History Main / HorribleCampingTrip

** In "Fishing Trip", Gerald, Sid, Harold, and Eugene (and their dads), Arnold and Grandpa Phil head to the woods for a fishing trip. After failing to catch any fish and losing their provisions to a bear (except for [[{{Gasshole}} cans of beans]]), the boys (and their fathers/grandfather) are all miserable, but [[AbileneParadox refuse to tell the others for fear of disappointing them]]. After much suffering, they finally admit this to each other and decide to to to the nearby resort for a not-so-back-to-nature trip (with a performance by [[Music/TheMonkees Davy Jones]].)

* ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', "Camp Keep a Good Mac Down", where in the time it takes to walk from the camp to the campsite, Bloo eats all of the food, then finds blueberries. On the way back to the campsite he eats them all to test that they're safe, then drinks all of their water trying to wash the taste out. Herriman's no help either, keeping the others from putting up a tent by repeatedly criticizing every inconsequential detail and then having them tear it down.

->''[[TheStinger "Dad, Mom says-"]]''

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "The Jem'Hadar" where Sisko, his son Jake, Jake's best friend Nog and Nog's uncle go on a trip to a planet in the Gamma Quadrant, only to wind up encountering the Jem'Hadar forces of the Dominion (for the first time).

* The ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' TV episode "Take a Hike" involves Lumpy leading a camping trip with six other characters. This being ''[[SadistShow Happy Tree Friends]]'', it ends badly; by the end of the episode, [[EverybodyDiesEnding all of the major characters have been brutally killed]].

** In "Survival Skills," Benson tries to teach the gang about surviving in the wilderness. Benson asks Mordecai and Rigby to buy tortillas for their barbeque, but when the two become lost, they embark on a crazy woodland adventure to get back to the campsite.

* Sixties comedy of {{Double Entendre}}s, ''Film/CarryOnCamping'', is fueled by this trope. [[IronicName Paradise Camp Site]] is in a muddy field, much to the annoyance of Sid Boggle and Bernie Lugg (who were hoping that it was a nudist camp full of attractive women); Peter Potter, who is bossed around by his wife Harriet and forced to share his tent with [[ClooudCuckooLander Charlie Muggins]]; and all the other campers, who have to deal with a hippie-filled concert being held by The Flowerbuds in the next field over.

* Sixties comedy of {{Double Entendre}}s, ''Film/CarryOnCamping'', is fueled by this trope. [[IronicName Paradise Camp Site]] is in a muddy field, much to the annoyance of Sid Boggle and Bernie Lugg (who were hoping that it was a nudist camp full of attractive women); Peter Potter, who is bossed around by his wife Harriet and forced to share his tent with [[ClooudCuckooLander Charlie Muggins]]; and all the other campers, who have to deal with a hippie-filled concert being held by the Flowerbuds in the next field over.

* Sixties comedy of double entendres, ''Film/CarryOnCamping'', is fueled by this trope. The campsite is in a muddy field, much to the annoyance of Sid and Bernie (who were hoping that it was a nudist camp full of attractive women), Charlie losing his tent from a landmine, Peter Potter who is bossed around by his wife who never listens to him, a schoolgirl's bra snapping off and Charlie moving in and annoying Peter.

* Outdoor humorist Creator/PatrickMcManus, who has written for such magazines as ''Field & Stream'' and ''Outdoor Life'' and whose articles have been collected in numerous books, more or less specializes in chronicling bad camping/fishing/hunting trips.

* The premise of ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen2'' has the Patriach of the Baker family taking his family to a camping lodge. Of course, things do go awry but what really dampens the trip is the father competing with his arch-rival and his family.

* ''Series/StepByStep'': Much like their ancestors from 22 years earlier, the Fosters and Lamberts go on a camping trip shortly after Frank and Carol are married. The Lambert kids have been camping before, which naturally clashes with the city-like Fosters ... but a good time ensues in the end. Nevermind that Frank's Chevrolet Suburban gets knocked into gear and plunges into the lake.

** "Effy" from Series 3 is a rather JustForFun/{{egregious}} example: there's a large amount of awkward tension between several of the characters ''before'' the poachers, [[MushroomSamba and the shrooms]], and the univited guest shows up. Oh, and the ManipulativeBitch gets [[BreakTheHaughty hit over the head with a rock]] by the main character, who [[SanitySlippage finally loses it]].

* The ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' TV episode "Take A Hike" involves Lumpy leading a camping trip with six other characters. This being ''[[SadistShow Happy Tree Friends]]'', it ends badly; by the end of the episode, [[EverybodyDiesEnding all of the major characters have been brutally killed]].

