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* MeetMyGoodFriendsLeftyAndRighty: Snowball calls his paws "Paw" and "Order".

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* BigDamnHeroes: Max and Snowball pull this again when trying to [[spoiler:save Hu and Daisy during the climax.]]

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* BigDamnHeroes: Max and Snowball pull this again when trying to [[spoiler:save Hu and Daisy during the climax.]]climax]].



* TheChosenOne: The cats view Gidget as this after she "catches" a red laser dot.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
** Tiberius the hawk is absent. (So much for "best friends.")
** None of Snowball's friends from the Flushed Pets make an appearance.



* ContrivedCoincidence: Snowball's new owner calls him by the same name he had in the previous movie: Snowball. Justified as “Snowball” is a relatively common name for rabbits.
* CrazyCatLady: An old lady that lives in the same building as the pets owns a ''lot'' of cats that Gidget has to get through.



* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
** Tiberius the hawk is absent. (So much for "best friends.")
** None of Snowball's friends from the Flushed Pets make an appearance.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Snowball's new owner calls him by the same name he had in the previous movie: Snowball. Justified as “Snowball” is a relatively common name for rabbits.
* CrazyCatLady: An old lady that lives in the same building as the pets owns a ''lot'' of cats that Gidget has to get through.
* TheChosenOne: The cats view Gidget as this after she "catches" a red laser dot.



* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Sergei literally kicks Max into a basement window.]]

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* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Sergei [[spoiler:Sergei literally kicks Max into a basement window.]]



* TheSpeechless: Hu and the turkey are the only animals in the film other than Sweetpea that don't talk.

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* TheSpeechless: Hu Hu, Little Sergei and the turkey are the only animals in the film other than Sweetpea Sweet Pea that don't talk.speak.



* TookALevelInBadass: Max's arc involves him facing his fears and not having to see the world as being so scary, so by the end, he is more than ready to spring into action to [[spoiler:help Snowball save Hu.]]

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* TookALevelInBadass: Max's arc involves him facing his fears and not having to see the world as being so scary, so by the end, he is more than ready to spring into action to [[spoiler:help Snowball save Hu.]]Hu]].
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New cast members include Creator/TiffanyHaddish, Creator/NickKroll, and Creator/HarrisonFord.

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New cast members include Creator/TiffanyHaddish, Creator/NickKroll, and Creator/HarrisonFord.

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Max and Duke's owner Katie marries a man named Chuck, and the two have a son named Liam. Although Max is initially terrified of dealing with kids, he warms up to Liam and makes it his job to protect him from the world. When the family takes a trip outside of the city, Max learns how to be braver with the help of an old sheepdog named Rooster.

A subplot involves Snowball assuming a superhero identity and teaming up with a Shih Tzu named Daisy to rescue a white tiger named Hu from a circus, and another has Gidget having to get Max's favorite toy back from an apartment full of cats.

Creator/PattonOswalt replaces Creator/LouisCK as Max, while the rest of the original cast returns to reprise their roles, and they are joined by new cast members Creator/TiffanyHaddish, Creator/NickKroll, and Creator/HarrisonFord.

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Max and Duke's owner Katie marries a man named Chuck, and the two have a son named Liam. Although Max is initially terrified of dealing with kids, he warms up to Liam and makes it his job to protect him from the world. When the family takes a trip outside of the city, Max learns how to be braver with the help of an old sheepdog named Rooster.

Rooster (Creator/HarrisonFord).

A subplot involves Snowball assuming a superhero identity and teaming up with a Shih Tzu (Creator/TiffanyHaddish) named Daisy to rescue a white tiger named Hu from a circus, an abusive circus ran by the evil ringmaster Sergei (Creator/NickKroll), and another has Gidget having to get Max's favorite toy back from an apartment full of cats.

Creator/PattonOswalt replaces Creator/LouisCK as Max, while the rest of the original cast returns to reprise their roles, and they are joined by new New cast members include Creator/TiffanyHaddish, Creator/NickKroll, and Creator/HarrisonFord.
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* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Swears like "pissed" and "turd" are briefly used, probably for this purpose.
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* SavageWolves: Sergei has wolves as guard dogs, and are quite vicious.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Max and his friends are back and howling for a whole new adventure!]''The Secret Life of Pets 2'' is a 2019 animated comedy and the sequel to 2016's ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets''.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Max and his friends are back and howling for a whole new adventure!]''The adventure!]]''The Secret Life of Pets 2'' is a 2019 animated comedy and the sequel to 2016's ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets''.
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''The Secret Life of Pets 2'' is a 2019 animated comedy and the sequel to 2016's ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets''.

