Canon Discontinuity Examples?
3.5BRAINROT SCOREcanon discontinuity Fandom vocabulary for an episode, installment or storyline that the creators or rights holders officially treat as not part of the story's canon, so later material ignores it.
Origin:Wikipedia's article on canon explains that rights holders often decide what counts as canon, and gives cases such as Star Wars' pre-2014 Expanded Universe becoming non-canonical "Legends". The related term retcon names a deliberate retroactive change. The phrase itself belongs to the TV Tropes and fandom vocabulary; no dated first use found.
First Seen:Unknown (TV Tropes and fandom vocabulary; no dated first use found)
Peak Era:2000s-2020s fandom
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (Using It Correctly In Context)
EXAMPLE USAGE
""The studio's reboot made the old sequel a canon discontinuity overnight.""
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