History Main / ContinuityReboot

* It isn't promoted as such, but the 2011 DirectToVideo film ''Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown'' qualifies as this to the original run of the entire animated ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' adaptation library, which lasted from 1965 to 2006. This adapts material from the strips that had previously been adapted before into the franchise's SaturdayMorningCartoon and the special ''It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown'', focusing on the cast that had been established as of the 1960s (Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroder, Sally, Sheremy, Patty, Violet and Snoopy), dialing down the latter's emphasis on focus, and has a sharper sense of humor and a quieter, more melancholy tone than post-''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'' adaptations did. The special also utilizes the visual design of the earlier specials, and keeping the acting style and the jazz score that had been part of the franchise ever since.

** Only a year after ''Shin Godzilla'', Toho began releasing a trio of animated Godzilla films set in their own contained continuity, once again completely unrelated to any of the other films, which began with ''Anime/GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters''.

** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]'' implies it and ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' are reboots set in an AlternateUniverse from the pre-3DS games. ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' confirms this with [[spoiler:the appearance of Anabel from ''Pokémon Emerald'', who came to the new universe from the pre-Gen VI one]]. However, unlike most reboots, it's implied the old games still happened in mostly the same way, the only difference being that [[ForWantOfANail Mega Evolutions exist thanks to AZ firing his weapon in the distant past]].

->'''Sheldon:''' Wait -- the new Hulk movie is NOT a sequel??\\
'''Arthur:''' Nope. They're admitting the first movie was tempestuous bat-guano, and starting again.\\

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', the first ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' game published by Creator/WarnerBros, mixes this trope with AlternateContinuity: picking up right where ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon'' left off, Raiden is about to be killed by Shao Kahn and thus invokes the TimeyWimeyBall by sending a telepathic message to his younger self, warning him of events to come. The game thus visits altered versions of the [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 first]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombatII three]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 games]] as twisted by a Raiden with knowledge he wasn't supposed to have back then, attempting to prevent [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Armageddon]] from even happening. The franchise would have a ''second'' reboot with ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' ([[SequelNumberSnarl actually the twelfth mainline game in the series]]), which follows the conclusion of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', where [[RestartTheWorld time itself has been completely reset and rebuilt]] with one major change: [[TheHero Liu Kang]] has succeeded Raiden as the godly BigGood.

* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats2021'' takes place in a timeline alternate to [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} the original series]], being set in TheNewTwenties rather than TheNineties and having characters have different voices[[note]]The adults at least, since all of the kids have the same voice actors as in the original series, with the exception of Kimi due to Dionne Quan having retired.[[/note]] and personalities, such as Grandpa Lou being a NewAgeRetroHippie and Betty [=DeVille=] being a lesbian.
* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonsLooniversity'' is a 2023 reboot of the 1990s ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' series. While Adventures had Buster and Babs as friends which often led to them saying their iconic "No Relation" catchphrase, Looniversity will have Buster and Babs as twin siblings.

** For instance a flashback to ''ComicBook/KravensLastHunt'' from Post-OMD issues implies that it was Uncle Ben's memory that gave him the HeroicResolve to come out of the grave when in the comic it was MJ and her role as his newlywed wife that gave him his strength. Likewise, Quesada also claims that Baby May never happened when that was a major part of the entire ''ComicBook/TheCloneSaga''. Creator/NickSpencer's [[ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManNickSpencer Spider-Man]], which opens with a ShoutOut to Matt Fraction's "To Have and to Hold" (an annual that celebrates Peter and MJ's marriage and is fundamentally about it), alludes to it being a dream Peter had about how things should be, which alludes to the fact that the marriage was crucially relevant to several stories that no longer work with a substitute.

* ComicBook/ThePunisher. Creator/GarthEnnis basically rebooted the story TWICE. Once starting with the ''[[ComicBook/ThePunisherWelcomeBackFrank Welcome Back, Frank]]'' 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).

* It isn't promoted as such, but the 2011 DirectToVideo film ''Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown'' qualifies as this to the original run of the entire animated ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' adaptation library, which lasted from 1965 to 2006. Adapting material from the strips that had previously been adapted before into the franchise's SaturdayMorningCartoon and the special ''It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown'', focusing on the cast that had been established as of the 1960s (Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroder, Sally, Sheremy, Patty, Violet and Snoopy), dialing down the latter's emphasis on focus, and has a sharper sense of humor and a quieter, more melancholy tone than post-''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'' adaptations did. The special also utilizes the visual design of the earlier specials, and keeping the acting style and the jazz score that had been part of the franchise ever since.

