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* The Great Fox from the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' series, had several emotional moments such as when it was in disrepair in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures'', and how they had to destroy it after it was upgraded in ''VideoGame/StarFoxAssault''.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** The Tornado. Though the plane is Sonic's, Tails usually flies the biplane while Sonic stands on it's wings to get where they want to go. Playing as Tails (or Knuckles) in the Genesis games will put Sonic at the controls, however.

** The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 series]] reimagined the Turtle Van as The Battle Shell (a converted armored truck), and Raph's bike as The Shell Cycle. It also gave them a bunch of other vehicles like the Sewer Slider (hovercraft) and Turtle Tunneler (drill). As the series went on they kept acquiring and building more including a submarine, helicopter, and a train. All of these vehicles were destroyed halfway through season 4, probably because they had way too many to keep track of. It was eventually limited to another new version of the Battle Shell (a converted moving van) and the helicopter.

* The Thundertank from ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}''

* The Planet Express Ship in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''

* Technically, at least in the movies, ''every single Film/{{Transformer|sFilmSeries}}'' and his vehicle form: It's shown that they ''can'' choose their vehicle forms, they just like that one car better. Probably.

* Technically, at least in the movies, ''every single Film/{{Transformer|s}}'' and his vehicle form: It's shown that they ''can'' choose their vehicle forms, they just like that one car better. Probably.

* The Bat-vehicles for Franchise/{{Batman}} and the Bat Family, especially the Batmobile. Robin, meanwhile, is typically seen with a motorcycle, though [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim]] had an armored red sport car called the Redbird.

* Until ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' came along, the Magic Cloud was this to Goku.
** Then there's Frieza's flying seat. He only left it when there was literally nobody else left to fight the heroes.

* Almost every single crew in ''Manga/OnePiece'' has his own ship with their customized Jolly Roger, the most obvious example being the Strawhats' ship, the Going Merry [[spoiler:and later, the Thousand Sunny.]]
** There's also Aokiji and his bicycle. That he uses to cross the seas. [[SuperDrowningSkills Better not fall off]]...

* The Bat-vehicles for Franchise/{{Batman}} and the Bat Family, especially the Batmobile.
** Robin is typically seen with a motorcycle, though [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim]] had an armored red sport car called the Redbird.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' Episodes IV through IX feature the ''Millennium Falcon''.
** Except for Luke, he prefers his trusty old X-wing.

* Almost every single ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' show will have a team ''Mecha'' made of each character's own vehicle.

* Rush from ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' fulfills all three roles by being Mega's one seater transport, TeamPet and RobotBuddy. Though in a series where all the main characters are androids the last bit is debatable.
** Predating Rush is Dr. Wily's Wily Saucer. Though initially part of the doctor's final boss weapons, it later became regulated to an escape/transportation vehicle and, with the exception of ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'' has remained consistent in appearance.

* Wario has his purple Wario Car in the ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series and a motorbike in the ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' series, both of which have appeared in ''VideoGame/MarioKart''

* The Gummi Ship in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', but specifically the Highwind models.

* Link is typically associated with Epona, or other unnamed red furred, white maned horses. Though some Links get their own transports depending on the game such as ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker's'' The King of Red Lions or ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword's'' The Crimson Loftwing.

* The Tornado from the ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' series. Though the plane is Sonic's, Tails usually flies the biplane while Sonic stands on it's wings to get where they want to go. Playing as Tails (or Knuckles) in the Genesis games will put Sonic at the controls, however.

** This was spoofed in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' in the episode where nu metal band Music/{{Korn}} take on the roles of the Scooby-Doo gang, investigating the terrible haunting by Pirate Ghosts in South Park, Colorado. Their band bus had a suspicious resemblence to the Mystery Machine.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens'' has the Teen Club Stretch Limo, which has a hot tub in the back.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' have two cars, the pink one being Homer's and the orange one Marge's.
** Also, Otto is almost always seen with the School Bus.

** The United States Presidential state car, colloquially known as "Cadillac One" or simply "The Beast", is a limousine designed from scratch and built on a ''truck platform'' specifically for the US President; unlike the vast majority of state cars around the world, it has no civilian or even rank-and-file military counterpart whatsoever. In the air, while technically, "Air Force One" refers to any airplane that the President is currently in, the planes normally taking the role are heavily modified Boeing VC-25s [[note]]a militarized version of Boeing's iconic 747[[/note]] with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Air_Force_One_over_Mt._Rushmore.jpg custom livery]].

* ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' has Tabitha and her familiar, ''a dragon'', Saito and the WWII plane...

* ''Franchise/StarWars'' Episodes IV through VII feature the Millenium Falcon.

* The ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' have the ''Milano'', one of a class of ships used by the Ravager clan Peter grew up with. Future films in the MCU sees the team flying a larger vessel of similar design, the ''Benatar''.

* The Blue Falcon for Captain Falcon in ''VideoGame/FZero''. (Most characters' vehicles would count, but we see Falcon using it in other games such as ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'') In the Smash Bros. series he also have the Falcon Flyer.

* The Team from ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' typically flies around in Ms. Martian's bio-ship. Eventually Superboy gets his own vehicle when Sphere transforms into a flying motorcycle.

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* Each ''Franchise/MassEffect'' game has its own transport vehicle to get Shepard from the ''[[CoolStarship Normandy]]'' to the surface: the [[TankGoodness Mako]] in 1, the [[DropShip Kodiak]] in 2, and the [[SpaceFighter upgunned UT-47A Kodiak]] in 3. Of course, the Normandy itself applies, going through a different iteration in each game (The SR-1 SuperPrototype in the first game, then the MidSeasonUpgrade SR-2 and 3 in the succeeding games]].

