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* Most fans aren't fond of the backstory given to the titular weasel in ''WesternAnimation/TheIceAgeAdventuresOfBuckWild''. In ''[[WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs Dawn Of The Dinosaurs]]'', Buck was established as a rare sentient mammal in a DeathWorld that had to took extreme meassures to be able to defeat Rudy which lead to him becoming the CrazySurvivalist we know and love. But in the spin-off, Buck is depicted as someone who was the leader of a group of heroic mammals that proved to be the last resistance in a FantasticRacism motivated-war, which hardly fits with how uncivilized the Lost World was shown to be in the previous movies and how Buck was portrayed as a loner before The Herd's arrival (which is why he went insane and started talking with inanimate objects).

** In the ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePony2022 Generation 5 comics]]'', it's revealed what caused HappyEndingOverride of G4. According to the comics, it started shortly after [[DistantFinale "The Last Problem"]] when [[spoiler:Opaline manipulated the pony tribes into prejudice against each other over their magic, which caused such disastrous consequences, Twilight Sparkle resorted to gathering all the world magic into the Unity Crystals so they'd only have magic if in harmony with each other]]. This was widely criticized by the fanbase, as the Mane Six have [[AesopAmnesia dealt with this same thing before]] and without resorting to such drastic measures, and it's questionable how the ponies would turn against each other so quickly when Twilight's reign was a golden age of harmony throughout the known world. Further, it gave more fuel to complaints about Twilight taking the throne that under her rule peace only lasted a matter of decades and was so fragile that it was all undone by [[spoiler:a single pony]].

* Nearly every ''ComicBook/XMen'' fan hated Chuck Austen's revelation that ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}'s biological father was Azazel -- a demon (or possibly demon-like mutant) imprisoned in another dimension. Not only was there very little buildup or {{foreshadowing}} for that reveal, several readers were uncomfortable with the idea that the devoutly religious Kurt Wagner was secretly half-demon all along, and many saw it as a shoddy attempt at incorporating Christian mythology into the ''X-Men'' mythos (particularly since the same era featured the revelation that Archangel was descended from ''actual'' angels). It didn't help that many saw it as a BrokenAesop since Kurt was initially introduced being chased by racist, superstitious villagers who thought he was a demon when he was really just a guy with a skin condition--the Azazel story means the villagers were actually right the whole time. As an alternative, many fans [[{{Fanon}} prefer to accept]] Creator/ChrisClaremont's [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original plan]] for his backstory: ComicBook/{{Mystique}} and Destiny are his parents, and Mystique used her shapeshifting powers to temporarily become male so that she and her lover could conceive a child. The character of Azazel has stuck around and made several more well-received appearances (including in the film ''Film/XMenFirstClass''), but to this day no one defends his original story.

** "The Circus" revealing Stella was [[EnfantTerrible evil since childhood]] and [[DomesticAbuse nothing but abusive of Stolas]] long before his [[SympatheticAdulterer resulting infidelity]] had detractors feel it was trying too hard to excuse Stolas's wrongdoings and negated the moral grayness/ambiguity that made it compelling. It also became part of the series growing criticism of shafting female characters, reducing Stella to a one-dimensional HateSink decided any depth or agency beyond propping up male characters conflicts.

* In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDWHolidays2014 IDW Holidays 2014]], the Crusaders stated reason for framing Sunset Shimmer is disliked for failing to bring up Sunsets past actions that would have made it and how EasilyForgiven they were more justifiable and failing to explain why they continued to frame her after achieving that goal.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has "Who sent the assassin to kill Bran Stark?", with the answer seemingly being Prince Joffrey. Two characters independently come to the conclusion that Joffrey did it, Joffrey acts suspiciously when probed about the matter, and the author stated that the mystery was solved in that book. However, him being the culprit requires a ''very'' specific motivation, most of the "clues" occur right before the reveal two books after the mystery was last relevant and/or refer to events that happened off-page ("You remember that time at breakfast when King Robert said...."), leading to a conclusion that many fans found unsatisfactory. As a result, many fans still believe that the explanation was mistaken and the ''true'' person who hired the assassin has still not been revealed.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' has "Who sent the assassin to kill Bran Stark?", with the answer being Prince Joffrey. Two characters independently come to the conclusion that Joffrey did it, Joffrey act suspiciously when probed about the matter, and the author stated that the mystery was solved in that book. However, him being the culprit requires a ''very'' specific motivation, most of the "clues" occur right before the reveal two books after the mystery was last relevant and/or refer to events that happened off-page ("You remember that time at breakfast when King Robert said...."), leading to a conclusion that many fans found unsatisfactory. As a result, many fans still believe that the explanation was mistaken and the ''true'' person who hired the assassin has still not been revealed.

** Hagrid's explanation in the first book that the reason wizards maintain secrecy is because "Muggles would want them to solve all their problems." Many fans consider such an explanation to be callous and self-centered, particularly in light of ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'' showcasing that World War II and {{UsefulNotes/the Holocaust}} happened in-universe, indicating the "good guy" wizards could have intervened but instead chose to more or less turn a blind eye. Moreover, the series' lore establishes that wizards have valid reason to be fearful of Muggles knowing how completely outclassed they are for technology and such, which some fans view as a far more reasonable explanation.

** The 10th Anniversary short "Written by Spike" revealed the comics were written by Spike InUniverse, explaining their continuity errors and inconsistency with the show were in-universe Artistic License. This proved just as contentious for [[VoodooShark raising new issues]] regarding Spike being responsible for the comic poorly-received moments and portrayals of his friends despite claiming his changes were to improve the work.

