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* ''[[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate2024 Beyond Shadowgate (2024)]]'' - the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 CD [[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate1993 sequel]] to ''Shadowgate'', and a teased sequel to the 2014 remake of the original game. Why not consider it just a remake of said sequel, then? Because it stars the hero of ''[[VideoGame/Shadowgate64TrialsOfTheFourTowers Shadowgate 64]]'' instead.

* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' and its [[MarketBasedTitle overseas title]] ''Puyo Pop'': the former could refer to a 1991 UsefulNotes/MSX2 / {{Platform/Famicom}} game and a radically different [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo1992 1992 arcade game]], while the latter could refer to a 1999 Platform/NeoGeoPocket Color game, 2002 Platform/GameBoyAdvance [[VideoGame/PuyoPop2001 game]], or 2003 Platform/NGage game.

* ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood}}'' is a 1992 series, and a 2004 series.

* Music/TheCaretaker's ''Everywhere At The End Of Time: Stage 3'' has a track titled "An empty bliss beyond this world" after his 2011 album that was a precursor of sorts to the ''EATEOT'' series. The following track is called "Libet delay", another name reused from ''AEBBTW''.

* ''Tooth Invaders'' is a 1981 game for the Platform/Commodore64 and UsefulNotes/VIC20, and a 2013 MobilePhoneGame game by Luminov.

* ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' - Rebellion Developments has made not one, not two, but '''three''' separate games set in the same universe: ''Alien vs Predator'' (1994, UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar), ''Aliens versus Predator'' (1999, PC), and... ''Aliens versus Predator'' (2010, multiplatform). That's not even counting ''Alien vs Predator'' (1993, [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]), ''Alien vs. Predator'' (1994, [=CPS-2=] arcade), ''Alien vs. Predator'' (2004, mobile phone, made by Superscape) and ''Alien vs. Predator'' (2004, mobile phone, made by Wicked Witch).

* ''Cobra Command'' was the title of two different arcade games by Creator/DataEast. The first one was an animated laserdisc game released in 1984 (titled ''Thunder Storm'' in Japan) and ported many years later to the UsefulNotes/SegaCD. The other was a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up released in 1988, with a NES port that same year.

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Mother}} EarthBound]]'' - Nintendo of American planned to localize the original ''Mother'' for the NES under the title of ''Earth Bound'' (spelled as two words) in 1991, but then canceled it so they could focus all their marketing budget on the launch of the Super NES. They would reuse that title for the English version of ''Mother 2'', spelling it as one word (''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'') instead of two. When the NES prototype was leaked in the late [=1990's=], certain ROM hacks had the title screen altered to ''[=EarthBound=] Zero'' to distinguish it from its SNES sequel. When the original ''Mother'' was finally released on the UsefulNotes/WiiU Virtual Console, it was given the title of ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' overseas.

* ''VideoGame/KaoTheKangaroo'' - The first game published on the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast, UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance and PC, and its later 2022 sequel.

* ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' - The first on the UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} in 1999 and then in 2010 on the UsefulNotes/XBox360, UsefulNotes/{{PS3}} and {{PC}}.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' - Only outside Japan, where ''VideoGame/MetalGearGhostBabel'' (released for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor in 2000) was simply titled ''Metal Gear Solid'' in the west. This came out at a time when most popular console and PC games were accompanied by a reworked portable version. Most fans simply stick with the Japanese title though.
* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' - the original 1994 side-scrolling action shooter for the UsefulNotes/NeoGeo (which was ported to various platforms) or the 2006 3D third-person shooter released exclusively for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.

* ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' and its [[MarketBasedTitle overseas title]] ''Puyo Pop'': the former could refer to a 1991 UsefulNotes/MSX2 / {{UsefulNotes/Famicom}} game and a radically different [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo1992 1992 arcade game]], while the latter could refer to a 1999 UsefulNotes/NeoGeoPocket Color game, 2002 UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance [[VideoGame/PuyoPop2001 game]], or 2003 UsefulNotes/NGage game.

** In addition, there were two Samurai Shodown games for ''UsefulNotes/NeoGeo Pocket'': ''Samurai Shodown!'' and ''Samurai Shodown! 2'' (the exclamation marks are part of their titles).

* ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}'' - The 1987 side-scrolling action platformer for the arcade, the [[VideoGame/Shinobi2002 2002 3D action game]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, and a 2011 side-scrolling sequel for [=3DS=] (also known as ''Shinobi [=3D=]''). May also apply to ''The G.G. Shinobi'' for the UsefulNotes/GameGear, which was simply titled ''Shinobi'' on the American cover art (but still kept the original title in the actual game). Also applies to ''VideoGame/TheRevengeOfShinobi'', which was the title of the 1989 UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis sequel to the original ''Shinobi'', and an [[InNameOnly unrelated]] UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance game released in 2002 to cash-in on the above-mentioned [=PS2=] version.

