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7	->'''Mickey:''' Hey, who's drivin'?\
8	'''Donald:''' Yeah, who's driving?!\
9	'''Goofy:''' [''sitting at the table with them, eating popcorn''] Why, ''I'm'' driving!
10	-->-- The WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse cartoon ''WesternAnimation/MickeysTrailer''
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12	The characters are in a larger vehicle and the driver comes back to where the passengers are in order to have a conversation, leading to the obvious question of who is driving now. Once the [[LampshadeHanging you-know-what has been hung]] (often with an OhCrap from at least one character), [[PuffOfLogic the vehicle crashes.]] Surprisingly often it's revealed that an animal has taken the wheel, though this doesn't make the crash any less likely, because, well, it's an animal. Alternatively, [[TheDitz a particularly clueless character]] may have engaged "cruise control" under the impression that it will function as an autopilot and allow the vehicle to drive itself for a while.
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14	Compare DrivesLikeCrazy.
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16	Your friend [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxTe28OsK0 YouTube]] has a fine compilation of examples, as always.
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18	!!Examples:
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21	[[folder:Advertising]]
22	* A Doritos commercial has a boy on a school bus with some Doritos in hand, which leads to everyone crowding around him for one... including the bus driver.
23	* One Trix commercial had an engineer (who looked like the Rabbit) ask this before he realized he was supposed to.
24	* 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".
25	* In the original commercials for ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' toys, the Rangers are piloting the Megazord and later Ultrazord and start wondering which one of them is doing the driving. After a MassOhCrap, they end up crashing through a wall into a boy's bedroom.
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28	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
29	* In the third ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' film, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheHauntsOfEvil''. The gang is on Doraemon's boat sailing along the Congo River, when Gian - who's supposed to be steering - goes to the deck to join the others in taunting some crocodiles. Doraemon suddenly asks this question when seeing the whole gang on top deck, seconds before the boat hits some rocks and starts sinking in the gator-infested river. They barely escape from the gators, and Gian expectedly blames himself over the incident later on.
30	* ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'': This happens with a blimp at the beginning of the Orange Islands arc. Twice. With the same blimp.
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33	[[folder:Comic Books]]
34	* In the European comic ''[[TimotheeTitan Timothée Titan]]'', after the hero is transported to the alien starship, both crewmember gather around him and proceed to describe the situation. Only halfway through one of them realizes that nobody's at the helm, and the ship crashes down on a planet moments later.
35	* Happens in ''ComicBook/DangerGirl: The Chase'' #2, when Anastasia attempts to kill Valerie in the back of the van Sonya is driving (having already shoved Sydney out of the van). Sonya dives into the back to save Valerie, leading to this exchange:
36	-->'''Valerie:''' Sonya?! What are you doing?!
37	-->'''Sonya:''' What does it look like? I'm kicking her ass!
38	-->'''Valerie:''' But if you're back here--'''WHO'S DRIVING THE VAN?!'''
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41	[[folder:Fan Works]]
42	* ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/7895415/1/Maybe-You-Can-Hire-Your-Family Maybe You Can Hire Your Family]]'' (a ''Franchise/StargateVerse'' / ''Series/TheATeam'' crossover and sequel to ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/6378497/1/The-Family-Team The Family Team]]''): At one point, three of the four A-Team members (including an unconscious BA) are in the back of their plane, when their pilot Murdock comes back to join them. Face's immediate reaction: "If you're our pilot, who's flying the plane?" The "cue the crash" part of the trope, however, is subverted when Murdock explains that he let his nephew Daniel Jackson, who's also a capable pilot, take over.
43	* ''[[FanFic/AdoptedDisplaced Three More Things!]]'' (a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' / ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' crossover): The conclusion of the ''And He Does His Own Stunts" arc has all five human characters (Jackie, Jade, Uncle, Tohru and Viper) and the Cutie Mark Crusaders in the back of their vehicle, when Viper suddenly wonders who's driving. Cut to a shot of Apple Bloom's pet, the magically mutated Venus Flytrap [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey III]], wearing a cowboy hat and mustache and singing "[[Music/WillieNelson On the Road Again]]" as he steers them through traffic.
