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* The classic AD&D module "I6: Ravenloft" is a thrilling, wonderfully-planned and -mapped Gothic vampire hunt, full of genuine scares and [[Genre Savvy]] tributes to old Universal and Hammer horror films. It plays it out as straight as can be ... until you get to the underground crypts, and realize that every tomb's engraving is some [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] that wouldn't amuse a six-year-old. Definitely a this-didn't-happen for [[Fanon Discontinuity|fans]] and [[Canon Dis Continuity|designers]] of the later [[Ravenloft]] setting; when the module was updated and re-released as "Expedition to Castle Ravenloft", they deliberately expunged this [[Old Shame]], making the crypts' inscriptions illegible or pun-free.
* The "Unglued" and "Unhinged" ''[[Magic:
** Doesn't really count, as a good number of mechanics introduced in Unglued were later brought back(Forecast, enchant player, power conduit, elvish piper, comet storm) and one card was even reprinted under a different name in a real set (Barren Glory).
*** Indeed, every block since then has had at least one tribute to an Un-set. Barren Glory is just the most prominent example.
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