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* The clearest example is ''MobileSuitGundam'', which begat a whole host of series and {{Alternate Universe}}s, many of which are distinguished by letters, years, or combinations of one or both: ''[[ZetaGundam Zeta (Z) Gundam]]'', ''GundamZZ'', ''{{Gundam 0080}}'', ''GundamF91'', ''{{Gundam 0083}}'', ''[[VictoryGundam Victory (V) Gundam]]'', ''GGundam'', ''[[GundamWing Gundam Wing (W)]]'', ''GundamX'', ''TurnAGundam'', ''GundamSEED'' and its spinoffs, and most recently ''{{Gundam 00}}''.
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* The clearest example is ''MobileSuitGundam'', which begat a whole host of series and {{Alternate Universe}}s, many of which are distinguished by letters, years, or combinations of one or both: ''[[ZetaGundam Zeta (Z) Gundam]]'', ''GundamZZ'', ''{{Gundam 0080}}'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Gundam 0080]]'', ''GundamF91'', ''{{Gundam 0083}}'', ''[[VictoryGundam Victory (V) Gundam]]'', ''GGundam'', ''[[GundamWing Gundam Wing (W)]]'', ''GundamX'', ''TurnAGundam'', ''GundamSEED'' and its spinoffs, and most recently ''{{Gundam 00}}''.
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* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' spawned ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}''. It is worth mentioning that while ''GX'' takes place some time after the first series, it has [[SpinOff little]] in common with it aside from the card game and a few [[TheGhost mostly unseen]] cameos from a few characters from the first series (such as Yugi and his grandfather, and Seto Kaiba). On the manga side, there is also ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh R}}'', a side story taking place between Battle City and Millennium World.
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* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' ''Anime/{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' spawned ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}''.''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. It is worth mentioning that while ''GX'' takes place some time after the first series, it has [[SpinOff little]] in common with it aside from the card game and a few [[TheGhost mostly unseen]] cameos from a few characters from the first series (such as Yugi and his grandfather, and Seto Kaiba). On the manga side, there is also ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh ''Manga/{{Yu-Gi-Oh R}}'', a side story taking place between Battle City and Millennium World.
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** And then they followed ''GX'' with ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}''.
*** Which, in turn, is being followed up by ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal}}''.
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** And then they followed ''GX'' with ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}''.
''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds''.
*** Which, in turn, is being followed up by''{{Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal}}''.''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL''.
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** ''StreetFighterAlpha: Warriors' Dream'' (aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle Street Fighter ZERO]]'') was followed by ''Alpha 2'' and ''Alpha 3'' on the arcades. ''Alpha 2'' and ''Alpha 3'' both had their share of minor upgrades. ''Alpha 2'' had ''Alpha 2 Gold'' for the [=PS1=] and Saturn (aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle ZERO 2 Dash]]'', which in turn was based on a minor Asia-only arcade upgrade called ''ZERO 2 Alpha''), while ''Alpha 3'' was followed by ''Alpha 3 Upper'' for the GBA (which took its title from ''ZERO 3 Upper'', a Japan-only arcade upgrade with the roster additions from the console ports) and ''Alpha 3 MAX'' (aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle ZERO 3 Double Upper]]'').
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** ''StreetFighterAlpha: ''VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha: Warriors' Dream'' (aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle Street Fighter ZERO]]'') was followed by ''Alpha 2'' and ''Alpha 3'' on the arcades. ''Alpha 2'' and ''Alpha 3'' both had their share of minor upgrades. ''Alpha 2'' had ''Alpha 2 Gold'' for the [=PS1=] and Saturn (aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle ZERO 2 Dash]]'', which in turn was based on a minor Asia-only arcade upgrade called ''ZERO 2 Alpha''), while ''Alpha 3'' was followed by ''Alpha 3 Upper'' for the GBA (which took its title from ''ZERO 3 Upper'', a Japan-only arcade upgrade with the roster additions from the console ports) and ''Alpha 3 MAX'' (aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle ZERO 3 Double Upper]]'').
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** ''StreetFighterIII: New Generation'' was followed by ''Street Fighter III 2nd Impact: Giant Attack'' and ''Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future''. Sometimes, the ''2nd Impact'' and ''3rd Strike'' portions of their respective titles are treated as subtitles rather part of the main titles (in such cases, the actual subtitles of ''Giant Attack'' and ''Fight for the Future'' are omitted).
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** ''StreetFighterIII: ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII: New Generation'' was followed by ''Street Fighter III 2nd Impact: Giant Attack'' and ''Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future''. Sometimes, the ''2nd Impact'' and ''3rd Strike'' portions of their respective titles are treated as subtitles rather part of the main titles (in such cases, the actual subtitles of ''Giant Attack'' and ''Fight for the Future'' are omitted).
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** Among the spinoffs, the original ''[[{{Ptitlenoddanat}} Pokémon Ranger]]'' is followed by ''Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia'' and ''Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs'', ''[[PokemonMysteryDungeon Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'' had its ''first'' games bear the subtitles "Red Rescue Team" and "Blue Rescue Team: (which, even more confusingly, aren't even on the same system as one another), followed up by "Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky" and then the [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] "Adventure Squad", and ''PokemonColosseum'''s sequel is called ''Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]]''.
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*** It's out--[[spoiler:and it's a prequel, as revealed when the movie ''[[TwistEnding ends]]'' with the disaster that the first movie's survivors escaped. ''The Final Destination'' is still chronologically the final movie in the series.]]
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* ''{{Gex}}'' was followed up by ''Gex[[SequelNumberSnarl :]] Enter the Gecko'' and then ''Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko]''.
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* ''{{Gex}}'' was followed up by ''Gex[[SequelNumberSnarl :]] Enter the Gecko'' and then ''Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko]''.Gecko''.
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* ''{{Gex}}'' was followed up by ''Gex[[SequelNumberSnarl :]] Enter the Gecko'' and then ''Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko]''.
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** The French version of these series inverted this trope by first giving an entirely different title to each episode -- ''Piège de cristal''[[hottip:*:Crystal Trap]], ''58 minutes pour vivre[[hottip:*:58 Minutes (in order) To Live]], and ''Une journée en enfer''[[hottip:*:A Day In Hell]] -- and going the ColonCancer way with ''[[GratuitousEnglish Die Hard]] 4: Retour en enfer''[[hottip:*:Return to Hell]].
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** Apparently, there is another sequel planned: ''Predators 2''.
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** Apparently, Apparently there is another sequel planned: ''Predators 2''.planned, though the title is currently unknown.
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* ''BanjoKazooie'' was followed by ''Banjo-Tooie'', which made in-game mention of a ''Banjo-Threeie'' that lead some people to believe that the third game would be called that. The third game instead ended up being called ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''.
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* ''BanjoKazooie'' was followed by ''Banjo-Tooie'', which made in-game mention of a ''Banjo-Threeie'' that lead led some people to believe that the third game would be called that. The third game instead ended up being called ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''.
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* ''BanjoKazooie'' was followed by ''Banjo-Tooie'', which made mention of ''Banjo-Threeie'' (which turns out to ''not'' be the name of the new game).
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* ''BanjoKazooie'' was followed by ''Banjo-Tooie'', which made in-game mention of a ''Banjo-Threeie'' (which turns out that lead some people to ''not'' be believe that the name of the new game).third game would be called that. The third game instead ended up being called ''Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts''.
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* After the TV series ended, ''FutureGPXCyberFormula'' has four OVA sequels: ''11'' (pronounced "Double One" instead of "Eleven") ''Zero'', ''Saga'' and ''Sin''. For example, ''11'' refers to [[CoolCar Asurada's]] upgrade to the even more powerful Super Asurada AKF-11 and the title for 2 consecutive championship wins, and ''Zero'' refers to the SuperMode.
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* After the TV series ended, ''FutureGPXCyberFormula'' ''Anime/FutureGPXCyberFormula'' has four OVA sequels: ''11'' (pronounced "Double One" instead of "Eleven") ''Zero'', ''Saga'' and ''Sin''. For example, ''11'' refers to [[CoolCar Asurada's]] upgrade to the even more powerful Super Asurada AKF-11 and the title for 2 consecutive championship wins, and ''Zero'' refers to the SuperMode.
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* [[TeenGirlSquad "ARROW'D 2!]] [[LampshadeHanging ELECTRIC BOOGA-]] wait a sec..."
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* The sequel seasons of ''{{ARIA}}'' are called ''The Natural'' and ''The Origination''.
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* The sequel seasons of ''{{ARIA}}'' ''{Manga/{ARIA}}'' are called ''The Natural'' and ''The Origination''.
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* HammerHorror is the patron saint of this trope. Their ''Horror of Dracula'' begat ''The Brides of Dracula'', followed up with ''Dracula: Prince of Darkness'', which brought ''Dracula Has Risen from the Grave'', and so on.
** These, of course, were following in the footsteps of the older UniversalHorror (''Bride of Frankenstein'', ''Son of Frankenstein'', ''Ghost of Frankenstein'').
** These, of course, were following in the footsteps of the older UniversalHorror (''Bride of Frankenstein'', ''Son of Frankenstein'', ''Ghost of Frankenstein'').
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* HammerHorror is the patron saint of this trope. Their ''Horror of Dracula'' ''HorrorOfDracula'' begat ''The Brides of Dracula'', ''Film/TheBridesOfDracula'', followed up with ''Dracula: Prince of Darkness'', which brought ''Dracula Has Risen from the Grave'', and so on.
** These, of course, were following in the footsteps of the older UniversalHorror(''Bride of Frankenstein'', ''Son of Frankenstein'', ''Ghost of Frankenstein'').(''BrideOfFrankenstein'', ''SonOfFrankenstein'', ''TheGhostOfFrankenstein'').
** These, of course, were following in the footsteps of the older UniversalHorror
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* Minus the Bear's first album, ''Highly Refined Pirates'', contains a song called "Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo" - the supposed sequel to the song "Hey Wanna Throw Up? Get Me Naked" which appeared on their first EP called ''This is What I Know About Being Gigantic''. Remaining true to the form of this trope, the "sequel" is not related to the original at all, and neither song has any correlation to the title.
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* Minus the Bear's first album, ''Highly Refined Pirates'', contains a song called "Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo" - the supposed sequel to the song "Hey Wanna Throw Up? Get Me Naked" which appeared on their first EP called ''This is What I Know About Being Gigantic''. Remaining true to the form of this trope, the "sequel" is not related to the original at all, and neither song has any correlation to the its title.
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* Minus the Bear's first album - Highly Refined Pirates - contained a song called "Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo."
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* Minus the Bear's first album - Highly album, ''Highly Refined Pirates - contained Pirates'', contains a song called "Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo."Boogaloo" - the supposed sequel to the song "Hey Wanna Throw Up? Get Me Naked" which appeared on their first EP called ''This is What I Know About Being Gigantic''. Remaining true to the form of this trope, the "sequel" is not related to the original at all, and neither song has any correlation to the title.
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* ''SaberMarionetteJ'' gave us ''Saber Marionette J Again'' and ''Saber Marionette J To X''. The logical followup ''Saber Marionette X'' never made it to an AnimatedAdaptation, however. There was also a ''Saber Marionette R''.
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* ''SaberMarionetteJ'' ''Anime/SaberMarionetteJ'' gave us ''Saber Marionette J Again'' and ''Saber Marionette J To X''. The logical followup ''Saber Marionette X'' never made it to an AnimatedAdaptation, however. There was also a ''Saber Marionette R''.
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* The sequel to ''QuakeII'' is ''QuakeIV'', due to the production company continually releasing unrelated games under the ''{{Quake}}'' name. It should be pointed out that ''Quake II'' is an ArtifactTitle and that the game between them, ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'', was multiplayer-only, in an era where that was pretty uncommon, and it didn't really have a whole lot to do with ''Quake'' except for using its engine.
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* The sequel to ''QuakeII'' ''VideoGame/QuakeII'' is ''QuakeIV'', ''VideoGame/QuakeIV'', due to the production company continually releasing unrelated games under the ''{{Quake}}'' name. It should be pointed out that ''Quake II'' is an ArtifactTitle and that the game between them, ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'', was multiplayer-only, in an era where that was pretty uncommon, and it didn't really have a whole lot to do with ''Quake'' except for using its engine.
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''AssassinsCreed''s sequels seems to have this going on: ''AssassinCreedII'', ''AssassinsCreedBrotherhood'', and soon we'll have ''AssassinsCreedRevelations'' and the developers have made promises about ''Assassin's Creed III''.
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* The sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is going to be called ''The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra''. Not only does it make no sense whatsoever because Korra isn't the last Airbender (or an airbender at all!), it's a mouthful. Stranger yet, it was originally going to be called ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' (which would have made a lot more sense), but they had to change it due to legal issues with [[Film:Avatar a certain movie]]. Damn you, James Cameron!!.
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* The sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is going to be called ''The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra''. Not only does it make no sense whatsoever because Korra isn't the last Airbender (or an airbender at all!), it's a mouthful. Stranger yet, it was originally going to be called ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' (which would have made a lot more sense), but they had to change it due to legal issues with [[Film:Avatar [[JamesCameronsAvatar a certain movie]]. Damn you, James Cameron!!.JamesCameron!!.
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* The sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is going to be called ''The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra''. Not only does it make no sense whatsoever because Korra isn't the last Airbender (or an airbender at all!), it's a mouthful. Stranger yet, it was originally going to be called ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' (which would have made a lot more sense), but they had to change it due to legal issues with [[JamesCameronsAvatar a certain movie]]. Damn you, James Cameron!!.
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* The sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is going to be called ''The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra''. Not only does it make no sense whatsoever because Korra isn't the last Airbender (or an airbender at all!), it's a mouthful. Stranger yet, it was originally going to be called ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' (which would have made a lot more sense), but they had to change it due to legal issues with [[JamesCameronsAvatar [[Film:Avatar a certain movie]]. Damn you, James Cameron!!.
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* The sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is going to be called ''The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra''. Not only does it make no sense whatsoever because Korra isn't the last Airbender (or an airbender at all!), it's a mouthful. Stranger yet, it was originally going to be called ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' (which would have made a lot more sense), but they had to change it due to legal issues with Avatar a certain movie. Damn you, James Cameron!!.
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* The sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is going to be called ''The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra''. Not only does it make no sense whatsoever because Korra isn't the last Airbender (or an airbender at all!), it's a mouthful. Stranger yet, it was originally going to be called ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' (which would have made a lot more sense), but they had to change it due to legal issues with Avatar [[JamesCameronsAvatar a certain movie.movie]]. Damn you, James Cameron!!.
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* The sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is going to be called ''The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra''. Not only does it make no sense whatsoever because Korra isn't the last Airbender (or an airbender at all!), it's a mouthful. Stranger yet, it was originally going to be called ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' (which would have made a lot more sense), but they had to change it due to legal issues with [[Avatar Avatar a certain movie]]. movie. Damn you, James Cameron!!.
