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* FranchiseKiller: ''Fuzors'', thanks to a combination of ShortRunInPeru and general story choices. As a result, ''Chaotic Century'' and ''New Century'' are generally well and fondly remembered, while barely anyone remembers ''Fuzors'', and most people who remember the show from that time have never even heard of ''Genesis''.

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* FranchiseKiller: ''Fuzors'', thanks to a combination of ShortRunInPeru One each in America and Japan.
** In America, ''Fuzors'' is often accused of being this, between [[ShortRunInPeru airing in America first]] and some questionable story choices, but the fault surprisingly lays more with ''Anime/ZoidsChaoticCentury'', which ''was'' highly successful, but [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative only specifically among fans of the series]] - as far as
general story choices. As a result, ''Chaotic Century'' and ''New Century'' are generally well and fondly remembered, while barely anyone remembers ''Fuzors'', and most people who remember audiences went the ratings were terrible, enough that the show [[FridayNightDeathSlot got moved to an early-morning timeslot]] and cancelled outright four episodes from the ending, which only eventually aired because that time have never even heard of ''Genesis''. niche fanbase complained loud enough. If anything, ''Fuzors'' was a last-ditch effort to save what was already a doomed franchise.



** Even though Viz had licensed ''Genesis'' and planned to play it on the Toonami Jetstream, it was never released to the United States.
** The majority of the video games with the exception of ''Zoids Saga 2'' (as ''VideoGame/ZoidsLegacy''), ''Zoids VS. 2'' (as ''Zoids: Battle Legends''), and the SoOkayItsAverage strategy game ''Zoids: Total Assault''.

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** Even though Viz had licensed ''Genesis'' and planned to play it on the Toonami Jetstream, it was never released to in the United States.
** The majority of the video games games, with the exception of ''Zoids Saga 2'' (as ''VideoGame/ZoidsLegacy''), ''Zoids VS. 2'' (as ''Zoids: Battle Legends''), and the SoOkayItsAverage strategy game ''Zoids: Total Assault''.



* SequelFirst: ''New Century'' aired in English before its prequel, ''Chaotic Century''.
* ShortRunInPeru: The English dub of ''Fuzors'' was cut short in the US. Its full run was only screened in Australia and Japan.

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* SequelFirst: ''New Century'' aired in English before its prequel, predecessor, ''Chaotic Century''.
* ShortRunInPeru: UnfinishedDub: The English dub of ''Fuzors'' was cut short in the US. Its The series' full run was only screened in Australia and Japan.
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* TheWikiRule: The [[http://zoids.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Zoids Wiki]].
** [[http://theironbible.com/ The Iron Bible.]]
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Actually Fanon Discontinuity, so moving to the YMMV page


* OldShame: Never, ever mention Creator/GrantMorrison's run on the UK ''Zoids'' comic. It tends to be "conveniently forgotten" by their biographers and fandom, and they seems to prefer that it remains obscure.
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* OldShame: Never, ever mention Creator/GrantMorrison's run on the UK ''Zoids'' comic. It tends to be "conveniently forgotten" by his biographers and fandom, and he seems to prefer that it remains obscure.

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* OldShame: Never, ever mention Creator/GrantMorrison's run on the UK ''Zoids'' comic. It tends to be "conveniently forgotten" by his their biographers and fandom, and he they seems to prefer that it remains obscure.
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* LateExportForYou: The game ''Zoids Wild: King of Blast'' was recently announced to be released by Outright Games in western territories under the name ''Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed'' on October 16, 2020, exactly one year after its February 2019 release date in Japan.

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* LateExportForYou: The game ''Zoids Wild: King of Blast'' was recently announced to be released by Outright Games in western territories under the name ''Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed'' on October 16, 2020, exactly one year after its February 2019 release date in Japan.
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* ChannelHop: Zig-zagged, ''Chaotic Century'' and ''New Century'' aired on [[Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem TBS]] in Japan, ''Fuzors'' and ''Genesis'' would air on Creator/TVTokyo instead. However, when the ''Zoids'' franchise was revived 13 years later, ''Wild'' would air on TBS, but then ''Wild Zero'' ended up once again hopping over to Creator/TVTokyo.
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** While [=DVDs=] of New Century/Zero are available in English, they lack Japanese audio tracks.
** The [=DVDs=] of Fuzors, available in Australia/New Zealand only, are of ''terrible'' quality, right down to a botched NTSC to PAL conversion.

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** While [=DVDs=] of New Century/Zero are were available in English, they lack Japanese audio tracks.
** The [=DVDs=] of Fuzors, Fuzors that were available in Australia/New Zealand only, are of ''terrible'' quality, right down to a botched NTSC to PAL conversion.
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* SequelFirst: ''New Century'' aired in English before its prequel, ''Chaotic Century''.

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** The [[http://zoidswiki.ligersunion.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Zoids Evolution.net]] Which (unfortunately) is currently down.
** And there is also [[http://theironbible.com/ The Iron Bible.]]

