History VideoGame / AngryBirds2

* CameraAbuse: {{ZigZagged}}. Occasionally popped pigs, wooden timber and exploded rocket debris will be launched at the screen but will just fly past(and sometimes through) the camera, {{subvert|ed}}ing the trope. PlayedStraight, however, with the boss pigs, which ''do'' hit the screen and slide down if they are defeated by depleting their HP.

* EpicFail: The game humiliates you with an 'achievement' by this name if for whatever reason you manage to fling 10 or more birds in a row without popping a single pig. And that is likely after paying top-dollar for extra gems.

* CameraAbuse: {{ZigZagged}}. Occasionally popped pigs, wooden timber and exploded rocket debris will be launched at the screen but will just fly past(and sometimes through) the camera, {{subvert|ed}}ing the trope. Sometimes debris from exploding rockets and the occasional wooden timber will do the same thing. PlayedStraight, however, with the boss pigs, which ''do'' crash into the camera if they are defeated by depleting their HP.

* CameraAbuse: {{ZigZagged}}. Occasionally pigs will be launched at the screen after being popped but will fly by screaming in fear, {{subvert|ed}}ing the trope. Sometimes debris from exploding rockets and the occasional wooden timber will do the same thing. PlayedStraight, however, with the boss pigs, which ''do'' crash into the camera if they are defeated by depleting their HP.

* ArtificialStupidity: Jetpack pigs can fly out of the way of birds and parachute into a safer spot which would be quite annoying, if they didn’t land in places where they roll off and die, fly into a wall and explode, or find themselves parachuting into a bottomless pit. They’ll only use it if a bird comes near them, not when they’re falling to their death. It doesn't help that they're the weakest pigs in the game, to the point where ''rolling'' kills them.

* CameraAbuse: {{Subverted|Trope}}; occasionally pigs will be launched at the screen after being popped but will fly by, usually screaming in fear. Sometimes debris from exploding rockets and the occasional wooden timber will do the same. Played straight, however, with the boss pigs, which ''do'' crash into the camera if they are defeated by depleting their HP.

** Some levels have a pig [[Film/MaryPoppins wearing a black hat with a flower that floats around using an umbrella]]. These pigs are harder to take out since the umbrella lets them float to the ground and survive a fall.

* [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Your Eggs Are In Another Airship]]: Once you take out a boss pig with the eggs in their possession, another boss pig runs away with them to the next boss battle level.

* ArtificialStupidity: Jetpack pigs can fly out of the way of birds and parachute into a safer spot which would be quite annoying, if they didn’t land in places where they roll off and die, fly into a wall and explode, or find themselves parachuting into a bottomless pit. Also they’ll only use it if a bird comes near them, not when they’re falling to their death.

** In another boss stage, the boss pig can land and stop on a ledge via the spitting plants, which can also continuously spit a used bird into the air to cause tap damage whenever he lands on the boss pig, falling back to the ground to be sucked in and spit back out by one of the plants.

** The special pigs who nap when you let them idle too long won't be able to use their abilities when the birds comes toward them. You can use this to your advantage against some of the nastiest pigs such as construction or fireman pigs.
** If you quit a level before firing any birds, you won't lose a life.

* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: Sometimes, a level can spawn in such a way that it collapses and pops all the pigs without the player launching a single bird.

* BalefulPolymorph:
** The Polymorph pig shoots a spell that will change your bird into a random object. In the early versions of the game, this was very likely to be something completely useless like a teddy bear, but sometimes it would be something potentially useful like a rock or a rocket, or even a Golden Pig in really rare occasions. There was also the chance that your bird would just disappear. Nowadays, though, your bird is usually turned into a boulder, TNT crate, or rocket.
** The Scientist pig has a vial with a potion that will change all the tower materials in the stage to something other than the majority material when he's popped. Good luck if you're stuck with the Blues and the materials have been changed to stone. But have fun if [[TheBigGuy Terence]] is the one left and everything turns to glass.

* RequiredPartyMember: Previously, you could add in a single additional flock member, but the whole base roster (Red, Blues, Chuck, Bomb, Matilda, Silver, and Terrence) had to be in your flock. {{Averted}} as of the July 1, 2022 update where you could choose whatever combination of eight birds that you like, meaning that you can even put Red, the leader of the flock, on the sidelines!

* TokenHeroicOrc: To promote ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2'', the August 2019 update added Leonard to the game as an "extra bird", and is notably the only pig among the roaster.

* TokenEvilTeammate: To promote ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2'', the August 2019 update added Leonard to the game as an "extra bird", and is notably the only pig among the roaster.

** The Scientist pig has a vial with a potion that will change all the tower materials in the stage to something other than the majority material when he's popped. Good luck if you're stuck with the Blues and the materials have been changed to stone.

WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: Sometimes, a level can spawn in such a way that it collapses and pops all the pigs without the player launching a single bird.

