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Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Nutty Professor II: The Klumps rather than just read about it. In short: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps is a 2000 American science fiction comedy film directed by Peter Segal and starring Eddie Murphy and Janet Jackson. It is the sequel to the 1996 film The Nutty Professor.

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Reference excerpt

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps is a 2000 American science fiction comedy film directed by Peter Segal and starring Eddie Murphy and Janet Jackson. It is the sequel to the 1996 film The Nutty Professor. In contrast to the previous film, subplots centered on the parents of protagonist Sherman Klump occupy a substantial part of the film. Nutty Professor II: The Klumps was released by Universal Pictures on July 28, 2000. Unlike its predecessor, the film received generally negative reviews and grossed $166.3 million.

Plot Four years after the events of the first film, Professor Sherman Klump has created a de-aging formula. He is in a relationship with DNA researcher Denise Gaines, developer of a method to isolate genetic material. Despite his good fortune, Sherman's id alter ego, Buddy Love, has taken to sporadically controlling Sherman's body. Sherman becomes determined to permanently rid himself of Buddy when his antics ruin a dinner in honor of his father Cletus' retirement; and a marriage proposal to Denise. Despite his assistant, Jason, warning him of the harmful consequences, Sherman uses Denise's methodology to isolate and remove the DNA where Buddy has manifested. However, the Buddy genetic material grows into a sentient being when a hair from Jason's Basset Hound, Buster, accidentally lands in it. Sherman apologizes to Denise and they become engaged. Later, Dean Richmond informs them that Phleer Pharmaceuticals has offered Wellman College $150 million for the youth formula. Sherman and Denise then encounter the physically reformed Buddy at a movie theater, Buddy asks where Sherman's previous girlfriend Carla Purty is, but Sherman tells Buddy that he and Carla weren't in a romantic relationship, but rather close friends. Buddy pickpockets Sherman and learns of the $150 million offer. He subsequently visits the pharmaceutical company, making a rival bid of $149 million with Leanne Guilford, President of Acquisitions, for the youth formula. Sherman learns that the extraction has altered his body chemistry and that he is losing his intelligence. Realizing he needs to keep the youth formula out of Buddy's hands, Sherman stores it at his parents' home. Cletus, sexually frustrated due to his age and impotence, accidentally drinks some of the youth formula. He goes to a nightclub and attempts to seduce his wife and Sherman's mother, Anna, but she is disgusted. Buddy witnesses Cletus changing and realizes that the youth formula is being stored in the Klump household. Meanwhile, Sherman's condition causes him to humiliate himself in front of Denise's parents, concerning her. While Sherman's grandmother, Ida Mae Jensen and Anna are organizing a bachelorette party for Denise, Buddy steals some of the youth formula from the Klump household, filling the vial the rest of the way with fertilizer. This sabotage causes chaos at a demonstration the next day as Petey, the male hamster Sherman uses to demonstrate the formula, mutates into a giant monster who rapes Richmond as he is trying to escape under a fur coat, as Petey confuses him for Molly, the female hamster that escaped during the event. The traumatized and furious Richmond fires Sherman, who soon learns from Jason that his brain's deterioration has worsened, so he decides to break up with Denise. Cletus reconciles with Anna and consoles a depressed Sherman, and inadvertently gives him the solution to regaining his intelligence: getting Buddy Love back into his DNA. Sherman quickly works on a new, more potent formula while his mental faculties allow him. Richmond confronts him about Buddy's actions, believing that they are working together. Sherman leaves with Richmond and a tennis ball covered in the youth formula and heads to a presentation at Phleer Pharmaceuticals that Buddy is giving about the youth formula. Meanwhile, a worried Denise discovers what has happened and that Sherman's brain damage is progressing. With Cletus' help, Denise goes after him. Sherman takes advantage of the canine DNA crossed with Buddy's and throws the tennis ball to distract him. Buddy catches the ball in his mouth, and the youth formula transforms him back into a toddler, then further into a glowing mass of sentient genetic material. Sherman chases the genetic material, intent on drinking it to correct his condition. However, the material evaporates on the edge of a fountain before he can get to it. Cletus and Denise arrive too late to save him, and Denise breaks into tears, which hit the genetic material and fall into the fountain. As they go to leave, Sherman looks into the fountain, remarking that it is "pretty". Seeing the water is glowing, Denise realizes the genetic material has reconstituted thanks to her tears and that if Sherman drinks the fountain water before it dissipates, he will be restored to normal. Sherman drinks the water and is able to restore his genetic makeup to its proper order, restoring his intelligence. With Buddy Love defeated, Sherman and Denise finally get married. During the wedding reception, Sherman's older brother, Ernie Klump Sr., sings a song in honor of the couple, while Richmond continues to be hexed by the now normal-sized hamster.

Cast

Additionally, Kathleen Freeman makes an uncredited appearance as Denise's neighbor who witnesses Sherman proposing to her. Freeman previously portrayed Millie Lemmon in the original 1963 film.

Music

Release

Home media Nutty Professor II: The Klumps was released on DVD and VHS on December 5, 2000. On May 22, 2001, an Uncensored Director's Cut version debuted on DVD.

Reception

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Nutty Professor II: The Klumps claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Nutty Professor II: The Klumps before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Nutty Professor II: The Klumps ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

In research: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Nutty Professor II: The Klumps in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Nutty Professor II: The Klumps is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2000 American films, 2000 English-language films, 2000 fantasy comedy films, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Nutty Professor II: The Klumps outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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