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** Stranger yet, it was originally going to be called ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' (which would have made a lot more sense), but then they decided to change it.
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** Stranger yet, it was originally going to be called ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' (which would have made a lot more sense), but then they decided to change it.
*** They changed it do to legal issues. Damn you, James Cameron!!
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* The sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is going to be called ''The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra''. Not only does it make no sense whatsoever because Korra isn't the last Airbender (or an airbender at all!), it's a mouthful. \n** Stranger yet, it was originally going to be called ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' (which would have made a lot more sense), but then they decided had to change it.
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**The fifth movie is currently titled ''A Good Day to Die Hard''.
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* ''[[{{Ptitle8zbvq64h}} Gargoyle's Quest]]'' and ''Gargoyle's Quest II'' came out for the Game Boy and NES, respectively. They were followed by ''Demon's Crest'' on the Super NES. Their Japanese names weren't any better, the first two games being named ''Red Arremer I'' and ''II'', and then the third game being called ''Demon's Blazon''.
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* ''[[{{Ptitle8zbvq64h}} Gargoyle's Quest]]'' ''GargoylesQuest'' and ''Gargoyle's Quest II'' came out for the Game Boy and NES, respectively. They were followed by ''Demon's Crest'' on the Super NES. Their Japanese names weren't any better, the first two games being named ''Red Arremer I'' and ''II'', and then the third game being called ''Demon's Blazon''.
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* The sequel to the [[Pokemon]] fan fic ''LatiasJourney'' is called ''FanFic/BraveNewWorld''.
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Sequels have a tendency to be burdened with bizarre subtitles or inconsistent naming.
This is sometimes to distance it from more conventionally NumberedSequels of low quality, but just as often seems to be applied at random.
A subset of the trope is when later installments drop the affix of earlier installments, commonly creating the illusion that a series is smaller than it really is. The reverse of this is, of course, when earlier installments are retroactively renamed to better fit in with their descendants.
Adding multiple subtitles is likely to cause ColonCancer. When it is added in translations, it is called TheForeignSubtitle. May overlap with NumberedSequels. Combining ColonCancer and NumberedSequels can lead to CapcomSequelStagnation.
When a bizarre phrase ''is'' the title, see WordSaladTitle. For more literal subtitles, see InWhichATropeIsDescribed. For awe-inspiring subtitles, see {{Mad Lib Fantasy Title}}. For odd title changes in an ongoing series, see NewSeasonNewName.
See also StockSubtitle.
[[WhatTheHeckIsAnAglet And just in case you're wondering]]: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogaloo Boogaloo]].
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* The clearest example is ''MobileSuitGundam'', which begat a whole host of series and {{Alternate Universe}}s, many of which are distinguished by letters, years, or combinations of one or both: ''[[ZetaGundam Zeta (Z) Gundam]]'', ''GundamZZ'', ''{{Gundam 0080}}'', ''GundamF91'', ''{{Gundam 0083}}'', ''[[VictoryGundam Victory (V) Gundam]]'', ''GGundam'', ''[[GundamWing Gundam Wing (W)]]'', ''GundamX'', ''TurnAGundam'', ''GundamSEED'' and its spinoffs, and most recently ''{{Gundam 00}}''.
** And even more recently, ''GundamUnicorn''...
** Strictly speaking, only ''Z'' and ''ZZ'' are really sequels. The rest are either UC spinoffs (08th MS team, War in the Pocket, 0083, F91); or other universes (G Gundam, Gundam W, SEED, and so on). Turn A is somewhat of a crossover series, but I'd toss it in the 'other' bin too since it isn't strictly UC.
*** It's worth noting that in many cases, the series are named for the latest variant of the titular Mobile Suit.
* ''FullMetalPanic'' was followed by ''Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu'', which in turn was followed by ''Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid'', making it the ''third'' series, not the second. (On the other hand, ''Fumoffu'' was more of a side story anthology than a true second chapter.)
** Following the manga reveals that the sidestories in "Fumoffu" should have taken place ''during'' the first season, interspersed with the more serious episodes, so it's not really a sequel at all.
* ''[[JungleWaItsumoHaleNochiGuu Haré+Guu]]'' begat two {{OVA}} series, ''Haré+Guu DELUXE'' & ''Haré+Guu FINAL''.
* ''SaberMarionetteJ'' gave us ''Saber Marionette J Again'' and ''Saber Marionette J To X''. The logical followup ''Saber Marionette X'' never made it to an AnimatedAdaptation, however. There was also a ''Saber Marionette R''.
** Some of the suffixes actually make sense. The "J" stands for Japoness, one of the six nations (yes, a clone of MedievalJapan) and the main theater in the first series. The "Again" is just an OVA follow-up. The X stands for "Xian", another nation (representing China), which plays some role in J-X, and the "R" stands for Romana (representing Italy), the center of the R series.
*** ''J to X'' can also refer to [[spoiler: the X chromosome]] since this season deals a lot with the marionettes' desires to [[spoiler: become human girls.]]
* ''[[TheSlayers Slayers]]'' series 2, 3 and 4 were named ''NEXT'', ''TRY,'' and ''REVOLUTION'' respectively. The fifth one is named ''EVOLUTION-R''.
** [[TheMovie The movies]] are titled ''Slayers Perfect'', ''Slayers Return'', ''Slayers Great'', ''Slayers Gorgeous'', and ''Slayers Premium''.
** The OVA prequels are titled ''Slayers Excellent'' and ''Slayers Special''
** The novels are titled ''Slayers Special'', ''Slayers Smash'', ''Slayers Delicious'', and ''Slayers VS Orphen''
** Tha manga are named ''Slayers Medieval Mayhem'', ''Slayers Super-Explosive Demon Story'', ''Slayers Special'', ''Slayers Premium'', ''Slayers Knight of the Aqualord'', ''Slayers Revolution'', ''Slayers Evolution-R'' and ''Slayers Legend''
** The radio dramas are named (''Slayers Extra'', ''Slayers N'extra'', ''Slayers Premium'', ''Slayers VS Orphen'', and ''The Return of Slayers Ex'')
** The video games were ''Slayers Royal'' for SegaSaturn, ''Slayers Royal 2'' for SegaSaturn and {{PlayStation}}, ''Slayers Wonderful'' for [=PlayStation=]).
* ''WeissKreuz'' does this in both original and dub. The series has two sequels, an OVA and a sequel series; in the original Japanese version, the OVA is titled ''Weiss Kreuz: Verbrechen ~ Strafe'' ("crime" and "punishment"), and the sequel series is ''Weiss Kreuz: Gluhen'' ("glowing" - in German, "weiss gluhen" or "weissgluhend" means "white-hot"). Although the OVA has not been licensed, ''Gluhen'' has been released in English as ''Knight Hunters: Eternity''.
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' spawned ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh GX}}''. It is worth mentioning that while ''GX'' takes place some time after the first series, it has [[SpinOff little]] in common with it aside from the card game and a few [[TheGhost mostly unseen]] cameos from a few characters from the first series (such as Yugi and his grandfather, and Seto Kaiba). On the manga side, there is also ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh R}}'', a side story taking place between Battle City and Millennium World.
** To add confusion, the original name of the anime series known outside Japan as ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' was originally titled ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' in Japan, and was the semi-sequel to the unsuccessful anime ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'', produced by an entirely different company and adapting the manga from the beginning up to the Pegasus arc. That series, which never made it to English-speaking shores, is referred to as "Season 0" by Western fans.
** And then they followed ''GX'' with ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}''.
*** Which, in turn, is being followed up by ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal}}''.
* The second series of the ''AhMyGoddess'' TV Series was dubbed ''"AhMyGoddess: Sorezore no Tsubasa"'' ("Many Wings"); the English subtitle is ''Flights of Fancy''. The third OVA was subtitled ''Tatakau Tsubasa'', or "Fighting Wings", and was never released outside of Japan.
* The second series of ''AiYoriAoshi'' was ''"AiYoriAoshi: Enishi"'', ''enishi'' being the word for the [[RedStringOfFate bonds]] [[{{Nakama}} between people]].
* ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' tacked on "Pure".
* The various ''[[DotHack .hack]]'' installments have suffixed names as well; ''none'' of them are exempt from this, because the first few (''tasogare no udewa densetsu, SIGN'' and the first games) ran at the same time, so there is no true "original".
* The ''{{Mai-Otome}}'' OVA sequel was named ''{{Mai-Otome Zwei}}'', the most obvious rationale for which is because "zwei" (German for two) starts with a Z, allowing the logo designers to superimpose it with the Z-like kanji (ä¹™) in the original title. An oddly named ''prequel'' has also been announced, alternatively titled ''Mai-Otome 0'', ''S.ifl'', or ''S.ifr'' ("sifr" being Arabic for zero).
** In fact, ''Mai-Otome'' itself qualifies despite not strictly being a sequel, if the original Japanese titles for ''{{Mai-HiME}}'' and ''Mai-Otome'' are compared (èˆÅ¾-[=HiME=] and èˆÅ¾-ä¹™[=HiME=], respectively).
* Likewise for the manga versions of ''TenchiMuyo'' and ''Shin Tenchi Muyo'' (New Tenchi Muyo), released in English as "All-New" Tenchi Muyo. This is not to be confused with the ''anime'' versions, which are ''TenchiMuyoRyoOhki'', ''Tenchi Muyo TV'' (or ''TenchiUniverse'' in the US) and a completely-unrelated-to-the-manga ''Shin Tenchi Muyo'' (which is ''TenchiInTokyo'' in the US).
* The first season of ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' was technically a separate show from seasons two through seven which was called ''Ranma 1/2:Nettôhen''.
* The ''{{Naruto}}'' anime after the time skip has the new name ''Naruto Shippuden'' (roughly translated: Hurricane Chronicles), even though there was no break between the original series in Japan and this one (as opposed to the manga where it was just ''Naruto: Part 2''). Was mostly likely done to notify that the 85 {{filler}} episodes were over.
* The second half of the ''SorcererHunters'' anime was initially released by {{ADV Films}} as "Spell Wars" and marketed as a separate sequel series; both halves were released as a single series on DVD.
* ''OjamajoDoremi'' was renewed four times, and the following seasons were called Ojamajo Doremi ♯ (Sharp), Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi, Ojamajo Doremi Dokkaan! and Ojamajo Doremi Naisho respectively.
* The ''{{Minami-ke}}'' anime was followed by a sequel series called ''{{Minami-ke}}: Okawari'' (literally meaning "Seconds") immediately after. A third season, ''Minami-ke: Okaeri'' ("Returns"; it's what anime characters always shout when they come home) followed a year after that. Most recently, there was an OVA called ''Minami-ke: Betsubara'' ("second stomach", an idiom used for [[BigEater someone who can eat dessert even after a huge meal]]).
* The ''{{Appleseed}}'' movie was followed up by ''AppleseedExMachina''.
* ''SisterPrincess'' was later followed up by ''SisterPrincess Repure''.
* ''TokyoMewMew a la Mode'' where "a la mode" is supposedly used in the sense "with ice-cream" and refers to the signature color of the new team leader.
* The manga ''Gensoumaden {{Saiyuki}}'' became ''{{Saiyuki}} Reload'' when it switched magazines; the anime also included this distinction, as the second anime series was produced quite some time after the first one ended, and the animation and artwork styles between the two are noticeably different. The anime then took this a step further, by producing the final season as ''{{Saiyuki}} Reload GUNLOCK.'' There's also the movie ''{{Saiyuki}} Requiem'', and the [=OAV=], ''{{Saiyuki}} Reload -burial-.''
* ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' was quickly followed by a second season, with the full title ''(Zoku:) Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei'', where ''Zoku'' is a dictionary term used to designate slang words and vulgarities, but is also a pun on the word for "continuation". Then there's the {{OVA}}, ''Goku: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei'', where ''Goku'' means "prison." And a third season, ''Zan'' this time.
** In a similar vein, ''Natsume Yuuijincho'' earned a second season with ''Zoku'' tacked on to the beginning of ''its'' name as well.
* ''MeineLiebe'' has a second season that goes by the name of ''wieder''
** "Meine Liebe wieder" just means "My love again" in German, so perhaps that's just a case of GratuitousGerman.
* The ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime is notable for the fact it gets a new subtitle every season starting with season 3 in the dub version. The original Japanese series has only changed its name, twice. ''Pocket Monsters'' added the subtitle ''Advanced Generation'' when it began the storyline based on the Pokémon games released for the GameBoyAdvance. The subtitle then changed to ''Diamond & Pearl'' when the storyline became based on said games, although it adapted elements of ''[[UpdatedRerelease Platinum]]'' and the DS remakes of the ''Gold'' and ''Silver'' games as well. The adaptation for ''Pokémon Black and White'' takes the cake, though, for being subtitled ''Best Wishes!''.
** The original ''Pocket Monsters'' was dubbed as ''Pokémon'' for two seasons, then was subtitled with ''The Johto Journeys'', ''Johto League Champions'' and finally ''Master Quest'', one season each.
** The seasons based on ''Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation'' was subtitled ''Advanced'', ''Advanced Challenge'', ''Advanced Battle'', and ''Battle Frontier''
** The seasons based on ''Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl'' is subtitled as ''Diamond and Pearl'', ''Diamond and Pearl Battle Dimension'', ''Diamond and Pearl Galactic Battles'', and ''Diamond and Pearl Sinnoh League Victors''
** Currently, ''Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!'' is dubbed as ''Pokémon Black and White''
* ''RosarioToVampire'''s second season is titled ''RosarioToVampire Capu2'', a play on the onomatopoeia "[[KissOfTheVampire kapuchuu~]]".
* The sequel seasons of ''{{ARIA}}'' are called ''The Natural'' and ''The Origination''.
* The second season of ''FutariWaPrettyCure'' had ''[=MaX=] Heart'' tacked onto the end of the title. Similarly, ''YesPrettyCure5'' continued with the rather punny ''[[OneTwoThreeFourGo Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo]]''.
* ''ShugoChara'', on the other hand, went with ''Shugo Chara Doki''. "Doki" is the Japanese word for a heartbeat sound.
** Also, ''Shugo Chara Party''
* ''ZeroNoTsukaima'' titled its follow-up seasons ''Knight of the Twin Moons'' and ''The Princess' Rondo''. "Rondo" being a musical movement that repeats a key idea three times.
* ''JigokuShoujo'' has two follow-up seasons, each with a title incorporating its number.
** Season 2 is ''JigokuShoujo: Futakomori''. This means something like "The Two Prisoners", but there's no consensus on ''which'' two are intended. They could be Ai and Kikuri, who are both used by [[spoiler:the King of Hell]]; or they could be [[spoiler:Ai's parents, whose souls are held hostage to keep Ai working]]; or they could be "the hater and the hated", a duality that's emphasized in the intro. We don't know.
