watcher101 said
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This is subliminal messaging, and you seemed to miss it.
Johnny calling Mavis his girlfriend was, I guess you could say, a flashback to when they first started out. When they first got together at the end of the 1s movie, they went out to see the world, having rode trips, enjoying themselves, etc. She was his girlfriend back then, so he would introduce her as such.
After they got married, they obviously had Dennis very quickly. Once Dennis was born, Mavis became VERY protective of him because she thought he was human. As such, she spent all her time sheltering him and trying to work around a schedule that did both vampire and human lifestyles. As a result, she ended up neglecting her husband and spending all her time and attention on their son. This was indicated when she cancelled her and Johnny's date night, and Johnny texted her at how he needed some love too. That was subliminal messaging of how Mavis was neglecting him by focusing all her attention on protecting their son.
Mavis obviously let her overprotectiveness get out of hand to the extent that Johnny didn't know how to go against it. This was why Drac called him a wimp. In fact, one of the reasons why Dennis was a "late fanger" was because Mavis sheltered him so much that he was never able to reach his potential. Johnny pointed this out during the family argument by indicating how she never gave Dennis the chance to be anything more than human. The actual dialogue was:
Mavis - "He's likes avocados."
Johnny - "That's because you never gave him the chance to try anything else."
That was more subliminal messaging of how Mavis' overprotective nature was holding Dennis back from reaching his potential and being what he was really meant to be. This was the reverse of what Drac was doing by trying to push Dennis into being a vampire. While he was pushing to hard too fast, Mavis was holding him back. In a way, she ended up doing what her father did to her. Like father, like daughter, far too protective.
Anyway, getting back to the "girlfriend" comment from Johnny, I already pointed out how Mavis was neglecting Johnny because she was trying to keep her son safe all the time. Johnny basically wanted his wife back, but didn't know how to go against her protective nature, so he just went along with whatever. But when they were fooling around on the bikes, it was like old times again, like back when they were boyfriend and girlfriend traveling around the world. Johnny got caught up in the moment and slipped back into that old routine by introducing Mavis as his girlfriend rather than his wife. The subliminal message here was meant to demonstrate just how much Mavis had been neglecting him by pretty much showing how different their relationship was from when they were boyfriend and girlfriend to when they were husband and wife. Before they were married, they spent their time together, having fun, traveling etc. After they were married, Mavis focused solemnly on Dennis and didn't pay much attention to her husband since she was so busy trying to shelter their son all the time. As such, when they were at the skatepark, things were like how they were before Mavis became all protective, and Johnny got caught up in the moment and slipped up by calling her his girlfriend instead of his wife. But now that Dennis revealed himself to be a vampire, Mavis no longer has to be so protective all the time and can spend less time worrying about him and spend more time with her husband so things could get back to normal. The subliminal message her was showing how Mavis was going too far with her overprotectiveness and how much time she was actually spending keeping her son safe. She was also most likely exhausting herself all the time trying to do both a human and a vampire schedule. This was another subliminal message that was shown how Drac's lullaby put her to sleep as well.
In the end, everyone got what they wanted. Drac got to keep his family, Dennis got to stay at the hotel, Johnny got his wife back, Mavis got to stop worrying about her son so much, Vlad came to accept humans, and Johnny's family came to accept monsters.
See you really need to pay attention to the subliminal messages, because they really reveal a lot with just a few words or implications. The "lack of chemistry" between Mavis and Johnny was due to Mavis spending all her time and energy trying to keep Dennis safe all the time. But now that she knows Dennis is a vampire, that's no longer necessary, so things can go back to normal.
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Not to be fair but I disagree on some of what you say. And also: "Dennis won't be happy..." is it about Dennis or you wanting to stay in the one where you could be your...somewhat annoyin' self? And despite age, he's a Mr. "I'm-afraid-say-anything-'cause-I'm-a-henpeck".
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