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{{quote|''"I think we might have killed the franchise."''
|'''[[George Clooney]]''' on ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'' (and [[Batman Begins|until 2005]], he was right)}}
Sometimes a sequel [[Sequelitis|sucks.]] Sometimes it sucks, but leaves the possibility open that the [[Surprisingly Improved Sequel|followup will be better]] and that this is just [[Dork Age|a blip in the quality]] of the franchise. Then sometimes it sucks ''so much'' that it kills the franchise stone dead, destroying the producers'/publishers' hopes for further sequels.
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Note that sometimes the franchise turns out to be [[Not Quite Dead]], and can be salvaged with a [[Continuity Reboot]]. If the franchise experiences what ''should'' have been a '''Franchise Killer''' but carries on regardless, it's a [[Franchise Zombie]]. Occasionally it's a [[Stillborn Franchise]], an all-new product for which plans for sequels were made and then scrapped when it was discovered that the product was crap, or so [[Hype Backlash|hyped up]] that the creators have unrealistic expectations of its success. Or it just didn't profit enough, even though it was a [[Cult Classic]]. If the Franchise that was killed also happened right as the creators were setting up for a new installment to the series, it will overlap with [[Cut Short]].
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== Anime
* ''[[El Hazard]]: The Alternative World'' performed poorly to the point that it was [[Cut Short]] with the show's [[Kudzu Plot|way too many plots]] being wrapped up (very poorly) in only a single episode. It also killed the ''El Hazard'' franchise, with no further work of any kind being done in the decade since. And we never saw the [[Stable Time Loop]] established in the original ''[[El Hazard]]: The Magnificent World'' through to its completion.
** ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'', another AIC franchise of the same era, barely escaped this fate one year earlier with ''Tenchi in Tokyo''. Despite being in most regards worse than ''[[El Hazard]]: The Alternative World'', ''Tenchi in Tokyo'' managed to last for a full 26 episodes, and only set back the franchise by 5 years instead of killing it altogether.
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=== [[Electronic Arts]] ===
* Though ''[[Ultima IX]]'' was already planned to be the last game in the third trilogy, the way it turned out ensured that there would be no fourth trilogy.
* The ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' franchise got killed off after the release of its fourth game of the main series, ''[[Command and Conquer Tiberian Twilight|Tiberian Twilight]],'' due to poor reviews and various ill-received departures from the series' conventions. And that was only a few years after solid hits by the third games of both [[Command
** EA announced that it's developing a sequel to ''[[Command & Conquer: Generals|Generals]]'', which was eventually canceled in 2013 due to [[Executive Meddling]] and alleged negative feedback. The franchise [[Keep Circulating the Tapes|now largely endures through its fanbase and modders]].
* EA Sports' ''NBA Live'' series was renamed ''NBA Elite'' for the 2011 year. However, the game's demo was so awful that they yanked it and cancelled the game weeks from release (as well as the 2012 edition). It didn't help that their primary competitor, Take Two's ''NBA 2K11'', is widely considered one of the best sports games of all time.
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