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Jetlag Travel Guides
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The Jetlag Travel Guides are a collection of books parodying travelling guides, relying on Rapid-Fire Comedy and the perceived stereotypes surrounding the people living in the regions portrayed within. The books were written by Australian comedians Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch of The D-Generation fame.The guides all feature a Fictional Country, all exaggerated versions of stereotypes about real-world regions. The first and most well-known of the guides is Molvanîa: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry, released in 2003. Its popularity spawned two sequels, Phaic Tăn: Sunstroke on a Shoestring, released in 2004, and San Sombrèro: A Land of Carnivals, Cocktails and Coups, released in 2006, as well as a Spin-Off called Traditional Molvanîan Baby Names: With Meanings, Derivations And Probable Pronunciations, released in 2011.All of the books look and feel like actual travel books made by real companies, such as Cadogan or Lonely Planet guides, complete with information about history, culture, maps and special offers for other (nonexistent) guides. Some people have even been fooled into thinking the countries present actually exist. Each book features several "contributors", such as Philippe Miseree, who is present in all of the main three guides. The jokes are mostly scatological and sexual in nature, with puns and Bait-and-Switch comments of all kinds being present. The Rapid-Fire Comedy and exploitation of stereotypes will make the reader either suffer from uncontrollable laughter or feel offended.An official site and an app have been created containing several other countries without physically published guides. In addition, an anthem for Molvanîa, a clip of a soap opera for Phaic Tăn, and a dance for San Sombrèro have been made and uploaded to YouTube. Molvanîa even has an Eurovision entry! Molvanîa is also the birthplace of Zladko, of Elektronik Supersonik fame. | |
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Soap Within a Show | |
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Soap With In A Show: Latin American telenovelas are lampooned in the book, with one show being notable for not having any characters get amnesia (the scriptwriters were a different story). | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed | |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: Luis Gonzales has a few elements of George Foreman in him, most notably him selling cooking appliances. | |
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Interfaith Smoothie | |
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Interfaith Smoothie: Played for Laughs: | |
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Blind Without 'Em | |
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Blind Without 'Em: Nearly everyone in Phaic Tăn has poor eyesight. Wedding couples even ceremonially exchange glasses. | |
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Black Comedy | |
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Black Comedy: Jokes about poverty and people dying in weird ways are the norm. | |
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Anachronism Stew | |
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Anachronism Stew: Most of the countries contain a blend of ancient or pre-WWII structures combined with modern hotels. Played for Laughs in Phaic Tăn, where ancient temples have modern steel doors. | |
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Hurricane of Puns | |
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Hurricane of Puns: All of the foreign names are basically English-language puns. For instance, Whét pù apparently means diarrhoe in Phaic Tăn's language, or San Sombrèro's San Abandonio city. Phaic Tăn is pronounced as "fake tan". Some puns are specifically Australian English puns, such as the city of Bung Lung ("bung" in Australian English meaning "failed"). | |
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Non-Indicative Name: Despite the nation's flag being called the Trikolor, it has only two colours: red and yellow. | |
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Bruce Lee Clone | |
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Bruce Lee Clone: Trong Tchen, kickboxing champion who starred in a number of action films, including a movie adaptation of Hamlet. | |
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Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce | |
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Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce: Sambal is a concoction of shallots, turmaeric, onion, ginger garlic and red pepper, used in food and for treating colic in babies. | |
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The Scrooge | |
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The Scrooge: Sven Teitarssen, who writes "for the budget traveller". He will do anything to save money, even ludicrously small amounts (like 8 cents), such as, for instance, taking the batteries out of the hotel room TV remote. | |
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French Jerk | |
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French Jerk: Philippe acts condescendingly to basically everyone he meets. Downplayed, as he doesn't use french words, unlike Jonathan. | |
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When It Rains, It Pours | |
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When It Rains, It Pours: The country has ludicrously high annual rainfall, always exceeding 500mm. The only months with very slightly less than average rainfall are June and July. This is the ideal time to visit. | |
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Gratuitous French | |
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Gratuitous French: Jonathan Quibble is "a self-confessed connoisseur, bon vivant and user-excessif of the French language". | |
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Lethal Chef | |
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Lethal Chef: Everything that street vendors sell will give you some type of disease. | |
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Pirate Girl | |
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Pirate Girl: The feared pirate "La Diabla" was a woman, albeit one who could grow impressive facial hair. | |
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Properly Paranoid | |
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Properly Paranoid: Zig-zagged with Tina Payne. Sometimes people really are trying to steal her stuff (jokes about stolen wallets are omnipresent), but sometimes she will refuse to even look out of the window of a bus in fear of getting her luggage stolen. | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle | |
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Curb-Stomp Battle: The Metizo people confronted the Spanish conquistadores with brightly painted masks. It ended poorly; the Spanish won a crushing victory, with no deaths and only one injury (one of their officers sprained his ankle during an overly energetic victory dance). | |
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Morton's Fork | |
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Morton's Fork: La Diabla flogged one young man for making sexual advances towards her, and another for failing to do so. | |
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Corrupt Politician | |
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Corrupt Politician/Corrupt Bureaucrat: Lots of them can be found in the governments of all three countries to get published guides. | |
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The Generalissimo | |
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The Generalissimo: San Sombrèro has had a lot of these. | |
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Snakes Are Sinister | |
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Snakes Are Sinister: San Sombrèro has 23 species of venomous snakes, some of which have been known to attack out of boredom. | |
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Stock Footage | |
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Stock Footage: Several of the pictures used are stock images, a few appearing twice in the same book. | |
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The Performer King | |
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The Performer King: King Tralanhng fancies himself a talented musician and composer. The reality is very different. Likely a parody of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand's musical achievements. | |
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Banana Republic | |
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Banana Republic: San Sombrèro is a Central-American nation run by warlords, suffering from endless military coups. | |
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The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much | |
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The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much: The "Father of Modern Molvanîa", Szlonko Busjbusj, died of natural causes: "he was assassinated". | |
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Shoddy Knockoff Product | |
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Shoddy Knockoff Product: Several counterfeit goods sold in Phaic Tănese markets come with a "Certificate of Inauthenticity". | |
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Numerological Motif | |
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Numerological Motif: Exaggerated and parodied. Phaic Tăn has 3 very lucky numbers (12, 57, 4189), over 300 lucky numbers, a "mildly auspicious" number (4993), and two unlucky numbers (3 and 6). An entire appendix is needed to list them all. | |
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Fat Bastard | |
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Fat Bitch: Mentioning Her Royal Highness Queen Suahm Luprang's "ample girth" is punishable by law. | |
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Granola Girl | |
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Granola Girl: Helena Ddø̈rk (the "ø" has an umlaut, creating a letter which doesn't exist), an eco-tourism expert, will do anything to protect the environment, up to and including not stepping on the ground. | |
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Bulungi | |
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Bulungi: Several other countries are mentioned in the guides, among them Bongoswana and Despotswana, African nations with brutal colonial pasts. | |
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Big Eater | |
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Big Eater: Jonathan Quibble, who writes "for the luxury traveller". He is awaiting quadruple bypass surgery. | |
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Beastly Bloodsports | |
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Beastly Bloodsports: Bullfighting has a large following in San Sombrèro, though their take on the sport has a unique twist: a fourth act where the trumpeter gets hog-tied. | |
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Ruritania | |
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Ruritania: An exaggeration of the worst aspects of the trope. The country is an ex-Soviet republic run by the mafia, everyone is poor, the country is embroiled in a war with Romania, the language is hideously difficult to learn, the people are unfriendly and the cafes are over-priced. | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Bzerkje means "berserk", among others. | |
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Umbrella Drink | |
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Umbrella Drink: One of Phaic Tăn's biggest exports is the small paper umbrella which is put in cocktail glasses. | |
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Vodka Drunkenski | |
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Vodka Drunkenski: Aside from Vodka, garlic brandy (zeerstum) is also very popular with the citizens of Molvanîa. | |
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Improbable Weapon User | |
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Improbable Weapon User: Phaic Tănese warriors carried the "traditional attack arrow". | |
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Adipose Rex | |
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Adipose Rex: Her Royal Highness Queen Suahm Luprang's weight is a Running Gag. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: All of the names listed have an usually hilarious meaning attached to them. | |
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True Art Is Incomprehensible | |
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True Art Is Incomprehensible: In-Universe, the Vcetrezen art gallery has a minimalist style, with one room being completely empty, save for a small fire-hose. Philippe, of course, thinks it is high art, better than the "populist" national art gallery. | |
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Ascended to Carnivorism | |
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Ascended to Carnivorism: The country is home to a species of meat-eating tapir. Attempts to train them for racing were abandoned when one ate its jockey. | |
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Fictionary | |
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Fictionary: The guides all feature useful phrases, such as greetings and requests to not be shot. Even San Sombrèro, where Spanish is spoken, contains words unique to the country, mostly US neologisms, like "drivebyshooting". | |
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Bar Brawl | |