44	* ''Fanfic/ADiplomaticVisit'': Late in the epilogue of the third story, ''Diplomacy Through Schooling'', while the girls are talking, Fluttershy asks this after pointing out that they're all out on the deck of their airskimmer, including their pilot... luckily, Spike explains that he's got the autopilot on, which is perfectly safe for when they're flying in the less populated areas.
45	* In [[https://ophionyx.tumblr.com/post/639664604957622272/just-another-day-on-louis-airship this]] ''VideoGame/FlightRising'' fancomic, Louis the Tundra dragon heads to the back of his airship to grab a drink. When asked who's flying the ship, Louis responds that his first mate is. Said first mate is a tree frog on the ship's wheel.
46	* In ''[[https://youtu.be/xU6NCwX4tdk this]]'' ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' fancomic, the [=JoJos=] are all on a plane and Josuke is wondering which [=JoJo=] is flying. It then turns out to be Joseph Joestar... [[RunningGag with the plane soon crashing down]].
47	* ''Fanfic/MariaCampbellOfTheAstralClocktower'': When Maria's carriage is finally repaired, she needs to go somewhere in the rain, so she tells her driver to go home. Her boyfriend and his coworker spend several minutes trying and failing to get Maria to understand that ''carriages aren't supposed to be able to move without a driver''. Apparently, as a reincarnate from ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'', Maria's carriage will just automatically move exactly as she wishes, no matter whether she's paying attention or even awake.
48	-->'''Larna Smith:''' How do the horses know where they're going?\
49	'''Maria:''' ''[gives her a pitying look]'' Horses don't know where they're going. They're horses. They're not smart enough to know. They just pull the carriage.
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53	[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
54	* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAgeDawnOfTheDinosaurs'', 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.]]''
55	* 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.
56	* In ''WesternAnimation/AnExtremelyGoofyMovie'', On the way to college, Max and PJ are trying to read the map, but Max is confused about which way is the right way to go and PJ admits that he has no sense of direction, so Bobby decides to help them read the map by pointing to the correct locations. Thing is, Bobby's supposed to be driving the van, and the trio wind up plowing through a cornfield after narrowly dodging an incoming semi truck.
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59	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
60	* Happens on ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' when Fozzie helps Kermit try to find the route to Hollywood on a map. Kermit asks who's driving, and they nearly crash into the abandoned church where they meet the Electric Mayhem.
61	* Happens in the second ''Film/CannonballRun'' movie. For some unknown reason, Mel Tillis has switched places with the [[ItMakesSenseInContext chimp who was "driving" the limo]]. The chimp then gets into a fight with Tony Danza who eventually climbs up front with Tillis. Tillis invokes the trope and Danza points out that the chimp is. That's when they drive through the trailer home.
62	* Played with in ''Film/TheGodsMustBeCrazy'': When crossing an area of hundreds of miles of flat, unbroken land, the driver of a jeep sets the cruise control, locks the steering wheel and goes back to talk with his passengers.
63	* In the [[Film/TheThreeStooges Three Stooges]] short "Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise," the boys somehow all end up in the back seat of a moving car, the driverless condition of which is only noticed as they approach a cliff, and Curly calmly and chirpily remarks, "Hmm...don't look now, but I think we're about to be killed!"
64	* In ''Film/ResidentEvilAfterlife'', Alice (the real one) manages to get the drop on Wesker as he taking off in a plane. Wesker stabs her with some kinda antidote that takes away her powers and proceeds to beat her up and gloat. However in his little moment. he seems to have forgotten that there are only two people on said plane: Alice and him...And he was driving. Cue him trying to rush back to the controls and the plane flying directly into a mountain.
65	* In ''Film/{{Scooby Doo Monsters Unleashed}}'', Fred tells Shaggy to drive the Mystery Machine while he and the girls try to fend off the Pterodactyl Ghost chasing them.
66	-->'''Fred:''' This is bad!
67	-->'''Shaggy:''' No doubt.
