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* [[Battle Couple]]: It's heavily implied that there was something between Jade and Taurus. This is as much about revenge for him as it is for Groove.

* [[Big Bad]]: Antonio Malochio, shady businessman, [[Career Killers|hired gun]], and a [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]. Goes by the CB Handle of "Chioto". {{spoiler|He intends to use an H-Bomb to blow up the West Texas oil reserves. His employer? [[Arab Oil Sheikh|OPEC.]]}}

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Taurus clearly has a soft spot for Groove, him being the little brother of his dead love. Even if he talks to him like [[Samuel L. Jackson]] [[Cluster F-Bomb|on a bad day]].

* [[Bland-Name Product]]: The names they have are rather amusing, such as Courcheval in place of Chevrolet and Phaedra for Ford. This also extends to gas stations such as Gas4Cash and Gas Parade, as well as Fletcher & Sons self-storage, Red Deacon fireworks and Fasty-Freeze ice cream.

* [[The Dragon]]: Auto-Mercenary Cloaker, who speaks with [[Evil Sounds Deep|a smooth, deep voice]] and drives a blue longnose semi.

* [[Dream Sequence]]: Groove has one in which he races against the autovillain [[Captain Geographic|Patriot]] and his two goons, [[Affably Evil|Road Knight]] and [[Complete Monster|Gas Bandit]]. If he wins the race, the three turn on him, forcing the player to fight them all at once. It's later revealed that [[Dead All Along|Patriot and Gas Bandit were killed by Jade years ago.]]

* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: Full stop. Watch out, the resulting debris and flames can damage your car.

** Amusingly enough, you can actually drive a Pinto in this game, in the guise of the Phaedra Pony... [[The Alleged Car|and it's an absolute piece of crap.]] To reinforce this, a lot of [[Mooks]] in the early levels drive these. No such luck later. Can result in [[Cherry Tapping]] if you use one successfully in multiplayer.

* [[Guide Dang It]]: The levels in this game are quite large, and you must navigate them with a compass, landmarks and hastily-scribbled maps made by Groove. The sequel averts this, with a digital map and indicators showing where your car is and where you must go.

* [[Grease Monkey]]: Skeeter.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Greg Eagles]] voices Taurus, whom you may recognize as Peter Stillman and the DARPA Chief from the [[Metal Gear]] series, and Sergeant Morris from [[Quake|Quake 4.]] [[Tom Kane]]'s voice for Callisto is basically [[The Powerpuff Girls|Professor Utonium]] with a Scottish brogue; he's a bit less recognizable as Skeeter. And of course, there's John "[[Star Trek|Q]]" DeLancie as Malochio.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: As a nod to the [[Mechwarrior|preceding game]], the characters stop at a diner whose sign/mascot is a giant Seventies-style robot. Skeeter seems fascinated by it.

* [[It Never Gets Any Easier]]: "It's not all that easy, is it? Killing people."

* [[Ironic Echo]]: This exchange is more poignant if you've played the Nitro Pack.

'''Groove''': [[Flat What|What?]]<br />

'''Skeeter''': [[Arc Words|Never get outta the car.]] }}

* [[Kill It with Fire]]: There are flamethrowers available, [[Video Game Flamethrowers Suck|but their short range limits their usefulness.]] The napalm dropper weapon, however, is very effective at outright destroying pursuing Mooks, where oil slicks and landmines tend to simply knock them off course.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: The following exchange lampshades ''the entire game.''

'''Taurus''': I ''hate'' movies. }}

** With one exception, as revealed in the Nitro Pack: ''{{spoiler|[[Love Story]]}}''.

* [[Oil Slick]]: Your starting "dropper" weapon.

* [[Only in It For the Money]]: Malochio's motivation.

'''Malchio''': ''Muh-ney''. They pay me well, young Champion. }}

* [[Ramming Always Works]]: Well, sure. But it won't do your chassis reinforcement any favors.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Most of the creepers in this game are less straight-up evil then [[Psycho for Hire|batshit insane.]] Skeeter exhibits some of this in his [[Bond One-Liner|Bond One Liners.]] As his description in the character select menu says, "Should be medicated... but isn't."

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Skeeter utters his at least twice, both times to his teammates who have already done so or may do so. Also sort of a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] when he says this to Jade.

'''Skeeter''': [[Arc Words|Never get outta the car.]] }}

* [[Cool Car]]: In the original game, you are restricted to Jade's [[Bland-Name Product|Picard Piranha]] for most of the game. There is no such restriction here, you may use any car, weapon and specials you want.

* [[Kill Sat]]: LARS, an orbital laser cannon that was apparently an outgrowth of the Strategic Defense Initiative, popularly known as "[[Star Wars]]." In multiplayer, an uplink dish can be equipped on the roof of your car, essentially precluding you from mounting any other roof weapons but enabling you to summon LARS at will.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: Taurus comments on how one level is suspiciously similar to [[Star Wars|a scene from a popular science-fiction movie]]:

* [[Legacy Character]]: This game introduces Skye, youngest of the Champion siblings. She takes after Jade in many ways, though her hair and clothing are much more [[The Quincy Punk]]. She even uses Jade's [[Code Name]], "Vixen."

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: The tone of this game is decidedly less dark then the first game. Another possible cause of [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]].)

* [[Oh Crap]]: Turns out shooting {{spoiler|Rank Dick}} was a bad idea.

* [[Outrun the Fireball]]: The escape from the abandoned mine.

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: Tired of being chased by creepers, [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Taurus delivers a truly epic speech culminating in the threat of him crushing their very souls with his bare hands.]] They promptly run away afterwards. As it turns out, they were made aware of LARS being deployed in the area and simply retreated. Doesn't make Taurus' speech any less epic though. Bonus points for when he tells {{spoiler|[[President Evil]]}} that he's going to spank his white ass from here to the [[Monumental Damage|Washington Monument.]]