History Film / FridayThe13thPart2

* Mundane Made Awesome:
Two particular scenes stand out:

* DropTheHammer: Jason kills the unnamed officer by hitting him in the head with the sharp end of a claw hammer.

* HotterAndSexier: In addition to being the first installment to feature Jason Voorhees as the killer, this was also the first entry in the franchise to feature explicit nudity ([[Film/FridayThe13th the first film]] just had a single dimly lit sex scene and a "Strip Monopoly" game that abruptly ended before anybody removed their underwear), which would become a hallmark of later entries. Terry fully strips down to go skinny-dipping in one scene, and [[MaleGaze gets her backside ogled by the camera]] while wearing low-cut shorts in another; Sandra was also going to get a full-frontal nude scene, but it was cut when the producers discovered that her actress was underage.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the first appearance of Jason Voorhees, and as such a lot of what's attributed to the character doesn't exist yet. Besides the total lack of his signature hockey mask, this Jason is a far cry from the MadeOfIron ImplacableMan he will become famous for. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he's still a normal person instead of the later films' supernatural creature.

* AmbiguousEnding: The movie seemingly ends with a NotQuiteDead Jason smashing through a window to attack Ginny and Paul again, but just as Jason grabs Ginny, the scene cuts to the next morning with emergency workers carrying an injured Ginny into an ambulance, with no word on Paul's fate or Jason's whereabouts. It's not clear if the attack was a NightmareSequence (like Jason's appearance in the first film), and even if it wasn't, it's not clear how Ginny survived, what happened to Paul, or where Jason is. Even the opening of the next movie clears nothing up; it omits Jason's attack from the recap, and doesn't reveal anything further about Ginny and Paul's fates.

* CrosscastRole: Jason's legs in the beginning of the movie is that of a Ellen Lutter, the only time in the franchise Jason was played by a woman. It was a wardrobe test that ended up going so well they decided to use the footage instead of re-filming it.
* DangerousWindows: Ginny tries to escape by going though a window, but Jason is way ahead of her and tries to grab her through it.

** Jeff and Sandra also seem to be introduced as the protagonists until Ginny is introduced, when the story follows her.

* FinalGirl: Ginny for the first half seems like a subversion of the personality types associated with the Final Girl; she's introduced arriving late for work, has a sexual relationship with Paul (admittedly off-screen), goes out for a few beers with the gang and has a slightly snarky personality. But halfway through, she starts empathising with what Jason Voorhees may have gone through, and is ultimately the only female survivor.

* HandOrObjectUnderwear: When Terry comes out of the water for the above mentioned swim and realizes her clothes were missing, she crosses her arms over her chest. Apparently, the fact that her bare groin was [[BehindTheBlack out of frame]] was enough to cover that too.

** Sandra to a lesser degree. She also wears no bra, but her breasts are larger, so we also get some nice shots of her chest bouncing. She also has a lengthy scene in just a bikini top and short shorts. She originally had a full frontal scene, just like Terry, but then the film makers found out Marta Kober was 16 and naturally cut the scene out.

* OhCrap: Jason's widely exposed eye and retreating backwards when Ginny tries swinging a chainsaw at him, causing him to fall over to narrowly avoid it, displays it in full.

* PowerfulPick: Jason's very first kill in the second movie is Alice, the Final Girl of the first movie, whom he kills with an ice pick. His third kill is with a mining pick, when the nameless officer foolishly chases him all the way to his own cabin. Finally, as mentioned above, Jason tries to use a mining pick to break through to kill Ginny.

* SlashersPreferBlondes: [[spoiler: Inverted! While Alice from the first film is KilledOffForReal, the rest of the film's victims are dark haired. Ginny is the only confirmed survivor, and she's blonde.]]

* TokenMinority: One black dude and a Asian lady (who have no lines) can be seen among the counselors.

* HandOfDeath: The close-up on the spear during the DeathBySex scene.

%%* BareYourMidriff: Terry.

When the first ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' film proved to be a hit in 1980, the studio naturally made plans for a new one, to be released the year after (1981).

The movie starts shortly after the events of the first film, where Mrs. Voorhees stopped the reopening of Camp Crystal Lake by murdering the camp counselors, in revenge for her son, Jason, who 20 years ago drowned while his guardians were having sex.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the first appearance of Jason Voorhees, and as such a lot of what's attributed to the character doesn't exist yet. Besides the total lack of his hockey mask, this Jason is a far cry from the MadeOfIron ImplacableMan he will become famous for. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he's still a normal person instead of the later films' supernatural creature.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the first appearance of Jason Voorhees, and as such a lot of what's attributed to the character doesn't exist yet. Besides the total lack of his hockey mask, this Jason is still a far cry from the MadeOfIron ImplacableMan he will become famous for. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he's still a normal person instead of the later films' supernatural creature.

When the first ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'' film proved to be a hit, the studio naturally made plans for a new one, to be released the year after.

** Sandra to a lesser degree. She also wears no bra, but her breasts are larger, so we also get some nice {{Gainaxing}}. She also has a lengthy scene in just a bikini top and short shorts. She originally had a full frontal scene, just like Terry, but then the film makers found out Marta Kober was 16 and naturally cut the scene out.