68	-->'''Fred:''' Shaggy?
69	-->'''Shaggy:''' Yeah?
70	-->'''Fred:''' Who's driving?
71	-->'''Shaggy:''' Uh...
72	-->''(the gang looks behind and notices that Scooby is the only one sitting in front)''
73	* Variation: In ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'', Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett find themselves in a small plane with an unconscious pilot. As Buddy clings to the controls, Mickey gets ground control on the radio. They assess the situation and ask "Who's flying the plane?" Buddy gestures to himself; Mickey looks at him and calls back "Who's flying the plane?? ''Nobody's'' flying the plane!!!"
74	* ''Film/{{Congo}}''. After their plane is fired on by AntiAir, the passengers start strapping on parachutes, except one man who refuses to go because it's too dangerous.
75	-->'''Munro:''' Do you know how to fly this plane?
76	-->'''Elliot:''' No...
77	-->'''Munro:''' Well the pilot and copilot have already gone, so what are you going to do?
78	* PlayedForDrama in ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'' when the passengers suddenly realise that ''all'' the hijackers have left the train, which is [[RunawayTrain racing down the line at an ever-increasing rate]].
79	* In ''Film/SilverStreak'', an official in the railroad's control center doesn't believe that the train is a runaway, because of its DeadmansSwitch. He actually 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.
80	* In ''Film/Anchorman2TheLegendContinues'' the news team are driving to New York in a van, and talking and laughing. When Brian asks Ron if he was supposed to be driving, and Ron explains he has cruise control on. Brian then explains that isn't how cruise control works and they crash.
81	* A non-comedic example in ''Film/ThirteenWomen''. When Burns sees the police car behind him, he bails out of the limousine and leaves Laura trapped in the speeding car. Sgt. Clive has to [[HighSpeedHijack jump from car to the other]] to steer the limo off the road.[[note]]While in a modern car taking your foot off the accelerator would cause the car to slow down, and possibly stall, luxury cars in the 1930s often came with a hand throttle that allowed the driver to set the speed to remain constant with no further input.[[/note]]
82	* ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''. The War Rig is stuck in a quagmire. Furiosa is working on freeing the rig from the mud. The rig lurches forward, revealing Max on the other side, also working to free it. They give each other the briefest look, then simultaneously burst off in pursuit, realizing that neither of them were driving it as the other assumed. It's actually Nux, who they assumed had been thrown off the vehicle long before. Fortunately he's decided to pull a HeelFaceTurn and is just trying to help.
83	* 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 -- "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint We should all drive]]!" A ''third'' steering wheel pops up in front of him, and soon the S.L.O.W. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome is sent into a tailspin because of three people all attempting to control it.]]
84	* ''Film/StepBrothers'': While everyone watches [[StylisticSuck the music video Brennan and Dale filmed on Robert's sailboat]], Robert realizes no one has been shown steering the boat and asks the two who was. Cue the music video ending with the boat crashing into the shore and being destroyed, much to his horror.
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87	[[folder:Literature]]
88	* A variation in ''Literature/TheCourtshipOfPrincessLeia''. Han is captured by the BigBad and is about to be [[ToThePain killed in an extremely egregious fashion]] when the ''Falcon'' comes to the rescue, guns blazing, and nearly takes the villain's head off (a feat of considerable precision for a freighter). Okay, he figures, it must be [[SpacePirate Isolder]] flying and Luke on the guns. Then when the Falcon picks him up, he walks in to find ''Luke'' flying (and acting as co-pilot), and Isolder and Leia rubbernecking about his ImprobablePilotingSkills. So, he wonders, who's the gunner? [[spoiler: It turns out Luke's on the guns, too, thanks to the Force.]]
89	* ''Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids'': The passengers on the plane have a moment of this, when they realise that if they are all blind, the pilot must be as well, and they all crowd towards the cockpit at once.
90	* There are two occasions in ''Literature/ThomasAndFriends'' when an engine has no driver.