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Bar Brawl: Referenced constantly. If a bar is listed under "Inexpensive" then this is what you can expect. | |
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LEGO Genetics | |
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LEGO Genetics: Phaic Tănese botanists have apparently managed to graft watermelon with cressantheum and orchids with kidney beans. | |
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Played for Laughs | |
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Played for Laughs in Phaic Tăn, where ancient temples have modern steel doors. | |
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Translation: "Yes" | |
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Translation: "Yes": An ancient sign discovered in Phaic Tăn has some very lengthy writing which translates as "Beware of Dog". | |
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Boomerang Bigot | |
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Boomerang Bigot/Self-Deprecation: It is mentioned in the description of one of Phaic Tăn's restaurants that, because no drinks are allowed, you won't be bothered by Australian tourists. | |
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Rapid-Fire Comedy | |
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Rapid-Fire Comedy: How most of the books operate. Every page will have roughly three paragraphs with two jokes each, pictures with a caption underneath, or fact boxes/tips from one of the contributors. With about 6 jokes per page, you'll be hard pressed to not find something that at least makes you smile. | |
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Our Mermaids Are Different | |
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Our Mermaids Are Different: A famous Phaic Tănese allegory, The Ranayayan, contains the character of Kiamya: "a traditional Phaic Tanese mermaid, featuring the body of a woman and the head of a garfish". | |
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Alcoholic Parent | |
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Alcoholic Parent: Played for Laughs. Heavyweight boxer Luis Gonzales developed unusual physical strength because he had to carry his father home from the local pub most nights. | |
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Longing for Fictionland | |
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Longing for Fictionland: Some people would really like to visit these wonderful countries. | |
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Rouge Angles of Satin | |
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Rouge Angles of Satin: There are several paragraphs throughout the books clarifying a typo made in a previous edition. For instance, a note on one of the restaurants says that it was described as "appealing" when, in fact, it should have read "appalling". | |
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Bait-and-Switch | |
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Bait-and-Switch: The heart and soul of the series. All types are present. | |
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Overly Long Name | |
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Overly Long Name: In the town of Dzrebo, there is "The Church of the Blessed Holy Sisters of the Discalced Flower of the Immaculate Virgin Incarnate". | |
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Military Coup | |
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Military Coup: San Sombrèro has had a lot of these. The first one occurred three days after the first elections, in an event known as "the stillbirth of the nation". | |
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Namedworld and Namedland | |
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Namedworld and Namedland: The Nordic country of Pfaffländ. | |
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Pelvic Thrust | |
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Pelvic Thrust: A common gesture among the Phaic Tănese people: | |
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Dirty Communists | |
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Dirty Communists: Molvanîa is an ex-soviet republic, and the populace isn't exactly the friendliest. Meanwhile, several guerilla groups in Phaic Tăn have adopted Maoism. | |
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The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized | |
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The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: In a list of NGOs, a charity dedicated to demining minefields directly precedes a rebel group dedicated to remining them. | |
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Cool Helmet | |
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Cool Helmet: Military rank is indicated by the size of one's helmet. | |
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Revolving Door Revolution | |
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Revolving Door Revolution: To an absurd degree. Saying San Sombrèro changes its government as often as most people change their sheets would only be a slight exaggeration. | |
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No OSHA Compliance | |
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No OSHA Compliance: Nothing has any compliance whatsoever in these places. | |
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Take That! | |
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Take That!: To all travel guides who persuade you to visit the country/region which they talk about, especially the Lonely Planet guides. None of the places portrayed in the Jetlag Travel Guides are worth visiting (or safe). | |
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Teeny Weenie | |
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Teeny Weenie: Tekhnah is described as having "the genitalia of a wood mouse". | |
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Really Gets Around | |
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Really Gets Around: San Sombrèro's first official governor, Estrillio Vellasquez, had numerous illegitimate children. | |
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Show Within a Show | |
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Show Within a Show: The soap opera Hospital of Hearts, a clip of which you can watch here. | |
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Qurac | |
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Qurac: The Unaudited Arab Emirates, a Pun on the United Arab Emirates, is mentioned several times in the guides. The country is a desert republic and a "shopper's paradise", full of luxurious hotels and BMWs. | |
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Cigar Chomper | |
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Cigar Chomper: The bollivquar indigenous people have sombreroes which double as ashtrays. | |
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Foreign Queasine | |
