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Basic Trope: A Retcon in which a newer work acts as if certain older works never happened.

  • Straight: The fourth film in the Alice and Bob series, Alice and Bob in Time acts as if the events of Alice and Bob 3: The Revenge of Emperor Evulz never happened.
  • Exaggerated:
    • Alice and Bob in Time only acts as if the first entry occurred.
    • Alice and Bob in Time is a Continuity Reboot; the characters all meet each other again, as none of the previous films ever occurred in this new timeline.
  • Downplayed: Alice and Bob in Time is a direct sequel to 3, however it ignores the ending that implies that Emperor Evulz' son would have taken over as the Big Bad.
  • Justified: Alice and Bob in Time is a What If? film, in which Emperor Evulz never makes his return and instead focuses on a new villain.
  • Inverted: Ret-Canon
  • Subverted: It initially seems like Alice and Bob in Time is going to ignore 3, however it is confirmed in the opening that it takes place right after.
  • Double Subverted: In an Alternate Universe.
  • Parodied: ???
  • Zig-zagged: Schrödinger's Canon, Broad Strokes
  • Averted: Alice and Bob in Time is a direct sequel to Alice and Bob 3: The Revenge of Emperor Evulz.
  • Enforced: Alice and Bob 3: was a poorly received movie, so it was decanonized in the hope of replacing it with a better-received movie.
  • Lampshaded: Discontinuity Nod

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