History Film / HomewardBoundIILostInSanFrancisco

* CoversAlwaysLie: The scene on the cover that shows the pets trying to outrun a streetcar never appears in the film, though they do have a near-miss with one briefly in one scene.

* PetsAsAPresent: Riley, leader of the gang of strays, was given as a Christmas gift for a young boy when he was a puppy. The boy showed no interest in him whatsoever (and in the junior novelization, rejects him because he's not the breed the kid wanted), so the parents abandoned Riley in the street, giving him a severe distrust in humans.

'''Sassy:''' And guess know whose fault is.\\

'''Sassy:''' No, you just got us lost ''again''!

'''Chance:''' Oh, so this is MY fault?! I just saved us from the bad place.\\
'''Sassy:''' No, you got us LOST AGAIN!!\\

'''Shadow:''' They probably don't even know we're gone.\\

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Ralph, co-driver of the Blood Red Van, [[spoiler:when Riley's gang, Shadow, and Sassy sit right in the path of the Blood Red Van after they captured Chance.,]] was reluctant to run over them, despite Jack telling him to "show 'em who's boss!" [[PragmaticVillainy Then again, he did say they were, in total, worth about $100]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: While Shadow and Ashcan are fighting, Pete tells Sassy that once Ashcan injured another dog just for stepping on his tail.

-->'''Sassy''': I see the old geranium to the cranium. Whoopsie!\\

* AbandonedPetInABox: Riley's backstory. The boy he was bought as a present for didn't want him, so the parents left Riley in the gutter. Unlike many examples, Riley is not adopted by a kind passerby; he becomes a street dog with a deep distrust of humans.

* [[invoked]] DudeNotFunny: In-Universe; one of Riley's gang isn't happy with one of Sassy's quips, and Shadow warns her against making any more jokes of the same sort.

* HumansAreBastards: Not only did a spoiled boy not want Riley (when he was a puppy), but his parents left him in the streets rather than take him back to the pet store they bought him from (or do anything else to make sure he got a happy home). Needless to say, there's a reason he's so bitter towards humans.

* PetsAsAPresent: Riley, leader of the gang of strays, was given as a Christmas gift for a young boy when he was a puppy. The boy showed no interest in him whatsoever, so the parents abandoned Riley in the street, giving him a severe distrust in humans.

** When the dogs and Sassy tries to stop the Blood Red Van:

** After Riley's gang comes to the rescue, Ashcan and Pete wants to get back at the pets.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Just like the first film, everything kicks off because of a misunderstanding regarding the pet's owners travelling. Chance freaks out after being put in a carry cage and mistaking the airport baggage handlers' uniforms as those of the Pound guards, he ends up breaking out, along with the others, and they end up lost in San Francisco.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Delilah, realizing they can't be together, tells Chance he doesn't belong because he's a pet, and even flirts with DoggedNiceGuy Bando to sell the illusion. She immediately regrets it after seeing Chance all heartbroken. Riley even said the same thing and tells her it would never have worked out because of their different upbringings, Delilah understands but it still doesn't make her feel any better. [[spoiler:In the end, she doesn't care anymore and went back to Chance, and she's starting to see that not all humans are bad.]]

* IWarnedYou: Shadow tries to convince Delilah to break it off with Chance, saying that he won't survive in the streets and that she might not always be around for him. But she doesn't listen, aggravated by his and Riley's disapproval of their relationship. Later, when the Blood Red Van came, she tells Chance to run back inside, but he had his head in the garbage bag and in his own world. Realizing Shadow was right, she breaks up with him.

'''Shadow''': Will you two quit bickering?

* [[invoked]] DudeNotFunny: In-Universe

-->'''Riley:''' What's up with this girl? I know you can't be serious!\\

* HumansAreBastards: Not only did a spoiled boy not want Riley (when he was a puppy), but his parents left him in the streets rather than take him back to the pet store they bought him from. Needless to say, there's a reason he's so bitter towards humans.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Delilah, realizing they can't be together, tells Chance he doesn't belong because a pet, and goes back to her boyfriend. She immediately regrets it after seeing Chance all heartbroken. Riley even said the same thing and tells her its not gonna work out because of their different upbringings, Delilah understands but it still doesn't make her feel any better. [[spoiler:In the end, she doesn't care anymore and went back to Chance. And she's starting to see that not all humans are bad.]]

