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href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1non_(fikce)" title="Kánon (fikce) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kánon (fikce)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanon_(fiktion)" title="Kanon (fiktion) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Kanon (fiktion)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanon_(Fiktion)" title="Kanon (Fiktion) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kanon (Fiktion)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%82_(%CE%BC%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1)" title="Κανόνας (μυθοπλασία) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κανόνας (μυθοπλασία)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_(ficci%C3%B3n)" title="Canon (ficción) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Canon (ficción)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86_(%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86)" title="کانن (داستان) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کانن (داستان)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_(fiction)" title="Canon (fiction) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Canon (fiction)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BA%90%EB%85%BC_(%EC%B0%BD%EC%9E%91%EB%AC%BC)" title="캐논 (창작물) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="캐논 (창작물)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_(fiksi)" title="Canon (fiksi) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Canon (fiksi)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa 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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Concept of continuity between different fictional works</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the concept of a canon that defines the world of a particular series or franchise. For influential works of fiction, see <a href="/wiki/Western_canon" title="Western canon">Western canon</a>. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Canon_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Canon (disambiguation)">Canon</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_book_cover.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Royal_book_cover.jpg/220px-Royal_book_cover.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="319" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Royal_book_cover.jpg/330px-Royal_book_cover.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Royal_book_cover.jpg/440px-Royal_book_cover.jpg 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="1052" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Book_of_Oz" title="The Royal Book of Oz">The Royal Book of Oz</a></i>, designated as a canonical work in the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Oz_books" title="List of Oz books">Oz</a> series by original publisher <a href="/wiki/Reilly_%26_Lee" class="mw-redirect" title="Reilly & Lee">Reilly & Lee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was written entirely by <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Plumly_Thompson" title="Ruth Plumly Thompson">Ruth Plumly Thompson</a> in 1921 after the death of original series writer <a href="/wiki/L._Frank_Baum" title="L. Frank Baum">L. Frank Baum</a> in 1919.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>canon</b> of a work of <a href="/wiki/Fiction" title="Fiction">fiction</a> is "the body of works taking place in a particular <a href="/wiki/Fictional_universe" title="Fictional universe">fictional world</a> that are widely considered to be official or authoritative; [especially] those created by the original author or developer of the world".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canon is contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of <a href="/wiki/Fan_fiction" title="Fan fiction">fan fiction</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Derivative_work" title="Derivative work">derivative works</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-vox_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vox-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canonicity">Canonicity</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canon_(fiction)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Canonicity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When there are multiple "official" works or original media, what material is canonical can be unclear. This is resolved either by explicitly excluding certain media from the status of canon (as in the case of <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek" title="Star Trek">Star Trek</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i>); by assigning different levels of canonicity to different media; by considering different but licensed media treatments official and equally canonical to the series timeline within their own <a href="/wiki/Continuity_(fiction)" title="Continuity (fiction)">continuities</a>' universe, but not across them; or not resolved at all. There is also no consensus regarding who has the <i>authority to decide</i> what is or isn't canonical, with copyright holders usually declaring themselves the authorities when they want to erase or <a href="/wiki/Retroactive_continuity" title="Retroactive continuity">retcon</a> materials that were approved by the setting's original creator (with <i>Star Wars</i> again being an example). The definition of canon is of particular importance with regard to <a href="/wiki/Reboot_(fiction)" title="Reboot (fiction)">reboots</a> or re-imaginings of established franchises, such as <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_(2009_film)" title="Star Trek (2009 film)">the <i>Star Trek</i> remake (2009)</a>, because of the ways in which it influences the viewer experience.