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1, the TF is doing what Palpatine says because they're terrified of him. 2, blockading Coruscant would almost certainly draw retribution from Republic member worlds that do have militaries.
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** In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the Trade Federation is blockading Naboo is to get the Galactic Republic to lower/remove the taxes on trade routes, but ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' established that the Republic doesn't have an army. With the knowledge presented in the sequel, the Trade Federation would have just been better off blockading or invading Coruscant instead to protest the taxes.
** Also from ''The Phantom Menace'', Obi-Wan doesn't do anything to heal his fatally wounded master, but ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' established the existence of Force healing, which can heal even fatal wounds like stabbed hearts. Since Rey could use the ability despite having a fraction of Obi-Wan's training, he should have been able to use the ability to heal Qui-Gon Jinn.
** Also from ''The Phantom Menace'', Obi-Wan doesn't do anything to heal his fatally wounded master, but ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' established the existence of Force healing, which can heal even fatal wounds like stabbed hearts. Since Rey could use the ability despite having a fraction of Obi-Wan's training, he should have been able to use the ability to heal Qui-Gon Jinn.
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** In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the Trade Federation is blockading Naboo is to get the Galactic Republic to lower/remove the taxes on trade routes, but ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' established that the Republic doesn't have an army. With the knowledge presented in the sequel, the Trade Federation would have just been better off blockading or invading Coruscant instead to protest the taxes.
** Also from ''The Phantom Menace'',''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': Obi-Wan doesn't do anything to heal his fatally wounded master, but ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' established the existence of Force healing, which can heal even fatal wounds like stabbed hearts. Since Rey could use the ability despite having a fraction of Obi-Wan's training, he should have been able to use the ability to heal Qui-Gon Jinn.
** Also from ''The Phantom Menace'',
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This example isn't about Palpatine's motivations; it's about the Trade Federation's motivations.
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** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': Obi-Wan doesn't do anything to heal his fatally wounded master, but ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' established the existence of Force healing, which can heal even fatal wounds like stabbed hearts. Since Rey could use the ability despite having a fraction of Obi-Wan's training, he should have been able to use the ability to heal Qui-Gon Jinn.
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** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the Trade Federation is blockading Naboo is to get the Galactic Republic to lower/remove the taxes on trade routes, but ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' established that the Republic doesn't have an army. With the knowledge presented in the sequel, the Trade Federation would have just been better off blockading or invading Coruscant instead to protest the taxes.
** Also from ''The Phantom Menace'', Obi-Wan doesn't do anything to heal his fatally wounded master, but ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' established the existence of Force healing, which can heal even fatal wounds like stabbed hearts. Since Rey could use the ability despite having a fraction of Obi-Wan's training, he should have been able to use the ability to heal Qui-Gon Jinn.
** Also from ''The Phantom Menace'', Obi-Wan doesn't do anything to heal his fatally wounded master, but ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' established the existence of Force healing, which can heal even fatal wounds like stabbed hearts. Since Rey could use the ability despite having a fraction of Obi-Wan's training, he should have been able to use the ability to heal Qui-Gon Jinn.
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The first one from TPM is not an example as Palpatine wanted his home planet blockaded so he'd get the sympathy vote to become Chancellor.
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** Also from ''The Phantom Menace'', Obi-Wan doesn't do anything to heal his fatally wounded master, but ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' established the existence of Force healing, which can heal even fatal wounds like stabbed hearts. Since Rey could use the ability despite having a fraction of Obi-Wan's training, he should have been able to use the ability to heal Qui-Gon Jinn.
** Also from ''The Phantom Menace'', Obi-Wan doesn't do anything to heal his fatally wounded master, but ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' established the existence of Force healing, which can heal even fatal wounds like stabbed hearts. Since Rey could use the ability despite having a fraction of Obi-Wan's training, he should have been able to use the ability to heal Qui-Gon Jinn.
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** In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the Trade Federation is blockading Naboo is to get the Galactic Republic to lower/remove the taxes on trade routes. ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' established that the Republic doesn't have an army. With the knowledge presented in the sequel, the Trade Federation would have just been better off blockading or invading Coruscant instead to protest the taxes.
** Also from ''The Phantom Menace'',''Film/ThePhantomMenace'': Obi-Wan doesn't do anything to heal his fatally wounded master, but ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' established the existence of Force healing, which can heal even fatal wounds like stabbed hearts. Since Rey could use the ability despite having a fraction of Obi-Wan's training, he should have been able to use the ability to heal Qui-Gon Jinn.
** Also from ''The Phantom Menace'',
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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': The premise of the series revolves around the fact that the title character, Naruto, is [[AllTheOtherReindeer hated and shunned]] by the rest of Konohagure because they believe him to be the [[{{Kajiu}} Nine-Tailed Fox]] that destroyed their village and killed several villages--including the [[OneHundredPercentAdorationRating beloved Fourth Hokage]]. It's revealed that Naruto is ''not'' the fox, but an innocent child that was chosen to contain the fox, and also, Naruto is the son of both the beloved Fourth Hokage as well as a member of the esteemed and respected Uzumaki family...who ''for generations'' have acted as the vessel for the fox to protect the people. This raises the question of why ''no one'', including members of the Konohagure leadership who should know better, told the people who Naruto's parents were. The reason is {{Hand Wave}}d as "because the Hokage's enemies would have targeted Naruto", but this still makes little sense because Naruto himself came very close multiple times to going down the same path as many of the series' villains due to the treatment he received. Further, ''every'' clan in Naruto has enemies, and if people knew who Naruto was, they would have more inclination to protect him.
