Road Trip is a
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comedy filmComedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. Also, films in this style typically have a happy ending . One of the oldest genres in film, some of the very first silent movies were comedies...
written by
Todd PhillipsTodd Phillips, born December 20, 1970, is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and a film director.- Early life :Born in New York, Todd Phillips attended New York University Film School, but dropped out in order to focus on completing his first film, the feature-length documentary Hated: GG...
and
Scott ArmstrongJoseph James, Jr. is a professional wrestler and referee better known as Scott Armstrong. He is the oldest son of Bob Armstrong and has three brothers that wrestle, Brad, Steve and Brian. He currently works for World Wrestling Entertainment.-Career:James started wrestling in 1983 as "Scott...
and directed by Phillips. It is about the story of Josh (
Breckin MeyerBreckin Meyer is an American actor, writer, and producer.-Early life:Meyer was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Dorothy Ann , a travel agent and former microbiologist, and Christopher William Meyer, a management consultant. As a child of divorced parents, he lived in California, Texas,...
) who accidentally sends a video of him and his love interest (
Amy SmartAmy Lysle Smart is an American television and film actress and former fashion model.-Early life:Smart was born in Topanga, California, the daughter of Judy, a museum worker, and John Smart, a salesman...
) to his childhood sweetheart Tiffany (
Rachel BlanchardRachel Elise Blanchard is a Canadian actress.-Career:Her career was launched with a part in a McDonald's commercial, and as an eight-year-old on the Canadian children's show The Kids of Degrassi Street, where she played Melanie Schlegel...
) and has to try to get the video back before Tiffany returns to school and before his final exam in philosophy. So he and his friends go on a road trip in order to do so.
Cast
- Breckin Meyer
Breckin Meyer is an American actor, writer, and producer.-Early life:Meyer was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Dorothy Ann , a travel agent and former microbiologist, and Christopher William Meyer, a management consultant. As a child of divorced parents, he lived in California, Texas,...
as Josh Parker
- Seann William Scott
Seann William Scott is an American actor and comedian best known for his portrayal of Steve Stifler in the American Pie series of teen sex comedies. He has also appeared in the films Final Destination, Road Trip, Dude, Where's My Car?, Evolution, The Rundown, Mr...
as E.L.
- Amy Smart
Amy Lysle Smart is an American television and film actress and former fashion model.-Early life:Smart was born in Topanga, California, the daughter of Judy, a museum worker, and John Smart, a salesman...
as Beth Wagner
- Paulo Costanzo
Paulo Costanzo is a Canadian actor who is perhaps best-known for his roles in the 2000 comedy Road Trip and the sitcom Joey which ran from 2004-2006. Costanzo currently stars in USA Network's hit series Royal Pains....
as Rubin Carver
- DJ Qualls as Kyle Edwards
- Tom Green
Michael Thomas "Tom" Green is a Canadian actor, rapper, writer, comedian and media personality. He currently hosts the internet talk show Tom Green's House Tonight and the Planet Green game show Go for the Green.-Early life:...
as Barry Manilow
- Rachel Blanchard
Rachel Elise Blanchard is a Canadian actress.-Career:Her career was launched with a part in a McDonald's commercial, and as an eight-year-old on the Canadian children's show The Kids of Degrassi Street, where she played Melanie Schlegel...
as Tiffany Henderson, Josh's long distance girlfriend
- Anthony Rapp
Anthony Mortimer Rapp is an American stage and film actor best known for originating the role of Mark Cohen in the Broadway production of Rent in 1996 and later for reprising the role in the film version. He also performed the role of Charlie Brown in the 1999 Broadway revival of You're A Good...
as Jacob
- Fred Ward
Freddie Joe "Fred" Ward is an American actor. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood in Escape from Alcatraz.-Personal life:...
as Earl Edwards
- Andy Dick
Andrew R. "Andy" Dick is an American comedian, actor, musician and TV/film producer.-Early life:Dick was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was adopted at birth by Sue and Allen Dick, a naval officer. As a child, he lived in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, and Yugoslavia...
