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| 5 | [[caption-width-right:350:To be fair, ''[[Anime/Pokemon2000 Pokémon: The Second Movie]]'' was already out in Japan.]] |
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| 7 | ->''"I mean, how cocky do you have to be to literally call your first movie THE FIRST MOVIE? It's like they knew they were gonna have a bajillion sequels so they decided to call it the FIRST movie just to make it easy for us. That's like naming the first [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]] movie, 'Lord of the Rings: Don't Worry, We're Gonna Have a SHIT Load of Sequels.'"'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''' on ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' |
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| 10 | Most franchises with NumberedSequels are like this: The first ever made has a title and the sequels just add numbers and/or subtitles in front of the title, like this: "Title", "Title 2", "Title 3", and if it's a prequel, sometimes it's [[EpisodeZeroTheBeginning "Title 0"]]. |
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| 12 | But an unusual case is when the first one is literally numbered the first, like "Title 1", or "Title One", or "Title I", or "Title: Part 1/One/I" or "Title: The First"; obviously, this is a sign that sequels are planned, or in development or even ready, thus avoiding {{Sequelitis}}. |
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| 14 | And of course, the worst part of this trope is when a sequel is never made and [[StillbornFranchise the first one remains as the only one]]. |
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| 16 | Sometimes we're talking about a work DividedForPublication; if it has a "Part 1/One/I" in the title because they want to divide a single story in parts to make it easier to follow or fit in the time schedule, keep that clear. There are also cases of when the title didn't have it originally, and then it was added as a {{Retronym}}; when adding examples, keep clear which titles were always called like this and which ones were renamed after the fact. |
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| 18 | A subtrope of TitleByNumber. See also TheOriginalSeries. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | '''It's a common practice in {{Fan Nickname}}s, but they don't count here.''' |
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| 22 | ---- |
| 23 | !!Examples: |
| 24 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 27 | * The first ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' movie is called ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st'', given that it's an adaptation of [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha the first season]]. |
| 28 | * ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'', the first one of a series of over 20 movies and still counting. Notably, it did not have the "First" in its title in Japanese (or most other languages); the decision to include this naming convention in the (informal) North American title was a safe one, though, since [[Anime/Pokemon2000 a second movie]] had been released in Japan months before the first one came to North America, [[Anime/Pokemon3 a third one]] was already in development, and the Pokémon franchise was in the height of its popularity, so it was safe to count on the sequels coming to North America as well. Either way, the proper English title was ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' (a direct translation of the Japanese title ''Mewtwo's Counterattack'') which means the whole issue just comes down to the dubbers (not the creators) adding an unnecessary "First Movie" tag to the title. |
| 29 | [[/folder]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | [[folder:Films -- Animated]] |
| 32 | * ''WesternAnimation/Dougs1stMovie''. There were plans for a sequel, but they fell through due to the scarce success of this movie. |
| 33 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Gumby}}: The Movie'' was alternatively called ''"Gumby 1"'' on the screen, but no sequels were ever made. |
| 34 | * The AnimatedAdaptation of the ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' books is titled ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpantsTheFirstEpicMovie'', to emulate the books being subtitled "the Nth epic novel". |
| 35 | * Inverted with ''WesternAnimation/TransformersOne'', which is the 8th film in the Film/TransformersFilmSeries, titled as such because it's the earliest chronological entry in its timeline. |
| 36 | [[/folder]] |
| 37 | |
| 38 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 39 | * 2021's ''Film/{{Dune|2021}}'' is subtitled ''Dune: Part One'' in the closing credits, since it's a case of DividedForAdaptation (though it's been largely advertised without that subtitle). ''Film/DunePartTwo'' followed. |
