History Main / SequelHook

* ''XXx: State Of Union'' ends with Gibbs entering an elevator while discussing with his anxious attendants who he has in mind for the next candidate for the xXx position.

* The [[Film/{{Godzilla}} 1998 American remake]] of ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' ended with a shot of a single left-over Godzilla egg preparing to hatch. The film was intended as the first chapter of a trilogy; as it bombed, however, no sequels were made (at least, not in America). The hook did figure into the premise of the AnimatedAdaptation ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries'', however.

** ''HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince'' ends with Harry deciding to [[spoiler: leave Hogwarts to find and destroy the Horcruxes that will make Voldemort vulnerable]], which tells the reader that the series' traditional formula will be thrown by the wayside for the final installment.

* ''{{Slither}}'' ends with a post-credits scene of the alien NotQuiteDead and infecting a cat. [[NeedsMoreLove Sadly]], the film didn't do well enough at the box-office to get a sequel.

* ''TheOtherGuys'' ends with [[spoiler: the BigBad still at large and rather ominously telling us that "soon, Lendl will be ''everywhere!''" (Lendl is the corporation she runs).]] It's difficult to say if this was an intentional sequel hook, but it certainly makes for a good jumping-off point for a sequel.

* The Musketeer (a 2001 adaptation of Literature/TheThreeMusketeers) ends with D'Artagnan whispering the Hook into the ear of Cardinal Richelieu: "Bless me Father, for I will sin. One night, I will come for you."

* The trope image is from ''Film/MacAndMe'', which ended with the eponymous alien and his family becoming U.S. citizens and driving off in a car with a sign on the back with a big pink bubble showing up at the end saying "[[HilariousInHindsight We'll be back!]]". Thankfully, this was ''not'' followed through with due to the movie's box office failure. Mind you, this is the same movie that shamelessly featured {{product placement}}s up the wazoo.

* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' ends the series with a delegation led to a convention of most of, if not all, of the Spiral races in the galaxy. Considering the fight of the last episode, it's unlikely, but if anything can top Gurren Lagann, it will be Gurren Lagann. [[spoiler:Not to mention the fact that the fate of practically all the secondary characters other than Rossiu, Leeron, Gimmy, and Darry is left unknown. Controversy rages about a sequel; if it would ruin the series or not.]] However, the series has gone on to produce many parallel works in manga, and in fact has a manga serialization ongoing, as well as a parody manga that features the main cast [[HighSchoolAU in a modern high school]].

* [[FanFic/HardReset Hard Reset]] dangles one of these by way of a CrypticConversation.

* ''FanFic/JusticeLeagueOfEquestria'': ''Mare of Steel'' ends with two. First, there's the fact that [[spoiler: [[LexLuthor Silversmith]] is still free, and has samples of Supermare's DNA to experiment on]]. More importantly, the last scene shows [[spoiler: [[BiggerBad Darkseid]] opening a boomtube to Equestria]], setting the stage for the main ''Justice League of Equestria'' story.

* ''Post Nuptials'', the first story of ''FanFic/TheNuptialverse'', deals with the emotional fallout of Twilight's friends not believing her in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E26ACanterlotWeddingPart2 A Canterlot Wedding]]", and while most of it is dealt with, Spike still feels incredibly guilty and won't speak to Twilight. Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash senses something is wrong with Scootaloo, and Pinkie is dealing with her own family issues. All of these problems are dealt with in the sequel "Families".

* ''Fanfic/FaithAndDoubt'' ends with the words 'End of Volume 1' and credits. It then cuts to the five remaining elements of harmony discussing their plans to invade Equestria and take over the bodies of the Bearers.
** The sequel, The Abundance, does it again: Everything is wrapped up and the characters get a happy ending... except Princess Celestia and Luna's adopted father, Lord Tydal, escapes from the afterlife to warn them that the precursors to the ponies are coming and will be bringing hellfire with them.

* The end of ''RedDragon'' (movie only) could count as a prequel hook: [[TheSilenceOfTheLambs A young, female FBI agent wants to talk to Dr. Lecter.]]

* Each book in J.R. Ward's crack-like ''BlackDaggerBrotherhood'' series features a Sequel Hook embedded as the B- or C-plot of the current book. You'll be fiending for the next book before you've even finished the one you're on.

* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' ends with Maeby meeting with director RonHoward and pitching the story of her family as a TV show. In an obvious bit of foreshadowing, the final line of dialogue has Howard saying the story might work better as a movie. Sure enough, the series has been UnCancelled for one final season with a movie acting as the GrandFinale.

* ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' ended with a shot of Conan as the king. This was eventually followed up in ''AgeOfConan'''s intro, which shows King Conan sparring with one of his spies and planning for war.

* A title at the end of ''The Sword and the Sorcerer'' announces that its sequel would be called ''Tales of the Ancient Empire''. It was never produced.

** There's also ''Comicbook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderThePromise'', a graphic novel {{Interquel}} trilogy set one year after the end of the War; in first installment, we discover the end of the conversation started by the above hook - which answers ''absolutely nothing''. [[spoiler:It even ends with the ''exact same'' sequel hook, only Zuko is now asking Azula about Mom instead of Ozai.]] Thankfully, the ''next'' comic interquel, ''The Search'', is being advertised with this plot hook as its central premise, so we'll finally get some closure.