History WesternAnimation / HotelTransylvania2

* AnAesop: You're perfect no matter what you are. Although... see BrokenAesop below.

--> '''Dracula:''' You're great-grandson is the sweetest, kindest, most special boy I've ever met. And if you can't give him the love he deserves because he's half-human, then '''you're''' the fool.

** [[spoiler:Drac gives one to Vlad when he goes too far trying to scare Dennis, instead upsetting him.]]

* BigShutUp: Drac, Mavis and Johnny says this to the Phantom of the Opera.

* StupidStatementDanceMix: InUniverse, Dracula gets one made about him after his misguided attempt to teach Dennis to fly goes viral. And of course, Mavis finds it.

* FreeWheel: After a tree falls on Drac's car and it explodes, Dracula and Denis staring in shock, a wheel is seen rolling away behind them with Eddie the werewolf in hot pursuit.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Mavis gets this one when she asks Dracula, [[spoiler:"Maybe you let humans into our hotel, but have you let them into your heart?"]]

* OverlyLongGag: When Drac tosses Dennis off the tower at the summer camp in hopes of teaching him to fly, the latter can be heard screaming all the way down, for about 20 seconds. Drac and the guys don't say anything for most of it.

** Drac was unable to hypnotize the vampire counselor of Camp Winnepacaca, as he puts in, "I'm a vampire, I can't be hypnotized." However, in the series, he was able to hypnotize Mavis at a young age.
** Winnie's characterization, age, and design have all changed since the previous film. Of course, she would've aged anyway due to time passing, but her is set age lower than it should be to make her a more believable love interest for Dennis.

* RetCon: Drac was unable to hypnotize the vampire counselor of Camp Winnepacaca, as he puts in, "I'm a vampire, I can't be hypnotized." However, in the series, he was able to hypnotize Mavis at a young age.

** Similar to the previous film, though it's more of an InnocentBigot type deal when it comes to Johnny's parents. However, [[spoiler:it's played completely straight with Bela, who could best be described as a monster supremacist.]]
*** In an effort to be welcoming, Johnny's parents invite over other "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything mixed couples]]" in the neighborhood - including a ''human'' couple where they thought the extremely hairy man was a werewolf.

* AdultFear:
** Your married child and their family moving far away and leaving you with an empty nest. This is Drac's primary motivation.
** Mavis' motivation is believing that her childhood home might not be safe for her child, much like parents who worry about their houses not being baby-proofed.
** Though your parents have tried to overcome their prejudices, they still don't fully accept your child due to not carrying on the family's traits or traditions. Mavis suffers from this when Dracula is disappointed by Dennis not being a vampire. While Dracula does overcome this disappointment, he faces this fear himself when his own father comes to meet Dennis.
** Watching your friend do unsafe things with their grandchildren, not feeling able to intervene because it's not your child. Drac means no harm, but his friends are understandably concerned with the danger he puts Dennis into when trying to force vampiric traits out of him, particularly when he throws him off of a dangerously high tower to make him fly -- Drac himself eventually comes to his senses and flies down to catch Dennis just before he hits the ground.
** Your children being [[spoiler:kidnapped by someone who means them harm, as with Bela taking Dennis and Winnie hostage.]]

* BrokenAesop: Dracula and Vlad gradually accept that Dennis hasn't taken on any vampiric traits, with Dracula ultimately assuring his grandson that he loves him exactly the way he is. [[spoiler:In the climax, Dennis is revealed to be a vampire after all, meaning that Dracula and Vlad both get [[SweetAndSourGrapes exactly what they were previously portrayed as wrong for wanting]].]]

—-> '''Drac:''' Time for Dennis have some quality time with his Vampa.
'''Frank''': His what?
'''Drac''': Vampire grandpa! C'mon, man! That was obvious!
** It's repeated again when Vlad and Bela arrive at the hotel.
—-> '''Bela''': I smell HUMANS! TEAR IT DOWN!
'''Vlad''': Bela, we're in the outside world! Of course you're gonna smell humans! Y'know what? Just wait outside for me. This is family stuff. You'll only get in the way. I just wanna meet my little fanger. He should know his great-vampa.
'''Bela''': His WHAT?!
'''Vlad''': Vampire grandpa! C'mon! That was obvious!

Mavis and Jonathan are happily married and have a son, Dennis, who isn't showing any vampire traits. Mavis thinks the castle isn't safe for Dennis, so she visits Jonathan's home in California to see if that's a good place to relocate. Meanwhile, fearing he'll lose his daughter and grandson, Dracula tries to push Dennis to show signs of being a vampire so Mavis will change her mind, constantly rejecting advice to turn to his own father Vlad (voiced by Creator/MelBrooks), a classic count from the old guard who coached Dracula in the ways of the vampire through force. For Dennis' 5th birthday, Mavis likewise invites Vlad without telling Dracula, who also brings a truly threatening plus-one.

* TeethFlying: During the scene when Dennis is beating up Bela at one point he uppercuts him so hard that said uppercut knocks some of his teeth out in the process.

The movie was released on September 25, 2015. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yZEthbVpjY Here's the teaser trailer.]]

The movie was released on September 25, 2015. Here's the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yZEthbVpjY teaser trailer]].

The official trailer can be seen [[https://youtu.be/T3nqmGgnJe8 here]].

** Watching your friend do unsafe things with their grandchildren, not feeling able to intervene because it's not your kid. Drac meant no harm, but his friends were understandably terrified of him throwing a child, who probably can't fly, off of a tower -- getting closer and closer to smacking the ground and splattering into a gory pancake.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: The theatrical version contained the following joke made by Kakie:
-->''' Kakie:''' Slow down, Wuzzlelumplebum! The scariest monster of all is diabetes!
:: However, parents complained about the implications, so the joke was removed from all future releases. The line now goes[=:=]
-->''' Kakie:''' Slow down, Wuzzlelumplebum! ''[chuckles]''
:: However the line remains unchanged when shown on British television, as well as on FX airings in the United States.

