Line #9 Film/TwentyTwoJumpStreet


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2	->''"Ladies, nobody gave a shit about the Jump Street reboot when you first came on. Anyone with half a brain, myself included, thought it was destined to fail spectacularly. But you got lucky. So now this department has invested a lot of money to make sure Jump Street keeps going. We've doubled their budget, as if spending twice the money guaranteed twice the profit."''
3	-->-- '''Capt. Hardy'''
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5	The 2014 sequel to the 2012 comedy ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet''. The film once again is directed by Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller and stars Creator/JonahHill and Creator/ChanningTatum as Morton Schmidt and Greg Jenko. This time they have to go undercover at a university to locate a drug called WHY-PHY ("Work Hard? Yes, Play Hard? Yes", pronounced "wi-fi"). However, complications arise and their friendship comes under pressure.
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7	The fact that this is basically a step-for-step retread of the first film is openly acknowledged and completely lampooned throughout the story. Like the first film, this pokes fun at college comedies and action films. Of course, this time, it especially pokes fun at action film sequels.
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9	The film was released in most of Europe on June 4 and in America on June 13.
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11	Compare ''Film/{{Superbad}}'', ''Film/HotFuzz'', ''Film/TheHeat'', and ''Film/BadBoysII''.
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13	During the 2014 Sony email leaks, it was revealed that a sequel was in the works, and would be a {{Crossover}} with the ''Franchise/MenInBlack'' franchise as an AffectionateParody of the [[TheVerse shared film universe concept]] first introduced by the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''. The film's title was later revealed to be ''MIB 23'', with Tatum and Hill set to reprise their roles. It's [[https://www.superherohype.com/movies/432057-sonys-mib-23-crossover-is-officially-dead since been cancelled]], leaving the future of ''Jump Street'' uncertain (while ''MIB'' [[Film/MenInBlackInternational has gone international]]).
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15	!!The film provides examples of:
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17	* {{Acrofatic}}: [[spoiler:Schimdt finally overcomes his inability to jump high during the final battle.]]
18	* ActorAllusion:
19	** [[Creator/ChanningTatum Jenko]] suggests that he and Schmidt [[Film/WhiteHouseDown become Secret Service agents and go undercover at the White House.]] Hardy and Schmidt agree that [[TakeThat that would be terrible and nobody would want to see it]].
20	** Jenko spins around a female spring-breaker in a [[Film/StepUp dance-like routine]] to take down two of the Ghost's henchmen.
21	*** One of the potential sequels show the duo at a dance academy. ''Schmidt'' is happy because for once they're gonna do something he's good at.
22	** Schmidt points out that Captain Dickson's new office is [[Music/IceCube "like a cube made out of ice"]].
23	** Mrs. Dickson ([[spoiler:Queen Latifah]]) is asked by Schmidt's parents where she and her husband are from. She replies that she was [[Music/{{NWA}} "straight outta Compton"]], while her husband hails from Northridge.
24	** The coach is played by [[WesternAnimation/HomeMovies H. Jon Benjamin]], though this time he's coaching football.
25	** During the credits, [[spoiler: ''26 Jump Street: Art School'' features [[Film/{{Superbad}} a crude drawing of a penis and testicles]]]].
26	* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:The Yang twins]] are rather pleasant people, given their involvement with the bad guys.
27	* AffectionateParody: Of college movies and action film sequels.
28	* AmbiguouslyGay: Zook, if his line near the end is any indication.
29	* AndSomeOtherStuff: WHY-PHY is "Adderall mixed with Ecstasy mixed with God knows what".
30	* AndTheAdventureContinues: The film ends with [[spoiler:Schmidt and Jenko being sent on more infiltration missions involving schools, each more bizarre than the previous]]
31	* AnimeCatholicism: Vietnamese Jesus. He truly puts Korean Jesus to shame.
32	* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Keith and Kenny Yang (The Lucas Bros).
33	* ArcSymbol: The yin-yang, symbolizing Schmidt and Jenko's relationship.
34	* AwkwardPoetryReading: Schmidt performs at a slam poetry reading to try and impress Amber. Upon going up to perform, he ends up talking about "Julia Rob-hurts" and ends it with "Cynthia, beep-bop, you are dead."
