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Character name: Clark Griswold
Appears in: National Lampoon's Vacation
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StorylineChicago native Clark Griswold has decided to take his wife ,Ellen, kids 14 year-old Rusty and 12 year-old Audrey to a Los Angles theme park called Walley World. But when Audrey takes up pot smoking and Rusty reads porno magazines, annoying Cousin Eddie sends spiteful Aunt Edna to join them on their trip, the Griswolds get stuck in the ghetto, Aunt Edna dies, Clark drives off the road, hillbillies take all their money, and Clark is shot at in a Dodge City bar, will their vacation be all it was cracked up to be?
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Every summer Chevy Chase takes his family on a little trip. This year he went too far. QuotesEllen Griswold: [after the bartender shoots at Clark] Clark, I don't think that was funny. A loud noise like that could damage the kids' hearing.
Clark Griswald: C'mon, Ellen. It looked real. Hell - I thought it was a real gun. Didn't you think it was real, honey?
Audrey Griswold: What?
Clark Griswald: I said didn't you think it was real?
Audrey Griswold: What?
Ellen Griswold: Oh are you happy now Clark? She's deaf.
Clark Griswald: Oh what the hell - it was fun anyway.
Ellen Griswold: I honestly don't think we're going to find the Grand Canyon on this road.
Clark: Jesus, it's only the biggest God-damn hole in the world.
Aunt Edna: Clark, watch your language!
Clark: Make that the second biggest.
Ellen Griswold: No, we don't. You gave $500 to Eddie, and everything on this little safari has cost us twice as more then you figured out.
Clark: Honey, we're fine. Plus there's nothing in that luggage that can't be replaced. Except... your diaphragm. Worse comes to worse, we can always cash a check down the road. Don't you trust me?
Ellen Griswold: As long as you don't tie me to the rear bumper.
Clark: That hurt, Ellen.
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Character name: Clark Griswold
Appears in: Christmas Vacation
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Chicago resident Clark Wilhelm Griswold Jr has REALLY got the Christmas spirit this year, and his wife Ellen, son Rusty, and daughter Audrey have noticed it. Clark has invited Ellen's parents Arthur Smith and Francis Smith, his own parents Clark Wilhelm Griswold Sr and Nora Griswold, and his Aunt Bethany and Uncle Lewis to spend the holidays at the Griswold house in Chicago. Clark is obsessed with making everything go perfectly during the holiday season, but as soon as everyone arrives, things start going haywire, especially when the Griswolds receive some uninvited surprise guests from Kansas -- cousin Catherine, her sloppy husband Eddie, and two of their kids, Rocky and Ruby Sue. Clark decorates the outside of the house with 250 strands of lights with 100 bulbs on each strand for a total of 25,000 light bulbs, enough to make the power company turn on their auxiliary nuclear generator. Clark also annoys his snobby next door neighbors -- Todd Chester and his wife Margo. Even with his bumbling ways, Clark manages to keep things going as he waits for his Christmas bonus from work so he'll have enough money to have a swimming pool put in the back yard. But it turns out that Clark's boss, a scrooge whose name is Frank Shirley, does not intend to give out any Christmas bonuses this year, and this causes Clark to snap and act crazy. This situation gives Eddie the idea for the perfect Christmas gift for Clark after Clark offers to help Eddie treat Rocky and Ruby Sue to a good Christmas. Can Eddie help Clark and the family have a great Christmas?
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Character name: Andy Farmer
Appears in: Funny Farm
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Storyline When Andy and Elizabeth buy a farm in Vermont, they can't imagine the trouble that awaits them. Andy has quit his job as a sports journalist and is planning to use the peace and quiet of the country to write the Great American Novel. From the moment the movers' truck gets lost with their furniture, though, there's little peace and less quiet. From a manical mailman to a dead body buried in the garden, Andy is distracted by the town and its wacky inhabitants. His effort at a novel is mediocre, at best, and he's threatened by Elizabeth's foray into writing when she attempts a children's book. Can the Farmers survive the townsfolk and each other?
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Appears in: Vegas Vacation
Thanks to the money brought in at work by one of Clark Griswold's inventions, a long life food preservative, Clark has enough money to take his wife Ellen, his son Rusty, and his daughter Audrey on a trip to Las Vegas -- the land of sand, slot machines, and the Hoover Dam. In Las Vegas, Clark crosses paths with Eddie, the sloppy husband of Ellen's cousin Catherine. Eddie and his family now live in the desert north of Las Vegas on what used to be an H-bomb test site. During the vacation in Las Vegas, Ellen becomes addicted to Wayne Newton, Rusty gets a fake ID and becomes a winning high roller, Audrey starts hanging out with Eddie's stripper daughter Vickie, and Clark becomes addicted to gambling and starts gambling away the family's bank account, which amounts to $22,600. Ellen's obsession with Wayne Newton is making Clark jealous, and Clark keeps losing money at the casino. After losing so much money, can Clark find a way to get the money back and save the family's vacation? TaglineThis time the Griswolds are on a roll. QuotesClark Griswold: Where the hell is the damn dam tour? Rusty: [ trying to get Clark's attention] Dad? Clark Griswold: In a minute Russ. [ talking to Cousin Eddie] Clark Griswold: You see the promise of material possesions can often blind one to... [ Rusty taps Clark on the arm] Clark Griswold: What is it, Russ? Rusty: Those four cars over there... they're mine. Clark Griswold: [ surprised] What do you mean they're... they're yours? Rusty: Yeah. Clark Griswold: [ suspiciously] Where did they come from, Russ? Rusty: Well, four slot machines and I won four cars. You know, I put a dollar in, I got a car. I put a dollar in, I got a car. I put a dollar in, I got a car. I put a dollar in, I got a car. Clark Griswold: I-I-I, okay, I think I get it. Give me the keys, please. [ Rusty hands Clark all the car keys] Clark Griswold: Okay! Ellen you drive the red one, [ hands car keys to Ellen] Clark Griswold: you take the white one, [ hands car keys to Audrey] Clark Griswold: you take the Mustang, [ hands car keys to Rusty] Clark Griswold: and I'll take that big, black thing over there. After you, Mr. Pappagiorgio! Movie Trailer
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