History Film / ChildsPlay2

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: When Chucky discovers that it's too late to use Andy as his new SoulJar, he decides to kill him instead.

** Then there's [[spoiler:Miss Kettlewell]], a SadistTeacher if ever there was one, and even shown to be outright abusive (which in turn makes her corrupt as those kinds of severe practices including physical abuse, which implied she would have inflicted on Andy if he stayed in class once she returned, held in schools were made illegal by the film the was made and set in) before crossing paths with Chucky.

* DarkerAndEdgier: In a way, despite having slightly more humor than the first film, it shows the death scenes to be uncomfortable to watch (including more bloody and violence-inflicting closeups), Chucky's RasputinianDeath to be more BloodierAndGorier and Chucky dropping his FauxAffablyEvil facade and acts more mean-spirited towards Andy then the first film that at the climax [[spoiler: when he realized it's too late to BodySurf into Andy, he tries to kill 8-year-old Andy]], plus the terrorizing and brooding orchestral music score by Graeme Revell further adds up the intense, creepy and scary mood.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: After she gives Andy detention, Miss Kettlewell locks him in the classroom to keep him from going anywhere. While teachers can make a student stay after class, they aren't allowed to physically bar a student from being able to leave like that outside of a specific dangerous circumstance or medical emergencies. Though, there could be a possibility that Miss Kettlewell is corrupt and deliberately commit these kind of crimes behind the system's back in her teachings.

* CombatPragmatist: In the novelization Chucky muses in his internal monologue about the advantages of his doll body and how it puts him at perfect height for "slashing people's legs, cutting them just behind the knees or severing their tendons".

* CoversAlwaysLie: The dvd cover shows Chucky about to decapitate a terrified looking jack in the box with a pair of scissors, which also suggests that Chucky isn't the only living toy in the movie. Unfortunately, not once does a jack in the box ever appear in the actual movie.[[note]]One does, however, appear in the trailers, but it gets stomped by Chucky before it can open.[[/note]]

* DecoyProtagonist: Somewhat with the Simpsons such as Joanne (thanks to Creator/JennyAgutter's second billing just below Andy's actor Alex Vincent's top billing), but only in the television cut due to more scenes that involves more insight to her and Phil as the first and second acts of the film focuses largely on the foster couple. Phil is a {{Deuteragonist}} example, but like Joanne, only in the television cut. [[spoiler: When they are killed and Joanne losing all audience sympathy after having TookALevelInJerkass [[AssholeVictim just before her own death after Phil's]], CharacterFocus goes to either Kyle (whose actress Christine Elise notably was billed beneath Agutter's and Phil's actor Gerrit Graham's second and third billings despite her character's actual importance than the Simpsons) or back to Andy front and centre]].

* EvilDetectingDog: In the novelization Chucky runs into a German shepherd on the way to Andy's new home. It gets scared and runs away.

** It opens with a close up of Chucky's eye being removed. In extended footage from the TV version, Chucky's eye falls into a vat of plastic and is built into a new doll.

** Grace Poole is also one of the few of adults who cared for Andy, but also naturally disbelieves in the existence of Chucky and [[spoiler:understandably reprimand Kyle for pulling the fire alarm when it was in fact Chucky before immediately falling victim to him when Chucky ambushes her with his "Amazing isn't it?" liner [[TooDumbToLive before she had the chance to drop the]] KillerDoll]]. Even earlier, she failed to identify the man on the phone she had spoken to who called himself Andy's "Uncle Charles" was not other than Chucky himself, though she had no way to know it was a KillerDoll she was speaking to.

* HeroWithBadPublicity: A good chunk of the cast believe that Andy is responsible for Chucky's murders from the first film.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Had Chucky had not been overzealous and tried to cut Andy's legs (as revenge for causing the loss of ''his'' legs) and cut that air hose, Kyle wouldn't have had it to stuff in his mouth and eventually blow him up.

* InTheStyleOf: The sequel gives off a vibe that it's directed by Creator/WesCraven and produced by the horror genre production company active at the time Alive Films in vein of films like ''Film/{{Shocker}}'' (which was also distributed by Creator/{{Universal}} like this movie) as this sequel contains tropes common in Craven's works like, but not limited to AdultsAreUseless, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence, SuburbanGothic and PracticallyJoker, not to mention most of the action held at a StepfordSuburbia setting just like in most of Craven's films.