35	* AxCrazy: The Ghost and [[spoiler:his daughter Mercedes, who's more chaotic than her father]].
36	* TheBackwardsR: The end credits [[spoiler:spell the title of ''24 Jump Street'', the hypothetical sequel when the duo becomes exchange students in Russia, with a Я]].
37	* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:Dickson]] in the climax.
38	* BaitAndSwitch: The film opens with a recap of the first film ending with Dickson telling Schmidt and Jenko they're going to college. It then cuts to a college professor giving a lecture… only to zoom out to reveal that it's an online class the duo is watching on a tablet while they're at a parking garage.
39	* BetterThanABareBulb: Even more so than the first film, lampshades are hung absolutely everywhere, especially all the gags about how sequels do the same things again but are much more expensive.
40	* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:The Ghost and his daughter, Mercedes.]]
41	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Dickson and several other Jump Street agents, including the AP Chemistry nerds that Jenko befriended in the first movie, during the finale.]]
42	* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Cynthia, the student whose death prompts Jump Street to send Schmidt & Jenko undercover as the [=McQuaid=] brothers again.
43	* BlackComedyRape: Between Eric and Mr. Walters.
44	* BondOneLiner: [[Main/DiscussedTrope Discussed]] when Jenko gets ready to lob a grenade; Schmidt tells him to say "something cool" when he does it.[[note]]Afterwards, Jenko throws it and yells [[Main/ExactWords "SOMETHING COOL!"]][[/note]]
45	* BookSafe: [[spoiler: The Ghost distributes WHY-PHY to his dealers through hollowed-out library books.]]
46	* BrickJoke: The coach cemented the goal posts to ensure students couldn't take them down. [[spoiler:The [[EveryCarIsAPinto exploding football helmet shaped golf cart]] takes it down when it crashes, making the coach scream in frustration.]]
47	* BromanticComedy: Even more so than the first film.
48	* BulletproofVest: PlayedForLaughs, Schmidt wears one in his first meeting with his boss [[DaChief Dickson]] [[spoiler: after the [[PapaWolf latter]] finds out that he had slept with his daughter]].
49	-->'''Jenko''': Are you wearing a kevlar?
50	* CallBack:
51	** As Jenko chases down [[spoiler:The Ghost]] at Spring Break, he's impeded by a flock of doves, prompting him to yell, "Fuck you, doves!". This is a nod to the {{Disturbed Doves}} that Jenko insisted on having in the first film's prom scene.
52	** In a lecture, the professor asks Jenko to answer his question, to which Jenko replies, "Covalent bond!" This is a reference to a central motif of the previous film.
53	** The video game in the credits features exploding chickens and thugs on motorcycles with piñatas.
54	** Once again, Schmidt makes things awkward by trying to use the race of the victim to prove that he's not racist.
55	* TheCameo:
56	** The interns at 22 Jump Street are the same group of cute nerds from Jenko's AP Chemistry class in [[Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet the last film]].
57	** Schmidt & Jenko visit Eric and Mr. Walters in prison to get their advice on the case.
58	** Creator/PattonOswalt as a history professor.
59	** H. Jon Benjamin is the football coach.
60	** Music/QueenLatifah is Dickson's wife [[spoiler:and Maya's mother.]]
61	** During the CreditsGag:
62	*** [[spoiler:Bill Hader as a villainous chef in ''27 Jump Street: Culinary School''.]]
63	*** [[spoiler:Creator/SethRogen as TheOtherDarrin to Jonah Hill in ''29 Jump Street: Sunday School''.]]
64	*** [[spoiler:Anna Faris shows up in the ''Film/TopGun'' style sequel ''30 Jump Street: Flight Academy''.]]
65	*** [[spoiler:Richard Grieco reprises his role from the original series for ''33 Jump Street: Generations''.]]
66	* ChekhovsGun: Schmidt & Jenko walk through the library, note that everything's on computers, and speculate that the only people who use the stacks are people having sex. [[spoiler: Later they find out the drugs are being smuggled around the stacks in hollowed-out books.]]
67	* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:The Ghost, who Schmidt and Jenko fail to apprehend in the opening, turns out to be part of the BigBadDuumvirate.]]
68	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Jenko repeatedly fails to get the point of improv comedy, saying it'd be funnier if it was planned out in advance.
