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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' features a car driving around the eponymous city.
* ''[[It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'' features a car driving around the eponymous city.
* ''[[Police Squad!]]'''s title sequence began with a shot of the flashing light on a police cruiser. In [[The Movie]], ''[[The Naked Gun (Film)|The Naked Gun]]'', this was expanded to show the police cruiser driving around downtown L.A., driving off the roads, driving through buildings, [[Rule of Funny|driving into jungles, driving down waterslides]], driving down the [[Star Wars|Death Star trench]]...
* ''[[Police Squad!]]'''s title sequence began with a shot of the flashing light on a police cruiser. In [[The Movie]], ''[[The Naked Gun]]'', this was expanded to show the police cruiser driving around downtown L.A., driving off the roads, driving through buildings, [[Rule of Funny|driving into jungles, driving down waterslides]], driving down the [[Star Wars|Death Star trench]]...
* For its first 13 years, the opening title sequence of ''[[The Bill]]'' featured the area car (updated to a new one every few years or so) driving down a busy street in London.
* For its first 13 years, the opening title sequence of ''[[The Bill]]'' featured the area car (updated to a new one every few years or so) driving down a busy street in London.
* ''[[The Sopranos]]'' features Tony driving from New York to his home in New Jersey. His route is deliberately inefficient to provide more interesting visuals.
* ''[[The Sopranos]]'' features Tony driving from New York to his home in New Jersey. His route is deliberately inefficient to provide more interesting visuals.
* ''[[Joey]]'' had the title character driving around Los Angeles.
* ''[[Joey]]'' had the title character driving around Los Angeles.
* ''[[Star Trek Voyager (TV)|Star Trek Voyager]]'' had the ship travelling through different astronomical settings, making it fit this trope.
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]'' had the ship travelling through different astronomical settings, making it fit this trope.
** Almost all the ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' series, except for ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine (TV)|Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek Enterprise (TV)|Enterprise]]'', had the ships flying around. The original series had the Enterprise orbiting planets and flying through space, as did ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Next Generation]]''.
** Almost all the ''[[Star Trek]]'' series, except for ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]'', had the ships flying around. The original series had the Enterprise orbiting planets and flying through space, as did ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Next Generation]]''.
* ''[[Taxi]]'' had, of course, a taxi driving around New York.
* ''[[Taxi]]'' had, of course, a taxi driving around New York.
* ''[[Newhart]]'''s [[Automobile Opening]] was [[Cowboy Bebop At His Computer|locally infamous in Vermont]] for 1) Showing the car cruising otherwise-empty backroads ''at the height of leaf-peeper season'', and 2) Featuring a 1972 Oldsmobile long after everything that age on the state's heavily-salted roads in [[Real Life]] had rusted to oblivion.
* ''[[Newhart]]'''s [[Automobile Opening]] was [[Cowboy Bebop at His Computer|locally infamous in Vermont]] for 1) Showing the car cruising otherwise-empty backroads ''at the height of leaf-peeper season'', and 2) Featuring a 1972 Oldsmobile long after everything that age on the state's heavily-salted roads in [[Real Life]] had rusted to oblivion.
* ''[[Maude]]''
* ''[[Maude]]''
* Showa era ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series, with the exception of ''[[Kamen Rider Amazon]]'', do this with a motorcycle rather than a car. ''[[Kamen Rider V 3]]'' does it with a motorcycle and a [[BBC Quarry]] [[Made of Explodium|that explodes randomly and pointlessly]].
* Showa era ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series, with the exception of ''[[Kamen Rider Amazon]]'', do this with a motorcycle rather than a car. ''[[Kamen Rider V 3]]'' does it with a motorcycle and a [[BBC Quarry]] [[Made of Explodium|that explodes randomly and pointlessly]].
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* ''[[That 70s Show]]'' features various cast members rotating into the car singing along with Cheap Trick's In the Street.
