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* When most people think of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], they think of a man in a hockey mask going killing people with a machete. While it has slowly become common knowledge that he doesn't actually do any of the killing in [[Film/FridayThe13th1980 the original film]] (thanks largely to ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}''), many people are still surprised to learn that he doesn't actually gain the hockey mask until [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII Part 3]]. Even more surprising is the fact that the actor most associated with the role, Creator/KaneHodder, didn't play him until [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood 1988]], by which point there had already been six installments in the series. Additionally, Jason nowadays is almost always portrayed as wearing a jacket of some sorts, but he only started wearing one in ''Film/JasonX'' [[note]]The last Jason solo film until the reboot[[/note]] and didn't have one at all in the films produced during the series' heyday in the 80s.

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* When most people think of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], they think of a man in a hockey mask going killing people with a machete. While it has slowly become common knowledge that he doesn't actually do any of the killing in [[Film/FridayThe13th1980 the original film]] (thanks largely to ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}''), many people are still surprised to learn that he doesn't actually gain the hockey mask until [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII Part 3]]. Even more surprising is the fact that the actor most associated with the role, Creator/KaneHodder, didn't play him until [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood 1988]], by which point there had already been six installments in the series. Additionally, Jason nowadays is almost always portrayed as wearing a jacket of some sorts, but he only started wearing one in ''Film/JasonX'' [[note]]The last Jason solo film until the reboot[[/note]] [[Film/FridayThe13th2009 reboot]][[/note]] and didn't have one at all in the films produced during the series' heyday in the 80s.
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** The PG-13 rating didn't exist until 1984, in response to the controversies over ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' and ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' being considered very dark for PG-rated films. The first film to receive the PG-13 rating was ''Film/{{Red Dawn|1984}}'' that same year.

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** The PG-13 rating didn't exist until 1984, in response to the controversies over ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' and ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' ''Film/{{Gremlins|1984}}'' being considered very dark for PG-rated films. The first film to receive the PG-13 rating was ''Film/{{Red Dawn|1984}}'' that same year.
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** A scene with Bart sleeping with Ms. Hoover in bed, which is often seen on several "jokes that you didn't understand as kids" lists, is from an episode from ''2014''.

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** A scene with an adult Bart sleeping with Ms. Hoover in bed, which is often seen on several "jokes that you didn't understand as kids" lists, is from an episode from ''2014''.
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* When most people think of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], they think of a man in a hockey mask going killing people with a machete. While it has slowly become common knowledge that he doesn't actually do any of the killing in [[Film/FridayThe13th1980 the original film]] (thanks largely to ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}''), many people are still surprised to learn that he doesn't actually gain the hockey mask until [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII Part 3]]. Even more surprising is the fact that the actor most associated with the role, Creator/KaneHodder, didn't play him until 1988, by which point there had already been six installments in the series. Additionally, Jason nowadays is almost always portrayed as wearing a jacket of some sorts, but he only started wearing one in ''Film/JasonX'' [[note]]The last Jason solo film until the reboot[[/note]] and didn't have one at all in the films produced during the series' heyday in the 80s.

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* When most people think of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], they think of a man in a hockey mask going killing people with a machete. While it has slowly become common knowledge that he doesn't actually do any of the killing in [[Film/FridayThe13th1980 the original film]] (thanks largely to ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}''), many people are still surprised to learn that he doesn't actually gain the hockey mask until [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII Part 3]]. Even more surprising is the fact that the actor most associated with the role, Creator/KaneHodder, didn't play him until 1988, [[Film/FridayThe13thPartVIITheNewBlood 1988]], by which point there had already been six installments in the series. Additionally, Jason nowadays is almost always portrayed as wearing a jacket of some sorts, but he only started wearing one in ''Film/JasonX'' [[note]]The last Jason solo film until the reboot[[/note]] and didn't have one at all in the films produced during the series' heyday in the 80s.
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* When most people think of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], they think of a man in a hockey mask going killing people with a machete. While it has slowly become common knowledge that he doesn't actually do any of the killing in [[Film/FridayThe13th1980 the original film]] (thanks largely to ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}''), many people are still surprised to learn that he doesn't actually gain the hockey mask until [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII Part 3]]. Even more surprising is the fact that the actor most associated with the role, Creator/KaneHodder, didn't play him until 1988, by which point there had already been six installments in the series.

