| 1 | [[quoteright:300:[[Franchise/MyLittlePony https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mlp_posters.png]]]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986 Same]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 title.]] Not the same movie.]] |
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| 4 | ->''"You know what future historians will say about us, right? 'There were two very different games called ''VideoGame/{{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.'"'' |
| 5 | -->-- '''[[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]]''', ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Coming up with a good title for a new work is hard. No wonder so many people just take the lazy way out and [[NumberedSequels just stick a number on the end]]. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Of course, if you're ''really'' lazy, you could not bother with even the number, let alone a subtitle, and give the latest release in your series the same name as an earlier one -- usually, the first installment, which will typically also be the series name. A variation includes (de-)pluralizing the previous title, or dropping the adjectives. Fans will typically give the later work a FanNickname. |
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| 11 | 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 [[ReformulatedGame 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. |
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| 13 | Often used when it might be embarrassing for the producers to admit how many times they've milked this particular CashCowFranchise. It may also be an attempt to bring in newcomers who [[ArchivePanic don't want to catch up with all the past installments]], since a title like ''Hero Spies IV: [[RevengeOfTheSequel Avenging the Aftermath]]'' sounds like it might leave non-fans lost. |
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| 15 | A SuperTrope to TitleDropAnthology, where the title from one of the stories is used to name the anthology. See also SimilarlyNamedWorks, which is when two or more entirely unrelated works happen to share the same title. |
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| 17 | ---- |
| 18 | !!Examples: |
| 19 | |
| 20 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 21 | |
| 22 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 23 | * For the ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', the [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries original 1997 anime]], the [[Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries 2019 anime]], and the [[Anime/PokemonHorizonsTheSeries 2023 anime]] are just titled as ''Pocket Monsters'' in the Japanese version. There is no issue for [[MarketBasedTitle outside Japan]], as there its been using NewSeasonNewName so the 2019 series in English speaking regions was retitled as ''Pokémon Journeys'' and the 2023 series was retitled as ''Pokémon Horizons''. |
| 24 | [[/folder]] |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[folder: Arts]] |
| 27 | * ''Girl with a Pearl Earring'' first named a [[Art/GirlWithAPearlEarring painting]] which then inspired (title and all) a [[Literature/GirlWithAPearlEarring book]] and a [[Film/GirlWithAPearlEarring movie]]. |
| 28 | * ''Art/TheLadyOfShalottHolmanHunt'' (1905): Much like Waterhouse's ''Art/{{The Lady of Shalott|Waterhouse}}'' (1888 ), it's a FanArt of Creator/AlfredLordTennyson's eponymous poem about the story of Lady Elaine of Astalot in the Myth/ArthurianLegend. |
| 29 | * Due to UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance and Neoclassicist ArtImitatesArt trend, new artists recycle the old masters' titles when reinterpreting their works. As such, we have plenty of ''The Birth of Venus'' {{paintings}}. [[Art/TheBirthOfVenusBotticelli One]] by Creator/SandroBotticelli in 1486, [[Art/TheBirthOfVenusCabanel another]] by Creator/AlexandreCabanel, and [[Art/TheBirthOfVenusBouguereau one]] by Creator/WilliamAdolpheBouguereau in 1879. |
| 30 | [[/folder]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 33 | * Seasons 1 and 3 of ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'' both have episodes called "Reward" and "Wig". |
| 34 | * Occasionally ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'' uses episode titles that are similar to, if not the exact same as previous episodes. Sometimes they will slightly change the title by using a different word with the same meaning. For example, episode 122 and ''Happy, Happy, Bang! Bang!'' episode 15 are both titled "Saving Wolffy", despite being different episodes. |
| 35 | [[/folder]] |
| 36 | |
| 37 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 38 | * In the ComicBook industry, recycled titles are a common method for companies to maintain MediaNotes/{{trademark}}s, especially Creator/MarvelComics and Creator/DCComics. When a new series is introduced with the same title as an older series, it will share the same title and be known as the next volume of that series, but the numbering may reset at a later date as if it were continuing the numbering of the earlier series, so the series is alternately presented as both a newer series and an older series. This can be played with further when the series changes its title to something else during its run, and later spinoffs and mini-series are introduced based on the different title while the original title resumes. The titles of spinoffs and miniseries may be further recycled, sometimes with little to no connection to the prior story. |
| 39 | * The 2013 trade ''Avengers vs. Thanos'' reprints the original two ComicBook/{{Thanos}} story arcs from the 1970s (which, [[NeverTrustATitle contrary to the title]], primarily star ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} and [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]], respectively). The 2018 trade ''Avengers vs. Thanos'' reprints {{Comic Book Adaptation}}s of episodes of ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble''. |
| 40 | * ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' is a 1999 series, a 2003 series, a 2006 series, and a 2008 series. |
| 41 | * Creator/DCComics has: |
| 42 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2000}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2009}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl|2011}}'', and ''[[ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth Batgirl]]''. |
| 43 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl|1972}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl|1982}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl|2005}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl|2011}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl|Rebirth}}'', featuring ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}. |
| 44 | ** ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'' and ''[[ComicBook/BatwomanRebirth Batwoman]]''. |
| 45 | * ''Astonishing X-Men'' replaced the title of ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' during ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse''. ''Astonishing X-Men'' was also a 1999 limited series, a 2004 [[ComicBook/AstonishingXMen ongoing series]] by Creator/JossWhedon, and a [[ComicBook/AstonishingXMen2017 2017 series]]. |
| 46 | * ''Captain America and the Falcon'' was the title of ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' starting from issue #117. ''Captain America and the Falcon'' was also a 2004-2005 series. |
| 47 | * ''Daredevil: The Man Without Fear'' was the tagline on the ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' ongoing series. There was also a 1993 miniseries, ''Daredevil: The Man Without Fear''. |
| 48 | * ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' is a 1988 series, 2001 miniseries, 2004 series, and [[ComicBook/Excalibur2019 2019]] series. |
| 49 | * ''Fantastic Force'' is a 90s ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' spinoff and a 2009 miniseries. |
| 50 | * ''Fantasy Masterpieces'' is a 1966 comic and a 1979 comic. |
| 51 | * ''[[ComicBook/Gen13 Gen¹³]]'' is a 1994 miniseries and a 1994 series, a 2002 series, and a 2006 series. |
| 52 | * ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' is a 1994 comic, and a 2017 comic. |
| 53 | * ''ComicBook/{{Glory}}'' is a 1993 series, a 1999 series, and a 2012 series. |
| 54 | * ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' is a 1990 comic. A new ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' began in 2008 and 2013. |
| 55 | * ''Journey into Mystery'', a 1952 comic, ended with issue #125 and became ''Thor'' with issue #126. A second ''Journey into Mystery'' started in 1972. In 1996-1998, ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' became ''Journey into Mystery'' from issue #503-521. In 2010, ''Thor'' became ''Journey into Mystery'' from issues #622-655. |
| 56 | * ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'' is a 1997 series by Creator/ChaosComics, and a 2010 series by Creator/AvatarPress/Boundless Comics. |
| 57 | * ''Marvel Comics Presents'' is a 1988-1995 series, and a 2007-2009 series. |
| 58 | * ''ComicBook/MarvelNOW'' is a 2012 and [[ComicBook/MarvelNOW2016 2016]] Marvel tagline. |
| 59 | * Perhaps by mistake, two of the stories in a single issue of ''Comicbook/MillieTheModel'' were both titled "Beauty at the Beach". |
| 60 | * ''ComicBook/NewMutants'' is a 1982 series, a 2004 series that became ''ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX'', a 2009 series, and a [[ComicBook/NewMutants2019 2019]] series. |
| 61 | * ''ComicBook/OldManLogan'' is a 2008 ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' storyline, a ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' miniseries, and a 2017 series. |
| 62 | * ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' was known as ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' in 2001. Another series, ''ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX'', was titled ''New X-Men'' from issues #20-46. |
| 63 | * ''Phoenix Resurrection'' is a 1995 storyline about the Phoenix Force traveling to the Ultraverse, and a 2007 miniseries about Jean Grey's return. |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/{{Prophet}}'' is a 1992 series, and a 2012 series. |
| 65 | * ''Punisher War Journal'' is a 1988 series and a 2007 series. |
| 66 | * ''ComicBook/SecretWarriors'' is a 2009 series and a [[ComicBook/SecretWarriors2017 2017 series]]. |
| 67 | * ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' features a whole many recycled titles, including ''Planet Hulk'', ''Future Imperfect'', ''Age of Apocalypse'', ''The New Warriors'', ''Armor Wars'', ''Spider-Island'', ''Marvel 1602'', ''Squadron Supreme'', ''Spider-Verse'', ''Marvel Zombies'', ''Runaways'', ''Civil War'', ''House of M'', ''E Is for Extinction'', ''Inferno'', ''Infinity Gauntlet'', ''Korvac Saga'', and ''X-Tinction Agenda''. |
| 68 | * ''The Sensational Spider-Man'' was a 1996-1998 series. ''Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' was retitled ''The Sensational Spider-Man'' from issues #23-41. Another series titled ''Marvel Knights: Spider-Man'' ran from 2013-2014. |
