Retcon
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"Retcon" is short for "Retroactive Continuity". It is used in fiction to either add to or change a past event in a story.
Major comic publishers like DC Comics use a retcon to allow new writers to re-tell the origin story of a character, or to flesh out a story that was previously told so it can better fit into the current writer's vision of the character.
A retcon can also remove past events in a comic series that could be considered too controversial. Probably the best and most extreme use of a retcon was in the TV series "Dallas", where an entire season of events were wiped away as simply being a "dream"[1].
