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*** There are also the ''Halloween'' [[http://majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11a/devilsdue111908/HwnFD_2_Book-1.jpg comics]], which may or may not canonize the movies or each other for that matter, creating multiple ambiguous, self-contained continuities.
*** While they may be in Broad Strokes, certain aspects of ''Halloween H20'' such as Laurie's fake death and the photos of (presumably) Michael's killings in Loomis' office vaguely add credence to a connection between ''Curse'' and ''H20''. The powers-that-be probably considered canonizing the last three films, but ultimately decided to drop them to restore the franchise to form. A draft of ''H20'' even featured a scene with Laurie vomiting after hearing the news of [[spoiler:her daughter, Jamie Llyod's death]]. One of the comics did actually attempt to bridge the events of ''The Curse of Michael Myers'' and ''H20'', but doing so would've have rendered what happened in ''Resurrection'' to be impossible.

* The tie-in IDW Publishing comic mini-series, ''Star Trek: Countdown'' bridges the continuity gap between ''[[StarTrekNemesis Star Trek: Nemesis]]'' and ''Film/StarTrek'', depicting [[TheSpock Spock Prime]] along with a partial [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] cast reunion helping Nero prevent Romulas' imminent destruction in the prime reality. Though Word of God decanonizes the comics, the film doesn't explicitly ignore them either leaving it's canonicity up to the readers, thus rendering the mini-series' continuity ambiguous. Although it should be noted the graphic novelization of the 2009 movie officially integrates and features the events of ''Countdown'' in the scene where Spock Prime mind-melds with New Kirk.

* The tie-in comic mini-series, ''Star Trek: Countdown'', from IDW publishing, directly preludes ''Star Trek'' (2009) depicting Spock Prime along with a partial [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] cast reunion helping Nero prevent Romulas' destruction in the prime reality, bridging the continuity gap between ''StarTrekNemesis'' and the new 2009 movie. Though Word of God decanonizes the comics, the film doesn't explicitly ignore them either leaving it's canonicity up to the readers, thus rendering the mini-series' continuity ambiguous. Although it should be noted the graphic novelization of the 2009 movie officially integrates and features the events of ''Countdown'' in the scene where Spock Prime mind-melds with New Kirk.

* The tie-in comic mini-series, ''Star Trek: Countdown'', from IDW publishing, directly preludes ''Star Trek'' (2009) depicting Spock Prime along with a partial [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] cast reunion helping Nero prevent Romulas' destruction in the prime reality, 8 years after ''StarTrekNemesis''. Though Word of God decanonizes the comics, the film doesn't explicitly ignore them either leaving it's canonicity up to the readers, thus rendering the mini-series' continuity ambiguous. Although it should be noted the graphic novelization of the 2009 movie officially integrates and features the events of ''Countdown'' in the scene where Spock Prime mind-melds with New Kirk.

* ''SupermanReturns'', while set within the universe of the Christopher Reeve movies, takes place five years after the second movie and uses Canon Discontinuity to ignore the third and fourth films. Although it's been five years since the events of ''Superman II'', which (''presumably'') takes place between 1978 and 1981, a [[http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6033/6243044530_2e1e436692_o.jpg newspaper]] clearly indicates that ''Returns'' is [[ComicBookTime set in 2006]]. [[MST3KMantra Please don't think about this too hard]].

*** Some fans actually do like to take ''Halloweens 1-Resurrection'' (''most'' of them still excluding ''3'') as one timeline despite it being a big, confusing, awkward mess of NegativeContinuity. While they may be in Broad Strokes, certain aspects of ''Halloween H20'' such as Laurie's fake death and the photos of (presumably) Michael's killings in Loomis' office vaguely add credence to their connection. The powers-that-be probably considered canonizing the last three films, but ultimately decided to drop them to restore the franchise to form. A draft of ''H20'' even featured a scene with Laurie vomiting after hearing the news of [[spoiler:her daughter, Jamie Llyod's death]]. One of the comics did attempt to bridge the events of ''The Curse of Michael Myers'' and ''H20'', but doing so would've have rendered what happened in ''Resurrection'' to be impossible.

