Bring It On Again

{{short description|2004 film directed by Damon Santostefano}} {{one source|date=December 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Bring It On Again | image = Bring It On Again DVD cover.jpg | caption = DVD cover | director = Damon Santostefano | producer = {{plainlist| * Marc Abraham * Thomas Bliss * Kelli Konop }} | screenplay = {{plainlist| * Claudia Grazioso * Brian Gunn * Mark Gunn }} | story = Claudia Grazioso | starring = {{plainlist| * Anne Judson-Yager * Faune A. Chambers * Bree Turner * Bethany Joy Lenz * Richard Lee Jackson }} | music = Paul Haslinger | cinematography = Richard Crudo | editing = Tony Lombardo | studio = {{plainlist| * Beacon Pictures * Strike Entertainment }} | distributor = Universal Studios Home Video<br>Lasso Entertainment | released = {{Film date|2004|1|13}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = United States | language = English }} '''''Bring It On Again''''' is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Anne Judson-Yager and Bree Turner.<ref>[http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/9027/bring-it-on-again/ DVD Talk]</ref>

The film is a sequel to ''Bring It On'' (2000) and the second installment in the ''Bring It On'' series of films. There are no recurring cast members or canonical references to the previous film. ''Bring It On Again'' is also the only sequel of the four that shared the same producers.

==Plot== Whittier arrives at the fictional California State College, hoping to join the national champion varsity cheerleading team. She meets up with her friend from cheer camp, Monica, and they both put on impressive performances at the tryouts. Head cheerleader Tina is ready to ask them to join the team, but fellow cheerleader Greg goes a step further, telling Tina that Whittier will be the next head cheerleader. This angers Tina's pal, Marni, who had the position staked out, but at the urging of Dean Sebastian, Tina goes along with the plan and takes Whittier under her wing.

Whittier meets Derek, a campus D.J. who immediately takes an interest in her. Tina is very demanding and domineering and warns Whittier that Derek is not the type of boy she should be dating. Monica is bothered by Tina's meddling, but Whittier momentarily lets her cheerleading ambition get the better of her, and betrays Derek. Tina is upset with Monica's sassy attitude and punishes her, which leads to an injury. She forces Whittier to choose between her friendship and the squad. Whittier and Monica get fed up with Tina's tyranny and quit the cheerleading team, but Whittier's school spirit cannot be suppressed.

With Monica's help, she gathers up the outcasts from the drama club, the dance club, and other groups that have lost their funding in favor of the cheerleading program, and forms a ragtag squad of her own, determined to battle the varsity squad for a spot at the national championship. The two teams end up competing for the spot at nationals, with Whittier's squad ultimately winning. Afterward, Whittier offers Tina a spot on her squad, a position that Tina initially refuses but ends up wanting. The film ends with Tina sucking up to Whittier and Monica, deciding she wants to be on their squad after all, while Marni throws a comical fit.

==Cast== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Anne Judson-Yager as Whittier Smith * Faune A. Chambers as Monica Washington * Bree Turner as Tina Hammersmith * Bethany Joy Lenz as Marni Potts * Richard Lee Jackson as Derek * Bryce Johnson as Greg * Felicia Day as Penelope Hope * Dennis Hemphill Jr. as Francis * Holly Towne as Janice * Kevin Cooney as Principal Dean Sebastian * Katherine Bailess as Colleen Lipman * Chris Carmack as Todd * Joshua Gomez as Sammy / team mascot * Kelly Stables as Stinger teammate * Brian Patrick Wade as Stinger teammate * Darren Geare as Stinger teammate *Jerry Trainor as Smug Guy {{div col end}}

==Legacy== Singer-songwriters Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine included ''Bring It On Again'' in their list of films that inspired their collaboration album A Beginner's Mind, with Stevens noting that he considers it one of this ten favorite films of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=2021-08-10 |title=Sufjan Stevens, Angelo De Augustine's New Song Inspired by Childhood-Ruining 'Return to Oz' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sufjan-stevens-angelo-de-augustine-back-to-oz-fictional-california-1208318/ |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0334965}}

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