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''Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' is the 2008 sequel to ''[[Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle]]''.
''Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay'' is the 2008 sequel to ''[[Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle]]''.


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.
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.


''Escape'' was not as well liked as ''White Castle'' (compare its 53% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] to ''White Castle's'' 74%), thanks to [[Flanderization]] of the main characters, a reliance on gross-out humor, and far more [[Anvilicious]] message about not stereotyping others.
''Escape'' was not as well liked as ''White Castle'' (compare its 53% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] to ''White Castle's'' 74%), thanks to [[Flanderization]] of the main characters, a reliance on gross-out humor, and far more [[Anvilicious]] message about not stereotyping others.
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* [[Completely Unnecessary Translator]]: Harold's parents have been American citizens for over 40 years, and frankly they find Fox's treatment of them insulting.
* [[Completely Unnecessary Translator]]: Harold's parents have been American citizens for over 40 years, and frankly they find Fox's treatment of them insulting.
* [[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.]]}}
* [[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.
* [[Dartboard of Hate]]: [[George W. Bush]] has one of these with a picture of Osama Bin Laden on it.
* [[Death By Racism]]:
* [[Death By Racism]]:
** Ron Fox, an evil white-supremacist government agent {{spoiler|falls out of an aeroplane ''without'' a parachute}} after 90 minutes of brutalizing and terrorizing ethnic minorities.
** Ron Fox, an evil white-supremacist government agent {{spoiler|falls out of an aeroplane ''without'' a parachute}} after 90 minutes of brutalizing and terrorizing ethnic minorities.
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'''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]]. }}
* [[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.}}
* [[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.}}
* [[Gag Boobs]]: Neil's prostitute.
* [[Gag Boobs]]: Neil's prostitute.
* [[Heel Face Door Slam]]: {{spoiler|Dr. Beecher}} states his intention to protect Harold and Kumar just as he slips on some marbles and accidentally ejects himself, Harold, Kumar, and {{spoiler|Fox}}. {{spoiler|Beecher is killed within seconds.}}
* [[Heel Face Door Slam]]: {{spoiler|Dr. Beecher}} states his intention to protect Harold and Kumar just as he slips on some marbles and accidentally ejects himself, Harold, Kumar, and {{spoiler|Fox}}. {{spoiler|Beecher is killed within seconds.}}
* [[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?<br />
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* [[Not Quite Dead]]: {{spoiler|Neil Patrick Harris's [[Sequel Hook]].}} Wait for the credits to finish.
* [[Not Quite Dead]]: {{spoiler|Neil Patrick Harris's [[Sequel Hook]].}} Wait for the credits to finish.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: NSA Vice Chairman Dr. John Beecher seems to be the ''only'' member of the Department of Homeland Security that's actually thinking ''sensibly''.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: NSA Vice Chairman Dr. John Beecher seems to be the ''only'' member of the Department of Homeland Security that's actually thinking ''sensibly''.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Double Standard Rape Male On Male]]: A marine at Guantanamo Bay attempts to force the characters to give oral sex.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Male On Male)]]: A marine at Guantanamo Bay attempts to force the characters to give oral sex.
* [[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.
* [[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]].
* [[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]].
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* [[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.
* [[Take That]]: "It'll be like ''[[Euro Trip]]'', except it won't suck".
* [[Take That]]: "It'll be like ''[[Euro Trip]]'', 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]].
* [[Three-Way Sex]]: Kumar fantasizes about this with his ex-girlfriend, Vanessa, and [[Crowning Moment of Funny|a giant bag of weed]].
* [[Toxic Friend Influence]]: Kumar. The film goes out of its way to point this out.
* [[Toxic Friend Influence]]: Kumar. The film goes out of its way to point this out.
* [["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.}}
* [["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.}}
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