** Season 3 is ''JigokuShoujo: Mitsuganae'', which means "Cauldron of Three". Wanyuudou explains this one for us halfway through. "Hatred, suffering, and envy: like legs of a cauldron, they say these become a support for people's hearts." (Kikuri protests, "They don't say that!")
* The second and third ''LupinIII'' TV series were released in Japan as ''New Lupin III'' and ''Lupin III: Part III''. Since the first series was never released anywhere else but Italy, when most people are talking about "Lupin III", they mean the ''second'' series. The US DVD release acknowledges that it's not the original series, even if the title cards don't.
** The ''New Lupin III'' manga was released in English as ''Lupin III: World's Most Wanted'', and was then promptly cancelled halfway through its run.
* ''{{Shuffle}}'' and ''{{Shuffle}} Memories'', though most fans [[FanonDiscontinuity discard]] ''Memories'' as a sequel because episodes 1-11 were merely thematic recaps of each character's relationship with Rin a la ''{{To Heart 2}}'', with episode 12 being the only episode having [[FanService original material]].
* Judging from the title, the Japanese name of the new reboot of ''FullMetalAlchemist'' is ''Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist''. They used the English name for the first series as a subtitle for second one. Obviously this would make no sense in English, so it was christened ''FullMetalAlchemist: Brotherhood''.
** Which makes even less sense considering that the first anime OvertookTheManga and went off on its own tangent about 1/3rd of the way through, and yet carries the same name as the manga, whilst the sequel is based entirely from the manga storyline, but has a different name. Hmm...
* The second season of ''{{Himawari}}!'' was differentiated from the first season with the addition of a second exclamation point.
** As was the second season of ''HayateTheCombatButler''
** And now the second season of ''[[{{K-On}} K-On!]]'' applies too.
* ''{{Bakugan}}'' started out with the name ''Bakugan Battle Brawlers'' for two seasons, then followed it up with a third season called ''Bakugan: New Vestroia'', then a fourth season called ''Bakugan: Gundalian Invaders'' and a fifth called ''Bakugan: Mechtanium Surge''.
* In Japan, the 1985 ''VampireHunterD'' film was known as ''Kyuuketsuki Hunter D''. When they released a second film 15 years later, they simply titled it ''Vampire Hunter D'' in Japan. To avoid confusion, the second film was retitled ''Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust'' for its English release.
** In Japan, the 2nd film is referred to as ''Vampire Hunter D: TheMovie'', as it was released theatrically. The first Vampire Hunter D was an {{OVA}}.
* The ''Galaxy Angel'' sequels are named in this order: ''Z, A, AA, S, X.'' Just try making sense of that. Not that the order you watch them in [[NegativeContinuity matters the slightest]].
* After the TV series ended, ''FutureGPXCyberFormula'' has four OVA sequels: ''11'' (pronounced "Double One" instead of "Eleven") ''Zero'', ''Saga'' and ''Sin''. For example, ''11'' refers to [[CoolCar Asurada's]] upgrade to the even more powerful Super Asurada AKF-11 and the title for 2 consecutive championship wins, and ''Zero'' refers to the SuperMode.
* ''Film/RebuildOfEvangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone'' and ''Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance''.
** At the end of the DVDCommentary for ''TheEndOfEvangelion'', Taliesin Jaffe and Jason C. Lee joke about the (un)likelihood of ''Eva 2: Electric Boogaloo'', which now that the ''Rebuild'' films and in particular the increasingly popular "sequel theory" exist is particularly HilariousInHindsight.
* Although not another season, TsubasaChronicle had two sets of [=OAVs=] released. The first was titled Tsubasa TOKYO REVELATIONS, and the second was Tsubasa Shunraiki. Other than to differentiate them from the original animated series another production company had been given the rights to Tsubasa after {{CLAMP}} was displeased with {{Bee Train}}'s work on the television series.
* ''SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' was followed by ''MacrossII''. That was logical enough, but since [[CanonDiscontinuity the series' creators were not consulted with Macross II]], to avoid accepting its existence the "official" sequels have followed this trope ever since: ''MacrossPlus'', ''{{Macross 7}}'', ''MacrossZero'', ''MacrossFrontier''. Yes, that's in order.
** ''MacrossFrontier'' is also something of an in universe example. The ''New Macross Class'' long range colony fleets are numbered at least up to eleven (this is where {{Macross 7}} gets its title) but at some point after that they start naming them, hence the twenty-fifth fleet is the titular MacrossFrontier Colony Fleet, rather than the Macross 25.
* The ''{{Gatekeepers}}'' sequel series is named ''{{Gatekeepers 21}}''. Where the ''21'' figures into the story is not quite clear.
* The second season of ''HidamariSketch'' is "{{Hidamari Sketch}} x365" (pronounced "san-roku-go" or "three-six-five". The third season is "{{Hidamari Sketch}} [[{{Lucky Charms Title}} x***]]" (pronounced "hoshimittsu" or "three stars").
* ''[[JojosBizarreAdventure Jojo's Bizarre Adventure's]]'' story is split into several parts, with each one given a very Electric Boogaloo-ish title. Starting from the beginning we have: Phantom Blood, Battle Tendency, Stardust Crusaders, Diamond is Unbreakable, Vento Aureo, Stone Ocean, Steel Ball Run, and Jojolion.
* ''SailorMoon'': Seasons 2 through 5 are titled ''Sailor Moon R'', ''Sailor Moon S'', ''Sailor Moon [=SuperS=]'', and ''Sailor Moon Sailor Stars''.
* VampireKnight, and its second season, Vampire Knight Guilty.
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* ''MagicTheGathering'' publishes "Core Sets," collections which provide a foundation of basic cards for players to build off of. These Core Sets were called "Limited," "Unlimited" (which [[NonIndicativeName went out of print relatively quickly]]), "Revised," then switched to numbers (4th Edition - 10th Edition), and ''then'' switched to model years ('10, '11, etc). Just to add to the confusion, there is both a 10th edition and a Magic 2010 (though at least one uses the Roman numeral X as its symbol, the other a stylized "M10" icon).
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* ''The Eyeball Kid'' miniseries by Eddie Campbell was later subsumed into its spin-off, ''Bacchus''.
* The miniseries ''Kev'' was followed by ''More Kev'', ''The Magnificent Kevin'' and, finally, ''A Man Named Kev''.
* ''TheDarkKnightReturns'' was followed up years later with ''The Dark Knight Strikes [[strike:Back]] Again''.
* The earliest ''{{Tintin}}'' albums went: ''Tintin in the Land of the Soviets'', ''Tintin in the Congo'', ''Tintin in America'' and... ''Cigars of the Pharaoh''. From that point on, though, the "Tintin in Geographic Location" formula was discarded for many years until ''Tintin in Tibet''.
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* The trope is named for the movie ''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo''. The subtitle struck many as hilarious (incidentally, the "electric boogaloo" is a style of dance), and since then, "Electric Boogaloo" has been used as a spoof subtitle for a sequel to just about anything, especially a sequel perceived or expected to be of inferior quality, or sequels with unwieldy subtitles.
** The second MST3K fan convention was called "Electric Boogaloo".
** Fans were deeply, deeply saddened when no amount of letter writing could convince MichaelBay to name his sequel ''{{Film/Transformers}} 2: Electric Boogaloo''.
** In an episode of the ''{{Clerks}}'' animated series, Randall described Dante's relationship as "Caitlin and Dante 2: Electric Boogaloo."
** In an episode of ''TeenGirlSquad'', StrongBad was about to kill The Ugly One with "Arrowed 2: Electric Boogaloo" before realizing he had drawn her hot.
** Also referenced in''YuGiOhGX'' of all things, when Chazz plays "Beatron 2: Electric [[AWorldwidePunomenon Bug]]aloo, uhhh, what I meant was Beetle Turbo".
** Used by Kevin Bishop on his Channel 4 sketch show, when spoofing unnecessary sequels: "Shindler's List 2: Electric Boogaloo"
** One of the tutorials in [[HolyInvasionofPrivacyBadman Badman 2]] is titled "Demons 2: Electric Boogaloo".
** The English adaptation of the ''Pokémon'' manga ''TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'' that roughly follows the plot of the TV show's second volume was ''Electric Pikachu Boogaloo''.
** In an episode of ''MrShow'', a director is described as "the best thing to come out of Hollywood since sliced bread, not to mention its sequel, Sliced Bread II: Electric Boogaloo."
** ''CloneHigh'''s second episode is titled "Episode Two: Election Blu-Galoo".
* The ''{{Rambo}}'' series: ''First Blood'', ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'', ''Rambo III'', and ''Rambo''. ''In that order''. In Brazil, the second film is called ''Rambo II - A Missão''. Since then, "A Missão" ("The Mission") has become the Brazilian equivalent of "Electric Boogaloo."
* The first five ''{{Rocky}}'' sequels are numbered. The sixth is simply titled ''Rocky Balboa''.
* Any Anime/{{Pokemon}} movie! Except the 3rd and 4th.
* ''Film/{{Alien}}'', ''Aliens'', ''Alien[[superscript:3]]'', and ''Alien Resurrection''.
** Followed by the spinoff series (and pseudo-prequels) ''Alien Vs. Predator'' and ''Alien'''''s''' ''Vs. Predator 2''.
* ''{{Predator}}'', ''Predator 2'', ''{{Predators}}''.
** Apparently, there is another sequel planned: ''Predators 2''.
* ''The {{Terminator}}'' was followed by rather plain ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' and ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines''. The fourth drops the numbers entirely (''Terminator Salvation'').
* For ''StarTrek'', it started off clear but became a bit confusing later. The movies based on ''[[StarTrekTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]]'' started with ''[[StarTrekTheMotionPicture Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' and were thereafter numbered with clear and consistent Roman numerals: ''[[StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan]]'', ''[[StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock Star Trek III: The Search For Spock]]'', ''[[StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'', ''[[StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]'' and ''[[StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]''. After that, the movies based on ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'' (''[[StarTrekGenerations Star Trek: Generations]]'', ''[[StarTrekFirstContact Star Trek: First Contact]]'', ''[[StarTrekInsurrection Star Trek: Insurrection]]'' and ''[[StarTrekNemesis Star Trek: Nemesis]]'') were not numbered, making it confusing if you don't know which order to watch them in. And then of course there's the 2009 film, which is just called ''[[Film/StarTrek Star Trek]]'' with no qualifier or subtitle, because [[spoiler:it takes place in a different continuity]]...
** On the early theatrical prints, the second movie's opening title said simply "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan", presumably to help people forget the first film. The "II" was added later in the theatrical run (though the film was promoted as "Star Trek II" from fairly early on).
** All these films are still informally called by their roman numerals. For example, before being released, the 2009 movie was referred to as ''Star Trek XI'' and the sequel to that is usually referred to as ''Star Trek XII''.
*** [[TheSimpsons ''Star Trek XII: So Very Tired''?]]
** The ''Next Gen'' films don't continue the numbering to differentiate between their films and the original cast (and also, one suspects, because the numbering was getting a bit high). However, the most recent DVD releases insert the numerals VII through X into the titles.
* This has been taken to the point of absurdity by the movie franchise TheFastAndTheFurious, in which no two movies use the same numbering system. The series goes ''The Fast And The Furious'', ''2 Fast 2 Furious'', ''The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift'', ''Fast & Furious'', ''Fast Five'' (known as ''Fast & Furious 5'' in the UK). Just to confuse things further, the fourth film is a {{Midquel}} fitting between the second and third films, and the main characters are inconsistent across the series as well.
* In order, ''DieHard'', ''Die Hard 2'' (with the tagline/unofficial subtitle ''Die Harder''), ''Die Hard: With a Vengeance'', and ''Live Free or Die Hard'' -- which has been released outside the US as ''Die Hard 4.0''. (''MadAboutYou'' spoofed this odd pattern with a SpecialGuest episode where Bruce Willis was filming ''Die Hard 4: So '''Die''', Already.'')
* The ''AmericanPie'' films: ''American Pie'', ''American Pie 2'' ... then ''American Wedding''.
** Although the British/Irish release was called ''American Pie: The Wedding''.
** The subsequent direct-to-DVD films then went back to the original ''Pie'' name but replaced the numbers with subtitles (''American Pie Presents: Band Camp'', ''American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile'' and ''American Pie Presents: Beta House'').
** And now going back to the original cast with ''American Reunion''.
* ''Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist'', probably the only movie in history to have a declarative statement in the title informing you that it's a sequel/prequel to another film.
** ''Airplane II: The Sequel''
* The ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' films: ''X-Men'', ''X2: X-Men United,'' and ''X-Men: The Last Stand.'' The second film goes by a few different titles, perhaps because "X-men United" sounds like a soccer team to viewers outside the U.S.
** Then there's prequels: the upcoming ''X-Men: First Class'', and the already released ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', which will be followed by ''The Wolverine'' (though the director said it'll be a standalone film instead of a full-fledged sequel/prequel).
* After two numbered sequels, the fourth ''FinalDestination'' movie - in somewhat of a similar vein to what happened to ''The Fast And The Furious'' series is called '''''The''' Final Destination''. And yes, it's not a {{Remake}}/[[ContinuityReboot Reboot]] either.
** True to form, ''The Final Destination'' will not be the final movie in the series as the title would have implied. The series creators have announced a fifth movie tentatively titled ''Final Destination 5''.
* The HarryPalmer films used the title of LenDeighton's novels, then original names for the 1990s sequels. Oddly, sometimes those 1990s sequels appear as "Len Deighton's" even though they did not adapt any of his novels, and Len Deighton did not even coin the name Harry Palmer.
* [[{{Godzilla}} Gojira]] (1984) served as a sequel disregarding other sequels, not a remake, of the original Gojira (1954). Again, a sequel with the same title as the first film in the series.
* The original PinkPanther films never used numbers. The first three films all had completely separate titles (''The Pink Panther'', ''A Shot in the Dark'' and ''Inspector Clouseau''). Then the fourth film (''Return of the Pink Panther'') reintroduced the Pink Panther diamond, and after that all the sequels worked the phrase "Pink Panther" into their titles even when the actual Pink Panther diamond didn't figure in their plots. Then the ContinuityReboot with Steve Martin started numbering its sequels, with no subtitle. Keeping all nine films in order can be tricky.
* Oh dear God, the ''{{Highlander}}'' series. ''Highlander 2: The Quickening, Highlander 3: The Sorcerer, Highlander: Endgame'' and ''Highlander: The Source''...
** "The Quickening" is probably the second most parodied subtitle after "Electric Boogaloo". RogerEbert spent a third of the televised review time complaining about how stupid a subtitle he thought that was.
** These may seem unusual but actually make sense, as ''Endgame'' and ''The Source'' are actually set in the TV series continuity and so could be considered "separate" enough to warrant a change in title format. (Of course, ''Highlander 3'' [[{{CanonDiscontinuity}} ignores the existence of]] ''Highlander 2'', but let's not get into that.)
