History YMMV / TwentyTwoJumpStreet

** The "I'm not fucking Franchise/SpiderMan!" joke now that Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller have produced and Lord co-wrote ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderverse''.

* EvenBetterSequel: A vast majority of critics are hailing it as such, an absolute rarity for the comedy genre in particular.
** It helps that there is a great deal of LeaningOnTheFourthWall about the very nature of sequels.

* {{Sequelitis}}: Averted in the eyes of critics; the film's excellent Rotten Tomatoes percentage is almost identical to the first film's. There are several meta-jokes in the film about this very trope.

** Jenko drops his Q-tip into Zook's meat sandwich. The resultant product is called a "meat Q-tip" sandwich, shortened to Meet Cute.

* EvenBetterSequel: A vast majority of critics are hailing it as such.

* 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]].

** "Schmidt fucked the captain's daughter!" has been infamously been used in video game memes in regards to similar situations, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptdt9MMBDyk Robin, Chrom, and Lucina]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Zpw4MqwvE Joker, Makoto, and Sae]] replacing Schmidt, Dickson and Maya respectively.

* HoYay: Taken UpToEleven here, with people actually mistaking Schmidt and Jenko for a couple on more than one occasion, and the film generally treating Zook as "the other man" threatening to derail their partnership.

* TheWoobie: This time around, it's Schmidt who doesn't have as great a time at college. Despite initially hanging around with Jenko a lot, the latter ends up spending more time with Zook and the sports teams, leaving Schmidt alone. Later, [[spoiler:he gets exposed and has to leave, resulting in his LoveInterest dumping him]].

** "Schmidt fucked the captain's daughter!" has been infamously been used in video game memes in regards to similar situations, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptdt9MMBDyk Robin, Chrom, and Lucina]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Zpw4MqwvE Joker, Makoto, and Sae]] replacing Schmidt, Dickson and his daughter respectively.

* MemeticMutation: "My name is Jeff", Jenko's half-hearted paper-thin attempt at playing along with Schmidt's Mexican impression near the start of the movie, was easily one of the most popular (and subsequently overused) memes of 2014, especially on outlets like Vine.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Schmidt's mom, to a degree, although that's mostly because she's not in the limelight and is more supportive to her son without [[UnwantedAssistance nearly ruining his work]].

* CrossesTheLineTwice: ''All'' of the scenes involving Mr. Walters and Eric from the first film.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the first movie, Dickson warns Jenko and Schmidt to not sleep with any students. Cue this movie, where Schmidt ends up sleeping with Maya, [[spoiler:Dickson's own daughter.]]

* {{Sequelitis}}: Averted in the eyes of critics; the film's excellent Rotten Tomatoes percentage is almost identical to the first film's.
** There are several meta-jokes in the film about this very trope.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Schmidt's mom, to a degree, although that's mostly because she's not in the limelight and is more supportive to her son without [[StopHelpingMe nearly ruining his work]].

** [[Spoiler: The sequel montage in the credits becomes even funnier following the announcement that the next film is set to be a crossover with [[Franchise/MenInBlack Men in Black.]] The actual sequel is arguably more absurd than any of the fake ones.]]