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* In ''BluesBrothers2000'', the updated Bluesmobile could function underwater.

* At the end of ''BackToTheFuture'', Doc Brown travels forward to 2015 and gets some pretty major work done on the Delorean, including a "hover conversion" that's really more of a "flight conversion". At the end of ''Back to the Future III'', he does the same thing to a ''[[CoolTrain locomotive]]''.

** Scaramanga in ''TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' has a car that can fly (with an attachable wing and engine).

* In ''BluesBrothers 2000'', the updated Bluesmobile could function underwater.

->''"Roads? Where we're going we don't need . . . roads."''

->--'''Doc Brown''', ''BackToTheFuture''

* Quorra's car in ''TronLegacy'' can operate in the rough terrain off The Grid, unlike most ground vehicles in [[BigBad Clu's]] arsenal.

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* The TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles' van could become a hovercraft of some sort.
* SpeedRacer's car can become a sub.
* In ''[[DuckTales Double-O-duck]]'', Launchpad [=McQuack=] is given a car that can turn into a boat or an helicopter.
* DangerMouse has a car that can also become an airplane. In fact, it's seen up in the air more often than not.
* The ''WallaceAndGromit'' short "A Close Shave" features a motorcycle sidecar that doubles as a plane.
* ''{{Superfriends}}'' (1973/74) episode "Too Hot To Handle". The aliens have a fire truck that can convert into a rocket ship and fly.

* The RobertHeinlein novel ''ThePuppetMasters'' has "triphibians": cars that can drive on land, fly through the air and travel on water.

* The RobertHeinlein novel ''The Puppet Masters'' has "triphibians": cars that can drive on land, fly through the air and travel on water.

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* The ''SpyHunter'' games are probably one of the best examples of this. In addition to being able to transform into a CoolBoat, if the armor takes too much damage, it will be shed to reveal a motorcycle (or a jetski) underneath).

** In ''{{Moonraker}}''. Bond's gondola transforms into a hovercraft, allowing him to drive it onto the streets of Venice.
** ''TheManWithTheGoldenGun'' has a car that can fly (with an attachable wing and engine).

The GadgeteerGenius is almost certainly the one who made all these awesome modifications. A subtrope of CoolCar and a SuperTrope for FlyingCar and AmphibiousAutomobile. Often overlaps with CoolBoat and CoolPlane, for obvious reasons.

The GadgeteerGenius is almost certainly the one who made all these awesome modifications. A subtrope of CoolCar and a SuperTrope for FlyingCar. Often overlaps with CoolBoat and CoolPlane, for obvious reasons.

* ''KimPossible'' offers us a subversion; when Drakken and Shego hop in a boat to escape Kim's reach, Kim, chasing them in the [[CoolCar tricked-out Sloth]], calls her GadgeteerGenius twin brothers, who've made all the modifications to the car, to make sure she's equipped to chase them. They confirm, she drives off the end of the dock, and . . . the car starts sinking. Unfortunately, the connection was bad, and the twins heard "''Could'' you add aquatic capability" rather than "''Did'' you add aquatic capability." It was added later, as they're seen using the Sloth as a submarine to reach the island of the Go Tower.

* ''{{Superfriends}}'' (1973-74) episode "The Weather Makers". The villains have a car that can operate as a speedboat.

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* In the MarvelUniverse, SHIELD has a flying car.

* JamesBond's Lotus Esprit from ''TheSpyWhoLovedMe'' became a sub, which was not {{ChekhovsGun}}ned. (By which I mean, they didn't let us know that it could do that until it did it.)
* More James Bond examples.

* The JamesBond game ''Nightfire'' includes an Aston-Martin that converted into a submarine.

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* ''{{Superfriends}}'' (1973/74) episode "Too Hot To Handle". The aliens have a fire truck that can convert into a rocket ship and fly.