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEUrbanski201383_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEUrbanski201383-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Examples">Examples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canon_(fiction)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The official <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek" title="Star Trek">Star Trek</a></i> website describes the <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_canon" title="Star Trek canon"><i>Star Trek</i> canon</a> as "the events that take place within the episodes and movies", referring to the live-action television series and <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek_(film_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Trek (film series)">films</a>, with <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Animated_Series" title="Star Trek: The Animated Series">Star Trek: The Animated Series</a></i> having long existed in a <a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Animated_Series#Canon_issues" title="Star Trek: The Animated Series">nebulous gray area of canonicity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-trek_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trek-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Events, characters and storylines from tie-in novels, comic books, and video games are explicitly excluded from the <i>Star Trek</i> canon, but the site notes that elements from these sources have been subsequently introduced into the television series, and says that "canon is not something set in stone".<sup id="cite_ref-trek_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trek-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/George_Lucas" title="George Lucas">George Lucas</a>'s time with the franchise, the <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Wars" title="Star Wars">Star Wars</a></i> canon was divided into <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_in_other_media#Holocron_database_and_canonicity" title="Star Wars in other media">discrete tiers</a> that incorporated the <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars_Expanded_Universe" class="mw-redirect" title="Star Wars Expanded Universe">Expanded Universe</a> (EU), with continuity tracked by <a href="/wiki/Lucasfilm" title="Lucasfilm">Lucasfilm</a> creative executive <a href="/wiki/Leland_Chee" class="mw-redirect" title="Leland Chee">Leland Chee</a>. Higher-tier and newer material abrogated lower-tier and older material in case of contradiction. The live-action theatrical films, the 2008 <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(2008_TV_series)" title="Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)"><i>The Clone Wars</i> TV series</a> and its <a href="/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(film)" title="Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)">debut film</a>, and statements by Lucas himself were at the top of this hierarchy; such works invariably superseded EU material in case of contradiction. The EU itself was further divided into several descending levels of continuity.<sup id="cite_ref-wired_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Disney</a>'s acquisition of the franchise, Lucasfilm designated all Expanded Universe material published prior to 25 April 2014 (other than the first six theatrical films and the 2008 <i>The Clone Wars</i> film and TV series) as the non-canonical "Legends" continuity. Material released since this announcement is a separate canonical timeline from the original George Lucas Canon, with all narrative development overseen by the Lucasfilm Story Group.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The makers of <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> have generally avoided making pronouncements about canonicity, with <a href="/wiki/Russell_T_Davies" title="Russell T Davies">Russell T Davies</a> explaining that he does not think about the concept for the <i>Doctor Who</i> television series or its <a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who_spin-offs" title="Doctor Who spin-offs">spin-offs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> has as an example of non-canonical material the <i><a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror" title="Treehouse of Horror">Treehouse of Horror</a></i> episodes, a series of Halloween-themed specials with several stories that take place outside the normal continuity of the show.<sup id="cite_ref-Groening1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Groening1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several <a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">anime</a> television series adapted from <a href="/wiki/Manga" title="Manga">manga</a> stories counts with some extra episodes with original stories that are not part of the original manga, often being referred to as "filler episodes", being outside of the canon of their source material.