History Main / TourGuideGag

-->'''Tour guide:''' And here we have the jungle where they filmed ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall Muppet Treasure Island]]''.

* ''WesterAnimation/RockosModernLife'' takes this UpToEleven with the tour guide who absolutely refuses to let any tourist off the bus. Lest they face severe repercussions.

--> "...and to your left, you'll see Superman."

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* At one point in ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', Alucard and Anderson fight each other in an art museum. Disgusted with their attacking each other yet again, Seras picks up a group of tourists and guides them past the two - who promptly pose as statues.

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* The pilot announcement at the start of the ''Radio/CabinPressure'' episode "Fitton" (actually Arthur mucking about while vacuuming the cockpit):
-->'''Arthur''': Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, lords and ladies, Your Majesty. This is your captain speaking, Captain Wing-Commander Sir Arthur Shappey, welcoming you aboard this world-record-attempting flight around ... ''the world''. Passengers on both sides of the aircraft should have excellent views of ... ''the world''. If you find we're going over a bit of the world you like the look of, do please ring your little bell and one of the cabin crew will fit you with a parachute and chuck you out. Otherwise, enjoy the flight and when we get to Sydney, do keep an eye out for the Sydney Harbour Bridge, I'm gonna have a crack at flying underneath it!

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* Played with in ''VideoGame/TachyonTheFringe''. In one mission, you have to babysit a cruiseliner carrying wealthy civilians to sight-see IN SPACE, and protect them from SpacePirate attacks. In the event that enemy fighters attack, you're offered a bonus if you can put on a show for the crowd. The tour guide ''commentates'' on your dog fight.

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* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic pulls this gag in his ''Raiders of the Story Arc'' review of the ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' when the Turtle Van can drive straight to the Technodrome without any problems.
** Earlier, in ''Film/DoubleDragon'' as the heroes in a speedboat sail by a tour boat ("Up to your right, you'll see a shitty movie being made").
** For ''{{Film/Alaska}}'': "And to your right is a rotting corpse." "OOOOH!"

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-->'''Arthur''': Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, lords and ladies, Your Majesty... This is your captain speaking, Captain Wing-Commander Sir Arthur Shappey, welcoming you aboard this world-record-attempting flight around ... ''the world''. Passengers on both sides of the aircraft should have excellent views of ... ''the world''. If you find we're going over a bit of the world you like the look of, do please ring your little bell and one of the cabin crew will fit you with a parachute and chuck you out. Otherwise, enjoy the flight and when we get to Sydney, do keep an eye out for the Sydney Harbour bridge, I'm gonna have a crack at flying underneath it!

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* The pilot announcement at the start of the ''Radio/CabinPressure'' episode "Fitton" (actually Arthur mucking about while vacuuming the cockpit):
-->'''Arthur''': Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, lords and ladies, Your Majesty... This is your captain speaking, Captain Wing-Commander Sir Arthur Shappey, welcoming you aboard this world-record-attempting flight around ... ''the world''. Passengers on both sides of the aircraft should have excellent views of ... ''the world''. If you find we're going over a bit of the world you like the look of, do please ring your little bell and one of the cabin crew will fit you with a parachute and chuck you out. Otherwise, enjoy the flight and when we get to Sydney, do keep an eye out for the Sydney Harbour bridge, I'm gonna have a crack at flying underneath it!
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* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic pulls this gag in his ''Raiders of the Story Arc'' review of the ''[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' when the Turtle Van can drive straight to the Technodrome without any problems.

** [[{{Film/Alaska}} "And to your right is a rotting corpse." "OOOOH!"]]

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* In the ''[[Series/DoctorWho]]'' story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase The Chase]]", the titular pursuit of the First Doctor and company by a team of time-traveling Daleks includes an encounter with a guided tour of the Empire State Building's observation deck in 1966. The scene is also notable in that just as you're thinking the tour guide's [[FakeAmerican fake Brooklyn accent]] is really bad, a comedy yokel claiming to be [[SweetHomeAlabama from Alabama]] is on the tour and starts interacting with the regulars, looking for all the world like he might board the TARDIS and join them in their adventures. (He does, in a way, in that his actor plays a second character later in the story and becomes the next new companion.)