[[caption-width-right:275:[[Film/TheBatman And they]] [[Comicbook/{{Batman}} each]] [[Series/{{Batman}} have]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries their own]] [[Film/TheDarkKnightSaga continuity]] as well.]]

* DragonFable appears to be in a different timeline from AdventureQuest, since in DragonFable the Great Fire War started before Battleon was founded. This has been confirmed by the devs.
** As well, The'Galin is never mentioned in DragonFable, and likewise AdventureQuest never mentions Sepulchure.
** Oh, and did we forget to mention that AdventureQuest has a completely different map?

* The tie-in comic mini-series, ''Star Trek: Countdown'', from IDW publishing, directly preludes ''Star Trek'' (2009) depicting Spock Prime along with a partial TNG cast reunion helping Nero prevent Romulas' destruction in the prime reality, 8 years after ''StarTrekNemesis''. Though Word of God decanonizes the comics, the film doesn't explicitly ignore them either leaving it's canonicity up to the readers, thus rendering the mini-series' continuity ambiguous. Although it should be noted the graphic novelization of the 2009 movie officially integrates and features the events of ''Countdown'' in the scene where Spock Prime mind-melds with New Kirk.

** Then there's the "H20 Timeline" with ''Halloweens 1, [[Film/HalloweenII1981 2]], [[Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater H20]] and [[Film/HalloweenResurrection Resurrection]]'' since ''Halloween H20'' only [[CanonDiscontinuity ignores]] ''[[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers 4]]'', ''[[Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers 5]]'' and ''6''.

** Then there's the "H20 Timeline" with ''Halloweens 1, [[Film/HalloweenII1981 2]], [[Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater H20]] and [[Film/HalloweenResurrection Resurrection]]'' since ''Halloween H20'' only [[CanonDiscontinuity ignores]] ''3, [[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers 4]]'', ''[[Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers 5]]'' and ''6''.

*** Some fans actually do like to take ''Halloweens 1-Resurrection'' (''most'' of them still excluding ''3'') as one timeline despite it being a big, confusing, awkward mess of NegativeContinuity. While they may be Mythology Gags, certain aspects of ''Halloween H20'' such as Laurie's fake death and the photos of (presumably) Michael's killings in Loomis' office vaguely add credence to their connection. The powers-that-be probably considered canonizing the last three films, but ultimately decided to drop them to restore the franchise to form. A draft of ''H20'' even featured a scene with Laurie vomiting after hearing the news of [[spoiler:her daughter, Jamie Llyod's death]]. One of the comics did attempt to bridge the events of ''The Curse of Michael Myers'' and ''H20'', but doing so would've have rendered what happened in ''Resurrection'' to be impossible.

* The ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' movies were rebooted twice (or possibly three times) and taking the entire franchise into account, there are, at least, 4 potential timelines.
** The first being the "Original Timeline" aka the "Thorn Timeline" which are ''Halloweens [[Film/{{Halloween 1978}} 1]]-[[Film/HalloweenTheCurseofMichaelMyers 6]]'', excluding ''[[Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch 3]]''.
** Then there's the "H20 Timeline" with ''Halloweens 1, [[Film/HalloweenII1981 2]], [[Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater H20]] and [[Film/HalloweenResurrection Resurrection]]'' since ''Halloween H20'' [[CanonDiscontinuity ignores]] ''3, [[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers 4]]'', ''[[Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers 5]]'' and ''6'', but not ''1'' and ''2''.

*** Some fans actually do like to take ''Halloweens 1-Resurrection'' (''most'' of them still excluding ''3'') as one timeline despite it being a big, confusing, awkward mess of NegativeContinuity. While they may be Mythology Gags, certain elements of ''Halloween H20'' such as Laurie's fake death and the photos of (presumably) Michael's killings in Loomis' office vaguely add credence to their connection. The powers-that-be probably considered canonizing the last three films, but ultimately decided to drop them to restore the franchise to form. A draft of ''H20'' even featured a scene with Laurie vomiting after hearing the news of [[spoiler:her daughter, Jamie Llyod's death]]. One of the comics did attempt to bridge the events of ''The Curse of Michael Myers'' and ''H20'', but doing so would've have rendered what happened in ''Resurrection'' to be impossible.

* The tie-in comic mini-series, ''Star Trek: Countdown'', from IDW publishing, directly preludes ''Star Trek'' (2009) depicting Spock Prime along with a partial TNG cast reunion helping Nero prevent Romulas' destruction in the prime reality, 8 years after ''StarTrekNemesis''. Though Word of God decanonizes the comics, the film doesn't explicitly ignore them either leaving it's canonicity up to the readers, thus rendering the mini-series' continuity ambiguous. It should be noted the graphic novelization of the 2009 movie officially integrates and features the events of ''Countdown'' in the scene where Spock Prime mind-melds with New Kirk.

** The first being the "Original Timeline" aka the "Thorn Timeline" which is ''Halloween [[Film/{{Halloween 1978}} 1]]-[[Film/HalloweenTheCurseofMichaelMyers 6]]'', excluding ''[[Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch 3]]''.
** Then there's the "H20 Timeline" with ''Halloween 1, [[Film/HalloweenII1981 2]], [[Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater H20]] and [[Film/HalloweenResurrection Resurrection]]'' since ''Halloween H20'' [[CanonDiscontinuity ignores]] ''[[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers 4]]'', ''[[Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers 5]]'' and ''6'', but not ''1'' and ''2''.
** ''Halloween 3'', which abandons the Myers storyline, would probably be it's own independent timeline as it references certain thematic elements seen in the first two movies despite always being put into discontinuity from the rest of the series. Also, a MythologyGag briefly shows a TV commercial of the first movie playing ''within'' this one, making the first two movies as Type 2 [[FilmWithinAFilm films within a film]].

*** Some fans actually do like to take ''Halloween 1-Resurrection'' (''most'' of them still excluding ''3'') as one timeline despite it being a big, awkward mess of NegativeContinuity. While they may be mythology gags, certain elements of ''Halloween H20'' such as Laurie's fake death and the photos of (presumably) Michael's killings in Loomis' office vaguely add credence to their connection. The powers-that-be probably considered canonizing the last three films, but ultimately decided to drop them because of their bad quality and incompatibility with the story. A draft of ''H20'' even featured a scene with Laurie vomiting after hearing the news of [[spoiler:her daughter, Jamie Llyod's death]]. One of the comics did attempt to bridge the events of ''The Curse of Michael Myers'' and ''H20'', but doing so would've have rendered what happened in ''Resurrection'' to be impossible.

** Then there's the "H20 Timeline" with ''Halloween 1, [[Film/HalloweenII1981 2]], [[Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater H20]] and [[Film/HalloweenResurrection Resurrection]]'' since ''Halloween H20'' [[CanonDiscontinuity ignores]] ''[[Film/Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers 4]]'', ''[[Film/Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers 5]]'' and ''6''.
** ''[[Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch Halloween 3]]'', which abandons the Myers storyline, would probably be it's own independent timeline as it references certain thematic elements seen in the first two movies despite always being put into discontinuity from the rest of the series. Also, a MythologyGag briefly shows a TV commercial of the first movie playing ''within'' this one, making the first two movies as Type 2 [[FilmWithinAFilm films within a film]].

** ''[[Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch Halloween 3]]'' which abandons the Myers storyline would probably be it's own independent timeline as it references certain thematic elements seen in the first two movies despite always being put into discontinuity from the rest of the series. Theres one scene that shows a TV commercial of the first movie, making the first two movies as Type 2 [[FilmWithinAFilm films within a film]] to this one.

