Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo
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| Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | |
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 Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo movie poster |
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| Directed by | Sam Firstenberg |
| Produced by | Yoram Globus Menahem Golan Pieter Jan Brugge (executive producer) |
| Written by | Charles Parker Allen DeBevoise Jan Ventura Julie Reichert |
| Starring | Lucinda Dickey Adolfo Quinones Michael Chambers |
| Music by | Michael Linn |
| Cinematography | Hanania Baer |
| Editing by | Sally Allen Bert Glatstein Bob Jenkis Marcus Manton Barry Zetlin |
| Distributed by | Cannon Pictures TriStar Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December, 1984 |
| Running time | 94 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Breakin' |
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Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo is the sequel to the 1984 breakdancing film Breakin'. It was released the same year as its predecessor by Cannon Films.
Breakin' 2 sees the return of Kelly (Lucinda Dickey), Ozone (Adolfo Quinones) and Turbo (Michael Chambers) as they try to stop a developer from bulldozing a community recreation centre. The film also features dancer Viktor Manoel, rapper Ice-T, who returns from the original, and an appearance by (future) pop star Martika.
Like its predecessor, much of the film's soundtrack was provided by Ollie & Jerry, comprised of the duo Ollie Brown and Jerry Knight. The title track, "Electric Boogaloo," did not hit the pop charts and climbed to only #45 on the R&B chart.
[edit] "Movie Sequel 2": Electric Boogaloo
Since the release of the film, the unusual title suffix "Electric Boogaloo," a reference to a funk-oriented dance style from the 1970s, has become a running joke concerning movie sequels. It has sometimes come to be an insider's comment about the quality of a sequel (similar to Alan Smithee as the director). Namely that the sequel:
- Will never be made but which a studio would like to make because the original was so profitable, an example would be Gladiator 2: Electric Boogaloo.
- Should never have been made (i.e., the original movie doesn't logically have a sequel), example: Schindler's List 2: Electric Boogaloo.
- The original movie was very poorly received. Example: Gigli 2: Electric Boogaloo.
- The sequel is made by a producer/director not associated with the original (good) movie, who are just trying to 'cash in' on the original's success.
An example of this is when David Spade (jokingly) said, "Any woman who sleeps with me will definitely get a part in Joe Dirt 2: Electric Boogaloo ", a reference to his movie Joe Dirt which bombed at the box office, and of which no sequel is planned.
It has also been used to lampoon the actual name of a sequel when it is found to be ridiculous or disappointing.[citation needed]
[edit] Pop Culture
- The Motion City Soundtrack song Back to the Beat has the line "We had Beat Street, we had Breakin’ 1 and 2: Electric Boogaloo, dude it was cool."
- In the Family Guy episode "Running Mates," Peter remarks that he's "always cared deeply about children. That's why as a privileged youth I volunteered my time to help a bunch of urban youths save a community center." To which Lois replies, "Peter, that wasn't you. That was Adolfo 'Shaba-doo' in Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo. You watched it last night." (The "privileged youth" character Lois describes is actually "Kelly," not "Ozone.")
- In the Clerks cartoon, Randal refers to the second part of Dante and Caitlin's relationship as "Dante and Caitlin 2: Electric Boogaloo."
- One of the more serious albums of Christian ska band Five Iron Frenzy was titled Five Iron Frenzy 2: Electric Boogaloo since its sound was a departure from previous albums.
- On the album Highly Refined Pirates by Seattle band Minus the Bear, there is a song called "Get Me Naked 2: Electric Boogaloo."
- In the online game "Kingdom of Loathing" there is a skill called Disco Dance II: Electric Boogaloo.
- Method Man's "Da Rockwilder" makes a reference to Breakin' 2 with the line, "Suckers break like Turbo and Ozone"
- The TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000 held their second fan convention under the (rather ponderous) moniker of "MST3K ConventioCon Expo-Fest-a-Rama 2: Electric Bugaloo". Additionally, in episode 424, Manos: The Hands of Fate, Tom Servo refers to second part of Hired! as "Hired! 2: Electric Boogaloo".
- The second episode of the TV show Clone High was named "Episode Two: Election Blu-Galoo"
- In Kicking and Screaming by Noah Baumbach, Grover is asked on the phone who he is with. "Who is that, Jane 2: Electric Boogaloo?"
- In the parody set Unhinged of the Magic: the Gathering trading card game, a hidden message is spelled out when the cards are placed in a certain order, that reveals some cards that apparently didn't make it into the set. One such card is "Bone Flute 2: Electric Boogaloo". Bone Flute is a popular card from the game's past.
- In an episode of Mr. Show, a joke is made that a certain director was "the best thing to come out of Hollywood since sliced bread, or its sequel, Sliced Bread II: Electric Boogaloo."
- In the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX episode "Magnetic Personality", when Chazz summons Beetron-2 Beetleturbo, he says, "Beetron-2, Electric Bugaloo!"
- In Teen Girl Squad episode 10, Strong Bad is about to kill the Ugly One with "Arrowed 2: Electric Boogaloo", before he realises that she is done up to look good.
- Australian video game magazine Hyper describes sequels to many games as X 2: Electric Boogaloo as an in-joke.
