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* In ''Series/SyndromeE'' a French NGO company uses a white van [[EyeMotifs marked with an eye symbol]] to distribute food and medicine in the slums of Morrocco, and kidnap the occasional street kid for their MadScience experiments.
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* In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', it eventually becomes apparent that the serial kidnapper had to have been using a large vehicle, because it'd be the only way to transport a TV large enough to throw people into without arousing suspicion. ([=TVs=] become portals to the EldritchLocation for people with the power to access it) The kidnapper turns out to be [[spoiler: a deliveryman, who was able to drive around town, park his truck in front of the victims' houses, and have the victims answer the door for him, all without seeming suspicious, as that's just what delivery workers normally do]]. This is so effective it even works [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou from an out-of-game standpoint]]: [[spoiler: his delivery truck can be clearly seen in several earlier story scenes, including when the victims were kidnapped and at the gas station at the very beginning of the game, and the player likely never thought it out-of-place at the time]].
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* In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', it eventually becomes apparent that the serial kidnapper had to have been using a large vehicle, because it'd be the only way to transport a TV large enough to throw people into without arousing suspicion. ([=TVs=] become portals to the EldritchLocation for people with the power to access it) The kidnapper turns out to be [[spoiler: a deliveryman, who was able to drive around town, park his truck in front of the victims' houses, and have the victims answer the door for him, all without seeming suspicious, as that's just what delivery workers normally do]]. This is so effective it even works [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou from an out-of-game standpoint]]: [[spoiler: his delivery truck can be clearly seen in several earlier story scenes, including when the victims were kidnapped and at the gas station at the very beginning of the game, and the player likely never thought it out-of-place at the time]].
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* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'': After Molly kisses Henry in front of the police station, her stalker pulls up next to Henry in a brown van with no plates and subdues him with a cattle prod before stuffing him in the back of the van and driving away.
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* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'': After Molly kisses Henry in front of the police station, station in "The Ecstasy of Agony", her stalker pulls up next to Henry in a brown van with no plates and subdues him with a cattle prod before stuffing him in the back of the van and driving away.
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* ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'': After Molly kisses Henry in front of the police station, her stalker pulls up next to Henry in a brown van with no plates and subdues him with a cattle prod before stuffing him in the back of the van and driving away.
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* The predator in ''WebVideo/SkyCorpHomeVideo'''s fake commercial [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf2YT1qhGcY The Charm Bar]] drives around in a white van and lures kids with candy bars.
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* ''Film/NoHardFeelings'': Maddie borrows Jim's windowless van to pick up Percy on their supposed first date. Jim apparently does odd jobs here and there so all his tools are in the back, including a machete.
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* SerialKiller [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bonin William Bonin]], aka The Freeway Killer, drove around in one of these with a variety of accomplices to abduct, assault, and ultimately murder '''''21''''' young men between May 1979--June 1980.[[note]] And he's suspected of at least 15 more. [[/note]] Aside from being full of torture devices, the door handles were removed to prevent victims from escaping.
* Although a light-colored VW bug was usually his vehicle of choice, SerialKiller [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy Ted Bundy]] was driving one of these when he abducted Kimberly Leach, his final victim.
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* SerialKiller [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bonin William Bonin]], aka The [[SerialKiller the Freeway Killer, Killer]], drove around in one of these with a variety of accomplices to abduct, assault, and ultimately murder '''''21''''' young men between May 1979--June 1980.[[note]] And he's suspected of at least 15 more. [[/note]] Aside from being full of torture devices, the door handles were removed to prevent victims from escaping.
* Although a light-colored VW bug was usually his vehicle of choice,SerialKiller [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy Ted Bundy]] was driving one of these when he abducted Kimberly Leach, his final victim.
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* SerialKiller [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bonin William Bonin]], aka The Freeway Killer, drove around in one of these with a variety of accomplices to abduct, assault, and ultimately murder '''''21''''' young men between May 1979--June 1980. [[note]] And he's suspected of at least 15 more. [[/note]] Aside from being full of torture devices, the door handles were removed to prevent victims from escaping.escaping.
* Although a light-colored VW bug was usually his vehicle of choice, SerialKiller [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy Ted Bundy]] was driving one of these when he abducted Kimberly Leach, his final victim.
* Although a light-colored VW bug was usually his vehicle of choice, SerialKiller [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy Ted Bundy]] was driving one of these when he abducted Kimberly Leach, his final victim.
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* An amusing variation in the TV movie ''"[[https://youtu.be/lgzyWNKMJj4 Dream Date]]"''. Already not keen on his daughter having her first date, her father flips out upon seeing that the boy is driving a van. Thanks to what a coworker told him about how ''his'' van had the back set up as a love nest, he's thoroughly convinced that this is the kid's intention.
* On ''Series/FullHouse'', like the "Dream Date " example, Danny, Jesse, and Joey become convinced that DJ's date has nefarious intentions once they see that he has a van and once they learn of his reputation as the school Romeo.
