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* ArtifactTitle: Being set on a cruise ship leaves a ''very'' tenuous connection to either hotels or Transylvania. though Drac lampshades that the setting is functionally quite similar.

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* ArtifactTitle: Being set on a cruise ship leaves a ''very'' tenuous connection to either hotels or Transylvania. Transylvania, though Drac lampshades that the setting is functionally quite similar.



* MundaneObjectAmazement: In a convenience store, Mavis is fascinated with the slushy drinks and scratch-off tickets sold there.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: When Mavis tries explaining to Dennis that dogs were not allowed to just run wild at the wedding, Winnie gives a shocked expression before Mavis quickly redacts her statement and says that ''pets'' were not allowed.

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* ThatCameOutWrong: When Mavis tries explaining to Dennis that dogs were not allowed to just run wild at the wedding, Winnie gives a an offended gasp and shocked expression before Mavis quickly redacts her statement and says that ''pets'' were not allowed.
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Factual error. Romanian is an officially recognized language with some similarities to Italian, French and Portuguese.


* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Ericka assuming Drac is speaking Transylvanian during his GibberishOfLove. Ignoring the fact that Transylvania is not a country but a region, Romania, the country where it's geographically located, doesn't even have an official language, rather they speak a mix of various romance languages such as Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Granted, it's supposed to be a joke.

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* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Ericka assuming Drac is speaking Transylvanian during his GibberishOfLove. Ignoring the fact that Transylvania is not a country but a region, region within Romania, the country where it's geographically located, doesn't even have an the official language, rather they speak language is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language Romanian]], although a mix large part of various romance languages such as Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French.the population speaks Hungarian, Ukrainian or German. Granted, it's supposed to be a joke.

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* SillyWalk: The Dracula family in their scuba-gear.



* SillyWalk: The Dracula family in their scuba-gear.

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* SillyWalk: ShownTheirWork: The Dracula family in their scuba-gear.train conductor at the beginning of the movie uses the correct Hungarian pronunciation for "Budapest".
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Wayne, the beleaguered father of the Werewolf kids, upon finding himself in a daycare on the Cruise, finds out that they'll ''willingly'' take his kids for the day. He decides that's good enough, because he finally gets a break from having to take care of his massive litter.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Wayne, Wayne and Wanda, the beleaguered father parents of the Werewolf kids, upon finding himself themselves in a daycare on the Cruise, finds out that they'll the crew will ''willingly'' take his their kids for the day. He decides They decide that's good enough, because he they finally gets get a break from having to take care of his massive litter.litter. [[spoiler:He and Wanda also spend the rest of the film in a closet, which they don't seem to have minded very much, to the point of planning another vacation]].

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* FantasticRacism: Runs in the family, apparently, from Abraham Van Helsing down to his great-granddaughter Ericka.

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* FantasticRacism: Runs in the family, apparently, from Abraham Van Helsing down to his great-granddaughter Ericka. [[spoiler: Although both move past that and befriend the monsters in the end]].



* ParentalSexualitySquick: Mavis and Johnny talk about it when they see Drac with Ericka. Johnny claims he still feels uneasy when his parents kiss.

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* ParentalSexualitySquick: {{Parental Bonus}}: Frank's arm cousin could count since she's a leggy redhead clad in a cocktail dress (possibly even a reference to [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Jessica Rabbit]]) with a gigantic butt. She just so happens to be a composite of body parts with one comically muscular arm.
* {{Parental Sexuality Squick}}:
Mavis and Johnny talk about it when they see Drac with Ericka. Johnny claims he still feels uneasy when his parents kiss.
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* VacationEpisode
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* MundaneObjectAmazement: In a convenience store, Mavis is fascinated with the slushy drinks and scratch-off tickets sold there.
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* SaltAndPepper: Ericka and Dracula respectively.
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* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: While it doesn't lack the manic energy and RapidFireComedy of the first two films, this is the first ''Transylvania'' movie to have extended sequences without dialogue or loud music, namely the Dracula family scuba diving and Mavis following Ericka down the secret passage. It's probably safe to assume that these were Creator/GenndyTartakovsky's ideas.
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* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Ericka assuming Drac is speaking Transylvanian during his GibberishOfLove. Ignoring the fact that Transylvania is not a country but a region, Romania, the country where it's geographically located, doesn't even have an official language, rather they speak a mix of various romance languages such as Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French. Granted, it's supposed to be a joke.
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** Winnie for Dennis in a more subdued way. Dennis treats her like a best friend and partner in crime while she is, very vocally, head over heals for him. Whether or not he feels the same or if they already Zinged is not shown, but he is very uncomfortable with her more romantic attentions.

