History Film / Jaws2

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Although the film starts off with a dead, beached orca (killer whale), in real life, killer whales have been known to kill great white sharks and eat their livers. You could also interpret it as example of TheWorfEffect, showing that this particular shark is so huge and aggressive it killed and ate its supposed predator.

* PutOnABus: Hooper is off on a distant expedition and unreachable.

* TookALevelInBadass: Chief Brody is miles from the meek man he was in the first film. In that, he lets the town mayor and selectmen walk all over him and bury the warning that there's a shark in the waters, is afraid of the water, and is completely out of his element when hunting the shark, as compared to the more experienced Hooper and Quint. [[spoiler: In this film, when he finds evidence they have another shark problem, he pushes for safety precautions on the beaches, and after seemingly nothing happens, he refuses to back down from the selectmen when they threaten to fire him because he remains convinced he's right, and fire him they do. Then when the shark finally attacks the kids in the end and strands them at Cable Junction, Brody throws Hendricks off the police launch and goes out to rescue the kids ''himself." He finally faces off against the shark one-on-one, and Brody is so badass that ''he kills this second shark single-handedly.''

* FanService: 38 minutes through the film, Chief Brody has his entire uniform unbuttoned, showing off his sweaty chest. When he gets back to the house, he only buttoned it up partially, still exposing his chest in a deep V. Makes this even more eye candy since in the original film he typically wore a shirt underneath his uniform but in this sequel, he flies solo, his Chief Badge probably digging into his skin. Yum.

The first sequel to ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', released in 1978. It was directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Carl Gottlieb (who'd cowritten the first film) with Howard Sackler. Creator/RoyScheider, Creator/LorraineGary, and Murray Hamilton returned from the original cast.

The first sequel to ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', released in the year 1978.

Four years after the events of the first film, another shark swims to the waters of Amity Island to munch on its inhabitants. Trouble is, Chief Brody [[YouHaveToBelieveMe can't persuade anyone that they have another shark problem]]. He is forced to take matters into his own hands when the shark targets a teenage sailing party, which includes his own sons.

* HystericalWoman: After the shark attacks them, one of the female teenagers, Jackie, eventually goes hysterical, screaming like crazy and having a panic attack when their rafts get stuck at the bottom. Another teen [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan tries to shut her up by shaking her violently]], but is told by his friends that this won't help. Not all the women are like this, but it stands out because by contrast the guys are all portrayed as practical and goal-oriented, and none of them breaks down to the same degree. Even the much younger Sean holds it together better than her, who by all accounts has far more right to be freaked out due to being a kid. In her defense, she is in the middle of an extremely traumatic and terrifying experience, as well as having seen friends die in front of her.
** Also, she's tagged right at the start as a clueless city kid visiting her cousin on vacation. As such, she originally saw sailing as a bit of fun, she has none of the natural boat skills of the other kids who've spent their lives on island pursuits, no knowledge of how to survive at sea in an emergency and so can hardly be blamed for freaking out just a little more.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Martin wonders if this is the case -- with the second shark seeking to avenge the first one. This is quickly dismissed, though, and not mentioned afterwards.

* JewishandNerdy: Timmy, he has a Jewfro and glasses.

* AbnormalAmmo: Chief Brody takes his standard-issue semi-jacketed hollow point bullets, fills the cavities with cyanide and covers them with wax. That this would seriously affect the trajectory and stability of the bullets and make them wildly inaccurate doesn’t seem to occur to him.

** Also, she's tagged right at the start as a clueless city kid visting her cousin on vacation. As such, she originally saw sailing as a bit of fun, she has none of the natural boat skills of the other kids who've spent their lives on island pursuits, no knowledge of how to survive at sea in an emergency and so can hardly be blamed for freaking out just a little more.

* TakeThat: A corpse of mauled orca is found on the beach, covered in shark bites. It is a jab at ''Film/OrcaTheKillerWhale'', which was released in the previous year.

* SwallowedWhole: The SuperPersistentPredator gets his (or her) way when one of the teenagers is swallowed whole while saving Officer Brody's youngest son, Sean.

* SwallowedWhole: The SuperPersistentPredator gets his (or her) way when one of the teenagers is swallowed whole while saving Officer Brody's youngest son, Shawn.