1 | Tropes about cars, trucks, buses, and their drivers. Whether it's for a ChaseScene, illegal underground racing, or buying one at HonestJohnsDealership, be sure to buckle up for these tropes. |
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3 | !!Tropes: |
4 | [[index]] |
5 | * AbsurdlyLongLimousine: A stretch limousine is shown to be far longer than humanly possible. |
6 | * AccidentalPassenger: A person or object accidentally boards a vehicle, which then moves. |
7 | * AlcoholIsGasoline: Using grain alcohol as a substitute for gasoline. |
8 | * TheAllegedCar: The car is in such disrepair that it can barely function as a car. |
9 | * AmphibiousAutomobile: A car that can drive on or in water. |
10 | * AreYouSureYouCanDriveThisThing: An inexperienced driver is forced to pilot a vehicle, often one with which they are completely unfamiliar. |
11 | * ArmedBlag: A crime involves robbing an armored vehicle. |
12 | * ArtisticLicenseCars: Liberties in how cars are presented in fiction. |
13 | * AutoErotica: Having sex in or on a car. |
14 | * AutomatedAutomobiles: The car drives itself, and/or may have other advanced automated features. |
15 | * AutomobileOpening: A piece of media opens with a car driving past various locations. |
16 | * AutomobilesAreAlien: Non-humans perceive cars as incomprehensible and may even believe them to be living creatures. |
17 | * AwkwardStoplightMoment: When a car stops, a second driver can see the driver in an embarrassing or awkward moment. |
18 | * BackseatChangingRoom: Changing in the backseat. |
19 | * BackseatDriver: A passenger constantly gives driving instructions to the driver. |
20 | * BadassBiker: Bikers are presented as the epitome of cool. |
21 | * BadassDriver: A driver can do impossible stunts when behind the wheel. |
22 | * BananaInTheTailpipe: A banana is placed in a car's tailpipe to prank the owner or disable the vehicle. |
23 | * BigBadassRig: A big rig is depicted as cool and well-equipped. |
24 | * BigHonkingTrafficJam |
25 | * BlindDriving: A person who can't see drives a car. |
26 | * BottomlessFuelTanks |
27 | * BrakeAngrily: Stamping on the brakes in a moment of anger. |
28 | * BurningRubber: A car goes fast enough to leave trails of fire behind. |
29 | * CarChaseShootOut |
30 | * CarFu |
31 | * CarHoodSliding |
32 | * CarloadOfCoolKids |
33 | * CarMeetsHouse |
34 | * CarPorn |
35 | * CarRadioDispute: Fighting over who gets to choose the music in a car. |
36 | * CarRideGames |
37 | * CarSkiing |
38 | * CarSong |
39 | * CarsWithoutTiresAreTrains: With its tires removed, a car can drive on train tracks with its rims. |
40 | * ChaoticCarRide |
41 | * ChronicallyCrashedCar |
42 | * ConstructionVehicleRampage |
43 | * ConvenientlyEmptyRoads: The roads are completely empty when it suits the plot, even in places where there should be traffic. |
44 | * CoolBike |
45 | * CoolCar |
46 | * CoolSidecar |
47 | * CreepyStalkerVan |
48 | * CupHolders |
49 | * DancingOnABus: A choreographed song sequence that takes place in a moving vehicle. |
50 | * DangerTakesABackseat: A character realizes too late that an intruder is present in their car. |
51 | * DangerousKeyFumble: A character fumbles with their keys at a critical moment when trying to open or start a car. |
52 | * DeadlyRemoteControlToy |
53 | * DeadManHonking: A deceased person falls forward onto their car horn, causing it to honk incessantly. |
54 | * DeathByAmbulance |
55 | * TheDinnermobile: A vehicle shaped like an item of food. |
56 | * DisposableVehicleSection: A vehicle can discard a damaged section and function as a smaller vehicle. |
57 | * DoesNotDrive |
58 | * TheDriver |
59 | * DriverFacesPassenger: The driver of a car faces the passenger while conversing and does not look at the road. |
60 | * DriverOfABlackCab: A cab driver, particularly in England, freely expresses his opinions on society while driving a fare. |
61 | * DrivesLikeCrazy |
62 | * DrivingADesk: Characters are show in a fake car with the passing scenery projected around them. |
63 | * DrivingIntoATruck |
64 | * DrivingSong |
65 | * DrivingStick |
66 | * DrivingTest |
67 | * DrivingTestSmashers |
68 | * DrivingUpAWall |
69 | * EmergencyCargoDump |
70 | * EmergencyRefuelling |
