History Main / CarRadioDispute

** Downplayed in "Arthur's Perfect Christmas" every time Arthur hears the radio jingle for Tina the Talking Tabby, which D.W. loves to hear because that is the toy she wants for Christmas. When her mom obliges her to change the station, she changes it to a station playing a jazz tune. Later on, when Arthur asks his dad to put something else on, he puts in a cassette of Crazy Bus.

* ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'': An OverlyLongGag version of this trope (as in, lasting for a whole segment) occurs between Mr. Gus and Pizza Steve. Mr. Gus's conclusion is that if Pizza Steve wants to listen to different music, then he should be the one to drive. [[HilarityEnsues Pizza Steve doesn't drive very well.]]

'''Sam:''' Well, for one, they're cassette tapes. And two, Black Sabbath? Motorhead? Metallica? It's the greatest hits of mullet rock.\\

-->-- "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E01Pilot Pilot]]", ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''

** In "Sideshow Bob Roberts", Lisa argues with Homer when he tunes his car radio to a Creator/RushLimbaugh {{expy}}.

** Downplayed in "Arthur's Perfect Christmas" every time Arthur hears the radio jingle for Tina the Talking Tabby, which D.W. loves to hear because that is the toy she wants for Christmas. When her mom obliges her to change the station, she changes it to a station playing a jazz tune. Later on, when he asks dad to put something else on, he puts in a cassette of Crazy Bus.

->'''Sam''': I swear man, you gotta update your cassette tape collection.\\
'''Dean''': Why?\\
'''Sam''': Well for one, they're cassette tapes. And two, Black Sabbath? Motorhead? Metallica? It's the greatest hits of mullet rock.\\
'''Dean''': House rules, Sammy. Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cake hole.

** Downplayed in "Arthur's Perfect Christmas" everytime Arthur hears the radio jingle for Tina the Talking Tabby which D.W. loves to hear because that is the toy she wants for Christmas. When mom obliges to change the station, she changes it to a station playing a jazz tune. Later on when he asks dad to put something else on, he puts in a cassette of Crazy Bus.

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'''Royce:''' That's cool, that's cool, ''[='=]cause Satan got the key!''

->'''Sam''': I swear man, you gotta update your cassette tape collection.
->'''Dean''': Why?
->'''Sam''': Well for one, they're cassette tapes. And two, Black Sabbath? Motorhead? Metallica? It's the greatest hits of mullet rock.
->'''Dean''': House rules, Sammy. Driver picks the music, shotgun shuts his cake hole.

* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}, this is a recurring argument between Sam and Dean, as Dean always drives and always listens to classic rock, which Sam seems less than fond of. When Dean comes back from the dead for the first time, he immediately rips out the ipod jack Sam had installed to play tapes again.

* ''Series/Wiseguy'' had this argument when Vinnie Terranova, Frank [=McPike=] and Daniel Burroughs all decide to go on a camping trip together, through it takes place in their residence rather than a car, with each in turn entering the room and changing the music.

* In ''Film/{{Roma}}'', the children have an ongoing dispute about which radio program is the best and fight over it whenever they get in the car.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': In "[[Recap/GravityFallsS2E7SocietyOfTheBlindEye Society of the Blind Eye]]", Soos [[RunningGag continuously]] turns on "Straight Blanchin'" and Wendy is outraged by it. One of the times he puts it on, they are riding in his pick-up truck. Wendy throws the CD out the window, though she immediately regrets it and says she'll buy him a new one.
* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'': At the beginning of "Absolute Power", the team is in the bridge of the [[AirborneAircraftCarrier Condor]], working to the sound of record music selected by Piper. Finn keeps swapping it out for one of his own records instead, and Piper ends up blowing up at him and throwing his record across the room.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'': In "[[Recap/TheLoudHouseS3E10DealMeOutFriendzy Friendzy]]", one of the arguments the Loud siblings have is what to listen to on Vanzilla's radio. When they can't agree on a station, the parents decide they'll choose what to listen to. They pick country music, much to the kids' chagrin.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunesCartoons'': In "Battle Stations", Daffy and Porky fight over which station to listen to; Daffy wants to listen to upbeat jazz, Porky wants soft classical music. The fighting gets more and more violent, until they reach a station they both like, which plays polka music. And then the car goes over a cliff.

-->-- "Pilot", ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''

* An OverlyLongGag version of this trope (as in, lasting for a whole segment) occurs between Mr. Gus and Pizza Steve in ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa''. Mr. Gus's conclusion is that if Pizza Steve wants to listen to different music, then he should be the one to drive. [[HilarityEnsues Pizza Steve doesn't drive every well.]]

* A downplayed version appears in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' episode, "Cast Away," in which during a car trip to the lake, the Read family try to pass the time with the radio; Arthur ''begs'' his parents not to play D.W.'s ''Mary Moo Cow'' CD, so they listen to his ''[[Literature/HarryPotter Henry Skreever]]'' audiobook instead, however, the cassette player eats the tape, so they listen to D.W.'s ''Mary Moo Cow'' CD instead, much to his chagrin.
** Also downplayed in "Arthur's Perfect Christmas" everytime Arthur hears the radio jingle for Tina the Talking Tabby which D.W. loves to hear because that is the toy she wants for Christmas. When mom obliges to change the station, she changes it to a station playing a jazz tune. Later on when he asks dad to put something else on, he puts in a cassette of Crazy Bus.

-->'''Lisa:''' Dad, I had to listen to this jerk all morning! Can we listen to something else?
-->'''Homer:''' When I'm driving the car, I get to choose the radio station. When ''you're'' driving, we'll listen to ''your'' radio station.
-->''(GilliganCut to 8-year-old Lisa driving the car, with the radio playing "St. Elmo's Fire" by John Parr)''
-->'''Homer:''' Ooh, I can't take this anymore! Let's switch back!

* In ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', episode 'Society of the Blind Eye', Soos [[RunningGag continuously]] turns on 'Straight Blanching' and Wendy is outraged by it.