* On ''Series/FullHouse'', like the "Dream Date " example, Danny, Jesse, and Joey become convinced that DJ's date has nefarious intentions once they see that he has a van and once they learn of his reputation as the school Romeo.
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* SerialKiller [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bonin William Bonin]], aka The Freeway Killer, drove around in one of these with a variety of accomplices to abduct, assault, and ultimately murder '''''21''''' young men between May 1979--June 1980. Aside from being full of torture devices, the door handles were removed to prevent victims from escaping.
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* SerialKiller [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bonin William Bonin]], aka The Freeway Killer, drove around in one of these with a variety of accomplices to abduct, assault, and ultimately murder '''''21''''' young men between May 1979--June 1980. Aside from being full of torture devices, the door handles were removed to prevent victims from escaping.
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* Referenced in ''Radio/TheRickyGervaisShow'' when Karl mentions getting a mattress from the back of his uncle's van, leading Stephen to wonder if he's a serial killer. Ricky's surprised that it didn't come with a dead hooker.
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* Referenced in ''Radio/TheRickyGervaisShow'' when Karl mentions getting a mattress from the back of his uncle's van, leading Stephen to wonder if he's a serial killer. Ricky's surprised that it didn't come with a dead hooker.
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* Referenced in ''WesternAnimation/TheRickyGervaisShow'' when Karl mentions getting a mattress from the back of his uncle's van, leading Stephen to wonder if he's a serial killer. Ricky's surprised that it didn't come with a dead hooker.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fanfic ''TheGreatRedPandaRescue'', Mei is kidnapped and placed in a white van with a tinted window.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fanfic ''TheGreatRedPandaRescue'', ''Fanfic/TheGreatRedPandaRescue'', Mei is kidnapped and placed in a white van with a tinted window.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Dr. Krieger has owned a number of vans, which he has used for his various illegal and often also disgusting activities. Unlike most creepy vans, the doctor's vans are highly distinct, decorated with {{Music/Rush}} album art altered to be about him.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Dr. Krieger has owned a number of vans, which he has used for his various illegal and often also disgusting activities. Unlike most creepy vans, the doctor's vans are highly distinct, decorated with {{Music/Rush}} Music/{{Rush|Band}} album art altered to be about him.
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* In the ''Series/QuantumLeap'' episode "[[Recap/QuantumLeapS2E13AnotherMother Another Mother]]", the killers in the episode drive around Scottsdale, Arizona looking for a child to abduct, which they do later on to the leapee's teenage son.
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* ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': Team GO Rocket's official vehicle is a black, windowless van. It's so ObviouslyEvil that Spark points out that they're probably just making themselves more conspicuous.
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* Parodied in ''Series/NewGirl''. Nick complains that in Jess's life, everything works out wonderfully. We flashback to Jess as a girl, walking down the street when a sketchy van pulls and a guy asks if she wants some candy. He opens the van door to reveal his grandmother, who made too much candy at home and is now just giving it away.
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* In ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'' the titular VillainProtagonist, true to his trade as a SerialKiller, drives around in a red, windowless van. Lampshaded by his first victim who notes that his van is the kind one might expect to be kidnapped in or for a killer to use to transport corpses.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Dr. Krieger has owned a number of old-fashioned vans, which he has used for probably-illegal activities. Unlike most examples of this trope, Krieger makes no effort to disguise his vans, instead decorating and naming them after albums by his favorite band, {{Music/Rush}}.
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'''Lana:''' How could they with this illegal-ass window tint? Dude, this van is like rolling [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probable_cause probable cause]].\\
'''Malory:''' So all ashore from the S.S. Date-Rape.
-->'''Malory:''' I swear if anyone saw me in this van...\\
'''Lana:''' How could they with this illegal-ass window tint? Dude, this van is like rolling [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probable_cause probable cause]].\\
'''Malory:''' So all ashore from the S.S. Date-Rape.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'', Dr. Krieger has owned a number of old-fashioned vans, which he has used for probably-illegal his various illegal and often also disgusting activities. Unlike most examples of this trope, Krieger makes no effort to disguise his creepy vans, instead decorating and naming them after albums by his favorite band, {{Music/Rush}}.
the doctor's vans are highly distinct, decorated with {{Music/Rush}} album art altered to be about him.
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'''Lana:''' How could they with this illegal-ass window tint? Dude, thisvan is van's like rolling [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probable_cause probable cause]].\\
'''Malory:''' So all ashore from the S.S.Date-Rape.Date Rape!
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'''Malory:''' So all ashore from the S.S.
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* A number of the antagonists on ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' lure victims to or otherwise use this kind of van. By the Season 2 episode "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" it's subject to being {{parodied| trope}}, as in the demon Blurk who tries to get a potential serial killer to accept his destiny:
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* A number of the antagonists on ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' ''Series/Millennium1996'' lure victims to or otherwise use this kind of van. By the Season 2 episode "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" it's subject to being {{parodied| trope}}, as in the demon Blurk who tries to get a potential serial killer to accept his destiny:
