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** Debbie Salt's line about how the killer could be from Woodsboro. [[spoiler: She's right, even if the killer doesn't live there any more]].
** Gale jokes "I thought you looked familiar" to [[spoiler: Debbie Salt aka Mrs Loomis]]. On the first watch it seems like a lie on Gale's part. After TheReveal [[spoiler: Gale says "I've seen pictures"]] - so she ''did'' recognize her.
** Note that [[spoiler: Debbie Salt]] keeps away from the confrontation between Gale and Sidney at the start. [[spoiler: She doesn't want to risk Sidney recognising her]].
** Mickey's line "Why would anyone go back in that house anyway?" [[spoiler: He's deliberately trying to make Sidney think Derek is the killer]].
** In one of the scenes they show from Stab, [[spoiler: "Billy" reiterates to "Sidney" about his mother leaving his family, as a subtle AsYouKnow clue for viewers who have not seen the first movie or might have forgotten that clue.]]
** [[spoiler: Mickey]] is shown carrying a camcorder around early on, the killer recorded the victims. Derek later informs Sid that he "had to edit".
** After [[spoiler: Cici Cooper]] is murdered, [[spoiler: Debbie Salt]] tells Gale that she has to go as she "has a deadline". [[spoiler:She's actually leaving to attack Sidney.]]
** Debbie Salt's line about how the killer could be from Woodsboro. [[spoiler: She's right, even if the killer doesn't live there any more]].
** Gale jokes "I thought you looked familiar" to [[spoiler: Debbie Salt aka Mrs Loomis]]. On the first watch it seems like a lie on Gale's part. After TheReveal [[spoiler: Gale says "I've seen pictures"]] - so she ''did'' recognize her.
** Note that [[spoiler: Debbie Salt]] keeps away from the confrontation between Gale and Sidney at the start. [[spoiler: She doesn't want to risk Sidney recognising her]].
** Mickey's line "Why would anyone go back in that house anyway?" [[spoiler: He's deliberately trying to make Sidney think Derek is the killer]].
** In one of the scenes they show from Stab, [[spoiler: "Billy" reiterates to "Sidney" about his mother leaving his family, as a subtle AsYouKnow clue for viewers who have not seen the first movie or might have forgotten that clue.]]
** [[spoiler: Mickey]] is shown carrying a camcorder around early on, the killer recorded the victims. Derek later informs Sid that he "had to edit".
** After [[spoiler: Cici Cooper]] is murdered, [[spoiler: Debbie Salt]] tells Gale that she has to go as she "has a deadline". [[spoiler:She's actually leaving to attack Sidney.]]
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* ActorAllusion:
** Cici and her sorority sister talk about ''Series/PartyOfFive'' - which starred Creator/NeveCampbell (Sidney).
*** Also a case of ''Main/CelebrityParadox''
** What's more is that the girl Cici talks to on the phone is voiced by Creator/SelmaBlair - Creator/SarahMichelleGellar's co-star in ''Film/CruelIntentions''.
** Gale complains about her head being photoshopped onto nude pictures of Creator/JenniferAniston, while Creator/DavidSchwimmer plays Gale's love interest in the ''Stab'' movie. Both are Creator/CourteneyCox's co-stars in ''{{Series/Friends}}'', Schwimmer playing Cox's ''brother''.
** Cici and her sorority sister talk about ''Series/PartyOfFive'' - which starred Creator/NeveCampbell (Sidney).
*** Also a case of ''Main/CelebrityParadox''
** What's more is that the girl Cici talks to on the phone is voiced by Creator/SelmaBlair - Creator/SarahMichelleGellar's co-star in ''Film/CruelIntentions''.
** Gale complains about her head being photoshopped onto nude pictures of Creator/JenniferAniston, while Creator/DavidSchwimmer plays Gale's love interest in the ''Stab'' movie. Both are Creator/CourteneyCox's co-stars in ''{{Series/Friends}}'', Schwimmer playing Cox's ''brother''.
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** Joshua Jackson, star of ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' (written by Kevin Williamson) as one of the students in Randy's filmclass.class.
** Creator/MatthewLillard is in the background of the sorority party, and can be seen hugging Mickey. [[spoiler:Fitting, as they both play TheDragon in their respective ''Scream'' films.]]
