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There are, roughly speaking, three kinds of '''consistency''' that a viewer expects from a story:
* '''External Consistency''': Consistency with the real world.
* '''Genre Consistency''': Consistency with other fictional works.<br /><br />The fictional universe should behave like other works in its genre, unless specifically noted otherwise. Any fictional concepts, characters, or settings borrowed from other works should behave as they do in those works. For example, a dragon is generally expected to be a flying reptilian creature that breathes fire. If your work takes place in an [[Expanded Universe]], you're generally expected to be consistent with [[Canon]].▼
The fictional universe is [[Like Reality Unless Noted]]. Violations of external consistency are "unrealistic."
* '''Internal Consistency''': Consistency with itself.<br /><br />Any rules, events, settings, or characters that have been established within the fictional work continue to exist and function as they did previously, unless otherwise indicated.▼
* '''Genre Consistency''': Consistency with other fictional works.
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* '''Internal Consistency''': Consistency with itself.
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Consistency aids [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]], while violations of consistency may be jolting and unexpected. The viewer would be quite surprised to learn that in your universe, Hitler was a circus performer, dragons are scared of fire, and that those two characters who previously knew each other no longer recognize each other. Generally, if a work is inconsistent, the viewer expects there to be a good reason for it. On the other hand, sometimes violations of consistency go unnoticed even if they're quite obvious, or may even be ''expected''; e.g. [[The Coconut Effect]] violates [[External Consistency]].
Often, a feature in a work is consistent at one level and not at another; for example, maybe [[Our Vampires Are Different|your vampires]] [[Twilight (
Sometimes, as in the case of sequels, it can be unclear whether two works are distinct works or part of the same work, making the distinction between [[Genre Consistency]] and [[Internal Consistency]] a bit fuzzy.
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An [[Omnipresent Tropes|Omnipresent Trope]], since every work of fiction has ''some'' kind of consistency (maybe except [[Finnegans Wake]]).
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== Related tropes ==
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* [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]]: Aided by consistency
* [[Canon]]: The stuff you're supposed to be consistent with
=== [[External Consistency]] ===
* [[Interpretative Character]]
* [[Like Reality Unless Noted]]
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* [[Plausible Deniability]]
* [[Reality Ensues]]
* [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness/Speculative Science| Hard SF]]
=== Lack of [[External Consistency]] ===
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]
** [[Anime Reality]]
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* [[Reciprocal Fiction Paradox]]
* [[The Kids Are American]]
* [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness/Science in Genre Only| Science in Genre Only]]
=== Excess of External Consistency ===▼
▲== Excess of External Consistency ==
* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]
=== [[Genre Consistency]] ===
* [[All Myths Are True]]
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]
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=== Lack of [[Genre Consistency]] ===
* [[How Unscientific]]
* [[Our Monsters Are Different]]
=== Excess of [[Genre Consistency]] ===
* [[Strictly Formula]]
=== [[Internal Consistency]] ===
* [[Beyond the Impossible]]
* [[Continuity]]
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=== Lack of [[Internal Consistency]] ===
* [[Animation Bump]]
* [[Continuity Drift]]
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* [[Fridge Logic]]
* [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]
* [[Depending
* [[Depending
* [[Off-Model]]
* [[Out-of-Character Moment]]
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=== Excess of Internal Consistency ===
* [[Continuity Lock Out]]
* [[Continuity Porn]]
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