History Main / StatusQuoIsGod

* Utterly and thoroughly averted in ''[[http://parahumans.wordpress.com Worm]]''. Over the course of the narrative, the main character goes from being a scared, bullied teenager, to ... well, just read the story.

* ''[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Movie]]'' plays with this trope, the characters mention how many powerful cards they have that they will never use again, and how they will never mention the events that happened in the film again.

** ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' went through thirty-eigh volumes of Ataru chasing after other women and refusing admitting outloud what he loved Lum. Finally, when the story left him no option other than acknowledging his feelings, ResetButton was pressed. The only meaningful change in the status-quo was Shinobu breaking up with Ataru, and that change happened in the beginning and [[ExecutiveMeddling it was forced on Takahashi by her editors]]. This was lampshaded in a story arc where several characters have the chance to make a future tailored to her needs. Shinobu is unsure of what asking, and thus she decides nothing changes. Shortly after she got to see that future and she realized it was a dumb idea.

** Admittedly, though, the manga does subvert a lot of how the OVA worked - the gang goes out to more places, the characters are a lot more outgoing, Mihoshi has a driver's licence, Sasami goes to school, among others.

* Commonly averted with ''Manga/KOn'', which sets up the sorts of "lesson of the week" situations that you'd normally fully expect a cast in a work like this to forget about by the next episode (i.e. don't be so clingy, be more thoughtful towards your friends, study hard, etc.) but actually has them work as permanent character development.

* This was why there was a sense that Comicbook/{{Loki}} would eventually go back to his usual self when reverted to childhood with about half his memories, practically worshipping Comicbook/TheMightyThor. Much of the impact of the arc was not from wondering if the change would stick, but on the possible effects once things reverted to Status Quo. The writer of Thor (renamed ''JourneyIntoMystery'') indicated that Loki turning evil again WAS NOT a foregone conclusion. Thor destroyed the Ragnarok cycle which contained the writings that decreed the destinies of the Asgardians, enabling all of them to ScrewDestiny, Loki included. Since then, Loki has returned to his old ways. The writer says he chose to end the story with Loki's return to evil because he knew that if he didn't, someone else would come along and do it anyway. And at least if Loki fell from grace under his pen, he could do it in a [[TearJerker suitably emotional manner]]. "So-and-so IS NOT a foregone conclusion" has been said numerous times (see JoeQuesada talking about the Franchise/SpiderMan identity reveal, saying "it won't [[Comicbook/OneMoreDay just be undone by magic a year later."]] So take any promise of permanence with [[LyingCreator a gigantic grain of salt.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'' -- and, in fact, any other appearance of Scrooge [=McDuck=] -- is oddly obsessive about this trope, even to the extent of Scrooge very rarely managing to walk home with the treasure he's seeking. Do they really think that an extra million or so dollars would have any effect on the lifestyle of a man with five multiplujillion, nine impossibidillion, seven fantasticatrillion dollars and ten cents? Whatever he might say to the contrary, Scrooge isn't treasure hunting for money, but for the sense of adventure he can't find behind the desk.

** The Barks and Don Rosa comics have some continuity, just read ''Comicbook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck''.
** With the ''[=McDuck=]'' books, there is continuity, but it's done by author instead of having one for the entire series. Most writers will callback to previous stories they created but will ignore the ones made by others so as not to mess with anyone's long-term story plans. The exception is Don Rosa, who considers all Carl Barks stories canon to his own universe and has written several sequels to Barks tales.

** This is the major reason why [[MicrosftWindows Windows 8]] is one of the most hated [=OSes=] in recent history because of replacing the familiar Start Menu with the strange Start Screen. However, the [[OlderThanTheyThink initial test cases for Windows 95 showed similar responses about the Start Menu]].

* ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'': Anything that could potentially separate Sam and Dean, be it a bad argument, demon trickery, a trip to Purgatory, or {{death|IsCheap}}, will be quickly resolved because Sam and Dean just can't be apart. If it cannot be fixed quickly in-universe, they will use a TimeSkip. The show is currently on it's eighth season and the longest they've ever been separated is two episodes ("Free To Be You And Me" and "The End" in season 5).

