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** Which conflicts with ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart]]'', since [[spoiler: Rivet, the female counterpart of Ratchet, definitely has a tail.]]

** Which conflicts with [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankRiftApart]], since [[spoiler: Rivet, the female counterpart of Ratchet, definitely has a tail.]]

** Another example is Leia remembering her mother as established in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', only for Padme to die within minutes of Luke and Leia's birth in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. There ''have'' been attempts to explain this, like the novelization implying Leia was "trying to take in every detail," or fan speculation that Leia was mistakenly thinking of her foster mother. Even Leland Chee, the man responsible for sorting the massive and convoluted ''Star Wars'' continuity, says that he's stumped.

** In the ''Magazine/{{Dragon}}'' articles "The Wizards Three", Ed Greenwood occasionally forgot that, in ''TabletopGame/{{Dragonlance}}'', "dark elf" isn't a race, but means any elf who has turned to evil. On one occasion he outright referred to Dalamar as a drow, and on another he had him refer to "his people" raiding the surface world.

* ''Film/DieHard'' shows John [=McClane=] reconcile with his estranged wife, ''Film/DieHard2'' shows that this stuck and John is now an LA cop, having moved to Los Angeles to be with her and their relationship is healthy. Every sequel after that has John in New York and estranged (and later Divorced) from his wife.

In ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', the ''USS Sulaco'' sports a dark blue hue, its name written in black on its right side, and cryogenic stasis pods that look quite different from the ones aboard the ''USCSS Nostromo'', but in ''Film/{{Alien 3}}'', the ''USS Sulaco'' sports a bright brown hue, its name written in white on its left side, and cryogenic stasis pods that look ''identical'' to the ones aboard the ''USCSS Nostromo''.

* ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon'' clearly states dragon eggs only occur once every twelve years. In ''VideoGame/SpyroAHerosTail'' you must rescue different dragon eggs despite the fact no one seems to have aged much since the third game, and certainly not twelve years. However, ''Year Of The Dragon'' also flies contrary to ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'', where one had to chase thieves with dragon eggs. While time passed between the games, twelve years seems unlikely.

** A few early strips allude to the family having two cars, and the very first strip shows Calvin's dad washing a car resembling a Ford LTD. However, in all subsequent appearances, we've only seen one car, an econobox hatchback, and even then the cars taillight design changes between appearances.

* All the episodes of ''[[Radio/SherlockHolmesBBCRadio The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' are based on {{Noodle Incident}}s from the Canon. A couple, however, doesn't quite fit:
** "The Saviour of Cripplegate Square": Supposedly, the incident Holmes referred to when he said, "the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money" in ''Literature/TheSignOfFour'', but in this story the woman in question insists the money didn't interest her. Still, she thought her charges were TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth and was "saving" them. And Holmes seems to believe her since he uses the case as an example of how love is not a positive emotion.

A common feature of LongRunners, as it's difficult to keep track of continuity after multiple years or decades. Compare BeyondTheImpossible is about characters breaking the story's internal logic by doing what is physically impossible.

** WordOfGod was that ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame'' is [[BroadStrokes 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, which the later film ''Film/JurassicWorld'' ignored, although the name of the island's volcano, Mount Sibo, is kept. ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' would further de-canonize the game by showing that [[GreaterScopeVillain Lesis Dogdson,]] recovered Nedry's Barbasol can decades after the first Jurassic Park incident, not days as depicted in the game.

** The 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'' .
** ''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, which the later film ''Film/JurassicWorld'' ignored, although the name of the island's volcano, Mount Sibo, is kept.

*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''.

* ''Franchise/JurassicPark'':
** The 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'' .
** ''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, which the later film ''Film/JurassicWorld'' ignored, although the name of the island's volcano, Mount Sibo, is kept.
** Different filming locations in ''The Lost World'' And ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' led to two different environments, a coniferous forest (actually Sequoia National Park in California) and a jungle (Hawaii). The island could be large enough to support both though.
** The ending of ''Film/TheLostWorldJurassicPark'' shows numerous ''Pteranodon'' flying free over Isla Sorna, but ''Film/JurassicParkIII'' depicts them being trapped inside a giant metal aviary and only breaking free at the end. The [[ArtEvolution design also changes radically]] between films, although why this is so is never specified.
** ''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'' to facilitate the mosasaur escaping.
** ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'' establishes that Hammond broke his partnership with Lockwood in the past because he used their dinosaur cloning technology to [[spoiler:clone his dead daughter Charlotte, who died in a car crash]]. ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'' retcons this so that [[spoiler:it was Charlotte who cloned ''herself'' long after Hammond had died, and she passed away of a genetic disease rather than a car crash.]] Although this does fix some timeline issues, it calls into question why Hammond became estranged from Lockwood if [[spoiler:he ''didn't'' clone his daughter.]]

* 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 the previously-introduced 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.

A common feature of LongRunners. Compare BeyondTheImpossible is about characters breaking the story's internal logic by doing what is physically impossible.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': WordOfGod says Grif was the Army's sole draftee, and his resentment of it drives him to be the world's biggest slacker. However, in the first episode, he says he "signed on to fight some aliens." It's eventually revealed in Season 17 that despite claiming he was drafted, he ensured he'd be picked.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', Myron proudly claims to have invented the addictive drug known as Jet, and if asked, will tell you the story of how it was created, partly by accident, as a result of the Mordinos' efforts to create a potent drug that they could produce in the wasteland. ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' indicates that the drug was made before the nuclear war due to being on a list of drugs hidden in a vault before the bombs fell. No canon source has addressed this yet, even with FanWank being used to try and justify it from a fan angle.

* VideoGame/{{Feral}}: It's established in several quests that airships cannot visit the Blood Tundra's harbor without crashing. When the Fera Air Mail airship rotates into the Blood Tundra, it docks in the harbor without experiencing any problems.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}'', Myron proudly claims to have invented the addictive drug known as Jet, and if asked, will tell you the story of how it was created, partly by accident, as a result of the Mordinos' efforts to create a potent drug that they could produce in the wasteland. ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' indicates that the drug was made before the nuclear war. No canon source has addressed this yet, but FanWank notes that it would be ideally in-character for Myron --a {{Jerkass}} and SmugSnake to the nth degree-- to reverse-engineer a pre-war drug out of available ingredients and then lie about inventing it to puff up his own reputation.

* ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'' is a prequel to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', and the map of Hyrule is intact as such, with Castle Town in particular showing more streets than the earlier game. However, in the cutscene where Purah excitedly shows the completed map on the Sheikah Slate atop Akkala Tower, Castle Town is prominently visible as its destroyed version. Notably, the area directly in front of the Hyrule Castle drawbridge should look more like a U with a line connecting the top, but it looke like a J instead.