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* ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' initially died with the terrible ''Battle for the Planet of the Apes''. [[Tim Burton]]'s movie in 2001 made some money, but the proposed sequel was scrapped. In all fairness, each ''Apes'' sequel was written to be the last in the series, and [[Franchise Zombie|further movies were only created because 20th Century Fox demanded them]]. ''Battle'' merely put a end to needlessly prolonging the series, which had already wrapped up its loose ends in the previous films anyway.
** The franchise has been successfully rebooted, with the critically-acclaimed release of ''[[Rise of the Planet of the Apes]]'' in 2011.
* The negative critical reception and underwhelming (but still relatively successful) box office intake for ''[[Charlie's Angels|Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle]]'' (not to mention the deaths of Bosley #2 Bernie Mac and Charlie himself, John Forsythe) means that the prospects for a third movie in the foreseeable future are unlikely. And with the new TV series burned at the stake by critics and cancelled after four episodes were aired,<ref>possibly an instance of [[Screwed by the Network]], as [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] had to know it wasn't going to get much of anything by dumping the show against [[The X Factor]] and [[The Big Bang Theory]]</ref> it's not so much "Good morning, Angels" as "Goodbye, Angels."
* ''[[Licence to Kill]]'', the 16th official [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] movie (and the second and last one to star [[Timothy Dalton]]) seemed to do this for a while. With inflation in account, it's the lowest grossing film in the franchise. The franchise was already entering uncertain territory as production had to be moved from England to Mexico in order to save money. Not only that, but the marketing for the movie was subpar at best (it's to date, the last Bond movie to be released during summer). Add that to ''LTK'' itself, being one of the most polarizing Bond movies of recent memory due to its decidedly [[Darker and Edgier]], ''[[Miami Vice]]''-influenced plot (especially considering the [[Lighter and Softer]] Roger Moore era was still fresh in the general public's mind). ''LTK'' felt like an end of an era (dating back to the [[Sean Connery]] era) as it was the last Bond movie to have any involvement from director John Glen, screenwriter Richard Maibaum, title designer Maurice Binder, cinematographer Alec Mills, and producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli (not to mention the last Bond movie to take place during the [[Cold War]]). There wouldn't be a Bond movie [[Development Hell|released for six years]] (the longest such delay in franchise history) due to legal wrangling over control of the series. In the meantime, Dalton's contract expired, [[Pierce Brosnan]] was hired, and [[GoldenEye (film)|the 17th movie]] started being [[Saved From Development Hell]].
** While ''[[Die Another Day]]'' by no means performed badly (it was the best performing of the series until ''[[Casino Royale]]'') it was deemed ridiculous by many, and received at best mixed reviews. Soon after, Brosnan was dismissed and the franchise rebooted with a back-to-basics movie starring [[Daniel Craig]] as Bond.
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* ''[[Baten Kaitos]]: Origins'' came out near the end of the [[Game Cube]]'s lifespan, four months before the [[Wii]] launch. Despite improving massively on ''EWLO'''s flaws, it was overlooked by a gaming community clamoring for next-gen consoles and never sold particularly well. With the rumored [[Nintendo DS]] installment canceled, the future of the series looks bleak.
* ''[[Majin Tensei]]'' was a decently-received ''[[Mega Ten]]'' spinoff in the Strategy RPG genre, which ended up doing well enough to recieve one more successful [[Majin Tensei II|sequel]]. Then came ''Ronde'' for the Saturn. Development was farmed out to Access while [[Atlus]] worked on other games, resulting in a game so legendarily awful that the release of a preview demo caused literally ''thousands'' of canceled preorders—numbers that were virtually unprecedented in Japan at the time. Not only did it kill the ''Majin Tensei'' series (the only release in the series since was a cell phone game that came out 10 years later), but Atlus wouldn't release another Strategy RPG ''[[Mega Ten]]'' until ''[[Devil Survivor]]'', ''twelve years later'', which had entirely different gameplay from the earlier series to boot.
* [[Operation Flashpoint (Codemasters)|Codemaster's separate successor]] to the original ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'' series went down the drain already after its second installment, ''Red River''. Unlike the first one, ''Dragon Rising'', ''Red River'' took what made the series unique, threw nearly all of it out and turned itself into a generic ''[[Modern Warfare]]'' clone, a move that appealed to fans of neither series, [[Foregone Conclusion|so guess how well that went...]] Worse yet, ''Red River'' doubled as a [[Creator Killer]], since Codemasters promptly [https://web.archive.org/web/20120126111909/http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/62139/Codemasters-Shuts-Down-Guildford-Studio-Known-For-Operation-Flashpoint closed down its Guildford studio] after the game's failure. Meanwhile, OFP's original creators are still going strong with their ''[[Arm A]]'' series, apparently being the winner in the [[Dueling Games]] affair they had with the Codemasters' [[Spiritual Successor]].
* ''Crystal Kingdom Dizzy'' ended up being this for the ''[[Dizzy (series)|Dizzy]]'' series of [[ZX Spectrum|Spectrum]] games. A full-priced title with a drop in quality from the previous budget titles, its relative failure would mean the planned next game ''Wonderland Dizzy'' would never be released.
* ''Virtual Hydlide'', the attempted reboot of ''[[
* ''[[Rygar]]: The Legendary Adventure'' was a good game, but didn't perform well enough to continue the series. It was less-than-spectacularly ported to the Wii several years hereafter, sealing the fate of the franchise. At one point, there was a ''Rygar 2'' announced, but it ended up being [[Vaporware]].
* ''[[Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League]]'' has become such a financial disaster for [[Warner Bros.| Warner Bros Discovery]] that [[Creator Backlash| CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels claims]] it may well have wrecked their entire video game division. A rushed, ill-conceived attempt to capitalize on the momentum of the ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' games, the only positive thing about this installment is that it made those games more popular retroactively. This game has nearly everything fans hate about bad games, including repetitive, uninspired mission design (gameplay wise, every member of the Suicide Squad is the same, the gameplay itself a ''[[Fortnite]]'' rip off), bad user interface, a plot that makes no sense and wrecks the continuity of the previous games (and on top of it, isn’t very interesting) and of course, [[Allegedly Free Game| loads and loads of micro-transactions]] which are both expensive and not the least bit useful. The narrative is a mess, lacking the creativity and depth that made the Arkham series enjoyable. As of February 2024, the peak online player count on Steam was around 13,000 - which ironically, is less than the viewer count of YouTube videos that gave negative reviews of the game. In the end, the Suicide Squad killed a lot more than the Justice League here.
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