91	** In "Old Iron", two boys set James moving, and jump out: James is horrified when he realises that he has no driver. The signalman sees this happen, and a chase ensues with Edward running alongside James, with a driver trying to climb across to James's cab.
92	** In "Thomas comes to Breakfast", Thomas decides to creep outside the shed, and "wheesh" loudly to make the others jump. He believes he can move by himself, but this only happens because a careless cleaner had meddled with his controls. He then finds himself moving along unable to stop, and crashes into the station master's house, while he and his family are having breakfast.
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95	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
96	* ''Series/DoctorWho''. In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS38E1E2Spyfall "Spyfall"]], the Doctor and her companions are chasing a CorruptCorporateExecutive, and jump onto his private jet just as it's taking off. Unfortunately they realise they've been LuredIntoATrap when it turns out the man they were chasing isn't on board.
97	-->'''Graham:''' Who's flying the plane?!
98	-->'''O:''' Wrong question. Check the seat.
99	-->''(Doctor looks at the pilot seat and finds an IncrediblyObviousBomb)''
100	* ''Series/GetSmart''
101	** [[MonsterOfTheWeek Baddie of the Week]] [[Series/{{Ironside 1967}} Leadside]] is briefing his EvilMinions in the back of a truck he's using as a BaseOnWheels, and the scene ends with him asking that if they're all in the back, who's driving the truck? Unfortunately the joke is ruined by the establishing shot of the truck which clearly shows a driver.
102	** Happens at the end of another episode when Maxwell knocks out the pilots of an airliner 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.]]
103	* Happened once on ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', with Wash hanging out with the rest of ''Serenity'''s crew until the ship's proximity alarm goes off:
104	-->'''Wash''': Oh my God, what can it be? We're all ''doomed''! ''[[LargeHam Who's flying this thing?!]]'' ..oh, right. That would be me. Back to work.
105	* Happens in the ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode "My Road to Nowhere" when several characters go on a road trip:
106	--> '''JD:''' Ted, who's driving?
107	--> '''Ted:''' Oh, my bad.
108	--> '''Elliot:''' Maybe I should drive so we don't all die. No offense, Ted.
109	--> '''Ted:''' ''(Taking both hands off the wheel and turning completely to face her)'' None taken.
110	* In the ''Series/TheAdventuresOfPeteAndPete'' episode "Yellow Fever", driver Stu's crazy-trigger song is sung by a frustrated student...causing Stu to start singing along, eventually dancing down the aisle with deranged glee. At first, the class is just relieved that he hasn't flown into a rage, but after a minute, everyone ''but'' Stu realizes there's nobody driving the bus anymore.
111	* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In "Collective", the crew of the Delta Flyer leave the vessel on autopilot while they have a game of poker. Tom Paris is about to play a winning hand when he glances out the window and [[OhCrap sees a Borg cube bearing down on them.]]
112	* "Series/StargateAtlantis": At the end of "Sateda", Ronon has just been rescued by Sheppard, Teyla, [=McKay=] and Beckett aboard a Puddle Jumper. They share a few moments before realizing that none of them are piloting.
113	--> '''Sheppard:''' Who's flying the ship?
114	--> '''[=McKay=]:''' [not in the cockpit] Me.
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117	[[folder:Music]]
118	* ''[[Music/KidsPraise The Search For Psalty's Missing 9]]'': Psalty and the kids are on a plane, trying to find Risky Rat, and Charity Churchmouse tells them she's pinpointed the rat's exact location. After hearing where he is, Psalty realizes that Charity was the one flying the plane. But Charity assures him it's all right, since Blooper, Psalty's pet dog, took over.
119	-->'''Psalty''': My ''dog'' is flying the plane?!
120	-->'''Charity''': I'm a mouse, what's the difference?
121	* "Who's Driving This Thing?" by Music/GaryBarlow is an extended metaphor about a car full of musicians, which eventually concludes that, as they're all an important part of the song, they all are. But before that, it has a moment when Barlow (who is, of course, the singer) says "Don't tell me the singer is driving this thing!"
