History ExiledFromContinuity / CreatorReasons

* While there's a lot of series the licensed installments of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' can't use for many reasons, there are two developer then-Banpresto/B.B. Studio and publisher Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment cannot touch by any means: ''Manga/GiantRobo'' (due to the death of creator Mitsuteru Yokoyama, and its expensive licensing fees[[note]]Characters from other Yokoyama works have their licenses tacked onto the ''Giant Robo'' license by estate holders, meaning Banpresto/Bandai Namco must pay for ''Giant Robo'' AND extras to use the supporting cast, as it currently represents a collection of separate licenses instead of one[[/note]]) and any series created by Ouji Hiroi, even series that belong to Bandai Namco and its subsidiary Creator/{{Sunrise}} like ''Granzort'' and the ''Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries'' (Hiroi despises ''Super Robot Wars'' and swore to never allow Banpresto to include ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' in a game[[note]]Furthermore, there's the time period the series occurs in and the fact many of its characters (especially Kouran and Iris) hate waging wars against fellow humans[[/note]]).

* This is the reason for ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''[='s=] ContinuityReboot, combined with a helping of ScrewedByTheLawyers: Archie attempted to sue former head writer Creator/KenPenders when he copyrighted his [[CanonForeigner original characters]], but ended up losing and having to reach a settlement with Penders. The settlement allowed Archie to use Penders characters but only if they paid royalties and followed his guidelines. As such, they rebooted the universe by CosmicRetcon with all affected characters RetGone, though they still reprint the old comics featuring them.
** The comics' final arc before the reboot had its arc villain seeking revenge against a group of Penders-owned characters. Since the four-issue arc ended up getting published in the middle of the lawsuit, part 1 has [[ClumsyCopyrightCensorship font that was obviously put in at the last minute to keep from referring to Penders-owned characters by name]] and the rest of the arc was hastily rewritten so that TheBadGuyWins in part 2 by having his targets PutOnABusToHell off-screen with the heroes arriving LateToTheTragedy.

** Sometimes this trope is applied by Bandai Namco/B.B. Studio themselves when they simply don't want to include a series (or are rumored not to), partly because of its premise and/or setting. Examples include ''VisualNovel/LimeIroSenkitan''[[note]]Like ''Sakura Wars'', it takes place in an ancient era, specifically the UsefulNotes/MeijiRestoration era, and due to the fact the main battleship ''Amanohara'' relies on DeusSexMachina to work, that aspect is unlikely to change without any form of LampshadeHanging. Ironically, Banpresto was the ''sponsor'' of its AnimatedAdaptation[[/note]], ''Manga/DaimidalerTheSoundRobot''[[note]]The series' premise requires its main pilot to ''grope girls''[[/note]] and ''Anime/{{Vandread}}''[[note]]The BigBad is [[spoiler:''the Earth'']], where most ''Super Robot Wars'' installments usually take place[[/note]]. On the other hand, they got around this with ''VisualNovel/{{Demonbane}}'' by using its [[BleachedUnderpants tamer TV adaptation]] as its basis (though elements from the VisualNovel are referenced). They were ultimately able to include ''Daimidaler'' and ''Vandread'' in ''X-Ω'' without incorporating their respective settings - an easy task as ''X-Ω'' is a TowerDefense game rather than the traditional story-driven TurnBasedStrategy.

* This is the reason for ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''[='s=] ContinuityReboot, combined with a helping of ScrewedByTheLawyers: former head writer Creator/KenPenders sued to regain use of his characters and reached a settlement with Creator/ArchieComics, but instead of being a good sport, he attempted to strong-arm Archie into still using his ideas and stories with incredibly restrictive stipulations with the canon and characters. As such, they rebooted the universe by CosmicRetcon with all affected characters RetGone, though they still reprint the old comics featuring them.

Elements ExiledFromContinuity for creator reasons, that is, owners exile stuff that they have no permission to use because of another creator who also holds rights over said stuff. Might overlap with licensing and legal disputes, especially in cases involving shared rights.

Elements ExiledFromContinuity for creator reasons, that is, owners exile stuff that they have no permission to use because of another creator. Might overlap with licensing and legal disputes, especially in cases involving shared rights.

