History Main / TunnelOfLove

A type of boat ride commonly found in carnivals and amusement parks that is mostly geared towards couples. A major theme for the Tunnel of Love is that it features rowboats or most commonly SwanBoats for riders to sit on as they float through a dark tunnel. It would either be a relaxing romantic ride that will encourage couples to get intimate, or a spooky themed ride that will encourage couples to cling to each other. A Comedic turn of "Tunnel of Love" occurs where after emerging from the dark tunnel, a person discovers they are embracing or kissing the wrong person. A sad version can occur if a person is riding by themselves or with someone other than the person they desire.

While this type of ride is rare to find nowadays in any amusement park, it is often used in media that features characters going to a carnival or amusement park, allowing the characters romantically interested in each other a chance to get some alone time.

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* PlayedForLaughs in Season 5 of ''WebAnimation/GridironHeights'', in which the quarter-season carnival has "The Tunnel of [[PunnyName Jordan Love]]", designed to help starting [=QBs=] bond with their backups. It's not all smooth sailing: Carson Wentz is clobbered by a low archway and knocked out of his boat after he fails to obey safety instructions, while Ryan Fitzpatrick spends the time subjecting a bemused Tua Tagovailoa to an endless WhenIWasYourAge monologue.
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* PlayedForLaughs in Season 5 of ''WebAnimation/GridironHeights'', in which the quarter-season carnival has "The Tunnel of [[PunnyName Jordan Love]]", designed to help starting [=QBs=] bond with their backups. It's not all smooth sailing: Carson Wentz is knocked out of his boat when he refuses to obey safety instructions and consequently gets clobbered by a low archway, while Ryan Fitzpatrick spends the time subjecting a bemused Tua Tagovailoa to an endless WhenIWasYourAge monologue.

* PlayedForLaughs in Season 5 of ''WebAnimation/GridironHeights'', in which the quarter-season carnival has "The Tunnel of [[PunnyName Jordan Love]]", designed to help starting [=QBs=] bond with their backups. It's not all smooth sailing: Carson Wentz refuses to obey safety instructions resulting in him getting clobbered by a low archway, while Ryan Fitzpatrick spends the time subjecting a bemused Tua Tagovailoa to an endless WhenIWasYourAge monologue.

* PlayedForLaughs in Season 5 of ''WebAnimation/GridironHeights'', in which the quarter-season carnival has "The Tunnel of [[PunnyName Jordan Love]]", designed to help starting [=QBs=] bond with their backups. It's not all smooth sailing: Carson Wentz manages to get clobbered by an archway after refusing to obey safety instructions, while Ryan Fitzpatrick spends the time subjecting a bemused Tua Tagovailoa to an endless WhenIWasYourAge monologue.

* PlayedForLaughs in Season 5 of ''WebAnimation/GridironHeights'', in which the quarter-season carnival has "The Tunnel of [[PunnyName Jordan Love]]", designed to help starting [=QBs=] bond with their backups. It's not all smooth sailing: Carson Wentz manages to get clobbered by an archway after refusing to obey instructions because he's tired of everyone questioning his decision-making, while Ryan Fitzpatrick subjects a bemused Tua Tagovailoa to an endless WhenIWasYourAge monologue.

* One of the rewards for chastity in ''Videogame/{{Afterlife|1996}}'' is one of these, who is "dark, romantic, a little spooky, and last a loooooong time."

* The ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS10E21TeaPeter Tea Peter]]" has Peter and friends go to a Tea Party rally, with one of the attractions being the "[[ADateWithRosiePalms Tunnel of Self-Love]]", where men go through the tunnel alone with a copy of Magazine/{{Playboy}}.

* PlayedForLaughs in Season 5 of ''WebAnimation/GridironHeights'', in which the quarter-season carnival has "The Tunnel of [[PunnyName Jordan Love]]", designed to help starting [=QBs=] bond with their backups. Carson Wentz manages to get clobbered by an archway after refusing to obey instructions because he's tired of everyone questioning his decision-making, while Ryan Fitzpatrick subjects Tua Tagovailoa to an endless WhenIWasYourAge monologue.

