History Film / Paddington2

Creator/BenWhishaw and most of the cast from the first film return. Creator/HughGrant, Ben Miller, Creator/BrendanGleeson and Creator/JoannaLumley also star. A third ''Paddington'' film titled ''Film/PaddingtonInPeru'' is due to be released on November 8, 2024.

** Of course Henry ''Bullseye'' Brown was going to come back, even if only in a small way. (He gets to biff Phoenix on the noggin with a carnie ball.)

As he's ready to make the payment, Mr Gruber's shop is broken into and the book stolen. But Paddington is found at the scene of the crime, and is sentenced to ten years in prison! The Brown family, however, are determined to clear his name - and Paddington himself won't give up that easily.

* GlassSmackAndSlide: At the barbershop, Paddington is hurled against the front window and slides down a few seconds later.

''Paddington 2'' is the 2017 sequel to ''Film/Paddington2014'' - based on the popular ''Literature/PaddingtonBear'' books by Michael Bond. It is directed by Paul King, with the screenplay by King and Simon Farnaby.

Creator/BenWhishaw and most of the cast from the first film return. Creator/HughGrant, Ben Miller, Creator/BrendanGleeson and Creator/JoannaLumley also star. A third ''Paddington'' film tentatively titled ''Paddington in Peru'' is set to shoot in July 24, 2023.

* InformedAttribute: The entire prison is afraid of Knuckles McGinty, even the previously established tough guy. However besides being a bit grumpy, he never commits an act of violence. He even keeps his temper when he hears Henry insulting him.

* NoodleIncident: Knuckles declines to elaborate on how he became so good with knives after he demonstrates his skills at cutting up oranges.

* BigDamnHeroes: The escaped prisoners planned on abandoning Paddington after he refused to leave the country with them, but they have a change of heart and arrive just in time to [[spoiler:save Paddington from drowning]].

* ButHeSoundsHandsome: Phoenix describes the cockney thief as having stunning, beautiful eyes, both at testimony and at home in his flat with Mrs. Brown. When he calls them "blue" by mistake, despite supposedly never having seen the man in person, Mrs. Brown is clued in to look at his own blue eyes and instantly realizes the truth.

** Paddington's telescopic ladder which he used for his window washings comes in handy during the train chase when he tries to get to the other train. Although this plan foiled by Phoenix.
* ChekhovsGunman: The elderly gentlemen that Paddington has an unfortunate encounter with at the barbershop ends up being the judge at his trial.

** All the men in prison gives one to Paddington after he accidentally mixes their white clothing with the red sock

* GenerationXerox: In the gypsy's telling of the story of the [[InsistentTerminology popping book]], the same actress plays the gypsy and her grandmother (the Dancing Swan), and Hugh Grant plays both Buchanan and his grandfather (the Magician).

* HollywoodMidLifeCrisis: Henry's having one, having been passed over for promotion in favor of a younger man.

* PlotDrivenBreakdown: The lever on Paddington's telescope ladder break off right before he can reach Mary on the other train.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Henry gives Curry a big speech, then stalls out his car.

* MobileShrubbery: Paddington hides inside a garbage bin at the train station.

** To ''Film/ModernTimes''; when escaping from prison, Paddington is forced to squeeze through the gears in the central clocktower, which also give him a Chaplinesque grease moustache on his muzzle.

** To Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/TheWintersTale'': when Phoenix has Paddington cornered at the edge of the last train car, he quips [[RussianReversal "Exit bear, pursued by an actor"]] (which is an allusion to a stage direction of the play: "Exit, pursued by a bear.")

* TimeCompressionMontage: Of Paddington's PiggyBank savings for his aunt's ticket growing due to his work, another one shows Paddington's kindness transforming the prison into a nice place to live.

* HomeEarlySurprise: Though they managed to lure Phoenix away from his home, he unsuspectedly returns to fetch his tie only to find Mary and Henry red-handed.

* NoodleIncident: Knuckles declines to elaborate on how he became so good with knives after he demonstrates his skills at cutting up oranges.

* PrisonerPerformance: {{Invoked|Trope}}. The film ends with [[spoiler:BigBad Phoenix Buchanan]] getting sent to jail. He [[GracefulLoser accepts imprisonment happily]], because now he can act to his heart's content and do musical routines with his fellow prisoners. As he himself points out, "I've always wanted a ''captive'' audience!" Later, a closing credits [[TheStinger stinger]] features a scene where [[spoiler: Phoenix]] performs a BusbyBerkeleyNumber with his fellow inmates, and he is clearly delighted while doing so.

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* PrisonerPerformance: {{Invoked|Trope}}. The film ends with [[spoiler:BigBad Phoenix Buchanan]] getting sent to jail. He [[GracefulLoser accepts imprisonment happily]], because now he can act to his heart's content and do musical routines with his fellow prisoners. As he himself points out, "I've always wanted a ''captive'' audience!" Later, a closing credits [[TheStinger stinger]] features a scene where Phoenix performs a BusbyBerkeleyNumber with his fellow inmates, and he is clearly delighted while doing so.

* BusbyBerkeleyNumber: [[spoiler:Phoenix Buchanan gets to hold one of these in the film's {{Stinger}} while staying at the prison. And to say he's delighted with the results is an understatement]].

* TheStinger: [[spoiler: Phoenix performs a BusbyBerkeleyNumber with the inmates in prison and he is clearly delighted while doing so]].