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T-shirts with slogans and a gang that looks suspicously clean,\\

Me and my friends from Central Casting laugh,\\\

* An "Operation: Lifesaver" used this trope in one of their "These Are the Next 60 Seconds Of Your Life" campaign commercials -- a group of teens tries to race a train to the crossing. It ends tragically.

* In the film ''Film/ForrestGump'' a group of kids in a pick-up truck torment Forrest, which fuses him to run.

* RingoStarr had a TV special where he encounters his double, a nobody in Los Angeles, who we first see heckled by an interracial gang of blond surfer dudes in a van who call him 'nerd'.

* RingoStarr had a tv special where he encounters his double, a nobody in Los Angeles, who we first see heckled by an interracial gang of blond surfer dudes in a van who call him 'nerd'.

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* In Music/RebeccaBlack's music video "Music/{{Friday}}", the kids are driving down the road in a [[http://imgur.com/oFJriu4 convertible, complete with passengers sitting on the rear deck, going to a party.]]
* In Patrice Williams Production, Jenna Rose's song "My Jeans" features a car that is packed full of an inexplicably large number of wild twelve-year-olds driving to the mall. The driver is also a minor obviously below driving age.
* In Music/{{Rush}}'s video for "Subdivisions", one of these is driving around the streets of a suburban neighborhood tormenting the uncool kids.
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** In episode "Viva Ned Flanders", Ned frets about being seen as old-fashioned and sees Grampa in a car with young ladies. It turns out they hijacked his car and he's being held hostage.

* PlayedWith on ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''--both episodes focusing on "the Cool Kids" (Sour Cream, Buck and Jenny) have them ride around in a convertible, but since they're [[LovableAlphaBitch nice people]], they don't do any of the griefing. Also, it's actually the Fish Stew Pizza delivery car, and thus smells like pepperoni.

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* In ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'' the Alpha Beta fraternity let loose a bunch of pigs at the Lamda house. When the Lamdas run outside to see what's going on, the [=ABs=] moon them from the back of the pig truck and then drive off.

They'll come as messengers to either remind the protagonist of how much of a loser he is, or tell them they are going to [[WildTeenParty a really cool party]], which the protagonist was not invited to. TheProtagonist will likely get [[RoadsideWave soaked]] as the car drives off.

Even more fun is if the people in the car moon others or throw things at them.

* [[MeanGirls "Get in loser, we're going shopping!"]]

* JamesBond encounters some of these in ''Octopussy''. They drive off when he needs a ride to the circus [[spoiler: where an atomic bomb is about to be detonated]]. [[note]]Rumor has it that one of the extras is a young Gary Russell, former editor of ''Doctor Who Magazine''.[[/note]]

* In Music/{{Rush}}'s video for "Subdivisions", one of these is driving around the suburban streets tormenting the uncool kids.

They'll come as messengers to either remind the protagonist of how much of a loser he is, or tell them they are going to [[WildTeenParty a really cool party]], which the protagonist was not invited to. BonusPoints if the protagonist [[RoadsideWave gets soaked]] as the car drives off.

** Again, while Kiki and Tombo are together, Tombo is asked to come along with a smaller [[http://imgur.com/mOgn0i2 group of kids in what appears to be the same convertible.]] Much to Kiki's chagrin, there's a snobbish girl in the car she delivered to. The kids in the car are not particularly mean, and actually speak neutrally about Kiki. However, since she feels uncool and knows the ungrateful nature of the girl in the front seat, her self-consciousness makes her feel like she's a ThirdWheel. She leaves to preserve her dignity.

->''""Hop in my Chrysler; it's as big as a whale and it's about to set sail. I got me a car, like, it seats about 20""''
-->-- '''[[Music/{{B52s}} The B-52s]]''', ''Love Shack''

This occurs frequently in shows or movies that take place in {{High School}} settings or {{Teen Drama}}s, but can occur in any work and to a character of any age.

Compare TheFreelanceShameSquad and RoadsideWave.

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* In ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'', this happens twice:
** When Kiki first arrives in her new town, she encounter a [[http://imgur.com/vGsFNzD rowdy group of kids filling a convertible.]] It is so full that there are kids on the rear deck, ''and'' hanging off the back. This is the first time she meets Tombo.
** Again, while Kiki and Tombo are together, Tombo is asked to come along with a smaller [[http://imgur.com/mOgn0i2 group of kids in what appears to be the same convertible.]] Much to Kiki's chagrin, there's a snobbish girl in the car she delivered to. The kids in the car are not particularly mean, and actually speak neutrally about Kiki. However, since she feels uncool and knows the ungrateful nature of the girl in the front seat, her self-consciousness makes her feel like she's a ThirdWheel. She leaves to preserve her dignity.

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* This cropped up in the early days of ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'' to emphasize how much of a loner Peter Parker was. In fact, the very first page of his very first appearance shows Flash Thompson and other kids giving him grief from a convertible.

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* Being in a car like this is how the protagonist of ''The Ghosts of Departure Point'' died (on the way to a WildTeenParty)- her rowdiness is what got everyone in the car killed.

** The group, squeezed in their favourite vehicle, make fun of an older guy who drives a small car. They follow him and accidentally bump in his car. A policeman (Nicole's father's subordinate) stands close by, and Nicole, now part of the popular group, manages to make him believe that it was the older guy's fault.

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* Not teens, but BennyHill at least twice had this as part of a skit... and then the car would drive off revealing Benny was not actually in it, and was the loser.
* On British TV and in their stand-up routines, comedians including Alan Davies have remarked on the rite of passage for teenage males from Essex, England, on getting access to their first car. It is practically mandatory to cruise around in the car in packs of four, leaning out of the window and shouting variations on a theme of "Wanker!", "Loser!", "Tosser!", etc, at mere pedestrians and those woeful sad cases who are clearly inferior because they are waiting for buses and who clearly are too sad or poor to be able to own cars.

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* In one issue of Magazine/{{MAD}} Magazine, there is a Dave Berg piece from the 60s or early 70s with a car overloaded with teenage boys.
-->'''Father:''' Where are you going?
-->'''Boy:''' To the school dance, Dad. But first we gotta pick up our dates.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' had an episode where people from the future repeatedly come to live in their own enclave, called Little Future. A bunch of futurists drive by in a hovercar and wordlessly start jumping the car up and down (as if it were a lowrider).

[[Music/{{Friday}} "Looking forward to the weekend!"]]

[[Music/RebeccaBlack "Looking forward to the weekend!"]]

* In the first season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Gary and his cheerleaders occasionally greeted Ash in this manner. Oddly, he was never seen with the car again after being knocked out of the Indigo League.

** Again, while Kiki and Tombo are together, Tombo is asked to come along with a smaller [[http://imgur.com/mOgn0i2 group of kids in what appears to be the same convertible.]] Much to Kiki's chagrin, there's a snobbish girl in the car she delivered to. The kids in the car are not particularly mean, and actually speak neutrally about Kiki. However, since she feels uncool and knows the ungrateful nature of the girl in the front seat, her self-consciousness makes her feel like she's a ThirdWheel. She leaves to preserve her dignity.

* In teen series ''ReadyOrNot'', best friends Amanda and Busy join a group of older teenagers. Busy is uncomfortable, but Amanda wanted to hang out with cool kids. They take a ride in a car that belongs to Amanda's mum's boyfriend (without his permission). As they drive in the city, they are noisy and make fun of several people.