* BrokenAesop: The film's ending has [[spoiler:Dennis turning out to be a vampire]], which flies into the face of the film's message. [[spoiler:Dracula and Vlad are suddenly rewarded with a vampire (great-)grandson, [[SweetAndSourGrapes exactly what they were previously portrayed as wrong for wanting]].]]

* {{Flanderization}}: Dracula as a character is even worse than he was in the first film. He puts Dennis in danger by tossing him off a very high tower and then blaming the camp counselor for his ignorant action of tossing him off the tower, is very insistent about making Dennis a vampire, and at one point in the film, he says that she made him babyproof the whole hotel and saying that "someone's overprotective". Pot calling the kettle black, much?

* MundaneMadeAwesome: 24-Hour convenience stores, among numerous other human things, are fascinating for Mavis. Justified since, as a vampire, Mavis can only come out at night.

!! ''Hotel Transylvania 2'' has the following tropes

** Watching your friend do unsafe things with their grandchildren, not feeling able to intervene because it's not your kid. Drac meant no harm, but his friends were understandably terrified of him throwing a child, who probably can't fly, off of a tower - getting closer and closer to smacking the ground and splattering into a gory pancake.

* AnAesop: You're perfect no matter what you are. Although...see BrokenAesop below.
* AffectionateNickname: Mavis still calls Johnny "Johnnystein."

-->'''Dracula:''' Or he'll steal your family's souls and eat your backpack.
-->'''Johnny:''' ''*gasp*''

* {{Balloonacy}}: [[spoiler: Frankie turns Blobby into a LivingGasbag to fly everyone back to the hotel after the latter's scooter's battery dies. [[RacingTheTrain racing a train to a tunnel in the process]].]]
* BatOutOfHell: The vampires' bat forms avert this, [[spoiler: but Bela and his group play it straight.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As in the first film, the monsters have long since lost interest in scaring humans and can't seem to put any effort into trying. [[spoiler: But when confronted with an army of monsters who ''do'' still hate humans, they proceed to [[{{CurbStompBattle}} open ten kinds of whoopass on them]] in short order, protecting the humans to whom they've grown attached.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Bela, Vlad's right hand crony.]]
* BigBrotherBully: Dennis's human cousins are this to the five year old through most of the film. Subverted in the climax when they give Dennis respect and admiration after he finally comes into his vampire abilities and saves them from Bela's minions.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Vlad, of all people, stops Bela from staking Jonathan with a branch.]]

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: To the monster bat colony at the end of the film. The Dracula family does most of the fighting, but just about everyone gets in on the action.]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Dennis pretty much does this to Bela after finally getting his fangs, followed by Bela getting a GroinAttack via tennis ball machine.]]
* DieOrFly: Drac invokes this by throwing his half-human grandson off an absurdly tall, rickety old tower and hoping that he flies before he hits the ground, citing it was how he was taught. What follows is an OverlyLongGag of Dracula watching the child fall for around half a minute and repeatedly reassuring his friends that it'll be fine. He does eventually give up and catch his grandson at the last moment.

** Similar to the previous film, though it's more of an InnocentBigot type deal when it comes to Johnny's parents. However, [[spoiler: it's played completely straight with Bela, who could best be described as a monster supremacist.]]

* {{Flanderization}}: Dracula as a character is even worse than he was in the first film. He puts Dennis in danger by tossing him off a very high tower and then blaming the camp counselor for his ignorant action of tossing him off the tower, is very insistent about making Dennis a vampire, and at one point in the film, he says that she made him babyproof the whole hotel and saying that “someone’s overprotective”. Pot calling the kettle black, much?

* HeelRealization: Dracula start one after [[spoiler: the little campfire problem]] and is completed when he sees Vlad's attempt to scare Dennis into being a vampire actually upsets Dennis.

* InnocentBigot: Linda means well, but she still pulls stuff like decorating Mavis's guest room like a Halloween party, and repeatedly referring to humans as "normal people."

** His right-hand vamp is named Bela, as in Creator/BelaLugosi, who played Dracula in ''Film/Dracula1931'' and ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein''.

* RealityEnsues: After Drac drops Dennis off the tower, the camp counselor wants to call the authorities and Dennis's mother because Dracula just seriously endangered a child. The tower was out of use in the first place due to lawsuits.

--> '''Kakie:''' ''[in a very deep, booming voice]'' You don't eat cake -- cake eats '''you!'''

--> '''Wayne:''' Okay... how’s it go again, ''ow-ooo?'' No-no, that's for the moon. I growl. Okay, here goes. ''[creeps up on the dumbfounded deer]'' '''''GROWL!'''''

** Dennis is infatuated with Franchise/{{Batman}}, due to the many similarities between the caped crusader and his family. The viral video ends with several shots of ''{{Series/Batman|1966}}'' villains laughing.

* StupidStatementDanceMix: InUniverse, Dracula gets one made about him after his misguided attempt to teach Dennis to fly goes viral.

** Maybe also to the well-known "Red Suit, White Hair" depiction of Dracula from ''Film/BramStokersDracula'', [[spoiler:which costume Jonathan adopts to disguise himself]]. Drac in this film isn't amused by it, and Vlad even says the hair looks like his "grandmother's boobies."

** Mavis gives one to Drac [[spoiler: for the above, too.]]

*** [[spoiler: Mavis gives Drac and Johnny a minor one for initially going along with it, too.]]

* ZergRush: The youngest werewolves are this, first at a birthday party and later [[spoiler:against a trio of Bela's minions.]]