History Main / BackseatDriver

* Yusei constantly gives this to Crow in the 2008 ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' show. Which Yusei tends to always show that BigBrotherInstinct attitude of his. And that he had more experience turbo dueling than his buddy; Crow.

-->'''Hyacinth:''' "Mind the pedestrian, Richard."\\
'''Richard''', panicked and braking: "Where?!"
-->'''Hyacinth''': "On the ''pavement'', Richard."

* Perhaps the epitome of a HenpeckedHusband, Richard Bucket ([[ItIsPronouncedTroPay pronounced "Bouquet"]]) suffers this from his wife in ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances''.

* Done quite literally in WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou episode ''That's Snow Ghost'', while being chased by the titular Snow Ghost, Scooby and Shaggy jump in a snowmobile with Shaggy driving and Scoob behind him. Seeing the Snow Ghost gaining on them, Scooby reaches over Shaggy's shoulder to take the wheel.

* The ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' GaidenGame ''TabletopGame/{{Gorkamorka}}'' had a skill called Backseat Driver. When a character with the skill was in a vehicle the driver could use their stats instead of his own for some driving checks.

* In ch. 2 of ''Webcomic/{{Outsider}}'', as a Loroi shuttle is trying to outrun Umiak torpedoes closing in on it, the pilot snaps a bit at the main character as he's asking questions while she's concentrating on piloting.
-->This shuttle does not fly from the rear seat, enzin!

* The Creator/TexAvery cartoon "WesternAnimation/CarsOfTomorrow" features a car (currently the page image) specifically built for Backseat Drivers... with the steering wheel and controls literally in the backseat!

* The Creator/TexAvery cartoon "Cars of Tomorrow" features a car (currently the page image) specifically built for Backseat Drivers... with the steering wheel and controls literally in the backseat!

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* Yusei constantly gives this to Crow in the 2008 ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' show. Which Yusei tends to always show that ''BigBrotherInstinct'' attitude of his. And that he had more experience turbo dueling than his buddy; Crow.

* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' Tim has to grab the wheel and shove Ives' foot off the gas pedal after Drury Walker tries to carjack Ives and Ives goes into sock and floors it. Ives only comes back to himself sometime after Tim has the car parked. Tim was doing some lighthearted backseat driving before the attempted carjacking as Ives was driving incredibly slowly in an effort to protect his mom's car.

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* ''Film/DrivingMissDaisy'' - Daisy starts off like this because she is angry about needing a chauffeur.
* In ''Film/BroadcastNews'', Jane gives specific, practically turn-by-turn directions to cabbies on a regular basis as part of her "need to be in control at all times"[[BuffySpeak -ness]].
* ''Film/IndependenceDay'' has the space ship variant where Creator/JeffGoldblum constantly shouts orders to Creator/WillSmith who tells him not to be a "side-seat driver".

* A plane varient in ''Film/SkyCaptainAndTheWorldOfTomorrow'', where Polly and Joe argue on the best route through town during rush hour.
* ''Film/ItsAMadMadMadMadWorld'' - Milton Berle's character has his mother-in law (Ethel Merman) taking this role to heart in a race to buried treasure. She bellows "We're the ones in the ''Imperial'' and we're in ''last place?''" Later, she continues barking orders to different drivers in different vehicles.

* Two chase scenes involving the hero not driving:
** Comedy example: ''Film/TheNakedGun'' has Frank [[FlashedBadgeHijack entering a vehicle asking them to]] FollowThatCar... and it's a [[DrivingTestSmashers driving school car]].
** Serious example: ''Film/{{Taken}} 2'' has Bryan guiding his daughter Kim as he both checks the GPS on directions to the US Embassy and fires some shots at times.

* In ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'', Spock and [=McCoy=] hijack one of [[BigBad Krall]]'s drone ships. [=McCoy=], who has some experience piloting one, grabs the controls that are slightly above the main compartment, while Spock is busy with the communications equipment in the forward area. As Spock continues to give [=McCoy=] advice, the Doctor exclaims, "Damn backseat driver!", causing Spock to shut up about the piloting.
* ''Film/PitchBlack'' gives us "co-pilot" Owens. For pretty much all of his screen time, all he does is heap demands on Fry, bitch when she tries to take any action, and generally be an unhelpful noisemaker during an emergency.

* Averted in ''Literature/TheSilkworm''. Protagonist Cormoran Strike lets his pretty assistant drive on the Motorway because of his prosthetic lower leg; when they encounter a dangerous collision close up, he tries to emergency-coach her. It turns out that [[HypercompetentSidekick Robin has taken advanced driving classes]] and handles the danger far better than he ever could have.

