History Main / DriveThruAntics

* On a live recording of Music/PeterPaulAndMary Paul did a half-hour comedy routine. In one segment he portrayed a teenager placing a complicated order for himself and his friends, followed by the employee repeating it back to them.
-->'''Order window:''' [string of unintelligible buzzing]... and a six-pack.\\
'''Teenager:''' ''We'll take it''!

* Early in ''Film/WaynesWorld2'', Wayne and his buddies drive up to Stan Mikita's Donuts and place an order, but Wayne leaves parts out to imply the drive-thru speaker is on the fritz. Somehow, the employee manages to completely decipher the order anyway.

* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af-NC2pSuGo this commercial]] for ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1 Deluxe'', a father is trying to order meals for his two sons from the fictional Timmy's Tacos restaurant. The employee at the drive thru is playing ''Super Mario Bros. Deluxe'' on his UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor and saying insulting things like "Don't even think about it, pal!" and "You're not getting anything from me, mister!", causing the dad to drive away. When the next customer comes to the drive thru, the employee says "Halt! Who goes there?"

* ''Film/MadeasBigHappyFamily'': Near the start of the film, Madea is trying order breakfast from Snax. However, breakfast had stopped being served at 10:00, and she had placed her order at 10:30. At the Snax, she goes up the window to demand her food. When she doesn't get it, she drives her car through the restaurant, attacking the employees, stealing the food, and then driving off.

* Early in ''Film/WaynesWorld2'', Wayne and his buddies drive up to Stan Mikita's Donuts, and place an order, but Wayne leaves parts out to imply the drive-thru speaker is on the fritz. Somehow, the employee manages to completely decipher the order anyway.

* On Disc 2 of the 2003 Platinum Edition DVD of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', a variation occurs during the "Jeep tour" mode of Timon and Pumbaa's Virtual Safari. The player is given the option of choosing between two drive-thru's. At the one on the left, Timon and Pumbaa order a variety of insect-based delicacies; the menu for the one on the right is -- not quite so appetizing:

--->'''English Squeaky Voiced Teen''': Please order, or Miss Dench'll be furious. She'll beat us, she will.\\

* The "Hissing Noise" skit from ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' has [[WesternAnimation/GIJoe Cobra Commander, Destro, Major Bludd, and Baroness]] stop at a drive through. When attention is brought up to Cobra Commander's SnakeTalk, the others have a laugh at his expense.

* There was a trend involving the driver taking their drink then immediately throwing it at the worker and speeding off, then uploading it as a "hilarious" video online. This trend swiftly died when perpetrators started being arrested and charged with assault and criminal damage. In one case the reverse happened when a prankster loudly sounded their horn at the drive thru window to scare the worker and they threw the drink at the driver in retaliation.
* The In-n-Out fast food chain calls someone driving through the drive-thru without ordering a "home run."

--->'''Jon''': TWO BURGERS! TWO FRIES!

* The In-N-Out fast food chain calls someone driving through the drive-thru without ordering a "home run."

* On Disc 2 of the 2003 Platinum Edition DVD of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', a variation occurs during the "Jeep tour" mode of Timon and Pumbaa's Virtual Safari. The player is given the option of choosing between two drive-thru's. Choosing the one on the left takes you to one where Timon and Pumbaa order a variety of insect-based delicacies; the menu for the one on the right is -- um, not quite so appetizing:
-->'''Pumbaa:''' Meerkat tail on the cob?? ''Warthog snouts and tusks?!'' ''[shudders]''\\
'''Timon:''' [[OhCrap Mongoose pot pie?! AAAHHHHHH! It's US on the menu!]]\\

** In "Death Has a Shadow", Peter announces that, with his new riches, he'll buy the family their most expensive meal ever.

** In "Emission Impossible", Peter stops at a window while driving Lois and her pregnant sister Carol, who is in labor.

** In "Not All Dogs Go to Heaven", Stewie kidnaps the cast of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' and forces them to spend the day with him. In one scene, Stewie takes them to a [=McDonald=]'s drive-thru, where they stress him out with demands for things the place isn't selling anymore.
--->'''Patrick Stewart:''' What time do they stop serving breakfast?\\

** In "Pal Stewie", Peter gets a triple-bacon burger at a drive-thru with less bacon than he paid for, so Tony Robbins (who got struck by lightning and is now possessing Peter's car) advises him to stand up for himself and demand more bacon.

** In the flashback from "I Married Marge", Marge reunites with Homer, who is trying to earn money for her and her coming child by working at the Gulp 'n' Blow.

** In "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy", Grampa gets a job running the drive-thru at Krusty Burger, which he fails spectacularly at.

** In "Who Shot Mr. Burns: Part 2", Chief Wiggum tries to order while driving a paddy wagon containing Homer. Because the vehicle is above the window's maximum height requirement and can't fit under the bar, it tips over, allowing Homer to escape, parodying the escape scene from ''Film/TheFugitive''.
** In "Secrets of a Successful Marriage", Homer goes around town bragging about his new teaching job. One stop is Krusty Burger, where he doesn't order anything and simply tells the order box that he has a job. The cashier replies, "Sir, it's a felony to tease the order box.". [[BrickJoke Later, he goes back there to talk again]]. When Chief Wiggum shows up, saying "All right, Simpson! You were warned about teasing the order box!", Homer high-tails it out of there, prompting the cashier to say "Hey, I need closure on that anecdote.".
** In "Two Bad Neighbors", George Bush holds up the line at Krusty Burger's drive-thru by asking if they have stew and commenting that a "Krusty Burger" doesn't sound appetizing.
** In "The Cad and the Hat", Homer tries to order five meals at the Krusty Burger drive-thru, but the attendant keeps getting the math wrong. Leads to a BrickJoke later on, when Lisa looks for her missing hat and the car is stuffed with hundreds of discarded wrappers, including the trunk.