* ArtificialStupidity: Jetpack pigs can fly out of the way of birds and parachute into a safer spot which would be quite annoying, if they didn’t land in places where they roll off and die, fly into a wall and explode, or find themselves parachuting into a bottomless pit.

* ArtificialStupidity: Jetpack pigs can fly out of the way of birds and parachute into a safer spot which would be quite annoying, if they didn’t land in places where they roll off and die or find themselves parachuting into a bottomless pit.

* UnwinnableByMistake: In the game's early versions, since birds can't be launched backwards from the slingshot, some of the boss stages could be rendered unbeatable by knocking the boss pig off the left side of the screen. This was eventually fixed to count as a pop.

!!This game provides examples of the following:

* DisasterDominoes: This is even more important for gameplay than in the original game. Every level has stages with multiple towers placed at different heights, as well as blocks and TNT crates suspended in the air, and as you have limited chances to continue, figuring out exactly where to topple towers and drop items so you both conserve birds and cause as much chain reaction damage is a must. Also, the more you destroy, the faster you fill the "extra card" meter, so doing as much damage as you can in a stage is very important.

* FreemiumTimer: ''Angry Birds 2'' uses a lives mechanic in an attempt [[AntiPoopSocking to prevent the players from being addicted]]. There are five lives at the start. If a player loses or quits a level after sending their first bird, they lose a life. If they run out of lives, they can either wait or pay to refresh their lives. [[ScrappyMechanic This wasn't well-received by fans]].

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: The hatchling that you adopt in the game that was added in the May 2018 update must be fed apples daily, or else [[TheRunaway it will run off]].
* [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle Your Eggs Are In Another Airship]]: Once you take out a boss pig with the eggs on their possession, another boss pig runs away with them to the next boss battle level.

* CameraAbuse: {{Subverted|Trope}}; occasionally pigs will be launched at the screen after being popped but will fly by, usually screaming in fear. Sometimes debris from exploding rockets and the occasional wooden timber will do the same.

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* AllThereInTheScript: While it didn't shown in the game, [[https://youtu.be/M0niPfYZaaI this animated short]] fleshed out the plot a bit on how the chase begin.

While the story is the same (the birds are after the pigs for nabbing their eggs, this time by chasing after their airship where the eggs being held) and gameplay is fundamentally the same, there are ''many'' changes that make the game feel totally different from the original. The graphics, sound effects, and animations are much more advanced, there are more features, inluding incorporates many of the elements that were introduced in previous AB SpinOff games, such as adding a limited life system. The birds' & pigs' character designs have also changed based on the ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsToons'' series, most notably introducing a new bird, Silver, who does a backwards loop and plummets straight down with great force.

While the story is the same (the birds are after the pigs for nabbing their eggs) and gameplay is fundamentally the same, there are ''many'' changes that make the game feel totally different from the original. The graphics, sound effects, and animations are much more advanced, there are more features, and it incorporates many of the elements that were introduced in previous AB SpinOff games, including moving to a {{Freemium}} system that has not gone over well with the fanbase. The birds' & pigs' character designs have also changed based on the ''WesternAnimation/AngryBirdsToons'' series, most notably introducing a new bird, Silver, who does a backwards loop and plummets straight down with great force.

** The crystals earned as bonuses can be used to "buy" extra birds to continue a level, extra spells, refilled lives, or entries in the arena.
** The black pearls earned for completing the daily challenge levels and as prizes in the arena can be used to "buy" themed score multipliers for your birds. When a full set of a particular multiplier theme is completed, your slingshot gets an upgrade.

* UnskilledButStrong: Terence is the only bird without an ability. He makes up for this by being able to easily smash through most obstacles. Well, most of the time.

* TheBusCameBack: When the game was first launched, [[PutOnABus Hal, Bubbles, and Stella were nowhere to be found]] and the game had features that made up for their loss. Silver's power incorporates the backwards turning aspect of Hal's ability, the Pig Inflater uses Bubbles' ballooning on the pigs as a weapon, and the Astronaut Pigs cause all nearby objects to temporarily lose weight and float up when popped just like Stella's soap bubble ability. However, Stella, Hal and Bubbles have been added in as extras in the October 2018, December 2018, and March 2019 updates, respectively.

* TokenEvilTeammate: To promote ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2'', the August 2019 update added Leonard to the game as an "extra bird" like Stella, Hal and Bubbles, and is notably the only pig among the roaster.

* TokenEvilTeammate: As a tie-in to ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2'', Leonard makes his appearance in the game as a playable character via the "Extra Birds" feature in the August 2019 update, and is notably the only pig among the roaster.
* UnskilledButStrong: Terence is the only Bird without an ability. He makes up for this by being able to easily smash through most obstacles.

* TokenEvilTeammate: As a tie-in to ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBirdsMovie2'', Leonard make his appearance in the game as a playable character via "Extra Bird" and notably being the only pig among the roaster.

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: The hatchling that you adopt in the game (since the May 2018 update) must be fed apples daily, or else [[TheRunaway it will run off]].