History Main / ContinuityReboot

** Considering [[spoiler:[[TheHeroDies the ending]]]] of ''Film/NotimeToDie'' and the "James Bond Will Return" message, a continuity reboot will be inevitable going forward.

** Another reboot took place after the conclusion of ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' in 2012. The character has been incorporated into the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, making his first appearance in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' in 2016.
* ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' is a Continuity Reboot of the ''Film/JamesBond'' movie series, showing Bond as a 00 agent on his first mission, and giving the movie a much more [[DarkerAndEdgier realistic and serious]] setting and style than those before it.

* Ditto Spider-Man being updated first in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', then ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderman'', and now ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}''.

* The Hummer brand was shut down in 2009 due to General Motors' restructuring at that time (which also killed off Pontiac and Saturn brands). When it was relaunched in 2020 as a GMC model, it has gone fully-electric instead of carrying gasoline engines like their predecessors, though the HummerDinger trope is still in effect.

* PlayedForLaughs in [[https://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2010-01-18 this]] ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}''.

* The ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' did this twice. The first time was set up by ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' and the second more vaguely by ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''. ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis'' then did it a ''third'' time, restoring a version of the Legion mostly like the original. It was later revealed that all three Legions were canonical. At the same time. The first Legion is canonical to the main DCU. The Zero Hour one is from a universe that was destroyed during ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' which "replaced" the first one because of the Time Trapper's interference. The Threeboot universe is a Legion from an existing AlternateUniverse, Earth-Prime, which the Time Trapper tried to replace after the Zero Hour Legion got thrown into the Bleed (or Limbo or whatever).

* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'' briefly touches upon this in the review for ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'' when Linkara discusses the Legion of Super-Heroes' convoluted Post-Crisis history. He ultimately convinces himself that these sorts of things are a good idea.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo'' is a reboot of the original ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' series that ran from 1984 to 2020. As well as a shift from CGI animation to 2D animation, it will make the engines more childlike and get rid of their drivers and firemen, [[SentientVehicle allowing them to move themselves]]. [[note]] This wasn't the only time a Thomas and Friends production had the engines move without drivers and firemen and had [[OnlySoManyCanadianActors a Canadian voice cast]], as ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad'' has done the exact same thing [[/note]]

* Wrestling/{{WWE}} rebooted early in 1984, after the company officially went national and Wrestling/HulkHogan became its first worldwide media darling. Anything that happened in WWE prior to '84 is rendered in BroadStrokes.
* A rare in-company example would be Wrestling/{{WCW}}, which was rebooted from scratch when Wrestling/EricBischoff and Wrestling/VinceRusso became the new creative team in April 2000. It ultimately didn't work, as WCW was gone within the year.

* ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHolograms'' is a reimagining of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' set in the 2010s instead of the late 1980s.

* And X-Men with ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', cashing in on the film with its own interpretation and continuity separate from the rather faithful (in a BroadStrokes sense) [[WesternAnimation/XMen 90s cartoon]]. And then rebooted again 8 years later with ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen''.

* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' received a new anime adaptation in 2019 which starts from the beginning and [[TruerToTheText adapts the manga more faithfully]] than the 2001 anime adaptation did. Since Creator/NatsukiTakaya [[DisownedAdaptation famously disliked the 2001 anime]] even while it was in production, it's fairly obvious why a new anime was made.

* The ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' franchise was rebooted as ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro''. ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' was then partly another ''Spyro'' reboot and partly a new franchise launch. ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy'' is a remaster/remake of the original trilogy that goes back into the first continuity, but many character designs are way different, to the point it may be considered a fourth continuity.

* Creator/IlluminationEntertainment[='=]s upcoming ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' movie will completely disregard the events of the critically-panned [[Film/SuperMarioBros live-action film]] from 1993, as well as the [[WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow three]] [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfSuperMarioBros3 animated]] [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioWorld series]] before it. It will also ignore ''Anime/TheGreatMissionToSavePrincessPeach'' (although, considering its obscurity, it's unlikely that its existence was ever addressed by the producers to begin with).

