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Line 14: ** However, would getting about 60% of your taxi ride for free be a sufficient [[Consolation Prize]]? * [[Bonus Round]]: Red Light Challenge, and the Video Bonus question. * [[Carried Byby the Host\|Driven By The Host]]: Quite literally. ** [[Game Show Host]]: Ben Bailey, who had to go to taxicab-driving school before he could host — since, you know, he ''does'' drive a legitimate taxicab. Beth Melewski hosts/drives the Chicago version. * [[Lifelines]]: Called "Shout-Outs". The passengers can call someone on their mobile phone or ask pedestrians for the answer once during the game. It starts to get grating to the viewers and host when the shout outs are continually referred to by name as a [[Who Wants to Be Aa Millionaire?\|Lifeline]]. In recent seasons of the Canadian version, contestants can also switch out a question later in the game.. {{tropelist}} * [[Aside Glance]]: He does this several times during the show. Here's one example: {{quote\| '''Contestant:''' I know this!~~<br />~~ '''Ben:''' You do?~~<br />~~ '''Contestant:''' [[Hentai]]!~~<br />~~ '''Ben:''' ... [[Aside Glance~~\|aside glance~~]] ...[[Sarcasm Failure\|the correct answer was "henna"]]. }} * [[Brief Accent Imitation]]: Bailey will sometimes greet contestants with a stereotypical [[American Accents\|New Yawk]], East Indian, or Arab accent. * [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: While no actual celebrities have been in the Cash Cab (unless you count the celebrity episodes of the show where they are playing for charity and clearly know ahead of time that they're going to be participating in ''something''), There are a few odd [[Reality TV]] contestants playing. Jim Morrison, the runner from the first season of ''[[The Mole (TV series)\|The Mole]]'' won $1600 on the show, and Ken Stafford, a contestant on the fifth season of ''[[Survivor (TV series)\|Survivor]]'', won $800. * [[Large Ham]]: Ben will often make silly faces when a contestant is using their mobile Shout-Out and informing their friend that, yes, they're on ''Cash Cab''. Also, "We're at a red light, and that triggers a Red Light ''CHAL-L-L-L-ENGE!''" * [[Random Passerby Advice]]: Can be invoked once by the passenger. * [[Rare Vehicles]]: Toyota Sienna minivans aren't ''rare'' as such, even as NYC taxis, but the Ford Crown Victoria sedan is still ''by far'' the most common cab. * [[Reality Show Genre Blindness]]: The passengers have varying amounts of familiarity with ''Cash Cab'', but at least one player has recognized the eponymous cab before he even got in. {{quote\| "...It's the PARTY VAN!"~~<br />~~ "A disco cab!" }} ** Clear on the other end of the spectrum, one contestant was so oblivious to what was going on that Ben had to fire off the game-starting party lights ''three times'' just to get their attention! * [[Reverse Psychology]]: Quite often, Ben gives an "oooh", "oww", or any negative reactions when the given answer was correct. * ''[[~~30 Rock (TV)\|~~30 Rock]]'': In the second episode of ''30 Rock'''s fifth season, Tracy Jordan gets into the Cash Cab on the way to the hospital where his wife is in labor. * [[Title Drop]]: Several times. * [[Who Wants to Be Who Wants Toto Be Aa Millionaire?]]: [[In Space\|In a taxi.]] ---- {{quote\| ''"And the [[Title Drop\|Cash Cab]] rolls on."'' }} Line 45: [[Category:Game Show]] [[Category:Cash Cab]] [[Category:TV Series]]