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* Why do people do this??? Why can't you just call the first installment by its actual name, it's not like people will be confused without that [[Sarcasm Mode|handy]] little 1 at the end.
** Because the name only might refer to the franchise as a whole.
*** We do that in [[Sailor Moon]] fandom; in the first season, "Sailor Moon" was just Sailor Moon, referring to both franchise and season. But when it was continued into Sailor Moon R, then S, then
** Because people ''do'' get confused without the disambiguation. For instance, if I say the plot of [[Star Wars]] is a tepid fantasy, am I referring to the first movie (in which case I have an arguable point), the original trilogy (in which case I have much less of a point), all of the movies collectively (in which case I have practically no point), or the entire [[Expanded Universe]] as a whole (in which case I have no point whatsoever, and should be [[Dope Slap|Dope Slapped]] for saying such a ridiculous thing)?
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