Returning from the original are Debbie Dunham, Steve Bolander, John Milner, Carol/Rainbow, Terry the Toad and Laurie Bolander ( , and ), but is missing and shows up in a gag cameo. The sequel brings its principles into the more radical end of the 1960s, with Steve and Laurie, now married, on the fringes of the protest movement. Debbie and Carol have been lured into the flower-power milieu by rocker Newt ( ). And John has parlayed his love of hot rods into a drag-racing career. The unifying factors of the first are sacrificed in favor of an episodic approach to the storyline.