as Motel Clerk
- Ethan Suplee
Ethan Suplee is an American film and television actor best known for his roles as Seth Ryan in American History X, Harry Knowles in Fanboys, Frankie in Boy Meets World, and Randy Hickey in My Name Is Earl.-Early life:...
as Ed
- Horatio Sanz
Horatio Sanz is a Chilean-American comedian and actor, best known as a former cast member of Saturday Night Live.-Biography:...
as French Toast Guy
- Rhoda Griffis
Rhoda Griffis is an American actress, perhaps best known for playing supporting roles both in independent and mainstream films and television....
as Tour Group Mom
- Edmund Lyndeck
Edmund Lyndeck is an American character actor and musical theatre performer.Lyndeck, a former college professor, spent well over a dozen years in stock and regional theater roles before making his Broadway debut in the original production of 1776. After originating the role of John Witherspoon,...
as Jack Manilow, Barry's Grandpa
- Ellen Albertini Dow
Ellen Albertini Dow is an American character actress. She often portrays feisty old ladies and is perhaps best known as the rapping grandmother who performs in the feature film The Wedding Singer...
as Mrs. Manilow, Barry's Grandma
- Jessica Cauffiel
Jessica Cauffiel is an American actress and singer.-Early life:Cauffiel was born in Detroit, Michigan; her mother is a social worker and her father is Lowell Cauffiel, a best-selling true crime author, screenwriter and television documentary producer...
as Wrong Tiffany
Plot
The film begins at the fictional University of
IthacaThe city of Ithaca, , sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York, USA. It is best known for being home to Cornell University, an Ivy League school with almost 20,000 students...
(based on
Ithaca CollegeIthaca College is a private college located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. The school was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. The college has a strong liberal arts core, but also offers several pre-professional programs and some graduate programs. The college is...
) with Barry (
Tom GreenMichael Thomas "Tom" Green is a Canadian actor, rapper, writer, comedian and media personality. He currently hosts the internet talk show Tom Green's House Tonight and the Planet Green game show Go for the Green.-Early life:...
) giving a tour around the campus to a crowd of uninterested individuals.
Eventually, after one of the tour members questions whether anything interesting happens at the university, Barry begins his story. He tells them of his friend, Josh Parker (
Breckin MeyerBreckin Meyer is an American actor, writer, and producer.-Early life:Meyer was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Dorothy Ann , a travel agent and former microbiologist, and Christopher William Meyer, a management consultant. As a child of divorced parents, he lived in California, Texas,...
), a university student who had been continuously faithful to his long-distance love Tiffany (
Rachel BlanchardRachel Elise Blanchard is a Canadian actress.-Career:Her career was launched with a part in a McDonald's commercial, and as an eight-year-old on the Canadian children's show The Kids of Degrassi Street, where she played Melanie Schlegel...
), who was studying at the fictional University of Austin (based on the
University of Texas at AustinThe University of Texas at Austin is a public research university located in Austin, Texas, United States, and is the flagship institution of The University of Texas System. The main campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol...
) which happened to be eighteen hundred miles away.
Setup
The story fades into a nightmare Josh is having about Tiffany cheating on him with a fellow student. Right after Tiffany and her new boyfriend begin kissing, Josh wakes up abruptly and calls Tiffany, leaving a message for her and then filming a
videotapedA camcorder is an electronic device that combines a video camera and a video recorder into one unit.In order to differentiate it from other devices that are capable of recording video, like cell phones and compact digital cameras, a camcorder is generally identified as a portable device primarily...
message to her. While filming this, Josh's friends Rubin (
Paulo CostanzoPaulo Costanzo is a Canadian actor who is perhaps best-known for his roles in the 2000 comedy Road Trip and the sitcom Joey which ran from 2004-2006. Costanzo currently stars in USA Network's hit series Royal Pains....
