Retcons

And if you listen, you're locked out of all that other fun content (until Broken Steel comes out and retcons the ending). ❋ SVGL (2009)

Your point here actually supports MY point that adaptations, revamps, retcons and outright stealing are nothing new. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Is Johns using Reverse Flash as some sort of meta commentary about the use of retcons in comics, much like Superboy Prime is for rabid fanboys? ❋ Unknown (2009)

If they can go back in time, they can cancel out anything negative that may have happened, which basically retcons a good chunk of your story. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Just don't let recent reboots and retcons confuse you. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But we see retcons in the world of business and politics more and more frequently. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Kishiro had to end it originally for health reasons, so Last Order retcons some of his original ending out. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This episode completely retcons the closing scene of the season three finale, because they didn't want to write that plot line, or something. ❋ Redbeard (2007)

I loved the first couple of years of the All-Star Squadron and hold it up as an example to do retcons correctly. ❋ Chuck Wells (2009)

As a result of these actions, “punching time”, and “retcon punch” have come to be internet and comic-book fan slang for retcons and changes to canon that do not make popular sense. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But like comic retcons, the true test is how long the new universe can remain separate from the one that went before. ❋ Fred Perry (2009)

Abel, I always think that it says a lot about the comic book publishers that after umpteen re-boots, retcons and "What Ifs ..." that no one has looked very hard at what Weisinger and to a large extent Jerry Siegel were doing with Superman. ❋ Mark Waid (2009)

This assault causes ripples that alter reality, which is used as an explanation for character changes and retcons in DC continuity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Honestly I'm inclined to say it's better to let that one die a quiet death after all the contortions and retcons it's been forced through over the years, but I guess as long as nostalgia moves units that won't happen. ❋ Jeff C (2009)

Are they just they pooping out one Dean episode never minding the plot holes or the retcons after another because they are convinced fandom, which to them apparently is the same as the general audience, wants just that and only that? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then again, if you hate retcons I guess this could be a drawback for you. ❋ Unknown (2009)

With a few exceptions, marvel villains range from silly to 'new and edgy' retcons of what used to be silly. ❋ Mark Waid (2009)

After a while, the retcons and inconsistencies can become off-putting to fans and render once-beloved universes impenetrable to newcomers. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Marriage and other retcons aside, I hate "Brand New Day" so far because Peter is a completely worthless human being now. ❋ Unknown (2008)

1. Although they had previously been shown to have two other sets of parents, the retcon of making [Quicksilver] and the [Scarlet Witch] the children of [Magneto] only altered the meaning of past events, not what had happened. 2. Retconning Dawn Summers into "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in the fifth season was one of the rare instances where the fact that history has been altered for our characters was recognized in the story, even though the characters all still remembered the "new" versions of events. ❋ R David Francis (2003)

A [retcon] is an [instance] of a [hand wave]. ❋ Flintlocke314 (2018)

"That [wolverine] [spinoff] totally retconned the original comic, I'm so upset I'm gonna hang myself with my [xbox controller]" ❋ Spyan (2018)

"I hope that [Wolverine] Origins comic [rots] in Retcon Hell!" (It obviously hasn't, although the movie and comic versions of his past don't [match up]...) ❋ DracArgente (2010)

How [can I get] out of this [retcon]? ❋ Cookieslice (2021)

How can I get out of this [retcon]? [I don't even know] [what to do]! ❋ Cookieslice (2021)