8,294
edits
m (update links) |
HLIAA14YOG (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
(9 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
[[File:
When a series deliberately references an event from its own past. This goes a bit deeper than a regular [[Call Back]] or [[
{{examples}}▼
▲{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Digimon]]'' [[Sacrificial Lion|kills]] [[They Killed Kenny|off]] at least one Leomon or otherwise lionlike [[Mon]] in every continuity from ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' onward (thus exempting the earlier ''[[Digimon V-Tamer 01]]''). The degree of relevance or tragedy varies.
* The beginning of chapter 424 of ''[[Bleach]]'' is a reversed [[Homage]] to the beginning of the first chapter. After we again are given Ichigo's "profile" altered {{spoiler|to note that he cannot see ghosts anymore}} we're then shown a color spread which is like the first one except {{spoiler|Rukia}} isn't there and all the people with portraits in the background are ''[[Tear Jerker|turning away]]''.
* The first Sound Stage of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Quite a few ''[[Superman]]'' covers reference the cover of the Action Comics issue in which Supes first appeared. (the page image is from ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'', with [[Alternate Universe|Superman from Earth-2/Kal-L]] striking regular Superman/Kal-El) ''[[Superman Returns]]'' even staged it in live action.
** Similarly, ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'' #1's cover is homaged a lot at [[Marvel Comics]].
** As is the one for ''Amazing Fantasy #15'', [[Spider-Man]]'s first appearance.
*** And in ''Batgirl'', once.
Line 31:
== [[Literature]] ==
* Ron to Hermione, Book One: [[Harry Potter|Are you a witch or what?]] Six books later...
* ''[[Warhammer
* Gregory McDonald has sections from earlier books in ''[[Son Of Fletch]]'', mostly to emphasize the difference in character attitudes towards racism.
== [[Live
* The first episode of ''[[Homicide: Life
** Then, in the reunion/finale movie, when Gee dies, he finds himself in an afterlife police station, where he plays cards with the two regular characters who had been [[Killed Off for Real]] (allowing all the previous regulars to appear for the reunion) as a number of past victims of unsolved crimes from the show's history wander the department.
*** In "Nearer My God To Thee" (episode 14), Munch issues a cynical monologue about TV and technocracy; in "Kaddish" (episode 73), a Whole Episode Flashback, a younger John Munch delivers the same monologue, but with a hopeful tone.
Line 55:
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Happens quite often in console [[Role
* The more recent ''[[Castlevania]]'' games have repeated references to past games in the series and even the original ''[[Dracula]]'' novel. A specific example comes from ''Dawn of Sorrow'', at the end of Julius Mode. When the player confronts {{spoiler|Soma Cruz}}, he throws his wine glass at the player after taking a sip and starting the fight, which is what Dracula did in the previous games before the final battle. In addition, the song played during the fight and the boss' second form are both from ''Rondo of Blood''.
** In ''Order of Ecclesia'', before Shanoa goes to enter the castle, she says something a long the lines of "''I am the morning sun, coming to vanquish this horrible night''", or something. In ''Lament of Innocence'', the character specifically says ''I'll kill you AND the Night''.
*** "''What a horrible night to have a curse''" and "''the morning sun has vanquished the horrible night''" from CV2 Simon's Quest might have something to do with that.
* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006
** On the other hand, you can expect to find at least one of these in recent ''[[Super Mario
** ''[[Sonic Generations]]'', being another [[Milestone Celebration]], also features a healthy amount of these, though not the fact that the entire game is levels from previous games (the plot explicitly states this as time travel and is technically not an example). Instead, the levels get several redesigns, causing them to homage levels and songs from other games either by visual appearance or by recreating actual segments of gameplay and level design.
* The ''[[Metal Gear]] Solid'' games love doing this; ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' and ''4'' are full of them.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' has one of these which is a bit convoluted, and part of which is often totally overlooked by gamers who only know the newer generations of the series. In ''Ocarina of Time'', Princess Zelda is one of seven sages who are responsible for placing a seal on the Sacred Realm. In ''Link to the Past'', Princess Zelda (a different one) and six other girls are descended from the seven sages who sealed that
** Actually, the order for the first 4 main games (including all those mentioned here, and excluding Link's Awakening) are rarely contested, and the backstories for all of the games seem to be in complete agreement (things get really complicated after OOT, though). Zelda 2 was explicitely a direct sequel to the first game (Ganon is dead, etc) and contained a number of towns with appropriate fantasy-style names. Zelda 3 was written as a prequel which explained the origin of Ganon in its backstory and talked about the 7 sages and featured their descendents. Zelda 5 was written as a prequel to Zelda 3 and covers the events talked about in its backstory, and as a bonus includes characters with the names of the towns from Zelda 2, retroactively causing those towns to have been named after the sages. Not TOO complicated.
* ''[[Thunder Force]] VI'', being a tribute to the series, has this in spades. One of the unlockable ships is an updated version of the Rynex from ''Thunder Force IV'', and one of its weapons is the Blade, also from TFIV. Stage 2 borrows many elements from ''Thunder Force III'''s 2nd stage, even going so far as to have a 1-up in a very similar fireball obstacle. For Stage 5's boss, depending on what ship you're using, the music will be a remix of either Cool's theme from ''Segagaga'' or the Cerberus's theme from ''Thunder Force III''. Right after that boss, you fight [[Giant Mook|giant]] versions of the player ships of past ''Thunder Force'' games, which comes with even more remixes. Finally, the first part of the last stage has the same box obstacles from ''Thunder Force V''. There's so many references to past ''Thunder Force'' games that many believe that this game pushes them [[Tropes Are Not Good|a little too far]].
Line 73:
== [[Web Original]] ==
* The third RP of ''[[Darwin's Soldiers]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'s'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20090523043903/http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20021023 Nice Melon] and [
* ''[[Questionable Content]]'' [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=40 does] [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=873 this], with [[Your Head Asplode|mind blowing]] [[Art Evolution]].
Line 88:
** Sometimes, it's subtler. Ironhide's trainees in a live action movie-based comic are Strongarm, Signal Flare, and Skyblast. In ''[[Transformers Energon]],'' those were the names of the three varieties of Omnicons, and a ''very'' different Ironhide led a team consisting mostly of Omnicons.
*** The Transformers wiki has a "Transformers References" section for every episode or issue. Much of it is simply "Starscream mentions last issue's events" but you'd be surprised how many sly homages there are. After all, it's a franchise that's been going across ''multiple'' media with ''several'' countries producing original fiction almost continuously since 1984, and everything, however obscure, is some fan's favorite and some author's favorite, and some of the creators just like throwing in obscure homages for fun. The result is ''every single member of any crowd scene'' in [[Transformers Animated]] being a past character, though it may be as obscure as "That off-white Bumblebee repaint sold briefly and only in Brazil." (Aka Sedan.)
* ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' is all over this, especially in regards to the episode featuring Superman. In that episode alone, they are mostly homages to various comic cover shots (such as Jimmy Olsen's death trick, Superman becoming King of Earth, "Jungle Jimmy" complete with his gorilla bride, etc.), but two in particular come from the [[Superman (film)|first Superman film]]
* ''[[Thundercats 2011|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' contains numerous [[Mythology Gag
Line 101:
[[Category:Narrative Devices]]
[[Category:Continuity Tropes]]
[[Category:
|