Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay: Difference between revisions

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Picking up right where the last movie left off, [[John Cho|Harold]] and [[Kal Penn|Kumar]], fresh from their trip to White Castle, have decided to follow Harold's neighbor Maria to Amsterdam. On the plane Kumar and the bong he brought on are mistaken for a terrorist and a bomb, and Kumar, along with his "North Korean accomplise" Harold, are thrown in Guantanamo Bay. The two escape and head to Texas, pursued by an overzealous Deputy Security of Homeland Security. An old friend of theirs, Colton, is getting married to Kumar's ex-girlfriend Vanessa, and has invited president [[George W. Bush]] to the wedding. Harold wants to get a pardon; Kumar wants to ruin the wedding.

 

Another sequel, ''[[A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas]]'', came out in 2011.

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* [[Angry Black Man]]: Subverted. Harold and Kumar's car breaks down in a nieghborhood that the two think is filled with angry black men and run off before a bunch of guys roll out equipment to help fix their car.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Beecher. After being forced to do all of Fox's dirty work, he betrays him.

* [[California Doubling]]: Averted. The scenes in Amsterdam were actually shot in Amsterdam.

* [[Call Back]]: Neil Patrick Harris leaves Harold and Kumar in ''White Castle'', claiming to be going "wherever God takes me." When they meet again in ''Escape From Guantanamo Bay'', the following exchange occurs:

'''NPH:''' [[Deus Ex Machina|This is where God took me.]] }}

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Kumar's "Square Root of 3" poem.

* [[Creepy Basement]]: Harold and Kumar end up hiding in a [[Deep South|Texan couple's]] dark, dingy basement. Earlier the couple had been joking about keeping their deformed incest baby locked up in there, which doesn't help. {{spoiler|[[Double Subverted|Turns out they weren't joking.]]}}

* [[Dartboard of Hate]]: [[George W. Bush]] has one of these with a picture of Osama Bin Laden on it.

** Also, a Klansman pursuing Harold and Kumar trips and his burning torch gets tangled in his robes. It's not confirmed whether or not he dies.

* [[The Deep South]]: Most of the action takes place here.

* [[Flanderization]]: Harold got a lot more uptight, Kumar became more of an idiot with a bid drug problem.

* [[Flowery Insults]]: Kumar calls an [[Ambiguously Brown]] security guard "Matthew Perry" and the guard seriously takes offense to that.

'''Kumar''': I'm calling YOU 'Matthew Perry,' [[Buffy-Speak|you Matthew Perry-looking bitch]]. }}

* [[Free-Fall Fight]]: {{spoiler|Agent Fox leaps out of an airplane without wearing a parachute just so he can shoot at the title heroes on the way down.}}

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:

'''George W. Bush''': Well, then that makes you a fucking [[Malaproper|hypocriticizer]] too. }}

** Ron Fox claims to be a brazen patriot... and at one point in the film he {{spoiler|literally wipes his ass with the Fifth Amendment.}}

* [[Our Presidents Are Different]]: Harold and Kumar {{spoiler|accidentally land via parachute on the Crawford Ranch and meet real life, then US President [[George W. Bush]] who keeps with his real life persona of President Buffoon but also reveals himself to be President Personable as well}}.

* [[Pants-Free]]: The two seek assistance from a friend of theirs, who is hosting a bottomless party upon their arrival.

* [[Platonic Prostitution]]

* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: Ron Fox.

* [[Race Tropes]]: Ron Fox tries to use these to get witnesses to talk, wasting [[Trademark Favorite Food|grape soda]] for a black guy and [[Greedy Jew|spilling a bag of coins]] for Jewish people. These tactics only serve to make people more affronted by his outright racism.

* [[Reality Subtext]]: The sight of Harold and Kumar causes Rob Corddry's character to rant about how "al-Qaeda and the North Koreans" must be teaming up. [[John Cho]]'s father actually was a refugee from what is now North Korea, who faced near-starvation while fleeing south.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: The only reason Ron Fox's ''exceptional'' racism won't make you leave in disgust is just how earnest and over the top he is about it. [[Too Dumb to Live|That and he's as dumb as a fence post]].

* [[Stop Being Stereotypical]]: Subverted; Kumar is reluctant to become a doctor as he thinks it's an Indian stereotype. He later decides that he wants to become a doctor regardless of whether or not it's stereotypical.

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Airport security pulls Kumar aside for a random check.

'''Kumar''': So just because of the color of my skin, you assume that [[Sarcastic Confession|I have illegal drugs]] on me? }}

* [[Sweet Home Alabama]]: The movie has its fair share of negative [[Deep South]] stereotypes, most notably the Ku Klux Klan, but there is also a sophisticated, sympathetic Southern couple that helps Harold and Kumar hide from the government. The couple is still pretty stereotypical. They're an [[Brother-Sister Incest|incestuous]] couple with a deformed son.

* [[Take That]]: "It'll be like ''[[Eurotrip]]'', except it won't suck".

* [[Three-Way Sex]]: Kumar fantasizes about this with his ex-girlfriend, Vanessa, and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|a giant bag of weed]].

* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: There is a touching conversation about how the convictions of the father are passed on to the son, resulting in {{spoiler|George W. Bush calling up his dad to tell him off.}}

* [[What Could Have Been]]: In universe: The DVD shows several scenario with "Dude Change the movie" feature. The most different "Harold and Kumar Go to Amsterdam" which is initiated by Kumar not lighting bong. It is a short film with the duo narrating while no one speaks. Harold finds Maria and Kumar {{spoiler|ends up marrying a girl named Ellie whose boyfriend was murdered. The two end up staying in Amsterdam}}

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