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''The [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_secret_life_of_pets_2_final_poster.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Max and his friends are back and howling for a whole new adventure!]''The
Secret Life of Pets 2'' is a 2019 animated comedy and the sequel to 2016's ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets''.
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* KickTheDog: [[Spoiler: Sergei literally kicks Max into a basement window.]]

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* KickTheDog: [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Sergei literally kicks Max into a basement window.]]
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** Tiberius the hawk is absent.

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** Tiberius the hawk is absent. (So much for "best friends.")



* KickTheDog: [[Sergei literally kicks Max into a basement window.]]

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* KickTheDog: [[Sergei [[Spoiler: Sergei literally kicks Max into a basement window.]]
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* ArtShift: Snowball's superhero fantasy is done with CelShading to look like a comic book.



* AssInALionSkin: To retrieve Busy Bee from the cats, Gidget disguises herself as one.



* CatsAreMean: Besides Chloe, who is more indifferent than outright mean, the cats in the old lady's apartment are very aggressive.
* ConeOfShame: Max wears a cone for his compulsive scratching caused by all the stress of worrying about Liam. He finds it uncomfortable and makes things difficult for him, like keeping him from reaching Busy Bee from under the table. Rooster eventually takes it off for him.



* HighOnCatnip: Gidget finds Chloe acting stoned [[LampshadeWearing with a lampshade on her head]] after her owner gave her too much catnip.
* HumanCannonball: Sergei captures Daisy and threatens to use her as one. [[spoiler:When Snowball finds her, she is tied up inside the cannon, and Little Sergei lights the fuse in the middle of battling Snowball. Eventually Little Sergei gets put on the cannon as it fires.]]



* ImagineSpot: While looking after Busy Bee, Gidget has a fantasy of her and Max acting as parents to the squeaky toy.

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* ImagineSpot: ImagineSpot:
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While looking after Busy Bee, Gidget has a fantasy of her and Max acting as parents to the squeaky toy.toy.
** As Snowball puts on his superhero costume, he imagines himself a real superhero fighting bad guys.



* PaperThinDisguise: Snowball's "Captain Snowball" persona is just him in a superhero suit, yet Daisy is unable to see through it.

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* PaperThinDisguise: PaperThinDisguise:
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Snowball's "Captain Snowball" persona is just him in a superhero suit, yet Daisy is unable to see through it.it.
** Gidget's cat disguise is just an ear hairband and a sock on her tail.



* TheSpeechless: Hu is the only animal in the film other than Sweetpea that doesn't talk.

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* TheSpeechless: Hu is and the turkey are the only animal animals in the film other than Sweetpea that doesn't don't talk.


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* TraintopBattle: Max and Snowball hop on top of the circus train to rescue Hu and Daisy, and have to elude Sergei's wolves and Little Sergei.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: While it's not heavy, it does get more serious at times and the villain is more serious compared to Snowball from the previous film. Also, Max's arc about facing his fears, while it does have it's moments of comedy, is actually taken a bit more seriously than his arc of having to get along with Duke in the first film. Also, the film has "pissed" used in the film, making it the first Illumination film to have that sort of language used.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: While it's not heavy, it does get more serious at times and the villain is more serious compared to Snowball from the previous film. Also, Max's arc about facing his fears, while it does have it's its moments of comedy, is actually taken a bit more seriously than his arc of having to get along with Duke in the first film. Also, the film has "pissed" used in the film, making it the first Illumination film to have that sort of language used.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Hu the tiger is shown to [[CatsHateWater hate being made to jump into a pool of water]]. In real life, tigers are among the cat species that enjoy being in the water.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Hu the tiger is shown to [[CatsHateWater hate being made to jump into a pool of water]]. In real life, tigers are among the cat species that enjoy being in the water. This could however be justified by him being intimidated, or he is more afraid of the fall ''into'' the water.
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* PrecisionFStrike: There are noticeably quite a few cuss words in this movie, like "pissed" and "turd".
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* CaptainErsatz: [[BigBad Sergei]] looks like a thinner [[WesternAnimation/DespicableMe Gru]]. He dresses in black, has a big nose, and a Russian accent to boot. Hey, it's Illumination's biggest hit. You gotta reference it in ''some'' way, shape, or form.


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* KnightOfCerebus: Segei, full stop. He's Illumination's most serious antagonist since the bears in ''WesternAnimation/{{Sing}}''.
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* GentleGiant: Hu - despite being a tiger, he wouldn’t harm a fly.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rooster is a strong believer in tough love.