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124	[[folder:Newspaper Comics]]
125	* In one ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' [[http://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/2012/07/29 strip]], everyone in the Billy and the Boingers tour van is in the back discussing their upcoming gig, when Steve Dallas suddenly realizes that nobody's behind the wheel. Opus tells him "I pushed cruise control."
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128	[[folder:Video Games]]
129	* In ''VideoGame/KingsQuestIIIToHeirIsHuman'', if you use the sleep spell in the pirate ship too early (Before land is sighted), Gwydion will realize that he just put the only people capable of navigating to sleep, resulting in the ship wandering aimlessly across the ocean and a game over.
130	* PlayedForDrama in ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'''s prologue chapter. When the party pursues the fleeing Heinkel onto his airship, he informs them that they've just walked right into his trap - there's no escape but down, and only Heinkel and his men know how to pilot the airship, meaning that even if they overcome him, they'll die when the airship crashes. [[spoiler:Except, not quite - after the party fights and defeats Heinkel, Ringabel takes the helm of the airship and lands it safely, to the surprise of everyone present, [[LaserGuidedAmnesia including himself.]]]]
131	* ''VideoGame/PinkPantherPassportToPeril'': When Pink has to travel from China to India, his plane is hijacked by [[BumblingHenchmanDuo 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.
132	* ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'': In "Fleeing the Complex", one scenario involves Henry and Ellie, along with several other escaped inmates, getting into the back of a truck. It's not untill after they're all inside and closed the door that they realize there's nobody behind the wheel to actually drive the truck (one of the inmates actually quotes the trope name here). This leads to a fail.
133	* The plot of one ''WesternAnimation/{{Veggietales}}'' PC game is kicked off by Larry forgetting to fly his plane while trying to use a priceless artifact he was transporting as a cooking pot, which forces him to parachute out of the plane before it crashes, leaving the artifact behind in the plane to get stolen after the crash.
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136	[[folder:Webcomics]]
137	* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''; [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/02/05/episode-512-brb/ The Light Warriors and Dark Warriors are on a sailboat at sea. At one point Fighter calls both sides inside to announce that he's solved a non-existent mystery, and Black Mage gets fed up and leaves.]]
138	-->'''Black Mage:''' "My point precisely." Gimme a break. If I knew how to steer this thing, I'd drive us right into... Wait a second. Who '''Is''' steering this thing?\
139	''(Note on helm says, "Back in 10 -Bikke (Yar)"''\
140	'''''SHIPWRECK!'''''
141	* ''Webcomic/IWasKidnappedByLesbianPiratesFromOuterSpace'' does a spoof of TheMainCharactersDoEverything trope, with the rocketship crashing into a planet moments after someone asks this question during a crew conference.
142	* In ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'', after a battle against demons in the back of a wagon, Rhea points out that if the enemies are on the ground unconscious, and her allies are in the back talking, [[http://www.sdamned.com/comic/811 that means there's nobody driving.]]
143	* A variant occurs in ''Reporterz''. When Zard and Madoom go to attack Gabby and Ty, they naturally ask who's flying the plane. Zard reassures them that it's fine, he's enabled the autopilot. Then he points out that the autopilot program is powered by Microsoft Windows. [[TakeThat Cue plane crash.]]
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146	[[folder:Web Original]]
147	* ''WebVideo/StacheBros'': In "Episode 1-7 - Trouble on Yoshi's Island" of "Mario & Luigi! Stache Bros", when Bowser fights Mario for stealing his helicopter, Donkey Kong steps away from the wheel to see what's going on. When Wario asks who's flying the helicopter, everybody stares at Donkey Kong.
148	-->'''Donkey Kong:''' Ohhhhh...''that's'' what autopilot means!\
149	''[The helicopter spirals out of control]''
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152	[[folder:Western Animation]]
153	* Happens to a speedboat in ''WesternAnimation/AlmostNakedAnimals'' in the episode where Howie runs into his ImaginaryFriend.
154	* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts:
155	** ''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 stating that he's supposed to be driving, but his scramble to get back in the car ends up unhooking the trailer. All sorts of near-misses and almost-crashes occurred.
