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* From ''Film/{{Scream}}'': "No, please don't kill me, Mr. Ghost face! I wanna be in the sequel!"

* In the GameBoyAdvance [[VideoGameRemake remake]] of ''DonkeyKongCountry'', after the Kongs jump overboard and King K. Rool sails off, [[MetaGuy Cranky]] remarks, "Call that an ending? Looks like a cheap stunt setting up the story for the sequel!" In the Hero Mode ending, he tells Diddy, "You have really surpassed yourself! Who knows? Maybe you'll make the sequel."

* In ''EternalDarkness'' one of the [[InterfaceScrew insanity effects]] was an advert for a sequel appearing, implying that the game was over.
* The ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' games made a RunningGag out of referring to the franchise as having five games, even when there were only three or four. This became a NoodleIncident in ''[[TalesOfMonkeyIsland Tales]]'', which apparently skipped it over.
* The very last line in ''NoMoreHeroes'' is Sylvia [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] the [[GainaxEnding bizarre ending of the game]] with "Too bad there won't be a sequel!" This, of course, turned out to be [[NoMoreHeroesDesperateStruggle a lie]].
* ''[[{{Rayman}} Rayman 3]]'', Murfy leaves saying that he'll see us in ''Rayman 4''. As of this writing, there has not been a game titled ''Rayman 4'', or, indeed, ''any'' true sequel to ''Rayman 3''.
* At one point in TheStinger to ''KidIcarusUprising'' the final boss suggests that he may return, if they make a sequel 25 years from now.

* Played with in the ''RushHour 2'' end credits gag reel where Chris Tucker says the BigBad will not be returning in ''RushHour 3''. In a surprising inversion, that's exactly what happened.

* Played with in the ''RushHour 2'' end credits gag reel where Chris Tucker says the BigBad will not be returning in ''RushHour 3''. In a surprising aversion, that's exactly what happened.

* Maggie Simpson's second (and currently last) word, spoken at the end of the credits in ''TheSimpsonsMovie'', is "sequel?".

* ''EarthBound'' joked about a sequel, and then it took it 11 years to actually get made. ''And'' [[NoExportForYou it was Japan-Only.]]

* The ''MonkeyIsland'' games made a RunningGag out of referring to the franchise as having five games, even when there were only three or four. This became a NoodleIncident in ''[[TalesOfMonkeyIsland Tales]]'', which apparently skipped it over.

* In ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'', Duke meets on a dying character and merrily quips that he won't be in the sequel. Time will show if this trope applies.

* In ''EternalDarkness'' one of the [[InterfaceScrew insanity effects]] was an advert for a sequal appearing, implying that the game was over.

-->- '''Yogurt''', ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''

* ''{{Airplane}} II'' ended with the announcement "Coming Soon from ParamountPictures: Airplane III" followed by WilliamShatner saying "Wait! That's ''exactly'' what they'll expect us to do!"
* Characters from KevinSmith's movies will sometimes make jokes about sequels or about the type of films and the order they're made in: "No, first you do the safe picture, THEN you do the art picture, then sometimes you have to do the pay-back picture!" Cue characters casting [[AsideGlance a glance]] at the camera.

->''"God willing, we'll all meet again in ''Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money''."''

* Very common in the films of MelBrooks:
** Even the ''title'' of ''HistoryOfTheWorldPartOne'' implies a sequel, and they do "previews" to Part Two (including "Hitler On Ice!!!"), but it's clear they don't mean to make one.

** In ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' [[MelBrooks Yogurt]] jokes that he and Lone Starr will meet again in ''Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money'', as part of the movie's RunningGag about [[MerchandiseDriven merchandising]]. No sequel has been made, though an animated series had a short run in the mid 2000s

* Characters from KevinSmith's movies will sometimes make jokes about sequels or about the type of films and the order they're made in: "No, first you do the safe picture, THEN you do the art picture, then sometimes you have to do the pay-back picture!" Cue characters casting [[AsideGlance a glance]] at the camera.

* The original ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' movie pulls out a final skit after the credits, hinting at a sequel dubbed "Son of Jackass" jackass, where the now-elderly cast runs a march of death while getting maimed and killed in increasingly gory ways. While there ''was'' a sequel, it wasn't called ''Son of Jackass''.

* Chris Tucker, in an outtake from ''[[RushHour RushHour 2]]'', upon seeing a bad guy plummet to his death, declares: "Damn! He ain't gonna be in ''Rush Hour 3!''"

* In ''VideoGame/DukeNukemForever'', Duke meets on a dying character and merrily quips that he won't be in the sequel. Time will show if this trope applies.

* In ''EternalDarkness'' one of the [[InterfaceScrew insanity effects]] was an advert for a sequal appearing, implying that the game was over.
* The ''MonkeyIsland'' games made a RunningGag out of referring to the franchise as having five games, even when there were only three or four. This became a NoodleIncident in ''[[TalesOfMonkeyIsland Tales]]'', which apparently skipped it over.

