History Film / Vacation

[[caption-width-right:256:This isn't your father's ''Vacation''...nor ''his'' for that matter.]]

[[caption-width-right:256:This is not your father's Vacation...nor ''his'' for that matter.]]

* ContinuityNod: A brief scene shows that ''Vacation '15'' canonizes all previous films in the series as Rusty admires photos of him and his old family's [[Film/VegasVacation time in]] UsefulNotes/LasVegas, [[Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation their Christmas family gathering]], their European excursion and, of course, the original Wally World trip.

* ContinuityNod: A brief scene shows that ''Vacation '15'' acknowledges all previous films in the series as Rusty admires photos of him and his old family's [[Film/VegasVacation time in]] UsefulNotes/LasVegas, [[Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation their Christmas family gathering]], their European excursion and, of course, the original Wally World trip.
** Various versions of Lindsay Buckingham's 1983 hit single, "Holiday Road" (the theme song to the ''Vacation'' series) is played all throughout the film.

* RunningGag: Several as Nods to the series.
** Once again, an attractive young woman in a CoolCar drives up beside Rusty and gives him flirty looks. Only this time, when Rusty turns away, she's promptly plowed over by a semi-truck. Doubles as a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' which did a similar joke.

'''''Vacation''''' is a 2015 [[RoadTripPlot road trip]] [[{{Comedy}} comedy]] directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. It serves as both a reboot and a sequel to the ''{{National Lampoon}}'s'' ''[[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation Vacation]]'' series, following the escapades of Rusty Griswold instead of his father, though maintaining the same format and featuring appearances from Creator/ChevyChase, Beverly D'Angelo, and Creator/LeslieMann as the old members of the Griswold family, Clark, Ellen, and Audrey respectively.

* ContinuityNod: A brief scene shows ''Vacation '15'' acknowledges all previous films in the series as Rusty admires photos of him and his old family's [[Film/VegasVacation time in]] UsefulNotes/LasVegas, [[Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation their Christmas family gathering]], their European excursion and, of course, the original Wally World trip.
** In the trailer where Rusty turns on the radio to "Holiday Road" as an attractive young woman in a CoolCar drives up beside him and gives him flirty looks. When Rusty turns away, she's promptly plowed over by a semi-truck. Doubles as a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' which did a similar joke.

'''''Vacation''''' is a 2015 [[RoadTripPlot road trip]] [[{{Comedy}} comedy]] directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. It serves as both a reboot and a sequel to the ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'' series, following the escapades of Rusty Griswold instead of his father, though maintaining the same format and featuring appearances from Creator/ChevyChase, Beverly D'Angelo, and Creator/LeslieMann as the old members of the Griswold family, Clark, Ellen, and Audrey respectively.

* ContinuityNod: A brief scene shows ''Vacation '15'' acknowledges all previous films in the series as Rusty admires photos of him and his old family's [[Film/VegasVacation time in]] UsefulNotes/LasVegas, [[Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation their Christmas family gathering]], their European excursion and the infamous [[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation first trip to Wally World]].

Grown up and with a family of his own, Rusty Griswold (Creator/EdHelms) plans a cross country trip to Wally World to reconnect with his wife, Debbie (Creator/ChristinaApplegate), and bond with his two sons, James (Skyler Gisondo) and Kevin (Steele Stebbins). Typical to Griswold family trips, HilarityEnsues.

* ContinuityNod: A split-second scene shows ''Vacation '15'' acknowledges all previous films in the series as Rusty admires photos of him and his family's [[Film/VegasVacation time in]] UsefulNotes/LasVegas, [[Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation their Christmas family gathering]], their European excursion and the infamous [[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation first trip to Wally World]].

* GagPenis: Chris Hemsworth, who plays Audrey's husband, sports one of these in the first trailer.
* KillTheCutie: A re-creation of an iconic scene from the original ''Vacation'' film. In the original, a beautiful but mysterious blonde babe (Christine Brinkley) driving a [[CoolCar red Ferrari]] catches Clark's eye on the road. In the reboot, Rusty is tempted as an attractive woman (Hannah Davis) drives by in a red Ferrari and waves seductively. Unlike the original, where Brinkley's character meets up later with the Griswolds at a roadside hotel and goes skinny-dipping, this one doesn't end so well (she gets plowed head on by a semi-truck in the opposite lane).

* MythologyGag: There's a scene in the trailer where Rusty turns on the radio to "Holiday Road" as an attractive young woman in a CoolCar drives up beside him and gives him flirty looks. When Rusty turns away, she's promptly plowed over by a semi-truck. Doubles as a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' which did a similar joke.

* ContinuityNod: A split-second scene shows ''Vacation '15'' acknowledges all of the previous films in the series as Rusty admires photos of the original Griswold family (Clark, Ellen, Rusty and Audrey) [[Film/VegasVacation from their time in]] LasVegas, [[Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation their Christmas family gathering]], their European excursion as well as the infamous [[Film/NationalLampoonsVacation first trip to Wally World]].