| 40 | * ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'': One example of when a sequel was never made; a sequel is even teased at the end, but it's okay since it was [[{{PlayedForLaughs}} only a joke]] and the producers [[SequelSnark never intended to make a sequel]] anyway. [[SequelGap Until it was eventually announced in 2021]] that a sequel series, ''Series/HistoryOfTheWorldPartII'', would be made for Creator/{{Hulu}}. |
| 41 | * ''Puppet Wars I: Curse of the Puppet Master'' was planned as the first part of a ''Film/PuppetMaster'' trilogy. After the movies were cancelled, footage was reused in ''Retro Puppet Master''. |
| 42 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' was widely promoted as ''Star Wars: Episode I''. [[SubvertedTrope However]], it was the fourth film produced in the series. The odd numbering stems from a broad storyline for the series outlined by Creator/GeorgeLucas after the success of 1977's ''Star Wars''. The original movie was retroactively titled ''[[Film/ANewHope Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope]]'', due to Lucas' desire to flesh out the backstory alluded to in the film. |
| 43 | * ''Film/KillBill: Volume 1'', being one half of a DividedForPublication movie. |
| 44 | * ''Film/TheHumanCentipede: First Sequence''. |
| 45 | * ''Che: Part One'', another movie divided in two parts, part two was made. |
| 46 | * ''Film/AtlasShrugged: Part I''. Despite the movie failing both on the critical reception and box office, Part II was made with a new cast, and, after a small time in DevelopmentHell after that ''also'' failed, was joined by Part III (''again'' with a different cast to the previous installments), completing the planned trilogy. |
| 47 | * The ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' spoof ''Film/Ricky1'', which never got a sequel. |
| 48 | * ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart1''. As per the seventh film installment in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' franchise. |
| 49 | * ''The Film/{{Twilight}} Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1''. Splitting the last book is becoming popular. |
| 50 | * ''Film/TheHungerGamesMockingjayPart1''. Very popular trend, indeed. |
| 51 | * ''Film/LoadedWeapon1''. They did plan for a sequel but it was considered a failure so the plan was scrapped. |
| 52 | * The awful Italian horror film ''Evil Clutch'' was originally titled ''"Il bosco 1"'', but it is not known if they ever wanted to make a Part 2. |
| 53 | * ''Film/KaamelottPremierVolet'' (TheMovie of ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'') is the first of a planned trilogy. "Premier Volet" means "First Installment" in French. |
| 54 | * ''Film/KamenRiderTheFirst'' - Not the first installment of the whole franchise, but a movie adaptation of [[Series/KamenRider the series]] that ''was''. The sequel was titled ''Film/KamenRiderTheNext''. |
| 55 | * ''Film/It2017'' shows its title screen at the start of the credits, where it appends ''Chapter One''. The book's movie adaptation was DividedForAdaptation. |
| 56 | * ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'' (2023) once had ''Part One'' in its title. The studio then decided [[https://screenrant.com/mission-impossible-8-release-date-delayed-may-2025/ to drop]] the "Deck Reckoning: Part Two" subtitle from the sequel after ''Part One'' underperformed at the box office, and dropped "Part One" from the film on streaming and [=VOD=]. |
| 57 | * ''Film/FirstBlood'' (1982) was retroactively titled "Rambo: First Blood Part I", as it was the kickstarter of the ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' series of films. |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 61 | * The first novel of Creator/MelisaMichaels' ''Skyrider'' series was published as ''Skyrider 1: Skirmish''. Amusingly, [[StoppedNumberingSequels none of the sequels had numbers]]. |
| 62 | * ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' has 13 books, the first is called ''The Bad Beginning'', with ''Book the First'' written on the cover. |
| 63 | * The Literature/StephaniePlum novels all have a number as part of their title, starting with ''One for the Money'', then ''Two For The Dough'' and ''Three To Get Deadly'' and so forth. |
| 64 | * ''"A" Is for Alibi'' of the Literature/KinseyMillhone series, while the title doesn't have a number, each book of the series starts with a letter in the title and they are ordered by the alphabet. |
| 65 | * As mentioned above, the first ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' book bore the subtitle "The first epic novel". |
| 66 | * ''Literature/IsaacAsimovPresentsGreatScienceFictionStoriesOf1939'': The first volume in a long series by Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/MartinHGreenberg. |
