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* ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'': The Toa Terrain Crawler's visage is very similar to the [[MaskPower Kanohi Faxon]] worn by Hahli. Being that it's a living creature fitted to be used as a diving vehicle, it's more coincidental than anything.

** Dr Doofenshmirtz has a monster truck, among other vehicles, shaped like him. Also, Professor Poofenplotz from "Isabella and the Temple of Sap" has her "Me-Mobile", a SpiderTank shaped like her head. A later episode reveals that Poofenplotz also has a "Myself-icopter."
** Phineas and Ferb themselves get in on the action with hot air balloons in their own likenesses in "Last Train to Bustville", and a space station shaped like Phineas' head in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerbMissionMarvel''.

* Lord Hater's skull-shaped ship from ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder''. And his ill-fated H.A.T.E.R.V. vehicle had his face at the front.

* Gantu's ship in ''Disney/LiloAndStitch''.

* The "Pink Elephants on Parade" sequence from ''Disney/{{Dumbo}}'' ends with all of the pink elephants turning into various vehicles that look like them before finally exploding, [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment never to be seen, heard, or mentioned again.]]

* The ''Ratman'' comic strip in the ''Roland Rat'' ChristmasAnnual reinvents the Ratmobile (which in the puppet shows is a bright pink Ford Anglia) as a racer shaped like Roland's head, with exhaust "whiskers" and a giant version of his omnipresent sunglasses as the windscreen.

* The ''Ratman'' comic strip in the ''Roland Rat'' ChristmasAnnual reinvents the Ratmobile (which in the puppet shows is a bright pink Ford Anglia) as a drag racer shaped like Roland's head, with exhaust "whiskers" and a giant version of his omnipresent sunglasses as the windscreen.

* While most of the [[HumongousMecha Gunmen]] in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' are face-shaped, the Anti-Spirals have several spaceship models based on body parts, including faces. It is ''incredibly'' creepy. Chouginga Dai-Gurren also counts. It's essentially a huge transforming robot, which spends more of its screen-time as a giant ship. It's ship-form is basically the SpaceBattleshipYamato with a face slapped onto the front.

* Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series makes plenty of ships that have his face on it, most notably the Death Egg.

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* From ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'', Rodimus Prime has one (which he dubs the [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rodpod "Rodpod"]]) in ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''. It's absolutely ''hideous'', and the rest of the ''Lost Light'' crew loathes it (at one point Whirl vents by attacking it with a metal 2x4). Still, after the original is blown up they decide to build a new one anyway, and Rodimus admits that most people are pretty decent.

** Phineas and Ferb themselves get in on the action with hot air balloons in their own likenesses in "Last Train to Bustville".

So, your airship/spaceship/boat/car is already [[RuleOfCool cool]] as it is. However, it seems to be missing something. How can you make it cooler? With your own self-image, of course!

-->-- '''[[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake]]''', talking with Mei Ling about [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight]] and his Battleship Halberd in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl''

* The [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} Battleship Halberd]] has its captain Meta Knight's mask on it. Which is lampshaded by [[Franchise/MetalGear Solid Snake and Mei Ling]] in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Brawl.''

Alternately, instead of a face, the front will be a [[NothingButSkulls Skull]], for the extra intimidation factor.

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So, your airship/spaceship/boat/car is already [[RuleOfCool cool]] as it is. However, it seems to be missing something. How can you make it cooler? With your own self-image, of course! Make your vehicle a {{Faceship}}.

A {{Faceship}} is any vehicle or ship that has the likeness of a character's face or the entire character built on it, usually its pilot or Captain. Villains have a tendency to use these, either for the purpose of intimidation or due to their [[SmallNameBigEgo huge ego]], but heroes can ride in these as well (see image at right for a hero's example). If the design isn't the owner's face real face but the design of their distinctive mask or helmet, it gets a bit more plausible, but it can make it less obvious which came first.

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* [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik]] makes plenty of ships that have his face on it, most notably the Death Egg.

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* The Petercopter and Hindenpeter in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' has Peter Griffin's head at the front. Peter actually has multiple vehicles with his likeness, and they always crash. Also, in an {{Imagine Spot}} teaser, Stewie is an intergalactic fighter pilot tasked with destroying a huge Death Star-esque station that is essentially a 3D model of Peter's head. In reality, he's playing with a toy fighter ship and jabbing it into the side of Peter's head as he yells "Got you! Got you!".

* A few of Megabyte's vehicles from ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}} Reboot]]''

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* Franchise/{{Batman}}'s Batmobile sometimes has his masked face on it. One time, SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker decided he should have something like that and created the Jokermobile, which has his face on it.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' had SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker and his henchmen drive around in a firetruck shaped like his face terrorizing people.

* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow3'' has the "Gatmobile" Which is a big ol van with a Gat head for a front end, usually ridden by a Saints mascot wearing a large Gat mask. It's not unique although [[MetalSlime you'll probably think it is]] and it's implied to be one of the parts of the Saints turning into pop-culture icons. Oh and it doubles as the most durable vehicle that isn't a Tank, and as a result, doesn't cause mass panic when it's driven.

* An very obtuse example in a short on MTV's Liquid Television, called "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH1EdZIz21o/ Space War]]", that was done to appear like a 6th grader's board doodling of an alien invasion shows the alien's mothership to be a 400 mile tall version of the classic image of what most Westerners think as god's face.

* ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}'s ship. In ''Comicbook/SupermanBrainiac'', his ship looks right like his skull, with with CombatTentacles attached to the base.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'': Char Aznable's personal ''Musai''-class cruiser has a bridge tower customized to be vaguely reminiscent of his helmet and mask.

* ''Literature/TroyRising'': features a mobile asteroid with a Spartan head carved into its surface.]

* ''Film/TheMask'' got ''two'' in the toyline--the Mask-Mobile and the Mask Cycle. The first is notable for appearing in both the [[WesternAnimation/TheMask animated series]] and in ''SonOfTheMask'', and the second is a two-for-one Facemobile: its sidecar carries Milo, and has a replica of Milo's grimacing green Mask face on it. Both of these are justified examples of the trope, even for a toy--the Mask can customize an ordinary car or motorbike just by sitting on it!