History YMMV / PokerNight2

** In one full group conversation, Claptrap suggests that the four of them, representing the four main branches of geek culture, should make a conglomerate. When asked about his contract working for Creator/GearboxSoftware, he launches into an angry rant that gets interrupted by [[{{Brainwashing}} a visible override]] as he praises his company. Amusing enough in the context of Gearbox, which has done well for itself, but considering the future financial situation and public opinion of the company that made ''this'' game, Creator/TelltaleGames...

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Replacing Max with Sam is regarded as a smart move with Sam being much funnier on his own than Max was on the last game. Plus with Max still there on the side, players get the best of Sam’s lone snark and Max’s randomness.
** The larger amount of the initial money in the stakes and the steeper blinds helps games move along faster than before.
** Unlocking items overall is much smoother and way less reliant on chance. To unlock character specific items; rather than relying on chance you need to compete three missions, once those are done all you need to do is win a tournament and you are guaranteed the item. Everything else is bought with tokens, which you earn even if you lose a tournament. This ensures you can unlock everything even if you aren’t the best at poker and/or get a string of bad hands.

* NamesTheSame:
** Not [[Franchise/MassEffect that Ashley Williams]], although it seems Brock was expecting it to be.
** And Ash and Brock tease Claptrap about being from the ''other'' [[Film/{{Avatar}} alien planet Pandora]].

%%** Max giving Claptrap a "Wet Willy" [[note]]licking his finger and sticking it in Claptrap's "ear"[[/note]] is significantly less funny if you're aware that Claptrap's voice actor claimed Randy Pitchford pulled the same prank on him during a recording session.

** Unlocking items overall is much smoother and way less reliant on chance. To unlock character specific items; rather than relying on chance you need to compete three missions, once those are done all you need to do is win a tournament and you are guaranteed the item. Everything else is bought with tokens, which you eareven if you lose a tournament. This ensures you can unlock everything even if you aren’t the best at poker and/or get a string of bad hands.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: Replacing Max with Sam is regarded as a smart move with Sam being much funnier on his own than Max was on the last game. Plus with Max still there on the side, players get the best of Sam’s lone snark and Max’s randomness.

** Claptrap being an AbhorrentAdmirer of [=GLaDOS=] becomes awkward when ''VideoGame/Borderlands3'' was announced as a timed exclusive on Epic Game Store, a move that Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford supported to the point of wanting future Borderlands games to stay off of Steam indefinitely.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* GatewaySeries: Just like the first game, particularly in regards to ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' and ''Franchise/EvilDead''.

** Max giving Claptrap a "Wet Willy" [[note]]licking his finger and sticking it in Claptrap's "ear"[[/note]] is significantly less funny if you're aware that Claptrap's voice actor claimed Randy Pitchford pulled the same prank on him during a recording session.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The use of characters like GlaDOS, Brock Samson, along with various references to game and pop culture at the time (Brock can sometimes be heard to say he'll be "home in time for ''Series/DowntonAbbey'', as an example) pegs this game pretty exactly as an early 2010's game.

-->'''Sam''': You don't even like...whatever gender that is.
-->'''Max''': ''Call me.''

* MostAnnoyingSound:
** Sam's line "Great day in the morning!" becomes rather irritating after hearing it for nearly every all-in.
** [=GLaDOS=] says, "Well, that was a clever move that won't come back to bite you in your ample posterior" WAY too often.
** Many players found themselves wondering why the devs gave the longest lines and the shorter pool of jokes to the one character specifically designed to be annoying and disliked. Claptrap, in case you were wondering. all of the other players just sit and talk, which allows the player to mostly keep playing while the storylines play out, Claptrap often has animations that stop the game completely while he's shut down, stuck on a loop, or moving around the table. if that wasn't enough, his high pitched voice and shouting gets grating pretty fast.

* AdaptationDisplacement: One of the conversations Claptrap starts lampshades the fact that most modern SamAndMax fans don't remember the comics.

* InternetBackdraft: The increased difficulty compared to the first game is a ''bit'' of a sore subject on the game's Steam forums.

** Max giving Claptrap a "Wet Willy" [[note]]licking his finger and sticking it in Claptrap's "ear"[[/note]] is significantly less funny if you're aware that Claptrap's voie actor claimed Randy Pitchford pulled the same prank on him during a recording session.

** Or [[Franchise/MassEffect that Ashley Williams]], although it seems Brock was expecting it to be.

** Claptrap getting hacked by Gearbox to keep him from voicing his dislike towards them is a bit of a funny gag. At least that was the case until years later in 2019 when Claptrap's voiceactor, David Eddings, came forward with stories about abuse and injustices he suffered at the hands of Randy Pitchford, CEO of Gearbox.

** Max's new voice actor is known for playing Lexaeus in the ''KingdomHearts'' series. Sam's old voice actor played Goofy, who assists the hero, Sora, in defeating the Organization Lexaeus works for.

** In another conversation, Brock mentions that a video game company used his image for one of their games, which later went bankrupt with extreme prejudice. Now consider the fact that Telltale Games used Brock in this game, announced their bankruptcy a few years later, and the negative coverage that followed really did a number on their reputation.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In one full group conversation, Claptrap suggests that the four of them, representing the four main branches of geek culture, should make a conglomerate. When asked about his contract working for Creator/GearboxSoftware, he launches into an angry rant that gets interrupted by [[{{Brainwashing}} a visible override]] as he praises his company. Amusing enough in the context of Gearbox, which has done well for itself, but considering the future financial situation and public opinion of the company that made ''this'' game, Creator/TelltaleGames...