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* For ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', ''Film/CaptainMarvel'' introduces the titular hero, who is more or less a PhysicalGod, and establishes that Nick Fury knew how to contact her ever since 1995. Which really begs the question as to why he didn't try to contact her [[Film/TheAvengers2012 when an alien invasion threatened Earth]], or [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron when a genocidal AI threatened Earth]], and why he waited until [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar half of the entirety of humanity started turning to dust, himself included,]] to ''finally'' call for her help. [[WordOfGod A screenwriter has declared that he tried off-screen to no avail]], without this being satisfactory.
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Compare IdiotBall, where the character's actions didn't make sense even when they were first written, SeriesContinuityError, where canon contradicts itself, and ContinuitySnarl, where the continuity is so complicated that ''no one'' can keep it straight. Often caused by an AssPull, but can also result from a revelation that had solid build up if the series has been going on long enough. Can result in ForgotAboutHisPowers if a character has powers that weren't added until later additions to the series.
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Compare IdiotBall, where the character's actions didn't make sense even when they were first written, SeriesContinuityError, where canon contradicts itself, and ContinuitySnarl, where the continuity is so complicated that ''no one'' can keep it straight. Often caused by an AssPull, but can also result from a revelation that had solid build up if the series has been going on long enough. Can result in a retroactive example of ForgotAboutHisPowers if a character has powers that weren't added until later additions to the series.
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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': When Superman was first created, little about his home planet of Krypton was known other than the fact that its technology and genetics were far more advanced than our own, and that the planet died suddenly without giving its people enough time to evacuate. As Superman gained more NewPowersAsThePlotDemands and new details about Krypton were introduced, it was suddenly revealed that most (if not all) of the entire Kryptonian population were not only aware that they gained godlike ComboPlatterPowers on planets with comparatively lower gravity, thinner atmospheres and yellow suns like Earth. In turn, this made the entire Kryptonian species look like morons for staying put on one small planet where they were basically {{Muggles}} until the moment it blew up. Later retcons then established that Kryptonians had once formed a powerful empire that attempted to conquer and colonize other planets, but somehow failed at it and were forced to retreat back to Krypton. But yet again, this backfired as readers began to wonder how a space-faring race with the potential to become {{Flying Brick}}s ever managed to screw up ''that'' badly.
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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': When Superman was first created, little about his home planet of Krypton was known other than the fact that its technology and genetics were far more advanced than our own, and that the planet died suddenly without giving its people enough time to evacuate. As Superman gained more NewPowersAsThePlotDemands and new details about Krypton were introduced, it was suddenly revealed that most (if not all) of the entire Kryptonian population were not only aware that they gained godlike ComboPlatterPowers on planets with comparatively lower gravity, thinner atmospheres and yellow suns like Earth.Earth, but that the entire reason Jor-El sent his son to Earth was so that he could enjoy these benefits. In turn, this made the entire Kryptonian species look like morons for staying put on one small planet where they were basically {{Muggles}} until the moment it blew up. Later retcons then established that Kryptonians had once formed a powerful empire that attempted to conquer and colonize other planets, but somehow failed at it and were forced to retreat back to Krypton. But yet again, this backfired as readers began to wonder how a space-faring race with the potential to become {{Flying Brick}}s ever managed to screw up ''that'' badly.
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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': When Superman was first created, little about his home planet of Krypton was known other than the fact that its technology and genetics were far more advanced than our own, and that the planet died suddenly without giving its people enough time to evacuate. As Superman gained more NewPowersAsThePlotDemands and new details about Krypton were introduced, it was suddenly revealed that most (if not all) of the entire Kryptonian population were not only aware that they gained godlike ComboPlatterPowers on planets with comparatively lower gravity, thinner atmospheres and yellow suns like Earth. In turn, this made the entire Kryptonian species look like morons for staying put on one small planet where they were basically {{Muggles}} until the moment it blew up. Later retcons then established that Kryptonians had once formed a powerful empire that attempted to conquer and colonize other planets, but somehow failed at it and were forced to retreat back to Krypton. But yet again, this backfired as readers began to wonder how a space-faring race with the potential to become {{Flying Brick}}s ever managed to screw up ''that'' badly.
