Knight School II

"First, I get dumped by Lance, Jane says she's packing up, and now my home has become freakin' Middle-earth!"– Ellenor
The second installment to Cartoon Network Studios' Knight School duology, Knight School II was released in 2026, picking up right after the Sequel Series Back to Knight School.
As the Grand Finale to Back to Knight School left off, Ellenor (Anna Kendrick) had her relationship with Lance (Ben Schwartz) broken and one of her friends leaving right before graduation. And if that wasn't enough, an old protégé of Reginald's, Cecile (Tom Hiddleston), turns Yeoll into a medieval village with the use of Lord Wellington Snide's staff, which ends up effecting even the citizens of the town, which he takes over as king. Safe from the spell, the heartbroken Ellenor puts aside her self-pity and must reverse the spell, with the help of Cecile's daughter, Agatha (Kelly Marie Tran). She also gets the help of her altered Knight School classmates and closest friends.
While the film was a huge financial success as the highest grossing film to Cartoon Network Studios, the film's reception was mixed. It was followed by prequel, Yeoll High; released 2028.
== Knight School II contains examples of: ==
*Acrofatic: Ellenor's agility is more exaggerated in the sequel than the first, with her dodging magical blasts and arrows.
* Actor Allusion:
**Ellenor saying that Yeoll has become like Middle-earth alludes to Anna Kendrick's love for Lord of the Rings in her high school years.
**Cecile using a magical staff and taking over a village is somewhat of a nod to Loki.
*Alternate Universe: The main conflict of the film has Cecil altering Yeoll into a medieval-esque with the use of Lord Wellington's staff.
*An Aseop:
**Put your pride aside.
**Accept the changes in your life.
*Big Bad: Cecile, Reginald's former mentor, who comes across Lord Snide's staff and changes the world into what the Earth was back in the olden days.
*Conscience Makes You Go Back: After Ellenor commandeered a stagecoach with Agatha onboard, Agatha gets out and runs back home before Ellenor could ask her for help. Hearing her cry in the distance, Agatha turns back and comforts her.
*DreamWorks Face: Ellenor makes this face in the promotional material on the DVD and digital download cover.
*Disowned Parent: Agatha, having discovered how deceitful and heartless her father is, she turns on him and helps Ellenor.
*Foil: Agatha to Ellenor. Agatha is a mature Nice Girl with a Friendless Background and a neglectful father who's buried in his own intentions, whereas Ellenor is an immature Jerk with a Heart of Gold with a long list of friends and loving parents.
*I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Ellenor accepts Lance's decision in dumping her as she promises to revert the world back to normal.Ellenor: Lance, I'm sorry I was huge jerk and I don't blame you for breaking up with me. After I fix everything, I won't get in the way of your life anymore.
**Subverted when Lance accepts her back after she nearly risked her life to fix everything.
*Immediate Sequel: The film starts off where the final episode to Back to Knight School ended, with Ellenor all set for graduation, discovering about Jane moving, and Lance dumping her.
* Leaning on the Fourth Wall: During a conversation between Ellenor and Aunt Winnifred, Winnifred has an array of references of when Chelsea Kane was the voice of Ellenor in Back to Knight School while Anna Kendrick voiced her in the movies, escalating in Ellenor denying or not remembering the events of the series. And that's just the tip of the iceberg...Winnifred: You eat any more of those, you'll find yourself breaking chairs and stuck in doors like before.Ellenor: (while eating a slice of cake) I don't remember that.Winnifred: Did you hit your head?Ellenor: No, I guess so much has happened since then.Winnifred: Right. Y'know, you sound less whiny than the last time I saw you.Ellenor: Hmm, I think I'd remember that.
* Logo Joke: Like the first movie, the logo uses the Warner Bros. Pictures 1998-2020 logo while the Cartoon Network Studios logo is the one from 2013-2022.
* MacGuffin: Lord Snide's staff, which was a Chekov's Gun device in the first movie that was only used in its climax, is used more here with Cecil using to turn the world into a medieval land and Ellenor dead set on retrieving it to revert the world back to normal.
* O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Ellenor has always been the tomboyish and brash girl throughout the series, but finding herself at an all time low when she ends up dumped by Lance and upset about Jane moving, followed by her home altered into a medieval village with no one else to turn to over how her hubris has pushed almost everyone away, she breaks out in tears, having lost all hope.
* Put on a Bus: The movie has Jane moving with her family to reunite with her old flame Alex. She wouldn't be present in any future content besides the prequel Yeoll High.
* Sequel Escalation: The first movie was about a high school student transferred to a medieval-themed school to learn about medieval history and later saving her town from her teacher's assistant who was a descendant to an evil wizard. This movie focuses on her losing her boyfriend from a dysfunctional relationship and one of her closest friends who is moving away, while her teacher's old mentor comes to her town changes the world into his image.
* Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Ellenor's Jerkass behavior having leveled up after she let the fame go to her head would be the downfall of her relationship with Lance and how it puts strain on her friendships with the Knight School students and Jane. Her Deadpan Snarker behavior also affects how no one takes her seriously anymore.
* Took a Level in Kindness:
** Andrew, the meanest of the Knight School students, had been nasty towards Ellenor since day one, but has since been more considerate following Back to Knight School. He even gives Ellenor a chance and pointing out the times she helped the boys out. He even joins his friends in saving Ellenor from Cecil by shielding her.
** Ellenor's uncle Bob had changed from a jaded deadbeat in Knight School Before Christmas to an employed therapist sometime after the former's events, where he even gives Ellenor advice in learning "The Five Stages of Grief".
** Ellenor near the end learns the error of her ways to the point where she accepts the fact that her friend Jane is moving and Lance is breaking up with her (although the latter gives her another chance).
* Undying Loyalty: While everyone else has given Ellenor the cold shoulder, Darcey sticks beside her despite her change in attitude.
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