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Characters That Sequels And Prequels Destroyed

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Movie franchises dedicate an incredible amount of time and energy to developing universes, with histories, characters, and convoluted explanations for plot holes. Which makes it all the more confusing when a sequel or prequel somehow manages to ruin its characters anyway.

If you need evidence of that, look no further than this collection of prequels and sequels that ignore, undermine, or even openly contradict what's been established about the characters in them.

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CRACKED COM At the end of Ted, stoner slacker John Bennet becomes a mature adult and marries the woman he loves. Yay John! In Ted 2, immature slacker

SNOKE SEEMED LIKE AN INTERESTING VILLAIN, AND I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING HIS BACK STORY. But in the first 15 minutes of Rise of Skywalker, we l

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CRACKED COM In Jaws, the shark was a mysterious, rarely-shown predator By Jaws: The Revenge, the shark had become a ioke, tracking the Brody family to

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In the first installment of Disney PRINCESS TH E DIARTES we expect Mia to make some mistakes because she's an awkward teen who is thrown into an unusu

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DRACONBALL Goku isn't the best dad, nor the brightest persong but he cares about his family and friends, and can be intimidating when angry. DRACONBAL

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CRACKED CO The flamboyant and chatty Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was a disappointing change from the first movie where Voldemort

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aissn In the first installment of CONGENIALITY Agent Hart is an empowered, strong woman who takes no nonsense from anyone. However, in the sequel, Mis

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CRACKEDCON Padme Amidala Badass warrior queen... ...reduced to a weepy housewife who contributes to the plot by giving birth and then losing her will

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By the end of Men In Black, J is an accomplished agent with a unique style and a new rookie partnero THEN IN MEN IN BLACK Il, HE'S BACK IN HIS OLD SUI

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It's no one's fault that Richard Harris passed away, and had to be replaced for the rest of the HARRY POTTER films... ...but why did a new actor have

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Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life does a good job of portraying Rory's 30-something burnout. They also make her a serial cheater for no reason. She ha

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Annabelle used to be scary in The Conjuring (2013) because of its unexplained origin. In Annabelle (2014), it is explained that the doll became haunte

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In The Godfather: In The Godfather: Part l, Michael Part Ill, Michael Corleone is a Corleone is ruthless, powerful pathetic and figure, a natural wrac

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The Blues Brothers Blues Brothers 2000 Elwood Blues is a Elwood spends cool, detached most of the character who movie acting doesn't really like an un

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In the first Legally Blonde movie, Elle Woods is a perky but still grounded and likeable character. In the sequel, she's an obnoxious caricature.

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CRACKEDOON The Karate Kid While Daniel was always a conflicted teenager, he was loyal and respectful towards Mr. Miyagi. But in The Karate Kid Part II

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CRACKEDCO COM Pirates CARIBBEAN T CURSE OF TH BLACE EARL OVER THE COURSE OF 5 MOVIES, CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW WENT FROM BEING THE COOLEST CHARACTER IN TH

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The practical effects in John Carpenter's The Thing made the monsters SO believable they still freak us out to this day. The prequel instead utilized

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Thor: Ragnarok has turned Thor into a goofball for no reason. While his transformation into a comedic figure is a courageous reinvention of the charac

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CRACKEDOON I was fne thinking that the minions were created in Gru's lab. I didn't need mnions to complicate things by revealing that they're actually

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HANGOVER HANGHVER THE THE PART II Alan clearly Alan bullies has a big an innocent heart and teen non- cares for a baby. stop.

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In Raiders of the Lost Ark, we met a ball-busting Marion Ravenwood who could miraculously drink a ton of liquor and still kick some Nazi ass. In India

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CRACKEDcO COM STARWARS RETURNOI OF JEDI THE Being frozen in carbonite seems to have turned Han Solo into an incompetent crybaby. After his rescue, all

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Sam Raimi's Spider-Man gave us an excellent Peter Parker. His Spider-Man 3 gave Us a dancing dweeb with an awful haircut. CRACKED CON

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