156	** Near the end of the 1952 WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} short "Two Weeks' Vacation", Goofy runs into [[RunningGag the trailer he kept running into throughout the cartoon]], where a wild party is being held in the back. As he finally passes the trailer, he shouts, "Why don't you watch where you're going?", only to find to his shock that the driver has decided to join the party and there's nobody driving the car.
157	* In the fourth episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'', 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?!"
158	* Played with in the sixth episode (Homecoming: A Shot in D'Arc) of ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'' when Gandhi and Genghis Khan attempt to kidnap a rival high school's mascot. After the duo drag the mascot into the back of Genghis's van and drive off Gandhi calls Genghis away from driving to help him remove the costume by force. Upon undoing the mascot's zipper a pile of internal organs fall out and the following exchange occurs:
159	-->'''Gandhi''': Oh my God! This isn't a kid in a costume, it's a living thing!\
160	''(Gandhi and Genghis both scream)''\
161	'''Gandhi''': Oh my God! He was genetically engineered with a zipper!\
162	''(Gandhi and Genghis both scream)''\
163	'''Gandhi''': Oh my God! Who's driving the van!?\
164	''(Everyone screams as the scene cuts to the exterior of the van, which stops at an intersection and signals before making a left-hand turn.)''
165	* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
166	** In [[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS1E2AOperationISCREAM the first episode]], Sector V hijacks a ice cream truck to grill info on the driver (ice cream men are {{Mooks}} work for the BigBad in this cartoon). They soon come across a blockade and Numbuh 4 goes to Numbuh 1, who are on top of the truck, to tell him this:
167	---> '''Numbuh 1''': Quick! Tell Numbuh 4 to turn the truck around!\
168	'''Numbuh 4''': I ''am'' Numbuh 4.\
169	'''Numbuh 1''': Then who's driving...!? (CRASH)
170	** In [[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorS2E10AOperationCAKEDTWO "Operation: C.A.K.E.D.T.W.O."]], where Numbuh 1 boards the Delightful Children's airship, only to find that it's a decoy, with Lizzie and four other kids posing as the Delightful Children:
171	--->'''Lizzie:''' Hi, Nigie! Bet you're wondering why I'm here, huh?\
172	'''Numbuh 1:''' Yes, that and why nobody seems to be steering this ship... ''[cue MassOhCrap from everyone before it crashes.]''
173	** In the series finale [[Recap/CodenameKidsNextDoorOperationINTERVIEWS "Operation: I.N.T.E.R.V.I.E.W.S."]], Number 1 starts to feel depressed while they're in one of their flying machines, and his teammates rally around him to give him a successful pep talk. Number 1 immediately springs into action giving everyone their orders.
174	--->'''Numbuh 1:''' Numbuh 5, find the nearest item on the list! 3 and 4, prep all weapons so we're ready for anything! And Numbuh 2...\
175	'''Numbuh 2:''' Yes, sir?\
176	'''Numbuh 1:''' ''[[[CasualDangerDialogue deadpan]]]'' [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Steer the ship, we're about to hit a mountain.]]
177	* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', Jay's parents, Franklin and Eleanor, are on vacation and flying on their private plane. Franklin goes to check on the pilot and discovers its a penguin... who's been drinking.
178	--> '''Franklin''': Wait a minute, penguins can't fly! ''PENGUINS CAN'T FLY!'' ''[[PuffOfLogic (The plane drops like a rock)]]''
179	* ''WesternAnimation/DangerMouse'' leaves Penfold in the Mk. III driverless for a spell while he battles Count Duckula in "The Great Bone Idol." Later in "Beware Of Mexicans Delivering Milk," he has his Mk. III on autopilot after his strength is sapped drinking spiked milk (he's so weak he says "If I'd had the strength, I'd blow my nose").
180	** "What A Three-Point Turn-Up For The Book" is even more bizarre. The Mk. III takes off without our heroes and assumes mischievous and even sinister traits. When DM finally corrals it, he finds the wirings of a washing machine installed.
