History Film / BeverlyHillsCopII

* CelebrityParadox: Billy has a poster for ''Film/{{Cobra}}'' in his apartment. Which also co-starred Bridget Nielsen.

** The first film's Chief, Inspector Todd, makes a few appearances here: at the start of the film, he confronts Axel about his use of department funds for suits, "flash money" and even a Ferrari (though Axel claims its so he can remain undercover). Later, he's duped into playing a role in Axel's cover story about being part of a Detroit-Beverly Hills joint task force.

** The first film's Chief, Inspector Todd, makes a few appearances here: at the start of the film, he confronts Axel about his use of department funds for suits, "flash money" and even a Ferrari. Later, he's duped into playing a role in Axel's cover story about being part of a Detroit-Beverly Hills joint task force.

Axel Foley (Creator/EddieMurphy) is back, this time prompted to return to Beverly Hills after Captain Bogomil (Creator/RonnyCox) is gunned down in cold blood as part of a serial crime rampage. Naturally, the local police chief, Lutz (Allen Garfield), wants nothing to do with him, so he invents an elaborate cover story, first as a psychic and then later as part of a mythical intercity task force on organized crime. He's up against the "Alphabet Bandit", a man who pulls off daring crimes in broad daylight and leaves behind only a cryptic clue in the form of a coded note. With the aid of Taggart (John Ashton) and the newly badass Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), he traces the bad guys all over the city, including a car chase involving a cement mixer, the Playboy Mansion, and finally a shootout at an international arms smuggling depot. The film features Creator/JurgenProchnow as BigBad Maxwell Dent, Creator/BrigitteNielsen as Karla Fry, TheDragon and Creator/DeanStockwell as Charles “Chip” Caine.

* BrickJoke: Sydney Bernstein bribes Axel two hundred dollars to make him go away, which annoys Taggart and Rosewood. At the end of the film, the Commissioner says he's headed off to a charity ball. Axel hands him the two hundred dollars and requests to make a donation in the name of Sydney Bernstein, passing it off as an alias.

Axel Foley (Creator/EddieMurphy) is back, this time prompted to return to Beverly Hills after Captain Bogomil (Creator/RonnyCox) is gunned down in cold blood as part of a serial crime rampage. Naturally, the local police chief, Lutz (Allen Garfield), wants nothing to do with him, so he invents an elaborate cover story, first as a psychic and then later as part of a mythical intercity task force on organized crime. He's up against the "Alphabet Bandit", a man who pulls off daring crimes in broad daylight and leaves behind only a cryptic clue in the form of a coded note. With the aid of Taggart (John Ashton) and the newly badass Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), he traces the bad guys all over the city, including a car chase involving a cement mixer, the Playboy Mansion, and finally a shootout at an international arms smuggling depot. The film features Creator/BrigitteNielsen as Karla Fry, TheDragon and Creator/DeanStockwell as Charles “Chip” Caine.

Axel Foley (Creator/EddieMurphy) is back, this time prompted to return to Beverly Hills after Captain Bogomil (Creator/RonnyCox) is gunned down in cold blood as part of a serial crime rampage. Naturally, the local police chief, Lutz (Allen Garfield), wants nothing to do with him, so he invents an elaborate cover story, first as a psychic and then later as part of a mythical intercity task force on organized crime. He's up against the "Alphabet Bandit", a man who pulls off daring crimes in broad daylight and leaves behind only a cryptic clue in the form of a coded note. With the aid of Taggart (John Ashton) and the newly badass Rosewood (Judge Reinhold), he traces the bad guys all over the city, including a car chase involving a cement mixer, the Playboy Mansion, and finally a shootout at an international arms smuggling depot. The film features Creator/BrigitteNielsen as Karla Fry, TheDragon.

Axel Foley is back, this time prompted to return to Beverly Hills after Captain Bogomil is gunned down in cold blood as part of a serial crime rampage. Naturally, the local police chief, Lutz, wants nothing to do with him, so he invents an elaborate cover story, first as a psychic and then later as part of a mythical intercity task force on organized crime. He's up against the "Alphabet Bandit", a man who pulls off daring crimes in broad daylight and leaves behind only a cryptic clue in the form of a coded note. With the aid of Taggart and the newly badass Rosewood, he traces the bad guys all over the city, including a car chase involving a cement mixer, the Playboy Mansion, and finally a shootout at an international arms smuggling depot. The film features Creator/BrigitteNielsen as Karla Fry, TheDragon.

'''Detective Billy Rosewood''': [points to Nikos Thomopolis, who is being arrested] That guy sold them, and Dent bought 'em with stolen money from Adriano's at his own racetrack. He was on his way to Central America. And if you'd bothered to take your head out of your ass, '''YOU'D SEE WE SOLVED THE WHOLE GODDAMN THING!'''

* DaChief: The incompetent and rude Chief Harold Lutz.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Lutz ends up getting fired by the Mayor of Beverly Hills after publicly botching the Alphabet Bandit investigation and trying to push the blame onto his subordinates.

