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A well-loved Stoner Flick with elements of classic Screwball Comedy, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (known as Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies in some countries that do not have White Castles) captivated audiences in 2004 with its simple premise and the wild hilarity that comes with trying to accomplish said premise.Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) are two New Jersey natives with problems. Harold is an uptight investment banker who is taken advantage of by his douchebag co-workers, tormented by racist extreme sports enthusiasts, and cannot work up the courage to talk to his hot neighbor Maria; Kumar is being pressured by his dad to attend medical school when he would rather relax and smoke a bowl.After getting high and seeing a commercial for White Castle, the duo decide to travel to the nearest White Castle in Cherry Hill for burgers. Unfortunately for them problems—some caused by their own actions, most by events outside of their control—arise to stop Harold and Kumar from reaching their goal.Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle is notable for taking what were normally the ethnic sidekick character types of most teen stoner comedy flicks and making them the stars. As such, the movie gets a lot of mileage out of making fun of ethnicities and other people's perceptions of different races.The movie is also notable for bringing Neil Patrick Harris back into the spotlight. Playing a womanizing, Ecstasy-addicted version of himself for a couple of scenes, audiences were reminded that good ol' NPH can do things besides Doogie Howser. Studios quickly picked up on that, and the rest is history.This movie was followed by two sequels, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay in 2008, and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas in 2011. Please put tropes appropriate to those movies on their pages.It is entirely unrelated to Harold and Maude. |
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Daydream Surprise: Harold talking the girl he has a crush on into hanging out in his apartment. And then back to reality... |
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Adam Westing |
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Adam Westing: Neil Patrick Harris as a crazed, perverted, drug-addled, incredibly heterosexual Former Child Star version of himself. |
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The Millstone |
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The Millstone: Harold's life would be a lot more hassle-free if Kumar wasn't always looking for weed. |
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Inconvenient Hippocratic Oath |
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Inconvenient Hippocratic Oath: Although not yet even a medical student, let alone an actual physician, Kumar in the first film plays this straight, like pretty much every medically-trained fugitive in fiction. Then he asks the nurse to get him a big bag of medical marijuana. Then he saves the patient's life. Then he asks the patient for directions to White Castle. |
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Tempting Fate |
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Tempting Fate: Harold saying early on that he doesn't know how much more he can take. Little does he know their misadventures are just beginning. |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy |
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"Well Done, Son" Guy: Kumar isn't interested in being a doctor like his father is, despite having perfect MCATs. He even uses his medical textbooks as paper to make joints. He has an epiphany at the end of the movie and decides to give it a shot anyway, but then in the sequel it turns out Kumar chose not to do so, and then the second sequel shows him struggling financially for not having a job. |
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Artistic License – Biology: Cheetahs don't roar, they're rarely aggressive toward humans, and there is no way two grown men of normal size could ride one (which weighs on average about 140 lbs). Justified by Rule of Funny. |
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The Cameo |
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The Cameo: Several. Ryan Reynolds shows up as a nurse with a fetish for capable surgeons. Christopher Meloni as tow-truck driver Freakshow. Malin Åkerman as Freakshow's wife. Anthony Anderson as the Burger Shack employee who... makes the special sauce extra special. Jamie Kennedy is the creepy guy who takes a piss next to Kumar. Gary Anthony Williams is the black guy in jail for nothing, literally. Fred Willard as the medical school dean who interviewed Kumar. And of course, Neil Patrick Harris. |
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The Ghost |
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The Ghost: Berenson, who is Harold's boss. Despite not appearing on-screen, he has at least some importance to the plot since Harold had to threaten getting Billy and J.D. fired for foisting their accounting work all on him for the weekend by reporting them to Berenson. Lucky for them, Harold chooses not to. |
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Those Two Guys |
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Those Two Guys: Rosenberg and Goldstein, harkening back to one of the original peripheral duos. |
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Motivational Lie: Kumar persuades Harold to take the hang-glider to White Castle by assuring him he used to hang-glide with his dad. When they finally do, Kumar admits he's never actually hang-glided, which prompts Harold to strangle him after crash-landing. |
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Androcles' Lion |
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Androcles' Lion: Double Subverted. Despite Harold's protests, the titular pair picks up a hitchhiker that turns out to be Neil Patrick Harris, borderline crazy from drugs, who ends up stealing their car, which only adds on to the problems they were already facing trying to get to White Castle. In the end, when they finally arrive at White Castle, Harold realizes he has no money (he was unknowingly robbed), so Neil, who's also there, pays for their meal. |
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Failed a Spot Check: Harold misses it when a raccoon climbs into the car over the driver's seat while sitting in the passenger seat. |
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Kumar gets one in the second act when, while rescuing Harold at the police station, he turns around and sees a giant bag of weed. He then imagines a life-long, romantic relationship with it, including dancing, going down on it, being physically abusive with it... |
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Outside/Inside Slur: Harold talks about being referred to as a twinkie — yellow outside, white inside. |
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Chekhov's Gag: Kumar's trimmed pubes. |
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Ironic Echo: "Thank you, come again!" |
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Turn the Other Cheek: After years of being bullied, Tarik has learned to not get riled up over every jerk that enters his life. |
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Captain Ersatz |
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Captain Ersatz: The Extreme Sports Punks and the foreign twins are based on the team of jocks and the twins from Danny Leiner's previous movie Dude, Where's My Car?. |
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Toll Booth Antics: Harold and Kumar are stopped at an automated toll booth which doesn't take the change they put into it. After hesitating to go through anyway, they eventually do so after being yelled at by the driver behind them. |
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Nice Character, Mean Actor |
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Nice Character, Mean Actor: Harold and Kumar find out that Neil Patrick Harris is nowhere near as mild-mannered as his onscreen persona. |
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Spiritual Successor |
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Spiritual Successor: Has been compared to Cheech & Chong. |
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Walking the Earth |
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Walking the Earth: The fate of Neil Patrick Harris, who is going "wherever God takes me". |
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Bilingual Bonus |
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Bilingual Bonus: The movie poster in Harold's dream has the tagline "There is a pinche puto in all of us". "Pinche puto" would probably be best translated as "fucking pussy". |
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Good News, Bad News |
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Good News, Bad News: Harold is knocked unconscious while riding the cheetah through the woods, and when he wakes up, Kumar tells him there's some bad news and worse news. The worse news is that the cheetah took them in the wrong direction of White Castle, whereas the bad news was Harold's laptop had been destroyed. Harold is more upset about his laptop and asks why that wasn't the worse news. Kumar tries to explain that the laptop situation only affected him whereas being taken the wrong way affected them both equally. |
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Iron Butt-Monkey |
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Iron Butt Monkey: Tarik, whose response to his misfortunes is to Turn the Other Cheek. |
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Next Stall Shenanigans |
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Next Stall Shenanigans: At one point early in the movie, Harold and Kumar are in Princeton University and hide from campus security in the women's bathroom. In two other stalls, a pair of twin sisters are playing a game of "Battleshits", eventually prompting the other duo to run away in disgust. |
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Hidden Depths |