* PlayedForLaughs in Season 5 of ''WebAnimation/GridironHeights'', in which the quarter-season carnival has "The Tunnel of [[PunnyName Jordan Love]]", designed to help starting [=QBs=] bond with their backups. Highlights include Carson Wentz getting clobbered by a low archway after refusing to obey instructions because he's tired of everyone questioning his decision-making while Ryan Fitzpatrick subjects Tua Tagovailoa to an endless WhenIWasYourAge monologue.

* PlayedForLaughs in Season 5 of ''WebAnimation/GridironHeights'', in which the quarter-season carnival has "The Tunnel of [[PunnyName Jordan Love]]", designed to help starting [=QBs=] bond with their backups. Highlights include Carson Wentz getting clobbered by a low archway after refusing to obey instructions while Ryan Fitzpatrick subjects Tua Tagovailoa to an endless WhenIWasYourAge monologue.

* PlayedForLaughs in Season 5 of ''WebAnimation/GridironHeights'', in which the quarter-season carnival has "The Tunnel of [[PunnyName Jordan Love]]", designed to help starting QBs bond with their backups. Highlights include Carson Wentz getting clobbered by a low archway after refusing to obey instructions while Ryan Fitzpatrick subjects Tua Tagovailoa to an endless WhenIWasYourAge monologue.

** To be fair, though, while Kevin found out ''way'' more than he wanted to about people's sexual escapades on Garfield's Nightmare (including the possibility that a few people were ''conceived'' on that ride), he also found a few stories quite heartwarming, such as the gay man (who it's implied lived in a conservative town) who felt comfortable kissing his boyfriend the first time on the ride, and an elderly couple that felt like high schoolers again fooling around on the ride.

** In the episode "Love at First Height", Timmy, after wishing himself for a 16 year old body to go to all of the rides at Adrenaland, and for Vicky to have a crush for him, settles for a ride at the Tunnel of Love to unwish the wish.

** In the season one episode "Operation Ruthless", Helga attempts to sabotage Arnold's chances of getting paired up with Ruth in the Tunnel of Love ride, she fails despite her efforts to get paired up with him and ends up with Brainy instead.

* While the ''WebVideo/{{Defunctland}}'' video about ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'s Nightmare'' was about the eponymous dark ride, Kevin Perjurer also touches on the history of these kind of dark rides. He also made the mistake of asking for personal anecdotes about people getting handsy on the titular ride.

** To be fair, though, while Kevin found out ''way'' more than he wanted to about people's sexual escapades on Garfield's Nightmare (including the possibility that a few people were ''conceived'' on that ride, he also found a few stories quite heartwarming, such as the gay man (who it's implied lived in a conservative town) who felt comfortable kissing his boyfriend the first time on the ride, and an elderly couple that felt like high schoolers again fooling around on the ride.

** To be fair, though, while Kevin found out ''way'' more than he wanted to about people's sexual escapades on Garfield's Nightmare (including the possibility that a few people were ''conceived'' on that ride, he also found a few stories quite heartwarming, such as the gay man (who it's implied lived in a conservative town) who felt comfortable kissing his boyfriend the first time on the ride, and an elderly couple that felt like high schoolers again fooling around on the rid.

--> "To borrow a bit of Pittsburgh-ese: Yinz are nasty."\\

--> "To borrow a bit of Pittsburgh-ese: Yinz are nasty."

* In ''Literature/AgainstADarkBackground'' the tunnel is so long and dark that the only reason for taking it is if you want to have sex. There are boat marshalls at the entrance to make sure no-one goes in who doesn't want to. The man in the boat with Sharrow says if she does go in the tunnel with him, he'll tell her [[MakeAWish what he wished for]] earlier (which was to get into her pants, making this a SelfFulfillingProphecy).

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' episode "Knock, Knock, Knocking on Hooty's Door", Hooty abducts Amity and tries to get her and Luz admit their feeling for each other. He drops them down in a Basement room that resembles a Love Ride to show Amity that Luz has feeling for each other. However, Luz ends up feeling embarassed that Amity is too cool for this, she tries to destroy it. Then, when misunderstanding happens, Amity believes Luz doesn't love her.