# Worst sequel title? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 5, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504 "2024-03-05T20:04:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/1 "2024-03-05T20:04:08Z")
With Final Destination: Bloodlines now filming, I saw it posed, “Has a good sequel ever been made with the title Bloodlines in it?” I don’t know the answer to the above question, but it got me wondering what sequels have the worst titles? Attack of the Clones? Subtitles are obviously included. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/2 "2024-03-05T20:06:52Z")
Anything with a “2” after the name. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/3 "2024-03-05T21:41:14Z")
I assume that includes anything with a “2: Electric Boogaloo” after the name? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/4 "2024-03-05T22:14:53Z")
I’m looking forward to **Final Destination: _Not All That Final After All_…** ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/5 "2024-03-05T22:18:07Z")
I’m still looking forward to: - [Jews in Space](https://youtu.be/ZAZhtT-dUyo) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/6 "2024-03-05T22:18:47Z")
No, 2: Electric Boogaloo is the perfect sequel title. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/7 "2024-03-05T22:26:15Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I’m still looking forward to: > > - [Jews in Space](https://youtu.be/ZAZhtT-dUyo) Did you watch History of the World Part 2? I think they did circle back around to this. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/8 "2024-03-05T22:43:16Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Did you watch History of the World Part 2? I did not! How did I miss that? Now I have to go find that and watch it. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/9 "2024-03-05T22:48:35Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Attack of the Clones? The previous one was even worse. Is it a phantom-y menace, or a literal menacing phantom, or an illusionary menace? Even after having watched the film (many years on now) I still have no idea. I hate lamely vague ambiguous titles. [Have the same issue with The Phantom Creeps; just a lone sneaky phantom, or a bunch of insubstantial creeps?] ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/10 "2024-03-05T23:07:21Z")
How about _The Adventures of Captain Africa_? So named because, **after** they began filming, they discovered that they had lost the rights to use the Phantom character. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/11 "2024-03-06T01:09:08Z")
As an aside, my dad used to work for the movie companies (many of them). He got me an advertisement for “Revenge of the Jedi.” It was printed on heavy paper and unfolded to quite a size. Really nice, professional stuff. Then they changed the name of the movie to “Return of the Jedi” because they felt Jedi were not vengeful. Of course, teenage me didn’t treat it with the respect it deserved and it was lost long ago. Might have been worth something today as a collector’s item (dunno, I never checked). ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/12 "2024-03-06T01:15:37Z")
Considering that the few items (action figures etc) that made it to production are indeed highly sought after and worth considerably more than their Return versions, it’s a safe bet. Back To The OP Friday The 13 Part (I think) 4- The Final Friday. It was not in fact the final Friday. ETA I misremembered. [Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087298/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_7_tt_8_nm_0_q_friday%2520the%252013) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/13 "2024-03-06T01:22:09Z")
I’ll nominate: - [Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231580/) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/14 "2024-03-06T01:25:54Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Friday The 13 Part (I think) 4- The Final Friday. Part VIII was called “Jason Takes Manhattan” Thing is, he goes to New York for about 20 minutes at the end. Should have been called “Jason Takes A Boat”. And they take the boat from Camp Crystal Lake…to NY. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/15 "2024-03-06T01:41:54Z")
Apollo 18. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/16 "2024-03-06T01:47:09Z")
[Leonard Part 6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Part_6) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/17 "2024-03-06T02:05:50Z")
**I Still Know What You Did Last Summer**. As Roger Ebert pointed out, it takes place a year after the first film and thus should have been called **I Still Know What You Did the Summer Before Last**. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/18 "2024-03-06T02:14:59Z")
Ebert also thought Jason X was hilarious. He ends with: > [@](#): > > I left the movie knowing one thing for sure: There will be a “Jason XI”–or, given the IQ level of the series, “Jason X, Part 2.” ---
**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:** [March 6, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/19 "2024-03-06T02:15:25Z")
I think all the sequel titles to _First Blood_ are pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504/20 "2024-03-06T02:28:23Z")
Ya gotta give the Sharknado franchise credit for steering into the skid with bad sequel titles. Sharknado 2: The Second One Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens Sharknado 5: Global Swarming Sharknado: Heart of Sharkness Sharknado: Feeding Frenzy Sharknado vs. Leprechaun The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-sequel-title/998504.md?page=2)