* It isn't promoted as such, but the 2011 DirectToVideo film ''Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown'' qualifies as this to the original run of the entire animated ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' adaptation library, which lasted from 1965 to 2006. (which ended in 2006). Adapting material from the strips that had previously been adapted before into the franchise's SaturdayMorningCartoon and the special ''It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown'', focusing on the cast that had been established as of the 1960s (Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroder, Sally, Sheremy, Patty, Violet and Snoopy), dialing down the latter's emphasis on focus, and has a sharper sense of humor and a quieter, more melancholy tone than post-''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'' adaptations did. The special also utilizes the visual design of the earlier specials, and keeping the acting style and the jazz score that had been part of the franchise ever since.

* It isn't promoted as such, but the 2011 DirectToVideo film ''Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown'' is this to the original run of ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' animated adaptations (which ended in 2006). Adapting material from the strip that had previously been incorporated into the franchise's SaturdayMorningCartoon and the special ''It's an Adventure, Charlie Brown'' in TheEighties, it focuses on the core cast of the strip as it stood in TheSixties (Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Schroder, Sally, and Snoopy), scales back Snoopy's SpotlightStealingSquad and {{Slapstick}} tendencies, and has a sharper sense of humor and a quieter, more melancholy tone than post-''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'' adaptations did. It also disregards the strip and specials' ArtEvolution in favor of using the character and background designs from TheSixties, though it keeps the voice acting style and jazz scoring forever linked to the franchise.

** 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, played by Creator/BenAffleck.
** Then there's ''Film/TheBatman2022'', which has its own AlternateContinuity. Affleck's Batman has not been abandoned however, as he's set to appear in, at the very least, ''Film/{{The Flash|2023}}''.
* ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' is a very clear continuity reboot of the ''Film/JamesBond'' 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 as well as more continuity, to the point of forming a MythArc with ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', ''Film/{{Skyfall}}'', ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' and ''Film/NoTimeToDie''.

* ''WesternAnimation/LittlePeople'' has got its first reboot in 2013. Although where the collectors of the toys is concerned, this may as well be the fifth reboot of the toys (the franchise did not get a TV show until the fourth reboot era).

* ''Webcomic/CheapThrills'', a {{Furry Webcomic|s}} which became a de facto OrphanedSeries after creator/artist S. E. Case went on an extended hiatus in December 2012, is being relaunched as ''Rigsby, WI'' in early 2019. This reboot shifts the time period a few years forward from the original mid-1990s timeframe, and the cast is now fully in human form.

** Earth-19 was just home to the ''Gotham By Gaslight'' series, but is now a world home to other Victorian versions of different heroes, including the ''Amazonia'' Wonder Woman, who used to be a native of Earth-34 in ''Countdown: Arena''.

** Earth-18's status as a western world is taken to the extreme. Originally it was introduced in ''Countdown: Arena'' as home to the ''Justice Riders'' Elseworlds. While that is still partially true, the reason this Earth is western-based is because the Time Trapper meddled in its growth, freezing society in a frontier state but allowing it to develop future technology, such as an internet system based off the telegraph.

* 2018's ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'' was originally slated to be a prequel to [[Film/{{Transformers}} the original 2007 film]] by Creator/MichaelBay, but after bringing on Travis Knight, and after the critical and commercial failure of ''Film/TransformersTheLastKnight'' signaled disinterest in the Bay-directed films, drastic changes in the tone and aesthetic, and other stylistic liberties and major continuity differences have pretty much all but said classified it as a reboot. This was eventually confirmed by Hasbro two months after the film's release.

* After going through a very turbulent TroubledProduction driven in large part by CreativeDifferences and the writing team splitting up, ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'' received a reboot in the form of ''Fanfic/{{Spectrum}}'', which serves as not only a continuity reboot of the universe but to also [[AuthorsSavingThrow fix the more controversial and problematic aspects of the original]].

** The Creator/SquareEnix-published ''VideoGame/{{Tomb Raider|2013}}'' is a complete reboot. The new continuity features a fresh out of university Lara, with very little combat experience. This Lara is very down to earth and though she is still very brave and crafty she still easily succumbs to fear and panic when she gets captured, is alone or is forced to kill. Though this change is not a bad thing in most respects it's still [[ValuesDissonance an extremely jarring departure if you've always known her as the semi-cocky, self-reliant, one-woman army who almost literally spits in the face of danger]].

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', the first ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' game published by Creator/WarnerBros, mixes this trope with AlternateContinuity: picking up right where ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon'' left off, Raiden is about to be killed by Shao Kahn and thus invokes the TimeyWimeyBall by sending a telepathic message to his younger self, warning him of events to come. The game thus visits altered versions of the [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 first]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombatII three]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 games]] as twisted by a Raiden with knowledge he wasn't supposed to have back then, attempting to prevent [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Armageddon]] from even happening.
** The franchise would have a ''second'' reboot with ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' ([[SequelNumberSnarl actually the twelfth mainline game in the series]]), which follows the conclusion of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', where [[RestartTheWorld time itself has been completely reset and rebuilt]] with one major change: [[TheHero Liu Kang]] has succeeded Raiden as the godly BigGood.

