Line #23 Film/Troll2


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Yes, it was enough. But sometimes the [[SurprisinglyImprovedSequel sequel surpasses all of your expectations]]... [[SarcasmMode All of them]].]]
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4	->''"[[MemeticMutation They're eating her! And then they're going to eat me. OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!]]"''
5	-->-- '''Arnold'''
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9	''Troll 2'' (originally titled ''Goblins'') is a 1990 InNameOnly and unofficial sequel to the 1986 BMovie ''Film/{{Troll\|1986}}'', by Italian director Claudio Fragasso (under the name "Drake Floyd"). Note that not a single [[AllTrollsAreDifferent troll]] appears in the film, nor is the word "troll" spoken once. There are two different films called ''Troll 3'', and neither have much to do with either ''Troll'' or ''Troll 2''.
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11	[[{{Laconic}} Here's the movie in a nutshell]]:
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13	The Waits family goes to a village called [[SdrawkcabAlias Nilbog]], unaware that the townsfolk are actually [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]]; specifically, 'vegetarians', who would try to get their vic-- er, ''guests'', to eat their all-vegetable food, which would [[ForcedTransformation turn their victims]] into a "half man, half plant" goblin food. It is up to the Waits' son, Joshua, who can communicate with his dead grandpa, Seth, to save his family from the goblins before his family becomes Goblin Chow.
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15	''Troll 2'' has been dubbed the "[[SoBadItsGood Best Worst Movie Ever Made]]" by its fans and has [[CultClassic gained a cult following over the years]]. Little Joshua grew up and [[http://www.bestworstmovie.com/ made a documentary]] about the movie and its fan base.
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17	Not to be confused with [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation DreamWork's]] own [[WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour Trolls 2]] or ''Film/Troll2022''.
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20	!!This film provides examples of:
21	* EightiesHair: The film is a bit of time capsule for American female hairstyles of 1989, with Holly's [[Series/SavedByTheBell Jessie Spano]]-esque ultra-moussed frizz, Diana's layered bangs, and HotWitch Creedence's long flowing curls.
22	* AlienBlood: The goblins have green blood.
23	* AlternateDVDCommentary: Unsurprisingly, it's gotten the Podcast/RiffTrax treatment.
24	* AlwaysChaoticEvil: All of the goblins are inherently evil, beyond just enjoying the taste of humans. They are shown to be sadistic in personality. Grandpa Seth even says "That's the point. Goblins don't need to justify their cruel acts. They're evil creatures."
25	* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:Was Mrs. Waits really eaten by surviving goblins or is Joshua just dreaming again?]]
26	* AndIMustScream: Arnold is unable to move or speak when he is [[{{Transflormation}} turned into a plant]] until the bark is pulled off his face. Rather than trying to dig him out of the planter his feet are stuck in, his friend decides to [[TooDumbToLive just try to drag the planter to safety]].
27	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: At the beginning, the ghost of Grandpa Seth appears and gives Josh a massive InfoDump about goblins. At one point he talks about some people who were turned into goblins and says they started sweating green which he calls "The color of goblins, the color of sap". Sap is actually amber colored. Maybe they were thinking of chlorophyll?
28	* AsideGlance: Creedence does a very ''slooooow'' and overdramatic one of these.
29	* AsYouKnow: When Mrs. Waits is talking to Joshua at the beginning, she feels the need to mention that Grandpa Seth was ''her'' father.
30	* AuthorTract: Specifically written as an anti-vegetarian film. The screenwriter called it "a ferocious analysis of today's society."
31	* BigBad: Creedence Leonore Gielgud is the queen of the goblins who wants to turn the Waits family into human-plant hybrids and eat them.
32	* BigGood: Grandpa Seth. While he is dead prior to the movie's events, he acts as a mentor figure and SpiritAdvisor to Joshua and is the only one with foreknowledge of the goblins.
33	* BigOMG: OH MY ''GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH''!!!
34	** [[BeamMeUpScotty Often misheard as, "OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAAWD!!"]]
35	* BodyHorror: Attempted with the melting of people into green goo and turning Arnold into a plant ("attempted" being the operative word here). Reaaally disgusting.
36	* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Grandpa Seth somehow calls one down to smite a goblin.
