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* AllianceOfAlternates: In 1969, Boris the Animal teams up with his past counterpart from the 70s after traveling through time. They [[IHatePastMe don't really get along...]]
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* TheSixtiesTheSixties: J travels back in time to 1969 to prevent K's death at the hands of Boris the Animal.

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* AgeLift: [[spoiler:In the first movie, K deletes J's data, which shows a 1975 birth date. In this movie, he finds a young James Edwards in 1969. James Edwards was then stated to have been born in 1965. To make it worse, Will Smith was born in '68.]]


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* {{Retcon}}: In the first movie, K deletes J's data, which shows a 1975 birth date. [[spoiler:In this movie, he finds a young James Edwards in 1969. James Edwards was then stated to have been born in 1965. To make it worse, Will Smith was born in '68.]]
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* MistakenForGay: The guy who gives J the time travel device comments "You must really love him," referring to K.

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* MistakenForGay: The guy who gives J the time travel device comments "You must really love him," referring to K.K, whom J had referred to as his [[NotThatKindOfPartner partner]].
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** If history has been changed and nobody else remembers the original timeline, then why does J alone have RippleEffectProofMemory? What did Jeffrey Prince mean when he realized that J's memory must have remained intact because [[spoiler: "[because] you were there!"]]?

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** If history has been changed and nobody else remembers the original timeline, then why does J alone have RippleEffectProofMemory? What did Jeffrey Prince mean when he realized that J's memory must have remained intact because [[spoiler: "[because] you were there!"]]?
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* DrivingQuestion:
** What exactly occurred during K's original apprehension of Boris the Animal in July 1969? What happened down in Cape Canaveral that would leave K changed and turn him into the curmudgeon J and audiences know in the Present Day? And why would O restrict access to the mission records and prevent J from learning these details?
** If history has been changed and nobody else remembers the original timeline, then why does J alone have RippleEffectProofMemory? What did Jeffrey Prince mean when he realized that J's memory must have remained intact because [[spoiler: "[because] you were there!"]]?
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* SpikeShooter: Boris.

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* SpikeShooter: Boris.Boris' main attack, courtesy of "The Weasel", his parasitic alien partner who hides inside his hand.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodSandwich: In the ending when J reunites with K in present day at a diner and he's waiting for him with plates of pie and a coffee for him, but then they leave without touching the food shortly after.
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* TimeTravelersDinosaur: When Agent J first does a time jump; by jumping off a skyscraper no less, he sees history unfold before his eyes, but just before he hits the bottom he nearly gets eaten by a dinosaur. Thankfully before that happens he gets to his destination in time.
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He's referring to J's dad's death.


* BalancingDeathsBooks: Griffin advises J that the only way to save K is to sacrifice another life, because "Where there is death there will always be death." Presumably, [[spoiler:killing Boris (twice) doesn't count for this.]]

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* BalancingDeathsBooks: Griffin advises J that the only way to save K is to sacrifice another life, because "Where there is death there will always be death." Presumably, [[spoiler:killing Boris (twice) doesn't count for this.]]

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* ForWantOfANail: Griff is a fifth-dimensional being who can see infinite probabilities all at once and describes how even the slightest nudge in one timeline can cause a major butterfly effect. K and J are amazed while Griff describes his perspective of the universe as a pain in the ass.


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* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Griff is a fifth-dimensional being who can see infinite probabilities all at once and describes how even the slightest nudge in one timeline can cause a major butterfly effect. K and J are amazed while Griff describes his perspective of the universe as a pain in the ass.
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* ForWantOfANail: Griff is a fifth-dimensional being who can see infinite probabilities all at once and describes how even the slightest nudge in one timeline can cause a major butterfly effect. K and J are amazed while Griff describes his perspective of the universe as a pain in the ass.
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* EquippableAlly: The symbiote that lives in Boris's hand is also his primary weapon through the movie.

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