| 69 | * As of 2023, ''ComicBook/{{Silk}}'' has been used for five different Creator/MarvelComics comic series starring the titular superhero (two in 2015, one in 2021, one in 2022 and one in 2023). Most were eventually given a {{Retronym}} to help disambiguate them when collected editions were published. |
| 70 | * ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'' is a 1969 series by Warren; a 1992 miniseries, 1997 series, and 2001 series by Harris Comics; and a 2010, 2014, 2016, and 2017 series by Creator/DynamiteComics. |
| 71 | * ''Web of Spider-Man'' ran from 1985-1995. Another ''Web of Spider-Man'' ran from 2009-2010, replacing ''Spider-Man Family'' and ''The Amazing Spider-Man Family''. |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'' was a 1982 limited series. It was followed by a regular series starting in 1988, titled ''Wolverine''. |
| 73 | * ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'' was known as ''The X-Men'' until issue #49, and ''X-Men'' until #113. The ''Uncanny X-Men'' title was re-used in [[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2011 2011]], [[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2013 2013]], [[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2016 2015]], and [[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2018 2018]]. A second series titled ''X-Men'' (given the FanNickname ''Adjectiveless X-Men''), began in 1991, with a second volume in 2010 and a third volume in 2019. |
| 74 | * ''ComicBook/XFactor'' is a 1986 series, 2002 miniseries, a [[ComicBook/XFactor2006 2006]] series, and a [[ComicBook/XFactor2020 2020]] series. |
| 75 | * ''ComicBook/XForce'' is a 1991 series, 2004 miniseries, 2008 series, [[ComicBook/XForce2013 2014]] series, [[ComicBook/XForce2018 2018]] series, and [[ComicBook/XForce2019 2019]] series. |
| 76 | * ''X-Men Forever'' is a 2001 ''ComicBook/XMen'' series. ''X-Men Forever'' is also a 2009 and 2010 series set in an alternate universe. |
| 77 | * ''X-Men Prime'' is a tie-in to ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' and a tie-in to ''ComicBook/{{Resurrxion}}''. |
| 78 | * ''X-Men Unlimited'' is a 1993 series and a 2004 series. |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/XOManowar'' is a 1992 series, a 1996 series, and a 2012 series. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/YoungbloodImageComics'' is a 1992 series, and a 2004 series. |
| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 84 | * ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Two uses of "Ultimatum", because it happens twice: [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/page-2#post-6355697 First]], [[https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/dungeon-keeper-ami-sailor-moon-dungeon-keeper-story-only-thread.30066/page-8#post-6772775 Second]]. |
| 85 | [[/folder]] |
| 86 | |
| 87 | [[folder:Film]] |
| 88 | * ''Film/{{Serenity}}'' is the most overworked title around: it's TheMovie, the pilot episode, the ship, and the comic miniseries (later reprinted with the subtitle "Those Left Behind"). Because Fox owns the name ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', Creator/JossWhedon seems determined not to use it for anything but the actual show.[[note]]And then ''Film/{{Serenity 2019}}'', a film unrelated to the franchise, was released in 2019.[[/note]] |
| 89 | * ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'': |
| 90 | ** In Japan, ''Film/TheReturnOfGodzilla'' was "Gojira" just as [[Film/{{Gojira}} the original film]]. |
| 91 | ** The series also has entries titled ''Film/MothraVsGodzilla'', ''[[Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'', ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'', ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'', ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla''. |
| 92 | ** Other films with just the title ''Godzilla'' include ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'' (not part of any continuity) and ''Film/Godzilla2014'' (set in the Film/MonsterVerse). |
| 93 | ** ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' is either the [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956 Americanized version]] of the original ''Godzilla'', or [[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 the sequel]] to ''Godzilla (2014)''. |
| 94 | * The prequel to ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'' is called ''Film/{{The Thing|2011}}''. The video-game sequel is also called... ''VideoGame/{{The Thing|2002}}''. |
| 95 | * ''[[Film/FinalDestination4 The Final Destination]]'', whereas the first film was called ''Film/FinalDestination1''. ''The Final Destination'' is the [[SeriesFauxnale final]] ''Final Destination'', see. Subverted when [[Film/FinalDestination5 a fifth film]] came out after this one, making it the single case of StoppedNumberingSequels in this franchise. [[spoiler:However, said fifth film is actually a StealthPrequel, so the fourth really is the final one.]] |
| 96 | * The third sequel to ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' is simply known as ''Fast & Furious''. |
| 97 | * ''[[Film/BatmanTheMovie Batman]]'', a film adaptation of the Creator/AdamWest [[Series/Batman1966 TV series]], is not to be confused with the Creator/TimBurton movie also called ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}''. To differentiate between the two, the Adam West film is usually called "Batman the Movie" (since it's based on the TV series), while the Tim Burton film is simply called ''Batman''. And then you have the two B&W serial adventures, [[Film/TheBatmanSerial 1943's Batman]], which shares the same title as the two movies above (and is sometimes called "The" Batman to differentiate) as well as 2022's ''Film/{{The Batman|2022}}'', and [[Film/BatmanAndRobinSerial 1949's Batman & Robin]], which has the same title as the [[Film/BatmanAndRobin 1997 Clooney film]]. |
| 98 | * There was ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'', and a movie in 2013 just called ''Film/TheWolverine'' (although it's apparently supposed to be a standalone film rather than a direct sequel). |
| 99 | * The title of the 2011 film ''WesternAnimation/{{Winnie the Pooh|2011}}'' is actually shorter than that of the 1977 anthology ''WesternAnimation/TheManyAdventuresOfWinnieThePooh'' and makes it seem like it should be first on top of being generally vague. |
| 100 | * The 1971 Blacksploitation movie ''Film/{{Shaft}}'' had a sequel / SpinOff in 2000 titled ''[[Film/Shaft2000 Shaft]]'' which was itself followed up with a comedic sequel / SpinOff in 2019 titled ''[[Film/Shaft2019 Shaft]]''. |
| 101 | * ''Film/{{The Muppets|2011}}'', the 2011 movie, is not to be confused with ''Film/TheMuppetMovie''. Or ''Series/{{The Muppets|2015}}'', the 2015 series. Or Franchise/TheMuppets, the cast of characters. Good luck trying to use it in a sentence. |
| 102 | * [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 The 2017 movie]] based on ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' recycles the older title ''[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie1986 My Little Pony: The Movie]]'' which was later adapted into ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends''. It's actually quite understandable when you consider the two movies are 30 years apart from each other. |
| 103 | * 2004's ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' was followed by 2015's ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'', though all the publicity seems happy to refer to it only as "The [=SpongeBob=] Movie" and treat it like it is unprecedented. |
| 104 | * The name of the sequel to ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''? ''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. |
| 105 | * The 2018 installment of the ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'' series is simply named ''Film/{{Halloween|2018}}''. The film [[CanonDiscontinuity ignores all sequels]] but does take into account the events of [[Film/Halloween1978 the very first film]] (released in 1978). |
| 106 | * The fifth film of the ''Film/{{Scream}}'' series is called ''Film/{{Scream|2022}}''. Fans generally call it ''Scream 5''. |
| 107 | [[/folder]] |
| 108 | |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 111 | * ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'': |
| 112 | ** Virgin used the title ''Twilight of the Gods'' twice: A Second Doctor ''Literature/DoctorWhoMissingAdventures'' novel by Christopher Bulis, and their final ''Literature/BerniceSummerfield'' novel by Mark Clapham and Jon de Burgh Miller. |
| 113 | ** There are two short stories with the unlikely title of "Snow White and the Seven Keys to Doomsday", one in the 2012 annual and one in ''Literature/TimeLordFairyTales'', and both written by Justin Richards. |
| 114 | [[/folder]] |
| 115 | |
| 116 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 117 | * The ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'': |
| 118 | ** Two episodes are titled "Out of Time": an episode from ''Series/TheFlash2014'' and the season 2 premiere of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''. Coincidentally or not both episodes feature [[spoiler:The Reverse-Flash]]. |
| 119 | ** Three episodes are titled "Fallout": a season one episode from ''Series/TheFlash2014'', a season six episode from ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and a season four episode from ''Series/Supergirl2015''. |
| 120 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': Series 1's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E1Rose "Rose"]] (referring to [[Characters/DoctorWhoRoseTyler Rose Tyler]]), and Series 11's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E3Rosa "Rosa"]] (referring to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks Rosa Parks]]). Only ''one letter'' different, both {{Character Title}}s, both a variation on the same first name. Furthermore, the ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse'' previously included the short story "Roses" (also just one letter off), a prequel to [[Recap/DoctorWho20thASTheFiveDoctors "The Five Doctors"]] where the First Doctor ruminates on his granddaughter Susan (whose English and Gallifreyan names both mean "rose"). |
| 121 | * Three ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series in a row have an early episode named "The Mysterious Rider." (Your translation may vary; "nazo" gets translated as "mysterious" on some lists but "enigmatic" on others. The Japanese phrasing is identical the same in all three cases, though; they just straight-up used the exact same name three seasons in a row.) |
| 122 | * ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' has two episodes named "Galentine's Day", one in season 2 and one in season 6. |
| 123 | * ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' has started reusing episode titles about OnceASeason since the 17th season: |
| 124 | ** "Three's a Crowd" was used in both ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'' and ''Series/PowerRangersRPM''. |
| 125 | ** "Something Fishy" is both a ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' episode and a ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' episode. |
