History Film / TheReturnOfSwampThing

* ZettaiRyouiki: Abby arrives in such outfit to Arcane's mansion.
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* ActorAllusion: When [[CaringGardener Abby]] is leaving her plants in a friend's care at the beginning of the movie, she notes that [[TalkingToPlants they enjoy watching]] that show "T. J. What's-his-name." Creator/HeatherLocklear was a principal character on Series/TJHooker.

* DoomedExpedition: The office workers' search for the moonshiners in the opening. Two of them are killed by the Leech Man, and other two are killed by Poinsettia. One survives, telling the papers about Swamp Thing.

* PornStash: Omar and Darryll are about to dwell into one when Leech Man kncoks on the door and attacks.

* {{Flatline}}: Abby's energy is completely drained to restore her stepfather, which is signified by the equipment attached to her shwoing a flatline.

* AttemptedRape: When Abby runs across two {{Hillbilly Moonshiner}}s who haven't seen a woman so long that they have forgotten that what one looks like, they attempt to rape her.

* BreastAttack: Poinsettia got one of her breasts bitten during a Music/MotleyCrue tour. We aren't told the details, we just the scar.

* FiveBadBand
** BigBad: Dr. Anton Arcane, who wants immortality, which could be gained by capturing Swamp Thing
** TheDragon: Dr. Lana Zurell, whom Arcane introduces to Abigail as "his right hand".
** TheEvilGenius: Dr. Rochelle, a MadScientist who is tasked to find the formula for immortality, but is more interested in causing mutations than doing what his boss wants.
** TheBrute: Mr. Gunn, the simple-minded [[MookLieutenant leader]] of Arcane's mooks.
** DarkChick: Ms. Poinsettia, who works for Gunn as his assistant, and is the leader of the female {{Mooks}}.

* WindowPain: Plenty of car windows shatter as Swamp Thing and Leech Man duke it out.

* CurbStompBattle: Every battle between Swamp Thing and Gunn. First time Gunn isn't aware of Swamp Thing when he is kcocked out with a baseball bat, the second time he is knocked out with the jeep he is on with a grenade, and for the last time, his chainsaw is useless as he is blown up by an another grenade.

* DramaticThunder: Used gratuitously when the camera is panning over Arcane's mansion in a scene after Abby's arrival. This goes as far as showing Arcan'es portrayal, which shows skeletal features on each lightning strike (which are accompanied with Instant Thunder).

* {{Leitmotif}}: Swamp Thing's apperances are accompanied by a short heroic tune.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: On a critical moment on her boss' rejuventaion, Dr. Zurell switches samples. After learning about it, Dr. Arcane lets her to believe that everything is all right before shooting her.

* SecretPath: Arcane has a hidden elevator to the laboraties below his mansion, which accessible by turning a certain candlestick on the wall.

* TalkingToPlants: Abby talks to her plants, and she even has names for them. Before leaving, she instructs her co-worker Eunice to read to them ("especially the sports section") and to leave televison on at all times.

* VideoCredits: The end credits start with displaying chracters with the text indicating their actors.

* HighlyConspicuousUniform: Arcane's {{Mooks}} wear orange. No wonder that they have never managed to locate Samp Thing.

* MookLieutenant: Gunn leads Arcane's orange-clade gunmen. One brief scene indicates that his assistant Ms. Poinsettia leads [[AmazonBrigade the female side]] of the mooks.

* OutOfTheInferno: Swamp Thing casually strolls out of the fire that destroyed the Leech Man, and is given thumbs up by Darryll and Omar. He returns the favour.

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Swamp Thing is still living in the swamp, avoiding Arcane's men and helping people when needed to. Anton Arcane himself has managed to regain his humanity after the events of the last film, and is still searching for Swamp Thing in hopes of gaining immortality from his DNA. He has invited his stepdaughter Abigail to his mansion, as he needs her DNA as well for the operation. Ignorant to his motivation, Abigail agrees to visit him in hoping that she'll learn what happened to her late mother. Later on she meets up with Swamp Thing, and a romance develops between the two as he fights it out with Arcane's men and mutants.

* AlliterativeName: Abigail "Abby" Arcane.
* AmazonBrigade: Miss Poinsettia is briefly shown leading one to attack escaping Swamp Thing.
* AttemptedRape: When Abby runs across the two moonshiners, they attempt to rape her.

* BatterUp: Swamp Thing uses Darryl's baseball bat to beat up mooks.
* BattleInTheRain: Swamp Thing's second battle with the leech man.
%%* BigDamnHeroes
* BigEater: Darryll. When he and Omar are searching for Swamp Thing, he ends up eating all of their food.
* BlindWithoutEm: Dugan in the beginning falls down while running away from Leech Man, loses his glasses and then starts fumbling around searching for them.
* BodyHorror: Dr. Rochelle's creations.

* CarCushion: Swamp Thing throws Leech Man into a car.
* ChainsawGood: Gunn wields a chainsaw during his last attempt at Swamp Thing's life.