37	* BullyingADragon: Arnold tries to intimidate a mob of goblins armed with spears, it doesn't work. It's very obvious they are monsters, but he tries it anyway.
38	* CanOnlyMoveTheEyes: Arnold, when he's paralyzed by Creedence, and later gets turned into a plant.
39	* CassandraTruth: Joshua warns his family about how the townsfolk were really goblins who wanted to turn them into plants so they can eat them. No one believes him.
40	* ChewingTheScenery: Deborah Reed seems to be the only performer enjoying herself.
41	* CoversAlwaysLie:
42	** [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IZUwIBl5cWw/TEYKIybRTHI/AAAAAAAAGaQ/4hFDSOChbkg/s1600/Picture.png The original VHS cover]] features a goblin that looks nothing like the creatures in the movie, menacing a boy who is clearly ''not'' Joshua, who's holding a significant-looking evil troll doll that never appears in the movie. Every word of text on it is also totally unrelated to the movie; the actual film has nothing to do with "the original boogieman", nothing to do with haunting you in your sleep, there isn't even one singular "it", and, of course, there are no trolls. The synopsis on the back is... ''sort of'' accurate, though.
43	** A DVD release of ''Troll'' and ''Troll 2'' on one disc provides mostly accurate plot summaries for both movies, but attempts to hide the fact that the two have nothing to do with each other by referring to trolls and goblins in both summaries.
44	* CruelTwistEnding: When the protagonists believe the Goblins are gone for good, [[spoiler:a group of them abruptly come to their house and eat the mother]]. [[DiabolusExMachina It's an Italian horror movie, after all.]]
45	* DarkIsNotEvil: As a spirit, Grandpa Seth has a "kingdom of shadows", is generally associated with poor lighting, and is told to go "back to hell". He's also named after the evil trickster-god of Myth/EgyptianMythology. Despite all of this, he loves his family and is the caring BigGood.
46	* DeadPersonConversation: Joshua regularly converses with his dead grandfather.
47	* DiabolusExMachina: The Nilbog Goblins have been destroyed, [[spoiler:but another group of them come back to the protagonist's house to eat his mom]].
48	* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Spoofed; the dad initially seems like he's going to beat Joshua, but instead tightens his belt.
49	* DownerEnding: Our heroes destroy the goblin army and escape Nilbog. They go back home, [[spoiler:but the goblins are waiting. The film ends with Joshua entering his kitchen and finding the goblins eating his mother, who ate the poisoned fruits and died by dissolving into shitty green-goo. Damn you Creedence!]]
50	* TheDragon: Preacher Bells is the second most prominent goblin and tends to lead the others when Creedence isn't around. [[spoiler:After Grandpa Seth smites him, Sheriff Gene Freak takes over.]]
51	* DullSurprise: Arnold's reaction to being turned into a plant, and how Brent responds to HotterAndSexier Creedence.
52	* EnterStageWindow
53	* EroticEating: The scene with Creedence and the corncob with Brent was probably intended to be this. In-universe it seems to work; to the viewer... not so much.
54	* EvilIsHammy: "I am ''Creeeeeeeeedence... Leonorrrrre... Giel-gud.''" It is truly something to behold how she over-pronounced that entire sentence. You can almost ''see'' the bits of scenery in her teeth.
55	* FanDisservice: When the mom gets turned into a plant at the end, for [[{{Fanservice}} some reason]] focus is put on her bare but green-painted breasts. Except she's being eaten alive, so it's not fun.
56	* {{Fanservice}}: Creedence in HotWitch mode. She even uses this to her advantage, seducing Brent.
57	* FantasticAesop: Only the power of goodness can defeat the goblins. Of course, a double decker baloney sandwich always helps.
58	* FauxAffablyEvil: The people of Nilbog are hospitable and polite to their guests, but it's all an act so they can turn them into vegetables and eat them.
59	* FemmeFatale: Creedence in her younger human form seduces Brent in this manner. The funny thing is that she doesn't actually kill him - she just has sex with him, floods his trailer with popcorn, and then leaves.
60	* ForcedTransformation: Arnold becomes part-plant. He still maintains most of his human properties, even if his abilities as a human becomes limited, like bark growing over his mouth and his legs grown stuck into a plant pot, but he definitely still has enough human traits to be able to be aware of his surroundings, and once the bark covering his mouth is removed, speak.