| 126 | ** In the closest air date gap to date (4 years), "End Game" was the penultimate ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' episode and the season one finale for ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce''. |
| 127 | ** "A Date with Danger" was a DatingCatwoman episode of ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'' and a TwoPersonLoveTriangle episode of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoCharge''. |
| 128 | ** The abbreviation of '''PRNS''' is used for both 2003's ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'' and 2017's ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel''. '''PRMF''' just barely escapes this due to [[Series/PowerRangersMegaforce Megaforce]] being only one word in the 2013 series. |
| 129 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' had an episode called "Game On" and ''Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers'' had one called "Game On!". Interestingly, both were about [[TheGameComeToLife video games coming to life]], but the former also had TrappedInAnotherWorld qualities as well. |
| 130 | ** A mere five episodes after its first reused title, ''Beast Morphers'' reuses yet another title from a previous season, this time taking "Boxed In" from ''Samurai''. |
| 131 | ** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'' nabs the title "Ancient History" from ''RPM'', making it the first time the series has reused multiple titles originating from the same season. |
| 132 | * ''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''. |
| 133 | ** ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'' has some very close calls that are barely different, including: |
| 134 | *** "First Con-tact", not to be confused with the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "First Contact". |
| 135 | *** "Veritas?", not to be confused with the ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' episode "Veritas". |
| 136 | *** "The Ascent, Part I" and "The Ascent, Part II", not to be confused with the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode "The Ascent". |
| 137 | * ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' has two episodes named "Day One", the [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E2DayOne second of the first season]] and the [[Recap/TorchwoodS3E1DayOne first]] of the [[Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth third season]]. |
| 138 | * ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'' did two different episodes titled "The Creature". The second one is sometimes called "The Creature Returns" to differentiate from the earlier episode. |
| 139 | * Both ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' and ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' had episodes named "The Human Factor". Unlike the {{revival}}'s identically-titled {{remake}}s of original series episodes, the two "Human Factor"s are unrelated except for the title. |
| 140 | * ''Series/{{Concentration}}'' producer Norm Blumenthal once said he would never repeat a rebus. But he technically did. One puzzle was "Let's Pick Up Where We Left Off" ("Let's" / pickaxe + cup / wh + air / "we" / arrow pointing left / light switch turned to "off"), then two years or so later he had "Pick Up Where We Left Off." The same clues (apart from leaving off the word "Let's") were used. |
| 141 | * ''Series/{{Willow|2022}}'', the sequel series to, well, ''Film/{{Willow}}''. |
| 142 | * ''Series/TheFBI'' did two unrelated episodes titled "The Animal", one in 1966 and one in 1974. |
| 143 | [[/folder]] |
| 144 | |
| 145 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 146 | * A famous example is Music/PeterGabriel, whose first four albums were self-titled, only being differentiated by their cover art. His US label got tired of it, and refused to release the fourth one unless he gave it a title, and he quickly thought of ''Music/{{Security}}''. It remained self-titled elsewhere. The first three albums are known by fans as Peter Gabriel I, II and III respectively, and the fourth is either known as IV or by its US title. Some also refer to the first three albums as "Music/{{Car}}", "Music/{{Scratch}}" and "Music/{{Melt}}" in reference to the cover art. |
| 147 | * Ditto Music/{{Weezer}}, who have non-consecutive self-titled albums known for the color in their covers ([[Music/WeezerTheBlueAlbum Blue]], [[Music/WeezerTheGreenAlbum Green]], [[Music/WeezerTheRedAlbum Red]], White, [[Music/WeezerTheTealAlbum Teal]], and Black). |
| 148 | * The ''Franchise/{{Barbie}}'' album ''Barbie Sings! The Princess Movie Song Collection'' shares the title with the 1961 album ''Music/BarbieSings''. |
| 149 | * Music/DownLow made a song called "Every Day" in 1997, and another song called "Every Day (MMMM)" in 2005. (Only the latter was a single.) |
| 150 | * Music/ThinLizzy called two different songs "Sarah", one in 1972 and another in 1979 - only the latter was a single. Both songs were about different family members of Phil Lynott who had the same name: One about his grandmother, the other about his daughter. |
| 151 | * Music/TheBeatles have one album called ''Yellow Submarine'' and another called ''Yellow Submarine Songtrack'', both of course based off [[WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine the same film]]. Despite being very different albums (the ''Songtrack'' lacks the George Martin instrumentals, replacing them with various tracks from other albums, and "Only a Northern Song" is mono on the original but stereo on the ''Songtrack''), {{Website/Amazon}} conflates them; "CD Album" refers to the original and "Audio CD" to the ''Songtrack'', and "[=MP3=] Download" is also the original, so if you want the stereo mix of "Only a Northern Song", you have to buy the entire album (which is probably full of tracks you otherwise already have on other albums) just for that one track. |
| 152 | * 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 [[SpiritualSuccessor spiritual precursor]] to the ''EATEOT'' series. The following track is called "Libet delay", another name reused from ''AEBBTW''. |
| 153 | [[/folder]] |
| 154 | |
| 155 | [[folder:Sports]] |
| 156 | * In 1970 the NFL merged with the 4th different league titled the American Football League with previous leagues lasting only a few years from the 20s to the 40s. |
| 157 | ** The Arena Football League (indoor american football) and the Australian Football League also uses the Initials AFL. |
| 158 | * Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium are the 4th and 2nd versions of facilities with that name. |
| 159 | * MLS franchise nicknames in many cities match the teams name in the NASL of 1968-1984. |
| 160 | * Many indoor soccer franchises match 80-90s MISL/NASL team names. |
| 161 | * Many early NFL franchises, including the New York Giants, had nicknames that either matched or were similar to the city's MLB team at the time. |
| 162 | * The Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Alouettes were expansion teams named after multiple championship winning teams that folded decades earlier. |
| 163 | * The 2019-2020 Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League will be an expansion franchise as the 2018-2019 team players, coaches, and front office is relocating to Halifax. |
| 164 | * The 1961 Washington Senators (now Texas Rangers) were an expansion team as the 1960 Senator become the Minnesota Twins. |
| 165 | * The current Winnipeg Jets, Cleveland Browns, Charlotte Hornets, and San Jose Earthquakes are expansion teams that acquired a still active teams name after they moved. |
| 166 | * The XFL (2020) has the same name and legal ownership as the XFL (2001). |
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| 169 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 170 | * ''Chainmail'' is a ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' miniatures game named after the fantasy wargame that played a part in the creation of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
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| 173 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 174 | * ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob'' - The 2009 version is the only game in the series without a subtitle, as the original NES game had the subtitle "Trouble on Blobolonia". The 2009 version used to be referred to as ''A Boy and His Blob Wii'' after the platform it was originally released on, but it has since been ported to other formats. |
| 175 | * ''VideoGame/AdventureIsland'' is either, the export title of the ''Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima'' series (which translates "Master Takahashi's Adventure Island", making the English title more or less a direct translation) or the Japanese title for ''Dragon's Curse'', a [=TurboGrafx-16=] game, both games produced by Creator/HudsonSoft with ties to Sega/Westone's Wonder Boy series. The original ''Adventure Island'' on the NES was a port of the first ''VideoGame/WonderBoy'' with the title and main character changed to get around Sega's ownership of the IP, but its sequels were completely original games not based on anything that came before. Hudson Soft would instead develop graphically-altered ports of the Wonder Boy sequels on the [=TG16=] under a variety of titles, with ''Dragon's Curse'' being based on ''VideoGame/WonderBoyIIITheDragonsTrap'', which was originally a Master System game. |
| 176 | * ''VideoGame/AlienSyndrome'' - the original 1987 arcade game that was ported to various platforms and the 2007 multi-platform sequel. |
| 177 | * ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'' - Rebellion Developments has made not one, not two, but '''three''' separate games set in the same universe: ''Alien vs Predator'' (1994, Platform/AtariJaguar), ''Aliens versus Predator'' (1999, PC), and... ''Aliens versus Predator'' (2010, multiplatform). That's not even counting ''Alien vs Predator'' (1993, [[Platform/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). |
| 178 | * ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark'' - [[VideoGame/AloneInTheDark2008 The fifth game]] is simply titled ''Alone in the Dark'' without a number. This is also the case for ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark2024''. |
| 179 | * ''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/AtelierMarieTheAlchemistOfSalburg'' and ''VideoGame/AtelierElieTheAlchemistOfSalburg2''. |
| 180 | * ''VideoGame/TheBardsTale'' is a 2004 game named after ''[[VideoGame/TheBardsTaleTrilogy The Bard's Tale]]''. |
| 181 | * ''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. Aditionally, ''Dlala Studios''' ''VideoGame/Battletoads2020'' reuses the original title as well. |
| 182 | * ''[[VideoGame/BeyondShadowgate2024 Beyond Shadowgate (2024)]]'' - the Platform/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. |
| 183 | * ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' - the arcade, NES and Game Boy versions were released in Japan under the titles of ''Top Secret'', ''Hitler no Fukkatsu: Top Secret'' (The Resurrection of Hitler) and ''Bionic Commando'', in that order. Only the third one could be considered a port, since it's based on the NES version, which was more of a sequel/spinoff of the original arcade version than a port. Later, Capcom commissioned the development of another sequel in 2009 for the [=PS3=] and Xbox 360 simply titled '' Bionic Commando'' as well. |
