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'''Donkey:''' Are we there yet?

'''Donkey:''' ''Are we there yet?''\\

'''Donkey:''' ARE WE THERE YET?

* This is the {{Catchphrase}} of ''Final Fantasy Legacy'''s child alchemist Mika Gilchrist, who uses it knowingly to get a rise out of the adults, and to blow off some steam when under severe stress.

* Not in the ''Batman: Arkham'' series itself, but the prequel comics for each installment, one of which is also shown as the trope picture, has ComicBook/TheJoker saying this to one of the characters, presumably to annoy them.

* This happens in a commercial for [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal Orlando]]'s ''The Simpsons'' Ride, where Bart and Lisa keep on asking "Are We There Yet?" over and over. Years earlier, the Simpsons advertised Ramada Inns, where they did [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxFP-D3Mrxg the same thing]].
* An ad for ''[[Videogame/PokemonStadium Pokémon Stadium 2]]'' features a variant where a kid is standing in a game shop repeatedly asking the clerk "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYhgvkGUTtU "Is it here yet?"]]

* In the children's picture book ''[[http://www.amazon.com/Grandma-Saved-Christmas-Julia-Hubery/dp/1589251644 When Grandma Saved Christmas]]'', it's the Daddy mouse that asks this after the mouse children [[PunnyName Bubble and Squeak]][[labelnote:Note]]"Bubble and squeak" is a traditional British dish made with leftover vegetables and sometimes meat, named because of the noises made during cooking.[[/labelnote]] chatter away constantly on a car trip.

* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'': Baby Bop asks this in both ''Barney's Adventure Bu''s and the live show ''Barney's Big Surprise''. The trope name is also the title of a season 3 episode.
* In the season five episode "Spiral" of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', the Scoobies are on the run from Glory in a stolen RV, and while they're on the road, Anya decides after some inquiries that it is traditional -- and, indeed, ''required'' -- that someone ask this. So she does. The response she gets is that they don't even know they are going. So a bit later she asks, "Do we know where we're going yet?"

* One episode of ''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' features Rito Revolto annoying Rita and Zedd with the question. Rita even threatens to throw Rito from the mobile base. While one can't tell exactly how many times Rito asked the question, as he probably started before the scene, he apparently asked too many times as the last time he asked before Rita's threat resulted in Zedd's BigNo. And it didn't take long after Rita's threat before he asked again.
* In one episode of ''Series/{{QI}}'' Creator/StephenFry asked [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxqHSj7h8BU "What ruins more than 300,000 British car journeys per year?"]] Jo Brand got the klaxon for asking, "Is it kids in the back shouting, 'Are we nearly there yet?'" [[spoiler: The correct answer is "being steered wrong by GPS or sat-nav systems."]]

* The beginning of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkBPMypd3jw The Fairy Fountain]]" is nearly a full minute of nothing but WebAnimation/SilverQuill asking "Are we there yet?", to the annoyance of Dr. Wolf and Commander Firebrand.

** Yet another ''Smurfs'' ShoutOut is done by the Demon-Roaches in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0147.html "The Light at the End of the Tunnel"]].

** Used to emphasize Elan's childlike mentality in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0488.html "This is Your Life"]].

* [[http://www.meatshield.net/archive/296-gloomvault/ Said by Dhur]], the resident IdiotHero of ''Webcomic/MeatShield''.
* [[http://wapsisquare.com/comic/04222002/ An early strip]] of ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'' features this kind of situation in a car full of adults, complete with the "Don't make me stop this van" response. The purpose was probably to emphasize the childishness of the interactions between Owen and Shelly.

** In the ''Techquickie'' episode "[[https://youtu.be/AWkvzycD5PE?t=81 Is PS/2 or USB Better for Keyboards and Mice?]]", Linus says that USB keyboards and mice work with the computer "polling" the peripheral. In LaymansTerms, that means the computer is asking the keyboard what it's doing numerous times per second, which Linus compares to a kid asking "Are we there yet?" on a road trip.
** Parodied in "[[https://youtu.be/DwDWQyBF9II?t=92 This was all a waste of money.]]", which is about Website/YouTube's support of HDR leaving much to be desired. The CouchGag says "HDR we there yet?"