** Ever since his debut Apollo Justice's upbringing had been shrouded in mystery. All that was certain was Apollo was put into an orphanage after the death of his biological father. ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' felt the need to answer it by revealing that [[spoiler:when his father got killed in an arson attack (and his mother Thalassa being unaware of his survival), Apollo was found and raised by Dhurke Sahdmadhi. Because Dhurke was falsely accused of murdering his wife the Queen of Khura'in, he had to send Apollo to America for his safety, and he had two foster siblings never mentioned prior]]. This revelation proved to be controversial for fans as it gave Apollo sudden importance in the game when Phoenix had clearly been the protagonist for the first half and appeared to contradict the little we DID know about Apollo's past prior, making him unrecognizable from the character presented in previous games.

When a show [[OntologicalMystery has a premise]] that hinges on one or more big unanswered questions, fans feel there is an obligation that these questions be answered. Failure to do so leads to TheChrisCarterEffect, which can turn off fans in frustration. Likewise, not answering ''enough'' questions in a KudzuPlot alienates fans. The hard place to the above rock is that when a series answers a question and the answer isn't quite as epic, clever, or [[MindScrew mind-shattering]] as imagined. Maybe fan expectations are just too high. Maybe the answer is honestly unsatisfying. Maybe the answer conflicts with the genre established earlier in the work, like a [[DoingInTheWizard sci-fi explanation in a fantasy book]] or [[DoingInTheScientist vice-versa]]. Maybe it reveals that a character that did something seemingly of their own free will was instead subject to MindControl or brainwashing. Maybe it's a question no one asked or wanted to be answered at all, meaning ''no'' answer would be satisfying.

** Several ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' fans took issue with the show not having any of [[Characters/LiloAndStitchExperiments Dr. Jumba Jookiba's genetic experiments]] appear (apart from Stitch himself), with the show instead having Jumba recreate Myth/{{Chinese mytholog|y}}ical creatures based on what he reads on ancient Chinese scrolls given to him by a mysterious sage. Although the show's director, who was one of the executive producers of ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', explained that those creature are all genetic experiments, said fans didn't buy that, still seeing them as just recreated Chinese mythological creatures and saying that they are not exactly [[NoTrueScotsman "genuine"]] experiments, save for maybe Dim Long, the one new experiment with a recurring role on the show.

** "The Good, the Bad and the Ponies": Twilight Sparkle explains she can't use her StoryBreakerPower to stop the the villains due to a law that princesses can't use their powers against Equestria's citizens even if they were threatening and attacking her friends and others. This was universally despised as horrifically {{out of character|Moment}} for Twilight, who had/would become the Princess of Friendship by [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 willing to sacrifice the only chance at saving Equestria to save her friends]], to be unwilling to do so especially over a law so arbitrary/minor [[AssPull it never came up when Twilight and the Princesses used their powers on others prior]]. Even those who felt this could have been theoretically valid balked once she used fraud and kidnapping (one of those she supposedly couldn't use her powers against) to trick them into breaking a mere properly law she was willing to use her powers over, making it so morally inconsistent it sunk whatever credibility the law had and left no reason for not just writing Twilight out of this story. Luckily the writers realized how poorly received it was and ignored it since with Twilight not hesitating to use her powers to protect others.

* "The Good, the Bad and the Ponies": Twilight Sparkle explains she can't use her StoryBreakerPower to stop the the villains due to a law that princesses can't use their powers against Equestria's citizens even if they were threatening and attacking her friends and others. This was universally despised as horrifically {{out of character|Moment}} for Twilight, who had/would become the Princess of Friendship by [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E26TwilightsKingdomPart2 willing to sacrifice the only chance at saving Equestria to save her friends]], to be unwilling to do so especially over a law so arbitrary/minor [[AssPull it never came up when Twilight and the Princesses used their powers on others prior]]. Even those who felt this could have been theoretically valid balked once she used fraud and kidnapping (one of those she supposedly couldn't use her powers against) to trick them into breaking a mere properly law she was willing to use her powers over, making it so morally inconsistent it sunk whatever credibility the law had and left no reason for not just writing Twilight out of this story. Luckily the writers realized how poorly received it was and ignored it since with Twilight not hesitating to use her powers to protect others.

** In the ''[[ComicBook/MyLittlePony2022 Generation 5 comics]]'', it's revealed what caused HappyEndingOverride of G4. According to the comics, it started shortly after [[DistantFinale "The Last Problem"]] when [[spoiler:Opaline manipulated the pony tribes into prejudice against each other over their magic, which caused such disastrous consequences, Twilight Sparkle resorted to gathering all the world magic into the Unity Crystals so they'd only have magic if in harmony with each other]]. This was widely criticized by the fanbase, as the Mane Six have [[AesopAmnesia dealt with this same thing before]] and without resorting to such drastic measures, and it's questionable how the ponies would turn against each other so quickly when Twilight's reign was a golden age of harmony throughout the known world. Further, the comics reveal that under her rule peace only lasted for a matter of decades and was so fragile that it was all undone by [[spoiler:a single pony]].

* This is half of why ''ComicBook/TroubleMarvelComics'' is so reviled and isn't really canon with either the main Marvel universe or the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel one: it attempted to retcon that Franchise/SpiderMan's father Richard Parker and Aunt May had an affair behind Mary Fitzpatrick and Uncle Ben's back as teens--[[spoiler:[[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo and that Peter himself was]] [[TeenPregnancy the product of it]]]], much to the hatred of fans and creators.[[note]]The other half being the incompatibility this attempted retcon had with mainline Marvel canon (Where May and Ben were established as far older than Richard and Mary and already married by the time Peter's parents even met) and with Ultimate Marvel (where Richard and Mary Parker were renowned scientists).[[/note]]