YMMV / The Inbetweeners 2

• Awesome Moments:
  • Will's "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Katie and Ben:
  Katie: Will, I like you. I kissed you. But I kiss a lot of people, especially when I'm drunk. What Ben and I have, it's a deep lust for each other.
  Ben: It's spiritual.
  Will: Right, that's the last time. Even the dictionary definition of spiritual, which I looked up, suggests it's about the soul, another vague and probably non-existent concept.
  Katie: I don't think you get it. But that's cool.
  Will: No, no, I get it all right, you patronising cow. It's you twats that don't get it. That's right, I called you twats.
  Ben: Chill, Will.
  Will: Playing the guitar badly, wearing beads, talking about "one love" and pretending you are friends with Central American villagers - who, by the way, despise you - before heading back to your parents' five-bedroomed house in Surrey, doesn't make you a spiritual person, it makes you a bell-end.
  Ben: I think you're right about his song, Katie.
  Will: Oh, fuck off, Ben! You don't believe in 'song lines' any more than I do. It's just a way for you to seem interesting to girls because deep down you know you're boring and pretentious like your stupid fucking dreadlocks. Which, by the way, always look embarrassing on white people. They're not countercultural, they actually scream "Oh, I've got a trust fund!" so get a normal haircut, you unbearable prick. Goodbye.
  • Even though it was just a slap, Jay striking his verbally abusive uncle for repeatedly calling Jane fat certainly counts.
• Catharsis Factor: Simon's jubilant reaction when he discovers Lucy cheated on him with his twat of a roommate. Not only can he now walk away from their relationship with the moral highground, but his roommate is likely going to regret his own actions sooner or later.
• Continuity Lock-Out: The sequel assumes the audience is already familiar with the series, or at least with the first film. In particular, Mr Gilbert turns up near the end with no explanation as to who he is.
• Fanon Discontinuity: Many fans tend to disregard the film due to it being unnecessary and undoing the happy ending of the first movie by having the lads back to being single and losers.
• Fridge Brilliance: Lucy's transition from gentle pining to full-on possessiveness may seem odd, but when you take Simon's attitude into consideration, it makes total sense. Simon seemed to switch between budding romance with Lucy to tripping over himself to be with Carli. Now he's going abroad and Lucy can't help but wonder if Simon will meet someone who could be even better than herself, just as she was a better girlfriend for Simon than Carli.
• Heartwarming Moments:
  • The part where all the boys hold hands as they think they're going to die in the Outback. The fact that Will and Jay are the first to hold each other's hands is pretty heartwarming as well. Doubles as a bit of a Tear Jerker, particularly the part where Neil and Jay hold hands, even if it is slightly Played for Laughs.
  • Will's apology to Jay as well, for leaving him instead of helping him find Jane.
  • Will realising that he would rather spend time with his true friends rather than a girl who doesn't really care much for him. It's telling that he's willing to risk being sick on a small plane just to catch up with them.
  • That Neil's seeming fling with the older female traveller at the hostel seems to have become an actual relationship since she greets him at the airport.
• Ho Yay:
  • When Neil and Jay reunite, their hug lingers for an awkward few seconds before Jay sheepishly says they should stop.
  • The entire sequence where Simon tries to get Neil to pee into his mouth for hydration is deliberately incredibly homoerotic.
  • When Will and Simon hold hands during the climax, the camera emphasizes that their fingers intertwine.
  • When Lucy reveals the she's been cheating on him, Simon asks if it's some kind of roleplay like the time he said he bummed Will. Will noticeably looks perplexed after hearing this.
• Nightmare Fuel: LUCY. It's made very clear that Simon is in a genuinely abusive relationship, and is desperate to break up with her for his own safety. The fact that she used to be such a sweet girl makes her sudden turn especially jarring, as if to say that any lover could turn into a monster without warning. Not to mention the Fridge Horror of what might have happened if she hadn't broke up with him, and what may still happen to Simon's roommate.
• Squick: It's an Inbetweeners movie, so...
  • Neil shits in Will's face and pisses in Simon's. He also goes commando while wearing a skirt, which leads to a dog licking his balls.
  • Having managed to get Katie into bed, Will is understandably put off by the sight of Jay watching and wanking in the next bed.
  • The boys head off to Thailand and pick up some of the local girls. Then the camera pans downward revealing that all four girls have gone commando and are packing man-meat.
• Tear Jerker:
  • When the gang are stranded in the desert, Neil tries chasing a mirage because he believes it's a lake. After a few meters he drops to his knees and screams. When the happy-go-lucky guy has hit the Despair Event Horizon, you know things are bad.
  • The four holding hands as they accept their fate during the climax of the second movie. It all worked out for the best, but still.
    Neil: It'll sleep won't it, Si? Yeah, I've always liked sleep.

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