71 | * EmergencyTaxi |
72 | * EnormousEngine |
73 | * EveryCarIsAPinto: A vehicle immediately bursts into flames no matter how minimal the damage. |
74 | * ExternalCombustion |
75 | * FailingATaxi: Taxis don't stop for a character. |
76 | * FakingEngineTrouble |
77 | * FanserviceCarWash: Attractive attendants handwash a car, allowing them to be shown wet, soapy, and scantily dressed. |
78 | * {{Fauxrrari}}: A fake model of vehicle meant to represent a prestigious car without using its brand name, with Ferrari being a particularly common example. |
79 | * FellAsleepDriving |
80 | * FlyingCar |
81 | * ForkliftFu |
82 | * FreeWheel |
83 | * FuturisticSuperhighway |
84 | * GanglandDriveBy |
85 | * GasolineLastsForever: A car never runs out of gasoline and is never shown being refueled. |
86 | * GasSiphoning: Stealing gas from another vehicle using suction and a hose. |
87 | * GetawayDriver |
88 | * HadTheSillyThingInReverse: Accidentally driving a vehicle backwards. |
89 | * HardTruckin |
90 | * HassleFreeHotwire: Hotwiring a vehicle is portrayed as incredibly quick and easy. |
91 | * HerosClassicCar |
92 | * HippieVan: A retro van serving as transportation/a makeshift home for travelling hippies. |
93 | * HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy |
94 | * HonkingArrivingCar |
95 | * HoodHopping |
96 | * HoodHornament: A pair of cattle horns is mounted on the hood of a vehicle. |
97 | * HoodOrnamentHottie: An attractive person poses on top of a car. |
98 | * HotPaintJob: Flames painted on a vehicle. |
99 | * HotPursuit: A police chase involving dozens of police vehicles. |
100 | * HubcapHovercraft: A conventional vehicle can fly when its tires are rotated 90 degrees. |
101 | * HummerDinger |
102 | * ImmortalIconicCar: A particularly iconic car is never replaced or destroyed. |
103 | * ImprobableParkingSkills" A BadassDriver is skilled enough to park anywhere. |
104 | * ImprobablyCoolCar: A character owns a car so cool it seems out of place with the locale or their finances. |
105 | * InvincibleClassicCar: A classic car is shown to be virtually indestructible. This is attributed to "they built them better back in the day." |
106 | * JustKeepDriving: Cars don't stop, no matter what's happening. |
107 | * KidsDrivingCars: A person too young to drive legally finds themselves behind the wheel. |
108 | * LivesInAVan: A character's home is their vehicle, often a van. |
109 | * MatchingBadGuyVehicles: All the bad guys drive the same make, model, and color car. |
110 | * MetallicarSyndrome: A car so distinctive that it ''should'' be a liability, isn't. |
111 | * MidlifeCrisisCar: A middle-aged person buys an incredibly fancy, expensive, or impractical car. |
112 | * MissedTheBus |
113 | * MolotovTruck: A vehicle becomes an improvised weapon by loading it with explosives and crashing it into a target. |
114 | * MommyMobile: A boring but practical car meant for transporting families. |
115 | * MonowheelMayhem: A motorcycle or other small vehicle inside a giant wheel. |
116 | * MotorcycleDominoes: A row of parked motorcycles is knocked over. |
117 | * MotorcycleJousting |
118 | * MotorcycleOnTheCoastRoad |
119 | * MultiTrackDrifting |
120 | * MurderByRemoteControlVehicle |
121 | * MyCarHatesMe: The car doesn't work correctly no matter what the driver does. |
122 | * NitroBoost |
123 | * OneWheeledWonder: A vehicle that balances on a single wheel. |
124 | * OptionalTrafficLaws: A piece of media, often a video game, where users are allowed to break common traffic rules without penalty. |
125 | * ParallelParking: Parking parallel to the curb. This is portrayed as very difficult and can be shown to use a driver's inexperience (if they're bad at it) or expertise (if they do it with ease). |
126 | * ParkingPayback: Revenge for taking someone's parking spot. |
127 | * ParkingProblems: Making do with whatever parking space is available, even if it's unusual, illegal, or downright impossible. |
128 | * PassingJudgment: Character does something embarrassing in public and gets stared at by appalled passengers of a vehicle. |
129 | * PedalToTheMetalShot: A shot of a character's foot pressing the gas pedal all the way down. |
130 | * PedestrianCrushesCar: A pedestrian causes serious damage to a moving car while remaining unharmed. |