| 184 | * ''VideoGame/BishiBashi'' - The 2009 entry in the series is simply called ''The [=BishiBashi=]''. |
| 185 | * Similar to the below example of the 2015 ''Need for Speed'' game, ''[[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2019 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare]]'' sounds like a retread of a previous ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' installment but, in reality, there was never a game simply titled "''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare''" (the original "[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare modern warfare]]" game was titled "''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare''", while there was an UpdatedRerelease titled ''Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered''"). ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfareII'' is a straighter example, only really being distinguished by [[VideoGame/CallOfDutyModernWarfare2 the 2009 game]] by using roman numerals instead of a simple 2. |
| 186 | * ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': |
| 187 | ** The original on the NES [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaI in 1987]], then on the N64 [[VideoGame/Castlevania64 in 1999]]. The latter tends to be called "Castlevania 64" to the extent that many people assume that's the actual title. Moreover, ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaCircleOfTheMoon'' was known simply as ''Castlevania'' in Europe, as was ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLamentOfInnocence'' in both Japan and Europe. |
| 188 | ** Due to the fact that Konami numbered their Game Boy games separately from their NES lineup, there is in fact two different games with the title of "Castlevania II", distinguished mainly by their subtitle: ''Simon's Quest'' on the NES and ''Belmont's Revenge'' on the Game Boy. |
| 189 | ** In Japan, the games known in the west as ''VideoGame/{{Castlevania|I}}'' (the NES one), ''Vampire Killer'' ([=MSX2=]), ''VideoGame/HauntedCastle'' (arcade) and ''VideoGame/SuperCastlevaniaIV'' (SNES) are all titled ''Akumajō Dracula'', as was the X68000 game later ported to the [=PlayStation=] as ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaChronicles''. The [=MSX2=] version, which was released only a month after the Famicom version, is the one version that most closely resembles it too, having the same character designs and similar levels, but has a different weapon/item system and is more focused on exploration. The arcade version came out a bit later in 1988 and only vaguely resembles the original versions, with a new plot involving the rescue of Simon Belmont's bride, despite sharing the same promotional art. The Super Famicom and [=X68000=] versions are more conventional remakes of the Famicom original, despite the former being marketed as a sequel to the NES trilogy outside Japan. |
| 190 | ** ''Vampire Killer'', which was originally the European title for the [=MSX2=] version of ''Akumajō Dracula'', would later be used for the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines''. |
| 191 | * ''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 Platform/SegaCD. The other was a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up released in 1988, with a NES port that same year. |
| 192 | * The Western localisations of the ''VideoGame/ChoroQ'' franchise got hit with this hard. All of the games prior to the release of Road Trip Adventure were simply known as "Penny Racers", and three entirely different games were all given the title of "Gadget Racers" in Europe. Pair that with the fact that this name was also used for two entirely different games in the US and you get a whole heap of confusion, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALnaoBwvdg8 as this video points out.]] |
| 193 | * ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' - In Japan, ''Operation C'', which was a sequel to the NES versions of ''Contra'' and ''Super C'' released for the Game Boy, is simply titled ''Contra''. However, the Japanese spelling is actually different. Whereas the original arcade game and its Famicom conversion had the title spelled with three kanji characters that phonetically spelled ''Kontora'' (魂斗羅), the Game Boy version uses katakana instead (コントラ), which is the more conventional style to render foreign names and words in Japanese. |
| 194 | ** In Europe, ''Probotector'' could refer to the first NES game, the Game Boy game, and the Mega Drive game. |
| 195 | ** The NES sequel, ''Probotector II: Return of the Evil Forces'', is not to be confused with ''Probotector 2'', which was the Game Boy port of ''Super Probotector: Alien Rebels''. |
| 196 | * ''[=OvenBreak=]'' is the title of the first game in the ''VideoGame/CookieRun'' series -- not to be confused with the fourth entry, ''Cookie Run: [=OvenBreak=]''. |
| 197 | * [=CryEngine=] - The fourth major version of Crytek's proprietary engine dropped the number and be named simply [=CryEngine=] like the original, apparently to emphasize how different it is from the previous versions. |
| 198 | * ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' - Not counting ports, there's the 1998 arcade original, the US-exclusive [=PlayStation=] release (which used the ''[=DanceDanceRevolution=] [=3rdMIX=]'' engine and featured songs from 1st through ''[=3rdMIX=]''), the 2010 version for consoles (namely [=PS3=], Xbox 360 and Wii). The 2013 arcade release, with the year sometimes appended as a FanNickname to avoid confusion with the original 1998 release. Similarly, the 2013 versions of ''Guitar Freaks'' and ''[=DrumMania=]'' are simply called ''VideoGame/{{GITADORA}}'', a common FanNickname for the long-running series. |
| 199 | * ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' - The AlternateContinuity "reboot" developed by Creator/NinjaTheory is titled ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'', with its subtitle being the name of its parent franchise. Taking the [[InitialismTitle acronym into consideration]], it can be interpreted as [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment "Devil may Cry: Devil May Cry"]]. According to behind-the-scenes sources such as page 222 of the ''3142 Graphic Arts'' artbook, the redundant and recycled subtitle was added as a workaround because the game was originally meant to be titled as just ''[=DmC=]'', yet it's not possible to trademark a three-letter title. |
| 200 | * The 2015 arcade ContinuityReboot of ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' is simply called just that. |
| 201 | * ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' - The original 1981 arcade game, and the 1994 Game Boy version. Could be said to be a remake, since the first four stages of the GB game are based on the arcade, but the mechanics are changed and there's about 96 more levels after that. The GB game is generally known as ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong94'' or ''Game Boy Donkey Kong''. |
| 202 | * ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'' - [[VideoGame/{{Doom}} The original 1993 DOS game]] and [[VideoGame/Doom2016 the 2016 soft reboot]] are both simply known as ''Doom'', though the latter was initially developed as ''Doom 4''. ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' officially refers to the 1993 game as just "''Doom''" and the 2016 game as "''Doom (2016)''" in in-game collectibles, and this wiki follows suit. |
| 203 | * ''VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' - There has been various conversions of the original 1987 ''Double Dragon'' arcade game, with some of them differing significantly from the arcade original, most notably the NES version (which was a reworked port that slightly changed the plot), but the 1995 Neo-Geo version of the same name was not one of them, being instead a one-on-one fighting game loosely based on the live-action ''Film/DoubleDragon1994'' movie. |
| 204 | * The 2014 MobilePhoneGame ''Dungeon Keeper'' is named after the original ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'', and is commonly called ''Dungeon Keeper Mobile''. |
| 205 | * ''[[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 Platform/WiiU Virtual Console, it was given the title of ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' overseas. |
| 206 | * ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' alone could refer to either, the original 1990 Famicom game, or the seventh entry released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. Technically speaking both games had their own subtitles: ''Shadow Dragon and The Blade of Light'' for the former and ''Blazing Blade'' for the latter; but the first game in the series is often referred to without a subtitle, mainly due to the fact that it's the first game, but also because the subtitle was added to the game at the last minute and Nintendo never established an official Japanese reading, resulting in debates whether it should be ''Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Ken'' or ''Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Tsurugi'' (''Ken'' and ''Tsurugi'' are both possible readings for the kanji character for sword). As for the ''Blazing Blade'', it was the first entry to get an English-localized release and thus, Nintendo omitted the subtitle for its overseas versions. The subtitle ''Blazing Blade'' was later added in reference guides, which is a direct translation of the Japanese ''Rekka no Ken'' subtitle. |
| 207 | * ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}'' gives its title to at least three games: the original game that hit arcades in 1981 (and has been ported to almost literally everything in the past four decades); the VideoGame3DLeap released for [=PlayStation=] and PC in 1997 (often mistakenly subtitled ''He's Back!''); and the Japanese version of ''Frogger Beyond''. |
| 208 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gauntlet}}'' 1985 and 2014. |
| 209 | * The fourth core installment of the ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' series is simply called "''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4 God of War]]''", reflecting the change of setting (from Myth/GreekMythology to Myth/{{Norse|Mythology}}). |
| 210 | * ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}'' series: |
| 211 | ** There's two games that can be referred to as "Gradius 2": ''Gradius 2'' on MSX, and the separate installment ''Gradius II: GOFER on Yabou'' for arcades, NES, and PC Engine (note that the former uses Arabic numerals and the latter uses Roman numerals). |
| 212 | ** ''Gradius 2'' itself is called ''Nemesis 2'' in Europe...and there's the Game Boy installment known as ''Nemesis II'' in Japan and Europe, albeit subtitled ''The Return of the Hero'' in Europe (but titled ''Gradius: The Interstellar Assault'' in North America). |
| 213 | * The common title of ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoAdvance'' comes from its title screen, but the box art simply titles it "VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto". |
