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* Montoya in Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG started out as the designated driver to a group of small-time crooks hired to do dirty work on a multi-million dollar corporation. What was shown consisted of him driving a stolen truck to bring to his employer and later crashing it in order to cover up the hijacking that took place earlier. During the actual heist on Dacta Corp. his main job was simply to get the other crooks to the building and then wait outside in order to look out for the cops and to be ready to get away as soon as his partners got back. [[spoiler: Ironically the fact that he filled this role ended up saving his life]]. Interestingly he eventually became popular enough to break out of this role and become a much more important character.

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* Kapp'n from AnimalCrossing. You and he have a nice conversation at the beginning of the game (disguising the fact that he's configuring the game for you), then he drops you off and except for very specific circumstances, you never see him again. But, ''everyone'' knows Kapp'n.
* The taxi driver from ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', who may very well be [[spoiler:[[Literature/TheBible Caine]], the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent first ever vampire]]]].
* Bishop Shidux in the first ''NoMoreHeroes'' will always ride out your motorcycle to you if you get too far from it in the overworld.

* The cab driver in the pilot of ''HowIMetYourMother'' pops back up every once in a while.

* Abaddon in ''{{Lost}}'' was a mysterious and menacing figure in his first appearences, but in [[spoiler: the last episode he apperead in ("The Life and Death of Jeremy Bentham")]] he was demoted to being pretty much this trope embodied, saying "I help people get to where they need to get to, [[spoiler: John]]. That's what I do for [[spoiler: Mr. Widmore]]".

* For ''some'' reason, it falls upon the player character to chauffeur everyone everywhere in every ''GrandTheftAuto'' game. Even ''San Andreas'', which lampshades CJ's reckless driving.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}'' adventure ''Vapors Don't Shoot Back'': The {{PC}}s travel to the site of their first mission in a modified autocar driven by a man named Fiber-O. [[DrivesLikeCrazy He maneuvers so wildly that the PCs are at risk of being thrown out of the car, drives at break-neck speeds, and can't be intimidated]].

* The taxi driver from ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', who may very well be [[spoiler:[[TheBible Caine]], the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent first ever vampire]]]].

* Benny the Cab, the anthropomorphic car in ''WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', when he took Eddie Valiant and Jessica Rabbit out of Toon Town. Just stick out your thumb...

* Perhaps closer to the nature of this trope than {{Psychopomps}}, back when chariots were used on battlefields, some mythologies had characters whose role was pretty much to drive the hero's chariot when he was busy killing people. Occasionally [[DisposablePilot disposable]].

* ''{{Paranoia}}'' adventure ''Vapors Don't Shoot Back'': The {{PC}}s travel to the site of their first mission in a modified autocar driven by a man named Fiber-O. [[DrivesLikeCrazy He maneuvers so wildly that the PCs are at risk of being thrown out of the car, drives at break-neck speeds, and can't be intimidated]].

* [[FinalFantasy Several of the Cids, with airships instead of cars.]]

* ''DieHard'' has that limo driver.

* Although all the main characters in ''Literature/Animorphs'' can turn into birds so they normally don't ''need'' to drive anywhere, when it comes up, Marco is always the one behind the wheel. [[DrivesLikeCrazy Despite the fact that he is a terrible driver]].

* The cab driver in ''GoodbyeLenin'', who may or may not have been Sigmund Jahn.

* John Constantine's friend Chas Chandler from ''{{Hellblazer}}'' and ''{{Constantine}}''

* Jock in ''DeusEx'' flies your stealth/black helo. He can actually get killed if you don't check up on certain things or people at the right time. You can also break into his apartment in Hong Kong with a few trickish jumps.

* ''{{Paranoia}}'' adventure ''Vapors Don't Shoot Back'': The {{PC}}s travel to the site of their first mission in a modified autocar driven by a man named Fiber-O. He maneuvers so wildly that the [=PCs=] are at risk of being thrown out of the car, drives at break-neck speeds, and can't be intimidated.

* John Constantine's friend Chaz Kramer (SP?) from ''{{Hellblazer}}'' and ''{{Constantine}}''

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* Bus Driver from ''RosarioToVampire''. Although this is seemingly just one of his roles, mostly what he does is drive the students around so they can have their own adventures. (As good as [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] at least a couple times with "Huh? why did he just drive us here and then leave?" reaction.)
** He also seems to fill the role of TheWatcher and bears an uncanny resemblance to the school chairman, [[spoiler: one of the three demon lords.]] Hasn't been taken anywhere yet, but there's still time...
* This is an entire career path in ''GetBackers'', usually antagonistic to the heroes, who've been hired to retrieve the object being transported. Most notable is StepfordSmiler Akabane Kuroudo, who does just so he can fight interesting people.
* [[CrazyAwesome The taxi driver]] from ''{{Canaan}}''.

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* Bishop Shidux in the first ''NoMoreHeroes'' will always ride out your motorcycle to you if you get too far from it in the overworld. [[spoiler:He doesn't do it in the sequel...]]

* [[FinalFantasy Cid.]] ''All'' of them.
** Actually, pretty much never. In 4 and 7 he's a playable character and in 8, 9, and 10 he's a major world leader with a tangential connection to the airship. In 6 he's got NO relationship to the airship at all.