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** Winnie for Dennis in a more subdued way. Dennis treats her like a best friend and partner in crime while she is, very vocally, head over heals heels for him. Whether or not he feels the same or if they already Zinged is not shown, but he is very uncomfortable with her more romantic attentions.
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''Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation'' (known of ''Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation'' internationally) is the second sequel to Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania''. It is the third directing credit of the franchise for Creator/GenndyTartakovsky and the first with him as writer, having replaced Robert Smigel from the first two films. The film is preceded immediately by the short ''Puppy!'', which played in theaters in front of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' [[note]]Curious they would replay again for ''this'' movie, neh?[[/note]].

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''Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation'' (known of as ''Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation'' internationally) is the second sequel to Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania''. It is the third directing credit of the franchise for Creator/GenndyTartakovsky and the first with him as writer, having replaced Robert Smigel from the first two films. The film is preceded immediately by the short ''Puppy!'', which played in theaters in front of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' [[note]]Curious they would replay again for ''this'' movie, neh?[[/note]].

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''Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation'' is the second sequel to Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania''. It is the third directing credit of the franchise for Creator/GenndyTartakovsky and the first with him as writer, having replaced Robert Smigel from the first two films. The film is preceded immediately by the short ''Puppy!'', which played in theaters in front of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' [[note]]Curious they would replay again for ''this'' movie, neh?[[/note]].

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''Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation'' (known of ''Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation'' internationally) is the second sequel to Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania''. It is the third directing credit of the franchise for Creator/GenndyTartakovsky and the first with him as writer, having replaced Robert Smigel from the first two films. The film is preceded immediately by the short ''Puppy!'', which played in theaters in front of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' [[note]]Curious they would replay again for ''this'' movie, neh?[[/note]].



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* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext: [[spoiler:In order to defeat Van Helsing, Johnny plays ''"Macarena"''.]]
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‘’Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation'' is the second sequel to Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania''. It is the third directing credit of the franchise for Creator/GenndyTartakovsky and the first with him as writer, having replaced Robert Smigel from the first two films. The film is preceded immediately by the short ''Puppy!'', which played in theaters in front of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' [[note]]Curious they would replay again for ''this'' movie, neh?[[/note]].

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‘’Hotel ''Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation'' is the second sequel to Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania''. It is the third directing credit of the franchise for Creator/GenndyTartakovsky and the first with him as writer, having replaced Robert Smigel from the first two films. The film is preceded immediately by the short ''Puppy!'', which played in theaters in front of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' [[note]]Curious they would replay again for ''this'' movie, neh?[[/note]].
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''Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation'' is the second sequel to Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania''. It is the third directing credit of the franchise for Creator/GenndyTartakovsky and the first with him as writer, having replaced Robert Smigel from the first two films. The film is preceded immediately by the short ''Puppy!'', which played in theaters in front of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' [[note]]Curious they would replay again for ''this'' movie, neh?[[/note]].

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''Hotel ‘’Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation'' is the second sequel to Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation's ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania''. It is the third directing credit of the franchise for Creator/GenndyTartakovsky and the first with him as writer, having replaced Robert Smigel from the first two films. The film is preceded immediately by the short ''Puppy!'', which played in theaters in front of ''WesternAnimation/TheEmojiMovie'' [[note]]Curious they would replay again for ''this'' movie, neh?[[/note]].
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Neither Ericka nor Abraham aqppear on any of the posters or the DVD/Blu-Ray covers, with the posters making it look like the vacation itself is the sole source of conflict.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: Neither Ericka nor Abraham aqppear appear on any of the posters or the DVD/Blu-Ray covers, with the posters making it look like the vacation itself is the sole source of conflict.
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* PlaneAwfulFlight: The main cast board Gremlin Air, where the crew is made up of gremlins that are dismantling the very plane they are supposed to fly.