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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'': When Superman was first created, little about his home planet of Krypton was known other than the fact that its technology and genetics were far more advanced than our own, and that the planet died suddenly without giving its people enough time to evacuate. As Superman gained more NewPowersAsThePlotDemands and new details about Krypton were introduced, it was suddenly revealed that most (if not all) of the entire Kryptonian population were not only aware that they gained godlike ComboPlatterPowers on planets with comparatively lower gravity, thinner atmospheres and yellow suns like Earth. In turn, this made the entire Kryptonian species look like morons for staying put on one small planet where they were basically {{Muggles}} until the moment it blew up. Later retcons then established that Kryptonians had once formed a powerful empire that attempted to conquer and colonize other planets, but somehow failed at it and were forced to retreat back to Krypton. But yet again, this backfired as readers began to wonder how a space-faring race with the potential to become {{Flying Brick}}s ever managed to screw up ''that'' badly.
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** Also from ''The Phantom Menace'', Obi-Wan doesn't do anything to heal his fatally wounded master, but ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' established the existence of Force healing, which can heal even fatal wounds like stabbed hearts. Since Rey could use the ability despite having a fraction of Obi-Wan's training, he should have been able to use the ability to heal Qui-Gon Jinn.
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** In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', the Trade Federation is blockading Naboo is to get the Galactic Republic to lower/remove the taxes on trade routes. ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' established that the Republic doesn't have an army. With the knowledge presented in the sequel, the Trade Federation would have just been better off blockading or invading Coruscant instead to protest the taxes.
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* For ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', ''Film/CaptainMarvel'' introduces the titular hero, who is more or less a PhysicalGod, and establishes that Nick Fury knew how to contact her ever since 1995. Which really begs the question as to why he didn't try to contact her [[Film/TheAvengers2012 when an alien invasion threatened Earth]], or [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron when a genocidal AI threatened Earth]], and why he waited until [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar half of the entirety of humanity started turning to dust, himself included,]] to ''finally'' call for her help. [[HandWave A screenwriter has declared he tried off-screen to no avail]], without this being satisfactory.
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* For ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', ''Film/CaptainMarvel'' introduces the titular hero, who is more or less a PhysicalGod, and establishes that Nick Fury knew how to contact her ever since 1995. Which really begs the question as to why he didn't try to contact her [[Film/TheAvengers2012 when an alien invasion threatened Earth]], or [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron when a genocidal AI threatened Earth]], and why he waited until [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar half of the entirety of humanity started turning to dust, himself included,]] to ''finally'' call for her help. [[HandWave [[WordOfGod A screenwriter has declared that he tried off-screen to no avail]], without this being satisfactory.
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* For ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', ''Film/CaptainMarvel'' introduces the titular hero, who is more or less a PhysicalGod, and establishes that Nick Fury knew how to contact her ever since 1995. Which really begs the question as to why he didn't try to contact her [[Film/TheAvengers2012 when an alien invasion threatened Earth]], or [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron when a genocidal AI threatened Earth]], and why he waited until [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar half of the entirety of humanity started turning to dust, himself included,]] to ''finally'' call for her help. [[HandWave A screenwriter has declared he tried off-screen to no avail]], without this being satisfactory.
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** ''Film/CaptainMarvel'' introduces the titular hero, who is more or less a PhysicalGod, and establishes that Nick Fury knew how to contact her ever since 1995. Which really begs the question as to why he didn't try to contact her [[Film/TheAvengers2012 when an alien invasion threatened Earth]], or [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron when a genocidal AI threatened Earth]], and why he waited until [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar half of the entirety of humanity started turning to dust]] to ''finally'' call for her help.
** ''Film/CaptainMarvel'' introduces the titular hero, who is more or less a PhysicalGod, and establishes that Nick Fury knew how to contact her ever since 1995. Which really begs the question as to why he didn't try to contact her [[Film/TheAvengers2012 when an alien invasion threatened Earth]], or [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron when a genocidal AI threatened Earth]], and why he waited until [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar half of the entirety of humanity started turning to dust]] to ''finally'' call for her help.
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** ''Film/CaptainMarvel'' introduces the titular hero, who is more or less a PhysicalGod, and establishes that Nick Fury knew how to contact her ever since 1995. Which really begs the question as to why he didn't try to contact her [[Film/TheAvengers2012 when an alien invasion threatened Earth]], or [[Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron when a genocidal AI threatened Earth]], and why he waited until [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar half of the entirety of humanity started turning to dust]] to ''finally'' call for her help.
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** When Goku came back to life in the Saiyan saga, he went with the Flying Nimbus towards the battlefield to save his friends. The beginning of the new arc would reveal Mister Popo has a magic carpet that is faster than the Nimbus, making you question why he didn't bring that up. [[Webvideo/DragonBallZAbridged Possibly making toast or something.]]
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** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Luke is completely helpless against Palpatine's Force lightning. The prequel trilogy established that lightsabers can block Force lightning, and Yoda was aware of Force lightning as one of Palpatine's abilities due to their [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith duel]]. If Yoda had told Luke this vital information, he probably wouldn't have thrown his lightsaber on the floor, which left him defenseless against Palpatine's lightning, and if Yoda ''did'' tell Luke, then Luke is an idiot for tossing away the only defense he had against Palpatine's lightning.
