History Film / MenInBlackII

-->'''Kay:''' ... no. It was raining...

With K officially retired (with his memory wiped and civilian identity restored) J has been working overtime as the top field agent of [=MiB=]. A powerful and malevolent alien named Serleena returns to Earth looking for "The Light of Zartha," which is tied to a case K was involved with back in the '70s. To get the information they need, they reinstate K and get back to business.

->'''Jay:''' You don't remember. We worked together.

->'''Jay:''' Straight to the point. You were an agent of an organization that monitors aliens on Earth. We're the Men in Black. We have a situation. We need your help.

-->'''Man reading newspaper:''' 'bout time you got back. That woman's causing all kinds of trouble.

** The watch from the locker that Kay mentions he's been looking everywhere for also turns out to be the activation switch for the [[spoiler: giant neuralyzer in the Statue of Liberty's torch]]. Jay immediately declares that he wants one after seeing it in action.

* ChekhovsGun: The dodgy z-movie that begins the film, which Kay and Jay later use to find clues about the Light.

* RecycledScript: J recruiting K was largely a role reversal from the first film of a veteran trying to bring a new recruit up to speed, while also trying to repeat similar gags like the noisy cricket and give larger roles to Frank and the Worms. The main villain is also a shapeshifter with a monstrous OneWingedAngel form, looking for a {{Macguffin}} that is not as obvious as we think it is.

* SandWorm: Jeff, the subway worm.

** The mugger/would-be rapist doesn't find anything odd about a beautiful woman wearing nothing but her lingerie and high heels hanging around Central Park in the middle of the night by herself.

** The mugger/would-be rapist doesn't find anything odd about a beautiful woman wearing nothing but her lingerie and high heels hanging around Central Park in the middle of the night.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: J can't clear a subway car he just crashed into because everyone dismisses him as just a New York nut. At least they get moving when a giant worm starts eating the car.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Agent K says, “Looks like Spielberg’s work”, it’s a shoutout to Spielberg, who is an executive producer in this franchise.

* EldritchAbomination: Serleena's true form. Well, a very small one, but still...

** Creator/PatrickWarburton played a not-too-bright agent who joined MIB because he wants to be a hero. His codename? [[Series/TheTick2001 "Agent T."]]

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Serleena murders Ben after he refuses to divulge the location of the Light of Zartha. She also steals some of the pizza from his restaurant.

* BigLittleMan: Serleena's spacecraft which flies around blowing up planets turns out to be smaller than a dog. And let's not forget how our entire universe is inside an airport locker.

* BuxomIsBetter: Lampshaded by Serleena:
-->'''Serleena:''' Silly little planet. [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey I could rule the place with the right set of mammary glands.]]

* BurpOfFinality: It's a little hard to hear amidst [[SoundOnlyDeath all the other sounds going on,]] but when Serleena swallows the mugger alive she gives a slight, low burp as she finishes.

* ConsumingPassion: Serleena, full stop. Every time she brings up eating someone (and that someone is always a member of the opposite sex) there is always a sexual edge to it. A couple parts that stand out in particular are when she licks K's face and the mugger scene. The way it starts with her in barely there lingerie and high heels. The mugger telling her she tastes good, and the way she turns the tables on the guy and eats him before shooting back with a "yeah, you too" are all played for FanService as well as NightmareFuel and [[BlackComedyCannibalism humor.]]

* CutTheJuice: J ordered the power to the facility be cut in order to cancel Serleena's flight with Laura and the light of Zartha, but the plan ended up proving to be unnecessary after J managed to stop the launch sequence at the last second.

* EmpathicEnvironment: It begins to rain at the end of the film, [[spoiler:as the Light of Zartha begins crying as her ship leaves. It ''always'' rains when she cries.]]

* FisherKing: Laura is a mild example. When she is sad in starts raining. At the end when she leaves Earth for good [[TearJerker we see her spaceship is full of rain]]

* GreatOffscreenWar: It was mentioned that the Kylothians and the Zarthans have been at war for over fifty years but it was unknown if the war resulted in victory or defeat to either side.

* HiveQueen: The underwear model that Serleena assumes the form of isn't just Serleena, but actually her and hundreds of normal Kylothians, which she uses as projectile weapons after assuming her true form.

* JustDesserts: During the climax, Serleena gets EatenAlive by Jeff the Worm.

** When J was attempting to establish a channel with Frank during their chase by Serleena, Frank the Pug says to the Worm with a cigar in his mouth "So I said 'Listen, bitch! If you don't want me to kick your skinny, zone-diet ass, I suggest you turn tail and leave the planet!'"

* ProperlyParanoid: Newton. Doubles as FridgeLogic if you believe him to be the same character that Creator/DavidCross played in the previous film, as surviving getting bug-glued to a ceiling would make anyone off-kilter.
* PreMortemOneLiner: J to Serleena: "Your flight's been canceled," although she gets better... temporarily.

* UnstoppableRage: After J's new recruit foolishly tried to pull on Jeffrey (the Subway Worm's) flower, to put it simply, it was extremely P.O.'ed, and started lashing out at everything, including J, and then rampaging across the Subway tunnels. He eventually calms down after J attempts to threaten to blast it if it doesn't calm down, and presumably also due to the tranquilizer that he injected earlier finally going into effect after the slight delay.

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Arguably averted. Serleena at one point asks for a spacecraft that can travel 300 times the speed of light. To put it into perspective, this speed would get you to Proxima Centauri, our nearest star, in 5.13 days. Still hardly the instant travel across the universe we always see in sci-fi, but at least the writers made an effort.

* JumpScare: The abrupt way [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Jeebs' head]] [[YourHeadASplode explodes]] after they de-neuralyze Agent K.

* JumpScare: The abrupt way [[TheyKilledKennyAgain Jeebs' head]] [[YourHeadASplodes explodes]] after they de-neuralyze Agent K.

* GettingEatenIsHarmless: Serleena. At the climax she accidentally flies her ship into Jeff's mouth and he eats her In spite of the giant worm having rows of teeth running all the way to the back of his throat and devouring her with lots and lots of chewing, ''she'' winds up eating ''him'' from the inside out, allowing her become a giant version of her true form.

* SequelReset: The first movie ended with K happily retired, all MIB memories erased and given a chance to start things over with the love of his life. J, meanwhile, became K's replacement and got a new partner of his own in Agent L. The sequel drops L (her absence is merely HandWaved) and brings back the amnesic K. Thing is, once his memories are restored, the same character dynamic from the first movie (despite J having five years of experience) is repeated.

* VillainousCrush: Serleena has thing for Zed, which might explain why she didn't try to kill him during their fight. Unfortunately for her, the feelings aren't mutual.

* WeaponizedLandmark: The Art/StatueOfLiberty. Sort of. It's actually a giant neuralyzer in the torch. Also a nod to the animated series episode "The Fmall, Fmall, Fmall World Syndrome", which showed the Empire State Building has a neuralyzer, dubbed "the Big One", built into the lightning rod.

* TheWormThatWalks: Sarleena, at least while in human form.

** While the villainess was talking to K she stuck her tongue in his ear.

* LiteralManEater: Serleena