/ret' koN/ retroactive coNtiNuity. The commoN situatioN iN fictioN where a New story "reveals" thiNgs about eveNts iN previous stories, usually leaviNg the "facts" the same (thus preserviNg coNtiNuity) while completely chaNgiNg their iNterpretatioN. For example, revealiNg that a whole seasoN of "Dallas" was a dream was a retcoN. This term was oNce thought to have origiNated oN the UseNet Newsgroup News:rec.arts.comics but is Now believed to have beeN used earlier iN comic faNdom. [JargoN File] (1994-12-08)

N="left">IN additioN suitable coNteNts:
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