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* ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankUpYourArsenal''
-->'''Captain Qwark:''' [flying toward nefarious secret base in the shuttle] Shotgun!

Simply put, a character sees a CoolCar that they know they will never get to drive and will do the next best thing: they call shotgun! (The front seat, for those unfamiliar with the metaphor) Bonus points if they beat out another character by a fraction of a second.

* ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons''. Note that the driver is the ''hat''.

Simply put, a character sees a CoolCar that he knows he will never get to drive and will do the next best thing: He calls shotgun! (The front seat, for those unfamiliar with the metaphor) Bonus points if he beats out another character by a fraction of a second.

*** And then Sarge turns it into a codeword so Simmons and Grif can generally do something awesome with it.

* In the opening ChaseScene of ''Film/MadMax'', MFP officers [[ThoseTwoGuys Roop and Charlie]] squabble LikeAnOldMarriedCouple over who's driving the car. First Charlie is driving with Roop in passenger seat with a double-barrelled shotgun. After their first crash Roop insists on taking the wheel, and they get into another crash that leaves Charlie permanently disabled.

* In the opening ChaseScene of ''Film/MadMax'', MFP officers [[ThoseTwoGuys Roop and Charlie]] squabble over who's driving the car. First Charlie is driving (because he's been assigned) with Roop in passenger seat with a double-barrelled shotgun. After their first crash Roop insists on taking the wheel, and they get into another crash that leaves Charlie permanently disabled.

* In the opening ChaseScene of ''Film/MadMax'', MFP officers [[ThoseTwoGuys Roop and Charlie]] squabble over who's driving the car. Roop wins and Charlie bears the consequences, as they get into a crash that leaves Charlie permanently disabled.

* Inverted in the season two finale of ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. When Reese and Shaw steal a sports car, Shaw hands Reese her shotgun so he won't feel inadequate while she drives.
* Used several times for comedic effect in ''Series/TheInbetweeners''.
** In the episode where Simon gets his car, the boys are going to Thorpe Park, and he picks up Will first. Will naturally sits on the front seat, and when they stop to pick up Jay, Simon and Will both get out of the car to greet him. When Will is about to get back to the front seat, Jay instantly calls shotgun. Will has not heard of shotgun before, and it is explained to him, after which Jay and Simon insist he should sit at the backseat. Cue one of Will's usual "unwritten rule I have never about heard before or just don't like" rants.
** In a later episode, Simon lets his own girlfriend sit in the backseat, in the uncomfortable space between Will and Jay, just because Neil called shotgun, and she does not manage to change his mind. While Simon is often the OnlySaneMan, he certainly has a noticeable quirk in how he follows the shotgun rules like they are laws with capital punishment for breaking them.

* The ''Webcomic/PerryBibleFellowship'' shows us the correct way to settle draws [[http://pbfcomics.com/comics/shotgun/ here]].

* ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons''

* The ''Webcomic/PerryBibleFellowship'' shows us the correct way to settle draws [[http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF113-Shotgun.jpg here]].

* ''WebVideo/TheHire''. A VisualPun in "Beat the Devil". JamesBrown and CliveOwen must win a drag race with the Devil (played by GaryOldman) who's seated next to DannyTrejo as his driver. Oldman starts the race by firing a shotgun out the sunroof of his CoolCar.

* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. Friendly human [=NPCs=] will often call out 'shotgun' while you or another character is driving a vehicle and the gunner position is already taken.

* ''VideoGame/{{Halo}}''. Friendly human [=NPCs=] will often call out 'shotgun' while you or another character is driving a vehicle and the gunner position is already taken.

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* ''TheSarahConnorChronicles'' episode "Queen's Gambit":

* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife2: Episode 2'', Alyx Vance playfully calls "Shotgun!" before she and Gordon Freeman go riding in a dune buggy-like car.

-->-- ''RedVsBlue''