Otherwise known as 'sequelitis'. A general malady where any actor who reprises a
character in more than one
movie (that is, for example, is compelled to do, say, The Nutty Professor IV: Buddy Love Vs the
Hamster) is doomed to repeat that character in other movies.
It is murphy's
law in action: the
movie The Haunted Mansion. (Other actors suffering from murphy's
law is Bruce Willis, Sly Stallone, Arnie Schwarzenegger. Of course, Arnie may have inadvertedly found the cure for ML)