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Hidden Depths The straight-laced Asian nerds like Cindy Kim throw such a wild party that Harold and Kumar almost wish they'd stayed. The ultra macho Extreme Sports Punks are apparently fond of cheesy pop ballads. |
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Chivalrous Pervert |
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Chivalrous Pervert: Harold and Kumar. On the DVD commentary, it's pointed out any other character would come off as sickening/disgusting ogling Freakshow's wife, but because Harold and Kumar are likable, it doesn't. |
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Whoopi Epiphany Speech |
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Whoopi Epiphany Speech: Played for Laughs with Tarik's speech. Double Subverted later when it inspires Harold to steal the extreme sports punks' car. |
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Magical Negro |
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Magical Negro: Played for Laughs with Tarik, who gives Harold some inspiring advice. There's even a point where Harold flashes back to Tarik's advice and his face looms up in the corner of the screen. |
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Brilliant, but Lazy |
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Brilliant, but Lazy: Kumar, who got a perfect score on the MCAT and expertly performed emergency surgery despite not being trained. But he prefers to spend most of his time getting high and deliberately flunks all his medical school interviews. |
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Searching the Stalls |
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Searching the Stalls: Harold and Kumar hide in a stall in the women's bathroom to escape a cop who saw their weed. Unfortunately, they happen to witness the sexy foreign twins having a very unsexy time on the toilet, which disgusts them so much they run out in terror. |
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Chekhov's News |
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Chekhov's News: The split-second news report about a cheetah that escaped from the zoo. |
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No Fourth Wall: The DVD menu, where both characters comment on the options available as well as how long the viewer takes to make a selection. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3b4f620a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3b4f620a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3b4f620a |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3bc88a7f |
type |
Foregone Conclusion |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3bc88a7f |
comment |
Foregone Conclusion: Let's face it, you can't make a movie called Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle without Harold and Kumar actually going to White Castle. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3bc88a7f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3bc88a7f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3bc88a7f |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3c0a4666 |
type |
Noodle Incident |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3c0a4666 |
comment |
Noodle Incident: After they drive off the road and get a flat. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3c0a4666 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3c0a4666 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3c0a4666 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3e2c9d95 |
type |
Rock Bottom |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3e2c9d95 |
comment |
Rock Bottom: Immediately after complaining that he doesn't know how much more he can take, Harold gets attacked by a raccoon that snuck into the car. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3e2c9d95 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3e2c9d95 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3e2c9d95 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3e853a3 |
type |
Race Tropes |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3e853a3 |
comment |
Race Tropes: Most of them Played With and subverted. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3e853a3 |
featureApplicability |
-0.3 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3e853a3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3e853a3 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3fcfdefd |
type |
Hillbilly Horrors |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3fcfdefd |
comment |
Hillbilly Horrors: Parodied/Subverted. Harold and Kumar's car breaks down in the middle of the woods and they are picked up by a creepy, hideous, decrepit truck driver called Freakshow. The scenes play out like a slasher film with Harold and Kumar expecting Freakshow to murder them at any point. It turns out he's actually a well-meaning if loony guy with a surprisingly attractive wife. It gets even weirder when his wife invites them to have a threeway with her, but when Freakshow insists on joining, Harold and Kumar hightail it out of there. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3fcfdefd |
featureApplicability |
-0.3 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3fcfdefd |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_3fcfdefd |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_41be2c1b |
type |
Spoiler Title |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_41be2c1b |
comment |
Spoiler Title: Just from the title alone, you know that Harold and Kumar will go to White Castle. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_41be2c1b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_41be2c1b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_41be2c1b |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_43d612b7 |
type |
Disney Acid Sequence |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_43d612b7 |
comment |
Disney Acid Sequence: Harold's dream after being knocked unconscious by the tree branch. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_43d612b7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_43d612b7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_43d612b7 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4781adbb |
type |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4781adbb |
comment |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Kumar might be selfish, lazy, and irresponsible, but he truly cares about Harold. Also Neil Patrick Harris, who after stealing their car to go on a sex-crazed joyride pays for Harold and Kumar's White Castle meal as well as damages to their car. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4781adbb |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4781adbb |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4781adbb |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_47fea76b |
type |
Butt-Monkey |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_47fea76b |
comment |
Butt-Monkey: Harold. Exploited at work because of his ethnicity, has parking spaces stolen from him by Extreme Sports Punks, his best friend uses his scissors for manscaping, he gets attacked by a raccoon, Neil Patrick Harris steals his car, he gets arrested for jaywalking (well, admittedly he also unintentionally punched the cop in the face), his laptop gets destroyed, he gets clotheslined by a tree branch while riding a cheetah, and on top of all of that, he's completely unable to talk to the girl he has a crush on.. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_47fea76b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_47fea76b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_47fea76b |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4b0ef86e |
type |
Advertised Extra |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4b0ef86e |
comment |
Advertised Extra: On the poster, Freakshow's wife, Liane, appears despite appearing for a short time in the actual film. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4b0ef86e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4b0ef86e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4b0ef86e |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4ef92d0b |
type |
The Atoner |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4ef92d0b |
comment |
The Atoner: Neil Patrick Harris admits that it was a dick move that he stole Harold's car just to pick up chicks. Thus, he pays the full price of Harold and Kumar's belated munch, and also pays for any damages done to the car (including some "love stains" on the seats). |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4ef92d0b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4ef92d0b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_4ef92d0b |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_535865be |
type |
I Resemble That Remark! |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_535865be |
comment |
I Resemble That Remark!: As the British twins ask to join Kumar in getting high, the dealer tries to join in, but Kumar puts him down, saying "like they want to go listen to a bunch of Phish records while you read your lame-ass poetry.", prompting him to retort "My poetry's not lame..." |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_535865be |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_535865be |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_535865be |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_54fb42f0 |
type |
Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_54fb42f0 |
comment |
Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress: The raccoon dangles in mid-air for a bit when Harold flings it out the car window. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_54fb42f0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_54fb42f0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_54fb42f0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5565bf30 |
type |
Three-Way Sex |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5565bf30 |
comment |
Three-Way Sex: Explicitly offered by Freakshow and his wife. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5565bf30 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5565bf30 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5565bf30 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_581f6468 |
type |
Hero of Another Story |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_581f6468 |
comment |
