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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* ''[[Pokémon (~~Anime~~)|Pokémon]]'': This happens with a blimp at the beginning of the Orange Islands arc. Twice. With the same blimp.

* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'': This happens with a blimp at the beginning of the Orange Islands arc. Twice. With the same blimp.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

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* In the [[Three Stooges]] short "Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise," the boys somehow all end up in the back seat of a moving car, the driverless condition of which is only noticed as they approach a cliff, and Curly calmly and chirpily remarks, "Hmm...don't look now, but I think we're about to be killed!"

* In ''[[Ice Age]] III: Dawn of the Dinosaurs'', the [[Crazy Awesome]] Buck captures a pterosaur and proceeds to commandeer it like an aircraft, with the possums Crash and Eddie in tow, in order to rescue Sid - which leads right into this trope as all three of them check on Sid. Apparently the pterosaur can't be trusted to ''[[Fridge Logic|fly by itself.]]''

* In ''[[~~Resident Evil Afterlife (Film)|~~Resident Evil Afterlife]]'', Alice (the real one) manages to get the drop on Wesker as he taking off in a plane. Wesker stabs her with some kinda antidote that takes away her powers and proceeds to beat her up and gloat. However in his little moment. he seems to have forgotten that there are only two people on said plane: Alice and him...And he was driving. Cue him trying to rush back to the controls and the plane flying directly into a mountain.

* In ''[[Resident Evil Afterlife]]'', Alice (the real one) manages to get the drop on Wesker as he taking off in a plane. Wesker stabs her with some kinda antidote that takes away her powers and proceeds to beat her up and gloat. However in his little moment. he seems to have forgotten that there are only two people on said plane: Alice and him...And he was driving. Cue him trying to rush back to the controls and the plane flying directly into a mountain.

* In ''[[Astro Boy]]'' his friends catch him out of the air in a flying car. They all start asking if he's okay. Then he wonders who's driving. Cut to the robot dog at the steering wheel.

* Variation: In ''[[~~Its~~ a Mad Mad Mad Mad World]]'', Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett find themselves in a small plane with an unconscious pilot. As Buddy clings to the controls, Mickey gets ground control on the radio. They assess the situation and ask "Who's flying the plane?" Buddy gestures to himself; Mickey looks at him and calls back "Who's flying the plane?? ''Nobody's'' flying the plane!!!"

* Variation: In ''[[It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World]]'', Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett find themselves in a small plane with an unconscious pilot. As Buddy clings to the controls, Mickey gets ground control on the radio. They assess the situation and ask "Who's flying the plane?" Buddy gestures to himself; Mickey looks at him and calls back "Who's flying the plane?? ''Nobody's'' flying the plane!!!"

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[~~Get Smart (TV)|~~Get Smart]]'' Baddie of the Week Leadside asked this question of his [[Evil Minions]] when they were tooling about in his secret lair (which was a truck). No crash though.

* ''[[Get Smart]]'' Baddie of the Week Leadside asked this question of his [[Evil Minions]] when they were tooling about in his secret lair (which was a truck). No crash though.

** Happens at the end of another episode when Maxwell knocks out the pilots of a plane (who happen to be chaos agents). He calmly informs the passengers that there is nothing to fear and that they will arrive in Miami shortly. [[Bolivian Army Ending|Then he asks if any of them know how to fly a plane.]]

* Happened once on ''[[Firefly]]'', with Wash hanging out with the rest of ''Serenity'''s crew until the ship's proximity alarm goes off:

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* Has occurred more than once on ''[[Totally Spies]]''.

{{quote| '''Sam''': Uh, girls? Since we knocked the pilot unconscious, who is flying this plane now?}}

* ''[[The Spectacular Spider Man]]'': Sandman is driving an armored truck, Spidey jumps in the cab and the two fight. Sandman asks; "Gee Webhead, if I'm over here... Who's driving?" No one is, and the truck plows right into a gate.

* ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'': Sandman is driving an armored truck, Spidey jumps in the cab and the two fight. Sandman asks; "Gee Webhead, if I'm over here... Who's driving?" No one is, and the truck plows right into a gate.

* Happens when Chef decides to join Chris in the main body of the plane during ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]''.

* On an episode of ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', thanks to some [[Too Dumb to Live|less than brillant]] moves of the cast, Jimmy is left trying to fly a plane. It takes Lucius a few seconds of conversing with him in the passenger section before realizing that no one is flying the plane.

* ''[[My Gym ~~Partners~~ a Monkey]]'': "Slips, if you're here, then who's flying the plane?" Cue the inevitable crash.

* ''[[My Gym Partner's a Monkey]]'': "Slips, if you're here, then who's flying the plane?" Cue the inevitable crash.

* All over the place at the end of the ''[[Wacky Races]]'' episode "Speeding For Smogland." A chain reaction crash causes Luke and Blubber, Red Max, Rufus Ruffcut and Sawtooth, the Gruesome Twosome, and Dick Dastardly and Muttley to be jettisoned from their cars into each other's cars. Dastardly is in the lead in the Arkansas Chuggabug, but the announcer informs him that he'll be disqualified for not being in the correct car. He stops and another chain reaction crash sends everyone back into their correct cars.

** Muttley has been seen driving the Mean Machine whenever Dastardly is otherwise pre-occupied.

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{{quote| '''Franklin''': Wait a minute, penguins can't fly! ''PENGUINS CAN'T FLY!'' (The plane drops like a rook) }}

* One episode of ''[[Thomas the Tank Engine]]'' had Thomas realize that he's moving all by himself without a driver and crashing into a house at the end of the track he's on.

* Scooby-Doo handles the Mystery Machine in the made-for-video movie ''[[Scooby Doo Camp Scare]]''. He also drives a forklift and destroys the Fright Hound in episode 10 of ''[[Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated]]''.

* Scooby-Doo handles the Mystery Machine in the made-for-video movie ''[[Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare]]''. He also drives a forklift and destroys the Fright Hound in episode 10 of ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]''.

* [[Danger Mouse]] leaves Penfold in the Mk. III driverless for a spell while he battles Count Duckula in "The Great Bone Idol." Later in "Beware Of Mexicans Delivering Milk," he has his Mk. III on autopilot after his strength is sapped drinking spiked milk (he's so weak he says "If I'd had the strength, I'd blow my nose").

** "What A Three-Point Turn-Up For The Book" is even more bizarre. The Mk. III takes off without our heroes and assumes mischievous and even sinister traits. When DM finally corrals it, he finds the wirings of a washing machine installed.