| 67 | * ''Literature/OutOfThisWorld'': Because the series was planned as a MultiVolumeWork from the beginning, the first volume was printed with a yellow 1 in the lower right corner of the front cover. |
| 68 | * ''Literature/IsaacAsimovTheCompleteStories'': Given the popularity of Dr Asimov, it was considered a good investment to try publishing all of his previously published works in a comprehensive format, which necessitated [[MultiVolumeWork multiple volumes]] to produce. The second volume was published fifteen months after the first volume. |
| 69 | [[/folder]] |
| 70 | |
| 71 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 72 | * Creator/{{Fox}} announced a channel named Fox Sports 1 (as a replacement for Speed Channel). With a number like that, sports fans must wonder if Fox can launch Fox Sports 2. Yes, Fox later announced Fox Sports 2 (as a replacement for extreme-sports channel Fuel TV), and both networks launched on the same day in 2013. (Naming the channel Fox Sports 1 gives it precedence above the regional Fox Sports channels.) They took the idea from sister company Creator/{{Sky}}, which labelled its sports nets as ''Sky Sports (number)'' until 2017, including channels 1-5; the special F1 channel, and Sky Sports News (HQ) are excluded. |
| 73 | * Creator/{{Sky}} itself was simply called "Sky Channel", but became Sky One in 1989; although there was Sky News and Sky Movies at the time, it would be seven years before there was a Sky Two. |
| 74 | * Canadian channel Sportsnet launched a national spin-off channel called Sportsnet One. |
| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 78 | * Music/BigStar - ''#1 Record'' |
| 79 | * Colosseum - ''Chapter 1: Delirium'' |
| 80 | * Music/FloRida - ''Only One Flo, Part One''. Even stranger that the intended sequel, ''Only One Rida, Part Two'' had its name changed to ''Wild Ones''. |
| 81 | * Music/{{Hurt}} - ''Vol. I''. Not actually their first album, but the first to get a major label release, and the earliest still widely available. They abandoned the numbered naming scheme after the follow-up, ''Vol. II''. |
| 82 | * Music/TheTravelingWilburys ''Vol. 1'' was titled that as a joke, because it was intended as a one-off project, and they assumed there wouldn't be any sequels. When they defied their own expectations and made a second album, they called it [[{{UnInstallment}} Traveling Wilburys]] ''[[{{UnInstallment}} Vol. 3]]''. |
| 83 | * Johnny Winter - ''First Winter'' |
| 84 | * Music/ZZTop - ''ZZ Top's First Album'' |
| 85 | * [[{{Music/MichaelJackson}} Michael Jackson]] - ''[=HIStory=]: Past, Present and Future, Book I'', ''Book II'' was never made, but there was ''Blood on the Dance Floor: [=HIStory=] in the Mix''. |
| 86 | * Music/{{The Sisters Of Mercy}} - ''Greatest Hits Volume 1: A Slight Case of Overbombing'', the last album they released. |
| 87 | * George Michael - ''Listen Without Prejudice, Vol. 1'', no ''Vol. 2'' ever made. |
| 88 | * The OC Supertones - ''Live, Vol. 1''. They meant to record at least one followup live album, but have yet to do so. |
| 89 | * Music/{{Shakira}} - ''Fijación Oral Vol. 1'', followed by ''Oral Fixation Vol. 2''. |
| 90 | * Music/{{Madness|Band}} had ''The Dangermen Sessions, Volume One''. There has been no Volume Two yet, but if they ever do another covers album it's quite likely they'll return to the title. |
| 91 | * Music/DavidBowie had ''1. Outside''. It was to have been the first in a series of concept albums, but he lost interest in the project. |
| 92 | * Music/BarenakedLadies - ''Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits 1991-2001''. |
| 93 | * Music/SuperFurryAnimals - ''Songbook: The Singles, Vol. 1'' |
| 94 | * Slot's debut album was, imaginatively enough, ''Slot1''. The rest of their primary (Russian-language) discography has followed a sequential trend (either with numbers or words alluding to them) ever since. |
| 95 | * {{Music/Eluveitie}}'s ''Evocation I - The Arcane Dominion'', their first acoustic album. They announced the sequel in 2012 but stopped talking about it the following year; they've since made other non-acoustic albums, but the fans are still waiting for ''Evocation II''. |
| 96 | * Music/DanielAmos: ''Music/{{Alarma}}: The Alarma Chronicles Volume 1''. They planned from the beginning for ''The Alarma Chronicles'' to be a four-album series--and they actually did follow through with it. |
| 97 | * The Music/DreamTheater song "Metropolis, Part 1: The Miracle and the Sleeper" was one of these, as they added the "Part 1" to the title as a joke, having no intention of making a part 2. Later on they created [[Music/MetropolisPt2ScenesFromAMemory an entire album]] to serve as a sequel. |
