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So you're watching the movie version of your favorite book, and wait- wasn't Alice's sword broken two scenes ago? What happened to the scene where she went to go get it reforged? And why is Bob seemingly flirting with Charlotte? Doesn't he indicate in the third book that he never liked her and suspected her of being a traitor?
Almost no adaptation is perfectly accurate. [[Pragmatic Adaptation|Details often get]] [[Compressed Adaptation|left out of adaptations]], and sometimes this works, sometimes this doesn't ([[Continuity Lock Out|particularly to those unfamiliar with the original work]]). Other times, details [[Adaptation Expansion|are added]] that seem perfectly fine at the time, but end up directly contradicting canonical plot points - with a continuing work, this may even be a plot point the original writers ''hadn't actually written yet''. Sadly, authors are not psychic.
If added material results in a plot hole, it may require an additional scene to [[Hand Wave]] it away. If removed material caused the problem, there may be a brief [[Info Dump]] to fill everyone in on what they missed. Contrast with its inverse, the [[Plot Tumor]].
If this is caused by a work being translated into another language, it's a [[Dub
If there is simply a lack of explanation as to why something happened, instead of a full-on [[Plot Hole]], it's [[Adaptation Explanation Extrication]].
For the opposite of this trope, i.e. when an adaptation ''removes'' a plot hole, see [[Adaptation Correction]].
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== Anime
* In a ''[[
** The Warship Island [[Filler]] Arc makes two: first when Zoro easily cuts through steel chains, despite it being a plot-point in the canon Alabasta arc that he couldn't cut steel. Second is that all the Strawhats meet Ryuji, a dragon, which makes Zoro's comment to Ryuma in the Thriller Bark arc that he doesn't believe in dragons seem [[Flat Earth Atheist|completely retarded]].
*** Later in the manga, the crew meets a dragon for the first time, with all of them expressing surprise as they have never seen one before. Whoops.
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** One [[Filler]] episode had Hinata learn a unique, powerful technique featuring a myriad pinpoint-precision chakra laser beams. Later in the manga, a major villain is able to [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomp]] her using his powerful gravity blast attack- she spends the fight repeatedly charging at him while trying to land a physical hit, which is ''hopeless''. The chakra lasers would have obviously been a much better bet.
** In the anime Madara is able to suck Fu into his [[Pocket Dimension]] without touching him, while in the manga it was not clear if he touched him or not and it was later ''explicitly stated'' to require physical contact, which was exactly why {{spoiler|Minato was able to beat him.}}
* ''[[
** However, [[Voodoo Shark|while fixing one plothole, said special creates another]]: as {{spoiler|the mafia are cut, Soichiro making the trade for Shinigami Eyes and subsequent death}} is ommitted in the process, leaving plotholes regarding {{spoiler|Soichiro's absence}} as well as how Light was {{spoiler|able to acquire Mello's true name.}}
** Also in Relight they have one scene where Light says to Ryuk that talking with him would be impossible {{spoiler|Due to his room being bugged by L, but two scenes latter they are shown freely talking without any mention of said camera's being removed.}}
* ''[[
** In an early episode, Sora ''tears off'' his hollow mask and temporarily regains his sanity, but in the manga we don't see if he tore it off or it just came off by itself while being purified. It's later revealed that hollows, by tearing off their masks, become Arrancar and gain Shinigami powers, implying that unlike as shown in the anime it came off on its own.
** During Episodes 8 and 9, a Shinigami comes to the world of the living in search of Rukia. In the process, he and Ichigo get into a short fight, and it later contradicts Ichigo's later claim that while his sealed zanpakuto looks large compared to Rukia's, he couldn't compare it to anyone else's.
* In the ''[[
* In the ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'' TV series, during an episode where Jagi terrorizes a village while pretending to be Kenshiro, one of the villagers remarks that Kenshiro was the one who defeated "Devil's Rebirth and the Fang Clan". However, not many people outside Jackal and his gang were even aware of Devil's existence. In the original manga, the villager simply said that Kenshiro defeated Jackal instead. This change was likely done due to the fact that Jackal was an independent villain in the manga, whereas in the TV series he was simply a lackey of Shin.
