History Film / Troll2

** [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_IZUwIBl5cWw/TEYKIybRTHI/AAAAAAAAGaQ/4hFDSOChbkg/s1600/Picture.png The original VHS cover]] features a goblin that looks nothing like the creatures in the movie, menacing a boy who is clearly ''not'' Joshua, who's holding a significant-looking evil troll doll that never appears in the movie. Every word of text on it is also totally unrelated to the movie; the actual film has nothing to do with "the original boogieman", nothing to do with haunting you in your sleep, there isn't even one singular "it", and, of course, there are no trolls.

* FemmeFatale: Creedence in her younger human form seduces Brent in this manner.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: By the end, Elliot doesn't seem to learn what happened to his friends, nor does he seem to care.

* BigGood: Grandpa Seth. He acts as a mentor figure to Joshua and is the only one with foreknowledge of the goblins.

* NumberedSequels: Averted. ''Troll 2'' is a standalone film that has no in-universe or real world connection to ''Film/{{Troll}}'' besides the title.

''Troll 2'' (originally titled ''Goblins'') is a 1990 InNameOnly and unofficial sequel to the 1986 BMovie ''Film/{{Troll}}'', by Italian director Claudio Fragasso (under the name "Drake Floyd"). Note that not a single [[AllTrollsAreDifferent troll]] appears in the film, nor is the word "troll" spoken once. There are two different films called ''Troll 3'', and neither have much to do with either ''Troll'' or ''Troll 2''.

* BodyHorror: Attempted with the melting of people into green goo and turning Arnold into a plant ("attempted" being the operative word here).

* DownerEnding: Our heroes destroy the goblin army and escape Nilbog. They go back home, [[spoiler:but the goblins are waiting. The film ends with Joshua entering his kitchen and finding the goblins eating his mother.]]

* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** In some countries, especially Europe, milk that can keep unrefrigerated actually is sold. However, ''Troll 2'' takes place in the US. The director and crew were Italian, further complicating matters.
** The movie the guys watch in the camper with a monkey touching an egg and shooting into the air like a rocket was assumed to be a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional film]], however [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUS-T5BmMQU James Rolfe]] discovered that it was an actual film from 1982 called ''Grunt!''
** Another example of an Italian cultural element that gets clumsily shoehorned into an American setting is the Waits family doing a house swap with a family from Nilbog. House swaps are fairly common in Europe but almost unheard of in America.

The Waits family goes to a village called [[SdrawkcabAlias Nilbog]], unaware that the townsfolk are actually [[strike:trolls]] [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]]; specifically, 'vegetarians', who would try to get their vic... ''guests'', to eat their all-vegetable food, which would [[BalefulPolymorph turn their victims]] into a "half man, half plant" goblin food. It is up to the Waits' son, Joshua, who can communicate with his dead grandpa, Seth, to save his family from the goblins before his family becomes Goblin Chow.

* AwesomeMcCoolname:
** Creedence Leonore Gielgud (of ancient Druid origins!). Her ancestors came from Stonehenge.
** Sheriff Gene Freak.
* BalefulPolymorph: Arnold becomes part-plant. He still maintains most of his human properties, even if his abilities as a human becomes limited, like bark growing over his mouth and his legs grown stuck into a plant pot, but he definitely still has enough human traits to be able to be aware of his surroundings, and once the bark covering his mouth is removed, speak.

* CorruptHick: Goblins in disguise.

->''"They're eating her. And then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!"''

Here's the movie in a nutshell:

* PantyShot: In her younger human form, Creedence has a low cut skirt that makes it easy to see her black panties.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: At the beginning, the ghost of Grandpa Seth appears and gives Josh a massive InfoDump about goblins. At one point he talks about some people who were turned into goblins and says they started sweating green which he calls "The colors of goblin, the color of sap". Sap is actually amber (literally, as amber is just fossilized sap). Maybe they were thinking of chlorophyll?

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: At the beginning, the ghost of Grandpa Seth appears and gives Josh a massive InfoDump about goblins. At one point he talks about some people who were turned into goblins and says they started sweating green which he calls "The colors of goblins, the color of sap". Sap is actually amber (literally, as amber is just fossilized sap). Maybe they were thinking of chlorophyll?

** The movie the guys watch in the trailer was assumed to be a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional film]], however [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUS-T5BmMQU James Rolfe]] discovered that it was an actual film called ''Grunts!''

* EightiesHair: The film is a bit of time capsule for American female hairstyles of 1989, with Holly's [[Series/SavedByTheBell Jessie Spano]]-eqsue ultra-moussed frizz, Diana's layered bangs, and HotWitch Creedence's long flowing curls.

* BigBad: Creedence Leonore Gielgud is the queen of the goblins and the chief antagonist of the film.

%%* AlternateDVDCommentary: Unsurprisingly, it's gotten the Podcast/RiffTrax treatment.

%%* AsideGlance: Creedence does a very ''slooooow'' and overdramatic one of these.

