History Main / LotsOfLuggage

* One of the {{Yeralash}} shorts has a boy going on a trip with a friend of his. The friend said to only take the most necessary things. See the result [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHv4U9KBvls here]] starting at 2:50.

* This one's a stretch, but an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' had Big Bob Pataki take his daughter Helga and her friend Phoebe out camping with a lot of high-tech camping equipment because he was testing out the merchandise for his company. It turns out to be all junk that he later throws away angrily while Arnold and Gerald use the skills they learned from Arnold's Grandpa earlier to get back to their campsite.

* ''Film/MortalKombat'':
** Movie star Johnny Cage brings several large bags to dock for the trip to the tournament. After [[MistakenForServant asking Liu Kang]] to carry them for him, Liu dumps them into the bay.
** It gets even better. Upon first landing at the island, Johnny falls right into the water due to being weighed down by so much luggage, and then, as the crew are climbing a huge number of steps, he falls and drops some of it, prompting Liu to ask "Do you need help with those?"

* Also, in the Australian YA Novel ''[[Literature/TheTomorrowSeries Tomorrow When The War Began]]'', the character Fi, who starts out as something of a DumbBlond, (although she subverts it later and she's really more of a HairOfGoldHeartOfGold type) is ridiculed by the other characters for bringing insane amounts of luggage on a camping trip.

* In the ''RedDwarf'' episode ''Future Echoes'', the Cat is instructed to get together a few essentials before going into suspended animation. He arrives with a rack of suits and, when challenged by Lister, admits there are ten more racks he intends to take.

* Rarity, the resident beauty queen of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', has her poor little sister drag her luggage to the campsite in an oversized cart in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E6SleeplessInPonyville "Sleepless in Ponyville"]]. Her necessities include an entire inflatable house, completely furnished with a queen sized bed and a matching ''[[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY vase]]''.
** Though her "poor little sister" proved to be just as much of a heavy packer in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial "Sisterhooves Social"]], bringing two mountains of luggage ("Just a few necessities...") to live with Rarity for just a week. In her ''fully furnished house.''
** Pinkie Pie plays with this trope by using HammerSpace ''extensively'', leaving people wondering ''where'' she keeps all that stuff.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' episode "Island Fever", Alvin struggles to move a luggage cart over flowing with pink suitcases, footlockers, trunks, and other pieces of luggage belonging to Brittany onto the cruise ship the Sevilles and Millers are entertaining on.
-->'''Brittany:''' Alvin, please be careful, I have some of my favorite things in there!
-->'''Alvin:''' Like what?
-->'''Eleanor:''' Like everything she didn't put in ''there''...

Often leads to HumanPackMule. Compare CityMouse. May also be a flaw of the AlphaBitch.

A character has a very loose grasp on the idea of "necessities," bringing along towering mountains of suitcases filled with a year's supply of clothes and other frippery they probably don't even need at home. Two waffle irons, for example, so that there is a choice of waffle-dimple patterns. This, for a weekend trip. Special points awarded if the trip is a camping trip, where the idea is to get back to nature.

A character has a very loose grasp on the idea of "necessities," bringing along towering mountains of suitcases filled with a year's supply of clothes and other frippery you probably don't even need at home. Two waffle irons, for example, so that there is a choice of waffle-dimple patterns. This, for a weekend trip. Special points awarded if the trip is a camping trip, where the idea is to get back to nature.

Camping is a fun activity meant to bring characters together in their most primal states. They must bring only the bare necessities, hunt for their food, sleep on the cold ground, and tell scary stories around the fire, but it will all culminate in a stronger bond amongst these friends by the end. Sometimes, there is one friend who is a bit more... clean than the rest, so of course, sleeping outside with bugs and bears is not his ideal way of spending a Saturday night. But alas, his love for his friends outshines his fear of getting mud under his nails (or maybe he doesn't really have a say in the matter), so he agrees to come along. How is a man to cope?

More likely than not, he'll bring along lots of luggage, taking the form of a towering mountain of suitcases filled with such camping necessities as nail polish, makeup, and queen sized beds.
Serves as a visual cue to show just how pampered and tootsie the character is, and how clueless about the meaning of the phrase "roughing it" he is. BonusPoints if he has someone else carry it, usually a servant or ardent admirer. [[BonusPoints Extra Bonus Points]] if when confronted over bringing so much extra stuff, he replies that "These ''are'' my bare necessities! I can't survive without my humidifier!" You never can look too fabulous!