* OutWithABang: [[spoiler:Jeff and Sandra are impaled while in the middle of sex.]]

* DeathBySex[=/=]ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Jeff and Sandra get a spear shoved through the both of them during sex.]]

However, it turns out Jason ''didn't'' [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated drown after all.]] He survived, and has actually been living in seclusion for the past two decades. After avenging his mother's death by killing the last movie's FinalGirl, Alice, [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome in the first 15 minutes of the movie]], he resurfaces five years later, when another entrepreneur is preparing to open a new summer camp in the woods next to Crystal Lake...

* BareYourMidriff: Terry.

* BuryYourDisabled: Mark's fate.

* GenderBlenderName: Terry.

* HotterAndSexier: In addition to being the first installment to feature Jason Voorhees as the killer, this was also the first entry in the franchise to feature explicit nudity ([[Film/FridayThe13th the first film]] just had a single dimly lit sex scene and a "Strip Monopoly" game that abruptly ended before anybody removed their underwear), which would become a hallmark of later entries. Terry fully strips down to go skinny-dipping in one scene, and [[MaleGaze gets her backside ogled by the camera]] while wearing [[WhoWearsShortShorts low-cut shorts]] in another; Sandra was also going to get a full-frontal nude scene, but it was cut when the producers discovered that her actress was underage.

** Sandra to a lesser degree. She also wears no bra, but her breasts are larger, so we also get some nice {{Gainaxing}}. She also has a lengthy scene in just a bikini top and [[WhoWearsShortShorts short shorts]]. She originally had a full frontal scene, just like Terry, but then the film makers found out Marta Kober was 16 and naturally cut the scene out.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Terry wears short shorts.

* ChekhovsSkill: Ginny's child psychology studies.

** Jason kills the Mark, who, being disabled, is even ''less'' of a threat than most of Jason's victims.
** Before killing Vicky, Jason hides under a bedsheet just to scare her. This stands out, as almost none of Jason's previous victims even saw him coming.

* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: Jason keeps his mother's severed head around.

* NextSundayAD: Released in 1981, it takes place five years after the original.

* {{Revenge}}: Jason's motive for killing Alice, and especially notable as [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness one of the very few times]] Jason ''ever'' leaves Crystal Lake of his own volition, and one of his rare ''targetted'' killings, as he usually only kills people in Crystal Lake who encroach on his territory.

There was only one problem: there wasn't any room in the story for a sequel. The killer in the first film died in way that is [[OffWithHisHead very difficult to come back from,]] even for antagonists of slasher films, and there was no one left to take up the machete. Logically, there was just no way to continue.

The answer? To hell with logic, just pump out another one and [[AssPull make something up.]] God knows, it's not like these things are known for their [[ExcusePlot deep continuity]] and [[FlatCharacter nuanced characterizations,]] anyway.

However, it turns out Jason ''didn't'' [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated drown after all!]] He survived — somehow — and has actually been living in seclusion for the past two decades. For some reason. Since he was 8 years old. Look, [[BellisariosMaxim just go with it, okay?]]

After avenging his mother's death by killing the last movie's FinalGirl, Alice, [[SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome in the first 15 minutes of the movie]], he resurfaces five years later, when another entrepreneur is preparing to open a new summer camp in the woods next to Crystal Lake.

Jason begins stalking and murdering the counselors at this new camp, because, uh... [[SureLetsGoWithThat it's what his mother would have wanted?]]

Blatant [[{{Retcon}} retcons]] and plot contrivances aside, this film was still a success due to the magic combination of nudity and gore, opening the way to a massive franchise and introducing a character that would ''[[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness eventually]]'' become one of the most iconic in horror fiction.

* HotterAndSexier: In addition to being the first installment to feature Jason Voorhees as the killer, this was also the first entry in the franchise to feature explicit nudity ([[Film/FridayThe13th the first film]] just had a single dimly lit sex scene and a "Strip Monopoly" game that abruptly ended before anybody removed their underwear), which would become hallmarks of later entries. Terry fully strips down to go skinny-dipping in one scene, and [[MaleGaze gets her backside ogled by the camera]] while wearing [[WhoWearsShortShorts low-cut shorts]] in another; Sandra was also going to get a full-frontal nude scene, but it was cut when the producers discovered that her actress was underage.

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: Ginny goes after Jason with a chainsaw, but it runs out of gas and becomes useless.]]

* FinalGirl: Ginny.

* MsFanservice: Terry. Revealing clothing? Check. No bra on cold nights? Check. Gratuitous skinny dipping scene? Ooh, yeah.

* OutWithABang: [[spoiler:Jeff and Sandra.]]

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Vicky and Ginny. First, Vicky gets "cornered" by Jason, the door is right next to her, then Jason starts walking really slow towards her. What does she do? Stare at him. Then, comes Ginny. While fighting Jason, she grabs a ''chainsaw'' and gets him on the ground, but then, she grabs a chair instead, rams it on his head, and runs away.]]
** Granted, Ginny [[TookALevelInBadass gets way, way better]].
** Also, in fairness, the chainsaw runs out of gas before she can do much damage against him.