History Film / RoadTo

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* ''Road to Bali'' (1952) -- The only one in color
* ''The Road to Hong Kong'' (1962) -- with Creator/JoanCollins

* ''Road to Zanzibar'' (1941)
* ''Road to Morocco'' (1942)

!!Films with their own trope page:

* ''Film/RoadToZanzibar''
* ''Film/RoadToMorocco''

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In ''Road to Hong Kong'', Chester has [[EasyAmnesia lost his memory]] and Harry asks if he remembers him, his [[HeterosexualLifePartners "bosom buddy"]].
-->'''Chester:''' Bosom, what's that?\\
'''Harry:''' Oh you ''have'' lost your memory.

The series inspired some later movies, including ''Film/SpiesLikeUs'', ''Film/{{Ishtar}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado''. And even the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' "Road to..." episodes that mostly focus on Brian and Stewie.

%%* OverlyPolitePals

%%* UniversalAdaptorCast

* BulletsDoNotWorkThatWay: In ''Road to Bali'', a bullet shot out of a bent gun barrel starts whizzing around in circles, due to the RuleOfFunny.

* DrinkOrder: In ''Road to Utopia'', Hope's character tries to fit in at tough-guy frontier bar, but then orders a lemonade. Realizing his mistake, he quickly turns to the bartender and growls, "...in a dirty glass!"

The ''Road to ...'' movies are a series of comedy films starring Creator/BobHope, Music/BingCrosby, and (usually) Dorothy Lamour. Each of the films is a parody of a particular film genre.

* ''The Road to Hong Kong'' (1962) -- with Joan Collins

The series inspired some other movies, including ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado''. And even the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' "Road to..." episodes that mostly focus on Brian and Stewie.

** AsideGlance

* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: ''The Road to Hong Kong''.

''(The "[[Creator/{{Paramount}} Paramount Pictures]]" logo suddenly appears in front of said mountain)''\\

* RunningGag: "Pattycake, pattycake..."

* ThematicSeries: Despite sharing the same actors and style of humor (to say nothing of being in the same series), the movies are technically not part of the same narrative with the actors playing different, yet similar characters in each.

* ''Film/RoadToMorocco'' (1942)

* ''Road to Morocco'' (1942)

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The ''Road to ...'' movies are a series of comedy films starring Creator/BobHope and Music/BingCrosby, usually with Dorothy Lamour. Each of the films is a parody of a particular film genre.

* WeNeedADistraction: The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjOmRro_P20 "patty-cake"]] routine: When faced with a foe, Hope and Crosby start playing patty-cake, and while the bad guy watches in bemusement, they each punch him out simultaneously. Occasionally, the villain is onto them and hits them first, causing Hope to point out that "he must have seen the picture."

It inspired some other movies, including ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado''. And even the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' "Road to..." episodes that mostly focus on Brian and Stewie.

It inspired some other movies, including ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado''. And even the inspiration for ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' "Road To..." episodes that mostly focus on Brian and Stewie.

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* ''[[Film/RoadToZanzibar Road to Zanzibar]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Film/RoadToMorocco Road to Morocco]]'' (1942)

* ''Road to Zanzibar'' (1941)
* ''Road to Morocco'' (1942)

-->'''Hope''': Paramount wouldn't dare. Especially at your age.

* AfricanChant: ''Road to Zanzibar'' has a bit of chanting titled "African Etude".

* CapturedByCannibals: In ''Road to Zanzibar'', with the cannibals thinking Hope and Crosby are [[MightyWhitey white gods]]... until, that is, the cannibals decide to test their divinity by having Hope get into a sidesplittingly hilarious wrestling match with a KillerGorilla.

* DarkestAfrica: Once again, from ''Road to Zanzibar''. It uses all the standard Pulp Africa tropes and [[SubvertedTrope subverts the heck out of them]].

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: A stock-footage octopus (and one prop tentacle) make a cameo in ''Road to Zanzibar''.

* HumanCannonball: In ''Road to Zanzibar''. one of the scams the duo run is a human-cannonball act; it turns out Hope's character hides in a secret compartment in the base of the cannon and it's a dummy that gets launched out. (And catches fire, and crashes into a tent, and causes an entire carnival to burn down.)

* InvisibleBackupBand: ''Road to Zanzibar'' discusses this together with MickeyMousing in a dialogue which ends with Crosby conducting the invisible orchestra to accompany his singing of the love theme:
-->"What killed me is that ''from nowhere'', an orchestra started. You know, violins and everything, right in the minute of a jungle. Isn't that silly?"

* KillerGorilla: Towards the end of ''Road to Zanzibar'', Hope's character gets tossed in a cage with a wrestling gorilla.

* PardonMyKlingon: In ''Road to Zanzibar'', the natives of DarkestAfrica have their lines subtitled in English, but one line produces a '''[CENSORED]''' stamp instead of a subtitle.

* SawAWomanInHalf: The heroes attempt this at the end of ''Zanzibar''.
* ShoutOut: Crosby's tribal garb in ''Zanzibar'' includes a headpiece which looks a whole lot like MickeyMouse ears. In the same scene, his line about being "off to see the wizard" is a quote from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz.''

* TalentDouble: In ''Road to Zanzibar'', Hope is doubled by Olympic wrestler Peter Mehringer in the scene where he wrestles a gorilla.

* TravelMontage: ''Road to Zanzibar'' uses the comedy version where the line starts meandering chaotically.

* DuelingStarsMovie: You were either watching to see Hope and Crosby spark off each other, or for Dorothy Lamour.

* TheCavalryArrivesLate: They never get there in ''Rio''. But exciting, wasn't it?

