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Some teams have their own outfits, others have a [[Team Pet]], and then there's these guys and their (usually) [[Cool Car]]. This vehicle is the team's metallic pet: Most of the time, it will sport the team's or character's logo, have its own affectionate surname and be seen in almost every episode.
The transport is typically relative to the setting, and scope of the story. In a sea/space faring series it may be the teams main/mothership. A group of teenagers probably has a van they can all fit into. A solo adventurer probably has some type of one-seater.
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It's not unusual for [[The Lancer]] or otherwise the '[[Badbutt|cool]][[Badass|est]]' member of the team to get their own vehicle separate from the main vehicle the rest of the team drives around in. Expect it to be a motorcycle.
[[Sister Trope]] to [[Thememobile]], where the vehicle sports the team colors but isn't iconic/emotionally linked to the character/team. See also [[Global Airship]], which is usually a
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== Anime & Manga ==
* [[Captain Harlock]], his crew and his ''Arcadia''
* Until ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' came along, the Magic Cloud was this to Goku.
** Then there's Frieza's flying seat. He only left it when there was literally nobody else left to fight the heroes.
* Almost every single crew in ''[[
** There's also Aokiji and his bicycle. That he uses to cross the seas. Better not fall off...
* ''[[Panty
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'': While not customized, Rhio-Oki blurs the line between this and [[Team Pet]].
* The Dai-Gurren in ''[[
* ''[[
== Comic Books ==
* The Bat-vehicles for the [[Batman]] and the [[Bat Family]], especially the Batmobile.
** Robin is typically seen with a motorcycle.
* [[The Fantastic Four]] have a huge jet that can be separated into four smaller ones.
* [[Gaston Lagaffe]]'s ''death car''. That thing is responsible for at least half of global warming. ''AT LEAST.''
* [[Silver Surfer]]'s surfing board.
* ''[[Watchmen (
* The Blackbird from [[X
* [[Wonder Woman]] has the invisible airplane, which she continues to use even though she can [[Flying Brick|fly on her own]]
* ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]'' have their Quinjets.
== Film ==
* ''[[Back to
* The [[Ghostbusters]]' car with their logo on each side, "Ecto-1"
* K and J's black sport car in ''[[Men in Black (
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' features the Millenium Falcon
* Technically, at least in the movies, ''every single [[Transformers (
* Tallahassee's tendency in ''[[
== Folklore ==
* [[Santa Claus]]' magic sled and his reindeer (they all have names, the most well-known being Rudolph).
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* General: Almost every single [[Super Sentai]] show will have a team ''Mecha'' made of each character's own vehicle.
* [[
* ''[[Chuck]]'': The compact cars driven by Chuck and others are technically owned by the Buy More and have the "Nerd Herd" logo on them.
* ''[[
* [[The Dukes of Hazzard]] have the ''General Lee''
* ''[[Knight Rider]]'' had KITT
* The red Ferrari in ''[[Magnum,
* [[Mr. Bean]]'s apple green compact car, which gets trashed in almost every episode.
* ''[[The Munsters]]'' Grampa has Dragula.
* ''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Starsky and Hutch]]'' had Starsky's red Gran Torino, which Hutch nicknamed "the striped tomato".
* ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' has the Impala, which is almost a member of the family
* In ''[[FX the Series]]'', the crew has their "Fx" van.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Rush from [[Mega Man (
* The Blue Falcon for Captain Falcon in ''[[F
* Corki's plane in [[League of Legends]].
* Samus' spaceship in ''[[Veideogame/Metroid|Metroid]]'',.
* Wario's custom yellow-and-purple bike.
** Also the [[Mario Kart
* The Gold Saucer Buggy and later the Highwind airship for AVALANCHE/Team Cloud in [[Final Fantasy VII]].
* The Corvega Motors Highwayman (the only working car in the wasteland!) for The Chosen One's team in [[Fallout 2]].
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The Trio from ''[[The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin]]'' have the Airship.
* [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'s magic carpet.
* ''Appa'' from ''[[
* ''[[Captain Planet and
* ''[[Inspector Gadget]]'' has the Gadgetmobile.
* ''[[Kidd Video]]'' had that cool car-vehicle thing in which they rolled around the Flipside, that served s a mobile home.
* The titular vehicle in ''[[The Magic School Bus]]''
* The Dethcycle from ''[[Metalocalypse]]''.
* ''[[The Simpsons (
** Also, Otto is almost always seen with the School Bus.
* The ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' gang and their Mystery Machine
* The ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' have the Turtle Van and the [[Highly-Visible Ninja|Turtle Blimp, both with their logo on it.]]
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*** All of the 2003 turtles vehicles were destroyed halfway through season 4, probably because they had way too many to keep track of. It was eventually limited to another new version of the turtle van/battle shell and the helicopter.
** One of the few things kept from [[The Next Mutation]] series was giving Raphael a personal motorcycle, official named the Shellcycle in the 2003. He also had a bike in the 2007 movie.
* Each racing team from ''[[Wacky Races]]'' has its own car with a unique design and gadgets.
** Each car had a distinctive name, too.
* The Thundertank from ''[[
* The Team from ''[[Young Justice (
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[The Pope
* That's probably true for many pilots, bikers and cavaliers, who considers their plane/car/bike/horse a part of themselves.
** The [[Red Baron|Richthofen brothers']] red fighter planes are one of the examples (the less well-known Lothar von Richthofen had his planes painted red with yellow, and after his brother's death black, tail).
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