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** Ricky's last name is "Caldwell" now, instead of "Chapman" like it was in the first film.

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* JerkJock: Chip.

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* PlotHole: Ricky can somehow remember events from Billy's life, demonstrated via clips from the first movie, even though most of them don't even attempt to fit Ricky into the scenes, or even indicate that he was present. The movie gives this a HandWave by indicating the clips are a film record of Billy's life, which makes even less sense.
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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Nuns who are forced to retire after being rendered invalid and unable to serve are typically housed in senior homes run or funded by the covenant, not just living in a suburban home by themselves. It's even more ludicrous that Mother Superior would be living completely alone with no carer as a wheelchair-bound stroke victim, or that someone as religiously fanatic as her would ever live in a house with [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] as its door number.

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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Nuns who are forced have to retire after being rendered invalid and unable to serve are typically housed in senior homes run or funded by the covenant, not just living in a suburban home by themselves. It's even more ludicrous that Mother Superior would be living completely alone with no carer as a wheelchair-bound stroke victim, or that someone as religiously fanatic as her would ever live in a house with [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] as its door number.
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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Defied. A black orderly is the first character we see other than Ricky, and despite obviously being worried that he's going to become an example of this trope, is never seen to be killed on-screen.

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* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Defied. A black orderly is the first character we see other than Ricky, and despite obviously being worried that he's going to become an example of this trope, is never seen to be killed on-screen. [[spoiler: His voice can be heard trying to restrain Ricky as the tape plays back his killing of Dr. Bloom however, suggesting that Ricky may have killed him too.]]
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* HopeSpot: Ricky seems like he's truly destined for a normal life rather than following in his brother's footsteps after he's adopted by a couple that grows to love him as their own son and even tries to understand how to deal with Ricky's PTSD with the help of a Sister. That all sinks when his adoptive father ends up passing away five years later, and he shortly after witnesses a young woman about to be raped by her boyfriend...

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* HopeSpot: Ricky seems like he's truly destined for a normal life rather than following in his brother's footsteps after he's adopted by a couple that grows to love him as their own son and even tries to understand how to deal with Ricky's PTSD with the help of a Sister.Sister, in stark contrast to how Mother Superior treated Billy. That all sinks when his adoptive father ends up passing away five years later, and he shortly after witnesses a young woman about to be raped by her boyfriend...
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* HopeSpot: Ricky seems like he's truly destined for a normal life rather than following in his brother's footsteps after he's adopted by a couple that grows to love him as their own son and even tries to understand how to deal with Ricky's PTSD with the help of a Sister. That all sinks when his adoptive father ends up passing away five years later, and he shortly after witnesses a young woman about to be raped by her boyfriend...
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* RevealShot: The last flashback ends with Ricky in the hospital still telling the rest of his story to Henry Bloom, [[spoiler: only for the camera to pan over as he's talking to reveal that he'd already strangled Dr. Bloom to death with the recording tape.]]

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* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Nuns who are forced to retire after being rendered invalid and unable to serve are typically housed in senior homes run or funded by the covenant, not just living in a suburban home by themselves. It's even more ludicrous that Mother Superior would be living completely alone with no carer as a wheelchair-bound stroke victim, or that someone as religiously fanatic as her would ever live in a house with [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] as its door number.



* EveryCarIsAPinto: Ricky causes a car to blow up by shooting it in the grill.

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* EveryCarIsAPinto: Ricky causes a car to blow up by shooting it in the grill. An InvokedTrope in this instance, since the car in question ''is'' a Pinto.


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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: When told that Ricky's likely course of action after escaping is to go after Mother Superior, Sister Mary tells the police that can't be possible as the orphanage closed down after Mother Superior had a stroke, and she now lives in a house alone-- Then the look of horror comes upon her face.
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* MagicalSecurityCamera: A flashback variation. The clips from the first movie are justified in-universe as them being the film records of important events from Billy's life, since Ricky was clearly not present for most of them and so could not remember them. But then, that raises the question, who filmed these events? There just so happened to be a camera crew present in-universe throughout the first movie? Why wasn't this apparent at all in any of the first film's scenes?

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* MagicalSecurityCamera: MagicalSecurityCam: A flashback variation. The clips from the first movie are justified in-universe as them being the film records of important events from Billy's life, since Ricky was clearly not present for most of them and so could not remember them. But then, that raises the question, who filmed these events? There just so happened to be a camera crew present in-universe throughout the first movie? Why wasn't this apparent at all in any of the first film's scenes?
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Consisting of about fifty percent flashbacks to [[Film/SilentNightDeadlyNight the original film]], ''Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2'' follows Billy's brother Richard "Ricky" Caldwell, who followed in his sibling's footsteps and grew up to be a psychotic murderer. After going on a rampage, Ricky winds up in an institution, where he tells his story to a psychiatrist named Henry Bloom. [[{{Narm}} Unintentional]] HilarityEnsues.

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Consisting of about fifty percent flashbacks to [[Film/SilentNightDeadlyNight the original film]], ''Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2'' follows Billy's brother Richard "Ricky" Caldwell, who followed in his sibling's footsteps and grew up to be a psychotic murderer. After going on a rampage, Ricky winds up in an institution, where he tells his story to a psychiatrist named Henry Bloom. [[{{Narm}} Unintentional]] HilarityEnsues.
Unintentionally]] PlayedForLaughs.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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* AnAxeToGrind: Ricky, like Billy before him, makes use of a fire axe to confront Mother Superior. Presumably, he took it on his way out of the hospital.


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* AxeBeforeEntering: Ricky, like Billy before him, makes use of a fire axe to confront Mother Superior. Presumably, he took it on his way out of the hospital.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Ricky is fond of these:
** He impales Rocco with an umbrella.
** Uses a battery charger to kill Chip.
** Strangles Dr. Bloom with the tape recording from the interview.
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* SanitySlippage: Not that Ricky was all that stable to begin with, but he undergoes various degrees of craziness, starting with his first kill. What really pushes him over the edge is Jennifer's reaction to him killing Chip, which triggers a rampage.
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Ricky's first kill involves running over a guy who attempted to rape his own girlfriend using the guy's own car, mirroring Billy's first kill in the previous (and, thanks to recycled footage, this) movie. Unlike with Billy, the girl is grateful to Ricky for doing so.
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* NoSell:
** Rocco's punches are completely ineffective against Ricky as Ricky lifts him into the air with one hand.
** Ricky tanks two rounds from a Colt Python without even flinching at the end of the film.
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* VillainProtagonist: Ricky.

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* VillainProtagonist: Ricky. He commits two murders at a young age, goes on a rampage, resulting in six deaths, them escapes from a psychiatric hospital to kill a nun, murdering several people on the way.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Ricky, like Billy before him, makes use of a fire axe to confront Mother Superior. Presumably, he took it on his way out of the hospital.

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* TheBadGuyWins: While he gets shot by the police in the end, Ricky achieves what he set out to do by killing Mother Superior, something Billy wasn't able to manage in the first film.



* ChewingTheScenery: Ricky

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* ChewingTheScenery: RickyRicky overacts with almost every line, barring some of his interactions with Jennifer. Hell, even his eyebrows do this to punctuate his more over the top lines.
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** As per the previous film, Billy displays similar feats of strength in flashbacks, such as wrapping Christmas lights around the neck of his first victim and hoisting him into the air with one hand.

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