* ''[[
** [[It Got Worse]] in the final volume. The removal of some characters and plotlines led to several [[Out
* The ''[[
* In the [[
** Also in the [[Dragonball Z]] anime, the line from the [[
** Anime filler shows the character Dabura becoming good. Namek's Dragonballs are then used to wish back the people who are not evil. Dabura should have been revived, yet he doesn't appear later as this doesn't happen in the manga.
** The Garlic Jr. Saga is basically one big
* [[Plot Holes]] seriously tarnish what is an otherwise excellent series in ''Flights of Fancy'', the second season of the ''[[
** ''Flights of Fancy'' '''also inverts''' this Trope: Keiichi and Belldandy are an [[Official Couple]] by Episode 24 of ''[[
* ''[[
* In the ''[[Ranma
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' had one when they showed Scorpio Milo killing Shun's Master. Then the manga came out and it was {{spoiler|Pisces Aphrodite}}. A number of [[Ass Pull
* ''[[Doctor Slump]]'' had a story where Akane dressed up as Miss Yamabuki to play some pranks on Senbei. This took advantage of [[Only Six Faces|their faces looking the same]]. The second anime made their faces more different (And gave them [[Adaptation Dye Job|different hair colors]]), yet they adapted this story anyway. Even though it didn't make sense any more.
* Due to the absence of the Skull Knight (and a few other characters at that), there were a couple of these toward the end of the anime adaptation of ''[[Berserk]]''. This partially contributed to the [[Cliff Hanger]] before the final credit roll.
* ''[[
** The anime also gave Lucy only four vectors, as opposed to the seemingly unlimited number she had in the original, while allowing her to do things she did in the manga that would be impossible with only four vectors, such as simultaneously holding a few hundred bullets in mid-air.
** The last episode of the anime features Lucy using her vectors to block {{spoiler|Mariko}}'s vectors, while in the manga, the usefulness of the {{spoiler|vector craft}} hinges on the fact that vectors cannot block other vectors.
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (
* ''[[
** Blofeld had undergone plastic surgery on various occasions to change his appearance (the film even mentions this), so it is possible Bond didn't recognize him because he genuinely looked different. It's an unintentional [[
** A prop discrepancy causes a difficult to notice one in ''[[Dr. No]]''. A keen eyed viewer knowledgeable about firearms will notice the supposedly underpowered Beretta 914 Bond turns in for his new, more powerful, Walther is actually chambered in a ''more'' powerful cartridge than the Walther. In the book Bond's first gun is a Beretta 418, which is indeed less powerful than the Walther he is getting. The two Berettas are near identical visually and unlikely most viewers will notice.
* The ''[[Harry Potter (
** In the third movie, the authors of the Marauder's Map - "Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs" - are never revealed to be {{spoiler|Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black and James Potter}}, respectively. This causes problems in the later movies when the nicknames are used with no explanation. Also, it leaves anyone who hasn't read the book scratching their heads as to how Lupin knew what the map was. In turn, his worry about Sirius using the map to find Harry makes no sense for the same reason.
** The removal of {{spoiler|Kreacher's betrayal of Sirius}}.
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** They had to make changes to ''Deathly Hallows Part 2'' to cover for Harry not seeing {{spoiler|the diadem when hiding the Half-Blood Prince's potions book}}, which was how he figured out where it was during the Battle of Hogwarts.
** The presence of Cho Chang and Katie Bell in ''Deathly Hallows: Part 2''. They are never shown to be in the same year as Harry and while the Room of Requirement is a great place for them to hide and help form a resistance, why on earth do they dress up as students and report for the roll-call? They're supposed to have graduated. Neville, Luna and Ginny were wearing their own clothes - does this mean they weren't at the roll call? Why did they not go when Cho and Katie did? Come to think of it, why did any of the students hiding in the Room of Requirement go? If they're known subversives, wouldn't they be the first to be questioned? Isn't that why they were hiding in the first place?
