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* Parodied in ''National Lampoon's [[Loaded Weapon 1]]'', which does not have any sequels to justify the "1."

** Same with [[Mel Brooks]]' ''[[History Of The World Part 1]]'', though it does end with a [[Real Trailer Fake Movie]] for Part 2.

* Also parodied in ''[[Leonard Part Six|Leonard: Part 6]]'', which claims that the first five adventures of the hero are so secret that the movies were covered up.

* The ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' movies did this starting with ''[[Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan (Film)|Wrath of Khan]]'' and ending with ''[[Star Trek VI the Undiscovered Country (Film)|Undiscovered Country]]'', spanning all of the films based on [[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|the original series]]. Movies based on ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|The Next Generation]]'' abandoned that though they are sometimes referred to as 7 through 10 by the fans. As the [[Star Trek (Film)|2009 film]] is simply called ''Star Trek'', it is also unofficially referred to as ''Star Trek XI''.

** In fact, the original onscreen title for the second movie (and its novelization) was simply ''Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan''. The "II" was added to later prints and home-video editions.

** Of course, after reaching double-digits the movies started to go out of their away to avoid mentioning what number they were up to, as if out of embarrassment. Re-releases of the sequels on DVD rarely state the number of the movie anymore either.

* The ''[[Saw]]'' film series went from 1 to 6 (using Roman numerals for the second to sixth films). Then an [[Oddly Named Sequel|Oddly Numbered Sequel]] (at least over here) is the seventh movie, known as ''Saw 3D''.

* Most Bemani series use "[game title] ''n''th Mix" (such as ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'', up to 7th Mix), though ''[[Beatmania]] IIDX'' used "beatmania IIDX ''n''th Style" up to 10th Style. From IIDX 11 onards, IIDX uses just numbers followed by a subtitle ("RED" for 11, "Happy Sky" for 12, etc). ''pop'n music'' uses numbers too, with the 12th main installment onwards having subtitles ("Iroha" for 12, "Carnival" for 13, and such).

* ''[[Initial D Arcade Stage (Video Game)|Initial D Arcade Stage]]'' used "Initial D Arcade Stage ver. ''n''" for the first three releases; the fourth game onwards drops the "ver," signifying an overhaul in the game's mechanics.

* The ''[[Wild Arms]]'' sequels are numbered 2 to 5 in America, but in Japan the sequels have the following subtitles: ''2nd Ignition'', ''Advanced 3rd'', ''The 4th Detonator'', and ''The Vth Vanguard''. Yes, that's a Vth.

** The [[Turn Based Strategy]] game in the series inverts this pattern, being ''[[Wild Arms XF]]'' in its North American release and ''Wild Arms Crossfire'' in Japan.

* id Software likes to do this with their ''[[Doom]]'' and ''[[Quake]]'' games, but their ''[[Wolfenstein (Video Game)|Wolfenstein]]'' titles avoid this.

* The ''[[Jumper (Video Game)|Jumper]]'' series, consisting of ''Jumper'', ''Jumper Two'' and ''Jumper Three''<ref>and ''[[Video Game Remake|Jumper Redux]]''</ref>.

* The three Compile-developed sequels to ''[[Puyo Puyo]]'' have puns on numbers. ''Tsū'', the Japanese word for expert, also sounds like the English word two; ''SUN'', when pronounced in English, sounds like the Japanese word for three; and the "yon" in ''Puyo Puyo~n'' means four.

* Namco [[Four Is Death|really, really didn't want to make a fourth game]] in the ''[[Ace Combat]]'' series. When they had to, it was only under condition that its number was padded to ''[[Ace Combat 04]]''. They finally [[Stopped Numbering Sequels|gave it up]] after ''[[Ace Combat 6]]''.

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