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* When most people think of [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], they think of a man in a hockey mask going killing people with a machete. While it has slowly become common knowledge that he doesn't actually do any of the killing in [[Film/FridayThe13th1980 the original film]] (thanks largely to ''Film/{{Scream|1996}}''), many people are still surprised to learn that he doesn't actually gain the hockey mask until [[Film/FridayThe13thPartIII Part 3]]. Even more surprising is the fact that the actor most associated with the role, Creator/KaneHodder, didn't play him until 1988, by which point there had already been six installments in the series. Additionally, Jason nowadays is almost always portrayed as wearing a jacket of some sorts, but he only started wearing one in ''Film/JasonX'' [[note]]The last Jason solo film until the reboot[[/note]] and didn't have one at all in the films produced during the series' heyday in the 80s.

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* Many traditions associated with the Academy Awards are quite recent:
** The Dolby Theater, the location of where the Award ceremony always took place, would not be built until 2001. Before that, the location of the Oscars always seems to vary every few years.
** A comedian being the host and providing jokes during the opening is also very recently, not happening until 1934 being hosted by Will Rogers.
** It would not be later when actors get awarded for starring one film. Before that, an actor could be awarded for multiple films: Emil Jannings won Best Actor for his work in both The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command, while Best Actress winner Janet Gaynor was honored for three films.
** The Best Animated Feature category would not be made until 2002. For much of the Academy Awards' history, AMPAS was resistant to the idea of a regular award for animated features, considering there were simply too few animated films produced to justify. Instead, the Academy occasionally bestowed special Oscars for exceptional productions, usually from Disney, such as for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1938, and the Special Achievement Academy Award for the live action/animated hybrid Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1989 and Toy Story in 1996.In fact, prior to the award's creation, only one animated film was nominated for Best Picture: 1991's Beauty and the Beast, also by Disney.
** While the red carpet has been a fixture of the Oscars since the early days, the extensive coverage of celebrities arriving and being interviewed about their fashion choices has become a significant tradition in recent decades, especially with the rise of television coverage and social media.
** The tradition of honoring industry figures who have passed away in the past year with a special "In Memoriam" segment didn't become a regular feature of the Oscars until the 1990s.
** The practice of gifting elaborate swag bags to Oscar nominees and presenters began in the early 2000s.
** While the nominees for Best Original Song have always been performed during the Oscars, the tradition of having live performances of all the nominees didn't become standard until relatively recently. Previously, only select songs would be performed live, with others being showcased through pre-recorded segments or brief clips.



** The award for Best Animated Feature only dates to 2002. It is usually seen as a reaction to ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' getting nominated for Best Picture in 1992... ten years earlier.

