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* ''Herbie the Matchmaker'' (1982) -- Only lasted six episodes. Jim Douglas runs a driving school and romances a divorcee.
* ''The Love Bug'' (1997) -- TV movie. Repeats the basic "Herbie helps out a down-on-his-luck driver" plot of the original (it's not a reboot, but more of an example of how events tend to repeat themselves). [[Bruce Campbell]] stars and Jim Douglas makes a cameo. An attempt is made to explain ''why'' Herbie is alive, but it's nonsensical. This movie is contradicted by ''Herbie: Fully Loaded'', but you can read about it at [[The Other Wiki]] [
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* [[Mean Brit]]: Peter Thorndyke in ''The Love Bug'' and Simon Moore III in ''The Love Bug (1997)''
* [[Motorcycle Jousting]]: The Knights in ''Herbie Rides Again'', who joust in cars.
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* [[My Car Hates Me]]: One of those cases where it's more than just a metaphor. Herbie refusing to start at a really inopportune moment because his feelings have been hurt happens at least once a movie.
* [[Nightmare Sequence]]: Alonzo Hawk's crazy dreams in ''Herbie Rides Again''.
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* [[This Is What the Building Will Look Like]]: The Hawk Plaza in ''Herbie Rides Again''.
* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: The 1997 TV movie had Herbie face-off against a "Hate Bug" in [[Dark Is Evil|all-black]] which resembled a [http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic-car-images/kdf-wagen.jpg KdF-Wagen] with wartime blackout lights.
* [[What a Piece of Junk!]]: Herbie
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: In ''The Love Bug'', Carole gives one of these to Jim about his racing success, which was actually Herbie's doing.
* [[Wrote the Book]]: In ''Herbie Rides Again'', Alonzo claims to have written the book on harassment.
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