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An episode in a series that serves as a sequel to a previous episode. Different from a [[Two Part Episode]], in that there may be several episodes (if not several ''years'') inbetween the first episode and the one that picks up the plot again.

To qualify, it's not enough to simply have an object, setting, or character from one episode appear in another, otherwise any series with a [[Rogues Gallery]] would consist almost entirely of ~~[[Sequel Episode|~~Sequel Episodes]]. If ''Cop Show'' has the [[Main Characters]] arrest a thief and recover some stolen jewels in one episode, and a later episode has the thief break out of prison and cause some more havoc, that's just a [[One-Shot Character]] moving up to [[Recurring Character]] status. If, on the other hand, a later episode has the cops discover that the stolen jewels they recovered were actually fakes, and they have to interrogate the thief to find out where she hid the real jewels, ''that'' is a [[Sequel Episode]]; the plot resolved in an earlier episode is reopened and explored again in a new episode.

To qualify, it's not enough to simply have an object, setting, or character from one episode appear in another, otherwise any series with a [[Rogues Gallery]] would consist almost entirely of '''Sequel Episodes'''. If ''Cop Show'' has the [[Main Characters]] arrest a thief and recover some stolen jewels in one episode, and a later episode has the thief break out of prison and cause some more havoc, that's just a [[One-Shot Character]] moving up to [[Recurring Character]] status. If, on the other hand, a later episode has the cops discover that the stolen jewels they recovered were actually fakes, and they have to interrogate the thief to find out where she hid the real jewels, ''that'' is a '''Sequel Episode'''; the plot resolved in an earlier episode is reopened and explored again in a new episode.

Obviously this only applies to series where [[Stand Alone Episode~~|Stand Alone Episodes~~]] occur somewhat regularly. If the whole show is one long [[Story Arc]], there's not enough seperating the plot of one episode from another to make labelling it a "sequel" meaningful. However, if a series has multiple [[Story Arc~~|Story Arcs~~]], it is possible for a later [[Story Arc]] to be a sequel to an earlier one.

Obviously this only applies to series where [[Stand Alone Episode]]s occur somewhat regularly. If the whole show is one long [[Story Arc]], there's not enough seperating the plot of one episode from another to make labelling it a "sequel" meaningful. However, if a series has multiple [[Story Arc]]s, it is possible for a later [[Story Arc]] to be a sequel to an earlier one.

Often uses [[Cross Referenced Titles]]. Related to [[Continuity Nod]] and [[Call Back]].

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* In the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' episode "The Wish" the vengeance demon Anyanka creates an [[Alternate Universe]] where vampires rule Sunnydale. By the end of the episode [[The Verse]] is returned to normal and Anyanka is left powerless. Later that season, the episode "Dopplegangland" was driven by Anyanka's attempts to regain her powers, and maybe [[Reality Warper|warp reality]] back into a vampire run hellhole while she's at it.

** "Intervention" was one to "I Was Made To Love You".

* ''[[iCarly]]'': ''iThink They Kissed'', where Carly finds out that Sam and Freddie shared a [[First Kiss]] is the [[Sequel Episode]] to ''iKiss'' where the [[First Kiss]] occurred.

* ''[[iCarly]]'': ''iThink They Kissed'', where Carly finds out that Sam and Freddie shared a [[First Kiss]] is the Sequel Episode to ''iKiss'' where the [[First Kiss]] occurred.

* The fifth-season ''[[Quantum Leap]]'' episode "Deliver Us From Evil" is a sequel to the second-season episode "Jimmy": Sam leaps into Jimmy LaMotta a second time, a couple years after his first leap, and finds that the happy future he should have caused is failing to occur (thanks to an [[Evil Counterpart]] whose goal is to [[Make Wrong What Once Went Right]]). This episode gets its own sequel later that season when the evil leaper returns in "[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Return of the Evil Leaper]]".

* ''[[The X-Files]]'' first season episode "Tooms" was a sequel to an episode earlier in the season, "Squeeze," one of the few they did like that. In the first ep they caught the [[Monster of the Week]] and in the later ep he was released from prison.