69	* ContinuityNod: Jenko has a scar where he took the bullet for Schmidt in the first film.
70	* CreditsGag: The credits show [[spoiler:possible concepts for future movies, from 23 Jump Street (med school) to 2121 Jump Street ([[RecycledInSpace undercover IN SPACE!]])]]
71	* DaChief: Captain Dickson, but with his anger stemming from Schmidt & Jenko's lack of progress in the investigation, and that Jump Street's increased budget ran out after he spent most of it making the new headquarters a damn sight better than the old one. He's ultimately a subversion, since the thing he actually gets pissed off about is Schmidt [[spoiler:sleeping with his daughter]] and Jenko's amusement at the revelation.
72	** [[spoiler:Despite finding out suddenly that Schmidt is sleeping with his daughter, Dickson [[TheStoic still doesn't blow his officer's cover]] at the college's "Parents Weekend Brunch" between his family and Schmidt's family. He does take [[GroinAttack revenge]] against Schmidt later though back at Jump Street headquarters.]]
73	-->[[spoiler:Captain Dickson's wife (regarding "Doug"): "You two know each other?"]]
74	-->[[spoiler:Captain Dickson (with full DeathGlare): "[[BlatantLies No.]]"]]
75	* DaddysLittleVillain: [[spoiler:Mercedes is a variation -- instead of being a seductive vamp, she's a brat who takes amusement in people being shot. In fact, she's the exact type of criminal that ''her own father'' decries working with at the start of the film.]]
76	* TheDeadGuyDidIt: [[spoiler: A college student named Cynthia is found dead from a drug called WHY-PHY loose on college campus and Jenko and Schmidt believe Zook is the dealer due to an incriminating tattoo from a photograph and finding WHY-PHY in his bag. They later find out he was just a buyer/user and the posthumous Cynthia (who they originally thought was a victim) was the dealer.]]
77	* DisproportionateRetribution:
78	** [[spoiler:Mercedes mentions in passing that she framed her psychology professor for drug trafficking because he gave her a B-.]]
79	** [[spoiler:Jenko shooting at Schmidt for failing to [[TakingTheBullet take a bullet]] for him. ''After'' Schmidt had already saved Jenko from plummeting to his death a few minutes afterwards]].
80	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: As part of the upgraded BromanticComedy, most dialogue between Jenko and Zook has romantic[=/=]{{homoerotic\|Subtext}} overtones. Subsequently, Jenko and Schmidt have some as well -- and Schmidt seeing both loudly working out is almost him watching a sex tape.
81	* DrosteImage: Dep. Chief Hardy has a photo hanging on the wall behind his desk -- of him sitting at his desk, in the exact same position he's in when the camera catches the photo.
82	* DumbassHasAPoint:
83	** When Jenko doesn't tell Dickson that they've located the dealer as the tattoo in the photo points to it being Zook, he's not wrong to withhold that information -- at the time, there's no other evidence that Zook is the dealer they're looking for.
84	** Jenko suggesting that he and Schmidt follow different leads in their investigation is portrayed the same way as Schmidt doing so in the previous film, that he's falling too deep into his character. However, he's correct to do so, as Schmidt had just screwed up his chance of getting into the the frat alongside his partner and it would be a better use of his time to follow up other leads rather than just sit around waiting on Jenko.
85	** [[spoiler:Schmidt points out that it probably would've been beneficial for Captain Dickson to mention that he had a daughter studying at the college they were investigating. This does have some validity, especially given Schmidt and Jenko's history of fraternizing with female students and teachers on their previous case.]]
86	* EurekaMoment:
87	** Schmidt realizing that the reason they've been getting nothing but dead ends is [[spoiler:they've been looking at Cynthia as a victim and Zook as a potential suspect because Dickson said she was buying, when she could easily have been the dealer]].
88	** Dickson realizing [[spoiler:that the girl Schmidt had earlier bragged about sleeping with was in fact his daughter]].
89	*** Jenko putting two and two together on the same matter invokes this, complete with an audible "Ding!" when he figures it out.
90	* EveryCarIsAPinto: [[spoiler: Jenko and Schmidt's Camaro explodes when it's T-boned by Ghost's semi truck and the football helmet shaped golf cart explodes when it crashes into the goalpost.]]
