History Main / SamePlotSequel

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation'' is a WholePlotReference to ''VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies'', except with shinier new tech (both in-universe and [[UsefulNotes/TheSeventhGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames console-wise]]) and taking place on a different continent of [[ConstructedWorld Strangereal]] about 11 years down the timeline.

* {{Subverted|Trope}} by ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''. While the premise is essentially an inversion of ''VideoGame/KidIcarus''[[note]]in the original, Pit escapes the Underworld and ascends to Skyworld to defeat Medusa after she's already won; in ''Uprising'', Pit descends into the Underworld to stop Medusa before she can win again[[/note]], it follows several very familiar story beats, such as Pit fighting Twinbellows, Hewdraw, Pandora, and T(h)anatos; collecting the Three Sacred Treasures in order to defeat Medusa; and then celebrating his victory with Palutena as the 8-bit credits roll. And then [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Hades tears through the credits]] and reveals that the game isn't even halfway over yet! After that point, ''Uprising'' features a completely new story that no longer relies on repeating the original game's beats.

** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', the seventh installment in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' film series, has a similar plot to the original trilogy, particularly ''Film/ANewHope'', to the point that ''The Force Awakens'' comes off as a soft remake. An evil [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi-esque]] army, commanded by (though not lead by) a sinister figure in black, constructs a space weapon that can destroy planets (and unlike the Death Star in the original, this one can destroy multiple planets in the same solar system together). A resistance member hides some information the villains also want in the memory of an astromech droid, who gets stranded along with a second character (a protocol droid in the original, a reformed stormtrooper in the later film) on a desert planet and found by an orphan with affinity to the Force. They escape the villains and encounter an old mentor figure who fought in the previous war [[spoiler:and has a connection with the main villain]]. They go to the villains' base, [[spoiler:the mentor confronts the villain and gets killed by him. Then an AcePilot of the resistance group destroys the base]]. A lot of the same things also happen in the same order and around the same time as in ''A New Hope''.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Every main series game prior to ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' starts with a rookie trainer in a small town who gets a starter and a Pokédex courtesy of the local professor, goes on a quest to catch em all and become Champion by gaining eight Gym Badges and challenging a local Pokémon League, and along the way takes down a crime syndicate that wants to exploit (legendary) Pokémon for their own personal gain. The crime syndicate plot also usually peaks between Gyms 7 and 8. The closest things to exceptions are ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', where the crime syndicate is the FinalBoss instead of the Elite Four and Champion, and ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'', where the main antagonist is instead a Pokémon itself.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Every main series game prior to ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' starts with a rookie trainer in a small town who gets a starter and a Pokedex courtesy of the local professor, goes on a quest to catch em all and become champion by gaining eight gym badges and challenging a local Pokémon League, and along the way takes down a crime syndicate that wants to exploit (legendary) Pokémon for their own personal gain. The crime syndicate plot also usually peaks between gyms 7 and 8. The closest things to exceptions are ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', where the crime syndicate is the FinalBoss instead of the Elite Four and Champion, and ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'', where the main antagonist is instead a Pokémon itself.

* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'': Every main series game starts with a rookie trainer in a small town who gets a starter and a Pokedex courtesy of the local professor, goes on a quest to catch em all and become champion, and along the way takes down a crime syndicate that wants to exploit (legendary) Pokémon for their own personal gain. The closest things to exceptions are ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', where the crime syndicate is the FinalBoss instead of the Elite Four and Champion, and ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'', where the main antagonist is instead a Pokémon itself.

* ''WesternAnimation/Incredibles2'' also has many of the same story beats as the original ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''. One of the Parr parents is given the opportunity to relive their glory days as a superhero while the other parent stays at home raising the kids. [[spoiler:The benefactor, or in this case, his sister, turns out to be evil and the whole thing is a scheme to discredit superheroes]].

** ''Film/JurassicWorld'', taking place two decades after the original ''Film/JurassicPark'', borrows many elements from it. Two children visit a park of genetically engineered dinosaurs run by a relative of theirs (in the case of ''Jurassic World'', said relative was the second-in-command of the actual owner) so that they can be away from their soon-to-be divorced parents. Due to an error in the security system, usually caused by a secretly evil person, dangerous dinosaurs escape and attack people, and the children get lost. [[spoiler:The main antagonistic dinosaurs get defeated by the very same ''Tyrannosaurus'' in both movies.]] Also, the general theme of human greed and interfering with nature is the same.

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* ''Franchise/StarWars''

* Happened deliberately in ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'': [[spoiler:the BigBad planned their viral infection of the Neo World Program around the fact that the survivors or [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc the first killing game]] were watching the carnage unfold and knew they would (like heroes) jump inside the program to at the first opportunity if they saw students dying in droves in nearly the same manner they almost did. This both gave them an opening to escape into the real world along with a chance at revenge on the three survivors that did arrive in the final class trial]].

** ''Ocarina of Time'' later had its own Same Plot Sequel, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'', which was a deliberate return to form after the initially-divisive reception of the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask more experimental]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker previous games]]. Link is raised in the forest of southern Hyrule, where he is friends mainly with children. After meeting an ExpositionFairy, he embarks on his journey and obtains three {{Plot Coupon}}s from dungeons: one in the forest, one in Death Mountain (passing through Kakariko Village and befriending the Goron chief along the way), and one in Zora's Domain (helping the Zora royalty along the way). He also has to navigate the Skull Kid-populated Lost Woods by following the sound of Saria's Song in order to find the Sacred Grove. After Princess Zelda disappears due to the BigBad's actions, Link acquires the Master Sword from a temple and now has to acquire more Plot Coupons from even more dungeons, including one in Gerudo Desert. Finally, he goes to Hyrule Castle and ascends the tower to face Ganondorf, who assumes the demon Beast Ganon form during one phase of the battle. The Exposition Fairy leaves, Zelda and Link say goodbye, and Link returns to his old life (before soon embarking on a new journey).