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** The award for Best Animated Feature only dates to 2002. It is usually seen as a reaction to ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' getting nominated for Best Picture in 1992... ten years earlier. For much of the Academy Awards' history, AMPAS was resistant to the idea of a regular award for animated features, considering there were simply too few animated films produced to justify. Instead, the Academy occasionally bestowed special Oscars for exceptional productions, usually from Disney, such as for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1938, and the Special Achievement Academy Award for the live action/animated hybrid Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1989 and Toy Story in 1996.In fact, prior to the award's creation, only one animated film was nominated for Best Picture: 1991's Beauty and the Beast, also by Disney.
** A comedian being the host and providing jokes during the opening would also not happen until 1934 being hosted by Will Rogers.
** It would not be later when actors get awarded for starring one film. Before that, an actor could be awarded for multiple films: Emil Jannings won Best Actor for his work in both The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command, while Best Actress winner Janet Gaynor was honored for three films.
** While the red carpet has been a fixture of the Oscars since the early days, the extensive coverage of celebrities arriving and being interviewed about their fashion choices has become a significant tradition in recent decades, especially with the rise of television coverage and social media.
** The tradition of honoring industry figures who have passed away in the past year with a special "In Memoriam" segment didn't become a regular feature of the Oscars until the 1990s.
** The practice of gifting elaborate swag bags to Oscar nominees and presenters began in the early 2000s.
** While the nominees for Best Original Song have always been performed during the Oscars, the tradition of having live performances of all the nominees didn't become standard until relatively recently. Previously, only select songs would be performed live, with others being showcased through pre-recorded segments or brief clips.
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* Many traditions associated with the Academy Awards are quite recent:
** The Dolby Theater, the location of where the Award ceremony always took place, would not be built until 2001. Before that, the location of the Oscars always seems to vary every few years.
** A comedian being the host and providing jokes during the opening is also very recently, not happening until 1934 being hosted by Will Rogers.
** It would not be later when actors get awarded for starring one film. Before that, an actor could be awarded for multiple films: Emil Jannings won Best Actor for his work in both The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command, while Best Actress winner Janet Gaynor was honored for three films.
** The Best Animated Feature category would not be made until 2002. For much of the Academy Awards' history, AMPAS was resistant to the idea of a regular award for animated features, considering there were simply too few animated films produced to justify. Instead, the Academy occasionally bestowed special Oscars for exceptional productions, usually from Disney, such as for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1938, and the Special Achievement Academy Award for the live action/animated hybrid Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1989 and Toy Story in 1996.In fact, prior to the award's creation, only one animated film was nominated for Best Picture: 1991's Beauty and the Beast, also by Disney.
** While the red carpet has been a fixture of the Oscars since the early days, the extensive coverage of celebrities arriving and being interviewed about their fashion choices has become a significant tradition in recent decades, especially with the rise of television coverage and social media.
** The tradition of honoring industry figures who have passed away in the past year with a special "In Memoriam" segment didn't become a regular feature of the Oscars until the 1990s.
** The practice of gifting elaborate swag bags to Oscar nominees and presenters began in the early 2000s.
** While the nominees for Best Original Song have always been performed during the Oscars, the tradition of having live performances of all the nominees didn't become standard until relatively recently. Previously, only select songs would be performed live, with others being showcased through pre-recorded segments or brief clips.
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* Many younger people think of the ''Manga/SailorMoon'' anime ([[SmallReferencePools or all 90s anime]]) as having a pink tinted color palette as a deliberate stylistic choice. As anyone who watched the show on TV or VHS in the 90s and early 2000s will tell you though, the original series has a much brighter color palette and the pink tint is actually the result of poor preservation of the original masters causing the film to degrade and turn red. Said degraded film is the one used in newer, HD releases of the series, which younger fans are more familiar with.

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* Many younger people think of the ''Manga/SailorMoon'' anime ([[SmallReferencePools or all 90s anime]]) as having a pink tinted color palette as a deliberate stylistic choice. As anyone who watched the show on TV or VHS in the 90s and early 2000s will tell you though, the original series has a much brighter color palette and the pink tint is actually the result of poor preservation of the original masters causing the film to degrade and turn red. Said degraded film is the one used in newer, HD releases of the series, which younger fans are more familiar with. The same goes for the yellowish tint in ''Manga/DragonBallZ'' causing the skies to appear green.
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* Many younger people think of the ''Manga/SailorMoon'' anime ([[SmallReferencePools or all 90s anime]]) as having a pink tinted color palette as a deliberate stylistic choice. As anyone who watched the show on TV or VHS in the 90s and early 2000s will tell you though, this is actually a result of poor preservation of the original masters causing the film to degrade and turn red. Said degraded film is the one used in newer, HD releases of the series, which younger fans are more familiar with. The original series had a much brighter color palette.

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* Many younger people think of the ''Manga/SailorMoon'' anime ([[SmallReferencePools or all 90s anime]]) as having a pink tinted color palette as a deliberate stylistic choice. As anyone who watched the show on TV or VHS in the 90s and early 2000s will tell you though, this the original series has a much brighter color palette and the pink tint is actually a the result of poor preservation of the original masters causing the film to degrade and turn red. Said degraded film is the one used in newer, HD releases of the series, which younger fans are more familiar with. The original series had a much brighter color palette.
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* Many younger people think of the ''Manga/SailorMoon'' anime ([[SmallReferencePools or all 90s anime]]) as having a pink tinted color palette as a deliberate stylistic choice. As anyone who watched the show in the 90s and early 2000s will tell you though, this is actually a result of poor preservation of the original masters causing the film to degrade and turn red. Said degraded film is the one used in newer, HD releases of the series, which younger fans are more familiar with. The original series had a much brighter color palette.

