History Main / LotsOfLuggage

** 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?" This may be a nod to a similar gag that happens in ''Film/EnterTheDragon'' when Roper brings several rickshaws worth of luggage with him on his way to the tournament.

* ''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?"
** This may be a nod to a similar gag that happens in ''Film/EnterTheDragon'' when Roper brings several rickshaws worth of luggage with him on his way to the tournament.

* The ComedicHero of ''Literature/{{Scoop}}'', the 1938 satire by Evelyn Waugh, is a country wildlife writer who's accidentally sent overseas as a war correspondent. He's sent to the requisite {{adventurer outfit}}ters who, realising his naivete, sell him a vast mountain of clothing and equipment which he lugs to Africa with him.

* When Donna finally becomes a companion in ''Series/DoctorWho'', she has a pile of suitcases, including a hatbox. The Doctor is particularly bewildered by the hatbox. (Arguably, this is more sensible than what most companions do, which is set off in an erratic time machine with a semi-qualified pilot in just the clothes they're standing up in. Although it does have an extensive wardrobe anyway.)

* In ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'', Pete's idea of camping is parking his state-of-the-art RV in the middle of the woods. When parked, the RV expands into a home away from home, with a kitchen, living room with a big-screen TV, a bowling alley on the roof, and a bunch of other modern devices. Pete also barely spends any time out in the actual outdoors, but still considers it camping.

* Wealthy, spoiled Veronica Lodge of ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' has been known to bring a great deal of her extensive wardrobe along with her when traveling, regardless of the destination.

* In one ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'' strip, Roger laughs at the amount of gear Jason and Peter are bringing on the trip, saying that if they brought much more there wouldn't be room for ''them'' in the car. Obvious to the reader is the fact that that's exactly what they're trying to achieve (Fox family camping trips [[HorribleCampingTrip never end well]]), and in fact most of their luggage is filled with styrofoam.

* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'': After the ''Winnebago'' crash-lands on the desert planet, Lone Starr tells Princess Vespa to take only what she needs to survive. She determines that this includes her industrial-strength hair dryer, carried in a very large suitcase. Eventually, Lone Starr gets sick of Vespa's attitude, and outright refuses to carry it anymore.

* In a maternal variant, when Magrat leaves the castle in ''Literature/CarpeJugulum'', she insists that Reverend Oats haul along every toy, blanket, nappy bag, basin, potty or bath item which her baby daughter might possibly need. Most are things which an infant that age won't be old enough to require for ''months'', and they're only away for a day or two.

* ''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.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie'', Pete's idea of camping is parking his state-of-the-art RV in the middle of the woods. When parked, the RV expands into a home away from home, with a kitchen, living room with a big screen TV, a bowling alley on the roof, and a bunch of other modern devices. Pete also barely spends any time out in the actual outdoors, but still considers it camping.
* 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.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'' has the AlphaBitch Nanette assigned to hike with the same team as Angela and her friends. Nanette demands that the others help her carry what she packed, and at one point pulls out a hair dryer and asking where she can find an outlet.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/HorseLand'' had Chloe and Zoe attempt to bring a lot of useless gadgets with them on a camping trip. [=MP3=] player, curling iron, hair dryer, smart phones etc.

*** She first does this all the way back in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS2E9SweetAndElite Sweet and Elite]]" when she burdens the poor bus boy with a truly ridiculous amount of luggage and he is seen collapsing under the weight of all her bags twice.

*** Parodied in "P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)". In Pinkie Pie's flashback, Rarity brings so much luggage to the ship that she needs a dozen ponies to carry them all. Likely exaggerated somewhat, but knowing Rarity it's probably close to the truth. Ironically, in her own flashback she carries just a little bag, except it contains a food tray way too big for it.

** In "Greener Pastures", when Caprice is about to escape from her family, she was about to depart with a purse. She immediately returns to her room and brings out a suitcase and a big bag in addition to the purse. Then she instantly returns to the room one last time and hauls out a boatload of luggage and chests, most of them stacked on two wagons which are stringed and pulled along with a suitcase like a train.