* ComicBook/ThePunisher. Creator/GarthEnnis basically rebooted the story TWICE. Once starting with the "ComicBook/WelcomeBackFrank" storyline and AGAIN with ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' series. While the former basically paints over the previous continuity and ignores it (mentioning some of it only in "broad strokes" like the "[[Comicbook/ThePunisherPurgatory Angel-Punisher]]" arc), the latter is a complete reboot set in its own, new "grittier" reality with no superhero characters (although some characters from other Marvel comics, like Microchip, are roped in - albeit with a more "realistic" spin).

** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' was somewhere between a SoftReboot and a full continuity reboot, with the severity depending on whether you grew up with the diverging Japanese or western continuity. Starting with that game, the western versions of the games began to follow the Japanese continuity; thus, for example, Sonic now [[EarthDrift lives on Earth instead of the distant planet Mobius]], and "Eggman" is adopted as the antagonist's primary name instead of "Robotnik". ''Sonic Adventure'' does make it clear that the events of the classic Genesis games still occurred in this universe, but only indirectly through flashbacks or {{Continuity Nod}}s.

** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' was somewhere between a SoftReboot and a full continuity reboot, with the severity depending on whether you grew up with the diverging Japanese or western continuity. Starting with that game, the western versions of the games began to follow the Japanese continuity; thus, for example, Sonic now [[EarthDrift lives on Earth instead of the distant planet Mobius]], and "Eggman" is adopted as the antagonist's primary name instead of "Robotnik". It's been implied in later games that the classic Genesis titles may take place in an AlternateUniverse, but ''Sonic Adventure'' itself makes it clear that the events of those games still occurred, albeit only indirectly.
* It's said that ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' was meant to have been a reboot (or at least lead ''into'' a reboot) of the ''Sonic'' games for the modern age. However, with how bad the game was thanks to being ChristmasRushed, the only thing the game did was {{Retcon}} itself out of continuity. Even this is also thrown out the window with ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', which treats ''Sonic 2006'' as canonical as well as every other 3D ''Sonic'' game.

* It's said that ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'' was meant to have been a reboot (or at least lead TO a reboot) of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog the Sonic games]] for the modern age. However, with how bad the game was thanks to being ChristmasRushed, the only thing the game did was {{Retcon}} itself out of continuity. Even this is also thrown out the window with ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'', which treats ''Sonic 2006'' as canonical as well as every other 3D ''Sonic'' game.

* Every time ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' gets a [[AdaptationOverdosed new adaptation]], it tends to be in a new continuity. Only the original manga and a few later-released [=OVAs=] seem to share continuities.

** UsefulNotes/{{The Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} was originally started by DC rebooting most of its lines of comics starting with Franchise/TheFlash in 1956, but later extending to Franchise/GreenLantern, ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}, ComicBook/TheAtom, Franchise/WonderWoman and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica, whose reboot included a slight name change to the Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica. Most of these reboots also included [[{{Retool}} Retools]] as well to make the series more sci-fi oriented. The original continuity that was displaced by these reboots was later shown to take place in an alternate universe, Earth-Two, which would later regularly crossover with the reboot universe, which was dubbed Earth-One.
** Technically, in the ComicBook/{{New 52}} universe, [[ComicBook/TheFlash Barry Allen]] and ComicBook/BoosterGold survive the old universe, but only remember their new lives (Barry does apparently remember his time in the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' universe, but not his old life in the original). And the Green Lantern and Batman continuity has been reproduced in this universe, but otherwise it's a complete reboot, although some of the major stories of the past (such as a version of ComicBook/BlackestNight) still took place.

* ''Comicbook/RogueTrooper'' was rebooted in 1989 with a new character, new war, and new planet, but the same basic plot (though with a variant story and different facets emphasized). Later on, the two versions were brought together.

** Earth-4 was created and destroyed in ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', and, coming pre-''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', didn't have any influence from it.