** Joshua Jackson, star of ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' (written by Kevin Williamson) as one of the students in Randy's film
** Creator/MatthewLillard is in the background of the sorority party, and can be seen hugging Mickey. [[spoiler:Fitting, as they both play TheDragon in their respective ''Scream'' films.]]
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** Obviously casting Creator/SarahMichelleGellar - who was currently known as Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer - as a helpless Ghostface victim. Likewise when Cici is flicking through the TV, one of the films on is ''{{Film/Nosferatu}}'' - about a vampire.
** And in the first film, Sidney makes a quip about Tori Spelling playing her if they made a movie about her. In this film when the ''Stab'' movie has been made, Sidney is played by...Tori Spelling. Apparently Spelling herself found the gag ActuallyPrettyFunny.
** Obviously casting Creator/SarahMichelleGellar - who was currently known as Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer - as a helpless Ghostface victim. Likewise when Cici is flicking through the TV, one of the films on is ''{{Film/Nosferatu}}'' - about a vampire.
** And in the first film, Sidney makes a quip about Tori Spelling playing her if they made a movie about her. In this film when the ''Stab'' movie has been made, Sidney is played by...Tori Spelling. Apparently Spelling herself found the gag ActuallyPrettyFunny.
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* MakeSureHesDead: At the end, when [[spoiler:Mrs. Loomis]] is seemingly killed by a gunshot to the chest, before leaving, Sidney approaches them and [[BoomHeadshot shoots them right in the forehead]] "just in case."
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*** That might not have been the wisest way of going about it, though: trying to get to Sidney when she is alone while there is an unidentified serial killer copying the murders of her mother and her friends. Sidney's cautious regard for him was entirely reasonable, given these circumstances.
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* TypeCasting: In-universe example. David Schwimmer is mentioned as playing Dewey in ''Stab''. In the 90s, the bumbling police detective would be perfectly in type for him.
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** This might have been an in-universe example of CreativeDifferences. [[spoiler: Mickey]] wanted to create a RealLife sequel to the Woodsboro murders but [[spoiler: Mrs. Loomis]] was only doing this to [[spoiler: avenge her son's death]].
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* CallBack:
** Sidney punches Gale again after an ambush interview.
** Cici is attacked by the killer and has to run upstairs instead of out the front door, like Sidney in the first movie.[[note]]In that case Sidney had put the safety chain on the door, while Cici has locked it to set the alarm]].
** Dewey and Gale are about to get intimate but something involving the killer interrupts them.
** [[spoiler: Dewey has another DisneyDeath and is loaded into the back of an ambulance]].
** Sidney punches Gale again after an ambush interview.
** Cici is attacked by the killer and has to run upstairs instead of out the front door, like Sidney in the first movie.[[note]]In that case Sidney had put the safety chain on the door, while Cici has locked it to set the alarm]].
** Dewey and Gale are about to get intimate but something involving the killer interrupts them.
** [[spoiler: Dewey has another DisneyDeath and is loaded into the back of an ambulance]].
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Inverted. On a night where there are loads of wild parties going on, Cici is a sober sister who's staying at the sorority house in case a drunk sister needs a ride home. She's the third victim.
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* InstantDeathBullet: [[spoiler:Derek]].[[spoiler:Derek is killed by one shot of Mickey's gun]].
* {{Irony}}: Maureen is yelling instructions at Casey in the movie to avoid the killer, with no idea that another killer is right next to her.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Dewey gets annoyed at how Gale wrote him in her book. Despite being the only policeman on duty during a homicide situation, he ended up incapacitated - leaving it to a teenager to stop the killers. He didn't actually do anything to help the case at all.
** Cotton is portrayed as a jerk for his outburst to Sidney in the library. However she had named him as her mother's killer - without definite evidence - and had him put in prison for a year. He's basically asking her to issue a formal statement so that the general public will ''stop'' treating him like he's a rapist and murderer - which they only think primarily because of Sidney's testimony.
* {{Irony}}: Maureen is yelling instructions at Casey in the movie to avoid the killer, with no idea that another killer is right next to her.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Dewey gets annoyed at how Gale wrote him in her book. Despite being the only policeman on duty during a homicide situation, he ended up incapacitated - leaving it to a teenager to stop the killers. He didn't actually do anything to help the case at all.