181	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Freakazoid}}'', we see Air Force One caught in a bad storm. Upon being told that the pilot has bailed (whether that means he abandoned the plane or succumbed to motion sickness is left unclear), then-President Bill Clinton asks who's flying the plane. The answer: Everyone. In that everyone left on the plane was fighting over the wheel. Later that episode, after Freakazoid alters history by averting the Pearl Harbor attack, we see the same situation unfold, only with [[WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain The Brain]] as the President of the United States. Much like a similar incident in his own show, Pinky took the wheel.
182	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' plays with this without even asking the question. In "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E17Benderama Benderama]]", Bender creates two smaller clones of himself. During [[GoodTimesMontage 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]].
183	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' "Fear and Loathing in Endsville" where Grim and Dracula are in the back of truck with the truck driver while the truck is in motion. Grim hangs it.
184	%%* ''WesternAnimation/HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'': Occurs many times on the bus. Yumi hangs it in "Number Please".
185	* Happens in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' when [[DidntThinkThisThrough Jade knocks out the pilot of a plane and has to take the wheel]].
186	* On an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'', thanks to some [[TooDumbToLive less than brilliant]] 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.
187	* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' ChristmasSpecial had Johnny, Little Suzy, Donny Osmond, and a pilot flying on a plane to the North Pole. At one point, the characters begin to break into song including the pilot, at which point Johnny asks "Who's flying the plane?" To which the pilot answers "Duh! I am!", while he is most obviously not. The plane drops out of the sky like a rock. (Though not before Donny Osmond tells everyone to buckle up.)
188	* {{Parodied}} in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', where Dale (while driving) suggests that everyone take off their shirt. [[TooDumbToLive Including himself.]] Hank has to grab the steering wheel, leading to:
189	--> '''Dale''': Wait, Hank. If you're driving...[[ComicallyMissingThePoint then who's taking off your shirt?!]]
190	* ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'': "Slips, if you're here, then who's flying the plane?" Cue the inevitable crash.
191	* In ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', while Brain and Snowball are flying a plane, they leave the controls to settle a grudge match only to realize their mistake 3 seconds later:
192	-->'''Brain & Snowball:''' Who's flying the plane!?
193	-->'''Pinky:''' [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} I'm a birdyyy!]]
194	* ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'': The episode "Road Apples" has Ren, Stimpy and their owners sleeping in a large bed in their RV. Ren hangs it:
195	-->'''Ren:''' [[ExplainExplainOhCrap Wait, if everyone's asleep...]]'''''[[SuddenlyShouting THEN WHO'S DRIVING THE R.V.!?!?!?]]'''''
196	* Scooby-Doo handles the Mystery Machine in the made-for-video movie ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooCampScare''. He also drives a forklift and destroys the Fright Hound in episode 10 of ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated''.
197	** ''WesternAnimation/TheNewScoobyDooMovies'' episode "The Ghost of the Red Baron" (with the Three Stooges) has the Baron sending Velma airborne in a biplane. She doesn't know how to operate it and is flying around the airfield wildly.
198	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
199	** In the WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror segment "Nightmare at 5 1/2 Feet", Otto is seen with the students at one point. Once Milhouse points this out, he immediately rushes back to the wheel.
200	** It's not the only time Otto has done this. "Who's driving the bus?" "What bus?"
201	** In the episode "Bart on the Road", Bart gets a fake driver's license and goes on a road trip with Milhouse, Nelson, and Martin using Martin's recent stock market earnings to rent a car. At one point, Bart joins them in the backseat. When they ask who is driving, Bart casually answers "cruise control", mistaking cruise control for some form of auto-pilot. The car then plows right into a cornfield.
202	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'': Sandman is driving an armored truck, Spidey jumps in the cab and the two fight. Sandman asks; "Gee Webhead, if I'm over here... Who's driving?" No one is, and the truck plows right into a gate.
