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* ''[[Paranoia]]'' has had (in order) 1st edition, 2nd edition, 5th edition ([[Canon Discontinuity|later declared]] an "[[Unperson|unproduct"]], and 3rd edition (unpublished). Starting with the revival, they [[Stopped Numbering Sequels]], instead releasing [[Microsoft Windows|XP]] (formally dropped after Microsoft complained, so this version was just called "Paranoia") and 25th Anniversary Edition (a reprint of XP with some additional material).

* The one-off ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' set ''Coldsnap'' is an example of the aforementioned trick where a new work is [[Retraux|presented as a forgotten older one]]. Originally, the ''Ice Age'' block (released in 1995-96) consisted of ''Ice Age'', ''Alliances'', and the unrelated and [[Seasonal Rot|universally reviled]] set ''Homelands'', which was [[Dolled-Up Installment|shoehorned into the block]] (mainly because this was [[Early Installment Weirdness|before Wizards started doing blocks like we would know them today]]). When ''Coldsnap'', which was designed to fit retroactively into ''Ice Age'' block as the "real" third set, was announced in 2006, Wizards claimed that it was based on a lost design file from 1995, uncovered when they moved their offices across the street. (The claim was intended to be tongue-in-cheek, but [[Cannot Convey Sarcasm|this didn't really come across]] and many players became annoyed, forcing them to come clean.) The idea of ''Coldsnap'' as the "real" third set, however, is [[Canon]]; it is legal for play in ''Ice Age'' Block Constructed, and ''Homelands'' [[Canon Discontinuity|is no longer acknowledged as part of the block]].

 

== Video Games ==

** There was also the two episodes "Go God, Go", which ended with Cartman recently arriving in the far future, and "Go God, Go XII" which began with a ''[[Buck Rogers]]'' opening parody leading to Cartman seemingly months later, as if there were ten episodes about Cartman in the future that were just skipped.

* ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'': The adaptation of "The Missing Coach" was scrapped during production because its plot was deemed too much of a [[Mind Screw]] for young children. The events are referenced in a later episode, so they did happen, we just never saw them.

 

== Real Life ==

* An accidental example exists in [[The Pope|papal history]]: Owing to various misconceptions and transcription errors, there has never been a [[wikipedia:Pope John XX|Pope John XX]]. The Pope who would have borne that number skipped straight to [[wikipedia:Pope John XXI|John XXI]] when choosing his papal name.

* Microsoft's Office 2007 is internally known as version 12. Office 2010 is known as version 14. Microsoft skipped the number 13 due to the [[Thirteen Is Unlucky|superstitions related to it]].

* Chrysler's 300 "letter series" ran from 1955-1965. But the list of models skips from 300-H to 300-J. This is because the letter "I" too closely resembles the number "1".

** Even if the number 0 had been in use in the Roman Empire, using it in this context actually makes little sense. Saying "0 B.C." literally means "zero years before the birth of Christ"—i.e., the year of Christ's birth, or 1 A.D. Likewise, since 1 A.D. literally means "the first year of Our Lord," saying "0 A.D." means "the zeroth year of Our Lord"—i.e., the year before Christ's birth, or 1 B.C.

** Not to mention the fact that when Christ was born (which may or may not have been 1 A.D.) very few people thought it was particularly important.

* Many tall buildings were known to have [[Missing Floor]]s. Examples include Las Vegas hotels which skipped the 13th floor entirely; and many government and supposedly privately owned buildings which allegedly had unnumbered floors with no elevator access. (Yet people who rode the elevators every day suspected something was up when it took twice as long to go from, say, the 18th floor to the 19th than it did to go from the 17th to the 18th.)

* Sten SMG variants go from the Mk III to the MK V.

** Another British military skip was the Mark IV helmet to the Mark V helmet. The Mark IV helmet had a Mark V liner which created confusion and they skipped the Mark V helmet to avoid any more.

 

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