-->'''Pumbaa:''' Meerkat tail on the cob?? ''Warthog snouts and tusks???''' ''[shudders]''\\

* An episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' features J.D. and Turk at a drive-thru [[ItMakesSenseInContext with an entire marching band]] (as pictured above).

* On the page quote above is a lyrical excerpt from Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Trapped in the Drive-Thru", a [[EpicRocking very long song]] about a man who tries to take his wife to a fast food restaurant and goes through [[ButtMonkey all sorts of mishaps]] in the drive-thru. First, they can't just go inside because he's wearing bunny slippers, then the guy gets into a weird conversation about someone named Paul and finally forgets that he didn't find his wallet, forcing him and his wife to dig for change.

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Trapped in the Drive-Thru" is a [[EpicRocking very long song]] about a man who tries to take his wife to a fast food restaurant and goes through [[ButtMonkey all sorts of mishaps]] in the drive-thru. First, they can't just go inside because he's wearing bunny slippers, then the guy gets into a weird conversation about a guy named Paul and finally forgets that he didn't find his wallet, forcing him and his wife to dig for change.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' features J.D. and Turk at a drive-thru [[ItMakesSenseInContext with an entire marching band.]]

* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Trapped in the Drive-Thru" is a [[EpicRocking very long song]] about a man who tries to take his wife to a fast-food restaurant and goes through [[ButtMonkey all sorts of mishaps]] in the drive-thru. First, they can't just go inside because he's wearing bunny slippers, then the guy gets into a weird conversation about a guy named Paul and finally forgets that he didn't find his wallet, forcing him and his wife to dig for change.

* One skit on ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' has [[WesternAnimation/GIJoe Cobra Commander, Destro, Major Bludd, and Baroness]] stop at a drive through. When attention is brought up to Cobra Commander's SnakeTalk, the others have a laugh at his expense.

A related trope is WrongRestaurant, wherein a customer tries to order food that the restaurant doesn't sell. Compare with TollBoothAntics, where this happens at a Toll Booth.

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* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja:'' Dan [=McNinja=] sends his son Sean to climb a mountain and steal a condor egg from the summit--and then to make it more challenging, he reports Sean to the park rangers. Sean, however, anticipates this and reroutes the phone call to [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p26/ a Wendy's drive-thru speaker.]]

'''CC:''' UGGHH! (hits the car horn in frustration.)
* The climax of the ''WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace'' episode, "[[Recap/DennisTheMenace1986S1E30 Marky the Menace]]" has Dennis' cousin Marky take Dennis' skateboard for a joyride, and Dennis, Alice, and Aunt Matilda chase after him. During their chase, they pass through the drive-thru of a fast-food restaurant. Dennis places an order, Alice pays for it, and Matilda picks it up.

** In "Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part 2)", Chief Wiggum tries to order while driving a paddy wagon containing Homer. Because the vehicle is above the window's maximum height requirement and can't fit under the bar, it tips over, allowing Homer to escape.
** In "Secrets of a Successful Marriage", Homer goes around town bragging about his new teaching job. One stop is Krusty Burger, where he doesn't order anything and simply tells the order box that he has a job. The cashier replies, "Sir, it's a felony to tease the order box."

'''Judi Dench''': Who are you talking to?!\\
'''English Squeaky-Voiced Teen''': [[OhCrap No-one, Mum, I swear]]!\\
'''Judi Dench''': I'll Mum you! ''[the sounds of her giving him a kicking are heard]''

* ''[[VideoGame/WarioWare WarioWare Gold]]'': In Orbulon's segment, he goes to a burger joint for some food, often ordering one thing, eating it, then coming back for something else. When he tries to order a burger, the cashier tells them they're out of meat to make any more. Orbulon goes off to collect pigs, thinking that because they're called "Hamburgers" they're made from ham. After you beat his games, he returns to the burger place to try to get them to take the pigs, but the cashier promptly denies him, stating he couldn't even cook them if he wanted, as he isn't allowed to work the grill yet. Orbulon sheepishly apologizes and goes to return the pigs.

* ''[[VideoGame/WarioWare Warioware Gold]]'': In Orbulon's segment, he goes to a burger joint for some food, often ordering one thing, eating it, then coming back for something else. When he tries to order a burger, the cashier tells them they're out of meat to make any more. Orbulon goes off to collect pigs, thinking that because they're called "Hamburgers" they're made from ham. After you beat his games, he returns to the burger place to try to get them to take the pigs, but the cashier promptly denies him, stating he couldn't even cook them if he wanted, as he isn't allowed to work the grill yet. Orbulon sheepishly apologizes and goes to return the pigs.

* There was a trend to make prank videos involving the driver taking their drink then immediately throwing it at the worker and speeding off, then uploading it as a "hilarious" video online. This swiftly died when perpetrators started being arrested and charged with assault and criminal damage. In one case the reverse happened when a prankster loudly sounded their horn at the drive thru window to scare the worker and they threw the drink at the driver in retaliation.

* There was a trend to make prank videos involving the driver taking their drink then immediately throwing at the worker and speeding off, then uploading it as a "hilarious" incident. This swiftly died when perpetrators started being arrested and charged with assault and criminal damage. In one case the reverse happened when a prankster loudly sounded their horn at the drive thru window to scare the worker and they threw the drink at the driver in retaliation.

-->'''Dushane (GagDub):''' “Don’t make me assume my ultimate form. I will fuckin’ wreck you!”[[/folder]]

* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', Marshall remembers how his older brothers played a prank on him by ordering 12 cups of coffee at a drive-thru while sitting on the front seat of his car naked. After that, his brothers jumped out and surprised him, causing him to jerk the car and make the hot coffee spill all over him