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For some reason, ice cream truck drivers in fiction are hardly ever as wholesome as one might expect. The trope is named after the Good Humor ice cream company. May overlap with [[Monster Clown]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* Dr. Claw's henchmen Brick and McKible drive an ice-cream delivery truck in ''[[Inspector Gadget]] 2.'' Oddly enough, its trunk is large enough to accommodate Claw's escape jet.
* In ''[[Friday (Film)|Friday]]'', Smokey owes money to the drug dealer Big Worm which he uses an ice cream truck as a cover up. Big Worm takes the boy's money without giving his order by saying it's closed.
* In ''[[Borat]]'', Borat and Azamat acquire an ice cream truck for transportation, and after some thought they also acquire an animal to guard the truck. So naturally there is a scene where a bunch of kids run up expecting ice cream, and instead find a ''[[
* An ice cream truck is home to an illegal gun dealer in ''[[Southland Tales]]''. [[The Agony Booth (Website)|The Agony Booth]] called this out, pointing out that an ice cream truck would bring attention that an illegal gun dealer would not want.
* Psychotic clown Javier in ''[[The Last Circus]]'' drives one.
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* [http://icanhascheezburger.com/2010/06/12/funny-pictures-and-you-will-like-it/ This page] at ''[[
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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