History Film / Jaws2

* InfantImmortality: Averted, when regarding the teens. Well, except [[spoiler: the girl who was eaten while [[BigBrotherInstinct saving Sean.]]]]

* {{Callback}}: A subtle one - the barrels that Brody and Hooper swam back into shore on in the first movie? One of them is now a planter outside of the Brody home.

* InfantImmortality: Averted, when regarding the teens.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Martin wonders if this is the case - with the second shark seeking to avenge the first one. This is quickly dismissed, though, and not mentioned afterwards.

* MilestoneCelebration: Amity Island is having a 50th Annual Regatta.

* CoversAlwaysLie: The young woman featured on the VHS cover looks nothing like (and is dressed differently) than the unfortunate water-skier killed in the movie.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: It is foreshadowed on two seperate occasions how the shark is killed in the end. [[spoiler:The marine biologist investigating the orca carcass caused by the shark mentions how sharks are attracted to rhythmic underwater sounds. When Brody's deputy and another assistant are searching for bodies on the sea floor, they find an electrical cable, and quickly drop it back to the bottom. At the end, Brody finds another electrical cable, and attracts the shark by bashing the cable with a bat, causing the sounds. The shark bites the cable, and gets electrocuted.]]

* SuperPersistentPredator: The shark goes out of its way to attack its victims - particularly the teenagers.

* TakeThat: A corpse of mauled orca is found on the beach, which is covered in sharkbites. It is a jab at ''Film/OrcaTheKillerWhale'', which was released in the previous year.

* FleetingDemographicRule: In-universe example. Chief Brody is convinced a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances at sea are the work of another shark. Despite the events of four years before, and Brody presenting the selectmen with ''photographic evidence'' of the shark, they and the mayor fire him for his "paranoia" (and for panicking beachgoers by firing his weapon at a school of bluefish). And like true [[DyingLikeAnimals Bats]], they keep the beaches open once again.

!!This time, it's personal!

* DawsonCasting: Done with the teenagers.

** Well, to be fair, all Brody showed them was a really bad close-up photo of the shark, to where you could BARELY see anything. Brody doesn't help his case by acting like a crazily obsessed man during the whole scene, showing absolutely ''no'' remorse for his actions on the beach, which could have resulted in someone being injured or even ''killed''--[[StrawmanHasAPoint the committee was well within its right to fire him over that.]]

* HystericalWoman: After the shark attacks them, one of the female teenagers eventually goes hysterical, screaming like crazy and having a panic attack when their rafts get stuck at the bottom. Another one [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan tries to shut her up by shaking her violently]], but is told by his friends that this won't help. Not all the women are like this, but it stands out because by contrast the guys are all portrayed as practical and goal-oriented, and none of them breaks down to the same degree. Even the much younger Michael holds it together better than her, who by all accounts has far more right to be freaked out due to being a kid. In her defense, she is in the middle of an extremely traumatic and terrifying experience, as well as having seen friends die in front of her.

* {{Callback}}: A subtle one - the barrels that Brody and Hooper swam back into shore on in the first movie? One of them is a planter outside of the Brody home in the second one.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: To show how evil the shark is, they make sure to burn half his head.

** . . . at least until "JawsTheRevenge"

* TwoFaced: The shark after being burned during one of its attacks.

!!This film has the examples of:

* HystericalWoman: After the shark attacks them, one of the female teenagers eventually goes hysterical, screaming like crazy and having a panic attack when their rafts get stuck at the bottom. Another one [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan tries to shut her up by shaking her violently]], but is told by his friends that this won't help. Not all the women are like this, but it stands out because by contrast the guys are all portrayed as practical and goal-oriented, and none of them breaks down to the same degree. Even the much younger Michael holds it together better than her, who by all accounts has far more right to be freaked out due to being a kid.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: It is foreshadowed on two seperate occasions how the shark is killed in the end. [[spoiler:The marine biologist investigating the orca carcass caused by the shark mentions how sharks are attracted to rhythmic underwater sounds. When Brody's deputy and another assistant are searching for bodies on the sea floor, they find an electrical cable, and quickly drop it back to the bottom. At the end, Brody finds another electrical cable, and attracts the shark by bashing it with a bat. The shark bites the cable, and gets electrocuted.]]

* ForceFeeding / ShockAndAwe: ...which Brody dupes the shark into biting.

* ChekhovsClassroom: Dr. Elkins' info dump on sharks' abily to detect sound comes in handy for the climax.

* EatThis: ...[[ShockAndAwe which Brody dupes the shark into biting]].

* {{Callback}}: Thea mimicing her pondering father's gestures in ''Revenge'' is a callback to a similar moment in the first film.
** A much more subtle one - the barrels that Brody and Hooper swam back into shore on in the first movie? One of them is a planter outside of the Brody home in the second one.

* ChekhovsGun: The police boat's dredging hooks snagging the power cable.

The first sequel to ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', released in the yer 1978.

->"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water."