| 98 | * The music video for Music/ArianaGrande's "Dangerous Woman" was billed as "Visual 1", since she planned for an alternate music video for the song that is story driven and "weird". Due to lack of time, Visual 2 ended up being cancelled, with only a trailer for show. |
| 99 | [[/folder]] |
| 100 | |
| 101 | [[folder:Pinball]] |
| 102 | * ''Pinball/{{Orbitor 1}}'' |
| 103 | [[/folder]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 106 | * ''Diana Rising: Episode 1 ~Boppatsu~ Earthquake Reconstruction Charity - Day 1''. There was never a "rising" episode two, but episode 1 did last 8 days. ''Diana Dojo Show'' on the other hand exceeded 40, though they weren't consistently numbered.[[/folder]] |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 109 | * Parodied in ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue'' during a round of "Word for Word" (the "word disassociation game" where one team must exchange unconnected words whilst the other must buzz in if they spot a connection): |
| 110 | -->'''Barry:''' [''buzzing in''] Creosote Butterfly...Sixties rock band. \ |
| 111 | '''Jack:''' No, uh, I can't let you have that, Barry...I think you wouldn't be able to name one of their albums if I asked you. \ |
| 112 | '''Barry:''' ''Creosote Butterfly One''. \ |
| 113 | '''Jack:''' Apart from the eponymous first album, obviously. |
| 114 | [[/folder]] |
| 115 | |
| 116 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 117 | * ''[[{{VideoGame/Zork}} Zork I]]'', the first third of a game that was DividedForPublication. |
| 118 | * ''VideoGame/StarOceanFirstDeparture'', a remake of the first ''VideoGame/StarOcean1'' which didn't have that subtitle originally. |
| 119 | * The original Platform/PlayStation was [[ProductFacelift remodeled]] as the [=PSOne=], named as such because it was released at the same time as its successor, the Platform/PlayStation2. |
| 120 | * ''[[VideoGame/BarkleyShutUpAndJamGaiden Tales of Game's Presents Chef Boyardee's Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa]]'', it became another victim of being the only one when the sequel was cancelled in June 2021. |
| 121 | * On ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsArena'' title screen, the game is titled ''The Elder Scrolls Chapter One: The Arena''. |
| 122 | * ''Pryzm Chapter One: The Dark Unicorn'', thanks to low sales, a Chapter Two was never made. |
| 123 | * ''VideoGame/Nightshade1992'': Subtitled ''Part 1: The Claws of Sutekh'', no Part 2 ever made. |
| 124 | * ''[[VideoGame/HalfLife2 Half-Life 2: Episode One]]'' is an unusual example. It was the direct follow-up to the original ''Half-Life 2'' and was intended to be the first in a series of [[EpisodicGame episodic sequels]]. ''Half-Life 2: Episode Two'' was later made, but ''Half-Life 2: Episode Three'' [[{{Vaporware}} however]]... |
| 125 | ** The first ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' is available in a bundle together with ''Blue Shift'', ''Opposing Force'' and ''VideoGame/TeamFortressClassic'' as ''Half-Life 1 Anthology''. ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' has a similar bundle. |
| 126 | * ''[[{{VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog4}} Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I]]'', another episodic example, ''Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II'' was made but Sega doesn't have plans to make an Episode III. |
| 127 | ** The [[VideoGameRemake remake]] of the first ''{{Videogame/Sonic the Hedgehog|1}}'' is labelled on an Android launcher as ''Sonic 1''. |
| 128 | * ''Sentinel Worlds I: Future Magic'', once again a sequel was never made, but there was a SpiritualSuccessor. |
| 129 | * ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI'' was originally released in Japan for Famicom's Disk System add-on in 1986. When the game was re-released as a standard Famicom cartridge in 1993, it was retitled ''Zelda no Densetsu 1''. The game already called itself "''Legend of Zelda 1''" at the end of the second quest, so this wasn't a major stretch. |
| 130 | * ''VideoGame/{{Tobal}} No. 1''. A sequel was made, [[NoExportForYou but released only in Japan]]. |
| 131 | * ''J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: Volume 1'' for the Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem was to be the first in a series of adaptations of [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the books]] in video game form. The first installment bombed, so there was never a ''Volume 2''. |
| 132 | * ''escapeVektor: Chapter 1'' for the Platform/{{WiiWare}}, ''Chapter 2'' was never released, instead, just ''escapeVektor'' was released for the [[Platform/Nintendo3DS 3DS eShop]] with all the chapters. |
