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Line 3: {{quote\|''"[[Captain Obvious\|They're eating her.]] ~~[[And That's Terrible\|~~And then they're going to eat me.]] [[Big OMG\|OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.]]"''\|'''Arnold'''}} ''Troll 2'' is a 1990 [[In Name Only]] sequel to the 1986 B-movie, ''[[Troll (~~Film~~film)\|Troll]]''. Note that throughout the movie, not a single [[All Trolls Are Different\|troll]] appears in the film, nor is the word "troll" spoken once. There are two different films called ''Troll 3'', and neither have anything to do with either ''[[Troll (~~Film~~film)\|Troll]]'' or ''Troll 2''. (Except maybe [[Prop Recycling\|the mask]] in ''[[Quest For The Mighty Sword]]''.) Here's the movie in a nutshell: The Waits family ([[Tom Waits\|no relation]]) goes to a village called [[Sdrawkcab Name\|Nilbog]], who are unaware that the townsfolk are actually <s>trolls</s> [[Our Goblins Are ~~Different~~Wickeder\|goblins]]; specifically, [[You Keep Using That Word\|'vegetarians']], who would try to get their vic... ''guests'', to eat their all-vegetable food, which would turn their victims into a "half man, half plant" <s>troll</s> goblin food. It is up to the Waits' son, Joshua, who can communicate with his dead grandpa, Seth, to save his family from the <s>trolls</s> [[Rule of Three\|goblins]] before his family becomes <s> troll</s> [[I Lied\|Goblin]] Chow. ''Troll 2'' has been dubbed the "[[So Bad It's Good\|Best Worst Movie Ever Made]]" by its fans and has [[Cult Classic\|gained a cult following over the years]]. Little Joshua grew up and [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20131028153003/http://bestworstmovie.com/ made a documentary] about the movie and its fan base. A planned sequel titled ''Troll 2, Part 2'' is currently in [[Development Hell]] due to lack of funding. Line 20: More like "''All ''Troll'' Movies Are Different."'' The only real connection between the three "primary" Troll movies is a weird focus upon plants; Troll 1's troll turned people into plant-pods to spawn more trolls, Troll 2's goblins turn humans to plants (and then eat those plants), and Troll 3 (the one also called "Creepers") was about killer radioactive tree roots. * That, and [[Too Dumb to Live\|moronic protagonists.]] * [[Alternate DVD Commentary]]: Unsurprisingly, it's gotten the [[~~Rifftrax~~Riff Trax]] treatment. * [[~~Always Chaotic~~Exclusively Evil]] / [[For the Evulz]] {{quote\| "That's the point. Goblins don't need to justify their cruel acts. They're evil creatures."}} * [[And I Must Scream]]: Arnold is unable to move or speak when he is turned into a plant. * [[Artifact Title]] Line 38: * [[Comically Missing the Point]]: The <s>trolls</s> [[Running Gag\|goblins]] themselves, who claim to be vegetarians despite the fact that they apparently feed by killing and eating animals - [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game\|the human animal]], specifically. Apparently the reason why they don't eat meat is because they're incapable of digesting it (which suggests a more appropriate term would be "herbivore"), rather than any ethical concerns. Of course, since the film was designed to be a [[Take That]] against vegetarians, it does undermine that intention quite severely, since only a tiny minority of vegetarians stay off of meat because of health reasons rather than ethical ones. * The sermon their minister gives seems to imply they find carnivory somewhat abhorrent, which seems to be indicative of an extreme case of [[Blue and Orange Morality]]. * [[Can Only Move the Eyes]]: Arnold, when he's paralyzed by Creedence, and later gets turned into a plant. * [[Cassandra Truth]]: Joshua telling his dad about how the people were really Goblins who wanted to turn him into a plant so they could eat him. * [[Corrupt Hick]]: They appear, with the added kicker that the evil townsfolk are also goblins in disguise. * [[Cruel Twist Ending]]: The ending seems to have been an attempt at this. It was a bit too [[Mind Screw\|nonsensical]] to really be effective. Line 46: * [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Creedence. * [[Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off]]: Spoofed. The dad initially seems like he's going to beat Joshua, but instead tightens his belt. ** Some viewers initially thought that he was going to pee on