History Film / Breakin2ElectricBoogaloo

''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'' is a 1984 movie about breakdancing, and a sequel to the same year's ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer you heard us,]] ''[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer the same year]]'') ''Film/{{Breakin}}''.

The movie was a pretty big flop, and regarded as an entirely unnecessary sequel; today, it's best known for [[TropeNamer spawning]] the "[[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Electric Boogaloo]]" joke, used to refer to any pointless or strangely-named sequel. The 2014 documentary about the film's producers would take its name from here.

The movie was a pretty big flop, and regarded as an entirely unnecessary sequel; today, it's best known for [[TropeNamer spawning]] the "[[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Electric Boogaloo]]" joke, used to refer to any pointless or strangely-named sequel.

''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'' is a 1984 movie about breakdancing, and a sequel to the same year's ([[NotMakingThisUpdisclaimer you heard us,]] ''[[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer the same year]]'') ''Film/{{Breakin}}''.

''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'' is a 1984 movie about breakdancing, and a sequel to the same year's (you heard us, ''the same year'') ''Film/{{Breakin}}''.

->''"''Breakin 2: Electric Boogaloo'' has been remembered and mocked for so long because the title is indicative of everything that is wrong with quick cash in sequels. This movie makes ''Film/StepUp 2'' look like ''Film/{{The Red Shoes|1948}}''. This makes ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' look like ''Film/AnAmericanInParis.''"''
-->-- '''[[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Miles Antwiler]]''' [[http://moviemoses.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/breakin-2-electric-boogaloo-1984-sam-firstenberg/ on]] a great American classic

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: TropeNamer! In this case the title is a reference to the "electric boogaloo", a dancing style associated with 1970s hip-hop (which was just emerging), and to the signature dance style of a real-life dancing crew called "The Electric Boogaloos" (established in 1977). The dancing crew themselves were named after the song "Do a Boogaloo" by Music/JamesBrown. Brown himself based the song on the Boogaloo, a style of Latin music and dance from the 1960s. The Boogaloo as a genre was a combination of elements from Soul, rhythm and blues, mambo, and son cubano. It was popularized in the United States through performances in the television show "Series/AmericanBandstand" (1952-1989), presented by Creator/DickClark.

* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The film was inspired by real-life events. The Radio-Tron, a youth center near MacArthur Park, Los Angeles, faced demolition. Youth director Carmelo Alvarez rallied the youth and community to march to Los Angeles City Hall and try to save the Radio-Tron.

* SameLanguageDub: According to director Sam Firstenberg, Sabrina García's voice was so weak that she could barely be heard on the audio track. That is why her lines were dubbed by another actor. Garcia did speak Spanish and English.

* DenserAndWackier: ''Breakin' 2'' is this to the original ''Breakin'.'' Sure, the first film featured the classic "pinning of all hopes and dreams on succeeding on a dance audition," but this one ratcheted up the crazy by not only using breakdancing as a means to [[SavingTheOrphanage save the perpetually-imperiled youth center]], but also as a form of ''combat''. No, not like a DanceBattler, but rather two teams of enemies facing off, breakdancing, and then deciding --as a group-- who won the battle. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boL9o0u0Dig What, do you think we're kidding?]]

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: TropeNamer! In this case the title is a reference to the "electric boogaloo", a dancing style associated with 1970s hip-hop (which was just emerging), and to the signature dance style of a real-life dancing crew called "The Electric Boogaloos" (established in 1977). The dancing crew themselves were named after the song "Do a Boogaloo" by Music/JamesBrown. Brown himself based the song on the Boogaloo, a style of Latin music and dance from the 1960s. The Boogaloo as a genre was a combination of elements from Soul, rhythm and blues, mambo, and son cubano. It was popularized in the United States through depictions in the television show "Series/AmericanBandstand" (1952-1989), presented by Dick Clark.

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: TropeNamer! In this case the title is a reference to the "electric boogaloo", a dancing style associated with 1970s hip-hop (which was just emerging), and to the signature dance style of a real-life dancing crew called "The Electric Boogaloos" (established in 1977). The dancing crew themselves were named after the song "Do a Boogaloo" by Music/JamesBrown. Brown himself based the song on the Boogaloo, a style of Latin music and dance from the 1960s. The Boogaloo as a genre was a combination of elements from Soul, rhythm and blues, mambo, and son cubano. It was popularized in the United States through depictions in the television show "American Bandstand" (1952-1989), presented by Dick Clark.

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: TropeNamer! In this case the title is a reference to the "electric boogaloo", a dancing style associated with 1970s hip-hop (which was just emerging), and to the signature dance style of a real-life dancing crew called "The Electric Boogaloos" (established in 1977). The dancing crew themselves were named after the song "Do a Boogaloo" by James Brown. Brown himself based the song on the Boogaloo, a style of Latin music and dance from the 1960s. The Boogaloo as a genre was a combination of elements from Soul, rhythm and blues, mambo, and son cubano. It was popularized in the United States through depictions in the television show "American Bandstand" (1952-1989), presented by Dick Clark.

* OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo: TropeNamer!

''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'' is a 1984 movie about breakdancing, and a sequel to the same year's (you heard us, ''the same year'') ''[=Breakin'=]''.

* TheCameo: Music/IceT appears at the end, reprising his role from the first ''Breakin'.'' This was before he was all that famous. Many years later, T considered the movies -- and his performances in them -- to be "Wack".

* DenserAndWackier: ''Breakin' 2'' is this to the original ''Breakin'.''

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Turbo" and "Ozone" are presumably not their real names, but whatever they actually are, they're not telling. Kelly's mom comments on their "uniqueness."
* RuleOfDrama: There's really no point to the [[WhateverHappenedToTheMouse Unresolved]] LoveTriangle subplot with Kelly and that girl who [[BadBadActing CANNOT act]], other than this.

* SequelNonEntity: James, from the original ''Breakin','' is totally absent in this movie. His actor declined to return.

''Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo'' is a 1984 movie about breakdancing, and a sequel to the same year's (you heard us, ''the same year's'') ''[=Breakin'=]''.