Hero of Another Story: Rosenberg and Goldstein go to the rockin' Asian party at Stanford, pick up Cindy Kim and another girl, and ultimately end up at Hot Dog Heaven. Though they aren't heroes by any definition, Billy and J.D. count as they appear to have gone through your typical "dude-bro"-style adventure, both gaining women, before Harold confronts them. (This is part of the joke; see P.O.V. Sequel.) |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_581f6468 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_581f6468 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_581f6468 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_598ad6e2 |
type |
Even the Guys Want Him |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_598ad6e2 |
comment |
Even the Guys Want Him: At least two guys show some attraction to Kumar; an old man in the hospital tries to hold his hand, and one of the medics is obviously infatuated. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_598ad6e2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_598ad6e2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_598ad6e2 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_59af9477 |
type |
Delinquents |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_59af9477 |
comment |
Delinquents: The Extreme Sports Punks. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_59af9477 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_59af9477 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_59af9477 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5b0a8d6a |
type |
Racial Face Blindness |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5b0a8d6a |
comment |
Racial Face Blindness: Played for laughs in one scene, as Kumar tries to take Harold out of Cindy Kim's party, he takes a random Asian student aside, saying "This is Harold's understudy, you can do whatever you want with him." |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5b0a8d6a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5b0a8d6a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5b0a8d6a |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5b19cc1b |
type |
Air-Vent Passageway |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5b19cc1b |
comment |
Air-Vent Passageway: Kumar breaks into a police station where Harold is being held to bust him out. He soon finds himself stuck inside, but the vent breaks beneath him and he falls out. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5b19cc1b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5b19cc1b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5b19cc1b |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5d397b9c |
type |
The Mountains of Illinois |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5d397b9c |
comment |
The Mountains of Illinois: That's quite the New Jersey cliff that Harold and Kumar descend from when they finally find the White Castle. While New Jersey does have scenic cliffs (the Palisades), they're across the Hudson from New York City, while the final destination of Cherry Hill is a suburb of Philly. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5d397b9c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5d397b9c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5d397b9c |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5f6c6cc1 |
type |
Can't Get Away with Nuthin' |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5f6c6cc1 |
comment |
Can't Get Away with Nuthin': Harold gets fined for jaywalking just when he puts one foot down on the road. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5f6c6cc1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5f6c6cc1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_5f6c6cc1 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_614a4e11 |
type |
Do You Want to Copulate? |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_614a4e11 |
comment |
Do You Want to Copulate?: Freakshow innocuously offers his wife to Harold and Kumar. When they subsequently meet her, she casually asks them both to fuck her at the same time, prompting a Spit Take from Harold. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_614a4e11 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_614a4e11 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_614a4e11 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_627264e0 |
type |
Death Glare |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_627264e0 |
comment |
Death Glare: The Princeton pot dealer receives one from Kumar after first overcharging him for weed and then trying to horn in on his hot British twin action. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_627264e0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_627264e0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_627264e0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_64e975cf |
type |
Manly Tears |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_64e975cf |
comment |
Manly Tears: What happens when Harold and Kumar actually made it to White Castle and feasted on those tiny, delicious burgers. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_64e975cf |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_64e975cf |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_64e975cf |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_653c5c73 |
type |
Cannot Spit It Out |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_653c5c73 |
comment |
Cannot Spit It Out: Harold is unable to confess his love for Maria until the very end. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_653c5c73 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_653c5c73 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_653c5c73 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_680f950 |
type |
Gilligan Cut |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_680f950 |
comment |
Gilligan Cut Immediately after Kumar insists Harold doesn't need to go to the hospital, we cut to him sitting in a hospital waiting room. Also, after Harold insists he won't stop by Cindy Kim's party, we immediately cut to him sitting in her party. Word of God says it's their favorite cut throughout the film. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_680f950 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_680f950 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_680f950 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_69e4c5a3 |
type |
BullyingTheDragon |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_69e4c5a3 |
comment |
Bullying the Dragon: The black men that the racist police arrest and harass turn out to be a professor at Rutgers and an attorney, which led to the police losing their jobs and getting arrested themselves. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_69e4c5a3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_69e4c5a3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_69e4c5a3 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6b35bdff |
type |
Serious Business |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6b35bdff |
comment |
Serious Business: White Castle hamburgers. One other fast-food cook wants to burn down his restaurant for them. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6b35bdff |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6b35bdff |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6b35bdff |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6bda9a30 |
type |
Meaningful Name |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6bda9a30 |
comment |
Meaningful Name: Rosenburg and Goldstein, except they're not dead. Despite Kumar deriving from the Sanskrit word "kumara", meaning prince or child of Skanda the Hindu God of War (also an epithet for Kartikeya, son of Shiva), in Persian ("qomar"), Turkish ("kumar"), and Arabic ("khumar"), his name would mean abstinence syndrome. In other words, a hangover. It has also become the slang word for narcotic smoke in some regions. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6bda9a30 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6bda9a30 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6bda9a30 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6cc2137b |
type |
The Scream |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6cc2137b |
comment |
The Scream: Harold when he sees Neil Patrick Harris steal his car. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6cc2137b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6cc2137b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6cc2137b |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6ec4232f |
type |
Casting Gag |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6ec4232f |
comment |
Casting Gag: Kal Penn, playing an unrepentant stoner with a craving for White Castle sliders, has said that he actually has zero interest in marijuana and has never tried it. He is also a vegetarian, with the film crew making his sliders vegetarian. On top of that, Penn is also gay, although he did not publicly come out until 17 years after the film was released. Neil Patrick Harris, an openly gay man, as a deviant over-the-top heterosexual, although he did not come out as gay until over two years later. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6ec4232f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6ec4232f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6ec4232f |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6edd9c3e |
type |
Character Action Title |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6edd9c3e |
comment |
Character Action Title: The title features not only the titular characters, but the plot as well. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6edd9c3e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6edd9c3e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_6edd9c3e |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7115b262 |
type |
Repeat Cut |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7115b262 |
comment |
Repeat Cut: When Harold loses it right after Neil Patrick Harris steals his car. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7115b262 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7115b262 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7115b262 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_729c69f3 |
type |
Politically Incorrect Villain |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_729c69f3 |
