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{{trope}}
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In some works, there are sentient and sapient cars, buses, trucks, RVs (motorhomes), ATVs, trains (steam-powered, diesel-powered, or light rail), train cars, airplanes, helicopters, boats, ships, spaceships, etc. Some of them maintain a [[Masquerade]], some do not, and some live in a world of their own without humans.
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Things under the heading '''Other''' include farm vehicles, contruction vehicles, motorcycles, ATVs, and golf carts.
Subtrope of [[Animate Inanimate Object]]. Often overlaps with [[Automated Automobiles]] and [[Magic Bus]]. Supertrope of [[Sapient Ship]] and [[Living Ship]].
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== Automobiles (Cars, Buses, RVs,
=== [[Advertising]] ===
* The Chevron Cars are Chevron Corporation's clay-animated stop-motion talking cars that feature in television commercials crafted by [[Aardman Animations]]. Modern commercials retain the art style set by Aardman, but do it in CGI.
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* The title character from ''[[Bumpety Boo]]''.
* Hermes the motorcycle from ''[[Kino's Journey]]''.
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
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** Sentient almost everything, you mean. The [[Jerkass]] elevator and the killer helicopter come to mind.
* ''[[Christine]]''
* ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]'': the titular car is at least semi-sentient, rather impatient,<ref>At one point when it felt that the knob labeled PULL wasn't being pulled fast enough, it changed the label text to PULL IDIOT.</ref> quite brave,<ref>Near the end, it actually [[Ramming Always Works|rammed]] the [[Big Bad]]'s getaway car because he had [[Berserk Button|kidnapped]] [[Papa Wolf|the children]]</ref> and deeply loyal to its owners. Also, the driver swears that while he was restoring it, he would often find that it had been advancing its own repairs and even modifying itself while he slept.
=== [[Live
* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' TOS episode "[[wikipedia:You Drive|You Drive]]". After a man kills a boy in a hit and run accident, his car develops a mind of its own and forces him to confess to the crime.
** There's also the episode "A Thing About Machines", where a man is tormented by the machines in his home, among them a car which ends up chasing him into a swimming pool where he drowns.
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*** Oh, and then there's the final boss, the Tank Emperor, with his [[One-Winged Angel|Three forms]] ranging from a massive land cruiser, a bulbous [[Spider Tank|spider tank,]] and finally, a blob of gears, wires, and pure energy.
* ''[[Putt-Putt]]''
* In ''[[Pokémon Scarlet and Violet]]'', "sapient" is debatable, much like Pokémon in general, but [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Cyclizar_(Pok%C3%A9mon)#Game_locations Cyclizar] is a Pokémon that can be ridden by its trainer the way one would ride a motorcycle, and according to PokéDex lore, humans in the Paldea region have been using them this way for 10,000 years; there is a reason Pokémon Centers in this game look like gas stations. Additional lore claims a rider's body heat "lifts the Pokémon's spirit", suggesting a semi-symbiotic relationship with humans. It is strongly hinted that Legendary Pokémon Koraidon and Miraidon (who Cyclizar vaguely resembles and are used as mounts by the protagonist) are related to Cyclizar, but Cyclizar doesn't seem to have a way to evolve into either (it doesn't evolve at all) and GameFreak has yet to confirm anything on the subject.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
* ''[[Roary the Racing Car]]''
* Ricardo the racecar in ''[[Doc McStuffins]]''.
* C.A.R. from ''[[The Replacements (animation)|The Replacements]]''
* C.A.R.R. from ''[[Stroker and Hoop]]''. Obvious parody of K.I.T.T. from ''[[Knight Rider]]'', even though K.I.T.T. is an AI installed into a car.<ref>And even though [[Name's the Same|"K.A.R.R."]] was the name of an evil clone of K.I.T.T. from the actual series.</ref>
* Some of the vehicle characters in ''[[Bob the Builder]]''
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* [[Mickey Mouse]] has a sentient car in the short "Mickey's Rival".
* There was an episode of ''[[Kim Possible]]'' where an inventor had created a self-driving car with a female personality.
* Noddy's car, Car from ''[[Noddy]]'s Toyland Adventures'' and ''Make Way for Noddy''.
** Revs from the reboot series ''Noddy Toyland Detective''.
* "Kitty", in ''[[Code Monkeys]]'', is K.I.T.T. After K.I.T.T. made the decision to become a rapist after being jilted by Michael.
* The characters of [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Construction_Site Jim Henson's Construction Site].
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* The cartoon version of ''[[Beetlejuice]]'' had the [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Dragster Of Doom]] (or "Doomie") for short. A sentient car created through mad science. Oh, and he's also a [[Our Werewolves Are Different|werecar]], transforming into a monsterous version of himself whenever he's in pain or to chase dogs.
* Tonka's ''Chuck and Friends''
* Most [[Transformers|Autobots]] with vehicle modes can qualify if they take on passengers. (Some Decepticons could, too, but you're ''seriously'' better off just walking.)
== Spacecraft (Rockets, Spaceships, etc.) ==
=== [[Comic Books]] ===
* [[X-Factor]]'s [https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Prosh%20(Earth-616) Ship] with a sapient AI, built by the Celestials and formerly owned by the villain Apocalypse. Eventually, it created a man-sized humanoid android body for itself and took the name Prosh.
