Retcon

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Retroactive continuity (or retcon for short) is the practice of "changing the past" in a storyline. For example, in the Stargate series, the writers changed the description of the Goa'uld species from humanoids to worm-like parasites that possessed humanoid hosts, contradicting the backstory of the villain Ra from the movie.