History Animation / GreenSnake2021

* BadassBiker: Many of the demons and humans trapped in Asuraville have organized into biker gangs, with the Ox-Heads and Horse-Heads -- a gang mostly comprised of ox-headed and horse-headed demons, the Raksha Clan -- mostly comprised of raksha, and the Octopus Gang being some examples. Verta quickly becomes one herself, mastering how to ride a motorcycle and becoming highly skilled at fighting atop it.

* IslandBase:

** Foxy Boss also operates her Asuraville shop out of one.

* NeatFreak: Third Lieutenant loses against Verta when she becomes more worried about getting muddy then fighting, and Verta takes advantage by chucking mud at her.
* TheNeutralZone: Given she is the only way anyone can easily get supplies they would need for survival, Asuraville's various gangs treat the docks and land around the Foxy Lady's shop as neutral ground.

** Verta is hellbent on getting rescuing Blanca after Fahai imprisons her in Leifang Pagoda.
** When Sun is murdered in cold blood by an Ox-Head, Verta furiously attempts to beat him to death and then shoots him in the face with Sun's shotgun when he tries to crush her.

* ShowerOfAngst: After fighting Third Lieutenant, Verta takes a makeshift shower when finally given a moment of reprieve to process [[spoiler:Sun's death]]. Simon spoils the moment by walking in on her.

* UrbanFantasy: As opposed to the {{Wuxia}} setting of the first ''White Snake'', ''White Snake 2'' is set in the seemingly modern Asuraville, where demons and monsters live alongside humans.

* YearOutsideHourInside: When Verta goes to cleanse herself of her negative karma, [[spoiler:she passes through a portal that pits her against Fahai, only to be ejected out seconds later and inform the Masked Man that two hours had passed inside it. On the whole, Verta spends twenty years fighting Fahai, but only a day passes in Asuraville]].

** In the opening, Bianca and Verta attack Jinshan Temple -- a fortified Buddhist temple built on an island and serving as Fahai's base of operations -- in Zhenjiang.

* AmbiguousSituation: The film's opening doesn't clarify whether Xu Xian joined Fahai's Buddhist temple of his own free will or not, just that Blanca's pissed about it and wants him back. Xian begs Fahai to spare her, but his pleas fall on deaf ears. Xian not being there by choice would be in line with the basic original legend, where Fahai's role in the story is to repeatedly try to separate Blanca and Xian out of his animosity towards her, including imprisoning Xian in a Buddhist temple and the sisters trying and failing to rescue him.

* AsianFoxSpirit: The enigmatic TwoFaced ''huli jing'' owner of the Precious Jade Workshop pops up in Asuraville sporting modern attire, and at one point transforms into her true form -- a colossal eight-tailed fox-demon. [[spoiler:In the mid-credits scene, she reclaims her ninth tail and declares it's time for her to get revenge.]]
* BadassBiker: Many of the demons and humans trapped in Asuraville have organized into biker gangs, with the Ox-Heads and Horse-Heads -- a gang mostly comprised of ox-headed and horse-headed demons, the Raksha Clan -- mostly comprised of raksha, and the Octopus Gang being two examples. Verta quickly becomes one, mastering how to ride a motorcycle and becoming highly skilled at fighting atop it.

* LoveTriangle: Verta comes to be torn between her attraction to the charismatic and ruggedly handsome Simon and a mysterious mask-wearing grey-haired young man. [[spoiler:Simon breaks it by leaving Verta and the grey-haired man to drown in a flooding subway and locking the door so they can't escape. In the very next scene, the masked man - who Verta believed to be Blanca's reincarnation after seeing his face -- is revealed to be a mole for Mr. Ox, causing her to lament having been fooled and that she should've known that men are useless and she can't rely on anyone but herself. Both Simon and the masked man end up sacrificing themselves to help her escape Asuraville, with Verta forgiving and genuinely falling for the latter.]]

* ShowerOfAngst: After fighting Third Lieutenant, Verta takes a make shift shower finally given a moment of reprieve she is left to process [[spoiler:Sun's death.]]