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Foreign Queasine: Many of the dishes discussed in the guides range from mildly off-putting to absolutely revolting. | |
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My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels | |
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My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels: Silvio Enrique's song "You Drive Me Crazy" was mistranslated into English as "You Crazy Driver". | |
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Holiday in Cambodia | |
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Holiday in Cambodia: Phaic Tăn presents virtually all of the subtropes associated with Southeast Asian stereotypes: jungles, guerilla warfare, near-constant rain, Buddhism and others. | |
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Girls with Moustaches | |
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Girls with Moustaches: The book discusses a Portuguese girl named Isobel Alvarra who spontaneously grew a beard to prove to her parents she was serious about becoming a sailor. | |
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Fake Shemp | |
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Fake Shemp: El Pauncho Lives! was shot several months after the death of the title character's actor. His replacement was a poorly-matched body double who spent much of his screentime falling off a horse in long-shots. | |
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The Unpronounceable | |
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The Unpronounceable: Nearly all of the names listed. Molvanîan is an extremely difficult language to learn, after all. | |
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Spin-Off | |
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Spin-Off: The book was released much later and is not part of the main series of guides. | |
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Culture Chop Suey | |
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Culture Chop Suey: All of the countries presented in the guides are a mish-mash of stereotypes from the region in which they belong. Molvanîa represents all of central and eastern Europe, Phaic Tăn represents Southeast Asia, and San Sombrèro represents Central America. | |
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The Coup | |
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The Coup: San Sombrèro is estimated to have one an average of every three months. | |
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign | |
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As Long as It Sounds Foreign: The doctor in the Hospital of Hearts clip speaks in vaguely Korean-sounding gibberish. | |
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Odd Job Gods | |
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Odd Job Gods: The Phaic Tănese mythology has a few, including Lahksma, the goddess of middle distance running, and Tekhnah, the god of disappointment. | |
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Gonk | |
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Gonk: The man on the cover. | |
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Artistic License – Geography | |
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Artistic License – Geography: Molvanîa apparently borders Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, and Romania. | |
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Beethoven Was an Alien Spy | |
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Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Molvanîans claim, among other things, that one of the thieves which were crucified next to Jesus was Molvanîan and that the 30 pieces of silver given to Judas actually came from the town of Dzrebo. | |
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People's Republic of Tyranny | |
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People's Republic of Tyranny: According to the book the "full and technically correct" name of San Sombrèro is the "Democratic Free People's United Republic of San Sombrèro". The country is run by warlords. | |
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Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick | |
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Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: Appears in the list of payment abbreviations used when recommending restaurants: | |
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The Alleged Car | |
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The Alleged Car: The guide makes mention of the national car, the Skumpta. The car is described as having a single headlight, a three cylinder engine, and a candlelit interior. The car is also said to have performed best out of four leading European car models in a crash test involving being driven into a wall at 60 kph, but that's because the car broke down repeatedly and never reached the wall. | |
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Mix-and-Match Critters | |
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Mix-and-Match Critters: In the famous allegory The Ranayayan, Tekhnah is "the god of disappointment, features the head of an elephant, the body of a horse and the genitalia of a wood mouse". | |
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Strongly Worded Letter | |
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Strongly Worded Letter: Natives responded to Captain Estremoz's landing party with a strongly-worded smoke signal. | |
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Running Gag | |
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Running Gag: Several: Across all of the books, the poor hotels and their large distance from the town centre, despite being described as "central", pools which lack water etc. In Molvanîa, tips about avoiding gypsy beggars. In Phaic Tăn, Her Royal Highness Queen Suahm Luprang's weight is mentioned constantly. | |
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Hammer and Sickle | |
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Hammer and Sickle: The book explains the presence of a modified version of this symbol on Molvanîa's national flag: | |
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Ugly Slavic Women | |
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Ugly Slavic Women: Local Molvanîan women are described as very, very hairy. | |
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Ridiculous Future Inflation | |
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Ridiculous Future Inflation: The guide parodies the hyper-inflation faced by The Weimar Republic. An enigmatic leader of the country faced widespread inflation, the book mentioning that the people had to carry wheelbarrows of money to purchase simple goods. The leader solved this problem by declaring wheelbarrows legal tender. | |
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