*** Some fans actually do like to take ''Halloween 1-Resurrection'' (''most'' of them still excluding ''3'') as one timeline despite it being a big, awkward mess of NegativeContinuity. While they may be [[MythologyGag mythology gags]], certain elements of ''Halloween H20'' such as Laurie's fake death and the photos of (presumably) Michael's killings in Loomis' office vaguely add credence to their connection. The powers-that-be probably considered canonizing the last three films, but ultimately decided to drop them because of their bad quality. A draft of ''H20'' even featured a scene with Laurie vomiting after hearing the news of [[spoiler:her daughter, Jamie Llyod's death]]. One of the comics did attempt to bridge the events of ''The Curse of Michael Myers'' and ''H20'', but doing so would've have rendered what happened in ''Resurrection'' to be impossible.

** ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch'' would probably be it's own independent timeline as it references certain thematic elements seen in the first two movies despite always being put into discontinuity from the rest of the series. The franchise was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] intended to be a "Halloween-themed" anthology series and not just slasher films. The Michael Myers storyline, however, proved to be more commercially popular and was revived in the forth film sort of making it the first quasi-reboot of the series. Plus, one scene shows a TV commercial of the first movie, making the first two movies as Type 2 [[FilmWithinAFilm films within a film]] to this one.

*** Some fans actually do like to take ''Halloween 1-Resurrection'' (''most'' of them still excluding ''3'') as one timeline despite it being a big, awkward mess of NegativeContinuity. While they may be [[MythologyGag mythology gags]], certain elements of ''Halloween H20'' such as Laurie's fake death and the photos of (presumably) Michael's killings in Loomis' office vaguely add credence to their connection. A draft of ''H20'' even featured a scene with Laurie vomiting after hearing the news of [[spoiler:her daughter, Jamie Llyod's death]]. One of the comics did attempt to bridge the events of ''The Curse of Michael Myers'' and ''H20'', but doing so would've have rendered what happened in ''Resurrection'' to be impossible.

* The tie-in comic mini-series, ''Star Trek: Countdown'', from IDW publishing, directly preludes ''Star Trek'' (2009) depicting Spock Prime along with a partial TNG cast reunion trying to help Nero in preventing Romulas' destruction in the prime reality 8 years after ''StarTrekNemesis''. Though Word of God declares the comics non-canon, the film doesn't explicitly ignore them either leaving it's canonicity up to the readers, thus rendering the mini-series' continuity ambiguous. It should be noted the graphic novelization of the 2009 movie officially integrates and features the events of ''Countdown'' in the scene where Spock Prime mind-melds with New Kirk.

*** Some fans actually do take ''Halloween 1-Resurrection'' (''most'' of them still excluding 3) as one timeline despite it being a big, awkward mess of NegativeContinuity. While they may be [[MythologyGag mythology gags]], certain elements of ''Halloween H20'' such as Laurie's fake death and the photos of (presumably) Michael's killings in Loomis' office vaguely add credence to their connection. A draft of ''H20'' even featured a scene with Laurie vomiting after hearing the news of [[spoiler:her daughter, Jamie Llyod's death]]. One of the comics did attempt to bridge the events of ''The Curse of Michael Myers'' and ''H20'', but doing so would've have rendered what happened in ''Resurrection'' to be impossible.

