Fans and critics noted the oddness of reducing a longtime Sandler collaborator to a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it part. Some saw it as a sign that the movie was bloated with cameos (Shaquille O’Neal, Steve Austin, Jon Lovitz, etc.) and that Schneider’s character from the first film (a stay-at-home dad) was simply dropped.
Schneider was a core member of the "Happy Madison" troupe (Adam Sandler’s production company), having appeared in The Waterboy, Big Daddy, Little Nicky, 50 First Dates , and the first Grown Ups (where he played a much larger role as Rob Hilliard, the germophobic father). In Grown Ups 2 , however, his role was reduced to a non-speaking (arguing only), barely 30-second cameo . grown ups 2 rob schneider
Rob Schneider plays a one-scene cameo as "The Arguing Guy" (also credited as "Hippie Teacher"). He appears near the end of the film during the big 1980s-themed school dance. His character is a male hippie teacher who walks in with his wife (played by Andy Samberg’s real-life wife, Joanna Newsom) and immediately gets into a loud, nonsensical argument with her about using a coupon at a restaurant called "The Grotto." Fans and critics noted the oddness of reducing