History Main / WhoIsDriving

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' plays with this without even asking the question. In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E17Benderama Benderama]]", Bender creates two smaller clones of himself. During [[FunTimesMontage the obligatory montage showing all the fun the three of them are having]], one shot shows Bender riding a three-seat bicycle, [[TandemParasite reclining with his feet up in the air (not on the pedals)]]. Behind him is one of his clones, also in the same reclining pose. Behind HIM is the other clone, also reclining. [[PuffOfLogic A couple seconds after it's made clear nobody's actually pedaling or steering, the bike loses balance and the three of them crash]].

* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' plays with this without even asking the question. In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E17Benderama Benderama]]", Bender creates two smaller clones of himself. During the obligatory montage showing all the fun the three of them are having, one shot shows Bender riding a three-seat bicycle, reclining with his feet up in the air (not on the pedals). Behind him is one of his clones, also in the same reclining pose. Behind HIM is the other clone, also reclining. [[PuffOfLogic A couple seconds after it's made clear nobody's actually pedaling or steering, the bike loses balance and the three of them crash]].

---> '''Numbuh 1''': Tell Numbuh 4 to turn the truck around.\\

'''Numbuh 1''': Then who's driving the... (CRASH)

* WesternAnimation/{{Classic Disney Shorts}}:

* The fourth episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' provides the page image: with the ending of the script being lost in transit, the Korean animation company improvised an anime-inspired sequence with this famous statement by the overenthusiastic narrator: "Who is driving?!... Oh my God! Bear is driving! How can that be?!"

'''Numbuh 1:''' Yes, that and why no-one seems to be driving this ship... ''(Cue MassOhCrap from everyone before it crashes.)''

* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', thanks to some [[TooDumbToLive less than brillant]] moves of the cast, Jimmy is left trying to fly a plane. It takes Lucius a few seconds of conversing with him in the passenger section before realizing that no one is flying the plane.

** Muttley has been seen driving the Mean Machine whenever Dastardly is otherwise pre-occupied.

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[[quoteright:335:[[WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Clerks_bear_driving_6525.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:335:Oh my God, Bear is driving! How can that be?!]]

'''Goofy:''' ''(sitting at the table with them, eating popcorn)'' Why, ''I'm'' driving!

[[folder:Live Action TV]]

* A Mini-Wheats commercial had a farmer talking about how family-owned farms are at the heart of the cereal, and his son is out driving the tractor in the background...before the boy walks out and says hi. The father {{Double Take}}s, and cut to the anthropomorphic Mini-Wheat mascots dancing on the steering wheel, singing “99 Bushels of Wheat on the Farm”.

[[folder: Literature]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'' his friends catch him out of the air in a flying car. They all start asking if he's okay. Then he wonders who's driving. Cut to the robot dog at the steering wheel.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDUTAQzsPw0 This]] NBA commercial, with Jeff Van Gundy as the one who's supposed to be driving.

* ''Webcomic/IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace'' does a spoof of TheMainCharactersDoEverything trope in sci-fi with the rocketship crashing into a planet moments after someone asks this question during a crew conference.

* A Mini-Wheats commercial had a farmer talking about how family-owned farms are at the heart of the cereal, and his son is out driving the tractor in the background...before the boy walks out and says hi. The father [[DoubleTake Double Takes]], and cut to the anthropomorphic Mini-Wheat mascots dancing on the steering wheel, singing “99 Bushels of Wheat on the Farm”.

* A Mini-Wheats commercial had a farmer talking about how family-owned farms are at the heart of the cereal, and his son is out driving the tractor in the background...before the boy walks out and says hi. The father [[DoubleTake DoubleTakes]], and cut to the anthropomorphic Mini-Wheat mascots dancing on the steering wheel, singing “99 Bushels of Wheat on the Farm”.