) and Barry enter and we learn Rubin has a pet
snakeSnakes are elongate legless carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...
named Mitch, which can only be fed once a week - a process which fascinates Barry. At this point, Josh realizes he is late for class and, rushing out, he asks Rubin to mail the videotape to Tiffany.
While running to class, Josh runs into Beth, a student who has a crush on him. After this, Beth is accosted by Jacob, a philosophy teaching assistant who has an unhealthy obsession with Beth. During a philosophy lecture, an upcoming test is announced, which promises to be extremely difficult.
After class, Jacob confronts Josh for "hitting" on Beth when the professor (
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), informs Josh that he needs a B+ to pass the course. After this, Josh meets up with his friend, E.L. (
Seann William ScottSeann William Scott is an American actor and comedian best known for his portrayal of Steve Stifler in the American Pie series of teen sex comedies. He has also appeared in the films Final Destination, Road Trip, Dude, Where's My Car?, Evolution, The Rundown, Mr...
), who encourages him to cheat, at which point Josh reveals the possibility of losing his financial aid and being forced to leave college. E.L. encourages Josh to ignore the test,
hook upSexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which the male reproductive organ enters the female reproductive tract. The two entities may be of opposite sexes or not, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...
with Beth that night, and enjoy his last week of college for that year. Josh argues that he does not want to cheat on Tiffany with Beth. An attempt by Josh to call Tiffany reveals that she has not been staying at her dorm, creating more concern in Josh's mind.
E.L. throws a party that night, at which he has planned to
auctionAn auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the highest bidder...
off dates with various girls. Meanwhile, Barry is elsewhere, convincing two girls to experiment sexually with each other and him. Before her auction comes up, Beth asks Josh to outbid Jacob, who is also at the party. Josh wins the auction when E.L. ignores Jacob's bids, and brings Beth back to his room. Beth learns about Tiffany, but Josh tells her they have broken up. Beth quickly begins to seduce Josh, and then sees Josh's video camera, beginning to "interview" him about what he looks for in a girl. As the interview progresses, Beth begins stripping and kissing Josh. It is implied the next morning that the two had sex, which ended up being captured on Beth's video. When his friends find out that the previous night's events were videotaped, Josh is forced to show the video to them, but the greeting to Tiffany shows instead - revealing that it was the sex tape with Beth that got sent to Tiffany. Josh then finds out that the reason Tiffany wasn't answering his calls was because her grandfather died.
The Trip
Josh decides to travel to Austin to get the videotape before Tiffany returns home from her grandfather's funeral in three days. E.L. says he will accompany Josh on the trip and the two go in search of Kyle, a nerd who lives in Josh's dorm. After finding him, they pressure him into letting them borrow his car (a 1989
Ford TaurusThe Ford Taurus is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United States. Originally introduced in the 1986 model year, it has remained in near continuous production for more than two decades, making it the fourth oldest nameplate that is currently sold in the North American...
). He is initially reluctant to let them do so, but Josh eventually convinces Kyle by inviting him along on the trip. Rubin also plans to come on the trip, but Barry decides to stay in Ithaca, having never in his life left the town. Rubin charges Barry with feeding his snake Mitch while he is gone.
During the first portion of the trip, E.L. tries to get Josh to describe the sex tape and the two discuss why Josh feels so guilty about having sex with Beth. They get into a lengthy discussion with Rubin about what constitutes cheating until Kyle jumps in with a random comment about lewd activity with one's
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involving
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, to which Rubin, Josh and E.L. all react with disgust. Meanwhile, Beth goes to look for Josh in his room after he leaves, to find only Barry is there. After being asked where Josh went, Barry tells her he went to "Austin, Massachusetts." Beth corrects him and is left believing Josh went to Boston.
