2018 where they addressed this, the credits and subtitles were restored.