History Literature / JetlagTravelGuides

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: InUniverse, the Vcetrezen art gallery has a minimalist style, with one room being completely empty, save for a small fire-hose. Philippe, of course, thinks it is high art, better than the "populist" national art gallery.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Molvanîans claim, among other things, that one of the thieves which were crucified next to Jesus was Molvanîan and that the 30 pieces of silver given to Judas actually came from the town of Dzrebo.

* TheMafiya: Aside from the home-grown slavic Molvanîan mafia, the Russian mafia is also present, many of its members being foreign dignitaries.

* {{Ruritania}}: An [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggeration]] of the worst aspects of the trope. The country is an ex-soviet republic run by the mafia, everyone is poor, the country is embroiled in a war with UsefulNotes/{{Romania}}, the language is hideously difficult to learn, the people are unfriendly and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the cafes are over-priced]].

* HolidayInCambodia: Phaic Tăn presents all of the subtropes associated with Southeast Asian stereotypes: jungles, guerilla warfare, near-constant rain, Buddhism and others.

* ThePerformerKing: King Tralanhng fancies himself a talented musician and composer. [[DreadfulMusician The reality is very different]].

* MortonsFork: La Diabla flogged one young man for making sexual advances, and another for failing to do so.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: The Spin-Off ''Molvanîan Baby Names'' describes names given to Molvanîan children, like ''Agpovertetnyk'' (meaning "lowly paid foreign worker"), ''Dburjoffynd'' ("repeat offender") and ''Dkurtiklof'' ("exceptionally unfit"). In Slavic countries, names with meanings like that were not too uncommon in the old times, because a beautiful name was considered to be TemptingFate by drawing demonic attention. The surname Nekrasov, coming from the name meaning "The Unsightly One", is still common enough in Russia.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Despite not being a travel guide, the book is just as hilarious as the rest of the series.

* UnfortunateNames: ''Agpovertetnyk'' ("lowly paid foreign worker"), ''Dkurtiklof'' ("exceptionally unfit") and so on.

* MyOtherCarIsAnX: A bumper sticker craze has taken over the town of Jzerbo. One of them reads "My other car is a tractor".

The ''Jetlag Travel Guides'' are a collection of books [[{{Parody}} parodying]] travelling guides, relying on RapidFireComedy and the perceived [[NationalStereotypes stereotypes]] surrounding the people living in the regions portrayed within. The books were written by [[UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} Australian]] comedians [[Creator/{{WorkingDogProductions}} Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch]] of ''The D-Generation'' fame.

An official [[http://www.molvania.com/ site]] and an [[http://www.148apps.com/app/386883403/ app]] have been created containing several other countries without physically published guides. In addition, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0bwBbybwb4 an anthem]] for Molvanîa, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Mtq9Z3Ya0 a clip of a soap opera]] for Phaic Tăn, and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H28aMhlYZYo a dance]] for San Sombrèro have been made and uploaded to YouTube. Molvanîa even has an [[Series/{{EurovisionSongContest}} Eurovision]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NA_NS7nwmzQ entry]]! Molvanîa is also the birthplace of Zladko, of ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNyG-xu-7SQ Elektronik Supersonik]]'' fame.

* BeastlyBloodsports: Bullfighting has a large following in San Sombrèro, though their take on the sport has a unique twist: a fourth act hog-tying the trumpeter.