*** Cho and Katie are in the same year as Harry in the films' continuity. In the fifth film Cho is said to be worried about failing her OWL exams and Katie is shown in Harry's potions class in the sixth film so they're in the same year.
** The scene explaining the taboo on Voldemort's name in DH is deleted, so it just looks like the trio either have incredibly bad luck, or the Death Eaters are fantastic trackers who don't tell Voldemort where to find Harry and inexplicably go after him themselves; and Xenophilius Lovegood is insane, but happens to have incredibly good timing.
*** This also results in an incredibly OOC moment in part 2 where Harry refers to Voldemort as "You-Know-Who" despite spending the entire series insisting on using his name.
** A minor one, but Snitches are [https://web.archive.org/web/20130607122553/http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/SnitchHP1.jpg shown] being handled with bare hands in earlier movies, despite the fact that this is later revealed to be strictly forbidden, and a major plot point hinges on it. This was a [[Retcon]] introduced in the seventh book, so they couldn't have known about that when the first movie was being made six years earlier. The seventh movie tries to tone down the plot hole by just saying that Snitches have flesh memories without ''explicitly'' mentioning that they're only supposed to be touched by the Seeker who caught them. The plot hole will still set in if [[Fridge Logic|you think about it enough]], but at least there's not an outright contradiction.
** In the flashback to Snape's worst memory, the part where he {{spoiler|called Lily a Mudblood, thereby ruining their friendship and all chance of them being a couple etc.}} doesn't affect the plot too much, but makes his character read very differently, effectively shifting his worst memory from {{spoiler|shattering the one friendship that was keeping him away from "the bad crowd" to him not liking some (relatively tame) bullying.}}
** The burning of the Burrow in the sixth movie was not in the book. This contradicts events of the seventh book, when Bill and [[Everythings Sexier in French|Fleur's]] wedding takes place at the Burrow. In the scene, Bellatrix mocks Harry about {{spoiler|killing Sirius Black}}. This [[
** In the fifth movie, Umbridge destroys the entrance to {{spoiler|the Room of Requirement}}. This doesn't happen in the book, and it becomes a problem in the last movie when {{spoiler|the students use the Room as their base of operations again}}. No one bothers to explain how such a complicated magical door managed to fix itself.
* In ''[[Infernal Affairs]]'', only Superintendent Wong knows the identity of the undercover cop. When {{spoiler|he's murdered, the cop has no one in the police department to turn to}}. In ''[[The Departed]]'', both Captain Queenan and his assistant Sergeant Dignam know who the undercover cop is. When {{spoiler|Queenan is murdered}}, the cop acts like he has no one to turn to, but {{spoiler|Dignam is simply away on suspension}}. Why no one bothers to look him up is never explained. {{spoiler|Dignam's sudden reappearance at the end}} is treated as a surprise, but fans of the original would be waiting for that dangling thread to resolve for half the film.
* In ''[[
* The short story turned short film ''Paul's Case'' has an example of this, although it's not so much a plot hole as a moment of characterization kept in when it didn't fit with the other changes. In the original story, Paul is portrayed in a way that makes it easy to assume he has mental problems. In the film he's turned much more sympathetic, and is shown to be a victim of circumstances, yet the film keeps in a scene where Paul creepily fantasizes about his father shooting him when he crawls through his basement window.
* ''[[Watchmen (
** There is also a scene copied from the comic where Laurie sees Dr. Manhattan and says she heard he was on Mars. He was, but in the movie there was no way for her or anyone to know. The scene where Dr. Manhattan tells a soldier he's leaving for Mars doesn't appear in the movie, he teleports from the studio to the abandoned base, then straight to Mars.
