History Trivia / BoratSubsequentMoviefilm

* TheOtherDarrin: Borat's son Hooeylewis first appears in a photograph in the first movie, played by then-gay pornography actor Stonie prior to transitioning to female and changing her name to Brittany Coxxx. She sadly passed away in December 2016 from complications of liver disease and hepatitis B. Despite this, Hooeylewis appears in the flesh in ''Subsequent Moviefilm'', now played by Romanian actor Alin Popa.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: On a meta-level for the sequel's introduction. In the first film, the actual Romanian village which Sacha Baron Cohen had used to portray Borat's home were furious with being made the butt of jokes without their approval. Not only that, the real life Kazakhstan was outraged when the first movie was released. Hence, this sequel acknowledged that Borat had humiliated Kazakhstan and was imprisoned as a result. When Borat finished serving his sentence and bade farewell to his village (Filmed in a different location obviously) for yet another mission, the villagers' reception to Borat was far less warm, and they cursed him on his way out.

* ChannelHop: The first film was released by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (now 20th Century Studios), while the sequel was released by Creator/AmazonStudios. Since Sacha Baron Cohen owned the rights to the character and 20th Century now relegated to franchise films under Creator/{{Disney}}, combined with Borat's controversial sense of humor clearly not meshing well with Disney, it made sense (not that Fox themselves [[ScrewedByTheNetwork were content with it, either]]). Baron Cohen also wanted it to be released before the 2020 U.S. presidential election. With most U.S. theaters either closed or operating at reduced capacity due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, streaming was quite necessary to ensure a "wide" release.

* SpoiledByTheFormat: [[spoiler:Creator/TomHanks]]'s surprise cameo AsHimself becomes less of one given how the Prime Video app visibly highlights him as one of the only three actors on the cast list alongside Cohen and Bakalova

* CareerResurrection: This film, along with ''Film/TheTrialOfTheChicago7'', helped put Creator/SachaBaronCohen back on the map after the failures of ''Film/TheDictator'' and ''Film/{{Grimsby}}''.

* CharacterOutlivesActor: Borat's son Hooeylewis first appears in a photograph in the first movie, played by then-gay pornography actor Stonie prior to transitioning to female and changing her name to Brittany Coxxx. She sadly passed away in December 2016 from complications of liver disease and hepatitis B. Despite this, Hooeylewis appears in the flesh in ''Subsequent Moviefilm'', now played by Romanian actor Alin Popa.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[https://movieweb.com/borat-no-more-sacha-baron-cohen/ According to]] Creator/SachaBaronCohen, the film was originally going to be entirely centred on Borat and Tutar exploring the toxic culture that Trump's presidency had created in America, and the filmmakers hadn't expected the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic to break out while filming. Their decision to write the pandemic into the story resulted in many of the film's most noteworthy moments, including the climactic twist that [[spoiler: Kazakhstan's government created the virus]].

* CharacterOutlivesActor: Borat's son Hooeylewis first appears in a photograph in the first movie, played by then-gay pornography actor Stonie prior to transitioning to female and changing her name to Brittany Coxxx. She sadly passed away in December 2016 from complications of liver disease and hepatitis B. Despite this, Hooleylewis appears in the flesh in ''Subsequent Moviefilm'', now played by Romanian actor Alin Popa.

* CharacterOutlivesActor: Borat's son Hooeylewis first appears as a photograph in the first movie, played by then-gay pornography actor Stonie prior to transitioning to female and changing her name to Brittany Coxxx. She sadly passed away in December 2016 from complications of liver disease and hepatitis B. Despite this, Hooleylewis appears in the flesh in ''Subsequent Moviefilm'', now played by Romanian actor Alin Popa.

* BTeamSequel: The film was directed by Jason Woliner instead of Creator/LarryCharles, the director of the first ''Film/{{Borat}}'' film. This is notable because Larry Charles had directed not only ''Borat'', but also the other Creator/SachaBaronCohen vehicles ''Film/Bruno2009'' and ''Film/TheDictator''.

* ChannelHop: The first film was released by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (now 20th Century Studios), while the sequel was released by Creator/AmazonStudios. Since Sacha Baron Cohen owned the rights to the character and 20th Century now being relegated to franchise films under Creator/{{Disney}}, coupled with Borat's controversial sense of humor clearly not setting well with Disney, it makes sense (not that Fox themselves [[ScrewedByTheNetwork were content with it, either]]). In addition, Baron Cohen wanted the film to be released before the 2020 U.S. presidential election. With most U.S. theaters either closed or operating at reduced capacity due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, streaming was necessary to ensure a "wide" release.