The movie then cuts to a scene with Beth talking with an unnamed topless girl in a locker room. The two discuss how Josh lied to her about his relationship with Tiffany. In the middle of the scene, the movie cuts back to the tour group, still at the stadium. One of the girls on the tour objects to this part of the story, at which point Barry quickly begins describing more nude girls in the locker room, much to the pleasure of the males in the tour group. The scene cuts back to the locker room, which is now indeed packed with nude girls, while a fully-clothed Beth discusses males' obsession with sex. In the 'uncut' DVD version of the movie during this conversation the camera slowly zooms in to the topless girls breasts in a humorous reference to their conversation. At the end of the conversation, one of the girls encourages Beth to find Tiffany and reveal that Josh cheated.
The movie cuts back to the four traveling students as they shop for supplies at
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. E.L. browbeats Kyle to let them use his
credit cardA credit card is part of a system of payments named after the small plastic card issued to users of the system. It is a card entitling its holder to buy goods and services based on the holder's promise to pay for these goods and services...
, which Kyle says his father gave him for "emergencies only". The four eventually come to what they believe is a shortcut that will save them five hours. However, they end up encountering a washed out
bridgeA bridge is a structure built to span a valley, road, body of water, or other physical obstacle, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle. Designs of bridges vary depending on the function of the bridge and the nature of the terrain where the bridge is constructed.-History:The first...
. Rubin persuades E.L. to jump the bridge in Kyle's car but Kyle disagrees. They make it across, but the car's wheels collapse, and the air bag explodes into E.L.'s face. They exit the car and Kyle says his father will kill him when he finds the car is totaled, as the four are walking. Josh says he doesn't have time to walk but Rubin tells him not to worry that it's only the wheels. Right at that moment, the car explodes, and the four turn around and look at it.
Without a car, Josh, E.L., Rubin and Kyle check into a
motelA motel is a hotel designed for motorists, usually having direct access to an open parking area.Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, a portmanteau of motor and hotel or motorists' hotel, referred initially to a type of hotel consisting of a single building of connected rooms...
for the night. The next morning Rubin goes into the hotel office, where he asks the clerk (
Andy DickAndrew R. "Andy" Dick is an American comedian, actor, musician and TV/film producer.-Early life:Dick was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was adopted at birth by Sue and Allen Dick, a naval officer. As a child, he lived in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, and Yugoslavia...
) if he can purchase any
marijuanaCannabisalso known as marijuana or marihuana, and ganja , among many other namesrefers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug...
. The clerk gives him a strange answer, then tells him Kyle's credit card is "maxed out". The scene switches to Kyle's parents finding out about the card the next morning. After a brief scene in which E.L. and Rubin discuss their financial problem and lack of a vehicle, the movie rejoins Kyle's parents with a police officer, who informs them that Kyle's car has been found in
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and that Kyle is missing from school.
E.L. goes to a school for the
blindBlindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...
and tricks the blind office clerk (
Mary Lynn RajskubMary Lynn Rajskub is an American actress and comedian, best known for her leading role as Chloe O'Brian on the Fox action-thriller 24.-Career:...
) to give him the keys to one of the school's buses. Meanwhile, Kyle, Rubin and Josh are eating breakfast at a diner. After Kyle complains that the waiter (
Horatio SanzHoratio Sanz is a Chilean-American comedian and actor, best known as a former cast member of Saturday Night Live.-Biography:...
) has messed up his order, the waiter defiles Kyle's food and redelivers it to him, who heartily eats it. At this point, E.L. arrives with the stolen bus and the trip continues through another travel montage. At one point Kyle asks E.L. if they can stop. E.L. jokingly denies the request, and then tells Kyle he needs to be more assertive and stand up for himself more. Kyle reveals his father's strictness has played a key role in the way he acts.
Eventually, Josh calls Professor Anderson's office. Jacob, the teaching assistant, answers the phone and, upon learning it is Josh, pretends to be the professor. Mimicking his deep voice, Jacob pretends to grant Josh an extension on his midterm, with no intention of informing anyone. Back at the collapsed bridge, a group of police officers are investigating the scene of the car explosion with Kyle's parents.