** Cotton is portrayed as a jerk for his outburst to Sidney in the library. However she had named him as her mother's killer - without definite evidence - and had him put in prison for a year. He's basically asking her to issue a formal statement so that the general public will ''stop'' treating him like he's a rapist and murderer - which they only think primarily because of Sidney's testimony.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cici's full name is Casey.
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Sidney - "You're forgetting one thing about Billy Loomis: I ''fucking'' killed him!"
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Sidney - "You're forgetting one thing about Billy Loomis: I ''fucking'' killed him!"
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* SlashersPreferBlondes: In this case, only one blonde victim, but Cici still counts.
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* CreatorCameo: Kevin Williamson plays the interviewer talking to Cotton Weary on TV. Creator/WesCraven also cameos in the background at the hospital.
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* EarAche: [[spoiler: Mrs. Loomis stabs Phil Stevens through the ear, making him the first of the Windsor College victims.]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor:
-->'''Ghostface:''' ''*on phone*'' I want you, It's showtime!
-->'''Sidney:''' Then why don't you show your face, you ''fucking coward''?
-->'''Ghostface:''' My pleasure... ''*lunges from hiding place and chases Sidney*''
-->'''Ghostface:''' ''*on phone*'' I want you, It's showtime!
-->'''Sidney:''' Then why don't you show your face, you ''fucking coward''?
-->'''Ghostface:''' My pleasure... ''*lunges from hiding place and chases Sidney*''
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* TooDumbToLive: All of the characters on [[spoiler:Randy]]'s death take the cake. First, they receive a call from the killer in an open park crowded with people. Then, two of them have the ''[[Sarcasm brilliant]]'' idea of splitting up with one of them and check every single cellphone user on the park. Finally, we have the victim walking up right out of the open park into one of the places the killer could easily hide.
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* TooDumbToLive: All of the characters on [[spoiler:Randy]]'s death take the cake. First, they receive a call from the killer in an open park crowded with people. Then, two of them have the ''[[Sarcasm ''[[IdiotBall brilliant]]'' idea of splitting up with one of them and check every single cellphone user on the park. Finally, we have the victim walking up right out of the open park into one of the places the killer could easily hide.
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* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler:Randy]] bites it after living through the original Woodsboro massacre.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Mickey and Mrs. Loomis shared the role of Ghostface in this film]].
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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Mickey [[spoiler:Mickey]] and Mrs. Loomis shared [[spoiler:Mrs. Loomis]]. Seeing as how [[spoiler:Mrs. Loomis]] actually had a reason behind all the role of Ghostface in this film]].
killings, and [[spoiler:she]] mentions leading [[spoiler:Mickey]] on and giving him pointers, [[spoiler:Mickey]] could be considered TheDragon to [[spoiler:her]] BigBad.
* BigDamnHero:[[spoiler: Cotton.[[spoiler:Cotton.]]
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* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Woodsboro survivor Randy]] is dispatched by Mrs. Loomis after he insults her son over the phone.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Woodsboro survivor Randy]] is dispatched by Mrs. Loomis after he insults her son over the phone.
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* ThoseTwoGuys: Three sets of them, actually.
** The film class students that agree at regular intervals about sequels.
** The two sorority sisters, Murphy and Lois.
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** The two ValleyGirl sorority sisters, Murphy and Lois.
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* HollywoodDarkness: The interior of the movie theatre. They have a special gimmick of making the Ghostface masks glow in the dark - but the place is only just slightly darker than average.
* HotterAndSexier: In-universe. The ''Stab'' movie changes the scene of Casey getting killed to the killer calling her while in the shower. She spends the whole scene in a dressing gown.
* HollywoodDarkness: The interior of the movie theatre. They have a special gimmick of making the Ghostface masks glow in the dark - but the place is only just slightly darker than average.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Sid ends up in a car accident with the killer, who is rendered unconscious. She tries to sneak over him to get out through the window. Why, why, ''why'' wouldn't she just ''beat him to death'' while she had the chance to do so?
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* DeadStarWalking: Trust Wes Craven to have the ''[[Creator/SarahMichelleGellar Slayer,]]'' about the final word in the genre at the time, killed off mid way through.