comment |
Politically Incorrect Villain: The cop that harasses them, as well as the extreme sports punks, who are both nasty bigots. Billy and J.D. also count, as they claim that their Asian co-worker (Harold) just loves crunching numbers and he'll love to do their work for them so they just made his weekend. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_729c69f3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_729c69f3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_729c69f3 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7301ae04 |
type |
Serial Killer |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7301ae04 |
comment |
Serial Killer: The boys suspect Freakshow and the creepy guy peeing on a bush next to Kumar of being this. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7301ae04 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7301ae04 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7301ae04 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7426582d |
type |
Token Minority |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7426582d |
comment |
Token Minority: parodied by posters advertising the first movie as starring "That Asian guy from American Pie" and "That Indian guy from Van Wilder". |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7426582d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7426582d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7426582d |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7a667c8d |
type |
A Threesome Is Hot |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7a667c8d |
comment |
A Threesome Is Hot: Played straight — the guys are initially hesitant have sex with Freakshow's wife because it's a 2M/1F situation. While they debate whether or not to accept, Freakshow offers to make it a Four Way, which causes them to flee in terror. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7a667c8d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7a667c8d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7a667c8d |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7b8b3def |
type |
Celebrity Paradox |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7b8b3def |
comment |
Celebrity Paradox: Early on, Rosenberg and Goldstein watch the 2000 film The Gift so they can see the scene where Katie Holmes appears topless. David Krumholtz, who plays Goldstein, starred alongside Katie Holmes in the 1997 film The Ice Storm. Neil Patrick Harris famously plays a highly exaggerated caricature of himself. In Real Life, Harris' role in this film was partly responsible for reviving his acting career in the mid-2000s — making you wonder what his career looks like in a world where he never starred in the Harold & Kumar movies. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7b8b3def |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7b8b3def |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7b8b3def |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7d4a47d1 |
type |
Let Us Never Speak of This Again |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7d4a47d1 |
comment |
Let Us Never Speak of This Again: After Harold and Kumar flee from Freakshow's home. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7d4a47d1 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7d4a47d1 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7d4a47d1 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7d7ff0b0 |
type |
Crashing Dreams |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7d7ff0b0 |
comment |
Crashing Dreams: Harold falls unconscious and dreams of his love interest licking his cheek. Instead of an animal, he awakens to find Kumar licking him because Kumar "thought doing some gay shit might wake him up." |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7d7ff0b0 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7d7ff0b0 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_7d7ff0b0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_823c6e3e |
type |
Large Ham |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_823c6e3e |
comment |
Large Ham: Ryan Reynolds is clearly enjoying the shit out of himself. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_823c6e3e |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_823c6e3e |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_823c6e3e |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8591611a |
type |
Shameful Strip |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8591611a |
comment |
Shameful Strip: Bradley Thomas was for some reason stripped down to his underwear by the police after they arrest him for marijuana possession. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8591611a |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8591611a |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8591611a |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86000262 |
type |
WilhelmScream |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86000262 |
comment |
Wilhelm Scream: When Harold is knocked off of the cheetah. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86000262 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86000262 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86000262 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_863fac26 |
type |
Jerk Jock |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_863fac26 |
comment |
Jerk Jock: The Extreme Sports Punks. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_863fac26 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_863fac26 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_863fac26 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86b34ecf |
type |
"Leave Your Quest" Test |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86b34ecf |
comment |
"Leave Your Quest" Test: Harold and Kumar stand outside Hot Dog Heaven, seeing Rosenberg and Goldstein happily eating together. After all they've been through, Kumar asks Harold if he'd just like to eat there instead of White Castle. Instead, Harold is emboldened by their pleasure, and vows that they will get to White Castle one way or another. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86b34ecf |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86b34ecf |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86b34ecf |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86ca5631 |
type |
Lethal Eatery |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86ca5631 |
comment |
Lethal Eatery: Burger Shack. The burgers are poorly made by negligent cooks and contain animal semen. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86ca5631 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86ca5631 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_86ca5631 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8797239c |
type |
Bait-and-Switch |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8797239c |
comment |
Bait-and-Switch: After Harold gets knocked off the cheetah and falls unconscious, his subsequent Disney Acid Sequence ends with Maria erotically licking him. One would assume this means the cheetah is the one licking him in reality, but it's actually Kumar. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8797239c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8797239c |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8797239c |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8af45dbd |
type |
Wild Teen Party |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8af45dbd |
comment |
Wild Teen Party: Double subverted by Cindy Kim and her East Asian Club. Their meeting is initially a boring geekfest by a bunch of nerds, but the actual party is soon revealed to be an unrestrained frenzy of drugs and sex. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8af45dbd |
featureApplicability |
-0.3 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8af45dbd |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8af45dbd |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8c49c29e |
type |
Zig-Zagging Trope |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8c49c29e |
comment |
Zigzagged with Harold himself. He's an uptight Neat Freak who lets bullies from his office and neighborhood walk all over him. But he's also a stoner and an expert at beer pong. He later ends up standing up to his bullies and screwing them over magnificently. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8c49c29e |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8c49c29e |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8c49c29e |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8d0785d5 |
type |
Didn't Think This Through |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8d0785d5 |
comment |
Didn't Think This Through: The newsreel in the credits reveals that the racist police officers have all been arrested for their crimes, most likely because they were too stupid to be subtle with their abuse and because they victimized two innocent, high-profile African-Americans (a college professor and a lawyer) without any evidence or just cause, other than the fact that were both black like a robbery suspect they were after. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8d0785d5 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8d0785d5 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_8d0785d5 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_90e31482 |
type |
Laser-Guided Karma |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_90e31482 |
comment |
Laser-Guided Karma: The Extreme Sports Punks all get arrested in the end and accidentally framed as massive stoners on top of all their Extreme Sports Douchebaggery. Billy and J.D. are told off and cock-blocked by Harold in an epic speech. Loser stoner Bradley Thomas doesn't have to go to jail, but he does lose his giant bag of weed. The racist cops who keep arresting the nearest black man, regardless of whether he was awake at the time of the alleged crime or even in the correct city are arrested and sued because they arrested a notable professor and an attorney. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_90e31482 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_90e31482 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_90e31482 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9335ac5d |
type |
Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9335ac5d |