| 133 | * ''[[VideoGame/MathBlasterInSearchOfSpot Math Blaster Episode 1: In Search of Spot]]'' for [[Platform/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]], Platform/SegaGenesis and PC, followed by ''[[VideoGame/MathBlasterSecretOfTheLostCity Math Blaster Episode 2: Secret of the Lost City]]'', only for PC, and also many more ''[[VideoGame/BlasterSeries Blaster]]'' titles, the ''Episode 1'' wasn't even the first in the series. |
| 134 | * ''Rap Jam: Volume One'', a basketball game for the SNES featuring famous rappers as players, ''Volume Two'' was never made. |
| 135 | * ''The Journey Down: Chapter One'', another episodic game, only the Chapter One was made by far but more chapters should come soon. |
| 136 | * The first ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' was titled ''King's Quest'' and ''King's Quest: Quest for the Crown''. The VGA remake was titled ''King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown''. |
| 137 | * The VGA remake of ''Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards'' was titled ''Leisure Suit Larry 1: In the Land of the Lounge Lizards''. |
| 138 | * ''Lode Runner 1'' is a MobilePhoneGame in the style of the first ''VideoGame/LodeRunner''. |
| 139 | * The first ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'', after changing its title from ''Hero's Quest'', was titled ''Quest for Glory I: So You Want to Be a Hero'' in both EGA and VGA versions. |
| 140 | * The first ''VideoGame/SpaceQuest'' was released with the subtitle ''Chapter I – The Sarien Encounter''. The VGA remake was titled ''Space Quest I: Roger Wilco in the Sarien Encounter''. |
| 141 | * ''Star Saga: One - Beyond The Boundary'' preceded ''Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace''. |
| 142 | * The first ''VideoGame/{{Ultima|I}}'' was titled ''Ultima'', and later titled ''Ultima 1 - The Original'', and ''Ultima I - The First Age of Darkness''. |
| 143 | * Creator/TelltaleGames, a company specialized in episodic video games, has many, many examples: |
| 144 | ** ''[[VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam & Max Save the World]]'' ''- Episode 1: Culture Shock'' - Also, the first Sam & Max episodic game was [[{{Retronym}} originally called]] ''Sam & Max: Season One''. |
| 145 | ** ''Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - Episode 1: Ice Station Santa'' |
| 146 | ** ''Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse'' ''- Episode 1: The Penal Zone'' |
| 147 | ** ''VideoGame/StrongBadsCoolGameForAttractivePeople'' ''- Episode 1: Homestar Ruiner'' |
| 148 | ** ''VideoGame/WallaceAndGromitsGrandAdventures'' ''- Episode 1: Fright of the Bumblebees'' |
| 149 | ** ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'''':'' ''Chapter 1 - Launch of the Screaming Narwhal '' |
| 150 | ** ''VideoGame/HectorBadgeOfCarnage'' ''- Episode 1: We Negotiate with Terrorists'' |
| 151 | ** ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame'' ''- Episode 1: It's About Time'' |
| 152 | ** ''VideoGame/JurassicParkTheGame'' ''- Episode 1: The Intruder'' |
| 153 | ** ''[[Franchise/LawAndOrder Law & Order: Legacies]]'' ''- Episode 1: Revenge'' |
| 154 | ** ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead - Episode 1: A New Day'' |
| 155 | ** ''VideoGame/TheWolfAmongUs - Episode 1: Faith'' |
| 156 | * Examples from flash games: |
| 157 | ** ''VideoGame/TheSeveralJourneysOfReemus: [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/zeebarf/the-several-journeys-of-reemus-chapter-1 Chapter 1]]'' |
| 158 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/MrJinx/talesworth-adventure-ep-1 Talesworth Adventure Ep. 1]]'' |
| 159 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Pseudolonewolf/raider-episode-1 Raider: Episode 1]]'' |
| 160 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Fizzy/swords-sandals-1-gladiator Swords & Sandals 1: Gladiator]]'' |
| 161 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/joelesler/flagstaff-chapter-one Flagstaff: Chapter One]]'' |
| 162 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/pixelate/understanding-games-episode-1 Understanding Games: Episode 1]]'' |
| 163 | ** '' VideoGame/{{MARDEK}} RPG: [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Pseudolonewolf/mardek-rpg-chapter-1 Chapter 1]]'' |
| 164 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Hyptosis/hood-episode-1 Hood Episode 1]]'' |
| 165 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Myosotis}} [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/ImpendingRiot/myosotis-chapter-1 Chapter 1]]'' |
| 166 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/gabob/now-boarding-episode-1 Now Boarding: Episode 1]]'' |
| 167 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/keybol/belial-chapter-1 Belial: Chapter 1]]'' |
| 168 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/matakukos/path-of-honor-chapter-1 Path of Honor: Chapter 1]]'' |
| 169 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Hitcents/draw-a-stickman-episode-1 Draw a Stickman - Episode 1]]'' |