* A Mini-Wheats commercial had a farmer talking about how family-owned farms are at the heart of the cereal, and his son is out driving the tractor in the background...before the boy walks out and says hi. The father {{DoubleTake}}s, and cut to the anthropomorphic Mini-Wheat mascots dancing on the steering wheel, singing “99 Bushels of Wheat on the Farm”.

* A Mini-Wheats commercial had a farmer talking about how family-owned farms are at the heart of the cereal, and his son is out driving the tractor in the background...before the boy walks out and says hi. The father Double Takes, and cut to the anthropomorphic Mini-Wheat mascots dancing on the steering wheel, singing “99 Bushels of Wheat on the Farm”.

-->'''BigBad:''' Wrong question. Check the seat.

** Similarly in ''Film/SilverStreak'', after the BigBad has killed the train's engineer, an official in railroad's control doesn't believe that the train is a runaway, because of its DeadmansSwitch. He acutally says "If the engineer's dead, then who's driving the train?" Smash cut to the deadmans' switch, which was being held down by a heavy toolbox.

** [[MonsterOfTheWeek Baddie of the Week]] [[Series/{{Ironside 1967}} Leadside]] asked this question of his EvilMinions when they were tooling about in his BaseOnWheels hidden in the back of a truck (unfortunately the joke is ruined by the establishing shot of the truck which clearly shows a driver).
** Happens at the end of another episode when Maxwell knocks out the pilots of a plane (who happen to be KAOS agents). He calmly informs the passengers that there is nothing to fear and that they will arrive in Miami shortly. [[BolivianArmyEnding Then he asks if any of them know how to fly a plane.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''. In "Misplaced", a spell has made every adult in the world disappear. Billy Batson (who can't change into Captain Marvel or he'll disappear too) persuades a teenage girl to fly him in a Cessna to their headquarters at Happy Harbor.

* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs'', Buck captures a pterosaur and proceeds to commandeer it like an aircraft, with the possums Crash and Eddie in tow, in order to rescue Sid - which leads right into this trope as all three of them check on Sid. Apparently the pterosaur can't be trusted to ''[[FridgeLogic fly by itself.]]''

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine'' had Thomas realize that he's moving all by himself without a driver and crashing into a house at the end of the track he's on.

* Another variant comes from ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'', where the Cat and the kids are in pursuit of Larry and Nevins in the Cat's wacky [[CoolCar S.L.O.W.]]. The kids' fish complains someone else should drive after the Cat runs a red at an intersection. He agrees, and shifts the steering wheel over ''to Conrad'' (who is only 12 years old, as the Cat [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]]). Sally wants a turn, so the Cat passes a ''second'' steering wheel over to her. Then Conrad [[OhCrap realizes two people can't drive at the same time]]. The Cat agrees -- "We should all drive!" A ''third'' steering wheel pops up in front of him, and soon the S.L.O.W. [[RealityEnsues is sent into a tailspin because of three people all attempting to control it.]]

** ''WesternAnimation/MickeysTrailer'' (1938) had a scene where Goofy, who was driving, stepped back into the trailer to have lunch with his pals. To Goofy's credit, he realizes the problem after the above quote, but his scramble to get back in the car ends up unhooking the trailer. All sorts of near-misses and almost-crashes occurred.

* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs'', the CrazyAwesome Buck captures a pterosaur and proceeds to commandeer it like an aircraft, with the possums Crash and Eddie in tow, in order to rescue Sid - which leads right into this trope as all three of them check on Sid. Apparently the pterosaur can't be trusted to ''[[FridgeLogic fly by itself.]]''

* ''VideoGame/PinkPantherPassportToPeril'': When Pink has to travel from China to India, his plane is hijacked by [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Pug and Louie]]. The two leave the cockpit to confront Pink. Then the plane begins to shake, prompting Pink to ask the two who is flying now that they are in the cabin with him. Cue an OhCrap response from the 2 villains, who quickly rush back into the cockpit, but too late; the plane crashes in Bhutan.