History Film / MaleficentMistressOfEvil

** Of course, [[spoiler:this could be justified as the spindle being a manifestation of the original curse and thus being 'corrupted' and changed now that Aurora has been saved]].

** Could be justified on the assumption that Diaval has spent so long in a human form over the last few years that it has become a 'default' form for him.

* PassiveAggressiveKombat: The entire dinner scene. The first course is roast bird, which is awkward, as Aurora's surrogate dad is a raven turned into a person. Queen Ingrith "accidentally" lays the table with iron cutlery, forcing Maleficent to eat with her fingers, as iron burns fairies. The family cat is aggravating Diaval the entire time. Despite Phillip and King John trying to TalkAboutTheWeather, the conversation devolves into Maleficent and Ingrith sniping back and forth, culminating in Maleficent losing her temper once Ingrith implies that Maleficent doesn't really love Aurora and the cat tries to pounce on Diaval.

''Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'' is the sequel to ''Film/{{Maleficent}}''. It's directed by Joachim Rønning (''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanDeadMenTellNoTales'') and written by Linda Woolverton (''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast''), Micah Fitzerman-Blue, and Noah Harpster. Creator/AngelinaJolie, Creator/SamRiley, Creator/ElleFanning, Creator/ImeldaStaunton, Lesley Manville, and Creator/JunoTemple reprise their roles from the previous movie.

* MythologyGag: Aurora wears a blue dress and a pink dress, both resembling the traditional gown of her [[{{Disney/SleepingBeauty}} cartoon counterpart.]] [[spoiler:At her wedding, Knotgrass and Thistlewit argue over whether it should be ''green'' or pink... but settle on blue in homage to Flittle's sacrifice.]]

* OvertookTheSeries: ''Maleficent'' was a PerspectiveFlip of the Disney's ''Disney/SleepingBeauty'', but mostly stuck to the same overall plot, while this sequel is an original storyline.

* ShoutOut: Maleficent's attempt to practice smiling goes just as well as the Beast's (both [[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast animated]] and [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 live-action]] incarnations).

** Averted with Aurora, who has blood-leaking injuries during the climax.

* BigNo: [[spoiler: Aurora screams it as she sinks to her knees in despair after Maleficent turns into dust.]]

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Conall for Maleficent, and then Maleficent for Aurora.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''♫ Must be the season of the witch... ♫'']]

* SeriesContinuityError: In the first film, the sleeping curse was explicitly unbreakable ''except'' by TrueLovesKiss - Maleficent tried to revoke it herself and failed. [[spoiler:In the second film, simply destroying the spindle is enough to destroy the curse on King John.]] In addition, the sleeping curse wasn't cast on the spindle, it was cast on ''Aurora,'' not on any specific spindle. [[spoiler: There's no way Queen Ingrith should have been able to replicate the sleeping curse by stabbing her husband with it.]]

* SoftGlass: [[spoiler:Aurora's BedsheetLadder looses its hold causing her to swing and crash through the glass door way into Phillip's room. Because her main point of impact is through the wooden frames of the two glass doors, as opposed to either glass door itself, less pieces of glass gets shattered and scattered, but she's still able to move around afterwards with little problem and only minor cuts on her arms and face. The cuts however do remain on her throughout the entire battle until Maleficent heals them.]]

Has a [[Characters/{{Maleficent}} Character Page]] that NeedsMoreLove.

Has a [[Characters/{{Maleficent}} Character Page]] that NeedsMore Love.

** Aurora asks Maleficent if she intends to turn Prince Philip into a goat. [[spoiler: In the end, she does this to his mother, Queen Ingrith.]]

* ChekhovsBoomerang:
** From the first movie. [[spoiler:Queen Ingrith obtained the spindle that caused Aurora's curse and used it against King John. Aurora, whose finger started to sting and almost swell as she got nearer the spindle in the first movie, uses that power to prove Maleficent did not curse King John.]]
** Aurora's BedsheetLadder. [[spoiler: First, she uses it to trick the guards. Then, she actually swings on it to escape them once more and get into Phillip's room.]]

** Fairies hit by iron dust turn into [[SymbolicBlood red ashes]]. Maleficent's magic is green and especially bright as she pulls BigDamnHeroes in the final battle.

* FourthDateMarriage: {{Averted}}. Phillip explicitly mentions that it's been five years since the events of ''Maleficent'' before he proposes to Aurora.

** While it's obvious that Maleficent wasn't the one who cursed King John, there's a subtle hint to the true source of the curse: [[spoiler:as he's being taken to his bedchamber, a guard suggests checking him for marks, and Queen Ingrith opposes it, saying that the king should "keep his dignity." It's the visible prick mark from the spindle that convinces Phillip that Maleficent didn't curse him.]]

* TheUnsmile: Maleficent's smile as she practices with her reflection in the river is creepily unnatural and more menacing then polite. Diaval even suggest to try it with a little less fang.

** It may be that [[spoiler:the lack of other spinning-wheels at the time the curse was cast caused the spindle to become the manifestation of the curse after the fact]].

* AllThereInTheManual: The names of a few of the characters are in the cast list but not spoken onscreen. For example, Queen Ingrith's redheaded [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] {{Mook}}/servant is named Gerda.

* SplashOfColor: The poster is DeliberatelyMonochrome, with only Maleficent's eyes being bright green and her lips being bright red.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While it's obvious that Maleficent wasn't the one who cursed King John, there's a subtle hint to the true source of the curse: [[spoiler:as he's being taken to his bedchamber, a guard suggests checking him for marks, and Queen Ingrith opposes it, saying that the king should "keep his dignity." It's the visible prick mark from the spindle that convinces Phillip that Maleficent didn't curse him.]]

* BloodlessCarnage: The deaths of many, many fairies are softened by the fact that the weapons cause them to turn into the plant they resemble (for example, a dandelion fairy merely becomes a dandelion) or dissolve in a puff of ashes. [[SymbolicBlood Big red puff of ashes]].

* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:Conall]] becomes one with the earth after death.

* ChekhovsBoomerang: From the first movie. [[spoiler:Queen Ingrith obtained the spindle that caused Aurora's curse and used it against King John. Aurora, whose finger started to sting and almost swell as she got nearer the spindle in the first movie, uses that power to prove Maleficent did not curse King John.]]