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2[[caption-width-right:275:Yes. That kid in the middle has a [[UniversalDriversLicense license]]. Just wait till he gets [[JuvenileHell nicked]]. [[note]](From L-R) Lorna Endo, Soichi Sugano, Lisa Sakakino[[/note]]]]
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4In the future, AutomatedAutomobiles are used by people to get around. Unfortunately, the cars end up going [[AIIsACrapshoot haywire at times]]...
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6And that's when the eponymous force comes in.
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8''éX-Driver'' (often abbreviated simply to ''éX-D'') is a six-episode OriginalVideoAnimation series created by Creator/KosukeFujishima (''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'', ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'', ''Anime/{{Piano}}'') and animated by Creator/{{Actas}}, Creator/ALine and Creator/{{Xebec}}, released early in the TurnOfTheMillennium in 2000. The series focused around three teens (Lisa Sakakino, Lorna Endou, and Souichi Sugano) and their attempt to corral the out-of-control vehicles using manually-driven ones.
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10It was adapted into a movie in 2002. The story revolves around the three drivers participating in a race held in Santa Monica, California. However, they uncover a conspiracy involving the éX-Driver organizations after rescuing Angela Gambino, the daughter of a CorruptCorporateExecutive.
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13!!''éX-Driver'' provides examples of:
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15* AIIsACrapshoot: Pretty much the whole point of the series.
16* AmbiguouslyBrown: Lisa has a slightly darker complexion than her teammates.
17* ArtEvolution: Inverted somewhat; the first episode is more detailed than the others. Played straight in the movie.
18* AuthorAppeal: This is Kosuke Fujishima we're talking about here...
19* AutomatedAutomobiles: They technically serve as villains for the first four episodes, despite only malfunctioning (they do endanger the lives of bystanders and the people inside, even if unintentionally).
20%%* BadassDriver
21%%* BeachEpisode: Episode 5, subverted in that it never happens for different reasons.
22* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' dare tell Lisa that Souichi's a better driver.
23* BigBad: Wang Somin and Joe are the main antagonists of The Movie.
24* ButtMonkey: Nothing ''ever'' goes right for Lisa.
25* CoolCar: An obvious trope.
26* CoolBike: Rei's Ducati 900 SS
27* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In the film
28** Wang Somin is the president of a West Coast supermarket who provides the funding for the éX-Driver team in China. Not only that, but he has sinister motives for gambling on the race.
29** Angela's father Rico is also a financial backer for the éX-Driver for Team USA who is in league with Wang [[spoiler:at least up until the end of the film]].
30* DarkerAndEdgier: Episodes 5 and 6, in which a former éX-Driver and his crew try to ''kill'' the three heroes (they only manage to injure two of them, though). The Movie also.
31* DrivesLikeCrazy: Largely intentional for the job. Lisa does play this straight on numerous occasions, though. As do the AI cars when malfunctioning. Ditto the rivals in episodes 5 and 6.
32* {{Eagleland}}: Appears in the movie as a mix between a Type 2 and a Mixed Flavor (mostly the former).
33* EurekaMoment: After they are captured on Wang's orders, Angela tells Souichi that she rigged a car to crash when they first met and later made an exploding AI cleaning car severely damage the track, all in an effort to ultimately stop her father from gambling on the race.
34* EveryCarIsAPinto: Averted, when cars crash, they don't explode. The AI cars that do were rigged.
35* {{Expy}}: To an extent, Lisa and Lorna resemble the designs of [[Manga/AhMyGoddess Chihiro and Urd]].
36* FreeRangeChildren: Their parents are never seen, but more than likely know about this.
37%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
38* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Nina's workspace (and later revealed in ''Danger Zone'', her apartment) has dozens of plushies.
39* HerosClassicCar: Justified because they need to lack computers to prevent the malfunctions from happening to them. All police cars in the city also have the autopilot system.
40* LimitedWardrobe: Played with. The main team has several outfits while all supporting cast members are only seen in one outfit.
41* LockedInARoom: Once Angela and Souichi are captured by Wang's men, they are thrown into Wang's storehouse.
42* MerchandiseDriven: Not to the extent of a more popular anime like ''Franchise/DragonBall'' per se (nor was anything ever advertised within). But the series did have its fair share, including coffee mugs, art books, model kits and Platform/{{CD}}s.
43* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: In the film, Souichi and his friends happen to discover that Angela caused the AI car to go out of control in the city and at the race track, only for them to realize that it was part of Angela's plot to stop her father from betting on the race.
44* ModelPlanning: A quick glimpse of this can be seen as part of a montage in episode 3.
45%%* MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad: Episode 4 ends with this.
46%%* TheMovie
47* NonFatalExplosions: The AI cars have a system that can deploy airbags if the AI malfunctions and all of the red headlights are shot out.
48* NoseBleed: Episode 4, after Souichi looks at a naked Rei (in the bathroom, of all places). He also went unconscious.
49* OfficialCouple: Kelly and David get together towards the end of ''The Movie'' after Lorna stops the AI car and crashes it.
50* OhCrap: At the end of ''The Movie'', [[spoiler:Joe gets shocked when Souichi is about to cause his car to crash]].
51* ShoutOut:
52** The AI Cars have a singular red eye, akin to that of [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Hal 9000]].
53** ''Film/{{Duel}}'' gets this treatment twice - Once in episode six, and again in the movie.
54* ShowerScene: Episode 4, PlayedForLaughs.
55* StuffBlowingUp: Occurs in episode 5, The Movie and the Mini-Movie (with AI-controlled vehicles).
56* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: In ''The Movie'', after Souichi, Lisa and Lorna destroy a runaway car, they are arrested for violating California driving laws.
57* ThanksForTheMammary: In ''The Movie'', Angela rigs an AI cleaning truck to explode and set the circuit race track on fire. As she is about to escape, Souichi corners her only for him to grab her breast and realize who she really is. Understandably, Angela is ''not'' amused.
58* {{Tsundere}}: Lisa in the series and Angela in ''The Movie''.
59* TurnOfTheMillennium: Released sometime after [[MillenniumBug [=Y2K=]]]-2001 (which may explain the AI is a Crapshoot trope above).
60* UniversalDriversLicense: This might be one of the reasons that allow anyone (even as a child/early teen) to become an éX-Driver (the other being the ability to actually operate a manually controlled vehicle).
61* WellIntentionedExtremist: In the film, Angela genuinely wants to stop her father from gambling on the race in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, her plans include rigging an AI car to crash and going so far as to blow up the circuit race track.
62* WomenDrivers: Averted, as two-thirds of the main cast are female. Also, there are other female éX-Drivers, as the movie confirms.
63* YoungerThanTheyLook: Angela looks about the same age as Lisa or Lorna but she's actually as young as Soichi.

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