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* [[California Doubling]]: Averted. The scenes in Amsterdam were actually shot in Amsterdam.
* [[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:
* [[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:
{{quote| '''Kumar:''' What are you doing here?<br />
{{quote|'''Kumar:''' What are you doing here?
'''NPH:''' [[Deus Ex Machina|This is where God took me.]] }}
'''NPH:''' [[Deus Ex Machina|This is where God took me.]] }}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Kumar's "Square Root of 3" poem.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Kumar's "Square Root of 3" poem.
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* [[Flanderization]]: Harold got a lot more uptight, Kumar became more of an idiot with a bid drug problem.
* [[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.
* [[Flowery Insults]]: Kumar calls an [[Ambiguously Brown]] security guard "Matthew Perry" and the guard seriously takes offense to that.
{{quote| '''Kumar''': Compared to me, you look like Matthew Perry.<br />
{{quote|'''Kumar''': Compared to me, you look like Matthew Perry.
'''Security guard''': Hey, who you calling 'Matthew Perry,' [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch]]!<br />
'''Security guard''': Hey, who you calling 'Matthew Perry,' [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|bitch]]!<br />
'''Kumar''': I'm calling YOU 'Matthew Perry,' [[Buffy-Speak|you Matthew Perry-looking bitch]]. }}
'''Kumar''': I'm calling YOU 'Matthew Perry,' [[Buffy-Speak|you Matthew Perry-looking bitch]]. }}
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* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Kumar's ex [[One Tree Hill|Rachel Gatina]] is getting married to [[Brothers and Sisters|Jason McCallister]] while they are being chased by a [[The Daily Show|Daily Show correspondant]]. Oh and [[The Hangover|Stu Price]] isn't very good at Korean.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Kumar's ex [[One Tree Hill|Rachel Gatina]] is getting married to [[Brothers and Sisters|Jason McCallister]] while they are being chased by a [[The Daily Show|Daily Show correspondant]]. Oh and [[The Hangover|Stu Price]] isn't very good at Korean.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:
{{quote| '''Kumar''': You get high and then you put other people who smoke weed in jail?<br />
{{quote|'''Kumar''': You get high and then you put other people who smoke weed in jail?
'''George W. Bush''': Duh.<br />
'''George W. Bush''': Duh.
'''Kumar''': That's so hypocritical.<br />
'''Kumar''': That's so hypocritical.
'''George W. Bush''': Oh yeah? Let me ask you something, Kumar. You like giving handjobs?<br />
'''George W. Bush''': Oh yeah? Let me ask you something, Kumar. You like giving handjobs?
'''Kumar''': No, sir.<br />
'''Kumar''': No, sir.
'''George W. Bush''': You like getting handjobs?<br />
'''George W. Bush''': You like getting handjobs?
'''Kumar''': Yeah.<br />
'''Kumar''': Yeah.
'''George W. Bush''': Well, then that makes you a fucking [[Malaproper|hypocriticizer]] too. }}
'''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.}}
** 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.}}
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* [[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}}.
* [[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.
* [[Pants-Free]]: The two seek assistance from a friend of theirs, who is hosting a bottomless party upon their arrival.
{{quote| '''Raza:''' I'm sick of all the hype over topless.}}
{{quote|'''Raza:''' I'm sick of all the hype over topless.}}
* [[Platonic Prostitution]]
* [[Platonic Prostitution]]
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: Ron Fox.
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: Ron Fox.
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* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Airport security pulls Kumar aside for a random check.
{{quote| '''Airport security guard''': It's our job as airport security to search for all possible weapons or illegal drugs.<br />
{{quote|'''Airport security guard''': It's our job as airport security to search for all possible weapons or illegal drugs.
'''Kumar''': So just because of the color of my skin, you assume that [[Sarcastic Confession|I have illegal drugs]] on me? }}
'''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.
* [[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.
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