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* Many younger people think of the ''Manga/SailorMoon'' anime ([[SmallReferencePools or all 90s anime]]) as having a pink tinted color palette as a deliberate stylistic choice. As anyone who watched the show on TV or VHS in the 90s and early 2000s will tell you though, this is actually a result of poor preservation of the original masters causing the film to degrade and turn red. Said degraded film is the one used in newer, HD releases of the series, which younger fans are more familiar with. The original series had a much brighter color palette.
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* Many younger people think of the ''Manga/SailorMoon'' anime ([[SmallReferencePools or all 90s anime]]) as having a pink tinted color palette as a deliberate stylistic choice. As anyone who watched the show in the 90s and early 2000s will tell you though, this is actually a result of poor preservation of the original masters causing the film to degrade and turn red. Said degraded film is the one used in newer, HD releases of the series, which younger fans are more familiar with. The original series had a much brighter color palette.
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** On that note, regeneration as it's known today - the Time Lord ability to change into a new body when dying or dead - isn't established in that form until [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders "Planet of the Spiders"]]. In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks "The Power of the Daleks"]], the Doctor refers to it as a renewal, a part of the TARDIS he can't survive without, while in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames "The War Games"]], the Time Lords describe it as a change of appearance. The twelve-regeneration limit that hung over the show until 2013 wasn't established until 1976's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin "The Deadly Assassin"]].

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** On that note, regeneration as it's known today - the Time Lord ability to change into a new body when dying or dead - isn't established in that form until [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders "Planet of the Spiders"]]. In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks "The Power of the Daleks"]], the Doctor refers to it as a renewal, a part of the TARDIS he can't survive without, while in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames "The War Games"]], the Time Lords describe it as a change of appearance. The twelve-regeneration limit that hung over the show until 2013 2013’s [[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor "The Time of the Doctor"]] wasn't established until 1976's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin "The Deadly Assassin"]].
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** Ceremonies over three hours long have only been a mainstay since TheSeventies, though once it cleared that threshold in 1974 it has never since gone back under it.
** The Oscars ceremony taking place on Sunday night is a "tradition" that goes back only to ''1999''. Before then, it was traditionally a Monday night show.

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** Ceremonies over three hours long have only been a mainstay since TheSeventies, though once it cleared that threshold in 1974 it has never since gone back under it.
it. The show's reputation as an interminable slog established itself ''very'' quickly after that, with first-time host Creator/JohnnyCarson legendarily quipping in 1979 about "two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show".
** The Oscars ceremony taking place on Sunday night is a "tradition" that goes back only to ''1999''. Before then, it was traditionally customarily a Monday night show.
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* Movie trailers did not include a VanityPlate until at least the 1980s, however Creator/{{Paramount}} began using its actual on-screen logos since at least the 1940s.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Several characters marketed as members of the main cast now were minor characters in the classic shorts. While characters such as the Tasmanian Devil and Marvin the Martian are now seen as ''Looney Tunes'' mainstays, they only appeared in a handful of the theatrical shorts (''[[BrieferThanTheyThink five shorts each]] to be exact!''). In fact, Marvin the Martian was never named in the classic shorts, with Creator/ChuckJones referring to him as "Antwerp" on model sheets.

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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Several characters marketed as members of the main cast now were minor characters in the classic shorts. While characters such as the Tasmanian Devil and Marvin the Martian are now seen as ''Looney Tunes'' mainstays, they only appeared in a handful of the theatrical shorts (''[[BrieferThanTheyThink five shorts each]] to be exact!''). In fact, Marvin the Martian was never named in the classic shorts, with Creator/ChuckJones referring to him as "Antwerp" on model sheets. Funnily enough, Marvin's CanineCompanion, K-9, received a name before him.
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** The PG-13 rating didn't exist until 1984.

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** The PG-13 rating didn't exist until 1984.1984, in response to the controversies over ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' and ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' being considered very dark for PG-rated films. The first film to receive the PG-13 rating was ''Film/{{Red Dawn|1984}}'' that same year.

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* "Plinko" is one of, if not ''the'' most popular games on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''. But it didn't make its debut until 1983, just over a decade after the show premiered.

