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* In the early Creator/JimCarrey movie ''Film/OnceBitten'', a coffin is shown rocking to show that the hero's girlfriend is finally doing the one thing that would end their [[VirginSacrifice current problem]]...
** Subverted previously when, out of the plethora of other cars at the MakeOutPoint, Mark's ice cream van was the only one that '''wasn't''' rocking!
* ''Film/BigFish'' has a rocking trailer, but it turns out there's just a HellHound inside.



* ''Film/BigFish'' has a rocking trailer, but it turns out there's just a HellHound inside.
* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives:'' Nikki and Cort have sex strenuously enough to make an ''RV'' shake from side to side.



* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives:'' Nikki and Cort have sex strenuously enough to make an ''RV'' shake from side to side.



* Parodied in ''Film/{{Scaramouche|1952}}'' when the actual activity involves [[SlapSlapKiss rather more being hit]] [[FryingPanOfDoom with frying pans]].
* Subverted in ''Film/WhipIt'', the dad's car is seen doing this, accompanied by loud shouts from the dad. Turns out he's watching a particularly exciting football game.
* ''Film/SalomesLastDance'' (1988). As Theatre/{{Salome}} starts her famous dance, the woman playing Herodias jumps into a crate with a beefy stagehand. Another stagehand sits on top, trying in vain to have a enjoy of wine while the crate is jumping up and down beneath him. Eventually the lid opens and a finger beckons him [[HammerSpace inside as well]]. As Salome's dance works to its peak, we briefly cut to the crate shaking wildly from the action inside.



* In the early Creator/JimCarrey movie ''Film/OnceBitten'', a coffin is shown rocking to show that the hero's girlfriend is finally doing the one thing that would end their [[VirginSacrifice current problem]]...
** Subverted previously when, out of the plethora of other cars at the MakeOutPoint, Mark's ice cream van was the only one that '''wasn't''' rocking!
* ''Film/SalomesLastDance'' (1988). As Theatre/{{Salome}} starts her famous dance, the woman playing Herodias jumps into a crate with a beefy stagehand. Another stagehand sits on top, trying in vain to have a enjoy of wine while the crate is jumping up and down beneath him. Eventually the lid opens and a finger beckons him [[HammerSpace inside as well]]. As Salome's dance works to its peak, we briefly cut to the crate shaking wildly from the action inside.
* Parodied in ''Film/{{Scaramouche|1952}}'' when the actual activity involves [[SlapSlapKiss rather more being hit]] [[FryingPanOfDoom with frying pans]].
* Subverted in ''Film/WhipIt'', the dad's car is seen doing this, accompanied by loud shouts from the dad. Turns out he's watching a particularly exciting football game.



* In episode 8x11 of ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'', "LARP and The Real Girl", as quoted above, though Charlie and Gilda were only making out.
** Also Tara's trailer at the end of 2x18, "Hollywood Babylon". Go, Dean!
** In 9x02, this also happens, but there isn't any sex going on, just killing. The guy was shown to be a vampire, but [[VampireHunter he wasn't the one doing the killing]].



* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Giles and Buffy's mother Joyce end up making out on the hood of a police car. The camera then pans over the car which starts rocking. A few episodes later it's confirmed they did have sex on the hood of the car. Twice.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'' references this as Troy and Abed show new roommate Annie through the apartment - at their bedroom Abed plays with HoYay saying "If the room's a-rocking please come a-knocking because there's probably something terribly wrong."



* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS9E6 Country Matters]]", TheVicar confesses to meeting her (married) lover in his van in a field. Although she claims they were just talking, the flashback shows the van start rocking almost as soon as they get in.



* When Alison and Chad are going at it in ''Series/OrphanBlack'', and one of her friends hurriedly herds her kids away.
* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. In "Servant with Two Masters", Bodie has a thug BoundAndGagged and throws him in the [[PunkInTheTrunk back of his car for safekeeping.]] Then Doyle comes along and finds the vehicle rocking as the thug struggles to free himself.
-->'''Doyle:''' Don't tell me he's found a milkmaid?



* In episode 8x11 of ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'', "LARP and The Real Girl", as quoted above, though Charlie and Gilda were only making out.
** Also Tara's trailer at the end of 2x18, "Hollywood Babylon". Go, Dean!
** In 9x02, this also happens, but there isn't any sex going on, just killing. The guy was shown to be a vampire, but [[VampireHunter he wasn't the one doing the killing]].



* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Giles and Buffy's mother Joyce end up making out on the hood of a police car. The camera then pans over the car which starts rocking. A few episodes later it's confirmed they did have sex on the hood of the car. Twice.
* ''Series/{{Community}}'' references this as Troy and Abed show new roommate Annie through the apartment - at their bedroom Abed plays with HoYay saying "If the room's a-rocking please come a-knocking because there's probably something terribly wrong."
* When Alison and Chad are going at it in ''Series/OrphanBlack'', and one of her friends hurriedly herds her kids away.
* ''Series/TheProfessionals''. In "Servant with Two Masters", Bodie has a thug BoundAndGagged and throws him in the [[PunkInTheTrunk back of his car for safekeeping.]] Then Doyle comes along and finds the vehicle rocking as the thug struggles to free himself.
-->'''Doyle:''' Don't tell me he's found a milkmaid?
* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'': In "Country Matters", TheVicar confesses to meeting her (married) lover in his van in a field. Although she claims they were just talking, the flashback shows the van start rocking almost as soon as they get in.
* Played for horror in ''Series/TheXFiles'': "Home" ends with a shot of this to indicate that [[spoiler:Mrs. Peacock and her son freely continue their lifestyle of violence and inbreeding after escaping from the protagonists]].



* Played for horror in ''Series/TheXFiles'': "Home" ends with a shot of this to indicate that [[spoiler:Mrs. Peacock and her son freely continue their lifestyle of violence and inbreeding after escaping from the protagonists]].



* Subverted (though not in [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the usual way]]) in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''.
-->'''[[RobotBuddy Pintsize]]:''' If the router starts a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'!\\
'''Pintsize:''' ...Actually, if the router really does start a-rockin', do you think you could weight it down with something heavy? I don't want a cable to come loose and disconnect me.



* [[Webcomic/PennyArcade Tycho Brahe]]: Mr. Coulton? Um I know the trailer is rocking, and I really shouldn't knock in this instance, but... they need you for sound check. They want to check your sound.

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* [[Webcomic/PennyArcade [''Webcomic/PennyArcade'':
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Tycho Brahe]]: Brahe''': Mr. Coulton? Um I know the trailer is rocking, and I really shouldn't knock in this instance, but... they need you for sound check. They want to check your sound.sound.
* Subverted (though not in [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything the usual way]]) in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent''.
-->'''[[RobotBuddy Pintsize]]:''' If the router starts a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'!\\
'''Pintsize:''' ...Actually, if the router really does start a-rockin', do you think you could weight it down with something heavy? I don't want a cable to come loose and disconnect me.



* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Death Is A Bitch", [[TheGrimReaper Death himself]] has a flashback to his awkward teenage years, represented by him and a woman in the car audibly together while in a rocking car. However, partway through, we get a reminder of [[TouchOfDeath what happens when Death touches someone...]]
-->'''Death''': Sandy?\\
''([[{{beat}} rocking stops]])''\\
'''Death''': [[OhNoNotAgain Oh, not again!]] I'm gonna be a virgin forever!\\
''(beat)''\\
'''Death''': ...or ''am'' I?\\
''([[ILoveTheDead car starts rocking again]])''
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Fry gets a HippieVan and tells the rest of the crew, "[[SophisticatedAsHell In light of the fact that it's not a-rockin', I invite you to come a-knockin']]."
* [[{{Double Entendre}} Suggested]] in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Eclipsed", where Flash uses the royalties for his energy-bar endorsement to buy a van. When Green Lantern asks why Flash, [[SuperSpeed of all people]], would need a van, he clicks a remote control that causes it to start rocking, and then shows off how the back is [[ShagWagon outfitted]] with a couch, stereo, and lava lamp like a mobile bachelor pad.



* [[{{Double Entendre}} Suggested]] in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Eclipsed", where Flash uses the royalties for his energy-bar endorsement to buy a van. When Green Lantern asks why Flash, [[SuperSpeed of all people]], would need a van, he clicks a remote control that causes it to start rocking, and then shows off how the back is [[ShagWagon outfitted]] with a couch, stereo, and lava lamp like a mobile bachelor pad.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Fry gets a HippieVan and tells the rest of the crew, "[[SophisticatedAsHell In light of the fact that it's not a-rockin', I invite you to come a-knockin']]."
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Death Is A Bitch", [[TheGrimReaper Death himself]] has a flashback to his awkward teenage years, represented by him and a woman in the car audibly together while in a rocking car. However, partway through, we get a reminder of [[TouchOfDeath what happens when Death touches someone...]]
-->'''Death''': Sandy?\\
''([[{{beat}} rocking stops]])''\\
'''Death''': [[OhNoNotAgain Oh, not again!]] I'm gonna be a virgin forever!\\
''(beat)''\\
'''Death''': ...or ''am'' I?\\
''([[ILoveTheDead car starts rocking again]])''
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* Referenced in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', where the Warners drop in on Dr. Scratchensniff and his date. Eventually, they start bouncing around, causing the car to jump as well. Outside, you see a mother forcibly turn her young son's gaze and push him away. [=*=]mwah![=*=] [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} G'night Everybody!]]