Joshua. Squick. * [[Double Aesop]]: [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: Vegetarians are evil. The woman who wrote the script (Director Claudio Fergasso's wife) apparently got the idea by being annoyed at how many of her friends had recently become vocally vegetarian. Take that as you will. * If you want to have sex get rid of your friends. [[Fantastic Aesop]]: Only the power of goodness can defeat the <s>trolls</s> goblins. Line 62: * [[Ironic Echo]]: "Do you want some, Joshua?" * [[It Makes Sense in Context]]: The ghost of the grandfather stops time to allow the protagonist to urinate on his family's dinner. * [[It May Help You Onon Your Quest]]: Grandpa Seth hands Joshua a double-decker baloney sandwich in the last 5 minutes of the film, saying "take this, and only use it [[You Will Know What to Do\|when you really need it]]". * [[Landmark of Lore]]: Stonehenge * [[Large Ham]]: They may be vegetarians, but Creedence, the General Store Owner, and the Preacher are pretty hammy. ** Hamminess in Joshua's family seems to come from the father's side. {{quote\| You can't piss on hospitality. I WON'T ALLOW IT!}} * [[Magic Countdown]]: 30 seconds of frozen time last for close to a minute of screen time. * [[Makes Just Asas Much Sense in Context]]: Whoa boy. Just to start with, the scene where the grandfather stops time was never set up, and this ability was never spoken of again; it'd be a [[~~Big~~Non ~~Lipped~~Sequitur ~~Alligator Moment~~Scene]], except that it's crucial to the plot. * [[Names to Run Away From Very Fast]]: "I'm Sheriff Gene Freak." * [[New Powers Asas the Plot Demands]]: Grandpa Seth can come back from the dead, freeze time, and summon the power of lightning, whenever it is convenient to do so. * [[Non-Indicative Name]] * [[Not Using the Z Word\|Not Using the T Word:]] They're goblins, not trolls. * [[Obviously Evil]]: None of the goblins disguised as humans make any attempt to act non-suspicious. * [[Oddly -Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]: The upcoming ''Troll 2: Part 2''. * [[Our Goblins Are ~~Different~~Wickeder]] * [[Planimal]]: The goblins turn people into edible plantmen, because they are vegetarians. * [[Plot Hole]]: Unsurprisingly there are several, mostly in regards to characters having information they shouldn't have or going places they should have no reason to go to. For instance, why did Joshua wander into the Barn where the sermon was being held? Line 88: * [[To Serve Man]]: The goblins act nice to the Waits, but plan to turn them into green vegetable jelly and eat them. * [[Veganopia]]: Subverted in that this probably the first ever depiction of an outright ''evil'' vegan society. * [[What Happened to ~~The~~the Mouse?]]: 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 (yes, that's his name), drank a bit of Nilbog milk ("High in vitamin content!") and then was presumably forcefed a milkshake {{spoiler\|made of Arnold}}. Brent was ''supposed'' to be transformed into popcorn, but it was so badly executed it just looked like he had some very weird sex. * [[You Can Leave Your Hat On]]: The very song is used in the infamous Corn Scene. * [[You Keep Using That Word]]: The [[Overly Long Gag\|goblins]] are supposedly 'vegetarians'...who, rather than, say, growing plants and eating them, turn people into plant-things and then eat them. How this is different from just eating meat is never really explained. Presumably, they're vegetarians for health reasons, not ethical ones. Once a person is turned enough toward being a plant, they can be healthily consumed, apparently. Must be less cholesterol. ** Or they're [[Magically -Binding Contract\|oathbound]] against consuming flesh. But for magical, possibly-fey creatures, health concerns and oathbinding might not be so different. * [[You Make Me Sic]]: {{quote\| '''Seth:''' These evil creatures can transform themselves into flesh-and-blood people whenever and however they want.~~<br />~~ '''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?~~<br />~~ '''Seth:''' They can! They ''can''! Goblins still exist! Your Grandpa Seth is telling you! }} * [[You Will Know What to Do]]: The double-decker baloney sandwich. Line 101: [[Category:Horror Films]] [[Category:Films of the 1990s]] [[Category:Riff Trax (Podcast)]]▼ [[Category:Troll 2]] [[Category:Film]] ▲[[Category:Riff Trax ~~(Podcast)~~]] [[Category:Cult Classic]]