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** ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 MK11]]'' reveals that [[BigBad Kronika]] has been the true villain all along, and that the various resets, reboots and retcons have all been her doing to undo the work of Raiden, who has continually been a thorn in her side, especially with the help of Liu Kang. Which means that only in ''this'' game did she get the idea to reset all of time back to the dawn of creation and remake the universe without Raiden in it. This is despite the fact that, in ''Videogame/MortalKombatDeception'', ''both'' of them had been killed and she had the perfect opportunity at the time to reset everything without Kang or Raiden to stop her.
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This often results from a universe receiving an unexpected expansion, such as a {{Prequel}} or a [[ContinuityDrift lore-heavy]] spin-off. It is especially common in franchises with [[SharedUniverse huge universes]] that span many different writers who may not always be on the same page, and in series where installments don't take place in the order they're released in, where a character may learn a piece of information in a later addition that they appear to "forget" for audience members who consume the media chronologically rather than in release order.
This often results from a universe receiving an unexpected expansion, such as a {{Prequel}} or a [[ContinuityDrift lore-heavy]] spin-off. It is especially common in franchises with [[SharedUniverse huge universes]] that span many different writers who may not always be on the same page, and in series where installments don't take place in the order they're released in, where a character may learn a piece of information in a later addition that they appear to "forget" for audience members who consume the media chronologically rather than in release order.
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If the [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Doylist out of universe explanation]] for an action is "because that power hadn't been invented yet," "because the writer hadn't written the prequel yet," or "because [character who definitely would have known how to solve the problem] didn't exist until the {{Interquel}}," and there's no Watsonian InUniverse explanation provided, you probably have this trope.
This often results from either a deliberate RetCon (whether the implications of the actions get changed intentionally or accidentally is another matter), a universe receiving an unexpected expansion, such as a {{Prequel}} or a [[ContinuityDrift lore-heavy]] spin-off. It is especially common in franchises with [[SharedUniverse huge universes]] that span many different writers who may not always be on the same page, and in series where installments don't take place in the order they're released in, where a character may learn a piece of information in a later addition that they appear to "forget" for audience members who consume the media chronologically rather than in release order.
This often results from either a deliberate RetCon (whether the implications of the actions get changed intentionally or accidentally is another matter), a universe receiving an unexpected expansion, such as a {{Prequel}} or a [[ContinuityDrift lore-heavy]] spin-off. It is especially common in franchises with [[SharedUniverse huge universes]] that span many different writers who may not always be on the same page, and in series where installments don't take place in the order they're released in, where a character may learn a piece of information in a later addition that they appear to "forget" for audience members who consume the media chronologically rather than in release order.
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** Anakin turning to the Dark Side in order to gain power over life and death in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' makes a lot less sense after ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' introduces an ability to transfer some of your life to another person through the force, which seems to be common knowledge among Force users and not take extensive training to pull off.[[note]]Although Anakin is directly involved in reversing Ahsoka's death in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' episode [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis "Altar of Mortis"]], that took place in an EldritchLocation and involved the gifted lifeforce of a dying PhysicalGod, so it's not exactly a normally reproducible event.[[/note]]
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** Anakin turning to the Dark Side in order to gain power over life and death in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' makes a lot less sense after ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' introduces an ability to transfer some of your life to another person through the force, Force, which seems to be common knowledge among Force users and not take extensive training to pull off.[[note]]Although Anakin is directly involved in reversing Ahsoka's death in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' episode [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis "Altar of Mortis"]], that took place in an EldritchLocation and involved the gifted lifeforce of a dying PhysicalGod, so it's not exactly a normally reproducible event.[[/note]]
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** ''MK11'' ''[[VideoGame/MortalKombat11 MK11]]'' reveals that [[BigBad Kronika]] has been the true villain all along, and that the various resets, reboots and retcons have all been her doing to undo the work of Raiden, who has continually been a thorn in her side, especially with the help of Liu Kang. Which means that only in ''this'' game did she get the idea to reset all of time back to the dawn of creation and remake the universe without Raiden in it. This is despite the fact that, in ''Videogame/MortalKombatDeception'', ''both'' of them had been killed and she had the perfect opportunity at the time to reset everything without Kang or Raiden to stop her.
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* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': After his training with King Kai is complete, Goku is forced to run all the way back down Snake Way in order to reach the Otherworld check-in station, and thus return to Earth. Later, during the Cell saga, Goku asks for King Kai's help in locating the Namekian's new home, stating that he will use his Instant transmission technique (which he learned from the Yardrat race in the interim) to go there and recruit a new Guardian of Earth. King Kai then reveals that he knows the same technique. This of course raises the question of why King Kai couldn't have used that technique to bring Goku straight to the check-in station himself.
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* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
** After his training with King Kai is complete, Goku is forced to run all the way back down Snake Way in order to reach the Otherworld check-in station, and thus return to Earth. Later, during the Cell saga, Goku asks for King Kai's help in locating the Namekian's new home, stating that he will use his Instant transmission technique (which he learned from the Yardrat race in the interim) to go there and recruit a new Guardian of Earth. King Kai then reveals that he knows the same technique. This of course raises the question of why King Kai couldn't have used that technique to bring Goku straight to the check-in station himself.
