History Main / HummerDinger

* [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] in Sonic Zombies has a Hummer which, for reasons other than the obvious [[SuperSpeed "he's Sonic"]], he doesn't need.

In Australia, the term "Toorak tractor" is preferred, referring to the wealthy suburb of Toorak, Melbourne. A Brazilian equivalent is the luxury pickup truck, which has the same drawbacks of the Anglo-American SUV on a slightly different package (luxury pickup trucks have been attempted in the US, to mixed success; the ones from actual luxury brands-- Cadillac and Lincoln-- have either flopped (Blackwood, Mark LT to a lesser extent), or just been there (Escalade EXT); more success comes from fully-loaded variants of "normal" pickups like Titanium-trim level [=F150=]s).

* This Snickers commercial [[https://youtu.be/3gZ9nxHZ1vU]] featuring a man showing off his giant SUV to his neighbors. Comes in two colors: gunmetal and black, has an HD TV and surround sound. Cue the SUV crashing into the garage that is clearly too small. 32 airbags!!!

** The episodes "The Last Temptation of Krust" and "Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'" feature the Canyonero. The truck's commercial jingle makes up the image caption. The latter episode centers around Homer purchasing one, but when he finds that his is an "F-series" model, which means that it's female-oriented (it has a lipstick holder built in instead of a lighter), he proceeds to give it to Marge, which causes her to develop some serious [[DrivesLikeCrazy road rage]]. It's Marge's car in ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun''. (Note that "Twelve yards long, two lanes wide" would make it larger than the biggest functional tank ever constructed.)

In Australia, the term "Toorak tractor" is preferred, referring to the wealthy suburb of Toorak, Melbourne. A Brazilian equivalent is the luxury pickup truck, which has the same drawbacks of the Anglo-American SUV on a slightly different package.

The rough equivalent for smaller cars is the RiceBurner, though some have tried to combine the two. In the '00s, luxury [=SUVs=] were often fitted with gigantic rims (or "dubs", after the DUB Wheels company that was famous for them), scissor doors, hydraulics, earth-rattling stereo systems, and other modifications to make them that much flashier. Today, a more direct example exists with so-called [[http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/psa-bro-truck-vs-off-road-truck-1467061508 "bro trucks,"]] (also called "mall crawlers" by actual off-roaders) which have all manner of modifications (particularly lift kits and large wheels) to make them look like off-road vehicles, with little consideration for whether they actually improve off-road performance, as well as coal rolling[[note]]modding a diesel engine with a bypass device and the removal of the particulate filter to allow for it to be flooded, which belches thick clouds of dark smoke out of the exhaust[[/note]] if they want to show the world that they're willing to spend thousands of dollars on mods that literally serve no purpose other than to demonstrate that you're an asshole. Most often, they will never leave the suburbs.

:::One of Bravado's ads markets the Bison pickup truck, which has 6,000 horsepower and gets fuel economy of 3 MPG in the city and 5 on the highway. The ad is filled with [[TestosteronePoisoning macho posturing]] and PatrioticFervor saying that the Bison is the truck of TheWildWest. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation The Bison is player-drivable, but as expected, it's far from being the titan that its ads make it out to be, with an engine power somewhere around the 300-400 hp]].

The rough equivalent for smaller cars is the RiceBurner, though some have tried to combine the two. In the '00s, luxury [=SUVs=] were often fitted with gigantic rims (or "dubs", after the DUB Wheels company that was famous for them), scissor doors, hydraulics, earth-rattling stereo systems, and other modifications to make them that much flashier. Today, a more direct example exists with so-called [[http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/psa-bro-truck-vs-off-road-truck-1467061508 "bro trucks,"]] (also called "mall crawlers" by actual off-roaders) which have all manner of modifications (particularly lift kits and large wheels) to make them look like off-road vehicles, with little consideration for whether they actually improve off-road performance. Most often, they will never leave the suburbs.

Canyonero! Canyonero!"]]]]

The rough equivalent for smaller cars is the RiceBurner, though some have tried to combine the two. In the '00s, luxury [=SUVs=] were often fitted with gigantic rims (or "dubs", after the DUB Wheels company that was famous for them), scissor doors, hydraulics, earth-rattling stereo systems, and other modifications to make them that much flashier. Today, a more direct example exists with so-called [[http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/psa-bro-truck-vs-off-road-truck-1467061508 "bro trucks,"]] which have all manner of modifications (particularly lift kits and large wheels) to make them look like off-road vehicles, with little consideration for whether they actually improve off-road performance. Most often, they will never leave the suburbs.

:::One of Bravado's ads markets the Bison pickup truck, which has 6,000 horsepower and gets fuel economy of 3 MPG in the city and 5 on the highway. The ad is filled with [[TestosteronePoisoning macho posturing]] and PatrioticFervor saying that the Bison is the truck of TheWildWest.

A gigantic sport-utility vehicle, built under the philosophy that BiggerIsBetter, basically making it the SpiritualSuccessor to [[TheFifties 1950s]] cars with giant tail-fins. Smaller cars, or at least their drivers, tremble in fear as this [[Series/BetterCallSaul school bus for six year old pimps]] passes on the highway--or maybe it's because the road itself is shaking under its weight. The name will be something bold, authoritative and often referring to power, traveling and the rugged wilderness, like "Inquisitor", "Traveller" or "Kilimanjaro". [[CrazyPrepared It's filled with all sorts of equipment to help it tow trailers, climb mountains, and get through the rain, snow, sleet, hail, mud, and whatever else Mother Nature can throw at it...]]