* Happens all the time on ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' when teams are tasked with driving themselves. As a bonus, because of the way the camera crew positions themselves in the car, the non-driving teammate is always positioned directly behind the driver.

* A sketch on the British radio show ''WeekEnding'' featured the car itself as this. The Austin Maestro featured a voice synthesiser to issue warnings to the driver - a supposedly amazingly futuristic innovation which was universally derided by the public. The sketch portrayed the synthesiser as a BackseatDriver which continually nagged and hassled the driver, annoying and distracting him so much that he ended up wrecking the car.

* Master Splinter became quite a backseat driver in the 2003 ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'' series, regularly commenting on the driver's actions.
* The Creator/TexAvery cartoon "Cars of Tomorrow" features a car (currently the page image) specifically built for Backseat Drivers... with the steering wheel and controls literally in the backseat!

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' episode "Spaced Out" proves this trope applies to spaceships as well.

* In a Mother's Day episode of ''WesternAnimation/BobbysWorld'', Bobby is asked to come up at an amusement park to give a speech about what he loves about his mother. [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes He starts giving out a lot of personal information about his family]] including that his dad said she could drive a car from the backseat. She was not happy to hear about that.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode, "The Big Question", while chasing down a motorcycle, Rocko is given this treatment by Heffer, Filburt and a third unknown person outside of Rocko's driver window. Rocko tells Heffer and Filburt "if you don't like the way I'm driving, then drive yourself"; so they do.

* Rose Howard from ''Literature/RainReign'' corrects people who don't obey the traffic laws. She ends up getting kicked off the school bus because the driver doesn't use a directional, and Rose yells "Mrs. Ringwood, stop!" causing a minor traffic jam.

* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In "The Car," Penny's mom gives her daughter continual running advice during the latter's first (and disastrous) first driving experience. Given how badly the girl does, it's more than justified. Mittens, who is stranded in the back seat, adds plenty of snark of her own.

* Master Splinter in the 2003 ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'' show.

* An early episode of ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Mr Barkin is driving several students in the school's Driver's Ed car, who keep commenting on his driving.

-->'''Lisa:''' Give it a little more gas. No, no, that's too much. You know what I think would help?
-->'''Marge:''' WHAT!? ''WHAT'' WOULD HELP!?
-->'''Lisa:''' ...Nothing.

* The WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife episode, "The Big Question", while chasing down a motorcycle, Rocko is given this treatment by Heffer, Filburt and a third unknown person outside of Rocko's driver window. Rocko tells Heffer and Filburt "if you don't like the way I'm driving, then drive yourself"; so they do.

* ''Film/PitchBlack'' gives us "co-pilot" Owens. For pretty much all of his screen time, all he does is heap demands on Fry, bitch when she tries to take any action, and generally be an unhelpful noisemaker during an emergency. [[spoiler:There's at least an attempt to give him a slightly noble slant in that he won't let Fry dump the cryo bay to correct the ship's attitude during the crash, but even that's called into question as his stated complaint is "company says we're responsible" for the passengers' lives. So even that token nobility is on shaky ground.]]

* WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents (episode "Spaced Out") proves this trope applies to spaceships as well.

* Perhaps the epitome of a HenpeckedHusband, Richard Bucket ([[ItsPronouncedTroPay pronounced "Bouquet"]]) suffers this from his wife in ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances''.
-->'''Hyacinth:''' "Mind the pedestrian, Richard."
-->'''Richard''', panicked and braking: "Where?!"

* [[LiteralMetaphor In a very literal form of this trope]], cars like the page image ''did'' exist early on in automotive history. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/woods_spider_8.jpg One such vehicle was the Woods Spider.]]

* [[LiteralMetaphor In a very literal form of this trope]], cars like the page image ''did'' exist early on in automotive history. One such vehicle was the Woods Spider.

* In ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' Tim has to grab the wheel and shove Ives' foot off the gas pedal after Drury Walker tries to carjack Ives and Ives goes into sock and floors it. He was doing some lighthearted backseat driving before that as Ives was driving incredibly slowly in an effort to protect his mom's car.

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* A severaly injured and distressed Dwight [=McCarthy=] becomes one in the ''ComicBook/SinCity'' story ''A Dame To Kill For''. Subverted in that Marv, the driver, takes his advice.

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* Quite literally in ''CannonballRun'' 2 when two of the characters participating go in a car with a very visible driver seat that has a ''orangutan'' suppose chauffeuring them. Turns out they're really driving the car from the backseat.

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