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{{examples|Examples}}

* ''[[Baby Blues (Comic Strip)|Baby Blues]]'': The kids ''want'' to drive to their mailbox, so they can get in the car.

* In ''[[Toy Story (Animationfranchise)|Toy Story]] 2'', the toy store owner lives right across the street from his shop, and still drives there. And he gripes all the way about having to drive to work on a Saturday.

* Leonard of ''[[Leonard Part 6 (Film)|Leonard Part 6]]'' going to his ex-wife's house.

* ''[[LAL.A. Story]]'': Steve Martin gets in his car to go and visit a friend, drives for about the length of three cars, and get out again.

{{quote| '''Navin:''' Thanks for the company. I hope I can repay you someday!}}

* In ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062759/ The Diamond Arm]'' the protagonist supposedly visiting a bakery on a taxi (in USSR, no less) is vaguely suspected by his nosy house-manager -- aftermanager—after all, he got a broken arm, not a leg. But that's just a very clumsy cover-up for meeting with a police operative.

* In ''[[Casino Royale (Film)|Casino Royale]]'', [[James Bond (Filmfilm)|James Bond]] gets in a car in front of a hotel with a [[Bond Girl]], telling her that his place is very close. He takes off and stops 10 seconds later... at the same place. The valet's non-plussed "Welcome back, Mr. Bond" is priceless.

* A couple of times on ''[[Get Smart (TV)|Get Smart]]''.

** Once in [[The Pilot]] when Max drives from the concert hall to CONTROL HQ -- heHQ—he gets in his car, does a big U Turn, and stops in front of the building across the street (getting [[Rock Star Parking]] each time); this example made it to the opening credits.

* In ''[[How I Met Your Mother (TV)|How I Met Your Mother]]'', Ted took Stella on a two minute date. This involved them getting in a taxi two separate times in order to go one building down the street.

* Possible in ''[[LauraThe BowColonel's (Video Game)Bequest|Laura Bow]]: The Dagger of Amon Ra''. During the opening segment in New York City, Laura can cross the road on foot to reach certain locations. It's equally possible to hail a cab and have them take her... to the other side of the street.

* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender (Animation)|Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', Zuko's Servants make him take the palanquin to Mai's house-- whichhouse—which is less than twenty yards outside the palace wall-- becausewall—because he's [[Too Important to Walk]]. Although he relents when he realizes it is a good way to get past the mob of [[Fan Girl|Fangirls]].

* ''[[The Spectacular Spider -Man (Animation)|The Spectacular Spider Man]]'': Harry insists on picking up Peter and his date for Flash's party, and then drives them all of half a block, having thought Peter was exaggerating how close the two lived.

* ''[[The Simpsons (Animationanimation)|The Simpsons]]''

** Another variation showed Homer's commute to work; several miles over a heavily trafficed highway, a gridlocked detour, a huge, full parking lot with the only remaining space being at the very far end next to the chain-link perimeter fence...abutting his own backyard. Annoyed Grunt!

* In ''[[Bobby's World (Animation)|Bobby's World]]'' an episode is dedicated to the drama of Bobby's family moving to a new house. When the time for the move actually happens, Bobby promptly states [[Are We There Yet?]] to his father, who immediately replies "[[Subverted Trope|Yes]]". Kind of [[Fridge Logic|begs the question]] why no one told this to Bobby until they were already packed up in the car, but eh, [[Rule of Funny|just roll with it]].

* In the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (Animation)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Pizza Delivery", SpongeBob drives Squidward back to the Krusty Krab after making a delivery ''right next door''. This after [[Shaggy Dog Story|having gotten lost for hours trying to make the delivery in the first place.]]

* Occurs in an episode of ''[[Dave the Barbarian (Animation)|Dave the Barbarian]]''. The Narrator even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades this at one point.]]

{{quote| '''Narrator:''' And, so our heroes set forth on a long and perilous journey to find the ''Master of Evolution''... Which was pretty stupid since he lived right next door.}}

* In ''[[The Angry Beavers (Animation)|The Angry Beavers]]'', Norbert gets in a boat along with [[Companion Cube|Stump]] and a crapload of supplies in order to rescue Dagget from the [[Lady Land|female raccoons]]. It turns out the island on which their domain is located is... just three feet away from the Beavers' dam.

* Implied on the ''[[Looney Tunes (Animation)|Looney Tunes]]'' short ''Show Biz Bugs''. [[Daffy Duck]] arrives to the theater on a cab and complains about how high the fare is. Said fare was 25 cents for one block.

* An episode of ''[[Cow and Chicken (Animation)|Cow and Chicken]]'' has the family making a huge, tearful deal out of moving to a new house to escape an ant infestation. The new house is literally next door. [[Shaggy Dog Story|The ants follow them, too.]]

* Liberace once bought a [[Rolls Royce]] which his chauffeur only ever drove once -- acrossonce—across the ''stage'' where Liberace was performing, in order to deliver the robe he wore for the next song. The car is now in the Liberace Museum in [[Las Vegas]].

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