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* TheStoic: Rooster, oh so much. He later gives Max a bandana, proving that he’s NotSoAboveItAll.
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* DarkerandEdgier: While it's not heavy, it does get more serious at times and the villain is more serious compared to Snowball from the previous film. Also, Max's arc about facing his fears, while it does have it's moments of comedy, is actually taken a bit more seriously than his arc of having to get along with Duke in the first film. Also, the film has "pissed" used in the film, making it the first Illumination film to have that sort of language used.

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* DarkerandEdgier: DarkerAndEdgier: While it's not heavy, it does get more serious at times and the villain is more serious compared to Snowball from the previous film. Also, Max's arc about facing his fears, while it does have it's moments of comedy, is actually taken a bit more seriously than his arc of having to get along with Duke in the first film. Also, the film has "pissed" used in the film, making it the first Illumination film to have that sort of language used.
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* DarkerandEdgier: While it's not heavy, it does get more serious at times and the villain is more serious compared to Snowball from the previous film. Also, Max's arc about facing his fears, while it does have it's moments of comedy, is actually taken a bit more seriously than his arc of having to get along with Duke in the first film. Also, the film has "pissed" used in the film, making it the first Illumination film not have that sort of language used.

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* DarkerandEdgier: While it's not heavy, it does get more serious at times and the villain is more serious compared to Snowball from the previous film. Also, Max's arc about facing his fears, while it does have it's moments of comedy, is actually taken a bit more seriously than his arc of having to get along with Duke in the first film. Also, the film has "pissed" used in the film, making it the first Illumination film not to have that sort of language used.
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* DarkerandEdgier: While it's not heavy, it does have get more serious at times and the villain is more serious compared to Snowball from the previous film. Also, Max's arc about facing his fears, while it does have it's moments of comedy, is actually taken a bit more seriously than his arc of having to get along with Duke in the first film. Also, the film has "pissed" used in the film, making it the first Illumination film not have that sort of language used.

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* DarkerandEdgier: While it's not heavy, it does have get more serious at times and the villain is more serious compared to Snowball from the previous film. Also, Max's arc about facing his fears, while it does have it's moments of comedy, is actually taken a bit more seriously than his arc of having to get along with Duke in the first film. Also, the film has "pissed" used in the film, making it the first Illumination film not have that sort of language used.
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* DarkerandEdgier: While it's not heavy, it does have get more serious at times and the villain is more serious compared to Snowball from the previous film. Also, Max's arc about facing his fears, while it does have it's moments of comedy, is actually taken a bit more seriously than his arc of having to get along with Duke in the first film. Also, the film has "pissed" used in the film, making it the first Illumination film not have that sort of language used.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Hu the tiger is shown to [[CatsHateWater hate being made to jump into a pool of water]]. In real life, tigers are the only felines that enjoy being in the water.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Hu the tiger is shown to [[CatsHateWater hate being made to jump into a pool of water]]. In real life, tigers are among the only felines cat species that enjoy being in the water.
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In the first film, Snowball villainy before he reformed was more over-the-top and silly and he treated his fellow flushed-pets with respect while in the sequel, Sergei’s villainy is played much more serious and the only one he treats kindly is his pet monkey, Little Sergei.

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In the first film, Snowball Snowball's villainy before he reformed was more over-the-top and silly and he treated his fellow flushed-pets with respect while in the sequel, Sergei’s villainy is played much more serious and the only one he treats kindly is his pet monkey, Little Sergei.
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In the first film, Snowball villainy before he reformed was more over-the-top and silly and he treated his fellow flushed-pets with respect while in the sequel, Sergei villainy is played much more serious and the only one he treats kindly is his pet monkey, Little Sergei.

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In the first film, Snowball villainy before he reformed was more over-the-top and silly and he treated his fellow flushed-pets with respect while in the sequel, Sergei Sergei’s villainy is played much more serious and the only one he treats kindly is his pet monkey, Little Sergei.
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*ContrastingSequelAntagonist: In the first film, Snowball villainy before he reformed was more over-the-top and silly and he treated his fellow flushed-pets with respect while in the sequel, Sergei villainy is played much more serious and the only one he treats kindly is his pet monkey, Little Sergei.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Snowball's new owner calls him by the same name he had in the previous movie: Snowball.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Snowball's new owner calls him by the same name he had in the previous movie: Snowball. Justified as “Snowball” is a relatively common name for rabbits.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Hu the tiger is shown to [[CatsHateWater hate being made to jump into a pool of water]]. In real life, tigers are the only felines that enjoy being in the water.
* BadBoss: Sergei treats both the animals and workers in his circus terribly. The one exception is his spider monkey sidekick, "Little Sergei", whom he treats quite well.