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"Plinko" is one of, if not ''the'' most popular games on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''. ''The Price Is Right''. But it didn't make its debut until 1983, just over a decade after the show premiered.premiered.
** Longtime host Creator/BobBarker's SigningOffCatchphrase, "Bob Barker reminding you to control the pet population. Have your pet spayed or neutered.", started in the show's 1981-82 season, as he became an animal welfare activist in tribute to his late wife Dorothy Jo, who was an AnimalLover, and he would have the show stop giving away fur coats as prizes afterwards. His successor, Creator/DrewCarey, would subsequently adopt that as his own signing-off catchphrase out of respect to Barker.
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** For animated projects, it wasn't common to properly credit the voice actors with their respective characters until around the early nineties, and it wasn't standard until 2000. Before, most projects [[NowWhichOneWasThatVoice only listed the actors in alphabetical order]]. In pre-1960s shorts, voice actors were rarely credited at all, unless they were Creator/MelBlanc.

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** For animated projects, it wasn't common to properly credit the voice actors with their respective characters until around the early nineties, and it wasn't standard until 2000. Before, most projects [[NowWhichOneWasThatVoice [[UnspecifiedRoleCredit only listed the actors in alphabetical order]]. In pre-1960s shorts, voice actors were rarely credited at all, unless they were Creator/MelBlanc.
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* The last analog TV broadcast stations in the United States [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8Ih-VWPCfI didn't sign off until 2021]], and then only by FCC fiat.
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* The popularized act of kissing the ring of a Mafia Don does not seem to have any basis in reality prior to the 1972 movie ''Film/TheGodfather''. It is said that it was barely practiced in RealLife even after that, except among posers. Kissing a bishop's ring or the Pope's Fisherman's Ring is a Catholic tradition called ''baciamano'' is (was) common among Catholics.

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* The popularized act of kissing the ring of a Mafia Don does not seem to have any basis in reality prior to the 1972 movie ''Film/TheGodfather''. It is said that it was barely practiced in RealLife even after that, except among posers. Kissing a bishop's ring or the Pope's Fisherman's Ring is a Catholic tradition called ''baciamano'' is (was) that is(/was) common among Catholics.
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* The first movie sequel to have the same name as the first [[NumberedSequels with a number added]] was ''[[Film/TheFrenchConnection French Connection II]]'' (1975). Adding "Part II" or "Part 3" is much older (e.g., Shakespeare's ''The Second Part of Theatre/HenryIV'' or ''Little Women, Part Second''; [=FC2=] was the first to add just a number. And the use of Arabic numerals for the purpose is even newer: Roman numerals were more common until the (late) 1980s.

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* The first movie sequel to have the same name as the first [[NumberedSequels with a number added]] was ''[[Film/TheFrenchConnection French Connection II]]'' (1975). Adding "Part II" or "Part 3" is much older (e.g., Shakespeare's ''The Second Part of Theatre/HenryIV'' or ''Little Women, Part Second''; Second''); [=FC2=] was the first to add just a number. And the use of Arabic numerals for the purpose is even newer: Roman numerals were more common until the (late) 1980s.
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* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplex_(movie_theater) Multiplexes]] (i.e., movie theatres with multiple screens) were almost non-existent up to the 1970s, dual-screen setups being unusual enough until then to be treated as a novelty. The first theatre with three screens opened in 1967 in Boston, and the first megaplex was the 18-screen Cineplex in Toronto Eaton Centre, which opened in 1979; at that time, it was by far the largest theatre in the world.
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** The Simpsons' home address wasn't always 742 Evergreen Terrace. In the earlier seasons, the addresses 94 Evergreen Terrace, 1094 Evergreen Terrace, 555 Evergreen Terrace, 723 Evergreen Terrace, and 430 Spalding Way were all used. In season 4's "Homer's Triple Bypass" from 1992, 742 Evergreen Terrace was the address of Snake's hideout, and Reverend Lovejoy's house, which the Springfield Police mistakenly raid, was next door.
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** The stereotypical Trekkie as typified by Comic Book Guy on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' took a while to forment. During the show's original run, most ''Star Trek'' fans (going by convention statistics, anyway) were women, and more entrenched sci-fi fandoms looked down on it as dumbed-down faff.

