Studios sometimes put their carts before their horses with franchises.
Post-credit scenes in MarvelsThe Incredible HulkandAvengers: Age of Ultronwere rendered useless after subsequent movies forged plot holes.
Casting issues and idle scripts often result ininconsistency between one pictures endingand the storylines presented in a sequel.
To explain Julies return, her attack at the end of the first film is retconned as a nightmare.
Hewitts character suffers from paranoia and has frequent hallucinations after the traumatic experiences presented in the first installment.
However, inMission: Impossible - Rogue Nation,Paula PattonsJane Carter was missing in action.
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The foreshadowed return at the end of the fourth movie was false hope.
The sequel hook is ignored in the second flick and its rumored that Nancy went insane.
In the third installment, shes alive and well with her sanity intact.
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Specks of dirt on Clarks coffin begin to levitate, signaling the Man of Steel is alive.
The production ofJustice Leaguewasfilled with set backs.
Plot holes were dug and the ending ofBatman v. Superman: Dawn of Justicewas disregarded.
InIron Man 2, its revealed that Starks Avengers app was rejected by S.H.I.E.L.D.
The billionaire, playboy, philanthropist is shunned by the team until 2012sThe Avengers.
Theres a six-year gap between the last twoPirates of the Caribbeanmovies.
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There was no explanation provided in the fifth film on why Megatron reproduces his former identity.
The surprising maneuver happened on the heels of the second highest-grossing film of the series.
Logan is as shocked as the audience during the stinger inThe Wolverine.
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The Gauntlets arc has been tinkered with following its first post-credit scene.
InThor: Ragnarok, the glove in Odins Trophy Room is revealed to be a fake.
Also, Eitri, the dwarf inAvengers: Infinity War, takes credit for the creating the weapon.
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