* CallBack: When Gidget learns that Max is in trouble, she tells Busy Bee that she needs to save him... again.
* CruellaToAnimals: Sergei. He tries to force Hu to jump into a pool of water for his act, and threatens to make a rug out of him if he doesn't.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
** Tiberius the hawk is absent.
** None of Snowball's friends from the Flushed Pets make an appearance.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Snowball's new owner calls him by the same name he had in the previous movie: Snowball.



* DemotedToExtra: Buddy, Mel, Sweet Pea and Pops have a lot less to do in this movie.



* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Averted with Little Sergei, who's as evil as his owner.
* FaceYourFears: Rooster helps Max deal with his anxieties, and find his courage. [[spoiler:This really pays off during the film's climax.]]
* FearlessFool: Cotton, the sheep who strays from the flock. He gets stuck on a tree branch over a cliff, and is incredibly nonchalant about it.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the previous movie, Snowball was the BigBad. Here, not only is he a friend to the other pets, he's also a would-be superhero.
* HurlItIntoTheSun: The superhero in the [[ShowWithinAShow cartoon]] Snowball and his owner watch disposes of a villain this way.
* ImagineSpot: While looking after Busy Bee, Gidget has a fantasy of her and Max acting as parents to the squeaky toy.
* TheNicknamer: Snowball still indulges in this, calling Gidget "Puffy Dog".
* ObviouslyEvil: Sergei. He dresses entirely in black, and has a SinisterSchnoz.
* PaperThinDisguise: Snowball's "Captain Snowball" persona is just him in a superhero suit, yet Daisy is unable to see through it.
* ShoutOut: When Snowball pretends he's flying, he hums the [[Film/SupermanTheMovie Superman theme]].



* TwoLinesNoWaiting: There are three separate plot lines in the middle of the movie.

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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: There are three separate plot lines in the middle of the movie.movie: Max and Duke on the farm, Gidget trying to retrieve Busy Bee, and Snowball and Daisy rescuing Hu.
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* TheElevatorFromIpanema: Or in this case, The Veterinarian's Office Waiting Room from Ipanema.



* TookALevelInBadass: Max's arc involves him facing his fears and not having to see the world as being so scary, so by the end, he is more than ready to spring into action to [[spoiler:help Snowball save Hu.]]

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* TookALevelInBadass: Max's arc involves him facing his fears and not having to see the world as being so scary, so by the end, he is more than ready to spring into action to [[spoiler:help Snowball save Hu.]]]]
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: There are three separate plot lines in the middle of the movie.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Other than Chloe, there is now Rooster.
-->'''Max:''' (''about his cone'') My therapist says I need it.\\
(''Rooster pulls the cone off Max'')\\
'''Rooster:''' There. You're cured. Hallelujah.
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''The Secret Life of Pets 2'' is a 2019 animated comedy and the sequel to 2016's ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets''.

Max and Duke's owner Katie marries a man named Chuck, and the two have a son named Liam. Although Max is initially terrified of dealing with kids, he warms up to Liam and makes it his job to protect him from the world. When the family takes a trip outside of the city, Max learns how to be braver with the help of an old sheepdog named Rooster.

A subplot involves Snowball assuming a superhero identity and teaming up with a Shih Tzu named Daisy to rescue a white tiger named Hu from a circus, and another has Gidget having to get Max's favorite toy back from an apartment full of cats.

Creator/PattonOswalt replaces Creator/LouisCK as Max, while the rest of the original cast returns to reprise their roles, and they are joined by new cast members Creator/TiffanyHaddish, Creator/NickKroll, and Creator/HarrisonFord.

!!This film provides examples of:

* BigBad: Sergei, a cruel circus owner that mistreats Hu and seeks him out after Snowball and Daisy help him escape.
* BigDamnHeroes: Max and Snowball pull this again when trying to [[spoiler:save Hu and Daisy during the climax.]]
* CrazyCatLady: An old lady that lives in the same building as the pets owns a ''lot'' of cats that Gidget has to get through.
* TheChosenOne: The cats view Gidget as this after she "catches" a red laser dot.
* TheSpeechless: Hu is the only animal in the film other than Sweetpea that doesn't talk.
* TookALevelInBadass: Max's arc involves him facing his fears and not having to see the world as being so scary, so by the end, he is more than ready to spring into action to [[spoiler:help Snowball save Hu.]]

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