* In ''[[Literature/ThePrincessBride]]'' the author states that the original book that he is summarizing the boring parts of contains twenty-three pages of a character packing her hats for a trip.

* In a maternal variant, when Magrat leaves the castle in ''Discworld/CarpeJugulum'', she insists that Reverend Oats haul along every toy, blanket, nappy bag, basin, potty or bath item which her baby daughter might possibly need. Most are things which an infant that age won't be old enough to require for ''months'', and they're only away for a day or two.

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* This wasn't intentional on his part, but in ''Manga/DragonBall'' Gohan is often forced by Chichi (being the DotingParent she is) to carry some massive luggage, usually bigger than he is, as is seen in ''Anime/TheTreeOfMight'' and on the first groups's trip to Namek.

* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'': After the ''Winnebago'' crash-lands on the desert planet, Lone Starr tells Princess Vespa to take only what she needs to survive. She determines that this includes her industrial-strength hair dryer, carried in a very large suitcase (which, naturally, she forces Lone and Barf to carry).

* Erza from ''Manga/FairyTail'' [[RunningGag never goes anywhere]] without a whole wagon load full of bulging suitcases. Her magic power is essentially comprised of a HyperspaceWardrobe,[[note]]which houses a variety of weapon-and-armour sets that she can [[ChangingClothesIsAFreeAction freely switch into at will]], as well as other more mundane outfits[[/note]] which would initially lead one to wonder what she needs all that luggage for. It's later revealed she [[BigEater carries food in them.]]

* Irving Hillman, the fiancee of ''ComicStrip/{{Cathy}}'' Andrews, is stunned by the amount of baggage Cathy intends to take on their shared vacation. Cathy observes, "Men pack. Women move."

* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'': After the Winnebago crash-lands on the desert planet, Lone Starr tells Princess Vespa to take only what she needs to survive. She determines that this includes her industrial-strength hair dryer, carried in a very large suitcase (which, naturally, she forces Lone and Barf to carry).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'': In "Greener Pastures", when Caprice is about to escape from her family, she was about to depart with a purse. She immediately returns to her room and brings out a suitcase and a big bag in addition to the purse. Then she instantly returns to the room one last time and hauls out a boatload of luggage and chests, most of them stacked on two wagons which are stringed and pulled along with a suitcase like a train.

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** At the beginning of "Valor y al toro", when the two protagonists are about to get on a cruise for their mission, Filemón tells Mortadelo to pack only whatever is indispensable for the mission. Filemón gets angry when Mortadelo shows up later with a big bag and reminds him of how he only had to pack whatever was ''indispensable''. Mortadelo replies that he's only carrying his keys there, and points to more than a dozen of bags, saying ''that'' is his luggage. Eventually, Filemón allows him to carry only a hato.

* ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor'' [[UpToEleven elevenly]] [[InvertedTrope Inverts]] this trope. When the Dementors (the ''entire Dementor race'') move away from Azkaban permanently, all they take is ''one'' old rickety suitcase.

** This may be a nod to a similar gag that happens in Film/EnterTheDragon when Roper brings several rickshaws worth of luggage with him on his way to the tournament.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'', the titular character decides to cope with being away from his electronics for a family fishing trip by bringing along an inflatable laboratory. [[spoiler: Though being inflatable, none of the buttons actually work.]]

* ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'': At the beginning of "Valor y al toro", when the two protagonists are about to get on a cruise for their mission, Filemón tells Mortadelo to pack only whatever is indispensable for the mission. Filemón gets angry when Mortadelo shows up later with a big bag and reminds him of how he only had to pack whatever was ''indispensable''. Mortadelo replies that he's only carrying his keys there, and points to more than a dozen of bags, saying ''that'' is his luggage. Eventually, Filemón allows him to carry only a hato.

* When first seen at the train platform, ''Madame Tutli Putli'' has enough baggage for an army battalion.