| 214 | * ''Franchise/{{Hitman}}'' - The sixth and seventh entries of the series are titled ''[[VideoGame/Hitman2016 Hitman]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/Hitman2 Hitman 2]]'' respectively, despite the fact that they're not reboots nor remakes but are in-continuity with the earlier Hitman games. Technically speaking, the original 2000 game and the 2002 version of ''Hitman 2'' had subtitles (''Codename 47'' and ''Silent Assassin'' respectively). |
| 215 | * ''VideoGame/KaoTheKangaroo'' - The first game published on the Platform/SegaDreamcast, Platform/GameBoyAdvance and PC, and its later 2022 sequel. |
| 216 | * ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' - [[SequelGap Seventeen years]] after the release of ''Killer Instinct Gold'' (the last release) and nineteen years after the namesake it recycles was released, Microsoft understandably did not dub the Xbox One installment ''Killer Instinct 3'' and instead opted for just the plain title. |
| 217 | * ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'' - The [[VideoGame/KingsQuest2015 2015-2016 episodic reboot]] is simply called ''King's Quest''. This was the first official release since the eighth entry, ''VideoGame/KingsQuestMaskOfEternity'' in 1998. |
| 218 | * ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' has two games with that title: the 2008 game for the [=PlayStation 3=] and the 2009 game for the [=PlayStation=] Portable. To differentiate the two, the former usually inherits "''[=LittleBigPlanet=]''" due to being the first game, while the latter is typically referred to [[SuperTitle64Advance with a "PSP" following it]]. |
| 219 | * ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' - The first on the Platform/{{PlayStation}} in 1999 and then in 2010 on the Platform/XBox360, Platform/{{PS3}} and {{PC}}. |
| 220 | * ''VideoGame/MansionOfHiddenSouls'' is the title of both the Sega CD original and its Saturn sequel, though the latter also includes "The" at the beginning. |
| 221 | * ''Franchise/MegaMan'': |
| 222 | ** ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' (the original series) - Differentiating the numbered NES and Game Boy titles can get a bit tricky. With the exception of the first Game Boy game, which was subtitled ''Dr. Wily's Revenge'', [[http://www.retrogamenetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/mmeshop.jpg all the sequels used Roman numerals on their title screens,]] until Capcom began unifying the title logos with ''[[http://www.mobygames.com/game/playstation/mega-man-8-anniversary-edition/screenshots/gameShotId,109013/ Mega Man 8,]]'' and onward. Fan communities generally use Arabic numerals for the NES versions (due to the logos used on their packaging art, which are designed differently from the title screen versions) and Roman numerals for their Game Boy counterparts. This was never an issue in Japan, where the ''Rockman'' sequels on the Famicom used Arabic numerals and subtitles (e.g. ''Rockman 2: Dr. Wily no Nazo''), whereas the Game Boy versions were actually part of a separate spinoff brand titled ''Rockman World''. |
| 223 | ** The DOS versions of ''Mega Man'' and ''Mega Man 3'' were not ports of the NES games, but original games, making the absence of a DOS version of ''Mega Man 2'' even more puzzling. There was also a Game Gear game simply titled ''Mega Man'' that drew mostly from ''Mega Man 4'' and ''5'' |
| 224 | ** ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' - The two ''VideoGame/MegaManXtreme'' spinoffs were titled ''Rockman X: Cyber Mission'' and ''[=Rockman X2=]: Soul Eraser'' in Japan. Which makes sense, since they are more or less straight ported-down versions of ''Mega Man X 1-3'' with a new story. |
| 225 | * ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' - Only outside Japan, where ''VideoGame/MetalGearGhostBabel'' (released for the Platform/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. |
| 226 | * ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' - the original 1994 side-scrolling action shooter for the Platform/NeoGeo (which was ported to various platforms) or the 2006 3D third-person shooter released exclusively for the Platform/PlayStation2. |
| 227 | * ''[[VideoGame/MonsterSliderSegaSaturn Monster Slider]]'': There's both the March 1997 Sega Saturn game and the August 1997 arcade game. This may make it seem like one is a port of the other, but in fact the games are very different. |
| 228 | * ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' - [[VideoGame/MortalKombat1992 The 1992 original]] and [[VideoGame/MortalKombat9 the 2011 reboot]]. Official sources (such as Netherrealm Studios's Twitter account) tend to call the latter "Mortal Kombat 9" in social media, as there were three subtitled sequels after ''Mortal Kombat 4'' on consoles (''Deadly Alliance'', ''Deception'' and ''Armageddon''), as well as a crossover (''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse''), which they count as "Mortal Kombat 8". The upcoming twelth installment will be titled ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1'' (much to the dismay of fans and wiki editors that used "Mortal Kombat 1" for disambiguation purposes when referring to the original 1992 title). |
| 229 | * ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed: [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedHotPursuit Hot Pursuit]]'' (2010) is a sequel to ''Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit '''II''''' (2002), itself a sequel to ''Need for Speed '''III''': Hot Pursuit'' (1998). Confused? |
| 230 | ** Creator/CriterionGames seems to have a penchant for doing this with regard to their ''NFS'' entries. The ''NFS'' game for 2012 is called ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted2012 Most Wanted]]'', which is the same as the 2005 installment. |
| 231 | ** The 2015 ''VideoGame/{{Need for Speed|2015}}'' reboot is actually the [=21st=] game in the series since the 1994 [=3DO=] game (although this is more like a SubvertedTrope since there has never been a game simply called "''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed''" in the series history, the original game being titled ''Road & Track Presents: VideoGame/TheNeedForSpeed'' or simply ''The Need for Speed''; the only other thing in the franchise simply named "''Need for Speed''" to date has been [[Film/NeedForSpeed the 2014 movie]]). |
| 232 | * ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' - This 2002 PC game recycled the title of a 1991 MMORPG on the VideoGame/GoldBox engine. |
| 233 | * ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'': |
| 234 | ** The arcade and NES versions, both released in 1988, were completely different games, the former being a side-scrolling beat-'em-up and the latter an action-platformer similar to the ''Castlevania'' series. There were also licensed conversions for the Sega consoles: the 1991 Game Gear version and the 1992 Master System were completely different games, but both patterned after the NES version, while the canceled 1992 Mega Drive version was a beat-'em-up similar to the arcade game. |
| 235 | ** Eventually Team Ninja rebooted the series on the original Xbox in 2004 with yet another game simply titled ''Ninja Gaiden'', this time as a [=3D=] action game. Note that this time, the trope only applies to the North American market; in all other markets the term "Ninja Gaiden" only ever applied to the later reboot series by Team Ninja. The original arcade and [=2D=] games were titled ''Ninja Ryūkenden'' in Japan and ''Shadow Warriors'' in Europe. |
| 236 | ** Likewise, there are also installments named ''Ninja Gaiden II'' and ''Ninja Gaiden III'' for both the NES and [=3D=] action series.[[note]]Although the 3D series opts for the title "''Ninja Gaiden 3''" without the Roman numeral[[/note]] However the NES games were also given subtitles (''The Dark Sword of Chaos'' and ''The Ancient Ship of Doom'', respectively). |
| 237 | * ''Power Strike II'' refers to either a Game Gear game and which is the [[MarketBasedTitle title used for the European version]] of ''GG VideoGame/{{Aleste}} II'', or a Sega Master System game within the same series. Confusingly, the SMS game was also released in Europe and in Europe only, and both games were released in the same year, 1993. |
| 238 | * ''Prey'': The [[VideoGame/Prey2006 2006 game]] or the [[VideoGame/Prey2017 2017 reboot]]. |
| 239 | * ''Prince of Persia'' - The [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia1 original]] was released on numerous computer and gaming platforms, starting with the Apple II in 1989. [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2008 A reboot]] was released in 2008, debuting on Xbox 360, [=PS3=] and PC. |
| 240 | * ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' - There were ''three'' games called ''Punch-Out!!'': the 1984 arcade game, the 1987 NES game (which at least has the courtesy of being ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'' in the original port), and the 2009 Wii game. There were also two sequels titled ''Super Punch Out'': the one for the arcades in 1985 and one for the Super NES in 1994. |
| 241 | * ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' and its [[MarketBasedTitle overseas title]] ''Puyo Pop'': the former could refer to a 1991 Platform/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. |
| 242 | * ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'', a title used for the [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002 very first game from 2002]] and it's [[VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016 2016 reimagining]], as well as the [[WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank movie]] the latter was made to tie-into and the [[ComicBook/RatchetAndClankComic 2010 comic miniseries]] set after the Future trilogy of games. |
| 243 | * ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheTriad'' - Could refer to the 1994 one or the 2013 one. |
| 244 | * ''VideoGame/RoadRash'' is the first game as well as its 1994 reboot for 32-bit hardware. |
| 245 | * ''Rocket Knight'' is the fourth game in the ''VideoGame/RocketKnightAdventures'' series, which consists of ''Rocket Knight Adventures'' and ''Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2'' for the Genesis, as well as an SNES game simply titled ''Sparkster''. |
| 246 | * ''[[VideoGame/SaintsRow2022 Saints Row]]'' game released in 2022 has exactly the same title as the original ''[[VideoGame/SaintsRow1 Saints Row]]'' game. |
| 247 | * ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' is the name of the franchise as well as [[VideoGame/SakuraWars1996 the 1996 game that started it all]]. [[VideoGame/SakuraWars2019 The 2019 video game]] is the only work besides the original game to be also known as ''Sakura Wars'' for the international release. |
| 248 | * ''VideoGame/SamuraiShodown'': |
| 249 | ** The first game and the 2019 game are both titled ''Samurai Shodown''. |
| 250 | ** The series had a trilogy of [=3D=] games during the late [=90s=]. These were, ''Samurai Shodown 64'' and ''Samurai Shodown 64: Warrior's Rage'' for the arcade, which both ran on the Hyper Neo-Geo 64 hardware, and ''Samurai Shodown: Warrior's Rage'' for the [=PlayStation=]. To avoid confusion, the last two are called ''Samurai Shodown 64 Part II'' and ''Samurai Shodown: Warrior's Rage''. |
