threequel

Noun

threequel (plural threequels)

1. The chronologically third part of any series of works, especially a movie trilogy.
   • When last seen, the “Poseidon” had been blown into small pieces. With any luck, this means Mr. Allen can’t possibly make a threequel.1979 May 25, Janet Maslin, “Inside a Floating Hulk”, in The New York Times
   • On the contrary, last summer saw two jocular parodies of 1970’s blaxploitation films: the minor hit Undercover Brother and Beyonce Knowles’s portrayal of Foxxy Cleopatra, a character in the Austin Powers “threequel.”1999 June 30, Katherine Anne Ackley, Perspectives on Contemporary Issues, Readings Across the Disciplines, Harcourt, fourth edition, Thomson Wadsworth (2006), page 267

   Synonyms:

   trequel