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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|''"God willing, we'll all meet again in ''Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money''."'' \|'''Yogurt''', ''[[~~Spaceballs (Film)\|~~Spaceballs]]''}} Comedies in general (and parodies in particular) often target popular genres and the conventions thereof. Of course, one of the many reasons these genres are so ripe for parody in the first place is because the conventions of them have been repeated to the point of ridiculousness by [[Sequelitis\|sequel after sequel after rip off after remake.]] Line 7: Compare [[Ridiculous Future Sequelization]]. {{examples}}▼ ▲{{examples}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * The anime adaptation of ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' uses this as a [[Running Gag]] with the phrase "To Be Continued... maybe..." == [[Film]] == * Very common in the films of [[Mel Brooks]]: Even the ''title'' of ''[[History of the World Part One]]'' implies a sequel, and they do "previews" to Part Two (including "Hitler On Ice!!!"), but it's clear they don't mean to make one. The rapping [[Greek Chorus]] in ''[[Robin Hood: Men in Tights]]'' jokes about reappearing in ''Robin Hood 2''. No sequel has been announced. ** In ''[[~~Spaceballs (Film)\|~~Spaceballs]]'' [[Mel Brooks\|Yogurt]] jokes that he and Lone Starr will meet again in ''Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money'', as part of the movie's [[Running Gag]] about [[Merchandise-Driven\|merchandising]]. No sequel has been made, though an animated series had a short run in the mid 2000s * Characters from [[Kevin Smith]]'s movies will sometimes make jokes about sequels or about the type of films and the order they're made in: "No, first you do the safe picture, THEN you do the art picture, then sometimes you have to do the pay-back picture!" Cue characters casting [[Aside Glance\|a glance]] at the camera. * In the sports movie parody ''The Comebacks'' after winning the climactic football game and vowing to leave the sport forever, the main character is offered a job coaching basketball at "Sequel University". There have been no plans to make a sequel to ''The Combacks'', and considering its [[Shallow Parody\|quality]], that's probably a good thing. * ''[[I'm Gonna Git You Sucka]]'': During the climax Mr. Big acknowledges that his character is an exploitation villain in a movie. {{quote\| '''Mr. Big:''' I'm sorry, boys, but there ain't gonna be a sequel to this one.}} * The original ''[[~~Jackass (TV)\|~~Jackass]]'' movie pulls out a final skit after the credits, hinting at a sequel dubbed "Son of Jackass" jackass, where the now-elderly cast runs a march of death while getting maimed and killed in increasingly gory ways. While there ''was'' a sequel, it wasn't called ''Son of Jackass''. ** Bam in the credits of Jackass 2 begs "Please, God, don't let there be a Jackass Three!]] Sure enough... * ''[[~~Kung Pow\|~~Kung Pow!: Enter the Fist]]'' spent a good deal of time at the end of the movie showing a full trailer for the sequel, made up mostly of scenes deleted from the first movie. Naturally, it didn't happen (though a sequel ''is'' currently{{when}} in [[Development Hell]]). * ''[[Mac and Me]]'' ends with a promise that "We'll be back!" Oh, no [[Stillborn Franchise\|you won't.]] * Chris Tucker, in an outtake from ''[[Rush Hour\|RushHour 2]]'', upon seeing a bad guy plummet to his death, declares: "Damn! He ain't gonna be in ''Rush Hour 3!''" ** Turns out he wasn't. * An odd case involves the ''[[Scary Movie]]'' franchise. The [[Tagline]] of the first movie was "No mercy. No shame. No sequel.", but this didn't stop a sequel from being released the very next year (with the [[Tagline]] "[[I Lied\|We Lied]]"). Similarly, the [[Tagline]] of ''Scary Movie 3'' ("[[Captain Obvious\|Great Trilogies Come in Threes]]") didn't stop a fourth, (and upcoming fifth) movie from being released. * From ''[[Scream (~~Film~~film)\|Scream]]'': "No, please don't kill me, Mr. Ghost face! I wanna be in the sequel!" * Maggie Simpson's second (and currently last) word, spoken at the end of the credits in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'', is "sequel?". * In the British slasher spoof ''Unmasked Part 25'' (whose very ''title'' implies this trope), several snarky comments are made throughout regarding the probability of another sequel. == [[Video Games]] == * The 100% completion ending of ''[[Banjo -Kazooie]]'' shows snapshots of the eponymous characters obtaining items inaccessible in the main game. When asked what they're for, Mumbo Jumbo tells them they'll have to wait for the sequel (which was made a few years later). ** Playing it straight, after defeating her in ''[[Banjo Tooie]]'', Gruntilda exclaims that she'll have her revenge in 'Banjo-Threeie' (which wasn't made). * In the [[Game Boy Advance]] [[Video Game Remake\|remake]] of ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'', after the Kongs jump overboard and King K. Rool sails off, [[Meta Guy\|Cranky]] remarks, "Call that an ending? Looks like a cheap stunt setting up the story for the sequel!" In the Hero Mode ending, he tells Diddy, "You have really surpassed yourself! Who knows? Maybe you'll make the sequel." * In ''[[~~Duke Nukem Forever (Video Game)\|~~Duke Nukem Forever]]'', Duke meets on a dying character and merrily quips that he won't be in the sequel. Time will show if this trope applies. * ''[[~~Earthbound~~EarthBound]]'' joked about a sequel, and then it took it 11 years to actually get made. ''And'' [[No Export for You\|it was Japan-Only.]] * In ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'' one of the [[Interface Screw\|insanity effects]] was an advert for a sequal appearing, implying that the game was over. * The ''[[Monkey Island]]'' games made a [[Running Gag]] out of referring to the franchise as having five games, even when there were only three or four. This became a [[Noodle Incident]] in ''[[Tales of Monkey Island\|Tales]]'', which apparently skipped it over. * The very last line in ''[[No More Heroes]]'' is Sylvia [[Lampshade Hanging\|lampshading]] the [[Gainax Ending\|bizarre ending of the game]] with "Too bad there won't be a sequel!" This, of course, turned out to be [[No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle\|a lie]]. * ''[[Rayman\|Rayman 3]]'', Murfy leaves saying that he'll see us in ''Rayman 4''. As of this writing, there has not been a game titled ''Rayman 4'', or, indeed, ''any'' true sequel to ''Rayman 3''. {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Comedy Tropes]] [[Category:Metafiction Demanded This Index]] [[Category:~~Sequel~~Alliterative ~~Snark~~Trope Titles]]