History YMMV / PocahontasIIJourneyToANewWorld

** Divided as opinions on the movie are, many agree that Ratcliffe was a much more effective villain. He manages to use Pocahontas's FriendToAllLivingThings nature against her and nearly get her ''executed'', and is generally more threatening because as an aristocrat, he's almost all-powerful in London, Pocahontas now being in his domain -- and frighteningly can get away with it. Perhaps most importantly, he directly meets and interacts with Pocahontas this time, unlike the first movie.

* HarsherInHindsight: Pocahontas wearing powder on her face to make her skin lighter is uncomfortably reminiscent of the infamous redesigns of the Disney Princesses - where a lot of the skin tones on the darker princesses were lightened.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: This movie is often considered [[{{Sequelitis}} one of the less bad Disney sequels]], a few even consider it better than the original (though this can be DamnedByFaintPraise in some cases). Its premise though makes it a rather difficult sell: It tries to continue the story of the original film by making it somewhat more in line with the actual life of Pocahontas, such as setting her up with John Rolfe, the man she married in reality. However, most people irritated at the first film's [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie impressive liberties]] with history would probably find them too big of a dealbreaker to even consider watching a low-budget direct-to-video sequel. Meanwhile, the people who liked the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' clearly didn't consider those elements a dealbreaker, and having suspended their disbelief far enough to accept the original film's main couple, don't want to see them broken up.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: This movie is often considered [[{{Sequelitis}} one of the less bad Disney sequels]], a few even consider it better than the original (though this can be DamnedByFaintPraise in some cases). Its premise though makes it a rather difficult sell: It tries to continue the story of the original film by making it somewhat more in line with the actual life of Pocahontas, such as setting her up with John Rolfe, the man she married in reality. However, most people irritated at the first film's [[BasedOnAGreatBigLie impressive liberties]] with history would probably find them too big of a dealbreaker to even consider watching a low-budget direct-to-video sequel. Meanwhile, the people who liked the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' clearly didn't consider those elements a dealbreaker, and would be rather snippy at the possibility of breaking up the original film's main couple.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: This movie attempts to bring some historical accuracy back into the continuity, which was a common complaint about the first film (though it was admitted that with the first film, they were going off the legend rather than the real-life history). Unfortunately, this was not without its share of new complaints; see ContestedSequel below.

** The scene where Pocahontas gets arrested became this after Irene Bedard was arrested twice in November 2020: the first was for alleged domestic violence, and the second was for alleged disorderly conduct.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: This movie is often considered [[{{Sequelitis}} one of the less bad Disney sequels]] (a few even consider it better than the original, though this is mostly DamnedByFaintPraise at work), but its premise makes it a rather difficult sell. It tries to continue the story of the original film by making it somewhat more in line with the actual life of Pocahontas, such as setting her up with John Rolfe, the man she married in reality. However, most people irritated at the first film's... ''[[BasedOnAGreatBigLie liberties]]'' with history would probably find them too big of a dealbreaker to even consider watching a low-budget direct-to-video sequel. Meanwhile, the people who liked the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' clearly didn't consider those elements a dealbreaker, and would be rather snippy at the possibility of breaking up the original film's main couple.

** The scene where Pocahontas gets arrested became this after Irene Bedard was arrested twice in November 2020: alleged domestic violence, and the second was for alleged disorderly conduct.

** The scene where Pocahontas gets arrested became this after her voice actress was arrested twice in November 2020.

* FoeYay: Pocahontas and Ratcliffe partake in a very intimate ballroom dancing scene.

* FanPreferredCouple: As discussed above, one of the main reasons this film is given the FanonDiscontinuity treatment is because fans of the first film wanted Pocahontas to end up with John Smith rather than John Rolfe.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Even Disney does not consider the sequel or its Pocahontas/Rolfe relationship canon. Disney continues to reaffirm Pocahontas/Smith as an official couple via merchandising, the theme parks and all other media.

* CanonDiscontinuity Even Disney does not consider the sequel or its Pocahontas/Rolfe relationship canon. Disney continues to reaffirm Pocahontas/Smith as an official couple via merchandising, the theme parks and all other media.

** The scene when Pocahontas gets arrested becomes this because her voice actress got arrested twice in November 2020.

* ValuesDissonance: The clash of cultures was inevitable. However, it's played up a lot more in the sequel, where Pocahontas is shocked that a bear is chained up and calls the Europeans "Savages" for torturing an animal for personal entertainment (which naturally resonates with modern audiences).

* {{Narm}}: There's John Rolfe's clenched teeth expression as Pocahontas is dragged away to the Tower of London. It's rather similar to a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Raticate's default expression.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: As one of the themes of this movie is exploring the less well-known aspects of the real Pocahontas's life, some viewers felt that the movie could have made good use of her tribe's tradition of [[IKnowYourTrueName a public name and a private name that is shared only with immediate family]]. It is argued that having Pocahontas tell John Rolf her true name, Matoaka, could have served as an organic part of their developing relationship and demonstrated a level of trust that she never showed John Smith.

* ReplacementScrappy: John Rolfe for [[DieForOurShip coming between John Smith and Pocahontas]]. Of course, historically, Rolfe ''does'' marry Pocahontas, but fans of the Disney version think she belongs with Smith. [[CanonDiscontinuity Even Disney does not consider the sequel or its Pocahontas/Rolfe relationship canon. Disney continues to reaffirm Pocahontas/Smith as an official couple via merchandising, the parks and all other media.]]

* VindicatedByHistory: Originally one of the most hated Disney sequels, in later years it has received more praise for its themes of culture shock, making Pocahontas a more complex character, and making Ratcliffe an actually effective villain.

** Divided as opinions on the movie are, many agree that Ratcliffe was a much more effective villain. He manages to use Pocahontas's FriendToAllLivingThings nature against her and nearly get her ''executed'', and is generally more threatening because as an aristocrat, he's almost all-powerful in London, Pocahontas now being in his domain -- and frighteningly can get away with it.

* CriticalResearchFailure: While the first movie at least admitted to being a straight up legend rather than incredibly accurate, the sequel has its fair share of unintentional goofs. For example, in one of the musical numbers, Creator/WilliamShakespeare is seen being writing the script for ''Hamlet''... except that in the movie's timeline, Hamlet was already written and performed at least half a decade by then. There's also the fact that the King and his subjects are enjoying a bear baiting, which, instead of pitting dogs against a bear tied up to a stake (which admittedly would have been too graphic), is replaced with two jesters stabbing a bear with pitch forks. Not to mention complete misrepresentations of real life characters. Though, perhaps Shakespeare was revising ''Hamlet'', as the play, like any other of Shakespeare's plays had been revised through the years after his death.