Sequels are stories that take place after the original, often with most if not all of the same cast and frequently in the same setting if not the same … Stealth Sequel · Sequel-itis · Sequel Series · Immediate Sequel

The Sequel Series trope as used in popular culture. An entire series that follows on chronologically from the predecessor. Usually marked by a change in ...

The Sequel Displacement trope as used in popular culture. Basically when a series is rolling along, and doing decent, if a bit obscure.

Sequels to works, generally created on the impetus of box office revenue, are rarely as good as the work they're a sequel to.

The Sequel Gap trope as used in popular culture. A film or other literary work where a sequel is released long, long after the original work.

Sometimes there's a sequel that attempts to address complaints viewers had with the original, or build upon the original's perceived strengths.

A sequel where the plot picks up immediately after the previous part. Either literally immediately, to such a degree that it's possible to edit the two ...

Film #1: Vietnam vet deals with PTSD and ostracism in his home country. Film #2: Vietnam vet goes back to 'Nam to redo the war.

A Sequel Hook is something in a work that suggests that there is a clear possibility for another story. The MacGuffins may come in threes, the Big Bad might ...

Some stories take place a very long time after their predecessors, whether only a few decades afterwards or after centuries or millennia.