comment |
Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold: Freakshow. The guys are convinced he's a Serial Killer, but he's actually just a good-hearted weirdo. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9335ac5d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9335ac5d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9335ac5d |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9438e550 |
type |
The Big Damn Kiss |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9438e550 |
comment |
The Big Damn Kiss: At the end, Harold finally gets to kiss Maria. However, both stop once Maria brings up how they barely know each other. But then they go back to kissing almost immediately anyway. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9438e550 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9438e550 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9438e550 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_944cd768 |
type |
Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_944cd768 |
comment |
Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up: Kumar accuses a cop of being this, to which the cop happily admits. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_944cd768 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_944cd768 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_944cd768 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_957e5fc2 |
type |
Villainous Breakdown |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_957e5fc2 |
comment |
Villainous Breakdown: The head racist cop starts shouting racist remarks as he's being dragged away at the end. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_957e5fc2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_957e5fc2 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_957e5fc2 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_985e118a |
type |
Odd Couple |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_985e118a |
comment |
Odd Couple: Harold is the neat freak; Kumar is the slob. Rosenberg is a far more uptight Woody Allen type who wears a yarmulkeh and a sweater, Goldstien a more laid back college bro guy in a wool cap and a hemp hoody. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_985e118a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_985e118a |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_985e118a |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9b57f005 |
type |
AcCENT upon the Wrong SylLABle |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9b57f005 |
comment |
Accent Upon The Wrong Syllable: Everyone pronounces Kumar as "KU-mar", whereas it’s actually pronounced "ku-MAR". |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9b57f005 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9b57f005 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9b57f005 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9cdef1ef |
type |
Lovable Sex Maniac |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9cdef1ef |
comment |
Lovable Sex Maniac: Neil Patrick Harris, oh so much. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9cdef1ef |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9cdef1ef |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9cdef1ef |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9d12bbc1 |
type |
Foreshadowing |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9d12bbc1 |
comment |
Foreshadowing: During his first elevator ride with Maria, Harold stands there, twitching.note Props to John Cho for making standing still look like the most uncomfortable thing ever Maria glances over at him and gives a little smile. Clearly, she knows he has a crush and thinks it's cute. "And in this week's top story, a cheetah escaped from the zoo." |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9d12bbc1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9d12bbc1 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_9d12bbc1 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a18042f1 |
type |
Left the Background Music On |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a18042f1 |
comment |
Left the Background Music On: The creepy organ music being played as Harold and Kumar enter Freakshow's home is actually being played by Freakshow's wife. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a18042f1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a18042f1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a18042f1 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a49f4fb2 |
type |
How Did You Know? I Didn't |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a49f4fb2 |
comment |
How Did You Know? I Didn't: Implied when Harold confronts his asshole co-workers. He threatens to tell the whole office about them getting an STD from a hooker in Atlantic City, then admits to Kumar he didn't really know if they did in fact have one. But given the looks on their faces, it seems Harold was fairly accurate. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a49f4fb2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a49f4fb2 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a49f4fb2 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a5096c48 |
type |
Joisey |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a5096c48 |
comment |
Joisey: The setting. They drive through the whole state over the course of the movie, and hit up most of the stereotypes, from crime-ridden Newark, to the hillbilly woods, to the vast strip malls. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a5096c48 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a5096c48 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a5096c48 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a5e0c01 |
type |
As Himself |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a5e0c01 |
comment |
As Himself: Neil Patrick Harris, though it's a subversion as he specifically requested to be credited "as Neil Patrick Harris" instead of "as Himself", so that people didn't think he was actually a drug-addicted, car-stealing womanizer. In a bit of Actor Allusion, he also mentions that he was able to perform appendectomies and have sex with Whoopi Goldberg's stand-in while filming Clara's Heart at age 14. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a5e0c01 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a5e0c01 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a5e0c01 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a60e3252 |
type |
Rule of Funny |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a60e3252 |
comment |
Rule of Funny: Really, this is the only justification for why anything happens in these movies. The number of Contrived Coincidences and random events the protagonists go through would be absurdly improbable in Real Life, but the films' inability to take anything seriously allows the audience to accept the absurdity. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a60e3252 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a60e3252 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a60e3252 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a6a68db3 |
type |
Humble Goal |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a6a68db3 |
comment |
Humble Goal: The entire point. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a6a68db3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a6a68db3 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a6a68db3 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a7382a73 |
type |
Imagine Spot |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a7382a73 |
comment |
In Kumar's Imagine Spot of loving the bag of weed, the scene where he abuses the bag while working at an adding machine parodies a similar scene in Raging Bull. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a7382a73 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a7382a73 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a7382a73 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a9540e4 |
type |
Best Known for the Fanservice |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a9540e4 |
comment |
Best Known for the Fanservice: In-universe. Rosenberg and Goldstein watch The Gift for the sole purpose of seeing Katie Holmes' breasts. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a9540e4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a9540e4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a9540e4 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a99f4468 |
type |
Bigot with a Badge |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a99f4468 |
comment |
Bigot with a Badge: The film has an example that is largely Played for Laughs and is even loosely based on Kal Penn's own experiencenote Specifically Kumar's rant to the cop for giving Harold such a ridiculous ticket on such a bullshit pretext. Harold spends some time in jail with a black professor of literature who was arrested for a crime committed in a different city. Later, the titular characters encounter another black man, a civil rights attorney, who was asleep in bed when a non-existent crime was reported, for which he nevertheless got arrested. One of the movie's stingers shows the sketches the police released of Harold and Kumar, and they're over-the-top East Asian and Indian caricatures. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a99f4468 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a99f4468 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_a99f4468 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_aaece264 |
type |
Rousing Speech |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_aaece264 |
comment |
Rousing Speech: Kumar's speech as they see the White Castle. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_aaece264 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_aaece264 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_aaece264 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_abe0f934 |
type |
Dissimile |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_abe0f934 |
comment |
Dissimile: |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_abe0f934 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_abe0f934 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_abe0f934 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_af8a9084 |
type |
Black Is Bigger in Bed |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_af8a9084 |