* ''[[TheMummyTrilogy The Mummy]]'' was followed by ''The Mummy Returns'' and then ''The Mummy: Tomb of The Dragon Emperor''.
** ''The Mummy Returns'' spawned a prequel: ''TheScorpionKing'', which in turn spawned a prequel of its own (and soon yet another [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781896/ sequel]]).
*** Speaking of RogerEbert (see above), his first comments on ''The Scorpion King 2'' were "This is a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_King_2:_Rise_of_a_Warrior prequel]] to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_King prequel]] to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mummy_Returns sequel]] to a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mummy_(1999_film) remake]] - Hooray for Hollywood!"
*** Wait, so does the [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781896/ sequel]] to the prequel take place before or after the original which was itself a prequel to the sequel and [[AustinPowers Oh, no, I've gone cross-eyed]].
* The full title of the first ''TheNakedGun'' movie is ''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'', to identify it as a TV-movie spin-off. The sequels were numbered "2½: The Smell of Fear" and "33â…“: The Final Insult," spoofing both this and NumberedSequels.
** Subsequent to the release of "Naked Gun 33â…“: The Final Insult," long before speculation of a continuation gave way to the concept of the inevitable reboot, the unmade fourth installment was tentatively titled "Naked Gun 5."
** Also bandied about - "Naked Gun 4 Score: And 3 Sequels Ago". Now sadly impossible due to LeslieNielsen's death.
* ''HotShots'' was followed by ''Hot Shots, [[GratuitousFrench Part Deux]]''. Note that the announcer in the trailers specifically pronounced that "Deux" the way many English speakers trying to speak French would: "Duh".
* ''NightOfTheLivingDead'' followed by ''DawnOfTheDead'' and ''ReturnOfTheLivingDead'' as separate branches, followed respectively by ''Day of the Dead'' and ''Return of the Living Dead, Part 2,'' and so forth.
** And then there are the Italian {{Dolled Up Installment}}s, ''{{Zombi 2}}''/''Zombie Flesh Eaters'' and sequels.
** George A. Romero at least started to follow a form. Night. Dawn. Day. Then he came with... ''LandOfTheDead''? Then ''DiaryOfTheDead''. And ''SurvivalOfTheDead''.
* Upon its release in 1977, ''StarWars'' was called simply that. Its first sequel was titled ''Episode '''V''': TheEmpireStrikesBack'', and a re-release (in 1981) of the original retroactively added the subtitle ''Episode IV: ANewHope''. This was all decades before Lucas got around to making the {{Prequel}} Trilogy. (Note that none of these movies were referred to by episode number anywhere but the opening crawl until the prequels came out.)
** This always tleads into TitleConfusion when trying to mention one of the movies not by subtitle or number. For example, the "first StarWars movie" is either Episode I or Episode IV.
* HammerHorror is the patron saint of this trope. Their ''Horror of Dracula'' begat ''The Brides of Dracula'', followed up with ''Dracula: Prince of Darkness'', which brought ''Dracula Has Risen from the Grave'', and so on.
** These, of course, were following in the footsteps of the older UniversalHorror (''Bride of Frankenstein'', ''Son of Frankenstein'', ''Ghost of Frankenstein'').
* When Christopher Nolan gave the Batman films a ContinuityReboot with ''BatmanBegins'', the film's title appeared to be following the format set by the earlier Burton/Schumacher series (''Film/{{Batman}}'', ''BatmanReturns'', ''BatmanForever'' and ''BatmanAndRobin''[[hottip:*:with the cancelled fifth installment ''Batman Triumphant'']]). Then the sequel to ''BatmanBegins'' was titled ''TheDarkKnight''. And it will be followed by ''The Dark Knight Rises''.
* The ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'' [[Film/{{Superman}} films]] were simply numbered up until the fourth installment, ''SupermanIV: The Quest For Peace''. The reboot of the series, a quasi-sequel to ''Superman II'', was ''Superman Returns'', which will be followed by ''The Man of Steel'', because Batman has proved that you don't need the superhero's name in the title anymore.
* The sequel to ''Step Up'' was ''Step Up 2 The Streets.'' This could also be considered a NumberedSequel.
* Special points for self-contradiction go to ''HomeAlone 2: Lost in New York'', which [[StrictlyFormula copied pretty much the entire plot]] of the first movie except for the fact that Kevin was not at home this time.
* The sequel to ''{{Airplane}}'' was the aptly titled ''{{Airplane}} II: The Sequel''.
* The "Thin Man" referred to in the title of the DashiellHammett novel and William Powell-Myrna Loy screwball comedy-mystery film ''TheThinMan'' was actually a missing person that Nick Charles was retained to find, [[spoiler:and turns out to be the victim of the murder Nick and Nora wind up solving]]. For some reason, audiences started associating "the Thin Man" with Nick Charles (note that Nick isn't thin at all in the book, while William Powell was quite thin indeed), and the ''Thin Man'' sequels pretty much gave in to this and became references to the erroneous "Nick Charles" = "Thin Man" equation. This is most obvious in the fifth movie in the series, ''The Thin Man Goes Home'', in which Nick Charles returned to his boyhood home to visit his parents (and, of course, managed during that visit [[AmateurSleuth to get involved in a murder case]]).
* Apparently, deciding to make a sequel to ''{{Cube}}'' wasn't silly enough. They had to call the sequel ''Cube 2: Hypercube''.
** The third movie was called ''Cube Zero'', unfortunately not ''Cube 3: Timecube'' or ''Cube Cubed''.
*** or ''Cube[[superscript:3]]''.
*** or ''Tesseract''. Oh, no. That's a hypercube.
* This happened to JackieChan films in the USA a ''lot'', because they were originally released only on home video here, where they were underground cult favorites, but not part of mainstream culture. Then his film ''RumbleInTheBronx'' was released theatrically and became a hit, so many of his earlier films got re-released on video or finally given a theatrical release. However, several of his films were part of long-running series, the earlier films typically had cheap sets and special effects, were shot on poor-quality film stock, and/or were not originally written with worldwide release in mind, and so the studios and distributors didn't think [[EagleLand American]] audiences would [[ViewersAreMorons understand the Chinese cultural concepts]]. So the later films in those series, which had better production values and more [[LowestCommonDenominator universal appeal]], got theatrical releases under new titles, with the earlier films re-released on home video... retitled as if they were follow-on sequels to the later films that got theatrically-released first here in the states.
** ''Armor of God 2: Operation Condor'' was released theatrically in the US first, so it was re-titled ''Operation Condor''. When that did well, the earlier film in the series was retitled from ''Armor of God'' to ''Operation Condor 2: The Armor of the Gods''.
** ''Police Story 3: Supercop'' was similarly released theatrically as simply ''Supercop'', leading to the several other films in the series being re-titled "Supercop 2" through ''Supercop 5'' for home video releases.
** ''Drunken Master 2'' was retitled ''Legend of the Drunken Master'' when released in the US. You could be forgiven for thinking there wasn't a ''Drunken Master 1'', given that nobody these days really associates Jackie Chan with his earliest fare.
* ''Film/{{Alvin and the Chipmunks}}: The [[AWorldwidePunomenon Squeakquel]]''.
* The {{Godzilla}} series has a fairly consistent ''Godzilla vs. Whatever'' or ''Whatever vs. Godzilla'' formula, but strange titles pop up from time to time. In Japan, there are two films called ''Godzilla'', one of which is the original and the other of which is its direct sequel that erases the movies that came in between. Also, some of the later movies replaced the "vs." in the titles with an "X" for no apparent reason.
* The films in the ''{{Saw}}'' were simply numbered sequels until the seventh film, which instead of being ''Saw 7'' is ''Saw 3D''. The DVD release has renamed it ''Saw: The Final Chapter''.
* MichaelBay said ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' wouldn't have {{Numbered Sequel}}s. It was followed by ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''.
* ''Film/MissionImpossible'' had two numbered sequels. The fourth drops them: ''Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol''.
* The sequel to ''{{Piranha}} 3D'' will apparently be titled ''Piranha 3 DD''.
* ''AVeryBradySequel''
* ''Almost'' played straight with ''{{Tron}}'''s sequel, ''[[TronLegacy TRON: Legacy]]'', which was originally going to be called [=TR2N=]. How it was supposed to be pronounced is anyone's guess.
** "Twron"?
** In the pattern of characters from the ''{{Tron 20}}'' games (like Ma3a actually being pronounced "ma-three-a" and [=FAT2NE=] being pronounced "fat-two-N-E"), this troper was going with "tra-two-un".
* The 2011 prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter's ''Film/{{The Thing}}'' is called ''The Thing'', with no numbering or subtitles.
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* While some teams returning to ''RobotWars'' give their robot a [[NumberedSequels numbered sequel]] name (Chaos 2, for example, which was [[AdaptationDistillation much more successful]] than Chaos) others use an OddlyNamedSequel name (for instance [[RedDwarf Scutter's Revenge]] being followed by Spawn of Scutter, which in turn was followed by Spawn Again).
* Each season of ''BabylonFive'' has its own subtitle: 'Signs and Portents', 'The Coming of Shadows', 'Point of No Return', 'No Surrender, No Retreat' and 'The Wheel of Fire'. However, this subtitle does not appear in the credits and was strictly informal until the DVD releases, when the subtitle was included on the front cover packaging.
** The season titles were also the titles of the most significant episodes in that season, which did appear on screen. (Thus Season I was named ''Signs and Portents'' after the episode that introduced Morden and really kicked off the MythArc, and so on.)
* ''{{Ashes to Ashes}}'' is a sequel series to ''{{Life on Mars}}'' set in London, eight years later. Both are {{David Bowie}} song titles. The ironic thing is that the song "Ashes to Ashes" is a sequel to the song "Space Oddity," which is not the name of a TV show. Yet.
* The British musical comedy/drama series ''{{Blackpool}}'' had a two-part sequel, ''Viva Blackpool''. The original ''Blackpool'' series was called ''Viva Blackpool'' for US distribution.
* ''Grace and Favour'', the short-lived sequel series to ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'', was marketed in the U.S. as ''Are You Being Served? Again!'' Some believe that this is due to ViewersAreMorons, but others argue that if it were more clearly identified as a sequel to ''Are You Being Served?'', it might not have been short-lived.
** Well, it would still have been as short-lived, but you may be right in the sense that it may have been more popular. Billy Burden (Mr. Moulterd) died just after the series ended.
* ''[[{{MASH}} M*A*S*H]]'' was followed by ''[=AfterM=]*A*S*H''.
* ''MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' was followed by ''PowerRangersZeo''. "Zeo" was the name of the crystal that gave the heroes their new powers.
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* TerryPratchett's second book, ''The Light Fantastic'', was originally subtitled "The Sequel to ''The Colour of Magic''" in its UK print. As Pratchett became more prolific, it was changed to "A Sequel to ''The Colour of Magic''" and, later, "A {{Discworld}} Novel."
** For a while, they were all subtitled as "The nth {{Discworld}} Novel" until the numbers [[LongRunner got ridiculous]] and "A {{Discworld}} Novel" was born.
* Similar to the Discworld example, the DresdenFiles books were labelled "Book n of the Dresden Files" for about the first six books. Since ''Dead Beat'', the seventh installment, they've been "A novel of the Dresden Files".
* AmericanGods has a sequel named AnansiBoys. Narrator in AnansiBoys has a fun with this trope at one point.
-->'''Narrator:'''Nothing was happening. Still nothing was happening. Another Nothing. The Return Of Nothing. Son Of Nothing. Nothing Strikes Back. Nothing, AbbottAndCostello Meets The Werewolf.
* Even numbered books in the ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' series all have "Honor" in the title.
* While the CiemWebcomicSeries consisted of one comic with NumberedSequels planned, the ContinuityReboot book ''Ciem: Vigilante Centipede'' plans to have sequels dubbed ''Nuclear Crisis'' and ''Condemnation'', which will have similar plots to the canceled ''Ciem 2'' and ''Ciem 3''. It's prequel will still be dubbed ''The Battle for Gerosha''.
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* FiveIronFrenzy named one album ''Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo'' after this trope. It was their ''fourth'' full-length studio album, and the only one to be self-titled.
* The first three [=LPs=] released by Led Zeppelin were called simply ''Led Zeppelin'', ''Led Zeppelin II'' and ''Led Zeppelin III''. Their fourth album, which has no title aside from a sequence of unpronounceable symbols, is informally referred to as ''Led Zeppelin IV'' in keeping with this pattern.
* Early in their career, FranzFerdinand had intended to title all their albums simply ''Franz Ferdinand'', and differentiate them only by their cover art. Their producer talked them out of the idea.
** Their second album, ''You Could Have It So Much Better'', was originally going to be called ''You Could Have It So Much Better...with Franz Ferdinand,'' which is [[WhatCouldHaveBeen a much better title]].
** Similarly, {{Weezer}} currently has three (out of six) self-titled albums. They're identified by the colors of the cover: blue, green, and red.
** That's most likely a reference to [[TheBeatles The White Album]].
* PeterGabriel's first four solo albums were all named ''Peter Gabriel''. To avoid insanity, they've since been given nicknames based on their covers: ''Car'', ''Scratch'', ''Melt'', and ''Security''.
** Gabriel said he wanted each cover to look like the next issue of a magazine (thus the identical typeface/layout on those four [=LPs=]). His American label regarded this as a marketing nightmare. As a minor concession, Gabriel agreed to allow a sticker reading "Security" to appear on the shrinkwrap of the fourth: a disposable title. The label then unilaterally decided to put the "title" on the spine, the record's label, etc. (Some reissues have conformed with the artist's original intentions.) BTW how would the title "''Security''" correspond to the cover art (a video capture of...[[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible something]])?
* FleetwoodMac released ''two'' self-titled albums - one during the years when Peter Green was the frontman, and another during their decidedly more successful Buckingham-Nicks years.
* The Soviettes subvert the usual practice of bands naming their albums with actual titles, and made LP I, LP II and LP III.
** Portending at least a six-album career, these Minnesotans strove to create a "rainbow" of album art. LP I sported a red scheme, LP II featured orange, and LP III was yellow. Theoretically, LPs IV-VI would have been green-, blue- and violet-themed (indigo having been stricken from the spectrum long ago). This was confirmed both in an interview and in the fact that the band's post-career online-only release, ''Rarities'', had the green color scheme LP IV ''would'' have had.
* {{Seal}}'s first two albums were self-titled.
** His third self-titled album (but fourth album) is called ''Seal IV''.
*** He's being administered to Heidi Klum intravenously to help keep her weight down.
* The supergroup Traveling Wilburys first album was called simply ''Volume One''; their second and final album was named, of course, ''Volume Three''.
