# Movies with titles that sound like they're sequels, but they aren't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [May 30, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002 "2025-05-30T12:17:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002/41 "2025-05-30T20:14:58Z")
**We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story** ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002/42 "2025-05-30T20:19:24Z")
A recent one: Mickey 17 ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002/43 "2025-05-30T20:27:31Z")
I was really disappointed when I found out [Manson Family Vacation](https://youtu.be/_XvmjtuvTpI?si=Tr6Bou_JN6GWgCaG) wasn’t part of the Chevy Chase franchise ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002/44 "2025-05-30T20:39:37Z")
David Letterman joked that he hadn’t seen _Apollo 13_ because he hadn’t watched the first 12. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002/45 "2025-05-30T21:41:00Z")
**Next** isn’t a sequel to **Previously** ---
**Author:** ![phs3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phs3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phs3)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002/46 "2025-05-31T00:10:03Z")
My daughter and I had a game we’d play called “inappropriate double features”. Those two “28 Days” were one of them. “Slap Shot!” and “Face Off” was another. There are lots more good ones. Back to the topic at hand, how about “Leonard Part 6”? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002/47 "2025-05-31T03:28:48Z")
**[Super 8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_8_(2011_film))** is not a sequel to **[Super](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_(2010_American_film))**. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002/48 "2025-05-31T05:05:32Z")
**Brideshead Revisited** is not a sequel to _Brideshead_. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002/49 "2025-05-31T05:39:42Z")
**Never Say Never Again** Not a sequel to… yep. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002/50 "2025-05-31T07:21:09Z")
**The Day After Tomorrow** isn’t a sequel to **The Day Tomorrow** ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002/51 "2025-05-31T13:57:20Z")
**Hello Again** Shelley Long movie; not a sequel to **Hello**. There are many movies with the name **Hello Again** , maybe one of _them_ is a sequel to something. ---
**Author:** ![f.coli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@f.coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/f.coli)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002/52 "2025-05-31T16:29:55Z")
_Spawn of the Slithis_ is not a sequel to _Slithis_. In fact, the movie was released under both names, depending on location. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-with-titles-that-sound-like-theyre-sequels-but-they-arent/1019002.md?page=2)