** The Cell saga also introduced the Hyperbolic Time Chamber that's located on Kami's Lookout, which allows the people inside to get [[YearInsideHourOutside a whole year's worth of training in a day]]. Yet this also begs the question why it was never used before, considering there have been times where the cast knew in advance when a threat was coming. The Earthlings had a whole year to prepare for Vegeta and Nappa's arrival on Earth, and everyone was warned about the androids three years in advance.
** After his training with King Kai is complete, Goku is forced to run all the way back down Snake Way in order to reach the Otherworld check-in station, and thus return to Earth. Later, during the Cell saga, Goku asks for King Kai's help in locating the Namekian's new home, stating that he will use his Instant transmission technique (which he learned from the Yardrat race in the interim) to go there and recruit a new Guardian of Earth. King Kai then reveals that he knows the same technique. This of course raises the question of why King Kai couldn't have used that technique to bring Goku straight to the check-in station himself.
** The Cell saga also introduced the Hyperbolic Time Chamber that's located on Kami's Lookout, which allows the people inside to get [[YearInsideHourOutside a whole year's worth of training in a day]]. Yet this also begs the question why it was never used before, considering there have been times where the cast knew in advance when a threat was coming. The Earthlings had a whole year to prepare for Vegeta and Nappa's arrival on Earth, and everyone was warned about the androids three years in advance.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Season 6 involves [[BigBad Crowley]] trying to find Purgatory, desiring to take all of its souls to empower him, going to extreme lengths, including trying to capture the [[MonsterLord Alpha's]] and angering [[MotherOfAThousandYoung Eve]]. Season 8 however, reveals that not only do [[TheGrimReaper Reapers]] have the power to go to Purgatory and Crowley has a corrupt one on his payroll, but their is backdoor from Purgatory into Hell (where Crowley is king of). Even if one assumes he didn't recruit him till later, it begs the question why he never simply kidnapped a reaper to interrogate them.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Season 6 involves [[BigBad Crowley]] trying to find Purgatory, desiring to take all of its souls to empower him, going to extreme lengths, including trying to capture the [[MonsterLord Alpha's]] and angering [[MotherOfAThousandYoung Eve]]. Season 8 however, reveals that not only do [[TheGrimReaper Reapers]] have the power to go to Purgatory and Crowley has a corrupt one on his payroll, but their there is backdoor from Purgatory into Hell (where Crowley is king of). Even if one assumes he didn't recruit him till later, it begs the question why he never simply kidnapped a reaper to interrogate them.
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** Anakin turning to the Dark Side in order to gain power over life and death in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' makes a lot less sense after ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' introduces an ability to transfer some of your life to another person through the force, which seems to be common knowledge among Force users and not take extensive training to pull off.[[note]]Although Anakin is directly involved in reversing Ahsoka's death in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' episode [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis "Altar of Mortis"]], that took place in an EldritchLocation and involved the gifted lifeforce of a dying PhysicalGod to pull off, so it's not exactly a normally reproducible event.[[/note]]
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** Anakin turning to the Dark Side in order to gain power over life and death in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' makes a lot less sense after ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' introduces an ability to transfer some of your life to another person through the force, which seems to be common knowledge among Force users and not take extensive training to pull off.[[note]]Although Anakin is directly involved in reversing Ahsoka's death in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' episode [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis "Altar of Mortis"]], that took place in an EldritchLocation and involved the gifted lifeforce of a dying PhysicalGod to pull off, PhysicalGod, so it's not exactly a normally reproducible event.[[/note]]
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** Anakin turning to the Dark Side in order to gain power over life and death in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' makes a lot less sense after ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' revealed that he was directly involved in reversing Ahsoka's death not more than two years before, without the use of Sith powers. ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' takes this even farther by introducing an ability to transfer some of your life to another person through the force, which seems to be common knowledge among force users and not take extensive training to pull off.
** Leia kisses Luke in both ''[[Film/StarWars A New Hope]]'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' has her tell Luke that she's always known they were siblings.
** Han and Leia choosing to pass on the Solo name rather than the Organa name never made a ton of sense considering that Alderaan was a [[{{Matriarchy}} matriarchal society]] and Organa is the name of a royal house and of one of the few remaining Alderaanian bloodlines, but it makes even less sense after ''{{Film/Solo}}'' revealed that Solo wasn't even Han's original last name and was given to him as a placeholder by an ''Imperial officer''.
** Leia kisses Luke in both ''[[Film/StarWars A New Hope]]'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' has her tell Luke that she's always known they were siblings.
** Han and Leia choosing to pass on the Solo name rather than the Organa name never made a ton of sense considering that Alderaan was a [[{{Matriarchy}} matriarchal society]] and Organa is the name of a royal house and of one of the few remaining Alderaanian bloodlines, but it makes even less sense after ''{{Film/Solo}}'' revealed that Solo wasn't even Han's original last name and was given to him as a placeholder by an ''Imperial officer''.