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_works">Additional works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canon_(fiction)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Additional works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Field_Bazaar_(The_Athenaeum_Press_1934),_page_1_of_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/The_Field_Bazaar_%28The_Athenaeum_Press_1934%29%2C_page_1_of_2.jpg/220px-The_Field_Bazaar_%28The_Athenaeum_Press_1934%29%2C_page_1_of_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="336" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/The_Field_Bazaar_%28The_Athenaeum_Press_1934%29%2C_page_1_of_2.jpg/330px-The_Field_Bazaar_%28The_Athenaeum_Press_1934%29%2C_page_1_of_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4e/The_Field_Bazaar_%28The_Athenaeum_Press_1934%29%2C_page_1_of_2.jpg/440px-The_Field_Bazaar_%28The_Athenaeum_Press_1934%29%2C_page_1_of_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1985" data-file-height="3029" /></a><figcaption>"The Field Bazaar" was rediscovered and reprinted by <a href="/wiki/A._G._Macdonell" title="A. G. Macdonell">A. G. Macdonell</a> in 1934.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_writers">Other writers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canon_(fiction)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other writers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The canonical status of some works by the original writer but not the same publisher, such as "<a href="/wiki/The_Field_Bazaar" title="The Field Bazaar">The Field Bazaar</a>", may be debated.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is because copyright used to be exercised by the publisher of the work of literature rather than the author.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Campaigning by <a href="/wiki/Victor_Hugo" title="Victor Hugo">Victor Hugo</a> led to the <a href="/wiki/Berne_Convention" title="Berne Convention">Berne Convention</a> which introduced <a href="/wiki/Author%27s_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Author's rights">author's rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, sometimes in literature, original writers have not approved works as canon, but original publishers or <a href="/wiki/Literary_estate" title="Literary estate">literary estates</a> of original writers posthumously approve subsequent works as canon, such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Royal_Book_of_Oz" title="The Royal Book of Oz">The Royal Book of Oz</a></i> (1921) (by original publisher),<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Porto_Bello_Gold" class="mw-redirect" title="Porto Bello Gold">Porto Bello Gold</a></i> (1924) (by estate),<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Heidi_Grows_Up" title="Heidi Grows Up">Heidi Grows Up</a></i> (1938) (by estate).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Late_20th_century">Late 20th century</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canon_(fiction)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Late 20th century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In film and television it is common that the original writer does not decide what is canon.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In literature, the estate of <a href="/wiki/H._G._Wells" title="H. G. Wells">H. G. Wells</a> authorised sequels by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Baxter_(author)" title="Stephen Baxter (author)">Stephen Baxter</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Massacre_of_Mankind" title="The Massacre of Mankind">The Massacre of Mankind</a></i> (2017) and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Time_Ships" title="The Time Ships">The Time Ships</a></i> (1995).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Scarlett_(Ripley_novel)" title="Scarlett (Ripley novel)">Scarlett</a></i> was a 1991 sequel to <i><a href="/wiki/Gone_with_the_Wind_(novel)" title="Gone with the Wind (novel)">Gone with the Wind</a></i> authorised by the estate.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="21st_century">21st century</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canon_(fiction)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010, the Conan Doyle estate authorised <i><a href="/wiki/Young_Sherlock_Holmes_(books)" title="Young Sherlock Holmes (books)">Young Sherlock Holmes</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_House_of_Silk" title="The House of Silk">The House of Silk</a></i>. Sequels to the stories by <a href="/wiki/P_G_Wodehouse" class="mw-redirect" title="P G Wodehouse">P G Wodehouse</a> about the butler <a href="/wiki/Jeeves" title="Jeeves">Jeeves</a> were sanctioned by Wodehouse's estate for <i>Jeeves and the Wedding Bells</i> (2013) by <a href="/wiki/Sebastian_Faulks" title="Sebastian Faulks">Sebastian Faulks</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Jeeves_and_the_King_of_Clubs" title="Jeeves and the King of Clubs">Jeeves and the King of Clubs</a></i> (2018) by <a href="/wiki/Ben_Schott" title="Ben Schott">Ben Schott</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Monogram_Murders" title="The Monogram Murders">The Monogram Murders</a></i> (2014) by <a href="/wiki/Sophie_Hannah" title="Sophie Hannah">Sophie Hannah</a> is a sequel to <a href="/wiki/Hercule_Poirot" title="Hercule Poirot">Hercule Poirot</a> novels authorised by the <a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie</a> estate.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fanon">Fanon</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canon_(fiction)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fanon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Fan_fiction" title="Fan fiction">Fan fiction</a> is almost never regarded as canonical. However, certain ideas may become influential or widely accepted within fan communities, who refer to such ideas as "<b>fanon</b>", a blend of <i>fan</i> and <i>canon</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-wired_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wired-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, the term "<b>headcanon</b>" is used to describe a fan's personal interpretation of a fictional universe.