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* ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' series stopped its numbering after [[Film/LeatherfaceTheTexasChainsawMassacreIII the third film]], which is fitting because not many want to remember [[Film/TexasChainsawMassacreTheNextGeneration the fourth film]].

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* ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' series stopped its numbering after [[Film/LeatherfaceTheTexasChainsawMassacreIII the third film]], which is fitting because not many want to remember [[Film/TexasChainsawMassacreTheNextGeneration the fourth film]].



* The ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' film series stopped numbering installments after ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', which remains the only mainline ''X-Men'' film to have a number in its title. [[note]](''Film/Deadpool2'' is part of an adjacent side-franchise dubiously set within the ''X-Men'' film continuity, and was sometimes referred to as ''The Untitled Deadpool Sequel'' by Fox.)[[/note]] Justified by ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' being a prequel and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' involving TimeTravel; numbers simply don't help to keep the movies in chronological order.

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* The ''[[Film/XMenFilmSeries ''[[Franchise/XMenFilmSeries X-Men]]'' film series stopped numbering installments after ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', which remains the only mainline ''X-Men'' film to have a number in its title. [[note]](''Film/Deadpool2'' is part of an adjacent side-franchise dubiously set within the ''X-Men'' film continuity, and was sometimes referred to as ''The Untitled Deadpool Sequel'' by Fox.)[[/note]] Justified by ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' being a prequel and ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' involving TimeTravel; numbers simply don't help to keep the movies in chronological order.
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** {{Averted}} in some markets with ''3D'' and ''Jigsaw'', which in these regions were ''Saw VII'' and ''Saw VIII'' respectively.
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* ''Film/{{Bad Boys|1995}}'' has ''Film/BadBoysII'' as sequel. Then it's ''Film/BadBoysForLife'' and ''Film/BadBoysRideOrDie''.

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* The seventh mainline entry of the ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' (formerly ''Yakuza'') series was given the localized title of ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', reflecting the GenreShift from a 3D BeatEmUp to an RPG with turn-based combat. It was titled ''Ryu ga Gotoku 7'' in Japan and Asia, which is where the subtitle "Like a Dragon" came from (being a direct translation of the series's Japanese title). In fact, the series formally rebranded from ''Yakuza'' to ''Like a Dragon'' in the West following this game, starting with the 2023 remake of ''Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!'' (''VideoGame/LikeADragonIshin''). The series seems to have dropped numbering from the English titles entirely while maintaining them in the Japanese titles: ''VideoGame/LikeADragonGaidenTheManWhoErasedHisName'' was released in Japan as ''Ryu ga Gotoku 7 Gaiden - Na wo Keshita Otoko'', keeping the same subtitle; and ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'''s Japanese title is simply ''Ryu ga Gotoku 8''.



* The seventh mainline entry of the ''[[VideoGame/LikeADragon Yakuza]]'' series was given the localized title of ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'', reflecting the GenreShift from a 3D BeatEmUp to an RPG with turn-based combat. It was titled ''Ryu ga Gotoku 7'' in Japan and Asia, which is where the subtitle "Like a Dragon" came from (being a direct translation of the series's Japanese title). In fact, the ''Yakuza'' series would formally rebrand to ''Like a Dragon'' in the West following this game, starting with the 2023 remake of ''Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin!'' (''VideoGame/LikeADragonIshin'').
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* ''Film/{{Insidious}}'' use the numbering sequels at the second and third installments (''Chapter 2'' and ''Chapter 3''), but drop the numbering on the fourth film ''The Last Sky'', so as the fifth film ''The Red Door''.
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* The ''Deadpool'' film series begins with ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}'' and continues with ''Film/Deadpool2''. While the third film does have ''Deadpool 3'' as a production name, its official name is ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine''.
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* ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' is numbered as such [[{{Retronym as opposed to]] ''ComicBook/TransformersGeneration2'', then it stops right there. The next ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' property was ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', a reinvention of the franchise after the middling sales of G2. The various iterations of the franchise are still referred to as "generations", but they never again have been numbered.

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* ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' is numbered as such [[{{Retronym [[{{Retronym}} as opposed to]] ''ComicBook/TransformersGeneration2'', then it stops right there. The next ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' property was ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', a reinvention of the franchise after the middling sales of G2. The various iterations of the franchise are still referred to as "generations", but they never again have been numbered.
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* ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' is numbered as such [[{{Retronym as opposed to]] ''ComicBook/TransformersGeneration2'', then it stops right there. The next ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' property was ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'', a reinvention of the franchise after the middling sales of G2. The various iterations of the franchise are still referred to as "generations", but they never again have been numbered.
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* ''Film/MissionImpossible'' had two numbered sequels (''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' and ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleIII III]]''), and then just appropriate subtitles moving forward (''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'', ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation Rogue Nation]]'', and ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFallout Fallout]]''). Then there's ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'' had "Part One", which was then [[PostReleaseRetitle scrapped]] since that film's sequel will be retitled altogether.

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* ''Film/MissionImpossible'' had two numbered sequels (''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' and ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleIII III]]''), and then just appropriate subtitles moving forward (''[[Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]'', ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation Rogue Nation]]'', and ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFallout Fallout]]''). Then there's ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'' had "Part One", which was then [[PostReleaseRetitle scrapped]] since that film's sequel will be retitled altogether.

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