History VideoGame / Psychonauts2

** A more story-central example is [[spoiler:Gristol, the Mastermind himself, whose 'fight' merely consists of using Time Stop to allow Lili to enter the room and [[PaperTiger beat him unconscious with a stuffed doll of her father]]. Admittedly, the doll was holding a real, metal case, so it was more akin to a flail, but ''the grown man lost a fight to an 11-year of girl armed with a stuffed doll''. Lili didn't even use any psychic powers on him!]]

** Bob's Bottles represents the AddledAddict that Bob Zanotto has become. Following a series of tragedies, Bob has retreated from the world and become a full-on alcoholic, and as such his mental world is a series of islands surrounded by a sea of alcohol. All plant life that Bob tries to grow is dead, so Raz decides to prowl the sea for seeds representing the people he knew to help Bob remember his past. Raz pries open large bottles of alcohol scattered around the island and descends into the memories they represent that Bob wants to forget, both good and bad- his mother and her death, his founding of the Motherlobe and his firing at the hands of his own nephew, and his marriage to Helmut [[spoiler:and his death at the hands of Maligula.]] All the while, Raz is pursued by an annoying moth that represents addiction and alcoholism, pleading with Bob to stop trying to search for happiness at risk of hurting himself and instead keep himself sheltered and safe. The climax sees Raz [[spoiler:fight mutated constructs of those three memories, helping Bob with realizing that he can't shelter himself anymore, and that the people who hurt him in the past didn't do so on purpose. The level ends with Bob taking a moth-shaped mask off and greeting Raz with a handshake, showing that he's ready to love again.]]

* AnAesop:
** You can't just fix people's problems by force, or their problems will just get worse. The best thing to do is to be there for them when they need help.
** The game also pulls a more positive spin on NeverMeetYourHeroes: the ones you look up to in life are, invariably, flawed individuals with pasts that are full of mistakes. However, everyone makes mistakes, and even though your heroes might be flawed, their genuine desire to do good will make the world a better place. It's up to you to decide whether or not you forgive them for their transgressions.
** People deserve second chances. Stated outright by Hollis in the epilogue, but played with in the first mission. [[spoiler:Hollis screwed up but got a 2nd chance from Truman Zanotto. She in turn gives Raz a second chance. Everyone gives Oleander a second chance. Lucy gets her own in the finale, alongside Ford.]]

** Maligula [[spoiler:is the same psychic who cursed the Aquato family]].
** The Mote of Light/The Psi King [[spoiler:is the consciousness of Helmut Fullbear. Ford managed to recover Helmut’s brain and submitted it into the Hall of Brains to be preserved]].

* PstandardPsychicPstance: Raz's version returns, both on the cover art and during the cutscenes when he recieves a merit badge. Deconstructed when he recieves his Mental Connection badge in class. The standard cutscene begins to play with Raz doing his epic pose, only to be interrupted by his fellow interns asking him what the hell he's doing.

* HumongousHeadedHammer: An enemy called the Judge (representing judgement in the human mind) wields a gavel taller than themselves, with a head large enough to potentially crush player character Raz beneath its head.

''Psychonauts 2'' is an ActionAdventure PlatformGame from Creator/DoubleFine Productions, headed by former Creator/LucasArts employee Creator/TimSchafer. It was released for UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS on August 24, 2021 on Game Pass, and August 25, 2021 in general. A [[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh macOS]] and Linux Port would release the following year, on May 24th, 2022. While [[https://twitter.com/DoubleFine/status/818992314081128448 Double Fine would like to]] release it on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, there are currently no plans for a Switch release.

** The game starts with an example by allowing you to enter the mind of the {{Dragon}} of the first game in a complete level instead of the [[spoiler:shortened version at the end of Rhombus of Ruin.]]

** The Mote of Light/The Psi King [[spoiler:is the consciousness of Helmut Forebear. Ford managed to recover Helmut’s brain and submitted it into the Hall of Brains to be preserved]].