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Would a '23 Jump Street' Ruin The Best Joke of '22 Jump Street'?

One of the overarching jokes of of&nbsp;<em>22 Jump Street&nbsp;</em>is the fact that it is indeed a sequel. But would a&nbsp;<em>23 Jump Street&nbsp;</em>make that joke less funny?&nbsp;

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One of the overarching jokes of of 22 Jump Street is the fact that it is indeed a sequel. But would a 23 Jump Street make that joke less funny? 

Much-deserved praise has been lavished on the—spoiler alert—end credits for the, after an original ending in which Jonah Hill's Schmidt and Channing Tatum's Jenko rejected the idea of going on another mission tested badly. So they came up with an elaborate gag, complete with celebrity cameos, taking stabs at medical school, Sunday school, beauty school, and more. 

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