Critters 2: The Main Course story
The plot takes place two years after the first film, as a batch of planted Critter eggs begin to hatch and resume their carnivorous appetite upon the town once again. It is the second installment in the Critters franchise.
11 total · 3 major · 8 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| extraterrestrial being | major | Two shapeshifting alien bounty hunters returned to Earth to settle some unfinished business with the Critters. In addition, the Critters seemed to be sentient and were of extraterrestrial origin. |
| human vs. monster | major | The Critters ran amok in Grover's Bend over the Easter holiday weekend. |
| shapeshifter | major | The alien bounty hunters were shapeshifters. One assumed the form of a rock star, and the other a Play Boy model. |
| Christianity | minor | We saw an Easter Sunday church service. |
| coping with unwelcome romantic attention | minor | Wesley made an unrequited amorous advance at Megan at the Hungry Heifer burger joint. |
| father and daughter | minor | Mr. Morgan and his daughters Megan and Cindy. |
| grandmother and grandson | minor | Brad was visiting his Nana over the Easter holiday weekend. However, there was not very much interaction between them. |
| interstellar space travel | minor | Two alien bounty hunters and their human companion flew to Earth from some or another remote location of space to settle some unfinished business with the Critters. |
| romantic love | minor | There was a long build up between Brad and Megan that culminated in a romantic kiss. |
| speculative spaceship | minor | Two alien bounty hunters and their human companion flew to Earth in a futuristic spacecraft to settle some unfinished business with the Critters. |