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. You've got a superhero family in full coordinated costumes in a camper suspended under a rocket platform, and Dash still has to say it because he ''is'' a kid and not an adult in a kid's body. Mr. Incredible returns the stock response.

* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': On the way to Vormir, Thor responds to a rather bored "I am Groot" with "You'll know when we're close."

%%* ''Film/TheHauntedMansion'': Michael.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheWackyAdventuresOfRonaldMcdonald'', Sundae asks this while the group is on their way to their campsite.

* ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'':
** Vegeta is constantly annoyed when Nappa does this routine (for an entire year) on their way to Earth. Then, when they finally reach Earth and begin waiting for Goku... "Is he here yet? Is he here yet? Is he here yet?"
** The outtakes for the series contain two separate unused examples which play with an increasingly intense build-up of "are we there yet" and "no":
--->'''Nappa:''' Are we there yet?\\
'''Vegeta:''' '''NO! SHUT THE FUCK UP, NAPPA!'''\\
'''Nappa:''' Kay.\\
''[{{beat}}]''\\
'''Nappa:''' Hey, Vegeta?\\
'''Vegeta:''' What?\\
'''Nappa:''' Are we there yet?\\\
''[...]''\\
'''Nappa:''' Are we there yet?\\
'''Vegeta:''' No! '''NO! [[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]'''\\
''[{{beat}}]''\\
'''Vegeta:''' ''[suddenly calm]'' No, Nappa, we are not there yet.

* In [=1KidsEntertainment's=] ''[[WebVideo/DeathNoteTheAbridgedSeries1KidsEntertainment Death Note: The Abridged Series]]'':
-->'''Rem:''' Is Misa saved yet?\\
'''Light:''' ... It's going to take time. \\
'''Rem:''' Oh okay... is she saved yet?\\
'''Light:''' [[BigNo No!]]\\
'''Rem:''' Okay, I understand... How about now?\\
'''Light:''' I hereby relinquish ownership of this Manga/DeathNote, now shoo! Get out of here!

** Calvin asks "When are we going to be there?" several times in the ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' episode [[Recap/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeriesS4E1CampingTripPart1 "Camping Trip Part 1"]].
* Chapter 20 of ''[[FanFic/PaperMarioX Paper Luigi X]]'' opens with Blooey giving out one of these.
* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony'' uses it twice.
** As the ponies are approaching the castle in the Everfree Forest:
--->'''Pinkie:''' Are we there yet?\\
'''Twilight:''' No, we're not there!\\
'''Rainbow Dash:''' Look guys, we're here.\\
'''Twilight:''' [[ImplausibleDeniability It's just a coincidence. We're not really here.]]
** As they're climbing the mountain to face the dragon:
--->'''Rarity:''' Are we there yet?\\
'''Twilight:''' No!\\
'''Rarity:''' How about now?\\
'''Twilight:''' Yes!

* ''Film/TheMummyReturns'': Done intentionally by Alex to annoy the kidnappers.

* The background of the opening credits of ''Carpool'' is, rather than music, the typical morning carpool conversation. Naturally, the kids start up a chant of "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" When the driver yells at them to "stop saying that", they change the chant to "When will we get there? When will we get there? When will we get there?"
%%* ''Film/RaceToWitchMountain'': "Good in any universe."

* ''Film/{{Tron}}'': "Elementary physics: a beam of energy can be diverted. Are we there yet, mommy?"
* In ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', as Jaylah leads Scotty on an extended trek to the ''Franklin'', he gripes this. She warns him to not keep saying it, but fortunately they are just about there.
* ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': On the way to Vormir, Thor responds to a rather bored "I Am Groot" with "You'll know when we're close."
* In ''Film/{{Avatar}}'', Jake, coming out of cryo, asks a med tech "Are we there yet?" The tech assures him "Yeah, we're there, sunshine."

