![]() Why settle for 'Dracula III' when you can have Dracula Has Risen From The Grave! instead? Hammer Horror were never content with a Numbered Sequel.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 second Mechagodzilla movie, known in America as Terror of Mechagodzilla, has a Japanese title that translates to Mechagodzilla's Counterattack.The Return of Godzilla, also known as Godzilla 1985.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.Also a subtle play on events from the first movie. 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.Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (the sequel to the Bay film).The Return of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.Not to mention the actual George Romero sequels: Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead, and Survival of the Dead.Return of the Living Dead (a sort-of sequel to Night of the Living Dead) and its four sequels.Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman.Halloween H2O was originally going to be Halloween 7: The Revenge of Laurie Strode.Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. ![]() Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers.A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge.Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, which is of course a direct reference to Star Wars.Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.which was itself a reference to the original title of Episode VI.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).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. Creature from the Black Lagoon was followed by Revenge of the Creature and The Creature Walks Among Us.The Invisible Man was followed by The Invisible Man Returns and The Invisible Woman.The Mummy was followed by The Mummys 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.Dracula was followed by Draculas Daughter, Son of Dracula, and House of Dracula.Frankenstein was followed by Bride of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, The Ghost of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, etc.The Universal Horror films of the '30s and '40s may have been the Trope Codifier:.In X-Men: The End, Jubilee is a movie producer - and one of the posters in her office is for Lord of the Flies 2: Piggy's Revenge.Ambush Bug's second series was Son of Ambush Bug.The second Hack Slash trade paperback is titled "The Revenge of the Return".Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and its sequel The Dark Knight Strikes Again.The Movie Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory: The Last Blitz of Zeon.Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack.(At the time it was written, 2002 was Twenty Minutes Into the Future.) The "02" in Digimon 02 refers to it taking place in 2002, though. ![]() The original Japanese title was Diaboromon Strikes Back.
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