* ''[[That 70s Show]]'' features various cast members rotating into the car singing along with Cheap Trick's In the Street.
* A big chunk of ''[[The Prisoner]]'''s [[Expository Theme Tune|expository opening sequence]] has Patrick McGoohan driving around in [[Cool Car|the actor's own Lotus 7]].
* A big chunk of ''[[The Prisoner]]'''s [[Expository Theme Tune|expository opening sequence]] has Patrick McGoohan driving around in [[Cool Car|the actor's own Lotus 7]].
* ''[[M*A*S*H (TV)|Mash]]'' did a ''flying'' version, showing the camp from overhead as choppers full of wounded are coming in for a landing.
* ''[[M*A*S*H|Mash]]'' did a ''flying'' version, showing the camp from overhead as choppers full of wounded are coming in for a landing.
* ''[[The Jeffersons]]'' has the main characters in a cab.
* ''[[The Jeffersons]]'' has the main characters in a cab.
* The first season opening credits of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' showed Mary driving herself into Minneapolis.
* The first season opening credits of ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' showed Mary driving herself into Minneapolis.
* The title sequences of ''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV)|Starsky and Hutch]]'' changed over its run, but they always opened with a shot of Starsky's trademark Torino tearing around a corner, tires squealing.
* The title sequences of ''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Starsky and Hutch]]'' changed over its run, but they always opened with a shot of Starsky's trademark Torino tearing around a corner, tires squealing.


== [[Western Animation]] ==
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* ''[[Postman Pat]]'' features Pat driving around Greendale, picking up the mail from the post office and delivering it, while all the villagers wave as he goes past.
* ''[[Postman Pat]]'' features Pat driving around Greendale, picking up the mail from the post office and delivering it, while all the villagers wave as he goes past.
* A large part of the opening of ''[[Make Way For Noddy]]'' features Noddy traveling through ToyTown in his car, making deliveries.
* A large part of the opening of ''[[Make Way For Noddy]]'' features Noddy traveling through ToyTown in his car, making deliveries.
* The ''[[Mr. Magoo (Animation)|Mr. Magoo]]'' made-for-tv cartoons opened with him blithely driving his jalopy on a railroad track, through a barn, mowing down a hydrant, into a construction site, a roller-coaster track, finally into an electric substation and a fire of sparks.
* The ''[[Mr. Magoo]]'' made-for-tv cartoons opened with him blithely driving his jalopy on a railroad track, through a barn, mowing down a hydrant, into a construction site, a roller-coaster track, finally into an electric substation and a fire of sparks.
* ''[[The Pink Panther|The Pink Panther Show]]'' featured a live action sequence of (intercut with segments of the Pink Panther cartoons and random stock footage) known as the Panthermobile. At the end of the sequence the car drops off the Pink Panther and the Inspector at a cinema.
* ''[[The Pink Panther|The Pink Panther Show]]'' featured a live action sequence of (intercut with segments of the Pink Panther cartoons and random stock footage) known as the Panthermobile. At the end of the sequence the car drops off the Pink Panther and the Inspector at a cinema.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' had a ''[[Police Squad!]]'' style opening for one of its episodes, in which Stewie is riding his tricycle, culminating in him crashing into [[The Simpsons|Homer]] in the garage.
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' had a ''[[Police Squad!]]'' style opening for one of its episodes, in which Stewie is riding his tricycle, culminating in him crashing into [[The Simpsons|Homer]] in the garage.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Several [[Late to The Party]] PC adventure games open with a driving scene of your character's journey to the game's location, often using [[Real Life]] highway footage rather than CGI. Examples include ''Barrow Hill'', ''Rhiannon'', ''Dire Grove'', and ''Baron Wittard''.
* Several [[Late to the Party]] PC adventure games open with a driving scene of your character's journey to the game's location, often using [[Real Life]] highway footage rather than CGI. Examples include ''Barrow Hill'', ''Rhiannon'', ''Dire Grove'', and ''Baron Wittard''.


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