History Film / RV

* BumblingDad: Bob Munro is a candidate for being THE TropeCodifier (next to [[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation Clark W. Griswold]] or [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]) making every single bad judgement call imaginable during the vacation. [[spoiler:He does, however, get a CMOA when he makes his company presentation]].

* CreatorCameo: Irv, the man painted on the side of the RV is director Creator/BarrySonnenfeld. Bob even has a brief phone call with him.
-->'''Bob''': Thanks, Saul!\\

* DidntThinkThisThrough: When the RV gets stuck on a pinnacle of a steep hill, Bob repeatedly tries to rock it, to no avail. He then climbs to the front and tugs on the wipers to get the RV moving. Eventually, he manages to get the RV on the ground and moving. Bob is relieved--until he [[OhCrap remembers he's still clinging on the windshield as the RV rolls down the hill at top speed]]!
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The RV sinks to the bottom of the lake, nullifying their contract with Irv. While they do later fish it out, it possibly forces them to sell their house to pay for damages. While things seem to get better when Bob's offered a higher position at his company, but when they [[RunningGag forget to apply the parking blocks yet again]], the RV flattens his employers' cars, seemingly putting him out of a job. Roll credits!]]
** [[spoiler:Verging into BittersweetEnding, both Carl and Cassie don't seem that phased about the possibility of losing their house. If anything, they're more interested in living in the RV like the Gornickes.]]

* ShoutOut:
** The Gornicke bus horn plays the intro melody from ''Franchise/StarTrek''.
*** Earlier in the movie, when the Munros begin to embark on their trip, Bob says to Jamie:
---->'''Bob''': [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Make it so, Number One.]]
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When trying to drain the sewerage pipe, Bob and some other people think about using a pair of over the counter clamps to attach the two pipes, due to the pressure, the clamps don't hold. Surprising [[TruthinTelevision Truth in Television]] as a number of people who have never had to drain the sewerage from an RV will in fact do it this way and have the same results.

%%* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Carl.

Executive Bob Munro (Williams) is stressed, feeling threatened of losing his job and his lifestyle, since his abusive boss Todd Mallory (Creator/WillArnett) hired the Stanford's geek Laird (Richard Cox) to work in their soda's company. Bob has promised his wife Jamie (Cheryl Hines), his teenage daughter Cassie ([[Music/{{Jojo}} Joanna "Jojo" Levesque]]) and his young son Carl (Creator/JoshHutcherson) to spend vacations in Hawaii, but Todd demands him to prepare a presentation and attend a business meeting with the owners of a family company in a merging operation scheduled in the same period.

* BumblingDad: Bob Munro is possibly THE TropeCodifier (next to [[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation Clark W. Griswold]] or [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]]) by making every single bad judgement call imaginable during the vacation.

* BumblingDad: Bob Munro is possibly THE TropeCodifier by making every single bad judgement call imaginable during the vacation.

* HeroOfAnotherStories: The Gornickes gave led an interesting life, constantly talking about different comedic [[NoodleIncident Noodle Incidents]] that make it clear that their encounters with the Munros is only one of many comedic mishaps to happen to them.

Concealing the real reason of going to Colorordo to his family, Bob rents a recreational vehicle and tries to convince his dysfunctional family that a road trip to the Colorado Rocky Mountains would be good to bring old values back to their family. After many incidents and while in the trailers parking area, the rookie Bob is helped by the friendly but somewhat bizarre Gornicke family--consisting of Travis (Creator/JeffDaniels), Mary Jo (Creator/KristinChenoweth) and their kids Earl (Hunter Parish), Moon (Chloe Sonnenfeld), and Billy (Alex Farris). The Munros escape from the Gornickes and initiate a journey of difficulties and leaning, retrieving their forgotten family bond.

* ThemeNaming: Garry and Larry Moiphine.

** The Gornicke bus horn plays the intro melody from ''StarTrek''.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: When the RV gets stuck on a pinnacle of a steep hill, Bob climbs to the front and tugs on the wipers to get the RV moving. Eventually, he manages to get the RV on the ground and moving. Bob is relieved--until he [[OhCrap remembers he's still clinging on the windshield as the RV rolls down the hill at top speed]]!

** [[Spoiler:Verging into BittersweetEnding, both Carl and Cassie don't seem that phased about the possibility of losing their house. If anything, they're more interested in living in the RV like the Gornickes.]]