91	* ExactWords: [[spoiler: Mercedes]] had told the Yang Twins not to get high on their own drugs. They didn't, they got high on ''each other's'' drugs.
92	** When Jenko gets ready to lob a grenade, Schmidt tells him to say "something cool" when he does it. Jenko throws it and yells "SOMETHING COOL!"
93	* FamousNamedForeigner: When Jenko and Schmidt are pretending to be Latino gangsters at the beginning and Schmidt tells Jenko to tell a story, Jenko talks about his friends "[[WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer Dora, Diego, Swiper, and Boots.]]
94	* FantasticDrug: WHY-PHY, also doubles as [[PunnyName a drug with fantastic name]]. It gives whoever uses it 4 hours of complete focus on whatever they're doing, before they start tripping.
95	* FoeRomanceSubtext: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] during [[spoiler:Schmidt's fist fight with Mercedes, as she starts trying to kiss him and seduce him into bed, even accusing ''him'' of doing so when he repeatedly rebuffs her advances]].
96	* FunWithAcronyms: WHY-PHY -- '''W'''ork '''H'''ard? '''Y'''es. '''P'''lay '''H'''ard? '''Y'''es.
97	* GenericName: The adversary MCS faces in the football game is "University of College Generals".
98	* GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion: A RunningGag in Creator/SonyPictures films by Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller is a sound of Chris Miller coughing at the [[LogoJoke Sony logo]]. This film introduced said running gag, but it would be removed from home video releases [[ParanoiaFuel as they thought audiences may think there is an intruder at the home]]. Strangely, future Sony films by the duo such as the ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse'' films and ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'' kept this running gag even in home video releases.
99	* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:Upon seeing that Jenko has a better friendship with Schmidt, Zook decides that they are better together, and allows the two to resume said partnership without conflict. To be fair, though, Zook must have realized that Jenko was undercover.]]
100	* GrievousHarmWithABody: To be more precise: grievous harm with a stoned girl on spring break.
101	* GroinAttack: How Dickson [[spoiler:gets over Schmidt having screwed his daughter - shooting Schmidt in the balls with a taser]].
102	* HomoeroticSubtext: People mistake Schmidt and Jenko for a couple on more than one occasion, and the film generally treats Zook as "the other man" threatening to derail their partnership.
103	* HypocriticalHumor: Dickson refers to Jenko as a "racist, sacreligious sack of shit" in the same breath as "Fuck Korean Jesus," a statue of whom was a feature in their previous office.
104	* ImprovComedyIsInane: Jenko suggests "tampon" and "boner" when asked to provide suggestions by an open-mic-night improv group. The man on stage rejects both before starting the game anyway.
105	* InNameOnly: The first film was a loose adaptation of the [[Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet old series]] but it at least kept the name and basic concept. This movie has absolutely ''nothing'' in common with the TV show. The only connection this movie has with the series is that Richard Grieco and Dustin Nguyen cameo as Detective Dennis Booker and Harry Truman Ioki respectively.
106	* JerkJock:
107	** Subverted with Zook; he's pretty nice and [[spoiler:doesn't have anything to do with WHY-PHY.]]
108	** Played straight with Rooster, though, [[spoiler:even if he's as completely innocent in the WHY-PHY business as Zook]].
109	* KarmaHoudini: Played with -- [[spoiler:Ghost is shown to have survived the helicopter explosion in one of the pitched ''Jump Street'' sequels in the credits. There is, however, no indication that he actually survived the explosion in the actual film, and the sequence shouldn't be taken as canon since it also features Seth Rogen replacing Jonah Hill as Schmidt, a video game adaptation, and a sequel set in space]].
110	** [[spoiler: Zook got practically caught by Jenko and it's assumed that he never got arrested for doing drugs, or at least served a punishment. Schmidt had evidence of Maya's shady criminal background that was never resolved, thanks to her dad]].
111	** Dickson gets away scott free with tazing Schmidt in the ballsack over what amounts to something minor.
112	* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Upon realizing that [[spoiler:the girl Schmidt slept with is Captain Dickson's daughter]], Jenko goes around the base talking about it, making Dickson even more pissed at Schmidt. After a while, and stating that Captain Dickson high-fived Schmidt over it, Dickson takes the gun he was pointing at Schmidt on his desk and instead points it towards Jenko. Jenko very wisely takes this as his cue to stop talking.