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Road to Singapore'' is a lot more subdued and conventional than the films that followed.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor:
** In ''Morocco'', Hope's character gets his hands on a magic ring...
** Hope's magic flute in ''Bali'', which backfires horribly when Crosby tries his hand at it.

* [[IncrediblyLamePun Incredibly Lame Puns]]
-->''"Like Webster's dictionary, we're Morocco bound"''

* LostAtSea: Played (relatively) straight in the first scene of ''Road to Morocco'', and then parodied at the end.

* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Done for laughs at the beginning of ''Road to Morocco'', where Geoffrey (Crosby) and Oliver (Hope) are stranded at sea.

* SneezeOfDoom: Done with a fly landing on Hope's face in ''Road to Morocco''.

* BookEnds: ''Road to Morocco'' begins and ends with the protagonists LostAtSea.

* CrashingThroughTheHarem: In ''Road to Morocco'', Hope and Crosby try to hide from the evil Kasim by hiding in a harem. Unfortunately, they get found out.

* {{Handwave}}: At one point in ''Morocco'' the duo are bound hand and foot and wrapped up inside nets, hopping across the desert. They get loose somehow off-screen, and when Hope asks how they managed it, Crosby says they'd better not tell, as the audience would never believe it.
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* HollywoodMirage: ''Road to Morocco'' has a mirage of a drive-in, followed by singing mirage of Dorothy Lamour, who disappears when touched.

* LiteralGenie: In ''Road to Morocco'', an imprisoned Jeff and Orville are given a ring which grants wishes, but are told it doesn't work for everyone. They're also given two poison tablets to use in case the ring doesn't work for either of them. When the ring doesn't work for Jeff, Orville begins to swallow a tablet, and then...
-->'''Orville:''' ''(to the sky)'' Set the table, Aunt Lucy, there'll be two more for dinner... Boy, I sure wish I had a drink.\\
''(a drink appears in Orville's hand)''\\
'''Jeff:''' Junior! Junior, It worked! How about that, the magic ring, it worked on you!\\
'''Orville:''' Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle!\\
''(Orville turns into a monkey)''

* NotSoRemote: ''Road to Morocco'' ends with Hope and Crosby stranded on a raft after Hope accidentally blows up the ship. Just as Hope is winding up to a big dramatic moment about the possibility of them dying out there, Crosby points out that they're within sight of New York.
* OscarBait: Lampshaded and spoofed in many of the movies, notably in ''Road to Morocco'', which ends with Hope and Crosby stranded on a raft after Hope accidentally blows up the ship:
-->'''Hope''': I can't go on! No food, no water! It's all my fault. We're done for! It's got me. I can't stand it! No food, nothing! No food, no water! No food! ''HAHAHAHAHA!!''\\
'''Crosby''': What's the matter with you, anyway? There's New York. We'll be picked up in a few minutes.\\
'''Hope''': ''(snaps out of it)'' You had to open your big mouth and ruin the only good scene I got in the picture. I might've won the Academy Award!

* PlotArmor: {{Lampshad|eHanging}}ed in the title song of ''Road to Morocco'':
-->For any villains we may meet, we haven't any fears;\\
Creator/{{Paramount}} will protect us, 'cause we're signed for five more years.
** Also in ''Road to Bali'': The branch that Hope and Crosby are leaning against breaks, but they stay suspended in mid-air.

* SettingOffSong: "(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco"

* ThirstyDesert: Played with in ''Road to Morocco''.
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: It's subtle, but Hope says in ''Morocco'' that he was born on September 13, 1913. "It was a Friday." (Never mind that it was actually a Saturday...)
* TitleThemeTune: "We're off on the road to Morocco..."

!!This series provides examples, straight or parodied, of:

* HeterosexualLifePartners

* LargeHam[=/=]HamToHamCombat: Dorothy Lamour on making the pictures: "I felt like a wonderful sandwich, a slice of white bread between two slices of ham."
* LiteralGenie[=/=]WastefulWishing: In ''Road to Morocco'', an imprisoned Jeff and Orville are given a ring which grants wishes, but are told it doesn't work for everyone. They're also given two poison tablets to use in case the ring doesn't work for either of them. When the ring doesn't work for Jeff, Orville begins to swallow a tablet, and then...

* OverlyPolitePals

* RunningGag[=/=]PreAssKickingOneLiner: "Pattycake, pattycake..."

* UniversalAdaptorCast
* VagabondBuddies / VitriolicBestBuds: Forever on the road, bickering every step of the way.

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!!References in other works:

* ''Film/SpiesLikeUs''. It even has a Bob Hope cameo.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'', which is something of a SpiritualSuccessor.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episodes "Road to Rhode Island", "Road to Europe", "Road to Rupert", "Road to Germany", "Road to the Multiverse", and "Road to the North Pole". "Road to Rhode Island" even has a song of the same name to the tune of the song "Road to Morocco".
* ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' episodes "Road To Tasmania", "Return Of The Road To Tasmania Strikes Back" and "Yet Another Road To Tasmania"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Duckman}}'' episode "Road to Dendron"
* The ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' episodes "For Whom the Bell Klangs" and "The Road to Macadamia"
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'' episode "Tarzan and the Fugitives"
* The ''Series/{{ALF}}Tales'' cartoon episode "The Aladdin Brothers"
* Music/TheyMightBeGiants song "Road Movie to UsefulNotes/{{Berlin}}" on the album ''Flood''.
* ''Film/HistoryOfTheWorldPartI'': The "Roman Empire" segment. Creator/MelBrooks and others sing "We're off on the road to Judea!"
* ''Film/{{Ishtar}}''