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** Parts of the movie not in English are untranslated. One such scene is when Clark tells a German man that he and his family are looking for sechs (the German word for six and the number of an address for his relatives, but the way Clark words it makes it sound like they are "looking for sex"), and the man slams the door in his face while calling him "schweinhund!", a German insult that when translated literally means "pig dog."
** When they have dinner with the elderly German couple, the man asks "Isn't that Hermann's kids that he had with that woman from Hamburg?" and his wife replies "Hermann never had kids."

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** Parts of the movie not in English are untranslated. One such scene is when Clark tells a German man that he and his family are looking for sechs (the ''sechs'' (pronounced "zex" it is the German word for six and the house number of an address for his relatives, Clark's relatives), but the way Clark words pronounces it makes it sound like they are "looking for sex"), and the sex". The man slams the door in his face while calling him "schweinhund!", "Schweinehund!", a German insult that when translated literally means "pig dog."
** When they have dinner with the elderly German couple, the man asks "Isn't that "Maybe they are Hermann's kids that he had with that the woman from he was married to in Hamburg?" and his wife replies "Hermann "But he never had kids."


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* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: The Bavarian man, who the Griswalds mistake for their relative, is played by Willy Millowitsch, an iconic folk actor from Cologne. He speaks with his usual strong Colognian accent.

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* InconsistentSpelling: Curiously, this is the only installment in the series to spell the central family's name "Griswald," as the rest of the movies credit the characters as "Griswold."



* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Curiously, this is the only installment in the series to spell the central family's name "Griswald," as the rest of the movies credit the characters as "Griswold."
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* PhotoMontage: The ending credits set to Network's "Back in America", showcasing the symbols 1980's Americana that the Griswalds are returning to after their adventures across the Atlantic.

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* PhotoMontage: The ending credits set to Network's "Back in America", showcasing the symbols of 1980's Americana that the Griswalds are returning to after their adventures across the Atlantic.
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* ChekhovsGag: The video of Ellen performing "Big Spender" in a ModestyTowel which also includes her and Clark having sex. After a man in Italy steals Clark's camcorder, the Griswalds later find a billboard of the video ''La Donna nella Doccia'' (Woman In The Shower).

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* ChekhovsGag: The video of Ellen performing "Big Spender" in a ModestyTowel which also includes her and Clark having sex. After a man in Italy France steals Clark's camcorder, later in Italy, the Griswalds later find a billboard of the video ''La Donna nella Doccia'' (Woman In The Shower).



* NippleAndDimed: One waitress at the ''Oktoberfest'' gathering sneaks off with Rusty, and gets her blouse off. [[IdiotHero Clark]] screws things up and the family has to leg it before things progress from there.

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* NippleAndDimed: One Averted. A waitress at the ''Oktoberfest'' gathering sneaks off with Rusty, and gets her blouse off. [[IdiotHero Clark]] screws things up and the family has to leg it before things progress from there.
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* ChekhovsGag: The video of Ellen performing "Big Spender" in a towel. After a man in Italy steals Clark's camcorder, the Griswalds find a billboard of the video.

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* ChekhovsGag: The video of Ellen performing "Big Spender" in a towel. ModestyTowel which also includes her and Clark having sex. After a man in Italy steals Clark's camcorder, the Griswalds later find a billboard of the video.video ''La Donna nella Doccia'' (Woman In The Shower).
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* ChekhovsGag: The video of Ellen performing "Big Spender" in a towel. After a man in Italy steals Clark's camcorder, the Griswalds find a billboard of the video.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: The man who was riding a bike whom Clark hits with his car is covered with scrapes, but brushes it all off. When he begins spurting blood from his wrists, he states that it's just a flesh wound. [[ActorAllusion Oh yeah, and he's played by]] Creator/EricIdle.

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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: The man who was riding a bike whom Clark hits with his car is covered with scrapes, but brushes it all off. When he begins spurting blood from his wrists, he states that it's [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail just a flesh wound.wound]]. [[ActorAllusion Oh yeah, and he's played by]] Creator/EricIdle.
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* PhotoMontage: The ending credits set to Network's "Back in America", showcasing the symbols 1980's Americana that the Griswalds are returning to after their adventures across the Atlantic.
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* AppealToObscurity: Discussed by Mrs. Froeger when her family gets to pick the next question on ''Pig in a Poke''. One available category is "Early Hungarian cabinet-making" and she suggests choosing it because "no one knows anything about Hungarians."[[note]]Likely deliberate, since the actress Cynthia Szigeti herself, was of hungarian descent.[[/note]]

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* AppealToObscurity: Discussed by Mrs. Froeger when her family gets to pick the next question on ''Pig in a Poke''. One available category is "Early Hungarian cabinet-making" and she suggests choosing it because "no one knows anything about Hungarians."[[note]]Likely deliberate, since the actress Cynthia Szigeti herself, was herself of hungarian Hungarian descent.[[/note]]
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: The family ends up knocking over Stonehenge by accidentally backing into the rocks. In truth, this wouldn't have been the first time the stones had been knocked over ([[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Stonehenge_1877.JPG it even happened back in the 19th Century]]), or vandalized, or even had pieces chipped off as souvenirs. This is why you're not even allowed to get close enough to touch the stones themselves anymore.

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