| 251 | ** In addition, there were two Samurai Shodown games for ''Platform/NeoGeo Pocket'': ''Samurai Shodown!'' and ''Samurai Shodown! 2'' (the exclamation marks are part of their titles). |
| 252 | * ''Shadow Warrior'' is a [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior1997 1997]] video game and a [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013 2013]] video game. |
| 253 | * ''VideoGame/{{Shinobi}}'' - The 1987 side-scrolling action platformer for the arcade, the [[VideoGame/Shinobi2002 2002 3D action game]] for the Platform/PlayStation2, and a 2011 side-scrolling sequel for [=3DS=] (also known as ''Shinobi [=3D=]''). May also apply to ''The G.G. Shinobi'' for the Platform/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 Platform/SegaGenesis sequel to the original ''Shinobi'', and an [[InNameOnly unrelated]] Platform/GameBoyAdvance game released in 2002 to cash-in on the above-mentioned [=PS2=] version. |
| 254 | * ''VideoGame/SimCity'''s first sequel was ''Simcity 2000'' after [[AdvancedTech2000 the fashion of its time]]. The next followed logically with ''3000'', the next dropped the extraneous zeros to be ''Simcity 4'', and the [[VideoGame/SimCity2013 fifth entry]] is just ''Sim City''. |
| 255 | * ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' - There's the original 16-bit game on the Genesis in 1991 (along with a really different 8-bit conversion for the Game Gear and Master System), and the MilestoneCelebration game for Xbox 360 and [=PS3=] in 2006. The 2006 game was commonly referred to as ''Sonic [=NextGen=]'', although that has since fallen out of use for ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', mainly due to the fact it's no longer on a 'next' generation system. |
| 256 | * ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront'' - The first video game, developed by Pandemic Studios and published by Creator/LucasArts; and the 2015 ContinuityReboot ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront2015 Star Wars Battlefront]]'' (no colon punctuation mark), developed by DICE and published by [[Creator/ElectronicArts EA]]. The 2004 game was followed by ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII'' in 2005, as the 2015 game was followed by ''[[VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017 Star Wars Battlefront II]]'' (again, no colon punctuation mark) in 2017. |
| 257 | * ''VideoGame/{{Strider}}'' could refer to: the [[VideoGame/StriderArcade 1989 arcade game]] by Capcom, the [[Manga/{{Strider}} NES version released during the same year based on the Moto Kikaku manga]], or the [[VideoGame/Strider2014 2014 reboot]] by Double Helix. |
| 258 | ** ''Strider II'', the 1990 Tiertex-developed home computer sequel to ''Strider'', is not to be confused with the similarly titled ''Strider 2'' (aka ''Strider Hiryu 2''), the 1999 Capcom-developed arcade sequel. The former was remade for Sega Genesis and Game Gear under the U.S. title of ''Journey From Darkness: VideoGame/StriderReturns''. |
| 259 | * ''VideoGame/SuperDodgeBall'' - The 1987 arcade original, the 1988 NES version (which is technically a port, but very different from the original), and the rare 1996 Neo-Geo sequel. |
| 260 | * ''VideoGame/{{Superman|Atari 2600}}'' for Platform/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''. |
| 261 | * While most of the ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' games since [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64 the first one]] have had subtitles, the fourth one is simply titled ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU'' after the systems it's on. |
| 262 | * ''VideoGame/TestDrive'' - The seventh installment. |
| 263 | * ''VideoGame/{{Thief}}'' - The fourth game (originally known as ''[[Letters2Numbers Thi4f]]'') is technically the first one to be called just ''Thief''. The original 1998 PC game was titled ''Thief: The Dark Project''. |
| 264 | * ''Tooth Invaders'' is a 1981 game for the Platform/Commodore64 and Platform/VIC20, and a 2013 MobilePhoneGame game by Luminov. |
| 265 | * ''VideoGame/{{Turok}}'' - A borderline example, since the 2008 multiplatform reboot is the first game in the series to be simply titled ''Turok''. The 1997 original had a subtitle (''Turok: Dinosaur Hunter''), but it was often just called Turok, which is of course the accepted series name. |
| 266 | * ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal'' - The 1995 [=PlayStation=] original and the 2012 [=PS3=] sequel to ''Twisted Metal Black''. |
| 267 | * ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'' (1999), and ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament4'', titled ''Unreal Tournament''. |
| 268 | * ''VideoGame/{{Wolfenstein}}'' - The 2009 game doesn't have the "[[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D 3D]]" in its title (not to mention the "Castle" from Silas Warner's [[VideoGame/CastleWolfenstein 1981 Apple II game]]), but still.... |
| 269 | * Platform/{{Xbox}} - The "Xbox 1" used to be a common nickname for the original Xbox after the release of the Platform/{{Xbox 360}} until the unveiling of the actual Platform/XboxOne. |
| 270 | * ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' is an unusual example of this. The Japanese name of the series is ''Ryu ga Gotoku'', which translates to "Like a Dragon", so the English title is recycling the title of the first game [[SequelTheOriginalTitle for its subtitle]] in a roundabout way (the Japanese title is ''Ryu ga Gotoku 7: Hikari to Yami no Yukue'', meaning ''Like a Dragon 7: The Whereabouts of Light and Darkness''). |
| 271 | * ''VideoGame/YouDontKnowJack'' - The original was released in 1995. It had its share of sequels and expansion packs, then it laid low for about eight years until a new one was released in 2011 with the same name as the original. Most fans just append "2011" to the name. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | * ''Creator/SecondWind'': Discussed in the episode,"The Rise and Fall of Video Game Titles". Yahtzee has several "don't"s about naming a game. First mistake in his opinion is to give the game the same title as a pre-existing game. |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
| 279 | |
| 280 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 281 | * ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'': Some strips share a name: |
| 282 | ** Multiverse: |
| 283 | *** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/multiverse 1]] |
| 284 | *** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/multiverse-2 2]] |
| 285 | ** Words |
| 286 | *** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/words 1]] |
| 287 | *** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/words-2 2]] |
| 288 | ** Wisdom |
| 289 | *** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/wisdom 1]] |
| 290 | *** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/wisdom-2 2]] |
| 291 | [[/folder]] |
| 292 | |
| 293 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 294 | * ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'' has used "[[WordSchmord Comfort Schmumfort]]" as a title for both a regular episode and a Karaoke Cafe song. |
| 295 | * Subverted by the 1984 ''[[WesternAnimation/HeathcliffAndTheCatillacCats Heathcliff]]'' series (often nicknamed ''Heathcliff & The Catillac Cats'' and aired in some territories as ''Cats & Company'') by [=DiC=]. It is the third Heathcliff animated series, but the only one that was simply called ''Heathcliff''. The two earlier Ruby-Spears series, ''Heathcliff & Dingbat'' and ''Heathcliff & Marmaduke'', had Heathcliff sharing the title with a different canine co-protagonist. |
| 296 | * ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': |
| 297 | ** There are two shorts titled ''Dumb Patrol''; a 1931 black-and-white short starring Bosko, and a 1964 short starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. |
| 298 | ** There are two shorts titled ''Injun Trouble''; a 1938 black-and-white short starring Porky Pig, and a 1969 short starring Cool Cat (the latter notable for bring the last short from the "classic era"). |
| 299 | ** The title ''I Gopher You'' was used for both a classic short and an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSylvesterAndTweetyMysteries''. Both prominently feature the Goofy Gophers. |
| 300 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Numerous examples of ''very'' similar episode titles: |
| 301 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Flaming Moe]]'''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes 's]]'''" (season 3) and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E11FlamingMoe Flaming Moe]]" (22). |
| 302 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]" (season 5), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E8TheDadWhoKnewTooLittle The Dad Who Knew Too Little]]" (14), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E2TheGirlWhoSleptTooLittle The Girl Who Slept Too Little]]" (17) and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E13TheManWhoGrewTooMuch The Man Who Grew Too Much]]" (25). |
| 303 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E6MoaningLisa Moaning Lisa]]" (season 1), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E6MoeNaLisa Moe'N'a Lisa]]" (18), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E19MonaLeavesA Mona Leaves-a]]" (19), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E2LoanALisa Loan-a Lisa]]" (22) |
| 304 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E21TheOldManAndTheLisa The Old Man and the Lisa]]" (season 8), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E20TheOldManAndTheCStudent The Old Man and the “C” Student]]" (10), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E13TheOldManAndTheKey The Old Man and the Key]]" (13) |
| 305 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E8TakeMyWifeSleaze Take My Wife, Sleaze]] " (season 11), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E20BrakeMyWifePlease Brake My Wife, Please]]" (14), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E10TakeMyLifePlease Take My Life, Please]]" (20) |
| 306 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E20ToSurveilWithLove To Surveil with Love]]" (season 21), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E8ToCurWithLove To Cur with Love]]" (24), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS27E20ToCourierWithLove To Courier with Love]]" (27) |
| 307 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E15OhBrotherWhereArtThou Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?]]" (season 2), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E8OBrotherWhereBartThou Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?]]" (21) |
| 308 | ** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E16MillionDollarAbie Million Dollar Abie]]" (season 17), "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E11MillionDollarMaybe Million Dollar Maybe]]" (21) |
| 309 | ** The title "Married to the Blob" was first used on "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]]" for a segment about [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Homer becoming a giant blob]], then several years later became the title for [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E10MarriedToTheBlob an episode where Comic Book Guy falls in love]]. |