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** Anakin turning to the Dark Side in order to gain power over life and death in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' makes a lot less sense after ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' revealed that he was directly involved in reversing Ahsoka's death not more than two years before, without the use of Sith powers. after ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' takes this even farther by introducing introduces an ability to transfer some of your life to another person through the force, which seems to be common knowledge among force Force users and not take extensive training to pull off.
off.[[note]]Although Anakin is directly involved in reversing Ahsoka's death in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' episode [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis "Altar of Mortis"]], that took place in an EldritchLocation and involved the gifted lifeforce of a dying PhysicalGod to pull off, so it's not exactly a normally reproducible event.[[/note]]
** Leia kisses Luke in both''[[Film/StarWars A New Hope]]'' ''Film/ANewHope'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' has her tell Luke that she's always known they were siblings.
** Han and Leia choosing to pass on the Solo name rather than the Organa name never made a ton of sense considering that Alderaan was a [[{{Matriarchy}} matriarchal society]] and Organa is the name of a royal house and of one of the few remaining Alderaanian bloodlines, but it makes even less sense after''{{Film/Solo}}'' ''Film/{{Solo}}'' revealed that Solo wasn't even Han's original last name and was given to him as a placeholder by an ''Imperial officer''.
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** Han and Leia choosing to pass on the Solo name rather than the Organa name never made a ton of sense considering that Alderaan was a [[{{Matriarchy}} matriarchal society]] and Organa is the name of a royal house and of one of the few remaining Alderaanian bloodlines, but it makes even less sense after
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*** In ''[[Videogame/MortalKombat2011 MK9]]'', it was established that Sindel died to prevent Shao Kahn from invading Earthrealm. The reveal that she was both evil and murdered by Quan Chi begs the question of why she would prevent her darling husband from conquering the Earthrealm. If Quan Chi did it to stop Shao Khan, then he actively allowed a rival to prolong his death, since conquering Earthrealm and merging it with Outworld would have led to the Elder Gods killing Shao Khan anyway.anyway.
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This character's action makes complete sense. You watch the movie and you understand his motivations. He either had to kill his mentor or let his son die. It's as simple as that.
Except that it's not, because in three years, there's going to be a prequel that reveals a [[TakeAThirdOption Third Option]] that our hero definitely should have known about.
This trope is when a later installment in a series or franchise introduces a piece of information that the character should know, that retroactively makes the character's actions seem unnecessary, obviously misguided, or downright dumb. [[{{Fanon}} Headcanons]] rationalizing the character's actions abound, but {{Canon}} itself makes no attempt to explain it. It's like they were hoping no one would notice, or maybe more that they didn't notice themselves. [[WordOfGod The powers that be]] may come up with an explanation when pressed, but no canon, in-universe explanation exists.
If the [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Doylist explanation]] for an action is "because that power hadn't been invented yet," "because the writer hadn't written the prequel yet," or "because [character who definitely would have known how to solve the problem] didn't exist until the {{Interquel}}," and there's no Watsonian explanation provided, you probably have this trope.
This often results from a universe receiving an unexpected expansion, such as a {{Prequel}} or a [[ContinuityDrift lore-heavy]] spin-off. It is especially common in franchises with [[SharedUniverse huge universes]] that span many different writers who may not always be on the same page, and in series where installments don't take place in the order they're released in, where a character may learn a piece of information in a later addition that they appear to "forget" for audience members who consume the media chronologically rather than in release order.
Compare IdiotBall, where the character's actions didn't make sense even when they were first written, SeriesContinuityError, where canon contradicts itself, and ContinuitySnarl, where the continuity is so complicated that ''no one'' can keep it straight. Often caused by an AssPull, but can also result from a revelation that had solid build up if the series has been going on long enough. Can result in ForgotAboutHisPowers if a character has powers that weren't added until later additions to the series.
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!!Examples:
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* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': After his training with King Kai is complete, Goku is forced to run all the way back down Snake Way in order to reach the Otherworld check-in station, and thus return to Earth. Later, during the Cell saga, Goku asks for King Kai's help in locating the Namekian's new home, stating that he will use his Instant transmission technique (which he learned from the Yardrat race in the interim) to go there and recruit a new Guardian of Earth. King Kai then reveals that he knows the same technique. This of course raises the question of why King Kai couldn't have used that technique to bring Goku straight to the check-in station himself.
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* Franchise/StarWars
** Anakin turning to the Dark Side in order to gain power over life and death in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' makes a lot less sense after ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' revealed that he was directly involved in reversing Ahsoka's death not more than two years before, without the use of Sith powers. ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' takes this even farther by introducing an ability to transfer some of your life to another person through the force, which seems to be common knowledge among force users and not take extensive training to pull off.
** Leia kisses Luke in both ''[[Film/StarWars A New Hope]]'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' has her tell Luke that she's always known they were siblings.
** Han and Leia choosing to pass on the Solo name rather than the Organa name never made a ton of sense considering that Alderaan was a [[{{Matriarchy}} matriarchal society]] and Organa is the name of a royal house and of one of the few remaining Alderaanian bloodlines, but it makes even less sense after ''{{Film/Solo}}'' revealed that Solo wasn't even Han's original last name and was given to him as a placeholder by an ''Imperial officer''.