113	* LampshadeHanging: Frequently, this time to action movie sequel tropes.
114	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
115	** Dept. Chief Hardy, during his speech as he assigns Schmidt & Jenko back to Jump Street, explains that expectations for the Jump Street revival were low, and thanks to the success found last time, Jump Street now has a bigger budget and that everyone expects them to just do the same thing over again. This, much like his speech about the Jump Street revival in the first film, can easily apply to both the film and the Jump Street undercover program.
116	** During the second act, Dickson tells Schmidt and Jenko that Jump Street's budget is gone because of all of the needlessly extravagant upgrades he made to the headquarters and equipment. This culminates with [[spoiler:the chase through the college campus where Schmidt and Jenko try, and spectacularly fail, to avoid destroying expensive things due to concerns about the Jump Street budget. Toward the end of the chase, the pair smash into a robotics showroom, and the camera has to stay outside. The boys emerge on the other side talking about all the expensive stuff they trashed while we couldn't see]].
117	* LivingWithTheVillain:
118	** [[spoiler:Maya, Captain Dickson's daughter and Schmidt's love interest, is sharing her dorm room with Mercedes, one half of the BigBadDuumvirate.]]
119	** In a looser example, [[spoiler:Jenko and Schmidt's room is across the hall from the Yang twins' room, with the twins being revealed to be WHY-PHY dealers in the climax.]]
120	* LockAndLoadMontage:
121	** Inverted at the start of the film; Jenko and Schmidt's moving in scene has them listing off "necessary items" for their dorm room.
122	** Played straight before the Spring Break climax as a CallBack to the previous film's pre-Prom load out.
123	* MediumAwareness: [[spoiler:In the credits, Jenko is the only one who realizes Schmidt looks different when Seth Rogen briefly replaces Jonah Hill.]]
124	* MeetCute: Jenko drops his Q-tip into Zook's meat sandwich. The resultant product is called a "meat Q-tip" sandwich, shortened to [[LampshadeHanging Meet Cute]].
125	* MundaneSolution: The duo needs to get a view of Rooster's tattoo to confirm whether he's the suspect they're after. Schmidt tries first but his attempts to get close to him to look only anger him and make him suspicious of Schmidt's behavior. Later on, Jenko decides to simply ask Rooster about it and he gladly shows the full tattoo off to Jenko.
126	* NPlusOneSequelTitle: '''22''' Jump Street. [[spoiler:[[ExaggeratedTrope And 23 Jump Street, and 24 Jump Street...]]]]
127	* OhCrap: Schmidt, when [[spoiler:Maya calls over her father, and Captain Dickson responds]].
128	* OncePerEpisode: Some of the most notable plot elements from the first movie return, including but not limited to:
129	** Jenko and Schmidt entering a school environment to investigate a drug responsible for the death of a student and prevent it from going viral.
130	** One of them getting [[BecomingTheMask in too deep]] in their undercover role with the popular crowd, leaving the other feeling left out and later leading to a major fallout between the partners which nearly jeopardizes the operation. This time around, it's Jenko.
131	** Both Schmidt and Jenko undergoing a trip brought about by the drug.
132	** Schmidt being in a relationship with a student.
133	** A drug dealer in the opening eluding capture by the cops [[spoiler:who is later revealed to be a BigBad.]]
134	** [[spoiler:A car chase between the officers and the drug dealer which causes a large amount of property damage (and repeated LampshadeHanging about action movie cliches) and ends with the temporary dissolution of Schmidt and Jenko's partnership.]]
135	** The climax occurring at a major school event (Prom/Spring Break).
136	** [[spoiler:The other BigBad being a student dealer and a recurring side character within the school. In this case, Mercedes acts as a CompositeCharacter of Eric and Mr. Walters' roles from the first film.]]
137	** A MexicanStandoff occurring during the climax wherein Jenko and Schmidt end up [[spoiler:being saved by other undercover officers.]]
138	** Jenko using a thrown explosive to [[spoiler:destroy one of the BigBad's vehicles during the finale.]]
139	** The partners getting over their differences after stopping the drug from going viral, followed by Dickson sending them off on another school infiltration mission in TheStinger.