* The ''{{Franchise/Halloween}}'' movies were rebooted twice (or possibly three times) and taking the entire franchise into account, there are, at least, 4 potential timelines.
** The first being the "Original Timeline" aka the "Thorn Timeline" which is ''Halloween [[{{Film/Halloween1978}} 1]]-[[HalloweenTheCurseofMichaelMyers 6]]'', excluding ''[[HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch 3]]''.
** Then there's the "H20 Timeline" with ''Halloween 1, [[Film/HalloweenII1981 2]], [[Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater H20]] and [[Film/HalloweenResurrection Resurrection]]'' since ''Halloween H20'' [[CanonDiscontinuity ignores]] ''[[Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers 4]]'', ''[[Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers 5]]'' and ''6''.
** ''Halloween III'' would probably be it's own independent timeline as it references certain thematic elements seen in the first two movies despite always being put into discontinuity from the rest of the series. The franchise was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] intended to be a "Halloween-themed" anthology series and not just slasher films. The Michael Myers storyline, however, proved to be more commercially popular and was revived in the forth film sort of making it the first quasi-reboot of the series. Plus, one scene shows a TV commercial of the first movie, making the first two movies as Type 2 [[FilmWithinAFilm films within a film]] to this one.
** And finally, we have the "Reboot Timeline" with [[RobZombie Rob Zombie's]] [[{{Film/Halloween2007}} 2007 Re-imagining]] and it's [[Film/HalloweenII2009 sequel]], completely separate from all previous entries.

* ''SupermanReturns'', while set within the universe of the Christopher Reeve movies, takes place five years after the second movie and uses Canon Discontinuity to ignore the third and fourth films. Although it's been five years since the events of ''Superman II'', which (''presumably'') takes place between 1978 and 1981, a newspaper clearly indicates that ''Returns'' is [[ComicBookTime set in 2006]]. [[MST3KMantra Please don't think about this too hard]].

* ''SupermanReturns'', while set within the universe of the Christopher Reeve movies, takes place five years after the second movie and uses Canon Discontinuity to ignore the third and fourth films. Although it's been five years since what had happened in ''Superman II'', which is set somewhere between 1978 and 1981, a newspaper in ''Returns'' clearly indicates that it is [[ComicBookTime set in 2006]]. [[MST3KMantra Please don't think about this too hard]].

** ''Halloween III'' would probably count as it's own independent continuity as it references certain thematic elements seen in the first two movies despite always being put into discontinuity from the rest. The franchise was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] intended to be a "Halloween-themed" anthology series and not just slasher films. The Michael Myers storyline, however, proved to be more commercially popular and was revived in the forth film sort of making it the first quasi-reboot of the series. One scene shows a commercial of the first movie playing on TV, making the first two movies as Type 2 [[FilmWithinAFilm films within a film]] to this one.

** And finally, we have the "Reboot Timeline" with [[RobZombie Rob Zombie's]] [[{{Film/Halloween2007}} 2007 "Re-imagining"]] and it's [[Film/HalloweenII2009 sequel]], completely separate from all previous entries.

** The first being the "Original Timeline" aka the "Thorn Timeline which is ''Halloween [[{{Film/Halloween1978}} 1]]-[[HalloweenTheCurseofMichaelMyers 6]]'', excluding ''[[HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch 3]]''.

*** Some fans actually do take ''Halloween 1-Resurrection'' (''most'' of them still excluding 3) as one timeline despite it being one big, awkward mess of NegativeContinuity. While they may be [[MythologyGag mythology gags]], certain elements of ''Halloween H20'' such as Laurie's fake death and the photos of (presumably) Michael's killings in Loomis' office vaguely add credence to their connection. A draft of ''H20'' even featured a scene with Laurie vomiting after hearing the news of [[spoiler:her daughter, Jamie Llyod's death]]. One of the comics did attempt to bridge the events of ''The Curse of Michael Myers'' and ''H20'', but doing so would've have rendered what happened in ''Resurrection'' to be impossible.

** The first being the "Original Timeline" with ''Halloween [[{{Film/Halloween1978}} 1]]-[[HalloweenTheCurseofMichaelMyers 6]]'', excluding ''[[HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch 3]]''. It's sometimes known as, "The Thorn Timeline".

** ''Halloween III'' could probably count as it's own independent continuity as it references certain thematic elements seen in the first two movies despite always being put into discontinuity from the rest of films. The franchise was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] intended to be a "Halloween-themed" anthology series and not just slasher films. The Michael Myers storyline, however, proved to be more commercially popular and was revived in the forth film sort of making it the first quasi-reboot of the series. One scene shows a commercial of the first movie playing on TV, making the first two movies as Type 2 [[FilmWithinAFilm films within a film]] to this one.