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** The stereotypical Trekkie as typified by Comic Book Guy on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' took a while to forment.form. During the show's original run, most ''Star Trek'' fans (going by convention statistics, anyway) were women, and more entrenched sci-fi fandoms looked down on it as dumbed-down faff.

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* When making fun of ''Franchise/StarTrek'''s famously devoted fanbase, it's now pretty much [[ObligatoryJoke obligatory]] to make a crack about nerdy Trekkies being [[NerdsSpeakKlingon fluent in Klingon]]. It might surprise some people to learn that [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the Klingons didn't even have a language in the original series]] (although it was alluded to in the 1967 episode "The Trouble With Tribbles"), as the first words of Klingon weren't spoken on-screen until ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' in 1979 (thirteen years after the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original series]] first aired). A full language wasn't created until ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''. It wouldn't have been possible for fans to learn Klingon until 1985 (''nineteen'' years after the original series), when Dr. Marc Okrand published ''The Klingon Dictionary''.
** The quadrant designations of the galaxy (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta) wasn't standardized till the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Price", which aired in 1989. Prior to that, "quadrant" was used alternately with "sector" or "system", which makes Kirk's line in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' that [[TheOnlyOne the]] ''[[TheOnlyOne Enterprise]]'' [[TheOnlyOne was the only ship in the quadrant available to stop Khan]] [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale sound extremely strange today]].

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When making fun of ''Franchise/StarTrek'''s ''Star Trek'''s famously devoted fanbase, it's now pretty much [[ObligatoryJoke obligatory]] to make a crack about nerdy Trekkies being [[NerdsSpeakKlingon fluent in Klingon]]. It might surprise some people to learn that [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the Klingons didn't even have a language in the original series]] (although it was alluded to in the 1967 episode "The Trouble With Tribbles"), as the first words of Klingon weren't spoken on-screen until ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'' in 1979 (thirteen years after the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original series]] first aired). A full language wasn't created until ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock''. It wouldn't have been possible for fans to learn Klingon until 1985 (''nineteen'' years after the original series), when Dr. Marc Okrand published ''The Klingon Dictionary''.
** The quadrant designations of the galaxy (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta) wasn't weren't standardized till the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Price", which aired in 1989. Prior to that, "quadrant" was used alternately with "sector" or "system", which makes Kirk's line in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' that [[TheOnlyOne the]] ''[[TheOnlyOne Enterprise]]'' [[TheOnlyOne was the only ship in the quadrant available to stop Khan]] [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale sound extremely strange today]].
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** The quadrant designations of the galaxy (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta) wasn't standardized till ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', over 20 years after ''Star Trek'' started. Prior to that, "quadrant" was used alternately with "sector" or "system", which makes Kirk's line in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' that [[TheOnlyOne the]] ''[[TheOnlyOne Enterprise]]'' [[TheOnlyOne was the only ship in the quadrant available to stop Khan]] [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale sound extremely strange today]].
** Section 31, the Federation SecretPolice, were introduced in 1998 on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. Prior to this, covert ops were usually depicted as being handled directly by Starfleet with clear oversight by the Admiralty (see "The Enterprise Incident" on TOS or "Chain of Command" on TNG), but their subsequent appearances in the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''-era (predating the Federation itself) and then in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' and ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' (showing that they were active in Kirk's time despite TOS and its movies making absolutely no mention of them[[note]]Their absence from ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', a movie focusing on a treasonous conspiracy between rogue Federation and Klingon agents, is particularly glaring[[/note]]), makes it ''seem'' like they've been around forever.

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** The quadrant designations of the galaxy (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta) wasn't standardized till ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', over 20 years after ''Star Trek'' started.the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "The Price", which aired in 1989. Prior to that, "quadrant" was used alternately with "sector" or "system", which makes Kirk's line in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' that [[TheOnlyOne the]] ''[[TheOnlyOne Enterprise]]'' [[TheOnlyOne was the only ship in the quadrant available to stop Khan]] [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale sound extremely strange today]].
** Section 31, the Federation SecretPolice, were introduced in 1998 on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''.in the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "Inquisition". Prior to this, covert ops were usually depicted as being handled directly by Starfleet with clear oversight by the Admiralty (see "The Enterprise Incident" on TOS or "Chain of Command" on TNG), but their subsequent appearances in the ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise''-era (predating the Federation itself) and then in ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'' and ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' (showing that they were active in Kirk's time despite TOS and its movies making absolutely no mention of them[[note]]Their absence from ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', a movie focusing on a treasonous conspiracy between rogue Federation and Klingon agents, is particularly glaring[[/note]]), makes it ''seem'' like they've been around forever.

