Star Trek has had large amounts of , especially when episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation were remastered. This article is a stub relating to real-world information such as a performer, author, novel, magazine, or other production material. You can help Memory Alpha by fixing it.
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| - Star Trek has had large amounts of , especially when episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation were remastered. This article is a stub relating to real-world information such as a performer, author, novel, magazine, or other production material. You can help Memory Alpha by fixing it.
- Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction. The change is informally referred to as a "retcon," and producing a retcon is called "retconning". It should not be confused with a "plot hole", where the internal consistency of a particular story is at fault for not explaining changes in conditions that could reasonably happen (e.g. a character using a weapon they were not described as finding).
- Retcons happen in all major fictional narratives, especially those that have existed for a long time. Longer-lived franchises are particularly prone to retconning, as they tend to be created by a number of different artists, not all of whom may have an enyclopaedic knowledge of the franchise's history. Thus, conflicting accounts will inevitably arise and refactoring of information may be necessary.
- The term originated decades ago in the comic-book-collecting community, though its usefulness has proven itself far beyond that medium. It refers to any plot development or revelation that introduces new information about previously-established events, especially if the new information had not been an intended element of the original history.
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| - Star Trek has had large amounts of , especially when episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation were remastered. This article is a stub relating to real-world information such as a performer, author, novel, magazine, or other production material. You can help Memory Alpha by fixing it.
- Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction. The change is informally referred to as a "retcon," and producing a retcon is called "retconning". It should not be confused with a "plot hole", where the internal consistency of a particular story is at fault for not explaining changes in conditions that could reasonably happen (e.g. a character using a weapon they were not described as finding).
- The term originated decades ago in the comic-book-collecting community, though its usefulness has proven itself far beyond that medium. It refers to any plot development or revelation that introduces new information about previously-established events, especially if the new information had not been an intended element of the original history. Being slang, there is no strict definition of what constitutes a retcon; the most liberal usage applies the term to any new backstory introduced with sufficient distance from the original material, be it in terms of time or authorship or both. However, a stricter usage would confine it to developments that change or contradict past events. Thus, for some, "retcon" carries a negative overtone, no doubt due in part to the fact that the term is naturally brought up when people are talking about continuity problems.
- Retcons happen in all major fictional narratives, especially those that have existed for a long time. Longer-lived franchises are particularly prone to retconning, as they tend to be created by a number of different artists, not all of whom may have an enyclopaedic knowledge of the franchise's history. Thus, conflicting accounts will inevitably arise and refactoring of information may be necessary.
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