* StableTimeLoop: [[spoiler:The nature of Asuraville causes one. All of the denizens are bought to the same point in time, regardless of which time period they died in. So, when the Masked Man comes from the future to meet Verta, he's able to help her destroy the Leifang pagoda and set Blanca free. This helps Blanca enter the cycle of reincarnation to become the Masked Man and enter Asuraville, so he can travel into the past and help Verta.]]

* AllForNothing: The ending reveals that [[spoiler:Verta's ordeals in Asuraville attempting to escape and rescue her sister were for naught. When she escapes she finds herself in modern-day China and travels to Leifang Pagoda, only to learn that the original structure collapsed centuries prior and that her sister's soul was freed and able to reincarnate, eventually ending up as the Masked Man who she met in Asuraville. Though at the very least she did get to leave Asuraville with her memories of Blanca intact.]]

''Green Snake'' -- also known as ''White Snake 2: The Tribulation of the Green Snake'' -- is an UrbanFantasy {{Chinese|Films}} {{All CGI|Cartoon}} {{Animated Film|s}} released on July 23rdth, 2021. Directed by Creator/AmpWong and with animation by Creator/LightChaserAnimation, Alibaba Pictures, Tianjin Maoyan Weiying Culture Media and Bilibili; it serves as a sequel to ''Animation/{{White Snake|2019}}''.

* ShesGotLegs: The "Foxy Boss" of the Precious Jade Workshop wears short-shorts as part of her modern attire, emphasizing her legs.

* BikerBabe: After acclimatizing to the more-or-less modern cityscape of Asuraville, Verta takes to riding a motorcycle and becomes quite skilled at it in record time.

* {{Kitsune}}: The enigmatic TwoFaced ''huli jing'' owner of the Precious Jade Workshop pops up in Asuraville sporting modern attire, and at one point transforms into her true form -- a colossal eight-tailed fox-demon. [[spoiler:In the mid-credits scene, she reclaims her ninth tail and declares it's time for her to get revenge.]]

* IslandBase: In the opening, Bianca and Verta attack Jinshan Temple -- a fortified Buddhist temple built on an island and serving as Fahai's base of operations -- in Zhenjiang.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: The "Foxy Boss" of the Precious Jade Workshop wears short-shorts as part of her modern attire, emphasizing her legs.

* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:When Verta talks to the Masked Man about his past, all he can remember is that he is looking for someone, a face he can just barely remember, given the way it is ambiguously worded and Blanca's previous displays of devotion toward Xuan, it seems even over several reincarnation she cannot forget her love, and even in a new life the desperate need to see him again led her to Asuraville. It's not until the very end that we are shown, that no, it isn't Xuan Blanca was so desperate to meet again, it was Verta.

* AllForNothing: The ending reveals that [[spoiler:Verta's ordeals in Asuraville attempting to escape and rescue her sister were for naught. When she escapes she finds herself in modern-day China and travels to Leifang Pagoda, only to learn that the original structure collapsed centuries prior and that her sister's soul was freed and able to reincarnate, eventually ending up as the Masked Man who she met in Asuraville.]]

* PurgatoryAndLimbo: While on the surface Asuraville is a seemingly mundane modern metropolis, it's actually an EldritchLocation outside the boundaries of the Celestial Realm, the Mortal World, and the Demon Realm. Humans, immortals, gods, and demons from every dynasty of Chinese history have ended up trapped there due to strong emotional attachments or obsessions, unable to reincarnate and stripped of most of their supernatural powers -- though of the Raksha clan and demons like the Octopus Boss and Mr. Ox still possess immense physical strength and any other innate abilities they may have possessed. Furthermore, the city is routinely destroyed in Kalpa Cycles before rebuilding itself the following morning.

* BigBad: Fahai is a Buddhist sage and master of Leifang Pagoda, and the one who captures Blanca and banishes Verta to Asuraville when she attacks him.
* BikerBabe: After acclimatizing to modern times, Verta takes to riding a motorcycle and becomes quite skilled at it in record time.

* DubNameChange: The title is shortened to simply Green Snake in English.