| 170 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/unmediocre/murloc-rpg-2-episode-1 Murloc RPG 2: Episode 1]]'' |
| 171 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/Lutgames/darkness-episode-1 Darkness Episode 1]]'' |
| 172 | ** ''VideoGame/CovertFront [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/MateuszSkutnik/covert-front-episode-1 episode 1]]'' |
| 173 | ** ''[[http://www.kongregate.com/games/ImpendingRiot/alice-is-dead-ep-1 Alice is Dead - Ep 1]]'' |
| 174 | ** ''VideoGame/WastedYouth, [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/GPStudios/wasted-youth-part-1 Part 1]]'' |
| 175 | * The original ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' was ported to the Game Boy Advance as ''Final Fight One''. Neither of the two SNES sequels was made available on the GBA. |
| 176 | * The flight simulator "Strike Fighters Gold" was originally released as "Strike Fighters: Project 1" in 2002. It was renamed "Strike Fighters Gold" in 2004, and fixed many of the problems present with the game's initial release. The developers later made a sequel in 2008 under the title "Strike Fighters 2". |
| 177 | * A few 2-in-1 video game compilations often follow a "Title 1 & 2" format, even if the original game itself is very rarely mentioned with the "1" in its official title |
| 178 | ** ''Franchise/DragonQuest [[VideoGame/DragonQuestI I]] & [[VideoGame/DragonQuestII II]]'', released for the Super Famicom and Game Boy Color. |
| 179 | ** ''Dragon Quest I, II & [[VideoGame/DragonQuestIII III]]'', released for the Wii. |
| 180 | ** ''Franchise/FinalFantasy [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI I]] & [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyII II]]'', released for the Famicom. |
| 181 | ** ''Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls'' for the Game Boy Advance. |
| 182 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Mother}} [[VideoGame/EarthboundBeginnings 1]]+[[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 2]]'', released for the Game Boy Advance |
| 183 | ** ''[[VideoGame/LikeADragon Ryu Ga Gotoku 1+2]]'' for the [=PS3=] and Wii U. |
| 184 | ** ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}} 1x2 RELOAD'' for the Platform/PlaystationVita. |
| 185 | ** ''VideoGame/MadouMonogatari 1-2-3'' for the Platform/{{MSX2}} and Platform/PC98. This was actually the ''original'' release of both, ''Madou Monogatari 1'' and ''3'', since a prototype version of ''2'' was released earlier as a bonus in a special Christmas-themed issue of Compile's ''Disk Station'' magazine. However, ''Madou Monogatari 1'' was the only that had a stand-alone port on all three of the 16-bit consoles (Super Famicom, Mega Drive and PC Engine) in Japan. |
| 186 | ** The mobile phone version of the original ''VideoGame/MetalGear1'' was sold as a bundle with [[VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake its sequel]] as ''METAL GEAR 1 & 2'' on Yahoo!'s Japanese mobile service. |
| 187 | ** ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp'', a combined remake of the two ''Advance Wars'' games released on the Platform/GameBoyAdvance, for the Platform/NintendoSwitch. |
| 188 | ** ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}} [[VideoGame/Pikmin2001 1]] + [[VideoGame/Pikmin2 2]]'' for the Nintendo Switch. |
| 189 | * Inverted with the Platform/XboxOne, which is the successor to the Platform/{{Xbox 360}} and the third generation of the Xbox consoles, not another name/model for the Original Platform/{{Xbox}}. By the way, the "Original" being capitalized there? That's Microsoft's official {{retronym}} for that console since the release of the Xbox One. |
| 190 | * Inverted with ''VideoGame/Battlefield1'', which is not another name for the original game in the ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' series, but is actually a title set in a [[RuleOfCool liberally-portayed]] UsefulNotes/WorldWarI. The first game of the series was ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942''. |
| 191 | * ''Insecticide Part 1'', was the first portion of a PC game that was {{divided for publication}}. However, ''Part 2'' was canceled due to the publisher [=GameCock=] being purchased by [=SouthPeak Games=]. A scaled-down version was released for the DS simply titled ''Insecticide'', that includes most of the content that was planned for ''Part 2'', but lacks the voice acting of the original PC version and the cinematics are just slideshows. To make up for this, the developers uploaded the cutscenes they made for the PC version on Platform/YouTube. |
| 192 | * The [=PlayStation=] and Nintendo DS ports of the original ''VideoGame/FrontMission1'' were released under title of ''Front Mission [=1st=]''. |