** For the majority of the series it seems that the one other constant was Jack working with the CTU no matter what. This hit especially hard in both the fourth and sixth seasons, both which tried to have Jack go in different places but quickly saw him working with it again all too quickly. After that, the series made sure to avoid this: Season 7 averted things by not having the CTU appear at all, while Season 8 subverted things by having him once again work with them (albeit their New York City branch this time around) [[spoiler: and then had him split off just a little halfway through, becoming a [[AntiVillain borderline terrorist]] in order to get the bad guys on his own.]] The upcoming ''Live Another Day'' mini-series, which many fans are calling "Season 9" is averting this as well, as things will be taking place entirely in London.

** Behavioral Psychologists use this to explain why most "life changing decisions/events" tend to only really majorly effect the months that follow and will be lost/phased out with time until Quo returns. It must be mentioned, however, that just because an individual gradually returns to the Quo after a "major life changing event" doesn't necessarily mean he/she hasn't changed or become an all-around better person through it.

** Behavioral Psychologists use this to explain why most "life changing decisions/events" tend to only really majorly effect the months that follow and will be lost/phased out with time until Quo returns.

* The new edition of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' states that mankind has entered the Time of Ending, with the long-awaited fall of the Imperium imminent. However, TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt is very, very unlikely.

** [[spoiler:There's an aversion at the end of Season 2, where the existence of mutants is revealed to the world.]]

** Though some things do change, Stan's become gradually less conservative as the series as gone on (to the point he not only accepted his gay neighbors, he tried to get Terry's homophobic dad accept him), Steve's also gradually becoming less of a nerd, [[spoiler: and finally got a first kiss after constant YankTheDogsChain.]]

** Though some things do change, Stan's become gradually less conservative as the series as gone on (to the point he not only accepted his gay neighbors, he tried to her Terry's homophobic dad accept him), Steve's also gradually becoming less of a nerd, [[spoiler: and finally got a first kiss after constant YankTheDogsChain.]]

* And again ditto ''Manga/LupinIII''. There's also the example of the movie ''Island of Assassins'', which ends [[spoiler:with Lupin and Fujiko both trapped in a blimp that they can't leave without activating a lethal poison, and with the one known antidote explicitly shown to have failed]]. Needless to say, it never comes up again.

** Along those lines, they tried to give Comicbook/{{Zatanna}} [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/13/130362/2830708-zatanna_new_52.jpg a more conservative outfit]] in ''JusticeLeagueDark''. The fans complained, [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/3/39027/3149756-ztnnanw52cstmepic.jpgg so DC gave her a new costume that was more in line with her original, iconic look]].

** Along those lines, they tried to give Comicbook/{{Zatanna}} [[http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/13/130362/2830708-zatanna_new_52.jpg a more conservative outfit]] in ''JusticeLeagueDark''. The fans complained, [http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/3/39027/3149756-ztnnanw52cstmepic.jpgg so DC gave her a new costume that was more in line with her original, iconic look]].

** Along those lines, they tried to give Comicbook/{{Zatanna}} [[http://borgdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/new-zatanna-look.jpg a more conservative outfit]] in ''JusticeLeagueDark''. The fans complained, [[http://cdn.bleedingcool.net/wp-content/uploads//2013/04/zatanna-new-look-600x984.jpg so now they've given her a new costume that's more in line with her original, iconic look]].

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* Every unplanned movie {{sequel}}.

* An accusation sometimes leveled at ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. Stranded 70 years from home, with corridors and shuttles being blown to crap every week, and the ship is in mint condition by next week. About the closest the crew came to 'roughing it' was eschewing replicated food. Doubtless this was due to [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG's]] mammoth success in syndication, where viewers could jump into the show at dinnertime and not miss anything.
-->'''{{Website/SFDebris}}''': What would it have hurt to make changes to Seven - to have her grow even a little - half a dozen episodes before the end of the series, after you've been teasing it for years? Then again, this is a show about getting home that ''cut to the credits'' before they reached it. So for all we know, ''Voyager'' got hit by an asteroid before it reached Earth, and [[StarTrekNemesis Janeway was the only survivor.]]