* CradlingYourKill: Arcane does this to Lana after he shoots her.
* CurbStompBattle: Every battle between Swamp Thing and Gunn.
* DamselInDistress: Abby.
* DarkActionGirl: Miss Poinsettia, Gunn's assistant.
* DeadHatShot: After Leech Man captures Morty offscreen, his hat is found floating in the swamp, signifying that he is dead.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: After being set on fire, the leech man runs to the bog and promptly explodes.
* DoomedExpedition: The office workers' search for the moonshiners in the opening.
* TheDragon: Gunn for Arcane.
* DramaticThunder: Used gratuitously when the camera is panning over Arcane's mansion.
* ExplosiveOverclocking: Dr. Rochelle's death in the incinerator causes a chain reaction which makes Arcane's mansion to blow up.
* EyepatchOfPower: One of the mooks wears an eyepatch.
%%* FiveBadBand
* {{Flatline}}: Abby flatlines when her energy is drained from her.
* ForTheEvulz: The two moonshiners enjoy stealing cars, running over animals, rape etc.
* GroinAttack: When Gunn is trying to come on to her, Abby gives him a swift knee to the groin which is then followed by [[GrievousBottleyHarm a beaker]].
%%* HealingHands
* HeelFaceTurn: Dr. Zurell ends up betraying Arcane.
* HighlyConspicuousUniform: Arcane's orange-wearing {{mooks}}.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dr. Rochelle dies in the incineration chamber for his failed experiments.
* HollywoodSilencer: Miss Poinsettia uses one to deal with two office workers who run across them in the opening.
* HotScientist: Dr. Lana Zurell.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Anton Arcane's motivation.

* MadScientist: Dr. Rochelle, who is more interested in causing mutations than doing what Arcane wants.
* MadScientistLaboratory
* MentalAffair: Thanks to some plant that grows on Swamp Thing, he and Abby have some mental sex.

* MyBrainIsBig: Mutated Dr. Rochelle.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Mr. Gunn.
* OutOfTheInferno: Swamp Thing casually stroll out of the fire that destroyed the Leech Man, and is given thumbs up by Darryll and Omar.
* PollyWantsAMicrophone: Arcane's parrot Gigi.
* PornStash: Omar and Darryll are about to dwell into one when Leech Man attacks.
* PullingThemselvesTogether: After being blown to bits by a grenade, Swamp Thing's remains travel to Arcane's mansion and regenerates himself in a bathtub.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Leech Man.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Dr. Zurell's fate.

* ScarSurvey: An argument between Poinsettia and Gunn come to a halt when they find out that they are both covered in scars and start comparing them.

* SequelEscalation: ''The Return'' contains more mutants and explosions than the first film.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable
* StuffBlowingUp: Swamp Thing's fight with the Leech Man causes various cars around them to explode.
* SwordSparks: It's not just sparks that fly when Swamp Thing and Leech Man are fighting with poles, the fight also creates ''sword lightning''.
* TalkingToPlants: Abby talks to her plants, and she even has names for them.

* TestedOnHumans: Dr. Rochelle's method of conducting experiments.

* TwoFaced: Two of the caged mutants in Dr. Rochelle's laboratory. Other has a reptilian right half and other has an entire elephant face covering his left half.
* UseYourHead: Abby uses a headbutt against Gunn.
%%* VideoCredits
* WaifFu: 10 years of karate study in Okinawa has nothing against a two day vacation in east LA!

* WickedStepmother: Arcane only sees his stepdaughter as a mean to gain immortality.

* YoureInsane: Abby says this to Anton in the halfway point and near the end. In the latter instance he notes that he has never felt saner.
* ZettaiRyouiki: Abby arrives in such outfit to Arcane's mansion.

* ActorAllusion: Anton Arcane's pet parrot is named Film/{{Gigi}}.
** Abby tells her co-worker to let her plants to watch ''Series/TJHooker'' on TV.

* BigEater: Darryll. When he and Omar are searching for Swamp Thing, he ends eating all of their food.

* ThereIsAGod: Exclaimed by the moonshiner Gurdell, when he and his buddy hear Abby's voice, just after talking about how neither of them has seen a woman (or a sheep) in months.
-->''Who says there ain't God?''

* AxeBeforeEntering

* BigDamnHeroes

* TheDragon: Gunn.

* FiveBadBand

* HealingHands

* ImpendingDoomPOV

* ScreamingWoman

* TapOnTheHead

* VideoCredits

* GroinAttack: When Gunn is trying to come on to her, Abby gives him a swift kick to groin which is then followed by [[GrievousBottleyHarm a beaker]].

* {{Camp}}: Oh yes. You wouldn't guess that this is the sequel to a WesCraven movie.

->''{{Once upon a time}}... ''

Swamp Thing is still living in the swamp, avoiding Arcane's men and helping people when needed to. Anton Arcane himself has managed to regain his humanity after the events of the first film, and is still searching for Swamp Thing in hopes of gaining immortality from his DNA. He has invited his stepdaughter Abigail to his mansion, as he needs her DNA as well for the operation. Ignorant to his motivation, Abigail agrees to visit him in hoping that she'll learn what happened to her late mother. Later on she meets up with Swamp Thing, and a romance develops between the two as he fights it out with Arcane's men and mutants.

* ActorAllusion: Anton Arcane's pet parrot is named {{Gigi}}.

* ThereIsAGod: Exclaimed by the moonshiner Gurdell, when he and his buddy hear Abby's voice, just after talking about how neither of them has seen a woman ([[ButYouScrewOneGoat or a sheep]]) in months.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Omar and Darryll, the two bumbling ComicRelief kids.

* MadeOfExplodium: After being set on fire, the leech man runs to the bog and promptly explodes.

** Abby tells her co-worker to let her plants to watch ''TJHooker'' on TV.

->''Once upon a time... ''

Swamp Thing is still living in the swamp, avoiding Arcane's men and helping people when needed to. Anton Arcane himself has managed to regain his humanity after the events of the first film, and is still searching for Swamp Thing in hopes of gaining immortality from his DNA. He has invited his stepdaughter Abigail to his mansion, as he needs her DNA as well for the operation. Ignorant to his motivation, Abigail agrees to visit him in hoping that she'll learn what happened to her late mother. Later on she meets up with Swamp Thing, and a romance develops between the two as he fight it out with Arcane's men and mutants.

* KissingDiscretionShot: Used when Swamp Thing and Abby are about to start their MentalAffai.