| 193 | * ''ESPN Extreme Games'', one of the North American launch titles for the original [=PlayStation=], was re-released as ''[=1Xtreme=]'' after Sony's license to use the Creator/{{ESPN}} branding expired (the game's sequel, ''[=2Xtreme=]'', was already released at that point). |
| 194 | * ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget: Mission 1 – Global Terror!'' for PC, which never had a sequel. |
| 195 | * ''Buriki One: World Grapple Tournament '99 in Tokyo'' |
| 196 | * ''Metal Slug: [=1st=] Mission'' and ''Fatal Fury: [=1st=] Contact'' were both Neo Geo Pocket games, but only the former got a sequel. |
| 197 | * The original ''VideoGame/{{Shenmue}}'' was subtitled in Japan ''Isshō: Yokosuka'', or "Chapter 1: Yokosuka". Sega's original plan was to sell the series as [[DividedForPublication serialized installments]], each set in a key location in the game's story, but this was abandoned in favor of having the sequels span several locations (hence why the second game was titled ''Shenmue II'' and not ''Shenmue Chapter 2''). |
| 198 | * ''VideoGame/StarGladiator Episode I: Final Contact''. The sequel, which was titled ''Star Gladiator 2'' in Japanese, was titled ''Plasma Sword'' internationally. |
| 199 | * ''Lagaf': Les Aventures de Moktar - Vol 1: La Zoubida'', better known as ''VideoGame/TitusTheFox''. A little explanation: Lagaf' is a French comedian who became a OneHitWonder with his song ''La Zoubida'', starring the titular girl and a guy named Moktar. Titus Software made a game about the song expecting Lagaf' to continue Moktar's story, but the man abandoned musical comedy so a "Vol. 2" was never made. |
| 200 | * The ZX Spectrum text adventure ''Metropolis 1''. The planned sequels never materialized. |
| 201 | * The first ''VideoGame/{{Repton}}'' game is titled ''Repton 1'' in the PC remake. |
| 202 | * The original ''VideoGame/{{Clock Tower|1995}}'' on the Super Famicom was retitled ''Clock Tower: The First Fear'' when it was ported to the [=PlayStation=]. [[NoExportForYou Neither version was officially localized]]. |
| 203 | * ''VideoGame/SeriousSam: The First Encounter'', which was followed by an expansion pack subtitled ''The Second Encounter'' and then years late a sequel named ''Serious Sam II''. |
| 204 | * ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Disgaea 1]]'' ''Complete'', the [[MilestoneCelebration 15th anniversary]] UpdatedRerelease of the game that started the series. The previous ports either changed the subtitle or were [[SuperTitle64Advance named after the system they were ported to]]. |
| 205 | * ''VideoGame/ParaParaParadise'' had a "1st Mix Plus" ExpansionPack release after the original. It did go onto have a 2nd Mix, but that was the last one. |
| 206 | * The ''VideoGame/{{Infamous}}'' series has a [[{{Pun}} sly]] case of this: ''Infamous: First Light'' is a stand-alone expansion to ''Infamous: Second Son'' that serves as a prequel to the events of said game (to make it clear: First and Second, geddit?). ''Second Son'' itself was the third game in the series, titled as such since it featured the first new protagonist. |
| 207 | * ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn''[='=]s logo was adjusted in marketing after the announcement of ''VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest'', including the dividing line having a roman numeral I in it to match ''Forbidden West''[='=]s II. It even appears when you have the game installed on Platform/PlayStation5! |
| 208 | * Animesque horizontal shmup ''[[https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/nandeyanen-the-1st-stra/mobyrank Nandeyanen!?]]: The 1st Sutra'' was intended to be the first chapter of a story, and it ends on a SequelHook, but it never had any following games. |
| 209 | * ''[[VideoGame/RType R-Type I]]'' for the PC Engine was actually just the first half of the ''R-Type'' [[DividedForPublication divided]] into a single [=HuCard=], with the later ''R-Type II'' on the PC Engine (not to be confused for a port of the actual ''R-Type II'' arcade game) containing the latter half. Both halves were later released as a single larger capacity [=HuCard=] for the U.S. market and the real ''R-Type II'' would be ported to the Super NES instead as ''Super R-Type''. |
| 210 | * The {{remaster}} of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' for Platform/PlayStation5 and PC is titled ''"The Last of Us Part I"'' for consistency with the sequel ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII''. |
| 211 | * Inverted with ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'', which is the 12th game in the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' series, titled as such because it's a ContinuityReboot caused by a CosmicRetcon. The actual first game is titled just ''VideoGame/{{Mortal Kombat|1992}}''... which has also been given an official alternate title of "Mortal Kombat 1" by Warner Bros. themselves on Platform/GOGDotCom, even after the reveal of ''Mortal Kombat 1''. These days, fans are forced to refer to the first game by nicknames along the lines of "the original ''Mortal Kombat''." |