61	* ForgottenFallenFriend: By the end, Elliot doesn't seem to learn what happened to his friends, nor does he seem to care. Especially funny because Brent is apparently still alive - see WhatHappenedToTheMouse below.
62	* FourEyesZeroSoul: Creedence wears a pair of glasses in her old lady form.
63	* GirlsWithMustaches: In her true goblin form, Creedence has a full-on thick beard and mustache, as well as hairy sideburns and a BigOlUnibrow. Justified since she's a goblin.
64	* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Creedence is the queen of the goblins, and is a villain.
65	* GrammarCorrectionGag:
66	-->'''Seth:''' These evil creatures can transform themselves into flesh-and-blood people whenever and however they want.
67	-->'''Joshua:''' You're making a mistake, Grandpa. You said they can. You should have said they could... or what kind of fairy tale is it?
68	-->'''Seth:''' They can! They ''can''! Goblins still exist! Your Grandpa Seth is telling you!
69	* GreenIsGross: Pretty much everything involving the [[strike:trolls]] goblins involves green, particularly the concoctions they make to turns humans into plants to feed on.
70	* HollywoodDarkness: When the family first arrives in Nilbog, Michael comments that the stores are closed because everyone's gone to bed for the night; the scene looks like it takes place at noon.
71	* HotWitch: Creedence transforms into this partway through, and uses her younger-looking self to... get some action from Brent.
72	* HumanResources: [[spoiler:Arnold gets turned into a milkshake and fed to Drew.]]
73	* InTheStyleOf: Since it revolves around a young boy dealing with supernatural forces and grotesque creatures in an everyday setting, this is like a bargain basement attempt at a Creator/RayBradbury-type story.
74	* IncomingHam: You know [[EvilIsHammy exactly what kind of villain you're in for]] when Creedence first waltzes into frame and shouts "This is ''myyyyyyyyyyyy'' house!"
75	* IronicEcho: "Do you want some, Joshua?"
76	* ItMayHelpYouOnYourQuest: Grandpa Seth hands Joshua a double-decker baloney sandwich in the last five minutes of the film, saying "take this, and only use it [[YouWillKnowWhatToDo when you really need it]]".
77	* KillerCop: Sheriff Gene Freak is, naturally, a goblin in disguise and just as murderous as the rest of them. [[spoiler:He plays a role in the implied death of Drew by feeding him a sandwich.]]
78	* KubrickStare: An epic one by Don Packard at the end of his scene. It helps he is schizophrenic and off his meds during the scene.
79	* LandmarkOfLore: The goblins' source of power is the Stonehenge Magic Stone.
80	* LargeHam: They may be vegetarians, but Creedence, the General Store Owner, and the Preacher are pretty hammy. Sheriff Freak starts to swallow the scenery whole towards the end, too.
81	* MagicCountdown: Thirty seconds of frozen time lasts for close to a minute of screen time.
82	* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:Preacher Bells after Grandpa Seth ignites the MolotovCocktail he confiscated.]]
83	* MsFanservice: Creedence in her younger human form. She has a steaming hot body, and wears very seductive clothing. Attempted with Holly, but she's a gawky sixteen-year-old, so it's weird.
84	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "I'm Sheriff Gene Freak." Yeah, ''Freak''. That's not unsettling at all.
85	* NonindicativeName: The title of the film is "Troll 2". The film is neither about trolls nor a sequel to ''Troll''.
86	* NumberedSequels: Averted. ''Troll 2'' is a standalone film that has no in-universe or real world connection to ''Film/{{Troll\|1986}}'' besides the title.
87	* ObviouslyEvil: None of the goblins disguised as humans make any attempt to act non-suspicious.
88	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Grandpa Seth doesn't seem to obey any particular rules as to what he can do or how he can appear in the mortal realm. He can shoot lightning, stop time, appear corporeal or incorporeal, and bring back various weapons from the afterlife, including an ax and a molotov cocktail.
89	* OurGoblinsAreDifferent: In this movie they can transform into anything and eat humans transformed into plants.
90	* {{Overcrank}}: Used when [[spoiler:Preacher Bells burns to death]].
91	* {{Planimal}}: The goblins turn people into edible plantmen because they are vegetarians.
92	* PosthumousCharacter: Grandpa Seth has been dead for months when the film starts but still plays a big role as a ghost.