* IWarnedYou: Shadow tries to convince Delilah to break it off with Chance, saying that he won't survive in the streets and that she might not always be around for him. But she doesn't listen, aggravated by his and Riley's disapproval of their relationship. Later, when the Blood Red Van came, she tells Chance to run back inside, but he had his head in the garbage bag and in his own world. Realizing Shadow was right, she breaks up with him (see I Did What I Have to Do).

-->'''Bando:''' Stupid lost dog comes along and tries to steal my girlfriend. Homewrecker.

* {{Jerkass}}: Riley's old humans. Rather than doing something sensible with this puppy like keep him anyway and hope things work out in the end, give him to another family, or even turning him in to a shelter, they just drive out and abandon him on the road where anything can happen to him. In these movies that empathize with dogs, that's the equivalent of abandoning an unwanted baby in a dumpster. ''Ouch.''

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Chance got them lost, but he "justifies" it because he believed that their family was sending them to "the bad place" as Sassy had claimed, not realizing she was joking.
-->'''Chance:''' Oh, so this is ''my'' fault? I just saved us from the bad place!\\

* StarCrossedLovers: Chance and Delilah. Delilah is a streetwise city dog who's wary of humans and Chance is a house pet.

* AdultFear: A couple watches their house burn while their young son is inside. Shadow saves him, but it was a close thing.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Jack & Ralph, dog thieves and drivers of the Blood-Red Van.
** And also the two stray dogs Ashcan and Pete.

-->'''Riley:''' They send you to place called the lab. And that sounds bad.\\

* ImplausibleDeniability: Bando has been told ''multiple'' times that he and Delilah are just friends, not a couple......By Delilah ''herself''. He still insists though that she's serious about him, and so is bitterly jealous towards Chance.

* IWarnedYou: Shadow tries to tell Delilah that Chance won't be able to survive in San Francisco and that she won't always be around for him. But she doesn't listen, aggravated by his and Riley's disapproval of their relationship. Later, when the Blood Red Van came, she tells Chance to run back inside, but he didn't hear her as he was having too much fun in the garbage. Realizing Shadow was right, she breaks up with him (see I Did What I Have to Do).

* PoorCommunicationKills: Chance doesn't seem to know why Delilah broke up with him, let alone it was [[NiceJobBreakingItHero his own fault he got caught in the first place]].

-->'''Jack:''' Don't you see what's happening here? They're turning against us!\\

* ShipperOnDeck: Sledge accepts Delilah and Chance. And doesn't think Banjo is good enough for Delilah.

* TookALevelInJerkass: Jamie, who was the sweetest, cutest little lump of "[[ABoyAndHisX boy-and-his-dog]]" adorable ever in the first movie, spends the beginning of this movie sulking over the fact that he has to go to Canada with his family and miss playing baseball with his friend Stacy. He takes his anger out on Chance by snapping irritably at everything he does, and is especially sore after Chance unintentionally ruins his last baseball game just before the trip. This leads to Chance thinking he's being sent back to the pound when the time comes to load him onto the airplane, which leads to all three animals running away and getting lost. However, after this happens, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Jamie regrets how he acted]], and when he reunites with Chance in the end he apologizes and reassures him that he loves him.

The film also features the voices of Carla Gugino, Creator/{{Sinbad}}, Creator/TishaCampbell, Creator/StephenTobolowsky, Creator/JonPolito and Adam Goldberg.

* HumansAreBastards: Not only did a spoiled fat boy not want Riley (when he was a puppy), but his parents left him in the streets rather than take him back to the pet store they bought him from. Needless to say, there's a reason he's so bitter towards humans.