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In many sequel names, particularly in schlock horror, the title, or sub-title, describes some kind of return, revenge, reaction, counter-force, backlash, etc. that usually implies it's a direct consequence of one of the previous installments. The movie's tagline might even be something like "And this time, it's personal."
Also expect "Son of _____" and "Bride of _____".
Compare There's No "B" in Movie. Subtrope of Stock Subtitle.
Examples:
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Film
- The Universal Horror films of the '30s and '40s may have been the Trope Codifier:
- Frankenstein was followed by Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, The Ghost of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, etc.
- Dracula was followed by Dracula's Daughter, Son of Dracula, and House of Dracula.
- The Mummy was followed by The Mummy's Hand (actually a reboot rather than a direct sequel), which itself was followed by The Mummy's Tomb, The Mummy's Ghost, and The Mummy's Curse.
- The Invisible Man was followed by The Invisible Man Returns and The Invisible Woman.
- Creature from the Black Lagoon was followed by Revenge of the Creature and The Creature Walks Among Us.
- Three out of six Star Wars movies:
- Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Has become so well known that nearly any movie, book, or other title with the words "strike back" in it that came after 1980 is 99% likely to be referencing this.
- Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
- Which was originally titled Revenge of the Jedi
 ◊ in both posters and even the teaser trailer before Lucas changed the title a few weeks before the premier (as Jedi do not seek Revenge).
- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith...which was itself a reference to the original title of Episode VI.
- Die Hard With A Vengeance
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, which is of course a direct reference to Star Wars.
- Complete with Mark Hamill (applause).
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
- Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- Halloween H2O was originally going to be Halloween 7: The Revenge of Laurie Strode.
- Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman
- Return of the Living Dead (a sort-of sequel to Night of the Living Dead) and its four sequels.
- Jaws: The Revenge
- The Return of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
- Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen (the sequel to the Bay film).
- Justified title, as the Fallen is an actual character in the movie, seeking revenge for things that happened millenia before the first movie took place. Also a subtle play on events from the first movie.
- Revenge of The Pink Panther, The Return of the Pink Panther, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, Trail of the Pink Panther, Curse of the Pink Panther, Son of the Pink Panther.
- Porky's Revenge
- The Return of Jafar
- Superman Returns
- Batman Returns
- Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
- X-Men: The Last Stand
- Godzilla Raids Again
- Godzilla's Revenge.
- The Return Of Godzilla, also known as Godzilla 1985.
- The second Mechagodzilla movie, known in America as Terror of Mechagodzilla, has a Japanese title that translates to Mechagodzilla's Counterattack.
- Star Trek II was nearly named The Vengeance of Khan, but the third Star Wars movie was known at the time as Revenge of the Jedi, so they switched to calling it The Wrath of Khan.
- The Mummy Returns
- Hammer Horror were never content with a Numbered Sequel. Why settle for 'Dracula III' when you can have Dracula Has Risen From The Grave! instead?
- Psycho Cop Returns
- The Return Of Swamp Thing
- Return of Sabata
- Zebraman 2: Vengeful Zebra City
- Son of Kong, sequel to the original King Kong.
- Dr Phibes Rises Again, sequel to The Abominable Dr. Phibes.
- The fourth and fifth Child's Play films are entitled Bride of Chucky and Seed of Chucky.
- Bride of Re Animator and Beyond Re-Animator
- Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) is a follow-up to the 1967 film Valley of the Dolls.
Literature
- C. J. Cherryh's novel The Kif Strike Back. Cherryh was shocked that her publisher took her joking suggestion seriously.
- It's worth noting that Return of the King is not an example of this trope because: 1) it's not a trilogy but the third volume of a single story, 2) the titular return is something that's been hundreds (?) of years in the making, and not a direct follow-up to the two previous installments.
- Return of the Shadow was a rejected title for The Fellowship of the Ring, and eventually turned up as the title of the sixth volume in The History of Middle-Earth, Christopher Tolkien's Making Of dodecalogy.
- The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
- Stationery Voyagers follows up "The Rage of Cybomec" with "The Return of Cybomec." More subtly, the episodes revolving around Marlack's cowboy origins are titled "Rodeo" and "Roundup." There's also an episode titled "Broken" followed by "All Falls Apart." Preceding them is one in a prior season titled "All That Remains."
- Many Goosebumps books: "Return of the Mummy", "Say Cheese and Die - Again!", "Return to HorrorLand", "Return to Ghost Camp", "Return to the Carnival of Horrors", "Return to Terror Tower", "Revenge of the Body Squeezers" and "Bride of the Living Dummy". The "Goosebumps HorrorLand" series includes several non-numbered sequels, starting with "Revenge of the Living Dummy". The nineteenth (and last announced) book in the series is "Return to Chiller House", which is the last installment in a seven-book storyline.
- Arthur Conan Doyle's first collection of Sherlock Holmes stories after bringing the character back to life was titled - what else? - The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Live Action TV
- The Quantum Leap episodes "Return of the Evil Leaper" and "Revenge of the Evil Leaper."
- Whatever Happened to The Likely Lads? is kind of a variation on this.
- Several Mr. Bean episodes: "The Return of Mr. Bean", "The Curse of Mr. Bean", "Mr. Bean Rides Again", etc.
- From How I Met Your Mother comes "Slapgiving: Revenge of the Slap"
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Music
- The O.C. Supertones' second studio album was titled Supertones Strike Back, and their sixth was titled Revenge of the O.C. Supertones.
- Son of Schmilsson, Harry Nilsson's followup album to Nilsson Schmilsson.
- The Frank Zappa instrumental trilogy Shut Up 'n' Play Yer Guitar, Shut Up 'n' Play Yer Guitar Some More, and Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n' Play Yer Guitar.
- The song title Return of the Son of Monster Magnet (predating the above trilogy) parodies this trope.
Parodies
Video Games
Western Animation
Real Life
- "Pojan koston paluu" is used quite a lot in Finnish. It literally means "The return of the revenge of the son".
- Similarly, in Spain "X 2: La Venganza" (X 2: The Revenge) is basically the Spanish equivalent of Electric Boogaloo.
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