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8	If a sequel has a number in the title, that number is usually 2, indicating that the work is the second in the series (followed by 3, etc.). However, sometimes the original work already has a number greater than one in the title. In that case, the sequel title will often add one to that number, instead (with a possible in-story justification).
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10	The original work will often have a better justification for using a number in the title than the sequel does. So, the title of the film ''Film/TheWholeNineYards'' refers to a common English expression, but ''Film/TheWholeTenYards'' doesn't.
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12	A subtrope of NumberedSequels and TitleByNumber. Distinct from SequelNumberSnarl in that the numbering is logical, it just doesn't start with 1.
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14	!!Examples:
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18	[[folder:Comics]]
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20	* Discussed in-universe in one strip of ''ComicStrip/JumpStart''. Marcy reads in the news that a sequel to ''Film/{{Se7en}}'' has been greenlit, and says it's going to be named ''8ight.''
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24	[[folder:Film]]
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26	* ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' and ''Film/TwentyTwoJumpStreet''
27	** [[spoiler:Lampshaded fantastically in the end credits, showing the events of 23 Jump Street. And 24 Jump Street... And 25 Jump Street...]]
28	* ''Film/OceansEleven,'' ''Ocean's Twelve,'' and ''Ocean's Thirteen''. The first film has eleven people in the crew, the second adds Tess as the twelfth member, and the third film doesn't include Tess but adds Terry Benedict and Roman.
29	* ''Film/TheThreeMusketeers1973'' and ''The Four Musketeers (1974)''. D'Artagnan becomes a Musketeer at the end of the first film.
30	* ''Film/TheWholeNineYards'' and ''Film/TheWholeTenYards''
31	* ''[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 101 Dalmatians]]'' (the 1996 live action version) and ''Film/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatians'' (its 2000 sequel). The second movie has Cruella De Vil add a hood to the design of the puppy-fur coat, requiring three more puppy skins for a total of 102.
32	* Subverted with ''Franchise/StarWars''. ''Film/ANewHope'' wasn't numbered at the time it was released, then ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' came out, and were numbered V and VI respectively, with ''A New Hope'' being numbered IV afterwards, meaning that, at least after ''The Empire Strikes Back'', Lucasfilm already had plans for a prequel trilogy.
33	* ''Three-Headed Shark Attack'' is the sequel to ''Two-Headed Shark Attack'', not the third in a series. Confusingly, ''Film/FiveHeadedSharkAttack'' is the next one in the series, with ''Six-Headed Shark Attack'' after that, skipping over a hypothetical ''Four-Headed Shark Attack''.
34	* The announced title for a planned sequel to ''Film/Twins1988'' was ''Triplets''. It's been in DevelopmentHell for a long time and with Creator/IvanReitman's passing the chances of it getting made got slimmer.
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37	[[folder:Literature]]
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39	* The ''Literature/MagicByTheNumbers'' trilogy by Creator/LyndonHardy: ''Master of the Five Magics,'' ''Secret of the Sixth Magic,'' and ''Riddle of the Seven Realms''.
40	* ''Literature/Metro2033,'' ''Literature/Metro2034,'' and ''Literature/Metro2035'' by Dmitry Glukhovsky.
41	* Inverted by Creator/MatthewReilly's Jack West thrillers, which begin with ''Seven Ancient Wonders'' and count down to ''The One Impossible Labyrinth''.
42	* The ''Literature/StephaniePlum'' novels are named after a phrase with a number that matches its publishing order, starting with ''One For the Money''.
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46	[[folder:Music]]
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48	* Soul-Junk uses and inverts this. Their first album was named ''1950''. Albums that followed counted up (''1951'', ''1952''...), while [=EPs=] counted down (''1949'', then ''1948''...).
49	* Music/HundredGecs has an "N*10 Sequel Title" thing going on with their releases. Their first EP is the SelfTitledAlbum ''Music/HundredGecsEP'', followed by their first real album ''Music/ThousandGecs'', and its follow-up ''Music/TenThousandGecs''.
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53	[[folder:Theatre]]
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55	* The film ''Film/EightAndAHalf'' was adapted to the play ''Theatre/NineMusical''.
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59	[[folder:Video Games]]
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61	* ''VideoGame/NineteenFortyTwo'' and ''1943: The Battle of Midway''. ''1941: Counter Attack'' was actually the third game (fourth if you count ''1943 Kai'').
62	* While not a sequel, the hard mode in ''VideoGame/{{killer7}}'' retitles the game ''[=killer8=]'' due to the addition of a young Harman Smith as a persona.
63	* ''VideoGame/SpaceStation14'' is the FanRemake of ''VideoGame/SpaceStation13'', which was itself named after the ThirteenIsUnlucky trope.
64	* Inverted by the fan game ''VideoGame/SuperMario63'' which subtracts 1 from ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' rather than adding.
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68	[[folder:Western Animation]]
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70	* ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2020'' and its GagDub follow-up ''WesternAnimation/Sealab2021''.
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