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* AdaptationalBadass: Dracula, even above the level the other two films had him at. The Hellsings hunted him for hundreds of years and ''nothing'' worked, to the point Abraham van Hellsing decided only an ultimate weapon [[spoiler: that mind controls a kraken]] would be enough to actually do him in. His rapid-fire shapeshifting and ability to ignore gravity are major bonuses in battle.



* CompressedVice: Frank suddenly develops a serious gambling addiction for this film, to the point of losing his hands and replacing them with lobster claws.



* RoadRunnerVsCoyote: It pretty much establishes Abraham and Dracula, Dracula evading and thwarting all of Abraham's attempts on his life to an almost absurd degree.

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* RoadRunnerVsCoyote: It pretty much establishes Abraham and Dracula, Dracula evading and thwarting all of Abraham's attempts on his life to an almost absurd degree. Subverted with Drac vs. [[spoiler: Ericka]] as he had absolutely no idea that they were trying to kill him and just happened to waltz around the traps incidentally.



* SequelGoesForeign: On a cruise to the tropics instead of taking place in or at the titular hotel.

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* SequelGoesForeign: On a cruise to the tropics instead of taking place in or at the titular hotel. Lampshaded by Dracula.
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The vampairers aren't in the sun during the movie. Whenever they are outside it is night.


* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: [[DaywalkingVampire The issue of vampires burning in the sun, which was a major issue in the first film and touched on in the second, is not remotely addressed here, so it seems as if the vulnerability does not apply in this film.]]



* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Dennis, Dracula and Mavis [[DaywalkingVampire are apparently no longer affected by the sun.]]
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Dracula starts this for Erica, once she figures out he's interested but before she understands what a Zing is.
** Winnie for Dennis in a more subdued way. Dennis treats her like a best friend and partner in crime while she is, very vocally, head over heals for him. Whether or not he feels the same or if they already Zinged is not shown, but he is very uncomfortable with her more romantic attentions.
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* InstrumentOfMurder: The DoomsdayDevice Abraham uses to destroy all of the monsters just so happens to be [[spoiler:a sheet of music that, when played, compiles the Kraken to destroy all monsters within sight.]] Extra points for when Abraham refers to it by name as the "instrument of destruction."


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* {{Moonburn}}: On the beach, Eunice asks her husband if he could rub moon-screen on her back to keep her from getting burned.

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* CallBack: In the beginning, we see the zombie composers again, after their absence from the second film, and the "blah bluh blah" gag is continued.

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* CallBack: CallBack:
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In the beginning, we see the zombie composers again, after their absence from the second film, and film.
** We also find out that "arm cousins", an excuse used to justify Johnny's apparent relation to Frank, are actually a real thing--an actual arm cousin of Frank is set up with Drac at
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* ArchEnemy: Dracula considered such for the entire Van Helsing bloodline, having encountered multiple generations of Van Helsings and evaded their attempts on his life in an almost WesternAnimation/BugsBunny-esq [[RoadRunnerVsCoyote degree of competence]], Abraham being one of his most persistent pursuer. [[spoiler: This presumably ends with Ericka.]]

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* ArchEnemy: Dracula is considered such for the entire Van Helsing bloodline, having encountered multiple generations of Van Helsings and evaded their attempts on his life in an almost WesternAnimation/BugsBunny-esq WesternAnimation/BugsBunny-esque [[RoadRunnerVsCoyote degree of competence]], Abraham being one of his most persistent pursuer.pursuers. [[spoiler: This presumably ends with Ericka.]]



* ArtifactTitle: Being set on a cruise ship leaves a ''very'' tenuous connection to either hotels or Transylvania.

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* ArtifactTitle: Being set on a cruise ship leaves a ''very'' tenuous connection to either hotels or Transylvania. though Drac lampshades that the setting is functionally quite similar.



* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: The Gremlins on the Air Gremlin plane, who do everything in their power to make their passengers' flights as unpleasant as possible.
* BeachEpisode: Pretty clearly this just from the poster(s). Though most of the plot is spent on the cruise ship.