* ''VideoGame/{{Superman|Atari 2600}}'' for UsefulNotes/Atari2600, ''Superman: The Game'' for Commodore 64, ''Superman'' for [=NES=], ''Superman'' for arcade, ''Superman'' for Sega Genesis, ''Superman'' for Game Boy, and ''Superman'' for Nintendo 64 are all different games, which is likely why the latter is almost universally called ''VideoGame/Superman64''. For good measure, there are also three different games called ''Superman: The Man of Steel''.

* ''Tooth Invaders'' is a 1981 game for the UsefulNotes/Commodore64 and UsefulNotes/VIC20, and a 2013 MobilePhoneGame game by Luminov.

* UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} - The "Xbox 1" used to be a common nickname for the original Xbox after the release of the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox 360}} until the unveiling of the actual UsefulNotes/XboxOne.

* ''Aliens: Colonial Marines'' was a cancelled 2002 game for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, unrelated to [[VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines the game released in 2013]].

* ''[[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto no Ken]]'' alone could refer to the manga, the anime TV series and the 1986 anime movie adaptation, as well as various videogames based on the franchise including a 1986 adventure game for the UsefulNotes/PC8801, two side-scrolling action games also released in 1986 (one for the [[UsefulNotes/MasterSystem Sega Mark III]] and the other for the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]]), the 1995 "interactive anime" game for the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn and UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}}, and the 2005 fighting game released for the Atomiswave arcade hardware (the later [=PS2=] port added a lenghthy subtitle to avoid confusion).

* ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' refers to [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch a 2002 animated film]], [[VideoGame/LiloAndStitchGameBoyAdvance its Game Boy Advance tie-in game]], the [[MarketBasedTitle American]] UsefulNotes/PlayStation title of a game normally subtitled ''[[VideoGame/LiloAndStitchTroubleInParadise Trouble in Paradise]]'', [[ComicStrip/ComicZoneLiloAndStitch a series of tie-in comics]] that were published in ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'', [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries a 2003 to 2006 animated series]],[[note]]though its full title is ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'', the title card uses just ''Lilo & Stitch'', no subtitle[[/note]] the [[MarketBasedTitle Japanese title]] to [[VideoGame/LiloAndStitch2HamstervielHavoc the 2004 standalone sequel of the GBA game]] ([[NoExportForYou they never got the first one]]), or the franchise as a whole.

* ''[[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate2023 Beyond Shadowgate]]'' - the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 CD [[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate1993 sequel]] to ''Shadowgate'', and a teased sequel to the 2014 remake of the original game. Why not consider it just a remake of said sequel, then? Because it stars the hero of ''[[VideoGame/Shadowgate64TrialsOfTheFourTowers Shadowgate 64]]'' instead.

** Virgin used the title ''Twilight of the Gods'' twice: A Second Doctor ''Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures'' novel by Christopher Bulis, and their final ''Franchise/BerniceSummerfield'' novel by Mark Clapham and Jon de Burgh Miller.

* The ''WesternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'' episode "Wrestle Maniacs" shares its title with an episode of ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo''. Interestingly, both series' episodes revolved around wrestling and featured characters voiced by Creator/JimCummings.

* ''Beyond VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}'' - the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 CD [[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate1993 sequel]] to ''Shadowgate'', and a teased sequel to the 2014 remake of the original game. Why not consider it just a remake of said sequel, then? Because it stars the hero of ''[[VideoGame/Shadowgate64TrialsOfTheFourTowers Shadowgate 64]]'' instead.

* ''Beyond VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}'' - the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 CD [[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate1993 sequel]] to ''Shadowgate'', and a teased sequel to the 2014 remake of the original game. Why not consider it just a remake of said sequel, then? Because it stars the hero of ''Shadowgate 64'' instead.

* ''Beyond VideoGame/{{Shadowgate}}'' - the UsefulNotes/TurboGrafx16 CD sequel to ''Shadowgate'', and a teased sequel to the 2014 remake of the original game. Why not consider it just a remake of said sequel, then? Because it stars the hero of ''Shadowgate 64'' instead.

** ''Gradius 2'' itself is called ''Nemesis 2'' in Europe...and there's the Game Boy game ''Gradius: The Interstellar Assault'', which is called ''Nemesis II'' in Japan and Europe, albeit subtitled ''The Return of the Hero'' in Europe.

* The name of the sequel to the 2016 ''Film/SuicideSquad''? ''Film/TheSuicideSquad''. This may have actually backfired, as audiences were reportedly confused by the decision and saw the much more critically approved film bomb at the box office.

* ''VideoGame/AtelierTotoriTheAdventurerOfArland'': As seen in the BGM selection, there's two songs called "Working!" only diffentiatable by the information that scrolls by when they're highlighted, marking them from ''VideoGame/AtelierMarie'' and ''VideoGame/AtelierElie''.

* ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark'' - [[VideoGame/AloneInTheDark2008 The fifth game]] is simply titled ''Alone in the Dark'' without a number.

* ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' - The original NES game, the Game Boy game, and the 1994 arcade game (which is sometimes referred to as ''Super Battletoads'' or ''Battletoads Arcade''). To make matters more confusing, there was a second Game Boy game titled ''Battletoads in Ragnarok's World'', which was actually a port of the NES version.

* ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' is a 2000 ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' comic, a [[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan 2005 video game]], and a [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 2012 animated series]].

* ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' is a 2006-2007 comic crossover. ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' does not adapt the comic story, but loosely carries the theme of superheroes fighting each other, especially Captain America and Iron Man fighting each other.

* ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' - Rebellion Developments has made not one, not two, but '''three''' separate games set in the same universe: ''Alien vs Predator'' (1994, UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar), ''Aliens versus Predator'' (1999, PC), and... ''Aliens versus Predator'' (2010, multiplatform). That's not even counting ''Alien vs Predator'' (1993, [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]]) and ''Alien vs. Predator'' (1994, [=CPS-2=] arcade). Note that the latter has a period after ''vs''! That makes it completely different.

Recycling titles became very common in the mid and late 2000s, and often include [[TheRemake remakes]], where the new work is explicitly a new version of the previous work. Re-imaginings, such as when a video game is released with significantly different versions on consoles and handhelds at the same time and with the same title, are borderline. Preventing the trademark from expiring may also be a factor.

* ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' - Rebellion Developments has made not one, not two, but '''three''' separate games set in the same universe: ''Alien vs. Predator'' (1994, UsefulNotes/AtariJaguar), ''Aliens versus Predator'' (1999, PC), and...''Aliens versus Predator'' (2010, multiplatform). That's not even counting the SNES and [=CPS2=] arcade versions, which are both titled ''Alien vs. Predator'' as well. Note that, unlike the above Jaguar game, this one ''has a period after vs''! That makes it completely different.

->''You know what future historians will say about us, right? "There were two very different games called ''Wolfenstein'' released in the same twenty year period and the second was not, strictly speaking, a remake of the first. From this, we conclude that the people of the early twenty-first century were taking the piss."''

* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' has the [[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles NES game]] and [[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheArcadeGame the arcade game]], both based on the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 first animated series]] and released roughly at the same time in 1989 (as such, the NES port of the arcade game was rebranded ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II'') and the 2003 multiplatform game by Creator/{{Konami}} based on the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 second animated series]]. The 2007 multiplatform game by Creator/{{Ubisoft}} based on the [[WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}} CGI film]] is simply titled ''TMNT'', much like the movie itself.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' ([[Film/StarTrek2009 reboot]]). ''Star Trek'' is already the original name of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries the first series]] and [[Franchise/StarTrek the franchise as a whole]]. The 2009 film is currently the only work in the ''Star Trek'' franchise to be officially known as ''Star Trek'' with no subtitle, as the series was retroactively renamed ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', and the first film had the full title of ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. Fans are calling it "''Star Trek 11''" or "''Star Trek 2009''" to differentiate it. To remedy this, some releases have called it ''Star Trek: The Future Begins''.
** Before ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'', there was a [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]] episode titled [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E15FirstContact First Contact]].
** Similarly, there was an episode of ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'' called "Nemesis" prior to ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''.

* ''Franchise/StarTrek'' averted this for most of its 50+ years of existence and 800+ different episodes, all with unique titles. They finally ended up reusing a title in 2021, when Series/StarTrekDiscovery aired an episode named "Anomaly", the same title as a 2003 episode of Series/StarTrekEnterprise.

** There was a ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' called "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E4Nemesis Nemesis]]" and a ''Next Generation'' movie called ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''.

** There was a ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode called "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E15FirstContact First Contact]]" and a ''Next Generation'' called ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''. There was also a ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' episode called "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS2E10FirstFirstContact First First Contact]]" and a ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'' episode called "[[Recap/StarTrekProdigyS1E7FirstContact First Con-tact]]".
** There was a ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' called "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E4Nemesis Nemesis]]" and a ''Next Generation movie called ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''.

** A fourth-season episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' is named "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E15FirstContact First Contact]]". The eighth Star Trek movie, also starring the ''Next Generation'' crew, is named ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact''. The second season finale of ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' is named "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS2E10FirstFirstContact First First Contact]]". A first-season episode of ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'' is named "[[Recap/StarTrekProdigyS1E7FirstContact First Con-tact]]".
** A fourth-season episode of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' is named "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E4Nemesis Nemesis]]". The 10th Star Trek movie is named ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''.

** The first episode of ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' is called "[[Recap/StarTrekStrangeNewWorldsS1E01StrangeNewWorlds Strange New Worlds]]". ''Strange New Worlds'' was also the name of a book series released once a year from 1998-2007(with an 11th book released as an ebook in 2016) that was a collection of Star Trek fan fiction short stories submitted as part of a contest. Also, there was an episode of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' called "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E04StrangeNewWorld Strange New World]]".