* An odd case involves the ''ScaryMovie'' franchise. The TagLine of the first movie was "No mercy. No shame. No sequel.", but this didn't stop a sequel from being released the very next year (with the TagLine "[[ILied We Lied]]"). Similarly, the TagLine of ''Scary Movie 3'' ("[[CaptainObvious Great Trilogies Come in Threes]]") didn't stop a fourth ("The "[[TrilogyCreep fourth and]] [[BlatantLies final]] [[TrilogyCreep chapter of the trilogy]]"), and an upcoming fifth movie from being released.

* An odd case involves the ''ScaryMovie'' franchise. The TagLine of the first movie was "No mercy. No shame. No sequel.", but this didn't stop a sequel from being released the very next year (with the TagLine "[[ILied We Lied]]"). Similarly, the TagLine of ''Scary Movie 3'' ("[[CaptainObvious Great Trilogies Come in Threes]]") didn't stop a fourth ("The "[[TrilogyCreep fourth and]] [[BlatantLies final]] [[TrilogyCreepchapter of the trilogy]]"), and an upcoming fifth movie from being released.

* An odd case involves the ''ScaryMovie'' franchise. The TagLine of the first movie was "No mercy. No shame. No sequel.", but this didn't stop a sequel from being released the very next year (with the TagLine "[[ILied We Lied]]"). Similarly, the TagLine of ''Scary Movie 3'' ("[[CaptainObvious Great Trilogies Come in Threes]]") didn't stop a fourth, (and upcoming fifth) movie from being released.

-->- '''Yogurt''', ''{{Spaceballs}}''

** In ''{{Spaceballs}}'' [[MelBrooks Yogurt]] jokes that he and Lone Starr will meet again in ''Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money'', as part of the movie's RunningGag about [[MerchandiseDriven merchandising]]. No sequel has been made, though an animated series had a short run in the mid 2000s

* ''[[{{Rayman}} Rayman 3]]'', Murfy leaves saying that he'll see us in ''Rayman 4''. As of this writing, there has not been a game titled ''Rayman 4'', or, indeed, ''any'' true sequel to ''Rayman 3''.

* The original ''{{Jackass}}'' movie pulls out a final skit after the credits, hinting at a sequel dubbed "Son of Jackass" jackass, where the now-elderly cast runs a march of death while getting maimed and killed in increasingly gory ways. While there ''was'' a sequel, it wasn't called ''Son of Jackass''.

* The original ''{{Jackass}}'' movie pulls out a final skit after the credits, hinting at a sequel dubbed "Son of Jackass." While there ''was'' a sequel, it wasn't called ''Son of Jackass''.

* In ''DukeNukemForever'', Duke meets on a dying character and merrily quips that he won't be in the sequel. Time will show if this trope applies.

* Maggie Simpson's first word, spoken at the end of the credits in ''TheSimpsonsMovie'', is "sequel".

* ''BuckarooBanzai''

->''"God willing, we'll all meet again in 'Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money'."''

** In ''{{Spaceballs}}'' [[MelBrooks Yogurt]] jokes that he and Lone Starr will meet again in ''Spaceballs 2: the Search for More Money'', as part of the movie's RunningGag about [[MerchandiseDriven merchandising]]. No sequel has been made, though an animated series had a short run in the mid 2000s

-->'''Mr. Big:''' I'm sorry, boys, but there ain't gonna be a sequel to this one.
* The original ''{{Jackass}}'' movie pulls out a final skit after the credits, hinting at a sequel dubbed "Son of Jackass." While there ''was'' a sequel, it wasn't called Son of Jackass.

As a result, it's not uncommon for parodies of these genres to make a joke about having a sequel. Oddly enough, the movies that make these jokes rarely if ever end up actually having sequels made to them. This is probably because the jokes are inserted for the purpose of making fun of sequels, and actually creating one after that would be CompletelyMissingThePoint

* From ''{{Scream}}'': "No, please don't kill me, Mr. Ghost face! I wanna be in the sequel!"

* ''[[{{Rayman}} Rayman 3]]'', Murfy leaves saying that he'll see us in ''Rayman 4''''. As of this writing, there has not been a game titled ''Rayman 4'', or, indeed, ''any'' true sequel to ''Rayman 3''.

* In the British slasher spoof ''Unmasked Part 25'' (whose very ''title'' implies this trope), several snarky comments are made throughout regarding the probability of another sequel.

* ''[[{{Rayman}} Rayman 3]]'', Murfy leaves saying that he'll see us in ''Rayman 4''''. As of this writing, there has not been a game titled ''Rayman 4'', or, indeed, ''any'' true sequel to ''Rayman 3''.