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* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise's timeline was already very complex, so much that even dedicated fans can get frustrated getting a grasp on the sequence of events, especially since some movies happen out of chronological order or even during another; however, the timeline was still carefully constructed, and could be understood clearly when put in order. Then along came the eighth film, ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'', which dropped a bomb on everyone by revealing that Logan, a new character who debuted in the film, was the first Jigsaw apprentice, not Hoffman. Fans were baffled at this reveal, since it disrupted the timeline the previous films had, and when the issue was brought up to the film's writers, they admitted that knowing the complete timeline didn't make any sense for such a reveal (since the film was released and is set years after the previous ones), and were hoping that nobody would notice it.

* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' has a glaring one right at the start, claiming the events in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' happened eight years prior. For starters, both movies were made only five years apart. And in-universe, ''Homecoming'' is set months after ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', which explicitly says only four years have passed since ''The Avengers''.

* The third film in ''Film/TheOmen'' series, ''Film/OmenIIITheFinalConflict'', ends with [[spoiler:the second coming of a fully-empowered Jesus Christ on Earth]], a seemingly important event which is naturally not mentioned once in ''Film/OmenIVTheAwakening''.

* The first film where Creator/SidneyPoitier played Detective Virgil Tibbs, Oscar-winner ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight'', has Virgil say that he's from Philadelphia, unmarried. Three years later, in the sequel ''[[Film/TheyCallMeMisterTibbs1970 They Call Me Mister Tibbs!]]'', Virgil lives in San Francisco (and has for a while, dialogue indicates that he's been with the SFPD for 12 years), and he's married with two

* The first film where Creator/SidneyPoitier played Detective Virgil Tibbs, Oscar-winner ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight'', has Virgil say that he's from Philadelphia, unmarried. Three years later, in the sequel ''[[Film/TheyCallMeMisterTibbs1970 They Call Me Mister Tibbs!]]'', Virgil lives in San Francisco (and has for a while, dialogue indicates that he's been with the SFPD for 12 years), and he's married with two school-age children.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' has a glaring one right at the start, claiming the events in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' happened eight years prior. For starters, both movies were made only five years apart. And in-universe, ''Homecoming'' is set months after ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', which explicitly says only four years have passed since ''The Avengers''.

** One of the oddest cases of {{Canon}} is ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil1''. In the game, you can either play as Jill or Chris: in Jill's story, Barry aids you, rescue Chris who spends the whole game captured, and there is no sign of Rebecca, while in Chris's story, Rebecca aids you, rescue Jill who spends the whole game captured, and there is no sign of Barry. However, later games firmly establish that all four of these characters simultaneously explored the mansion together and survived. It boils down to there being no way to play what canonically happened in Resident Evil, and the closest you can get to seeing these events unfold is by reading the S.D. Perry novelization, which, ironically, is ''not'' canon. [[MindScrew Deep breath]].

** ''VideoGame/SonicTheFighters'' has eight Chaos Emeralds instead of the series standard of seven, to accommodate for the eight playable characters. This is likely because it was developed by Creator/{{Sega}}'s arcade division, [=AM2=], rather than Creator/SonicTeam.

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamOrigins'', developed by WB Games Montréal (not the original developers from Rocksteady Studios), portrays the first meeting between Joker and Harley Quinn dramatically different from what's heard from videotapes in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum''. Instead of just another villainous rambling from Joker and slutty responses from Harley Quinn in ''Asylum'', the conversation is quite solemn: Joker keeps pondering on his newfound nemesis, Batman, and talks about him as if they're destined for each other, while Harley Quinn, portrayed as being uncharacteristically timid and shy, only gives back minor responses and ultimately submits to the belief that he was talking about her.

** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' Obi-Wan's spirit informs Luke that he cannot intervene if Luke chooses to face Vader, and Vader says the same thing to the Emperor, implying that Force Ghosts cannot interact with the physical world. This would be proven false in subsequent installments. ''Return of the Jedi'' shows branches moving as Obi-Wan walks past them and he's able to sit down on a rock. In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' episode "Voices", Qui-Gon Jinn's spirit is able to levitate Yoda and other objects in the room in order to prove he's really there. And in ''The Last Jedi'' Yoda's spirit uses the Force to summon lightning to strike the tree containing the ancient Jedi texts and he later whacks Luke with his cane.

* ''Film/DirtyHarry'' ends with [[CowboyCop the title character]] bringing down [[BigBad the Scorpio Killer]] once and for all... [[spoiler:and then, after some quiet reflection, throwing away his badge,]] a significant event that is naturally not addressed in the sequel ''Film/MagnumForce''. Or, for that matter, the ''[[Film/TheEnforcer other]]'' [[Film/SuddenImpact three]] [[Film/TheDeadPool sequels]].

** ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame'' is soft canon to the films, meaning a version of it happened along with the first movie. It has the island bombing as a plot point though and more damage to the visitor’s center.

** ''Film/JurassicWorld'' has the mosasaur lagoon in the middle of the island with no apparent ocean access but this was blatantly [[{{Retcon}} retconned]] in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''.

* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise's timeline was already very complex, so much that even dedicated fans can get frustrated getting a grasp on the sequence of events, especially since some movies happen out of chronological order or even during another; however, the timeline was still carefully constructed, and could be understood clearly when put in order. Then along came the eighth film, ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'', which dropped a bomb on everyone by revealing that Logan, a new character who debuted in the film, was the first Jigsaw apprentice, not Hoffman. Fans were baffled at this reveal, since it disrupted the timeline the previous films had, and when the issue was brought up to the film's writers, they admitted that knowing the revised timeline didn't make any sense for such a reveal (since the film was released and is set years after the previous ones), and were hoping that nobody would notice it.

* The author's notes in ''Fanfic/SpiritOfRedemption'' reveal several {{Retcon}}s made to previous chapters, usually regarding the characters' ages.

* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise's timeline was already very complex, so much that even dedicated fans can get frustrated getting a grasp on the sequence of events, especially since some movies happen out of chronological order or even during another; however, the timeline was still carefully constructed, and could be understood clearly when put in order. Then along came the eighth film, ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'', which dropped a bomb on everyone by revealing that Logan, a new character who debuted in the film, was the first Jigsaw apprentice, not Hoffman. Fans were baffled at this reveal, since it disrupted the timeline the previous films had, and when the issue was brought up to the film's writers, they admitted that knowing the revised timeline didn't make any sense for it, and were hoping that nobody would notice it.

* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise's timeline was already very complex, so much that even dedicated fans can get frustrated getting a grasp on the sequence of events, especially since some movies happen out of chronological order or even during another; however, the timeline was still carefully constructed, and could be understood clearly when put in order. Then along came the eighth film, ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'', which dropped a bomb on everyone by revealing that Logan, a new character who debuted in the film, was the first Jigsaw apprentice, not Hoffman. Fans were baffled at this reveal, since it disrupted the timeline the previous films had, and when the issue was brought up to the film's writers, they admitted that knowing the revised timeline didn't make any sense, and were hoping that nobody would notice it.

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** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' Obi-Wan's spirit informs Luke that he cannot intervene if Luke chooses to face Vader, and Vader saying the same thing to the Emperor, implying that Force Ghosts cannot interact with the physical world. ''Return of the Jedi'' shows branches moving as Obi-Wan walks past them and he's able to sit down on a rock. In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' episode "Voices", Qui-Gon Jinn's spirit is able to levitate Yoda and other objects in the room in order to prove he's really there. And in ''The Last Jedi'' Yoda's spirit uses the Force to summon lightning to strike the tree containing the ancient Jedi texts and he later whacks Luke with his cane.

** ''Film/JurassicWorld'' has the mosasaur lagoon in the middle of the island with no apparent ocean access but this was blatantly [[Retcon retconned]] in ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom''.

