The top mistakes in National Lampoon's European Vacation http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1963 en Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:55:13 +0000 23428 During the scene when Audrey is having a nightmare about eating too much while on vacation, the nightmare ends with her inflating like a balloon from all the food. Her shirt splits open and down the middle, where the buttons have broken, and you can see the black balloon used for the effect. 19109 In the beginning of the movie when Clark is preparing to light the Bar-B-Q, He squirts charcoal fluid out of a plastic bottle. Then Ellen squirts more fluid onto the coals out of the same plastic bottle. Listen to the sound; it is the distinctive sound of a metal charcoal lighter fluid bottle. 123781 In the scene where Clark is on the bicycle chasing the car Ellen has been kidnapped in, Clark is just about to catch up to the car and jump off the bicycle into the car. As he's about to do this, there is a small car parked on the side of the road so that as soon as he jumps off the bike it will hit this small car. Right before he attempts to jump off the bike, in the next scene where the shot goes from behind Clark to in front of Clark, he is about to hit the car and in the next shot the car is gone and he keeps pedaling. 65930 In the "Pig in the poke" show, the final question - regarding the Lewis and Clark expedition - sounds: "What lieutenant led that expedition?" However William Clark was not lieutenant - he was captain. 20687 When the Griswalds are leaving the hotel in London they get in the hire car. When Clarke realises that the steering wheel is on the other side he gets out. When Ellen gets out she leaves her door open but when Clarke goes to get in the door is closed.