* LoveTriangle: Verta comes to be torn between her attraction to the gruff but ruggedly handsome Simon and a mysterious mask-wearing grey-haired young man. [[spoiler:Simon breaks it by betraying Verta, leaving her and the grey-haired man to drown in a flooding subway and locking the door so they can't escape. In the very next scene, the masked man - who Verta believed to be Blanca's reincarnation after seeing his face -- is revealed to be a mole for Mr. Ox, causing her to lament having been fooled and that she should've known she can't rely on anyone but herself. Both Simon and the masked man end up sacrificing themselves to help her escape Asuraville, with Verta forgiving and genuinely falling for the latter.]]
* {{Nephewism}}: As Fahai is sealing her away, Blanca gives her and Xian's son to Verta, asking that she raise him.
* NoOntologicalInertia: In the film's final section, [[spoiler:Verta cleanses herself of her negative karma by mortally-wounding Fahai and destroying Jinshan Temple. While this is implied to be a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, Fahai reveals to Verta that he was behind Mr. Ox's invulnerability and after he dies the wards he placed on Mr. Ox vanish.]]
* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: One of the primary factions in Asuraville are the Ox-Heads, derived from one of the two guardians of the Underworld in Chinese mythology. The leader of the Ox-Heads and Horse-Faces -- derived from the ''other'' guardian of the gates of the Underworld in Chinese mythology -- is Mr. Ox, a humanoid bull-demon who somehow retains the ability to use his powers in Asuraville.

* PlaceBeyondTime: Asuraville exists outside of time, resulting in people from all periods of Chinese history rubbing elbows in an EldritchLocation resembling a modern metropolis. [[YearOutsideHourInside Decades -- even centuries -- can pass on the outside]], but only a day on the inside.

* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: One of the enemies Verta makes in Asuraville is Mr. Ox, a humanoid bull-demon who leads a monstrous biker gang of humans transformed into bull-headed and horse-headed monsters.

* ViralTransformation: The bat-winged evil spirits that hunt through Asura City during the Kalpas Cycles are former denizens, and those bitten by them will transform after a brief period.
* WhoWearsShortShorts: The "Foxy Boss" of the Precious Jade Workshop wears short-shorts as part of her modern attire, emphasizing her legs.

* {{Kitsune}}: The enigmatic TwoFaced ''huli jing'' owner of the Precious Jade Workshop pops up in Asuraville sporting modern attire, and at one point transforms into her true form -- a colossal eight-tailed fox-demon. [[spoiler:In the Easter Egg 1 video, she reclaims her ninth tail and declares it's time for her to get revenge.]]
* LoveTriangle: Verta comes to be torn between her attraction to the gruff but ruggedly handsome Sima and a mysterious mask-wearing grey-haired young man. [[spoiler:Sima breaks it by betraying Verta, leaving her and the grey-haired man -- who is revealed to be Blanca's reincarnation -- to drown in a flooding subway and locking the door so they can't escape.]]

* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: One of the enemies Verta makes in Asuraville is a humanoid bull-demon who leads a monstrous biker gang.

* PurgatoryAndLimbo: While on the surface Asuraville is a seemingly mundane modern metropolis, it's actually an EldritchLocation outside the boundaries of the Celestial Realm, the Mortal World, and the Demon Realm. Humans, immortals, gods, and demons from every dynasty of Chinese history have ended up trapped there due to strong emotional attachments or obsessions, unable to reincarnate and stripped of most of their supernatural powers -- though the Tengu of the Raksha clan and demons like the Octopus Boss and Ox-King still possess immense physical strength and any other innate abilities they may have possessed.
* ReincarnationRomance: The grey-haired young man who Verta falls in love with [[spoiler:is revealed to be Blanca's reincarnation -- or at least the incarnation of part of her soul]].

** In the "Easter Egg 1" video, [[spoiler:the ''huli jing'' reclaims her ninth tail from the box she left with the river monster at the end of the previous movie, ominously saying the time has finally come for her to take revenge.]]
** In the final scene, [[spoiler:Verta reassembles the Jade Hairpin -- which Fahai had shattered -- and releases Blanca's soul from inside it, enabling her to reincarnate]].

* TheFourGods: Based on the trailers, Fahai commands at least two of them -- with Zhūquè the Vermilion Bird and Xuánwǔ the Black Tortoise laying waste to Asuraville.

* ThePhoenix: Fahai commands the Vermilion Bird Zhūquè, a massive bird made of flames, and commands it to attack Verta and devastate Asuraville.

