  revenge of the nerds ii: nerds in paradise is the 1987 sequel to the 1984 comedy revenge of the nerds. its cast featured most of the main actors from the earlier film, including robert carradine, anthony edwards (in a smaller role), curtis armstrong, larry b. scott, timothy busfield, donald gibb, and andrew cassese. this film also provided an early starring role for courtney thorne-smith. other cast members include bradley whitford, ed lauter, and barry sobel. one of the movie trailers parodies the trailer of poltergeist ii: the other side where they pan the inside of a house, then the phone rings, and the person sitting in the chair facing away from the camera picks up, then the person turns to reveal its heather o'rourke's character, carol-ann, who says "they're back." in the nerds version, robert carradine's character, lewis, turns and says "we're back!" and does his infamous nerd laugh. ==plot== the lambda lambda lambda from adams college are packing their suitcases to get ready for a national fraternity convention in fort lauderdale, florida. just before heading to the airport, lewis' (robert carradine) best friend gilbert (anthony edwards) explains to him that he feels stupid that he cannot come, due to breaking his leg (during a chess match). after the group arrive at fort lauderdale and head to the royal flamingo hotel, a trainee named sunny (courtney thorne-smith) informs lewis that their reservation is canceled and has been given to the alpha betas. the royal flamingo manager (ed lauter) explains to sunny that they do not want nerds staying in this hotel. the tri-lambs also meet stewart (barry sobel), a geeky bellboy at the hotel who is also friends with sunny. poindexter finds another hotel called the hotel coral essex, located in a shady neighborhood, and makes their reservation there. roger (bradley whitford), the president of the local chapter of alpha betas (and chairman of the regional conference) is seen planning w
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