203	* The end of the ''WesternAnimation/SnooperAndBlabber'' cartoon "The Lion Is Busy" has [[EarlyBirdCameo Snagglepuss]] driving Snooper's car after Snooper and the Major are left handcuffed to each other at the adventurer's club. When Snooper's secretary Hazel tries to radio him:
204	-->'''Hazel:''' Hazel to Snoop. Hazel to Snoop.\
205	'''Snagglepuss:''' Snagglepuss to Hazel. Snooper's not available. He's having tea with the Major.\
206	'''Hazel:''' (''surprised'') Well! Who are ''you''?\
207	'''Snagglepuss:''' If I told you, you'd think I was a-lion...and you'd be right! Ta-ta!
208	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E13FireAcrossTheGalaxy "Fire Across the Galaxy"]] has a variant: After [[spoiler:the crew has been successfully rescued from Mustafar by Chopper, the ''Ghost'', and some Rebel reinforcements, Ezra has a question: Since Chopper was flying the stolen Imperial transport, who was flying the ''Ghost''? The answer turns out to be Fulcrum herself, Ahsoka Tano.]]
209	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Talespin}}'': On a couple occasions, Baloo engages the Sea Duck's autopilot so he can do stuff elsewhere in the plane. Said autopilot involves a piece of rope and a crowbar.
210	* There are two occasions in ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' when an engine has no driver.
211	** In "Old Iron", two boys set James moving, and jump out: James is horrified when he realises that he has no driver. The signalman sees this happen, and a chase ensues with Edward running alongside James, with a driver trying to climb across to James's cab.
212	** In "Thomas comes to Breakfast", Thomas decides to creep outside the shed, and "wheesh" loudly to make the others jump. He believes he can move by himself, but this only happens because a careless cleaner had meddled with his controls. He then finds himself moving along unable to stop, and crashes into the station master's house, while he and his family are having breakfast.
213	* Happens when Chef decides to join Chris in the main body of the plane during ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]''.
214	* Has occurred more than once on ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies''.
215	-->'''Sam''': Uh, girls? Since we knocked the pilot unconscious, who is flying this plane now?
216	* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' had one of these during lunch time, with every member of the RV claiming that another one of them is driving, only for them to point out that they are right there. This includes Pizza Steve saying that the RV is driving itself... only for the RV to ALSO be having lunch inside itself.
217	* ''WesternAnimation/VictorAndHugo'': In one episode, Hugo complains that he does not like where he is going, so Victor tells him to go someplace else. Hugo points out that he's not driving, which worries Victor as ''he'' isn't driving, either...then they realise that Interpol, their pet parrot, is the one driving.
218	* All over the place at the end of the ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' episode "Speeding For Smogland". A chain reaction crash causes Luke and Blubber, Red Max, Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth, the Gruesome Twosome, and Dick Dastardly and Muttley to be jettisoned from their cars into each other's cars. Dastardly is in the lead in the Arkansas Chuggabug, but the announcer informs him that he'll be disqualified for not being in the correct car. He stops and another chain reaction crash sends everyone back into their correct cars.
219	** Muttley has been seen driving the Mean Machine whenever Dastardly is otherwise preoccupied.
220	** In "Race Rally To Raleigh," Sgt. Blast winds up in Penelope Pitstop's car, the Compact Pussycat.
221	* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''. In "Misplaced", a spell has made every adult in the world disappear. Billy Batson (who can't [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} 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.
222	-->'''Amber:''' We're almost there. Should arrive just after midnight...on my birthday!
223	-->'''Billy:''' [[OhCrap Wait...]] are you telling me you'll turn eighteen at mid--? ''(Amber vanishes from the pilot seat)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck I'll take that as a yes.]]
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228	* There is an UrbanLegend / Website/DarwinAwards / [[FrivolousLawsuit Stella Award]] about various people who have gotten out of the driver's seat on an RV thinking that the Cruise Control was a form of autopilot.
229	* Similarly, there is a joke about the driver of a double-decker bus crashing his vehicle, and explaining to the inspector that he can't say what happened because at the time he was upstairs collecting passengers' fares.
230	* There was a case of three men holding up a jewelry shop, running out with the loot and piling into the getaway car, yelling "Drive!", only to realize ''all three'' were in the back, and arrested shortly thereafter.
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