History Trivia / FrenchFriedVacation

* CastTheExpert: The ski instructor of the second film who loves mulled wine and insists on "planting the ski pole" was played by a real ski instructor.

* OnSetInjury: Marlène Auffret (the actress who played the hotel receptionist) slipped on an icy patch before her scenes could be filmed. She broke her leg. Consequently, her legs were hidden in every scene featuring her character.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The second film was first conceived as a BlackComedy story [[RippedFromTheHeadlines inspired by]] the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571 Uruguayan Andes flight disaster of 1972]], with the group going to the Himalaya mountains. Their plane would have crashed, and the group would have survived the crash along with a stewardess. After a while they would have lacked food and thought about [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty eating the stewardess]]. It simply became the subplot of the group being lost in the mountains and being rescued by rugged villagers.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The second film was first conceived as a BlackComedy story [[RippedFromTheHeadlines inspired by]] the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571 Uruguayan Andes flight disaster of 1972]], with the group going to the Himalaya mountains. Their plane would have crashed, and the group would have survived the crash along with a stewardess. After a while they would have lacked food and thought about [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty eating the stewardess]].

* {{Defictionalization}}: No, shallot liquor with a toad inside the bottle wasn't a real thing before the movie. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yujCT0j6MrQ But now, you can try the recipe yourself.]]

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Nowadays, [[JustForFun/CellPhonesCouldHaveSolvedThisPlot with cell phones]], both Jean-Claude's [[StuckOnASkiLift misadventure]] and the moment when the group is lost in the mountain heights would be quickly resolved. Unless, of course, [[CellPhonesAreUseless they have reception problem.]]

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The [[TitleThemeTune title song]] of the second film, "Just Because of You", was performed by one Dan Perlman ({{stage name|s}} of Jean-Denis Perez), who never had his name in the credits not got royalties from it. It took him years of legal procedures to get them (in 2015).

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Nowadays, [[JustForFun/CellPhonesCouldHaveSolvedThisPlot with the cell phones]], both Jean-Claude's [[StuckOnASkiLift misadventure]] and the moment when the group is lost in the mountain heights would be quickly resolved. Unless, of course, [[CellPhonesAreUseless they have reception problem.]]

* TechnologyMarchesOn: Nowadays, [[CellPhonesCouldHaveSolvedThisPlot with the cell phones]], both Jean-Claude's [[StuckOnASkiLift misadventure]] and the moment when the group is lost in the mountain heights would be quickly resolved. Unless, of course, [[CellPhonesAreUseless they have reception problem.]]

* CreatorBacklash: Director Patrice Leconte hated the theme song of the second film, "Just Because of You".

** In the third movie, Bernard's son Benjamin is played by Gérard Jugnot's real-life son, Arthur Jugnot.

* SequelGap: The third film (2006) came out 27 years after the second one (1979).

* {{Real Life Relative}}s: Creator/ChristianClavier (Jérôme) and Marie-Anne Chazel (Gigi) were married from 1976 to 2001.

* RealLifeRelative: Creator/ChristianClavier (Jérôme) and Marie-Anne Chazel (Gigi) were married from 1976 to 2001.

* RealLifeRelatives: Creator/ChristianClavier (Jérôme) and Marie-Anne Chazel (Gigi) were married from 1976 to 2001.