* LighterAndSofter: The television cut is this to the film's theatrical cut, due to it showing life for Andy is not as much of a CrapsackWorld that theatrical version depicts instead, including more insight between him and social workers that the social workers are genuinely caring and kind and [[HiddenDepths more insight]] on the Simpsons (which nearly makes them {{Decoy Protagonist}}s in contrast to the [[DemotedToExtra non-vital roles]] they had in the theatrical cut) that shows that Phil is in fact a JerkWithAHeartOfGold than a straight {{Jerkass}} in the theatrical cut and [[spoiler:and less of an AssholeVictim when he is killed]], while explaining the personal issues the Simpsons are going through as a result of their fostering duties. However, conversely, it makes Mattson [[spoiler:an AssholeVictim when it reveals him to be cheating on his wife with a woman named Gabrielle]], something cut out in theatrical cut.

* NeverTrustATrailer: These [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYy4zjvz5Nk two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ578YDz-sQ trailers]] with their catchy pop music for this film suggest this installment would be LighterAndSofter then the first film as a fun EvilIsCool[[invoked]] HorrorComedy rollercoaster thrill ride akin to that of the franchise's later entries ''Film/BrideOfChucky'' and ''Film/SeedOfChucky'' that would make the franchise known for being a horror comedy slasher series, rather then the mostly bleak and morbidly DarkerAndEdgier sequel it really is despite having downplayed horror comedy elements, which can only adds to the installment's off-putting unsettledness (similar to ''Film/{{Scream}}'' films, which ''Bride'' would make a reference to with its poster, for having horror comedy aspects while still predominately serious horror films) then coming across as being funny and BloodyHilarious which ''Bride'' and ''Seed'' mostly showcased.

* NoOSHACompliance: The climax in the toy factory is a safety nightmare. The factory has machines which can maim, mangle, and kill and which don't seem to have any emergency shutoffs, the entire place is staffed at night by ''one'' guy, the layout seems to feature no paths between the machines (Andy and Kyle have to crawl ''through'' some of them, and even Chucky needs a vent at one point to get around), and there are pipes dripping molten plastic.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite having the stereotypically ideal appearance of a model NuclearFamily (such as [[StayInTheKitchen a mother and housewife who cooks and clean]], having an office-worker for a husband as well as having well-supplying huge house fit for a general family (which consists of two-stories and a basement) and a family station wagon), the Simpsons are character-wise flawed in a way (Phil is a {{Jerkass}} ObstructiveBureaucrat, while Joanne, while initially appearing to be more compassionate and caring then Phil, is internally [[StepfordSmiler uptight and insecure]] and have TookALevelInJerkass towards Andy [[spoiler:after thinking Andy killed Phil, prompting her to snap at Andy and throwing him out of her house like trash]]). Also see CrapsaccharineWorld above.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The doubtful Phil, as he approaches his fostering duties this way especially in regards to Andy whom Phil prioritizes questioning his sanity and reputation and if he and his wife are well-prepared and confident enough to manage by themselves over doing the actual fostering and it's implied to be his actual job he goes to work to with a suitcase and in a suit.

* {{Schoolmarm}}: The SadistTeacher Miss Kettlewell's physical appearance, her strict (though it's more an extreme take to the point of child abuse) approach and her chalkboard classroom fits the stereotype very well, with the exception the school she works at is a public elementary school unlike most examples of this trope, which makes her one step away for fulfilling the 100% stereotype and almost gives an impression she was BornInTheWrongCentury.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Chucky forces Kyle to drive him to Andy at knifepoint, but she is speeding and a police officer signals her to pull over. The officer starts to reprimand Kyle, but catches sight of Chucky nosebleeding, and he is freaked out over a "plastic" doll bleeding that he lets Kyle go out of fear.
* SinisterMinister: Chucky in the novelization, which expands upon his devotion to the voodoo entity Damballa (said belief ''is'' genuine, to the point of Chucky's very first thoughts being praise to Damballa for giving him another chance to live, but it only makes him EgocentricallyReligious as his faith is borne entirely out of gratitude for being allowed a sort of immortality to keep killing willy-nilly and there's no higher reason to it at all).

* StepfordSuburbia: The Simpsons' foster home's neighborhood. Also see CrapsaccharineWorld above for more detail.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: In the television cut, the Simpsons apparently act as this to Karen Barclay from the original film, for being concerned parents wondering why Andy is blaming an inanimate doll for the crimes, even the foster mother Joanne is played by an established actress Creator/JennyAgutter and is second billed under Alex Vincent, Andy's actor. [[spoiler:However, the Simpsons are proven to be {{Decoy Protagonist}}s when they fall victim to Chucky, while Kyle is the true SupportingProtagonist of the film next to Andy being the lead.]]

