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** And many, many more.
* An early scene in ''[[Awkward]]'' has Lester remarking that Ernie's name rings a bell, which Kevin brushes off. This was originally supposed to lead to a confrontation between Lester and Ernie, complete with backstory, but had to be scrapped when Ernie's actor bailed on the project; Jermaine was brought in as a substitute jerkass for Lester to butt heads with and overcome.
* An early plot inon the now-defunct adoptables site ''[[Valenth]]'' involved mysterious interdimensional entities known only as "the Presences" appearing and causing havoc, bringing hordes of imps with them. [[It Got Worse]] very quickly, with the near-extinction of several major species and a prominent NPC [[Hulking Out|turning into a giant nightmare monster]] and [[Rent-A-Zilla|going on a rampage]]. After one of the Presences was captured by [[Mad Scientist]]s the others summoned their "master", Xilas the Cold—and the entire plotline was abruptly dropped. Almost a whole year later, after much [[Wild Mass Guessing]] by the userbase that ''every'' subsequent plot event had something to do with the Presences, the creator announced that the entire arc had been [[retcon]]ned away. It was never intended to be more that a small silly story for Halloween, but it had gotten completely out of hand and didn't work in canon.
** ''Valenth'' itself abruptly shut down in early 2014 leaving every plotline still open at the time incomplete.
* [[MSF High Forum]]: Any time a GM quits, or a character with significant plot lines leaves.
* The plotline about [[Lovable Traitor|Willie's]] other allegiances was dropped midway through in the [[Anti Cliche and Mary Sue Elimination Society]]. Now subverted, as it's being reposted, albeit very slowly.
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