140	* OneDialogueTwoConversations: Most of the dialogue in this film doubles either as a) meta commentary on the nature of action film sequels, sequel films in general, and how Hollywood funds films and pays talent; or b) a breakdown and reconciliation of a homosexual couple when one falls for a third party. Calling both of these threads "thinly veiled" is being generous.
141	* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Both Ghost and Dickson.]]
142	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: One of Ghost's men, [[ItMakesSenseInContext thinking Jenko and Schmidt are having sex]], calls them a couple of faggots. Jenko lectures them on this:
143	-->'''Jenko:''' It's 2014, asshole. You can't fucking use faggot. Gay is okay. Homosexual, maybe. And if you know the person, you might be able to call them a queer... if they have a great sense of humor, but I don't.\
144	'''Schmidt:''' I'm sorry. He took one human sexuality class, and he thinks he's UsefulNotes/HarveyMilk.
145	* PreMortemOneLiner: Jenko attempts one when [[spoiler:blowing up Ghost's helicopter with a grenade]] as per Schmidt's suggestion, but he can't think of anything, so he just says 'something cool'.
146	* PreviouslyOn: The movie begins with a sequence recapping the events of the first movie.
147	* PunnyName: WHY-PHY. It's even lampshaded with Jenko saying that you can get wi-fi 24[=/=]7 on campus, only for Schmidt to question if he meant WHY-PHY the drug or wi-fi the internet.
148	* RealTrailerFakeMovie: The film ends with [[spoiler: a series of increasingly ridiculous sequel ideas.]]
149	* RecycledInSpace:
150	** The film frequently mocks that it's "''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet'' in college". It is true, since the two films do follow the same basic plot, but with a few points of divergence ([[spoiler:The initial victim being a dealer rather than just a student who took the drug]], for example), which get Schmidt & Jenko to stop treating it like it's the same case as last time.
151	** The end credits [[spoiler:mock the idea of ''Jump Street'' becoming a Cash Cow Franchise by depicting Schmidt & Jenko in (fittingly enough, considering the title of this film) twenty two sequels, mostly taking place in other schools before culminating with ''2121 Jump Street'' -- undercover in SPACE.]]
152	* RedHerring:
153	** Literally. [[spoiler:Rooster's tattoo is of his old team's mascot, said team being the Plainview Red Herrings, eliminating him as a suspect from the case.]]
154	** [[spoiler: Later in the film Jenko and Schmidt believe Zook is the dealer due to an incriminating tattoo from a photograph and finding WHY-PHY in his bag. They later find out he was just a buyer/user and Cynthia (who they originally thought was a victim) was the dealer.]]
155	* ReferenceOverdosed: Twice as insane compared to the first movie.
156	* RemakeCameo: [[spoiler:Steven Williams as [[Series/TwentyOneJumpStreet Adam Fuller]], Dustin Nguyen as Harry Truman loki, and Richard Grieco as Dennis Booker in the proposed ''Jump Street Generations'' featured in the credits.]]
157	* TheReveal:
158	** [[spoiler:Maya is Dickson's daughter.]]
159	** [[spoiler:Zook was the buyer, not the dealer.]]
160	** [[spoiler:Mercedes is Ghost's daughter, and the actual dealer on campus.]]
161	* RewatchBonus: The scene where Schmidt brags about having sex with a student and Captain Dickson high-fiving him for it (while noting the student isn't that smart if she's an arts major) becomes more hilarious upon rewatching the film [[spoiler:with the knowledge Maya is Captain Dickson's daughter]].
162	* RunningGag:
163	** Jenko wanting a [[CoolCar Lamborghini.]]
164	** Mercedes firing off quips about Schmidt's age.
165	* SelfDeprecation: Repeatedly.
166	** Numerous jokes about how Tatum and Hill are too old to convincingly portray college freshmen.
167	** Numerous jokes about the bigger budget, and how people expect them to just do the same thing over again.
168	* SequelHook: Early in the film, the boys pass by the "23 Jump Street" address, which is already in development.
169	* SequelSnark: The end of the movie lays out around twenty more sequels for the series.
170	* ShoutOut:
171	** A poster of Devo, the band of the film's composer Mark Mothersbaugh.
172	** During the car chase across the MC State campus, the cars repeatedly cross the [[Series/TheBennyHillShow Benjamin Hill Center for Film Studies]]. The soundtrack even adds some saxophones at this point to make the reference even more blatant.
