Season Fluidity: Difference between revisions

'''''Sliding Scale of Season Transition Fluidity'''''

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|| '''[[Reset Button|Fluid]]''' ||[[Status Quo Is God]] on the series level, even possibly including [[Negative Continuity]] || Most [[Golden Age of Animation|Golden Age]] and [[Dark Age of Animation|Dark Age]] [[Western Animation]] plus more recent works that follow those formats (e.g. ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'', ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]''), most traditional [[Sit Com|SitComs]], ''[[South Park]]'' in its early seasons||

|| ||All stand-alone episodes, no arcs, but with some degree of continuity (e.g. dead characters stay dead)|| ''[[Star Trek TOS]]'', early seasons of ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', and most other shows that follow the [[Adventure Towns]] or [[Monster of the Week]] format. Most adult animated comedies, including ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'', and ''[[South Park]]'' in its later seasons. Most modern [[Sit Com|Sit Coms]].||

|| ||Usually stand-alone, but occasionally has arcs || ''[[Law and Order]]'' and its various spin-offs, ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]'' and other standard [[Britcom|Brit Coms]], ''[[Spongebob SquarePants]]'', ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', ''[[Transformers Generation One]]'', ''[[Futurama]]''. Typical abruptness limit for [[Western Animation]] and [[Sit Com|SitComs]]. ||

|| ||Series-long [[Myth Arc]] || ''[[Babylon 5]]'', most anime and [[Noughties Drama Series]] ||

|| '''[[Rotating Arcs|Dammed]]''' ||Multiple [[Half Arc Season|smaller arcs]] not directly tied to seasons || ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' (later seasons), ''[[Glee]]'', ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'', ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' (except for [[Post Script Season|seasons 8 & 9]]), most [[Soap Opera|Soap Operas]] ||

|| ||Self-contained season-[[Story Arc|arcs]], with some overarching plots || ''[[Twenty Four]]'', ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'' and ''[[Angel]]'', ''[[Mad Men]]'', ''[[Skins]]'' (seasons with the same cast), most [[Teen Drama|Teen Dramas]] and [[Prime Time Soap|Prime Time Soaps]] ||

|| ||Highly-distinct seasons with [[Arc Welding]] || ''[[Sailor Moon]]'', ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'', ''[[Power Rangers]]'', ''[[Digimon]]'' (first two seasons) ||

|| ||Highly-distinct seasons, purely self-contained || ''[[Lexx]]'', ''[[Black Adder]]'' ||

|| '''Abrupt''' ||Complete series reboot each season || ''[[Skins]]'' (every two seasons), ''[[Digimon]]'' (third season onward), ''[[Super Sentai]]'', ''[[American Horror Story]]'' ||

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