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* Game shows revolving around [[CookingDuel cooking contests]] seem like they've been around forever, but the first one, ''Series/IronChef'', came out in 1993 and didn't make it to the States until a few years later.
** The UK's ''Masterchef'' started in 1990, slightly pre-dating ''Iron Chef'' but still later than you'd think.

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* Game shows revolving around [[CookingDuel cooking contests]] seem like they've been around forever, but the first one, ''Series/IronChef'', ''Series/MasterChef'', came out in 1993 1990, and didn't make it the format wasn't really popularized until ''Series/IronChef'' first made its way over to the States until a few years later.
** The UK's ''Masterchef'' started in 1990, slightly pre-dating ''Iron Chef'' but still later than you'd think.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Several characters marketed as members of the main cast now were minor characters in the classic shorts. While characters such as the Tasmanian Devil and Marvin the Martian are now seen as Looney Tunes mainstays, they only appeared in a handful of the theatrical shorts. In fact, Marvin the Martian was never named in the classic shorts, with Creator/ChuckJones referring to him as "Antwerp" on model sheets.

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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': Several characters marketed as members of the main cast now were minor characters in the classic shorts. While characters such as the Tasmanian Devil and Marvin the Martian are now seen as Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' mainstays, they only appeared in a handful of the theatrical shorts.shorts (''[[BrieferThanTheyThink five shorts each]] to be exact!''). In fact, Marvin the Martian was never named in the classic shorts, with Creator/ChuckJones referring to him as "Antwerp" on model sheets.

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** Many details of the Doctor's background that are now viewed as foundations of the series took surprisingly long to be established. We didn't learn he was a "Time Lord" until 1969 and his home planet was only named as "Gallifrey" in Jon Pertwee's last season, ten years after the series began. As a matter of fact, we don't ''definitively'' learn he's an alien until Season 2![[note]]In his very earliest appearances he only ever says he and Susan from another time and world - while they did decide on him being an alien quite early on, one competing backstory while the series was in production was that he was a human from a different planet in the far distant future, and some writers wrote their scripts with this in mind. It's only when he meets the Monk ("The Time Meddler", Season 2) that's it's explicitly established ''onscreen'' that he's definitively not human. [[/note]] Additionally, the iconic Time Lord costumes with the huge collars weren't introduced until 1975, in their third major appearance.

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** Many details of the Doctor's background that are now viewed as foundations of the series took surprisingly long to be established. We didn't learn he was a "Time Lord" until 1969 and his home planet was only named as "Gallifrey" in Jon Pertwee's last season, ten years after the series began. As began; as a matter of fact, we don't ''definitively'' didn't definitively learn he's he was an alien until Season 2![[note]]In 1970, ''after'' learning he was a Time Lord.[[note]]In his very earliest appearances he only ever says he and Susan are from another time and world - while they did decide on him being an alien quite early on, one competing backstory while world; for most of the 1960s, the series was in production was that he was a wobbles between him being human, more than human from a different planet in due to extensive time travel, or alien, depending on the far distant future, and some writers wrote their scripts with this in mind. It's only when he meets the Monk ("The Time Meddler", Season 2) that's it's explicitly established ''onscreen'' that he's definitively not human. writer.[[/note]] Additionally, the iconic Time Lord costumes with the huge collars weren't introduced until 1975, 1976, in their third major appearance.appearance.
** On that note, regeneration as it's known today - the Time Lord ability to change into a new body when dying or dead - isn't established in that form until [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E5PlanetOfTheSpiders "Planet of the Spiders"]]. In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks "The Power of the Daleks"]], the Doctor refers to it as a renewal, a part of the TARDIS he can't survive without, while in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS6E7TheWarGames "The War Games"]], the Time Lords describe it as a change of appearance. The twelve-regeneration limit that hung over the show until 2013 wasn't established until 1976's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E3TheDeadlyAssassin "The Deadly Assassin"]].

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