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This trope describes a situation in a work of fiction, in which a prominent vehicle used by characters in the story is itself endowed with the qualities of being a character in the eyes of the audience. This is especially probable if said vehicle is essential to the advancement of the plot of the work or the actions of the main characters. Such endowment is represented by sorrow or grief in the event of the destruction of said vehicle. See [[Spaceship Girl]] for when the ship is literally a character.

 

== Anime ==

 

 

* ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'' Franchise - The destruction of the DMC time machine at the end of the third film has been known to cause some viewers to shed a tear or two.

* ''[[Star Trek Generations]]'' - Essentially the same thing with the Enterprise D. [[Running Gag|That's what happens when you let Troi drive.]]

* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'' - This instance of the trope is not so much the fault of the audience as it is the fault of the main characters who endow Chitty as a character themselves. One may notice that the characters only take it so far; for example, they never refer to Chitty as 'he,' only as 'it.'

* ''[[Firefly]]'' - If Serenity didn't exist, then those space cowboys would have nowhere to go. The characters themselves treat her as part of the crew, as does director Joss Whedon.

* ''[[Supernatural]]'' - The Winchester's Impala. So much so that the framing story of the season 5 finale was the biography of that car, treating it as the most important thing in all creation.

 

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