* The ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'' have the ''Milano'', one of a class of ships used by the Ravager clan Peter grew up with.

* Series/Firefly has the eponymous ''Serenity''. For land transportation, they used a front-end loader/quadracycle mashup called the Mule.

* Series/TheATeam has its signature van.

SisterTrope to ThemeMobile, where the vehicle sports the team colors but isn't iconic/emotionally linked to the character/team. See also GlobalAirship, which is usually a SignatureTeamTransport for a party of RPG heroes.

** The [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 series]] reimagined the Turtle Van as The Battle Shell (a converted armored truck), and Raph's bike as The Shell Cycle. It also gave them a bunch of other vehicles like the Sewer Slider (hovercraft) and Turtle Tunneler (drill). As the series went on they kept acquiring and building more including a submarine, helicopter, and a train.
*** All of the 2003 turtles vehicles were destroyed halfway through season 4, probably because they had way too many to keep track of. It was eventually limited to another new version of the Battle Shell (a converted moving van) and the helicopter.

* Each racing team from ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' has its own car with a unique design and gadgets.
** Each car had a distinctive name, too.

* ''VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown'' (and the expansion, Enemy Within) has the Skyranger (codenamed "Big Sky") that transports your entire army to each of its destination, one squad at a time, one mission at a time. Deconstructed, with a dash of RealityEnsues, when (due to having one Skyranger) you can only go to one crisis zone at a time while ignoring others (resulting in an increase in panic).

* The Comicbook/FantasticFour have the Fantasticar, a huge jet that can be separated into four smaller ones.

* ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'': Nite Owl II has "Archie", an owl-themed aircraft that recalls his old days as a vigilante.
* The Blackbird from ComicBook/XMen. The original was literally a modified Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, illustrating that Professor X is both [[{{Fiction500}} ridiculously wealthy]] and incredibly well-connected, because Lockheed never sold such planes to ''anybody'' except the US government.

* ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'' have their Quinjets.
* The second Comicbook/BlueBeetle (Ted Kord) has his "Bug", a beetle-shaped airship.

* ''{{Series/Angel}}'':

* The Gold Saucer Buggy and later the Highwind airship for AVALANCHE/Team Cloud in VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII.
* The Corvega Motors Highwayman (the only working car in the wasteland!) for The Chosen One's team in VideoGame/{{Fallout 2}}.
* The Great Fox from the VideoGame/StarFox series, had several emotional moments such as when it was in disrepair in VideoGame/StarFoxAdventures, and how they had to destroy it after it was upgraded in VideoGame/StarFoxAssault

* The Tornado from the VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog series. Though the plane is Sonic's, Tails usually flies the biplane while Sonic stands on it's wings to get where they want to go. Playing as Tails (or Knuckles) in the Genesis games will put Sonic at the controls, however.

* In ''Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', the Recruit steals the Ebon Hawk blockade runner from an arms dealer on [[CityPlanet Taris]] and uses it to flee the Sith fleet. The Ebon Hawk is designed to evoke the [[Franchise/StarWars Millennium Falcon]], and functions as a HubLevel for traveling between planets, switching party members and having conversations. The Hawk returns in [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords the sequel]], albeit [[GhostShip sans most of its hull and almost all the crew]] until it is repaired, where it serves the same function as the first game.

* The ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' have the Party Wagon or Turtle Van (a converted T2 Bus) and the [[HighlyVisibleNinja Turtle Blimp, both with their logo on it.]]
** One of the few things kept from TheNextMutation series was giving Raphael a personal motorcycle.
** The 2003 series renvisioned the Turtle Van as The Battle Shell (a converted armored truck), and Raph's bike as The Shell Cycle. It also gave them a bunch of other vehicles like the Sewer Slider (hovercraft) and Turtle Tunneler (drill). As the series went on they kept acquiring and building more including a submarine, helicopter, and a train.

** The 07 movie also implies that the Turtle Van has since been re-appropriated into Cowabunga Carl's van since they stopped being crime fighters. Raph still rides a motorcycle as Nightwatcher.
** The 2012 series re-imagines the Turtle Van again as The Shellraiser (a converted subway car). They also have interlocking and detachable go-karts called Patrol Buggys, and Raph has a Stealth Bike.

* The Planet Express Ship in ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}''
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMysteriousCitiesOfGold'' has The Condor. It's even mentioned in the theme song.

* The ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' gang and their Mystery Machine. The van's exact model has changed over the years, but it almost always sports the famous green-and-blue paintjob[[note]]The "classic" model (in the trope image) appears to be most like a 1961-1966 Chevy Sportvan, while later models resembled a 1980's Chevy G-Series van or a Chevy Astro Minivan.[[/note]].

* ''Series/Psych'' had "The Blueberry", a blue 2002 Toyota Yaris. It was technically a company car that belonged to Gus, but since Shawn only had a motorcycle (that seldom showed up after the first season) and the police usually used interchangeable cruisers, it was easily the most distinctive car on the show, and the unofficial transport of the Psych Detective Agency.

* In ''Videogame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', the Recruit steals the Ebon Hawk blockade runner from an arms dealer on [[CityPlanet Taris]] and uses it to flee the Sith fleet. The Ebon Hawk is designed to evoke the [[Franchise/StarWars Millennium Falcon]], and functions as a HubLevel for traveling between planets, switching party members and having conversations. The Hawk returns in [[KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords the sequel]], albeit [[GhostShip sans most of its hull and almost all the crew]] until it is repaired, where it serves the same function as the first game.

* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'''s magic carpet, who also doubles as a character.

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