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* Each of the ''StarTrek'' films from ''III'' to ''V'' begins at most a few days after the previous film ended.

* ''StarTrekIV'' takes place on the trip back home after ''StarTrekIII''.

* ''FridayThe13th: The Final Chapter'' starts with police and paramedics arriving at the scene and taking Jason's NotQuiteDead body to the morgue.
* In ''{{Halloween}} II'' Dr. Loomis runs out on the lawn and starts looking for the disappeared Michael. Slight continuity error in that he fell from the balcony in the back in the original, while the sequel changes it to the front of the house. Laurie spends most of the movie out of action in the hospital from the injuries sustained in the original. The opening scene of ''Halloween 5'' shows how Michael survived the climax of the previous film, before falling into a coma and waking up [[ContrivedCoincidence exactly]] [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday one year later]].
* ''TheKarateKid, Part II'' begins with the aftermath of the tournament (a sequence written for then cut out of the first movie), before doing a TimeSkip to six months later.

* ''{{Underworld}}: Evolution'' starts with Selene and Michael on the run, the morning after the first film's climax.

* In ''{{Halloween}} II'' Dr. Loomis runs out on the lawn and starts looking for the disappeared Michael. Slight continuity error in that he fell from the balcony in the back in the original, while the sequel changes it to the front of the house. Laurie spends most of the movie out of action in the hospital from the injuries sustained in the original.
** The opening scene of ''Halloween 5'' shows how Michael survived the climax of the previous film, before falling into a coma and waking up [[ContrivedCoincidence exactly]] [[HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday one year later]].

* Whilst not exactly ''sequels'' per se, ''[[Film/IronMan Iron Man 2]]'', ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'' and ''Film/{{Thor}}'' all take place in the MarvelCinematicUniverse at roughly the same time.

* ''AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' picks up Ezio's story with him escaping the Vatican, exactly where we left him at the end of ''AssassinsCreedII''. The 'present' plot also opens with Desmond in the van as the assassins flee their hideout- it's not clear how long they've been driving for, but it's unlikely to have been more than a few hours. ''AssassinsCreedII'' immediately picks up from the end of the first game, too.

* ''GundamZZ'' picks up exactly where ''ZetaGundam'' left off.

* ''GoldenSun: The Lost Age'' opens up where the previous game left off, minus the epilogue (which saw the PlayerParty sail off) since the main character is now the antagonist of the previous game. It begins at the point where Felix and his TrueCompanions (minus [[KnightTemplar Satorus and Marindi]], since they were the previous game's FinalBoss) were last seen; leaving the Jupiter tower.

* ''Waxwork II: Lost In Time'' starts immediately after the first film's SequelHook. Although the effect is a little odd, because one of the surviving characters is now TheOtherDarrin.

* The two ''Film/AlienVsPredator'' films.

* ''FinalFantasyXIII-2'' starts with the ending of ''FinalFantasyXIII'', and goes on from there.

* ''AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' picks up Ezio's story with him escaping the Vatican, exactly where we left him at the end of ''AssassinsCreedII''. The 'present' plot also opens with Desmond in the van as the assassins flee their hideout- it's not clear how long they've been driving for, but it's unlikely to have been more than a few hours.

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* ''TheLionKing 2'' starts with the scene at the end of the first Lion King where Rafiki is holding Simba's child over Pride Rock, this time introducing the child as a girl.

* ''[[{{Disney/Aladdin}} Aladdin: The Return of Jafar]]'', where [[JackassGenie Jafar]] is unexpectedly freed by [[HarmlessVillain Abis]] [[PunnyName Mal]], and attempts to get revenge on Aladdin for imprisoning him in a lamp.

* In the {{Star Wars Expanded Universe}}, ''TheTruceAtBakura'' begins shortly after the destruction of the Death Star in ''ReturnOfTheJedi''.

** ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9''[='s=] [[AlternateContinuity Story Mode]] shows the aftermath of [[VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon the Battle of Armageddon]]. [[AnyoneCanDie Maybe]] [[KillEmAll things]] [[DownerBeginning are]] [[WhamEpisode looking]] [[SacrificialLion up]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the]] [[TheBadGuyWins forces]] [[AGodAmI of]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt good?]] [[ContinuityReboot No,]] [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture not]] [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong really.]]

* One tie-in storybook based on ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'' revealed that Maleficent had survived being stabbed by the Sword of Truth as a dragon, and as a result she kidnaps Princess Aurora again and turns everyone except Prince Phillip and the three fairies as revenge, only to be defeated again for a second time.

* ''DukeNukem3D'' starts as Duke is coming home from his abduction in ''Duke Nukem II''.
** ''DukeNukemForever'' parodies this by starting with Duke ''playing'' the previous game and beating the final boss.