** ''Volume One'' was given this name for deliberately ironic reasons; i.e., the unlikelihood of there ever being a ''Volume Two''. Of course, when a new album was in the works, that would have ruined the joke, so they had to give it an equally ironic title.
** ''[[ZooeyDeschanel She & Him]]'' titled their first album ''Volume One'' in tribute to Traveling Wilburys. However, in their distinctly non-ironic style, they decided to call the next album ''Volume Two''.
* TheyMightBeGiants' self-titled debut album has been nicknamed "The Pink Album" because of its cover art. And as a Beatles reference.
* CoheedAndCambria's entire discography thus far is full of this. In order: ''The Second Stage Turbine Blade'', ''In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3'', ''Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness'' and ''Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 2: No World for Tomorrow''. While there are at least chronological numbers in there, note that they ''started'' with 2.
** That's kinda the point; number 1 is a prequel album that is (supposedly) going to explain some of the backstory.
** The aforementioned prequel album is titled ''Year of the Black Rainbow'', making it the first in the continuity without a number in its name. However, the first track is simply called "One".
* {{Chicago}} has subverted this numerous times, making album titles with nothing but roman numerals (I think they're up to around "XXX" by now).
** They're up to XXXII, actually, and that includes the greatest hits but DOESN'T include a few non-numbered releases like "Live in Japan" so they really have closer to 40 releases over the years.
* [[DoctorSteel Dr Steel]]'s second album is, of course, "Dr Steel II: ''Eclectic'' Boogaloo". The album art also [[http://www.toysoldiersunite.com/images/albums/album_drsteeliieclecticboogaloo.jpg has to be seen to be believed.]]
* KillswitchEngage's second self-titled release was known among fans as ''Killswitch Engage II'' even while the title was just rumored.
* {{Metallica}}'s 1996 album ''Load'' was followed the next year with ''[=ReLoad=]''.
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* The ''BattlefieldSeries'' goes as thus: ''Battlefield 1942'', ''Battlefield: Vietnam'', ''Battlefield 2'' (which was spun off onto consoles as ''Battlefield 2: Modern Combat''), ''Battlefield 2142'', ''Battlefield: Bad Company'', ''Battlefield Heroes'', ''Battlefield 1943'', ''Battlefield: Bad Company 2'' (which now has an ExpansionPack titled ''Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam''), and ''Battlefield 3''. The numbers don't indicate proper order at all, and there's bound to be a lot of confusion over the two games set in TheVietnamWar now.
* ''KingdomHearts 358/2 Days'' is a perfect example. Just so you know, that's pronounced Kingdom Hearts Three-Five-Eight Days Over Two.
** Not that the series hadn't gotten itself into trouble with numbers before. Due to the fact that ''Kingdom Hearts: ChainOfMemories'' is ''not'' a GaidenGame (it's a continuation of the plot, just with a different battle system), ''{{Kingdom Hearts II}}'' is the third game of the series.
*** Just in case anyone was confused, the order of games (in terms of chronological order, not release order) is ''[[KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep]]'', ''KingdomHearts'', ''[[KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'', ''[[KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]'', ''[[KingdomHeartsII Kingdom Hearts II]]'', ''[[KingdomHeartsCoded Kingdom Hearts coded]]'' and then the upcoming games ''[[KingdomHearts3D Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance]]'' and ''Kingdom Hearts III''. This technically makes ''Kingdom Hearts III'' the eighth game in the series.
*** An amendment to that; KingdomHearts 358/2 Days actually begins before Chain of Memories, but ends after. Naturally, this is confusing.
* ''[[{{Halo}} Halo 3:ODST]]'' actually takes place concurrent with ''Halo 2'' and has next-to-nothing to do with ''Halo 3'', but because it was built on the ''Halo 3'' engine it got ''Halo 3'''s number.
* The ''SuperRobotWars'' series does this for each AlternateContinuity; ''Super Robot Wars F'', ''Super Robot Wars Alpha'', and ''Super Robot Wars: Original Generation'' are among the variations.
** ''Super Robot Wars: Original Generation'', and ''Super Robot Wars: Original Generation 2'' were combined as a remake ''Super Robot Wars: Original Generations''. Now, the ''combined remake'' is getting a sequel: ''2nd Super Robot Wars: Original Generation''. So the second game is the 4th release and set after the one numbered 2. Okay.
* The ''HarvestMoon'' series has done this almost to an extreme. Except for some versions on Nintendo portables (which are simply named ''Harvest Moon 1'', ''2'', ''3'' and ''DS'') and the PSP version, every sequel has a new name: ''Harvest Moon: Back to Nature'', ''Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town'', ''Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life'', ''Harvest Moon: Save the Homeland'', ''Harvest Moon: Magical Melody'', ''Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility'', ''Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness'', ''Harvest Moon: Animal Parade'', and ''Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands''. Also, many of these have a ''For Girls'' version, with a twisted name (such as ''Harvest Moon: Another Wonderful Life''); the Japanese versions of these just tacked on a [[GratuitousEnglish "For Girl"]].
** Also,"Harvest Moon ''DS'' Cute".
*** Because as you know, Cute = girl.
* The ''DukeNukem'' series: not counting spinoffs, ''Duke Nukem, Duke Nukem II, VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' and ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever''. As a funny note, it started out as Duke Nuk'''e'''m, but was quickly released as Duke Nuk'''u'''m because of a ''CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers'' character with the "Duke Nukem" name. When the sequel was being developed, the developers discovered that the Captain Planet character's name had not been registered, so the sequels all use the original Duke Nukem name.
** A little historical background: the first two ''DN'' games were [[PlatformGame 2D platformers]] and the third one gaining an extra dimension was part of the general transition of games into 3D in the [[TheNineties late 90ies]], facilitated by the advent of graphic accelerators. For whatever reason, said transition often happened in the ''third'' installment of a given series and the many devs slapped the word "''3''D" onto its title (geddit?). It started all the way back with ''Wolfenstein3D'' in 1992, and was merely continued with ''[=DN3D=]'' in 1996, as well as later games (e.g. ''PrinceOfPersia 3D'' and ''SimonTheSorcerer 3D'', both third installments in their respective series). As for ''Forever'', the fourth installment of the main series, it also makes sense if you write it this way: ''Duke Nukem [[Letters2Numbers 4ever]]''.
* ''NoOneLivesForever'': the original game was titled ''The Operative in No One Lives Forever'' however for the sequel they turned the original subtitle into the main title, resulting in ''No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way''.
** Let's not even mention the terrible [[{{Interquel}} sequel/prequel]] known simply as ''Contract J.A.C.K.''
* ''MetalGear'' and ''Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake'' was followed by ''Metal Gear Solid''. The word "Solid" was appended to the third title as a substitute for the number "3" to signify that it was not only the third game in the series, but also the first one in [=3D=]. All the subsequent sequels kept the ''Metal Gear Solid'' title and appended numbers to the title, with subtitles for good measure: ''Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker...'' Then there's also the ''Metal Gear Acid'' offshoot, written as "Metal Gear Ac!d".
* ''{{Marathon}}'' was followed by ''Marathon 2'' which was followed by ''Marathon Infinity''. ''Infinity'' was then given a joke award by ''[=MacFormat=]'' for "largest version number increase." As if this wasn't enough, the game engine for ''Marathon 2'' was subsequently released and developed into an open-source version named ''Aleph One'', thereby restoring/continuing sequential numbering at the expense of not being understandable by anyone who wasn't a math major. (Partially justified in that much of the "plot" of ''Infinity'' was based on [[TheMultiverse universe hopping]] and the game was released with the creators' level-design, physics-editing, and graphics-editing tools so that players could make their own stories, making the game "infinite.")
* ''BanjoKazooie'' was followed by ''Banjo-Tooie'', which made mention of ''Banjo-Threeie'' (which turns out to ''not'' be the name of the new game).
* ''PanzerDragoon'' was followed by ''Panzer Dragoon [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment II Zwei]]'', ''Panzer Dragoon Mini'', ''Panzer Dragoon Saga'', and ''Panzer Dragoon Orta''.
** To be fair, "Zwei" is German for "two"; in certain rolls of ''Orta'''s ending credits, the game is referred to as "Panzer Dragoon Vier", "vier" being German for "four".
* The sequel to ''QuakeII'' is ''QuakeIV'', due to the production company continually releasing unrelated games under the ''{{Quake}}'' name. It should be pointed out that ''Quake II'' is an ArtifactTitle and that the game between them, ''VideoGame/QuakeIIIArena'', was multiplayer-only, in an era where that was pretty uncommon, and it didn't really have a whole lot to do with ''Quake'' except for using its engine.
* In ''WorldOfWarcraft'', after doing the quest "Here Fishy Fishy", you get a followup involving an eel egg booby trapped with explosives. The quest name? Why, "Here Fishy Fishy 2: Eel-egg-trick Boogaloo," of course.
* While the standard ''FinalFantasy'' games are regularly named, its side-game names are getting progressively weirder.
** The problem developed when they started making sequels when [[NonLinearSequel they hadn't before]]. The trend started with ''FinalFantasyX2'', which is pronounced, according to WordOfGod, as "Final Fantasy Ten Two."
*** Evidently they were confused by MegaManX.
** ''FinalFantasyCrystalChronicles: Ring of Fates/My Life as a King/The Crystal Bearers''. Too many subtitles.
** The worst offender is, without a doubt, ''FinalFantasyTacticsA2: Grimoire of the Rift''. It's a SpiritualSuccessor to FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance, which is a spiritual successor to FinalFantasyTactics. But because the new game isn't ''on'' the GameboyAdvance the way [[SuperTitle64Advance Tactics Advance]] was, they couldn't call it Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2, so instead they dropped the -dvance but kept the A, ''[[BeyondTheImpossible AND THEN]]'' added the subtitle ''Grimoire of the Rift'', leaving us with the absolutely bonkers WordSaladTitle we have today.
** Though ''FinalFantasyVII'' might challenge that title. The sequel (which was a movie) was ''FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' (And not just ''FinalFantasy: Advent Children'', despite what some people think). Then there's the numerous prequels, ''Before Crisis: FinalFantasyVII'', ''Crisis Core: FinalFantasyVII'' and ''Last Order: FinalFantasyVII'', which add to the confusion by reversing the title and subtitles. And then add on the side game ''Dirge of Cerberus: FinalFantasyVII'', the Japan-only side game expansion ''Dirge of Cerberus Lost Episode: FinalFantasyVII'' and the Blu-ray remake of the movie, ''FinalFantasyVII: Advent Children Complete''. '''Not to mention''' ''On the Way to a Smile'' (which doesn't have the words FinalFantasyVII anywhere in the title, but is still part of the series), a series of novels that acts as a sort of interquel between ''FinalFantasyVII'' and ''FinalFantasyVII: Advent Children''. Whew!
** Also ''FinalFantasyXII'' and ''FinalFantasyXII: Revenant Wings''.
** ''DissidiaFinalFantasy'' started off as merely suffering from GratuitousLatin. But then the sequel is named ''Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy'' (where ''Dissidias 2'' through ''11'' went we'll never know). Except it's supposed to be pronounced ''Dissidia Duodecim: Final Fantasy'', because once again, GratuitousLatin. To really drive the point home and avoid another ''358/2 Days'' confusion, they've helpfully included the correct pronunciation in the game's logo. Only now it actually gets MORE confusing because the logo now reads ''Dissidia [duodecim] 012: Final Fantasy''. ''Just calling it Dissidia 2 would have been perfectly fine, Square-Enix.''
*** The first ''Dissidia'' is ''Dissidia 13''; that is, in ''Dissidia'', the war between Cosmos and Chaos is an endlessly repeating cycle, with the original ''Dissidia'' chronicling the thirteenth repetition of said cycle. ''Duodecim'' is a prequel covering the twelfth repetition. [[SarcasmMode Which is not confusing at all]].
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'' was followed up with ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.
** The Japanese naming conventions are even weirder. ''Nintendo All-Star: Dairantou Smash Brothers'' [sic], ''Dairantou Smash Bros. DX'' (DX is short for "Deluxe"), and ''Dairantou Smash Bros. X''. All words in English in the title are actually that way, by the way. "Dairantou" roughly translates to "Melee" or "Brawl."
* ''BubbleBobble'': More a case of [[OddlyNamedSequel Oddly Named]] [[NonLinearSequel Non Linear]] [[NumberedSequel Numbered Sequels]], there are three second-installments (''Rainbow Islands'', ''Bubble Symphony'', '''''Part''' 2'') and two third-installments (''Parasol Stars'', ''Bubble Memories'') in the series.
** ''PuzzleBobble'' aka Bust-A-Move, [=PB2 aka Bust-A-Move Again, PB3 = BAM '99, PB4=BAM4=]. Not to mention an UpdatedRerelease [[NoExportForYou of Puzzle Bobble 2 named 2X]].
* In North America, the sequel to ''RivalSchools: United By Fate'' was named simply ''Project Justice''. In all other regions, the connection was made more clear - in Japan, the game was titled ''Moero! Justice Gakuen'' (the original game was ''Shiritsu Justice Gakuen'') while other regions used the ''Project Justice'' name but tacked on ''Rival Schools 2'' at the end.
** It didn't help that the Japan-only UpdatedRerelease of the original game was titled ''Shiritsu Justice Gakuen: Nekketsu Seisyun Nikki 2''. The number was for the updated character creation mode (the ''Nekketsu Seisyun Nikki'' part of the title) included in the game, but the number's inclusion caused everyone outside of Japan to mistake it for a sequel.
* In the ''TalesSeries'', ''TalesOfPhantasia'' and ''TalesOfSymphonia'' both had gaiden sequels named ''TalesOfPhantasia: Narikiri Dungeon'', ''TalesOfPhantasia: Summoner's Lineage'', and, depending on where you live, ''TalesOfSymphoniaDawnOfTheNewWorld'' or ''Knight of Ratatosk''.
** (Add the fact that ''Symphonia'' is a {{prequel}} to ''Phantasia'' and we start entering MindScrew territory.)
** Another interesting issue is that there is a TalesOfDestiny II and a TalesOfDestiny 2; the former is the North American rename of TalesOfEternia for purposes of WritingAroundTrademarks, and the latter is the actual sequel to TalesOfDestiny.