** Earth-10's Pre-Crisis analog, Earth-X, was a world where the Nazis won and the Freedom Fighters were LaResistance, but had no Franchise/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}}. It was destroyed in the Crisis. When it was restored in ''[[ComicBook/FiftyTwo 52]]'', it featured a Nazi version of the Justice League, which hadn't been done before. Conflicting portrayals in ''Comicbook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'' had a standard generic Nazi League and an America covered in concentration camps. In ''Countdown: Arena'', a Nazi version of the Ray was chosen as a contestant by Monarch, and it was mentioned the current Fuhrer was a woman. Morrison disregarded most of this and reestablished his own version of Earth-10 in ''Comicbook/FinalCrisis''.

** The post-''Comicbook/InfiniteCrisis'' Earth-33 was originally a magic-based world home to the League of Shamans, but since that was seen in ''Comicbook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'', naturally it's been ignored just as everything else from that series was. Earth-33 is now the superhero-less "real world", formerly called Earth-Prime.

** Earth-43, a universe home to the ''Comicbook/BatmanVampire'' trilogy, was originally called Earth-1191 in the first Multiverse before the Crisis.
** Earth-50 was originally the universe in which the Creator/{{Wildstorm}} Universe was set. With the universe now merged with the DCU in ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''[=/=]''ComicBook/{{New 52}}'', it's now the home of the Justice Lords from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. Almost fitting, considering WordOfGod said the Justice Lords were based on ''ComicBook/TheAuthority''.

* Cure Shabon has expressed interest in redoing ''FanFic/PrettyCurePerfumePreppy'' and fixing its mistakes in the form of a new product called ''Fragrant Pretty Cure''. As of now, there isn't any more information than that.

* In the sixth game of the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Project'' series, the series shifted from the UsefulNotes/PC98 to Windows 95. While some things from the PC-98 era were kept, the continuity began anew for the Windows era.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo'' is a reboot of the original ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' series that ran from 1984 to 2020. As well as a shift from CGI animation to 2D animation, it will make the engines more childlike and get rid of their drivers and firemen, [[SentientVehicle allowing them to move themselves]]. [[note: This wasn't the only time a Thomas and Friends production had the engines move without drivers and firemen and had [[OnlySoManyCanadianActors a Canadian voice cast]], as ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad'' has done the exact same thing]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriendsAllEnginesGo'' is a reboot of the original ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' series that ran from 1984 to 2020. As well as a shift from CGI animation to 2D animation, it will make the engines more childlike and get rid of their drivers and firemen, [[SentientVehicle allowing them to move themselves]].

* [[WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine Thomas And Friends: Big World, Big Adventures]] (since 2018) turned a popular kids show that hasn't gone through a format change (asides from the CGI switch in 2010 which gave the engines their own voice actors) into one, complete with a new steam team, episodes being about "across the world" adventures mixed with ones set on Sodor and Thomas also being the narrator.

However, in a meta standpoint, reboots are not actually something that puts an end to main continuities then revives them differently. In conjunction with the reboots being made, the mainstream counterparts still actually exist because they were not only preserved, but also archived ever since, therefore making them alternate continuities above all else, or in an alternate perspective, even as replicated continuities that happen to be invented with deviations to keep them from being exactly alike. In terms of simplicity, if a company "reboots" a specific show or whatever the case may be, the main continuity on the former side doesn't cease to exist. This is TruthInTelevision as it has been revealed, the mainstream entertainment media was archived online ever since as well as in real life, even to this day. For one example, this is also proven with the websites where you can watch cartoons online, even though the said kind of sites are to archive and preserve them.

Often called a "re-imagining" by squeamish writers not wanting to admit that they are throwing out previous continuity (though not always, see AlternateContinuity for exceptions), though this causes confusion as "re-imagining" is also used in the same context as "remake": ground-up retellings with no connection to past continuity (''Film/PlanetOfTheApes2001'', for example, which is credited with popularizing the term "re-imagining" in this context). Often abused by [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer ignorant journalists]] who refer to any reappearance of a show as a "reboot", even when it is explicitly a {{Revival}}. For when the reboot is caused by a specific, identifiable character, ''that character'' is a ContinuityRebooter. When it just happens to one person it is RetGone. If the original continuity is later revisited and ignores the newer canon, you have an {{Unreboot}}.