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* ''Series/MythicQuestRavensbanquet'' dropped its subtitle for season 2.

-->-- '''Anonymous Carler''', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o6EWSYuk3g promo]] for ''[[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Whatever the Hell Title They're Calling It This Season]]''

* ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'' became "All Hail King Julien: Exiled" for its fifth season because of the titular character losing his crown to [[BigBad Koto]] who then took over his kingdom.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', once the first story arc was finished, did this for the following three seasons (known as ''Machinima/RedVsBlueTheRecollection''): ''Reconstruction'' (Season 6), ''Recreation'' (7) and ''Revelation'' (8). While the following seasons were simply numbered again, if grouped into arcs, Season 16 went that path again with ''Red vs. Blue: The Shisno Paradox'', which in turn was followed by ''Singularity''. Season 18 again had a subtitle, ''Red vs. Blue: Zero''.

* ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'' was retitled ''Tooba Tooba Noonbory'' in its second season.

** Seasons 5 and 6 are titled something like ''Flower Fairy: Four Seasons Flower Language''.

* ''All in the Family'' was renamed ''Archie Bunker's Place'' following its ninth season. CBS wanted the show to continue indefinitely, while series creator Norman Lear was eager for it to end before it got stale. To keep Lear happy without sacrificing their cash cow, CBS agreed to relaunch the show under a new title and drop his creator credit.

* Though some might consider it to be a sequel series, "Archie Bunker's Place" was a mere title change of ''Series/AllInTheFamily'', carrying on without pause from AITF's ninth season.

* The second season of ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'' carries the title ''Battle for Dream Island Again'', often shortened to BFDIA. Halfway through, partially because RealLifeWritesThePlot, the title was changed ''again'' to IDFB[[note]]that's BFDI spelled backwards[[/note]], although this new series continues the plot started in BFDIA.

* The ComicBook/XMen have had this happen twice, and multiple times in the case of one title! The original ''X-Men'' book was officially changed to ''The Uncanny X-Men'' when the famous ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast arc rolled around. Meanwhile, the 90's book changed it's title to ''New X-Men'' when Creator/GrantMorrison took over as writer to emphasize the new tone of the book. Not long after Morrison left it went back to just being called ''X-Men''. Then in 2008 it was renamed ''X-Men: Legacy'' to emphasize more on the fact that it was less of an ensemble book and moreso focused on a central character and their history in the X-Men universe.

* In 1989 Creator/DCComics launched a PresentDay version of ''Comicbook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' called ''L.E.G.I.O.N. '89''. When the year changed, it became ''L.E.G.I.O.N. '90''. This continued, with the annuals sometimes playing with it (like ''L.E.G.I.O.N. '01'' for the ''Comicbook/{{Armageddon 2001}}'' crossover, or a TuxedoAndMartini {{Elseworld}} called ''L.E.G.I.O.N '007'') until the book was relaunched post-''Comicbook/ZeroHourCrisisInTime'' as ''R.E.B.E.L.S. '94'', which was ''R.E.B.E.L.S. '96'' when it was cancelled.

* When ''Comicbook/StrayBullets'' finally returned from a 9-year hiatus, it was retitled ''Stray Bullets: Killers'' and given a new #1 despite continuing the plot of the original series and keeping the same creator. The following arc did the same thing, with the series now being called ''Stray Bullets: Sunshine & Roses''.

* Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' was titled ''Avengers: ComicBook/{{Ultron}} Revolution''. Season 4 was ''Avengers: Secret Wars''. Season 5 is ''Avengers: Comicbook/BlackPanther's Quest''.

* A partial example: The FinaleSeason of ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' was advertised on-air as "Regular Show [[spoiler:[[RecycledInSpace in Space]]]]" due to the events of the previous season's finale. The show itself remained as "Regular Show" in its own title cards, television guides, digital releases, etc.

* ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'':

* The second season of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' is entitled ''Young Justice: Invasion'', while the third season is entitled ''Young Justice: Outsiders'' and the fourth season is ''Young Justice: Phantoms''.

** ''[[Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries Pocket Monsters (2019)]]'' had the subtitle ''W'' (for "World"/"Double") in the Korean dub, while the English dub subtitled it ''Journeys - The Series'', with the second season becoming ''Master Journeys - The Series''.

* A lot of location-based RealityTV shows do this to reflect the change in location for the new season: ''Series/{{Survivor}}: Africa'', ''Survivor: Thailand'', etc.

* Franchise/{{DCAU}}: ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' became ''The Adventures of Batman and Robin'', then ''The New Batman Adventures''. Likewise, ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' became ''Justice League Unlimited''.

* ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', The All-New Super Friends Hour, Challenge of the Super Friends, The World's Greatest Super Friends, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, Super Powers: Galactic Guardians.

* Every ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' season has a different name in the form, ''Total Drama X''. Season 1 is ''Total Drama Island'', a ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' parody satirizing reality show and teen drama conventions; Season 2 is ''Total Drama Action'', satirizing movie conventions; Season 3 is ''Total Drama World Tour'' (called ''Total Drama Musical'' in development), featuring a HollywoodAtlas and the cast singing OncePerEpisode; Season 4 is ''Total Drama Revenge of the Island'', returning to the original island (now a toxic waste dump) with a new slate of contestants; Season 5 is ''Total Drama All-Stars'', an All-Stars season; Season 6 is ''Total Drama Pahkitew Island'', set on a new island with another all-new contestant roster.

** Starting with season 8 (10), became ''Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1'', as discussed in the page quote source video, two related videos, and the first episode of the season.

** Starting with season 8 (10), became "Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1", as discussed in the page quote source video, two related videos, and the first episode of the season.
** The season after that, the show was again renamed to "Aqua Something You Know Whatever", complete with "call it whatever you want" commercials.
** The ''next season'' renamed it "Aqua TV Show Show".
** And the ''final season'' was renamed "Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever".

* ''Animation/DobyAndDisy'' has five seasons, which are individually titled ''Exploring Journey'', ''Detective Kubi'', ''Chinese Character Detective'', ''Sing with Us'', and ''Hello Dream''.

* ''[=GastroPhobia=]'' remained that for the first three volumes of its life, named after the parent-child duo of Gastro (child) and Phobia (parent). When Volume 4 hit, the series changed to ''Webcomic/PepsiaPhobia'', to reflect [[spoiler:Gastro realizing that she's a trans girl and being renamed to Pepsia]].

* ''[=GastroPhobia=]'' remained that for the first three volumes of its life, named after the parent-child duo of Gastro (child) and Phobia (parent). When Volume 4 hit, the series changed to '''''[=Pepsia=]'''Phobia'', to reflect [[spoiler:Gastro realizing that she's a trans girl and being renamed to Pepsia]].

* {{Invoked|Trope}} with ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. In addition to new production staff, Creator/{{Toei}} decided to give ''Dragon Ball'' a rebrand so that they could market it as a brand new show despite little change between the two at that point. Occured a second time with ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', this time more justified given that it was going past the end of [[Manga/DragonBall the manga]] and creating original storylines. {{Midquel}} SequelSeries ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' also has this.
** In the English translation of the manga, the ''Z'' addition was also added to any volumes that the ''Z'' anime took its material from.