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* ''Series/OnceUponATime''
** Rumplestiltskin goes through the trouble of creating the Dark Curse, which requires, among other things, sacrificing the thing you love the most, and spends years grooming someone to be evil enough to cast it, all so he can follow his son to the Land Without Magic. Later seasons reveal that there are any number of [[{{MacGuffin}} MacGuffins]] he could have acquired that would have allowed him to freely traverse realms.
** Multiple characters are motivated and deeply affected by the death of a loved one. Early seasons reiterate that death is the one thing magic can't fix. Both Rumplestiltskin and Regina start down the path of evil after [[LoveMakesYouEvil seeing a loved one die]]. Halfway through season 5, we learn that [[{{WesternAnimation/Hercules}} the Underworld]] exists and you can go there and rescue dead loved ones, and the characters have apparently just known this the whole time.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Season 6 involves [[BigBad Crowley]] trying to find Purgatory, desiring to take all of its souls to empower him, going to extreme lengths, including trying to capture the [[MonsterLord Alpha's]] and angering [[MotherOfAThousandYoung Eve]]. Season 8 however, reveals that not only do [[TheGrimReaper Reapers]] have the power to go to Purgatory and Crowley has a corrupt one on his payroll, but their is backdoor from Purgatory into Hell (where Crowley is king of). Even if one assumes he didn't recruit him till later, it begs the question why he never simply kidnapped a reaper to interrogate them.
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* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':
** ''MK11'' reveals that [[BigBad Kronika]] has been the true villain all along, and that the various resets, reboots and retcons have all been her doing to undo the work of Raiden, who has continually been a thorn in her side, especially with the help of Liu Kang. Which means that only in ''this'' game did she get the idea to reset all of time back to the dawn of creation and remake the universe without Raiden in it. This is despite the fact that, in ''Videogame/MortalKombatDeception'', ''both'' of them had been killed and she had the perfect opportunity at the time to reset everything without Kang or Raiden to stop her.
** ''[[Videogame/MortalKombat2011 MK9]]'' establishes that while the Elder Gods don't care if [[MultiversalConqueror Shao Khan]] conquers other realms, they are ''very much against'' him trying to merge them, to the point that when Raiden realizes this and lets Shao Khan win, the Elder Gods intervene and kill him on the spot. This fact renders the plot of most of the other ''Mortal Kombat'' games moot, as merging the two realms was Shao Khan's entire goal, and the heroes could have [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing Won by Doing Absolutely Nothing]].
** ''[[Videogame/MortalKombat11 MK11]]'' retcons Sindel into being an EvilAllAlong GoldDigger who was murdered rather than committed suicide. This has several consequences:
*** Earlier in the same game, Shao Khan states that the only reason he let Kitana live as a child was to appease Sindel so she would become his queen and even created Kitana's clone Mileena to have a "true daughter". This makes ''no'' sense after TheReveal, because Sindel honestly couldn't care less about her daughter and was ''actively pleased'' to have a "superior lover" like Shao Khan. He could have killed Kitana years ago and been done with it, and Sindel would have ''gladly'' given him more.
*** In ''[[Videogame/MortalKombat2011 MK9]]'', it was established that Sindel died to prevent Shao Kahn from invading Earthrealm. The reveal that she was both evil and murdered by Quan Chi begs the question of why she would prevent her darling husband from conquering the Earthrealm. If Quan Chi did it to stop Shao Khan, then he actively allowed a rival to prolong his death, since conquering Earthrealm and merging it with Outworld would have led to the Elder Gods killing Shao Khan anyway.
Except that it's not, because in three years, there's going to be a prequel that reveals a [[TakeAThirdOption Third Option]] that our hero definitely should have known about.
This trope is when a later installment in a series or franchise introduces a piece of information that the character should know, that retroactively makes the character's actions seem unnecessary, obviously misguided, or downright dumb. [[{{Fanon}} Headcanons]] rationalizing the character's actions abound, but {{Canon}} itself makes no attempt to explain it. It's like they were hoping no one would notice, or maybe more that they didn't notice themselves. [[WordOfGod The powers that be]] may come up with an explanation when pressed, but no canon, in-universe explanation exists.
If the [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Doylist explanation]] for an action is "because that power hadn't been invented yet," "because the writer hadn't written the prequel yet," or "because [character who definitely would have known how to solve the problem] didn't exist until the {{Interquel}}," and there's no Watsonian explanation provided, you probably have this trope.
This often results from a universe receiving an unexpected expansion, such as a {{Prequel}} or a [[ContinuityDrift lore-heavy]] spin-off. It is especially common in franchises with [[SharedUniverse huge universes]] that span many different writers who may not always be on the same page, and in series where installments don't take place in the order they're released in, where a character may learn a piece of information in a later addition that they appear to "forget" for audience members who consume the media chronologically rather than in release order.
Compare IdiotBall, where the character's actions didn't make sense even when they were first written, SeriesContinuityError, where canon contradicts itself, and ContinuitySnarl, where the continuity is so complicated that ''no one'' can keep it straight. Often caused by an AssPull, but can also result from a revelation that had solid build up if the series has been going on long enough. Can result in ForgotAboutHisPowers if a character has powers that weren't added until later additions to the series.
