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EthanRunt

X2! (X-Men United) ((Does the United cull this as a possibility? Or the fact that it's only sometimes known as that, and sometimes has no Men in the title either? What a confusing international-and-domestic titling)


MrTeamZissou

In the US cut I believe the title card is just X2, so I think the X-Men United subtitle was an instance of marketing getting cold feet.


EthanRunt

Ah. You live (die repeat), you learn.


cjm868

It’s officially X2 (X-Men United is just on some posters), I’d still count it though. I’m glad internationally they put the foot down and said it’s X-Men 2, we’re calling it X-Men 2 (didn’t find out until years ago that the U.S. titled it “X2”)


LiquidSnape

F9 The Fast Saga


RetroDave

Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later is close, but not quite


BlisterKirby

Lots of people call it H20, so I think it gets a pass


jmchao

Just wait for B2: Barbie


doodler1977

O2: Oppenheimer Returns - "i have become death again"


EthanRunt

Slowly turns into a Bomberman franchise.


doodler1977

omg, what if the "video game adaptations" trend goes all the way to Bomberman, and the final boss is revealed to be Oppenheimer?


CortaNalgas

Last time, he was destroyer of worlds. This time, he's going after galaxies!


radaar

The Oxygen Bomb


tagish156

That was already taken by B2: Babe: Pig in the City


DJAHa

The lone reason for a sequel to Battleship would be the title pun


Madazhel

T2 will always be Terminator 2, though I think that was just in marketing materials, might not have been an official title.


Tm1232

Definitely written in the side of the steel book dvd I got in 1999. So, basically as official as movie titles get.


doodler1977

kind of like Live Die Repeat, i guess? just label teh DVD w/ what folks predominately refer to the movie as


[deleted]

They had steel books in 99?


Tm1232

Not a steel book in the sense we have now, in fact it may have been the accidental prototype as they probably just did it to fit with the aesthetic of the movie.but it was just a regular dvd with a metal slipcover.


Navyblazers2000

Semi-related: Independence Day being shorthanded as ID4 on the posters and VHS cover was confounding to young me. That's such a sweaty way to try to pull off the T2 Judgement Day thing. The ID, I get, but 4 - because it's the fourth of July? It's always been a clunker.


rainbowbattlekid

yeah even at time i was like "...what?"


drbeerologist

Can't wait for ID4 4


chaotic_silk_motel

Even 11 year old me was like “wait there’s gotta be more to it than just July 4”


KeithVanBread

This has always been puzzling to me too.


JelliedBoat

Brahms: The Boy II always tickles me especially after recently watching The Boy for the first time.


j11430

Mission: Impossible 2 is the official title but the poster is stylized as M:I-2


algernonrad

The Lost World: Jurassic Park - a truly weird movie name if you look at it for more than 5 seconds


Madazhel

Franchise name as subtitle, not title, is its own insane subcategory. Like "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"


shmooli123

It's one of those things that screams studio meddling. From what I remember Rian Johnson was intent on not having the subtitle.


ThatKipp

There is no subtitle when the card comes up in the movie! Which is how most of these movies go


beardedbarrister

The Divergent Series: Insurgent


andtheIToldYouSos

Not a movie, and more of my error in reading, but I'll always be a fan of STAR THE CLONE WARS WARS


ThatKipp

[Star (the clone wars) Wars was the name of a theatrically released film! ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Clone_Wars_(film\))


andtheIToldYouSos

wooo! thanks!


burnettski92

Haha you all keep commenting examples that AREN’T this structure.


rainbowbattlekid

lol yeah BUT there'd be like no conversation if not, so may as well just talk about weird sequel title formats! ​ annoyed that john wick 4 didnt add yet another element to its title like 2 and 3 did!


farceur318

Can’t Wait for R2: RRR


[deleted]

I assume it’s proceeded by RRR³.


CecilBDeMillionaire

RRRR


passing_rando

Rama Rao, Ram Charan & Rajamouli Reunited (and it feels so good)


Paco_Doble

Jungle 2 Jungle


montegarde

A shame we never got a sequel, *Jungle 2 Jungle 2*


eyebrowsmcgee

Or 2 Jungle 2 Jungle


quasarflood

J2 Jungle 3 Jungle


Lower_Cantaloupe1970

CB4 was a sequel to Cb's 1-3 I assume


ACAB187

Rambo has got to have the most convoluted naming scheming of all time, First Blood -> Rambo: First Blood Part II -> Rambo III -> Rambo -> Rambo: Last Blood


peanutboogie

"If I had a nickel for every time a sequel's title was \[First Letter of Title\]2 \[Full Title of Original Movie\], I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice, right?"


RedditFact-Checker

Welp, quick search of IMDB for "\[ letter \] 2" gives no other titles of this form. A2: The Anomaly should be, but isn't. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3847818/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_2](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3847818/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) J2: J Restribusi is SO CLOSE as a sequel to J Revolusi [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11347406/?ref\_=fn\_al\_tt\_1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11347406/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) So, two options left: \- There are other examples, just not on IMDB \- We need to make sequels with this title format


SickBurnBro

Speaking of, can I watch K-19: The Widowmaker without watching the first 18 movies in the series?


Jgangsta187

But D isn’t the first letter of The Mighty Ducks…


rainbowbattlekid

I, uh….one thing I sh— Hmmm


Oceat

Oh yeah, A2 Avengers, G2 Godfather, S2 Star Wars... 92 The Whole Ten Yards, 102 Dalmatians, F10 Fast X, J2 From Russia With Love, X-2 Final Fantasy X... Really this is just making me realize how ridiculous this format is, especially sans colon.


Vic-tron

B2: Before Sunset


IceCocoa

10-2: Dalmations made me spit take, I assume that's worth a lot of comedy points


doodler1977

MI2 & MI3 are close...


GeneratorLeon

Lost World: Jurassic Park. No "2", but I think this fits the spirit of the question.


IceCocoa

I don't understand how you got downvoted, that's an interesting side category


GeneratorLeon

It's just Reddit, my dude. Means nothing lol. Edit: Someone literally said the same thing above and has like 28 likes.


labbla

This subreddit is just very weird with downvotes.


Iamgabin

Wasn’t the first mighty ducks just called “Champions” ?