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[[File:WeThereYet.jpg|link=Batman: Arkham Asylum|frame|[[Talk to the Fist|The appropriate response.]]]]

 

{{quote|'''Nappa''': ''Are we there yet?''

'''Vegeta''': ''<small>NO</small>!''

'''Nappa''': ''Are we there yet?''

 

{{quote|'''Nappa''': ''Are we there yet?''

'''Vegeta''': ''... yes.''

 

[[Stock Phrase]] in comedy, (almost?) always repeated ad nauseam, usually by children or childish characters, much to the annoyance of the other passengers. The stock response is a "We'll get there when we get there!" in an annoyed voice, or "Don't make me turn this car around!" when the driver is getting fed up.

 

If the characters are instead waiting for something, but not actually going anywhere, the phrase may become "Is it time yet?! Is it time yet?!" or "How about now?"

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* A car advertisement in Brazil featured a man and a boy on a road trip. The boy kept asking the question's Brazilian equivalent "Já chegamos?" (Have we already arrived?) until they finally arrived. The boy threw a small tantrum when the answer was yes.

 

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Natsu of ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' will often feebly asks "Are... we still... not... there... yet...?" whenever on any kind of transport, but in his case it's because he suffers from [[Weaksauce Weakness|extreme motion sickness]] and can't wait to get out. He's once so out of it that he keep asking [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/fairy_tail/v16/c132/5.html even after they've arrived at the destination.]

 

* As the "big kid" of the team, you can count on Johnny for this in ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]''. The first issue of Mark Waid's run, is just one example.

* In ''[[Marvel Zombies]] 2'', after the zombified heroes ate just about everything in the universe, they decide to go back to Earth to find a way to make more food to satisfy their endless hunger. Along their journey, [[Spider-Man]] starts asking "So are we there yet?" while everyone else says "No." He continues asking until they finally get there, much to everyone's annoyance.

'''Papa Smurf:''' ''YES, IT IS!!!'' }}

 

* In ''[[Dragon Ball Abridged]]'', Vegeta is constantly annoyed when Nappa does this routine (for an entire year) on their way to Earth. Then, when they finally reach Earth and begin waiting for Goku... "Is he here yet? Is he here yet? Is he here yet?"

** The outtakes for the series contain two separate unused examples which play with an increasingly intense build-up of "are we there yet" and "no":

* ''[[An Entry With a Bang]]'', when the pirate alliance is on its way to C-Earth, one of the pirate captains calls the guy leading the way after every [[Faster-Than-Light Travel|FTL]] jump to ask this question.

 

* ''[[Shrek]] 2'': Donkey, on the way to Far Far Away.

{{quote|'''Donkey:''' Are we there yet?

** Fievel asks "Are we there yet?" as the ship they're on crosses the Atlantic for America.

** He asks it again in the sequel ''Fievel Goes West'' when they're traveling by train to the [[Wild West]].

 

== Films -- Live-Action ==

* ''[[The Wizard (film)]]'' features a variant of this... "CAHLEEFORNYAH!"

 

* In ''[[The Wrong Door]]'', this is one of the catchphrases of the most annoying creature ever created.

* In the season five episode "Spiral" of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', the Scoobies are on the run from Glory in a stolen RV, and while they're on the road, Anya decides after some inquiries that it is traditional—and, indeed, ''required''—that someone ask this. So she does.

* One episode of ''[[Power Rangers Zeo]]'' features Rito Revolto annoying Rita and Zedd with the question. Rita even threatens to throw Rito from the mobile base. While one can't tell exactly how many times Rito asked the question, as he probably started before the scene, he apparently asked too many times as the last time he asked before Rita's threat resulted in Zedd's [[Big No]]. And it didn't take long after Rita's threat before he asked again.

 

* To the tune of "Frère Jacques":

{{quote|''Are we there yet? Are we there yet?

* Joe Scruggs also has a song by this title.

 

 

* In the children's play ''How to Eat Like a Child'', the sequence on "How to Ride in a Car" includes one child who only says, repeatedly, "Ask if you're almost there yet!"

 

* ''[[Final Fantasy]]''

** ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'': Barret, while he, Cloud and Tifa are climbing the [[Overly Long Gag|stairs to Shinra Tower]]. At one point, he gets fed up with how long it's taken so far, and says he's going back down, at which point Tifa points out it'll be just as far down as it was up.

* In ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising|Kid Icarus Uprising]]'', Pit asks this several times while climbing the Lightning Chariot Master's tower, much to {{spoiler|Viridi}}'s annoyance.

 

* [http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/179 This strip] of ''[[Looking for Group]]'', including the Smurf-related joke.

* Happens in [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0034.html this page] of ''[[Darths and Droids]]''.

* [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/04222002/ This] early ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' strip featured this kind of situation in a car full of adults, complete with the "Don't make me stop this van" response. The purpose was probably to emphasize the childishness of the interactions between Owen and Shelly.

 

* Bree does this in the ''[[Lonelygirl15]]'' episode "Swimming!"

* Emily does this in the ''[[Look a Vlog]]'' Ep. 11.

 

* ''[[The Smurfs]]'', of course. Sometimes, though, Papa Smurf would go, "Let's not smurf this again" or "Oh, smurf up!"

* ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''

 

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