93	* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:Drew is fed a Nilbog sandwich by [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Sheriff Gene Freak]], which makes him drowsy and limping, then he drinks some Nilbog milk, which still doesn't turn him into goblin food. Finally, he's fed an Arnold shake by Creedence, and it's heavily implied that this is what finally did him in.]]
94	* RedRightHand: While the goblins' human forms look normal enough, they bare a clover leaf on their faces that gives away their true nature.
95	* SacredHospitality: Michael cares a great deal about his idealized vision of the country people’s hospitality. So he’s understandably pi… upset when Joshua, well, pisses on their food to prevent the family from eating it.
96	* SdrawkcabName: "Nilbog! It's goblin spelled backwards! This is their kingdom!" Joshua sees this by viewing the town sign in a car rearview mirror.
97	* SelectiveObliviousness: While his family catches [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin every little thing Joshua does]], they don't find anything the [[WeirdnessCensor least bit strange]] about the ObviouslyEvil people they're surrounded by.
98	* SinisterMinister: Preacher Bells is the head of Nilbog's church and is just as evil as the rest of the goblins in the movie.
99	* SoundtrackDissonance: Some tracks are comically out of place, but at least ''some'' of it is deliberate, such as the scene [[spoiler:where the villagers throw a party and play happy music for the Waits to make them drop their guard, while the family is becoming understandably hesitant to accept the "food".]]
100	* SpiritAdvisor: Grandpa Seth spends a good chunk of the movie warning and guiding Seth about the Goblins, when he isn't taking matters into his own hands and dispensing justice to the goblins with his nebulously-defined ghost powers.
101	* SupernaturalProofFather: Michael is completely dismissive of Joshua's warnings about the goblins and his claims to have been visited by Grandpa Seth. When Holly sees Seth in the mirror, he accuses her of being on drugs.
102	* SurvivalMantra: Joshua hiding under his sheets. "Goblins don't exist! Goblins don't exist! Goblins don't exist!"
103	* ThematicSeries: The ''Troll'' series is actually a series of unrelated movies that were never meant to be sequels. After the first film, this movie was made with the original, and more appropriate name, ''Goblins''. It was [[DolledUpInstallment given the name]] ''Troll 2'' in hopes of making more money. As noted above, two different movies were released as ''Troll 3'', along with their original titles and neither had anything to do with trolls or the first movie.
104	* ThisWasHisTrueForm: Michael runs to get the fire extinguisher to put out [[spoiler:Preacher Bells]], and by the time he does, he's dead, leaving behind the hideous corpse of a goblin.
105	* TimeStandsStill: Grandpa Seth can freeze time.
106	* ToServeMan: The goblins act nice to the Waits, but plan to turn them into green vegetable jelly and eat them.
107	* TownWithADarkSecret: Nilbog.
108	* TroubleFollowsYouHome: Joshua and his family have just escaped Nilbog and gotten safely back home. All seems fine until [[spoiler:he realizes that the exchange family laced their food, and sees the goblins devouring what's left of his mother.]]
109	* UnabashedBMovieFan: The guys are all sitting around watching a movie about a crystal-stealing gorilla with rocket powers. Apparently, it was taken from a real film.
110	* {{Veganopia}}: Subverted in that this probably the first-ever depiction of an outright ''evil'' vegan society.
111	* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Double-decker baloney sandwiches]] are not an impressive weakness for the Goblins to have.
112	* WeirdnessCensor: Everyone from out of town except Joshua, and that's only because he was forewarned, seems to believe the patently bizarre mannerisms of the townsfolk is folksiness.
113	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Brent and Drew both disappear abruptly from the film without explanation. It's implied that the goblins ate Drew, after he ate a sandwich from Sheriff Gene Freak, drank a bit of Nilbog milk, and then was presumably force-fed a milkshake [[spoiler:made of Arnold]]. Brent was ''supposed'' to be transformed into popcorn, but the way the movie depicts it makes it look like he had some very weird sex and then just went to sleep.
114	* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Creedence Leonore Gielgud's accent wavers between cliched {{horror}} movie Transylvanian and some unspecific British[=/=]Scottish[=/=]Irish-sounding lilt.
115	* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: The very song is used in the infamous Corn Scene. Well, a lousy Casiotone version, but still.
116	* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: The double-decker baloney sandwich.
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