History VideoGame / PokerNight2

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Sometimes [=GLaDOS=] will stare at Claptrap and make a weird noise. He then says "Kumquat..." to her where she sheepishly told him to stop, leaving everyone at the table bewildered. It's implied that "Kumquat" was a safety word, which would mean that they had a form of sex.

* SequelDifficultyDrop: As far as getting items is concerned. For the special items, in the first game, the chances to get them came up randomly, and you had to specifically knock the character out to win the item. In this game, you earn a shot at one of the special items by completing certain objectives, and once you get the chance, all you have to do is win that tournament to get the item. You're given more forewarning, and you don't have to change your strategy to try to win the item, so it's less nerve-wracking overall. And for the tables, card backs, and chips, you buy them with inventory tokens, and you'll get some tokens even if you lost the tournament, so you'll unlock everything eventually.

* ColorCodedSubtitles: Each character has an unique color for his or her subtitles. Brock is red, Claptrap is orange, Ash is a greenish gray, Sam is blue, [=GLaDOS=] is cyan, Winslow is peach-orange, Max is green, the Paranoia Core bounty is blue as well, and Steve's "Heyoo!" is yellow. However, the subtitles at times can be unreadable depending on the skin.

''Poker Night 2'' is the sequel to 2010's ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', only this time with the player up against [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} Claptrap]], [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam]], [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]] and [[Franchise/EvilDead Ashley "Ash" Williams]] in Texas Hold'Em or Omaha, with [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] being the dealer. Returning from the previous game are [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Reginald Van Winslow]] (who is now simply hosting the game) and [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]] (who is now watching from a table and [[{{Troll}} mocking everyone else]]). The game was released on April 24, 2013 for Xbox Live Arcade, April 26, 2013 for Steam, and April 30, 2013 for UsefulNotes/PlayStationNetwork, with an [=iOS=] port released in May, but is no longer available online after the license expired.

''Poker Night 2'' is the sequel to 2010's ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', only this time with the player up against [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} Claptrap]], [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam]], [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]] and [[Franchise/EvilDead Ashley "Ash" Williams]] in Texas Hold'Em or Omaha, with [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] being the dealer. Returning from the previous game are [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Reginald Van Winslow]] (who is now simply hosting the game) and [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]] (who is now watching from a table and [[{{Troll}} mocking everyone else]]). The game was released on April 24th 2013 for Xbox Live Arcade, April 26th 2013 for Steam, and April 30th 2013 for UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork, with an [=iOS=] port released in May, but is no longer available online after the license expired.

** The ''Borderlands'' inventory changes the Inventory to look like Moxxi's bar in Sanctuary from ''Borderlands 2'', complete with ''Borderlands'' music. Claptrap is dressed from his appearance at the Underdome Bank and Creator/SpikeTV Video Game Awards. Steve (heyooo!) also makes an appearance, firing rockets at eliminated players (except Sam; they actually get along pretty well).

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Each character has an unique color for his or her subtitles. Brock is red, Claptrap is orange, Ash is a greenish gray, Sam is blue, [=GLaDOS=] is cyan, Winslow is peach-orange, Max is green, the Paranoia Core bounty is blue as well, and Steve's "Heyoo!" is yellow. However, the subtitles at times can be unreadable depending on the skin.

* WritersCannotDoMath: Sam says that even though the Sam & Max franchise started out in 1987 (which would make it their ''26th'' anniversary), it's their 25th anniversary since they "skipped 2004"- The justification being that 2004 was the only year where some form of media relating to the Sam & Max series was NOT released. Comic books, video games, etc. However, it would still be 26th regardless.

** On the other hand, it's worth noting that knowing the Sam & Max series's usual style of humor, it's very likely that this explanation was tongue-in-cheek and assumes instead that most fans will come to a more Doylist conclusion, such as the recent event would be a convenient way to help make the Sam & Max themes unique from the previous game.

* ShownTheirWork: Even compared to [[VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory the first game]], which had its fair share of this on its own, this game is absolutely PACKED with references to each one of the series it represents (sans [[VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland Monkey Island]]), from the dialogue to the music to the personality-based AI behavior to the customizable tables, decks, and ''chips'' to the franchise-themed makeovers the Inventory gets when all three said customizations for a series are selected to the bounty prizes to even the ''individual cups which the characters drink alcohol out of''. It's an insane amount of effort put into a little poker game that shows that even if the creators weren't fans of the series, they certainly did their homework.

* SoundtrackDissonance: The VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} and VideoGame/{{Portal}}-themed inventories have some very tense music for a Poker game.

* SoundtrackDissonance: The VideoGame/Borderlands and VideoGame/Portal-themed inventories have some very tense music for a Poker game.