* In the film of ''[[Chronicles of Narnia|Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'', a search for seven swords is superimposed over the novel's search for seven missing Telmarine lords. The claim that at least one of these swords was given to Caspian's father by Aslan is an
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''[[
** The catastrophic Joe Don Baker vehicle ''[[Mitchell]]'' was 97 minutes long, but was cut down to
** This was actually averted in ''Sidehackers''. One of the scene that had to cut out due to content involved the [[Disposable Woman|hero's girlfriend]] being [[Stuffed in The Fridge|brutally gang raped by the antagonist and his lackeys]], ultimately ending in her death. In order to explain why the main heroine suddenly disappears halfway through the film, one of the bots makes the following remark.
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** [[The Movie]] also cuts some exposition from ''[[This Island Earth]]''.
* The TV adaptation of ''[[
** Talking of the Watch, Angua twice arrests Moist for breaking his parole by leaving the city, but for some reason there was no problem earlier when he took a horse to Sto Lat. (In the book, it's made clear he can leave the city as long as he's on Post Office business, which applies all three times.) It's also not clear why this is even Angua's job; Mr Pump is still his parole officer, and collects him when he actually tries to escape.
* In the TV adaptation of ''[[A Game of Thrones]]'', they re-tell the introduction story of some Night's Watchmen being ambushed by the Others, a race of undead killers. Both the TV series and the book end the scene with the POV character coming face-to-face with a monster. In the book, only the Night's Watchman who stayed behind manages to survive the incident. In the TV series, however, the only survivor is the POV character, with no explanation of how he escaped his close encounter.
* In ''[[The Worst Witch]]'' Cackles Academy has a fair share of teachers that aren't seen and don't come into the story that much but the TV series shows that there are only four teachers at the school - Miss Cackle, Miss Hardbroom, Miss Bat and Miss Drill - yet in the second season a Miss Gimlett is mentioned as being the Year Head for the 2nd year girls but has moved away over the summer. Miss Gimlett was never mentioned or referred to before that episode and apparently never used the staff room. In the books we didn't know what Miss Gimlett taught since the only lessons the girls were ever shown having were potions and chanting but the TV show has Miss Cackle teaching spells and no other subjects, apart from PE so that begs the question what did this elusive Miss Gimlett teach before she left?
== Tabletop Games ==
* More of an edition change induced plothole, but in the ''[[Dungeons
** This, along with other artwork of said cleric being a dick to his party, resulted in the creation of [[Epileptic Trees|Pelor the Burning Hate]].
** For that matter, did they ever explain how Drow society in Forgotten Realms - which was based off of infravision - functioned in 3.5 - which removed infravision? They kept time through a giant rock pillar that had a "heat" spell cast on it, for pete's sake.
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== Videogames ==
* ''[[The Warriors (
* In ''[[Metroid Prime]] Trilogy'', the help for the combat visor in the first game notes that the visors you possesses are indicated in the lower left of the screen. This is not true for the trilogy version where they are in a separate menu accessed by holding - and selecting the visor from a menu, and only the current visor remains listed on the [[HUD]].
** Another example, from the same game (also from the North American re-release of Metroid Prime). In the original release of Prime, Metroid Prime had been captured by the Space Pirates and studied for a while. Then, it broke out, merged with some Pirate gear, and escaped back to where it came from. The problem is that where it came from was supposed to be behind an impenetrable barrier that you spend most of the game getting the key to. So this was changed in the re-releases to fix the plot hole; it was never captured by Pirates and so forth. However, in so doing, they ''introduced'' another plot hole: if the Metroid Prime never was captured by the Space Pirates, where did it get all that fancy Pirate gear that it uses on you in the first battle? And why is it even called "Metroid Prime" since it was the Pirates who gave it that name?
* The second stage of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Turtles in Time]]'', "Alleycat Blues", takes place in a back alley in broad daylight. This isn't a problem for [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
* A plot hole created between [[Multi Platform|platforms]] of ''[[Fancy Pants Adventures|The Fancy Pants Adventure: World 3]]'' appears in the Canopy Forest level. There is a [[Nutty Squirrel|squirrel on a balloon]] who gives a minigame challenge, and reward the player with "a squirrel-y prize". In the console versions of the game, that prize is an acorn-shaped hat, while in the online Flash version, it's a rather nebulously relative pair of green pants.
== Western Animation ==
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