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[[File:377px-Batman_(1943_serial)_poster.jpg|link=Batman|rightframe|[[The Batman (Film)|And they]] [[Batman (Comic Book)|each]] [[Batman (TV)|have]] [[Batman the Animated Series (Animation)|their own]] [[The Dark Knight Saga|continuity]] as well.]]
 
 
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Continuity is a confusing thing. Sometimes when adapting a work, writers will scrap previous continuity and write a new continuity either disregarding the old one, or painting continuity in [[Broad Strokes]]. The result is an [[Alternate Continuity]] -- a story that is no less "official" than the original, but which cannot be reconciled with it with regards to [[Backstory]] or [[Canon]]. It effectively lives in a different universe. Sometimes this forms the basis of a [[Series Franchise]].
 
[[Anime]] in particular has several diverse distribution paths in Japan, depending on its format -- motion pictures in theaters, [[OVA|OVAs]]s in direct-to-consumer sales, and 26+ episode-long series on television. It is not uncommon for an [[Anime]] to transfer from one distribution path/format to another. This is most frequently seen in shows that enjoy great success as [[OVA|OVAs]]s; they jump to broadcast, and what was once effectively a miniseries becomes a story it takes an entire season to tell. Alternately, a successful series can become a movie.
 
When such a move is made, it's common for the story to simply be retold in the new medium, often with radical changes in both plot and characterization, creating an [[Alternate Continuity]].
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When a show's writers make the [[Alternate Continuity]] their new "main" Continuity while discarding the old one, it becomes a [[Continuity Reboot]]. If the [[Alternate Continuity]] and the regular one share backstory and diverge from each other at some point, that's generally an [[Alternate Timeline]].
 
Note that this [[Trope]] is specifically about changes in continuity moving from medium to medium, or after a [[Continuity Reboot]]. See also [[The Movie]], [[Ultimate Universe]] (a [[Sub Trope|sub-trope]] of this), [[Canon Immigrant]] and [[Series Franchise]]. When [[Fanfic]] attempts to weld two or more of these into a single story, it's called a [[Patchwork Fic]].
 
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