https://popculturereferences.com/long-running-tv-shows-rarely-ever-actually-use-their-own-history/ Brian Cronin takes a look at interesting pieces of pop culture history from the worlds of TV, film, music and more. Thu, 19 May 2022 20:17:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://popculturereferences.com/long-running-tv-shows-rarely-ever-actually-use-their-own-history/#comment-3417 Thu, 19 May 2022 20:17:16 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2175#comment-3417 I second what Xander said. If you think TV shows overuse this trope, then comic books routinely grind it into a fine powder. Despite literally appearing in thousands of comics, we’re never far away from “yet another long lost enemy from their past” cropping up to face Wolverine, Batman, Captain America, or anyone, really.

]]> https://popculturereferences.com/long-running-tv-shows-rarely-ever-actually-use-their-own-history/#comment-3183 Wed, 04 May 2022 21:55:47 +0000 https://popculturereferences.com/?p=2175#comment-3183 This reminds me of Hush in the comics. I read the trade of this after hearing from some friends how good it was, but it bothered me that the doctor had just been introduced in that series with a background that was only present in that series.

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