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* Referenced in ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', where the Warners drop in on Dr. Scratchensniff and his date. Eventually, they start bouncing around, causing the car to jump as well. Outside, you see a mother [[CoverInnocentEyesAndEars forcibly turn her young son's gaze and push him away.away]]. [=*=]mwah![=*=] [[{{Demographically Inappropriate Humour}} G'night Everybody!]]

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' episode "Beware The Butt", the title duo come across a rocking van with the words "if this van's a-rockin' don't come a-knockin'" on it.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'':
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In the ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' episode "Beware The Butt", the title duo come across a rocking van with the words "if this van's a-rockin' don't come a-knockin'" on it.it.
** At the end of "Bride of Butt-Head", Butt-Head's MailOrderBride has ditched the two to escape with [[TheBully Todd]]; Todd's car is later seen rocking over intimate moans.
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A form of SexyDiscretionShot where a vehicle or other small enclosed space is shown moving vigorously to show that its occupants are "[[UnusualEuphemism moving vigorously]]" too. (A common subversion is to then show that the vigorous activity in question [[BaitAndSwitch was not the one you were thinking of]])

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A form of SexyDiscretionShot where a vehicle or other small enclosed space is shown moving vigorously to show that its occupants are "[[UnusualEuphemism moving vigorously]]" too. (A common subversion is to then show that the vigorous activity in question [[BaitAndSwitch was not the one you were thinking of]])
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A form of SexyDiscretionShot where a vehicle or other small enclosed space is shown moving vigorously to show that its occupants are "[[UnusualEuphemism moving vigorously]]" too. (A common subversion is to then show that the vigorous activity in question [[BaitAndSwitch was not the one you were thinking of]].)

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A form of SexyDiscretionShot where a vehicle or other small enclosed space is shown moving vigorously to show that its occupants are "[[UnusualEuphemism moving vigorously]]" too. (A common subversion is to then show that the vigorous activity in question [[BaitAndSwitch was not the one you were thinking of]].)
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-->'''Officer:''' [[GetARoom Can't you do this at home, sir?]]
-->'''Driver:''' [[CargoShip My wife doesn't understand me.]]

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-->'''Officer:''' [[GetARoom Can't you do this at home, sir?]]
-->'''Driver:'''
sir?]]\\
'''Driver:'''
[[CargoShip My wife doesn't understand me.]]



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-->'''[[RobotBuddy Pintsize]]:''' If the router starts a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'!
-->'''Pintsize:''' ...Actually, if the router really does start a-rockin', do you think you could weight it down with something heavy? I don't want a cable to come loose and disconnect me.

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-->'''[[RobotBuddy Pintsize]]:''' If the router starts a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'!
-->'''Pintsize:''' ...
a-knockin'!\\
'''Pintsize:''' ...
Actually, if the router really does start a-rockin', do you think you could weight it down with something heavy? I don't want a cable to come loose and disconnect me.
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[[caption-width-right:341:Bonus... ''points'' for being at MakeoutPoint.]]

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[[caption-width-right:341:Bonus... ''points'' for being at MakeoutPoint.MakeOutPoint.]]
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[[caption-width-right:341:Bonus ... points for being at MakeoutPoint]]

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[[caption-width-right:341:Bonus ... points [[caption-width-right:341:Bonus... ''points'' for being at MakeoutPoint]]
MakeoutPoint.]]
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-->-- '''Charlie''' to Sam and Dean, ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''

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-->-- '''Charlie''' to Sam and Dean, ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''
''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', "[[Recap/SupernaturalS08E11LARPAndTheRealGirl LARP and the Real Girl]]"
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* [[{{Double Entendre}} Suggested]] in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Eclipsed", where Flash uses the royalties for his energy-bar endorsement to buy a van. When Green Lantern asks why Flash, [[SuperSpeed of all people]], would need a van, he clicks a remote control that causes it to start rocking, and then shows off how the back is [[FengSchwing outfitted]] with a couch, stereo, and lava lamp like a mobile bachelor pad.

