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* One of the many complaints people had about ''[[Beast Wars]]'' is that when it aired, it had the strongest continuity ever seen in a cartoon on American or Canadian TV. As a result, a new viewer jumping in partway through is going to be quite perplexed by what's all going on. Then its sequel ''[[Beast Machines]]'' one-upped it. |
* One of the many complaints people had about ''[[Beast Wars]]'' is that when it aired, it had the strongest continuity ever seen in a cartoon on American or Canadian TV. As a result, a new viewer jumping in partway through is going to be quite perplexed by what's all going on. Then its sequel ''[[Beast Machines]]'' one-upped it. |
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** Ironic with [[Beast Machines]], since they were originally trying to ''avert'' this trope by ignoring most of ''[[Beast Wars]]'', only to end up with a stronger version of the trope in its own series. |
** Ironic with [[Beast Machines]], since they were originally trying to ''avert'' this trope by ignoring most of ''[[Beast Wars]]'', only to end up with a stronger version of the trope in its own series. |
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* Later episodes of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' suffer from a mild case of this condition at times (though it's understandable for a series |
* Later episodes of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' suffer from a mild case of this condition at times (though it's understandable for a {{age|1989|12|17}}-year-old series). One particular gag involved Homer (accurately) daydreaming about a "think-tank", a joke which is probably much, much funnier to longtime viewers than new ones. |
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{{quote|'''Homer''': {{spoiler|What, I'm not allowed to get one right?}}}} |
{{quote|'''Homer''': {{spoiler|What, I'm not allowed to get one right?}}}} |
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** Many of ''The Simpsons''{{'}} minor characters are completely bizarre without context, yet the show basically takes it for granted that the audience can recognize and appreciate most of them without any sort of perfunctory introduction or explanation. Examples would include Bumblebee Man, Sideshow Mel, Duff Man, the Sea Captain, or Disco Stu, or even Krusty, all of whom are basically long-running continuations of one-off gags from many, many years past. |
** Many of ''The Simpsons''{{'}} minor characters are completely bizarre without context, yet the show basically takes it for granted that the audience can recognize and appreciate most of them without any sort of perfunctory introduction or explanation. Examples would include Bumblebee Man, Sideshow Mel, Duff Man, the Sea Captain, or Disco Stu, or even Krusty, all of whom are basically long-running continuations of one-off gags from many, many years past. |
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