History Main / HorribleCampingTrip

* ''Webcomic/EveryoneIsHome'': The Isabelles take a bunch of the fighters on a camping trip to revive Hero, but things end up going wrong for everyone involved except them. Rosalina gets smoke in her face from the campfire started by Incineroar, Ryu's snacks are eaten by ants which then crawl all over Ken, Ganondorf and Steve get a hole in there tent as it starts to rain, Fox and Falco argue over how to pitch a tent, Wario's loud snoring keeps Luigi and Sora up all night, and Banjo, Kazooie, and Olimar try to stop the local wildlife from stealing their food.

* In ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', Calvin's dad takes the family camping in one series of strips. Except Calvin accidentally drops the camera in the lake, Calvin's dad stacks all the luggage on top of his glasses, and it rains heavily the whole time.

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* Bill Watterson did this a few times in ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', when Calvin's dad drags the family along on a camping trip.
** On one trip, it rained nonstop and didn't stop until Dad, having decided to pack it in and go home, [[GaveUpTooSoon had finished loading the car]]. Cue FacePalm (and then [[NarrativeProfanityFilter shouting words that Calvin didn't understand]]).
** On the next trip, Calvin dropped a bag of supplies (including the camera) in the lake; when Calvin's dad dove down to retrieve them, he accidentally put them on his glasses, shattering them. Calvin and Hobbes decide to wait until he is in a better mood to tell him he left the car's headlights on before launching their canoe.
** It's mentioned Dad takes them on these trips every summer, in spite of Mom and Calvin openly hating them. Dad on the other hand, seems to enjoy the great outdoors no matter how many bad things happen on every trip. One comic however had him explain he takes them on those trips every summer instead of a cruise or more enjoyable vacation so the rest of their year will feel better by comparison, but given his habit of sarcasm it's hard to say if he's being serious about that. Then again, since he ''is'' the TropeNamer for MiseryBuildsCharacter...
* Any of [[BumblingDad Roger's]] family camping trips in ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot''. In one instance, the kids (and mother) notably cheered louder for the news that they wouldn't be able to go on that year's trip due to some circumstances of Roger getting his job back, than for the news of his re-hiring itself. Usually they attempt to find some sort of excuse to get out of it, such as trying to cram the car with luggage (with some of them being filled with nothing but packaging peanuts) just so there wouldn't be enough room in the car to accommodate them, and taking Roger's attempts at encouraging via exact words and exploit them to delay the camping trip.
** Perhaps the crowning example is the Skeeter Falls trip. As the name implies, the campsite is near a waterfall which acts as a breeding ground for mosquitoes, and the ever ignorant Roger books the vacation when the mosquito population is at its peak. They have their own personal ranger only because they are the only campers there, and are surrounded by swarms of mosquitoes all day and night (having forgotten to pack insect repellent). The only natural attraction in the area is a geyser which goes off at 3:38 am and is two hours' walk from the campsite. To make matters worse, a bear gets into their campsite, and Roger is too busy marvelling at it to notice that it has eaten all of their food except for half a bag of gummi-worms and three mini pretzels. Instead of taking the logical choice of leaving camp early, Roger decides they'll simply catch and eat fish for every meal, which very quickly wears on Andy and the kids. Roger remains so oblivious to the rest of his family's misery that when he shows Andy a bumper sticker (given by their ranger as a parting gift) reading "I left my [blood] at Skeeter Falls", which he alone finds hilarious, Andy wonders if they have one saying "I left my husband at Skeeter Falls".
** Roger also took the family to a desert campsite called Cactus Flats. In the middle of August. For two weeks. Even worse, a news report featuring said desert mentions that it's the hottest it's ever been -- it's so bad that Peter Arnett (a RealLife reporter famous for his coverage of both Gulf Wars) was sent to the scene and he ''quit his job'' just so he could leave the desert as soon as possible. When the family finally gets to the desert, the only source of entertainment they can find is watching Jason play ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' on his Gameboy. When the family gets ready to leave, Andy nearly ''strangles'' Roger after he offhandedly says "see you soon" to Cactus Flats, livid that he might take them there again.
** Yet ''another'' one combined with MachoDisasterExpedition: Roger goes on a boys-only trip, and tries to wake his sons up at two in the morning to go fishing. When they refuse, he goes alone, saying ''some'' of them will be eating fish tonight. Cut to...
--->'''Peter''': Are you sure you don't want any canned tuna, Dad?\\
'''Jason''': It's pretty good if you spread it on a cracker.\\
'''Roger''': [[BlatantLies I'm not hungry.]]
* ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus'' did this ''twice'' - once in the 70s, and modified and rerun again in 2009.
* ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} has been forced to go an a few of these.
* ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} has also gone on one - to Clyde Canyon, which turned out to be a three foot hole in the ground. After spending the weekend sitting in the hole, Dilbert and Dogbert learn that the ''real'' Clyde Canyon was just over the next ridge. They decide it probably isn't worth developing their photographs of the trip.
* ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'': John and Phil went on a canoeing trip that becomes this after being stranded for several days on an island during a storm. Elly and Georgia also struggled to conduct the rescue mission and comfort a scared Michael and Elizabeth.
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* Charlie Decker goes on one with his dad and friends in Creator/StephenKing's (writing as Richard Bachman) ''Literature/Rage1977'' in one of his father's many attempts to "make a man out of him". He overhears his father discussing the Cherokee Nose Job with his friends (slitting the nose of an adulterous wife) and how he would do it to his own wife if she cheated on him, one of the factors that ultimately leads to Charlie's decision to "get it on" by [[AxesAtSchool bringing a gun to school]].

* Charlie Decker goes on one with his dad and friends in Creator/StephenKing's (writing as Richard Bachman) ''Literature/Rage1977'' in one of his father's many attempts to "make a man out of him". He overhears his father discussing the Cherokee Nose Job with his friends (slitting the nose of an adulterous wife) and how he would do it to his own wife if she cheated on him.

* One of the ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'' books details a horrible camping trip that's tainted not only with everything imaginable from floods to swarms of insects, but disappointment. (Papa bear spends the first third of the book hyping the trip up to be the experience of a lifetime). It wasn’t a total bust. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny They all had a good laugh when the looked at the photos afterwards.]]

* Charlie goes on one with his dad and friends in Creator/StephenKing's (writing as Richard Bachman) ''Literature/Rage1977''. He overhears his father discussing the Cherokee Nose Job with his friends (slitting the nose of an adulterous wife) and how he would do it to his own wife if she cheated on him.