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}, Muffy always overpacks, especially for summer camp.

** Though her "poor little sister" proved to be just as much of a heavy packer in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial "Sisterhooves Social"]], bringing two mountains of luggage to live with Rarity for just a week. In her ''fully furnished house.''

* ''LightNovel/Gosick'': Victorique packs a lot of suitcases when she goes traveling.

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[[caption-width-right:317:[[SpoiledSweet Asami's]] idea of "a few things".]]

->''Lone Starr and Barf have just rescued Princess Vespa... Barf enters the main cabin carrying four bags with a fifth's strap in his mouth.''
->'''Lone Starr:''' Checking in? What the hell is that?
->'''Barf:''' Her Royal Highness's matched luggage!
-->--''Film/{{Spaceballs}}''

Compare CityMouse. May also be a flaw of the AlphaBitch.

!!Examples:

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-->''Lone Starr and Barf have just rescued Princess Vespa... Barf enters the main cabin carrying four bags with a fifth's strap in his mouth.''
-->'''Lone Starr:''' Checking in? What the hell is that?
-->'''Barf:''' Her Royal Highness's matched luggage!

[[quoteright:317:[[LegendOfKorra http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/justafewthings_1329.jpg]]]]

-->--Film/{{Spaceballs}}

[[quoteright:299:[[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/calvinhobbescamp_5623.gif]]]]

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-->''Lone Starr and barf have just rescued Princess Vespa...''

--> '''Hobbes:''' Grab the hot dogs and come on! The troop's cooking dinner over the fire. '''Calvin:''' ''(rummaging in the tent)'' Oh, that's just great. Here we've been lugging this dumb microwave around for nothing.

!!Examples

* In ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' Rarity (See the Western Animation folder) does it again when she goes spend a week at a spa. She brings so much luggage that there almost isn't enough room for her in the cart.

* ''Film/TheGreatRace''. Maggie [=DuBois=] takes along a large amount of luggage when she takes part in the title car race. When her car breaks down and the Great Leslie rescues her, she insists that he take her luggage along.
* ''Film/MortalKombat'': Movie star Johnny Cage brings several large bags to dock for the trip to the tournament. After [[MistakenForServant asking Liu Kang]] to carry them for him, Liu dumps them into the bay.
** The MortalKombat example gets better. Upon first landing at the island, Johnny falls right into the water due to being weighed down by so much luggage, and then, as the crew are climbing a huge number of steps, he falls and drops some of it, prompting Liu to ask "Do you need help with those?"

* ''Series/GilligansIsland''. Thurston Howell the Third, his wife Lovey and Ginger all took along much more luggage (mostly clothing) than they should have needed for a "three hour cruise". On one of the occasions where they had a chance to escape the island, they insisted on taking all of their luggage with them.

* Rarity, the resident beauty queen of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', has her poor little sister drag her luggage to the campsite in an oversized cart in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E6SleeplessInPonyville Sleepless in Ponyville]]. Her necessities include an entire inflatable house, completely furnished with a queen sized bed and a matching ''[[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY vase]]''.
** Though her "poor little sister" proved to be just as much of a heavy packer in [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E5SisterhoovesSocial Sisterhooves Social]], bringing two mountains of luggage to live with Rarity for just a week. In her ''fully furnished house.''

* Less "impractical" but still over-packed is this ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldandFriends'' example. Jon takes Garfield and Odie out camping, and Garfield hates it every time. So one time he brings an ''inflatable house'', labelled "Never leave home without a home". Jon makes an AsideGlance and asks, "This is roughing it?"

* Bianca from WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens once brings half a dozen suitcases with "absolute necessities of life" along. Doesn't sound like much? Well, perhaps it should be mentioned she brought them for a day in a beauty salon...

* Erza from ''FairyTail'' never goes anywhere without a whole wagon load full of bulging suitcases. It's revealed she [[BigEater carries food in them.]]

More likely than not, he'll bring along [[LotsoLuggage Lotso Luggage]], taking the form of a towering mountain of suitcases filled with such camping necessities as nail polish, makeup, and queen sized beds.

[[RollingUpdates Rolling Updates]]

Formerly LotsoLuggage.

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* DaveBarry once described this type of individual as someone "whose idea of 'roughing it' means 'turning the air conditioner to medium'".
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