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Subtrope of [[Early Installment Weirdness]] and typically a result of [[Continuity Drift]]. Related to [[Old Shame]], [[Art Evolution]] and [[Characterization Marches On]]. |
Subtrope of [[Early Installment Weirdness]] and typically a result of [[Continuity Drift]]. Related to [[Old Shame]], [[Art Evolution]] and [[Characterization Marches On]]. |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' has some of this trope. Real locations are mentioned, especially in the first generation games and anime. There is less real-world stuff in the later gens. Real-world animals [[No Cartoon Fish|including fish]] also appear less often later. |
* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' has some of this trope. Real locations are mentioned, especially in the first generation games and anime. There is less real-world stuff in the later gens. Real-world animals [[No Cartoon Fish|including fish]] also appear less often later. |
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** Also, in ''[[Pokémon: The |
** Also, in ''[[Pokémon: The First Movie]]'', Mew is explicitly said to have been found in the rainforests of Brazil. Real life countries have never again been mentioned in the anime Pokeverse. |
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* The first ''[[Redwall]]'' book has horses, dogs, references to most likely human harbors, and Portugal. All of those are gone in the subsequent books. |
* The first ''[[Redwall]]'' book has horses, dogs, references to most likely human harbors, and Portugal. All of those are gone in the subsequent books. |
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* The first ''[[Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser]]'' stories by [[Fritz Leiber]] took place on Earth, before the world of Lankhmar was written into the series, with the result that when collected, some lines had to be added explaining why they were on Earth. |
* The first ''[[Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser]]'' stories by [[Fritz Leiber]] took place on Earth, before the world of Lankhmar was written into the series, with the result that when collected, some lines had to be added explaining why they were on Earth. |
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* The first two books in the ''[[Kushiel's Legacy]]'' series are basically political thrillers with a bunch of [[Historical In-Joke |
* The first two books in the ''[[Kushiel's Legacy]]'' series are basically political thrillers with a bunch of [[Historical In-Joke]]s and bondage sex. Gods are an acknowledged presence throughout, but until the third book, they aren't much more than flavor to the [[Backstory]]. This escalates, however, through the second trilogy, culminating with the heroes of that trilogy founding a university to study magic, and the heroine of the ''third'' trilogy being quite explicitly magical. |
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* The original version of ''[[The Dark Tower/The Gunslinger|The Gunslinger]]'' by [[Stephen King]] contains numerous hints that the book is set on Earth [[After the End]], but later books in ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series established that Roland's world was distinct from ours, and most of these hints were removed in the revised edition. |
* The original version of ''[[The Dark Tower/The Gunslinger|The Gunslinger]]'' by [[Stephen King]] contains numerous hints that the book is set on Earth [[After the End]], but later books in ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series established that Roland's world was distinct from ours, and most of these hints were removed in the revised edition. |
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