comment |
Black Is Bigger in Bed: Harold gets locked up in jail with Tarik, a philosophical black man, who is resigned to his fate. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_af8a9084 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_af8a9084 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_af8a9084 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b0e81c37 |
type |
A Simple Plan |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b0e81c37 |
comment |
A Simple Plan: Two guys want to go to a fast food restaurant. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b0e81c37 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b0e81c37 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b0e81c37 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b4a6ae4c |
type |
Everyone Has Standards |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b4a6ae4c |
comment |
Everyone Has Standards: Harold and Kumar may be slobby stoners, but even they can't handle the "Battleshits" game the two hot British chicks play. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b4a6ae4c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b4a6ae4c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b4a6ae4c |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b53077b3 |
type |
Take That! |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b53077b3 |
comment |
Take That!: Kumar mocking Harold for liking Sixteen Candles, because of its character Long Duk Dong. The Simpsons also gets one with the use of "Thank you, come again!" by Kumar. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b53077b3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b53077b3 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b53077b3 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b707726f |
type |
Hypocritical Humor |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b707726f |
comment |
Hypocritical Humor: Rosenberg and Goldstein comment on how Harold and Kumar seem to be gay, then Rosenberg lends Goldstein their shofar bong, asking "You wanna suck on this?" "Bro?! I'm not your "bro", bro!" |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b707726f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b707726f |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b707726f |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b9c673a6 |
type |
Market-Based Title |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b9c673a6 |
comment |
Market-Based Title: Known as Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies outside of the US and Canada, because White Castle operates solely within the US, and it can be presumed that most Canadians are familiar with the franchise as well. And only in the Northeastern and Midwestern US, at that. This left viewers in the South and the West Coast confused, as they were not familiar with White Castle. Strangely enough, it was screened as Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle in Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, Belgium and Canada, all of which do not have a single WC restaurant. note Ironically, it was mostly filmed in Canada. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b9c673a6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b9c673a6 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b9c673a6 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b9d334b2 |
type |
Aerith and Bob |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b9d334b2 |
comment |
Aerith and Bob: In the title, and mocked repeatedly, to Kumar's frustration. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b9d334b2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b9d334b2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_b9d334b2 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_bb49a7a |
type |
I've Come Too Far |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_bb49a7a |
comment |
I've Come Too Far: When Harold gets in a police chase after stealing the skateboarders' car. Just as our heroes start their journey, Kumar forgets his cell phone but decides they've already gone too far to go back. They aren't even on the elevator yet. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_bb49a7a |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_bb49a7a |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_bf74d357 |
type |
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_bf74d357 |
comment |
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Freakshow, who is covered in boils (some of which have pus squirting out of them), is married to a rather good-looking woman (played by Malin Akerman). She cites his beautiful singing voice as the reason she fell in love with him. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_bf74d357 |
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1.0 |
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1.0 |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_bf74d357 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_bf75c797 |
type |
Binge Montage |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_bf75c797 |
comment |
Binge Montage: It's the climax of the movie. While stoned, Harold and Kumar each eat 30 sliders, with 5 large orders of French Fries and 4 large drinks — Harold has Cherry Cokes, while Kumar insists on Diet Cokes. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_bf75c797 |
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1.0 |
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1.0 |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_bf75c797 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c1d1d6ad |
type |
Who Names Their Kid "Dude"? |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c1d1d6ad |
comment |
Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: The racist cop's reaction to Kumar's name. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c1d1d6ad |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c1d1d6ad |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c1d1d6ad |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c2cedc1c |
type |
Big "NO!" |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c2cedc1c |
comment |
Big "NO!": In-universe. The anti-marijuana ad where one of the teen stoners screams out the other is about to shoot himself with a rifle. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c2cedc1c |
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1.0 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c2cedc1c |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c325f125 |
type |
Ho Yay |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c325f125 |
comment |
Rosenberg and Goldstein comment on how Harold and Kumar seem to be gay, then Rosenberg lends Goldstein their shofar bong, asking "You wanna suck on this?" |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c325f125 |
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1.0 |
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1.0 |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c325f125 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c660bc15 |
type |
Fan Disservice |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c660bc15 |
comment |
Fan Disservice Two hot college girls with English accents? Fantasy completely ruined when the boys overhear them playing a game of "Battleshits". The three-way the guys are going to have with Freakshow's hot wife is completely ruined when Freakshow offers to join them... and starts undressing. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c660bc15 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c660bc15 |
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1.0 |
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hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c660bc15 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c691d3f4 |
type |
Offscreen Teleportation |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c691d3f4 |
comment |
Offscreen Teleportation: When our titular heroes want to cross a street at a crosswalk. Kumar convinces Harold to jaywalk, and Harold checks both directions, to find the road clear on both sides for miles. Then he steps off the sidewalk and a cop car instantly pulls up from just off-screen. Cue Kumar trying to ignore Harold's Death Glare. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c691d3f4 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c691d3f4 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c691d3f4 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c73b7db7 |
type |
Food and Animal Attraction |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c73b7db7 |
comment |
Food and Animal Attraction: The cheetah finds Harold's beef jerky. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c73b7db7 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c73b7db7 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c73b7db7 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c75df49a |
type |
Shout-Out |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c75df49a |
comment |
Shout-Out: To another Stoner Flick directed by Danny Leiner: Also to The Joy Luck Club. Kumar dismissively rejects Cindy Kim's party as this. During their first scene, the sports enthusiasts yell "Better luck tomorrow!" at Harold, referencing the film Better Luck Tomorrow, another movie John Cho starred in. Ryan Reynolds wiping Kumar's brow mirrors the scene in Van Wilder where they perform surgery on the dog-sandwiches together. See the poster up there? See the tagline? Heard of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, itself a movie full of stoners? Rosenberg and Goldstein are a reference to Hamlet's (or Stoppard's) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. How's that for an unexpected Genius Bonus? In Kumar's Imagine Spot of loving the bag of weed, the scene where he abuses the bag while working at an adding machine parodies a similar scene in Raging Bull. The phone booth Kumar points out to Harold is a reference to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Word of God says that the British twins are a nod to the Pigeon sisters in The Odd Couple. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c75df49a |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c75df49a |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c75df49a |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c819533b |