131 | * PimpedOutCar: A car with all the bells and whistles. |
132 | * PitGirls: An attractive woman at the races who performs ceremonial duties such as waving the starting flag or bringing a trophy to the winner. |
133 | * PopTheTires: Damaging a vehicle's tires in order to stop it. |
134 | * PostApocalypticTrafficJam: After the apocalypse, the highways leading out of the cities are jammed with long-abandoned cars that were attempting to flee. |
135 | * ThePreciousPreciousCar: A car is a character's most prized possession and they refuse to let anyone else touch it. |
136 | * PunkInTheTrunk: A person hidden in the trunk of a car. |
137 | * RamByBraking: Stopping your vehicle abruptly to cause your pursuer to crash into you. |
138 | * ResurrectTheWreck: An abandoned or derelict vehicle is restored to functioning. |
139 | * RiceBurner: A cheap but fuel-efficient vehicle, often of Japanese origins. |
140 | * RockStarParking: The driver always gets the best parking spot. |
141 | * RomanticRideSharing: Two characters bond by sharing a vehicle that holds only two (such as a horse or motorcycle), requiring them to be in close proximity. |
142 | * RunningOverThePlot: Someone is hit or run over by a car, kicking off the plot. |
143 | * SafeDrivingAesop: The moral of the story emphases safe driving. |
144 | * SentientVehicle: The car is aware of its occupants and surroundings. |
145 | * ShagWagon: A vehicle set up to facilitate love-making. |
146 | * SinisterCar: A car that is visibly up to no good. |
147 | * StealingTheHandicappedSpot: An unauthorized person parks in a handicapped spot to show their disregard for others. |
148 | * SunroofShenanigans: Using a sunroof to misbehave or have fun. |
149 | * SurpriseCarCrash: A car crash comes out of nowhere, taking the driver and the audience off-guard. |
150 | * TankGoodness: A tank portrayed as the ultimate vehicle for defense. |
151 | * TanksButNoTanks: Vehicles similar to (but not technically ) tanks are just referred to as tanks. |
152 | * TanksForNothing: Tanks are ineffective. |
153 | * TheTaxi: A taxi and/or its driver is an important or central element of the story. |
154 | * ThatPoorCar: An event large enough to set off the alarms of multiple cars at once. |
155 | * TechnicallyATransport: A civilian vehicle is upgraded to withstand an attack. |
156 | * {{Thememobile}}: The vehicle is themed to match its driver's motif. |
157 | * TourGuideGag: A tour guide explains to their tourists the action happening outside their vehicle. |
158 | * ToyotaTripwire: A person or vehicle crashes into a car door that opens suddenly. |
159 | * TrappedInASinkingCar: A character is trapped inside a vehicle as it goes underwater. |
160 | * TrojanAmbulance: An ambulance is used for a purpose other than medical rescue, due to the fact that people in general do not attempt to hinder ambulances. |
161 | * UnconventionalVehicleChase: A chase using vehicles other than a standard car. |
162 | * UnderTheTruck: A chase scene in which another, smaller vehicle is able to pass under a big rig. |
163 | * V8EngineNoises: A vehicle's engine makes the distinctive V8 revving noise, even though it does not have a V8 engine. |
164 | * VanInBlack: A van used by a government agency for surveillance or a sting operation. |
165 | * VanityLicensePlate: A car has a specialty plate reflecting the personality of its owner. |
166 | * VehicularAssault: Using a vehicle as a weapon to harm others. |
167 | * VehicleBasedCharacterization: The character's car reflects their personality. |
168 | * VehicularKidnapping: Kidnappers throw their victim into a vehicle and drive away. |
169 | * VehicularSabotage: A vehicle is rendered inoperable. |
170 | * WatchThePaintJob: The likelihood of a car being damaged is inversely proportional to the owner's desire to keep it pristine. |
171 | * WeaponizedCar: A car is custom-fitted with weaponry. |
172 | * WiperStart: A driver attempts to start a car but only succeeds in turning on the wipers. |
173 | * TheWorkhorse: A vehicle which, while not the newest, fanciest, or prettiest, is incredibly tough and reliable. |
174 | [[/index]] |
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