* The OriginalGeneration human characters in ''VideoGame/MarioGolf'' and ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' (both developed by ''Creator/CamelotSoftwarePlanning'') have stopped appearing, so it's likely these mandates also apply to Mario's other spinoffs. One of the most notable cases being Koopa Kid, a staple character in the ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' series that stopped appearing starting with ''VideoGame/MarioParty8'', with his role as Bowser's lackey being fullfilled by Bowser Jr. in later installments. Most tellingly, ''Mario Party: The Top 100'' and ''Mario Party Superstars''' minigames that originally featured Koopa Kid were reworked to replace him with Bowser Jr. That said, Woody's return in ''Superstars'' suggests it is possible to bring back rule-abiding original spin-off characters created prior to the mandates.

* The OriginalGeneration human characters in ''VideoGame/MarioGolf'' and ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' (both developed by ''Creator/{{Camelot}}'' have stopped appearing, so it's likely these mandates also apply to Mario's other spinoffs. One of the most notable cases being Koopa Kid, a staple character in the ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' series that stopped appearing starting with ''VideoGame/MarioParty8'', with his role as Bowser's lackey being fullfilled by Bowser Jr. in later installments. Most tellingly, ''Mario Party: The Top 100'' and ''Mario Party Superstars''' minigames that originally featured Koopa Kid were reworked to replace him with Bowser Jr. That said, Woody's return in ''Superstars'' suggests it is possible to bring back rule-abiding original spin-off characters created prior to the mandates.

* Starting with ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar Sticker Star]]'', Creator/{{Nintendo}} [[https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/interviews/paper-mario-origami-king/ made mandates]] that forbid the creation of unique characters in the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series that are heavily visually-distinct members of pre-established ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' species such as Toads, Goombas, Koopas, etc. (slight modifications such as clothing are fine though)- in other words, NonStandardCharacterDesign is an EnforcedTrope for new characters. Most characters that were created in ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' and ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' are no longer allowed to appear in the series itself[[note]]The exact wording of the restrictions and context it was mentioned in makes it unclear whether or not the ban only extends to original characters of mainline species, and original characters that follow the rules can return[[/note]]. However, games in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series released after ''Sticker Star'' still feature trophies and other collectibles of theoretically blacklisted characters. The mandates would see some further weakening when a remake of ''Thousand-Year Door'' was announced for the Switch, complete with all its original characters like Goombella, Koops, and so on.
* The OriginalGeneration human characters in ''VideoGame/MarioGolf'' and ''VideoGame/MarioTennis'' have stopped appearing, so it's likely these mandates also apply to Mario's other spinoffs. One of the most notable cases being Koopa Kid, a staple character in the ''VideoGame/MarioParty'' series that stopped appearing starting with ''VideoGame/MarioParty8'', with his role as Bowser's lackey being fullfilled by Bowser Jr. in later installments. Most tellingly, ''Mario Party: The Top 100'' and ''Mario Party Superstars''' minigames that originally featured Koopa Kid were reworked to replace him with Bowser Jr. That said, Woody's return in ''Superstars'' suggests it is possible to bring back rule-abiding original spin-off characters created prior to the mandates.

** Gaiman's version of Death did appear in an issue of ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom'' while ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' was still being published. Since this involved explaing that the role was divided between herself, Nekron and the Black Racer, each representing a different aspect of death, Gaiman was not happy, and it was following this that the agreement was put in place.

** Gaiman's version of Death did appear in an issue of ''ComicBook/CaptainAtom'' while ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' was still being published.

* James Robinson's ''ComicBook/{{Starman}}'' hasn't appeared regularly since his series ended because Robinson retains control of the character until his death. Jack Knight ''can'' still appear, if Robinson gives his okay. (He did write an extra issue of the series as part of ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'', but Jack was conspicuously absent.) Jack's only actual appearances since have been merely background cameos in large gatherings, such as [[ComicBook/IdentityCrisis Sue Dibny's funeral]].

* This is the reason for ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics''[='=]s ContinuityReboot, combined with a helping of ScrewedByTheLawyers: former head writer Ken Penders sued to regain use of his characters and reached a settlement with Creator/ArchieComics, but instead of being a good sport, he attempted to strong-arm Archie into still using his ideas and stories with incredibly restrictive stipulations with the canon & characters. As such, they rebooted the universe by CosmicRetcon with all affected characters RetGone, though they still reprint the old comics featuring them.

