Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation is a 2018 animated children's monster comedy film that is the second sequel to Hotel Transylvania. It is the last film in the series to featuring Adam Sandler and Kevin James voicing Dracula and Frankenstein as well as Genndy Tartakovsky's final directorial work on the series.

The monsters go on a cruise ship that, unknown to them, is owned by Abraham Van Helsing's descendant Ericka. The cruise is actually part of a plan by Van Helsing to exterminate all monsters and his long time enemy Dracula for once and all, by activating an ancient artifact at the sunken city of Atlantis. But then Drac zings on Ericka (unaware that she has been trying to kill him), and his attempts to get close to her may risk the whole plan...


Tropes used in Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation include:
  • Beach Episode: The film is more tropical this time around, and most of the characters wear swimsuits.
  • Big Bad: Abraham Van Helsing.
  • Distant Prologue: The beginning shows the monsters encountering Van Helsing centuries ago.
  • Evil Old Folks: Abraham Van Helsing.
  • Heel Face Turn: Ericka and Abraham Van Helsing redeem themselves by the end.
  • Love At First Sight: Ericka and Drac zinged the first time they met.
  • The Power of Rock: what fuels the final fight between Van Helsing and the monsters over the contol of the kraken. More exactly, the power of electronica versus the power of upbeat one hit wonders, respectively.
  • That Came Out Wrong: Drac asked Ericka "Would you like to see my parts" not knowing it would be awkward.
  • Vacation Episode: The film takes place on a cruise ship.