* RageBreakingPoint: After being insulted by Lutz one time too many at the film's resolution, Rosewood finally loses it and rants what Dent's scheme was really about (InsuranceFraud, followed by using the money to finance gun-running), and insults Lutz to boot. Even more unfortunately for Lutz, the Mayor of Beverly Hills happens to be right there with them and he gets angry at Lutz' incompetence.

'''Detective Billy Rosewood''': '''NO''' ''''GODDAMN''' '''IT''', '''''YOU''''' '''SHUT UP!!''' This is what the Alphabet crimes are all about... [picks up M-16] guns!\\

'''Police Chief Harold Lutz''': You shut up! Who the hell is talking to you? I personally solved the Alphabet case up in a body bag over an hour ago. And you, I don't give a goddamn what agency you say you're working for, You're in jail, buddy.\\

'''Detective Billy Rosewood''': ''NO'' '''''GODDAMN''''' ''IT'', '''''YOU''''' ''SHUT UP''!! This is what the Alphabet crimes are all about... [picks up M-16] guns!\\

'''Detective Billy Rosewood''': [points to Nikos Thomopolis, who is being arrested] That guy sold them, and Dent bought 'em with stolen money from Adriano's at his own racetrack. He was on his way to Central America. And if you'd bothered to take your head out of your ''ass'', '''YOU'D SEE WE SOLVED THE WHOLE GODDAMN THING!'''

* ThatPoorCar: After arriving in Beverly Hills, Axel passes two kids on roller skates setting off alarms by hitting parked cars with bats.

* CallBack: During the scene where Axel, Rosewood, Taggart and chief Lutz are attempting to solve the Alphabet letters, you can see a neon sign in the background that says "SUPER COP". Axel refers to Rosewood and Taggart as "Super cops" in the first film when he explains to Lt. Bogomil how the robbery at the club was prevented by the duo.

* GuiltyByAssociation: [[spoiler: Lutz's assistant is fired despite not really doing anything bad.]]

-->'''Detective Billy Rosewood''': We solved the Alphabet crimes.\\
-->'''Police Chief Harold Lutz''': You shut up! Who the hell is talking to you? I personally solved the Alphabet case up in a body bag over an hour ago. And you, I don't give a goddamn what agency you say you're working for, You're in jail, buddy.\\
-->'''Detective Billy Rosewood''': Chief, wait a...\\
-->'''Police Chief Harold Lutz''': [[BigShutUp SHUT UP]]! What the hell do you think you're doing, bringing a fire fight in the middle of my city? You're out of the cop business for good, forever!\\
-->'''Detective Billy Rosewood''': Will you just listen a minute?\\
-->'''Police Chief Harold Lutz''': Shut up! You shut your mouth once and for all!\\
-->'''Detective Billy Rosewood''': ''NO'' ''''GODDAMN'''' ''IT'', ''''YOU'''' ''SHUT UP''!! This is what the Alphabet crimes are all about... [picks up M-16] guns!\\
-->'''Police Chief Harold Lutz''': Guns?\\
-->'''Detective Billy Rosewood''': [points to Nikos Thomopolis, who is being arrested] That guy sold them, and Dent bought 'em with stolen money from Adriano's at his own racetrack. He was on his way to Central America. And if you'd bothered to take your head out of your ''ass'', '''YOU'D SEE WE SOLVED THE WHOLE GODDAMN THING!'''

* RareGuns: The .44 Automag used in the Adriano's job. The shells recovered from the scene become a plot point.

* MockMillionaire: Part of Axel's undercover operation at the start of the film is to be seen to be a wealthy gangster by [[SharpDressedMan wearing expensive suits]] and driving around in a [[CoolCar Ferrari]]. [[DaChief Inspector Todd]] chews him out for this, as he's not making much progress on the case.

* RealityEnsues: Chief Lutz is verbally abusive to everyone, including his own assistant, and he refuses to listen to his own officers about the Alphabet Crimes ([[spoiler: that it's a cover up for gunrunning scheme]]). After Taggert, Rosewood, and Foley stop the bad guys and gather a shitload of evidence in the form [[spoilers: of literal truckloads of illegal guns]] and Lutz starts being a dick to them, [[spoiler: the Mayor gets fed up with Lutz's jerkass behavior to his own men and his obvious incompetence and fires him (and his aid for some reason).]]

* CallingCard: The so-called Alphabet Bandit leaves behind cryptic clues that leave the cops scrambling to decode them. In fact, the code was there to confuse the cops while the culprits were busy doing something else.

* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Lutz ends up getting fired by the police commissioner after publicly botching the Alphabet Bandit investigation and trying to push the blame onto his subordinates.

* CriminalMindGames: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as the "alphabet crimes" are actually a RedHerring to cover up Dent's robbery of his own properties to finance his arms smuggling.

* PoliceAreUsless: Obviously [[Averted Trope averted]] by Taggert, Rosewood, and Foley, but played straight with chief Lutz who refuses to listen to them and treats them horribly.

* BigBadassRig: Billy steals a truck in pursuit of a suspect.

* CelebrityParadox: Billy has a poster for ''Film/{{Cobra}}'' in his apartment. Which also co-starred Bridget Nielsen. Furthermore, she was married to Creator/SylvesterStallone, who was going to star in the original film.