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- noun informal, pejorative The tendency of a well-received work to spawn many inferior
sequels .
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Examples
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Even movies: sequelitis is about the profitable sale of sameness.
Archive 2009-04-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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This panel will seek to diagnose the video game industry's purported "sequelitis" by way of discussion from thoughtful panelists, including Irrational Games 'Ken Levine; Obsidian's Chris Avellone; Harmonix's Dan Teasdale; Giant Bomb's Jeff Gerstmann; and moderator Chris Grant
Joystiq Andrew Yoon 2010
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Iron Man 2 more or less wins its battle with "sequelitis" to provide a solid, fun follow-up.
Listal promoted 2010
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We have fun with the idea of endless sequels, or "sequelitis" as Kevin calls it in the script.
Cinematical 2010
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It isn't the rampant "sequelitis" we see in video games and movies.
The Daily Texan RSS 2009
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Madden series - that suffers from 'sequelitis' quite as badly as the
PSP World 2009
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The kind of sequelitis cancer that Wii has managed to stay fairly immune to before now.
Eurogamer 2009
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Madden series - that suffers from 'sequelitis' quite as badly as the
PSP World 2009
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Madden series - that suffers from 'sequelitis' quite as badly as the
PSP World 2009
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This "sequelitis" negatively affects new games and movies that release without a previous installment.
FIUSM.com 2008
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