History WesternAnimation / HotelTransylvania3SummerVacation

* GeniusBonus: The decrepit-looking plane that carries the monsters to the Bermuda Triangle is identified as "Gremlin Air Flight 19". There's a reason they picked that number-- [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_19 Flight 19]] was a group of US Navy planes that disappeared in the Triangle in 1945.

* CasualDangerDialog: The gremlin pilot and co-pilot are seen calmly drinking tea and discussing their weekend plans while their plane is literally falling out of the sky.

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* RidiculouslyAliveUndead: Ericka hears that Dracula the vampire is [[PlotAllergy allergic]] to [[VampiresHateGarlic garlic]], so she tricks him into eating garlic-laced guacamole to kill him. All this does is make him break wind. Later, the same thing happens to Mavis (who is also a vampire).

* ClarkKenting: [[spoiler:Tinkles' disguise fools everyone other than Dennis and Winnie, who were behind the deception, until his hat falls off.]] Justified, as in this universe monsters can have all sorts of appearances, so it wouldn't be too far fetched to assume that there could be a large dog monster on board. Though that does raise the question of where "Monster" ends and "pet" begins.

* PaperThinDisguise: Dennis and Winnie disguise Tinkles as "Bob" using a massive trenchcoat and relatively tiny hat. Played 100% straight - nobody recognizes "Bob" until the end when he ditches both.

* ExactWords: Abraham forces Ericka she will not try to kill Dracula until they get to Atlantis; she obliges. Once he's out of her sight, Ericka tells herself she will not ''try to'' kill Dracula; she ''will'' kill Dracula.

** PlayedForLaughs in the scene where Ericka is routinely trying to kill Drac in various ways, all while he's blissfully dancing around the ship to the tune of [[Music/BrunoMars "24K Magic".]]

!!''Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation'' contains examples of:

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Dracula starts this for Ericka, once she figures out he's interested but before she understands what a Zing is.

* CallBack:
** In the beginning, we see the zombie composers again, after their absence from the second 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 the beginning.

* DanceOfRomance: [[spoiler: Drac protecting Ericka from the traps in the Atlantis ruins turns into this.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding

* HumanPincushion: Drac gets hit with dozens of darts and arrows, venomous snakes, even an axe to the head, while protecting Ericka from a booby trapped- riddled temple in Atlantis.

* TheILoveYouStigma: When Drac confesses that he Zinged with Ericka. When he explains that a Zing is like ‘true love’, Ericka freaks out and rejects his feelings.

* {{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.]]

* MadeOfIron: When Dracula helps Ericka retrieve "her family heirloom", he uses his SuperReflexes, SuperSpeed and SuperStrength to move her out of the way of booby-traps. By the end of it, he has dozens of darts and arrows imbedded in his body, six poisonous snakes clinging to his arms, is burned, gets crushed by a giant spiked ball and gets an ''axe in his head''. Not only does he not react to any of it, but he seems too love-struck to even notice. Whether or not this is because of his vampire physiology or [[RuleOfFunny for the sake of comedy]] is vague, as none of it leaves a scratch on him.
* MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext: [[spoiler:In order to defeat Van Helsing, Johnny plays ''"Macarena"'']].

* MonsterSlayerRomance: Drac falls in love with Ericka who is a Van Helsing.

* ParentWithNewParamour: Dracula with Ericka [[spoiler:or so he thinks]], much to Mavis' chagrin.

* {{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.

* RecycledInSpace: An InUniverse example; Drac (at least initially) hates the idea of going on a cruise, telling Murray (and the others) that it's "...a hotel ''on the water''."

* 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.

* ShoutOut: The cruise ship in the film, the ''Legacy'', bears a ''very'' strong resemblance to the ''[[{{UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic}} Titanic]]'' and her sister ships ''[[TheReliableOne Olympic]]'' and ''[[WeHardlyKnewYe Britannic]]'' -- the ''Legacy'' just has five funnels instead of four, and is rather cartoonishly shorter and fatter than the real-life ocean liners. Fortunately, however, the film takes place in the tropics, so icebergs are not a hazard.
* ShownTheirWork: The train conductor at the beginning of the movie uses the correct Hungarian pronunciation for "Budapest".

* SwappedRoles: In the first movie, Dracula didn't want Mavis to date a human, because he was afraid of losing her. This time, their roles are reversed.

* TranquilizerDart: After [[spoiler: stumbling upon Ericka and Abraham Van Helsing discussing their plan]], Wayne and Wanda are immediately tranquilized and locked in a janitor's closet. They stay there for almost the rest of the movie

--> Drac: I'm looking for a date.
--> Phone: The date is Friday, July 13th.
--> Drac: No no no. I want to meet someone.
--> Phone: Understood, you want to eat dim sum!
--> Drac: Are you kidding me right now?
* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Because the Kraken is controlled through music, Dracula and Johnny were able to usurp control with music that sends good vibes, the ''Macarena'' of all things being what thwarts Van Helsing.]]

* ShoutOut: The cruise ship in the film, the ''Legacy'', bears a ''very'' strong resemblance to the ''[[{{UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic}} Titanic]]'' and her sister ships ''[[TheReliableOne Olympic]]'' and ''[[WeHardlyKnewYe Britannic]]'' -- the ''Legacy'' just has [[UpToEleven five funnels]] instead of four, and is rather cartoonishly shorter and fatter than the real-life ocean liners. Fortunately, however, the film takes place in the tropics, so icebergs are not a hazard.

* ClarkKenting: [[spoiler:Tinkles' disguise fools everyone other than Dennis and Winnie, who were behind the deception, until his hat falls off.]]

* ArtisticLicenseLinguistics: Ericka assuming Drac is speaking Transylvanian during his GibberishOfLove. Transylvania is not a country but a region within Romania, where the official language is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian_language Romanian]], although a large part of the population speaks Hungarian, Ukrainian or German. Granted, it's supposed to be a joke.

* {{Kitsune}}: One of the background monsters is a multi-tailed vixen.

* FourthDateMarriage: [[spoiler: Drac proposes to Ericka at the end of the movie, despite them having only known each other for a few days, at best. However, it's implied that there was a TimeSkip between the end of the cruise and Drac's proposal.]]

** 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 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.

* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Because the Kraken is controlled through music, Dracula and Jonny were able to usurp control with music that sends good vibes, the ''Macarena'' of all things being what thwarts Van Helsing.]]

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Dracula starts this for Erica, once she figures out he's interested but before she understands what a Zing is.

* TranquilizerDart: After [[spoiler: stumbling upon Erika and Abraham Van Helsing discussing their plan]], Wayne and Wanda are immediately tranquilized and locked in a janitor's closet. They stay there for almost the rest of the movie

* GrowlingGut: Happens to Drac and Mavis after eating laced guacamole with garlic.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Ericka, who pretends to be a friendly captain charmed by Drac, only to reveal later that she's actually a monster hunter -- and on top of all that, she's also a direct descendant of Abraham Van Helsing (specifically, she's his great-granddaughter). [[spoiler: She grows out of this once she begins to legitimately fall for Drac.]]