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| rdfs:label | - Meet Your Early Installment Weirdness
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| rdfs:comment | - Sometimes, especially if a franchise is a Long Runner or is about to have a Milestone Celebration, the creators might find it fun to do an episode or TV special in which the newer versions of the characters meet their past selves, before their Art Evolution or Character Development took place. Related to Era Specific Personality, Art Evolution, Retreaux and of course Early Installment Weirdness. Future Me Scares Me and I Hate Past Me may also come into use. Examples of Meet Your Early Installment Weirdness include:
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| abstract | - Sometimes, especially if a franchise is a Long Runner or is about to have a Milestone Celebration, the creators might find it fun to do an episode or TV special in which the newer versions of the characters meet their past selves, before their Art Evolution or Character Development took place. This will usually be handled one of two ways; the show might view the old incarnation of the characters with a level respect and maybe with only a few tongue-in-cheek jokes at their expense (with the older versions of the characters having some critiques of their own), or it can go into full-on Self-Deprecation, poking fun at how "bad" the show used to be and Flanderizing the earlier versions. The second type is more likely when a different writer is handling the newer installments of the franchise, though having it be used as an outlet for Creator Backlash by the same creator is also possible. As such, use of this trope may either bring fans of all incarnations of the franchise together and be a celebration of the franchise as a whole, or it could just entertain new fans while alienating older fans. Related to Era Specific Personality, Art Evolution, Retreaux and of course Early Installment Weirdness. Future Me Scares Me and I Hate Past Me may also come into use. Examples of Meet Your Early Installment Weirdness include:
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