type |
Rage Breaking Point |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c819533b |
comment |
Rage Breaking Point: Harold hits this after Neil Patrick Harris steals his car, not even halfway through the night. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c819533b |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c819533b |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_c819533b |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_ca3df489 |
type |
Magical Jew |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_ca3df489 |
comment |
Magical Jew: Comically subverted. When Harold complains that he needs to go to a hospital for a raccoon bite, Rosenberg lays a hand on his arm and gently says, "You should go to Beth Israel." |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_ca3df489 |
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-0.3 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_ca3df489 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_ca3df489 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_caa28b82 |
type |
Cloudcuckoolander |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_caa28b82 |
comment |
Cloudcuckoolander: Freakshow, in a very creepy religious fanatic/serial killer way. Also, Neil Patrick Harris. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_caa28b82 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_caa28b82 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_caa28b82 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_cc4b45f6 |
type |
Word of God |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_cc4b45f6 |
comment |
Word of God says that the British twins are a nod to the Pigeon sisters in The Odd Couple. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_cc4b45f6 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_cc4b45f6 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_cc4b45f6 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d0b60f23 |
type |
GoshDangItToHeck |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d0b60f23 |
comment |
Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Kumar swears throughout most of the movie, but when he realizes the cops are after them, he says "Aw, fudge..." |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d0b60f23 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d0b60f23 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d0b60f23 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d397657d |
type |
Hoist by His Own Petard |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d397657d |
comment |
The Muckleburg PD, hoo boy. They even respond to a call about a shooting (phoned in by Kumar so he can sneak into the police department and break out Harold) and arrest the nearest black man they can find, who was asleep in his home. This turns out to be shooting themselves in the foot when the guy turns out to be a high-priced lawyer who, after being on the receiving end of overwhelming evidence of police brutality, is able to team up with the other black man they wrongfully arrested (who's a college professor) to have all the cops arrested and sue the pants off the department. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d397657d |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d397657d |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d397657d |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d5a060a8 |
type |
Interchangeable Asian Cultures |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d5a060a8 |
comment |
Interchangeable Asian Cultures: In-Universe, Harold (who is Korean, like actor John Cho) is repeatedly mistaken for Chinese/Japanese. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d5a060a8 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d5a060a8 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d5a060a8 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d7abaf48 |
type |
One Crazy Night |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d7abaf48 |
comment |
One Crazy Night: Harold and Kumar get the munchies after lighting up and go out to get White Castle burgers. What follows is an epic comic adventure that involves, among other things, a surgery after attempting to get medical marijuana, racist cops, a jailbreak, hang gliding off a cliff, an escaped cheetah, sexy British twins with diarrhea, and Neil Patrick Harris As Himself. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d7abaf48 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d7abaf48 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d7abaf48 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d7fc9fd0 |
type |
Vitriolic Best Buds |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d7fc9fd0 |
comment |
Vitriolic Best Buds: Harold and Kumar, best friends who constantly yell at each other. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d7fc9fd0 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d7fc9fd0 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d7fc9fd0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d848560f |
type |
Unusual Euphemism |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d848560f |
comment |
Unusual Euphemism: When Freakshow's wife asks Harold and Kumar to have sex with her, she says "Come on, give me the double-stuff...". |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d848560f |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d848560f |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_d848560f |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dc579c91 |
type |
Contrived Coincidence |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dc579c91 |
comment |
Contrived Coincidence: Numerous, and often lampshaded. The biggest examples are the extreme sports bros. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dc579c91 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dc579c91 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dc579c91 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dcd97395 |
type |
Anthropomorphic Vice |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dcd97395 |
comment |
Anthropomorphic Vice: When Kumar is trying to liberate Harold from jail he is distracted by a giant bag of weed at the police station. Kumar immediately forgets about Harold and has an elaborate Dream Sequence where he falls in love with the anthropomorphized bag of weed—then makes love to said anthropomorphized bag of weed—then marries the bag of weed—then is stuck in a miserable squabbling marriage with the bag of weed. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dcd97395 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dcd97395 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dcd97395 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dd51740f |
type |
P.O.V. Sequel |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dd51740f |
comment |
P.O.V. Sequel: The actors playing the main characters were Funny Foreigner characters in other gross-out comedies; the movie is sort of a perspective shift to focus on them; Harold's coworkers are a parody of the Jerkass "heroes" of most of these films; and, amusingly, all of their adventures happen offscreen. Similarly, the two have a pair of even nerdier (and Jewish) friends, Rosenberg and Goldstein, who also have adventures off-screen, alluding to the play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, which is a famous example of this. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dd51740f |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dd51740f |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dd51740f |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_de7b7cbf |
type |
Drugs Are Bad |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_de7b7cbf |
comment |
Drugs Are Bad: Parodied with the "Marijuana Kills" commercial in the beginning of the movie. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_de7b7cbf |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_de7b7cbf |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_de7b7cbf |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_df410b77 |
type |
Decoy Protagonist |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_df410b77 |
comment |
Decoy Protagonist: For about 5 seconds. We're introduced to Billy (still pining over a 6-month-old breakup) and his bro-ey friend who wants to go have a night on the town. ... Then they ditch all their work on real protagonist Harold and disappear until they guys finally get to White Castle. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_df410b77 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_df410b77 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_df410b77 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_df4b69d6 |
type |
Uncomfortable Elevator Moment |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_df4b69d6 |
comment |
Uncomfortable Elevator Moment: This one is uncomfortable because Harold really likes Maria but is too shy to talk to her. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_df4b69d6 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_df4b69d6 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_df4b69d6 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dfd18c4 |
type |
Typecasting |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dfd18c4 |
comment |
Typecasting: Kumar lampshades and subverts this: |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dfd18c4 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dfd18c4 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_dfd18c4 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e542d80a |
type |
Gonk |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e542d80a |
comment |
Gonk: Freakshow really earns his name. He's not a pleasant guy to look at. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e542d80a |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e542d80a |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e542d80a |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e567510d |
type |
Determinator |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e567510d |
comment |
Determinator: Harold and Kumar will stop at nothing to get those burgers. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e567510d |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e567510d |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e567510d |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e68b72 |