A gigantic sport-utility vehicle, built under the philosophy that BiggerIsBetter, basically making it the SpiritualSuccessor to [[TheFifties 1950s]] cars with giant tail-fins. Smaller cars, or at least their drivers, tremble in fear as this [[Series/BetterCallSaul school bus for six year old pimps]] passes on the highway--or maybe it's because the road itself is shaking under its weight. The name will be something bold, authoritative and often referring to power, traveling and the rugged wilderness, like "Crusader", "Boardpass" or "Kilimanjaro". [[CrazyPrepared It's filled with all sorts of equipment to help it tow trailers, climb mountains, and get through the rain, snow, sleet, hail, mud, and whatever else Mother Nature can throw at it...]]

* ''Comic/OverTheHedge'' has a strip, later incorporated into [[WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge the movie]], in which Hammy asks how many humans can fit into a vehicle so huge. [[DeadpanSnarker RJ]]'s response: "One."
* A ''Comic/BloomCounty'' strip poked fun at the consumer feeding frenzy when gasoline (briefly) dipped to ''sixty-nine cents a gallon'' back in the 1990s:

* The ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' tie-in comic ''The Arrival'' gives us the Bulkhead in Issue 4. It is an [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier APC]] with bad fuel economy, several issues that put into the category of TheAllegedCar, and used the [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Autobots' resident Big Guy's name without his approval]] because [[ArtisticLicenseLaw he didn't have a copyright on his likeness]].

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The ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'' tie-in comic ''The Arrival'' gives us the Bulkhead in Issue 4. It is an [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier APC]] with bad fuel economy, several issues that put into the category of TheAllegedCar, and used the [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Autobots' resident Big Guy's name without his approval]] because [[ArtisticLicenseLaw he didn't have a copyright on his likeness]].

The WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Tie-In Comic The Arrival gives us The Bulkhead in Issue 4. It is an [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier APC]] with bad fuel economy, several issues that put into the category of TheAllegedCar, and used the [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Autobots' resident Big Guy's name without his approval]] because [[ArtisticLicenseLaw He didn't have a copyright on his likeness]]

The WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Tie-In Comic The Arrival gives us The Bulkhead in Issue 4. It is an [[AwesomePersonselCarrier APC]] with bad fuel economy, several issues that put into the category of TheAllegedCar, and used the [[ArsonMuderAndJaywalking Autobots' resident Big Guy's name without his approval]] because [[ArtisticLicenseLaw He didn't have a copyright on his likeness]]

The rough British equivalent of this trope is the "Chelsea tractor", which refers to huge [=4x4s=] (aka [=SUV=]s in America) that never leave the city and are owned by people who don't need the offroad capabilities. Among the vehicles stereotypically associated with this trope are Land Rovers (especially Range Rovers), Porsche Cayennes, BMW [=X5s=], and other [=4x4s=] of that ilk, luxury vehicles that, while smaller than the typical American example, make up for it with their focus on flashiness. Such people are often stereotyped as arrogant and [[CompensatingForSomething insecure]]. Since these cars are seen as embodying the worst aspects of ConspicuousConsumption, they fall under the AcceptableTargets banner. In Australia, the term "Toorak tractor" is preferred, referring to the wealthy suburb of Toorak, Melbourne.

This is chiefly an American and British trope, as Europe and Japan's narrower roads, crowded city streets, and pricier gas make such vehicles even less economical in those places. Likely to show up when a work is carrying a GreenAesop. Compare AbsurdlyLongLimousine, and God help you if the two are combined. Note that this trope isn't about large [=SUV=]s that are actually used for their intended "sport" and "utility" purposes, but rather, for when they are used as suburban status symbols. A Brazilian equivalent is the luxury pickup truck, which has the same drawbacks of the Anglo-American SUV on a slightly different package.

Quickly becoming a DiscreditedTrope, as the one two punch of the late [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]] gas crisis and the [[TheNewTens 2010s]] economic crisis hit the SUV market hard, even in the United States. Even the TropeNamer Hummer brand was shut down in 2009. However, between the GrandfatherClause and the fact that the Hummer is still one of the most famous RealLife examples of this trope, Hummer Dinger will keep its old name until the site decides otherwise.

* One half of the TropeNamer is a website (now dead) formerly run by the Sierra Club called "Hummer Dinger" that criticized these vehicles. It specifically focused on the Hummer [=H2=] (the other half of the trope namer), which it saw as the most {{egregious}} real-life example of this trope.

* ''VideoGame/{{Emogame}} 2'' featured a boss fight against Tim Allen driving one of these, complete with a [[WeaponizedCar mounted machine gun]] and an {{Eagleland}} Type 2 rant from Allen about how his truck and his lifestyle are worth more than the environment.

* The ''[[{{Videogame/X}} X3: Terran Conflict]]'' mod, ''Xtended'', has the Mani luxury yacht, a very capable pocket warship with a withering amount of firepower and endurance. The ship's description then goes on to say how it's impractical, inefficient, and is used almost exclusively as a status symbol by wealthy [[PlanetTerra Terrans]]. True to the old Hummer, it gobbles up energy cells at a phenomenal rate when jumping between [[PortalNetwork jump gates]], and is cumbersome to handle when fighting enemies at close range. It [[AscendedFanon became an official ship]] in the game's ExpansionPack