Adaptation-Induced Plothole: Difference between revisions

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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, ie. when an adaptation ''removes'' a plot hole, see [[Adaptation Correction]].

For the opposite of this trope, i.e. when an adaptation ''removes'' a plot hole, see [[Adaptation Correction]].

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== Anime and Manga ==

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== Anime & Manga ==

* In a ''[[One Piece]]'' mini-arc about Coby and Helmeppo, the two are shown sailing over Reverse Mountain with Garp. Later on, it is revealed that Marine ships can cross the Calm Belt with special Seastone equipment, and the newspaper photo is hand waved away as a deception for the press.

** 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]].

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{{quote|'''Crow:''' "For those of you following at home, Rita is dead."}}

** [[The Movie]] also cuts some exposition from ''[[This Island Earth]]''.

* The TV adaptation of ''[[~~Discworld/~~Going Postal|Going Postal]]'' skips the subplot about what happened to the previous postmasters by revealing they were killed by Reacher Gilt's banshee assassin. However, the only reason the Post Office is ''standing'' in the book is that Gilt doesn't see it as a threat; as soon as he does, he doesn't mess around killing postmasters, he burns the place to the ground. In addition, a rearrangement of scenes means that TV Gilt has to {{spoiler|kill Horsefry}} personally, when the man is visiting his office, rather than employing the hard-to-track Mr Gryle to swoop down and {{spoiler|kill him in his own home}}. Despite the TV version retaining Ankh-Morpork's capable and determined Watch (and its bloodhound-like werewolf), this crime apparently goes unsolved.

* The TV adaptation of ''[[Going Postal (Discworld)|Going Postal]]'' skips the subplot about what happened to the previous postmasters by revealing they were killed by Reacher Gilt's banshee assassin. However, the only reason the Post Office is ''standing'' in the book is that Gilt doesn't see it as a threat; as soon as he does, he doesn't mess around killing postmasters, he burns the place to the ground. In addition, a rearrangement of scenes means that TV Gilt has to {{spoiler|kill Horsefry}} personally, when the man is visiting his office, rather than employing the hard-to-track Mr Gryle to swoop down and {{spoiler|kill him in his own home}}. Despite the TV version retaining Ankh-Morpork's capable and determined Watch (and its bloodhound-like werewolf), this crime apparently goes unsolved.

** 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.

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