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* ''WesternAnimation/Nimona2023'': Ballister and Nimona kidnap Diego the Squire for interrogation by stuffing him in the trunk of a stolen hover-car. Comes complete withTrunk Shot. Nimona even uses that exact language.
--> '''Nimona:''' Let's go dunk on the punk in the trunk.
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* ''Series/PokerFace'' : in the episode "Rest in Metal" Cliff, the mafia hitman chasing after protagonist Charlie, manages to catch her, offering her the choice of riding up front or in the trunk. However, she's able to get away. In "The Hook" he is immediately outside the hospital she just got discharged from, and makes the same offer. Charlie initially picks the trunk before reconsidering after a few miles of driving.

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* ''Series/PokerFace'' : ''Series/PokerFace'': in the episode "Rest in Metal" Cliff, the mafia hitman chasing after protagonist Charlie, manages to catch up to her, offering her the choice of riding up front or in the trunk. However, she's able trunk, but she instead opts to get away.run away, managing to crowd-surf herself to safety. In "The Hook" he is immediately outside the hospital she just got discharged from, and makes the same offer. Charlie initially picks the trunk before reconsidering after a few miles of driving.
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* ''Series/PokerFace'' : in the episode "Rest in Metal" Cliff, the mafia hitman chasing after protagonist Charlie, manages to catch her, offering her the choice of riding up front or in the trunk. However, she's able to get away. In "The Hook" he is immediately outside the hospital she just got discharged from, and makes the same offer. Charlie initially picks the trunk before reconsidering after a few miles of driving.
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* ''Film/AtomicBlonde''. Lorraine's cover has been blown and she has visible facial injuries, so she gets her contact in East Berlin to smuggle her through CheckpointCharlie. He poses as a foreign ambassador, driving a Mercedes with a secret compartment beneath the floor of the trunk.

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* ''Film/AtomicBlonde''. Lorraine's cover has been blown and she has visible facial injuries, so she gets her contact in East Berlin to smuggle her through CheckpointCharlie. [[CheckpointBluff He poses as a foreign ambassador, ambassador]], driving a Mercedes with a secret compartment beneath the floor of the trunk.
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* ''Film/AtomicBlonde''. Lorraine's cover has been blown and she has visible facial injuries, so she gets her contact in East Berlin to smuggle her through CheckpointCharlie. He poses as a foreign ambassador, driving a Mercedes with a secret compartment beneath the floor of the trunk.
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* In ''Film/{{Go}}'', Simon wakes up in the trunk of a car. He pounds frantically on the lid of the trunk until the car stops. He then discovers that he passed out before they left Los Angles and his friends put in the trunk as a prank.
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* [[WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons Meet The Robinsons]]: After the Bowler Hat Guy loses his MindControl over one of the anthropomorphic frogs, he later finds the hat they he used to brainwash him. With the help of his friends, the frogs catch the hat and throw it into a trunk, with The Bowler Hat Guy still controlling it. He loses control once the trunk is shut.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shark Tale}}'', after racing seahorse Lucky Day loses to Fish Fingers, Sykes orders his two jellyfish henchmen Ernie and Bernie to tie up Oscar and send him to the mouth of a whale (in this film, whales mostly are the undersea equivalent of cars), taking Oscar to a location where the two jellyfish interrogate him before Frankie and Lenny show up to attempt to eat Oscar.

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* [[WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons Meet The Robinsons]]: ''WesternAnimation/MeetTheRobinsons'': After the Bowler Hat Guy loses his MindControl over one of the anthropomorphic frogs, he later finds the hat they he used to brainwash him. With the help of his friends, the frogs catch the hat and throw it into a trunk, with The Bowler Hat Guy still controlling it. He loses control once the trunk is shut.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shark Tale}}'', ''WesternAnimation/SharkTale'', after racing seahorse Lucky Day loses to Fish Fingers, Sykes orders his two jellyfish henchmen Ernie and Bernie to tie up Oscar and send him to the mouth of a whale (in this film, whales are mostly are the undersea equivalent of cars), taking Oscar to a location where the two jellyfish interrogate constantly tease and shock him before Frankie and Lenny show up to attempt to eat Oscar.

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* In ''Manhwa/TheBreaker'', Sosul is first discovered in the trunk of a car. Shi Woon and Alex knew they were supposed to be transporting some "cargo", but they didn't expect it to be a girl.


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* In ''Manhwa/TheBreaker'', Sosul is first discovered in the trunk of a car. Shi Woon and Alex knew they were supposed to be transporting some "cargo", but they didn't expect it to be a girl.
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* The person in the trunk is alive and is being taken somewhere willingly, I'm order to sneak into a facility (this could range from a drive-in theater to a secret research base).

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* The person in the trunk is alive and is being taken somewhere willingly, I'm order to sneak into a facility (this could range from teens going into a drive-in theater to a spy getting into a [[BlackSite secret research base).base]]).
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*The person in the trunk is alive and is being taken somewhere willingly, I'm order to sneak into a facility (this could range from a drive-in theater to a secret research base).
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In crime fiction, though, car trunks tend to be used for storing people, alive or dead. This can be for several reasons:

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In crime fiction, though, car especially crime, spy shows, or horror, trunks tend to be used for storing people, alive or dead. This can be for several reasons:



* The person in the trunk is alive and is being taken somewhere willingly, riding in the trunk to hide from authorities who might stop the car.

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The trunks of cars are mainly used for stashing items that take up too much space in the cab of the vehicle. In fiction, generally, the trunks will be used for storing people, alive or dead. This can be for several reasons:

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The In RealLife, the trunks of cars are mainly used for stashing long-term storage of road safety gear and spare tires, and short-term storage of bulky items that take up too much space in the cab of the vehicle. vehicle, like groceries or golf clubs.

In crime fiction, generally, the though, car trunks will tend to be used for storing people, alive or dead. This can be for several reasons:
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* In ''Film/TheHitList'', Jonas leaves Mike Dodd's body in the trunk of the police cruiser he parks outside the station, rigged with a bomb set to go off shortly after the trunk is opened.
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* ''Series/ByAnyMeans'': In 1x02, a young girl, Kimberley Brooks, is found dead in the boot of a car belonging to a well-respected judge, Peter Hopkins, in what seems like an open-and-shut case. Helen is suspicious and calls in the team to investigate, convinced the judge has been framed by an ex-policeman.

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* ''Series/ByAnyMeans'': In 1x02, a young girl, Kimberley Brooks, is found dead in the boot of a car belonging to a well-respected judge, Peter Hopkins, in what seems like an open-and-shut case.OpenAndShutCase. Helen is suspicious and calls in the team to investigate, convinced the judge has been framed by an ex-policeman.
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* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'': In "Best Foot Forward" a ballerina's foot is taken off and she's transported in the trunk of a car, making an improvised tourniquet from the elastic along the edge of the trunk's liner, before being dumped on a beach. Turns out [[spoiler: she was in on the whole thing, but she really was transported in the trunk, with a significant amount of blood left behind to prove it.]]
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* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'': In addition to the numerous story missions and side-missions that use this, it's also a freeroam mechanic. Just grab the pedestrian of your choice, take them to the trunk of your choice, press the action button and you've got your very own unwilling passenger.

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* ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs'': ''VideoGame/SleepingDogs2012'': In addition to the numerous story missions and side-missions that use this, it's also a freeroam mechanic. Just grab the pedestrian of your choice, take them to the trunk of your choice, press the action button and you've got your very own unwilling passenger.

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