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* EverythingsBetterWithCows: The playfield has a cow sitting in a motorcycle sidecar.
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* ShoutOut: According to Mark Ritchie, Lola was named after Music/TheKinks[='=] song of the same name. The song is about a man's encounter with a transvestite, and the song was chosen due to Lola's muscular arms on the backglass.

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* ShoutOut: According to Mark Ritchie, Lola was named after Music/TheKinks[='=] [[Music/LolaVersusPowermanAndTheMoneygoroundPartOne song of the same name.name]]. The song is about a man's encounter with a transvestite, and the song was chosen due to Lola's muscular arms on the backglass.
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* CompanyCrossReferences: On the backglass, the taxi is in front of Williams' Pinball Palace, where there is a sign out front that advertises which pinballs are there (with the list being then-recent Williams titles).
* {{Crossover}}: [[Pinball/PinBot Pin*Bot]] is one of the passengers.

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* CompanyCrossReferences: On the backglass, the taxi is in front of Williams' Pinball Palace, where there is with a sign out front that advertises which pinballs are there (with the list being name-dropping several then-recent Williams titles).
pinball games from the company: ''Pinball/{{Cyclone}}'', ''Pinball/PinBot'', ''Pinball/SpaceStation'', ''Pinball/HighSpeed'', ''Pinball/BanzaiRun'', ''Pinball/{{Comet}}'', and ''Pinball/BigGuns''.
* {{Crossover}}: [[Pinball/PinBot Pin*Bot]] Pinball/PinBot is one of the passengers.
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* WolfWhistle: A harmonic version is played when Marilyn/Lola gets picked up.

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* {{Cameo}}: [[Pinball/PinBot Pin*Bot]].



* CaptainErsatz[=/=]WritingAroundTrademarks: "Lola", a blatant copy of Creator/MarilynMonroe.
** WordOfGod is that the character was originally "Marilyn", to make the reference even more obvious, until Williams management became worried about a lawsuit from the Monroe estate. "Marilyn" became "Lola" by [[AdaptationDyeJob changing her hair color]] on the backglass and playfield art, but it is believed that a few ''Taxi'' machines with the blonde "Marilyn" art are still in circulation.

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* CaptainErsatz[=/=]WritingAroundTrademarks: CaptainErsatz: "Lola", a blatant copy of Creator/MarilynMonroe.
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Creator/MarilynMonroe. WordOfGod is that the character was originally "Marilyn", to make the reference even more obvious, until Williams management became worried about a lawsuit from the Monroe estate. "Marilyn" became "Lola" by [[AdaptationDyeJob changing her hair color]] on the backglass and playfield art, but it is believed that a few ''Taxi'' machines with the blonde "Marilyn" art are still in circulation.



* CompanyCrossReferences: On the backglass, the taxi is in front of Williams' Pinball Palace, where there is a sign out front that advertises which pinballs are there (with the list being then-recent Williams titles).
* {{Crossover}}: [[Pinball/PinBot Pin*Bot]] is one of the passengers.



* ShoutOut:
** According to Mark Ritchie, Lola was named after Music/TheKinks[='=] song of the same name. The song is about a man's encounter with a transvestite, and the song was chosen due to Lola's muscular arms on the backglass.
** On the backglass, the taxi is in front of Williams' Pinball Palace, where there is a sign out front that advertises which pinballs are there (with the list being then-recent Williams titles).

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ShoutOut: According to Mark Ritchie, Lola was named after Music/TheKinks[='=] song of the same name. The song is about a man's encounter with a transvestite, and the song was chosen due to Lola's muscular arms on the backglass.
** On the backglass, the taxi is in front of Williams' Pinball Palace, where there is a sign out front that advertises which pinballs are there (with the list being then-recent Williams titles).
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A digital version of this pinball is available on ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''.

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A digital version of this pinball is was available on ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade''.
''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' until the license to the Williams and Bally tables expired on July 1, 2018.

