History Film / GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2

** Peter starts begging and sobbing for Yondu not to sacrifice himself when they ascend into space with only one flight suit. [[PapaWolf Yondu doesn't listen]].

* MeaningfulEcho: "Sometimes the thing you're searching for your whole life, it's right there by your side all along." Peter originally meant the line as a LoveConfession to Gamora, but uses it at Yondu's funeral, to signify that he's the father Peter's been searching for all his life.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The Guardians take out a Celestial, an immensely powerful being.

%%* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Kraglin is easily the best-looking of the Ravagers as well as the most sympathetic.%% Doubtful example.

* BreatherEpisode: This, and the other two MCU films released in 2017 ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'', and ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' served as a LighterAndSofter break of MCU comedies sandwiched in between the DarkerAndEdgier 2016 films of ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' and ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'' and 2018's ''Film/{{Black Panther|2018}}'' (which, whilst not quite as heavy-hitting as ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' which came right after it, still had a more serious and emotional tone and less quirky and comedic one-liners compared to the three MCU comedies released in 2017).

* ForWantOfANail: Had Ego not casually blabbed about the fact that he killed Peter's mother by deliberately giving her a brain tumor -- something that even he immediately realises was a ''really'' stupid mistake -- then he would more than likely have ''won''. Instead, it turns Peter against him and ultimately leads to Ego's defeat and death.

* MotileVehicularComponents: The Sovreign's ships are built with spherical laser turrets rolling around in trenches in their hulls. They can fire a [[ConvergingStreamWeapon concentrated barrage]] or BeamSpam DeathInAllDirections.

** When Kraglin warns Yondu that the Sovereign have arrived.

** Yondu gets freaked out when Kraglin warns him that Ayesha and the Sovereign have tracked him down.
-->'''Kraglin:''' You remember that Ayesha chick?\\
'''Yondu:''' Yeah, why? ''[sees Sovereign fleet]'' Oh, hell!

** Rocket vs. the Ravagers. They never stand a chance. Although their abuse is played for comic effect and Rocket is clearly enjoying himself, there's nothing in the scene that suggests his traps were intended to be non-lethal. [[note]] His anti-gravity mines toss the ravagers above the treeline to plummet to the ground, his headbands electrocute the wearer, his darts cause near instant loss of consciousness and muscle spasms more indicative of a toxin than a sedative. It's hard to justify that there was no loss of life in this scene. [[/note]]

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* AdaptationalJerkass: Ego while still a bad guy in comics here has all of his worst attributes ramped up, in a similar manner as was done with Ronan in the previous movie. Ego was regarded as something of the cosmic hero's [[HarmlessVillain/ComicBooks joke villain]] when anyone except Kirby was scripting him. Up until 2017 with his appearance in ''Ultimates 2'' fighting alongside Galactus, most modern stories had silly plots like the Hulk fighting monstrous zits on his surface, and him hiring Rocket-Raccoon to de-louse his hair. The movie version is ''not'' a joke, being as dark and destructive as Ronan was.

* AlienGeometries: The support trusses inside Ego's core are actually [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandelbulb Mandelbulb]] fractals.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Kraglin is easily the best-looking of the Ravagers as well as the most sympathetic.

** The Sovereign use attack drones, so none actually get hurt when one is blown up... well their egos get bruised.

* BookEnds:

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: Yondu gets his Yaka Arrow Controller (his "mohawk" looking cybernetic piece) irreparably damaged by Nebula, forcing him to use a larger and bulkier prototype version. Being called a prototype, and being bigger/bulkier, yet not seeming to have any greater functionality than the one he used before, indicating it is just an older model.

** In the post-credit scene featuring Stakar reforming his old team, one of the members (Krugarr from the comics) conjures magical circles just like the ones seen in ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''. This is a reference to his comic version being a student and successor of Doctor Strange's.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Ego is so convinced in the [[LackOfEmpathy worthlessness of other forms of life]] that he [[LoveIsAWeakness killed his lover for being a distraction]], and expected her son to ''agree with him''. He's equally baffled that he's willing to give up immortality and enormous power to save the universe.
** He also genuinely doesn't understand why Peter has a problem with his plan to destroy the universe or why anything he's done is wrong, including murdering children. They were in his way and/or no use to him so he got rid of them. That's what happens to puny mortals who stand in the way of powerful beings.