Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... a married father of two hell-bent on giving his family a memorable vacation. Though he has noble intentions to drive his family from Chicago to Los Angeles's Walley World amusement park, things go off the rails almost immediately. Clark doesn't respond well to adversity, and by the time the family reaches Arizona the simple frustrations of a difficult trip escalate to robbery, animal cruelty, and even death.
Personality... temperamental and obsessive, but loving. To Clark, this vacation is not just a fun distraction – it's how he proves his manhood and abilities as a father to his family. And he'll go to great, sometimes criminal, lengths to make it happen because he loves his family so much. Not so much that he won't check out the hot blonde driving next to them on the highway, but a lot.
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The Griswold family are on a quest. A quest to a Walley World theme park for a family vacation, but things aren't going to go exactly as planned, especially when Clark Griswold is losing all thought towards a mysterious blonde in a red Ferrari.
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Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don't go quite as planned.
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The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the glitzy mecca of slots and showgirls—Las Vegas.
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It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.
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The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and thus pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists. Besides, they have trouble taking holidays in countries where they CAN speak the language.