* In the ''[[Series/DoctorWho]]'' story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase The Chase]]", the titular pursuit of the First Doctor and company by a team of time-traveling Daleks includes an encounter with a guided tour of the Empire State Building's observation deck in 1966. The encounter is also notable in that just as you're thinking the tour guide's [[FakeAmerican fake Brooklyn accent]] is really bad, a comedy yokel claiming to be [[SweetHomeAlabama from Alabama]] is on the tour and starts interacting with the regulars, looking for all the world like he might board the TARDIS and join them in their adventures. (He does, in a way, in that his actor plays a second character later in the story and becomes the next new companion.)

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Forever After'' Shrek's home is now part of a tour route. The green ogre is not amused, especially after the bus accidentally knocks over his outhouse, while he's using it.

-> Michael Bluth: More like "Malcolm in the Middle-of-Shooting"
-> Frankie Muniz: (waving) [[SarcasmMode That's alright! It's more important to show how we make the show than to actually make the show!]]

* In ''[[TheMysteriousIsland Journey 2: The Mysterious Island]]'', Gabato (a tour guide by trade) has the gag "to your left, you'll see the Pacific Ocean. To your right, is the other side of the Pacific Ocean." He repeats the gag at the end of the film when they're in the Nautilus.

So, you're watching a {{Superman}} movie, and he is in the midst of a great action sequence. He flies past a plane and the point of view switches. Suddenly, you're watching the passengers on the inside of the plane. A voice chirps up on the intercom and says:

* In ''MuppetTreasureIsland'', an EstablishingShot of an island location gets interrupted by a tour group walking into the shot.

* Inverted in ''{{Airplane}}''. Captain Oveur wants to distract the passengers from the unconscious co-pilot and navigator being dragged to the back of the plane, so he mentions landmarks that can be viewed while the stewardesses drag the unconscious crew. Unlike other examples, all the action is ''in'' the plane, and the stuff outside is a diversion and, giving that the movie is a comedy, it works.

* At one point in ''{{Hellsing}}'', Alucard and Anderson fight each other in an art museum. Disgusted with their attacking each other yet again, Seras picks up a group of tourists and guides them past the two - who promptly pose as statues.

* Played with in ''TachyonTheFringe''. In one mission, you have to babysit a cruiseliner carrying wealthy civilians to sight-see IN SPACE, and protect them from SpacePirate attacks. In the event that enemy fighters attack, you're offered a bonus if you can put on a show for the crowd. The tour guide ''commentates'' on your dog fight.

* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic pulls this gag in his ''Raiders of the Story Arc'' review of the ''[[{{TMNT1987}} Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' when the Turtle Van can drive straight to the Technodrome without any problems.

* In an episode of ''FamilyGuy'' Peter and his friends are trapped on what they believe to be a remote island. At one point, they decide to have an orgy, thinking no one will see. The next shot is of a cruise ship passing by the island:

* Two episodes of ''TinyToonAdventures'' got mileage out of the line "And to your left is a naked pig." Poor Hamton.

* ''RockosModernLife'' takes this UpToEleven with the tour guide who absolutely refuses to let any tourist off the bus. Lest they face [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j7bGDv9hY0 severe reprocussions]]

* ''KillerTomatoesEatFrance'': the villains have set up an ancient medieval castle as their base of operations. Fitting except for the tour groups that keep coming through.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}] Forever After'' Shrek's home is now part of a tour route. The green ogre is not amused, especially after the bus accidentally knocks over his outhouse, while he's using it.

* On ''ShrekForeverAfter'' Shrek's home is now part of a tour route. The green ogre is not amused, especially after the bus accidentally knocks over his outhouse, while he's using it.

* PlayedWith in some fashion in the ''GetSmart'' film. A tour guide is showing a group around the museum display of the Cold War era, defunct CONTROL...which is alive and well, and the entrance is right beside the display.

* WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic pulls this gag in his ''Raiders of the Story Arc'' review of the ''[[{{TMNT1987}} Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' when the Turtle Van can drive straight to the Technodrome without any problems.

* In ''CatsDontDance'' a studio tour gets caught in a flood and the guide assures the tourists that it's [[AllPartOfTheShow all just special effects.]]

* Happens on a studio tour in season 3 of ''ArrestedDevelopment''. Lampshaded by both parties.

* A RunningGag in ''{{Histeria}}'', which had the tour guide as a standard character.

* Strangely averted on ''ThirtyRock'', despite taking place in a TV studio and featuring a main character that conducts studio tours.

* TheNostalgiaCritic pulls this gag in his ''Raiders of the Story Arc'' review of the ''[[{{TMNT1987}} Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' when the Turtle Van can drive straight to the Technodrome without any problems.