** The he original film gives the impression that all the breeding happened on Isla Nublar. But Michael Crichton’s novel ended with the island being carpet bombed, leading to Isla Sorna being introduced in the sequel book and''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' .

** Different filming locations in ''The Lost World'' And ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' led to two different environments, a coniferous forest (actually Sequoia National Park I’m California) and a jungle (Hawaii). The island could be large enough to support both though.

* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise's timeline was already very complex, so much that even dedicated fans can get frustrated getting a grasp on the sequence of events, especially since some movies happen out of chronological order or even during another; however, the timeline was still carefully constructed, and could be understood clearly when put in order. Then along came the eighth film, ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'', which dropped a bomb on everyone by revealing that Logan, a new character who debuted in the film, was the first Jigsaw apprentice, not Hoffman. Fans were baffled at this reveal, since it disrupted the timeline the previous films had, and when the issue was brought up to the film's writers, they admitted that knowing the revised timeline didn't make any sense, and were hoping that nobody would notice it.

* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise's timeline was already very complex, so much that even dedicated fans can get frustrated getting a grasp on the sequence of events, especially since some movies happen out of chronological order or even during another; however, the timeline was still carefully constructed, and could be understood clearly when put in order. Then along came the eighth film, ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'', which dropped a bomb on everyone by revealing that the newly-introduced Logan was the first Jigsaw apprentice, not Hoffman. Fans were baffled at this reveal, since it disrupted the timeline the previous films had, and when the issue was brought up to the film's writers, they admitted that knowing the revised timeline didn't make any sense, and were hoping that nobody would notice it.

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* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise's timeline was already very complex, so much that even dedicated fans can get frustrated getting a grasp on the sequence of events, especially since some movies happen out of chronological order or even during another; however, the timeline was still carefully constructed, and could be understood clearly when put in order. Then along came the eighth film, ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'', which dropped a bomb on everyone by revealing that the newly-introduced Logan was the first Jigsaw apprentice chronologically, not Hoffman. Fans were baffled at this reveal, since it disrupted the timeline the previous films had, and when the issue was brought up to the film's writers, they admitted that knowing the revised timeline didn't make any sense, and were hoping that nobody would notice it.

* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise's timeline was already very complex, so much that even dedicated fans can get frustrated getting a grasp on the sequence of events, especially since some movies happen out of chronological order or even during another; however, the timeline was still carefully constructed, and could be clearly understood when put in order. Then along came the eighth film, ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'', which dropped a bomb on everyone by revealing that the newly-introduced Logan was the first Jigsaw apprentice chronologically, not Hoffman. Fans were baffled at this reveal, since it disrupted the timeline the previous films had, and when the issue was brought up to the film's writers, they admitted that knowing the revised timeline didn't make any sense, and were hoping that nobody would notice it.

* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise's timeline was already very complex, so much that even dedicated fans can get frustrated getting a grasp on the sequence of events, especially since some movies happen out of chronological order or even during another; however, the timeline was still carefully constructed, and could be understood when put in order. Then along came the eighth film, ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'', which dropped a bomb on everyone by revealing that the newly-introduced Logan was the first Jigsaw apprentice chronologically, not Hoffman. Fans were baffled at this reveal, since it disrupted the timeline the previous films had, and when the issue was brought up to the film's writers, they admitted that knowing the revised timeline didn't make any sense, and were hoping that nobody would notice it.

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* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' franchise's timeline was already very complex, so much that even dedicated fans can get frustrated getting a grasp on the sequence of events, especially since some movies happen out of chronological order or even during another. Then along came the eighth film, ''Film/{{Jigsaw}}'', which dropped a bomb on everyone by revealing that the newly-introduced Logan was the first Jigsaw apprentice chronologically, not Hoffman. Fans were baffled at this reveal, since it disrupted the carefully constructed timeline the previous films had, and when the issue was brought up to the film's writers, they admitted that knowing the revised timeline didn't make any sense, and were hoping that nobody would notice it.