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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: In a typical production, one male actor plays all the men that the family and Don meet, and one female actor plays all the women they encounter. This can range from mechanics to cafe workers to Grandma and Grandpa to Civil War re-enactors.
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* OdeToJoy: Don and Sis wildly celebrate to this after Dad finally gives in to their endless pleading and agrees to take them to Ghost Caverns.

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* OdeToJoy: [[Music/OdeToJoy Ode To Joy]]: Don and Sis wildly celebrate to this after Dad finally gives in to their endless pleading and agrees to take them to Ghost Caverns.

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* OdeToJoy: Don and Sis wildly celebrate to this after Dad finally gives in to their endless pleading and agrees to take them to [[TouristTrap Ghost Caverns]].

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* OdeToJoy: Don and Sis wildly celebrate to this after Dad finally gives in to their endless pleading and agrees to take them to [[TouristTrap Ghost Caverns]].Caverns.



* SlowMotion: "The Honking Incident," where Dad loses his temper at a glacial RV while Mom's at the wheel, culminates in him reaching for the car's horn in slow motion while [[CarminaBurana O Fortuna]] plays in the background.

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* SlowMotion: "The Honking Incident," where Dad loses his temper at a glacial RV while Mom's at the wheel, culminates in him reaching for the car's horn in slow motion while [[CarminaBurana [[Music/CarminaBurana O Fortuna]] plays in the background.



* TouristTrap: Dad's plan for a great family vacation is to take everyone to Hannibal, Mo., which has heavily marketed its connection to Mark Twain, including the Becky Thatcher Cafe and the Huck Finn Hotel.
** An even better example comes when the kids see billboards for "Ghost Caverns" and plead to go there ... only to discover no giant bats or flying witches, just stalagmites the size of party hats.
** A thick (and outdated) stack of brochures advertising these sites turns up in a motel Don stops at, with sites that include Ghost Caverns (triggering the memory), Dandelion Alley, Rock Country, and the geographical center of the United States. ("Come Stand in the Center of Your Country!")
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* OdeToJoy: Don and Sis wildly celebrate to this after Dad finally gives in to their endless pleading and agrees to take them to [[TouristTrap Ghost Caverns]].
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* SlowMotion: "The Honking Incident," where Dad loses his temper at a glacial RV while Mom's at the wheel, culminates in him reaching for the car's horn in slow motion while O Fortuna plays in the background.

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* SlowMotion: "The Honking Incident," where Dad loses his temper at a glacial RV while Mom's at the wheel, culminates in him reaching for the car's horn in slow motion while [[CarminaBurana O Fortuna Fortuna]] plays in the background.

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