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* ShoutOut: According to Mark Ritchie, Lola was named after Music/TheKinks[='=] song of the same name. The song is about a man's encounter with a transvestite, and the song was chosen due to Lola's muscular arms on the backglass.

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According to Mark Ritchie, Lola was named after Music/TheKinks[='=] song of the same name. The song is about a man's encounter with a transvestite, and the song was chosen due to Lola's muscular arms on the backglass.

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* ShoutOut: According to Mark Ritchie, Lola was named after Music/TheKinks[='=] song of the same name. The song is about a man's encounter with a transvestite, and the song was chosen due to Lola's muscular arms on the backglass.
** On the backglass, the taxi is in front of Williams' Pinball Palace, where there is a sign out front that advertises which pinballs are there (with the list being then-recent Williams titles).



* ShoutOut: According to Mark Ritchie, Lola was named after Music/TheKinks[='=] song of the same name. The song is about a man's encounter with a transvestite, and the song was chosen due to Lola's muscular arms on the backglass.
** On the backglass, the taxi is in front of Williams' Pinball Palace, where there is a sign out front that advertises which pinballs are there (with the list being then-recent Williams titles).
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** During mutliball, locking one ball then quickly hitting the Drac Scoop earn an Express Lane bonus worth 300,000. All ramp shots score 100,000 as long as both balls remain in play.

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** During mutliball, multiball, locking one ball then quickly hitting the Drac Scoop earn an Express Lane bonus worth 300,000. All ramp shots score 100,000 as long as both balls remain in play.

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* {{Cap}}: The meter caps out at 99,000 points.

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The meter caps out at 99,000 points.points, and its multiplier caps at 5x for a max fare of 495,000.
** The Spin-Out SkillShot multiplier tops out at 5x the spun value.



* {{Combo}}: The crisscrossing figure-eight airport ramps, which builds the Airport Value and can be advanced to light the 1 million point shot.

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The crisscrossing figure-eight airport ramps, which builds the Airport Value and can be advanced to light the 1 million point shot.shot.
** During mutliball, locking one ball then quickly hitting the Drac Scoop earn an Express Lane bonus worth 300,000. All ramp shots score 100,000 as long as both balls remain in play.
** Shooting both ramps at the same time during multiball scores a Crossover bonus of 250,000.



* OneUp: Extra balls are earned by completing the [[SpellingBonus C-A-B]] rollovers three times and shooting the Drac scoop (all on the same ball).



* ScoreMultiplier: The value of the SkillShot is multiplied by the number of the ball.

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* ScoreMultiplier: The Spin-Out's value multiplier increases after every drained ball ([[{{Cap}} up to a maximum of the SkillShot is multiplied by the number of the ball.5x value]]).



* ShoutOut: According to Mark Ritchie, Lola was named after Music/TheKinks's song of the same name. The song is about a man's encounter with a transvestite, and the song was chosen due to Lola's muscular arms on the backglass.

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* ShoutOut: According to Mark Ritchie, Lola was named after Music/TheKinks's Music/TheKinks[='=] song of the same name. The song is about a man's encounter with a transvestite, and the song was chosen due to Lola's muscular arms on the backglass.



* SpellingBonus: C-A-B advances the bonus multiplier and raises the jackpot for 10 seconds.

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* SpellingBonus: C-A-B advances the bonus multiplier and ([[{{Cap}} up to 5x value]]), and, for 10 seconds, every hit to the pop bumpers raises the jackpot for 10 seconds.value.
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* PaintingTheMedium: "[-PIN*BOT STRANDED.-]" is displayed on alphanumeric display, much like the one it used.
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** On the backglass, the taxi is in front of Williams' Pinball Palace, where there is a sign out front that advertises which pinballs are there (with the list being then-recent Williams' titles).

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** On the backglass, the taxi is in front of Williams' Pinball Palace, where there is a sign out front that advertises which pinballs are there (with the list being then-recent Williams' Williams titles).

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