History Main / CarloadOfCoolKids

** On the "[[Recap/SouthParQVaccinationSpecial South ParQ Vaccination Special]]", A gaggle of senior citizens, who had just received the COVID-19 vaccine[[note]]at the time the episode aired, COVID vaccines were reserved exclusively for essential workers and individuals age 50 and over with or without underlining medical conditions[[/note]] taunt and drive by the other unvaccinated South Park residents by and gloating about getting vaccinated and discussing their plans.

** On the "[[Recap/SouthParQVaccinationSpecial South ParQ Vaccination Special]]", A gaggle of senior citizens, who had just received the COVID-19 vaccine[[note]]at the time the episode aired, COVID vaccines were reserved exclusively for essential workers and individuals age 50 and over with or without underlining medical conditions[[/note]]taunt and drive by the other unvaccinated South Park residents by and gloating about getting vaccinated and discussing their plans.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' has an episode where people from the future repeatedly come to live in their own enclave, called Little Future. A bunch of futurists drive by in a hovercar and wordlessly start jumping the car up and down (as if it were a lowrider).

* PlayedWith on ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse.'' Most episodes focusing on "the Cool Kids" (Sour Cream, Buck Dewey, and Jenny Pizza) have them ride around in a convertible, but since they're [[LovableAlphaBitch nice people]], they don't do any of the griefing. Also, the car isn't a cool as usual: it's the Fish Stew Pizza delivery car, and thus it's covered in topping decorations and has a lingering smell of pepperoni.

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They'll come as messengers to either remind the protagonist of how much of a loser he is, or tell them they are going to [[WildTeenParty a really cool party]], which the protagonist was not invited to. TheProtagonist will likely get [[RoadsideWave soaked]] as the car drives off. Even more fun is if the people in the car {{moon|ing}} others or throw things at them.

* Played straight next to a football field in the 1978 ''Film/{{Superman}}''. Car full of teenagers (who are entirely irrelevant to the plot after this point) drive up to call him a loser. Leads to a slight WhosLaughingNow moment when Clark Kent uses his super speed to beat them home.

* PlayedWith on ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse.'' Most episodes focusing on "the Cool Kids" (Sour Cream, Buck Dewey, and Jenny Pizza) have them ride around in a convertible, but since they're [[LovableAlphaBitch nice people]], they don't do any of the griefing. Also, the car isn't a cool as usual: it's the Fish Stew Pizza delivery car, and thus covered in topping decorations and has a lingering smell of pepperoni.

* PlayedWith on ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse.'' Most episodes focusing on "the Cool Kids" (Sour Cream, Buck and Jenny) have them ride around in a convertible, but since they're [[LovableAlphaBitch nice people]], they don't do any of the griefing. Also, the car isn't a cool as usual: it's the Fish Stew Pizza delivery car, and thus covered in topping decorations and smells like pepperoni.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': [[spoiler: In Mabel's fantasy land, the seduction that draws Wendy away from the others is a (imaginary) car full of her friends.]]

->''I got me a Chrysler; it's as big as a whale\\

->''"Hop in my Chrysler; it's as big as a whale and it's about to set sail. I got me a car, like, it seats about 20"''

** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E10VivaNedFlanders Viva Ned Flanders]]", Ned frets about being seen as old-fashioned and sees Grampa and Jasper in a car with young ladies. It turns out they hijacked their car and they're being held hostage.

The main purpose for using this trope is to point out just how low the victimized character is on the social ladder. Either they are incredibly unpopular, or too poor to afford a car, let alone a swanky convertible. The character is left to contemplate his own loneliness as the car drives off. This is especially apparent if the passengers are friendly with the protagonist, and ask them to join them despite lack of room in the car.

Alternately, this trope can focus on the horrible behavior of the people in the car. If the movie is about the passengers and not the victim, it certainly exposes those characters' true natures.

* Film/JamesBond encounters some of these in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''. They drive off when he needs a ride to the circus [[spoiler: where an atomic bomb is about to be detonated]]. [[note]]Rumor has it that one of the extras is a young Gary Russell, former editor of ''Doctor Who Magazine''.[[/note]]

** In episode "Viva Ned Flanders", Ned frets about being seen as old-fashioned and sees Grampa and Jasper in a car with young ladies. It turns out they hijacked their car and they're being held hostage.

--->'''Regina''': "Get in loser, we're going shopping!"

--->'''Cool guy:''' Hey, dude, who's your girlfriend?
--->'''Cool kids''' [all laugh]

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' We're not lost! I have my compass!

* In the ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' episode "Mid-Life Crustacean", Mr. Krabs, who's in the throes of a mid-life crisis, convinces [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick to take him out for a rollicking night on the town. Unfortunately for Mr. Krabs, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are complete losers whose idea of a "cool" ride is a tandem bike with a wagon attached for him to ride in. A boat with two ''actual'' cool kids obligingly stops to mock them for it, [[InsultBackfire but only Mr. Krabs is insulted]].

The car in question is nearly always a convertible. It will be [[RuleOfCool inexplicably filled far past capacity, with teens sitting up on the rear deck and drop top, too.]] The passengers are usually all very attractive, and far more popular than the victim.

* PlayedWith on ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''--both episodes focusing on "the Cool Kids" (Sour Cream, Buck and Jenny) have them ride around in a convertible, but since they're [[LovableAlphaBitch nice people]], they don't do any of the griefing. Also, the car isn't a cool as usual: it's the Fish Stew Pizza delivery car, and thus covered in topping decorations and smells like pepperoni.