* InTheStyleOf: The sequel gives off a vibe that it's directed by Creator/WesCraven and produced by the horror genre production company active at the time Alive Films in vein of films like ''Film/{{Shocker}}'' (which was also distributed by Creator/{{Universal}} like this movie) as this sequel contains tropes common in Craven's works like, but not limited to AdultsAreUseless, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence, SuburbanGothic and PracticallyJoker, not to mention most of the action held at a StepfordSuburbia setting just liken in most of Craven's films.

* InTheStyleOf: The sequel gives off a vibe that it's directed by Creator/WesCraven and produced by the horror genre production company active at the time Alive Films in vein of films like ''Film/{{Shocker}}'' (which was also distributed by Creator/{{Universal}} like this movie) as this sequel contains tropes common in Craven's works like, but not limited to AdultsAreUseless, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and PracticallyJoker, not to mention most of the action held at a StepfordSuburbia setting just liken in most of Craven's films.

* InTheStyleOf: The sequel gives off a vibe that it's directed by Creator/WesCraven and produced by the horror genre production company active at the time Alive Films in vein of films like ''Film/{{Shocker}}'' (which was also distributed by Creator/{{Universal}} like this movie) as this sequel contains tropes common in Craven's works like, but not limited to AdultsAreUseless, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and PracticallyJoker, not to mention most of the action held at a StepfordSuburbia setting.

* InTheStyleOf: The sequel gives off a vibe that it's directed by Creator/WesCraven and produced by the horror genre production company active at the time Alive Films in vein of films like ''Film/{{Shocker}}'' (which was also distributed by Creator/{{Universal}} like this movie) as this sequel contains tropes common in Craven's works like, but not limited to AdultsAreUseless, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and PracticallyJoker.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: After she gives Andy detention, Miss Kettlewell locks him in the classroom to keep him from going anywhere. While teachers can make a student stay after class, they aren't allowed to physically bar a student from being able to leave like that outside of a specific dangerous circumstance or medical emergencies. Though, there could be a possibility that Miss Kettlewell is corrupt and deliberately commit these kind of crime behind the system's back in her teachings.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: After she gives Andy detention, Miss Kettlewell locks him in the classroom to keep him from going anywhere. While teachers can make a student stay after class, they aren't allowed to physically bar a student from being able to leave like that outside of a specific dangerous circumstance or medical emergencies.

* WidowWoman: [[spoiler:Joanne, after Chucky killed Phil, she would follow not long after.]]

* YourHeadASplode: This is how Chucky is done in.

* InsaneTrollLogic: In the theatrical cut only, based on one's interpretation, the reason Phil considers taking 8-year-old Andy back to the orphanage is probably because he believed Andy could have committed the murders from the first film (which Grace told him about) and his recommendation to his wife to send him back was out of fear for his and his wife's lives. [[spoiler:When he is killed, his wife immediately accused Andy of killing him, most likely based on what her husband told her about Andy possibly being the killer.]]

** Despite the bright (if somewhat eerie) look of the film, it's actually an unkind world that not even Andy is safe from other than Chucky (a toy company run by cold-hearted {{corrupt corporate executive}}s including one SmugSnake cheating on his wife, an elementary school where it's implied {{sadist teacher}}s are authorized to inflict [[WouldHurtAChild physical and emotional child abuse]] on their students, and foster parents who, [[NotSoAboveItAll despite their appearances to be seemingly ideal-looking and what model families should look like]], [[SupernaturalProofFather naturally disbelieve that a killer doll is on the loose out to get a child]] and can be vindictively judgmental if a child is a HeroWithBadPublicity and can easily deduce kids can be murderers ranging from an ObstructiveBureaucrat {{Jerkass}} foster father to a mother who starts out as caring and kind towards the child, [[BewareOfTheNiceOnes but]] [[NotSoAboveItAll th]][[BitchInSheepsClothing en]] TookALevelInJerkass towards the kid [[spoiler: after seeing her husband dead and irrationally jumped to a conclusion that the child killed him somehow]] just because of his [[HeroWithBadPublicity prior reputation]]).

* InTheStyleOf: The sequel gives off a vibe that it's directed by Creator/WesCraven and produced by the horror genre production company active at the time Alive Films in vein of films like ''Film/{[Shocker}}'' (which was also distributed by Creator/{{Universal}} like this movie) as this sequel contains tropes common in Craven's works like, but not limited to AdultsAreUseless, FamilyUnfriendlyViolence and PracticallyJoker.