| 310 | ** The European French dub has two episodes with the ''exact same title'' of "L'Enfer du Jeu", just two seasons away from each other: "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E14LisaTheGreek Lisa the Greek]]" (season 3) and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E10Springfield $pringfield]]" (5). |
| 311 | * The ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' franchise has used the title ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' both for the American title of [[Anime/TransformersRobotsInDisguise a 2000 anime]] and a 2015 cartoon set in the same continuity as ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. Between those two, there was a comic set in G1 continuity released call ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise''. None are related to any of the others, though interestingly, both television series have 'cons with beast modes as the primary enemies, and a green version of Grimlock who speaks in full sentences (mind you, 2000 Grimlock was a Grimlock InNameOnly.) |
| 312 | * 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/{{Jim Cummings|1952}}. |
| 313 | * ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'''s sixth season had an episode titled "The Former [[Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian Life of Brian]]", which was about Brian discovering that he has an illegitimate son. Much later, the twelfth season had an episode simply titled "Life of Brian", where he was briefly killed off only to be revived two episodes later. |
| 314 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'': Several episode titles have been reused over the years, including "Fish" (Series 4 and 8), "Dirty Work" (Series 2 and 11) and "Thomas in Trouble" (Series 1 and 11). |
| 315 | * ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther'' had a cartoon in 1965 titled "Sink Pink", where a hunter tries to hunt the main character for his fur coat. It should not be confused with "Slink Pink" (note the spelling) from 1969, where the Panther tries to stay warm inside a man's home without him knowing. |
| 316 | * WesternAnimation/MightyMouse had two revivals that shared similar names: ''The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse'', which was produced by Creator/{{Filmation}} in 1979, followed by ''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' in 1987, produced by Creator/RalphBakshi. |
| 317 | * Both ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and its spinoff ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyPonyLife'' have an episode called "All Bottled Up". |
| 318 | * The ''WesternAnimation/MinaAndTheCount'' short "My Best Friend" shares its title with the original student film creator Rob Renzetti made for [=CalArts=] that is the series' precursor. |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:Cross Media]] |
| 322 | * ''The Adventures of Superman'' is a [[Radio/TheAdventuresOfSuperman radio series]], a [[Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman TV series]], a continuation of the ''Superman'' comic series, and a 2013 comic. |
| 323 | * ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'' is a 2013 comic storyline. ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' is not an adaptation of the storyline, but does introduce Ultron to the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''. |
| 324 | * ''Aliens: Colonial Marines'' was a cancelled 2002 game for the Platform/PlayStation2, unrelated to [[VideoGame/AliensColonialMarines the game released in 2013]]. |
| 325 | * ''Franchise/AlienVsPredator'', or ''Aliens vs. Predator'', could refer to various comics, movies, novels, video games released on several platforms, or a trading card game. |
| 326 | * ''[[ComicBook/SpiderMan The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' is a comic starting in 1963, a [[ComicStrip/SpiderMan comic strip]] starting in 1977, a 1978 TV series, a [[Pinball/TheAmazingSpiderMan 1980 pinball]], a 1990 computer game, a 1990 handheld game, a [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan 2012 movie]], and a [[VideoGame/TheAmazingSpiderMan 2012 video game tie-in]] to the movie. |
| 327 | * ''The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'', the tagline of the comic ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'', is a 2005 comic series, a 2007 comic series, and a [[WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes a 2010 animated series]]. |
| 328 | * ''The Batman'' is a [[Film/TheBatmanSerial 1943 serial]], [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman an animated series]], and [[Film/TheBatman2022 a 2022 movie]]. |
| 329 | * ''ComicBook/CaptainAmericaWinterSoldier'' is a 2005 comic storyline. ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' is not a direct adaptation of the storyline, but does adapt a major plot element from the comic story. |
| 330 | * ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'' is a 2006-2007 comic crossover. ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' does not adapt the comic story, aside from the concept of Captain America and Iron Man pitting opposed teams of superheroes apart from each other. |
| 331 | * ''Contest of Champions'' is a [[ComicBook/ContestOfChampions1982 1982 comic miniseries]], a [[VideoGame/MarvelContestOfChampions 2014 video game]], and a [[ComicBook/ContestOfChampions2015 2015 comic adaptation]] of the game. |
| 332 | * ''[[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' is an ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' CrisisCrossover based on the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' miniseries. |
| 333 | * ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast'' is a 1981 ''ComicBook/XMen'' storyline, a two-part episode of the [[WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries 1992 animated series]] and a [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast 2014 movie]] in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' inspired by the comic storyline. |
| 334 | * ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' |
| 335 | ** The first theatrical ''Dragon Ball Z'' movie was simply titled ''Dragon Ball Z'', without any subtitle to distinguish it from the eponymous TV series. The movie's tagline, "Ora no Gohan o Kaese" (Gimme Back My Gohan), is often used by Japanese fans as a subtitle, despite the fact that it was never used in such capacity by Toei. In the U.S., the movie was titled ''Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone''. |
| 336 | ** There were two games simply titled ''Dragon Ball Z''. The first was an arcade-exclusive fighting game by Banpresto released in 1993 and the other was the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/DragonBallZBudokai'', a console game released in 2002. The two sequels to ''Budokai'' were simply titled ''Dragon Ball [=Z2=]'' and ''Dragon Ball [=Z3=]'' in Japan as well, which led to the mistaken belief that Toei or Toriyama quietly made sequels to the ''DBZ'' anime without annoucing it for the west when both titles starting showing up listed on Japanese shopping sites. |
| 337 | * ''[=DragonStrike=]'' is a 1990 video game in the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]] Literature/{{Dragonlance}} setting, a 1993 D&D board game, and a Creator/MarvelComics tie-in to the board game, having no relation to the ''[=DragonStrike=]'' game by Creator/{{Hasbro}}. |
| 338 | * ''Empire's End'' is a story following ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'' in ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'', and the third book in ''Literature/StarWarsTheAftermathTrilogy''. |
| 339 | * ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' is a 1990 comic series. A second comic series started in 2008, considered ''Guardians of The Galaxy'' vol. 2, followed by a 2013 series and a 2014 series of the same name. ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' is a 2014 movie based on the vol. 2 series. The sequel, ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2'', may be a ShoutOut to how the comic series is referred to as ''Guardians of The Galaxy'' vol. 2 to distinguish it from the 1990 comic series. |
| 340 | * ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' is an ongoing comic book series, a [[Film/Hellboy2004 2004 movie]] adaptation, [[TabletopGame/{{Hellboy}} a board game]] adaptation, and a [[Film/Hellboy2019 2019 movie]] adaptation. |
| 341 | * ''Infinity War'' is a Creator/MarvelComics sequel story to ''ComicBook/TheInfinityGauntlet'', and is an ''[[Film/TheAvengers2012 Avengers]]'' [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar 2018 movie]] in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''. |
| 342 | * ''[[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 Platform/PC8801, two side-scrolling action games also released in 1986 (one for the [[Platform/MasterSystem Sega Mark III]] and the other for the [[Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom]]), the 1995 "interactive anime" game for the Platform/SegaSaturn and Platform/{{PlayStation}}, and the 2005 fighting game released for the Atomiswave arcade hardware (the later [=PS2=] port added a lenghthy subtitle to avoid confusion). |
| 343 | ** Note that ''Hokuto no Ken 2'' for the Famicom was localized simply as ''Fist of the North Star'' on the NES. This title would also be used for the 2005 fighting game in regions outside Japan. |
| 344 | ** ''Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyuseishu Densetsu'', a 1989 side-scrolling action game for the Mega Drive, is not to be confused with the similarly titled ''Hokuto no Ken: Seikimatsu Kyuseishu Densetsu'', a [=3D=] action game released in 2000 for the original [=PlayStation=]. ''Seikimatsu Kyuseishu Densetsu'' (Legend of the Post-Apocalyptic Savior) is sometimes used as a subtitle for the anime. |
| 345 | * ''Jurassic World'' is a compilation of the novels ''Literature/JurassicPark1990'' and ''Literature/TheLostWorld1995'', and ''Film/JurassicWorld'' is a 2015 movie in the ''Franchise/JurassicPark'' franchise. |
| 346 | * ''[[Film/TheKarateKid1984 The Karate Kid]]'', followed by a video game adaptation, an animated adaptation, and the 2010 reboot, ''[[Film/TheKarateKid2010 The Karate Kid]]''. |
| 347 | * ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' refers to [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch a 2002 animated film]], [[VideoGame/LiloAndStitchGameBoyAdvance its Game Boy Advance tie-in game]], the [[MarketBasedTitle American]] Platform/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. |
| 348 | * ''Lilo & Stitch 2'' refers to two works with different subtitles; one is the aforementioned 2004 GBA sequel game, subtitled ''[[VideoGame/LiloAndStitch2HamstervielHavoc Hämsterviel Havoc]]'', and the other is a 2005 direct-to-video sequel/interquel film to the 2002 movie, subtitled ''[[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch Stitch Has a Glitch]]''. It should be noted that the video game drops the subtitle in Europe, while the title card to the sequel movie only says ''Lilo & Stitch 2''. |