Some time after the events of the first movie, Blanca marries Xu Xian, the reincarnation of Ah Xuan, and has a child with him. When Xian leaves her to join a Buddhist temple led by the great sage Fahai, Blanca assails it with Verta's help in order to get her husband back. In retribution, Fahai seals Blanca inside Leifang Pagoda, and when Verta vengefully attacks him she is cast down a mountain and awakens in the seemingly modern-day metropolis of Shura City. Confused and angry, Verta sets out to rescue her sister no matter the cost, aided by a mysterious mask-wearing grey-haired young man.

* BadassBiker: Many of the demons and humans trapped in Shura City have organized into biker gangs, with the Raksha Clan -- mostly comprised of tengu -- and Octopus Clan being two examples. Verta quickly becomes one, mastering how to ride a motorcycle and becoming highly skilled at fighting atop it.
* BigBad: Fahai is a Buddhist sage and master of Leifang Pagoda, and the one who captures Blanca and banishes Verta to Shura City when she attacks him.

* BroughtDownToBadass: After being trapped in Shura City, Verta is stripped of the supernatural powers she'd cultivated -- meaning no flight, no chi blasts, no nature manipulation, and no shapeshifting. However, she's still a capable warrior and readily adapts to her new limitations.

* CurbStompBattle: When Blanca and Verta interrupt his meditation and try to destroy his temple, Fahai nonchalantly blocks their attack with a sutra, shatters the Jade Hairpin when Blanca tries to use it to drain his power, and then seals Blanca away and imprisons her under the Leifang Pagoda until the end of days. When Verta vengefully attacks him, he summons Zhūquè the Vermilion Bird, who easily trounces her and sends her plunging into Shura City.

* TheFourGods: Based on the trailers, Fahai commands at least two of them -- with Zhūquè the Vermilion Bird and Xuánwǔ the Black Tortoise laying waste to Shura City.

* {{Kitsune}}: The enigmatic TwoFaced ''huli jing'' owner of the Precious Jade Workshop pops up in Shura City sporting modern attire, and at one point transforms into her true form -- a colossal eight-tailed fox-demon. [[spoiler:In the Easter Egg 1 video, she reclaims her ninth tail and declares it's time for her to get revenge.]]

* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: One of the enemies Verta makes in Shura City is a humanoid bull-demon who leads a monstrous biker gang.
* ThePhoenix: Fahai commands the Vermilion Bird Zhūquè, a massive bird made of flames, and commands it to attack Verta and devastate Shura City.
* PurgatoryAndLimbo: While on the surface Shura City is a seemingly mundane modern metropolis, it's actually an EldritchLocation outside the boundaries of the Celestial Realm, the Mortal World, and the Demon Realm. Humans, immortals, gods, and demons from every dynasty of Chinese history have ended up trapped there due to strong emotional attachments or obsessions, unable to reincarnate and stripped of most of their supernatural powers -- though the Tengu of the Raksha clan and demons like the Octopus Boss and Ox-King still possess immense physical strength and any other innate abilities they may have possessed.

* TookALevelInBadass: At the beginning of the movie, Blanca and Verta have cultivated enough spiritual power to fly, conjure storms, and create a series of layered massive tsunami to obliterate Fahai's temple. Unfortunately for them, Fahai is even more powerful and casually disperses their attack before capturing Blanca, and Verta is unable to use her supernatural powers in Shura City.
* TragicKeepsake: Following Blanca being captured by Fahai, Verta keeps a shard of the Jade Hairpin and one of her white hair ribbons wrapped around her arm as a keepsake -- serving as a symbol of her obsession to rescue Blanca, which lands her in Shura City.
* UrbanFantasy: As opposed to the {{Wuxia}} setting of the first ''White Snake'', ''White Snake 2'' is set in the seemingly modern Shura City, where demons and monsters live alongside humans.

* CurbStompBattle: When Blanca and Verta interrupt his meditation and try to destroy his temple, Fahai nonchalantly blocks their attack with a sutra and then imprisons Blanca in the Leifang Pagoda. When Verta vengefully attacks him, he summons Zhūquè the Vermilion Bird, who easily trounces her and sends her plunging into Shura City.

* SpellBlade: In the film's opening, Blanca and Verta wreathe their swords in chi when attacking Fahai's temple, using them to summon a series of tsunami to crush the island.