Merge pull request matplotlib#28596 from meeseeksmachine/auto-backport-of-pr-28518-on-v3.9.x

Backport PR matplotlib#28518 on branch v3.9.x ([TYP] Fix overload of `pyplot.subplots`)

Author: QuLogic

lib/matplotlib/figure.pyi

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class FigureBase(Artist):
         height_ratios: Sequence[float] | None = ...,
         subplot_kw: dict[str, Any] | None = ...,
         gridspec_kw: dict[str, Any] | None = ...,
-    ) -> Axes | np.ndarray: ...
+    ) -> Any: ...
     def delaxes(self, ax: Axes) -> None: ...
     def clear(self, keep_observers: bool = ...) -> None: ...
     def clf(self, keep_observers: bool = ...) -> None: ...

lib/matplotlib/pyplot.py

@@ -1597,7 +1597,7 @@ def subplots(
     subplot_kw: dict[str, Any] | None = ...,
     gridspec_kw: dict[str, Any] | None = ...,
     **fig_kw
-) -> tuple[Figure, Axes | np.ndarray]:
+) -> tuple[Figure, Any]:
     ...