History Film / RatRace

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Despite that nobody keeps the money, all 6 teams still get something for all their troubles in the end. Owen is no longer unpopular for picking the wrong winner, Merrill may start a relationship with him, Vera gets to spend time with her daughter, the Pears get the family quality time of their lives, Blair has a new girlfriend, his brother Duane has turned over a new leaf, Nick and Tracy start a relationship with each other, and Enrico... well, he was happy to begin with.]]

* FreezeFrameBonus: One of the cows Blaine hits [[http://i.imgur.com/rGneWOE.jpg has spots in the shape of the world map.]]

* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The "Pepto Bismal" bet, which is done by Sinclair and his associates as a bit of side entertainment while they await the outcome of the main race. However, it ultimately ends up backfiring and derailing the entire contest, as Vicky the Hooker learns of the prize money, steals it, and makes a run for it with Harry.]]

* LadyLooksLikeADude: The bartender

** For the most part of the race, Enrico is in dead last place, sleeping in the lobby. Then the Cody brothers stop all air traffic out of the airport, thus preventing a heart from being flown to El Paso for transplant. That heart gets put into a van to be driven there, and on the way it stops to pick up Enrico. [[spoiler: After escaping the driver and catching a bullet train, Enrico gets to the locker ''before everyone else''.]]

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: First of all the Heart Courier [[TemptingFate is a little TOO eager to take a little peek at the human heart he's transporting]]. Then it takes him next to no time to consider killing a 'drifter' and cutting out his heart to replace it when it's lost. And about as much time to consider Enrico as that drifter. He looks pretty disappointed when Enrico gets away too...

* OhCrap

'''Driver:''' [[PrecisionFStrike Shit!]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Gloria Allred...]]

** The Cody brothers realizing a monster truck is on the way.
* OnlySaneMan: Nick Schaffer could be classed as this, as he has the sanest approach to finding a way to win, and the best idea when they get to meet Smash Mouth. Too bad he teams up with Tracy Faucet...
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Vera, who has been invariably cheerful and affable throughout entire movie despite all hardships that befallen her -- a complete opposite of her [[HairTriggerTemper short-fused]] daughter Merrill -- [[RageBreakingPoint finally loses her temper]] near the end of the movie, when she grabs the doctor by her throat and furiously demands to open the bus' door. Even Merrill seems nonplussed by her mother's sudden angry outburst.

* StandardSnippet: "In The Hall Of The Mountain King" while Duane and Blaine sabotage the radar tower, "Ride Of The Valkyries" as Tracy does her helicopter attack, "Brindisi" when the Codys are chasing the keymaker.

* TrashyTouristTrap: Midway to the big destination, Jillian spots a roadside sign for a "Barbie Museum" and begs to go. Randy refuses until his wife Bev forces the issue... and to the entire family's horror they [[HistoricalCharacterConfusion find out]] it's not about [[Franchise/{{Barbie}} the beloved doll]], but real life member of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Barbie SS Klaus "The Butcher of Lyon" Barbie]] and the museum is run for and by Neo Nazis.

* GodwinsLawOfFacialHair: Randy insists his wife Bev to not use the lipstick they found in Hitler's car because they're Jewish and the lipstick likely belongs to Eva Braun, the wife of Hitler. He smears the lipstick on top of the steering wheel. Later on, when trying to outrun an angry biker gang, Randy ends up crashing into a WWII veteran gathering and smacking his face on that same steering wheel. When he gets out of the car and try to explain the situation, the lipstick had given Randy a toothbrush-esque imprint that really didn't help Randy since he also burnt his tongue and now talks in gibberish that vaguely sound German.

* GoLookAtTheDistraction: After Enrico catches on to Zack's plan to use ''his'' heart as a replacement, he implements this to flee.
-->'''Enrico:''' Oh, look, a dreefter! [[DisposableVagrant Let's kill him]]!

* AdolfHitlarious: See CoincidentalAccidentalDisguise below.

* ASimplePlan: Heading to Silver City doesn't sound so hard, right?

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: First of all the Heart Courier [[TemptingFate is a little ''too'' eager to take a little peek at the human heart he's transporting]]. Then it takes him next to no time to consider killing a 'drifter' and cutting out his heart to replace it when it's lost. And about as much time to consider Enrico as that drifter. He looks pretty disappointed when Enrico gets away too...

* DidYouJustScamCthulhu: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Randy Pear steals Hitler's touring car after the family ends up at a Klaus Barbie museum (which has no connection to the doll whatsoever):

* ForeShadowing: Randy and Beverly Pear tell Cody he can forget about buying the Volkswagen Beetle when he's old enough to drive, as it was used by the Nazis, thereby implying they are Jewish. This is further affirmed when they stop by what they think to be a Barbie Doll Museum, only to find out it's actually the KLAUS Barbie Museum, employed by a group of Neo-Nazis who idolize Klaus Barbie as if he were a hero.

* INeedToGoIronMyDog: The Pears make up the following excuse to leave the Klaus Barbie museum:

* MenacingMuseum: The Pear family decide to take a break from their journey to visit a Barbie museum at the daughter's insistence. It turns out to be a museum dedicated to infamous Nazi Klaus Barbie and run by Neo-Nazis. The Pears are implied to be Jewish, making this especially troubling for them.

* ThoseWackyNazis: Some Neo-Nazis run a Barbie Museum... dedicated to Nazi official Klaus Barbie, not the doll. Then the Pears steal Adolf Hitler's car (or Nazimobile, as Randy calls it), which was on display.