Beth, meanwhile, arrives in Boston and tracks down who she believes is Tiffany. Beth then confesses she had sex with "Tiffany's" boyfriend, to which "Tiffany" responds by
vandalizingVandalism is the behaviour attributed to the Vandals, by the Romans, in respect of culture: ruthless destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or venerable...
her boyfriend's car and hitting him with a baseball bat. Embarrassed, Beth takes the bus home. As she sleeps barefoot, the man in the seat in back of her (played by director Todd Phillips) sucks her toes and then asks her if she would like a
foot massageFoot fetishism, foot partialism, foot worship, or podophilia is a pronounced sexual interest in feet. It is the most common form of sexual preference for otherwise non-sexual objects or body parts.-Characteristics:...
. Beth rejects his advances, making a scene.
The travelers arrive in Tennessee on Saturday night and find a
fraternity houseNorth American fraternity and sorority housing refers largely to the houses or housing areas that fraternity and sorority members live and work together in...
. Rubin says he knows the fraternity's handshake and uses this to persuade the brothers to let them in, saying they are from the Ithaca chapter. However, the fraternity is made up entirely of African-American members; since the four guests are all white, they are painfully out of place and obviously not members of the fraternity as they had claimed.
After playing a
practical jokeA practical joke or gag is a stunt or trick to purposely make someone feel foolish or victimized, usually for humor. Practical jokes differ from confidence tricks in that the victim finds out, or is let in on, the joke rather than being fooled into handing over money or other valuables...
on the four by claiming to have found a
Ku Klux KlanKu Klux Klan , informally known as The Klan, is the name of several past and present hate group organizations in the United States whose avowed purpose was to protect the rights of and further the interests of white Americans by violence and intimidation. The first such organizations originated in...
hood in Kyle's bag, the brothers welcome the guests into the fraternity's party. During the party, Kyle gets drunk, and a heavy set African-American girl named Rhonda (Mia Amber Davis) takes a liking to him. The two then proceed to talk, where Kyle reveals he is a virgin. Rhonda takes him to a bedroom and the two have sex. The next morning, Josh, E.L. and Rubin cannot figure out Kyle's strange mood. E.L. questions him when they are back on the bus and Kyle pulls out a pair of unusually large cheetah-print underwear and reveals what happened the previous night.
Still low on cash, the boys visit a sperm bank in an attempt to make some money. With Rubin having smoked marijuana and Kyle having had sex (which he proudly proclaims for all present to hear), only Josh and E.L. remain eligible and proceed to the donation rooms. Josh quickly enters his room, while E.L. flirts with the nurse and tries to persuade her to help him with a sexual favor. However, the nurse simply "
milks his prostateProstate massage is the massage or stimulation of the prostate gland in males, for sexual stimulation or medical purposes.The prostate, an organ whose main purpose is to store and secrete male semen, takes part in the sexual response cycle in males, and is essential for ejaculation...
", to which E.L. reacts very loudly. The film jumps back to Barry's tour group as a mother makes a quick comment about the procedure, and afterwards cuts to Barry still in the room with the snake, which still has not eaten after a whole day. Barry places the mouse in his own mouth just as Beth walks in, questioning why he sent her to Boston. Then Jacob, who was following Beth, enters and tells her about how he lied to Josh about the exam extension. Suddenly, appearing to be finally hungry at the time, the snake bites the mouse, Barry's hand and all, who, in an effort to get the snake off him, throws it across the room, where it wraps itself around Jacob.
Barry reveals he had arranged for Josh, E.L., Rubin and Kyle to spend the night at his grandparents' house (
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and
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). Walking up to the house, the four learn Barry's last name is "Manilow," meaning his name is "
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," identical to that of the
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. Rubin takes a liking to Barry's grandfather who asks for some
marijuanaCannabisalso known as marijuana or marihuana, and ganja , among many other namesrefers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug...
when Rubin is out on the porch at night smoking some- the grandfather ends up
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that the dog is talking to him, (the voice of
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). Meanwhile, back at the hotel, Kyle's father questions the clerk, while Kyle's mother sees the boys made two calls to Austin and assumes they went there.