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!!Examples:
[[AC:Anime]]
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'': After his training with King Kai is complete, Goku is forced to run all the way back down Snake Way in order to reach the Otherworld check-in station, and thus return to Earth. Later, during the Cell saga, Goku asks for King Kai's help in locating the Namekian's new home, stating that he will use his Instant transmission technique (which he learned from the Yardrat race in the interim) to go there and recruit a new Guardian of Earth. King Kai then reveals that he knows the same technique. This of course raises the question of why King Kai couldn't have used that technique to bring Goku straight to the check-in station himself.
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* Franchise/StarWars
** Anakin turning to the Dark Side in order to gain power over life and death in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' makes a lot less sense after ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' revealed that he was directly involved in reversing Ahsoka's death not more than two years before, without the use of Sith powers. ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' takes this even farther by introducing an ability to transfer some of your life to another person through the force, which seems to be common knowledge among force users and not take extensive training to pull off.
** Leia kisses Luke in both ''[[Film/StarWars A New Hope]]'' and ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' has her tell Luke that she's always known they were siblings.
** Han and Leia choosing to pass on the Solo name rather than the Organa name never made a ton of sense considering that Alderaan was a [[{{Matriarchy}} matriarchal society]] and Organa is the name of a royal house and of one of the few remaining Alderaanian bloodlines, but it makes even less sense after ''{{Film/Solo}}'' revealed that Solo wasn't even Han's original last name and was given to him as a placeholder by an ''Imperial officer''.
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* ''Series/OnceUponATime''
** Rumplestiltskin goes through the trouble of creating the Dark Curse, which requires, among other things, sacrificing the thing you love the most, and spends years grooming someone to be evil enough to cast it, all so he can follow his son to the Land Without Magic. Later seasons reveal that there are any number of [[{{MacGuffin}} MacGuffins]] he could have acquired that would have allowed him to freely traverse realms.
** Multiple characters are motivated and deeply affected by the death of a loved one. Early seasons reiterate that death is the one thing magic can't fix. Both Rumplestiltskin and Regina start down the path of evil after [[LoveMakesYouEvil seeing a loved one die]]. Halfway through season 5, we learn that [[{{WesternAnimation/Hercules}} the Underworld]] exists and you can go there and rescue dead loved ones, and the characters have apparently just known this the whole time.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': Season 6 involves [[BigBad Crowley]] trying to find Purgatory, desiring to take all of its souls to empower him, going to extreme lengths, including trying to capture the [[MonsterLord Alpha's]] and angering [[MotherOfAThousandYoung Eve]]. Season 8 however, reveals that not only do [[TheGrimReaper Reapers]] have the power to go to Purgatory and Crowley has a corrupt one on his payroll, but their is backdoor from Purgatory into Hell (where Crowley is king of). Even if one assumes he didn't recruit him till later, it begs the question why he never simply kidnapped a reaper to interrogate them.
[[AC: Video Games]]
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':
** ''MK11'' reveals that [[BigBad Kronika]] has been the true villain all along, and that the various resets, reboots and retcons have all been her doing to undo the work of Raiden, who has continually been a thorn in her side, especially with the help of Liu Kang. Which means that only in ''this'' game did she get the idea to reset all of time back to the dawn of creation and remake the universe without Raiden in it. This is despite the fact that, in ''Videogame/MortalKombatDeception'', ''both'' of them had been killed and she had the perfect opportunity at the time to reset everything without Kang or Raiden to stop her.
** ''[[Videogame/MortalKombat2011 MK9]]'' establishes that while the Elder Gods don't care if [[MultiversalConqueror Shao Khan]] conquers other realms, they are ''very much against'' him trying to merge them, to the point that when Raiden realizes this and lets Shao Khan win, the Elder Gods intervene and kill him on the spot. This fact renders the plot of most of the other ''Mortal Kombat'' games moot, as merging the two realms was Shao Khan's entire goal, and the heroes could have [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing Won by Doing Absolutely Nothing]].
** ''[[Videogame/MortalKombat11 MK11]]'' retcons Sindel into being an EvilAllAlong GoldDigger who was murdered rather than committed suicide. This has several consequences:
*** Earlier in the same game, Shao Khan states that the only reason he let Kitana live as a child was to appease Sindel so she would become his queen and even created Kitana's clone Mileena to have a "true daughter". This makes ''no'' sense after TheReveal, because Sindel honestly couldn't care less about her daughter and was ''actively pleased'' to have a "superior lover" like Shao Khan. He could have killed Kitana years ago and been done with it, and Sindel would have ''gladly'' given him more.
*** In ''[[Videogame/MortalKombat2011 MK9]]'', it was established that Sindel died to prevent Shao Kahn from invading Earthrealm. The reveal that she was both evil and murdered by Quan Chi begs the question of why she would prevent her darling husband from conquering the Earthrealm. If Quan Chi did it to stop Shao Khan, then he actively allowed a rival to prolong his death, since conquering Earthrealm and merging it with Outworld would have led to the Elder Gods killing Shao Khan anyway.
