Flying Car: Difference between revisions

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* ''[[Space Taxi]]''.

* [[Professor Layton and the Unwound Future]] features the Laytonmobile, a decidedly dated car...which, thanks to Don Paolo, can sprout wings and an airscrew and transform into a fully functional aeroplane.

{{quote| '''Luke''': "Professor, where did you learn to fly a plane?"~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Luke''': "Professor, where did you learn to fly a plane?"

'''Layton''': "Plane? This is an automobile." }}

* A common power-up for your tank in the ''[[Blaster Master]]'' series.

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== Web Original ==

* [[Deconstructed Trope]] by [[Cracked.com|Cracked]], courtesy of their "[http://www.cracked.com/article_15655_5-awesome-sci-fi-inventions-that-would-actually-suck.html 5 Awesome Sci-Fi Inventions (That Would Actually Suck)]".

{{quote| ''(on [[Star Trek|matter replicators]])'' The end of everything will come on the day when anyone can make anything. Except a flying car, those will still be useless.}}

{{quote|''(on [[Star Trek|matter replicators]])'' The end of everything will come on the day when anyone can make anything. Except a flying car, those will still be useless.}}

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* [[Vaporware]] example: the [http://www.moller.com/ Moller Skycar].

** The Moller website does have some lovely quotes, though:

{{quote| You've always known it was just a matter of time before the world demanded some kind of flying machine which would replace the automobile. [...] No matter how you look at it the automobile is only an interim step on [[Evolutionary Levels|our evolutionary path]] to independence from gravity. That's all it will ever be.}}

{{quote|You've always known it was just a matter of time before the world demanded some kind of flying machine which would replace the automobile. [...] No matter how you look at it the automobile is only an interim step on [[Evolutionary Levels|our evolutionary path]] to independence from gravity. That's all it will ever be.}}

** Several others have been tried.

** [http://www.fordpinto.com/mitzar1.htm There was even a flying] [[Every Car Is a Pinto|Pinto]].