* ''Literature/NinaTanleven'': In ''The Ghost Wore Gray'', Nine teasingly asks her father this when they’re less than a block from home. His irked response is “Did I tell you I found a kennel that takes kids?” She asks it again more seriously four hours later, having gotten sick of riding by that point, and gets a reasonable response that they’re “About an hour and a half” away.

** In “Let’s Go on a Road Trip, Roys Bedoys!”, Roys is impatient in the car and asks several times whether they’re at the dinosaur theme park yet.
** In “It’s Christmas, Roys Bedoys!”, Roys asks, “Are we there yet?” when driving to his grandparents’ house.

** Amy asks this in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]] while inside a maze.
** A child asks this in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E2Smile "Smile"]], but as he's on a colony spaceship with no windows and has just woken up from suspended animation, the question is entirely appropriate.

-->'''Dreamfinder''': Oh the Dream Port is never far away when you use your imagination!

-->'''Barret''': This sucks! I wanna go back!\\
'''Tifa''': You wanna go down all those stairs you just climbed?

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* In ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' Nappa does this when traveling to Earth with Vegeta, who answers 'No!' with gradually increasing anger. Later, when they're on Earth waiting for Goku to show up, he invokes this again with 'Is he here yet?', which annoys Vegeta AND the surviving Z Warriors.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' did this a few times in their AnimatedAdaptation as well. Sometimes, though, Papa Smurf would go, "Let's not smurf this again" or "Oh, smurf up!"

* Bree does this in the ''WebVideo/Lonelygirl15'' episode "Swimming!"

* ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' (shuttle ride): Sir Alexander Dane. Of course, this is a rare case of this phrase being invoked as a ''response'' to an annoyance, rather than being the annoyance itself. Basically, Dane was getting annoyed at being holed up in the cramped shuttle with Guy, who wouldn't stop whining about his perceived role as a RedShirt.

* Davidson's edutainment game ''Math for the Real World'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFPpw1vtpes has an entire song named after and based on this trope]] included on it. The general idea of the trope, though, is played a lot more obviously in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3CI_YvCJFA the variation of the same song]] featured in ''[[VideoGame/BlasterSeries Math Blaster Jr./Ages 4-6]]'', which does include audio of some kids pestering the driver/singer over whether they're...well, there yet.

* In the original version of ''Ride/JourneyIntoImagination'' at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Figment, upon being told that they must store the ideas that they have collected in the Dream Port, asks Dreamfinder "Are we almost there?"

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. You've got a superhero family in full coordinated costumes in a camper suspended under a rocket platform, and the kid still has to say it because he ''is'' a kid and not an adult in a kid's body. Mr. Incredible returns the stock response.

** In "Old Money", the family drags Grandpa to a safari park, and at one point he sarcastically asks "Are we in Africa yet?"

** Also done in "The Man Who Came To Be Dinner", where [[{{Troll}} they do so solely to annoy Homer]].
** Homer, of course:

** They also subverted it when the family was forced to hike through an African jungle:

** Still another example is between Bart and Homer when they're lost in the woods.

->'''Pit:''' Sooo... Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?!\\
'''Viridi:''' You know that saying, "There are no bad questions"? Well, there are, and this is one of them! '''''WE ARE NOT THERE YET!!!'''''
-->-- ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising''

-> Are we the- ''[[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising I have some exciting news for the both of us.]] [[TheStinger This is the end of the page.]] '''[[SuddenlyShouting So you can FINALLY stop asking me if we're there yet!]]'''''

* In the original version of ''Ride/JourneyIntoImagination'' at Epcot in Walt Disney World, Figment, upon being told that they have to store the ideas they collected in the Dream Port, asks Dreamfinder "Are we almost there?"

* Individual examples would be pointless -- let's just say that in its 30 seasons, more than one frustrated racer has asked this on ''Series/TheAmazingRace''.