Texas
The boys arrive at the University of Austin on Monday morning and head to Tiffany's dorm, where they ask a student at the mailroom desk for her mail. He refuses and things turn violent when he turns out to be a wrestler. He punches Kyle in the nose and attacks Josh. Rubin and E.L. then join in the fight as Kyle grabs a
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and Josh jumps behind the desk and finds the videotape package. Campus security arrives, along with Kyle's parents and Tiffany. Kyle's father pulls out a gun and says he thought Kyle was
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. Kyle and the boys claim his car and credit card were stolen. Kyle, showing his newly-found courage, stands up to his father, spraying him with the fire extinguisher.
Meanwhile, Josh and Tiffany go back to her room, where Tiffany reveals that she cheated on Josh once when they were 14. At this point, Beth calls the room asking for Josh to warn him about the exam. While Josh is distracted with the phone call, Tiffany picks up the package and plays the tape. Josh turns around just as the tape begins to play and attempts to stop Tiffany from watching it. However, just as Beth steps into the frame, the picture cuts out and is replaced by Barry looking with fascination, and then
mooningMooning is the act of displaying one's bare buttocks by removing clothing, e.g., by lowering the backside of one's trousers and underpants, usually bending over, whether also exposing the genitals or not...
into the camera. Barry apparently had taped over the entire sex portion of the tape.
The midterm
The film then cuts back to Josh, E.L., Rubin and Kyle riding the bus back to Ithaca. Josh has broken up with Tiffany and now has 46 hours to get back in time for the midterm. On the ride back, Rubin helps Josh study for his midterm using pro-wrestling to help Josh relate to the material. The four arrive in front of Josh's classroom 57 minutes late. Josh runs into the building, only to be confronted by a
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. Josh then learns the building was evacuated because of a bomb threat, and, once the incident is declared a false alarm, is able to take the midterm.
After the test, Beth catches up to him outside and reveals she called in the bomb threat since it was clear he would not be on-time for the exam. The two then begin
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and the film dissolves to Barry, back on the tour, making out with the same mother who asked him about "milking the prostate".
Epilogue
Barry then segues into a series of epilogues for each character, where he reveals:
- Josh and Beth are still together and have over 70 hours worth of sex tapes.
- Jacob left school to lead a cult
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where he organized a mass suicideA cult suicide is a term used to describe the mass suicide by the members of groups that have been considered cults. In some cases all, or nearly all members have committed suicide at the same time and place. Groups that have committed such mass suicides and that have been called cults include...
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and everyone else changed their minds. Reminiscent of the real-life cult leader Jim JonesJames Warren "Jim" Jones was the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 death of more than 900 Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana along with the deaths of nine other people at a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown.Jones was born in Indiana and...
.
- Rubin went on to invent a highly-potent
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" Man of the Year.
- E.L. begins a serious relationship with a pre-med student, who is shown performing the "'milking the prostate
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" on him.
- Kyle reconciled with his father and brought Rhonda home for Christmas
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.
Barry then wraps up the tour and encourages everyone to attend the University of Ithaca. The entire tour group is now fascinated with Barry and the University of Ithaca. The film closes with the mother coming up to Barry and thanking him. The two then begin making out again while the mother's appalled son and the rest of the tour group watch in disbelief.
Sequel
A
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sequelA sequel is a work in literature, film, or other media that chronologically portrays events following those of a previous work.In many cases, the sequel continues elements of the original story, often with the same characters and settings. A sequel can lead to a series, in which key elements appear...
called
Road Trip: Beer PongRoad Trip: Beer Pong is a 2009 direct-to-DVD sequel to the the 2000 comedy film Road Trip, directed by Steve Rash. The only member original cast or crew to return is DJ Qualls. The film was produced by Paramount Famous Productions as Paramount Pictures having acquired right to DreamWorks Pictures...
was released on August 11, 2009, this time by Paramount Famous Productions as
Paramount PicturesParamount Pictures Corporation is a Worldwide American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is the world's oldest existing American film studio; it is also the last...
had acquired DreamWorks' back catalog in its 2006 purchase of the company (since undone). Only two of the original cast or crew appear in the sequel film, DJ Qualls has as Kyle Edwards, and
Rhoda GriffisRhoda Griffis is an American actress, perhaps best known for playing supporting roles both in independent and mainstream films and television....
as Tour Group Mom.