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* [[{{Double Entendre}} Suggested]] in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Eclipsed", where Flash uses the royalties for his energy-bar endorsement to buy a van. When Green Lantern asks why Flash, [[SuperSpeed of all people]], would need a van, he clicks a remote control that causes it to start rocking, and then shows off how the back is [[FengSchwing [[ShagWagon outfitted]] with a couch, stereo, and lava lamp like a mobile bachelor pad.
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* [[{{Double Entendre}} Suggested]] in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Eclipsed", where Flash uses the royalties for his energy-bar endorsement to buy a van. When Green Lantern asks why Flash, [[SuperSpeed of all people]], would need a van, he clicks a remote control that causes it to start rocking, and then shows off how the back is outfitted with a couch, stereo, and lava lamp like a mobile bachelor pad.

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* [[{{Double Entendre}} Suggested]] in the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' episode "Eclipsed", where Flash uses the royalties for his energy-bar endorsement to buy a van. When Green Lantern asks why Flash, [[SuperSpeed of all people]], would need a van, he clicks a remote control that causes it to start rocking, and then shows off how the back is outfitted [[FengSchwing outfitted]] with a couch, stereo, and lava lamp like a mobile bachelor pad.
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* This is present in most of the 3D ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' games whenever you receive a prostitute's services.
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* Pretty much all sex—uh, [[UnusualEuphemism "Woohoo"]] done in ''VideoGame/TheSims'' games.

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* Pretty much all sex—uh, [[UnusualEuphemism "Woohoo"]] "WooHoo"]] done in ''VideoGame/TheSims'' games.
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** Played UpToEleven in the episode where Homer visits Marge in prison: when Marge jumps on Homer, the trailer gets knocked over. With the only door facing the pavement.

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** Played UpToEleven in In the episode where Homer visits Marge in prison: prison, when Marge jumps on Homer, the trailer gets knocked over. With the only door facing the pavement.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Death Is A Bitch", [[TheGrimReaper Death himself]] has a flashback to his awkward teenage years, represented by him and a woman in the car audibly together while in a rocking car. However, partway through, we get a reminder of [[TouchOfDeath what happens when Death touches someone...]]
-->'''Death''': Sandy?\\
''([[{{beat}} rocking stops]])''\\
'''Death''': [[OhNoNotAgain Oh, not again!]] I'm gonna be a virgin forever!\\
''(beat)''\\
'''Death''': ...or ''am'' I?\\
''([[ILoveTheDead car starts rocking again]])''
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* ''Series/TheTonightShowWithJayLeno'' had one of Jay's sketches with this joke after the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal. This was also when Hilary Clinton was becoming more prominent in her political career, albeit with a much more austere image than her husband. Jay wrapped up the sketch with an unmarked van with a bumper sticker reading "If this van's a-rockin', [[LovableSexManiac you've got the wrong Clinton]]."
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* Played for horror in ''Series/TheXFiles'': "Home" ends with a shot of this to indicate that [[spoiler:Mrs. Peacock and her son freely continue their lifestyle of violence and inbreeding after escaping from the protagonists]].
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* One of possible variants of a romance scene in a car in ''VideoGame/TheMovies'' is a shot of the car shaking.
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* Pretty much all sex—I mean [[UnusualEuphemism "Woohoo"]] done in ''VideoGame/TheSims'' games.

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* Pretty much all sex—I mean sex—uh, [[UnusualEuphemism "Woohoo"]] done in ''VideoGame/TheSims'' games.

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* In an episode ''Manga/YouAreBeingSummonedAzazel'', this can be seen as a gag when Azazel's searching for Beel.
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* The famous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSWS2XWtOcU Peugeot 207 commercial with ladybugs]].

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* The famous [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSWS2XWtOcU Peugeot 207 commercial with ladybugs]].ladybugs.]]


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* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLies:'' Nikki and Cort have sex strenuously enough to make an ''RV'' shake from side to side.

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* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLies:'' ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLives:'' Nikki and Cort have sex strenuously enough to make an ''RV'' shake from side to side.
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* ''Film/FridayThe13thPartVIJasonLies:'' Nikki and Cort have sex strenuously enough to make an ''RV'' shake from side to side.

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