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Several years after the original killing spree in Woodsboro, a slasher movie named ''Stab'' has been released to cash in on the event's notoriety. Sidney, now a college student at Windsor College, is again targeted by a new Ghostface copycatting the original.
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* AbortedArc: Gale sets-up the idea that the killings behind the new Ghostface Killer is a copy cat to the original victims but it goes nowhere.
** This might have been an in-universe example of CreativeDifferences. [[spoiler: Mickey]] wanted to create a RealLife sequel to the Woodsboro murders but [[spoiler: Mrs. Loomis]] was only doing this to [[spoiler: avenge her son's death]].
* AllPartOfTheShow: The death of Jada Pinkett's character is mistaken for this by the crowd in the theater, who thinks it's a publicity stunt.
* AnalogyBackfire: After [[spoiler: Mickey]] compares himself to the killer from the first film, [[spoiler: Billy Loomis]];
--> '''Sidney''': Yeah, well you're forgetting one thing about [[spoiler: Billy Loomis]]?
--> '''[[spoiler: Mickey]]''': What's that?
--> '''Sidney''': [[BewareTheNiceOnes I fucking KILLED him!]]
* AscendedExtra: Cotton.
* AvengingTheVillain: [[spoiler: Mrs. Loomis.]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Mickey and Mrs. Loomis.]]
* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Mickey and Mrs. Loomis shared the role of Ghostface in this film]].
* BigDamnHero: [[spoiler: Cotton.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Done, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
* CaliforniaUniversity: Though Windsor College sounds like a fictional California college, the college in the film is in Ohio, both established in script and on the film.
* ChekhovsGun: Derek's Greek letters.
* DoubleTap: Sidney shoots [[spoiler: Mrs Loomis]] in the head after commenting that they ''always'' come back;
--> '''Sidney''': ''[[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Just in case]]''
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Arguably, [[spoiler:Randy]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Concerning the reveal of the killer, Randy's mention that [[spoiler:"Mrs. Voorhees was a terrific serial killer", and Debbie Salt remarking that if the killer is repeating Woodsboro, the killer could be from Woodsboro]].
** Another one: [[spoiler:After Debbie Salt introduces herself as the "one in the front row, asking all the questions" at Gale's seminar, Gale snidely remarks that she thought Salt looked familiar. Later on when Salt is revealed to be Billy's mother, Gale says that she's seen photos of Mrs. Loomis, but didn't recognize her.]]
* IfItBleedsItLeads: The killer [[spoiler:(at least, one of them)]] planned on invoking this in order to get himself media publicity and a sensational trial.
* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Randy]].
* MurderSimulators: A discussion in a film class early on has several characters debating whether or not violent slasher flicks turn people violent. Later, the killer plans on blaming his killing spree on said slasher movies (such as the newly-released ''Stab''), invoking this trope in order to create a sensational trial and get the MoralGuardians on his side.
* OhCrap: Sidney's expression when Ghostface turns off the voice changer and speaks with [[spoiler:Mickey]]'s voice.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Randy.]]
* SequelEscalation: Provides the page quote, too!
-->'''Randy:''' "There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to create a successful sequel. Number one: the body count is always bigger. Number two: the death scenes are always much more elaborate — more blood, more gore. Carnage candy."
* SequelHook: The film was originally supposed to include a shot of the masked killer in the bell tower as the camera pulls back in the final shot, but this was never done.
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* {{Sequelitis}}: Discussed in-universe in a scene in a film class, with Randy claiming that "sequels suck" and destroyed the horror genre. To prove his point, he and Cici ask their fellow classmates to name sequels that are [[EvenBetterSequel better than the originals]]. Yes, this discussion is being had [[PostModernism in a horror sequel]].
* StylisticSuck: What we see of ''Stab'' notably lacks any sense of tension, and is riddled with poor acting. The fact that the Woodsboro killings are common knowledge in-universe at least justifies how the film telegraphs the fact that [[spoiler:Billy Loomis]] is evil.
* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Randy.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys: Three sets of them, actually.
** The film class students that agree at regular intervals about sequels.
** The two sorority sisters, Murphy and Lois.
** The two police officers hired to guard Sidney.
* YouBastard: The whole point of the intro.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Mickey is killed by Mrs. Loomis for this purpose.]]
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