* The ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' characters that [[StarSystem appear]] in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' are heavily focused on characters created by Creator/TetsuyaNomura, as he felt uncomfortable redesigning and assigning new roles to characters designed by other artists. Setzer, one of the two characters created by Nomura from the Amano-designed ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'', appears in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', along with a small cameo from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'''s Vivi (a variation on the common "Black Mage" template that appears throughout the series). It seems he got over his issues by the time ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' happened, which required him to redesign the protagonist and villain of every entry in the series, and variations of Nomura's ''Dissidia'' redesigns designs have appeared in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''.

* Starting with ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioStickerStar Sticker Star]]'', Creator/{{Nintendo}} [[https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/interviews/paper-mario-origami-king/ made mandates]] that forbid the creation of unique characters in the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' series that are heavily visually-distinct members of pre-established ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' species such as Toads, Goombas, Koopas, etc. (slight modifications such as clothing are fine though)- in other words, NonStandardCharacterDesign is an EnforcedTrope for new characters. Most characters that were created in ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'' and ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' are no longer allowed to appear in the series itself[[note]]The exact wording of the restrictions and context it was mentioned in makes it unclear whether or not the ban only extends to original characters of mainline species, and original characters that follow the rules can return[[/note]]. However, games in the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series released after ''Sticker Star'' still feature trophies and other collectibles of theoretically blacklisted characters.

** This was entirely averted with the debut of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars2019'' and for many reasons: Not only that the game debuted in ''X-Ω'' a month after the game was released in Japan, this is one of the few franchises that appeared either very earlier or in the midst of the show's run (the other two were ''Anime/JuushinkiPandora'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'') and not only that, possibly in order to break with many established rules from previous games, one of the enemies they have to face is [[spoiler:[[Literature/FullMetalPanic Gates]]]], a human with no powers other than being a mass-murdering SociopathicSoldier.

* Back in 2013, then-''Batman And Red Robin'' writer Creator/PeterTomasi had once attempted to bring over Carrie Kelley from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' into the ComicBook/New52 rebrand, with plans to make her the next Robin. However, this reportedly enraged her creator Frank Miller, to the point that he called DC and told them that if they wanted to do more with Carrie Kelley, he was up to doing books with her on the condition they exile her from the mainline comics. DC agreed to Frank's deal, causing her to be banned from comics outside of Frank Miller's work, which in turn, caused her to [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome suddenly disappear from the main DCU and never get acknowledged again]] after appearing in three issues of the aforementioned ''Batman and Robin'' run.[[note]]She does make a later cameo alongside the rest of the Bat-Family in a FlashForward featuring an elderly Bruce and Selina during [[ComicBook/BatmanTomKing Tom King's run]][[/note]] That said, she is still allowed to appear in adaptations if her appearances in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' and ''Series/GothamKnights2023'' are anything to go by.

* Back in 2013, then-''Batman And Red Robin'' writer Creator/PeterTomasi had once attempted to bring over Carrie Kelley from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' into the ComicBook/New52 rebrand, with plans to make her the next Robin. However, this reportedly enraged her creator Frank Miller, to the point that he called DC and told them that if they wanted to do more with Carrie Kelley, he was up to doing books with her on the condition they exile her from the mainline comics. DC agreed to Frank's deal, causing her to be banned from comics outside of Frank Miller's work, which in turn, caused her to [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome suddenly disappear and never get acknowledged again]] after appearing in three issues of the aforementioned ''Batman and Robin'' run.[[note]]She does make a later cameo alongside the rest of the Bat-Family in a FlashForward featuring an elderly Bruce and Selina during [[ComicBook/BatmanTomKing Tom King's run]][[/note]] That said, she is still allowed to appear in adaptations if her appearances in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' and ''Series/GothamKnights2023'' are anything to go by.

* Back in 2013, then-''Batman And Red Robin'' writer Creator/PeterTomasi had once attempted to bring over Carrie Kelley from ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' into the ComicBook/New52 rebrand, with plans to make her the next Robin. However, this enraged her creator Frank Miller, to the point that he allegedly told DC that if they wanted to do more with Carrie Kelley, he was up to doing books with her on the condition they exile her from the mainline comics. DC agreed to Frank's deal, causing her to be banned from comics outside of Frank Miller's work and to [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome suddenly disappear]] from the mainline DCU after appearing in three issues.[[note]]She does make a cameo alongside the rest of the Bat-Family in a FlashForward featuring an elderly Bruce and Selina during [[ComicBook/BatmanTomKing Tom King's run]][[/note]] That said, she is still allowed to appear in adaptations if her appearances in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' and ''Series/GothamKnights2023'' are anything to go by.