* ''[[Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic 3]]'' takes place immediately after the 16-bit version of ''{{Sonic 2}}''. Sonic rides Tails's biplane back down to sea level to escape the Death Egg that ended ''Sonic 2''. The first land sighted happens to be the Floating Island, where guardian Knuckles the Echidna ambushes Sonic and steals his Chaos Emeralds, kicking off the plot of ''Sonic 3''. The Death Egg crash-landed here too, and Dr. Eggman wants those Emeralds to relaunch it. ''Sonic 3'' ends and ''Sonic & Knuckles'' begins when Eggman finds the Hidden Palace and its Super Emeralds.

* ''{{Half-Life 2}}'' takes place immediately after ''{{Half-Life}}'', relative to Gordon Freeman's frame of reference because he was frozen in time. Episode 1 and 2 start where the previous game stopped.

* The opening scene in ''KarateKid II'' shows the aftermath of the tournament, before cutting to six months later.

* ''TheKarateKid, Part II'' begins with the aftermath of the tournament Daniel finishes in the first movie before its time skip. (In fact, it was written for the first movie but shot for the second.)
* [[{{Disney/Aladdin}} ''Aladdin: The Return of Jafar'']], where [[JackassGenie Jafar]] is unexpectedly freed by [[HarmlessVillain Abis]] [[PunnyName Mal]], and attempts to get revenge on Aladdin for imprisoning him in a lamp.
* [[{{Shrek}} ''Shrek 3D'']], where Princess Fiona is kidnapped by Lord Farquaad's ghost as revenge for being eaten by a dragon, and as a result Shrek and Donkey had to stop him again and save Fiona.

* [[{{Cars}} ''Cars: The Video Game'' and ''Cars: Race-O-Rama'']], where Chick Hicks actually attempts to get revenge on Lightning [=McQueen=] for humiliating him during their last race by hiring the Delinquent Road Hazards to steal all the fuel in Radiator Springs in the former, and recruiting a gang of bully cars and starting a cheating school in the latter, but is defeated by [=McQueen=] again, and Chick was never seen after those games.

* ''AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'' picks up Ezio's story with him escaping the Vatican, exactly where we left him at the end of AC2. The 'present' plot also opens with Desmond in the van as the assassins flee their hideout- it's not clear how long they've been driving for, but it's unlikely to have been more than a few hours.

* ''ResidentEvilApocalypse'' takes place only thirteen hours from the first ''ResidentEvil'' movie. Through the first film, Umbrella's biohazard team arrives to shut the Red Queen down and escape with their lives, from hordes of zombies. At the start of the second movie, the key events of the first movie are recalled and the story continues thirteen hours later when the research facility is opened and the zombies leave the facility and cause chaos on the streets of Raccoon City.

* Camber's body is found at the end of ''[[{{Deryni}} Camber the Heretic]]''; ''[[{{Deryni}} The Harrowing of Gwynedd]]'' opens with his son and daughter discussing the fact that [[spoiler: his body shows no signs of decay]].
* ''[[ThursdayNext The Well Of Lost Plots]]'' also takes up where ''[[ThursdayNext Lost In A Good Book]]'' leaves off.

** The end of ''Rising Storm'' and beginning of ''A Dangerous Path'' - ''Rising Storm'' ends with a cliffhanger, and ''A Dangerous Path'' picks up at the same moment. In fact, you could stick the first line of chapter 1 of A Dangerous Path after the last line of Rising Storm, and not know that there was meant to be a break.

* ''ViewtifulJoe'' ends with Sylvia getting a V-watch and UFO's invading Movie Land. ''Viewtiful Joe 2'' picks up right then, in the final scene of the first game, with Joe and Sylvia making their way toward the new enemy.

* ''The Return of Ishtar'' begins with Ki and Gil right where they were at the end of ''TheTowerOfDruaga'', i.e. at the top of the tower.

* [[{{Cars}} ''Cars: The Video Game'' and ''Cars: Race-O-Rama'']], where Chick Hicks actually attempts to get revenge on Lightning McQueen for humiliating him during their last race by hiring the Delinquent Road Hazards to steal all the fuel in Radiator Springs in the former, and recruiting a gang of bully cars and starting a cheating school in the latter, only to be defeated by McQueen again, and Chick was never seen afterwards following those games.
** The book ''Mater saves Christmas'' may also count, where Chick is appropriately given the role of TheGrinch.
* [[KungFuPanda ''Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors'']], where it is revealed that [[BigBad Tai]] [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Lung]] is revealed to have survived being hit by Po's Wuxi Finger Hold, and attempts to get revenge on the panda for humiliating him by kidnapping three of the Furious Five and thousands of rabbits with an army of baboons and rats to power a weapon that will make him invincible. After the events of the game Tai Lung is never seen, heard, or mentioned again, implying that he was killed this time for real.