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* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: The Gremlins on the Air Gremlin plane, who do everything in their power to make their passengers' flights as unpleasant as possible.
possible. Justified, given their real mythological history of being plane-wreckers.
* BeachEpisode: Pretty clearly this just from Emphasized in the poster(s). Though most marketing, though the majority of the plot is spent sequences take place on the cruise ship.boat.



* BodyHorror: Plenty throughout the film. Since monsters can take a lot of damage without dropping, the studio saw no reason not to play up the AmusingInjuries as much as possible.

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* BodyHorror: Plenty throughout the film. Since monsters can take a lot of damage without dropping, the studio saw no reason not to play up the AmusingInjuries as much as possible. One prominent case is the fly-man whose eye gets popped out of his head on the plane.
* CallBack: In the beginning, we see the zombie composers again, after their absence from the second film, and the "blah bluh blah" gag is continued.



* CoversAlwaysLie: Neither Ericka nor Abraham appear on any of the posters or the DVD/Blu-Ray covers, with the posters making it look like the vacation itself is the sole source of conflict.

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* CoversAlwaysLie: Neither Ericka nor Abraham appear aqppear on any of the posters or the DVD/Blu-Ray covers, with the posters making it look like the vacation itself is the sole source of conflict.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: At the end, [[spoiler: the way Drac and Ericka giddily try sneaking away from the crowd makes it seem very much like they're planning to have sex. Turns out, Drac just wanted some privacy to propose to her.]]



** [[spoiler:Drac shields his eyes with his hands when seeing Ericka take off her outer layers before she goes into the cavern to retrieve the artifact. However she's already wearing her swimming suit underneath.]]

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** [[spoiler:Drac shields his eyes with his hands when seeing Ericka take off her outer layers before she goes into the cavern to retrieve the artifact. However she's already wearing her swimming suit a wetsuit underneath.]]



* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: [[DaywalkingVampire Vampires can no longer be burnt to death by the sun.]]

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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: [[DaywalkingVampire Vampires can no longer be burnt to death by The issue of vampires burning in the sun.sun, which was a major issue in the first film and touched on in the second, is not remotely addressed here, so it seems as if the vulnerability does not apply in this film.]]



* LoveAtFirstSight: When Drac first sees Ericka, he falls fast and he falls ''hard''.

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* LoveAtFirstSight: When Drac first sees Ericka, he falls fast and he falls ''hard''. He's shocked, because he thought a Zing could only happen once in your life.



* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Dennis, Dracula and Mavis [[DaywalkingVampire are no longer affected by the sun.]]

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Dennis, Dracula and Mavis [[DaywalkingVampire are apparently no longer affected by the sun.]]



* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Drac takes several kinds of ammo for Erika in the Atlantis ruins.]]

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* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Drac takes several kinds of ammo for Erika Ericka in the Atlantis ruins.]]



* UnknownRival: [[spoiler: Abraham Van Helsing considers himself and Dracula mortal enemies and views him as a scourge that needs to be exterminated. Dracula barely recalls who he is and initially assumes he's just a rival hotelier. Granted, this is implied to be because he assumed Helsing is dead: once Helsing gives his name, Drac becomes appropriately serious.]]

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* UnknownRival: [[spoiler: Abraham Van Helsing considers himself and Dracula mortal enemies and views him as a scourge that needs to be exterminated. Dracula barely recalls who he is and initially assumes he's just a rival hotelier. Granted, this is implied to be because he assumed Van Helsing is dead: once once Van Helsing gives his name, Drac becomes appropriately serious.]]
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* CoversAlwaysLie: Neither Ericka nor Abraham appear on any of the posters or the DVD/Blu-Ray covers, with the posters making it look like the vacation itself is the sole source of conflict.
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* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Abraham Van Helsing, the enemy to all monsters, is defeated by Johnny, a human, and his good vibes music.]]

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* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Abraham Van Helsing, the enemy to all monsters, is defeated by Johnny, a human, and his good vibes music. In addition, due to the steampunk automation parts keeping him alive, he's far closer to the monsters he despises than being still human.]]
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The character in question is a bit part only played by Allison Hammond in the UK edit of the film, whereas she's voiced by Tara Strong in the US version.


* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: A new character voiced by Alison Hammond.

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