Continuity Tropes

Tropes about the coherence (or lack thereof) of the characters, Plot, and narrative elements through a story.

See also:
 * Canon Universe
 * Consistency
 * Discontinuity
 * Pacing Problems
 * Plot Time


 * Absolutely Happened
 * Already Met Everyone
 * Alternate Continuity
 * Alternate Timeline
 * Armed With Canon
 * The Artifact
 * Ascended Fanon
 * Ass Pull
 * Author's Saving Throw
 * Bizarro Episode
 * Broad Strokes
 * Call Back
 * Canon Dis Continuity
 * Canon Fodder
 * Canon Foreigner
 * Canon Illustrations
 * Canon Immigrant
 * Canon Invasion
 * Canon Shadow
 * Canon Welding
 * Cerebus Callback
 * Cliffhanger Copout
 * Continuity Cameo
 * Continuity Creep
 * Continuity Drift
 * Continuity Lock Out
 * Continuity Nod
 * Continuity Cavalcade
 * Continuity Overlap
 * Continuity Porn
 * Continuity Reboot
 * Continuity Rebooter
 * Continuity Snarl
 * Consistency
 * Cosmetically Advanced Prequel
 * Crossover
 * Dead Ex Machina
 * Deus Ex Machina
 * Discontinuity Nod
 * Displaced Origin
 * Doomed By Canon
 * Dork Age
 * Earth Drift
 * Every Scar Has a Story
 * Exiled From Continuity
 * Expansion Pack Past
 * Fandom Nod
 * Forgotten First Meeting
 * God Does Not Own This World
 * God Never Said That
 * Happy Ending Override
 * Intercontinuity Crossover
 * Internal Homage
 * Interquel
 * Jossed
 * Left Hanging
 * Loose Canon
 * Mutually Fictional
 * My Real Daddy
 * Mythology Gag
 * Negative Continuity
 * Not Allowed to Grow Up
 * Offscreen Rebuilding
 * Plot Archaeology
 * Plot Hole
 * Adaptation-Induced Plothole
 * Dub Induced Plot Hole
 * Recursive Canon
 * Reimagining the Artifact
 * Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?
 * Replacement Artifact
 * Reset Button
 * Ret Canon
 * Retcon
 * Cerebus Retcon
 * Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
 * Cosmic Retcon
 * Orwellian Retcon
 * Reality Retcon
 * Ret-Gone
 * Revision
 * Rewrite
 * Retconjuration
 * Retroactive Legacy
 * Saved By Canon
 * Series Continuity Error
 * Snap Back
 * Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome
 * Trapped By Mountain Lions
 * Ultimate Universe
 * Un Installment
 * What Happened to The Mouse?
 * A Wizard Did It
 * Word of God
 * Flip-Flop of God
 * Shrug of God
 * Word of Dante
 * Word of Gay
 * Word of Saint Paul
 * Year Zero
 * Your Size May Vary
 * Zeerust Canon