| 212 | * ''VideoGame/JakX'' has legacy skins for Jak from the preceding ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'' games, wherein the ''VideoGame/{{Jak II|Renegade}}'' and ''VideoGame/Jak3'' versions of him are named after the games they appear. So what did they call the skin from the first game, ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy''? "Jak One". This establishes a RunningGag where the main ''Jak'' games are all numbered differently, using a word, a Roman numeral and an Arabic number. |
| 213 | * The first installment of the ''VideoGame/DragonSlayer'' series, originally developed by Creator/NihonFalcom and released for the [[Platform/{{PC88}} NEC PC-8801]] in 1984, was ported to the Platform/GameBoy in 1990 by toy maker Epoch under the title of ''Dragon Slayer I''. Epoch had previously ported ''Dragon Slayer'' to their failed Super Cassette Vision console in 1986 in notably one of the first game cartridges to use battery-backed saves, but the Game Boy port came out long after some of the game's sequels (namely ''VideoGame/{{Faxanadu}}'', ''Romancia'' and ''VideoGame/LegacyOfTheWizard'' on the Famicom/NES and ''Sorcerian'' on the Mega Drive) had been ported to other consoles. |
| 214 | * ''VideoGame/{{Lisa}}'': following the release of ''LISA: The Painful'', the adventure game originally titled ''LISA'' in 2012 was renamed ''LISA: The First''. |
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| 216 | |
| 217 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 218 | * Standard procedure on Website/TVTropes when a series that doesn't qualify for the Franchise namespace shares a name with its first installment is to trope the series at "[=Medium.WorkName=]" and the first installment at "[=Medium.WorkName1=]". The "1" on the latter page is usually removed via Administrivia/{{the custom title system}}, but sometimes nobody bothers.[[note]]In the case of [[SimilarlyNamedWorks two works with the same name]], some other disambiguation is used instead, often the release year.[[/note]] |
| 219 | [[/folder]] |
| 220 | |
| 221 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 222 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': |
| 223 | ** "Viewer Mail #1," which was the last episode before it was cancelled the first time. [[SequelGap It would be ten years before there was a "Viewer Mail #2."]] |
| 224 | ** This trope as it pertains to UsefulNotes/WorldWarI was spoofed in the episode "High School English", in which a character from the 1920s [[AnachronismStew anachronistically refers to World War I as such]] (before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, it was just called "The Great War".) |
| 225 | --->"[[LampshadeHanging Wait, why is he calling it that?]] [[OhCrap Is there gonna be ANOTHER big war?]]" |
| 226 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has "Anthology of Interest 1" in season 2 in anticipation of yearly instalments; the series only got to 2 (in season 3 out of the original 4-season run). (The general idea of an annual triplet of non-canonical stories like the original A.O.I.s came back in the four Comedy Central half-seasons, almost always before a hiatus, but didn't use the same title scheme or framing device.) |
| 227 | [[/folder]] |
| 228 | |
| 229 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 230 | * UsefulNotes/WorldWarI (formerly "The Great War") got this name when UsefulNotes/WorldWarII came by, but some people called it the "The First World War" before. However, this can also be interpreted as "There have been many wars, but this is the first ''world'' war." The UsefulNotes/WarOfTheSpanishSuccession had also been called "the first world war" before the big one. |
| 231 | * Almost all monarchs and rulers don't get to become [[KingBobTheNth "the First"]] until there's a second. [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope John Paul I]], however, did use "the First" in his title, and actually signed his name ''Ioannes Paulus Primus''. In contrast, Pope Francis, the only other pope in a thousand years with an original papal name, won't be Pope Francis I until there's a Francis II. |
| 232 | * Tech products usually don't become the "first generation" until a second generation version is released, but some are sold as this from the beginning such as the Nexus One and Nothing Phone (1) smartphones. |
| 233 | * Red Digital Cinema's first camera was the Red One, and their first (and likely only) cell phone was the Hydrogen One. |
| 234 | [[/folder]] |
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