* Despite five entries (split in 19 games) in the main series, there has never been a ''{{Pokemon}}'' 2, let alone 3, 4 or 5, despite the fact that the second generation was indeed a direct sequel to the first one, and that the Sinnoh games (Generation IV) were a semisequel to Generation II. Every game after the first generation (whose games were named after colors) is merely titled "Pokémon" plus a precious material (gold, silver, crystal, ruby, sapphire, emerald, diamond, pearl and platinum) for subtitle. Since Pokemon games come in pairs (and by the end of the generation they end up being a trio), non-hard-core fans might have a hard time when trying to figure out which versions are paired with each other and distinguish the generations. Generation V switching back to colors (Black and White) sort of made things easier, but still is a non-indicative name (and after three generations of metal/jewel based titles, it becomes itself an odd theme)
* All three ''{{Xenosaga}}'' games take their subtitles from Nietzche: ''Der wille zur Macht'', ''Jenseits von Gut und Bose'', and ''Also Sprach Zarathustra''. They also precisely reversed the order Nietzche originally wrote them in - ''Also Sprach Zarathustra'' was first published from 1883-1885, ''Jenseits von Gut und Bose'' in 1886, and ''Der Wille Zur Macht'' was compiled, edited, and published post-humously by his sister. Presumably, the planned Episodes 4-6 would have continued to borrow from his earlier and earlier works for titles as well.
* ''AceAttorney'' has this. While the Japanese sequels are ''Gyakuten Saiban 2-4'' and ''Gyakuten Kenji'' for the spinoff, they were translated as ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney'', ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All'', ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations'', ''Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney'', and ''Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth''. [[ColonCancer We may need an oncologist in here.]]
** Probably has to do with the fact that the localization staff chose the title for the first game before learning that the fourth game would have a new protagonist. Thus, the ''Ace Attorney'' part was promoted as the main title for the rest of the series, while ''Phoenix Wright'' was demoted to a subtitle in the sequels.
* No less a video game personnage than {{Mario}} has been responsible for this, multiple times. First, the sequel to ''VideoGame/MarioBros.'' was named ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros.'' This was numbered sanely until the SuperNintendo came along, when his fifth console game became ''VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld'' (although it was actually known as ''Super Mario Bros. 4: Super Mario World'' in Japan). The sequel to that was called ''Super Mario World 2: VideoGame/YoshisIsland'', and then the series split - the ''Yoshi's Island'' games became their own series, while Mario stopped even bothering with numbering them in sequence (until ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2''). Something similar to the ''Yoshi's Island'' rename happened to the ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand'' games for the GameBoy, in which the third game was ''Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land'', which spun off into the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series.
** The initial ''Super Mario Bros.'' series is numbered sanely only in the Western markets: the game released in the West as ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' was released as "Super Mario Bros. USA" in Japan -- the game known in Japan as ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' was released as part of a compilation game in the West years later under the title ''[[VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosTheLostLevels Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels]]''.
*** And then there are the remakes for the GBA. Super Mario Bros. 2 became Super Mario Advance. The worst offender is the GBA remake of Super Mario Bros. 3, titled "Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3".
* ''ResidentEvilCodeVeronica'' was intended to be the true sequel to ''ResidentEvil2'', but since the game was originally being developed on the {{Dreamcast}} instead of the {{PlayStation}} like the previous games, Sony threw a hissy fit, forcing Capcom to relabel the game as a spin-off and leave it off the numbered series. At the same time, ''Resident Evil: Nemesis'', a side-story game that was being developed on the ''Resident Evil 2'' engine, ended up being released as ''ResidentEvil3'' instead. Funnily enough, ''ResidentEvil4'' ended up being developed for the {{Nintendo GameCube}} when Capcom eventually got around to making it.
** Another oddity is that the logo of ''ResidentEvil4'' actually gives the number first, making it technically "4 Resident Evil."
* The game series now known as ''LegacyOfKain'' started with the game ''Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain'' with the weighting making it apparent the 'Legacy of Kain' part was a subtitle. A few years later the next game came out called ''Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver'' (blood no longer being much of a big deal to the wraithlike new hero Raziel). It was followed by ''Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2'', then Silicon Knights released ''Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2'', thoroughly confusing everyone. The 2 sub-series finally converged in the final game, ''Legacy of Kain: Defiance''- to everyone's great relief.
* The numerous ''StreetFighter'' installments by Capcom with their various adjectives, suffixes, and subtitles can be a bit confusing to first-time fans of the series. This is because {{Capcom}} considers every Roman numbered entry in the franchise after the [[Videogame/StreetFighter first game]] to be its own sub-series, making it a bit harder to number specific entries in each sub-series.
** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII: The World Warrior'' was followed by ''Street Fighter II ([[MarketBasedTitle Dash]]): Champion Edition'', ''Street Fighter II ([[MarketBasedTitle Dash Turbo]]): Hyper Fighting'', ''Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers'', and ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo'' (aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle Super Street Fighter II X: Grand Master Challenge]]''). Those are just the original arcade releases. Some of the console-specific variants include ''Street Fighter II Turbo'' for the SNES, ''Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition'' for the Genesis (both were compilations of ''Champion Edition'' and ''Hyper Fighting''), ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo Revival'' for the GBA (a portable version of ''Super Turbo''), ''Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition'' for the [=PS2=] and Xbox (a pseudo-compilation of the five arcade games), and ''Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix'' for the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360.
** ''StreetFighterAlpha: Warriors' Dream'' (aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle Street Fighter ZERO]]'') was followed by ''Alpha 2'' and ''Alpha 3'' on the arcades. ''Alpha 2'' and ''Alpha 3'' both had their share of minor upgrades. ''Alpha 2'' had ''Alpha 2 Gold'' for the [=PS1=] and Saturn (aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle ZERO 2 Dash]]'', which in turn was based on a minor Asia-only arcade upgrade called ''ZERO 2 Alpha''), while ''Alpha 3'' was followed by ''Alpha 3 Upper'' for the GBA (which took its title from ''ZERO 3 Upper'', a Japan-only arcade upgrade with the roster additions from the console ports) and ''Alpha 3 MAX'' (aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle ZERO 3 Double Upper]]'').
** The ''VideoGame/StreetFighterEX'' series consists of ''EX'', ''EX Plus'', ''EX Plus Alpha'' (a [=PS1=] port of the previous game), ''EX 2'', ''EX 2 Plus'' (which also had a [=PS1=] port), and ''EX 3'' (a [=PS2=]-exclusive).
** ''StreetFighterIII: New Generation'' was followed by ''Street Fighter III 2nd Impact: Giant Attack'' and ''Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future''. Sometimes, the ''2nd Impact'' and ''3rd Strike'' portions of their respective titles are treated as subtitles rather part of the main titles (in such cases, the actual subtitles of ''Giant Attack'' and ''Fight for the Future'' are omitted).
** ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' was followed by ''Super Street Fighter IV'', which was followed by ''Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition''. There's also the ''3D Edition'' of ''Super'' for the [=3DS=].
* The ''HalfLife'' series seems simple enough; first there's ''Half-Life'', and then there's ''Half-Life 2''. But then there's ''Half-Life 2 Episode 1'' and ''Half-Life 2 Episode 2''. [[WordOfGod Valve head-honcho Gabe Newell has admitted]] the naming of these most recent games is a mistake and that they should really be called ''"Half-Life 3 Episodes 1-3,"'' since, ya know...it doesn't make much sense that a game with a distinct plot in and of itself called ''Half-Life 2'' should have a SEQUEL called ''Half-Life 2 Episode 1''.
** Actually, it goes like this: ''Half-Life'', ''Half-Life: Opposing Force'', ''Half-Life: Blue Shift'', ''Half-Life: Decay'', ''Half-Life 2'', ''Half-Life 2: Episode One'', ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'', and ''Half-Li''-oh nevermind, we found [[Left4Dead Zombies]] and {{Portal}}s!
** Averted in the ''{{Left 4 Dead}}'' series despite rampant speculation. One fan theory was that it would be called "Right 2 Live" as it was a complete inversion of the original title, but Valve ultimate just tacked on a 2.
*** Which is a StealthPun referencing the new cast being in the same situation as the originals. Thus, left for dead ''[[Letters2Numbers too]]''.
*** Well, it still beats Left 5 Dead.
* In Japan, the ''[[VideoGame/SaturdayNightSlamMasters Slam Masters]]'' (or ''Muscle Bomber'') series is comprised of ''Muscle Bomber'', ''Muscle Bomber Duo'', and ''Super Muscle Bomber''. The corresponding English versions of these three games are ''Saturday Night Slam Masters'', ''Muscle Bomber Duo'', and ''Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II''. In other words, the series got its title changed to ''Slam Master'' for the English version of the first game, and then changed back to ''Muscle Bomber'' for the second, only to be changed back to ''Slam Masters'' for the third.
* ''TheLegendOfZelda'' series only had one numbered sequel: ''Zelda II: The Adventure of Link''. The remainder of the series are distinguished by their subtitles (i.e: ''A Link to the Past'', ''The Ocarina of Time'', ''Wind Waker''). Sort of justified since ''Zelda II'' was the only true sequel to the first ''Zelda'' in the series' fictional chronology and every game since then has been a NonLinearSequel.
** Actually now ''Majora's Mask'' (for ''Ocarina of Time'') and ''Phantom Hourglass'' (for ''Wind Waker'') continue the tradition, while also being direct sequels.
*** [[OlderThanTheyThink ..And before that]], ''LinksAwakening'' to ''ALinkToThePast''.
* ''SamuraiShodown: Warriors Rage'' for the {{PlayStation}} is not a port, but a distant sequel to the similarly titled Hyper Neo Geo 64 arcade game ''Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage'' (which itself was a sequel to the original ''[[SuperTitle64Advance Samurai Shodown 64]]''). The Japanese versions averted this by being named differently.
* The European/Japanese-only sequel to ''Trace Memory'' (''Another Code'' in those regions) was titled ''Another Code R: A Journey Into Lost Memories'' (''Gateway of Memory'' in Japan.)
* Due to legal issues, the [=PlayStation=] version of ''[[SoulSeries Soul Edge]]'' was renamed ''Soul Blade'' in America and Europe. To sidestep this legal hurdle, the sequels were released under the ''[=SoulCalibur=]'' name instead. Thus ''[=SoulCalibur IV=]'' is actually the '''fifth''' game in the series.
* The sequel to ''BattleClash'' is titled ''Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge''. The only indicator on the title that ''Metal Combat'' is a sequel is the fact that the hero's mecha in both games is called the "ST Falcon".
* ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' (aka ''Vampire'' in Japan) was followed by ''Night Warriors'' (''Vampire Hunter'') and ''Vampire Savior'' (which was almost titled ''Jedah's Damnation'' in America until they decided to stick with ''Vampire Savior''). To make matters more confusing, Japan received two simultaneously released {{updated rerelease}}s of ''Vampire Savior'' titled ''Vampire Savior 2'' and ''Vampire Hunter 2''; [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo the main difference between the three games are in their character roster]]. The [=PlayStation=] game ''Darkstalker 3'' (aka ''Vampire Savior: EX Edition'') is actually a pseudo compilation of ''Vampire Savior'', ''Vampire Savior 2'', and ''Vampire Hunter 2''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}''. The 2009 sequel of ''ReturnToCastleWolfenstein''.
** Not to be confused with ''Wolfenstein3D'', which in itself received a sequel titled ''Spear of Destiny''.
*** Which were inspired by the original ''CastleWolfenstein'' and ''BeyondCastleWolfenstein''.
* Capcom's first ''[[JojosBizarreAdventure Jojo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' fighting game for the arcades was released internationally under the shortened title of ''Jojo's Venture''. The sequel, which was titled ''Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future'' in Japan, was released under the manga's full title of ''Jojo's Bizarre Adventure'' internationally. The [=PlayStation=] and Dreamcast ports had no such titling issues.
* The ''AnnoDomini'' series of historical city builders (known as ''A.D.'' in some markets) goes back and forth between the centuries. First there was ''Anno 1602'', followed by ''Anno 1503'', then ''Anno 1701'', and finally the recent ''Anno 1404''. Even odder since the numeration could lead a newbie to think ''1701'' is the first, with the series going backwards 99 years with each installment.
** In addition to all this in some markets the latest installment ''Anno 1404'' is sold as ''Dawn of Discovery''. This in turn has an expansion pack which is known as both ''Anno 1404: Venice'' and ''Dawn of Discovery: Venice''.
* ''Shinobi III'' may sound like a sensible name for a sequel, until you realize it's not literally the third game in the {{Shinobi}} series at all. Although, it is the third Shinobi game for the SegaGenesis, the first two Genesis games were already sequels to previous Shinobi games. The first Genesis game, ''The Revenge of Shinobi'', is a sequel to the MasterSystem version of the first ''Shinobi'', which itself was based on an arcade game, while ''Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi'', the second Genesis game, was itself a loose sequel to the arcade's ''Shadow Dancer'', which was the arcade sequel to ''Shinobi''. That's not even counting ''The Cyber Shinobi: Shinobi Part 2'', the European-exclusive Master System sequel to the first ''Shinobi''. So which game could be considered the "true Shinobi II"? The game system of ''Shinobi III'' is clearly based on ''The Revenge of Shinobi'' and the Japanese versions of both games makes their relation a lot less ambiguous, since they're titled ''The Super Shinobi'' and ''The Super Shinobi II''.
* Tradewest's fighting game based on the ''DoubleDragon'' cartoon was titled ''Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls'', which was released for the SNES and Genesis (as well as the Jaguar), even though it had nothing to do with the previous Technos-developed games and there was no "Double Dragon IV". While technically there was a fourth ''Double Dragon'' game, it was an SNES-exclusive installment titled ''Super Double Dragon'', meaning that the owners of the other consoles would've not been aware of it.
* The second ''TetrisTheGrandMaster'' game's name is a source of minor confusion; fans have a hard time decising whether it's ''Tetris: The Grand Master 2 - The Absolute'' or ''Tetris: The Absolute - The Grand Master 2''. Then there's ''Tetris: The Grand Master 3 - [[WordSaladTitle Terror-Instinct]]'', ''Tetris: The Grand Master ACE'' (a spinoff of TGM), and ''Tetris: The Grand Master 4 - [[{{Engrish}} The Masters of Round]]'' (technically the fifth game in the series).
* ''{{DJMAX}} Portable'', ''[[NumberedSequels DJMAX Portable 2]]'', ''[[LicensedGame DJMAX Portable Clazziquai Edition]]'', ''DJMAX Portable Black Square'', and the [[NoExportForYou US-only]] ''DJMAX [[strike:Portable]] Fever''.
* The sequel to ''{{Galaga}}'' was called ''Gaplus'', then was rereleased under the name ''[[MarketBasedTitle Galaga 3]]''. There is no ''Galaga 2''.
** And then, of course, ''Galaga '88''. Does the absence of intervening numbers need to be brought up again?
* The virtually unknown RealTimeStrategy ''Earth 2140'' has a much more successful sequel named ''{{Earth 2150}}'' (or ''Earth 2150: Escape from the Blue Planet''), which itself has 2 stand-alone [[ExpansionPack Expansion Packs]] named ''Earth 2150: The Moon Project'' (some editions drop ''Earth 2150'') and ''Earth 2150: Lost Souls''. The third full game in the series is, consequently, named ''Earth 2160'', even though Earth itself is gone by that point in an EarthShatteringKaboom, and the entire game takes place on other planets. Apparently, it is a rule in the series that a major conflict has to take place every 10 years.