=== [[Literature]] ===
* In [[wikipedia:The Jesus Incident|The Jesus Incident]], Ship.
* In [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s ''[[Berserker (Literature)|Berserker]]'' series, the Berserker ships.
* Many spacecraft in [[Iain M Banks]]' ''[[The Culture]]'' series.
* Late in [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s novel ''The Number of the Beast'', Zebadiah Carter's spaceship "Gay Deceiver" becomes sentient and is able to talk intelligently.
** Dora (spaceship, ''Time Enough for Love'' and subsequent) certainly fits this trope if Gay does.
=== [[Live
* The titular ''[[Lexx]]''. Admittedly it's not ''especially'' intelligent, but it can blow up entire planets.
* Moya from ''[[Farscape]]''
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== Trains, Monorails, Trolleys, Steetcars, and Train Cars ==
=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* * [[Digimon Frontier]] had the digital world populated by machine digimon called Trailmon, who were basically sentient trains who carried their passengers to certain locations. Many of the trailmon had different looks, voices, and personalities, some even resembling mechanized animals, a kettle, and even Frankenstein.
=== [[
* Casey Jr. in ''[[Dumbo]]'', as seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxeLR_To0lc#t=1m05s here].
{{quote|All aboard! Let's go! }}
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* [[Thomas the Tank Engine]] is actually an [[Adaptation Displacement|adaptation]] of a series of books called "The Railway Series" by the Rev. W. Audry.<ref>Further, Thomas wasn't originally the main character. He didn't even appear in the first book</ref>
=== [[Live
* ''[[Mister Rogers' Neighborhood]]'' had a model trolley that seemed to be able to converse with Mr. Rogers, as well as with the inhabitants of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
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== Airplanes, Helicopters, and Other Aircraft ==
=== [[
* Pedro the airplane from ''[[Saludos Amigos]]''
* Rotor Turbosky, Kathy Copter and Ron Hover the helicopters, Al Oft the blimp, and Barney Stormin the biplane and the four fighter jets from ''[[Cars]]''.
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=== [[Video Games]] ===
* Windy Plane, the first boss of ''[[Ninja Baseball Bat Man]]''. It's an anthropomorphic prop plane that stands on its tail and punches the player with its front wheels, no less.
* ''[[Deus Ex: Invisible War]]'': features an {{spoiler|AI-piloted helicopter}}.
=== [[Web Comics]] ==-
* ''[[Skin Horse]]'': {{spoiler|[[Brain In a Jar|Nick the Osprey]]}} serves as the [[Black Helicopter]] (well, Black V-22), heavily armed with [[Cluster F-Bomb|Cluster F Bombs]], at least until the censorship software kicked in. (He now swears entirely in unusual euphemisms.)
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
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* ''[[Arpeggio of Blue Steel]]'' is about the Fleet of Fog, a massive collection of alien [[AI]]s that have taken the forms of [[World War II]] naval vessels and have essentially besieged the nations of Earth.
=== [[
* Little Toot in ''[[Melody Time]]''.
=== [[Video Games]] ===
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker]]'' has the King of Red Lions, a small sail boat who talks. {{spoiler|And is actually the King of Hyrule.}}
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
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=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
* Elea in ''[[Blassreiter]]''. Joseph's jet bike with chatty and [[Fairy Sexy|all-around shapely]] little [[Projected Man|holographic avatar]].
* All the B'ts in ''[[B't X]]'', which are also [[Mechanical Horse|Mecha Mounts]].
* Might not count, but the Arbalest's AI from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' is milestones more advanced than the others since he's capable of learning. In fact, Sousuke is thoroughly frustrated with him due to the fact that unlike his previous mounts which merely helped operating the mecha, Al does talk back to him if he knows he's right. Hell, in one instance in ''The Second Raid'', '''the mecha chewed out his pilot''', saying that he's not going to operate for him properly until he treats him as a partner.
** And then in the ''TSR'' OVA, when [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Sousuke was glomped by his half-asleep and half-naked superior]] in the hangar ([[The Stoic|scaring the beejesus out of him]]), Al was humorously commenting on the situation despite Sousuke's repeated orders to shut up; when she woke up and [[My God, What Have I Done?|ran away in fright]], he told Sousuke to go after her which he rebuffed with a loud "SHUT UP!"
=== [[
* In ''[[Cars]]'', there are tractors that act like cows and a combine named Frank that acts like a bull.
** In one of the ''Maters Tall Tales'' shorts, there were bulldozers that acted like bulls.
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** Bessie, on the other hand, despite also being a bulldozer herself, [[Furry Confusion|is for some reason, not anthropomorphized.]]
** The sequel featured a giant dump truck near the beginning that presumably acted like a bison.
* At the end of ''[[Tokyo SOS]]'', {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|Kiryu (AKA Mechagodzilla 3) says "Goodbye, Yoshido" to the pilot inside of him before committing a heroic sacrifice by sending both himself and Godzilla deep into the bottom of the ocean]]}}. Yes, folks, this film has {{spoiler|The original 1954 Godzilla talking (Well, technically, it's a message that appears on one of the monitors inside his cyborg-body) to a human being}}.
=== [[Western Animation]] ===
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Vehicle Tropes]]
[[Category:This Index Has a Mind of Its Own]]
▲[[Category:Sentient Vehicle]]
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