** Creator/SachaBaronCohen had previously retired the character of Borat in 2007, citing that the character was now too recognisable for his deception to work anymore. In the second film, Cohen wears different disguises (with Borat himself wearing them InUniverse) in order to avoid being caught, and filming was so secretive [[note]]The scene where Borat wears a Klansman outfit to a Republican rally sparked [[https://twitter.com/AgedContext/status/1320392949449035776 accidentally sparked an investigation from the DC branch of Black Lives Matter]] because they mistook it as a genuine white supremacist incident; Cohen's infiltration of an anti-mask rally in Olympia, Washington was identified, but most assumed it was related to ''Series/WhoIsAmerica'' rather than ''Borat''[[/note]] that the very ''announcement'' of the movie one month before its release came as a complete shock to the world.

* BTeamSequel: The film was directed by Jason Woliner instead of Larry Charles, the director of the first ''Film/{{Borat}}'' film. This is notable because Larry Charles had directed not only ''Borat'', but also the other Creator/SachaBaronCohen vehicles ''Film/Bruno2009'' and ''Film/TheDictator''.
* CareerResurrection: This film, along with ''Film/TheTrialOfTheChicago7'', helped put Sacha Baron Cohen back on the map after the failures of ''Film/TheDictator'' and ''Film/{{Grimsby}}''.

** Creator/SachaBaronCohen had previously retired the character of Borat in 2007, citing that the character was now too recognisable for his deception to work anymore. In the second film, Cohen wears different disguises (with Borat himself wearing them InUniverse) in order to avoid being caught, and filming was so secretive [[note]]The scene where Borat wears a Klansman outfit to a Republican rally sparked [[https://twitter.com/AgedContext/status/1320392949449035776 accidentally sparked an investigation from the DC branch of Black Lives Matter]] because they mistook it as a genuine white supremacist incident[[/note]] that the very ''announcement'' of the movie one month before its release came as a complete shock to the world.

** Jeanise Jones, the babysitter who instills a spark of feminism into Tutar, [[https://www.indiewire.com/2020/10/jeanise-jones-borat-2-fans-crowdfunding-pay-babysitter-1234595495/ also came out against the movie]] in an interview, stating that no one broke character post-filming to tell her what was going on, leading to her being worried sick for nearly a year about Tutar's fate, as she assumed Tutar was an actual human trafficking victim, and she also felt she wasn't properly compensated for her role in the movie. She's since used her role in the movie to [[https://www.gofundme.com/f/jeanise-jones-borat-movie?utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1YXTysp6OnDWhbbUcHElc_cAJWDf7fugeBlNFZihgIrnU2oSACY04xAs0 crowdfund for proper compensation]], as she was unemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In Sacha Baron Cohen’s defense, he did donate $100,000 to the crowdfund.

** Creator/SachaBaronCohen had previously retired the character of Borat in 2007, citing that the character was now too recognisable for his deception to work anymore. In the second film, Cohen wears different disguises (with Borat himself wearing them InUniverse) in order to avoid being caught, and filming was so secretive [[note]]The scene where Borat wears a Klansman outfit to a Republican rally sparked [[https://twitter.com/AgedContext/status/1320392949449035776 accidentally sparked an investigation from the DC branch of Black Lives Matter]] because they mistook it a genuine white supremacist incident[[/note]] that the very ''announcement'' of the movie one month before its release came as a complete shock to the world.

* RealitySubtext: The movie acknowledges its predecessor's success and huge pop culture footprint, as well as the gap between movies, by explaining that what was, in-universe, a cheap documentary made for the Kazakh government somehow became hugely popular in the States; thus, it brought enduring national shame to Kazakhstan and made Borat a pariah for over a decade until he was given another chance. This also gives a reason why Cohen the actor can't just wear the gray suit everywhere -- Borat the character is now instantly recognizable and doesn't want to be "caught", and so has to go undercover and resort to disguises in order to not be found out. Funny enough, that reason was why Cohen killed off the character in 2007, and why filming was so secretive (to the point where Cohen [[https://twitter.com/AgedContext/status/1320392949449035776 accidentally sparked an investigation from the DC branch of Black Lives Matter]] because they mistook his stint in a Klansman outfit for a genuine white supremacist incident) and the very ''announcement'' of the movie came as a shock to so many people.

* ChannelHop: The first film was released by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox (now 20th Century Studios), while the sequel was released by Creator/AmazonStudios. Since Sacha Baron Cohen owned the rights to the character and 20th Century now being relegated to franchise films under Creator/{{Disney}}, coupled with Borat's controversial sense of humor clearly not setting well with Disney, it makes sense (not that Fox themselves [[ScrewedByTheNetwork were content with it, either]]). In addition, Baron Cohen wanted the film to be released before the 2020 U.S. presidential election; with most U.S. theaters either closed or operating at reduced capacity due to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, streaming was necessary to ensure a "wide" release.

** Rudy Giuliani took to the airwaves and social media to loudly dispute the way he's portrayed in this film, claiming that the situations was manipulated into a character hit.

* BTeamSequel: The film was directed by Jason Woliner instead of Larry Charles, the director of the first ''Film/{{Borat}}'' film. This is notable because Larry Charles had directed not only ''Borat'', but also the other Creator/SachaBaronCohen vehicles ''Film/{{Bruno}}'' and ''Film/TheDictator''.