Next Friday is a 2000 comedy movie starring and written by Ice Cube, and directed by Steve Carr. It's the second of the Friday Film Series.
The movie picks up four years after Friday. Deebo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister), the resident bully that Craig defeated in the first movie, escapes from prison looking for vengeance. Craig's father (John Witherspoon) decides to hide Craig at his brother Elroy's (Don "D.C." Curry) house in Rancho Cucamonga, California until Deebo is back in custody. Craig meets his cousin Day-Day (Mike Epps), then Hilarity Ensues as the duo bums around the neighborhood — unaware that Deebo is tracking Craig down.
Followed by Friday After Next.
This work provides examples of:
- Abhorrent Admirer: Suga, to Craig. It's not that she's unattractive, just that she's his uncle's new wife. Played completely straight with Baby D, who tries to get Day Day to hook her and Craig up.
- All for Nothing: Deebo's quest in this film. It ultimately proves fruitless as he doesn't even get a minute confronting Craig before he's swiftly incapacitated via Chico, then promptly arrested and hailed back to prison.
- Angry Guard Dog: Chico, Joker's initial guard dog. Roach however makes friends with him and takes him in. Though by the third film, he's adopted by Day-Day.
- Apathetic Citizens: Apparently, no one notices two guys in bright orange prison jumpsuits walking around in broad daylight.
- Artistic License – Animal Care: Roach feeds Joker's dog, Chico, a brownie. Chocolate is toxic to dogs.
- Ax-Crazy: Joker. While silly, he didn't have any qualms with tying up Day-Day and Roach and set to torture them for the whereabouts of his money.
- Brick Joke: A literal one. The final joke of the movie is Baby D throwing a brick at the back window of Day-Day's BMW, as she did to the car's front window earlier.
- Chained Heat: Deebo and Tyrone due to the former having escaped prison while still chained to the latter, forcing Deebo to drag Tyrone on his hunt for Craig.
- Creepy Uncle: Gender-swapped version. Craig's uncle Elroy has a wife named Suga who's also got the hots for Craig (even though he's her new nephew). Craig is appropriately creeped out by her advances.
- Defeat Means Friendship: Roach feeds marijuana brownies to Chico, Joker's vicious dog, to get him to stop barking. The dog gets stoned in the process and zones out. Later on, Chico rescues Roach from Deebo and lets Roach hold him as the police storm Joker's house.
- Destructo-Nookie: Elroy and Suga have sex so rough, that a piece of the living room ceiling comes crumbling down much to Craig's amusement.
- Goofy Print Underwear: Joker's tuxedo-patterned thong.
- Heel–Face Turn: Joker's dog, Chico, befriends Roach, saves Craig, Willie, and Elroy from Deebo and becomes Craig and Day-Day's pet in Friday After Next (though no explanation how they got him).
- Irony: In a meta way, Karla. Despite being the most well-written of Craig's love interests, she plays a less important role in the plot than Debbie from the first film, whose main personality trait shown is being Craig's love interest.
- Minor Injury Overreaction: Discussed. Willie believes this to be the case when Uncle Elroy throws out his back after tackling one of Joker's goons in the finale.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!: After Deebo fails to catch up to Craig, Tyrone, at Deebo's instruction, convinces Willie Jones that his son Craig is in trouble. At the time, Craig wasn't in trouble, but Willie doesn't know this and rushes off to help him, unknowingly bringing Deebo and Tyrone with him. But later, Day-Day and Roach get kidnapped by Joker and his goons. Willie arrives at Elroy's house to find that Craig is fine, but Craig arrives soon after and explains the situation and enlists Willie and Elroy's help to rescue them. Elroy and Willie take down Joker's goons, and Deebo knocks out Joker, who was threatening them with a machine gun, buying them enough time for the police to arrive and arrest all of them. Had Deebo not sent Willie on a wild goose chase, Day-Day and Roach would have been wounded or dead, and Karla would still be miserable.
- Refuge in Audacity: Deebo and Tyrone causally riding a bike down the streets of LA in BRIGHT ORANGE JUMPSUITS that say “LA COUNTY JAIL” on them and NO ONE NOTICES or even QUESTIONS IT!!!!!
- Revenge: Deebo's primary motivation in this film, to avenge the loss Craig dealt to him in the first film. He doesn't get far, just when he has Craig at his mercy via a sneak attack, Chico attacks him and keeps him occupied long enough for the police to put him back into custody.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute:
- Day-Day takes over Smokey's role in his dynamic with Craig.
- Tyrone, Deebo's brother, is one for Ezal.
- Tap on the Head: Deebo manages to pull this off on Joker in the climax of Next Friday.
- That Poor Car: Day-Day's car is abused throughout the second movie, with his Psycho Ex-Girlfriend keying it and busting windows, and Day-Day and Craig taking refuge atop it from Chico, denting the roof in the process.
- Token White: Roach, in Next Friday
- Two Lines, No Waiting:
- Next Friday follows Deebo and Tyrone as they break out of prison to exact Deebo's revenge on Craig as its B-Plot, and Craig living in the suburbs with his cousin as its A-Plot.
- Villainous Rescue: Deebo delivers a Tap on the Head to Joker just in time to keep him from wasting Craig and company. He then promptly picks up Joker's assault rifle with the intention of doing the job himself.
- White Gangbangers: The Joker Brothers. Well, they're Hispanic, so it's subverted a little.