** The first being the "Original Timeline" with ''Halloween [[{{Film/Halloween1978}} 1]]-[[HalloweenTheCurseofMichaelMyers 6]]'', excluding ''[[HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch 3]]'' also known as, "The Thorn Timeline".

** The first being the "Original Timeline" with ''Halloween [[{{Film/Halloween1978}} 1]]-[[HalloweenTheCurseofMichaelMyers 6]]'', excluding ''[[HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch 3]]''

** The first being ''Halloween [[{{Film/Halloween1978}} 1]]-[[HalloweenTheCurseofMichaelMyers 6]]'', excluding ''[[HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch 3]]''
** Then there's ''Halloween 1, [[Film/HalloweenII1981 2]], [[Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater H20]] and [[Film/HalloweenResurrection Resurrection]]'' since ''Halloween H20'' ignores ''[[Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers 4]]'', ''[[Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers 5]]'' and ''6''.
** ''Halloween III'' could probably count as it's own continuity as it references certain thematic elements seen in the first two movies. The franchise was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] intended to be a "Halloween-themed" anthology series and not just slasher films. The Michael Myers storyline, however, proved to be more commercially popular and was revived in the forth film sort of making it the first quasi-reboot of the series. One scene shows a commercial of the first movie playing on TV, making the first two movies as Type 2 [[FilmWithinAFilm films within a film]] to this one.
** And finally, we have [[RobZombie Rob Zombie's]] [[{{Film/Halloween2007}} 2007 reboot]] and it's [[Film/HalloweenII2009 sequel]].
*** There are also the ''Halloween'' [[http://majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11a/devilsdue111908/HwnFD_2_Book-1.jpg comics]], which may or may not canonize the movies or each other for that matter, creating multiple ambiguous continuities.
*** Some fans actually do take ''Halloweens 1-Resurrection'' (''most'' of them still excluding 3) as one timeline despite it being one big, awkward mess of NegativeContinuity. While they may be [[MythologyGag mythology gags]], certain elements of ''Halloween H20'' such as Laurie's fake death and the photos of (presumably) Michael's killings in Loomis' office vaguely add credence to their connection. A draft of ''H20'' even featured a scene with Laurie vomiting after hearing the news of [[spoiler:her daughter, Jamie Llyod's death]]. One of the comics did attempt to bridge the events of ''The Curse of Michael Myers'' and ''H20'', but doing so would've have rendered what happened in ''Resurrection'' to be impossible.

* ''SupermanReturns'', while set within the universe of the Christopher Reeve movies, takes place five years after the second movie and uses Canon Discontinuity to ignore the third and fourth films. Although it is set five years after ''Superman II'', which is set in 1980, ''Returns'' is [[ComicBookTime set in 2006]]. [[MST3KMantra Please don't think about this too hard]].

** The first being ''Halloweens [[{{Film/Halloween1978}} 1]]-[[HalloweenTheCurseofMichaelMyers 6]]'', excluding ''[[HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch 3]]''
** Then there's ''Halloweens 1, [[Film/HalloweenII1981 2]], [[Film/HalloweenH20TwentyYearsLater H20]] and [[Film/HalloweenResurrection Resurrection]]'' since ''Halloween H20'' ignores ''[[Halloween4TheReturnOfMichaelMyers 4]]'', ''[[Halloween5TheRevengeOfMichaelMyers 5]]'' and ''6''.
** ''Halloween III'' could probably be it's own continuity since one scene shows a TV spot of the first movie, making the first two movies as Type 2 [[FilmWithinAFilm films within a film]] to this one. The franchise was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally]] intended to be a "Halloween-themed" anthology series and not just slasher films. The Michael Myers storyline, however, proved to be more commercially popular and was revived in the forth film sort of making it the first reboot of the series.