* ''{{Mushihime-sama}}''[='=]s sequel is called ''Mushihime-sama Futari''. "Futari" means "''two'' people."
* The "Divinity" series gets to be oddly named from the very beginning, but the sequels make their own kind of nonsense. In order: ''DivineDivinity'', ''Beyond Divinity'', and third: ''[[{{Divinity2}} Divinity 2: The Dragon Knight Saga]]'' (which is itself made up of Divinity 2: Ego Draconis and Divinity 2: Flames of Vengeance. Divine Divinity was meant to be Divinity: Sword of Lies, and Beyond Divinity was a spinoff; Ego Draconis was the original Divinity 2 game, which was rereleased as The Dragon Knight Saga as a bundle or as just the expansion, Flames of Vengeance.
* ''[[{{Deception}} Tecmo's Deception]]'' was followed by ''Kagero: Deception II'' and ''Deception III: Dark Delusion''. Okay, at least they're numbered. Then Tecmo calls the fourth game... ''Trapt''? Wha..?
* The ''PanzerGeneral'' series, as released in Germany. The first one was still ''Panzer General'', the (''Panzer General II'') became ''Panzer General 3D'' (even though it wasn't 3D), and then the actual ''Panzer General 3D'' became ''Panzer General 4''. [[{{Facepalm}} Faces where palmed]].
* ''ParasiteEve'' gets a normal numbering for its first sequel, but the next game is named ''The 3rd Birthday''. Not ''Parasite Eve: The 3rd Birthday''. Just... ''The 3rd Birthday''.
** According to the developers, this is due to it being set in the same universe, but having few connections to the previous games besides the main character.
* In the case of ''NeedForSpeed'', ordering the ''Hot Pursuit'' subseries while give you a headache: ''Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit'', then ''Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit II'', and then ''Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit''. Yes, the completely unnumbered title is the sequel to the game that's number two.
* ''LovePlus'' then Love Plus+ and now for the 3DS Project Love Plus.
* In Japan, the third game of the ''{{Strikers 1945}}'' series is called ''Strikers 1999'' to reference the SettingUpdate. Everywhere else, it's called ''Strikers 1945 III''.
* ''WonderBoy'' probably has the most confusing series of sequels out of all the examples listed here thanks to the numerous alternate titles the games had between different platform ports and regional releases.
** The first game itself, originally an arcade release, is also known as ''Super Wonder Boy'' on the Japanese MasterSystem (since it has a few enhancements from the arcade version and there was also an earlier ''Wonder Boy'' port released in Japan for the SG-1000, Sega's first game console) and ''Revenge of Dracon'' on the American GameGear (it was still called ''Wonder Boy'' everywhere else).
** The second entry in the series was ''Wonder Boy: Monster Land'' for the arcade, which was ported to the MasterSystem in Japan under the name of ''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World'' and that particular version was released in the west as ''Wonder Boy in Monster Land'' (the "in" was not present in the arcade version's title).
** The third and last of the arcade releases was titled ''Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair''. The console ports for the {{TurboGrafx 16}} and MegaDrive both kept the same name this time, although the cover artwork for the [=TG16=] version omits the "Wonder Boy III" portion.
** The fourth entry is when things start to get confusing. The game was released for the Master System in the west as ''Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap'' (titled as such since it was the third Master System game in the series), which is a distinct game from the aforementioned ''Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair''. The Master System version was supposed to be released in Japan as ''Monster World II'', but that version got canceled. Instead, the later GameGear port (which was simply titled ''Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap'' in the west, dropping the numeral altogether) came out there as ''Monster World II: Dragon no Wana''.
** The next entry was ''Wonder Boy V: Monster World III'' for the MegaDrive (simply titled ''Wonder Boy in Monster World'' in the west, not to be confused with the aforementioned ''Super Wonder Boy: Monster World'', the Sega Mark III version of ''Wonder Boy in Monster Land''). Despite its Japanese title, ''Monster World III'' is actually the fourth game in the series released in Japan, since ''Monster World II'' (which fills the position of "Wonder Boy IV") [[SequelFirst was only released a few months later in Japan]], unless we count the ''Dragon's Curse''/''Adventure Island'' remake by Hudson Soft (which opens a whole 'nother can of worms).
** ''Monster World IV'' is the sixth and final game in the series. It drops the ''Wonder Boy'' name completely since the protagonist in this one is a girl.
* The ''CallOfDuty'' franchise stopped using numbers for the sequels after the fourth installment. ''Call of Duty 4: ModernWarfare'' was followed by ''Call of Duty: World At War'', then ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2'', and now ''Call of Duty: Black Ops''.
* Upon the success of ''CommandAndConquer: Red Alert'', the original ''Command And Conquer'' was subtitled ''Tiberian Dawn'' to differentiate it from the ''Red Alert'' games and from its own sequel, ''Tiberian Sun''.
** The name ''Tiberian Dawn'' had been used by Westwood in pre-release materials, and even appeared in the readme.txt file, but didn't appear anywhere in the original game or its packaging, so didn't see widespread use among fans until it became necessary to differentiate the first game from the series as a whole.
** To be fair, that sorta thing happens in real life, such as World War One would never have been know as such until the second one came along 20 years later.
* Sega's ''HouseOfTheDead'' series played off Romero's ''Dawn of the Dead'' series, including ''Typing of the Dead'' and ''Pinball of the Dead''.
** Well, that's for the side games only. The main series has always had {{Numbered Sequel}}s, up until the prequel ''OVERKILL''.
* The ''StarWars: [[DarkForcesSaga Dark Forces]]'' games have a strange number sequence. They start with ''Dark Forces'', followed by ''Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II'', then ''Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast'' and finally ''Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy''. [[ColonCancer Even worse]] when you see that [=LucasArts=] (and no one else) considers the full titles to all be prefixed with "Star Wars."
* The first sequel to ''{{Myst}}'' was called ''Riven: The Sequel to Myst''. Later games adopted a more conventional numbering scheme, resulting in ''Myst III: Exile'', ''Myst IV: Revelation'', and ''Myst V: End of Ages''. A spinoff also exists, which went through enough name changes between its development, release, the cancellation of its online component, the resurrection of its online component through [=GameTap=] and its second cancellation that it probably deserves its own trope. The last name it had was ''Myst Online: Uru Live''.
** This is largely because "Riven: The Sequel to Myst" is five words, and [[ArcNumber the game has a thing about five.]]
** As a side note, ''Myst V: End of Ages'', although named in the Myst continuity, actually continues (and ends) the ''Uru'' storyline.
* ''{{Heretic}}'' was followed by ''{{Hexen}}'', ''Hexen II'' and ''Heretic II''.
** Originally, ''Hexen II'' was to be named ''Hecatomb'' - the trilogy's names was apparently decided by John Carmack himself. ''Heretic II'' is a sidestory unrelated to the larger Serpent Riders StoryArc.
* Many game franchises were simply given the subtitle "3-D" for their first 3-D title. (As were quite a few that ''started'' around this time.) [[ThirdIs3D Even more likely if this also happened to be the third installment.]]
** One such series was ''DukeNukem''. Continuing this, the title "VideoGame/DukeNukemForever" was meant to be a play on the number four. Little did they know it would come to have [[HilariousInHindsight unexpected symbolism]] [[VaporWare of another kind]].
** See also: [[SuperTitle64Advance 64]]. [[SarcasmMode Even more likely if this also happened to be the sixty-fourth installment.]]
* Apparently the English-speaking world ''needs'' their sequels to have subtitles. ''ShadowHearts 2'', as it is called in Japan, was changed to ''Shadow Hearts: Covenant'' for the English version. The third game followed suit, and was called ''Shadow Hearts: From the New World'' in all versions.
** And let's not forget that they're all sequels to a game called ''Koudelka''.
* In the {{Unreal}} series, the second installment of the main line (after VideoGame/{{Unreal}}, not counting the ExpansionPack) is called ''VideoGame/UnrealIITheAwakening''. Likewise, the successor of ''[[VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004 Unreal Championship]]'' is called ''VideoGame/UnrealChampionship2TheLiandriConflict''.
* ''SplinterCell'', as the picture above indicates, has some idiosyncratic titling. The series goes as thus: ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'', ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow'', ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory'', ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent'', ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials'' (which, despite the name, isn't a remake package with the original games), and ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction''.
** Though to their credit, they never tried to mix numbers in with their subtitles. Considering how the naming schemes of some other series turn out, that is probably a good thing.
* ''GrandTheftAuto'', ''GrandTheftAuto 2'', ''Grand Theft Auto III'', then ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'', ''Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'', ''Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories'', ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories'', and then ''[[CapcomSequelStagnation finally]]'' ''Grand Theft Auto IV''.
** You missed "Grand Theft Auto: 1969", "Grand Theft Auto: 1961", "Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and The Damned" and "Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony." However, this naming convention has some sense; each numbered title started on a new engine, while the rest were considered to be very large expansion packs. Each numbered title is also the beginning of a new story, with completely new characters, while games without numbered titles just act as prequels and reuse characters (so as to give them bigger backstories).
*** It should also be noted that there was a bit of controversy over a new GTA game having full frontal male nudity. Oddly enough, it wasn't featured in "The Ballad of Gay Tony", even though it would have fit the title.
* The original ''TombRaider'' series consists of ''TombRaider'', ''Tomb Raider II'', ''Tomb Raider III'', then ''Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation'', ''Tomb Raider Chronicles'' and ''Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness''. The Crystal Dynamics ContinuityReboot of the franchise continues this trend, with ''Tomb Raider: Legend'', ''Tomb Raider: Anniversary'', and ''Tomb Raider: Underworld''.
* The ''SilentHill'' series has ''SilentHill'', ''Silent Hill 2'', ''Silent Hill 3'', then ''Silent Hill 4: The Room'', ''Silent Hill: Ørigins'' (which is called ''Silent Hill Zero'' in Japan), ''Silent Hill: Homecoming'', ''Silent Hill: Shattered Memories'', and now the upcoming Silent Hill 8 (which is now going to be called ''Silent Hill: Downpour'').
* ''{{Prince of Persia}}''. The first game was followed by the Sequel ''Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame'' then ''Prince of Persia [[ThirdIs3D 3D]]'' followed, when the series [[PolygonCeiling jumped to 3D]] and a new story was begun. Four years later came ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'', starting a new story yet again, which continues in the direct sequels ''Prince of Persia: Warrior Within'' and ''Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones''. Then, the story resets again, with ''Prince of Persia'' in 2008, to be continued in another two sequels apparently, the first of which is supposed to be called ''Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands''.
** Per [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgotten_sands The Other Wiki,]] ''Forgotten Sands'' is actually an {{interquel}} set in the ''Sands of Time'' 'verse, taking place between that game and ''Warrior Within''. The timing of the game's release and the cover art both suggest that this decision was made to make the game and the [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473075/ film]] more closely related.
* The early ''Game/MegaMan'' sequels were numbered with Roman numerals (at least on the title screens), but this became problematic when Capcom released a spin-off game for the SNES named ''MegaManX'' (as in the letter "X", not a Roman numeral 10), which was followed by its own series of numbered sequels. Because of this, Capcom switched to Arabic numerals for the original series starting with ''Mega Man 8'' in order to avoid any confusion, as the franchise eventually had a real ''Mega Man 10''. This was never a problem in Japan, where the original ''Rockman'' games always used Arabic numerals.
** While the ''Mega Man'' games for the GameBoy shared the same names as the ones that were released for the NES (except the first one, which was titled ''Mega Man in Dr. Wily's Revenge''), there were not actually ports of their corresponding NES games, but remixed versions that combined bosses from the corresponding NES game with those from its succeeding installment (i.e. ''Dr. Wily's Revenge'' has bosses from the first two NES games, the Game Boy version of ''II'' has bosses from the NES version of ''II'' and ''III'', and so on). The only exception was the Game Boy version of ''Mega Man V'', which features all new bosses instead of borrowing the ones from the NES games. The Japanese versions of these games were released under the ''Rockman World'' name, helping Japanese fans tell them apart.
* Lampshaded in the fourth chapter of ''TalesOfMonkeyIsland'', with a souvenir pin reading "Trial of the Century II: Electric Voodooloo".
** ''MonkeyIsland'' itself does this. The first game was called ''TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', then ''MonkeyIsland2'', followed by ''TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' and ''EscapeFromMonkeyIsland''. According to WordOfGod, ''Tales of Monkey Island'' takes place "sometime after an imaginary ''Monkey Island 5''", so ''Tales'' is [[NoodleIncident actually the sixth game in the series]].
* You would think ''DragonAge'' would be going this way with the first game being called ''Dragon Age: Origins'' and the expansion being called ''Dragon Age: Origins: Awakening''. But nope, in a reversal of Michael Bay's thoughts, the devs opted to call the sequel ''Dragon Age 2'' just to make things less complicated on the audience.
* The ''{{Fallout}}'' series had been getting on just fine without the need for any if these fancy subtitles: ''Fallout'', ''Fallout 2'', ''Fallout 3'' and... ''Fallout: New Vegas''. Oh. There was also a game with different gameplay that didn't fit into the chronology called ''Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel'', and another, with yet a different style of gameplay, called just ''Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel'' with no "tactics".
** Bethesda have explained that ''New Vegas'' isn't a sequel to ''3'', so it doesn't follow in number. Bethesda are apparently planning their own sequel at some point, so presumably that'll be ''4''
* Oh, boy. ''GuiltyGear'' is chock full of these, too. The second Guilty Gear game is ''Guilty Gear X'', and the X sure doesn't stand for the Roman numeral (apparently it's pronounced "Zex"). After that, it's ''Guilty Gear XX'' (pronounced "Igzex"). And then come its [[CapcomSequelStagnation re-releases]], ''#Reload'' (pronounced Sharp-Reload), ''Slash'', and ''Λ Core'' (Accent Core). And ''Accent Core Plus'', the updated release of an updated release (that's right, the full title is "Guilty Gear Igzex Accent Core Plus"). There's also ''Isuka'', ''Judgment'', and ''Dust Strikers'' (They aren't preceded by the XX, though), but they're more like [[MissionPackSequels Mission Pack Sequels]]. Guilty Gear X [By your side "G. Gear"] too.
** Technically, the true sequel to ''Guilty Gear'' is ''Guilty Gear 2: Overture''...
* Ever wondered why the ''LeisureSuitLarry'' series jumped from III to V? After making III, series creator Al Lowe famously stated that [[UnInstallment there would never be a Larry IV]]. He kept his word. Kinda.
* After ''DwarfFortress'' retroactively sequelized to follow the defunct ''Slaves to Armok: God of Blood'', it is now ''Slaves to Armok: God of Blood Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress'', subverting ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin since it doesn't feature Armok in any way and dwarves do not keep slaves.
