History Film / RV

* DeadpanSnarker: ''Every member'' of the Munro family is this to a degree.

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

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

-->'''Bob''': [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Make it so, Number One.]]

** Earlier in the movie, when the Munros begin to embark on their trip, Bob says to Jamie:
-->'''Bob''': Make it so, Number One.

''RV'' is a 2006 comedy film, directed by Creator/BarrySonnenfeld and starring Creator/RobinWilliams, about a dysfunctional family who go on vacation in a shoddy RV.

* BumblingDad: Bob Munro is, arguably, a TropeCodifier by making every single bad judgement call imaginable during the vacation.

* 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]]!

'''Bob''': Sorry. Well, I dunno where the hell I got "Saul." \\
'''Irv''': My dad's name is Saul.\\
'''Bob''': Well, thanks. [''hangs up'']

* 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 [[remembers he's still clinging on the windshield]] as the RV rolls down the hill at top speed!

%%* DysfunctionalFamily: The Munros.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: It actually works to the kid's advantage this time. Bob drops a bizzare freestyle rap of sorts to get acquainted with some punks about to fight Carl. They get confused and leave.

The 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 to work in their soda's company. Bob has promised his wife Jamie Munro (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.

* ChekhovsGun: Bob's laptop which he hides during the trip to conceal his business reasons for his family trip. One night, Billy Gornicke comes across Bob and compliments him on it. [[spoiler:Later, the laptop gets stolen by a scruffy hitchhiker. The Gornickes recover the stolen laptop after picking up the same hitchhiker.]].

The 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 to work in their soda's company. Bob has promised his wife Jamie Munro (Cheryl Hines), his teenage daughter Cassie (Music/{{Jojo}}) 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.

* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Cassie.

* 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!]]
* DysfunctionalFamily: The Munros.

* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Carl.

* ShoutOut: The Gornicke Bus horn plays the intro melody from ''StarTrek''.
** Earlier in the movie, when the Munros begin to embark on their trip, Bob says to Jamie :
-->'''Bob''': Make it so number one.

The executive Bob Munro (Williams) is stressed, feeling threatened of losing his job and his lifestyle, since his abusive boss Todd Mallory (Will Arnett) hired the Stanford's geek Laird to work in their soda's company. Bob has promised his wife Jamie Munro (Cheryl Hines), his teenage daughter Cassie (Music/{{Jojo}}) 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.

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, Moon, and Billy. The Munros escape from the Gornickes and initiate a journey of difficulties and leaning, retrieving their forgotten family bond.

The film grossed over $80 million worldwide, but received mostly negative reviews from critics, most of which call it sweet yet blunt and predictable. It currently holds a 24% on RottenTomatoes.

* NoHuggingNoKissing: Earl develops a romantic interest in Cassie and Carl starts to like Moon, but nothing happens between them on-screen. Earl does make a comment about Earl and Cassie "making out," but nothing is shown.

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 (Jeff Daniels), Mary Jo (Creator/KristinChenoweth) and their kids Earl, Moon, and Billy. The Munros escape from the Gornickes and initiate a journey of difficulties and leaning, retrieving their forgotten family bond.

-->Bob: Make it so number one.

* NoHuggingNoKissing: Earl develops a romantic interest in Cassie and Carl starts to like Moon, but nothing happens between them on-screen. A character does make a comment about Earl and Cassie "making out," but nothing is shown.

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''RV'' is a 2006 comedy film, staring Creator/RobinWilliams, about a dysfunctional family that goes on a vacation in a shoddy RV. The executive Bob Munro (Williams) is stressed, feeling threatened of losing his job and his lifestyle, since his abusive boss Todd Mallory (Will Arnett) hired the Stanford's geek Laird to work in their soda's company. Bob has promised his wife Jamie Munro (Cheryl Hines), his teenage daughter Cassie (Music/{{Jojo}}) 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.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: It actually works to a kid's advantage this time. Bob drops a bizzare freestyle rap of sorts to get acquainted with some punks about to beat Carl. They get confused and leave.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: It actually works to a kid's advantage this time. Bob drops a bizzare freestyle rap of sorts to some punks about to beat Carl. They get confused and leave.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: It actually works to a kid's advantage this time. Bob drops an odd freestyle rap to confuse and ward off some punks about to beat Carl.

* ShoutOut: The Gornicke Bus horn plays the theme from ''StarTrek''.