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Author: pixelpunk

Apr 6th 2013 at 10:43:00 PM

This would actually be a good trope if it's used right, but some tropers don't seem to understand it. A Requel should fulfill these two requirements:
*Must, by definition, be [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a sequel of the movie it's ripping off]]. It's not a {{Remake}}.
*It has the same plot, point for point, with the original, and tries to have the same mood and feel (Evil Dead 2 wouldn't count because even if the plot is similar, it goes for a completely different mood. Dredd wouldn't count because it doesn't fulfill either of these requirements. Also, it's not a sequel.)

Consider The Hangover 2 the {{Trope Codifier}}, since that was the movie that people were complaining from day one was a rehash of the original.

Here are some common features:
*{{Aesop Amnesia}} plot: The main character learns the exact same lesson he learned in the first installment, and goes through the same character arc.
*The main characters have [[GenerationXerox nearly identical children who go through the exact same thing they did]]. Only the names, and possibly genders, have changed. *Alternately, [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute the characters might not be related to the main characters from the first film at all]] but the above still applies.
[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment For it to be a Requel it MUST be a sequel of what it's ripping off]] with NO major changes from the first installment's formula.