->''[[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes "ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!"]]''

* The ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' TV episode "Take A Hike" sees Lumpy leading a camping trip with six other characters. This being ''[[SadistShow Happy Tree Friends]]'', it ends badly; [[spoiler: by the end of the episode, [[EverybodyDiesEnding all of the major characters have been brutally killed]]]].

* In ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidTheLastStraw'', Greg joins the boy scouts (so he could change his father's mind on shipping him off to military academy), and a father-son camping trip soon takes place. Unfortunately, Greg is unable to go because he is sick on the day of the trip, but Frank (Greg's father) was forced to go because he signed up to be a driver, so he has to go by himself. He ended up getting put in a tent with two boys, and one of them bit the other because the one who got bit laughed at the biter for wetting his pants. And the biter wouldn't let go, so Frank had to pry them apart. And it ended up with the bitten one in the emergency room. Frank was not pleased with this.

* Chapters 40 and 41 of ''Manga/HighSchoolNinjaGirlOtonashiSan'' features the main characters promptly getting lost in the woods on a camping trip. One of them beings a ''corded'' rice cooker, and they get harassed by a bear that can out-ninja Otonashi (actually her brother, upset at not being invited).
* Chapter 59 of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' has Elma chaperoning a picnic involving Kanna, Saikawa, and Shouta (although the tent does suggest that they were spending the night there). The typical problems of camping trips affect Elma (getting lost in the woods looking for the kids after they accompany Shouta with his mana research without informing her; [[BearsAreBadNews having a run-in with a bear]]), only with her [[spoiler: eventually [[RageBreakingPoint going into full Dragon mode out of frustration]], with Kanna and Shouta having to prevent [[MuggleBestFriend Saikawa]] from seeing this side of Elma]].

* Sixties comedy of double entendres, ''Film/CarryOnCamping'', is fueled by this trope. The campsite is in a muddy field, much to the annoyance of Sid and Bernie (who were hoping that it was a nudist camp full of attractive women), Charlie losing his tent from a landmine, Peter Potter who is bossed around by his wife that never listens to him, a schoolgirl's bra snapping off and Charlie moving in and annoying Peter.

** In "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS4E1ARiverRunsThroughBob A River Runs Through Bob" the Belcher family goes with Tina for a make-up camping trip because she was sick when her [[ScoutOut Thunder Girls]] troop went. An ill-considered late-night skinny dip leads to Bob and Linda getting washed downstream and separated from the kids, and their problems are compounded by the fact that [[KnowNothingKnowItAll Bob insists he's a master outdoorsman when he very much isn't]].

* On the ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' episode "A River Runs Through Bob" the Belcher family goes with Tina for a make-up camping trip because she was sick when her [[ScoutOut Thunder Girls]] troop went. An ill-considered late-night skinny dip leads to Bob and Linda getting washed downstream and separated from the kids, and their problems are compounded by the fact that [[KnowNothingKnowItAll Bob insists he's a master outdoorsman when he very much isn't]].

* "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah ([[RefrainFromAssuming A Letter From Camp]])" by Alan Sherman is the classic example. However, at the end of the song, it stops raining. Gee, dat's bettah!

* In a Season 12 PSA for ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d_hXbBuVAU Sarge and Caboose go on a camping trip]]. In ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}''. After failing to make or find shelter, Sarge ends up burying himself, while Caboose joins a Boy Scout camp for hot dogs and s'mores.

Typical disasters include being SnowedIn, dealing with [[RainRainGoAway never-ending rain]], struggling with a HardToLightFire, running out of food, suffering from CabinFever, [[KnowYourVines poison ivy]], or getting attacked by an incredibly fake-looking [[BearsAreBadNews bear]]. (Or Bigfoot. Or [[EverythingTryingToKillYou every animal]].) It would seem much safer to go to a resort lodge to avoid such things, but that will usually be shot down due to budget or because it's not "traditional" enough. It's much cheaper to use an old wood cabin set, or dark set obscured by bushes where the camera never moves away from a campfire. An even cheaper device is characters going ''ice fishing'', sometimes ''in'' said cabin.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheProudFamily'' episode "Camping Trip" the Prouds, the Boulevardezes and friends go on a camping trip which quickly spirals into calamity when their [=RVs=] are swept away in a flood. For Oscar and Felix it gets worse from there, as they're forced to climb up a mountain, end up getting attacked by a [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti yeti]], a {{bear|sAreBadNews}}, and a [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking squirrel]], and [[RuleOfFunny somehow]] end up in a LostWorld untouched by time and captured by a mother pterodactyl.