* DistractedByTheSexy: Inverted in the scene where an attractive, [[MsFanservice fanservicy woman]] in a red Ferrari attempts to distract Rusty, which ends with her death (caused by her car colliding violently with an oncoming semitrailer truck). [[note]](Incidentally, in the original, Clark nearly crashes the car into an oncoming semi, but is able to steer out of the way. Unlike the girl, he had a nearly deserted highway and large shoulders to work with.)[[/note]]

''Film/{{Vacation}}'' is a 2015 [[RoadTripPlot road trip]] [[{{Comedy}} comedy]] directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. It serves as both a reboot and a sequel to the ''Film/NationalLampoonsVacation'' series, following the escapades of Rusty Griswold instead of his father, though maintaining the same format and featuring appearances from Creator/ChevyChase, Beverly D'Angelo, and Creator/LeslieMann as the old members of the Griswold family, Clark, Ellen, and Audrey respectively.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Inverted in the scene where an attractive woman in a red Ferrari attempts to distract Rusty, which ends with her death (caused by her car colliding violently with an oncoming semitrailer truck). [[note]](Incidentally, in the original, Clark nearly crashes the car into an oncoming semi, but is able to steer out of the way. Unlike the girl, he had a nearly deserted highway and large shoulders to work with.)[[/note]]

* RageBreakingPoint: Rusty, despite being positive all the way through the Road Trip from Hell which includes finding out just how much his sons are at odds with each other, his (supposed by both him and his wife) marital problems and other mishaps, once they become stranded on the interstate in the middle of desert has him pull a rant with [[ClusterFBomb]]s and attempting to kick tumbleweeds that have rather solid things hidden in them [[KickTheDog just to add injury to insult]].

* RageBreakingPoint: Rusty, despite being positive all the way through the Road Trip from Hell which includes finding out just how much his sons are at odds with each other, his (supposed by both him and his wife) marital problems and other mishaps, once they become stranded on the interstate in the middle of desert has him pull a rant with ClusterFBombs and attempting to kick tumbleweeds that have rather solid things hidden in them [[KickTheDog just to add injury to insult]].

* MythologyGag: There's a scene in the trailer where Rusty turns on the radio to "Holiday Road" as an attractive young woman in a CoolCar drives up beside him and gives him flirty looks. When Rusty turns away, she's promptly plowed over by a semi-truck. Doubles s as a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' which did a similar joke.

* MythologyGag: There's a scene in the trailer where Rusty turns on the radio to "Holiday Road" as an attractive young woman in a CoolCar drives up beside him and gives him flirty looks. When Rusty turns away, she's promptly plowed over by a semi-truck.

* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: James' younger brother, Kevin, seems verbally abusive to most people, but his brother especially. In one scene he playfully suffocates his James with a plastic bag.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Inverted in the scene where the '''''ssssssssssssoooooooooooo hhhhhhhhhoooooooottttttttttt''''', mouth-droolingly beautiful girl in the red Ferrari's attempts to distract Rusty while on a busy freeway during rush hour ends with her death (caused by her car colliding violently with an oncoming semitrailer truck). [[note]](Incidentally, in the original, Clark nearly crashes the car into an oncoming semi, but is able to steer out of the way. Unlike the girl, he had a nearly deserted highway and large shoulders to work with.)[[/note]]

* KillTheCutie: A re-creation of an iconic scene from the original ''Vacation'' film -- a beautiful but mysterious blonde babe (Christine Brinkley) driving a [[CoolCar red Ferrari]] getting Clark's attention -- is seen in the new film. In the reboot, Rusty is tempted as a hot, ''hot'', '''HOT''' '''''HOT''''' (wolf-whistle) hottie (Hannah Davis) drives in a red Ferrari by and waves seductively. Unlike the original, where Brinkley's character meets up later with the Griswolds at a roadside hotel and goes skinny-dipping, this one doesn't end so well for Davis' hottie. While driving, she takes her eyes off the road, drifts into the oncoming lane ... and fails to see an oncoming semitrailer truck; the vehicles crash head-on and -- as she's never seen again -- is (likely) killed instantly.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Inverted in the scene where the ''''ssssssssssssoooooooooooo hhhhhhhhhoooooooottttttttttt''', mouth-droolingly beautiful girl in the red Ferrari's attempts to distract Rusty while on a busy freeway during rush hour ends with her death (caused by her car colliding violently with an oncoming semitrailer truck). [[note]](Incidentally, in the original, Clark nearly crashes the car into an oncoming semi, but is able to steer out of the way. Unlike the girl, he had a nearly deserted highway and large shoulders to work with.)[[/note]]

* KillTheCutie: The trailers show a re-creation of an iconic scene from the original ''Vacation'' film -- Clark being tempted by a babelicious babe (Christine Brinkley) driving a red Ferrari. (As fans know, Clark and the mysterious hottie meet up at a roadside hotel and skinny dip together.) The reboot scene shows Rusty meet up with another hot, ''hot'', '''HOT''' '''''HOT''''' (wolf-whistle) hottie, a long-haired brunette not older than 23, in a red Ferrari. Sad to say, they don't make it to the hotel; while her eyes are off the road trying to tempt Rusty ... she fails to see an oncoming semitrailer truck, the vehicles crash head-on and she is (likely) killed instantly.

* GagPenis: Creator/ChrisHemsworth, who plays Audrey's husband, sports one of these in the first trailer.