retcon

Meanings

Noun

• A situation, in a soap opera or similar serial fiction, in which a new storyline explains or changes a previous event or attaches a new significance to it.

Verb

• To employ such a device.

Origin

• A . The term retroactive continuity was popularized by comics writer Roy Thomas, who was known for writing superhero comic books set decades in the past such as All-Star Squadron and attributes it to an anonymous source.