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* The ''[[Star Trek]]'' movies did this starting with ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Wrath of Khan]]'' and ending with ''[[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country|Undiscovered Country]]'', spanning all of the films based on [[Star Trek: The Original Series|the original series]]. Movies based on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|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.
* Wanna hear something funny? ''[[The Land Before Time]]'' started to number its sequels with roman numbers, and to this day never changed that formula. [[wikipedia:The Land Before Time
** 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 2: Electric Boogaloo|Oddly Numbered Sequel]] (at least over here) is the seventh movie, known as ''Saw 3D''.
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* The [[Olympic Games]] are officially referred to by number. The 2008 Summer Games in Beijing were the Games of the XXIX [29th] Olympiad of the modern era. (it's worth noticing the ones cancelled due to World Wars still count)
* In boxing and mixed martial arts, rematches between notable competitors are often numbered, such as Ali-Frazier 2.
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