Tropes about cars, trucks, buses, and their drivers. Whether it's for a Chase Scene, illegal underground racing, or buying one at Honest John's Dealership, be sure to buckle up for these tropes.
Tropes:
- Absurdly-Long Limousine
- Accidental Passenger: A person or object accidentally boards a vehicle, which then moves.
- Alcohol Is Gasoline
- The Alleged Car
- Amphibious Automobile
- Are You Sure You Can Drive This Thing?
- Artistic License – Cars
- Auto Erotica
- Automated Automobiles
- Automobile Opening
- Automobiles Are Alien
- Awkward Stoplight Moment
- Backseat Driver
- Badass Biker
- Badass Driver
- Banana in the Tailpipe
- Big Badass Rig
- Big Honking Traffic Jam
- Blind Driving
- Bottomless Fuel Tanks
- Brake Angrily
- Burning Rubber
- Car Chase Shoot-Out
- Car Fu
- Car Hood Sliding
- Carload of Cool Kids
- Car Meets House
- Car Porn
- Car Radio Dispute
- Car Ride Games
- Car Skiing
- Car Song
- Cars Without Tires Are Trains
- Chaotic Car Ride
- Chronically Crashed Car
- Construction Vehicle Rampage
- Conveniently Empty Roads
- Cool Bike
- Cool Car
- Cool Sidecar
- Creepy Stalker Van
- Cup Holders
- Dancing on a Bus
- Danger Takes a Backseat: A character realizes too late that an intruder is present in their car.
- Dangerous Key Fumble
- Deadly Remote Control Toy
- Dead Man Honking
- Death by Ambulance
- The Dinnermobile
- Disposable Vehicle Section
- Does Not Drive
- The Driver
- Driver Faces Passenger
- Driver of a Black Cab
- Drives Like Crazy
- Driving a Desk
- Driving into a Truck
- Driving Song
- Driving Stick
- Driving Test
- Driving Test Smashers
- Driving Up a Wall
- Emergency Cargo Dump
- Emergency Refuelling
- Emergency Taxi
- Enormous Engine
- Every Car Is a Pinto
- External Combustion
- Failing a Taxi
- Faking Engine Trouble
- Fanservice Car Wash
- Fauxrrari
- Fell Asleep Driving
- Flying Car
- Forklift Fu
- Free Wheel
- Futuristic Superhighway
- Gangland Drive-By
- Gasoline Lasts Forever
- Gas Siphoning
- Getaway Driver
- Had the Silly Thing in Reverse
- Hard Truckin'
- Hassle-Free Hotwire
- Hero's Classic Car
- Hippie Van
- Hollywood Police Driving Academy
- Honking Arriving Car
- Hood Hopping
- Hood Hornament
- Hood Ornament Hottie
- Hot Paint Job
- Hot Pursuit
- Hubcap Hovercraft
- Hummer Dinger
- Immortal Iconic Car
- Improbable Parking Skills
- Improbably Cool Car
- Invincible Classic Car
- Just Keep Driving
- Kids Driving Cars
- Lives in a Van
- Matching Bad Guy Vehicles
- Metallicar Syndrome
- Mid-Life Crisis Car
- Missed the Bus
- Molotov Truck
- Mommy Mobile
- Monowheel Mayhem
- Motorcycle Dominoes
- Motorcycle Jousting
- Motorcycle on the Coast Road
- Multi-Track Drifting
- Murder by Remote Control Vehicle
- My Car Hates Me
- Nitro Boost
- One-Wheeled Wonder
- Optional Traffic Laws
- Parallel Parking
- Parking Payback
- Parking Problems
- Passing Judgment
- Pedal-to-the-Metal Shot
- Pedestrian Crushes Car
- Pimped-Out Car
- Pit Girls
- Pop the Tires
- Post-Apocalyptic Traffic Jam
- The Precious, Precious Car
- Punk in the Trunk
- Ram by Braking
- Resurrect the Wreck
- Rice Burner
- Rock Star Parking
- Romantic Ride Sharing
- Running Over the Plot
- Safe Driving Aesop
- Sentient Vehicle
- Shag Wagon
- Sinister Car
- Stealing the Handicapped Spot
- Sunroof Shenanigans
- Surprise Car Crash
- Tank Goodness
- Tanks, but No Tanks
- Tanks for Nothing
- The Taxi
- That Poor Car
- Technically a Transport
- Thememobile
- Toyota Tripwire
- Trapped in a Sinking Car
- Trojan Ambulance
- Unconventional Vehicle Chase
- Under the Truck
- V8 Engine Noises
- Van in Black
- Vanity License Plate
- Vehicular Assault
- Vehicle-Based Characterization
- Vehicular Kidnapping
- Vehicular Sabotage
- Watch the Paint Job
- Weaponized Car
- Wiper Start
- The Workhorse
