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** In ''Morocco'', Hope's character gets his hands on a magic ring...
** In ''Morocco'', Hope's character gets his hands on a magic ring...
** Hope's magic flute in ''Bali'', which backfires horribly when Crosby tries his hand at it.
** Hope's magic flute in ''Bali'', which backfires horribly when Crosby tries his hand at it.
* [[Book Ends]]: ''Road to Morocco''
* [[Book Ends]]: ''Road to Morocco''.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Bob Hope addressed remarks directly to the audience several times per movie.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Bob Hope addressed remarks directly to the audience several times per movie.
** [[Aside Glance]]
** [[Aside Glance]]
* [[The Cameo]]: Several, particularly in the last two films.
* [[The Cameo]]: Several, particularly in the last two films.
* [[Captured by Cannibals]]: In ''Road to Zanzibar'', with the cannibals thinking Hope and Crosby are [[Mighty Whitey|white gods]]... until, that is, the cannibals decide to test their divinity by having Hope get into a sidesplittingly hilarious wrestling match with a gorilla.
* [[Captured by Cannibals]]: In ''Road to Zanzibar'', with the cannibals thinking Hope and Crosby are [[Mighty Whitey|white gods]]... until, that is, the cannibals decide to test their divinity by having Hope get into a side splittingly hilarious wrestling match with a gorilla.
* [[The Cavalry]]: They arrive ''juust'' after the fact in ''Rio'', although it's not for lack of trying.
* [[The Cavalry]]: They arrive ''just'' after the fact in ''Rio'', although it's not for lack of trying.
* [[Cymbal-Banging Monkey]]
* [[Cymbal-Banging Monkey]]
* [[Darkest Africa]]: Once again, from ''Road to Zanzibar''. It uses all the standard Pulp Africa tropes and [[Subverted Trope|subverts the heck out of them]].
* [[Darkest Africa]]: Once again, from ''Road to Zanzibar''. It uses all the standard Pulp Africa tropes and [[Subverted Trope|subverts the heck out of them]].
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* [[Identical Grandson]]: Used to hilarious effect at the end of ''Road to Utopia''. ("We adopted him.")
* [[Identical Grandson]]: Used to hilarious effect at the end of ''Road to Utopia''. ("We adopted him.")
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]]
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]]
{{quote|''"Like Webster's dictionary, we're Morocco bound"''}}
{{quote|''"Like Webster's dictionary, we're Morocco bound"''}}.
* [[Invisible Backup Band]]
* [[Invisible Backup Band]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Large Ham]]
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* [[Medicine Show]]
* [[Medicine Show]]
* [[No Party Like a Donner Party]]
* [[No Party Like a Donner Party]]
* [[Oscar Bait]]: Lampshaded and spoofed in many of the movies, notably in ''Morocco.''
* [[Oscar Bait]]: Lampshaded and spoofed in many of the movies, notably in ''Road to Morocco''.
* [[Overly Polite Pals]]
* [[Overly Polite Pals]]
* [[Pardon My Klingon]]
* [[Pardon My Klingon]]
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* [[Running Gag]]: "Pattycake, pattycake.."
* [[Running Gag]]: "Pattycake, pattycake.."
* [[Setting-Off Song]]
* [[Setting-Off Song]]
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Lamour
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Lamour.
* [[Sneeze of Doom]]
* [[Sneeze of Doom]]
* [[Thirsty Desert]]
* [[Thirsty Desert]]

Revision as of 16:29, 18 January 2015

The Road to ... movies are a series of comedy films starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, usually with Dorothy Lamour. Each of the films is a parody of a particular film genre.

  • Road to Singapore (1940)
  • Road to Zanzibar (1941)
  • Road to Morocco (1942)
  • Road to Utopia (1946)
  • Road to Rio (1947)
  • Road to Bali (1952) -- The only one in color
  • The Road to Hong Kong (1962) -- with Joan Collins

It inspired some other movies, including The Road to El Dorado.

This series provides examples, straight or parodied, of:

"Like Webster's dictionary, we're Morocco bound"

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References in other works:

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