* In the 1960s there was a real car that was equipped with twin propellers and a waterproof undercarriage that allowed it to float. Unfortunately it sold poorly. One reviewer said 'It's ugly, costs as much as a nice sports car, boats like a car, and drives like a boat'.
** There have been real designs for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A0CGCxYSl0 flying cars]] that were demonstrated to work, but failed to meet safety requirements.
* The {{WW2}} Royal Navy [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUKW DUKW]]: a six wheeled amphibious truck. They're still in use today.
* The U.S. Marine Corps' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_Assault_Vehicle Amphibious Assault Vehicle]].
* Many more in TheOtherWiki's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_vehicle Amphibious vehicle]] article.

* In the 1960s there was a real car that was equipped with twin propellers and a waterproof undercarraige that allowed it to float. Unfortunately it sold poorly. One reviewer said 'It's ugly, costs as much as a nice sports car, boats like a car, and drives like a boat'.

* ''{{Champions}}''. Vehicles can have any form of movement super characters can, including flight, swimming, tunneling and even teleportation. They can also have to power of shape changing so they have an appropriate form for the movement mode they're in.

* ''[[{{Traveller}} MegaTraveller]]'' ''Referee's Companion''. At Tech Level 8 vehicle transportation includes triphibians, which can travel on land, in the water and through the air.

* ''[[Traveller [=MegaTraveller=]]]'' ''Referee's Companion''. At Tech Level 8 vehicle transportation includes triphibians, which can travel on land, in the water and through the air.

* ''[[Traveller MegaTraveller]]'' ''Referee's Companion''. At Tech Level 8 vehicle transportation includes triphibians, which can travel on land, in the water and through the air.

* ''MegaTraveller'' ''Referee's Companion''. At Tech Level 8 vehicle transportation includes triphibians, which can travel on land, in the water and through the air.

* ''KimPossible'' offers us a subversion; when Drakken and Shego hop in a boat to escape Kim's reach, Kim, chasing them in the [[CoolCar tricked-out Sloth]], calls her GadgeteerGenius twin brothers, who've made all the modifications to the car, to make sure she's equipped to chase them. They confirm, she drives off the end of the dock, and . . . the car starts sinking. Unfortunately, the connection was bad, and the twins heard "''Could'' you add aquatic capability" rather than "''Did'' you add aquatic capability." It doesn't come up again, but it was presumably added later.

Cars in fiction tend to be [[CoolCar pretty awesome]]. Some just look cool and go fast. Others have [[WeaponizedCar weapons systems]] and [[InvisibilityCloak active camouflage]] built into them. And then there are these cars, which can transform in order to traverse terrain meant for other vehicles. Like boats. Or ''planes''. There are practical reasons for this to be the case, of course; after all, you wouldn't want to have to give up chasing the villains because they planned a water escape that you didn't account for. The primary reason, though, is the RuleOfCool. Because being able to drive off a dock in a sports car, transform on the way down, and hit the water in a speedboat is just plain {{badass}}.

* At the end of ''BackToTheFuture'', Doc Brown travels forward to 2015 and gets some pretty major work done on the Delorean, including a "hover conversion" that's really more of a "flight conversion." At the end of ''[[BackToTheFuture Back To The Future III]]'', he does the same thing to a ''[[CoolTrain locomotive]]''.

* More JamesBond examples.

* ''ChittyChittyBangBang'' might actually be the UrExample of this trope. The major premise was basically "check out this car: it can fly."

Possible example (depending on how loosely you define "car"): the ''Terror'' in JulesVerne's ''Master Of The World''; it functions as an aircraft, boat, submarine, and automobile.

* The ''{{SpyHunter}}'' games are probably one of the best examples of this. In addition to being able to transform into a CoolBoat, if the armor takes too much damage, it will be shed to reveal a motorcycle (or a jetski) underneath).

* In the 60's there was a real car that was equipped with twin propellers and a waterproof undercarraige that allowed it to float. Unfortunately it sold poorly. One reviewer said 'It's ugly, costs as much as a nice sports car, boats like a car, and drives like a boat'.

* The U.S. Marines' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_Assault_Vehicle Amphibious Assault Vehicle]].