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** The same is true for most of the rest of Crazed Writer's Frollo-centric stories, espeically ''What REALLY Happened,'' which began as an explanation for why Frollo isn't actually the villain but quickly descended into Danisha and Frollo romance.

* Early on in ''FanFic/DeadManWalking'', we learn that neither Kenny or Satan could find Chef in Heaven or Hell, implying that he's still under the control of The Super Adventure Club and Kenny and company are still unaware that they revived Chef even years later. Seemingly setting Chef to come into play at some point. With Satan even promising to keep eye out for him. But this isn't followed up on.

** The author wrote several spin-offs narrating in greater detail and in prose some important bits. In her notes she says that her intention was writing more spin-offs and having all of them published at the same time that the corresponding parts of The Script.

* In ''Fanfic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'']] [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]], the opening of [[spoiler:Vaults]] is set up to produce different results depending on who activated it and under what circumstance they did so. In the [[Fanfic/{{Origins}} sequel]], this notion [[{{Retcon}} disappears entirely]] and they are given a different purpose.

* In ''Fanfic/TropePantheons'', After his failed attempt to corrupt Kyoko Sakura into becoming the witch Ophelia, Albert Wesker had a plan implied to be a Xanatos Gambit. Even if they lost, Wesker has implanted a device into Edward Elric's automail that activates Ignis under the GUAG's nose. However, this hasn't been brought up again.

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* ''Fanfic/BackToTheFrollo'' stared several plot arcs that ultimately were never concluded. Malus and his gypsy gang were mentioned as antagonists but never got full arcs, and Esmeralda is unceremoniously dragged away and her fate is never discussed again.
** The same is true for most of the rest of Crazed Writer's Frollo-centric stories, espeically ''What REALLY Happened,'' which began as an explanation for why Frollo isn't actually the villain but quickly descended into Danisha and Frollo romance.
* ''Fanfic/BoyScoutsOneHalf'': This series used to have a pretty strong (and ''Series/TheXFiles'' inspired) arc about a shadowy conspiracy by some of the older adult Scout leaders. This arc, other then the occasional reference, was dropped after Mike Quadrozzi, one of the authors who once worked on the series, stopped doing so.
* ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/CloudedSky'' was originally intended to be the second in a series of four, but the author decided not to make the third and fourth, leading to certain plot elements being set up without ever receiving any payoff. The meaning of these elements and the author's original plans are all explained in a postscript after the epilogue.
* Early on in the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' fic, ''FanFic/DeadManWalking'', we learn that neither Kenny or Satan could find Chef in Heaven or Hell, implying that he's still under the control of The Super Adventure Club and Kenny and company are still unaware that they revived Chef even years later. Seemingly setting Chef to come into play at some point. With Satan even promising to keep eye out for him. But this isn't followed up on.

* One of the main characters of the ''Anime/SonicX'' fanfic ''Fanfic/DontKeepYourDistance'' is Star, one of Dr. Eggman's robots who turns good and helps the other protagonists. Star cannot speak, communicating only in gestures and ambiguous robot noises, but it is implied early on that it actually cannot understand the animals' speech; this is quickly abandoned, likely for convenience.

* In ''Fanfic/{{Fractured}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'']] [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover crossover]], the opening of [[spoiler:Vaults]] is set up to produce different results depending on who activated it and under what circumstance they did so. In the [[Fanfic/{{Origins}} sequel]], this notion [[{{Retcon}} disappears entirely]] and they are given a different purpose.
* ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsMagicTheAdventuresOfSpike'': The "Spike Party Anthem" arc was cut unceremoniously short, and the arc that was meant to come between it and the "Canterlot Wedding" arc was cut out altogether. Both were a result of the author's computer crashing and losing all his notes for those arcs.
* In the ''Series/{{House}}'' fanfic "Incarceration", there is a conversation between Chase and Foreman where they decide not to tell House who's been running the hospital while he was in prison after Cuddy left. This is not resolved in the fic, which focuses mainly on House's relationship with Wilson and his efforts to get him paroled. The author later revealed it would have been Cameron who had taken over administration.