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** The [[http://zoidswiki.ligersunion.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Zoids Evolution.net]] Which (unfortunately) is currently down.
** And there is also [[http://theironbible.
**[[http://theironbible.com/ The Iron Bible.]]
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* LateExportForYou: The game ''Zoids Wild: King of Blast'' was recently announced to be released by Outright Games in western territories under the name ''Zoids Wild: Blast Unleashed'' on October 16, 2020, exactly one year after its February 2019 release date in Japan.
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** And there is also [[http://theironbible.com/ The Iron Bible.]]
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** The [[http://zoidswiki.ligersunion.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Zoids Evolution.net]]

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** The [[http://zoidswiki.ligersunion.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Zoids Evolution.net]]net]] Which (unfortunately) is currently down.
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** The[[http://zoidswiki.ligersunion.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Zoids Evolution.net]]

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** The[[http://zoidswiki.The [[http://zoidswiki.ligersunion.com/index.php?title=Main_Page Zoids Evolution.net]]
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** [[http://zoidswiki.ligersunion.com/index.php?title=Main_Page The Zoids Evolution.net]]

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** [[http://zoidswiki.The[[http://zoidswiki.ligersunion.com/index.php?title=Main_Page The Zoids Evolution.net]]
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** [[http://zoidswiki.ligersunion.com/index.php?title=Main_Page And here's the link to the Zoids Evolution.net]]

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* TheWikiRule: The [[http://zoids.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Zoids Wiki]].
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** In Japan, the mediocre reception of ''Genesis'' finished off what was left of the franchise over there.

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** In Japan, the mediocre reception of ''Genesis'' finished off what was left of the franchise over there. However, it seems as if this wasn't bad enough to permanently kill off the entire franchise, since 12 years later, ''Zoids Wild'' was announced.
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** In Japan, the mediocre reception of ''Genesis'' finished off what was left of the franchise over there.
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** The majority of the video games with the exception of ''Zoids Saga 2'' (as ''VideoGame/ZoidsLegacy''), ''Zoids VS. 2 (as ''Zoids: Battle Legends''), and the SoOkayItsAverage strategy game ''Zoids: Total Assault''.

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** The majority of the video games with the exception of ''Zoids Saga 2'' (as ''VideoGame/ZoidsLegacy''), ''Zoids VS. 2 2'' (as ''Zoids: Battle Legends''), and the SoOkayItsAverage strategy game ''Zoids: Total Assault''.
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* FranchiseKiller: ''Fuzors'', thanks to a combination of ShortRunInPeru and general story choices. As a result, ''Chaotic Century'' and ''New Century'' are generally well remembered, while barely anyone remembers ''Fuzors'', and most people who remember the show from that time have never even heard of ''Genesis''.

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* FranchiseKiller: ''Fuzors'', thanks to a combination of ShortRunInPeru and general story choices. As a result, ''Chaotic Century'' and ''New Century'' are generally well and fondly remembered, while barely anyone remembers ''Fuzors'', and most people who remember the show from that time have never even heard of ''Genesis''.
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* FranchiseKiller: ''Fuzors'', thanks to a combination of ShortRunInPeru and general story choices. As a result, ''Chaotic Century'' and ''New Century'' are generally well remembered, while barely anyone remembers ''Fuzors'', and most people who remember the show from that time have never even heard of ''Genesis''.

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** The majority of the video games with the exception of ''Zoids Saga 2 (as Zoids Legacy)'', ''Zoids VS. 2 (as Zoids: Battle Legends)'', and the SoOkayItsAverage strategy game ''Zoids: Total Assault''.
* OldShame: Never, ever mention Creator/GrantMorrison's run on the UK ''{{Zoids}}'' comic. It tends to be "conveniently forgotten" by his biographers and fandom, and he seems to prefer that it remains obscure.
* ShortRunInPeru: The English dub of ''Fuzors'' was cut short in the US. Its full run was only screened in Australia and Japan.

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** The majority of the video games with the exception of ''Zoids Saga 2 2'' (as Zoids Legacy)'', ''VideoGame/ZoidsLegacy''), ''Zoids VS. 2 (as Zoids: ''Zoids: Battle Legends)'', Legends''), and the SoOkayItsAverage strategy game ''Zoids: Total Assault''.
* OldShame: Never, ever mention Creator/GrantMorrison's run on the UK ''{{Zoids}}'' ''Zoids'' comic. It tends to be "conveniently forgotten" by his biographers and fandom, and he seems to prefer that it remains obscure.
* ShortRunInPeru: The English dub of ''Fuzors'' was cut short in the US. Its full run was only screened in Australia and Japan.Japan.

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* OldShame: Never, ever mention GrantMorrison's run on the UK ''{{Zoids}}'' comic. It tends to be "conveniently forgotten" by his biographers and fandom, and he seems to prefer that it remains obscure.

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* OldShame: Never, ever mention GrantMorrison's Creator/GrantMorrison's run on the UK ''{{Zoids}}'' comic. It tends to be "conveniently forgotten" by his biographers and fandom, and he seems to prefer that it remains obscure.
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Moved from main page. And done as one example list, with the works mentions during the example.

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* BadExportForYou:
** While [=DVDs=] of New Century/Zero are available in English, they lack Japanese audio tracks.
** The [=DVDs=] of Fuzors, available in Australia/New Zealand only, are of ''terrible'' quality, right down to a botched NTSC to PAL conversion.
* NoExportForYou:
** A lot of the models.
** Even though Viz had licensed ''Genesis'' and planned to play it on the Toonami Jetstream, it was never released to the United States.
** The majority of the video games with the exception of ''Zoids Saga 2 (as Zoids Legacy)'', ''Zoids VS. 2 (as Zoids: Battle Legends)'', and the SoOkayItsAverage strategy game ''Zoids: Total Assault''.
* OldShame: Never, ever mention GrantMorrison's run on the UK ''{{Zoids}}'' comic. It tends to be "conveniently forgotten" by his biographers and fandom, and he seems to prefer that it remains obscure.
* ShortRunInPeru: The English dub of ''Fuzors'' was cut short in the US. Its full run was only screened in Australia and Japan.

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