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* [[Acceptable Religious Targets]]: The Amish family. North doesn't even give them a chance.

* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: Either North is a wonderful child whose parents don't appreciate him, or a raging egotist who doesn't get other cultures. Consider the fact that all the cultures depicted in the dream would seem to indicate that is how he views them, not how they really are. This would seem to indicate the kid's a bit of a bigot and, especially in light of his reputedly high intelligence (i.e., he ''should'' know better but apparently chooses not to), subsequently less sympathetic.

** The over-the-top musical number sung by Ma and Pa Tex, set to the tune of the ''[[Bonanza]]'' [[Title Theme Tune]]. (Which incidentally is a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]], since ''Bonanza'' was set in Nevada.)

** The Eskimo family starts whistling the theme to ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' -- the ''entire'' theme -- for the sole, flimsy sight gag that Andy his son Opie would be shown fishing to this song over the opening credits.

* [[Critical Backlash]]. From Ebert's review: "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie."

** Making cracks about your wife being barren to children ''while she's standing right next to you'' is in poor taste.

** Saying the horrific death of your overweight son was a "mighty ''big'' loss."

*** And to top that off, we then immediately get a happy-go-lucky, over the top musical number with the lyrics "We had a son who was trampled by a ton of longhorns!" What. The. Hell?

* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]/[[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: It's impossible to watch this movie now and not briefly think, "Wait, [[Seinfeld|George and Elaine]] got married?"

** And gave birth to [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Frodo]], no less!

** [[John Munch]] has somehow made his way to the Arctic and is taking tickets for the Eskimo elders' abandonment on the ice floes.

** To say nothing of Kathy Bates being sprayed brown and given a cheap black wig and pretending to be an Eskimo.

{{quote|Quick, loosen his pants!}}

* [[Squick]]: North's butt shown in Hawaii's ad with that hideously grinning octopus. It's a parody of a famous Coppertone/Water Babies ad (which had a puppy and a little girl), but comes out wrong...

 

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