* ''Fanfic/TheGolds'': Mr. Gold was going to go out and get Rose himself, first going to Moe French and then to Gaston to test his memory-preserving spell. He was just about to leave when he is contacted by a newly awakened Belle telling him that she's coming home.
* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': The chapters "Fear" and "Malachor" introduced several potential plotlines that ended up going nowhere.
** The terentatek's remark about having not sensed a powerful Force-user like Jaune in "many centuries" implies that someone else from the ''Franchise/StarWars'' galaxy had previously visited Remnant. This plot point is immediately dropped and never gets brought up again.
** The mere presence of a terentatek on Remnant opens up the possibility of other Sithspawn like it being present on Remnant. Outside of a few minor {{Call Back}}s, the terentatek is all but forgotten about in future chapters. WordOfGod eventually confirms that, yes, more Dark Side creatures like the terentatek do exist on Remnant, but makes it clear that they don't play a role for the remainder of the plot.
** After Ozpin fails to glean any information about the terentatek from Jaune, he hints that he intends to keep a closer eye on Jaune as well as personally investigate the terentatek's origins at a later date. Nothing really comes out of this and Ozpin only starts paying attention to Jaune after the events of the Breach more than a month later.

* ''Fanfic/LeavingTown'' begins with [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Riko "Erwin" Matsuoto]] and her mother moving to Canada to live with her stepfather after her father's death. Riko's rather bitter about the move, especially since she suspects that her mother was having an affair while Mr. Matsumoto was still alive (especially since she remarried a month after his death). One would think that this would become an important plotline in the story, but Riko mostly forgives her mother after a heart-to-heart talk in Chapter 2.
* In ''[[Fanfic/LivingTheDreamKickass222urmom Living The Dream]]'' It's revealed in the chapter "Great Day" that bronies are causing untold destruction across the Griffin Kingdom. Tensions between Equestria and the griffins are rising to the point of war. Only for the author to state their will be no war in the authors notes.
* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': [[spoiler:Evetta's presence in the Waking World (or rather, her StealthHiBye tendencies in Celestine's personal quarters)]] is one of the driving points that escalates tensions between Kyril and Claudia. After the ''Rebel Scum Arc'', Kyril makes a note to discuss with Claudia as to what she is doing [[spoiler:having Evetta trailed]], but this is dropped later on during the ''Hunt for Mandeville Arc''.

* ''WebVideo/ScootertrixTheAbridged'':
** The series creator Jack Getschman originally planned to reveal at some point near the end of the series, that Pinkie Pie was EvilAllAlong, something that was even foreshadowed by the fact that the very few other [[BreakingTheFourthWall Fourth Wall Breakers]] shown at that point, were antagonists of some kind, But as the show went on, Getschman realized Pinkie was acting too nice for a supposedly evil character. He specifically noted that her showing compassion for Rarity in episode 14 was the last straw. So he scrapped that particular plot twist and says he has a completely different arc planned for Pinkie.
** Early episodes have an odd gag where others would compliment Rarity on her generosity. Or Rarity would call someone else generous, then a {{Sting}} would play while the camera zoomed in on Rarity's face. Then the joke just stopped. Getschman apparently doesn't even remember what that running gag was supposed to be leading up to.

* ''Fanfic/SupermanOf2499TheGreatConfrontation'' deals with the hardships of the descendants of Superman and ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} in the far future. In the fourth chapter a character is fed up with the Family Law which dictates there can only be one Superman and the rest of relatives are supposed to hide their powers. So, he declares he won't pretend to be a normal human again, and a large number of relatives support him. However that subplot was quickly dropped.
* In ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'', there was supposed to be an arc exploiting a [[Website/FourChan /tg/]] joke that claims Leman Russ was turned by Warp into ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'''s Holo. The canon!Leman and Holo!Leman would meet and hijinks would ensue. However, the author decided that the idea is stupid and the girl who was supposed to be Hulu!Leman was retconned into reborn Sister of Silence and then forgotten about.

* ''Fanfic/TheYoungStag'' has Arya's RoaringRampageOfRevenge arc completely removed from the story.

* In ''Fanfic/TalesOfTheEmperasque'', there was supposed to be an arc exploiting a [[Website/FourChan /tg/]] joke that claims Leman Russ was turned by Warp into ''Anime/SpiceAndWolf'''s Hulu. The canon!Leman and Hulu!Leman would meet and hijinks would ensue. However, the author decided that the idea is stupid and the girl who was supposed to be Hulu!Leman was retconned into reborn Sister of Silence and then forgotten about.