type |
The Load |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e68b72 |
comment |
The Load: Kumar is responsible for just about everything that goes wrong over the course of the night, other than the scene where Harold slams on the gas pedal because he's scared of talking to Maria. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e68b72 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e68b72 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e68b72 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e784bb8c |
type |
Accidental Truth |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e784bb8c |
comment |
Accidental Truth: When Harold confronts his jackass co-workers at the White Castle, he threatens to tell their officemates that they both got gonorrhea from a prostitute in Atlantic City. As H&K exit, Kumar asks if they do actually have VD, Harold goes "Beats me." But from the looks on their faces, he managed to guess quite accurately... |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e784bb8c |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e784bb8c |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e784bb8c |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e8ca5cb3 |
type |
Freudian Slip |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e8ca5cb3 |
comment |
Freudian Slip: |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e8ca5cb3 |
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1.0 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e8ca5cb3 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e9f517e1 |
type |
Artistic License – Geography |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e9f517e1 |
comment |
Artistic License – Geography: There are a large number of White Castles in and around the areas that Harold and Kumar visited in New Jersey at the time the movie was made. But of course, there would be no movie if they just went to the closest White Castle instead of going through their many misadventures prior to achieving their goal. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e9f517e1 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e9f517e1 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_e9f517e1 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eb251937 |
type |
Dirty Cop |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eb251937 |
comment |
Dirty Cop: The Muckleburg PD, hoo boy. They even respond to a call about a shooting (phoned in by Kumar so he can sneak into the police department and break out Harold) and arrest the nearest black man they can find, who was asleep in his home. This turns out to be shooting themselves in the foot when the guy turns out to be a high-priced lawyer who, after being on the receiving end of overwhelming evidence of police brutality, is able to team up with the other black man they wrongfully arrested (who's a college professor) to have all the cops arrested and sue the pants off the department. Though he's not actually a cop, the gate guard at Harold's office counts. He lets Billy and J.D. tear out of the parking lot, leaving the gate-thing open, and gives them a thumbs-up, but forces Harold to stop and show his work ID. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eb251937 |
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1.0 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eb251937 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eb8ec7c8 |
type |
Jerkass |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eb8ec7c8 |
comment |
Jerkass: The racists cops and the Extreme Sports Punks who spend the whole movie harassing minorities. Also, Harold's co-workers Billy and J.D., who dump their workload on Harold and claim he'll have fun for the weekend while they go out. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eb8ec7c8 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eb8ec7c8 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eb8ec7c8 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eef90616 |
type |
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eef90616 |
comment |
Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: "If you boys'd like to go on inside, get yourself something to drink, worship, fuck my wife, watch TV... anything you want!" |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eef90616 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eef90616 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_eef90616 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f0fe7e80 |
type |
But Now I Must Go |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f0fe7e80 |
comment |
But Now I Must Go: Neil Patrick Harris in the end. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f0fe7e80 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f0fe7e80 |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f0fe7e80 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f23ad6de |
type |
Food Porn |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f23ad6de |
comment |
Food Porn: The White Castle commercial that sends Harold and Kumar on their quest. It even includes sleazy-sounding porn music. There's also the Burger Shack drive-thru guy's description of White Castle burgers. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f23ad6de |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f23ad6de |
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1.0 |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle |
hasFeature |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f23ad6de |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f27ec906 |
type |
Identical Stranger |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f27ec906 |
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Identical Stranger: Harold and Kumar see two guys that look just like them get beaten up and later encounter them at the hospital. |
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Easily Forgiven |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f36c4f98 |
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Easily Forgiven: Harold easily lets Billy and J.D. off the hook by simply warning them not to dump all their accounting work on him again, or else he'll report them to their boss Berenson. Also, because Harold lost all of Billy's paperwork, Billy might get punished or even fired by Berenson for failing to meet deadlines, while J.D. might get fired for dumping all of his work on Harold. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f36c4f98 |
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| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f511ea9b |
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Product Placement |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f511ea9b |
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Product Placement: Literally in the title. The whole thing is pretty much a giant commercial for White Castle; there's also various plugs for sodas and snack products. White Castle also had major promotion for the film, to the point where they gave promotional cups (a first for an R-rated film) as well as turned the parking lot on the Sunset Strip into a White Castle. note The writers originally included Krispy Kreme, but they refused to be associated with a stoner film. |
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Earn Your Happy Ending |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f64a9cf7 |
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Earn Your Happy Ending: Harold and Kumar are extremely happy to have White Castle burgers after all the crap both of them endured. Harold gets a better ending than Kumar, as he gets to win over Maria and get back at Billy and J.D. for dumping all their work on him for the weekend. |
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His Name Really Is "Barkeep" |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f66dfb4b |
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His Name Really Is "Barkeep": After Harold and Kumar steal the Extreme Sports Punks' car, Cole, the leader, addresses his friend as "Extreme Sports Punk #1". And that's his name in the credits. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f66dfb4b |
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Beleaguered Assistant |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_f792ffe4 |
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Beleaguered Assistant: Harold to his lazy party animal coworkers. |
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Asian and Nerdy |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_fb4e0f18 |
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Asian and Nerdy: Harold's co-workers cite this as justification for tricking Harold into doing their work for them. Zigzagged with Harold himself. He's an uptight Neat Freak who lets bullies from his office and neighborhood walk all over him. But he's also a stoner and an expert at beer pong. He later ends up standing up to his bullies and screwing them over magnificently. Subverted by Cindy Kim and her East Asian Club. They appear to be straight-laced nerds but turn out to be drug-using party animals. |
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Beware the Nice Ones |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_fccd06b6 |
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Beware the Nice Ones: Harold. After spending a whole night of things going horribly wrong for him, finally stands up to his co-workers when he meets them at White Castle. |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_fccd06b6 |
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| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_fe0330fb |
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Brick Joke |
| | Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle / int_fe0330fb |
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Brick Joke: The crazy guy in the bushes compliments Kumar's "manscaping", which was mentioned near the beginning of the movie. The dorky pot dealer that our heroes encounter at Princeton somehow ends up clad only in his underwear in the Muckleburg police station, along with Harold. The beef jerky Harold snagged at Rosenberg and Goldstein's ends up eaten by the cheetah. |
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