* ShownTheirWork: Even compared to [[PokerNightAtTheInventory the first game]], which had its fair share of this on its own, this game is absolutely PACKED with references to each one of the series it represents (sans [[VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland Monkey Island]]), from the dialogue to the music to the personality-based AI behavior to the customizable tables, decks, and ''chips'' to the franchise-themed makeovers the Inventory gets when all three said customizations for a series are selected to the bounty prizes to even the ''individual cups which the characters drink alcohol out of''. It's an insane amount of effort put into a little poker game that shows that even if the creators weren't fans of the series, they certainly did their homework.

* FakedRipVanWinkle: At the end of a tournament in the Ash Williams inventory, the game {{Homage}}s the ending of ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'' by having them pass out and wake up, to find everyone, including [=GLaDOS=] and Claptrap wearing obviously fake white beards.

* FakedRipVanWinkle: What happens at the end of a tournament in the ''Army of Darkness'' Inventory.

* BiTheWay: During a showdown, Ash might say this:
--> Looks like this could go both ways. I had a girlfriend like that once. ''(smirks)''

* NeverLiveItDown: Brock [[InvokedTrope fears that this will happen]] when he's required to [[spoiler: say "Go Team Venture"]] after you win a tournament in the Venture Brothers room.

** Moxxi. Her default animation is her reading a newspaper with a bored look on her face.

* UnexpectedCharacter: A waiter from ''VideoGame/GravityBone'' makes an appearance for a few seconds in the intro.

--->'''Sam:''' You know it's Uranus, not UrANUS, right?\\

* GirlsWithMoustaches: Winning the tournament in the ''Army of Darkness'' room results in [[spoiler: Winslow giving The Player a potion that will make them sleep until the next tournament. The Player drinks too much of it, falls asleep, and awakes to find that everyone, including Moxxi, Claptrap, and [=GLaDOS=], has grown a beard, and that an alien invasion has taken place during his slumber. The Player ends up fainting, and the tournament ends with Ash saying he knew the fake beards wouldn't work.]]

*** One of Brock's stories talks about both Rusty and himself being in video games. It starts with Sam asking about Rusty having a video game in the '70s, with Brock confirming it, but it was DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible that it made "''[[VideoGame/ETTheExtraTerrestrial the E.T. game]]'' look like ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''". Claptrap then asks if Brock was ever a video game star, with Brock responding with a cryptic "not intentionally". He goes on to explain that some development studio decided to be funny and use his likeness in a ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' knock-off named "Immortal Bomcat" as an unlockable EasterEgg fighter. Named Tutu Blondie. Who was implied to be ManlyGay. And had a KissOfDeath fatality. Needless to say, they went bankrupt... with extreme prejudice.

** Ash will sometimes say "Hey buddy, stop looking up poker strategies on your cell phone and make a move!", which is [[invoked]] HilariousInHindsight on the iOS version, as iOS is well known for being the operating system for the iPhone.

''Poker Night 2'' is the sequel to 2010's ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', only this time with the player up against [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} Claptrap]], [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam]], [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]] and [[Franchise/EvilDead Ashley "Ash" Williams]] in Texas Hold'Em or Omaha, with [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] being the dealer. Returning from the previous game are [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Reginald Van Winslow]] (who is now simply hosting the game) and [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]] (who is now watching from a table and [[{{Troll}} mocking everyone else]]). The game was released on April 24th 2013 for Xbox Live Arcade, April 26th 2013 for Steam, and April 30th 2013 for UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork, with an [=iOS=] port released in May, but is no longer available online after the license expired. The official website is [[http://www.telltalegames.com/pokernight2 here]].

''Poker Night 2'' is the sequel to 2010's ''VideoGame/PokerNightAtTheInventory'', only this time with the player up against [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands}} Claptrap]], [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Sam]], [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]] and [[Franchise/EvilDead Ashley "Ash" Williams]] in Texas Hold'Em or Omaha, with [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] being the dealer. Returning from the previous game are [[VideoGame/MonkeyIsland Reginald Van Winslow]] (who is now simply hosting the game) and [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]] (who is now watching from a table and [[{{Troll}} mocking everyone else]]). The game was released on April 24th 2013 for Xbox Live Arcade, April 26th 2013 for Steam, and April 30th 2013 for UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork, with an [=iOS=] port released in May. The official website is [[http://www.telltalegames.com/pokernight2 here]].

** While the others refers to the card in a different [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY pronunciation]] ("yor-ah-nus"), Claptrap's the only one to refer to it by its more common (and funnier) pronunciation ("yor-ay-nus").
--->'''Sam:''' You know it's Uranus, not UrANUS, right?
--->'''Claptrap:''' Maybe here on Earth, but on Pandora, we use its original, funnier pronunciation. And we also added a "P" to Venus.