* InTheStyleOf: The sequel gives off a vibe that it's directed by Creator/WesCraven.

The Barclays may have survived the previous movie, but Karen's story about a killer doll resulted in her being taken away for "psychological evaluation". The eight-year-old Andy has been placed in the [[FosterKid foster care system]]. He is placed in the care of Phil and Joanne Simpson (CultClassic veterans Gerrit Graham and Creator/JennyAgutter) alongside their foster daughter Kyle (Christine Elise). What's more, however, is that's not even the ''real'' bad news: The Good Guy doll host has been rebuilt, with Charles Lee Ray's spirit living on once again... and this time, he's not playing around. Chucky soon locates Andy and the incidents start again. With no outside help, Andy must step up and face the killer doll on his own.

[[caption-width-right:299:It's playtime... again.]]

The Barclays may have survived the previous movie, but Karen's story about a killer doll resulted in her being taken away for "psychological evaluation". The 8-year-old Andy has been placed in the [[FosterKid foster care system]]. He is placed in the care of Phil and Joanne Simpson (CultClassic veterans Gerrit Graham and Creator/JennyAgutter) alongside their foster daughter Kyle (Christine Elise). What's more, however, is that's not even the ''real'' bad news: The Good Guy doll host has been rebuilt, with Charles Lee Ray's spirit living on once again... and this time, he's not playing around. Chucky soon locates Andy and the incidents start again. With no outside help, Andy must step up and face the killer doll on his own.

* AdvertisedExtra: Jenny Agutter and Gerrit Graham are given second and third billings, however in the theatrical cut, their characters the Simpsons were not really essential to invest in, while Kyle, played by Christine Elise who is billed fourth, has the most screen time just below Andy. Averted in the television cut, where they are given more screen time and focus on their one arc that involves their fostering duties, which actually making them come across as a DecoyProtagonist couple [[spoiler:until their deaths]] then in the theatrical version, which makes their actors' second and third billings below Kyle's actress' fourth billing a lot more sense then in the theatrical cut.

* AdultFear: The way Chucky first approaches Andy has some ''serious'' shock. And later, [[spoiler: Joanne’s reaction to Phil’s demise. It’s heartbreaking enough to unsettle anyone who has lost a spouse, or cringe at the mere thought of something awful happening to them if they’re still alive.]]

* NeverTrustATrailer: These [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYy4zjvz5Nk two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ578YDz-sQ trailers]] with their catchy pop music for this film suggest this installment would be LighterAndSofter then the first film as a fun EvilIsCool[[invoked]] HorrorComedy rollercoaster thrill ride akin to that of the franchise's later entries ''Film/BrideOfChucky'' and ''Film/SeedOfChucky'' that would make the franchise known for being a horror comedy slasher series, rather then the mostly bleak and morbidly DarkerAndEdgier sequel it really is despite having downplayed horror comedy elements, which can only adds to the installment's off-putting unsettledness (similar to ''Film/{{Scream}}'' films, which ''Bride'' would make a reference to with its poster, for having horror comedy aspects while still predominately serious horror films) then coming across as being ActuallyPrettyFunny and BloodyHilarious which ''Bride'' and ''Seed'' mostly showcased.

* LighterAndSofter: The television cut is this to the film's theatrical cut, due to it showing life for Andy is not as much o a CrapsackWorld that theatrical version depicts instead, including more insight between him and social workers that the social workers are genuinely caring and kind and [[HiddenDepths more insight]] on the Simpsons (which nearly makes them {{Decoy Protagonist}}s in contrast to the [[DemotedToExtra non-vital roles]] they had in the theatrical cut) that shows that Phil is in fact a JerkWithAHeartOfGold than a straight {{Jerkass}} in the theatrical cut and [[spoiler:and less of an AssholeVictim when he is killed]], while explaining the personal issues the Simpsons are going through as a result of their fostering duties. However, conversely, it makes Mattson [[spoiler:an AssholeVictim when it reveals him to be cheating on his wife with a woman named Gabrielle]], something cut out in theatrical cut.

* ExpansionPackPast: The novelization expands a great deal on Chucky's past as Charles Lee Ray, giving him a sort of FreudianExcuse mixed in with some healthy {{Irony}}: turns out his mother was a dwarf with psychotic resentment for "all the big people", and being raised under such a pillar of mental health took its toll on the budding young Charles Ray. At thirteen, he started his career of murder with her as his first victim.
** Years later, the television series [[Series/Chucky Chucky]] would retcon away most of this, although it still keeps the part about his first victim being his mother.