<sup id="cite_ref-cite-vox_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cite-vox-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canon_(fiction)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternative_universe_(fan_fiction)" title="Alternative universe (fan fiction)">Alternative universe (fan fiction)</a> – Fan fiction set in a non-canonical universe</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Complete_works" title="Complete works">Complete works</a> – collection of all the works of one artist, writer, scientist, musician, group, etc.<span style="display:none" class="category-wikidata-fallback-annotation">Pages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catalogue_raisonn%C3%A9" title="Catalogue raisonné">Catalogue raisonné</a> – Comprehensive, annotated listing of all the known artworks by an artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Continuity_(fiction)" title="Continuity (fiction)">Continuity (fiction)</a> – Consistency or continuity of narrative</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Expanded_universe" title="Expanded universe">Expanded universe</a> – Non-linear additions with consistency to the fictional universe</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fictional_universe" title="Fictional universe">Fictional universe</a> – Self-consistent fictional setting with elements that may differ from the real world</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shared_universe" title="Shared universe">Shared universe</a> – Type of fictional universe in which works written by multiple writers are set</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parallel_universes_in_fiction" title="Parallel universes in fiction">Parallel universes in fiction</a> – Universe coexisting with another universe</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reset_button_technique" title="Reset button technique">Reset button technique</a> – Plot device that resets continuity in works of fiction</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sequel" title="Sequel">Sequel</a> – Part of a linear narrative that continues the story of a previous work</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Text_corpus" title="Text corpus">Text corpus</a> – Digital collections of natural language data</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle-earth_canon" title="Middle-earth canon">Middle-earth canon</a> – Works of Tolkien set in Middle-earth</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Retroactive_continuity" title="Retroactive continuity">Retroactive continuity</a> – Revision of existing facts in succeeding works of fiction</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canon_of_Sherlock_Holmes" title="Canon of Sherlock Holmes">Canon of Sherlock Holmes</a> – Things confirmed about Sherlock Holmes in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canon_(fiction)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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That's why I brought him back to life"</a>. <i>the Guardian</i>. 5 November 2017. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211121113438/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/04/hercule-poirot-new-lease-of-life-agatha-christie-orient-express">Archived</a> from the original on 21 November 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Within an individual fandom, certain plotlines may be reinvented so many times and by so many people—or alternately may be written so persuasively by a few writers—that they take on the status of fan-produced canon.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-cite-vox-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-cite-vox_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRomano2016" class="citation web cs1">Romano, Aja (7 June 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.vox.com/2016/6/7/11858680/fandom-glossary-fanfiction-explained">"Canon, fanon, shipping and more: a glossary of the tricky terminology that makes up fan culture"</a>. 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(2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/8963/">"Inventing a Universe: Reading and writing Internet fan fiction"</a>. <a href="/wiki/CiteSeerX_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="CiteSeerX (identifier)">CiteSeerX</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.93.419">10.1.1.93.419</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Inventing+a+Universe%3A+Reading+and+writing+Internet+fan+fiction&rft.date=2007&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fciteseerx.ist.psu.edu%2Fviewdoc%2Fsummary%3Fdoi%3D10.1.1.93.419%23id-name%3DCiteSeerX&rft.aulast=Parrish&rft.aufirst=Juli+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship.pitt.edu%2F8963%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACanon+%28fiction%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFUrbanski2013" class="citation book cs1">Urbanski, Heather (2013). <i>The Science Fiction Reboot: Canon, Innovation and Fandom in Refashioned Franchises</i>. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-6509-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-6509-5"><bdi>978-0-7864-6509-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Science+Fiction+Reboot%3A+Canon%2C+Innovation+and+Fandom+in+Refashioned+Franchises&rft.place=Jefferson%2C+NC&rft.pub=McFarland&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-0-7864-6509-5&rft.aulast=Urbanski&rft.aufirst=Heather&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACanon+%28fiction%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Canon_(fiction)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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