173	** Captain Dickson refers to the new, overly expensive Jump Street headquarters as the sort of thing you'd expect from ComicBook/IronMan.
174	** The Ghost repeatedly refers to Jenko as a Franchise/{{Terminator}}.
175	** Jenko complains to Schmidt that it takes him too long to run down stairs. Schmidt counters that he can't do ComicBook/SpiderMan jumps like Jenko. Jenko then does a crazy Spider-Man jump over a railing.
176	** Zook says he and Jenko can be like the Dynamic Duo, except they'll both be Franchise/{{Batman}}.
177	** Jenko trying to get Zook to play with lobsters before cooking them is a reference to a similar scene in ''Film/AnnieHall'' between Creator/WoodyAllen and his lover.
178	* SingleMindedTwins: Keith and Kenny Yang. They end up de-synched for a while, since they're stoned, in the finale.
179	* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Creator/PeterStormare as The Ghost only appears very briefly in the promotional materials, in the clips taken from the film's opening.
180	* SlapSlapKiss: Humorously subverted with Schmidt and [[spoiler: Mercedes]] in the climax.
181	* StealthPun: After Schmidt tries several to get a view of Rooster's tattoo, he enthusiastically says it's one of "His old high school team - the [[HiddenInPlainSight Plainview]] [[RedHerring Red Herrings]]."
182	* StockScream: The Wilhelm Scream can be heard in the robotics lab.
183	* TheStoic: Mercedes appears to be this, [[spoiler:but it's a ruse]].
184	* StringTheory: In reference to the web seen in the previous movie which showed various students, this web has all the suspects indicated with question marks.
185	* StylisticSuck: [[http://youtu.be/Tp_NAHgk3_8 Zook and "Brad's" Scout Reel]]
186	* TakeOurWordForIt: During the final car chase, the pair are alarmed by the cost of all the things they're destroying. Then their car smashes into a robotics showroom, but the camera stays outside. When the car emerges, the pair make comments about smashing all the "expensive stuff in there."
187	* TakeThat:
188	** The credits sequence, [[spoiler:starting with a Call Back to the previous film's Sequel Hook, swiftly becomes one to the Franchise Zombie[=/=]Cash Cow Franchise concept by pitching over a dozen potential ''Jump Street'' sequels that put Schmidt and Jenko in various other schools with increasing absurdity]].
189	** During Schmidt and Jenko's first meeting with Capt. Hardy, Jenko complains that he doesn't want to keep doing the same thing. He suggests that they could be [[Film/WhiteHouseDown Secret Service]] agents, to which Schmidt and Hardy basically say it's a dumb idea.
190	* TakingTheBullet: Schmidt promises he will take a bullet for Jenko this time. [[spoiler:He tries during the final shoot-out, but misses, so the bullet still hits Jenko. Later, Jenko tries to shoot Schmidt, but the bullet bounces back against a mirror, so Jenko gets hit ''again''.]]
191	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Schmidt wears a BulletProofVest to his first meeting with Dickson after [[spoiler:finding out that he hooked up with his daughter]].
192	* TookALevelInBadAss: Jenko's AP Chemistry buddies have gone from helping out with surveillance in the first film to [[spoiler: taking part in the final stand off with the drug dealers with assault rifles.]]
193	* WhamShot: After starting a relationship with Schmidt, Maya calls her dad over to greet him at a parents' brunch: [[spoiler: it's Captain Dickson]].
194	-->'''[[spoiler: Dickson]]''': What the fuck?!
195	* WhosOnFirst: Immediately after [[spoiler:blowing up Ghost's helicopter with a grenade]], Schmidt repeatedly asks Jenko what he said when he [[spoiler:threw the grenade]], with Jenko telling him that he said "Something cool" - which he did actually say.
196	* WouldntHitAGirl: Lampshaded humorously during Schmidt's confrontation against [[spoiler: Mercedes]] in the climax, although it is more random punching than an actual fight.
197	-->'''Schmidt:''' I'm not gonna fight a girl. So just stop.
198	-->'''[[spoiler: Mercedes]]''' Shouldn't matter. If you thought of me as a person instead of a woman, you would hit me and not feel bad about it!

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