* Referenced in ''WorldOfWarcraft'', where [[ItMakesSenseInContext there is a quest to use an explosive eel egg to save a surprisingly buoyant Dwarf from certain death]]. The quest is named The Brothers Digsong 2: Eel-Egg-Trick Boogaloo. There is no Brothers Digsong 1.
* ''StarOcean'' games have ''Star Ocean'', ''Star Ocean: The Second Story'', ''Star Ocean: Blue Sphere'', ''Star Ocean: Till the End of Time'' and ''Star Ocean: The Last Hope'' (simply titled ''Star Ocean 4'' in Japan). The first two games were later remade under the titles ''Star Ocean: First Departure'' and ''Star Ocean: Second Evolution''. Not to mention [[TheAnimeOfTheGame The Anime of the Game]], ''Star Ocean [=EX=]'', which is apparently based on ''The Second Story''.
* There were actually two ''WonderBoy III'' games. The first, ''Monster Lair'', is an InNameOnly ShootEmUp sequel to the arcade version of ''WonderBoy in Monster Land'', which has a different ending than the SMS version, while the second, ''The Dragon's Trap'' (''Dragon's Curse'' on the TurboGrafx16), is a direct sequel to the SMS version of ''Monster Land''.
* ''{{Contra}} Hard Corps'' was eventually followed by a "Contra"-less ''Hard Corps: Uprising''.
* The ''{{Total War}}'' ''Series'' is an interesting take on this, not only does it usually put the series name after the subtitle but it uses numbers and/or sub-subtitles for some games but not for others. In order of release the games go, ''Shogun: Total War'', ''Shogun: Total War: Mongol Invasion'', ''Medieval: Total War'', ''Medieval: Total War: Viking Invasion'', ''Rome: Total War'', ''Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion'', ''Rome: Total War: Alexander'', ''Medieval II: Total War'', ''Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms'', ''Empire: Total War'', ''Napoleon: Total War'' and just to make the naming even more confusing ''Total War: Shogun 2''
* ''{{Trackmania}}, Trackmania Sunrise, Trackmania Nations, Trackmania United Forever, Trackmania Nations Forever...'' and the brand new ''Trackmania 2!'' (Not counting console spinoffs)
* The GuitarHero saga, only counting home consoles releases *deep breath*: ''Guitar Hero'', ''Guitar Hero II'', ''Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80's'' (spin-off), ''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock''', ''Guitar Hero: Aerosmith''(band-focused), ''Guitar Hero: World Tour'', ''Guitar Hero: Metallica'' (again, band-focused), ''Guitar Hero: Smash Hits'' (another spin-off), ''Guitar Hero 5'', ''Band Hero'' ([[RuleOfThree yet another spin-off]]), ''Guitar Hero: Van Halen'' ([[RuleOfThree yep, band-focused again]]) and ''Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock''.
** And there's the portable games: ''Guitar Hero: On Tour'', ''Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades'' and ''Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits''.
* The ''WWF Smackdown'' games start off with the first one and the second ones using numbers (Smackdown 2: Know Your Role), but as of the third one stopped using numbers, as of the sixth one started using the title "Smackdown vs. Raw" instead, and as of the seventh one started including the year a la Madden.
* In Japan, the SamuraiSpirits games in general have their own WordSaladTitle such as II being "Shin Samurai Spirits: Haohmaru Jigokuhen" (True Samurai Spirits: Haohmaru's Journey to Hell), III is Samurai Spirits: Zankuro Musouken (Peerless Sword Zankuro), IV is Samurai Spirits: Amakusa Kourin (Amakusa's Advent), and V is actually known as "Samurai Spirits Rei" (Samurai Spirits Zero). It helps to know that the order of the main games (I-V) is V, I, III, IV, II. The two SS64 games take place after II, and Sen takes place after the 64 games.
* The Shin Megami Tensei series isn't exactly the most understandable in terms of naming, but Persona 2 was released as a duology, Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment, making Persona 3 and 4 the 4th and 5th in the series respectively
* ''Theme Park'' was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: a management game in which you run a theme park. The title of the SpiritualSuccessor, ''Theme Hospital'', made less sense.
* ''[[{{Ptitle8zbvq64h}} Gargoyle's Quest]]'' and ''Gargoyle's Quest II'' came out for the Game Boy and NES, respectively. They were followed by ''Demon's Crest'' on the Super NES. Their Japanese names weren't any better, the first two games being named ''Red Arremer I'' and ''II'', and then the third game being called ''Demon's Blazon''.
* The ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' series started out with ''[[Super|NintendoEntertainmentSystem]] Mario Kart'', followed by ''Mario Kart [[{{Nintendo 64}} 64]]''. Then it went to subtitles with ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit'' (for GameBoyAdvance) and ''Mario Kart: Double Dash[[ExcitedEpisodeTitle!!]]'' (for NintendoGameCube). It then returned to SuperTitle64Advance with ''Mario Kart [[NintendoDS DS]]'' and ''Mario Kart {{Wii}}'' before finally falling into NumberedSequels with ''Mario Kart 7'' (for Nintendo3DS).
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* Due to a disagreement between the game's two creators, ''DungeonsAndDragons'' was split into two games, a stripped-down version also called Dungeons & Dragons, and an expanded version called Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. This was later revised into Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition, while the second Dungeons & Dragons was still being published in parallel. Then the publisher folded and the rights were bought by Wizards of the Coast, who unified the two lines as Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition. So is this the 3rd edition of Dungeons & Dragons, which incorporated a bunch of concepts from Advanced Dungeons & Dragons? Or is it the 3rd edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, making it the 4th edition in order (since the original AD&D was a sequel to the original D&D, with the second version of D&D as a GaidenGame).
** Then they followed 3rd Edition with a minor rewrite called Dungeons & Dragons 3.5, which was not so much "confusing" as "stupid" naming.
** The current edition has returned to whole numbers, with a very revised rules system released as the 4th Edition. Meanwhile, former publishing partner Paizo has taken the style of D&D's 3rd Edition and 3.5 rules and slightly revised it into a system they call Pathfinder; the deliberate similarities have earned Pathfinder the nickname "D&D 3.75", especially among players who disdain the alterations made for 4th Edition D&D.
* Rolemaster was followed by Rolemaster Standard System, which split the fandom to the point that the publisher re-released the original as Rolemaster Classic, at the same time renaming the Standard System to Rolemaster Fantasy Roleplaying. They also released a stripped-down set of light rules as Rolemaster Express, after creating a completely different and incompatible stripped-down, simplified game as HARP.
* ''{{Paranoia}}'' has had (in order) 1st edition, 2nd edition, 5th edition ([[CanonDiscontinuity later declared]] an "[[{{Unperson}} unproduct"]], 3rd edition (unpublished), [[MicrosoftWindows 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).
** In the interest of fairness, 5th edition was an intentional spoof of this very trope.
* The editions of ''{{Traveller}}'' are, in direct line: Traveller, [=MegaTraveller=], Traveller: The New Era, Marc Millar's Traveller, Traveller, Traveller 5. Note that Traveller 5 is the 6th. A completely unrelated science fiction game from the same company was released as Traveller: 2300 - it's actually a sequel to Twilight: 2000. This also doesn't count the ports of the setting to generic rules systems: GURPS Traveller, Traveller 20 and Traveller HERO.
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* Parodied in [[http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3428 this]] ''{{sinfest}}'' strip: "Reloaded Full Throttle with a Vengeance"!
* Parodied in [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=314 this]] ''HarkAVagrant''. Kate Beaton apparently wants "The Legend of Curly's Gold" to be the next "Electric Boogaloo".
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* ''[[HomestarRunner Dangeresque 2: This Time, It's Not Dangeresque 1]]''
** And ''Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective'', which was released as part of ''Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People''. Not forgetting the original, which was titled ''Dangeresque 1: Dangeresque, Too?'' and the prequel ''Dangeresque 0: The Prequel Begins''.
* ''ChaosFighters'' has a few novels with such titles. ''[[NonLinearSequel Chaos Fighters II]]'' is a major offender with subtitles ''Cyberion Strike'' and its sequel ''Chemical Siege''. However, it helps that the former is [[spoiler:the name of the final attack launched by the big bad of the novel]] while the latter refers to the chemical hollows which pollutes the city of Murio. Both titles are set as a TimeSkip to the ''main series''.
* TheAngryVideoGameNerd gives [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEVzPCY2T-g a long diatribe]] about both this topic and MarketBasedTitle.
* Discused in [[SuperMarioBros Super Mario]] [[FamilyGuy Guy]] [[SuperMarioRPG RPG]]
-->Mario/Peter Griffin: By the way Mallow, which movie had the exploding arrows?"
-->Mallow/Chris Griffin: {{Rambo}}
-->Mario: Rambo, ok it was Rambo, and then was Rambo 2, right?
-->Geno/Brian Griffin: Actually its full title is Rambo:First Blood Part 2
-->Mario:First Blood Part 2? That doesn't make any sence.
-->Mallow: Yeah they should have called it Second Blood
-->Mario: Seriosly, why do movie sequels have to screw around with the titles?
-->Geno: You mean how CallOfDuty [[ModernWarfar ModernWarfare]] 2 is actually Call of Duty 5?
-->Mario: Yeah, exactly.
** Modern Warfare 2 is actually Call of Duty 6
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* The sequel to ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' is going to be called ''The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra''. Not only does it make no sense whatsoever because Korra isn't the last Airbender (or an airbender at all!), it's a mouthful.
** Stranger yet, it was originally going to be called ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' (which would have made a lot more sense), but then they decided to change it.
*** They changed it do to legal issues. Damn you, James Cameron!!
* Happened to ''Series/TheTransformers'' in Japan; while ''[[TransformersHeadmasters Headmasters]]'' had sense, there's no excuse for ''[[TransformersMasterforce Super-God Masterforce]]'' or ''[[TransformersVictory Victory]]''. did this very often, spawning no less than ''fourteen'' differently named series in Japan, though "only" seven in English-speaking countries.
* The sequel to ''AGoofyMovie'' was called ''An Extremely Goofy Movie''.
* An episode of ''PhineasAndFerb'' parodies this trope with the title "Phineas and Ferb's Quantum Boogaloo". It was the second episode to feature time travel. It was also the second episode to feature Phineas and Ferb's giant roller coaster.
** For the record, the original title the creators wanted to go with was "Time Machine 2: Quantum Boogaloo". The first time-travel episode was merely called "Time Machine".
* The ''AnAmericanTail'' sequels did this. ''An American Tail: Fievel Goes West'' wasn't such a bad title, the later direct-to-video titles became just a ''little'' too long; ''An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island'' and ''An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster''.
* Played for laughs in ''DannyPhantom''. When the family temporarily get filthy rich, they move. Jack wants to call their new home "Fenton Works 2: This Time, it's Personal".
* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'''s second season was called ''Total Drama Action'' (shift to movie-themed challenges on an abandoned film lot) and the third season was named ''Total Drama World Tour'' (traveling the world ''and'' spoofing musicals). Season four will be titled ''Total Drama Revenge of the Island'' (original location, different cast).
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* [[CSToys CSToys The Alternatives]] is an oddly named {{spinoff}} of a live show done by a toystore in Japan.
* Microsoft ''Windows 7'' is an oddly numbered release. Since Windows 3.x, Microsoft abandoned the numbering system but released more than four iterations of Windows, including Windows 95, NT, 98, 2000, Millennium Edition, XP, Server 2003, Vista before returning to the numbering system with Windows 7. Even if we are selective in which editions we count as actual significant releases, the latest Windows should still be higher than the 7th major release.
** Windows 95, 98, and ME were all technically the same operating systems. 98 and ME just being feature added versions (95 = 4.0, 98=4.10, ME = 4.90). Also, NT isn't a single release. NT 4.0 was concurrent with Win95. Windows 2000 is NT 5.0. XP is NT 5.1. Server 2003 is 5.2. Vista is NT 6.0. Windows 7 is NT 6.1. None of this is clear from the labelling, as the release names are driven by Marketing and not technical concerns. Still counts as Oddly Named Sequels of course.
*** Actually, it would be NT 4.1 - NT was first released as ''3.1'', to match the version number of the regular Windows releases(the codebase had also started as ''OS/2'' version 3).
*** Maybe 7 was simply chosen because it is a deliberate lucky number in many states.
*** Then there's the problem with the original name, as there was never a Windows 1 or 2 to begin with.
*** Yes there were: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows#Early_versions
* The Xbox, followed by the Xbox 360, probably to suggest equivalence to the [=PlayStation 3=] and [=Nintendo Wii=] (at the time still known by its code name, Revolution).
** And of course the Nintendo series of consoles: Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, and Nintendo Wii. And then there's the portables (Nintendo GameBoy Advance SP Micro DSi Lite XL??).
*** Mostly averted with the upcoming WiiU.
* Similarly, try to figure out how old a camera is by model numbers. Sometimes these model numbers will change ''depending on what country the camera is being sold in''. Even for the more expensive Digital SLR cameras such as the Rebels, the [[strike:20D 30D 40D 50D]] 60D, and the 1DmkIV, the model numbers don't seem to do much to tell you the cameras' relation to eachother, aside from additional digits in the EOS model numbers implying that the camera is progressively cheaper (A few years ago, a Canon Rebel EOS 450D ran for about seven or eight hundred bucks. The Canon 1DmkII at the time ran for something close to ''five thousand'' dollars.)
* The DarwinsSoldiers short story ''Card of Ten'' is supposed to have a sequel. The sequel is named ''Ship of State''.
* The sequel to the [[Pokemon]] fan fic ''LatiasJourney'' is called ''FanFic/BraveNewWorld''.
* Video Cards. There was a time where video cards would be sequentially released. The Radeon 7500 was better than the Radeon 7000, etc. But nowdays sometimes a higher number with a different set of letters will be ''less powerful'' since they're in a different budget line. (Quick: what's faster, a GTX, a GTS, or GX?)
* The Palm pilot series of handheld organizers: "Pilot" "Palm Pilot" "Palm III" "Palm V" and ''then'' "Palm IV"
** Similarly, the Voodoo line of graphics accelerators also skipped 4 and then went back to it as a budget variation of the Voodoo 5.
*** As with the GT/GX/GTX above, there was also a 'Voodoo Banshee' in there...
* Desktop IBM and compatible computers. The early versions were named based on their Intel microprocessor chip [[NumberedSequel number]]: 8086 and 8088, followed by the 80186 (which almost nobody ever even heard of, superceeded almost immediately by) 80286, 80386, and 80486. Intel complained that AMD and other knockoffs were using their names but were informed that one couldn't trademark a number, so with the 80586 they changed the name to "Pentium," followed by the Pentium II, III, etc.
** 80286-80486 also came in "SX" versions, the SX being a cheaper (and less powerful) version - except that it was exactly the same chip, it just had some of the programming deactivated.
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