| 349 | * ''Logan'' is a 1996 comic miniseries, a 2008 comic miniseries, and a [[Film/{{Logan}} 2017 movie]] in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. |
| 350 | * ''Marvel Super Heroes'' is in the title of the 1966 animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'', the 1966 comic ''Marvel Super Heroes Special'', the 1967 comic series ''Marvel Super-Heroes'', formerly known as ''Fantasy Masterpieces'', ''Marvel Superheroes'', a 1979 Marvel UK series known as ''The Mighty World of Marvel'' and ''Marvel Comic'', the 1990 comic ''Marvel Super-Heroes'', the 1994 comic ''Marvel Super-Heroes Megazine'', the 1984 Creator/{{TSR}} RPG ''Marvel Super Heroes'', the Creator/{{TSR}} 1998 ''Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game'' RPG, the [[VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes 1995 video game]], the 1996 game ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesWarOfTheGems'', and the 2013 video game ''VideoGame/LEGOMarvelSuperHeroes''. |
| 351 | * ''Mutant X'' is a [[Series/MutantX 2001 TV series]] by Marvel Studios, sharing the same name as a [[ComicBook/MutantX 1998 comic]]. |
| 352 | * ''Pool of Radiance'' is a 1988 VideoGame/GoldBox game and TieInNovel, and a 2001 game. |
| 353 | * ''The Punisher: War Zone'' is a 1992 series, a [[Film/PunisherWarZone 2008 movie]], a 2009 series, and a 2012 series. |
| 354 | * ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'' contains many entries that share a name with the series as a whole. There's ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2002'', the genesis of the franchise; ''ComicBook/RatchetAndClankComic'', a 2010-2011 comic book series that takes place between ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime A Crack in Time]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankAll4One All 4 One]]''; ''WesternAnimation/RatchetAndClank2016'', a movie based on the original game; and ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank2016'', [[RecursiveAdaptation a game based on the movie based on the game]]. |
| 355 | * ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'' is a 1984 crossover, a toyline based on the crossover, a story arc in the [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries 1994 animated series]], and a [[ComicBook/SecretWars2015 2015 crossover]], not to be confused with the 2004 crossover ''ComicBook/{{Secret War|2004}}''. |
| 356 | * ''Spider-Man'' is the title of [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 four]] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1981 separate]] [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries animated]] [[WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan series]], [[Series/SpiderManJapan a live-action series]] ([[TheMovie and the movie]]), [[Series/TheAmazingSpiderMan1978 the theatrical pilot for The Amazing Spider-Man series]], [[Manga/SpiderManManga a manga]], [[ComicStrip/SpiderMan the ongoing newspaper comic]], two separate [[Pinball/SpiderManStern pinball]] [[VideoGame/SpiderManZenStudios machines]], [[Film/SpiderMan1 the first theatrical movie]] and [[VideoGame/SpiderManTheMovie its video game adaptation]], and three [[VideoGame/SpiderManAtari2600 other]] [[VideoGame/SpiderMan2000 video]] [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 games]]. Phew. |
| 357 | * ''Spider-Man Unlimited'' is a 1993 comic series, a [[WesternAnimation/SpiderManUnlimited 1999 animated series]], a 1999 ComicBookAdaptation of the animated series, a 2004 comic series, and a [[VideoGame/SpiderManUnlimited 2014 endless runner game]]. |
| 358 | * In the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' franchise, ''Sonic Boom'' is the title of a ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' episode, the ''[[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogCD Sonic CD]]'' North American main theme, the engine and editor for ''Sonic X-treme'', an annual Creator/{{Sega}} event, and a series of books, comics, toys, and [[VideoGame/SonicBoom video games]] based on the ''[[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom Sonic Boom]]'' animated series. |
| 359 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'': |
| 360 | ** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' and ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' were both simply called ''Star Trek'' when they first aired. ''Film/StarTrek2009'' also went by ''Star Trek'' when it was released, but there isn't a consensus unofficial name for it. 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''. |
| 361 | ** There was a ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode called "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E15FirstContact First Contact]]" and a ''Next Generation'' movie 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]]". |
| 362 | ** There was a ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode called "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS4E4Nemesis Nemesis]]" and a ''Next Generation'' movie called ''Film/StarTrekNemesis''. |
| 363 | ** ''Lower Decks'' was inspired by the ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Next Generation]]'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E14LowerDecks Lower Decks]]". |
| 364 | ** The ''Series/StarTrekStrangeNewWorlds'' premiere 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 a ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' episode called "[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS01E04StrangeNewWorld Strange New World]]". |
| 365 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 366 | ** "Mercy Mission" is a [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E5MercyMission Season 4 episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' starring R2-D2 and C-3PO, and a [[Literature/MercyMission short story]] published in ''The Rise of the Empire'' starring Hera Syndulla. |
| 367 | ** ''Film/TheLastJedi'' shares its title with two ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' works: [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_49:_The_Last_Jedi an issue]] of ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'' and [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Last_Jedi_%28novel%29 a novel]]. |
| 368 | * ''Stitch!'' was a WorkingTitle for ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' (as ''Stitch! The TV Series''). It was instead used as the title for the show's 2003 PilotMovie, under the full title of ''WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie''. The idea to use ''Stitch!'' as the title of an animated series was revived a few years later in 2008 with [[Anime/{{Stitch}} an anime spin-off series]], which has also received tie-in manga books. ''Stitch!'' is also sometimes used as an alternate title for the ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise, but nowadays the exclamation point is more often dropped due to it being more affiliated with the anime among fans. |
| 369 | * ''Superman Reborn'' is a canceled ''Superman'' movie and a ''Superman'' [[ComicBook/SupermanReborn limited series]]. |
| 370 | * ''Film/SupermanReturns'' had a canceled sequel with the working title ''Superman: The Man of Steel''. The 2013 reboot was titled ''Film/ManOfSteel''. Both take their title from the 1986 comic mini-series by Creator/JohnByrne, ''Comicbook/TheManOfSteel'', and the 1991 comic series ''Superman: The Man of Steel'', also the title of a 1989 video game, 1993 video game, and 2002 video game. A 2018 comic miniseries was also titled ''[[ComicBook/ManOfSteel2018 Man of Steel]]''. |
| 371 | * ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' has the [[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1989 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 [[VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 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. |
| 372 | ** And then two games with the title of just "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" released in 2013 (based on the Nickelodeon CGI series) and 2014 (based on the film reboot) - both by the same developer and publisher! |
| 373 | ** Three distinct games were released with the title "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters" at the same time, for three different consoles. The character lineups for each one other than the Turtles themselves were vastly different, the sprites, moves, and stories were completely original for each one, too. In Japan, only the Genesis version was called Tournament Fighters, with the SNES version being subtitled "Mutant Warriors" (the NES version was never released there). |
| 374 | ** Several non-sequel movies in the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' universe are just called "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" or "TMNT"; some TV incarnations do the same. |
| 375 | *** The 1987 animated series are themselves an example in America, [[MarketBasedTitle but not in Europe]], where the 1987 series was called ''Teenage Mutant '''Hero''' Turtles'' for because British law forbade the word "ninja" in children's programming. |
| 376 | *** The 2003 and 2012 cartoons are both called ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' everywhere. |
| 377 | * ''Teen Titans Go!'' is the title of [[ComicBook/TeenTitansGo a tie-in comic]] for the first ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'' cartoon, and [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo a second cartoon]] that is a comedic spin-off of the first. |
| 378 | * ''Franchise/TombRaider'' - The [[VideoGame/TombRaiderI original game in 1996]], the [[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 ninth game in 2013]] which is a ContinuityReboot, and the [[Film/TombRaider2018 2018 film adaptation]] (but ''not'' the 2001 film adaptation, which was ''Film/LaraCroftTombRaider''). |
| 379 | * ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' is a 2000 ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' comic, a [[VideoGame/UltimateSpiderMan2005 2005 video game]], and a [[WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012 2012 animated series]]. |
| 380 | * ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' is a 2009 animated series, a 2009 toyline based on the animated series, a [[ComicBook/WolverineAndTheXMenMarvelComics 2011 comic series, and a 2014 comic series]]. |
| 381 | * ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' is a 1994 video game and a 1999 comic miniseries. |
| 382 | * ''X-Men: First Class'' is a 2006, 2007 and 2009 comic, and a [[Film/XMenFirstClass 2011 movie]] in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''. Both share the theme of the X-Men's early years. |
| 383 | * ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' is a 2009 movie, a video game tie-in, and a Hasbro toyline tie-in. |
| 384 | * ''X-Men vs the Avengers'' is a 1987 crossover, not to be confused with the 2012 crossover ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen''. |
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| 387 | [[folder:Other]] |
| 388 | * iPhone SE - The iPhone 8-based one from 2020 shares its name with the 5S-based one from 2016. Rumored names were the [[UnInstallment iPhone 9]] and the [[NumberedSequels iPhone SE 2]]. |
| 389 | [[/folder]] |
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