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[[File:PASSENGERS ABOARD THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY SUBWAY ON THE LEXINGTON AVENUE LINE ARE OBLIVIOUS TO THE... - NARA - 556653.jpg|thumb|New York City Subway, circa 1974. Truth in television back then, much better today.]]
{{quote|'''Betty Ross''': [Looking at a subway map] The subway is probably quickest.
'''Bruce Banner''': Me in a metal tube, deep underground with hundreds of people in the most aggressive city in the world?
'''Betty Ross''': Right. Let's get a cab. |''[[The Incredible Hulk (Film)|The Incredible Hulk]]''}}▼
'''Betty Ross''': Right. Let's get a cab.
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[[Take That|The message]] that many [[
Combine this with [[My Car Hates Me|the myriad problems with cars]] and you almost want to resort to going everywhere on foot, or on a bicycle. And don't even get us ''started'' on the [[Sinister Subway]]!
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[[Real Life]] subways that ''don't'' suck include (but are not limited to) [[The London Underground]], [[New York Subway]], Le Métro de Montréal, [[Le Metropolitain|Le Métropolitain]] (in Paris), [[Moscow Metro]], and pretty much every subway system in Japan.
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== [[Comics]] ==▼
* [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] had to take subways while trying to lead a normal average-Joe type of life.▼
== [[Film]] ==▼
* ''[[The Midnight Meat Train]]'' seems to be built around this trope. {{spoiler|A killer is roaming the subways.}}▼
* In ''[[The Warriors (
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[The Odd Couple]]'': In the episode, "The Subway Story", Oscar and Felix are trapped in the subway with a model, a pregnant dog, and a guy who cynically pretends to be blind to make extra money selling pencils. At the end, the not!blind guy gives Felix a puppy that he names [[Sdrawkcab Name|"Yawbus"]] (
* ''[[Seinfeld]]'': "The Subway" Though all four characters ride the subway during this episode, Elaine is the only one unlucky enough to be on one that stalls, delaying her arrival at a lesbian wedding.
* ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' "Train of Fools" The train breaks down on New Year's Eve ruining everyone's exciting plans.
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* A ''[[My Family]]'' [[Christmas Episode]] had the characters stuck on [[The London Underground]] when the train broke down.
* On ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' Barney rides the subway immediately after finishing a marathon. Because he didn't do any ''training'' for the marathon, his legs go completely limp the instant he sits down and he's physically incapable of leaving his seat on the train.
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** In another episode (titled "Subway Wars") announcements made by a subway conductor are completely unintelligible over the garbled intercom. Lily claims that, because she's a native New Yorker, she can "speak conductor", but her interpretation of what the conductor said is always dead wrong; after hearing the train will be down for 20 minutes due to track maintenance she gets off, and it immediately peels out.
** [[Sesame Street]], of all things, had a song regarding this trope, appropriately titled [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkPh8As-y6E "Subway."]
== [[Music]] ==▼
* ''The Man Who Never Returned'' is a song about a man who is forced to live on the subway train when the train company raises the toll without warning and he can't afford to get off at any station. The song fails to mention 1: Why he would be paying to get off rather than get on, and 2: Since his wife shows up and passes him a bag lunch through the window every day, why can't she slip him a couple bucks to cover the added cost?▼
== [[Theatre]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Greg (
* ''[[Least I Could Do]]'' [http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20081201 devotes an arc] to Rayne being forced to take the subway while his car is in the shop.
▲== [[Music]] ==
▲* ''The Man Who Never Returned'' is a song about a man who is forced to live on the subway train when the train company raises the toll without warning and he can't afford to get off at any station. The song fails to mention 1: Why he would be paying to get off rather than get on, and 2: Since his wife shows up and passes him a bag lunch through the window every day, why can't she slip him a couple bucks to cover the added cost?
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Even the animated show ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' did this.
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[[[Smash Cut]] to the Subway]
'''Helga:''' [[Gilligan Cut|I can't believe I'm taking the subway!]] }}
* One episode of MTV's ''[[Downtown]]'' featured a battle-of-the-sexes train race of Chaka and Mecca versus Mat and Fruity to get to Coney Island. Chaka acts impulsively and takes random trains while Mecca is too spineless to stop her. Mat looks at the maps, makes a plan and firmly sticks to it despite Fruity's complaints, but all for nothing when their train line ends abruptly due to construction. {{spoiler|Chaka and Mecca get there first, but only by cheating and taking a cab.}}
* ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', "Commuted Sentence": Rocko's car has been impounded, and he must take public transportation to get to work. Since every day is a bad day for Rocko, this does not go well, and that includes the subway. He gets trampled by a bunch of business lizards, a laid-off postal worker goes crazy in the subway car (or at least feigns insanity so he can get some "swinging room"), and the subway is stopped for police activity. (Which is [[Incredibly Lame Pun|"Arts and Crafts"]]!)
▲== [[Comics]] ==
▲* [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] had to take subways while trying to lead a normal average-Joe type of life.
▲{{quote| '''Tony:''' I gave up limos for this?}}
▲== [[Film]] ==
▲* ''[[The Midnight Meat Train]]'' seems to be built around this trope. {{spoiler|A killer is roaming the subways.}}
▲* In ''[[The Warriors (Film)|The Warriors]]'', it seems like they would be able to just take the subway home but every time they try they get jumped by another gang.
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