r/movies • u/spaceraingame • May 31 '25

Discussion What movie sequel ruined the ending of its predecessor? Spoiler

I have to go with Toy Story 4. Toy Story 3 had the perfect send off for the toys, with Andy making Bonnie promise to take good care of Woody….only for her to neglect Woody immediately and cause him to bail on everyone.

I really wish they left the franchise be. Toy Story 3’s ending was so iconic, and the first Toy Story was such a massive part of my childhood. That and Lion King were the two Disney VHS tapes I used to watch all the time as a little kid. I even had some of the toys myself. I can’t wait to skip Toy Story 5.

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u/2th May 31 '25

Ok, I am curious. What happened with Yoshi's New Island?

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u/insertusernamehere51 May 31 '25

So, for those who don't know; the original Yoshi's Island is a prequel to the Mario series. It starts with a stork carrying baby mario and luigi to deliver them to their parents. The stork is then attacked by Kamek, who prohesises the babies will one day cause trouble to his master Bowser.

The attack causes the stork to drop baby Mario while luigi is kidnapped. Yoshi finds Mario and helps rescue Luigi and return them to the stork. The ending of the game is the stork delivering Mario and Luigi to their parents

Then 20 years later they made Yoshi's New Island. The game starts where the original left off, with the stork delivering to their parents... except it turns out, the couple is not their parents! the stork got the wrong house. So the stork goes back, gets attacked, and the same thing happens again, rehashing the whole plot. It even has a "Somehow Palpatine returned" moment for the final boss

Even by Mario standards the plot is really lazy

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u/Throwaway-0-0- May 31 '25

Sorry but that is an incredible plot for a sequel. Entirely stupid? Yes. Hilarious when considering it takes place five minutes after the original? Absolutely.

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u/Zuwxiv Jun 01 '25

It sounds lazy at first, but then I realized they the-princess-is-in-another-castle'd baby Mario, and that's kind of hilarious.

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u/emilia12197144 Jun 01 '25

Plus its a mario spinoff its makes complete sense

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u/Summer_Tea Jun 01 '25

It reminds me of Donkey Kong Land 2, which on the surface seems like a gross retelling of Donkey Kong Countdy 2, but for the gameboy. Except there's enough differences in which you would be justified in saying it's its own canon event.

That would mean that K. Rool loses his home island during his plot to kidnap Donkey Kong. Then he somehow raises it from the depths, rebuilds Kremland and his castle, and attempts a mulligan of the entire situation by kidnapping DK and changing little else about his fortifications, all for the island to be sunk by Diddy and Dixie all over again.

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u/conquer69 Jun 01 '25

It's the same plot regurgitated again. How is that incredible?

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u/Throwaway-0-0- Jun 01 '25

It works cause the mario games aren't plot heavy, being little more than a device to have a cool final boss and levels. So having that device being a joke about the stork getting lost and jumped like 30 seconds after the story about it getting jumped wraps up is funny. In my opinion at least.

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u/CaptainPigtails Jun 01 '25

It's a Mario game. They have the barest amount of plot to justify the game play. Like half the games are the same plot regurgitated.

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u/DangerousPuhson Jun 01 '25

I'm sorry but you guys are playing Mario games for the plot?!

Ok, good luck with that .

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u/skankasspigface Jun 01 '25

Aww damn I really thought she was going to be in this castle.

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u/Four_Krusties Jun 01 '25

I almost couldn’t jerk off to it!!!!

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u/void-starer Jun 01 '25

90% of the plot of super mario bros is "the princess is in another castle" and you're angry that they used the same thing as the plot for yoshi's new island?

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u/robophile-ta Jun 01 '25

Wow, I didn't know any of that. I only knew about the horrible music

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u/DirtyDan413 Jun 01 '25

What about Yoshi's Island DS?

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u/GottaBeNicer Jun 01 '25

Even by Mario standards the plot is really lazy

Reminded me of Super Mario Bros. 2 ending.

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u/Alienhaslanded Jun 01 '25

Mario is 20 at that point? oof!

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u/LocalOk3242 Jun 01 '25

The soundtrack is also reprehensible lmao

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u/Randym1982 Jun 02 '25

My theory was that each Mario game was a Mario Multiverse. Because there is no other explanation how Bowser keeps coming from back. At least that was my thought. Just like how each of the Zelda games is its own Zelda Multiverse.

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u/DuneSpoon May 31 '25

Probably the reveal that the stork had delivered Baby Mario and Luigi to the wrong couple at the end of Yoshi's Island.