%%* ChewingTheScenery: Deborah Reed seems to be the only performer enjoying herself.
%%* CorruptHick: Goblins in disguise.

%%* EnterStageWindow

%%* IronicEcho: "Do you want some, Joshua?"

%%* KubrickStare: An epic one by Don Packard at the end of his scene. It helps he is schizophrenic and off his meds during the scene.

%%* LargeHam: They may be vegetarians, but Creedence, the General Store Owner, and the Preacher are pretty hammy. Sheriff Freak starts to swallow the scenery whole towards the end, too.

%%* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:Preacher Bells after Grandpa Seth ignites the MolotovCocktail he confiscated.]]

%%* {{Overcrank}}: Used when [[spoiler:Preacher Bells burns to death]].

%%* SurvivalMantra: Joshua hiding under his sheets. "Goblins don't exist! Goblins don't exist! Goblins don't exist!"

%%* TownWithADarkSecret: Nilbog.

%%* UnabashedBMovieFan: The guys are all sitting around watching a movie about a crystal-stealing gorilla with rocket powers. Apparently, it was taken from a real film.
%%* {{Veganopia}}: Subverted in that this probably the first-ever depiction of an outright ''evil'' vegan society.
%%* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Double-decker baloney sandwiches]] are not an impressive weakness for the Goblins to have.

%%* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: The very song is used in the infamous Corn Scene. Well, a lousy Casiotone version, but still.
%%* YouMakeMeSic: Discussed.
%%-->'''Seth:''' These evil creatures can transform themselves into flesh-and-blood people whenever and however they want.
%%-->'''Joshua:''' You're making a mistake, Grandpa. You said they can. You should have said they could... or what kind of fairy tale is it?
%%-->'''Seth:''' They can! They ''can''! Goblins still exist! Your Grandpa Seth is telling you!
%%* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: The double-decker baloney sandwich.

** The movie the guys watch in the trailer was assumed to be a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional film]], however [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUS-T5BmMQU James Rolfe]] discover that it was an actual film called ''Grunts!''

The Waits family goes to a village called [[SdrawkcabAlias Nilbog]], unaware that the townsfolk are actually [[strike:trolls]] [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblins]]; specifically, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord 'vegetarians']], who would try to get their vic... ''guests'', to eat their all-vegetable food, which would [[BalefulPolymorph turn their victims]] into a "half man, half plant" goblin food. It is up to the Waits' son, Joshua, who can communicate with his dead grandpa, Seth, to save his family from the goblins before his family becomes Goblin Chow.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord:
** The goblins are called "vegetarians" rather than herbivores, suggesting that they do not eat meat by choice, though it's never clear. One goblin complains that food with blood on it will need to be soaked in vinegar overnight before its edible.
** Elliot and Holly both seem to be of the opinion that a GroinAttack will turn someone gay.
-->'''Elliot:''' (after Holly kicks him in the crotch) Are you nuts? You trying to turn me into a homo?\\
'''Holly:''' It wouldn't be too hard. If my father found out you were here, he'd cut off your LITTLE NUTS and EAT them! He can't STAND you!

%%* PosthumousCharacter: Grandpa Seth.

%%* SacredHospitality: You can't piss on it. I WON'T ALLOW IT!
%%* SatiatingSandwich: "A double-decker bologna sandwich!"

%%* SpiritAdvisor: Grandpa Seth, when he isn't taking matters into his own hands and dispensing justice to the goblins with his nebulously-defined ghost powers.

''Troll 2'' (originally titled ''Goblins'') is a 1990 InNameOnly and unofficial sequel to the 1986 BMovie ''Film/{{Troll}}'', directed by Claudio Fragasso (under the name "Drake Floyd"). Note that not a single [[AllTrollsAreDifferent troll]] appears in the film, nor is the word "troll" spoken once. There are two different films called ''Troll 3'', and neither have much to do with either ''Troll'' or ''Troll 2''.

''Troll 2'' (originally titled ''Goblins'') is a 1990 InNameOnly and unofficial sequel to the 1986 BMovie ''Film/{{Troll}}''. Note that not a single [[AllTrollsAreDifferent troll]] appears in the film, nor is the word "troll" spoken once. There are two different films called ''Troll 3'', and neither have much to do with either ''Troll'' or ''Troll 2''.

%%* SupernaturalProofFather: Michael, to the point of accusing his daughter of being on drugs when she sees Grandpa Seth in the mirror.

%%* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Creedence Leonore Gielgud. Apparently the Druids emigrated to Stonehenge from some vague location in Eastern Europe, by way of {{Scotireland}}.

** In some countries, especially Europe, milk that can keep unrefrigerated actually is sold. However, ''Troll 2'' takes place in the US. The director was Italian, further complicating matters.
** The movie the guys watch in the trailer was assumed to be a [[ShowWithinAShow fictional film]], however [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUS-T5BmMQU James Rolfe]] discover that it was an actual film called Grunts!

* CruelTwistEnding: When the protagonists believe the Goblins are gone for good, [[spoiler:a group of them abruptly come to their house and eat the mother]].