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== Naval Vehicles ==
=== [[Film]] ===
* Parodied in the climax of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "New Kids on The Bleech", where pop band manager/Navy Lieutenant L.T. Smash single-handedly hijacks an ''aircraft carrier''. Well...almost single-handedly:▼
{{quote|'''Bart''': Think he's going to do something dangerous?▼
'''Nelson''':How should I know? Just keep loading missiles. ''[loads one into a launcher]''▼
'''[[The Ditz|Ralph]]''':''[carrying a missile]'' Pop music's hard work. }}▼
* While you can't ''quite'' pilot a battleship or aircraft carrier by yourself in the ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]]'' series, you can instantaneously hop between a ship's four to six different stations with a keypress to come remarkably close.▼
* The Protoss Carrier in ''[[StarCraft]]'' is, as the name implies, an aircraft carrier that can carry eight additional fighters inside, all helmed and controlled apparently by ONE Protoss. With his mind, no less. The fighter are supposedly mostly autonomous robot vehicles which receive targeting information and group launch/recall orders from their carrier (and manufacturing factory), making this a bit more plausible.▼
* Despite the above quote, this trope is subverted in ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]''. Jack and Will only manage to pilot the Interceptor ''after'' Norrington and his men set the sails. Even then, Jack admits that he can't sail it by himself.
** But then in the sequel, they say that you could crew the Black Pearl with six men. That ship is huge. Do you know how heavy those sails are?
*** To be fair, they never said they could pilot it WELL...
*** Specifically, the debate was about the absolute minimum number of crew that the Pearl needed.
=== [[Live-Action TV]] ===
* [[Blackadder]] II features the batshit insane Cpt. Rum, who runs a ship without a crew. Granted, he usually cons passengers by 'sailing 'round and 'round the Isle of Wight 'til everyone gets dizzy' then sailing home.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
▲* While you can't ''quite'' pilot a battleship or aircraft carrier by yourself in the ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield]]'' series, you can instantaneously hop between a ship's four to six different stations with a keypress to come remarkably close.
▲* The Protoss Carrier in ''[[StarCraft]]'' is, as the name implies, an aircraft carrier that can carry eight additional fighters inside, all helmed and controlled apparently by ONE Protoss. With his mind, no less. The fighter are supposedly mostly autonomous robot vehicles which receive targeting information and group launch/recall orders from their carrier (and manufacturing factory), making this a bit more plausible.
* In ''[[Battlefield (series)|Battlefield 1942]]'', a single player could seize control of an naval ship and sail it around. There was almost zero reason to do this. [[Griefer|Aside from one reason.]]
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
▲* Parodied in the climax of ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' episode "New Kids on The Bleech", where pop band manager/Navy Lieutenant L.T. Smash single-handedly hijacks an ''aircraft carrier''. Well...almost single-handedly:
▲{{quote|'''Bart''': Think he's going to do something dangerous?
▲'''Nelson''':How should I know? Just keep loading missiles. ''[loads one into a launcher]''
▲'''[[The Ditz|Ralph]]''':''[carrying a missile]'' Pop music's hard work. }}
=== Real Life===
* Single-handed oceanic sailing in the [[Real Life]]. The first transatlantic single-handed crossing must have occurred already in the 18th century. First person to sail single-handedly around the world was Joshua Slocum in 1895-1898 on his two-masted 36'9" ketch ''Spray''. This feat has been repeated several times.
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