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Vacation (1983) More at IMDbPro »

Followed by

European Vacation (1985)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Vegas Vacation (1997)
Vacation (2011)

Edited into

"I Love the '80s" (2002)

Spin off

American Adventure (2000) (TV)

References

Song of the South (1946)
"Family Feud" (1976)
Asteroids (1979) (VG)
"Magnum, P.I." (1980)

Referenced in

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters (1984) (TV)
European Vacation (1985)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Vegas Vacation (1997)
"The Nanny: A Decent Proposal (#5.6)" (1997)
 -  Fran mentions the movie by name.
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes (1998)
 -  "National Lampoon's Vacation" is mentioned during an interview.
Blink 182: The Urethra Chronicles (1999) (V)
 -  "She's still up watching Vacation"
Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
 -  Family road trip
Blink 182: Greatest Hits (2005) (V)
 -  "She's still up watching Vacation" (lyrics)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
 -  A grandparent dies accompanying a family on a cross-country trip, is wrapped in a bed sheet, and the familiy continues to harbor the corpse
"Veronica Mars: Lord of the Pi's (#3.8)" (2006)
 -  Veronica says, "The park is closed; the walrus out front should have told you."
"The Sopranos: Soprano Home Movies (#6.13)" (2007)
 -  Tony says "Whoa, National Lampoon's Vacation' when he sees Bobby in a shirt and shorts
"Family Guy: Blue Harvest (#6.1)" (2007)
 -  Chase and D'Angelo reprise their characters
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
 -  mentioned in dialogue
"Psych: Murder?... Anyone?... Anyone?... Bueller? (#3.2)" (2008)
 -  just before he asks his dad if he can borrow his underpants for 10 minutes -- a reference to Anthony Michael Hall's character in "Sixteen Candles", Sean says "Good talk, Dad", a reference to Anthony Michael Hall's character speaking with Chevy Chase in National Lampoon's Vacation.
Starz Inside: Fashion in Film (2008) (TV)
 -  Still photo shown.
"The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Miss March/Race to Witch Mountain/Sunshine Cleaning (#1.3)" (2009)
 -  Is No. 3 on the best Road Trip Romances of all time
"Great American Road Trip: Pilot (#1.1)" (2009)
 -  Erica Rico compares her husband Ricardo to Clark Griswold

Featured in

100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V)
 -  Clip shown.
"I Love the '80s" (2002)
The Family Truckster (2003) (V)
 -  clips
"20 to 1: Memorable Movie Characters (#3.11)" (2006)
 -  Clips shown in a segment on Clark Griswold.
"Best! Movies! Ever!: Hotels (#1.10)" (2007)
 -  clips featured to illustrate the best movie hotel scenes
"Best! Movies! Ever!: Road Trips (#1.14)" (2007)
 -  clips featured to illustrate the best road movies
"The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Miss March/Race to Witch Mountain/Sunshine Cleaning (#1.3)" (2009)
 -  Footage shown when referenced
"20 to 1: Sizzling Superstars (#8.15)" (2009)
 -  Clips shown in a segment on Christie Brinkley.

Spoofs

Psycho (1960)
Pakkuman (1980) (VG)
Chariots of Fire (1981)

Spoofed in

Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) (V)
 -  Hamton and Plucky share misadventures on there way to HappyWorldLand just as the Grizzwalds in National Lampoon Vacation shared misadventures on the way to WalleyWorld
Dumb & Dumber (1994)
 -  Mockingbird song while driving
"The Fast Show: Mixa (#2.2)" (1996)
 -  A sketch is a trailer for a film called "Crazy Vacation" which spoofs this movie.
Johnson Family Vacation (2004)
 -  Johnson Family Vacation is the blackifacation of National Lamphoon Vaction
Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) (V)
 -  When they crash the winnebago Brian gets a bloody nose like Rusty and Stewie has the airbag explode late like what happens to Clark
"Family Guy: Boys Do Cry (#5.15)" (2007)
 -  while the griffins are driving down the road, a girl in a red ferrari drives up beside peter and flirts with him until she is hit by a truck.
"Family Guy: No Chris Left Behind (#5.16)" (2007)
 -  The scene where Peter has a road flirtation with a beautiful young woman driving a sports car is directly inspired by an iconic scene in the 1983 movie. The ending is altered, playing on the theme of inattention to the road leading to a either an accident or a near accident; here, the voloptuous blonde is killed when her car crashes head-on collision with a semitrailer truck (unlike the movie, where Clark barely avoids disaster)

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