** The franchise would have a ''second'' reboot with ''VideoGame/MortalKombat12023'' ([[SequelNumberSnarl actually the twelfth mainline game in the series]]), which follows the conclusion of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', where [[RestartTheWorld time itself has been completely reset and rebuilt]] with one major change: [[TheHero Liu Kang]] has succeeded Raiden as the godly BigGood.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'', the first ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' game published by Creator/WarnerBros, mixes this trope with AlternateContinuity: picking up right where ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon'' left off, Raiden is about to be killed by Shao Kahn and thus invokes the TimeyWimeyBall by sending a telepathic message to his younger self, warning him of events to come. The game thus visits altered versions of the [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1 first]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombatII three]] [[VideoGame/MortalKombat3 games]] as twisted by a Raiden with knowledge he wasn't supposed to have back then, attempting to prevent [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Armageddon]] from even happening.

* Andrew Jonathan Fine wrote a new continuity in 2014 called ''Literature/AlouettesSong'' for the circa 1928 now-come-into public-domain novel ''Literature/TheSkylarkOfSpace'' from Literature/SkylarkSeries by E. E. Smith.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' does this with ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'', which trades its focus on action [[LighterAndSofter for comedy]]. It also makes occasional [[TakeThatAudience jabs at older Teen Titans fans]] who aren't fond of the direction the creators took with the reboot.

Sister trope to AlternateContinuity, the difference is that a Continuity Reboot becomes the new main continuity rather than running alongside the previous universe. For example, ''Batman'' comics run alongside any ''Batman'' cartoon or movie that is currently airing and each are their own universe; this is an AlternateContinuity. The DC ''New 52'' comics are a new continuity that replaces previous DC comics; this is a Continuity Reboot.[[note]] Of course, in more complex franchises, the two tropes can overlap. ''[[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 DuckTales 2017]]'' is a reboot of ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', long since cancelled, but is also an AlternateContinuity of the original comics, which are still running.[[/note]]

** 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''.
** Earth-16 was classified as the universe home to the ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' cartoon, although Morrison has stated he's working on a way that incorporates the TV show with his interpretation of this particular Earth. As of yet, the only incorporation is a one-panel reference to the TV show being only a video game on the new Earth-16.

* ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'' was, at the time,[[note]]it has since been beaten out by both ''The Punisher'' and ''Spider-Man''; see their entries below[[/note]] possibly the quickest a franchise has been rebooted. To give you an idea of how fast: 5 years and after a ''single'' [[Film/{{Hulk}} movie from the previous "continuity"]]. They had been trying to do it in a way that the first film could be counted or discounted as the audience saw fit, but Creator/EdwardNorton insisted on changing the details of the origin to make them incompatible.

** Music/RobZombie's remakes ''Film/Halloween2007'' and ''Film/HalloweenII2009'' start the story anew, with an extensive focus on Michael's dark and violent childhood.

** Later, the concept was taken to extremes when, starting with ''Film/{{Godzilla 2000}}'', three films in a row all were made as direct sequels to the first film. These films were deliberately set in different continuities as "auditions" for various different approaches. After ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'' bombed, Creator/{{Toho}} rushed their franchise back into production, so they didn't have time to do the development behind the scenes and thus tested out their options more publicly (however, in one of the reboots, ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'', the events of the 1998 film are acknowledged to have happened, so it's more like SchizoContinuity). The "winning" production team was the one that made the second Millennium-era film, ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'', but when it did poorly at the box office, they started a distinct, fourth one which lasted for two films (''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla'' and ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS''). When the series proved commercially unsuccessful, they then did one last film, ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', in a fifth distinct reality (Toho's seventh overall) as a fifty-year MilestoneCelebration before going on a decade-long hiatus.
** ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' is one for both the original Toho films and the 1998 American film, setting itself in a completely separate continuity (although still with [[MythologyGags numerous nods]]) that tries to be more faithful to its source material than the 1998 film, and also acts as an IntercontinuityCrossover with Franchise/KingKong, dubbed the Film/{{Monsterverse}}.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'' is set in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', and ignores the events of the [[Film/Daredevil2003 live-action movie]] and its [[Film/{{Elektra}} spin-off]].

* Ditto Spider-Man being updated first in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'', then ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderman'', and now ''[[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 Ultimate Spider-Man]]''.
* 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/XMenTheAnimatedSeries '90s cartoon]]. And then rebooted again 8 years later with ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009''.