Trivia
- The motel clerk (Andy Dick
Andrew R. "Andy" Dick is an American comedian, actor, musician and TV/film producer.-Early life:Dick was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was adopted at birth by Sue and Allen Dick, a naval officer. As a child, he lived in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, and Yugoslavia...
) reads an issue of Celebrity SkinCelebrity Skin is a pornographic magazine which specializes in showcasing images, either photographs or movie and TV screencaps, of nude or semi-nude celebrities. It is not to be confused with its rival Celebrity Sleuth.-Lawsuits:...
magazine with Drew BarrymoreDrew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film producer and film director. She is the youngest member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was eleven months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered...
on the cover. At the time, Drew BarrymoreDrew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film producer and film director. She is the youngest member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was eleven months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered...
was engaged to Tom GreenMichael Thomas "Tom" Green is a Canadian actor, rapper, writer, comedian and media personality. He currently hosts the internet talk show Tom Green's House Tonight and the Planet Green game show Go for the Green.-Early life:...
, who plays Barry.
- The scene in which Barry ceremoniously repeats the phrase "unleash the fury" before feeding Mitch the snake has been regularly played at Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
hockey games, and fans yell it at the end of the repitition. It was previously played at Atlanta ThrashersThe Atlanta Thrashers are a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Since the team's inception, their home games have been played at Philips Arena in downtown Atlanta...
home games.
- Upon reaching the broken bridge, E.L. states that he thinks they're "About twenty minutes from our first ass raping" in a reference to Deliverance
Deliverance is a 1972 thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman. Principal cast members include Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox, and Ned Beatty in his film debut. The film is based on a 1970 novel of the same name by American author James Dickey, who has a small role in the film as a...
.
Locations
The fictional
University of Ithaca is based on
Ithaca CollegeIthaca College is a private college located on the South Hill of Ithaca, New York. The school was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music. The college has a strong liberal arts core, but also offers several pre-professional programs and some graduate programs. The college is...
and
Cornell UniversityCornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA, that is a member of the Ivy League.Cornell counts more than 255,000 living alumni, 28 Rhodes Scholars and 41 Nobel laureates affiliated with the university as faculty or students...
both located in
Ithaca, New YorkThe city of Ithaca, , sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York, USA. It is best known for being home to Cornell University, an Ivy League school with almost 20,000 students...
. Filming took place on the campuses of High School
Woodward AcademyWoodward Academy is an independent, co-educational college-preparatory school for grades Pre-Kindergarten to 12. The largest independent school in the continental United States, Woodward is located in College Park, Georgia, within the Atlanta metropolitan area.-History:Woodward Academy was...
,
Georgia TechThe Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly called Georgia Tech, Tech, and GT, is a public, coeducational research university in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States...
,
Emory UniversityEmory University is a private research university in the metropolitan area of Atlanta in unincorporated Dekalb County, Georgia. In addition to its three undergraduate divisions, Emory has nine graduate and professional schools, including schools of business, law, medicine, theology, nursing, and...
and the
University of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning. Founded in 1785, UGA claims to be the oldest public university in the United States....
. The university seen in a flyover in the opening scene is actually
Harvard UniversityHarvard University is a private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and currently comprises ten separate academic units...
, the same footage was later used in the film
Old SchoolOld School is a 2003 comedy film released by DreamWorks and directed by Todd Phillips, director of the documentary Frat House. The story was written by Court Crandall, and the film was written by Phillips and Scot Armstrong...
(2003).
The diner scene was shot in Lawrenceville, Georgia at the Gwinnett Diner, as it says on the coffee mugs.